Storm's sketchbook

[Storm]

Since I can't keep focus on just one project with out making a few sketches now and then, I thought I might as well start a sketchbook here as well.

I made this guy today:
http://frederikstorm.dk/images/doodles/awas.jpg

Hopefully more doodles will follow soon ;)

[PascalR]

ahah great style :thumbsup: I know it is stylized but I would brake up the chin shape just a tiny bit.
Nice one though:D

[Storm]

Thanks man glad you like it ;)
Yeah I was actually trying to brake it up but I kinda couldn't think of what to do, but I'll try again for sure, it definitely need it :D

Okay so something crazy good happened last night (while I was sleeping).

Bobby Chiu (guess you all know who he is?) had a Chiustream (donno if you know what that is? he make small contest were we all do an image from a theme and the winner win an original sketch or painting) he made this concept as a warm-up for an upcoming interview with Alessandro Carloni, who was head of story on "How to train your dragon".

The price last night was an original dragon sketch by Bobby Chiu.
We had 6-7 hours (don't remember the exact number) to create a "goth dragon", so with that much time I decided to take my concept to zbrush.
So for 4-5 hours I busted my *** off, (had to stop then because I was so goddamn tired).
I uploaded my image and went to bed.
Here is my image:
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So I woke up this morning, and it turns out Alessandro choses mine as the winner :D So that was pretty freaking sweet! Just wish I had seen it live.

You can see the other entries and the interview here, if it would have any interest:
http://www.sketchoholic.com/Talent/member/my_contest_items.php?ContestID=310

Anyway hope you guys like my dragon as well ;)

[PascalR]

Wow nice one, especially considering the time you've spent on it, congrats for winning the contest :thumbsup:

[Storm]

Thanks Pascal, really glad to hear you like it ;)

[Ken]

nice work! I love your work style (character/creature design) :)
Congrats anyway :thumbsup:

[Storm]

Thank you Ken! And I'm really glad you like them :D

This is not really a sketch but since it need to be done by Thursday, but you get it here anyway.

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I just hope I'll have the time to finish him, got a lot of homework as well.
Hope you guys like him, CC is very welcome!

[PascalR]

Great style, those hands remind me of your aquatic creature :)

Very cool:thumbsup:

[Storm]

Thank you Pascal, alway good to hear :D
And yeah they properly do, my fishguy was kinda intended to be this wierd mixture of a frog and a fish, and I guess the hands came out quite froggish ;)

So yesterday I got really nervous that I might not finish in time, because a. I got sick and spend the entire day puking:banghead:
b. it turned out the deadline was today.
But despite all that, here is my final image:
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Theres still a few hours left to upload for the contest, so If you guys spot something that you think needs to be changed let me know ;)

Edit:
The image turned out a little blurry when I uploaded it, so here is a sharp render:
http://www.frederikstorm.dk/images/doodles/wip/frog/final-amphibian-for-chiustream.jpg

[Storm]

I should be working on my fishdude, and I proberly should have done some homework aswell, but I accidently made this doodle, it started out as random lines on a sphere to show a friend of mine how zbrush worked :D
Its kinda inspired by the balrog from LOTR:
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Id be happy to hear what you guys think ;)

[PascalR]

hehe cute version of the balrog :)

The face looks a touch flat from the 3 quarter angle, but nice zb sketch:beerchug:

[Storm]

Thanks :D
Glad you like it, and I agree he does look a bit flat, leftover from the original sphere I guess ;)

[Storm]

Working on a small project that is due to may the 6th. I kinda need to get away from my fishdude for a little while, I felt a bit stuck with him, so hopefully this is gonna help ;)

He is going to be my own version of Michelango's David:
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I haven't touched the legs much, but I'm working on it.

Let me hear what you guys think ;)
Critique is very very welcome.

[PascalR]

haha nice one, I love the head :)
Depends on how stylized you want to go, but yeah legs need more detailing especially from the back, and maybe you could get the hands more stylized to be in line with the head.

Cool stuff:beerchug:

[Storm]

Thanks Pascal :beerchug:

I think the level of stylize I am at now is very close to what I want, I definitely don't want the sharp edges to become too dominant. Although I agree with you on the hands and legs, so I'll take a look at what to do about them ;)

[Storm]

Got an update ready, I've tried to tighten up the hands and legs, hope it helped ;)

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[Storm]

Okay, been trying to add the final touches.
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Let me hear what you guys think ;)

[PascalR]

Nice stuff! the ankles silhouette looks a bit thick and straight from the back view but great style clap

[Storm]

Thanks mate, I'll take a look at those angels ;)

[Storm]

Okay, so I got him posed, and I would love to hear what you guys think, cause I still got tomorrow to make the final touches.

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[collings]

héhé really cool Storm i like it :thumbsup:

[Storm]

Thanks Collings, really glad you like it :beerchug:

[Storm]

Hey guys, I made this little doodle today, been wanting to do a troll for quite some time now, so I hope you guys like him ;)

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[PascalR]

hehe that's a funny one :beerchug: Don't think those eyes could be smaller than that :D
Keep them comin! (right after you finish your aqua dude of course)

[Storm]

Hehe thanks, no I think this is the absolute smallest I could make them :D
And yeah gotta finish my aquadude, I am really bad at sticking at one thing when its just a sparetime project.

Btw how to I change the thumbnail of the thread?

[Storm]

Don't want this thread to die out, so here is a little doodle I made last night, spend around 2 hours on him:
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He was kinda stuck in my head so I just had to get him out of my system, and I've been thinking about maybe doing a series of small/fast doodles like this one, a bunch of monster in motion, but we'll see ;)
Hope you guys like him.

