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BoBo_the_seal · Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2001 12:17 pm

I have been emailed by a lot of people asking me about my technique so instead of writing something out; I created a quick video showing the way I work.
It was made with the Techsmith software:
http://www.techsmith.com
and you will need the Techsmith codec to view:
ftp://ftp.techsmith.com/pub/products/camtasia/tscc.exe

The video I made is temporarily up in my temp directory until I find some permanent space for it.
Small:
http://www.bobotheseal.com/temp/BoBo_tut01_small.zip
Large:
http://www.bobotheseal.com/temp/BoBo_tut01.zip

These are quick 10/15 min comps to show the outcome of the video:

Enjoy, more are on their way.

BoBo the seal

P.S. Feel free to download the program and create your own and add to this thread. I would love to watch others work.

DarkUncle · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2001 11:40 pm

Wow, I can't believe no one relpied to this. I d/l this the other day, come back the next to reply to it and there's no replies... ungratious bastards. =-) Anyways, great work there guy! I hope you post the others instead of getting discouraged by no-one replying. I for one for this technique to be very cool and helpful. Post more of them! =-)

immi · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2001 11:53 pm

very cool Bobo, it'd be great if you could do a few more. It'd be really cool if you could add some audio commentary to explain certain steps and your reasoning behind them.

rbfigueira · Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 12:25 am

Thanks Friend,

Your tutorial will help me a lot !!!
Thanks , thanks, thanks…

I have sorry that you are the first and the only guy I saw that put a good tutorial (video), showing all PhotoShop screen, showing the layers, tools, the boxes and how you made ... your technique!!!!

I hope that other good painters follow your good example and share them knowledge, putting here some good tutorial.

Note: The only think that is missing is a few explanation (audio), for some parts…. but nobody is perfect :O)

Congratulations and thanks for your good work and for your time that you have lose to do this video for all guys here.

Best regards,
Ricardo Figueira
RBFIGUEIRA

Darklighter · Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 2:04 am

thx for the tutorial man.... i should get away from the 3d shizo and try some of that.... hmm....

Svanur · Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 3:54 am

Thank you so very much

It's always good to see things done in action.

Gorgonzola · Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2001 6:36 am

that was great! you have anymore of them? been a crappy drawer...i love watching other people draw awesome stuff like that.

maxon · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2001 6:52 am

Hi Bobo. I wanted to participate in this thread too. But as you can see in the picture below, I'm not very good at this yet.

I made the video of that pic with the Camtasia Recorder you recommended and you can see (if you even are going to watch it) that I used a lot of things straight from the tutorial you made. - So I can say this isn't really my style, because I rejected my previous style and stared to learn your one. Which, I think, is much better than my previous one. (I don't even know the mention of the color-thing you did in the beginning of your picture but I still did the same.. at least almost. I thought it probably had something to do with the 'heat' of a color. Anyway, I was happy with the result that I got, so I will keep doing that.) - Summary: I'm sorry this film is like a full imitation of yours. However, I'm just a beginner.

Okay. When I finished making the video with the Recorder, I noticed the filesize was as much as 174MB!! Heavily bigger than yours. So I had to compress it a lot before uploading it. I don't know what I did wrong with the settings or something so I would really appreciate if you, Bobo, could send here the settings you used to make a film with Camtasia.

So the video is in Div-x format, cause now its size is only 10MB so that I can upload it. Here's the codec if somebody hasn't got it: ftp://ftp.pcworld.com/pub/video/video_tools/divx_3.11alpha.zip

And finally, here's the video: http://storm.prohosting.com/jarvinen/maxon_tut01.avi

Thank you anyone who managed to read this far. I will surely download everyone of the tut-films in this thread, even if their size is 100MB.

(PS. How can I change the size of a brush straight in Photoshop with some sorta shortcut like you, Bobo, did in your video?)

[ July 12, 2001: Message edited by: maxon ]

[ August 05, 2001: Message edited by: maxon ]

Jezebel · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2001 6:59 am

I really liked this tutorial. After I watched it, this is what I sketched up:

Your style is really cool. :>

Beth

SPAZZ · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2001 3:15 pm

sick... thx for the tut crazy tek...

maxon · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2001 2:33 am

more, more - we want more.

tayete · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2001 6:34 am

Thanks Bobo!
Though I am against the "dogge and burn" technique, I must recognize your results are so good that I have to reconsider my philosophy. In the end it is the only thing that counts on digital art: the results.

