Barrel 'o' CyberMonkeys

[CyberMonkeytron]

Well ive been commenting on these boards for a little while now, so I guess its time for you guys to do the same to my stuff.

Many of these pictures you guys may have already seen because i don't really get a chance (or the motivation) to things for myself (it also doesn't help that I don't have a home computer). Its only since I joined a few forums this year that i've started doing stuff.

Anyways enough with the words.

Heres something i did for deadeyes amalgam contest

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/9569/spiderinecg9.jpg

Heres a entry to a comic book cover contest for another board im on.

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/1561/halovshalosmalljz1.jpg

Its bebop and rocksteady

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/7416/bandssp5.jpg


This was my entry to the halloween contest

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/3996/zspidermanlt7.jpg

This is a rancor sith picture that i never finished- the rancor is the son of the one luke killed in return of the jedi. He trained as a sith to get revenge. I may have been on crack when I came up with the idea.

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5523/rancorvslukesmallupdatebe9.jpg

[iambilly81]

first time ive seen that halo cover, very nice, i wouldnt mind seeing that kind of style in a comic

[TheRiddlerkid]

Lol the RAncor Idea is just...I don't know what to say, but yeah just lol, that is just a Really cool drawing.

Great stuff on the others as well,

[Dr Doom]

I LOVE THE LIGHTSABERS ON THE RANCOR'S CLAWS

[forfeit]

Love your style Cybermonkey. That Halo one is amusing, Jesus looks P*SSED! lol
Do you do your own colours aswell?

[CyberMonkeytron]

Do you do your own colours aswell?

yeah- i'm in the processes of trying to give up the smudge tool in photoshop... its been my friend for so long, but you can't get any texture out of it..

The zombie spiderman was my first attempt at actually painting- I think it turned out pretty good...

I LOVE THE LIGHTSABERS ON THE RANCOR'S CLAWS

I love you... and green fonts...


i've started my attempt at this months contest (half way through my pencils). I might put my WIP's of it here because i've had a few enquires about colouring.

[The Last Meatbag]

You are now one of my favorite artists on this site

[Robin_Begins]

Holy crap. You are the best here.

[Saint]

That Sith Rancor picture is awesome beyond reason.

[RAMORE]

good stuff love the Webbed Wolverine. Also would love to see more star wars stuff. and if you except a list of dream characters to see mine would be

Captaina America
MoonKnight
Darkhawk

[ABC]

YOU ARE SO GOOD! I LOVE YOUR ART! that spiderman one is great.

[acedog_007]

If I'm not mistaken, Image comics uses a lot of this style art. especially in David and Goliath, the big Lion that flies and blows fire controlled by a boy descended from a powerful evil nazzi but who is trying to be a good boy, or something like that.

[forfeit]

I just love the stuff Cyber. I dont think anyone can say otherwise!
Please tell me ur working on a book we can see sometime!

and if the smudge tool works for you, KEEP IT! the stuff u have done looks very professional, it doesnt matter how you got there!

[CyberMonkeytron]

If I'm not mistaken, Image comics uses a lot of this style art. especially in David and Goliath, the big Lion that flies and blows fire controlled by a boy descended from a powerful evil nazzi but who is trying to be a good boy, or something like that.

That has to be the greatest disciption ever of a comic that i have never read :p
Joe Madureira has probably been the biggest influence on my style over the years. I would have his babies if i could.... or at least let him touch me in my special place..

I just love the stuff Cyber. I dont think anyone can say otherwise!
Please tell me ur working on a book we can see sometime!

and if the smudge tool works for you, KEEP IT! the stuff u have done looks very professional, it doesnt matter how you got there!

Thanks man :O I find your stuff reminds me of me a few years ago- i'm looking forward to seeing how your evil dead picture comes out.

Me and the smudge tool have been going steady for a while now (well a year anyway- thats how long ive been using a tablet). It does make you get RSI and due to the nature of the tool removes all texture- which is something I wanna started adding more to my pics.

As for the book thing- nah- i'm not that cool :)
I do work for a company that makes video games on occasion- so ive done some character and design design stuff. I would love to do pin ups for a living- but a dont have the persistance to do comic pages :p

[forfeit]

As for the book thing- nah- i'm not that cool :)
I do work for a company that makes video games on occasion- so ive done some character and design design stuff. I would love to do pin ups for a living- but a dont have the persistance to do comic pages :p

I know what you mean, i prefer splash pages and covers to drawing the actual sequentials. Although im half heartedly working on something simply for drawing practice of angles, perspectives and emotions etc. Are we allowed to see some of your character designs? or are they hush-hush? Iv heard companies are pretty tight lipped about where their characters leak out to.

I always avoid colour myself. Iv had a couple of attempts, but im colour blind, so i always screw up hahaha apart from that, im just very bad at it

[CyberMonkeytron]

i thought i'd save my thread with a kinda work in progress of my entry to this months contest.

Heres the scanned inks. I adjusted the brightness and contrast in photoshop to make it the way i wanted it.

http://203.97.5.87/staff/joel/dinoriders_WIP_1.jpg

Then I blocked it in. I put each layer on a seperate layer. At this stage im not really worried about what colours I'm going to end up using- because that can come later. Its just a matter of making sure that everything has a colour.

http://203.97.5.87/staff/joel/dinoriders_WIP_2.jpg

[CyberMonkeytron]

Then it's time to start colouring. I knew that the lava cracks were going to be the main source of my light- so i decided to start there.

http://staff.straylight-studios.com/joel/dinoriders_WIP_3.jpg


And some more time later

http://staff.straylight-studios.com/joel/dinoriders_WIP_4.jpg


Til we have finally

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/6585/dinoriderswip6cw5.jpg


Hooray now I can sleep!:)

[Roma]

Oh man that dinosaur pic rocks :up:

[RAMORE]

great man

[forfeit]

Holy crap. Thats just pure and simply fantastic. your light sourcing is absolutely amazing

[The Last Meatbag]

thats incredible

[Roma]

Could I ask a question:
How do you do that glow ?? Like from the green lightsaber on his clothes, and from the lava on the dino's ???

[Red Ranger]

winner

[the_ultimate_evil]

excellent work, i think i faved that be bop and rocksteady on dev art

[invisiblerabbit]

Wow, I must say how thoroughly impressed I am with your work, you've got a great sense of color and layout and it's all very dynamic. 5 thumbs up.

[CyberMonkeytron]

Could I ask a question:
How do you do that glow ?? Like from the green lightsaber on his clothes, and from the lava on the dino's ???

The lightsabers and stuff like the little lights on the metal frames of the dinoriders were made from a mixture of outer and inner glows. The light on the surfaces of the skin however were just painted on. With that kinda stuff its just a matter of trying to choose the right colours and trying to put them in the right place. :)

excellent work, i think i faved that be bop and rocksteady on dev art

I hope not. I dont have an account there :p

Winner

Thanks man :O

Thanks for the comments guys :D

[the_ultimate_evil]

I hope not. I dont have an account there :p


thats so werid, its not there now, i could have swore i say that piece a while ago outside these boards:confused:

[CyberMonkeytron]

I do post on a few other boards...but not dev art.