[oglu]

lol i love this one... :dance:
could give a short breakdown on your workflow...?

[Storm]

Haha, glad you like it Christoph :D

Sure thing, well it started with a little sketch a made a few days ago.
But for the 3D part, I start from zspheres:
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I then spend some time on the low subd, with the move and smooth brush, move it up to around level 4 and move on to the claybuildup brush (which I use along with the smooth brush) and flatten, and from there I take it one subd at the time, jump back and forth a few times to correct some of the major shapes etc.
Also this was so fast to do because I could keep symmetry on for most parts.
And I think thats about it. Maybe I should record it when I do the next one ;)

[PascalR]

Maybe I should record it when I do the next one ;)
YEs please! :D Great style as always, thanks for sharing these Stormclap

[Storm]

Thanks mate ;)
I'm just glad you guys like them :D

I got a new monster in motion ready:
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And I did record the entire process, took 2 hours and 10 minutes, rendering included, and I was just wondering, what speed what you guys like the recordings uploaded at? And this question leads to another, is there some place that take videos longer than 10 minutes, I'd hate to sit and break the video down in parts?

Anyhow, I hope you guys like him!

[Storm]

The videos are up:
http://vimeo.com/14480375
http://vimeo.com/14480526

Hope you guys like them!

[PascalR]

Great vids Storm! Thanks for sharing them:dance:

[Storm]

Haha, glad you like them :beerchug:

[oglu]

great style... i love the dynamic in the pose...

i like to do a camaeleon...

[Storm]

Thanks Christoph! :D
Camaeleons are definitely some of my favorite animals, would love to do a proper one some time.

Anyway, I made this one last night, just got into the new apartment, no TV, no internet, so I really didn't have anything better to do :D
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[oglu]

an other great one... but i dont like the horns...
maybe smaller ones or twisted like a sheep..?

[Storm]

Thanks Christoph, it was pointed out to me on ZBC as well, so I changed the horns ;)
Hope its better this way.

[oglu]

ooh yes... now im fine with... :drool:

[Storm]

Haha, thanks mate, glad the changes improved it! :D

[Storm]

Got a few new models, and a couple of drawings.
Made this one yesterday:
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And just some quick head doodels, the sharkthingy turned out to be very inspired by one of my favorite characters of all time, Munch from Oddworld:

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And a couple of drawings I made during the week:
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I think I'm gonna upload a couple of sketches from my actual sketchbook as well, I just need to get them scanned ;)
Hope you guys like it.

[collings]

dude you are really inventive, love your cartoon character design. You should shoot for a job at dreamworks or pixar. i'm sure they would consider your application with interest :D

[Storm]

Haha, Thanks Nicolas! Maybe I should give it a go, hehe ;)
Joking aside, that's certainly what I'm aiming for :D

[PascalR]

ahah that's really great Storm, love the full 3d character you just did. So you're always starting from zsphere, right? Basically starting from scratch everytime?
Great work, keep em comin!

[Storm]

Thanks Pascal, glad you like him :D
Yeah Zspheres is how everything started. Usually, or actually always, my shapes from character to character are so different from each other that I wouldn't be able to reuse anything.
Although I should mention that I did use blender for the piece around his neck/shoulders (the thing with the wire to the helmet connected), it is a shape that doesn't work well with the clipping brushes.

[MJG]

aha, so this is where you are posting your stuff. took me a while to find it.
you plan on making that devil in 3d? cuz its look tight man!
anyway, keep up the good work, and post more ! haha

[Storm]

Haha, yeah I'm hiding it here :D
Thanks for the comment mate, super glad you like it.
I wasn't planning on doing the devil in 3D, but I'm not gonna rule it out either ;)

[handlebar]

Love the rat critter Storm, i too would love to see the devil sketch in 3d, he has really nice proportions and style.

[Storm]

Thanks mate, I might have to look into that ;)

Anyway, I thought it would be fun to upload a few pages from my actual sketchbook, I actually got a few more I'd like to upload but I haven't got a scanner around:
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(sorry about the bad scans)
Hope you guys like them, more to follow

[Storm]

Okay a few new 3D sketches, haven't had nearly as much time for zbrush as I would have liked to have, but I guess learning Maya is gonna prove very useful :D

Anyway, first a fish, which I might move to WIP as I hope to take it futher, new topo, more details, textures etc.
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And a little Owl sketch I just made:
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Hope you guys like them ;)

[Manuel Poehlau]

Great new characters, love the owl :D

[Storm]

Thanks Manuel, really glad you like it ;)

[rasmusW]

oy frederik!

great new sketches. it be cool to see more work on "fishy". maybe a small scene with a bit env. and this guy sticking his eyes just above the waterline, looking for flies or whatever it eats.

-r

[Storm]

Hey Rasmus ;)
Thanks mate, I'm actually working on an enviroment for this guy, I'll see if I can get the sketch up some day, and maybe the enviroment I got so far.

Its a project for my to learn maya with, so its very far from perfect, since I've never really done any work in maya before.

Which leads me to another question, I find retopologysing in maya rather painfull, do you guys use some awesome plugin that I don't know of, or do you just do it in topogun?

[rasmusW]

almost all modeling in maya is painful.. heheh
i use a nifty little plugin called nex. it's great both for normal modeling and re topo. the re topo parts works more or less like topogun... -haven't really tried topogun, so i'm not 100% sure.
looking forward to see what you come up with.

