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A personal development piece. Done completely in Photoshop. I was mainly playing around with lighting and shape language to depict a moody environment.
Thanks for looking,
-James]]> Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:06:36 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/723268

This piece was done as a demo painting in my environment class at Concept Design Academy. It was a demo to show my process of shape building, composition, lighting and color techniques. It will also be featured in Digital Art Masters volume 4 with a full tutorial.
I hope you all enjoy,
-James Paick]]> Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:42:00 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/705618

This painting also started out as a quick speed painting demo for CDA. I later worked on this painting on my spare time to complete it. It is a concept utilizes two aspects: natural and man made shapes
I hope you enjoy.
Thank you,
-James]]> Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:00:40 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/704058

This was done all in photoshop. It is for a personal project in the fantasy genre. I wanted to push mood and lighting with this piece to help establish an interesting atmosphere.
I hope you enjoy.
-James]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:03:16 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/704417

This started from a class demo at CDA. I later took it home and finished it to refine the concept. It was fun working in this style with big industrial shapes. This is a generator in the future.
I hope you enjoy.
thanks,
-james]]> Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:11:13 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/704059

personal project piece. It started out very abstract and was finally able to make sense of the madness....this is the outcome]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:07:00 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/649738

This painting was initially brought about from a concept I had about a unique place with elements from modern, futuristic and primitive natures. This tells a story of a couple of sailors routing through a river and passing through a massive futuristic ruin. Completely painted in photoshop. More of this series to come.
I hope you guys enjoy.
Thanks
James Paick]]> Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:37:24 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/675964

Personal Project. In the near future, society is forced to use alternative ways of generating electricity. A little sci-fi and steam punk..
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Concept art painting for an attraction for theme park in Asia. This piece was done to capture the theme, mood and atmosphere the 4D attraction. Done all in photoshop.
I used the same approach when doing video game work...but this time I just added an audience in the foreground]]> Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:22:00 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/675343

personal project. Underground construction site in the near future allowing civilization to rebuild from earth's destruction from pollution effects.]]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:19:56 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/675344

just a fun little illustration
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Hey CG Talk,
Here is a new piece. It is called 'cave temple'. This piece was fun and explored some different elements of my personal project. It hints at an ancient civilization that runs around the idea of religion and culture. It was completely in photoshop using my usual techniques of speed painting, textures and small touch ups. For the most part the piece is loose, however, what I like to focus on is lighting, composition and color.
Thanks for looking guys,
James]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:18:49 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/585645

This piece was a speed painting done mostly just to explore new ways of composing a layout. It started off very abstract and slowly started be become molded into what it is now. The story is simple. A knight's journey home. The genre was something I dont reallly dive into, so exploring that space was fun.
Thanks for looking.]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:18:35 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/586514

Here is another painting recently completed for my personal project. Had fun exploring some different shapes and trying to create a culture. I wanted to show off the massive scale of the space and create a pastoral view. It was fun. More to come.
Thanks for looking.
-James Paick]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:32:41 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/571675

Another piece to go into my development of personal projects. This is a visual development piece to establish a couple key elements in the story. Done completely in photoshop. The painting depicts the entrance way to palaces in the mountains. Religious monks protect the passage way to the entrance.

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I have been working on this one for a short while. its something a little different. had fun while doing it. started off as a quick little demo for a friend. The demo was 1 hour of work. Now I put in another 2 hours to resolve some issues. After a total of 3 hours, this speed painting was just to explore, learn, play with lighting and just have fun. Hope you guys enjoy.
James
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Here is a new one for me. Finally a character piece. It has been quite some time, perhaps years, since my last character attempt. It is still lose and fast, not too tight but thats how I like my 'finishes' to look. It started off as a sketch that can be viewed on my blog entry at http://scribblejames.blogspot.com/
It was an experimental piece to get my brain and art juices flowing, play around with genre and play with some light and colors. Would love to know what you guys think out there =)]]> Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:02:42 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/569688

A visual development piece. The upper city built in the clouds. A utopian city with stylized architecture and design in an advanced civilization. This was to experiment with shape and design. Done in photoshop cs2. ]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:07:54 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/566049

Personal Project. This is a visual development piece to help explore the different worlds in the project. I was trying to establish large scale with intimidating shapes. It is the spawning ground of nests which give birth to the tormenting birds of prey. ]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:20:45 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/567194

This is another piece developed for my personal project. It is an exploration of another level/area of the world. What I am trying to show here is the definite unique quality to the world and the terrain. Unique shapes give it the fresh look but with recognizable elements of marsh lands and mountains that we all know. But for this piece, the focus was mainly on the lighting, mood and color key to help establish the look of other paintings and developing concepts.
This was done completely in photoshop from concept thumb to finish.]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:22:27 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/567805

Personal Project. This piece was developed for the purpose of discovering what the street level was like. It shows more of the history and lifestyle of the people in the city. Stylized architecture hints at a civilization with history. This paintings serves its purpose to show the look and feel of the level as well as establish the type of lighting and mood I want for this area.
-created fully in photoshop

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personal project and having some fun]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:05:30 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/567162

exploring shapes, colors and concepts for an underwater world]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:11:06 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/567163

Just a piece to try out new things and techniques. This is part of my pesronal project. It was to give a first pass on conceptualizing the mech city]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:12:42 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/567041

visual development piece]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:50:49 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/566054

Personal project environment concept painting.
This is a part of a the world that has been inhabited by a more advanced race. I am trying to show the hi tech vs natural shape language and design. ]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:32:51 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/564710

Personal project environment concept painting. Settlers make home in the canyon ruins. I am trying to show the scale and massive size of these canyons ruins. Also showing that it is a marsh land.]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:03:31 +0000 http://xchosun1x.cgsociety.org/gallery/564709

Personal project environment concept painting. The verticallity takes a huge role in this painting. I'm am trying to show epic scale of these massive mountain rocks that have these arches that show history. ]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:02:44 +0000