[the_ultimate_evil]

must have been mistaken.

[Red Ranger]

you use your work PC? what's your job, if you don't mind me asking?

[CyberMonkeytron]

Yeah, ive heard computers get small enough now to fit into a house... i've yet to get one of my own though.

I work at for a company that makes websites and does graphic design stuff. Most of the time i'm doing kinda boring stuff, but we've recently tried our hand at making a computer game. (http://www.startagthegame.com)

We won an award, so that was cool. :D

[EdRyder]

I posted your starwars pic in theforce,net's fanart forum.,,they love that s#*t,,..
My two cents-I love ,LOVE how you always give constructive and helpfull criticisms(when you do that red trace over dealy)Its just never negative and I appreciate that from ya

[Shampoo!]

Some excellent work here.

Question: The dinosaur piece, for the contest. Is that based off of anything? Specifically, an old series of toys? I just ask, because it seems vaguely familiar. Like, something I've seen in my childhood.

[Dr Doom]

DINO RIDERS

[Shampoo!]

DINO RIDERS Damn, you posted that about five seconds before I was going to change it to "nevermind, I just looked at the contest thread and saw what it is."

[CyberMonkeytron]

Its lies all lies!!

Its an original idea.

I came up with it myself.

With no help.

I am surprised no one did it before- i mean dinosaurs+guns=awesome.... its simple maths.

Some excellent work here.

thanks man- i really like your stuff too :)

My two cents-I love ,LOVE how you always give constructive and helpfull criticisms(when you do that red trace over dealy)Its just never negative and I appreciate that from ya

heh- i do try and help when i can. I don't know how helpful the internet makes me sound, as a lot of people seem to dislike my comments... i never mean any offence though....

I'm a cybonic monkey...

all I want to do is love...

[forfeit]

HAHAHAH i agree with EdRyder. When you drew over that pic of mine, it made it rock SO much more after i changed it. Thanks again for that Cyber.
You're right, its hard to decide whether criticism is constructive or not over the net, but you pass it off well. I still love that cybermonkey pic, especially the drool lol

[CyberMonkeytron]

Tiz the season for xmas pictures fah-lah-lah-lah-laaaaah-lah-lah-lah-lah

Heres a secret santa I did for Mr Dave in another forum fah-lah-lah-lah-laaaaah-lah-lah-lah-lah

I shall call you all Mr Dave and wish you all a merry xmas.


Maybe a little NSFW

[CyberMonkeytron]

In order to save my thread from a watery grave, im going to post a WIP of my contest entry.

"Luke. I am your mother"

[Silver Sable]

Cool drawing and good luck :up:

[Dr Doom]

BOOBIES!!!!

SO SAYS DOOM!!!

-DOOM :doom:

[Dr Doom 2006]

yes, they are great

[forfeit]

Dude, words fail me....they really do. Not only do you have a unique style that makes me sick with envy, but your colouring is magnificent, its almost watercolourish if u get what i mean. Love that Darth Baber. Very nice

[ComicChick]

that contest entry is funny

[CyberMonkeytron]

Thanks for the comments guys (and girls).

Forfeit-:O I know what you mean- its done by lowering the opacity and flow of the brush in photoshop- you have a lot more control. The xmas one was done pretty rushed- but i mostly liked how it came out.

I should be able to start posting coloured updates of darth girly girl over the next few days.



and for the record, boobs are indeed good.

[Unleashed]

So I Guess Leia Takesluke's Place Also

[forfeit]

cant wait to see em Cyber, and thanx for the tip, i would give it a go if i wasnt a complete dunce with colour lmao

[CyberMonkeytron]

Heres some colours I quickly slapped onto some line art of a guy called sonic on another forum.

It his version of the joker

http://staff.straylight-studios.com/joel/joker.jpg

[ComicChick]

very cool, in a creepy kinda way. i like it

[CyberMonkeytron]

My entry for this months contest

Darth VadHER

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/2421/darthvadherwt1.jpg

[forfeit]

That is freaking awesome! and the joker is a cool take on the character, really dark, how the joker should be

[CyberMonkeytron]

Thanks forfeit :)

Glad you liked it. I love Sonics lines, so I just had to colour them.

[CHIZO]

your gallery is simply amazing man.

[K-pax]

Do you use a tablet for all of the pieces when you paint them?

[CyberMonkeytron]

Thanks Chizo- im a fan of your stuff as well- so stylised.

K-pax- Yeah, I use a tablet. Ive got a pretty nice wacom that I do all my colouring with. The lines are all hand drawn and scanned though- im not that cool with drawing with it yet.

[K-pax]

Sweet. But how do you recolour the original lines? Like, make them lightbrown instead of black, do you fill in the original lines by hand with the tablet or do you lower the opacity or something?

[Unleashed]

that joker scares me

[Zolland]

Sweet. But how do you recolour the original lines? Like, make them lightbrown instead of black, do you fill in the original lines by hand with the tablet or do you lower the opacity or something?

create a layer above the line art.

hold alt and hover the mouse over the space between that new layer and the line art ...it should look like two over lapping circles. click.

now when you color on that new layer itll only show up over the lines.

[Zolland]

Forgot to mention - Congrats on winning the Art Contest, homie

[CyberMonkeytron]

create a layer above the line art.

hold alt and hover the mouse over the space between that new layer and the line art ...it should look like two over lapping circles. click.

now when you color on that new layer itll only show up over the lines.

I'll have to try that :)

The way I do it is a little different, when I want to change the colour of the line i just lasso a section and press Ctrl U (Hue/ Saturation)- increase the lightness (so the line isnt black and you can see the colour change), and move the hue, saturation bar around til i get a colour that i want.

I used Ctrl U a lot because instead of finding the exact colour that I want to use straight away, I can paint with any old colour, and change it later.

Quite often you end up with colour combinations that you would never actually think of using.

Forgot to mention - Congrats on winning the Art Contest, homie

Heh- Thanks man- I just found out :) . I think I may celebrate by spamming somewhere and get myself a avatar

[G-Man]

Just wondering, cuase i see this mentioned all the time. so, What is a "TABLET?"

[Zolland]

an electronic drawing board with an electronic pen that mimics your pen movements to the screen. the pen is pressure sensitive so the harder you press the thicker the line becomes.

there are also uber-expensive tablet computers/boards which project the image on the board or let you draw directly on the monitor.

[CyberMonkeytron]

Heres something I did for a friend....I got a bit lazy in the end- but I'm kinda happy how it turned out.

The space up the top is going to have some text.

http://staff.straylight-studios.com/joel/waw.jpg


EDIT: i didnt have anything to do with the character design.

