vampeta's CGPortoflio Gallery

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:27:51 +0000

Hi Folks,

Still working on new stuff for my artbook and this one was made last month.

I tried out some new techniques with brushes on this, like using photos from old machinery as stamps or placing painted geometry into perspective in some areas.

Painting time was about 8 hours in Photoshop and a Wacom Intous 3.

So I hope you like it (push the button )

BLUTIGER WINTER

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:36:42 +0000

Hi Folks,

this work was done for Bastai / L�bbe.... a very big German book publisher.

The character was done in 3DS-Max and refined in Z-Brush.
Rendering was done with Mental Ray (I just love it! )

Photoshop was used for color correction!

So... I hope you like it (push the button!)

-Alex

SUBSPACE

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:02:53 +0000

Hi Folks,

I am currently working on my first art book... which i hope to release in 2010.
Here is a new piece i have done in Photoshop... painting time was something between 5-6 hours.

I used some modified custom brushes from Daniel Dociu which he is providing on conceptart.org as also some vector shapes for parts of the geometry.

Looking forward for some feedback
-Alex

BROADWAY

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:57:25 +0000

Well... i started with no idea about this...just to fight down some time
But... i think this will be a good addition to my art book project.

4 hours in Photoshop and a Intous 3 tablet!

Looking forward 4 some feedback

-Alex

EVACUATION

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:03:06 +0000

Here is another work i have done recently for my planed art book in 2010.
The main theme for the book will be space travel, strange worlds, aliens and all the other cool stuff that fascinates us!

I also plan to make a tutorial DVD which i will publish with the art book...

So stay tuned for more cool stuff

I used Photoshop and some custom brushes to create the work... Painting time was about 8 hours (with some reshaping)
Hope you like it

-Alex

CHASED

Thu, 28 May 2009 08:01:41 +0000

Ok... 2nd try

This is one of my new works which i plan to publish in my very first artbook... hopefully finished in 2010
I tried out some new techniques here as also a little different look as i normally do.... Going more in a direction to modern concept art.

This work took about 3 hours and was painted in Photoshop Cs2 with an Wacom Intous 3 Tablet

Hope you like it
-Alex

STARSHIP

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:15:08 +0000

Artwork for the "The book of the new Sun" from Gene Wolfe and Centipede Press

MASK

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:09:46 +0000

Severians Mask, done for the new release of "TheSword of the Lictor" from Gene Wolfe and Centipede Press

STONE TOWN

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:56:48 +0000

here is my latest artwork.... done for the new release of "TheSword of the Lictor" from Gene Wolfe and Centipede Press
All done in Photoshop with some custom brushes.

-Alex

ALZABO

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:30:27 +0000

Artwork done for Gene Wolfes "the sword of the lictor" from centipede press.

The creature was build in Z-Brush and rendered with Max/Mental Ray... some tweeks in Photoshop

-Alex

Eye of the Typhon

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:57:58 +0000

Artwork done for Gene Wolfes "the sword of the lictor" from centipede press.

LEAVING NESSUS

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:47:02 +0000

Cover artwork done for "The Claw of the Conciliator" by Gene Wolfe

NESSUS

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:46:46 +0000

Cover for the "SHADOW OF THE TORTURER" from Gene Wolfe

I post this artwork previously in the 3D section but somehow the thread was gone... i don't know what happened with the thread and why it was deleted...

nevertheless... here it is again

Awards:
- cg-choice award
- elemental 3

THE SWORD OF THE LICTOR

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:47:45 +0000

Book cover for Gene Wolfes "the sword of the lictor" from centipede press.

THRAX

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:20:09 +0000

Well it's been a while....

here is one of my new artworks done for Gene Wolfes "the sword of the lictor" from centipede press.

All done in Photoshop.

-Alex

TERMINUS EST

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:27:08 +0000

Artwork done for "The Claw of the Conciliator" by Gene Wolfe

Grand Space Opera Winner

Wed, 16 Feb 2005 04:54:19 +0000

This image was entered for the Grand Space Opera Challenge. You can see the full entry here.

THE RETURN TO ABALAKIN :: PART I

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 11:55:10 +0000

HI Folks,

Almost 2 Years have past since the cgnetwoks/cgsociety "GRAND SPACE OPERA CHALLENGE" and it was the first time i entered a challenge and also my very first greater 3D image.

wel.l.. during the last 2 years i got a lot of feedback from all over the world about this image. This was somehow keeping this projekt allive in my mind and i was thinking about an "sequel". This time i wanted to show you how this giant ringworld could look from the inside and how a civilisation would live there.