-r

[Storm]

Thanks Rasmus, that looks like a really sweet plugin ;)

Okay, I'm still kinda working on the fish, but I have no idea when I'll have an update up, he has gotten a new topo but still has a long way to go with textures, shaders, details etc.
But I think I'm gonna do a new character as well this weekend, I made this sketch yesterday, painted him up today, and I think he would make a really cool digital maquette:
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Hope you guys like him ;)

[PascalR]

haha great sketch Storm, now go 3dclap

[Storm]

Thanks Pascal, really glad you like it, hope to make it 3D today ;)

[Storm]

So here he is:
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He was super super fun to make, don't know why but I really enjoyed making this falla.
So let me hear what you guys think ;)

[PascalR]

Looks cool and funny :) I think the tail's fins could use some more break up on the silhouette like in your drawing, and have the tip pointy instead of round.

Cool model very funny :thumbsup:

[Storm]

Thanks!
You were so right about the tail fin, I actually started modeling it with polygons, but I accidently hit some mysterious button and blender shut down, so I got lazy and did something fast in zbrush :D
But today I pulled myself together and redid the tail.
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Hope you guys like them ;)

[PascalR]

Very cool, tail looks better, a bit of pinching at the top of the new creases but that's minor ;)

Love the second painted one, nice! :thumbsup:

[oglu]

i like the last one...

i have to do more comic style models...
i stuck with the stuff i doo... im feeling no improvement...
maybe some comic design could help...

how do you start such designs..?
have you an idea in mind or are you doing always 2d sketches first..?

[Storm]

@PascalR
Thanks mate, glad you like it ;)
Yeah the tail could properly still use a bit of work.

@oglu
Thanks man, glad you like it ;)
I donno I think your sculpts are looking better and better ;)
But I'd definately love to see some cartoony stuff from you as well.
I start on paper most of the time, but for example my rocket turtle was designed 100% in zbrush.
I think the more cartooney shapes will often be more likely to pop up on paper.
When I'm designing I'll ofte just start with a random shape, and just build on that, often the design will go way beyond that shape, but it just helps me get my ideas going. I usually don't have a very clear idea of what I want before I start.
I think its a pretty crappy help, my best advise is to "steal" stuff that you love in art and try to merge it into your own stuff, eventually I think it will turn into a unique style if you steal from enough different places haha :D

[brunosaber]

really nice toons man...keep them coming !

[Rishi]

very cool toons,excellent.nice thread to follow.

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My Sketchbook

[Storm]

@brunosaber
Thanks mate! I'll see what I can do ;)

@Rishi
Thanks a bunch, super glad you like it :D

[MJG]

haha lovinnn your last sketch.so much character. feels like he should have his own show or movie!

[Storm]

Haha! thats so awesome to hear man, thank you so much!:D

[Storm]

I've got a few things to post, first off this weekends little fun project, a pterodactyl of some sort:
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And this is some school work, the viking is gonna be dragging the dragon head out of a cave, still lots of work to be done on this one:
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Hope you guys like it ;)

[PascalR]

hehe I love the pterodactyl's face clap

[Storm]

Thanks man, glad you like it :D

[Storm]

Todays little quick sketch, a rubberface lizard thingy

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http://vimeo.com/16903180

Hope you guys like him ;)

[moonjam]

I love him!

Your models are so beautifully clean & smooth - I am extremely jealous of this!

:D

[Storm]

Thanks mate! I'm so glad you like him :beerchug:

[Storm]

Got a few new super quick sculpts up:

The big bad wolf:
http://vimeo.com/16977814

And an alien, made in quite a different style than what I normally do:
http://vimeo.com/16990409

Hope you guys like them ;)

[oglu]

its a pleasure to see you working...
your feeling about shapes is what im most lacking in...

[Storm]

Thanks buddy! ;)
I find, that a good way to practice shapes, is to just draw a bunch of random lines and work from that.

[xada]

yes! so good to see the birth of your models. still loving your style!!

[Storm]

Thanks man! I'm properly gonna do a couple more of these for a while, as I don't think I'll have the time to do much work on my cyclops for a while.

[CristianRio]

Hi Storm!
I love your cartoons models, I think everyone here has already said this, haha!

[Storm]

Hey Cristian, Thanks man, so glad you like it ;)
Btw sorry for the late reply, I've been very busy these last couple of days.

[Storm]

Yet another video, I haven't really had any free time all week, so this was a real pleasure to make, more will follow, as this is definitely not done yet ;)

http://vimeo.com/17264132

[Storm]

More progress on the fat lizard, plus a couple of renders:
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and the videos:
http://vimeo.com/17465729
http://vimeo.com/17465759

Hope you guys like him CC is very welcome.

[CristianRio]

Very nice Ups Storm!!! you could share the MatCap that you used on page 03 in post 26!!!

[Storm]

Thanks Cristian!
Yeah no problem, I've attached it, its the one called renderMat ;)

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Just use it with a red color ;)

[CristianRio]

Hey Storm!!!Thank you for sharing MatCap!!!

[PascalR]

ahaha I love the fat lizard! thanks for the vids Storm, looks greatclap

[Storm]

Thanks Pascal! I hope someone can find something useful in the vids ;)

[delavega]

haha awesome new design Frederik.
I love the pose of his hands and his evil eye.
great stuff :thumbsup:

[Storm]

Thanks a bunch mate! :D
Glad to hear I hit the right expression.

[Storm]

Tonights doodle, taking a small break from all the lizards, hehe:
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Hope you guys like him, cc very welcome ;)

[Time2Time]

Love them all, especially the fish! You have a unique style.

keep it up!

