Geist
Smash Master
Hello there, Art Emporium. I've decided it's about time to finally have an art thread of my own to share, store and take requests, but of course, ultimately to show off. Most stuff in here is outdated by up to 3 years, and only a few drawings are recent. It's really easy to tell, and it doesn't really matter which ones are which anyways.
Usually I post my stuff in the Social thread beforehand, being a regular poster in the AE and all - but this thread is mostly to those new people joining the boards, or just someone coming into the AE for the first time.
A little about me:
I'm a 19 year old college freshman currently attending the Art Institute of Vancouver for 3D Modelling and Animation. I've been drawing since I could hold a pencil, and it's been a regular hobby of mine from that point. Other kids were busy playing sports, socializing and doing homework, the losers.
I mostly work with graphite, but I'm familiar with most mediums and styles. I also play smash more than I should. Go figure.
I also don't have a DeviantArt. But I'll probably get to that.
And if you're nice, I might be your friend. Maybe.
Requests: but not yet
Yeah I'll do them.
No not now.
If you really want something done for you, you can request it in this thread, PM me on smashboards, or contact me at bsaumure@yahoo.com. I sift through my spam box every week or so.
But not now. I'm busy. I'll set this up later. Relax.
Featured Artwork
~Simone Simons
Digital 500x279 / elapsed time: 15 hours
One of the lead vocalists from symphonic metal band 'Epica', and imo one of the most talented (and good looking) vocalists in modern music. I stepped it up this time with full color, which was a lot more difficult than I had thought it would be. Smudge tool works wonders.
Artwork
* denotes that a piece is not finished
** denotes that a piece will never be finished
*** denotes a unicorn
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~ Jamie
Digital 512x384 / elapsed time: 11 hours
A good friend of mine from Las Vegas. This is my first attempt at a purely digital portrait, and I like how it turned out, to be frank. I went for more of a stylized look, keeping the lines and with heavy use of the smudge tool for a painted effect. I felt that will all the tools at hand in the digital medium, I could literally just render to the point of perfect imitation, and I didn't want to go for that. This time >:D
~ Zooey Deschanel
Graphite on 9x12 sketch paper / elapsed time: 15 hours
I love Zooey <3 I picked this composition specifically because her eyes were so bright and engaging. I probably spent an equal amount of time and effort on her eyes as I did the rest of the drawing.
~ Chris AKA Desh
Graphite on 8x11 sketch paper / elapsed time: 9 hours 30 minutes
My best buddy Chris, known as Desh on the boards.
~ Untitled
Graphite on 8x11 sketch paper / elapsed time: 7 hours
I never met him personally, but this portrait was commissioned to me by a friend of mine after the portrait's subject passed away.
~Bonafide @ Open Mike
Graphite on 8x11 paper / elapsed time: 2 hours
My buddy Imadh on an open mike session. Also known as IB on the boards, AKA Canada's best Marth player *cough name drop cough*
~Canada Smash
Graphite on 8x11 paper / elapsed time: 1 hour 30 minutes
My buddies, and also Canada's best Smashers (melee, not lolbrawl). Well I don't know Kage, but I have been in the warrior's presence once, and my, was it a glorious moment.
~ Grandchild #1
Graphite on 9x12 sketch paper / elapsed time: 5 hours 30 minutes
Part of a series of commissions I had for the grandchildren of family friends. I was never satisfied with this one, but they were. Oh well, money is money. whyisthissobig
~Grandchild #2
Graphite on 9x12 sketch paper / elapsed time: 8 hours
The better of the 3 commissions for the 3 grandchilden. Unfortunately I didn't have time to scan in the third and final one :[
~ Self Portrait
Graphite on 8x11 paper / elapsed time: 4 hours
For the AE Social first post haha. Man, I look super serious. And sexy. Mmmmmhmm
~ Will
Graphite on 8x11 paper / elapsed time: 2 hours 30 minutes
My younger brother Will. Unlike my portrait, this captures his personality perfectly. No, he doesn't have ADD, stop asking.
~ Gav
Graphite on 8x11 paper / elapsed time: 3 hours
My step bro. The one guy in the family who's going to be 10x more successful than everyone else. Keep those thumbs up dude. Keep 'em up.
~ Keo
Graphite on 8x11 paper / elapsed time: 2 hours 30 minutes
My youngest step bro. The spunky chipmunk of the family. He kept trying to be coolio Mcloltough for the shot so I told him something funny and snapped it. That'll learn ya, cretin.