Hope you all like it
Best regards Alex

ATRIUM OF TIME

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:01:08 +0000

My second illustration from the Book of the new Sun from Gene Wolfe. This scene shows the hero Severian in the Middle of the atrium of time, A secret and lost place in the middle of the Citadel from the Autarch in NESSUS.

The Images was realized with MAX and Photoshop.
The trees are made with the build in plugin and overpainted in Photoshop as also parts of the environment and the towers. The clouds in the Background are shot with my IXUS during the last storm here in Germany

Some may have seen this already in my Portfolio before... but i made a few little changes at last. And i got the ok from the Publisher to post it in a thread now.

Hope you like the result
See ya

Realized with Max and PS

DEVASTATION

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:38:49 +0000

Cover for the Mark Brandis audio play

MATTEPAINTING - X3TC INTRO VIDEO - NY

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:33:20 +0000

Hi Folks,

it's been a while since i posted something...
Well i learned some important lessons about employers and the case to be headhunted by another company.... Trust me! don't rush such an decision or you will get messed around.
But at the end i can tell... German Justice is a good friend but that's a long story

Nevertheless i want to show you a Mattepainting i made for the new Game from Egosoft X3-Terran Conflict.
www.egosoft.com

I used stock images to set up this Mattepainting with color correction and a lot of overpainting. The whole Image took about 5 hours to finish.
The spaceships are game-models and placed are placed in post production with After Effects.

I am not allowed to show you the complete Intro at the moment but i will post it as soon as i am allowed to

Yours
-Alex

Finishing Line

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 22:52:01 +0000

Hi Folks,
the cgsociety spectacular-challenge is over... i spend almost three month on my work.
My Idea was about what if ?!...
What if the people in the 19th century had already the ability to hover�.
What if they are doing awesome World-Championships with hovering vehicles�
I have tried to catch a moment of victory and a moment of awesome disaster.
The Story: ( and remember... it all happens in a fictive world )

Here are some details in full res 3600x2534:

And of course the high res:

I want to send out a BIG thank�s to everyone in this challenge... and everyone who has suported me and my friends in the last 3 Month.
It was a pleasure to challenge with you!!
THANK YOU ALL!
I just hope you like it
See ya
Alex
>> Hi resolution image <<

ASCIA

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:08:51 +0000

Another work for my Gene Wolfe project.

The Landscape was first modeled in MB and renderd in ZB. (2.400.000 Polygons) At last colored in Photoshop.

Regards Alex

YPSILON

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:00:37 +0000

Here is another scene from the first book of the new sun from Gene Wofle. It shows a part of a ritual from the beginninig of the story.

Max for modeling, ZB for refining and Photoshop for postwork (not much.. some glows here and there )

Regards Alex

CURATOR

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:49:17 +0000

A newer version of the Library picture from "The shadow of the torturer" (Book of the new Sun from Gene Wolfe)

Max and Photoshop

Regards Alex

FIGHT

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:13:54 +0000

This piece was also done for a US publisher of exclusive books... for a new edition of Gene Wolfes "book of the new sun".

It shows a sequence in the middle of the first book where Severian, the hero fights a "unknown" soldier with a strange deadly flower...

Unfortunately this piece was cut from the project and the whole work was done for nuts

I personal like this piece a lot because it is my first serious Character work, and i wanted to show it to you.
(previously featured in my portfolio as wip work)

Done with Max (default bone setup), ZB, and Photoshop (Background and postwork)

Alex

LOST

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:33:44 +0000

FLOATING CITY

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:44:36 +0000

A piece that was also done for the "BOOK OF THE NEW SUN" from Sir. Gene Wolfe" ...

... showing the floating city which appears very short, near the end of the first book.

almost 70 percent of this image was done in 2D and i personal think it fits more in the 2D sections this time

The model was very rough done in 3DSMAX and the overpainted several times in Photoshop.

