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Topic: The Freakshow!! Billy Eyeball & Teddy . . . |
Speve-o-matic
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 1:13 am Subject: Thanks again! |
william willette: Well I was really trying to push the theme of exploitation . . .
Xyster21: Thanks. The texturing was fun.
- Steve |
Topic: The Freakshow!! Billy Eyeball & Teddy . . . |
Speve-o-matic
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 8:14 pm Subject: The Freakshow!! Billy Eyeball & Teddy . . . |
Drunken Monkey: Thanks alot. Yeah, I was wondering whether or not the baby obscured the canvas too much . . . hmm. Maybe I should play with the composition again before I render it out for my portfo ... |
Topic: The Freakshow!! Billy Eyeball & Teddy . . . |
Speve-o-matic
Replies: 6
Views: 2931
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 1:12 pm Subject: The Freakshow!! Billy Eyeball & Teddy . . . |
Hey guys
Long time, no post! Anyways, just to let you know that I recently finished my entry for the cgchallenge Game Art Design challenge. You can check out the thread http://www.cgchallenge.com/ ... |
Topic: Ok, cat's out of the bag--CONGRATULATIONS TO SPOOGE!!! |
Speve-o-matic
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 12:55 pm Subject: Ok, cat's out of the bag--CONGRATULATIONS TO SPOOGE!!! |
Craig has been one of my biggest artistic inspirations, and seeing his work has always inspired me to push myself to new levels.
His constant contributions to the online community are epescially wo ... |
Topic: A commissioned drawing |
Speve-o-matic
Replies: 3
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2002 12:14 pm Subject: A commissioned drawing |
I love the background cat. It's obviously been smoking too much crack.
How about trying something more experimental with the skin tones. They're feeling a bit too orange at the moment.
Sh ... |
Topic: 8 images |
Speve-o-matic
Replies: 96
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2002 12:08 pm Subject: 8 images |
I'm so inspired it hurts. Your work is always so beautiful!! |
Topic: which is better elektra? |
Speve-o-matic
Replies: 9
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2002 11:44 pm Subject: which is better elektra? |
I vote for two as well. |
Topic: The love child of Dr. Bang and Lunatique |
Speve-o-matic
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2002 11:14 pm Subject: The love child of Dr. Bang and Lunatique |
I alsothink it would be really cool to see the different iterations of the pic as it changed hands, and how your two approaches differ.
- Speve |
Topic: In need of some advice... |
Speve-o-matic
Replies: 3
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 11:34 am Subject: In need of some advice... |
Hey Mic
Nice to see you on the boards. Why did you drop the 3d course? |
Topic: Fold Study |
Speve-o-matic
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2001 5:37 am Subject: Fold Study |
I think you should push your tones more. Darker that is. Also try adding more texture to the fabric surface itself. |
Topic: African Landscapes . . . |
Speve-o-matic
Replies: 9
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2001 5:26 am Subject: African Landscapes . . . |
Thanks for the helpful comments so far. images/smiles/icon_wink.gif
Been away for 2 days or so . . . just been playing around with the image for 20 minutes or so, looking back at the previous sugges ... |
Topic: African Landscapes . . . |
Speve-o-matic
Replies: 9
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2001 7:42 am Subject: African Landscapes . . . |
Did a bit of work on it. images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
Changed the composition, added more detail to the sand bank area at the bottom, added more detail to the rock face itself. Still more to do, bu ... |
Topic: African Landscapes . . . |
Speve-o-matic
Replies: 9
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2001 3:11 am Subject: African Landscapes . . . |
Thanks for the comments so far.
The sand dune area still has a long way to go and as far as the rock goes, I'll probably start detailing it in a less chaotic way and give it more structure. images/s ... |
Topic: My first Digital painting. |
Speve-o-matic
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2001 12:24 am Subject: My first Digital painting. |
Wonderful. I think everything is working very very well at the moment.
What program did you use, just out of interest?
- Steve |
Topic: Mechana |
Speve-o-matic
Replies: 5
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2001 12:07 am Subject: Mechana |
Hey Pat.
I like the skintones here, and ooohh yeah, thin refined eyebrows. Sexy. images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
Adding some more realistic reflections to the tube would add a tremendous amount to th ... |
Topic: African Landscapes . . . |
Speve-o-matic
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2001 2:45 pm Subject: African Landscapes . . . |
I came back from a weekend at a local game farm, and was inspired by the distinct look of the Kalahari.
