http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/ renall's gallery of images en-us 120 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/824828

Heres a link to the feature WIP article - from CGTantra.com
shows the progress in creating this image (at ths link):
http://www.cgtantra.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=366&Itemid=34]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:16:24 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/818214

this is my entry for the CGTantra matte painting challenge:
won first place in the challenge, the forum is at this link:
http://www.cgtantra.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19267

Essentially the challenge set by Philip Straub was to create something that aligned with his description as follows:

Votussoloum : (vo-chu-su-lo-um) It is here, amidst the towering fires of hatred, the concept of war was born. Beginning as nothing more than a seed of negative thought The Votussoloum fed on the Utherworlds unyielding desire for control and power. Each unique tale of war from the corners of the universe is destined to repeat itself within the Votussoloum, over and over. Every skirmish, every conflict, every battle, and every war, at some point in time, has been fought here. These re-enactments help the hateful emotions to grow stronger, every horror fuelling the next, each clash increasing the severity of battles fought in the Utherworlds. The flames of war reach countless feet into a shape shifting sky with purpose, eventually channeling their energy through to the other side. For as far as the eye can see fire consumes and destroys one civilization after another, a replacement always waiting in the shadows.]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:18:07 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/812122

This is a personal painting. I wanted to try and capture a scene that had some kind of dappled light scenario.
So i tried to use some darker and cool foreground elements, and push the atmosphere a little adding some slightly warmer elements like the mid ground red scattering of flowers.
the key to this one was the composition for me, so attempted to use the bridge railing as a visual lead for the eye.
Hopefully its ambiguous in a subtle way, is she waiting for him or waiting in ambush. Added the sword behind her to suggest she is not all hugs and kisses.
Contemplated showing her hand reaching for the sword, but decided not to spoon feed the viewer.
hope you like.]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:16:34 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/826291

This is another speedy one - basically trying to show an old man that is listening to whales through headphones. I wanted to suggest this without actually showing a whale in the image. I resisted the temptation to put a whale tail in the background.]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:41:46 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/826289

This is a fairly quick paint - to be used as a visual aid along with some storyboarding work.
Was trying to show a boy wading into the surf, dragging a large shell behind him. Could possoble do without the shell in terms of composition, but it was needed in this case.
less than about 4 hours - photoshop, with a bit of painter (maybe about 10%)]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:36:11 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/808219

This is my latest piece. Something along the lines of Indiana Jones meets Dinotopia :-)
Wanted to try and show a side-lit valley floor chase scene of sorts. so came up with the idea of an adventurer on an egg hunt.
also wanted to have one dino kind of bouncing off the cliff walls.
That was my vague design brief at least.

]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:32:50 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/802431

This concept started with a 3d model of a Sherman tank that i had - made a few design changes, including turning into a quad track tank, and modernising it, then used that as a very loose base for the painting in photoshop/painter.
The initial idea was to create a camouflaged tank that emulated its environment a little, also wanted it slightly futuristic but only close future, so still a believable mechanical design.
I struggled a lot with the idea of putting a cab with a drivers window on a tank, was originally much bigger, but have edited the design a lot as i painted it.
Anyway - quick-ish concept, hope someone likes.]]> Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:00:09 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/798886

This is a concept i have been playing with in my spare time - had an idea for a young gypsy type wizard, in training.
She is supposed to be trying to master the elements through the ball.
wanted to try and give a feel like she should not be messed with, and look a little bit ambiguous, alluring but a little bit dark and brooding.
I tried to use the divine proportion in painter to get the eye to sweep from bottom right over the ball and end at her eye - hope that makes sense.]]> Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:31:26 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/795923

This is a quick render i set up.
modelled in Maya. rendered in hypershot and some post texture in photoshop.
basically i wanted to test hypershot, so quickly took the entire model in there (all as one component), added one material to everything and rendered then textured afterwards in photoshop.
I instantly fell in love with hypershot - its true gravy for anyone that is has a phobia for making nice renders in a program like maya. Only took about 15 minutes, and that was my very first use of Hypershot.
so my plan now is to make a new version of this, by taking a full version of the model - plan to add different materials to each part for the render - as every pin and bolt is a seperate object in the full model. hopefully this will make a much more realistic render.
welcome any crits.
i highly reccomend hypershot - its pretty darn awesome !]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:25:53 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/793224

