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About Me Member Digital Artist Steve Hamilton21/Male/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 1 Year
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So it begins.

Wed Oct 21, 2009, 12:08 AM
Finally got my hands on a monitor with decent color and accurate light levels, so you won't be seeing excessively dark artwork out of me anymore, unless the situation warrants it. I'm looking back on my old stuff and realizing I kind of abused the levels on most of them. Oh well. No regrets.

I'm getting close to crunch time on my graphic novel project--in the next few weeks I should be finishing a series of concepts for the main characters, and some Sketchup renders of props and vehicles I plan on using.

The storyline is too difficult to explain in just a journal post, but it will involve predominantly robots and similar things that I draw way too much, just to make the project slightly easier for me. It will still probably kill me in the long run, but if I can pull it off...it'd open some interesting doors down the road.

The setting is postapocalyptic, with heavy medieval elements and some cyberpunk themes as well. Yes, I am deliberately trying to mash opposing genres together to make something that people haven't seen before. I've been paranoid about the originality of my work, prowling the internet looking for similar works that incorporate the same elements, but I haven't found anything remotely close to my particular brand of insanity yet.

Still haven't decided on what style I'll be using, as the one I predominately utilize isn't quite as time effective. I need to finish this sucker or at least get close within the next seven months, so speed is crucial. Hoping my work doesn't suffer for it.

Also, trying to apply for internships at various Seattle-based studios. Wish me luck. I'm hoping and praying that I'd be able to find work for next fall, so I can spend the summer down in Mexico working with kids at a halfway home. I love it down there.

It's going to be a rough year for me, since I'm still juggling a full courseload and can't afford to screw anything up this late in the game without going into debt in an extra year at school. A degree will be nice, but not nice enough to guarantee me a foot in the door at the studios I'm after. Bungie's looking good, but a long shot obviously with my limited skillset and lack of enthusiasm for Halo. I'm going to apply anyway for kicks, once my portfolio is a little prettier. Hoping for Valve down the road though.

Anyways, that's what's going on with me lately. The concepts will be coming soon, assuming I can ignore my classwork long enough to get anything decent done. I can't believe I miss Mount Rainier already.

  • Mood: Nervous

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Half-deaf gamer/artist/mission trip geek.

Aspiring to be a concept artist, graphic novel illustrator, or anything really where I could be paid to paint robots and crud all day. Competitive fields, yes. I still have a long way to go.

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Mt. Rainier National Park
  • Interests: LAN parties, Photoshop, gaming, history, languages, mission trips.
  • Favourite movie: Blade Runner
  • Favourite band or musician: Rammstein, Evanesence, Gregorian
  • Favourite genre of music: Soundtracks, German techno.
  • Favourite artist: Sparth, Mike Mignola, John Romita JR.
  • Favourite poet or writer: Poe, Asimov
  • Favourite style of art: Concept Art
  • Favourite game: Team Fortress 2, all-crits.
  • Favourite gaming platform: PC.
  • Tools of the Trade: Intuos3

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:iconshinji2821:
Cool stuff! love to see other aspiring concept artists and their work

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:iconvijil:
It's not tooo bad, there's one decent sized game studio, another big but unbelievably horrible studio, Weta (who hire practically everyone in NZ who does 3D about once a year) and a number of small indie games companies and 3D animation places. There's a studio onsite where I study who take the top four or so graduates each year, and so far I'm on track for that. Besides that I've had a tentative offer from an indie dev here.

Overall, doing ok. We'll see what happens at the end of the year. It is nice to multiple career options - at this stage I could go into modelling, texturing, lighting or concept art.

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:iconvij-8:
lol +1 pageview
:iconbalance-sheet:
YES! I GOT ANOTHER PAGE VIEW WOOT

Thanks for stopping by Nyyti. ;)
:iconthunderlips:
perfect gallery! =)

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:iconai-kiku:
you should make a comic book series, your work is absolutely wonderful!
:iconbalance-sheet:
I'll actually be working on a graphic novel over the next six months or so. . ;) Much easier said than done though, got a lot of work ahead of me.
:iconai-kiku:
Oh, Good luck to you then!
Continue the great work. :]
:iconstratolight:
I love your style. <333
YOU, SIR, GET A WATCH. :V

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Amazing avatar made by ~Scafe
:iconarukun14:
Your style is wicked! Love it... :D

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