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My latest piece. Critique very much welcomed. I don't get to paint very often (in fact it's been 7 months since my latest painting...) so I try to get as much out of every painting as I possibly can i ...

Me and my baby-blue guitar:
http://www.samimatilainen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/alien_guitarr.jpg

I made a youtube video aswell. it runs at 45x speed.

http://www.samimatilainen.c ...

Updated with two new portraits:

Christina Ricci:
http://www.samimatilainen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/christinariccifinal.jpg

Natalie Portman:
http://www.samimatilainen.com/wordp ...

Thanks for the reply - I updated the self portrait:

http://www.samimatilainen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/sam_portrait_smooth.jpg

Vectors in Photoshop?

This is going to look so sweet when it's done. Can't wait to see the end result.

While it's nice as a party trick sort of thing to paint with a mouse - especially if it's done in MS Paint and uploaded to YouTube for everyone to have a chuckle, there is no point using it while you ...

Really nice rendering. The hard outlines really don't have that "soul" you speak of, though. Makes it look cut/pasted, which might be helped with a background as was allready suggested.

Very cool looking character. I like the spotty texture.

The hard edges of your character clashes with the blurred rendering of the skin. The light on the legs which comes from the right suggest a d ...

Me and my baby-blue guitar:
http://www.samimatilainen.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/alien_guitarr.jpg

I made a youtube video aswell. it runs at 45x speed.

http://www.samimatilainen.c ...

thank you very much for your imput, much appreciated! Very Happy

I think physical models are still used because it's easier, not because of technical limitations.

If you look at the video on this site: ...

ok... thanx for the input guys.

So my essay focus a bit on the current problems and possibilities CGI has today and here are some of the key factors I've identified:

1a. Memory/Space and renderi ...

I am writing an essay about the history of the film industry in regards to computer grahics, and was wondering what you - as professionals - hope/think of the future of CGI in motion pictures?

These are not speedpaintings! They're... paintings.

just done speedily I suppose...

I'm absolutely awestruck, you guys, this whole forum, is just amazing!

Really cool stuff! I love the spiralling shapes on the rocks of the first one. It certainly tells a story. The third one is also one of those images that speaks volumes. Out of curiosity: what's the o ...

I'm sorry if this was said before, I only read the OP.

Circumstances shape us in a way, I can buy that, but it's also possible to shape your own circumstances. For example: If I want to meet a girl ...

If you do sports you actually have less of a risk of injuring your hands in everyday life because your bones and muscles would be stronger, and you'd be more flexible and nimble, which is allways a go ...