This is a concept piece - tried to spend less than about 6 hours on it - so its not overly refined.
]]> Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:20:00 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/790188

this is one of my entries to the conceptart.org "newborn" challenge.
]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:17:50 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/790490

this is one of my entries to the conceptart.org "newborn" challenge.
still could do with some refining, mainly in terms of lighting and depth perspective....but have called this one finished - as the entries close tomorrow and i have too many other projects.
was aiming for an odd combination of cute and creepy.
crits welcomed
]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:13:40 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/774535

For this image i wanted to combine three thing i have always loved.
the first is retro styled imagery - specifically those type of posters and propaganda artwork from the 1940s and around WW2. The second is old aircraft, in this case a spitfire, and the third thing was ladies in suspender belts - everyone likes them....don't they :-)
So yes, basically my goal was to try and emulate that retro art feel, maybe make it look a little bit like something off the lid of an old biscuit tin?
my favorite part in terms of composition was how positioning her on the bonnet, with leg resting on the exhaust, seemed to work well, also tried to have her head breaking through the cloud line to give her significance.
hope you like, welcome any comments.
]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:45:43 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/764514

lancaster bomber - was inspired by the bombing raids of the dam busters in WW2, plus I have been watching way too much History Channel on Sky TV.
the emblem on the front of the bomber isnt in the historically correct place, but could not show it in usual place (at the rear of the body) due the angle.
Idea was an image of one of the bombers coming home from the raids.
Im contemplating doing a different version, with the bomber in action dropping a bouncing bomb over water to blow up the dams.
any crits are welcome as always
]]> Sun, 17 May 2009 03:26:05 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/747526

personal practice piece.
Started this by playing about in the trial version of painter11
finishing up in photoshop.
Originally had in mind the stunning characters done for "Assasins Creed", and the slick art for "Mirrors Edge", so trying to make a crisp character floating or falling from a ledge.
Im calling this one finished as we have just had a baby boy, and i wont get much time to paint in the next month.
If i did any more on this I would possibly add a bit of light across his left cheek area and define the hands/gloves more.
comments are welcome though.]]> Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:59:21 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/768327

some conceptual studies for a zombie based production - concept development of various key script moments.
mostly speed painted, less than 4 hours]]> Wed, 27 May 2009 18:53:46 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/768312

some conceptual studies for a zombie based production - concept development of various key script moments.
mostly speed painted, less than 4 hours
]]> Wed, 27 May 2009 18:25:35 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/649671

This started as a speed paint, but decided to spend a lttle more time detailing it, welcome any crits, found this a tricky one in terms of ligthing balance, tried to use the headlight beam as a device to pull the eye down. with a suggestion of a person waiting for him in the distance, a romantic meeting maybe? Ill let you decide :-)
Was the Winner of the 2D Environment Art
category in the Notes on Game Dev 2008 2D/3D Environment and Character Art Competition.]]> Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:46:55 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/768345

some conceptual studies for a zombie based production - concept development of various key script moments.
mostly speed painted, less than 4 hours
]]> Wed, 27 May 2009 19:29:56 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/790185

this is one of my entries to the conceptart.org "newborn" challenge]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:13:48 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/768342

various concepts for a viking based production.
mostly speed painted, less than 4 hours.]]> Wed, 27 May 2009 19:24:26 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/768344

various concepts for a viking based production.
mostly speed painted, less than 4 hours.]]> Wed, 27 May 2009 19:27:47 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/757981

zbrush base mesh - WIP
this is sculpted and posed in zbrush.
plan is to place him on a sculpted rocky precipice, possibly will add a cape outfit made from skin, and he will be sculpted down to flesh, muscle and bone, so he looks very demonic.
welcome any suggestions - can email lincoln.renall@gmail.com , as this is only a WIP shot, and not in the forums.]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:52:29 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/720720

heres a sample of a few images thrown into a reel of sorts - just a random selection - other images are in my gallery.
its a little bit pixelated due to the compression needed to get it down to 20MB.]]> Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:49:30 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/727701

this was a speed concept practice piece, pretty much slapped together so its still a little sketchy, but i like the idea that the plume of smoke in the background could draw the eye to the central soldier.
Whats he looking at?, upon close inspection there's a hand sticking out of the rubble from the destroyed bunker.]]> Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:34:12 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/739274