EDIT 2: Yes, his sword is compensating for something :p

[Odin's Fury]

you kno, with some slight modifications, this guy could be a green lantern. pretty sweet

[Zolland]

i like the reflection in the sword...but should it be there? it looks like the sword is tilted the other way...

oh yes and "great work" is implied because its reeeeeally good

[CyberMonkeytron]

you kno, with some slight modifications, this guy could be a green lantern. pretty sweet

hehe- i guess :O

i like the reflection in the sword...but should it be there? it looks like the sword is tilted the other way...

oh yes and "great work" is implied because its reeeeeally good

Thats the one of the biggest problems i had, trying to juggle what I thought looked cool with what should actually be there. The reflection was something I thought would look cool, but the idea came after I had already drawn the picture. By then I couldnt be bothered re-drawn the sword (or drawing what the actual reflection would look like :D ).

Im not offically entering the contest this month- but I am going to do an entry. I plan to post my progress as I go- so if anyone is interested in a step by step- watch this space.

[Aquaman]

CyberMonkeytron, I have to say you do some of the most professional work on the boards here. Your stuff is always of the highest quality and its something one day I hope to be able to accomplish. Your ability to add lighting and effects is amazing to me. I really wanted you to know that I definatly look up to you, and always enjoy looking at your art.

Just thought I'd get that out of the way. :up:

And that latest pic is really cool. I agree with the reflection. It looks great, no matter the incorrect angle.

[CyberMonkeytron]

Wow- thanks Aquaman- thats probably the nicest compliment ive ever gotten. Its always great to hear people like your stuff. I credit a lot of my improvement over the last year with posting on sites like these. Not only for the comments and crits that you get- but the inspiration that you get from other artists.

So I should really be thanking you guys.

[CyberMonkeytron]

So Ive had a few people ask about the way I colour and the like, so I thought id do a simple step by step guide to how I do a picture. Im not sure myself how this picture is going to turn out (it was going to be for this months contest, but i kinda forgot that feb only had 28 days :P).

Ill try and update this a bit every night.

ok so heres

CyberMonkeytrons' Tutorial to colouring and doing some other stuff


Ok lets just start with a disclaimer. This the the way I do things. If you search the internet for a "this is how you colour in photoshop" tutorial- your going to get a million different views on how to do things. This is my way- not the only way. But hopefully some of the techniques and shortcuts I use may help some of you out.

Im gonna start slow but start to use bigger words a bit later.:)

Scanning

Ok to start off with your gonna have to get your picture into the computer. There are a few ways, take a photo of it with a digital camera, folding it up and ramming it into the disc drive, or scanning it in using a.......scanner...umm yeah..

If your scanning line art (like I am) set your scanner to produce a greyscale image from anything between 300 and 600 dpi. Sure you can go higher- feel free if your computer can run it, but as a rule of thumb 300-600 will suit most of your needs.

(note- before you scan, make sure you rub out your pencils, it will save you LOTS of time later having to clean it in photoshop)

Getting Ready to colour

Right. Scanned in? Good. Open it in Photoshop- havent got Photoshop? Turn back now. Im not talking to you. Depending on how well your scanner works you should end up with something like this :

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4537/scannedem3.jpg

Its a bit...well.... dark.

If you go to Image>Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast and slide the bars around- you can fix that though.

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1641/brightnesssk4.jpg

Much better.

Now to set up the work so you can start colouring.

RGB? CYMK?
Before you do anything you are going to have to decide what colour system you are going to use. There are two main ones RBG, or CYMK- now they may look the same (both have red, both have green etc), but they represent two completely different ways of displaying colour, so depending on what you plan to have as your end result, it will affect what colour system you should use (in order to get the best result)

If you plan to just have you picture on you computer, or the internet etc, your going to wanna use RBG (Red, Blue Green). RGB is called an 'additive colour system'. Im not going to explain it but you can read about it here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_colour_system)

If you plan to print whatever you have done- its best to choose CYMK (Cyan, Yellow, Magneta and Black....yes K stands for black). CYMK is a 'subtractive colour system. Once again im not going to go into it but if you want to punish yourself here you go (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CYMK).

You can convert them later on- but you can run the risk of cetain colours not coming out as well as you had hoped.

As im just going to be working on the computer- i want to use RGB
Image>Mode>RGB

Seperating the lines

There are a few ways to do this- some faster and easier to do than others, but those ways can often have limitations on what you can do to the piece later on. So I use a Channel selection.

If you look next to the layers tab there should be a tab called Channels. Click on it to open and you should see 4 'options'.

Hold ctrl and click anyone of the R, G or B boxes (B is my favourite)

The lines on you work should now have the 'marching ants' around them.
http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/329/selectinglinessb7.jpg

Now what you have done is just selected everything but your black lines.

Click back on the layers tab and create a new layer (the little folded page icon next to the rubbish bin- or Shift+Ctrl+N).

Name your layers
Double click on the words next to the little thumbnail picture on the new layer (if you didn't Shift+Ctrl+N) and name it 'lines'. Its important to make sure that you keep a handle on your layers my naming them when you create a new one. It helps keeps a tidy working space- plus some other reasons ill go into probably later on.

Now you should still have the white areas selected- hold down Shift+Ctrl+I or Select>Inverse (try and learn the quick keys as soon as you can- it will save you lots of time later on).

Now instead of the white being selected- your lines are- sweet.

While on your new layer called 'lines'-click the paintbucket tool (or press 'G') and click somewhere on the canvas. Now you have filled the selected area with a colour (hopefully a black type colour).

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2908/isolatedlinesbj6.jpg

now our lines are on a seperate layer. as long as we make our new layers under 'lines' then we can happily colour away- safe in the knowledge that our lines are safe.

The last thing im going to do is create a new layer- call it 'background'- choose a random colour and use the paint bucket ti fill in the area.

When ever you colour, its never a good idea to work with a white background- its better to put something in there.
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1637/linesfinishedph0.jpg


NEXT TIME

I'm gonna start blocking in this sucker with selection tools, paint bucket and layers- lots of layers.

[ampersand]

Awesome, I love the way you color stuff. I can't wait until the next part!

[Zolland]

this is worse than the last episode of a smallville season!

you evil, evil man!
no, its cool...i just cant wait to see when things start to make me change my pants.

[The Top Hat]

I've seen your art in the contests, and they're always amazing. I'm glad I checked out this thread because youur other art is equally as good.

Can't wait to see how the Halo picture turns out.

[Roma]

Cool a tutorial by CyberMonkeytron, I'm staying tunned :up:

[ComicChick]

thanks for doing this tutorial. i'm gonna try and learn it and thanks for breaking it down and using words and stuff that even I (who am an idiot when it comes to ps) can understand.

[ampersand]

I Want Part Two!

[Zolland]

*twitches*

damn the suspense! damn it to hell!

[SithXKosan]

There's no part two yet?! I was clicking onto the next page waiting to see the second part... Geez.. The suspense is killing me..

CMT, great works!! Hats off to ya!! :up: :up:

[CyberMonkeytron]

CyberMonkeytrons' Tutorial to colouring and doing some other stuff (part 2)

Blocking (or should I say Bore-ocking)

Ok- now we have gotten our lines ready its time to start the colouring. Before all the prettyness begins however we have to block the sucker in. Blocking means your just going to be putting flat areas of colours down- no shading. no fancy effects. just blocks of flat colours.

