Pete's fine fineliner thread!

[Pete for President]

Hiya. Every now and then I open up a new thread to post some new stuff, so to keep it simple I thought I'd just start one for all my upcoming drawings.

Enjoy the owl and the mechanic! Comments and critics always appreciated! :choc:

[Jessweeee♪]

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I really like the owl one!

[Moon Rabbits]

I think we have a very similar imagination.

[Pete for President]

Thanks for the comments =)

This next thing started as a simple fineliner drawing, but I digitalised it and messed around in illustrator to create the following;

[scrumpleberry]

That is one funky pudding-monster! This'd be great to add even more life to your drawings, try out some more like this :D

And what a gorgeous design in the second one :o

[Pete for President]

Thanks scrumpleberry! Hardly anyone notices that design =)

Here's some new stuff. I used a reference for the watery one, which actually started out as just some practice drawing. As for the industrial one, I'm very pleased with how the machines and pipelines turned out, although I think I might have overdone the smoke. Anyway, enjoy and be sure to leave your critic/comments!

[Polaris]

They are all very very good :D

[Gullick]

Wow, Im a big fan of your art, these are really good

[McLovin']

Awesome work man.

[NeoTifa]

Fantastica, mi amigo.

[Pete for President]

Thanks again for the compliments!

Here's some new pieces.

In the second one I got inspired by the Arcade Fire's black mirror and northern lights (which actually functions as a mirror in the drawing). I hope that makes a little sense.

The third is someone jumping off the edge of the earth, although maybe that's not really clear. I kept messing up the perspective in the windmills while trying to draw from a more spectacular angle.

Anyway, tell me what you think of em! :choc:

[Rantz]

I love all of this. Wonderful drawings!

[Rye]

That first one is fan-freaking-tastic. You have a unique style.

[NeoTifa]

Kinda creepy, actually, though they are sweet.

[scrumpleberry]

Brilliant as always. I think if I were you, I might try playing with having one or two more strongly defined lines in essential places rather than your fine sketchy style, to make the pieces look stronger?

[Pete for President]

Thanks again for all the comments! I might try that stronger lines idea scrumpleberry. I think I'll give it a shot using a marker.

Anyway, here's a new piece, inspired by 'Rocket Boy' from Jets to Brazil. I'm thinking of adding a rocket-trail in the sky, but I'm not sure yet. Let me know what you think of it!

[Nominus Experse]

erwtgece.

[Pete for President]

Like the whimsical, dreamlike quality.
The last picture is rather good, but has too much open space.

Yeah I agree on the open space thing. I think I might even expand the horizon a little bit with an ocean and fill the sky with a rocket trail. Thanks for pointing it out!

[Pete for President]

Here's two new pieces I'm actually really proud of.

Enjoy! Critics always appreciated! :choc:

[black orb]

>>> Great as usual..
I wonder how much money have you spent on fineliners..

[NeoTifa]

I love your work <3

[seb10]

very neat drawings :). nice personal touch!

[Pete for President]

It's been a while since I've uploaded anything, so here goes!

[Jiro]

I like the feel your art has. I can't really place it, but I wish I had half the talent you have.

The latest piece in particular, it has that Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas look that I am very fond of.

[Jessweeee♪]

Whoa that one made my eyes feel funny! Neat xD

[scrumpleberry]

Nice for a backdrop. Stick a monster in or some funky ominous clouds or cats for a bit of punch! Beautiful fisheye bendiness though :up:

[NeoTifa]

A squid :kaocheer:

[Pete for President]

Nice for a backdrop. Stick a monster in or some funky ominous clouds or cats for a bit of punch! Beautiful fisheye bendiness though :up:

I like the cats idea! Might just do that =)

thanks everyone!

[Pete for President]

Here's another one. I'll be going on a surf/road trip to the west-coast of France this friday, which inspired me to do this one. And I've always wanted to do something with those incredibly weird electricity things. They look so unnatural in landscapes.

Anyway, it has it's flaws, but I still like it. Enjoy!

[Polaris]

God that car is really spetacular :D

[Pete for President]

It's been a very long time since I've posted anything new, but it had a good reason. I was working on the biggest drawing I've ever made, which I finished today. I haven't measured it (yet) but it comes close to 2 by 2 meters spread across my wall.

Anyway, enjoy the pictures and the progress video I made! Comments, feedback and critics always welcome!

Progress video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxmVvUYPDJ8) (showing the process step by step as well as some more details)

Hi-res picture (http://www.psneep.nl/city.jpg) (so you can check out every single detail if you like)

The attachments show a small-res version, a very important detail and another picture to show the size of the drawing compared to... myself.

Enjoy!

[Rye]

Dude, that's incredible. =O

[Rantz]

Wow, nice!