Here are a couple of fast concept roughs, just the base sketches and a fast color overlay, quite saturated at this early stage]]> Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:58:31 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/640389

this is another old image, just a speed painting , done in 2 hours, playing about with some brushes]]> Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:08:39 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/605982

This one was originally just a 3D model of the hell hound's head that I made quickly in Zbrush a couple years ago
that original Zbrush sculpt can be seen here:
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/4135/hellhoundtc4.jpg
Anyway, I decided to use it as a base for a speed paint.
Spent about 5 hours so far, and was trying to make it a little ambiguous. Are the dogs attacking, or wondering what is wrong with their friend???



]]> Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:42:55 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/725187

This is something a little different

This is my entry For the NVIDIA Surreal art challenge.

I started with the idea of an iceberg that melts into the foreground turning into a wave. i wanted to try and get lots of movement happening.
Without getting too deep about it, I wanted to try and portray global warming in a way that shows humans taking a ride on mother earth. She is trying to keep the balance while we are harvesting and going for a ride on her - which is why i choose a lemon tree - lemons being a bitter fruit.
I also tried to reflect the lines/movement from the ground into the smog cloud that eminated from the iceberg factory.
Anyway, I said I wouldn't get too deep about it, so will stop there :-)
a final thought - I found that there's a fine line between composition and clutter with these kind of images, not sure if I crossed that line, but welcome any comments.]]> Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:03:57 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/742078

depiction of a great battle of Aztecs versus the Spanish with Cortez in the foreground.
with a lot of different key areas in the brief. numerous text overlay boxes are added over this, with descriptions of the battle and so on.
I found this one quite fiddly to try and get everything in the image, while still showing a Spanish ship and Aztec city on fire.
the image is extremely cluttered, but that is what the client wanted, so thats what they got :-)]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:20:27 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/735314

Conceptual study.
Painter 9 and Photoshop.
5th Place winner of the 'Gnomon workshop' January 2007 challenge (tunnel) ]]> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:48:13 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/735315

funny concept this one :-)
I wanted to explore the idea of demons and angels meeting for a post apocalyptic party in a burnt out church.
3rd place winner in the gnomon workshop setpember 2008 art challenge "twisted room"
I liked the idea of angels playing twister and playing "spin the bottle".
let me know if anyone wants closeups, i can post them. ]]> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:50:47 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/727730

something a little different - this is a commissioned oil painting.
1.5 metres wide.
I painted about 95% of this using only a palette knife, then a small brush for dabs to do the seed heads on the grasses.
synthetic oils on canvas.
Digital photo dosnt really do it justice, as the paint is very thickly applied with the knife, and is very textural up close, you can see the mounds of oil paint.
probably my favorite way to paint, kind of like spreading butter, lots of fun.
depicts mount egmont national park in new zealand.
comments welcomed.]]> Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:45:51 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/488108

matte painting combined with my own photo refs and concept art/craft designs ..photoshop]]> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:00:56 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/718380

this one, I think, falls into the wasteland somewhere between a speed paint and something fully rendered. still a few lighting issues i should fix, but have other stuff to work on for now.
was going for some weird kind of army guys and scientists performing fairly brutal tests on dead pigs - using dynamite of course, why wouldn't you use dynamite !
image is a little on the dark side, seemed brighter on my other screen]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:15:19 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/697839

quick painting .... just playing about with some different brushes, loose and conceptual - couple of hours, speed painting
was originally land based concept, but near the end, i thought it worked well as an underwater shot, so added in bubbles and a couple of other bits to try and show him as a freaky diver type guy :-)]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:46:07 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/692613

Commissioned illustration, depicting the fisher king, sir percival and the holy grail

The overlay text boxes are not shown here.

full copyright remains with the respective owners of this art, I have been allowed to use it in my portfolio.