This is what i find to be the boringest part of the entire process- and it looks kinda ugly, but it pays off in the long run.

To do this I am going to use the polygonal lasso tool. You will find this as an option in the 'lassos' box on the tool bar. Just click and hold down and a new set of options should appear.
http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/2677/polygonalrf9.jpg

you want the middle one.

Now I end up using a lot of layers- you dont have to, some awesome people just use the one. But I like using a few- but it can end up getting a little confusing. That is why I use 'folders'. 'Folders' are sub areas to keep your layers in and keep your working space a bit more manageable.

(MORE EDUCATED EDIT: after using folders for a little while- I'm not fan anymore- sure it helps keeps things tidy, however a few other time saving tricks I picked up not to long after this, showed me that folders can be more trouble than they are worth. I'll leave this bit of the tut up, but only because someone may find it useful))

Folders are next to the new layers icon

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/1187/layerinfolderag0.jpg


Double click on it- call it whatever- in this case "master Chief" as all the colouring I'm going to do on master chief is going to go in here.


(important note- some important quick keys to remember here are

'F'- changes your view of the canvas- toggles 3 different views- it allows you to move the entire canvas around on the screen.(the second and third views are the same- just with a grey or black border)

'space'- The space bar is awesome because it alllows you to grab the canvas and move it around.

'L'- the lasso tool.

while using 'L' hold 'Shift" to add areas of selection or hold 'alt' to remove areas of selection. 'Backspace' takes away the polygonal tools check points- so if you have put a checkpoint in the wrong place, hit 'backspace' a few times.)

'
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7265/selectingid4.jpg

I created a new layer and use the polygonal lasso to start going around the area of master chiefs armour.

as long as the lasso is somewhere within the black line you should be fine. Use the space bar to move the canvas around to select the entire area.

Once you have the area selected- choose a colour (at this stage it doesn't matter what) and either use the paintbucket or alt+backspace to fill the area in.


After a while I end up with this.

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/2310/blocking1ly0.jpg

[CyberMonkeytron]

After you have filled the area go back to the layers tab and click on the "lock opacity" icon.

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/5525/lockopacityil8.jpg

Now what this does is prevents you now from painting outside of the area you have just filled.

With lock

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/7431/lockopacity2ac4.jpg


Without lock

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/5858/lockopacity3nn2.jpg

Believe me- its handy.

So now i just create a new layer- above the 'armour' one- call it 'brown' or something and I select all the areas of master chief that are going to be that colour

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/9672/layer2sn0.jpg

and fill it in.

I keep going til finally the picture looks like this.

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/8747/blockedinzz4.jpg

Each character is in a different folder- each colour is on a different layer.

ok- so it doesnt look very cool yet. But hopefully it will.

At this stage the perfect colours dont matter- just put whatever in there, because each colour is on a different layer its easy to change by using 'Ctrl"+"U" (or Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation)

Ok next time the real fun begins- adding shading (and a background :) )

(it maybe a while though- im away on a little holiday)

[Karen1234567]

As Johnny Carson would say (WILD STUFF) I know half of you guy out proabaly don't know who Johnny Carson is - I can't say any thing negitive - beautiful work

[Zolland]

I've learned something! Spacebar for moving your canvas! Woo!

Brrrrrring on part 3!

[ComicChick]

this is so helpful. maybe u should make a thread just of your tutorials.

[Zolland]

in reference to locking...i find it easier to create a new layer above it and then making it a sub layer by alt-clicking the space between the two layers. that way your new color is on its own layer and can be switched at any time...and still only show up on the space you want it to.

[doommachine]

Awesome tutorial so far. Great art too.

[CyberMonkeytron]

thanks guys- hopefully I will have the next part up next week sometime.

zolland- yeah, you can do that to (actually ive never heard that one :p) ... as i said, this is just the way i do things, not the only way.

Photoshop is a strange beast that has many hidden things that you dont often discover til you talk to other people. Thats why an actual tuturial thread is cool- but the ones that ive seen started tend to drop off the first couple of pages pretty fast. Maybe a few people can harass Ex to make one a sticky :)

[doommachine]

I've seen a couple art forums that have tutorial threads as stickies. They're really helpful. Awesome stuff Cyber.

[StorminNorman]

CyberMonkeytron...Is....God.

Thank you sooo much.

[ampersand]

You have no idea how much I appreciate you making this thing. You are easily the best colorist on the Hype.

[ComicChick]

i appreciate it too. i can't color, but after reading ur tutorial, and being shocked that i could actually understand it a bit, i may actually try to color something sometime.

you're so helpful! i think a tutorial sticky would be a good idea too!

[CyberMonkeytron]

CyberMonkeytrons' Tutorial to colouring and doing some other stuff (part 3)

Shading

(Disclaimer- Out of all the tuts this one probably has the most of my personal ideas on how I like colouring- many will find that the way I do stuff doesn't suit them- but this how I do it anyway)

Yay- finally I get to start to colour in some stuff. Nows also the time that my crappy line work comes in handy. One of the reasons I dont ink shading is that I suck at it- but the other is that it helps free up some opinions when it comes to colouring. Inking usually requires you to define the direction and amount of your lighting early on. Leaving your lines clean allows me to add as many lights as I want when I colour without conflicting with the inks. Once again, this is more of a personal preference thing.

Ok when your putting lights in your scene it can be a go idea to create a new layer and roughly draw the location and the direction of the lights. It will give you a better idea of how the lights will affect the environment and the characters. It can be a handy reminder so that you have all your highlights and shadows on the right side.

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3679/lightingxq2.jpg

As you can see I have three main areas that Im going to focus my light coming from. I want a light almost coming from under Master Chief. Maybe a nice warm light to juxtapose with the outside environment that the bad guys are standing in.
The Elite is going to be holding a plasma sword- so a lot of blue/white light will be coming from his hand area. And then I thought some lights coming from the banshee could be cool.

How I start the colouring process is something ive only began doing recently, but I kinda like the results. First I darken the flat colour I am going to be colouring. Pressing Ctrl+U will bring up the Hue/ Saturation box in which you can do this. I make it almost the colour of the shadow I want to have.
It does really matter where you start- but I might aswell begin on Master Chief

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1333/85240948ru0.jpg


Then I paint a series of lighter colours on top of the dark colour. In essence I am painting the highlights oppose to painting the shadows.

I have begun to use more saturated colours in my art- I feel it gives them a little more warm and life. Often I find people when they colour move in a straight line when choosing colours for their shading. ie

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6786/colouring1vw5.jpg

Most of the time its heading straight for white for your highlighting can make your picture look washed out. Pure white doesnt really appear much except on very shiny surfaces, so your use of it should be limited. The same with blacks- black dont appear much either, so dont be afraid to put a it of grey or even another colour as your shadows.

I find moving around the colour picker can give you more exotic results.

http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/1824/colouring2om2.jpg

ie

1. heads straight for white

2. Wanders around the colour chart a little

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9001/colouredballsll5.jpg

2 ends up having more richness to it, while 1 is a little boring. Now you dont need to use this all the time (or at all), but this is probably how I going to do most of the picture.

