john Mac work thread ( updated Colour 29th may 2006)

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well heres some more 40 pencil goodness



thanks for looking

john mac

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been a while and an eamil from steve jolted my memory

here are some recent works




a wip a sektch needing refining just done tonight



a huge iamge for the french RPG tigers volant , a huge four pager and great fun to do



this a a fun elf sketch which will be a painting once i get some time and this flu out of the way

john mac

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i have been away from this board for far too long so update time. also thanks danel if your still interested i can email you at the start of next week . thanks for the kind words as well . im a full time freelancer and i can nearly always fit work in.

now some arty stuff ( your only here for the pretty pictures admit it)


http://homepage.eircom.net/~defcombeta1 ... NDRESS.jpg

http://homepage.eircom.net/~defcombeta1 ... ERGIRL.jpg

nudity ahead , mature etc you have been warned
http://homepage.eircom.net/~defcombeta1 ... arning.jpg

http://homepage.eircom.net/~defcombeta13/queen.jpg

based on kingdom hearts a squaresoft game http://homepage.eircom.net/~defcombeta13/soru.jpg

color piece which i have to finish ( soon)
http://homepage.eircom.net/~defcombeta13/facial12.jpg

http://homepage.eircom.net/~defcombeta3 ... 20wip2.jpg

http://homepage.eircom.net/~defcombeta13/PG%20study.jpg

study sketch for a larger peice ( which i need time to do)

http://homepage.eircom.net/~defcombeta1 ... ketch2.jpg
another study sketch done to round up a long day

http://homepage.eircom.net/~defcombeta1 ... %20wip.jpg


hope everyone enjoys the show and looking forward to the coming easter

J Mac

[Steven Trustrum]

My one complaint about your pencils is they're so damn faint that I know I'm missing half the kickass details of your pieces.

I think the one with the woman eating in her kitchen is great.

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thanks steve, and good point on the pencils, i increased the levels in PS so stuff does get a wee bit "lost", glad you like the ninja breakfast shot is from last year im trying to move things along wiht my structure and human studies

this is a piece i did up for kicks , the armour is based on maximillan armour form the 16 th century as is the stone work, the content, well i'll say not more, wink wink, nudge nudge !!!

http://homepage.eircom.net/~defcombeta13/playknight.jpg

j mac

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Happy Easter to you Steve

one cuddly Easter Bunny for the ocasion

http://homepage.eircom.net/~defcombeta1 ... 0bunny.jpg

its just a colour study sketch but its the thought that counts right

j mac

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just a quick update

a wip of a pikewall and some poor sod getting skewered

http://homepage.eircom.net/~defcombeta13/skewer.jpg

j mac

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cooolour, its been a while and im damn proud of this even it its still WIP



j mac

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Yikes.

That's pretty sweet!

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this is an image of OLGA from metal gear solid

done as a study of bright light etc

and thanks for the comments on the last piece

j mac

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With all those windows, it looks like all those light sources would have been a pain to keep track of. Looks good!

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thanks steve, the windows were kept simple, its just another steping stone on my way to getting used to digital as second nature



this iamge is handmaiden from star war knight of the old republic, love the character, a non "OH SAVE ME" female character,

hope you enjoy

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here is a semi tutorial , just the image set for a work up for the head in the shot below, this is how i work in cs2 with out line art, , i rough things up first to get placement then i refine to make sure i have things in the right place and away we go , paint , ok there's more to it than that , but ill have to take some time out to explain it in detail if anyone's interested, man being altruistic takes effort;)


click the link since its rather wide and would throw out the page settings in most browsers

http://homepage.eircom.net/~defcombeta1 ... %20one.jpg


this is where the image is at the moment, the bg is damn rough right now and need heavy refining to make it work but there's something there i feel



hope you get to look at this steve , it should give you some ideas etc , you never know since i think you got a tablet dont you .


j mac

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Yep, I picked up a tablet a few months ago, so tutorials always help!

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Pretty sweet artwork. There's two there that I'd love to just sit down with some colored pencils and go to town on. I'm one of those folks that just like to sit down every once in a while and color for the heck of it.

I got a light box for my birthday and I've been getting some practice in with it. When I get time I'm gonna get some posing pics of someone and see what I can come up with.

I've got a few things over on photobucket. Mostly early stuff, so it's a little rough. Nothing as awesome as the stuff here.