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hi
heres one new piece. done just for fun of it, that is why its HA-ha laughing. it looks a bit horror but still i have a feeling that he is not so bad-evil mate in there so jeah! some texture preference pictures but eventually had to paint it all over. done in photoshop and it took me 5h
hope you like it, cheers!
lauri]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:01:55 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/729716

HI all
this one is my next one for the 1000 word series, seduction.
It was done for the Communication Arts Illustration Competition. I had this picture in my mind for some time now, and decided to follow it through and finish it. Basic idea of seduction - who is seducing who? And also that seduction, when it is played well, dazzles us all
Done in photoshop, as always i used photos and photos and real live reference, and then too much blend-brush-overbrush-brush. took abaout 10H
hope you like it, cheers!
lauri]]> Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:00:34 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/712178

Hi all!
So now when the Xmas panic and calmness has left again, i decided to treat myself whit a little horror scene, or at least some kind of realistic, still not so much from this world picture.

I will take this one still more like an exercise, had photo help (full list below), and mainly just wanted to make not so much as a regular digital painting - then more like movie-poster-vision-real-as-its-going-to get theme.

As a first time i did not fill all the gaps i hope to repay my dues. The origin of this image comes from a picture i bought from Istock, provided by Casarsa / EyesOn. His photos have so poetic, still interesting and not dull feeling.
As it goes a thread, ill post my own photos also, to show how i put it together.

too much words already, the picture should say all there is to say. took about 5-6H, all digital, PS and wacom
Cheers all and keep up the cool work!
lauri]]> Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:39:20 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/725544

HI
this one is a basic brush exercise that ended up in here. for it i used 1 background picture, witch were buried under-overpaint in psd. it was fun.
took me about 3H, so not as much painting, then speed-one.
cheers!
lauri


]]> Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:22:07 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/710688

HI
had some spare time from my regular design-work and did another portrait painting. This time the influence came straight from my own life. and for it i used probably all i could find - picture reference, live person, zbrush and poser, regular paint and paper, scan-print-scan-print and after all that started to paint in photoshop. took me about 30h all together, spread over a period of time. so hope you like it.
C&C are most welcome!
cheers.
lauri

]]> Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:29:03 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/698916

HI
Here is a small practice in matte-photo-combo paintings. I used a lot of different photos and piece by piece layered them together, or so i was trying. after overpainting and here it is.
took me about 6-7 hours, and it was fun tryout.
cheers
lauri


]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:10:25 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/698917

And another fast tryout of texture-painting-drawing-paper-paint-paint-drawing-photoshop mixup. took again about 4H and after scanning and pencile-paint work finished it off in photoshop.
cheers
lauri

]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:13:30 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/698584

hi all
Here is one sneak peak from a series i am doing right now. I looked up my Templesmith comic books and art books and really looked hard and, you can even say studied them hard to see and learn some new technics. So the influence comes from there, from a art that i really enjoy just watching.
I used pencils, white-black paint, glue, paper-tape, canvas and gave the finishing touch in photoshop. took all together about 5h.
I have been trying something else, so lets hope you like it, and all the C&C are more then welcome.
Cheer for Templesmith, and thanks for the time!

]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:35:43 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/679005

hi all.
this is a bit quick-one. i just tried to make somekind of different value to my normal-looking pale-smooth skin face-series. also its a bit darker in colors. but that it is, took about 4H, photoshop, and the base came from a sketch i had.
C&C are welcome, cheers and all the best!
lauri


]]> Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:15:18 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/677744

Hi all.
Let us take another look at the masking theme. What are we hiding or covering up. Can it be told like a beauty and the beast story. or is that just the same.
Well thats just for everyone to decide by them self. This was the result from the last piece and also done for another picture blog I am filling in.
Basic setting and a bit less photo-generic, more like a puppet-idea level. No ref, photoshop, 5h.
hope you like it, C&C are more then welcome!
cheers]]> Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:29:00 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/677418

hi all.
here is another one from the 1000 series. this one has its origin from the worlds of masks. in the last weeks it has been an general idea that i have been drawing of. and this one is nice enough to show. also i wanted to describe a feeling/emotion that a mask as a coverup can be also a way of prison - for your self or your emotions. so it comes down to - what do we have to hide?
but basic instruments - photoshop, wacom, and pencil drawing as a start of. took about 6h.
cheers!]]> Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:38:11 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/663255