[Storm]

Thanks a bunch man, super glad you like them :D

[Storm]

A new "Saturday creature":
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and with video:
http://vimeo.com/17733692

Its properly juts me but he reminds me a bit of something, I just really don't know what XD Maybe its missing link from monsters vs aliens, not sure what it is.
But anyways I hope you guys like him ;)

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Final Fat Lizard render, small changes to the model:
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[PascalR]

loving your style man, thanks for sharing your last works and vids clap

[Storm]

As always a pleasure to hear Pascal, so glad you like them :D
I hope to have a new on up this weekend as well ;)

[Storm]

I got super inspired by Adam's sketches, and decided to check out sculptris myself, got to say for a creature like this, the program is perfect! Love it!
I can't see how I could use it for my cartooney sculpts but for something like this, just plain amazing :D

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I feel a bit like I owe Kolby Jukes a little for the design, this one kept popping up in my head: http://www.kolbyjukes.com/images/INTERNAL_PORTFOLIO/personal/Clamhead.jpg

Anyway hope you guys like him, althoug he is completely different from my usual cartoony creations ;)

CC very welcome of cause!

[oglu]

i like the tow above...!

the last one is also a storm... not much diffrent to your other work...
you cant hide your style... ;)

[Intervain]

I just keep wondering what it is he saw :rofl:

[Storm]

@oglu
Thanks Chris! glad you like them, and yeah I guess that apart from all the wrinkles he is still pretty much my style :D (I don't know weather thats a good a bad thing)

@Intervain
Haha, yeah maybe a big delicious fly or something, who knows ;)

[ulf]

cool, i like that last one alot!

[Storm]

Thanks Ulf, I'm really glad to hear so! ;)

[Time2Time]

Really cool! Keep it up! clap

[Storm]

Thanks Andrey, so glad you like him :D

And a few extra views
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[MJG]

hehe nice one man. those matcaps are sweet

[Storm]

Thanks Mladen :D
If you are referring to the ones on the frog monster bust, its from Adam Lewis's collection, and I guess its not matcaps, don't know what they are called in sculptris.

[MJG]

i actually found em on zcentral. some guy converted adam's materials to matcaps. unless that was adam lewis himself. i forget hah

[Time2Time]

Always was a fan of creatures with huge eyes! =) But you did it especially funny! :thumbsup:

[delavega]

Ha cool new design Frederik..yet again :thumbsup:

[Storm]

@MJG
Yeah Eiden did those ;)

@Time2Time
Haha, thanks buddy! Yeah I love big eyes to :D

@delavega
Thanks man, so glad you like it:beerchug:

[Storm]

Having some more fun with sculptris, I love doing wrinkles like on this one :D
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Hope you guys like it ;)

[Storm]

I'm starting compensate for the lack of dinosaurs in this thread, think I might do some more, any dinosuggestions?

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Hope you guys like him ;)

[adamlewis]

These latest sculpts look really great, Frederick, I especially like that bug-eyed creature. You seem to prefer more 'cartoony' (for lack of a better word) sculpts, but it's interesting to see how well your style translates to something a bit more detailed. Reminds me quite a bit of Kolby Jukes, who's work I'm a huge fan of. I'm curious to see how far you can push the detail and realism in your work while still retaining your style. Might result in something pretty awesome looking. Just a thought. :)

As far as dino suggestions go - can't go wrong with the velociraptor.

[Time2Time]

Just amazing and really stylish! :thumbsup:
Keep posting!

[CristianRio]

Hey Storm, I just loved these new models. beautiful character, their details have a nice smoothness!:)

[Time2Time]

I think it would be fun to see T-Rex in your artistic performance. :bouncy:

[Storm]

@adamlewis
Thanks a ton adam, so glad you like them :D
Yeah it would be really cool to see how far I could take them. I think I'm gonna do a bunch and then maybe take one further.
And raptor, a classic! :D

@Time2Time
Thanks buddy, so glad you like them :D
T-rex, uhhh hard one, raptor or T-rex, to be hornest I think its gonna be the t-rex :D

@CristianRio
Thanks mate! really glad you like them! ;)

Hope to have another ready soon, I've been enjoying my holidays these last couple of day, but I feel it itching in my fingers, so t-rex or raptor coming up ;)

[PascalR]

quick reply - looking great - love your sculpting style using sculptris:beerchug:

[Storm]

Thanks buddy :D
As always, really glad you like him them :beerchug:

[Lapaev]

storm, man, those expressions are epic hahaha, i love it.

[Storm]

Awesome to hear man, so glad you like them! :D

as promised a t-rex, although it properly turned more into a f(redosaurus)-rex, with a bit of v-rex in it as well.

Hope you guys like her, lets make this one a girl for a change :D
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[handlebar]

She looks dinoriffic Storm.

[Syntax Error]

Amazing collection of works, just love your style!
You are probably one of my favorite sculptors at the moment, every piece you do makes me laugh. Rock on!

[max-tx]

Amazing work man, congratulations!

[Storm]

@handlebar
Haha, thanks man, So glad you like it! :D

@Syntax Error
Wow, thanks a bunch man, I'm really really glad to hear that!:beerchug:

@max-tx
Thank you!
So glad you like it mate ;)

[PascalR]

:sw:plugged:sw:

[johnseventine]

Beautiful Shapes! More please :thumbsup:

[denz3d]

Amazing work storm! So full of life. clap

[Storm]

@PascalR
:dance: Thanks Pascal :D

@johnseventine
Thanks John! I'm so glad you like it ;)
I got a new one cooking, might upload it later tonight, zbrush this time, and human, hehe.

@denz3d
Hey Denzil, good to see you here man!
and thanks a bunch, glad you like it :D

[collings]

keep it up man, looks rad as usual :thumbsup:

aren't you interested in texturing them ? i mean it looks great as sketches but it would be awesome to see one from time to time completed with textures-shaders and with a nice render to warp it all up ^^. just sayin' maybe you just want to do digital maquette sculpts which is cool too :) in that case you should try to make a few with real clay just like they do at pixar-dreamworks or bluesky. i have posted a few links on my inspirational blog, love it !

