Alcaeus: a lazy man's sketch blog

Some recent stuff

2011-04-26T12:20:00.000-07:00

Like, 2 days ago or something. I'll post more stuff later (busy busy).

Possible tattoo idea? Still very much wip and sketch. (those are me two dogs in between the wings)

: Coat of Arms idea, for giggles:

Digital Painting Excercises (cuz i need them)

2010-10-09T11:12:00.000-07:00

First test:

Second test:

And something I made for a friend a while back :p :

Hey, an update!

2010-08-23T08:21:00.000-07:00

This isn't ALL that i did, left some crap and some random stuff out.

Some more modern combat armor. I suck at drawing/inventing guns btw...

Sketches of the White Horsemen

ITSA DONKEH!

More greek-ish armor

Romans are cool, (real) vampires are cool, roman vampires will rule the world!

Quick sketch for a (single) comic.

2010-08-06T09:49:00.001-07:00

This isn't the only thing i've done lately, but i can't be bothered with scanning in the rest. so here's a little post, just so i've finally updated again :p

Design a standard: yes, still bitching about that: V3

2010-06-21T08:47:00.000-07:00

Cleaned up a bit and added some red to the border (i want some red somwhere). Also tried adding a scroll. Forgot to tear it up a bit though, will be for later. Is the typed text fine or is it weird among the rest of the banner? Or should I use a different font? Or write it myself?

Design a standard: V2.3

2010-06-21T05:14:00.000-07:00

Darkened the grey heraldry a bit, put some more colour on the stained glass and put in some more contrast, and cleaned up some details:

I'm quite happy with it now. Maybe add some decoration to the pole? Or a purity seal or two?

I did a quick sketch for the cloth i might put in, but i'm not sure it would work; it messes up the lineair design i've had going so far, among other things. Maybe I should just add a good oldfashioned scroll to bear the Chapter's name?

(and no, i didn't miss v2.2, i skipped it since it was so much different from v2.1)

Design a standard: V 2.1

2010-06-20T10:30:00.000-07:00

ok, made some changes: tried to make te roman 3 (III) stand out a bit more, changed the color of the heraldry below (since i'm gonna put in the banner, which will probably be red, the red coloured heraldry had to go) and worked on the stained glass a bit:

If you're one of the 2-3 people who visit my blog, please leave a comment so i can improve.

Design a standard: V1

2010-06-19T12:15:00.001-07:00

So here's my first version. I've left out the banner because it might make things a bit too busy, but then again, it's a space marine banner...
Colours are a bit off again, but this time it looks acceptable.

Let me know what you think, so I can improve.

Ultramarines movie: design a standard competition

2010-06-19T03:46:00.000-07:00

Should be studying, but I care more about doing this (and you never know, i might just win if the other entries are crap)

Short background: there is a Warhammer 40k movie in the making called "Ultramarines". It is still in it's early stages (they recently released a trailer) but they are holding a competition: design a standard for one of the space marines Chapters (chapter banner or company banner). Since you could use your own Chapter, and I don't wanna just rip off the existing ones, I'm making a banner for my own chapter which has had a lot of names going from Swords of Valdor(medieval with ancient greek influences) to the Bronze Legion (plain greek). For this competition i'm going with the Swords of Valdor's third company (with my favourite squad, Hellada (2nd tactical squad) ).
The idea is to combine futuristic elements with medieval elements: their will be a more-or-less futuristic border and futuristic heraldry-shields on the lower part. The central imagewill be medieval: a stone wall background with a subtil roman 3 (III) in it, with a stained glass rose-window with a decorative pattern and the company's crossed swords symbol. Below the rose-window will be a banner pierced to the wall with the chapter's name on it. Some random decorative elements will probably be added on certain places over the banner.