[scrumpleberry]

WOW

I am in awe that is magnificent :o

[Polaris]

Really nice :D

[Jessweeee♪]

I wish my wall looked like that :(

[black orb]

>>> Thats great, what did you use to draw it?..

[Pete for President]

Thanks everyone =)


>>> Thats great, what did you use to draw it?..

I mainly used fineliners, marker, a lot of charcoal and some pencil for sketching.

Other stuff I've used one way or another include a wooden board, plates and bowls, bottoms of spraycans and a chair because I wasn't tall enough :choc:

[Pete for President]

Two new drawings! I've added two versions of the second drawing due to the experimental horizon I experimented with.

Enjoy and criticize! :choc:

[Rantz]

Excellent and full of life, as always! :heart:

[Quindiana Jones]

In the picture on your wall, who is the man at the top of the building?

And in most of your pictures, who is the man? Does he represent anything? I have my own interpretation of who and what he is, but I'd like to know the creator's.

[Pete for President]

In the picture on your wall, who is the man at the top of the building?

And in most of your pictures, who is the man? Does he represent anything? I have my own interpretation of who and what he is, but I'd like to know the creator's.

Thanks for noticing! I'm quite curious about your interpretation. I tried to keep it short, but here goes;

For me, the man represents doubt about modern western life and humanity.

For example, he goes to work and builds his career, because that's the standard in the society where he lives in. Even though he knows this will probably lead to a stressful, gray life and probably result in helping ruining the planet, he has a hard time imagining what could be.

Often he longs for a more relaxing life, doing only things he really likes, but he finds himself tied to the standard that has been set in the city.

There are usually two sides in contrast with eachother; -the busy, stressful city with all it's industry- and the sky, usually filled with clouds and a blimp, representing relaxing and carelessness.

The man is in doubt about which side he wants to be in; be a part of everyone, or walk away from everything and start "floating carelessly".

In case of the wall drawing, the man is leaning more towards the sky-side, desperately waving for the zeppelin to spot him and pick him up, so he can start floating away from all the stress and busy life.

I hope that answers your question, but I would like to hear your interpretation aswell!

[Jiro]

You are so very talented. Even your clouds are detailed beyond belief. It was very clever of you to hide that man up there. I mistook him for a beacon at first. Although maybe he is a beacon, in a way?

Regardless, I am greatly impressed and I would pay you to draw on my walls :D

[Quindiana Jones]

In the picture on your wall, who is the man at the top of the building?

And in most of your pictures, who is the man? Does he represent anything? I have my own interpretation of who and what he is, but I'd like to know the creator's.

Thanks for noticing! I'm quite curious about your interpretation. I tried to keep it short, but here goes;

For me, the man represents doubt about modern western life and humanity.

For example, he goes to work and builds his career, because that's the standard in the society where he lives in. Even though he knows this will probably lead to a stressful, gray life and probably result in helping ruining the planet, he has a hard time imagining what could be.

Often he longs for a more relaxing life, doing only things he really likes, but he finds himself tied to the standard that has been set in the city.

There are usually two sides in contrast with eachother; -the busy, stressful city with all it's industry- and the sky, usually filled with clouds and a blimp, representing relaxing and carelessness.

The man is in doubt about which side he wants to be in; be a part of everyone, or walk away from everything and start "floating carelessly".

In case of the wall drawing, the man is leaning more towards the sky-side, desperately waving for the zeppelin to spot him and pick him up, so he can start floating away from all the stress and busy life.

I hope that answers your question, but I would like to hear your interpretation aswell!

That's basically how I interpret it all too. Though in many of your drawings he also personifies hope. That childish hope we all have that somewhere there is a world of sky and blimps and carefree-ness that we can all easily access whilst still holding onto financial security etc. The fact that the two worlds are often put together emphasises this hope. In my eyes, you can't truly have both. It's one or the other. Yet there he is, trying to straddle them both in the hope that they'll both accept him. It's fantastic.

[Pete for President]

Thanks Quin! Glad you like it!

[Pete for President]

New stuff already! I must say, I'm proud to present the next drawing. I don't know what it is, but I feel very content with the angle and overall atmosphere. I'm a bit less satisfied with the ground, but the clouds, smoke, angle and figure are all exactly as how I imagined it.

So anyway, please enjoy and criticize what might just be my personal favourite;

[scrumpleberry]

hahahaha oh my god let me drain some of your gypsy magic *claws*

Seriously I adore that so much. Only issue is I feel the lines on the fields - esp. the boundaries - could be a little cleaner, finer and more defined. That picture is so beautiful.

I think it could work with some colour maybe?

[Pete for President]

Thanks scrumpleberry! You're right about the linework in the ground, I've been too impatient.

Colouring is a good idea, but I don't really have a lot of time on my hands lately. Maybe it's time for another collab with blackorb, might he be interested!

