Weirdology

Don't ask me the idea behind this, I have no idea. There are a bunch of other drawings I have done and I might go ahead and continue. I am pretty new to this sort of drawing, since it came totally natural and I wasn't thinking of anything apart from lines. Couple of people at the conceptart forums inspired me to freely scribble and then later turn the shapes into objects, characters etc. just by rendering them. Must work harder on the environments, looks a bit plain eh?

Imagine a whale with arms

Here's a small update. This is a game creature concept titled Blind whale. It was a complete random doodle later suited into a game. Still trying to get used to colouring and the bigger size of my new tablet. Big is good but I wish I have had a wide screen monitor as well, normal ratio monitor feels claustrophobic.

Giant Snail vs. Evil Bunny

I have finally got it. I have got my A5 intuos3 and I have been busy getting used to it. The nibs, the blue led, the feel of the surface. Just thinking about it pumps adrenaline. Not much to say apart from how sad I am to know how I wasted my years using an almost non-sensitive volito.

A few random pieces from the last few days. They were originally graphite sketches. I may post them later on.



I am still dependant on starting out on paper first because I'm not very comfortable with sketching with the tablet yet. I am very used to just rotating the paper and using my elbow when using pencil & paper. That is why I have been told to focus on Painter since it has the rotate canvas feature. It looks really good but I feel intimidated. I'm such a wuss.



Well, now I have almost all the tools I need, I don't have an excuse not to work my ass off. One problem I've encountered with my tablet is that it is too good. It's like a lightsaber and I feel like a jawa. How can I use to something so advanced, I almost feel like cheating, that is why I should start using Painter so perhaps it balances the artistic effort on a level where I have to think on a more natural way. I will post more random works soon as I feel more confident.

My dreaming skills

Here it goes the beginning of an era. This will be a place where I talk about things you don't really need to hear, before I fall asleep and completely forget about them.

Have you ever had a dream so marvellous it made you keep saying “I wish I could bring that magic-wand-that-can-turn-anything-to-ice-cream back”. I have.

A long time ago I have had and I stopped having happy dreams since, my mind stopped generating good thoughts whilst asleep. Now I hardly ever dream and even if I do, it’s either about getting killed by maniacs or half-human half-farm animals. But mainly, it is falling from a very high place that I used to experience the most. Usually a church or a cathedral of some sort in an eastern european city. I hate falling from high places, it hurts a lot and when I do fall in my dreams, my mind switches itself off because of the high amplitude screaming caused be my desperate misery.

Unfortunately I don’t even remember the last time having that sort of a dream. I hate to say it but I even miss those dreams. When I sleep now, I have nothing but blank unconsciousness. Just to wake up even more tired in the morning. I seriously don’t understand the point of sleeping any more. Well I do, because it is bad to have my head keep falling on the keyboard at work…makes things a bit more difficult.

But I am happy, despite the glitches and design mistakes I have made in my life, I try to forget and experience everyday as if it was a dream. From now on I will try to use this place to put my work up and try to get some people to look at it and maybe leave comments if I'm lucky.

Maybe next time I will be more insightful and talk about something creative, interesting or even weird. Perhaps how excessive 3D work started making me see people and objects in wire frame mode, or the fibonacci spiral I visualize when I look at people’s faces. We’ll see.

Bora