Sijun Forums :: View topic - character concept

Francis · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 9:27 am

A coworker of mine named Mick Buckmiller, "TheDeliriousOne," is supposedly working on an animation involving a bounty hunter, a bounty huntee, a dragon, an epic dogfight between two space ships (one of which I posted a while back), an army of ninjas, a robot or two, the Titanic, and two kids. This sketch is for that project.

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Francis Tsai
TeamGT Studios

Rinaldo · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 9:47 am

Definitly worth the wait Francis

I like that eye piece. The whole thing is clean and simple. Very nice.

Do you use any drawing aids (curves, templates, etc) when drawing or is it all freehand?

Superbug · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 9:51 am

Hmm.......looks a bit too much like gray fox to me, just the eyepiece, but its cool. The 'one eye' eye piece is kinda gettin old though u know...how about 20 eyes!

Frost · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 10:18 am

Very nice Francis. But the strap/clip in his midchest seems out of perspective while the rest seems rather intact, so is the mid-forehead details. Hmm, Hope you don't mind -- I couldn't do such good work so I'll shut now.
=)

EDIT: Oh and it's just a concept sketch... so I guess what I just said isn't very appropriate. Sorry. =) Good design work!

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napalm · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 1:13 pm

o0o0HHhhh pertty! did you do the shading digitally or is that a good old brush and some ink/watercolors? really nice look.. you say they're concepts for an animation? 3d or good old traditional? can you tell us any more about the project or is it all NDA hush hush?

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Jenn · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 2:02 pm

I love this style!$# SOOOOO mUch... !@$ Keep them coming !

-hug-

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Viridae · member Member # Joined: 26 Aug 2000 Posts: 73

Very very nice!!!

Spitfire · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 2:23 pm

Your style keeps amazing me. There's a hint of Yukito Kishiro in it that i really enjoy.

"But Mike, this is amazing! this is the best invention since free teenie-porn!"

Francis · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 2:47 pm

Rinaldo - Thanks! Freehand.
Superbug - I'll do 20 eyes on the next guy. Who is Gray Fox?
Frost - Those are perfectly viable critiques; it's not very well laid out since I was sort of designing it on the fly. This guy is a work in progress.
Napalm - All Prismacolor marker, some white Photoshop highlights, since I didn't have any white pencil or paint handy. I guess that's sorta cheating... ANd it's not NDA - just an extracurricular project I'm collaborating on with a coworker.
Jenn - Thanks, I will.
Viridae - Thank you too.
Spitfire - Cool! That's a compliment.

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Francis Tsai
TeamGT Studios

Nex · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 3:25 pm

beautiful.

You used grey markers?
Do you use something separate for highlights or do you just plan it out well before rendering?

craig · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 6:01 pm

Francis,

Slick, as usual. I like the head and eye-piece. If I may ask, is this character
an android type or is it bodyarmor?
Thanks!

craig

Sergenth · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 6:29 pm

Ah... you say Bounty Hunter and I go off looking for the DeliriousOne to see if he works for NST (Nintendo). Man, I gotta lay off the Metroid obsessing :P (never!)

And yes, tight design for a concept thar matey. Arrr!

Anthony · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2000 6:40 pm

Looks good Francis. I'm gonna have to get me a couple markers-it just looks like too much fun sketching with them. What shades would you recommend(I'll only need two or three at most-just for myself)?

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-Anthony
Carpe Carpem

Joachim · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2000 12:11 am

looks nice Francis, as usual

Btw, looks like you've used water-colour and not markers on this one. Is that right ? Or just the black in the background ?

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Bizarde · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2000 4:58 am

I like your style .

U have a very good balance in detail level,u know when to stop.

U'r a great designer !!!

~bizarde.

Svanur · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2000 8:10 am

*Drool*

okay, how did you do this.

How did you learn this

What materials did you use.

...Where can I get them...(online store preferrably)

WacoMonkey · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2000 9:00 am

Nice one Francis! No critique available at this time...

Oh, and I think there are still a couple of white Prisma pencils in the supply drawer.

Anthony · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2000 9:29 am

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Originally posted by Joachim:

looks nice Francis, as usual
Btw, looks like you've used water-colour and not markers on this one. Is that right ? Or just the black in the background ?

It looks like it to me, although I don't see that touch of purple in the deep background like you normally would.

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-Anthony
Carpe Carpem