hoon's CGPortoflio Gallery

RHYTHM

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:40:21 +0000

Rhythm: One of manymut certainly the key element of healing magic.
Hobums, one of the most intelligent beings roamed the continent of Nine Tortoises are now the only inhabitants of the mysterious Clock tower near Goa Forest. Once they�ve discovered this isolated lethal sanctuary, they were no longer traveling the continent to televise their wisdom, but they have settled where hallucinogen, Devil sprouts flourish. For over decades, Hobums have been saturated in addiction of Devil Sprout smokes in this very same spot. In return, they have gained illogical thinking process and laziness. They have become the beasts without claws, the wisdom seekers without consciousness. Epitaph, new comer to this barbaric world put her first step in the worst place imaginable. She could have been an early breakfast for these creatures, but Hobum�s realized great talent hidden within this young human girl; The Healing magic. Its still raw and unpolished ability, but her music with bassy down-tempo chill-out rhythm and melodies certainly is tasty enough to soothe these poor souls� psyche. � They all understand Epitaph can�t stay here forever, so Hobums demand one last, �ENCORE or DIE� performance.

DETAIL close-up totem pole

Previously introduced digital painting study

Created for Ninja Talkshow concept collection. A story project by mess studios Art by HOON PhotoshopCSII, PainterIX, Wacom intuos, Wacom intuos3, Electrovaya tablet PC with wacom penabled driver. And custom built desktop computer powered by intel pentiumIII.

Copyright (C) Ji Hoon Hong 2004
All Rights Reserved

WATER

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:26:10 +0000

Water. the first, and the greatest ingredient for life.
Hello! dear CGS professionals! im most happy to add one of my recent work to wonderful collection of artworks here, once again.

earlier this year, i was hell bent on improving skills on rendering skin tones with various/ wide range of color hues. i also realized studying such technique, that i was able to bring more realism to my work, though realism isnt exactly what i wanna push in my work. i wish i can find a better balance between realistic and stylistic.
technical approaches aside, my intention here was to capture a simple pleasure in life.
the Talkshow host, Epitaph healing herself from the hot sunday afternoon by dipping her toe into water.

DETAIL close-up totem pole ^^

2 more paintings that shares the same technical approaches.
(chronological order of development: rhythm-water-milk-air.. i will make sure to share the first one RHYTHM with you shortly!)

>> M I L K <<

>> A I R <<

please check these links! i think they offer something interesting in its own ^^;
and be sure to comment and share your thoughts please. thanks in advance!

part of Ninjatalkshow concept collection
Ninja Talkshow (c) HOON & mess studios associates
PSCS2.Painter9.wacomintuos

Okii Jijin& Hashi Hime -ninja Talkshow Concept

Sat, 18 Mar 2006 21:09:08 +0000

Very long time no see artistic civilians at CG society! ive missed you all :P
its been so long, i ought to have something completely new, but i brought you something from the series you might already be familiar with.OMAI and other character designs from last year
actual illustrated design is done about a year ago along with other 20 designs Stacy (JUJI)and I put together. however we felt the need to expand our horizon in an interesting and artistic way, so we decided to turn funny pictures into funny toys.
so here is another creative endeavor from those silly boys and girls at mess studios!