[CyberMonkeytron]

Anyway- back to the drawing

When I colour I set my brush to a lower opacity and flow- normally between 20- 30% this allows me to smooth the colouring out. I suggest when you first start colouring, play around with the two settings and find something that you like.

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/6238/77189505ds1.jpg

So I choose a colour that lighter and using the low opacity and flow I paint over areas that the light would be hitting. The more time I pass over an area the lighter it gets. I also use the eyedropper tool (or hold Alt when your using the brush tool) to choose other colours on the canvas- in this case green, to blend the colours better together.

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/3978/77953795sk8.jpg

After doing the green- I move on to the brown area (on the layer I called brown earlier)

Once I do one layer I start on another, zooming in and out of the canvas to make sure that the light is going the right way and that the colours are looking alright together. If not- just Ctrl+U and change the hue.

I though I might aswell add some "fancy" effects while I was here so I put in some lights on master chief. The easiest/cheapest way to make it look cool is

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/9505/lightingeffectsyh9.jpg1- make a layer above the lines layer.
2- lasso and fill your shape on that layer. Double click on that layers thumbnail image on the layers tab.
3- a new effects box should pop up. Choose an outer glow (play around with the sliders) and a inner glow (again- choose whatever you think look cool). Then click Ok.

Hey presto- simple lights.

And Master Chief is nearly finished :p

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5921/67257414sc2.jpg

Basically thats most of the stuff you will need really to do stuff like me. I dont think I have much more to share- not that I really had much to begin with :O

The next few updates will just be me using the techiques I have shown you to finish up...so yeah... class dismissed.

Now I have to go home and watch Lost.

[MadMaximus]

I've never really gotten the handle on the lasso tool, I just use the airbrush and go back and erase till it all looks fine. But it's still a cool lesson you're doing.

[SithXKosan]

Awesome!! Thanks so much for the help!!!

[blksuperman2]

You should charge for this. But since you aren't, I am now your padawan learner.

[ComicChick]

you dont know how helpful this has been for me. i know nothing about ps, but i've learned so much from your tutorial!

[SithXKosan]

Just out of curiousity, which Photoshop do you use?? Because some of the tools that you use, it doesnt exisit on my photoshop.. My photoshop is 6.0 Probably too old, eh?

[iambilly81]

yeah, my guess its cs

[CyberMonkeytron]

Close, but no prize for you.

CS 2 :)

Thanks for the responses guys. I hoped that it may help at least one person :)

[ComicChick]

you helped me a ton. i've kinda gotten up to the base colors down ok, but the shading/lighting/etc is really gonna be tough for me. its gonna take me a while to learn all that.

[CyberMonkeytron]

Believe me- all that stuff plus choosing colours is a nightmare. Im a long way off from where i wanna be. Its just something that is hard to get your head around. The more you do it though the easier it kinda gets- so just doing it lots is important.

Heres a quick up date- havent had much time recently- but I thought I'd do a little bit more

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/8362/15477744xb5.jpg

[Zolland]

You depress me.
I appreciate the tutorial greatly; but as it turns out...your way of coloring is pretty much the same exact way I color.
You're just a lot better than I am. Emphasis on "a lot". A lot. A lot. A lot.

[CyberMonkeytron]

Heres my entry to this months contest.

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/3558/flash9uw.jpg

its my first time drawing ye olde flash...actually its my first time drawing any flash...can anyone tell me how his helmet stays on when he runs? He doesn't seems to have a chin strap of anything..

[RAMORE]

nobody ever really talked about it. Not to mention the big wings that should be catching drag and helping to pull it off;)

[blksuperman2]

Wow, that's awesome. It just stays on his head 'cause of inertia I guess. Kinda like water in a pail.

[Cobblepot]

Great scotts http://images.google.nl/images?q=tbn:30AgRKa48a6rEM:http://www.lionking.org/~simba007/BACK_TO_THE_FUTURE-0.jpg

You have some talent!

[Aquaman]

Heres my entry to this months contest.

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/3558/flash9uw.jpg

its my first time drawing ye olde flash...actually its my first time drawing any flash...can anyone tell me how his helmet stays on when he runs? He doesn't seems to have a chin strap of anything..

I love it. As always. This is totally kickass. The pose of him seemed a little off when I first looked at it, but now I don't really see it much. Amazing piece.

[Soundwave88]

Then it's time to start colouring. I knew that the lava cracks were going to be the main source of my light- so i decided to start there.

http://203.97.5.87/staff/joel/dinoriders_WIP_3.jpg


And some more time later

http://203.97.5.87/staff/joel/dinoriders_WIP_4.jpg


Til we have finally

http://203.97.5.87/staff/joel/dinoriders_WIP_5.jpg


Hooray now I can sleep!:)

why does that look so famlaiar...i know cant spell

[MadMaximus]

Dinoriders dammit! 80's gold!

[pt_photo_inc]

Believe me- all that stuff plus choosing colours is a nightmare. Im a long way off from where i wanna be. Its just something that is hard to get your head around. The more you do it though the easier it kinda gets- so just doing it lots is important.

Heres a quick up date- havent had much time recently- but I thought I'd do a little bit more

http://203.97.5.87/staff/joel/tut/5.jpg


i notice... like in your beebop rocksteady pic, that you also change the color of your ink lines. then on your recent entry for the march contest you also have some robots that inks are not in focus. can you explain that trick for me?

[CyberMonkeytron]

i notice... like in your beebop rocksteady pic, that you also change the color of your ink lines. then on your recent entry for the march contest you also have some robots that inks are not in focus. can you explain that trick for me?

its all done with pixey dust and love.

yeah, I do change my line colour- nice spotting :) Its a small thing- but I really like the effect.

Its pretty simple- but sometime its really fiddly to do.

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/3585/apple1vq5.jpg

-use the lasso tool on your lines to select the area you want as a certain colour- in this case the red of the apple.

-Press Ctrl+U or Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/3742/apple2ha3.jpg

-Tick the box that says colourize and move the sliders around to what ever you feel is good.


As for the robots- each robot was on a seperate layer, so I just tweaked the layers opacity of the robots in the back to try and make it look like there was some depth.

[DorkyFresh]

dude...your artwork is badass!!!

[Wushuboy]

aweseom.. i really appreciate this as i will be immersing myself in photoshop very soon and this is a great starting point.

[jmao]

you really are amazing, where do you learn this stuff?

i try to teach myself.. but its not going so well so far haha

[Flexo]

Bloody Norra your stuff is great.


Kind of reminds me of Nick Bradshaw's stuff, too.

[pt_photo_inc]

this IMAGE IS INAPPROPRIATE AND CONSIDERED OFFENSIVE (as all of my work is) DONT CLICK ON THIS LINK IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED.

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9136/annaprint6ip.jpg

cyber, can you tell me if my inking style can use your coloring style... on this particular image you can see my use of inking and watercolors. that is my art style. So can i still use your methods to a point? would you be able to? not asking you too... i know you got enough going on... just wondering if it works.