[Pete for President]

here's another one, it was kind of an experiment using reflection, but I kinda like it. Inspired by Pink Floyd, enjoy! :choc:

[scrumpleberry]

Lovely, but I think the wiggly camera thing should be more prominent and show/have more detail, or there should be more going on in the foreground. Fabulous smudgings :bigsmile:

[Christmas]

Wow, marvellous! :bigsmile:

[Quindiana Jones]

I love the guy walking away. I enjoy all the symbolism in your art. The same message displayed over and over again in different ways.

[Pete for President]

Thanks everyone!

Here's one inspired by these (http://image46.webshots.com/47/7/46/45/2311746450092092077JysRQU_ph.jpg) bullboards (pun intended) you come across while driving through Spain. There's actually quite a lot of those throughout the landscape and they make awesome sights and story material.

Anyway, I took it to the extreme. Enjoy!

[Quindiana Jones]

Your clouds are, as usual, astounding. Unfortunately, your only real downside is the quality of the land in your drawings like this. Spend a bit more effort making the land as realistic as the clouds and it'd be amazing, but as it is it just looks like you've quickly sketched the land in order to get to the clouds/horn/person quicker. I don't mean to be negative or anything, and I hope this is taken as constructive criticism because the fact remains that I am a big fan.

[Pete for President]

It's been a while, but here's some new stuff! The first one is part #4 of a series of drawings featuring the guy with the helicopter hat. The second one will be used as an album cover. Enjoy and critisize please!

[Quindiana Jones]

Wow. I honestly can't think of any constructive criticism. Hell, I can't even think of destructive criticism! Definitely your best, in my opinion!

If possible, I'd love to see the fjel one with a light flash from the lighthouse. My eye is kind of drawn to that area simply because nothing's happening. It may be that this ruins it, but it's something to consider, at least!

That's literally the only thing I can think to mention. Very very well done!

[Jessweeee♪]

Excellent as always, Pete!

[black orb]

The second one will be used as an album cover.
>>> That one is awesome..:luca:

[Pete for President]

Thanks everyone! More to come soon.

[Pete for President]

New drawing! Once again featuring the helicopter kid. I'm about halfway through drawing a story about this character. Anyway, comments and critics always appreciated!

[Rantz]

Love the sense of depth, as always. :up:

[Pete for President]

On a roll! Just finished two more parts for my story; 'Invasion' and 'Escape'. And I added a doodle just for fun.:choc:

Enjoy and critize please!

[Pete for President]

New one. Two more to go and I'll post them all in the right order.

Oyeah, the black stuff is lightning. Hope you'll all agree on that ;p

[black orb]

>>> Awesome as always, all this stuff colored would look terrific too..:luca:

[Jiro]

Oyeah, the black stuff is lightning. Hope you'll all agree on that ;p

I thought they were rivers at first :| They just don't seem sharp enough, lightning seems sharp to me. You're the talented one though :monster:

I would like to see the shot of the helicopter hat kid looking at the town, but from the opposite angle. I'm curious as to how different it would look from the other angle!

Oh also, I'm a fan of the black-white, I don't think colour would give them the same effect. Just imo.

[Quindiana Jones]

These are ridiculously good. You can just see the whole story forming up.

And I was a little bit said when I saw his broken propellor. :(

[Pete for President]

Thanks everyone! I might look into the lightning stuff Jiro, maybe some thinner, sharper strokes along the thicker ones will do the trick. I would like to try and colour some of these, but I don't think I'll have the time do so any time soon.

Anyway, I just finished the last few parts! As you can probably tell I had some serious struggles with perspective on the one with the cannons, but it'll have to do for the time being.

These drawings will be part of one of my projects at my university. I'm going to import all of these in Adobe Premiere and tell the story using only still images and sound effects (think of propellor sounds, birds flapping wings, driving tanks etc). It'll take a while, but ofcourse I'll post the result a.s.a.p.

For now I've put the full 9 parts of the story in order on the following page, so check it out if you'd like:

Rebellion: Full 9 parts in order (http://www.psneep.nl/rebellion/)

As always, feedback and critics always appreciated! :choc:

Enjoy!

[Quindiana Jones]

Cannons and Preparation are my favourite. They just look so huge, in terms of the meaning behind them.

[Pete for President]

Cannons and Preparation are my favourite. They just look so huge, in terms of the meaning behind them.

Thanks! Those were the hardest to draw, so glad to hear that!

[Pete for President]

New stuff! Actually it's about a month old, but I finally took the time to take some pictures of my very first CD-artwork. It's for a new band called Duncan Idaho and they play summerish indie/punkrock. They requested landscapes and steamy flying machines, so voila!

I really enjoyed drawing this and it feels good to actually see the artwork in shape of a real product.

