Simpson's Skull-o-rama

[gsimpson]

I'll be posting daily arts here.

[gsimpson]

Pencil & Photoshoppery

[Kinsei]

nice, some good stuff. I hope to see more.
post up a high resolution of that toaster one if you can.

[gsimpson]

"Lost my contact" zombies

[Batto]

love the use of colour in all of these. Zombie looks a little flat though
i'd love to see more : )

[Rhunyc]

I checked out the stuff in your gallery, and it's quite amazing.

I'll be keeeeeeepin tabs on this thread... :3

[gsimpson]

Thanks mates!

The work so far has been pretty straight forward, just blocking in shapes and playing with colors.
Here is something more refined with more detail -- Elves of Ragnarok!

[PigeonOnAStick]

Right.
Have you made anything recently?

[gsimpson]

Yes. You can see them at the top of the page.
I do new work everyday except for Sunday.
Some specific client work is under NDA till the time the publisher releases it.

I will be releasing some artwork from an upcoming flash game - Galiard's Last Stand so stay tuned for that.

[Fifty-50]

By anything recent, we mean any works in progress? We'd all like to see that sir.

[gsimpson]

I'm doing some characters for Last Stand tonight/tomorrow -- I'll post them up WIP style

[homojesus]

Nice!

[gsimpson]

PRINCESS
She's betrothed to the Knight. She's moderately spoiled, but with a glint of intelligence and a helping of heart. Blond hair, blue eyes, pink dress, etc.

Light pencil with 30% opacity digital pen overtop

[gsimpson]

Flipped to fix

[gsimpson]

Line art layer set to Multiply

Beneath goes the flat colors kept in the same tonal range

[gsimpson]

Flipped
Colors built up

[Kinsei]

I'm enjoying the process... it's like a mini tut..... >.>.... you should do a tut..... :D

[gsimpson]

Last details

From here, she'll be given a range of emotions to fit with dialogue.

[gsimpson]

The Murderer of Briar's Run

[Rhunyc]

At 12/2/10 12:15 AM, gsimpson wrote: The Murderer of Briar's Run

Dude, that looks fuckin' cool. :D If I may ask, what kind of brushes do you normally use when doing paintings like this?

Anyway, keep up the excellent work, I'm a fan.

[Zombie-Eskimo]

At 12/2/10 12:15 AM, gsimpson wrote: The Murderer of Briar's Run

dude.......dude.....please do a painting for job for a cowboy. i think you can seriously pull it off.
your amazing, i love your stuff

[gsimpson]

@ Rhunyc

95% of the time its just 3 brushes - one for solid lines, one for blending, one for edging.
I don't mess with jitter or feather or anything but opacity.

[Rhunyc]

At 12/2/10 02:34 PM, gsimpson wrote: @ Rhunyc

95% of the time its just 3 brushes - one for solid lines, one for blending, one for edging.
I don't mess with jitter or feather or anything but opacity.

I see I see, well thanks for responding! :) It's nice to see you don't use some crazy alien sort of brush that you made yourself or downloaded xD Kind of gives me hope that it's alright to use the tools that come with the program.. Because normally people always say they use some custom brush and it's like "Ohh... I guess maybe I should try doing that sometime if I want my stuff to look better.."

[gsimpson]

I've heard the whole custom brush thing myself and figured its largely hogwash -- traditional painters use a few brushes and have been pulling off amazing stuff for over 5000 years.

The biggest help any illustrator can get is learning how to draw before painting. I've seen alot of portfolios where the person tries to fix the line art in the painting stage -- its just building a house on sandy ground.

Here is a sample of how I normally paint -- a sketch that has tonal values, then a paintover. By the time I get to the painting stage its a like painting by numbers because the sketch already works.

[Rhunyc]

At 12/2/10 03:08 PM, gsimpson wrote: Here is a sample of how I normally paint -- a sketch that has tonal values, then a paintover. By the time I get to the painting stage its a like painting by numbers because the sketch already works.

Also, another handy pointer. Sadly though I think I'm building on sandy ground with a picture I've been working on lately.. >< I'll have to practice more straight-on sketching. I've just witnessed so many people speed painting and thinking "oh that looks cool, lets try it".. And now I'm hooked, so that's all I've been doing, and I try to turn the speed paints into fuller more finished works.

Thanks for showin this though, it's wonderful advice.

[soldoutactivist]

Your art makes me wonder if my code will live up.

*laughs* Can you imagine if I lacked that much self-confidence? *shudder*

Ego aside, the GLS project is damn lucky to have you.

[Abbyka]

At 11/28/10 03:22 PM, gsimpson wrote: "Lost my contact" zombies

My fav. <3

[gsimpson]

Fox Spirit and her 10 tales of love and betrayal

[Kashi]

At 12/3/10 02:04 PM, gsimpson wrote: Fox Spirit and her 10 tales of love and betrayal

That is a very interesting looking instrument. May I ask what it is called?

Also, your artwork is very cool. I like how you went step-by-step with the princess, and showed us the underwork for your skeleton. I don't know about anyone else here, but I learned a lot. :) Thanks!

[gsimpson]

Metal Gear Solid sketch to paint process