I also browsed through a book of photographs from South African game reserves, to find some re ... |
Topic: failure |
Speve-o-matic
Replies: 4
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2001 12:06 am Subject: failure |
I really like this. I love the facial expression.
I get this strange sucking sensation, as if this guy is being flushed down the toilet or something. images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
Also checked ou ... |
Topic: battle |
Speve-o-matic
Replies: 20
Views: 4564
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2001 11:48 am Subject: battle |
A definite "Spoogeyness" here. images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
The ultra warm colours on the right hand side of that one soldiers face looks a little out of place to me.
Aside from that, I think it's ... |
Topic: Inspiration. |
Speve-o-matic
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2001 11:41 am Subject: Inspiration. |
Thought I'd just give a couple quick comments.
I much prefer the warm colour version to the cool colour version.
Something doesnt look right about the right nostril and lip area, looks raised in c ... |
Topic: Lurked for a while but now I'm posting |
Speve-o-matic
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2001 11:32 am Subject: Lurked for a while but now I'm posting |
It reminds me of the Orcs, from the Lord of the Rings movie. Vile creatures those.
I think it would be better if you darkened those two white areas up at the top.
Nice pencil work. It's really work ... |
Topic: sleeping train people |
Speve-o-matic
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2001 11:24 am Subject: sleeping train people |
Subway creatures? images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
Nice. Do people tend to veg out while they wait for their stops? They all look rather out of it. images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif
- Steve |
Topic: some days you just can't get rid of a bomb |
Speve-o-matic
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2001 11:18 am Subject: some days you just can't get rid of a bomb |
It looks like he's walking in Mercury. images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
Quick things I've noticed . . .
Those trees on the right hand side are far too specular as well.
Also, if the air was as hazy ... |
Topic: Savannah, L.A, Vancouver, Toronto and N.Y, here I come! |
Speve-o-matic
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2001 10:16 am Subject: Savannah, L.A, Vancouver, Toronto and N.Y, here I come! |
On the 8th of January, I leave on a well deserved holiday to the States and Canada.
I will be visiting, you guessed it, Savanah, L.A, Vancouver, Toronto and New York.
So I'd like some tips for those ... |
Topic: Lord of the Rings |
Speve-o-matic
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2001 3:01 pm Subject: Lord of the Rings |
Suprisingly, LOTR was released in South Africa today as well. I was happy about that.
My advice is, read the book before you see the movie. The movie essentially illustrates some scenes in the book ... |
Topic: The ogre and the teddy bear. |
Speve-o-matic
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Views: 955
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2001 10:11 pm Subject: The ogre and the teddy bear. |
Thanks alot for the comments Roundeye. I sized down the second one somewhat, was a little big I suppose. images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
- Steve
[url=http://www.icon.co.za/~shmuely]www.icon.co.za/~sh ... |
Topic: The ogre and the teddy bear. |
Speve-o-matic
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Views: 955
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2001 4:06 pm Subject: The ogre and the teddy bear. |
My two latest digital pieces. Photoshop 5.5 and a Wacom tablet. Aaahh yeah. images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
The ugly green fat man (was supposed to be an idea for Lugburz from LOTR) was a sketch that ... |
Topic: Favorites in Art. |
Speve-o-matic
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2001 1:58 pm Subject: Favorites in Art. |
One of my favourites . . . It's a Lord of the Rings illustration by John Howe. I just love it.
http://www.geocities.com/stevenshmuely/5.txt
- Steve |
Topic: western poster. |
Speve-o-matic
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Views: 802
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2001 12:47 am Subject: western poster. |
It reminds me of a chalk pastel drawing. images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
- Steve |
Topic: Today's Digital Doodle -> Mr Evil |
Speve-o-matic
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Views: 634
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2001 9:37 am Subject: Today's Digital Doodle -> Mr Evil |
I haven't done anything digital for a while, so I thought I'd give it ago.
I've been doing a lot of watercolour paintings and have become quite fond of big bold strokes ala Sargent. Thought I'd tr ... |
Topic: Study in white (Bad Rats #7) |
Speve-o-matic
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2001 10:20 am Subject: Study in white (Bad Rats #7) |
I quite like the composition of this one. Interesting expression on the face too.
Look like a rat? Not really. images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
I'd prefer this piece a whole lot more without the bor ... |
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