This is what i have so far:

The colors are a lot better on the Macbook on which i'm making it (pc got reformatted --> no photoshop). I hope I can find a way to keep the original colours :/
Note: everything is done with a Wacom. I may have used guides to figure out where things should go and to help me get straight lines, but i didnt just like put some standard squares on it or so. All manual :)

Storyboard alternate version Wanted (GameDesign)

2010-06-13T00:26:00.000-07:00

exams now, so cartoons soon to come :D

some experimenting for GD

2010-03-20T06:53:00.000-07:00

Some colour tests, and trying to figure out how to paint the light (advice is very welcome!):

Insipred by Comixed.com

2010-03-02T06:30:00.001-08:00

Some stuff for GameDesign

2010-03-02T03:57:00.001-08:00

(Note: we're not actually designing a game yet :p )

An update

2010-03-02T03:51:00.000-08:00

Has been a while since i scanned some stuff in :)

A bit more

2009-12-25T09:57:00.000-08:00

doing some more research into greek armor (this is not all, more to come)

I think this'll be my warriors' helmet

A medusa

A scottish zombie!

2009-12-19T05:54:00.000-08:00

Time for a viking zombie as well :p

a new load of sketches and "research"

2009-12-19T05:34:00.000-08:00

Research into angels, both as the biblical angel and humans that have learned to fly through evolution. And some armor and weapons.

more random stuff

2009-12-05T09:40:00.000-08:00

Various stuff

2009-12-05T09:24:00.001-08:00

A helmet :p

Future soldier

Mervin!

Some research into skulls :p

Lesson in 'vampires'

2009-11-24T14:58:00.000-08:00

smoking pot

2009-11-08T06:41:00.001-08:00

I really should be doing my homework...

Jesus fails

2009-11-08T05:37:00.000-08:00

Space Marine Chapter Master

2009-11-08T04:58:00.001-08:00

As always with adjusted levels (you can even see what is on the other side of the paper :p)

Let's call him Master Alcaeus for a change, Chapter Master of the Angelic Legion.

Dwarf Guard (tibia :p )

2009-11-08T04:37:00.001-08:00

ik zou eigelijk huiswerk moete make :/
(ps, deze heb ikeigelijk ma vrij snel gedaan :p)

Some good shit

2009-10-24T09:36:00.001-07:00

Undead Dude

2009-10-15T14:21:00.001-07:00

En met aangepaste levels (net een inkttekening o.o) :

:/

2009-10-13T14:43:00.000-07:00

Eigen zak eerst!

2009-09-28T05:02:00.000-07:00

The complete Kerel collection

2009-09-23T13:11:00.000-07:00

Alcaeus sketch

2009-09-07T14:43:00.001-07:00

Will be updated.

Chaos dwarf

2009-09-07T14:41:00.001-07:00

Tonight in

2009-09-07T14:29:00.000-07:00

They never quit!

2009-09-06T17:37:00.001-07:00

2009-06-06T06:02:00.000-07:00

Mandalorian (star wars)

Negative Sunglasses

2009-05-18T07:09:00.000-07:00

New from Alcaeus' World Domination Fashion Wear come the Negative Sunglasses. Let everyone know you are into photographing the various disasters that will soon be taking place. Wether you're skiing, sunbathing or just simply harassing 8-year old girls on a sunny afternoon, you can now do it in style!

Get then now, before my war hits your economy too!

Monster of Caerbannog

2009-05-11T12:15:00.000-07:00

The Killer Rabbit

Bill Kaulitz Demotivational

2009-05-11T00:54:00.000-07:00

Some hot chicks!

The Tripod Menace

2009-04-27T23:35:00.000-07:00

Apparently, no one gets this... Is it really not that obvious or are they just stupid?

Art = fail - demotivational

2009-04-27T23:32:00.000-07:00

The sun rises in the West

2009-04-04T03:03:00.000-07:00

2009-03-31T02:07:00.000-07:00

General Chow!

Salvation!!

2009-03-30T10:04:00.001-07:00

Sometimes I just wanna... (sometimes?!)

Made on a mac ofcourse.

2009-03-30T04:53:00.000-07:00

We're all lovin' the yellow Spes Mehrin!

kinky dong

2009-03-25T11:33:00.000-07:00

He's one dirty ape!

people should pay attention to what they teach me in school...

2009-03-23T03:19:00.000-07:00

All will fear this sign! One day I'll rule the world...

Chowalca

2009-03-23T03:04:00.000-07:00

My face meets the dreaded chowchow. Don't bother calling animal control, they don't have heavy enough shotguns.