[pt_photo_inc]

okay judging from the fact that no one is ever here anymore, and they only sign on once and a blue moon. i will try your method on that image myself while waiting your response. And i am mentally preparing for embarassment.

[pt_photo_inc]

i forgot... i had one more question. Do you never use the selective brush method of going from Multiply brushes or layers, to overlay? and if so... when is the best. and when adding shading that is a different tone. IE this months entry you have a guy with a red shirt (flash) but the shadows are not different hues of red, they are def. blue. Where those set with a specialty layer/ brush? or the same opac. rules 10-20%? and do you just know enough color theory to make them match? or is there another "untold" trick i dont know.

[Unleashed]

Nobody replied within four minutes so you assume no one ever comes here?

[pt_photo_inc]

no... no... no... sorry, did not mean for it to sound like that. When i first join the site, like 3 years ago. When ever i would log on to the FAN ART portion of the website there would be like 40 viewing. Now there is like 6 or 15 at any given time.

sorry. did not mean to sound like "no one is coming to this thread."

[CyberMonkeytron]

DorkyFresh- thanks man- im a big fan of your stuff, infact, your one of the artists that made me want to sign up here.

Wushuboy- im glad you got something from it- i'll look forward to seeing what you come up with :)

jmao- I'm mostly self taught- i did art at school, but i've only been using a computer for the last few years. Posting art on sites and just paying attention to art you really like helps a lot.

Flexo- Nick Bradshaw? *googles* heh- thanks man:) I do love me some evil dead

pt_photo_inc- Great picture man- I really like it :) There no reason that you couldnt colour it - but i think its a strong enough piece without it.
If I get time I would mind slapping something on it though :) I tend to shy away from shading when im inking- it lets me change lighting sources and stuff- but i like what you have done.

As for the multiply etc brushes- i dont really bother. Ive seen some good results from messing with that kind of stuff, but I like to just use normal settings.
Using different colour bases is something that ive only started doing recently- Ill let a pro tell you what exactly is happening

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/22881353/

[pt_photo_inc]

thank you for the link. I have heard of that way of coloring as well but it just hasnt worked out for me the same yet. And it would be an honor to see your skills put to my pic

[sidkumar]

Dude I just read your tutorial and wow!

I really learnt a lot.

thanks

[DorkyFresh]

DorkyFresh- thanks man- im a big fan of your stuff, infact, your one of the artists that made me want to sign up here.
oh wow, that's pretty flattering hehe....that's cool, glad you like my art. it's always good to know that artists DO have positive influences on one another ;)

but yeah, i like your style...it looks very lively!

[jmao]

jmao- I'm mostly self taught- i did art at school, but i've only been using a computer for the last few years. Posting art on sites and just paying attention to art you really like helps a lot.





awesome, in that case ill just keep doing what im doing
you have a site? or DA yourself?

[ComicChick]

your stuff rocks!

[Juggertha]

Thanks for posting that link. It's interesting to see another person's take on coloring.

[pt_photo_inc]

so... have you got to trying to color it? cause i have had no luck :(

[CyberMonkeytron]

awesome, in that case ill just keep doing what im doing
you have a site? or DA yourself?

I dont have a site yet... its something that would be cool in the future- but i did sell enough of my soul to get a DA account

http://cybermonkeytron3000.deviantart.com/

your stuff rocks!

Thanks chick :)

so... have you got to trying to color it? cause i have had no luck :(

Not yet :O But i wouldnt take it personally- i havent had much of a chance to do anything for myself recently. One day.... one day ill get around to it :)

[deDIKnight]

Return of the Deadeye!!!

Hey Cybermonkeytron -come back to see ya and say Hi

Great stuff as always man :up:

[CyberMonkeytron]

yay- pictures

http://staff.straylight-studios.com/joel/aeon.jpg

[MadMaximus]

Looks killer, man. Your coloring is beyond sweetness.

[baby_webhead]

WOW cyber. I have learned sooooooooo much from reading your tutorials. Can't wait to try them. I have had trouble coloring all the time. I wish i'd clicked your thread sooner. ;)

Your art is awesome! keep it up!

BTW, did you ever finish that pic of master cheif and those elites? If you did, please post it. :)

Oh, and check out my sig. :D

[CyberMonkeytron]

MadMax- thanks man- i really dig your stuff aswel :)

Baby- YAY- a groupe :O As for the picture.... i have been meaning to finish it- i may get around to it this weekend... seriously though, thanks for liking my stuff.

[Unleashed]

can i make an avvy out of your pics?

[Juggertha]

Hey CMT, I just checkd out your Deviant site and... I'm quite impressed. Not only some serious skills but great imagination as well!

[Bill]

For those who like it, I put together CMT's complete coloring tutorial in a PDF. If you'd like it to print or have for your own use, then let me know by PM. (Not here, I'd rather not clutter his thread) I'll send it to you by e-mail. The file is 3.2MB, so a fast connection would be nice. If enough people respond, then I'll send it out by batch this weekend.

It's a wonderful tutorial, and I was going to do this so I'd always have it in case the pics went offline. I decided to share the file with anyone who wants to have it for themselves. This is done with his permission.

[CyberMonkeytron]

Mega bump


Heres what i was doing from this/ last months contest. I didn't get much of a chance to finish it, and with all the awesome entries, there was no way I was going to enter it with it being finished. I'll post some WIP (wolverine in progress) hopefully over the next few days :)

Block-ed in... hooray!

http://staff.straylight-studios.com/joel/omega_WIP3.jpg

[blksuperman2]

Awesome. I was wondering where you've been. Can't wait to see the finished piece.

[Baggers]

As always mate I'm amazed and excited to see your work...you got loads of talent...love the Omega Red and Wolverine image :up:

:venom: Baggers :venom:

[MadMaximus]

Damn that's bad ass. Not too wild about OR's hair, but the rest of it just kicks bullocks.

[ComicChick]

that looks awesome!

[ghost113]

cool wolverine pic man.

[CyberMonkeytron]

Thanks guys :)

Random update...

http://staff.straylight-studios.com/joel/omega_WIP4.jpg

[MadMaximus]

It's look'n cool so far, Monkeyboy. You are a wizard.

[ghost113]

very nice work bro can wait for the final piece.

[CyberMonkeytron]

Updat0rz

http://staff.straylight-studios.com/joel/omega_WIP5.jpg

[blksuperman2]

Man, I wish I was as patient as you are. I bet that's takin' you some time. I expect this is gonna be your best work when you're done.

[MadMaximus]

Damn, man, you're just kicking ass and taking names while you do this, huh?

[RAMORE]

freaking cool you should have just entered the line work:up:

[Shamik]

Cyber...man, you generally just piss me off with your coloring. I can't seem to make it happen for me. The detail just eludes me. For instance, Wolverine's arm muscles. Do you make a path or selection for each individual muscle/tendon and then feather that selection. Then what? Gradient tool? Low opacity paint brush? As always, I'm loyal and envious fan.

[ghost113]

Iv'e got to see the omega red finale.