HASHI HIME, one of recent character illustrations.
with this design, me and Alena got to collab for the first time, and we both learned so much, meterializing 2D image into something with more dimension.
on Alena's sculpture, i painted color, using combination of Airbrush and normal acrylic brushes at FAR-OUT toys at San Jose California.
OKII JIJIN, is 12th character illustrated and added to the library of ninja talkshow story concepts.
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Why would you wanna hack and slash your fellow warriors when you can make em laugh out loud to death?
Okii Jijin, A (shaolin) monk, an Inspirational speaker, A Stand-Up comedian has a different point of view about the world of "nine tortoise continent" And Epiphany and her Elite clan have quite similar agenda. With great skills (social and martial art both!) of Okii Jijin, Epiphany and her clan has one less thing to worry about- getting bored during the travel towards the other side of the valley.
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this design is alena&HOON combo #2.
on the second attempt, and i think you can notice drastic upgrade on its quality.
on both hashi hime, and OKII jijin you can check out the making of, and turn around of the sculpture.
check out mess creative concept
here you will find 360 turn around video of OKII, close up and high quality JPG images of both Hashi hime and Okii.
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character design, line art by HOON
painted by JUJI and HOON
Hashi Hime's Puple thingie..aka Octobaby is created by JUJI
maquettes sculpted USING Gray Super sculpy with aluminum wire, and bunch of other poking tools by MumboJumbo, Alena Wooten
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Ninja Talkshow (c) HOON and Mess studio associates

Shuriken

Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:08:55 +0000

hi everyone!
here is one of my recent concept arts:
sport motor bike SHURIKEN transformer. model v.1.1
a mechinical, vehichle design for story concept called "TIMSCAPE MANIFESTO" im working on. featuring ani and epitaph as model.
concept art by HOON copyright and all rights reserved. (c) timescape manifesto
C&C please!

Omai- Nts Character Design

Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:57:30 +0000

Ninja Talkshow (comic project) character concept no.08, OMAI

OMAI.
The one and only.
The first ever to become a trustworthy bodyguard of Ginshi (the ruler) when Ginshi was 15. Ever since she has remained on the very top of Ginshi's imperial bunnies, managing all the beautiful guardians. Her everlasting beauty and youth is something that ginshi appreciates more than anything on the planet.
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8th character concept for the collection of so far 17.
Line art done in PAINTER8 using pencil tool, BY HOON
PAINTED in Painter8 and PSCS by JUJI,
finalized, designed using PSCS by HOON.
This concept piece is 3rd of 3 character concept pieces showcased in public. previous 2 piece which were posted here in CGTALK are:

01. EPIPHANY >>CGTALK thread<<

07. HOKUKAGE >>CGTALK thread<<
also, classic character designs for early stage of the project:
tara bonbon, justice clan, and yom, art of serving fruits are also available here: >>POP STAR and ninja<<
Please visit the CGTALK thread links to see bigger versions along with character background stories plus close-up montages.
Thanks everyone! constructive criticizm and encouragement on our endeavor is always welcome!

Celestial Predicament! (nudity)

Fri, 22 Oct 2004 00:57:31 +0000

Sometimes, it feels so right to be wrong!
for concept character portrait series called "Astrochics Melancholy" which focuses on FACIAL EXPRESSION.

Waiting for Harry calahan

Intergalactic beat session

Geisha

Fri, 13 May 2005 11:56:58 +0000

GEISHA: Heaven Guardians aristocracy unit
>>development page<<
happy to finally present you something more involved in terms of efforts.
to expand my Concept gallery.
done in PhotoShopCS with Wacom intuos, a couple of days worth of work.
As many of you will "most likely" point out, though this concept art didnt use any references, INFLUENCES comes from as classic as Astroboy, manzinger, macross, and all the other robotic goodness up to date- not to mention the Jetsons!
Closeup montage:

on a side note.. this is the second time posting it here, cuz previous attempt was rejected! anyways, some of the description may not be as thorough as it could have been, but i will try to respond to any questions you might have. now i should really go back to master and servant picture i left in the shelves... collecting dust.
thanks all, and your comments are so much appreciated, as always!

