F. ACOSTA

2011-12-16T15:25:00.000-08:00

hey everybody,

Before the year comes to a close I wanted to wish you all Happy Holidays! All the best for the new year to everyone!!

I haven't posted in a while been busy at work and also trying out new things. 2012 is going to be a great year and I have big plans for it. I'll be trying to get "Bounty Hunter Wars " off the ground, so expect some sneak previews in the followings months.

So take care everyone an enjoy the Holidays!!

F.Acosta

2011-11-13T18:59:00.001-08:00

hi,

I normally just tend to post finished drawings or sketches, but this time I wanted to share a bit of my WIP. Over the last couple of years I have been developing different techniques to do my art.

For a while now I have been trying to do an alien for my personal project but had a lot of trouble sketching him down on paper. For some reason he just was not coming down right. At work I recently got the new version of zbrush and decided to learn it by working on the alien again, maybe the third time would be the charm

I started with a dynamesh sphere and just sculpted the basic skull and and the planes of the head that I had in my head. I then took a side view and drew over it with some lineart. I brought the sideview back into zbrush where I used it as reference to further my sculpt. Once I was happy with him I took him back to photoshop where I'm continuing to work on him.

He's getting there. I still want to play with the head and "hair" a bit and also with the colours. So far I'm really enjoying this new process, seems quite fun and quick too.

later,

F.Acosta

And so it begins...

2011-10-09T15:28:00.001-07:00

2011-10-02T18:28:00.000-07:00

Hi,

I had forgotten to share this one. I had to go back and look for it, so I decided to post it as well.

Not completely happy with how this one turned out. Dusk and Dawn are tough to draw specially in a cityscape. I think I will go back and try it again after some more studies.

Anyways,

Have a great week.

F.Acosta

Skittles

2011-09-24T23:00:00.000-07:00

hey everyone,

long time no post. Been busy at work and working on my side project. I'm taking my time with it so it's taking longer than expected but i like how it's coming along. So here's a version of the sharpshooter character i had done before, but more sci-fi. I will be doing more variations on her costume as she is the main character. So expect those later one. Trying to get all the texture and stitches details into the designs to make them a bit more realistic.

let me know what you guys think

F.Acosta

EDIT: Thanks to Alex's comments I changed the straps on her leg and try to bring out the self lighting shadows a bit more. Thanks for the Feedback!!!

Also here's a study that I did to understand the lighting and the pose a bit better.In the end I changed the lighting, but it was still very useful. I kinda like some things about the study more.

Another Environment

2011-08-01T19:14:00.001-07:00

Another CGMW assignment, based on my previous thumbs. Also trying a different color palette than what i normally use.

F.Acosta

Thumbnails

2011-07-23T21:33:00.000-07:00

Didn't have much time to do these, but I liked he exercise of choosing different camera angles. I like the birds-eye view the most out of these. I'll keep at it.

F.Acosta

Film Studies

2011-07-11T16:32:00.000-07:00

Some Film studies from the movie The Banquet or Legend of the black scorpion for a course I'm taking at CGMW.

Later,

F.Acosta

Shark!

2011-05-21T19:12:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

It's been a while since my latest post, but I'm happy to say that I'm all moved into a new apartment and loving my new Job at DE. The people there are really friendly and the company takes really good care of it's employees. So far I'm having a blast!!!

Over the past couple of years I've been trying to work on different personal projects and now I've chosen to work on the "Bounty Hunter Wars" (title will change) for the foreseeing future. So pretty much I will be trying to figure the story and characters out in my spare time, and also focus a lot on developing a style and working on my colors and values.

I'm continuing a couple of iterations on shark, here's my latest pass. I've done a thousand of these and this is the closes I've come to being happy with him. I dropped the four eyed idea, I buildt a really quick proxy in zbrush to get the 3/4 angle working the way I wanted to and painted over.

Anyways, hope you like it.

F.Acosta

Bounty Hunter Wars: Shipyard

2011-02-19T23:26:00.000-08:00

Last weekend I started a piece for a shipyard idea I had for my Bounty Hunter Wars, personal project, and today I had some time to finish it. So far I'm happy with this direction. I want this world to be gritty and dirty so this was a fun piece to work on. None of the designs are final, just a fun mood and exploration piece.

A co-worker wanted to see how I do some environments, so I've also added a step by step. No 3D this time, I was trying out shape exploration. Hope you guys like it!!

Any comments or questions, let me know.

