HokutoShinKen

|Env_02

2012-01-03T21:28:00.009Z

Hey. Been away forever, but over christmas had a little free time to update my site with these pieces. Hope you like!

www.jonmccoyart.com

[Sketch6]

2011-11-08T20:30:00.005Z

Just a really quick sketch to let you know I'm not actually dead, yet. I've been working on alot of really cool projects at work recently. Can't show anything right now. But wanted to scribble something as loose as I could as time is short these days!

|Scrbbl_z

2011-09-22T09:00:00.002+01:00

Thought I'd post some sketches I've been doing. Theyre fun, and fast to do and help you work out the image before you start worrying about colour, lighting, brushes, textures etc....all the things that distract you from what you're actually putting in the image!

2D Artist Tutorial - Cutting the Rain

2011-09-19T10:00:00.004+01:00

Hi! Not posted an update for ages. But thought I'd post the image of a tutorial I wrote for 2D Artist magazine over at 3dtotal.com. Check it out! Hopefully might be of some use!

LINK

SiteUPdate

2011-07-23T08:37:00.003+01:00

Just a quick post to let you guys know I've had a little update on my site. Cleaned it up and added one or two new concepts. Cheers :)

www.jonmccoyart.com

LnchSktch

2011-06-23T13:57:00.005+01:00

A quick hour sketch over lunch. Didn't use any ref (and it shows @_@). Was trying to work on a painterly custom brush approach.

>LastLights

2011-04-30T15:20:00.001+01:00

Wanted to a concept of the sorta stuff I used to do a long time ago :)

|ESTR Sketches

2011-04-22T21:57:00.005+01:00

Heres some very quick environments and characters. Been trying to figure out ways to start an image! Hope you like.

Jonathan Bach pointed me to a great article by Fred Stockton. I cant link to the article, but on his site go to: Archives, then 'How to Get Better'.
Link

ShipSketches|v01

2011-04-09T11:49:00.004+01:00

Hi, just a few concept ship sketches. Got a new macbook air 13 inch and intuos 4 small which I did these ships on. Didnt really feel any different than using the medium which is exactly what I was hoping for!

Also found this great article via Isaac Hannafords blog!: Click

sketch|v03

2011-03-30T14:08:00.002+01:00

Just a quick lunchtime sketch. This beat up cops got a serial killer on the loose, no leads and a crazy ex-wife whos sueing him for everything hes got...

sketch|v02

2011-03-15T21:05:00.002Z

Realised the other day I haven't really ever drawn any animals! :/
So these are dedicated to the three wolf moon t-shirt

sketch|v01

2011-03-10T20:06:00.004Z

Just a quick scribble! They're really fun to do :) Want to do more like this.

But more importantly. Heres a link to the preview of the new Gorilla Artbook Vol.1! I've got a few concepts in there along with my extremely talented gorilla friends so check it out!!
http://www.cfsl-ink.com/fr/products/gorilla-artbook

SeatGunner

2011-02-12T15:57:00.003Z

A 2hour scribble just trying to get technique worked out again.

He Cant Help You

2011-02-06T17:50:00.003Z

Hi, so I haven't updated for months... But thats coz I got a new job working on movies for Framestore here in London! SO hopefully once I'm into a routine again I can update a bit more.

|GhostRiders Sketch01

2010-10-13T16:24:00.004+01:00

Hi, just trying some new approaches and methods.

New Site

2010-09-18T20:54:00.002+01:00

So finally managed to sort my website out! Its nice and clean now, and I'll be updating it far more regularly than I had been (once every two years :s)

www.jonmccoyart.com

Have a look with this playing

You Should Run

2010-09-13T21:16:00.001+01:00

Hey, more practice

/GhostRiders FNL

2010-09-09T19:15:00.004+01:00

So heres what i'll call the finished version. Had fun with this. Props to Matt, Daniel, Adrian, and Vic for some really great crits! Cheers guys.

And heres the inspiration ;)

/GhostRiders

2010-09-08T11:26:00.002+01:00

Hey! So thought I'd open this pic up to you all and ask you if you'd help me out with some crits? Please, rip it to bits!
I included a bit of the process too.

>Land01

2010-09-01T19:26:00.006+01:00

Quick moody landscape.

\O-en

2010-08-28T11:02:00.006+01:00

Hey! Just a little update. Trying to worry less about making every single sketch a photoreal rendering, and instead just have fun drawing!

/Sketch01

2010-07-27T17:55:00.004+01:00

Just a quick'n! About an hour.

Dyst|01 & 2

2010-07-22T20:56:00.011+01:00

More work on environments! Wanted to do something structural this time.

