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Posted by Finger on Thu Sep 11th at 3:42am 2003

Lately, I've been doing some concept-art for the 'State Of Unrest' mod for HL2.  Sofar, I have created about 4 images, with another few in the works, and more planned down the line. 

Usually, when I do these drawings in Photoshop, I just keep it to 2 layers, and work it up kinda like you would a real painting.   With this drawing, however, I kept making big changes, and kept each successive work-over to it's own layer.  In the end, I had a nice chronology of the drawings progression, and thought it would be fun to show the process. 

I will probably end up taking the drawing a little further, but the point it's at right now is pretty close to done.

 

 

 





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Posted by GrimlocK on Thu Sep 11th at 5:17am 2003

Wow, looking sweet Finger, I always look forward to seeing your art .



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Posted by G4MER on Thu Sep 11th at 6:05am 2003

DAMN, thats sweet, Im starting to look forward to your art too.. =)

Really nice.. I like how you showed us the progression.

Did you get the idea from the new Military armor..

http://www.natick.army.mil/soldier/

http://abcnews.go.com/media/US/images/ho_soldier_21st2_010621_ss.jpg

Just a couple links I found. I cant seem to find the images of the future soldier I saw on Discovery channel.

Still very good art work.. I like it alot.

($)

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Posted by Finger on Thu Sep 11th at 6:07am 2003

Thanks Grimlock, the feeling is mutual.  I only wish I hadn't waited so long to really get focused on my art.  I loved it as a kid, lost it in my early twenties (girls, booze, music, girls...girls), back in love with it now.

Here's some other images for 'State of Unrest'.  These aren't quite as polished, but still fun.

 

 - Money, I didn't really use any reference for the soldier pic.  I'm sure I have been influenced by alot of images, though.  I was just trying to construct a type of bio suit, fit for a soldier in intense combat.  I wanted it to be as protective as possible, without seeming cumbersome and heavy.





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Posted by GrimlocK on Thu Sep 11th at 6:17am 2003

Art has always been big in my life too, I also lost it for a while though, mainly because reality hit hard when I was in my late teens, things kind of crumbled in my family... long story but things have gradually gotten better, finally to the point where I was able to think about things I liked and enjoyed, like art .



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Posted by KoRnFlakes on Thu Sep 11th at 7:28am 2003

amazing stuff as usuall finger, I wish I had that sort of talent. Keep it up. [addsig]



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Posted by Finger on Thu Sep 11th at 1:11pm 2003

Thanks Korn, but It's not so much talent, as it is dedication and practice. 



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Posted by Gollum on Thu Sep 11th at 1:54pm 2003

An interesting question: where does talent end and experience begin?  Nature VS nurture.

Regardless of how you gained this ability, Finger, I think it's great and I hope you get a lot of pleasure from it





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Posted by Dr Brasso on Thu Sep 11th at 3:22pm 2003

gotta agree with gollum on this one....if it floats yer boat, do it to it.....gj finger, you definately have a real talent....

Dr Brasso...

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Posted by GrimlocK on Fri Sep 12th at 2:37am 2003

Since we have an art thread going I figured I'd post a couple variations of something I did last week end:

Enjoy

 

 

 





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Posted by Finger on Fri Sep 12th at 4:32am 2003

'THE PEAKS OF HELL'..hehe.  Looks like some mutated land from a nuclear mishap.  Very wild.  I forget, are you using a Wacom for these, in photoshop?



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Posted by GrimlocK on Fri Sep 12th at 4:47am 2003

yes sir intuos 2.   Then I messed around with some neon looking effects.



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Posted by ReNo on Fri Sep 12th at 10:47am 2003

Finger, your art is quite amazing - I love the final soldier piece, very professional.

Grimlock, that is a rather cool looking alien coastline or something, we can always count on you to come up with some mad abstract landscapes with bright and powerful colouring

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Posted by GrimlocK on Sat Sep 13th at 1:03am 2003

Thanks Reno, its a lot of fun.



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Posted by fraggard on Sat Sep 13th at 12:31pm 2003

Some amazing stuff you have there Finger. That's really some excellent work. I love the way your character develops into better and better stuff.



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Posted by Finger on Sat Sep 13th at 7:36pm 2003

I'm glad people seem to like my drawings; It's a great encouragement and motivator.  Thanks.




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