Enjoy and feedback is always welcome! :choc:

[Rantz]

Wow, nice! I've always had a thing for CD artwork. It looks great.

[Inferno]

I love your style, you've got talent bro !

[Shiny]

Seeing these gives me ideas. You know your creations are good when it inspires creativity in others.

[xXsarahXx]

Wow how have i missed this thread?!
Your artwork is truly incredible, your very talented!
I dont know why but I think of Proffessor Layton and the Curious Villiage , the artstyling of Folsense with the buildings and such looks simelar to me :D

[Pete for President]

Thanks everyone! Professor Layton has an amazing art style indeed, somehow they can make towns look real cozy and stuff.

Anyway! I've just finished my short animation film 'Rebellion' which features the 9 drawings about the helicopter-kid I've already posted in this thread. I've added sound and a little motion in Adobe Premiere to make the story more intense and I hope it worked out.

To find out I'd like to ask you all just 3 minutes of your time to watch the movie and let me know what you think of it:

'REBELLION', short animation film. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQGQ7_zfSOQ)

Feedback and critics always welcome! :choc:

[Shiny]

You should really consider becoming an animator. That's what I thinking of when I thought of your pictures. Something about them makes me just think of motion and engaging stories. Have you ever used Maya and/or Flash?

[Pete for President]

You should really consider becoming an animator. That's what I thinking of when I thought of your pictures. Something about them makes me just think of motion and engaging stories. Have you ever used Maya and/or Flash?

Yeah I have worked with Flash before but I'm not too fond of it. Upcoming year I think I'll start applying for internships which involve storyboarding and storytelling. I might try to contact Guerrilla Games to become concept artist. High aims, but who knows!

[Miss_Lulu]

You're stuff is amazing! I really like it. :)

[Pete for President]

It's been a while since I have posted anything. There is a very valid reason for that though! Since September I've been working on a new wall-drawing. Progress is a little slow, but I'm 50 to 60 hours in now and about 2/3 through. Hope you can enjoy this WIP:

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(It's 4 meters wide, 2 meters high, made with fineliner, marker and charcoal.)

[Freya]

Whoa that's on a wall?! That's hella awesome!

[black orb]

>>> Awesome, I wish I could see a more detailed image..:luca:

[Pete for President]

>>> Awesome, I wish I could see a more detailed image..:luca:

Coming as soon as I finish filling up and shading the city. After that the whole setting will be done and I'll finally start working on the 'main event' happening above the rock in the sea.

[Pete for President]

There's sort of a blizzard going on in the Netherlands, so I've drawn a Yeti!

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Enjoy!

[Pete for President]

Dutch rock/pop band Duncan Idaho asked me to draw a christmas-ish vibed album cover for their single. So here it is;

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Enjoy!

[black orb]

>>> Great as always..:luca:

[Pete for President]

Back to fineliners again! I'm applying for a graduation internship at Guerrilla Games (from Killzone). They get tons of applications though, so to make myself stand out I bought a canvas and made this piece. It's going in the mail tomorrow, wish me luck! (Oh btw, sorry for the low quality picture, I wish I could scan this thing.)

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(Marker, fineliner and charcoal on a 30x20 canvas)

[Pete for President]

It's been ages since I posted anything. Update time!

Enjoy this series of 4 pieces;

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[Pete for President]

Gave my portfolio a complete overhaul.

Pieter Sneep | the very stripy showcase of (http://psneep.nl/)

[Jessweeee♪]

I love your portfolio!

[Rantz]

Yeah, it's sweet! Very personal and neat.

[Pete for President]

Thank you kindly : )

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Yes, I approve of your portfolio layout, and your distaste for internet explorer.

I'm using your biggest piece of art as the wallpaper on my laptop. I doubt you'll mind since it's not being used in a public domain, but just thought I'd let you know. I love that picture!

[Pete for President]

Thanks! I feel honored : )

[Pete for President]

A quick Photoshop painting exercise, though I might expand it to a full piece of artwork.

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[Pete for President]

Finished it.

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[Rantz]

That's gorgeous. I feel dumb for never having anything better to say in your threads, but it's true!

[zhao7931de9]

That is one funky pudding-monster! This'd be great to add even more life to your drawings, try out some more like this

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[Rantz]

Well, at least the spambot had something interesting to say.

[Pete for President]

Haha, well I appreciate your compliment a whole lot more Rantz : ) Thank you!

[Jiro]

It made me feel cold so I guess you're doing something right! What a beautiful setting.

[Pete for President]

Thanks Jiro!

I remained in the cold autumn/winter mood in the next drawing;

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[Pete for President]

Today I drew a crow who seemingly takes my money. :shifty:

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[Pete for President]

Some new stuff. First is a cloud-eating bird/whale, second is a watchtower.