high res version of the image is about 5000 pixels wide :-)]]> Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:13:53 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/697836

another quickish paint. mostly playing about with the lighting, trying to use a cooler color in the background and warmer tones in the foreground.
was hoping that this would give some depth in a quick manner.]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:42:42 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/693663

just some random sketches done while sitting on the beach
was really just experimenting with some different pencils and also some tinted charcoal pencils i had with me.]]> Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:12:34 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/686757

Commissioned illustration, depicting the battle of Maldon, Vikings versus Saxons, the Vikings won :-)
another one in a series for print publication for young boys.

this one almost drove me crazy, soo much happening in there, the composition was a nightmare, as such when i zoom in, i still see some areas that could use work, but its one of the trade-offs with trying to call a piece finished in time for the client i guess.

Overall im happiest with the composition, personally.

I tried to use painter a little more than usual in this one.
I plan to try and get to a point where i spend at least half my time in Painter.
have to keep reminding myself to close photoshop for a while, and get back in painter.

The overlay text boxes are not shown here.
these take up a large area on the right hand side.

I will be able to upload a version which has the final print layout, including text boxes in a few weeks

full copyright remains with the respective owners of this art, I have been allowed to use it in my portfolio.

high res version of the image is about 5000 pixels wide :-)]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:03:10 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/675753

commissioned illustration.
another one in a series for print publication for young boys.

Trying to use a tilted perspective to help pull the eye around the course. racers would go around the central barricade.
this image especially looks lop-sided, as the overlay text boxes are not shown here.
.these take up a large area on the right hand side.

I will be able to upload a version which has the final print layout, including text boxes in a few weeks, that may help to explain why i have used this particular composition.
generally it involved working the image around numerous text boxes, and trying to include all the components that the client wanetd.

full copyright remains with the respective owners of this art, I have been allowed to use it in my portfolio.

high res version of the image is about 5000 pixels wide :-)]]> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:38:28 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/693648

commissioned illustration.
another one in a series for print publication for young boys.

requirement was to portray the battle of jericho and the coveneant of the ark.

fairly vivid colors used.

full copyright remains with the respective owners of this art, I have been allowed to use it in my portfolio.

high res version of the image is about 5000 pixels wide :-)]]> Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:16:25 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/693646

commissioned illustration.
another one in a series for print publication for young boys.

Im fairly happy with how the central characters turned out in this one, i still think that i could have pushed the lighting a bit more, but was attempting to show cast shadow from the stadium, as well as light hitting the men, tricky balancing act.

full copyright remains with the respective owners of this art, I have been allowed to use it in my portfolio.

high res version of the image is about 5000 pixels wide :-)]]> Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:13:02 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/664869

This is a personal speed paint, done over the weekend, about 4-5 hours total, although 4 or 5 hours isnt really a speed paint....it felt like one to me, as i have been tied up on some very time consuming commission work.
just trying to use Painter X a little more than I usually do, going for something a little bit more painterly, at least that was the idea.
I have been tied up with commission work which I cant post yet, so this one was done for the portfolio :-)]]> Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:05:20 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/693644

commissioned illustration.
another one in a series for print publication for young boys.

parts of the background scenery are taken from my own photography in south america.
so it is a partial matte, in the far hills at least.

base concept was to show the numerous ways that a mayan family would deform their heads, to show status etc.]]> Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:06:49 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/675729

commissioned illustration.
this is the first in a series of commissioned art, print publication for young boys.
this base image was layed out using Sketchup for the base perspective and room layout, then the rest done in photoshop.

Was a bit of a learning process designing for this specific age group, and also tricky in terms of making the concept fit around the page design restrictions in place.]]> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:29:20 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/697831

quick painting done while sitting at the conceptart.org marama show in wellington. couple of hours. I call him "bad doc"]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:36:10 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/640385

Just some old concept sketch work, investigating a frozen wasteland of an island, with also volcanic and dangerous elements.
only just found these in my old images so though i would post them up. fairly crude paintings, mostly a couple hours each]]> Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:00:03 +0000 http://renall.cgsociety.org/gallery/615567

this is a quickish paint, started as an exercise in anatomy for practice, from a base pencil sketch. As such it could use some tone adjustment still especially in terms of the skin tones...i think.
Overall its still a little rough, But onto other projects for now :-)]]> Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:30:49 +0000