Traditional/Digital Design — Stan Winston School of Character Arts Forums

ROLL CALL FOR ANYONE HERE AT SWSCA LIVING AND WORKING IN JERSEY

Tom Luca — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 15:36:28 +0000

This is a unofficial roll call to see who and how many people here studying at SWSCA that are Artists, Craftsmen, Craftswomen, Technicians, and Camera/G&E Crew that are living and working or wish to work in New Jersey. Pennsylvania or N.Y. as well. Let's hear it from ya people!

ART DEPARTMENT CONCEPT DESIGNS FOR SHORT FILM P.O.C.

Tom Luca — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 19:16:45 +0000

These are Concept Designs of a few of the Creature Characters in a 20 minute Fantasy/Horror short film proof of concept that has been in Development Hell since 2017. LUNCH is the working title and the release title will be made public in Post. Our parent company's production company division is waiting on investors. The production budget for the short film P.O.C. is $175,000.00 ($175 thousand dollars) and the production budget for the feature is currently $5,000,000.00 ($5 million dollars). At one point we had $11,000,000.00 ($11 million dollars) in our bank's Escrow Account and that came from Slated. The film is on Slated still https://slated.com/films/204858/ but the development stage was taking too long and the investors pulled out! Big bummer. To say the least. We hope investors come around again and take interest in the story again. So IWS can work on it! Our Distribution Division even has merchandise ready. Just a few things already manufactured for the short film if we can hire a Crowdfunding Campaign Manager this time around for another round on a Crowdfunding website? First try was Kickstarter but I don't know anything about that so that is why we need to hire a Crowdfunding Campaign Manager.

Here's the current marketing pitch and exposition website for shopping the film around: https://facebook.com/lunchthemovie/

Feel free to ask any questions about this intellectual Property that is owned by DreamFactory Studios LLC.

various photoshop concept art.

Collier Wilmes — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 23:51:16 +0000

Hi everyone, I have just recently started playing around with photoshop for concept art. The first couple is some concept art for my film Sasquatch:Boss of the forest. The third was some concept art of a makeup for a short film called "The Rake". The last is one that I'm still playing around with. Please tell me what you think, I'd love to hear some opinions and maybe some critiques.

Creature design - from clay to digital

Glauco Longhi — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:13:03 +0000

Hi guys.

I`m a traditional sculptor and creature designer...

I`m back to digital, using it to complement my work as a design tool, and I must say that I`m loving it so much!

My workflow is pretty simple. Dynamesh, polypaint and then render some passes and compose in photoshop.

Here we have some of my latest creations. (most of them are done after work, at night. about 4, 5h of work on each one)

You can see some of my traditional work at my website - www.glaucolonghi.com

Cheers

Bat Creature - originally sketched in clay.

[IMG]http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=382022[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=382023[/IMG]

Alien MIB style

[IMG]http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=381462[/IMG]

Creature 2 - (this one I wanted to see how much work I could do in 3h)

Based on a clay sketch as well

[IMG]http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=380819[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=380800[/IMG]

Primata study

[IMG]http://www.zbrushcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=381314[/IMG]

CONCEPT DESIGN

Tom Luca — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 14:22:04 +0000

IWS Art Department Concept Design of a man with an early-stage flesh-eating disease epidemic that has broken out from an underground top-secret research facility nearby a small rural town in New Jersey on the outskirts of the Delaware River bordering Pennsylvania. For a short film done with Wacom Cintiq 21 and Adobe Photoshop.

Lilly Allen thing

Lee Pearson — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 11:17:02 +0000

Sketches

Antonio Manuel Trujillo Mena — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 01:48:42 +0000

A couple of sketches that I found among my files

First Alien Concept Drawing -Looking for suggestions & feedback

Gemma Newey — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:57:15 +0000

Hi all,

I've just started my first character creation concept. I like how its looking but I just can't grasp how the hands should look. I see a 3 finger 1 thumb hand, and clawed but I just can't properly visualise it to draw. Any help would be appreciated! Also any suggestions on reference material.

I've been watching the concept drawing tutorials and other drawing tutoris on the site but hands are like kryptonite to me ... I just can't get them right. It's annoying.

Thanks
Guys

Son of Lilith (concept creature)

Luis Deckard — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 17:57:59 +0000

Creature based on a nightmare that I had, in which a sacrifice victim is converted to a slave winged monster by the witch Lilith. Sculpting in Zbrush and composition with Photoshop

Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/luis_deckard

DOOM monsters

Lee Pearson — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 13:09:14 +0000

A Tea party

Andrew Fuller — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 11:27:31 +0000

First sculpt project in Zbrush

Chris Mcgrath — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 10:42:15 +0000

Hey guys, I just picked up Zbrush Core last week, followed a few tutorials to get the hang of some of the tools, and then jumped right in with both feet and started sculpting!

