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Capt.FlushGarden · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 1:23 pm

Hey yall!

Here's a bunch of images I did in 2006 for the game "The Club" by Bizarre Creations (makers of PGR games and more) I can't beleive everyone was so nice at that company!

anyway here's the images:

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Tzan · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 1:33 pm

Wow thanks for posting those. They are great!

How much time do you spend on one of these?

Iceprism · junior member Member # Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 16

These are amazing... I like the last one in particular due to the awesome angle it's at.

I'm curious what your rates are for doing comps like these...

adm · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 1:45 pm

you easily have the juiciest environments/interiors. They were very lucky to have you.

Jabo · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 5:10 pm

The crashed chopper totally did it for me. But then came the rest and I'm once again struck by the continuity you are able to put in your works. I think the small one of the baroque room is my favourite. Such nice angle, lighting and values.
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The Insane Lemur · member Member # Joined: 19 Oct 2003 Posts: 768

wow, thanks for showing these beautiful paintings!

Sumaleth · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 5:31 pm

Great stuff. You must be the go-to guy for "decaying-civilization" concepts. Smile

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Mikko K · member Member # Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 639

Awesome work as always John! Shocked

Thanks for sharing!

Ben Mauro · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 8:12 pm

Soooooo awesome as always. thanks.

Synnical · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:01 pm

Where did you take these photos? Laughing

Seriously, these are ridiculously awesome; did you do the graffiti designs too? they also look great. thanks for sharing!

notic · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:35 pm

stunning as always! thanks for sharing.

i would love to see a progress/mini tutorial from you sometime, hear a little about the thought process, especially composition (perhaps there already is one somewhere?)

AndreeWallin · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 11:20 pm

This is just unbelievably good
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Pet · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 12:01 am

Good job, i'm blind now Cool

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Just the best enviro concept i have seen this year.

Stewart one · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 2:33 am

Bra jobbat john! Snyggt som vanligt!

A question, did you have any 3d geo to paint over on these?
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PirkkaH · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 3:02 am

Well, hellooooouuh! Shocked

What heck is this?! Amazing! You're way too good.

Just a couple of questions - How much time did you had for a one piece and how many drafts did had to do before you made a one concept image or illustration? I'm interested about this because, when I had a change to make few concepts. I've usually given to me so few time, that I'm not able to make many rough sketches, when I have to start to paint the image and of course the result isn't quite which I was intend to...
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Paoo · member Member # Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Posts: 340

wow, really amazing Shocked

daryl · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 8:16 am

wonderful!

I love the ones that are a bit rough around the edges best Smile

like notic said, would be interesting to see your process (which you promised in your previous post Very Happy

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(oh and one tiny crit would be that in the last image- the papers are quite evenly spaced out in both "corridors")

thanks for sharing!
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Ranath · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 8:26 am

wow man, seriously

stairs were so brilliant

SubJodge · member Member # Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 142

Fantastic! really really amazing work Smile

viag · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:11 am

always nice to see your work dude ! great job !
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Destinatus · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 1:22 pm

oh sweet, theres some on here that aren't on your site! I love the lighting and textures in these, very cool Cool

Ditlev · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 2:03 pm

Wow John Wallin is on this Forum. I must admit, you are kind of my hero!
Really dam nice. You are so good at integrating photos to your pieces. Would be nice if you could tell how you do that.
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eyewoo · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:20 am

Hey John... I showed these to a friend - oil painter - and he thought you used a lot of 3D software to produce them... I told him I was pretty sure you did not and and that they were done using Photoshop... right???

Either way, great stuff...
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EAD · member Member # Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 97 Location: UK

Superb! love the way the light really flows through the spaces, wonderfull Very Happy

Hideyoshi · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:18 am

Flawless, no crits!
I am loosnig myself in your work, it's phenomenal!
And yes, any info related to your process would be eagerly appreciated! Smile

xbrianx · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 11:24 am

I agree with everyone else. I'd like to see some processes as well. Very Happy

Leopard Snow · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:09 pm

omg O_O, this is incredible brilliant stuff!

And - Yeah, post some wip, i'd like to see how you thinking when you painting. And i'm really interesting what the time have you spend about each image? I mean what limit in working days, for each one picture with this qualify do you have in your studio, if this is not a secret Smile

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jOuey · member Member # Joined: 01 Dec 2006 Posts: 175

ahahahahah just perfect Shocked

wood · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 11:05 am

wow awesome work ~~
really incredible !! amazing ~ Shocked

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Capt.FlushGarden · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:43 am

Hey guys thanks for the replies! wow ive been gone for too long Smile

Sumaleth, yes sish! luckilly things are starting to go the other direction now, less and less broken stuff.

Synnical, yes I did the graffiti too, glad you like them, theyre mostly nicknames for my pets and people i know and so on, Razz

THe paintings vary a lot in time depending how complex the view is, sometimes I do a wireframe sceenshot to keep the perspective, it can take between 3-5 days to get to this lever I guess, soetimes even more if im like, slow... Smile

sometimes its better to make 3, 4 sketches before starting on the big one, just so u know what the hell to paint! painting on something you don't really grasp will sort of ruin the image. planning is important, and most companies don't understand that the concept art they order, will save them many many many hours, so th econcept artist shouldnt be stressed IMHO (creative anxiety is hard enough ehhehe) but thats the dream world I guess...

EyeWoo: hey man how you doing! Most of these are actually 100% from scratch, without 3D programs, a few of them I have had a plate, here's an example of the computer room, where I rendered 4 cubes to get the perspective right, but nowadays even this takes too much time for me, rather than just paint it, but I'll take any screengrabs for free to paint on Razz

as yo can see the usage of 3D doesnt really mean lighting, texturing or anything else than just building up all the vanishing points, or to use descriptive geometry. (well, i did have to place the vanishing points since all I had were the cubes)

the ones that I used perspective help in 3D were of course the computer room, and the library, and the steel mill room with the glowing thing was actually painted on top of an early WIP of the actual level.

I'll see when I have time to make a tutorial, to be honest its jus the same technique as a lot of you, brushes, lasso tool and some love for painting Razz

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