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I think these dolls have a secrete and aren't telling...



I looked up some photo reference of Magpie birds and plum tree flowers to get them right,
my own custom brushes for texture , and my imagination.

I hope you guys like them

]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:18:27 +0000 http://marmite-sue.cgsociety.org/gallery/638147

A sketch I've recently made for a friend.
it's a fan Art of her character Lester from her coming book 'Lament'

http://pinkjellyo.deviantart.com/
http://pinkjellyo.deviantart.com/art/lament-60052232 (her verstion Lester)
]]> Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:36:16 +0000 http://marmite-sue.cgsociety.org/gallery/638169



My intention was to create a kind of dependent balance between fake and real, and research the strange sensation of confusion that derives.
I wanted to depict in subtle differences between the left hand side, where natural imperfect and mortal roses grow, where there is a balance of good and bad, hierarchy, but also playfulness and mischief, and the right hand side, where the roses are too perfect to be real, where her only friends are plastic toys and artificial communication. I wanted to create a confusion, is the girl a doll, mortal or immortal, does the city exist or is only a distant memory, etc.

I've used many references for the pose, for the hands, feet,
roses, cat, city ,sign and other details, most of which are loosely based.

Photo reference here

BTW, the city in the background is referenced from Singapore, but there is no particular meaning to this choice other then the fact that I liked it's clean city scape lines.
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Beware cute mobile phone attachments, as one day they might steal your best friend's soul

The idea for this painting popped up as the "Strange Behavior" challenge last year was ending. I had just finished an earlier version of
this painting
when the thought of giving an extra humorous twist came up. As I was just getting interested in learning 3D, I've decided to make the toys as a first project in 3D modeling.
since I still can't use reflections and textures well, I had to paint them underneath the occlusion pass that I could render in Maya.
you can see the pass here
Everything els is drawn from scratch with a few photo references for the background, and for the way reflections work. My sister and I posed for the positioning of the girls.
hope you like it ]]> Mon, 05 May 2008 22:24:02 +0000 http://marmite-sue.cgsociety.org/gallery/626829


an alternative version to ducksoup
]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 00:18:35 +0000 http://marmite-sue.cgsociety.org/gallery/602652

This Image was originaly rendered for a workshop I've written for magazine ImagineFX ( issue28).

Noa lives in and operates a little Gothic Refinery. It's a cozy place she can call home. Her closest companion is her pet Toy Rabbit (named T.R.01) to whom she can speak her heart. Otherwise she is really quite a shy creature, not very fond of having visitors over, or travelling to the 'outside'.

Please let me know what you think

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* ( Update: I've posted a short explanation of the work that went into this image since I've left off the original tutorial.

http://pickled.free.fr/Noa_tutorial.html

Please notice The ImagineFX workshop focuses on the character design and ways of creation as a whole. The short explanation on my site explains only the process of further detailing the surroundings - the way I created the fireflies and flowers)


]]> Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:26:31 +0000 http://marmite-sue.cgsociety.org/gallery/518425

I was inspired by the aesthetics of Japanese Gothic dolls, and tried to create a kind of an ' alive-still life'
sweet yet slightly disturbing atmosphere.
I painted it from a scanned sketch I prepared a while before, and worked from that point solely in Photoshop.
I used several references loosely, mainly for the white cat and the embracing arms.
I'm adding a small 'in the making' image.
hope you like it

oh, the most difficult part by far were the shoes... the perspective was cruel ; ;


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* ( Update: An explanation of this Image's working process will feature in the coming 'Digital Art Masters: Vol.3')]]> Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:15:25 +0000 http://marmite-sue.cgsociety.org/gallery/566910

Hi everyone,
It's been a while since I've posted anything new.
This image was mainly painted as an experiment with textures but turned out much more challenging in terms of composition.

I'm sure dolls dream with open eyes. I wanted to give the impression of her dreaming lying down motionless, maybe on some shelf or a sofa, and yet still floating in the night sky of her dream.
Drawing her lying down yet floating turned out more challenging than I thought. And since dolls are stiff, gravity will work differently than on a human model. I was constantly flipping the drawing in all directions while working...

Anyway, I'm looking forward to hearing what you think








]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:46:39 +0000 http://marmite-sue.cgsociety.org/gallery/600804

...Isn't it nice to sometimes look out a window and just clear your mind from thinking?

Of late I've been sketching a bit in Painter to get a better feel for the program.
This time I decided to try and work with the Inks a bit.
I really did have fun with them, even though I eventually went back to photoshop to do the grayscale toning as I'm still more accustomed to it.

]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:42:51 +0000 http://marmite-sue.cgsociety.org/gallery/457208

i was trying give a kind of snapshot feeling,
showing the operation at work, trying to avoid being too lyrical
but still showing a romantic old world view on early mechanics.
i used reference mainly for the animals and instruments.
i kept dropping out allot of extra details as i was working,
the picture was getting really crowded and dense,
i hope i managed to keep it focused..
please let me know what you think]]> Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:17:52 +0000 http://marmite-sue.cgsociety.org/gallery/454283



I drew this one for a magazine publication, I used photo reference for the pupil, posed myself for the posture and kept a cotton shirt next to the screen to give me a feel for the fabric,
most of the work went into the fabric creases trying my best to get the thing to float...
As I had a stiff deadline I didn't get the time to finish it the way I would like to, so I hope I have the time to do so soon,
any comments for me to keep in mind when I rework it are very much appreciated!!

*(edit - I've now posted a further worked version of this image)
]]> Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:21:01 +0000 http://marmite-sue.cgsociety.org/gallery/521199

I drew this image about a year ago, it's not CG but since I think theme-wise it fits my portfolio, I thought I could upload it still.
colored pencils on color paper.
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