Tara Bonbon - Pop Ninja Star, Hoon (2D)

Sun, 14 Sep 2003 09:15:47 +0000

here, what you see is character concepts for my project "Ninja Talkshow"
the concept is being developed as multiple media content purposes, however i am involved in comic industry, and that is our first step. i decided to get your vicious critisizm, so i could improve on elements that are unseen to my eyes.
First, meet TARA BONBON
She is a pop star and singer/song writer/dancer in the world full of ninjas, breaking many lean mean stealth assasins' hearts.
second character concept piece is JUSTICE CLAN this young and leathal clan is a shadow of master samurai LAN who is rare indentity who believes in Justice.

and here is the third entry, YOM also this piece goes by the name of "art of serving fruits" Yom is a only daughter of Kook Family. grandpa (master chef) Koit, father Blowphish, (fisherman/wagon driver) and Yom drive around their roach-coach all around the Nine Tortoise Continents and serve the finest, and the most exiquiste Sea food, and great tasting cup of tea.

i know, i know. i did read the announcement. i should just post one image here, but these are linked, not uploaded.
and they really do go together, and i wanted to get reflections from you on these as a package. well, of couse, i would also appreciate C&C on indivisual images.
there you have it art lovers. your two cents will add up to be great help for starving artist like me.
[HOON] MESS
Alien Palm Reading Virtuoso

Soothe/eucatastrophe (nudity)

Sun, 13 Feb 2005 02:30:41 +0000

EUCATASTROPHE:
The END of healing process.
this concept of "soothing the nature" struck me strong recently, and came to understand how well we do realize the earth could use some time off from direction of frantic industrial development. Not that the message conveyed here will change anything, but leaving a small note as an artists that we are aware of such dilemma.
South, inudstrial district built upon dead and currupted ground by equally damaged spirits.
North, begining of turning back the time, and endless possiblities for new life.
Center, willingly given sacrifce to bring eucatastrophe to earth.

S.O.O.T.H.E
the Begining of healing process.
previous installment of "healing" series, which shares the same spirit as "eucatastrophe."
This fake fluffy platic wings wearing girl has been seeking for the perfect combinations. the light, and water.
fundamental elements for new life.
this sewer, and its all surroundings below industrial district have been dead for decades, but no one find it as a problem. no one find it as sin.
with this light and water, life will begin. the earth could use a small pleasing soothing moment.
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CLOSEUPS available @
>> chillroom thread <<
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TECH SPEC
SOOTHE: mainly done using painter8. with some PSCS. initial concept was to practice and study lighting and color palette, which i havent been able to play with due to heavy line art work i have now for the comic project. about 3 hours.
EUCATASTROPHE: mainly done using PSCS. with some of painter8 (pastel brushes)for rendering female figure. It was basically "soothe" sequel, but taking a stab at different approach, in terms of depth of field, lighting, and color scheme. (cold blue scheme for morning, and warm orange tone for twilight) about 4 hours.
thanks everyone for advance! constructive comments are always appreciated.

Modulation

Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:34:22 +0000

Hi everyone!
here is an experimental piece id like to share.
this particular painting was done only using PSCS (without my usual Painter aid) and using one hard tip brush (default)airbrush pen opacity flow) on single layer.
Usually i tend to do line art, and those lines tent to dominate the image, but in this case, work process was very organic, definition of each area was soft and fluid instead of sharp and predetermined.
some of you might say what is so experimental about that? that is simply a way of many people paint their art.
well, it is for me. my tool of choice is pencil and line art is what i do most of the time, and im slowly begining to understand the theory behind.... painting.
it took under 5 hours
thanks everyone in advance!

Cxf. Sonic Healer- Character Concept

Sat, 30 Oct 2004 23:21:25 +0000

Cosmic Cross Fader: sonic healer
ANI.
she is a full time captain of "Aphelion" cargo ship, and part time cosmic DJ who collects unique vibes from all over the universe.
Former level 12 medical soldier, capable of healing wounded soliders by playing downtempo, chill-out lounge music.
what you see here is portable floating coffin, liquified Chi energy and crystal wings that serves purpose as speakers and sub woofers!
^^;
tech spec:
painter 8: PSCS : wacom intuos
20hours W10200 X H5400 X 300 DPI RGB
your comments are more than appreciated!