(featured in my portfolio before)

Hope you like it
Alex

STRINGS OF DESTINY

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:25:16 +0000

The Dark Tower

Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:04:06 +0000

Hi Folks,
i want to show you my latest work
"THE DARK TOWER"
inspierd by the epic story from Stephen King.
This image is dedicated to my wife.
She loves this epic Story from Stephen King and asked me if i could make her a new cover art, because the german cover looks like crap!
I second that!
I used 3DSMAX for al the models, refining and texturing was done in ZB/Photoshop.
Hope you like it
Have fun
Alex
>> Hi resolution image <<

Master & Servant :

Tue, 24 May 2005 05:57:49 +0000

Hello Folks,
This image was done for the cgnetworks Master & Servant challenge.
I just wanted to show it to the rest of the people who don�t visit the challenge forum. ((and hope you all like it ))
This time it was very hard for me... because i had never done any cg-characters before. I learnd a lot about rigging and skinning.
I knew that the characters are not perfect, but 4 my first cg-characters i�m a little satisfied
Thanks to everyone who supports me in the challenge.
Cheers Alex
Here is the story and some snapshots from my challengework

THE ISLAND

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:46:21 +0000

Well... it�s been a while since i posted something new.

This is the first work i have done after the dead of my beloved sister.

I had nothing in mind during the concept.... I just opened Photoshop and started painting on one single layer.... and after a while things began to take shape... and then i started to elaborate the rough forms until i got this as the final result.

I know this is nothing spectacular and the concept has already been used several times, but painting this image helped me a lot to get a clear head and to focus on something new.

Nevertheless i wanted to show you what i have done the last weeks.

Yours Alex

ARABIAN DAYS 02

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:45:19 +0000

Just training my GI skills with MR a bit more.

Second Image from my Arabian Days series...
(The Skyscrapers in the BG are from a photo which i found with google, and quick overpainted with PS. Everything else is pure 3D)

ARABIAN DAYS 01

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:10:44 +0000

I am currently training my self a bit in the creation of realistic looking environments and architectural visualisation.

Concept 1 of 10

ARABIAN DAYS 03

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:10:50 +0000

Another GI and Architecture training session.

ORCUM - MATTPAINTING & MOVIE CONCEPT WORK

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 15:13:16 +0000

Well.. i am a bit unsure where to put this image, because a lot of the work was done in 2D to realize the environment, but... the main work floats into the ORCUM model in the centre of the image.

It is some sort of sentinel in an old forgotten forest on a far away planet�

This image is part of a low-budget SF-Movie project I am involved in. Daniel Frerix, a student from Germany and a friend of mine is making this movie "RUNGU LUFUS" and it is about 3 Friends who start out on a epic journey to save the world. If you like to know more about this project you can visit his website www.rungulufus.de

So much for introducing

First of all... THIS WAS MY VERY VIRST ATTEMP TO CREATE A REALISTIC LOOKING MATTPAINTING FOR A MOVIE SPECIAL EFFECT...

I used a photo from the "Teutoburger wald" in Germany and combined parts of it to a new landscape. The movie will be shot in DVD Resolution and so there was no need to create the painting in ultra highres... I limited myself to 1600x1800pixel (not only because of the lowres source photo i got from my partner This all started out as a test but i like the end result so far and i wanted to share it with you.

The final image was rendered out of 3DSmax with extra contrast and a small noise filter.

Have fun
Alex

THE WALL

Mon, 21 May 2007 22:35:38 +0000

I started this painting in 2005, but i never found some time and motivation to finish it... until now

All done with Photoshop CS2 and some self made custom brushes.

Yours Alex

Birth of a Planet

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:15:01 +0000

Personal project

SUPERNOVA

Sat, 12 May 2007 19:53:15 +0000

Hi Folks,

I am training my 2D skills a bit at the moment and here is another piece i heve done with my new wacom Intous3 Tablet.
I have tried to realize a very rough and conceptual kind of illustration... yep very fresh and new for me

I like the result, but i am looking forward to read what you think about it

Yours Alex

Momentous Mission

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:35:43 +0000

Hi folks,
i�m back with an older model i did 4 the grand space opera challenge.
I dit a lot of work on this model... so i wanted to do another space image with it.
The Scene took me at least 10 hours, i dit some texture tuning on the royal frigate, and some small modeling updates
Hope u like it! C&C is always welcome!
Alex

BEAST

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:55:44 +0000

This image was done for a client... who wanted some sort of Beast or Dragon in shape of a spaceship. The model was made with 3DSMAX with some help of Z-Brush, postwork was done in Photoshop. The Planet is one of my older models with some modifications on the textures for this Project.