[Storm]

Thanks Nicolas, so glad you like them :beerchug:
You have no Idea how many times people have asked me that. I'd love to do it, textures and a great render is really what can make a model stand out, my problem just is, that I got way to many ideas I wan't to build in digital clay. Even when I just keep these quite simple, I only have the time to do few of them.
So basically it boils down to, a choice I've made, that I'd much rather get a bunch of Ideas out, compared to a few with textures and renders.
I hope to do some fully rendered and textured in the future though, I still got 3 years left before I get my bachelor in cg-art, and I expect to learn a lot about texturing and rendering in those 3 years.

No doubt I prefer the freedom of maquettes, but I'd love to do some "final" models as well ;)

Btw, awesome inspiration blog! Its bookmarked ;)

And I even got a new sculpt going, went back to zbrush for this one ;)
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Hope you guys like him ;)

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Thought I'd upload my sketch as well:
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[collings]

hehe awesome man, nice to see a human among all those critters :D
And about the texturing/renders , it makes total sense, i didn't know you still had 3 years of computer graphics study ahead of you. you'll def have plainty of time to do it haha :)

Keep rocking man :dance:

[Emanuel Da Silva Luz]

said it b4 love the style
the new ones are even doper keep it up man :)

[nielot007]

hahaha awesome !
great works and design :)

cheers

[Kel Solaar]

The CG version of your last dude is even better than the sketch :) Congratz for the dinosaurs, they are great and very inspiring :)

KS

[Storm]

@collings
Thanks mate, really glad you like him :D
And yeah I'm still a young brat, got a ton to learn ;)

@Emanuel
Thanks man, as always, I'm super glad you like it! :)

@nielot007
Thank you! Glad you like him :D

@Kel Solaar
Thanks Thomas! And glad to hear the model turned out well, I never really stick to closely to my concepts I just try to get the right feeling in the sculpt ;)

And tonights sculpt, had quite some trouble "finding" him in the polygons, but I'm quite pleased with how he turned out.
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Hope you guys like him!

[B.Melo]

Haha these last 2 models are very cool! |sculptor|

[delavega]

Awesome!
So cool to see you doing some humans. Love'em both!

[Intervain]

yeah cool to see humans :) but I love your stuff in general cause they all have attitude:thumbsup: - I especially dig that red dino chap hehe

[ulf]

yea, like those last two alot! cool man!

[Storm]

@B.Melo
Thanks Bruno, really glad you like them :D

@delavega
Thanks a bunch buddy, so glad you like them :)

@Intervain
Thanks a ton Mag, really appreciate it :beerchug:

@ulf
Thank you Ulf, super glad you like them :D

[Storm]

Todays sculpt, and I recorded this one as well, although I haven't uploaded it yet, hope to get it up by tomorrow.
As the timelapse will show, this was not at all what I set out to do, I have no Idea why this guys suddenly popped up in the mesh.

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Still, hope you all like him!

[3mm]

Awesome new sculpts Fredrick:),the rend dino is one of my favorites,i think you have inter in new stage of your Progress,keep it up man,very inspiring stuff as always:)

[xada]

yes, like others, very happy to see your incredible 'simple and pure' way of sculpting on human models!!
more please!!:drool:

[Storm]

@3mm
Thanks a bunch mohammad, really appreciate it! Super glad you like it:beerchug:

@xada
Haha, thank you so much man, so glad you like them, I hope you like this new one as well ;)


This one was a real challenge, I spend the first hour of making her just rage quitting zbrush because it would keep turning out like shit. But thankfully it got better :D
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Hope you guys like her!

[max-tx]

Very nice man!!!:thumbsup:

[ShamsArt]

really nice sketchbooks ! keep it up :thumbsup:

[Time2Time]

You never ceases to amaze me =) New models look great!
Keep it up!

[nielot007]

Hi
I dont like last one i mean it is good but not as last models
i think something wrog is with chin and around chin
hmmm and mouth i dont know what but i think something wrong is with it

btw. great works and skechbook !! very inspired :)
cheers

[Storm]

@max-tx
Thank you! :D

@Shamesarts
Thanks man, glad you like it ;)

@Time2Time
Thanks Andrey, really glad you think so :D

@nielot007
Thanks mate! I appreciate it, I know the lower lip got to big, there might be something wrong with the chin as well, right now I can't see it, but maybe I can in a few days ;)
I don't doubt that its not on bar with the others, it was quite a challenge for me to model it, but more and better once will come ;)

[rwijaya]

man i am a big fan of your work! very inspiring!

[Storm]

Hey Rudy, I'm sorry for the late reply.
I'm really glad you like my work! :D

[Storm]

finially I had the time to do a doodle for my self, been way to busy lately, and I got some stuff cooking, that I can't wait to show you guys. But for now, just a bird doodle:
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Hope you like ;)

[PascalR]

hehe your characters always make me smile, this one made me laugh:rofl:
Great stuff Storm:thumbsup:

[Kel Solaar]

Lool :) Excellent :]

KS

[Storm]

@PascalR
Haha :D
Made my day man, so glad you like it ;)

@Kel Solaar
Thanks a bunch Thomas ;)

And a little turntable:
http://vimeo.com/19584210

[Time2Time]

I like this bird! :)

[Intervain]

it's great as usual... yeah sorry no constructive criticism hehe I'm like a broken record:beerchug:

[Storm]

@Time2Time
Thanks Andrey, really glad you do ;)

@Intervain
Haha, thanks Mag :beerchug:

I've had even more free time today, so here is another doodle, I see him a bit as Kermit exposed to nuclear waste:
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http://vimeo.com/19611034
And I just remembered that I had a scan of the sketch for the bird, I still think I like the sketch better:
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Anyway, hope you like it ;)

[MJG]

man, the last one is awesome hehehe luv it!clap

[denz3d]

Nice work Storm! Your designs have so much character.:bouncy:

[Storm]

@MJG
Thanks man! Super glad you like it :D

@denz3d
Thanks buddy :beerchug:

[Time2Time]

Frederik, I like this green lizard. He is really funny. :beerchug:
And I think it would be great if you post more of your pencil drawings. :)

[Storm]

Thanks a ton buddy, so glad you like it ;)
And I hope to post some more drawings as well, I just need to scan them as I make them.
But I actually just uploaded some new ones to my site:
http://frederikstorm.dk/

[ianucci]

Love your characters Storm. They're begging to be animated.

[3mm]

supe cool updates,like the Bird,also the drawing is so nice:)

[Storm]

Dinodoodle, yet again, I'm hoping to scan some sketches tomorrow ;) Including the one for this fella:
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Hope you guys like it!
And turntable will be up tomorrow.

[Storm]

Wow so sorry i forgot to reply to you guys last night :(
@inaucci
Thanks a bunch man so glad you think so! :)

@3mm
Thanks buddy, I'm really glad you like the sculp and drawing :D

Once again really sorry i missed the replies last night, maybyøe i shouldn't post so late, hehe.

[Kel Solaar]

Mmmhh I can see plenty of use of your last dino :]


Beer Can Opener.
Tree Leaves Pruner.
Ostrich Like Racer Vehicle.
Giant Live Slide For Baby Dinos.


The knees are quite low on it, Would have some issue to walk THOUGH it would be fun to actually make him walk with such legs, I imagine him moving them like crazy to compensate the ridiculous size :D Hahaha I have some images coming now ^^ :rofl:

KS

[Mrguy]

Always love the work your putting out here and on Zbrushcentral.

Though not a big fan of your last Dino work.. feels a little rushed. But really, these are just doodles. Keep up the good work.

[Storm]

@Kel Solaar
Hahaha :D I'm sure it could be used for all that, I like the idea of a bottle opener, hehe ;)
And yeah the knees are really low, I thought that added a bit to the silliness of the entire creature.

@Mrguy
Thanks man, really glad you like it ;)
And I don't think you are the only one who isn't to found of this new one, I've barely gotten any response on it. But that sometimes how it goes, I think I sometimes see something in my own creations that others don't really notice.
And he was really fun to sculpt, because of the very simple shapes.

And as promised, the turntable is up:
http://vimeo.com/19725938

[nielot007]

HI
GREAT clap

I wish to see some of those models in motion !:dance:

cheers

[Mrguy]

Yeah I remember you saying on Zbrush that you like sculpting this one. I think as long as someone enjoys it, ether a viewer or the creator, that's where all the fun in art is.

I also agree with Andrey, showing your pencil drawings would be really fun too.

[Storm]

@nielot007
Thanks Tomasz! Really glad you like them, and yeah I'm definitely hoping to make another monster in motion, just need to come up with the right idea ;)

@Mrguy
Yeah totally, this is about me having fun as well haha :D

And some more sketches as promised, picked out a few that I like right now, properly gonna hate them in a few weeks, hehe.
First of 3 sketches for some of the models in this thread:
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And then some more:
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Some more succesfull than others, hehe, but I'll try to add more sketches as they come ;)

I like to draw pretty flat, as I find that sometimes let some more interesting shapes pop up in 3D.
Hope you all like them ;)

[PascalR]

I love those sketches Storm, congrats:beerchug:
First cowboy is just awesomeclap

[MJG]

yeah man, the cowboys are awesome!!

[MikeANash]

Awesome designs man, a lot character and life. I think you will have enough character to make a full length movie soon haha

[Time2Time]

Love the sheriff! :bouncy: Very nice drawings, thanks for sharing. clap

[Storm]

@PascalR
Thanks a bunch man :D
Yeah I've been wanting to do him in 3D since I made him, maybe I should go for it ;)

@MJG
Thanks buddy, really glad you like it :D

@MikeANash
Haha, thanks a ton Mike, so glad you like them! :D

@Time2Time
Thanks mate!
It sounds like I might have to make him in 3D some day, hehe ;)

[ulf]

the sherrif!
and congrats on the zbrushcentral interview!

[denz3d]

Just excellent Storm clap Love the drawings keep them coming. Your 3d translations are really one in the same. Also congrats on the Interview!

[Storm]

@ulf
Haha, hope to begin working on him soon :D
And thank a ton!

@denz3d
Thanks a bunch mate, and I'm so glad you like my drawings as well.

If anyone else want to see the interview, it can be found here:
http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?t=103592

[Storm]

A couple of new sketches, an alien and a couple of warewulfs:

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Hope I'll have some sculpts to show soon as well ;)

[Time2Time]

Cool sketches Frederik! :thumbsup:

[Storm]

Thanks Andrey, really glad you like them :D
Just fixed the alien a bit, noticed something weird on the knee.

[Storm]

A doodle for today, a little different than what I normally sculpt, but after I saw this magnificent creature on TV the other night I was just sold. I was simply blown a way that today we got a living creature that to my practically is a dinosaur, and an insane one of the kind, instant favorite animal :D
So here is my sculpt of a Cassowary:

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CC is very welcome, I'm not sure how much more I'm gonna do with this one, but I think I'm gonna try to bring the entire sculpt to the same level of detail as the head ;)

Hope you all like it!