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~Orca
Colored Pencil on 9x12 sketch paper / elapsed time: 2 hours 30 minutes
In a rush to finish procrastinated work, I whipped up one of my most successful pieces ever. It won me a contest at high school, appeared in a Las Vegas local newspaper (where I was living at the time), and I sold almost 15 copies at school for $15 each. Suckers LOL
~AWYP 4 Entry
Colored Pencil and Watercolor Pencil on 8x11 / elapsed time: 3 hours
For the smashboards AWYP project. I came in second. I hate you Lokii.
Forever.
<3
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~ War Machine*
Graphite on 11x17 paper
A bigger and more detailed version of a sketch a drew while listening to "Crusher Destroyer" by Mastodon. No piece has spawned as many "what is that :/" questions as this one. What is it? USE YOUR ****ING IMAGINATION
~ Dragon Concepts
Graphite on 8x11 paper / elapsed time: 20 minutes
RAWR
~ Armor Concept
Graphite on 8x11 paper / elapsed time: 15 minutes
I didn't feel like doing the back. I modelled this suit after a Skagen watch lol
~Knight Concept
Graphite on 8x11 paper / elapsed time: 1 hour
I think I should have made him in a more dynamic pose, but I'd rather think that I successfully made him look like an *******, which is what I was going for.
~ Samus Concept*
Graphite on 8x11 paper
I did this for a social AE project, and never finished it because I wanted to put more time into it. I'm coloring it digitally now, but that's not very far along yet. Later though.
~ Car Concept
Technical Pen and Marker on 8x11 paper / elapsed time: 15 minutes
My first time working with markers that didn't suck. Might be one of my favorite mediums now.
~ Jeep*
Graphite on 9x12
I will never finish this. I do about 30 seconds of touchups every once in a while and it's never good enough. Maybe someday. Maybe someday.
~Saleen**
Graphite on 9x12
This scan is outdated, but the one I have presently isn't done either LOL. Yeah this hasn't been finished for 3 years now... Uhm moving on
~ Kitty :3
Graphite on 9x12 / elapsed time: Wasn't keeping track. Maybe 6 hours.
Aw it's a kitty :3
Kitty kitty kitty. Fur sucks to render. By the time I was close to finishing this I was doing it so half-***** LOL
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[collapse=Other]
~ The 3 Godesses*
Anime on StupidxDumb / Elapsed time: 35 minutes
Yeah this is me doing anime. Stop asking me to do it people.
This is actually semi-fitting because no other style would work with Zelda fanart. That, and I found exactly zero good Farore, Din and Nayru fanart drawings. I personally think that they can potentially be very fleshed out characters in the Zelda universe, and would love to see a Zelda game with them in the spotlight. No Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons don't count.
~Mat
Graphite on ?x? (it's a small thumbnail)
A quick drawing I made of a friend as a part of the beginning phase of facial studies I started a few years ago. I literally drew nothing but faces for almost 8 months because I was determined to make my weaknesses my strong points. I overdid it a bit, and now drawing faces is my strongest suit lol. Thought this would be interesting to share, to show exactly where good old fashioned practice can take you.
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More to come later, obviously.
Usually I post my stuff in the Social thread beforehand, being a regular poster in the AE and all - but this thread is mostly to those new people joining the boards, or just someone coming into the AE for the first time.
A little about me:
I'm a 19 year old college freshman currently attending the Art Institute of Vancouver for 3D Modelling and Animation. I've been drawing since I could hold a pencil, and it's been a regular hobby of mine from that point. Other kids were busy playing sports, socializing and doing homework, the losers.
I mostly work with graphite, but I'm familiar with most mediums and styles. I also play smash more than I should. Go figure.
I also don't have a DeviantArt. But I'll probably get to that.
And if you're nice, I might be your friend. Maybe.
Requests: but not yet
Yeah I'll do them.
No not now.
If you really want something done for you, you can request it in this thread, PM me on smashboards, or contact me at bsaumure@yahoo.com. I sift through my spam box every week or so.
But not now. I'm busy. I'll set this up later. Relax.
Featured Artwork
~Simone Simons
One of the lead vocalists from symphonic metal band 'Epica', and imo one of the most talented (and good looking) vocalists in modern music. I stepped it up this time with full color, which was a lot more difficult than I had thought it would be. Smudge tool works wonders.