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[chionos]

Love the wings and front end of the whale, but the tail area feels just a little off to me. Watchtower's simple but great.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I agree that the perspective on the tail might be a little off, but this is still further proof that voting Pete the best artist during the last ciddies was the right choice.

Nice work!

[black orb]

>>> Great drawings as always...:luca:

[Pete for President]

Thanks everyone : ) I'm hoping to make more stuff in 2012 than I did in 2011.

[Jirito]

Your works are beautiful. I really like them. :)

Also, I do feel the same about the whale's tail that it's a little bit off. Maybe soften it or make it fade to the background might help. :)

[Pete for President]

New photoshop painting! Still experimenting with colouring and painted textures...

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[Pete for President]

New piece! Lighting is a little off since I wasn't able to use a scanner and had to take a picture instead. Anyway, enjoy : )

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[Pete for President]

New digital painting, more colour experimenting! Took about 6 hours, finished it in 1 go.

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[Jiro]

That latest one is absolutely beautiful man.

[Pete for President]

That latest one is absolutely beautiful man.

Thanks Jiro! I get a lot of compliments about that one : )

[Jiro]

Also I'm a big fan of your snowy pictures. The icicle one just a little bit up the page, and then the one with the bear, etc etc. I can't remember if they're in this thread but when they pop up on my facebook I am happy :jess:

[Pete for President]

Thanks Jiro : ) glad you like them!

I've drawn some new stuff. Worked long and hard on these, I hope it shows despite not having a scanner on my hands!

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[Pete for President]

New piece soon to be used for one of my bigger hobby-projects. The symmetry and precision needed for the jet was something pretty new to me. I had to cheat a little and used an F15 jet print as an example. Stoked on the result though. Are you?

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[Pete for President]

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[Pheesh]

Oh man, that is brilliant!! Awesome work.

[Pete for President]

Oh man, that is brilliant!! Awesome work.

Much appreciated : )

[Loony BoB]

A bit late to this show, for some reason I thought I had subscribed to this thread earlier but I have now, so yay. Anyway, I adore your work. I mean, the stuff like the polar bear can be done by other talented artists, too, but it's the quirky drawings that catch me. Ones that are unique, that you would never expect to see from other people. A winged whale, a winged F-15 of the latest ones and of the early ones, I remember the giant owl and the huge cityscape with the blimp overhead like it was yesterday. They are drawings that don't just make me think "Ooh, that's pretty" but also make me want to look at the finer details of it, as if they are telling a little story of their own rather than just being a picture.

One thing I will say is that with the bigger stuff (eg. cityscape with blimp) I always find myself looking for tiny things that most people might overlook but I never find anything... perhaps an idea for your next bigger project would be to add in that kind of stuff? A little man in a window, a person peeking around a building, things that aren't important, aren't seen immediately, aren't even needed to be seen at all, but something that rewards the people who find themselves looking at all the little bits of your drawings. Just an idea, anyway! Keep up the good work because it's amaaaazing! :D

[Pete for President]

Thank you BoB, much appreciated! I'm stoked to hear the surreal ideas appeal to you, and even more about the little things coming across. Lately I've been working on improving my skills a lot, resulting in more realistic works like the polar bear. I learn a lot from making them, and I need those skills to be able to get every idea from my mind onto the paper - something in which I don't always succeed. But I'm getting there though, and in the end I too get more caught up in the surreal stuff when it's finished. I still have a 1x1.5 meter canvas to fill lying around, so that might be my next big piece. Thanks for subscribing by the way : )

For now, I've made a new digital painting which means more colour experimentation;

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EDIT: Looking back in this thread I realized I never posted my biggest mural. Let's see if you can find some interesting details, BoB : ) It's a super hi-res picture, so link: http://psneep.nl/BROTHERS_FULL_XL.jpg

[Rantz]

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Whoa... Magical.

[Loony BoB]

Loving the colours in your forest. :) As for the mural, wow! This is really awesome. :D I miss having a mural in my bedroom - my Mum painted mine for me, it's still back in NZ though as it's too big to ship and probably too big for my UK bedroom! Really like this one, though. Even the simple things that many less devoted people wouldn't bother with, such as shutters that are hanging from their hinges and the missing tiles on that house's rooftop... this is the kind of stuff that can put you above the more simple artists out there! Keep it up and I look forward to more. :D

Only thing I have to say on a less constructive level is that it looks like the guy hanging from the flying machine has pooped twice. :p

[chionos]

Love the mural. Not a critique as such, but I would love to see more of the deep black that we see in a few of the cogs in the rest of it, like in the waves for instance.

Zoomed out it seems like the clouds are overtaking the town, but after zooming in I realize that they're not. Love the trees and the detail in the machinery.