hi all
started the 1000 word line, lets keep going. this image was for me more like a make-upartist job, because the inspiration came strait from a photo. I was going here to a mismacht of feelings - on one hand you have the calmness and sweet-overpowered feeling, but then as a contrast a painful hose connection. Makes it more, or less unhuman like robotic feeling. And here also goes a cheers for a photographer Famke Backx.
I had lot of fun trying something else, and paint in somewhat smoother colours then i usually do. it was done in Photoshop, took some 20h.
cheers all
lauri

]]> Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:29:37 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/656839

Hi!
This can be put as a series of the "1000 words of silence" picture i did, but they all are still learning studies
So anyhow, here it is. Done in photoshop, took me about 20+h to complete. I really struggled to make the hoses and lines from her head/face, and really wonderd should i now take up and learn 3d, but im quite pleased with the outcome. I could say actually that it is more a matte painting then regular one, caouse i had some photo helps on the way - some of the hoses and some background elements.
All the Comments and crit are welcome! And actually even needed
Enjoy,

cheers
Lauri (gingi)]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:25:05 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/614205

Hi all
Well here´s my first portree. I had this concept of a silence-calmmess in human aparence in my mind for some time now . So now i finally went for it. I had some help from a real person, so here goes cheers for my ex-coworker for being a face-model, hip hip huraaa!
All C&C are more then welcome. It is still my first try
It was all done in photoshop and some roundshapes had their start in illustrator and then shaded and coloured in photoshop.
Hope you enjoy it, and best luck all with the new Challange too

cheers, Lauri
]]> Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:32:01 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/673463

An idea that i have been rolling in my mind, i thought ill share it. and lets see what the end result will bring.

- can you see the mad machine, is it just a beauty&thebeast business. Terror, or ignorance? An illusion -]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:15:27 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/673461

Jet another fast-one. just basic pencil drawing and coloring in photoshop. a small series.
cheers!]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:03:58 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/673460

Jet another fast-one. just basic pencil drawing and coloring in photoshop. a small series.
cheers!]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:03:20 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/673459

Jet another fast-one. just basic pencil drawing and coloring in photoshop. a small series.
cheers!]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:02:50 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/673458

Jet another fast-one. just basic pencil drawing and coloring in photoshop. a small series.
cheers!]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:02:19 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/673456

My friend had a cool photo from NY (you can see it in the right corner) and i just painted something else around it. Cool and good way to learn some matte + photo placement and coloring.
I had some 10 photos to work with.
Photoshop, 5h
cheers]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:58:55 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/652842

HI all
I was asked to paint a dragon. So i took 3 thing (keywords) - scale/armor, eye and fire-blood
And went that way, not as traditional dragon-shape-claws and wings, but hope i got some feelings into it
Done in PhotoShop CS3, and it took about 15h
All the C&C are more then welcome, thats how i learn!
Cheers all]]> Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:16:26 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/556624

heres the pic for the latest challange
done in photoshop, took some time

here i was trying to find some detail-shazzy brush to have some real feel painting. i can see the weak-points but its all learning and having fun picture so i just let my self loose on that department
c&c are always welcome
cheers,
Lauri]]> Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:36:54 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/673430

fast learning and fun exercise, matte background + illustrator vector drawing on top.
i had some photo examples too, where to look and get ideas.
took about 20min (matte) + 35min (vector)
cheers]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:03:54 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/673428

fast learning and fun exercise, matte background + illustrator vector drawing on top.
i had some photo examples too, where to look and get ideas.
took about 20min (matte) + 35min (vector)
cheers]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:01:54 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/673429

fast learning and fun exercise, matte background + illustrator vector drawing on top.
i had some photo examples too, where to look and get ideas.
took about 20min (matte) + 35min (vector)
cheers]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:02:53 +0000 http://gingi.cgsociety.org/gallery/673427

fast learning and fun exercise, matte background + illustrator vector drawing on top.
i had some photo examples too, where to look and get ideas.
took about 20min (matte) + 35min (vector)
cheers

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