Somewhere02

2010-07-19T21:42:00.003+01:00

Just another quick sketch for tonight. Really trying to keep the layer numbers down. Apart from 2 adjustment layers (hue/sat and levels) I got this speedy in under 10 layers. Its sad that that's what I'm most happy about :/

|Nolan

2010-07-18T11:06:00.011+01:00

So I think I have to attribute these sketches to Christopher Nolan. Inception really did blow me away, regardless of hype. I could pretty much go on for a while about it, but I'll just say, go see it! And get hold of the soundtrack too.
With these sketches, I realised something about learning that seems obvious when I say it, but as much as thinking and studying something is import for learning...the doing is just as if not more important for learning. Sometimes not thinking, just playing will teach you things you didn't even consider.
Hope you like em!

2DArtist

2010-07-15T14:57:00.003+01:00

Hi! I was lucky enough to do a sketchbook section for 2DArtist Magazine. Some great work in this issue, Serge Birault for one!

LINK

Somewhere01

2010-06-26T10:37:00.004+01:00

So its back to work. Heres a speedpaint. Slowly getting back into the enviros. And honestly, rip it to bits if you see something that should be there, or that would make it better. Cheers

MADE/Berlin

2010-06-22T21:18:00.004+01:00

So I was lucky enough to go to MADE in Berlin last week, met loads of old friends, made new ones and just had a f'kin great time! Still trying process all the things I learned there. Heres a few pics

2010-06-22T21:11:00.001+01:00

Gunner_01

2010-06-11T20:22:00.001+01:00

Just another environment.

Pre_History01

2010-06-09T23:54:00.003+01:00

Just another enviro. It made me think of prehistoric times.

|Arch01

2010-06-08T21:31:00.002+01:00

Hi, heres a pretty basic enviro speedy, using that technique in the previous post. Still working it out :S

]LightandEnviro Study

2010-06-04T10:42:00.003+01:00

Hey. So I've been pretty slack with finishing sketches recently. Spent more time relearning environments and playing Red Dead :D
But heres the kind of thing I've been working on. A fast way to generate shots and lighting setups. Still needs alot of working out. Heres the same shot lit in three different ways, trying to convey a different mood for each. Hope you like em, I'll try get some finished next time.

TMSoldier01\

2010-05-03T20:20:00.001+01:00

Here's another character design. Trying to figure out a process again -_-

/Diode

2010-04-15T20:12:00.003+01:00

Long time no update! Got into a slump and I'm trying to get out of it.
So heres a remotely driven bike. I loved extremeG on the N64 and that kinda influenced this! Hope you like it.

/Grrl-01

2010-02-28T10:15:00.001Z

Just a quick character.

]WKDayCharacters

2010-02-13T12:43:00.007Z

Heres some character warm-ups I'm gonna try keep doing every morning. I dont spend too long on them. These are loosly based on 'ancient/barbarian' themes.

|2Quick'ns

2010-02-06T16:20:00.003Z

Trying to learn and improve the ol' environments. Been really inspired by the incredible MassEffect2 which was so epic is blew up my xbox and red-ringed it. So I'm playing Dantes Inferno in the mean time.
The main enviro guy on mass effect was Mikko K whos work blows me away. So I wanted to try 'decode' his approach. Hope you like!

Arreyev\

2010-01-23T12:01:00.004Z

'Nother quick speedy. Got to get back to wipEout Fury. That game is like a dream come true!

[Dive

2010-01-19T19:49:00.002Z

Heres a new speedy.

>SkySub

2010-01-16T16:20:00.002Z

Just another speedpaint for today. Need to get better with enviro's and characters. I think the approach is soo important and that I need to really study it alot more.

|BeautifulGrim

2010-01-16T09:47:00.002Z

Long time no update! Had a major break over christmas which was great. But now its back to the tablet. Heres my entry for Mike Lim's BeautifulGrim event.
This image is based on the Jacobs Ladder quote: "If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. If you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth."

_WipEoutTNG

2009-12-15T22:14:00.004Z

Hi, just trying to keep my ID stuff going. Its a constant balance between that, enviros and characters. So yeah I love wipeout....alot. I believe it really formed my design tastes when I was young. So I decided to try some anti-grav ships with some stylistic colour. Hope ya like em. I also recorded the detailing stage of the lower one.

My LIVEstream channel

Watch live streaming video from jonmccoy at livestream.com

>Abstrakt

2009-12-07T20:00:00.003Z

So heres something a bit different. I was playing around with brushes and just thought I'd resolve the shapes a bit more. I know its a bit weird but hopefully you'll find it visually interesting? Flipping and rotating the canvas did some nice things too so I included them too.

