Shelter

No idea if its gonna be a good idea to look for shelter over there :O
Fun speedpaint trying out some stuff :)

Enjoy!

Found out about this:

-Stan Prokopenko-
http://www.youtube.com/user/ProkoTV?feature=g-hist
Check him out he has cool vids.


-Jeff Watts-
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7nqKTkW-PUmcTk_vp2yvtQ?feature=watch
He has nice interviews and interesting videos as well.

-Numberphile-
http://www.youtube.com/user/numberphile
If maths and numbers interest you they're the one to go to :)

Drunk food and some good blogs

Drunk food :)

Check out more of my work on my website

Come look at my sketchbook and Crit me!


Here are some very cool blogs:
http://animationbgs.blogspot.be
http://robogabo.blogspot.be.html
http://www.artandinfluence.com/

Also if you're not using google reader yet, it's a must and soooo handy :O look for it on google its too easy ;)

grtz

Good night

Pig, Snow and Alan Watts

Oh hi thurr!

My gf is studying to become a vet and has an exam about pigs and other animals. She said pigs are strange to draw so I gave it a shot :) turned out not too bad I think :).

I put some images from a drawing session and from the snow here in Belgium (a very rare happening)

There's plenty more on my website!


Also been listening to these lately:
http://soundcloud.com/yourdreamsmynightmares/tracks?format=html&page=2#play  (interviews of artists)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_--wlqDBZY&list=PL7CAF8E7B1C188119  (Alan Watts Zen master)

Enjoy!

Female Forms Practice

Due to lack of live models, some sketches from photo ref of female models. 15-45 mins sessions, faces still take most time to render. I hope you like it :)

For more visit My Website

Redhead

Study on value and female curves.

I have a weakness for mixing up my values and having too much contrast all over the place so I'm trying to stay low-contrasty.

For more visit My website

Skintones

Practice on skintones, for more info visit My website

TENt

Saw this CgSociety TEN challenge and had some fun:

Excitement!

Hey there,

I was checking z-classroom and saw an article from Scott Eaton:
http://www.pixologic.com/zclassroom/artistinaction/scotteaton/

It's a nice read and has some fun videos of him sculpting.
I took his class 'anatomy for artists' a while back and must say he's a great teacher. He knows what he's talking about and hints stuff towards games and movies. Go check it out if you're interested in boosting your anatomy skills:
http://www.scott-eaton.com/anatomy-for-artists-online-course

I'm having Jordy Lakiere over tonight to plan out a trip, so stoked!

I also passed my theoretical drivers licence exam for riding a bike! So I planned some lessons, which are mandatory here in Belgium, to proper learn how to drive a bike and do the necessary exercises for the practical exam. So can't wait for that as well!

Cheers and enjoy!

Elie

Tutorials and music

So this is weird posting random stuff I want to share :)

Great side information for 3D artists curious for technical stuff and optimizing their models, it's old but not outdated and worth a visit if you haven't already:
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50588&page=1 (discussion between professionals)
http://www.ericchadwick.com/examples/provost/byf1.html (round-up tutorial about it)
elieverbrugge.com/DirectLinks/BeautifulYetFriendly_by_GuillaumeProvost.pdf (pdf form easy to download)

here is a nice explanation on light behaviour:
http://www.itchy-animation.co.uk/light.htm (must read for beginners but still interesting for advanced artists)
elieverbrugge.com/DirectLinks/Tut_Light_by_RichardYot.pdf  (pdf form easy to download)
 If you want even more on light buy this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Color-Light-Guide-Realist-Painter/dp/0740797719
I've read it and enjoyed it. He explains it in easy English so even for non English-speaking ppls it shouldn't be a bumpy ride :)

Some great music I've been listening lately:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmI_C0bleMA&feature=autoplay&list=PL880B86C8ACE64D81&playnext=3 (best playlist for biosphere)

http://soundcloud.com/solitude (ambient dubstep mixes)
http://www.youtube.com/user/JamIAmMixes?feature=watch (funky alternative music mixes)

Time for a change.

Hey all!

I've updated my website (go check it out!) so it works more as a tidy art-blog rather than for portfolio purpose only. This means most posts will go directly on my website in stead of in here.

www.ElieVerbrugge.com

Don't worry, everytime I update my website I'll post it in here to make it into your news feed :)

This blog will be used for more than just showing my art.
I will put stuff in here that interests me in genereal such as interesting articles, websites, artists, talks, ideas,... not necessarily art-related.
I used to do this via facebook, and will continue doing that but it will be redirected in here.
This also breaks the barrier of having to be connected with me on facebook.
There will be both dutch/french stuff and international english stuff, don't hesitate to ask for translations if you have interest in it (or if google translate doesn't suffice).

To take a good start here's a list of stuff I wanted to share with the world for a while already.

websites:
www.ted.com  (interesting talks!)
http://usagardener.com/ (good farming guides, calendars, seed lists, info, etc)
http://www.biozaden.be/ (belgian group with interesting offers to buy seeds and info about seeds)
http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/ (beautiful clouds!)
http://www.arkive.org/ (nice pics and facts)
http://nl.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/ (images of the world)
http://permacultureprinciples.com/ethics.php (everybody should show some interest in this for it is the future)

art-related:
http://colorschemedesigner.com/
http://www.scott-eaton.com/learning/ (great anatomy lessons for artists)
http://schoolism.com/dashboard.php (nice lessons and great interviews)
http://livestreamstatuslist.appspot.com/ (shows all artists streaming live atm)
http://livestreamstatuslist.appspot.com/ (forum for artists wanting to get mentored or ask questions)
http://www.hippydrome.com/ (Mesh-flow, deformation, rigging etc UPDATED)
http://www.kevinjohnstone.com/ (big art dump and great artist mostly enviro)
http://www.cgstudiomap.com/home (studios map)
http://www.gamedevmap.com/ (another studios map)
http://fuckyeahconceptart.tumblr.com/ (MASSIVE ART DUMP)
http://framexframe.tumblr.com/ (old animations breakdown)
http://www.richardmacdonald.com/ (amazing sculptor)
http://www.mapcrunch.com/ (auto google streetview placer for environment doodles)

articles:
http://robg3d.com/beveling.html  (MUST READ article about normalmaps, vertex count and hard edges)
http://dornob.com/historical-tree-house-fort-restaurant-resort-designs/ (cool treehouses)
http://www.eurogamer.nl/articles/2011-03-30-the-tiny-bang-story-komt-dit-voorjaar (great point and click game)
http://tech-artists.org/forum/showthread.php?50-General-Skinning-Tips (skinning)
http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.be/ (amazing artist/painter with cool posts)