F. Acosta

Bounty Hunter Wars

2011-02-06T16:15:00.000-08:00

This is the running title I have so far for my new personal project. This is the other female companion. I'm doing different versions of this character Rook-VIII. Trying to come up with a cool female alien lineup.

It's tough making attractive alien females, the more you draw away from human features the harder it gets, but it's a great exercise and a ton of fun.

I will share the rest as I get them done.

Also as a bonus I'm adding some sketches I did a while back of some environments i was thinking of using. In this case i didn't use 3D, still lots of fun though.

Enjoy,

F.Acosta

Enter the new year

2011-01-23T18:47:00.000-08:00

Hey guys,

Happy New Year! Can't believe it's almost February, time is flying by too fast.

Here are a couple of sketches of a personal project I'm working on. A Sci-Fi, Bounty Hunter Tale. In it there's a Mob Boss who has two female bodyguards, one an alien girl and another one a human. Here's a stab at the human one.

For her I was inspired by Mercy (Lex Luthor's Bodyguard) and also from different Fashion collections. This one in particular was inspired by Alexander Wang's F/W 2010 collection. I like the direction where this is going, but it seems too military or rigid for me, maybe even to air hostess like. Also not very practical as it seems too tight for her to fight in. I'm still working on her and her alien companion so there's plenty more time for trial and error.

I just wanted to share this quickly and also ask you guys a question. I enjoy painting or drawing clothes and in particular folds the most. I find it very relaxing and a real challenge at the same time. is there anything that you guys like drawing the most? why so?

Thanks for dropping by,

F.Acosta

Season's Greetings

2010-12-21T00:59:00.001-08:00

end of the year

2010-12-19T19:00:00.000-08:00

hey guys,

Here's a sample of what I was able to finish before the year is over. All in all i'm happy with the turnout. In case I don't post again before the next year. I wish you all happy holidays and all the best for the new year!!

Take care everybody,

Fernando

Fantastic Four Environment

2010-11-13T13:27:00.000-08:00

Hi,

Here's a small sample of what I have been working on. I modeled the environment in 3D and painted over. I've added the rough sketch i did for lighting exploration.

The characters I wanted to play with their designs. Make their uniforms more astronaut like and also a hint of snow boarding. For Sue she is the captain so I gave her the red stripes and Ben i wanted to make for ape like and squared.

Let me know what you guys think,

F.Acosta

Note: All characters are Copyright © Marvel Characters.

2010-09-13T19:57:00.000-07:00

Hi,

I was trying to learn to use 3s MAX at work, and so I decided to build a German occupied town in WWII. I know it's a touchy subject, so to set the record straight, I think that what happened in WWII was really horrible and I don't believe in what the Nazi's did.

I've always thought the red banners though, made for great graphical points of interest so I wanted to use that for these studies.

In order to push myself I wanted to draw a daylight and night time scenes building upon the 3D geometry. Zdepth was pretty fun and quite helpful to have as a channel selection.

I think I need to work more on my composition skills, get that foreground, mid and background to work a bit better. But I did learn a lot.

Anyways, hope you guys like it.

F. Acosta

Pencil Sketches

2010-07-19T10:54:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,

It's been a while. I've been in South America on Holiday and tomorrow I'm happy to report that I will be back in Canada as a permanent resident!! That means no more visas, no more work permits!!! I'm super happy and looking forward to the freedom the residency will give me.

I haven't drawn with pencil since 2006 and with line since more than a year, so I had to get reaquanted with the pencil and the fact that there's no undo button while I've been here on vacation.

Still reading Fafhrd and the grey Mouser. Here are a couple of snow women sketches as well as a couple of vlana and fafhrd himself. Hope you guys dig them.

I draw with a 3H lead so sorry for the poor quality scans : /

F.Acosta

Return to Lankhmar

2010-06-24T10:14:00.000-07:00

Recently I've been reading Fritz Leiber's stories of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories and I really liked Mignola's take on the characters. So the other night while trying to play with color I ended up drawing this fun image. another fan art piece for you.

I really like this world, so I think I might explore it a bit more. Would make for an awesome movie.

F.Acosta

hasbro submission

2010-06-22T15:08:00.001-07:00

Hi,

This is a submission I recently did for Hasbro. As a kid I loved G.I. JOE. The characters, the vehicles, etc are still a huge inspiration for me. I would love to be involved with this property so I tried my own take on one of my favorite Joe's Alpine.

