Greg's Blog

New Site

2012-02-11T01:06:00.001-08:00

I got my website updated today. Feel free to check it out . www.gregksmith.com

some cartoony sketches this evening

2012-01-25T01:00:00.001-08:00

WoW succubus sketch

2012-01-12T13:31:00.001-08:00

I just felt like doodling a succubus from world of warcraft

finishing up some stuff

2012-01-09T17:09:00.001-08:00

alien

2012-01-08T16:07:00.001-08:00

Pandaclaus

2012-01-02T13:32:00.000-08:00

I drew this for my girlfriend for Christmas.

finished creature

2011-12-13T01:26:00.000-08:00

Commander Stryker Sketch

2011-12-09T00:26:00.000-08:00

I did a black and white sketch of Stryker from Warmachine. Went for a slightly more realistic look.

more creature sketches

2011-12-06T22:18:00.001-08:00

some more creature sketches. would like to take the big one further.

humans infected with parasites

2011-12-06T01:03:00.000-08:00

sketches for a monster i am working on. some sort of human that has been infected with an alien parasite. work in progress

new creature design

2011-12-03T20:35:00.000-08:00

No escape

2011-11-29T01:54:00.000-08:00

I wanted to paint up an interior and to tell a story without the use of figures. Here run down building infested with zombies. A person struggled to escape but was eventually dragged back and devoured. I wanted to hint at the escape with the hand prints on the door and then dragged back with the fresh blood smear on the floor going from the exit to the hallway.

finished head

2011-11-16T21:26:00.000-08:00

work in progress

2011-11-04T13:34:00.000-07:00

Want to do some more touch ups on this.

Tonight's sketch

2011-09-28T21:51:00.000-07:00

"prehistoric" bird design sketch

2011-09-16T12:46:00.001-07:00

Kushana armored version

2011-09-11T13:19:00.001-07:00

Here is the finished armored version of Lady Kushana.

Lady Kushana Redesign

2011-08-19T13:32:00.001-07:00

Here is the re-design that I did for Lady Kushana in my character design class with Kevin Chen. I hope to get the other characters up shortly.

doing some blog maintance

2011-08-15T00:52:00.000-07:00

Hope to have things back to normal tomorrow

New Environment Paintings

2011-08-11T17:48:00.001-07:00

Here are some new environment paintings that I did in James Paick's Environment Design class at Concept Design Academy.

These are the thumbnail sketches I did before jumping into the finals.

Figure drawings

2011-06-20T23:43:00.000-07:00

Been awhile since I have posted any new figure drawings, these are all quick sketches, poses ranging from 2, 3, 5, 10 and 20 minute poses

Been awhile since I have posted any new figure drawings, these are all quick sketches, poses ranging from 2, 3, 5, 10 and 20 minute poses

Environment quick sketches

2011-06-14T18:12:00.001-07:00

I just started up James Paick's Environment class at Concept Design Academy. This is first weeks homework assignment, 5 loose environment sketches.

A study after Richard Schmid

Study from Gladiator

A swamp with a shack

A wasteland city wall.

Stormy seas ahead

Head Studies

2011-05-26T18:07:00.000-07:00

These head studies are blown up very large, I think each one in is about 2 and a half inches high. Studies after a Russian artist.

The cutest thing I ever painted...

2011-05-19T12:46:00.001-07:00

I recently had to create a sample illustration for a client. Probably the cutest thing I painted. Here is the final painting and some sketches of different designs for the penguin.

Pose Maniacs

2011-05-07T23:20:00.000-07:00

There is a really cool pose and anatomy reference site out there people should check out called http://www.posemaniacs.com/ . You can rotate the figures around and time yourself if you want to draw from them. really cool.

Donny Cleanshave

2011-05-02T18:01:00.000-07:00

First off, this illustration was originally just an anatomy study that I was doing from a boxing photo. Then it turned into a dude punching the head off a robot. I spoofed the character from Phil Hale's Johnny Badhair and I call this guy Donny Cleanshave. Just a short sketch for fun.

Creature sketch

2011-04-24T18:39:00.001-07:00

Here is a creature sketch that I did. Combined bear, rhino and prehistoric pig. The body shade is that of the prehistoric pig, then I beefed up the legs and a little extra bulk else where for the bear influence and a little bear influence in the face. Finally the horns are like that of a rhino. In my smaller sketches, I did one standing up, it could have been a Man Bear Rhino Pig.

Todays Study

2011-04-16T23:56:00.000-07:00

Today I did a study of an alien bust sculpted by the super talented Jordu Schell. This was painted in photoshop. The link here is to the actual sculpture that Jordu created.

Updated my blog

2011-04-11T22:28:00.000-07:00

Just updated my blog's look and layout. It should be easier to view my portfolio with the new buttons at the top and now I don't have to worry about older art being pushed further away.

werewolf

2011-04-04T00:05:00.000-07:00

Art for various projects

2011-04-03T19:01:00.000-07:00

Below are a bunch of images that I have created for 2 different projects. Unfortunately I cannot discuss too much about them, but I can show off the art!