[Pete for President]

Thanks Chionos, much appreciated. The waves are actually more black then the picture shows, it's just hard to get a good photo with no additional lighting. Glad you like it : )

Some new pieces below. I never really do fan-art stuff, but Solaire just deserves some love. His hands and shield turned out kinda funny. I still think drawing humans is superhard. Really enjoyed drawing the eel/fish in the first one.

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[Jiro]

His left hand looks kind of small but otherwise I think you did a damn fine job. Drawing people is hard and while you didn't need a face or anything with this guy, you still did a good job of making him look human and not some deformed aberration like anything I draw is :p

[Freya]

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HOLY BEAUTIFUL! That is enchanting!

[Rostum]

Nice stuff Pete! Keep up the awesome work.

[Pete for President]

Thanks everyone, superglad you like my work : ) Indeed Jiro, the helmet made things a lot easier! Faces are just... sigh.

Maybe I should come up with a plan to force myself to learn to draw humans more properly. I was thinking of trying to mimic some of Akihiko Yoshida's work (FFT/FFXII/Vagrant Story character designer) to see if I can learn from him. I love his work; http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0uz7jFc1R1qjablfo1_1280.jpg

[Jiro]

I say go for it! If nothing else, you'll be producing some FF fan art for our enjoyment. And if your skills start improving, then everyone's a winner! :D

[Pete for President]

Well Jiro, here we go! First up, Vagrant Story's Romeo Guildenstern... although somewhat customized. Messed up the left hand and turned it into a monster. I didn't really go for every single detail. What mattered to me is posture, pose, hands, face and lighting. Overall pretty satisfied, I like the slimness and the way the beard turned out. The right shoulder lacks depth and the feet look a bit funky, but it was good practice for pose and posture. Feedback is welcome, and I might be willing to do requests too!

Original:

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My quick sketch-ish attempt:

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[Jiro]

That's smurfing awesome. I think your sketch is far more realistically proportioned than the reference. I love your design and yeah, his beard is particularly awesome. I had to laugh at the monster, you just can't draw anything too "normal" :greenie: I'm pretty damn impressed. He looks like a human being, not horribly disfigured and shouldn't be able to live. Top effort man!

[Pete for President]

Thanks Jiro! More to come!

[Pete for President]

New painting! I revised both cliffs about 5 times, as well as the sky about 10 times, but it was worth it. Super hyped on the result;

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[Jiro]

I want to be there. So bad.

[Pete for President]

Me too man, me too!

[Freya]

Man I'm loving your color ones. I want them. On my wall. SO PRETTY

[Pete for President]

Thanks Freya : )

Here's a new one:

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[Pete for President]

King Squid Garden:

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[Rostum]

Here's a new one:

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This is SO good, I love the colours!

[McLovin']

Do you have a high-res picture of that cityscape with the blimp at the top? That one's awesome.

[Jiro]

I'm surprised Shorty hasn't been in here to see your awesome squid. That guy looks fierce.

[Shorty]

Oh my god, I absolutely love it ;_______________;

[themagicroundabout]

the colours in your most recent pictures are wonderful and hypnotic

[Pete for President]

Thanks everyone!

McLovin', it took a while but here's the hi-res (though not that sharp of a picture) of the blimp/city: http://psneep.nl/city.JPG

Finished a new piece too:

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[Pete for President]

Made this piece for a pianist/composer's album cover. Really content with the way it turned out, I have little complaints about the statue, piano, rocks or the worn out tent. I lost a little focus drawing the rocks up front, but with the emphasis on the pillar with the piano I don't think it matters much.

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[Loony BoB]

Your works, as ever, are amazing. :)

[Pete for President]

Thanks BoB, much appreciated! More to come soon : )

[Kanshisha]

:O Amazing...

[Pete for President]

Not to be confused with the paintings thread, here's a new fineliner piece.

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Like I said in my paintings thread, I got really fascinated by watching the freaky mind-controlling fungi spores that attack certain insect colonies that grow out of proportion and become a thread to the environment. See the video here: Cordyceps: attack of the killer fungi - Planet Earth Attenborough BBC wildlife - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8)

I think mankind fits in the same category, so I drew a similar fungus attacking humans.

I might do a series of 3-4 drawings of this concept. Among the ideas are a fat person struggling from bed to window, a football or soccer player climbing the goal, and another businessman hanging off a flagpost of a tall building. I make them climb high places because that's what the parasite spores make insects do with their mind control.

[chionos]

Thanks Freya : )

Here's a new one:

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Man, how did I miss this. I can't express how much I love it.


Not to be confused with the paintings thread, here's a new fineliner piece.

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Like I said in my paintings thread, I got really fascinated by watching the freaky mind-controlling fungi spores that attack certain insect colonies that grow out of proportion and become a thread to the environment. See the video here: Cordyceps: attack of the killer fungi - Planet Earth Attenborough BBC wildlife - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8)

I think mankind fits in the same category, so I drew a similar fungus attacking humans.