Dragon Head High-Poly Model

Geoffrey Smith — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 02:56:26 +0000

Dragon Head High-Poly Model by AdventDestiny on Sketchfab

A dragon that is loosely inspired by the creations of the late Ray Harryhausen, mostly the dragon Taro and the Allosaurus from One Million Years B.C. This is a simple character bust I created in ZBrush, as a Christmas present for my family. [Hope the Sketchfab viewer loads here... nope, ah too bad!]

Legion - Court of the Dead contest

German Silesky — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 01:02:47 +0000

Hello I've just finished this model for a contest, I hope you like how it came out. And if you could vote for it I'd be more than grateful. I'll leave the link at the bottom.

Legion is a community of lesser demons merged in a single entity, It is driven by an unquenchable thirst for power. After failing to take the throne from the lord of darkness himself it had to flee to the underworld; here it likes what he sees, and it thinks that the realm of Death will make a fine conquest.

Legion is very intelligent and resourceful, the consequence of merging many minds, but when the victory gets near, the greed for power fragments the will of the many inhabitants in its body, every demon wants the power for itself, always with defeat as consequence.

The form of Legion is ever changing, the will of each mind can sprout new and repeated limbs and features in its communal body.

This is the link to vote for the design, I'll appreciate it if you do vote!

https://www.threadless.com/designs/legion-2

Siren: Beautiful Feminine Predator WIP

Geoffrey Smith — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 00:49:47 +0000

I've recently been working on a monster character for a 3D animation contest being held by Reallusion. The character is a reimagining of the mythical Siren, which is a predator that conceals its true nature in an appealing form. My goal is to create a creature that is both beautiful yet inhuman, while also being able to appear terrifying without having to resort to magic illusions to conceal her true nature.

This is a current rough sketch of her. I'm currently designing her in ZBrush, using a premade model, which I hope to modify the topology of the face to incorporate a subtle slit along the cheeks that will enable the Siren to open her mouth impossibly wide, while also allowing her jaw to actually project itself out of her skull, very much like the jaws of a Goblin Shark.

I'll try and post some more updates on my progress regularly here, meanwhile feel free to ask any questions or suggestions along the way!

Some of my creature designs using corel painter

David Wuertemburg — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 02:21:23 +0000

Here are a few creature designs i came up with using Corel Painter 11, as u can see i kinda have a soft spot for werewolves.

Monster Sketch

Blaise Rhein — Tue, 10 May 2016 22:03:50 +0000

Here's a quick monster sketch i did the other day. Please check out my Facebook page to see more of my work https://www.facebook.com/BlaisingArt/

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Blaise Rhein — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 21:12:47 +0000

I'm curious how many creature designers work remotely?

William Fowler — Mon, 11 May 2015 01:28:02 +0000

Is creature design, digital or traditional sculpt, a freelance gig you can make a career out of working at home? I'm currently a Motion Graphic Designer with 3D modelling skills and would like to get into creature design. I live in Toronto and would like to buy a house someday, which I can't afford in Toronto so I'm considering moving to a smaller city and working freelance from home. I do freelance Motion Graphic Design work from home and after I get the knowledge for creature design would like to offer that as a service too. For anyone with professional creature design experience; do you think that my plan is realistic?

You can see my current mograph work here: http://curioussasquatch.prosite.com/

Thanks in advance!

Bill

Wolf shark , concept art, creature design.

Mario Clemente — Thu, 21 May 2015 03:53:52 +0000

Agarus (Winged Demon): Zbrush/ Photoshop (Feedback Welcome)

Stacey Kaelin — Sat, 09 May 2015 16:19:57 +0000

Rhinohorn: Zbrush/ Photoshop (Feedback Welcome)

Stacey Kaelin — Sat, 09 May 2015 16:17:00 +0000

Wiseman: Zbrush/ Photoshop (Feedback Welcome)

Stacey Kaelin — Fri, 01 May 2015 01:23:04 +0000

Created in Zbrush and Photoshop

Some of my Digital Works

Christopher Vaughan — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 02:00:11 +0000

A few of my Digital Works

My Arthole of Wonder! (Original Character/Creature Stuff by Me)

Aaron De Freitas — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 21:42:18 +0000

Pretty much says it all in the title.

My still pretty new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Looktallthestuffonthispageitisprettycool

My original creations

Geoffrey Smith — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 18:02:24 +0000

Just a page I plan to post any of my original character sketches; I'm mostly sticking to a traditional art style, hoping to do some digital art sometime soon!

These are a couple of original kaiju [giant Japanese monsters] that I created a couple of days ago:

Building a Creature Portfolio

Isaac Law — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 23:31:50 +0000

So, here're some creatures I've been working on, as well as with a partner.

http://ia3.deviantart.com/gallery/

My First Creatures!

Heather Murphy — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 06:03:01 +0000

I love creating anything in any form, but these are my first real creature types that I put some effort into. I hope you enjoy them!

ANY comments or critiques are welcome! Thank you.

Digital paintings/design

John Meeks — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:20:58 +0000

My apologies for the obnoxiously large watermarks/tags. The non obstructed ones are on my work system currently out of reach