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ZeroCartin
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2390 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-22 15:56:24
January 22 2014 15:51 GMT
#1
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Hello again!

I have another update. Ive been kind of busy with life-stuff, but Im trying to keep painting. Sometimes I spend a whole month without even sketching, but with this new year, i hope this changes.

Here are some of the things I have made so far.

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About 2 hours

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30 mins

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30 mins

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30 mins

Black and white sketches:
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That's it for today. I'll try to update more often!

Follow me on
TUMBLR: http://zerocartin.tumblr.com/
DEVIANTART: http://zerocartin.deviantart.com/
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/zerocartin

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"My sister is on vacation in Costa Rica right now. I hope she stays a while because she's a miserable cunt." -pubbanana
Noobity
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States871 Posts
January 22 2014 16:18 GMT
#2
So good.

I love Microns, love them to death.

I really like the "simpler" digital pieces you did (2nd and 3rd pieces). They seem almost like an exercise in getting a point across in as few strokes as possible.

I really like your depth of field, though one thing that I think is a little off is how it looks like your second and third pieces are taken from a perspective of laying on the ground. It's just not a way that I normally look at things so it's probably just my eyes being confused about the positions. Depth of field in general is really hard to pull off I feel, so that might be part of it.

I will say that especially showcased with the first piece, you're excellent at drawing the eyes to what seems most important to a piece, with nice control over light and detail.

Very well done, thanks for sharing!
My name is Mike, and statistically, yours is not.
tili
Profile Joined July 2012
United States1332 Posts
January 22 2014 16:36 GMT
#3
Wow- I've never seen your blog before but this is very impressive stuff. Thanks!
ZeroCartin
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2390 Posts
January 22 2014 16:42 GMT
#4
Thanks Noobity

I do agree with you. For me the speedpaints are much more gratifying since they evoke much more movement and artistic freedom. Once you finish the base concept and start fleshing it out, it starts becoming more rigid and still. I applied a filter blur for the 2nd and 3rd images to simulate lens blurs for depth of field. This happens when focusing in on small objects (king frog image), or when setting the focus to distant objects but have objects really close by (winter landscape).

Again, thanks for the nice comments and taking the time to write your feedback!
"My sister is on vacation in Costa Rica right now. I hope she stays a while because she's a miserable cunt." -pubbanana
ZeroCartin
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2390 Posts
January 22 2014 16:44 GMT
#5
On January 23 2014 01:36 tili wrote:
Wow- I've never seen your blog before but this is very impressive stuff. Thanks!

Thanks! Glad you like them Ill keep posting as much as possible.
"My sister is on vacation in Costa Rica right now. I hope she stays a while because she's a miserable cunt." -pubbanana
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
January 22 2014 16:51 GMT
#6
amazing stuff! I'm envious lol. Love the frozen plain painting, same with the elf one. If you don't mind me asking, how long have you been painting/drawing for?
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
ZeroCartin
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2390 Posts
January 22 2014 16:59 GMT
#7
Hi Bigfan, glad you like my stuff I started drawing since I was 8 years old, got into game design and modding at 14~15, and went to animation school at 21. I am now 29 years old
"My sister is on vacation in Costa Rica right now. I hope she stays a while because she's a miserable cunt." -pubbanana
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
January 22 2014 17:06 GMT
#8
On January 23 2014 01:59 ZeroCartin wrote:
Hi Bigfan, glad you like my stuff I started drawing since I was 8 years old, got into game design and modding at 14~15, and went to animation school at 21. I am now 29 years old

thanks a lot for the info. Sounds like you've had quite a bit of experience. yes, I enjoy your blogs whenever you post them. Hope to see more blogs in the near future
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
Snotling
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany885 Posts
January 22 2014 18:11 GMT
#9
With what programm did you make these?
dravernor
Profile Blog Joined May 2013
Netherlands6192 Posts
January 22 2014 18:14 GMT
#10
Oh wow, super impressed!! And omg you went to animation school! Explains the speed at which you managed to turn out those pieces. What tablet do you use? I love love love the sketches too, your detail is incredible!
<3
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32148 Posts
January 22 2014 18:31 GMT
#11
awesome stuff man!
PROFESSIONAL GAMER - SEND ME OFFERS TO JOIN YOUR TEAM - USA USA USA
ZeroCartin
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2390 Posts
January 22 2014 18:36 GMT
#12
On January 23 2014 03:11 Snotling wrote:
With what programm did you make these?

Photoshop CS6

On January 23 2014 03:14 dravernor wrote:
Oh wow, super impressed!! And omg you went to animation school! Explains the speed at which you managed to turn out those pieces. What tablet do you use? I love love love the sketches too, your detail is incredible!

Thanks, Im glad you like them! Animation school doesnt really teach you how to speed paint, it was more of a generalist approach to animation career. I've been painting on my own for a while now. I used a Wacom Intuos tablet.
"My sister is on vacation in Costa Rica right now. I hope she stays a while because she's a miserable cunt." -pubbanana
HornyHerring
Profile Joined March 2011
Papua New Guinea1059 Posts
January 22 2014 20:11 GMT
#13
I usually 1/5 blogs, coz they're boring as shit, but this one's 5/5, no doubt. I like the rocks-town thingy and the frog.
oh, hai
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
January 22 2014 22:05 GMT
#14
Wow, you are fast. I couldn't do those in a day!
Sigrun
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1655 Posts
January 22 2014 22:59 GMT
#15
Nice man. I really love your choice of colors.

Just curious, are you doing this professionally?
Graphics
Coagulation
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States9633 Posts
January 23 2014 00:20 GMT
#16
I always liked your style. simple to look at but still conveys powerful / epic themes.
ZeroCartin
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2390 Posts
January 23 2014 00:21 GMT
#17
On January 23 2014 07:59 Sigrun wrote:
Nice man. I really love your choice of colors.

Just curious, are you doing this professionally?

I work as a producer on a gaming company, and every now and then art direct. I almost never have a chance to make concept art however for the company though due to not having enough time.
"My sister is on vacation in Costa Rica right now. I hope she stays a while because she's a miserable cunt." -pubbanana
Rekrul
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Korea (South)17174 Posts
January 23 2014 02:32 GMT
#18
that frog king is sick as fk
why so 진지해?
[MD]Frostbite
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Canada292 Posts
January 23 2014 04:40 GMT
#19
Drawings too epic, took a little longer to load then normal x)
I always like black and white sketches more then anything else. Very nice!
White-Ra, the godfather Protoss
figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
January 23 2014 14:43 GMT
#20
You work for Valve, right?
If you stand next to my head, you can hear the ocean. - Day[9]
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