I might do a series of 3-4 drawings of this concept. Among the ideas are a fat person struggling from bed to window, a football or soccer player climbing the goal, and another businessman hanging off a flagpost of a tall building. I make them climb high places because that's what the parasite spores make insects do with their mind control.

Could see this lining a kid's book. Would love to see the rest of the series.

[Pete for President]

Thanks Chionos! I'm glad you like my work : )

Another album cover I designed came in the mail last week:

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I love making those : )

[Rantz]

Very nice. I made a few album covers (fake albums though, or redesigns of existing albums) in my design classes back in high school and college, it was always one of my favourite design channels. Awesome that you get to do it for actual albums!

[Pete for President]

Man, it had been a while since I used my fineliners. Here's a piece I've drawn for a friends' birthday. She likes elephants.

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[Calliope]

Cool! That's a lucky friend.

[Jinx]

I love that! Elephants are my favourite anime.

[Pete for President]

Thank you both : )

[Aulayna]

Thanks Chionos! I'm glad you like my work : )

Another album cover I designed came in the mail last week:

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I love making those : )


Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude... those are awesome!

[Pete for President]

Thank you : )

[Pete for President]

New drawing, Journey To The Outer Coral!

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[Jinx]

Ooh, I love it. So whimsical. The only thing that could make this better is mermaids.

[Slothy]

Only if the Mermaids are being eaten by a Megalodon.

[Pete for President]

Maybe I'll include that someday :roll2

[Slothy]

I mean it's cool without the Megalodon, but come on man: it's Megalodon!

[Jinx]

DRAW ME A MERMAID PETE

[Pete for President]

:0

Would a squid/octopus/tiger/owl-mermaid do? :0

[Jiro]

I want to see more ships. Holy fuck your ships are nice. I want to go in some kind of magical device where I live inside Pete's worlds and am the captain of a ship.

[Pete for President]

Back to ink for a bit! I don't have a scanner at the moment so a photo will have to make do.

Super mega shroom forest:

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[Hollycat]

Back to ink for a bit! I don't have a scanner at the moment so a photo will have to make do.

Super mega shroom forest:

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That picture is so busy I can't pick anything to look at.

[Pete for President]

Yeah I know it's a bit busy. It works better on the full size A3 piece. Maybe I'll upload a bigger picture sometime so the details show a bit better. Had a lot of fun putting so many little things in it though!

[noxious.sunshine]

DRAW ME LIKE ONE OF YOUR FRENCH GIRLS PETE

For realzies though... These drawings mostly make me think of the illustrations in Shel Silverstein's books.

[Pete for President]

Big plans for the ink department. About a year and a half ago I came up with a story I've always wanted to turn into a short animation film. Progress has been slow as can be, but I've finally almost made it through the character design stage and moved on to doing some basic animation tutorials in After Effects.

The first result:

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Link in case the above thing doesn't work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwL81sN3Oa8

I should probably give the jacket/body some more movement, but I'm not disappointed for a first try. Hopefully posting my progress here motivates me to work on it more as it has been seriously slow so far but it's a dream I want to realise nonetheless and I swear I'll make it happen one way or another!

[Shorty]

I'm so excited to see your film develop! I really enjoy the animation and I can't wait to see more.

[Pete for President]

I hope I can show you more soon Shorty :greenie:

[Pete for President]

Animation work stuff going on, drew some backgrounds. I actually have another one but no decent photo yet.

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Enjoy!

[Pete for President]

Been doing some drawing lately ;D

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[Miss Mae]

:praisethesun:

[Loony BoB]

Bawwww, the YouTube video you linked a few posts back isn't working. D'oh! Saw the problem and fixed it for ya! :D

PS. Your work is, as ever, astounding. :heart:

[chionos]

Love the treehouse lighthouse. I love your stories, Pete. Hinted-at adventure and such. Oakroom too.

[Pete for President]

Bawwww, the YouTube video you linked a few posts back isn't working. D'oh! Saw the problem and fixed it for ya! :D

PS. Your work is, as ever, astounding. :heart:

Thank you BoB! I always wondered why that link wouldn't work!


Love the treehouse lighthouse. I love your stories, Pete. Hinted-at adventure and such. Oakroom too.

Thank you Chionos! I might eventually do a digital version of the lighthouse too.

[Pete for President]

Finally had the time to take photo's of new sketches and drawings. The photo quality is a bit meh but it'll have to make do :ohdear:

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[chionos]

Envy.

[Rocket Edge]

Love your style man. Love the effect the ink gives, makes it look bleak and it works well.