[mala]

nice sculpt:thumbsup:

These things are vicious,i've been chased by them on my bike in the rainforest in north queensland Australia...mad looking creature with the talons of a Velcoraptor.

sure you kind find a lot of ref images,but try searching mission beach cassowary as well.there's quite a few of them round there.

looking forward to seeing your progress
Cheers,
mala

[Time2Time]

Nice one! :thumbsup:

Is it Zbrush or Sculpttris?

[Storm]

@mala
Thank you really glad you like it, and thanks for the tip, I've basically downloaded every single picture I could find of this animal :D

And yeah I heard they are pretty crazy ;)
Still I'd love to observe one in nature.

@Time2Time
Thanks bud!
Its zbrush ;)

I got an update:
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I'd like to work with some more wrinkles, on those dangly things, but I'm away from my main computer, and have to do this on my laptop, and currently it can't really handle more polygons, so I'll have to fix that when I get back home ;)

[Storm]

More sketches:
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Hope you guys like them ;)

[Storm]

More dragon!
I tried to convert the design from last post to 3D, progress so far:
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I'd love to hear what you guys think CC is very welcome, as I think I might retopo this one, and maybe even texture it (I'm crossing my fingers hoping that I can keep forcused for that long).
But at the same time I really wan't to take part in the Clément Sauvé comp.
We'll see, anyway let me hear what you guys think ;)

[Vimmy]

You're very good to translate the mood from your 2d sketch to 3d man. Really! cool stuff ;)

[Storm]

Thanks a ton Sam! Really glad to hear so, as Maquettes is something I'd really love to make a living doing.

[PascalR]

You're very good to translate the mood from your 2d sketch to 3d man. Really! cool stuff ;)

Agreed, very refreshing style. Keep it up man :thumbsup:

[3mm]

yeah ,as other mention your style is unique among other artists in cg community ,it would be nice to have a one of your prints in our desk:)

[AdanVC]

yeah ,as other mention your style is unique among other artists in cg community ,it would be nice to have a one of your prints in our desk:)

Oh that would be awesome to have figurines of characters from Fred, i would definitely buy the entire collection!, some excellent new models you have!clap

[Storm]

@PascalR
Thanks a ton man, so glad you like them :D

@3mm
Thanks buddy! I really appreciate it :D

@AdanVC
Haha, thanks man! Yeah I'd love to have some of my creations printed as well ;)

[Storm]

More sketches:
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Hope you guys like them ;)

[GunZet]

VERY nice style, and the details too, not too many but subtle and nicely used.

Sort of reminds me of something from the old er..Pixar/Disney days...or was it some other company.

[3mm]

really nice sketches ,i can see nico marlet influence in this series,maybe you know him,he is designer of Kungfu panda and how to train your dragon.......

[Storm]

@GunZet
Thanks man! :D
I'm not sure exactly what you are referring to could it like 3mm said be Nicolas Marlet?

@3mm
Thanks buddy, yeah I love Nicolas Marlets work, he is one of my favorite character designers :D

[Storm]

Its been way to long since I've had anything to show, but finally I got some new stuff to share with you guys, first, a head I made last night + this morning:
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And then a character I'll be doing for a school project, the idea is to make him as realistic as possible, I can't draw that realistic so thats why it looks a bit cartooney :)
But anyway, he is what I believe is called a sahdu, from my understanding people who have given up all worldly possessions to get closer to god.
Don't know how much more time on gonna spend on the drawing if any, but I'll be making a clay maquette Wednesday and Thursday (can't wait :D )
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I'm properly gonna start a wip thread soon with this project as it will be going for 5 more weeks.

But hope you guys like it, CC is very welcome of cause, and I'll properly have some drawings to show monday as well, just haven't had them scanned yet.

[Syntax Error]

heh, that bust's looking cool!
reminds me of Vincent Cassel.

[Storm]

Thanks!
Haha, yeah he actually does, can't put my finger on what causes it though?

[Storm]

Retopo = Done
Unless you guys got critique of cause ;)
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And with out wireframe:
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I actually retopoed the whole thing in blender, but Maya just shows of the wire frame way better than blender.

Love to hear what you guys think, critique is very very welcome!

[PascalR]

Hey Storm,

cool creature, topology looks good to me for this kind of style. It would need more resolution if you went for realistic deformations with folds,etc...
Nice:beerchug:

[Storm]

Thanks mate ;)
Where would you add the extra geomety?
Or would you simply just devide the mesh once?
Just for further ref :)

[PascalR]

yep, subdivide it once or twice to get wrinkles, but before doing that you would increase the shoulder area and reduce the lines you have under the dorsal scales to get a more even resolution.
If this creature was more muscular your flow would need to follow more the muscles.
Cheers

P.

[MJG]

storm, man you impress me everytime. very smooth wireframe and flow.

you going to tackle a full human at all or just leave it as a bust? would love to see you do some more humanish types, stylized or not.

it would be pimp to see you render at least one of em.

great work nontheless!

[rasmusW]

good work frederik!

your retopo looks good. already much better than what i saw from you last.
hope to see some colors on this too.

-r

[Storm]

@PascalR
Awesome, thanks a ton for the tips, I'll add some more loops at the joints right away ;)

@MJG
Thank you Mladen! So glad to hear so :)
The human figure will be fullbody, I don't think I'm gonna do textures for that one though. But my plan was to take this croc guy further, spend some more time sculpting and maybe textures as well.