Artwork
* denotes that a piece is not finished
** denotes that a piece will never be finished
*** denotes a unicorn
[collapse=Portraits]
~ Jamie
A good friend of mine from Las Vegas. This is my first attempt at a purely digital portrait, and I like how it turned out, to be frank. I went for more of a stylized look, keeping the lines and with heavy use of the smudge tool for a painted effect. I felt that will all the tools at hand in the digital medium, I could literally just render to the point of perfect imitation, and I didn't want to go for that. This time >:D
~ Zooey Deschanel
I love Zooey <3 I picked this composition specifically because her eyes were so bright and engaging. I probably spent an equal amount of time and effort on her eyes as I did the rest of the drawing.
~ Chris AKA Desh
My best buddy Chris, known as Desh on the boards.
~ Untitled
I never met him personally, but this portrait was commissioned to me by a friend of mine after the portrait's subject passed away.
~Bonafide @ Open Mike
My buddy Imadh on an open mike session. Also known as IB on the boards, AKA Canada's best Marth player *cough name drop cough*
~Canada Smash
My buddies, and also Canada's best Smashers (melee, not lolbrawl). Well I don't know Kage, but I have been in the warrior's presence once, and my, was it a glorious moment.
~ Grandchild #1
Part of a series of commissions I had for the grandchildren of family friends. I was never satisfied with this one, but they were. Oh well, money is money. whyisthissobig
~Grandchild #2
The better of the 3 commissions for the 3 grandchilden. Unfortunately I didn't have time to scan in the third and final one :[
~ Self Portrait
For the AE Social first post haha. Man, I look super serious. And sexy. Mmmmmhmm
~ Will
My younger brother Will. Unlike my portrait, this captures his personality perfectly. No, he doesn't have ADD, stop asking.
~ Gav
My step bro. The one guy in the family who's going to be 10x more successful than everyone else. Keep those thumbs up dude. Keep 'em up.
~ Keo
My youngest step bro. The spunky chipmunk of the family. He kept trying to be coolio Mcloltough for the shot so I told him something funny and snapped it. That'll learn ya, cretin.
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[collapse=Colored Pencils]
~Orca
In a rush to finish procrastinated work, I whipped up one of my most successful pieces ever. It won me a contest at high school, appeared in a Las Vegas local newspaper (where I was living at the time), and I sold almost 15 copies at school for $15 each. Suckers LOL
~AWYP 4 Entry
For the smashboards AWYP project. I came in second. I hate you Lokii.
Forever.
<3
[/collapse]
[collapse=Concept Art and Sketches]
~ War Machine*
A bigger and more detailed version of a sketch a drew while listening to "Crusher Destroyer" by Mastodon. No piece has spawned as many "what is that :/" questions as this one. What is it? USE YOUR ****ING IMAGINATION
~ Dragon Concepts
RAWR
~ Armor Concept
I didn't feel like doing the back. I modelled this suit after a Skagen watch lol
~Knight Concept
I think I should have made him in a more dynamic pose, but I'd rather think that I successfully made him look like an *******, which is what I was going for.
~ Samus Concept*
I did this for a social AE project, and never finished it because I wanted to put more time into it. I'm coloring it digitally now, but that's not very far along yet. Later though.
~ Car Concept
My first time working with markers that didn't suck. Might be one of my favorite mediums now.
~ Jeep*
I will never finish this. I do about 30 seconds of touchups every once in a while and it's never good enough. Maybe someday. Maybe someday.
~Saleen**
This scan is outdated, but the one I have presently isn't done either LOL. Yeah this hasn't been finished for 3 years now... Uhm moving on
~ Kitty :3
Aw it's a kitty :3
Kitty kitty kitty. Fur sucks to render. By the time I was close to finishing this I was doing it so half-***** LOL
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[collapse=Other]
~ The 3 Godesses*
Yeah this is me doing anime. Stop asking me to do it people.
This is actually semi-fitting because no other style would work with Zelda fanart. That, and I found exactly zero good Farore, Din and Nayru fanart drawings. I personally think that they can potentially be very fleshed out characters in the Zelda universe, and would love to see a Zelda game with them in the spotlight. No Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons don't count.
~Mat
A quick drawing I made of a friend as a part of the beginning phase of facial studies I started a few years ago. I literally drew nothing but faces for almost 8 months because I was determined to make my weaknesses my strong points. I overdid it a bit, and now drawing faces is my strongest suit lol. Thought this would be interesting to share, to show exactly where good old fashioned practice can take you.
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More to come later, obviously.