Visionaries_02

2009-12-03T20:22:00.002Z

Just some more visionaries characters. Still not really got a good process going yet for these :S Feryl turns into a wolf. Ectar turns into a Bear. Changed it from the cartoon where Ectar was the fox dude.

|FRE_01

2009-11-22T13:02:00.004Z

Hi, thought I'd post my final project I did for my transport design degree. Always been meaning to post it but just never got round to it :S
Hope you like!
Its called the ElementalFRE. An exclusive limousine style car, designed for red carpet events.

|FRE_02

2009-11-22T12:58:00.001Z

|FRE_03

2009-11-22T12:55:00.002Z

Visionaries_Leoric01

2009-11-19T19:03:00.003Z

Hi, heres the start on my re-designing of the Visionaries, one of my favourite 80's cartoons. I thought I'd just post these as I'm doing them, otherwise it'd be an age for a blog update. This pic still has some important details to go in yet.

click

/2More

2009-10-31T14:58:00.004Z

Happy Halloween! Sorry I dont have any horror related art, just two more thumbnails :S

I promise to get some finished pieces done soon, ya can only look at so many sketches I think. I plan to re-design one of my favourite 80's cartoons next.

F/ums

2009-10-18T19:09:00.005+01:00

Just some thumbnails for yas. Realised I really needed to go right back to basics. Was getting frustrated with what I've been producing latley, so had a read of alla prima by richard schmid (everyone should have that book!) and then did these quickies. Hope you like em, i plan to do more.

StepXStep

2009-10-18T18:59:00.002+01:00

Heres a very quick step by step. Thought I'd show how I try to approach a piece. Think I sketched this thing in about half an hourish

CLICK for the big one :)

\TriPeaks

2009-10-13T21:53:00.008+01:00

Hi, heres a pretty dodgy enviro speedpaint for the evenin. I really need to get some good enviros going. Amongst the billion other things @_@

I've been experimenting with getting the indicated detail into shapes and looking at ways to soften edges to add some atmosphere. I'm a waaay off yet, but I'm liking the results so far. And by all means, tell me if you think this is shite! :D

|Devil's Water

2009-09-23T16:54:00.004+01:00

Just a quick sketch inspired by rennie foster's "Devil's Water".

/Stand-off

2009-09-14T20:40:00.005+01:00

Hey all. Heres a just finished image. It was born of the frustration I'm having of trying to render up a line drawing. I just cant seem to do it at all. I either do a dedicated line drawing, or a painterly mass'ed in image like this one. I may just have to keep them separate! If anyone's got any tips I'd be grateful.

Cheers!

>Pain-ts

2009-08-31T12:08:00.009+01:00

OK! so its bank holiday monday and I'm bored to tears. So I thought i'd find something to do. I've been slowly trying to work out painterly looking techniques for a while now. And theres way more to it than just custom brushes! Heres some attempts I did yesterday and today. Sorry about the bad drawing, I think once I understand the technique better, I can focus on what I'm actually drawing.

Theres Al Simmons, Batman, and some detective guy.

/Copter

2009-08-26T07:12:00.004+01:00

Hi!
Ok so I've been really meaning to do more personal work, but I started working at Crytek recently. So most of my time has been spent moving and getting setup again. Thought I'd get back into with some vehicle sketching.

I also need to redeem my character work after the previous fuck up :P

/Generic_01

2009-07-28T09:15:00.017+01:00

/update3 Yeah so I killed it dead. If i keep going i'll just be working it further into the ground. I'll cut my losses and try work out my structures more next time.

Ok, heres another dude from Nation, pretty generic, but I'm just trying to explore the visual direction of it. So anything goes right now :)

Also, some essential links!
Moon
Tron 2.0!!

_NationCharacter

2009-07-24T15:32:00.004+01:00

Sorry for the lack of updates. I've got no internet at the moment, but hopefully when that gets sorted I can get back into my personal stuff. This guy is for my personal never-ending project called Nation. I'm really trying to get a decent lineart to painting workflow going. I hope to spend some more time on this guy. So any suggestions are very welcome!

over/detail

2009-06-27T21:06:00.005+01:00

Did another one. I probably went waaay overboard with the detail and shapes.

alienkraft

2009-06-25T19:09:00.004+01:00

Another thumbnail taken a bit further. Trying to change the design for this one to a bit more of an alien/insect style. Theres sharper angles, more unusual shapes and surfaces. And some small classic giger repetitive shapes.

wings-mk2

2009-06-23T22:48:00.002+01:00

Just took the thumbnail to a further stage. Trying to keep the bold shapes whilst adding the fine details.

wrong

2009-06-23T14:57:00.002+01:00

New favourite video.

wings

2009-06-23T14:15:00.000+01:00

Just messing with some shapes and lines.

I'll probably render one up next.

erasersuits

2009-06-15T22:21:00.000+01:00

generic dark dude

2009-06-13T16:58:00.000+01:00

Heads

2009-06-13T16:54:00.001+01:00