Rendered with Mental Ray

Have fun
Alex

WINGS

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:44:00 +0000

This Image was ordered from a big Taiwanese company.

They wanted something very clean and futuristic like the vehicles in "Ghost in the Shell" (airplane)... or in the "Final Fantasy" movie... something with a bird touch.

Modeled in Max and postwork was done in PS.

The background is composed and overpainted with several cloud images (specially one photoshot from the spaceshuttle crew 2001.)

The Planet was ripped from one one of my previous projects

hope you like it
Alex

Probe

Fri, 05 Aug 2005 22:41:09 +0000

Hi Folks,
I�m currnetly working on some "abstract" artworks for the lobby of the company i work in.
I call this one "PROBE"
I wanted to create something that is abstract but recognizable. Organic & mechanic.
And... it was also a step to improve my skills with mental ray a bit
So... C&C is always welcome
(Hope u like it)
Cheers Alex
>> Hi resolution image <<

The Guardian

Wed, 01 Jun 2005 20:32:47 +0000

Hi Folks!
Welcome to my latest pic.
I try at the moment to improve my skills in 2D painting a bit. I started this as a sketch for an upcoming 3D image inspired by Keith Parkinson. But i thought it would be nice to use my old Wacom a bit more ... I always wanted to do a fantasy pic, you know like "the last Unicorn" "Krull" "LOTR"...
Story?!
There are some poor explorers who wanted to enter a prohibited path to an old hidden city. They ignore all the warnings from the locals and make they path through the dungeoun until the broken bridge....
This one took at least 1 day to finish.
I hope you like it. C&C is most welcome
Cheers Alex

>> Hi resolution image <<

Deep Space

Mon, 06 Feb 2006 20:43:29 +0000

This Image was the result of my last few evenings.
I tried to catch up the mood of grand space... and i was thinking about how small we are? ... how tiny our planet is... and how unimportand all our problems are out there ?!
This is a fun image because i like it a lot to paint clouds and nebula shapes, so i ditn�t expect much feedback. But i hope you like it anyway.
The freighter in the front was done in 3DS-max in two hours and overpainted in PS.
The rest is handpainted in Photoshop with a wacom-tablet.
Some details in ultra-res (6400x2000)

Have Fun
Alex
>> Hi resolution image <<

Usd - City :

Thu, 26 May 2005 08:37:56 +0000

Hi Folks...
late in the evening an idea came up...
what would a city look like when it is turned upsidedown(USD)?! Because i�m a great SF fan i decidet to do something very futuristic, a peacefull place on a far away Planet.
This image took 4 hours (and some bottle of beer ) to paint. It�s just an idea, but i wanted to show it to the "elite" to hear what you think.
Critique... feedback... and support is most welcome! Hope you like it.
Alex

DISCOVERERS

Sat, 12 May 2007 19:21:41 +0000

Hi Folks,

I bought myself a new Wacom Intous3 A4 tablet (too sad.. my old Intous1 died a few weeks ago :( )
These are my first experiences with this awesome piece of hardware.... =)

I have tried out some new techniques with some new self designed custom brushed in Photoshop.
(A honor to Roger Dean... one of my top favorite artists)

C&C is always welcome

Yours Alex

ROLAND

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:09:18 +0000

After some time now i am fascinated by the "DARK TOWER" Books from Stephen King and this is my second attemp to capture his world in a artwork.

My first one was a shot from the "DARK TOWER" and this time i want to focus a bit more on the main character.

I first wanted to work more on my 3D Version of Roland and started with a quick sketch how to set up the scene... but after a few more strokes i decidet to work this one out into a new 2D Image because i liked this rough style, and i thought it fits perfectly to the style of my last Stepehn King image.

I used a photo from Cleant Eastwood as reference and some textures for the background... Everything is painted in Photoshop with use of a Wacom 4A Intous tablet.

Time: 6 Hours to complete.

Feedback is always welcome
Alex

FEAR BLIND - CD-COVER

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:17:39 +0000

CD COVER for a great band from USA.

(for those who voted this with just "one" star previously...
this artwork was done by special request and the description of the scene was very limited. I tried my best for this picture and i can say the client (and i am also) are very happy with the result. I am sorry that you don�t like this work... but if you think you can do this better i would like to see your attempt on it (maybe you can teach me some skills)

Regards Alex