He and Bazooka were my favorite characters. Unfortunately I never got to have the 1985 toy, still looking for mint a condition one.

Anyways, here's some fan art for ya. Let me know what you think.

Fernando

suki speedy

2010-06-21T15:59:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

Will be going on vacation soon!! Going back home to Colombia to visit family and get some R&R. Really excited about it.

Today I did a simple speedy. Started with random brush strokes and this is what came out of it. Not really thinking too much just going with it. She ended up looking a bit like Suki, so hence the name.

Quite fun to do.

Anyways I'm off to the pool!

Fernando

the old Woman

2010-05-30T16:15:00.000-07:00

Also known as the wicked witch. Who tricks little kids into her house and then collects their bones in her basket. Still playing with her. Just wanted to do a color piece for a change. need to work more on my color studies.

Enjoy!!

F.Acosta

Hansel Design

2010-05-15T18:01:00.000-07:00

Okay here's my Hansel design!! Any comments and suggestions gladly appreciated.
Zbrush fun tomorrow!!!

F.Acosta

Hansel Helmet Designs

2010-05-09T07:57:00.001-07:00

Always wanted to tell the story about a girl and her rhino, so Hansel changed from a human warrior into a rhino warrior.

More to come later on. Thanks for watching.

F.Acosta

Gretel Designs Part 3

2010-05-02T10:27:00.000-07:00

Okay here are my 3 designs for Gretel.

Not sure which one to pick. I like parts of them all. I guess next step will be the "frankenstein" step. Grab the parts that I like and build here for final design and color pass.

Stay tuned for more!!

F.Acosta

Trying new things and brushes too

2010-04-20T15:52:00.001-07:00

Damaris Study

2010-04-07T17:35:00.000-07:00

hi.

I needed to work on my skin tones, so I did this Damaris Lewis study. I'm trying to understand a little bit better how the skin tones work on darker skin. Learned a lot! More to come!

Fernando

Gretel Thumbs

2010-03-19T07:48:00.000-07:00

These are some Gretel Thumbs for my fantasy/post apocalyptic storybook idea. I'm thinking Hansel and Gretel being of African American descent and them being really tough warriors that go astray along the way in my story. here are some Gretel thumbs.

Let me know what you think. I'm also trying to add some pelota vasca elements to her weapons.

F. Acosta

Little Red and Wolf

2010-03-09T13:37:00.001-08:00

If anybody needs any freelance work, let me know

Female Torso Study

2010-03-05T13:45:00.001-08:00

Still need more practice...too bad there's no life drawing available where I live.

Entering Grandma's House

2010-03-02T15:31:00.001-08:00

portrait Study

2009-09-26T16:31:00.000-07:00

Hello,

Haven't posted in a while, been busy working on my portfolio. I bought Coro's allaprima portrait session last night and got inspired to do a quick portrait study. Still need to work some more on getting the likeness but I'm getting there.

You can see the original here by Mikko Reinikainen

Later,

F.Acosta

Archer

2009-05-24T07:01:00.000-07:00

Hello,

This one started if as a study and because I really liked the pose I just started doodling more and more on top of it and this is the result. I hope it's not too dark. On my monitor it looks ok, but I haven't tested it on different ones. So please let me know if it's too dark.

Also I just wanted to let you know that I finally had the chance to look at Exodyssey, the art book from Steambot Studios, and let me tell you it was well worth the wait!!!
If you are into concept art or movie art books, get this one! Not only does it have lots of great art, it also offer lots of inspiration to draw from. These guys made it in their spare time and you can see the love they put onto all those pieces. I love how they collaborate as team members and it's something I definitely look forward to doing more of in the future.

So hope you are having a good weekend,

See ya,

F.Acosta

more DW IV goodness

2009-03-29T19:25:00.000-07:00

hi,

Here are some more thumbs I made for the DW IV contest. Not sure which one to choose. Trying to go for a Norm Invoker or Stalker. I like bits and pieces from here and there. This week I'll try to mix the things I like and come up with a story for the character. Any one you guys like in particular?

Any CC are more than welcome!

F.Acosta

Dominance War IV

2009-03-22T04:59:00.000-07:00

hello,

Decided to join the Dominance War contest, this time on the CGTalk team. I wanted to get a better feel of the world this would take place in, so i did these quick thumbs for exploration. Still not sure were to go and what class to do.

I'll continue exploring some more this week. Later

F.Acosta