Dec 7, 2005

“Queen ” by Lorenzo di Mauro A few month ago, Kevin Eastman, owner and publisher of Heavy Metal Magazine, asked me to do some sketches for a cover. Obviously I was so honored and thrilled for this! Many ideas were milling around in my mind and I was looking for enough image reference. Among the sketches I submitted to him, he chose the one that...

Nov 30, 2005

“Alien World” by Monsit Jangariyawong I begin to brainstorm by start sketch everything in my head about the briefat this point , I have 2 approach to the image, 1. realistic rendering and highdetail 3d scene and 2. the graphic abstract element , the first approach require more time and hardware power ,but the result will be easy to the audience to...

Nov 29, 2005

“Dark Asassin ” by Monsit Jangariyawong Dark assasin is the special agent that work in the cold war of universe, he has ability to sneak in to the enemy base and complete the objective , but this new mission is not easy as he thought , now it’s time to test his close combat fighting , fight for the universe!! I begin with pen and paper , I...

Nov 23, 2005

“The Explorer” by Monsit Jangariyawong I started sketch with pen and paper , I tried to draw little thumbnail as much as possible to find the right composition , I spent mech time at this stage, because , if you find the right compostion at fist ,it will save you a lot of work. Finally I picked the one I liked and developed it into high resolution...

Nov 6, 2005

“Gradient tutorial” by Gerardo Estrada Several people have asked me about the technique to make in LW this image created originally by Twilight in VRay. The render time at 640 x 480 are 7min 46 seg and at 800 x 600 are 9min 42 seg (P IV 2Ghz) 3Dtutorials.sk recommendation: To maximise the realism of your 3D rendering we recommend to use high quality...

Nov 4, 2005

“A look at the Victorian freak” by Merlyn Lear 1. Starting off This project was inspired by the Frankenstein’s monster in the film Van Helsing. After watching the movie I thought, I could create a better freak than that! So I did. I have to say I had nothing on paper to start off with. Its not that I’m bad at drawing, its just that the project was...

Nov 1, 2005

“WATERDROP” by Gerardo Estrada Introduction This tutorial assumes you have the basic knowledge of the software you are working with. It’s meant to be a walkthrough of one technique to recreate the effect of a drop falling into a water tank, rather than a detailed step-by-step tutorial. Modeling The scene consists of 2 objects: 1. The drop 2....

Sep 15, 2005

PAINTING CLOUDS by Steven Stahlberg I used Photoshop, but any paint program should work.  (Left, cropped from a larger image.)  I start with a ramp like the one on the right; be careful not to use full saturation here.  Up to your preference, if you want to make the background a little more purple. Start painting with max saturation and max value a...