@rasmusW
Thanks buddy! And so do I, hope I can keep the steam going on this one ;)

[BrettSinclair]

Very cool. I never know what to say or crit with these stylised characters. I jsut like the cool shapes :)

[3mm]

nice retopo Storm,speacking of retopology i saw this amazing video from 3d-coate website::dance::dance::dance::dance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEnwxnNMPk4

[Storm]

@BrettSinclair
Hehe, thanks Brett, I'm really glad you like them ;)

@3mm
Yeah I've been looking having an eye on 3D coat for some time now, especially after Scott Eaton recommended it when we gave anatomy lessons at my school. And its pretty affordable as well, $100 for a student version!
I'm gonna test it on my Indian Fakir guy I posted the concept of earlier ;)

Oh and sorry totally forgot, thanks glad you like it :D

[Storm]

New monster!
Not fantasticly original but loads of fun to make ;)

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Hope you like it.

[johnseventine]

you're very talented Storm, thank you for sharing!:notWorthy:

[Storm]

Thanks a ton man, I'm so glad you like it! :D

I have a few sketches I though I'd upload as well:
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[idkfa]

Love your designs man :thumbsup: Really like the flow of the forms and lines. Cool sketches too!

[Storm]

Thanks man, glad you like it ;)

[PascalR]

Great stuff, I love your last sculpt :thumbsup:

[Ken]

I also love the last sculpt! cool clapclapclap
If I could, I'd like to make a more real version base on your design. hehe

[moonjam]

I absolutely love everything you're creating.

I'm finding it very difficult not to constantly reply to this thread with adoration!

:D:love:

[Storm]

@PascalR
Thanks mate!:beerchug:

@Ken
Thanks a ton buddy! :D
You are more than welcome to do that, it would be an honor! :dance:

@moonjam
Haha, thanks man, I really appreciate it ;)
Super glad you like it!

[Storm]

A new creature, tried to add a bit more story to this one, a fly snapping dragon:
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Hope you all like it ;)
CC very welcome of cause!

Ninja edit:
thought I'd add the sketch as well
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[brunosaber]

Hey storm very great horned character, i like it =)

[Storm]

Thanks bud, glad you like it ;)

I've been working on this guy for two weeks now, its been quite a challenge, as I've been aiming to go as realistic as possible, still got a long way to go, although the project will be done this week (can't wait to pose him, got a feeling that is gonna help a lot).

Any CC would be much appreciated as this certainly could use is, I regret that I haven't posted any progress before. But here goes, been sculpting on him for 2 days now in mudbox:
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Like I said CC is very very welcome!

[Storm]

Update on this dude and I made a WIP thread:
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And the WIP thread
http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/showthread.php?t=1402

[Storm]

I've been having a serious nerdgasm since I saw the robot designs from portal two, and I just felt like doing a little robot myself, still WIP:
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Still need to figure out the joints etc.
Hope you guys like him ;)

[Storm]

an update on this fella, I think I might jump on to the other robot today, if I don't find anything better to do hehe:
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Cc very welcome ;)

[Storm]

His brother is up:
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I need to fix the plates on their legs so it doesn't stretch so much, and add a few wires for coolness factor.

Let me hear what you guys think, cc very welcome ;)

[PascalR]

They look great! Planning on posing them to break the symmetry? Very cool:thumbsup:

[Storm]

Thanks Pascal! Thats a great Idea, I'll properly give them some simple poses ;)

[William Cameron]

Nice work Frederik!
The robots look great,
I agree, these would look great posed,
Not sure of the direction you want to take these,
but the odd dent/scratch in the metal, might give them a bit of character
Good Work!

[Storm]

Thanks man, glad you like it, and yeah scratches and stuff would be great, but I don't know If I'm gonna take them that far. We'll see ;) Anyway I appreciate the input!

Anyway, a doodle I made today:
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And turn should be up soon:
http://vimeo.com/22581486

Hope you all like it!

[PascalR]

Hey Storm , great character reminds me of Monsters inc boss :) I updated your post, it's a bit of a pain but if you want your images to show up full rez you now have to use the bbCode: [attachfull] instead of [attach]
The plugin is a bit buggy (as you won't see this command if you edit your post now) but it works.
So basically attach them the old way and then add "full" at the end of each [attach]

cheers

Pascal

[Storm]

Thanks man! I'll take that as a huge compliment, love that design :D
And thanks for editing the post ;) I'll keep that in mind for further posting.

[Storm]

Man, I'm spamming the forum these days XD
Here are a bunch of drawings:
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[PascalR]

please keep on "spamming" us, I love theseclap

[moonjam]

please keep on "spamming" us+1!

:love:

[AdanVC]

This is the spam that we love!, excellent sketches Fred! each one is unique!

[Storm]

Thanks a ton guys! I'll keep spamming then :beerchug:

[max-tx]

This is looking really great Storm, amazing man!

[Storm]

Thanks a ton mate, really glad you like it! :D
I hope to have some more stuff to post soon, and some updates on the robots.

[Intervain]

love the last but one sketch, would love to see him in 3d :)

[ulf]

clap the green fat monster boss looks fantastic!

[Storm]

@Intervain
Thanks Mag!
Hehe, so would I, though I don't think I'll have the time. ;)

@ulf
Thanks man, really glad you like it :D

[Storm]

Dragon sketches, I very recently watches how to train your dragon again :)
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And I don't know what this guys is, but I though I'd add him as well, kinda like him:
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[Time2Time]

Love the dragons!
Are you going to transform them in 3D? |sculptor|

[Storm]

Thanks Andrey!
I donno, if I find the time, and don't come up with something I'd rather do, I would like to make the skinny dragon for sure ;)

[MJG]

hot damn Fred! looking pimp as usual:D.

you gotta let me model this one http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/attachment.php?attachmentid=6265
got an idea for my next scene.