[pt_photo_inc]

Mega bump


Heres what i was doing from this/ last months contest. I didn't get much of a chance to finish it, and with all the awesome entries, there was no way I was going to enter it with it being finished. I'll post some WIP (wolverine in progress) hopefully over the next few days :)

Block-ed in... hooray!

http://staff.straylight-studios.com/joel/omega_WIP3.jpg

holy **** **** cock anal ass balls tits rubbed in jello hell that is cool!

[sidkumar]

This is my first attempt at coloring after reading your tutorial. I was hoping for some criticism ( be harsh, please).

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e64/sidkumar/xdraft3.jpg

BTW Your omega red/ Logan pic looks awesome! Can't wait to see the finished version.

[Aquaman]

Loving that Omega Red/Wolverine pic cybermonkeytron. Can't wait to see it finished.

sidkumar whats up with wolverine's hand. Is that blood?

[clintrussell]

Do you ink with a pen , scan, and then color?

[Syncos]

Is Jesus shooting a Hadouken?.... I love you.

[CyberMonkeytron]

Hey- its an update :)

http://staff.straylight-studios.com/joel/omega_WIP6.jpg

It still has a while to go- Have to fix up the snow, and add breath.

On a side note- is omega red alive? I mean would he have steam coming out of his mouth? I always thought he was some robot/cyborgman...

Some good work Sid. I think you could probably add an extra level of darker shadow and a brighter highlight. Its just a matter of practice really, but it looks like your really coming along.

Aquaman- thanks dude :)

Clint- most of my stuff has been pen-scan-colour, but the last few, the flash, aeon and the omega one have been inked using flashMX. I scan in the pencils and draw over them. Im really starting to dig it using flash, sure it takes me longer, but it allows you to be more flexible in changes.

Syncos- jesus has just reach super savior 4 :p

[The Top Hat]

...WOW!

That is amazing. If that had been two weeks earlier you would have most definately had one my votes for the contest.

And I think Omega Red is alive, but I'm not 100% sure.

[CyberMonkeytron]

some sorta dragon thingee

http://staff.straylight-studios.com/joel/dragon.jpg

[MadMaximus]

Yeah, I still see work needed with the background, and some polishing here and there, but it's still jaw dropping, duder. Nice.

[Dr.Doom]

ths thred makes me sad :(

[ghost113]

Wait that piece isn't done man thats going to be awesome i might put that as my desktop.

[CyberMonkeytron]

Long time no post :)

Finally got some time to do some more, so heres an update
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8628/omegafinaltc5.jpg

[ghost113]

that's killer and you're still not finished wow.

[blksuperman2]

http://staff.straylight-studios.com/joel/omega_WIP6.jpg




I liked this version better. What happened to the snow effects?

[ComicChick]

i like both versions, they're fantastic either way.

if you made a whole group of them fighting in different weather conditions, that would be so awesome.

[MadMaximus]

I like the clearer sky version, shows more beauty in the coloring and depth to the picture (the snow looked very flat, but I didn't think he was done anyway). It wouldn't hurt to add some snow here, just don't obscure too much of that beautiful sky, man.

[EdRyder]

I like the newer version best too-good work man.I liked the snowy one as well,but it was too uniform and just looked like one big repeating pattrern
Now,its like I dig the lil bit of snow there Red is kickin up,the glow of his eyes are great and it looks like theres some motion blur goin on with part of Wolvies hair.The sky looks crisp and pretty,the steam popin out wolvies mouth=cool.If anything the only thing you could add is more snow kickin up ,say between wolvies claws and his leg.
Hope that paragraph isnt to heavy for your nuts.
You enterin the contest this month?,PM me ,I got an idea-r for ya

[RAMORE]

great coloring and art as always.

[blksuperman2]

bump

[RAMORE]

thanks for bumping some classic threads blks

[blksuperman2]

thanks for bumping some classic threads blks

You're welcome. I miss these guys.:woot:

[Peyton Westlake]

I know I'm in the minority here with this request, but I must ask because he is a fave of mine. Your art is exceptional. So I was wondering what can you do with 'Darkman' in a drawing? Maybe standing in an alley, rain drenching down on him, hiding just enough of his fac under the brim of his hat as lightning flashes.

[ghost113]

I wonder if he ever finished this piece?

[CyberMonkeytron]

I know I'm in the minority here with this request, but I must ask because he is a fave of mine. Your art is exceptional. So I was wondering what can you do with 'Darkman' in a drawing? Maybe standing in an alley, rain drenching down on him, hiding just enough of his fac under the brim of his hat as lightning flashes.
Oh Peyton and your requests. I felt kinda special there for a moment til I saw that you have written at exact same thing in about 30 other threads- sigh

What a thread whore- im never speaking to you again- I thought we had something good you know... something wonderful- but you had to go and throw it away...

Thanks for the bump guys :)

I havent really been here much lately, mostly because work has been keeping me pretty busy. Hopefully i'll have some new stuff to show over the next couple of weeks :)

The wolverine one is more or less finished. I find it fun doing 90% of pictures- but the last 10% (which happens to be the most important in an image) usually evades me...


Edit- i just noticed that the links to most of my pictures are dead... i may have to fix that at some stage

[baby_webhead]

Any new pictures? Or any updated ones?

[CyberMonkeytron]

Funny you should say that :)

Im actually working on my hype mascot image at the moment.

I would post some updates- but i want it to be a surprise :)

[blksuperman2]

Cool. I'm intrigued.

[ComicChick]

can't wait to see something new from you. i'm sure it will be stellar

[Amazing Afroman]

Bump!
I'd forgotten about this tutorial. I'm really glad that I found it again

[blksuperman2]

Man, I actaully thought the CyberMonkey had returned. :csad:

[Eternal]

Out of curiosity does anyone still have the full .psd of the coloring tutorial CMT originally posted? I'm trying to find it for a friend but none of the links work and I'm not really sure who has it. If you do happen to have it PLEASE send me a PM :). On a side note, I was really looking forward to seeing CMT's hype mascot pic...or any new art from him in general. I hope you still check the boards dude.

[CyberMonkeytron]

I still float down here on occasions :)

Thanks for the bump :) I wish I had something to show- but most of the stuff I do at the moment I can't show (or isn't real interesting). I really need to finish that hype thing, it kinda took on a life of its own. It got pretty epic. For those interested (i PM you Eternal), but I fixed the links for my tut- starts on page 2 or 3 i think :huh:

Hopefully I will have something to show in the next few weeks.... i just really need to get a computer at home :csad:

[KAD]

Could you send me a link as well?

Your work rocks by the way.

[CyberMonkeytron]

Oh- i meant the tut links in my thread :)

so it starts here

http://www.superherohype.com/forums/showthread.php?t=207742&page=3

[Eternal]

<3!

[Mattchew]

Long time no post :)

Finally got some time to do some more, so heres an update
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8628/omegafinaltc5.jpg

this is out of control!

ps: your signature... gwar?

[Child-of-Light]

Omegra red looks awsome

[blksuperman2]

Awh man, I missed the return of CMT. Hope to see some new stuff from you.

[Mattchew]

again... gwar's 'crush kill destroy'?