Ax0 · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2001 7:10 am

yep, that tutorial sure is good.
Helped me a lot.

And this is what i achieved with it.

Jerrid · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2001 9:48 pm

It says that "no suitable decompressor could be found" and it says this with every player i try to open the file up in. What is going on and how do I fix it so I can see this movie, im really exited to see it. damn. Thanks.

DRAGooN of deranged · Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2001 10:54 pm

Jerrid: wtf do you think the codec is for?

BoBo_the_seal: THANK YOU! skuld bless you my son, you enlightened me =>

did this after watching the first like 4 minutes or so =)

AJ · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2001 8:08 am

Oh.....My.....God......

That was incredible...

Jerrid · Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2001 8:31 pm

Hey Dragon, don't be such a bitch. Im sorry I didn't realize that was what the codec was for, I have never had to download a decompressor for a video before, so I was confused. Thank you for telling me, but dude go take a brisk walk or something dude, you need to chill out.

[ July 16, 2001: Message edited by: Jerrid ]

tanis · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2001 11:51 pm

I've got a question for you Bobo.. watching the video I noticed that your cursor's size changes constantly while you're using the dodge/burn tool. How do you do that so fast?

DRAGooN of deranged · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2001 1:01 am

jerrid: sowwy, wasnt my intention to sound that rude =|

tanis: hotkeys for changing brush are , (comma) and . (period)..

[ July 18, 2001: Message edited by: DRAGooN of deranged ]

BoBo_the_seal · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2001 8:00 am

Hey those images look great! I am glad that yall have found this video helpful. The hotkeys for changing brush sizes are the [ and ] keys. They are a major time saver. I am currently trying to get my site up and running but I hope to make more videos in the future.

BoBo the seal

Gambit · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2001 9:34 am

Please do Bobo!

This was great. Nice of you to share your knowledge with us.

Good stuff!

DarkAgesDragon · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2001 4:58 pm

Thanks a lot for the tutorial, it helped me a lot.
This is what I ended up with

Andromeda · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2001 8:37 pm

Bravo BoBo .. i like yhour work and your tutorial. i salutes yhou.

and altho your style differ from mine, i have picked up a few things here and there from your tutorial and will try to incoperate it into my works, experiment and see how it turns out.

bravo bobo

Genoh · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2001 8:14 am

Hi,

thx, bobo & also maxon for the chance to take a look at some more experienced artists.

The vids were great motivation to draw on...
so this is my first colored face i ever draw so pls forgive me the dirty proportions and shadings.

bye
Genoh ( still a beginner )

maxon · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2001 11:01 pm

Just very nice all of you, but why don't any of you post the videos???? I just desire more movies to watch.. Drawing is so super subject to watch in films.

maxon · Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2001 3:45 am

quote:
Originally posted by maxon:
Okay. When I finished making the video with the Recorder, I noticed the filesize was as much as 174MB!! Heavily bigger than yours. So I had to compress it a lot before uploading it. I don't know what I did wrong with the settings or something so I would really appreciate if you, Bobo, could send here the settings you used to make a film with Camtasia.

Okay. I know you are busy and stuff, but regardless of that could you even shortly say what settings did you use to make a film with camtasia. your film's size was such a small.

[ August 05, 2001: Message edited by: maxon ]

BoBo_the_seal · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2001 6:29 am

Ok I used Camtasia Producer and walked through the Production Wizard after changing the speed.
Go to File, speed and change the settings to your preference. I made the movie at 200% of original clip speed.

After that I went to the Production Wizard and entered the following settings:
Size: 480x380 (I think)
Colors: High Color 16-bit
Frame Rate: Automatic

That’s it. I hope it helps.

Thanks again everyone who took the time to comment. I appreciate it and have a second video finished on UVMaping a low poly model in 3ds Max. As soon as I get my site up and running at Polycount.com I will post it.

BoBo the seal

[ August 06, 2001: Message edited by: BoBo_the_seal ]

Lomi · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2001 11:41 pm

I thought I'd bump this post since bobo deserves for than just a couple posts on thie fine job

rbfigueira · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2001 2:25 am

I work to with 3DSMAX too, but I am a beginner :O)

I will love to see that tutorial …. I will wait for your post :O)

Thanks BoBo for giving us this opportunities to learn how you do your work

Thanks for share your knowledge.

Best regards,
RBFIGUEIRA

Shiro_tengu · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2001 3:31 am

Your work and the tutorial are both awesome. Thanks and well done!