Main Character

Below are different concept illustrations to show off different game types and what the game could potentially look like.

Another Island game below, with totally different type of characters.

Good and evil variations of the island inhabitants

Facial Expressions

Day time in the jungle

Night time in the jungle

Rock variations and how rocks should change form from day to night

Some new stuff

2011-03-28T00:39:00.000-07:00

I just recently finished a visual development workshop with Nathan Fowkes at Concept Design Academy, these images were created during his workshop. Very great workshop and I learned a lot.

Todays Skull

2011-03-09T18:46:00.001-08:00

Again, painted in photoshop, roughly an hour and a half and from life.

skull studies

2011-03-08T19:07:00.001-08:00

Alla Prima Skull studies. Each of these painted from life and about an hour and a half each. Photoshop. I am going to do a skull painting/drawing a day.

head study

2011-02-22T19:57:00.000-08:00

There was a rebel leader character that I painted up a while ago. Down below, black and white with a hoodie and rifle on his back, this is his portrait.

Monsters and Stuff

2011-02-21T21:57:00.000-08:00

cave castle

2011-02-21T21:56:00.001-08:00

bioterrors

2011-02-17T17:01:00.000-08:00

raya

2011-02-14T22:40:00.000-08:00

stuff, new and old

2011-02-08T15:23:00.000-08:00

Warmachine

2010-08-06T10:21:00.000-07:00

Here are some posters that I have created for the Warmachine game that we are working on at WhiteMoon Dreams. The website for Warmachine is live, head over to the site to check it outhere. A lot of people worked very hard to get the demo created for Gen Con, a lot of crazy late nights spent in the studio to get it finished.

Some quick sketches

2010-05-03T19:03:00.001-07:00

2010-05-03T12:49:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since I updated, here are some figure drawings using a different approach. Each drawing is roughly 3 hours. Powdered charcoal, vine charcoal and charcoal pencil on 500 series bristol board. Will have more to post soon.

Head drawings and figure drawings

2009-11-07T14:53:00.001-08:00

Haven't updated anything in a very long time. Here are a bunch of head drawings and figure drawings that I have been doing in my class with Glen Orbick and workshops at 3kicks studios.
Drawings range from 20 minutes 1 hour and 3 hours.

My 2nd Illustration for Aveyond 3

2009-07-01T10:50:00.000-07:00

This illustration is for the 2nd part of Aveyond 3. This illustration features the games main character, Mel, who is a spy in training. Here she is about to steal a magical orb. In the shadows lurk a few mysterious beings watching her actions. The game will be released shortly. If you would like to know more click on this link.

Lizard Sketches

2009-02-12T13:09:00.000-08:00

Last night I went over to Nucleus for their Wednesday night sketch group. More information about that here. It was a great time with some really cool people. There is also a community sketch book that got passed around for everyone to draw in. I brought in some lizard references and sketched that for the evening. Here they are.

Old School...

2009-02-08T15:19:00.000-08:00

Transferring some of my older work onto my blog. Check it out

Experimenting

2008-11-12T12:13:00.000-08:00

The two drawings below I was playing around with the vine charcoal, the typical conte charcoal pencil on top of marker paper. The marker paper is a lot tougher and more archival than the typical smooth news print that I generally use. The paper can take a beating. Since marker paper is smooth, drawing on it wasn't that much different that how I normally draw on the smooth newsprint. I initially started the drawing as I normally do with the conte pencil. After I had the basic lay in down and the shadow mass blocked in, I drew over the shadow mass with vine charcoal. I then smeared the vine charcoal into the light areas to create half tone. I was trying to go for a more paintly look similar to Henry Yan. I don't think I succeeded to capturing his look, but I am happy with the drawing directly below. I will have to play around with this approach again. It is a fun way to draw.

This drawing below is the typical conte charcoal pencil on smooth newsprint. Really happy with this drawing. The model was great. It was one of those poses that you just can't mess up. Pose was great, the lighting was great. I had very few struggles with this drawing, everything fell into place.

Messin' with style

2008-10-22T19:33:00.000-07:00

I normally don't work in a cartoony fashion. I am usually very detailed oriented and love rendering things out. It was nice to simplify details. Not sure if I am happy with the overall design or not, but it was good to experiment.

More Figure Drawings

2008-10-18T13:45:00.000-07:00

Haven't posted anything new in awhile. Just recently started to get back into figure drawing after a few month hiatus.

New Figure Drawings

2008-05-06T20:20:00.000-07:00

In no particular order. I drew these at 3 Kick Studio's Thursday night open figure workshop. It's a great place to draw or paint, a fun crowd of people. If you are interested in showing up, check it out, 55 Waverly Drive, Pasadena, CA or check out their website.

Some Life Drawings

2008-02-14T16:27:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to get my blog going before I make the big move to Pasadena. I am going to miss San Diego and all the people I have met there.