[CyberMonkeytron]

As awesome as GWAR is- no... just something I did as an avatar

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7540/cybermonkeytron3000smalqu3.jpg

EDIT: I might as well post an early WIP for something i'm doing at the moment. I thought in order to celebrate me finally purchasing both movies I would draw Johnny 5.... then I thought hey, what if instead of turning good after being hit by lightning he turned awesome. So there you go.

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9739/wip1hc4.jpg

[blksuperman2]

^ Awesome. Short circuit meets the Terminator. Can't wait to see more.

[Amazing Afroman]

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9739/wip1hc4.jpg


That's f'ing amazing!

[CyberMonkeytron]

Thanks guys :)

Heres where it stands at the moment. The ships are kinda just place holders and I have to make a few more tweeks due to some comments.

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7250/wip4bm6.jpg

[KAD]

I'm sure I've said it before your work is incredible.

A nice balance between cartoon and realism.

The #5 is awesome

[CyberMonkeytron]

Thanks KAD.

While im here I might as well post the WIP of my Hype picture. It started out with just the man himself with the worm creature, but I started throwing all sorts of other elements into it. It still has a ways to go

Anyway H- scroll warning!!

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7216/hypewip7gs2.jpg

[Mattchew]

Thanks guys :)

Heres where it stands at the moment. The ships are kinda just place holders and I have to make a few more tweeks due to some comments.

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7250/wip4bm6.jpg



'SHORT CIRCUIT 2: JUDGMENT DAY"!!! Amazing!

[ComicChick]

i was gonna quote your hyper pic, but like you said, it's rather large

but it friggin rocks, great job!

[ollie_jones]

That picture of the hype is quite possibly the greatest picture I have seen on these boards since 2002!

[Sugarculted]

CyberMonkey, your stuff is freakin amazing.
Do you actually work for any comic companies? Please do. I'd buy a gazillion if the covers were as nice as these.

[EdRyder]

whoa nelly,..."you are the light of my li-yife,,you are mah in-spa-ray-shunnn"
Serpanoid needs transparent saliva/drool(love the mouth)Colors on that thing dont get no better...the turqoise blues and purples,with that orange reflection,..mmmmmmmMMWAH !Borat kiss you
Goat legs make everything cool!

[blksuperman2]

Thanks KAD.


While im here I might as well post the WIP of my Hype picture. It started out with just the man himself with the worm creature, but I started throwing all sorts of other elements into it. It still has a ways to go

Anyway H- scroll warning!!

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7216/hypewip7gs2.jpg


Dude, this is awe inspiring. You simply are amazing:wow: :wow: :wow:

[Vilya]

Amazing work CyberM, professional quality.:up:

[Phig]

it's been said before, but you're an inspiration. you humble me.

great to see another batch of pics from you [altho i only just signed up on the hype i've been watching for years, & i especially remember that rinsing golden age flash & aeon flux pics you did, back in the day!]

[pblimp360]

CyberMonkey, your paintings are excellent! :yay:

I wonder: would you give us more tutorials on how to do digital painting?

I'm trying to learn, because I made a character, and I have a friend who's making the stories for me.

I would like to learn how to paint my books.

[MadMaximus]

Cybermonkey, you still inspire me.

[CyberMonkeytron]

Thanks for the comments and the pervious bumb- you guys are to kind :)

pblimp360- i'm not sure what else I can pass on- but if you have an specific questions just drop me a line

Here's the (what I'm calling) "finished" johnny 5... just a few little tweaks on it really.

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4443/wip5bp1.jpg


I'm currently working on a entry to this months contest- its been too long since I entered one...

[The Top Hat]

Johhny 5 meets Terminator. I love it.

[MadMaximus]

That is so ridiculously cool! Can I use that as a siggy picture? Pweeze?

[Phig]

bump!

where the hell are you, cybermonkeytron?

[CyberMonkeytron]

'sup guys

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3479/orcwip10ck9.jpg

Based off of a Frank Frazetta painting...

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/2465/junglebabesmallmc2.jpg


And a xmas image for someone who likes Guitar Hero, Team Fortress2 and beavers... text took up the blank space...
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/125/ghrw3.jpg

And vanishes again...

[blksuperman2]

Nooooooo!!!!!! Don't leave us again!!! LOL, nice to see you posting again CMT. I really missed you 'round here.

[KAD]

'sup guys

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3479/orcwip10ck9.jpg

Based off of a Frank Frazetta painting...

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/2465/junglebabesmallmc2.jpg


And a xmas image for someone who likes Guitar Hero, Team Fortress2 and beavers... text took up the blank space...
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/125/ghrw3.jpg

And vanishes again...

all very cool

But I particularly like the war scene

[SlyGuyTtjn]

Then it's time to start colouring. I knew that the lava cracks were going to be the main source of my light- so i decided to start there.

http://staff.straylight-studios.com/joel/dinoriders_WIP_3.jpg


And some more time later

http://staff.straylight-studios.com/joel/dinoriders_WIP_4.jpg


Til we have finally

http://staff.straylight-studios.com/joel/dinoriders_WIP_5.jpg


Hooray now I can sleep!:)

Alot of your pictures show up as Red X's.. is there anyway you could fix that please? I really like your art.

[CyberMonkeytron]

Just coz you asked nicely- I fixed a few of the links :)

Here's a new one

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/553/bloodbathlf0.jpg

[MadMaximus]

That is so damn awesome.

[The Top Hat]

I love it when you post new artwork, its always so amazing. And this new one might just be my favourite.

[Juggertha]

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/2465/junglebabesmallmc2.jpg


Gotta' love that rear.

[DorkyFresh]

damn dude...i love your colors. your style is pretty crazy too, but your colors really shine. awesome work!

[CyberMonkeytron]

Thanks everyone :)

A new one

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9837/retrofinalqs9.jpg

[MadMaximus]

I Have The Thundah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dr.Doom]

badass

[darkseid26]

awesome work dude i love it.

[blksuperman2]

That's awesome cmt. Love it , love it, LOVE IT.

[IRON_Lad]

dude you are the greatest

[zedin1]

Thanks everyone :)

A new one

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9837/retrofinalqs9.jpg

Have my baby.

[ComicChick]

bumping for the amazing coloring tutorial!

[Mattchew]

Just coz you asked nicely- I fixed a few of the links :)

Here's a new one

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/553/bloodbathlf0.jpg

i totally missed this. FREAKING AWESOME!

[Mattchew]

Thanks everyone :)

A new one

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/9837/retrofinalqs9.jpg

and this may be the greatest thing that ever happened.... since the 'short circuit'/'terminator' piece, of course.

[EdRyder]

Giving this thread a bump for CMT love.
Dude has a piece in this months issue of Imagine FX.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a43/fightthefuture/CMTIFx.jpg

:heart:

[MadMaximus]

I think their first choice is the worst of the bunch. Though, to be honest, I find Cyber's to still be second best of those 4. I really like that Ace In The Hole one :P

[ComicChick]

wow congrats to CMT. dunno if he still lurks around, but that's a great honor

[blksuperman2]

Pretty cool news. Congrats CMT