[Pete for President]

Thank you both :)

I just finished another drawing, it's been a while since I've spent this much time on one ink piece. I hope it shows:

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[Rin Heartilly]

I love your style!! Amazing!

[Fynn]

Are you a professional?

You should do it professionally. Your skills are intense!

[Pete for President]

Are you a professional?

You should do it professionally. Your skills are intense!

So far I've done a couple illustrations for album covers, as well as 2 tattoo designs. I would love to do this professionally, but I don't think I would have enough "clients" at this point. Hopefully one day, Fynn!

Here's a new one;

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[Pete for President]

I got fractured ribs so I've been trying to be productive with drawing and painting.

Jungle Castle:

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[Quindiana Jones]

IMHO, Pete needs more fractured ribs.

[Pete for President]

IMHO, Pete needs more fractured ribs.

Haha please no! Sneezing was agony : (

But I finished a new drawing!

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[Pete for President]

New drawing ;D Spooky castle time!

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[Pete for President]

Been drawing lots lately : )

http://home.eyesonff.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=65371&stc=1

http://home.eyesonff.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=65372&stc=1

[Miss Mae]

Amazing, as always.

[Formalhaut]

Just, wow.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

You texturing for shading and shape definition has become unusual in a good way.

Keep it up, these are pretty great.

If I could make a request, I'd like to see what your style could do with the rough, craggy surface of the black rhino. Black rhino themed piece would be interesting.

[Pete for President]

Amazing, as always.

:)


Just, wow.

Thank you!


You texturing for shading and shape definition has become unusual in a good way.

Keep it up, these are pretty great.

If I could make a request, I'd like to see what your style could do with the rough, craggy surface of the black rhino. Black rhino themed piece would be interesting.

Thanks sharky, I'm glad you like the texturing. I don't draw detailed animals too often, but I have been sketching a lot lately. I'll see if I can squeeze a rhino in somewhere without it looking hideous and I'll keep you posted ;D

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I dunno man, the squirrel and the frog were both really good.

If you don't like the rhino, I bet your techniques would lend themselves well to some insect/arachnid carapaces. Maybe turtles.

[Pete for President]

I dunno man, the squirrel and the frog were both really good.

If you don't like the rhino, I bet your techniques would lend themselves well to some insect/arachnid carapaces. Maybe turtles.

Thanks! I'm really excited about the arachnid idea! Spiders always kinda freak me out and I think it would fit the darker tone of these ink pieces. I'll experiment with that ;D

Here's 2 new sketches in the meantime;

http://home.eyesonff.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=65396&stc=1 http://home.eyesonff.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=65395&stc=1

[Slothy]

If you do an arachnid piece I would appreciate it being hidden behind spoiler tags. :)

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I really like that first one a good bit. The second one is good too, but certain pieces just have elements you like for whatever reason, and the first one does it for me.

[Pete for President]

Made some new drawings. Still no rhino's or spiders but oh well :p

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Hope you dig, let me know what you think ;D

[Pete for President]

More stuff :)

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[sharkythesharkdogg]

Made some new drawings. Still no rhino's or spiders but oh well :p


:lol:

I like the smudging technique for the clouds. Is that just charcoal and fingers, or do you use a brush?

[Pete for President]

Made some new drawings. Still no rhino's or spiders but oh well :p


:lol:

I like the smudging technique for the clouds. Is that just charcoal and fingers, or do you use a brush?

Cheers! Yea it's just charcoal and fingers like you guessed ;D easiest thing in the world!

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I haven't drawn in at least a decade, but when I did I'd always have to be so careful with charcoal. It was so difficult not to make....extra clouds....if you aren't careful. It's amazing for shading and texture though.

I spent a lot of time cleaning up with a sketch eraser, as I recall. :p

[Pete for President]

Haven't had a chance to upload anything in a while but I've been sketching lots! Enjoy the dump :p

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[Rin Heartilly]

I adore your sketches! They remind me of those old fantasy books that had sketches for each chapter, that I read as a kid, very very good! I especially like the castle! Keep up the awesome work ^^

[Pete for President]

I adore your sketches! They remind me of those old fantasy books that had sketches for each chapter, that I read as a kid, very very good! I especially like the castle! Keep up the awesome work ^^

Thank you! Hopefully one day I can do book illustrations for the real deal ;D

[Miss Mae]

Amazing as always!

:praisethesun:

[Pete for President]

Amazing as always!

:praisethesun:

Thank you so much! Praise the sun ;D

[Pete for President]

A new drawing to mix things up : )

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[Formalhaut]

I like that it takes me a while to figure out what I'm looking at. That's not meant to sound sarcastic, I like piecing together the work bit by bit. Well done!

[Pete for President]

Haven't drawn much for a while but here's another forest-y piece.

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[Pete for President]

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[Freya]

Ooo I like that castle. Always loved the castle on a perch