Selections from Enigmata's Sketchtome

Uploading some sketches from our meetings and some new doodles from the last few days.

Stock Photography

I found this guy's site through the latest issue of ImagineFX. He's got a pretty good variety of stock models in various pose, free to use. If you're looking for some good high-res stock models, he's got quite a few on his site. http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/

Got it!

Hey guys, so I got the job in Florida. I have a very short time to pack up my stuff and go. I'll be leaving tomorrow bright and early. The game looks amazing. I've never seen anything like it. it looked so much fun to play and I think it will really be groundbreaking. Especially the level of art direction, and all the art I saw the guys producing was mindblowing. There is even going to be an "Art of" book when it's finished which I'll be in. I don't have much time right now as it's been crazy stressful the past few days, but I will be posting still, I'll probably make a more in depth post when I have the time. I know you guys are going to Comic Con, I might go if time allows, I actually can get in free from a "Pro Pass" so i thought that was pretty awesome haha! Definately next year if not this year. Also if you guys ever make your way out to Florida, let me know! best of luck -Mitch

Enigmata's Wizard of Oz

I feel we should clarify what we're doing here... Steammachines is a group of Las Cruces artists who meet on a weekly basis to share artwork, critique each member's work, discuss projects, and exchange ideas. Every week, we come up with a theme to get our pencils moving. This blog is meant as dumping grounds for the work produced during those meetings,announce any upcoming events, etc. This time around, we've decided to test our character design skills by re imagining and redesigning well known characters from the Wizard of Oz. Each week, starting from the end of June, we will drawing characters inspired from the film, with additions from the books as we see fit. We will be updating sporadically with new drawings so check in often. Anyway, here's my contribution... On the left: The Good Witch of the North. The idea behind this was that despite being known as the "good" witch, she is still a witch. Witches are supposed to be scary, and the more potent the witch, the more intimidating her presence should be. I see her name being more of a general label she's earned than a proper description of her alignment. She's not evil, but she's not a crusader for good either. Something like that. On the right: The Scarecrow. Kind of hard reinventing a character whose name alone plants a very specific image in your head. I added some mechanical parts to his arms and spine, and kept his post on his back. His arm is still attached to a horizontal plank while the other has a sickle attached to it.

Glenda redesign

Character redesign for Glenda, good witch of the north from L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz. I figured this blog had beeen around for long enough that I should probably contribute some more artwork. Heh.