Thurd Eye. The art of Marco Nelor

A sketch Blog...

2011-08-08T11:36:00.001-07:00

Marconelorsketches.tumblr.com is a place i go to upload sketch after menial sketch...never finished work, but always fun. check it out! heres some work from there!

Advanced Photoshop issue 85!

2011-07-14T10:26:00.000-07:00

This month i was gifted with the chance to display my artwork in the form of a tutorial for my dear friend Adam Smith and the good fellas over at Advanced Photoshop magazine, just a hop skip and a jump away, over in the UK. The spread is a whopping six pages, and i really put my heart into the painting! go out and grab the issue, in stores as of today, and have a great time reading it! Ive been thumbing through my copy and there are lots of other great articles in the mag! so excited!

Selling Portraits

2011-07-11T05:52:00.000-07:00

Earlier this summer, my house was broken into, and stolen was my 2500$ Nikon Camera, which i loved dearly. To try and raise some of my hard earned money back to buy another, i will be selling portraits for the next two months to anyone who inquires. Turnaround time is about half a week each, and your price, framed, boxed, and shipped, is 200$.

Size is about 12x12 inches (including frame), framed on black semi glossy frame.
If interested, i would need a straight on face shot, not too small, not too blurry, hopefully with top down lighting (just stander under a nice single light), so that i can get some good shadows and frame up your face nicely.

Hope to hear from you guys!

Mortal Kombat Skarlett

2011-06-23T09:24:00.001-07:00

lol, had to take it down because i posted it up a day too early, but im reposting it now :)

My favorite mortal Kombat Character, Skarlett!

new blog

2011-05-27T06:44:00.000-07:00

follow me now on tumblr at http://marconelor.tumblr.com

some fun personal stuff

2011-05-23T17:13:00.000-07:00

These were for Dominance war 2011...buuuuut unfortunately, i couldnt continue my work on it, cuz i took on some freelance. still, was fun!

just a random doodle

2011-05-08T06:30:00.000-07:00

Done

2011-05-04T16:02:00.000-07:00

the following scenes were created for the Endings in Mortal Kombat 9, which were painted on layers, and chopped up into the ending cinematics. fun but difficult to do O_O

So, Mortal Kombat 9 has finally come out, and even though i was only there on the last two months of the project, i did get a couple of fun pieces out of it. The game was a complete success, and even though my concepts werent as awesome as some of the veterans we had there working on the game before i got there, heres what i have to show!

AAAAAND go! my dave wilkins work, finally done!

2011-03-29T12:05:00.001-07:00

looking at the thumbs, i still think maybe ill visit some more of these as finished pieces in the future! Thanks Dave Wilkins for the opportunity.... i just hope this work holds up to all the other awesome pieces in the book, being that its only a pencil drawing!

feels like im almost done... like 75%

2011-03-05T12:30:00.000-08:00

My El Zombo contribution for Dave Wilkins' upcoming project... i tried to just do a huge piece in pencil... but now that im to this point, i just wana make sure i tone it right and bring it all together? tough. cuz i dunno wtf im doing... but its sure as hell fun!

2011-02-28T16:56:00.000-08:00

when drawing a character who smokes a giant cigar, it is necessary to also smoke a giant cigar while doing so.

w.i.p. el zombo

2011-02-26T20:26:00.000-08:00

havin fun slangin that pencil to the sounds of Nas and DMX (yall remember when he was hot like fiya?)

JUKES! w.i.p

2011-02-21T16:35:00.000-08:00

so just started painting on this sketch, using some lighting inspiration from a friend of mine, Jason Hong, also known as Rusty... view his work here. (<====that is if the link ever works :( its not working for me at the time, so cross yer fingers, his stuff is REALLY worth seeing)

an old painting that never saw the light

2011-02-21T16:28:00.000-08:00

lol. i found this while looking through my old work. it was a nude study, of course. fun fun. enjoy it before i take it down, lol. or maybe i wont take it down. fuck it. I need to stop censoring myself, and just be raw and honest about whats on my mind, or what im painting :P

pan 2011. My personal project for this year.

2011-02-18T08:54:00.000-08:00

Sketches for my upcoming personal project, Pan and The Land That Never Was(as im calling it now)...Ive always been intrigued with the decision to make the original peter pan portrayed by a female actor, and ive always wondered what the story would be like if pan were indeed female. Also, i picked up the original peter pan novel, and gave it a good read.... it was very gory and imaginative! so many good creatures, and concepts of great characters! i want to reproduce....it...

Whats Marco Working on....

2011-02-09T08:54:00.000-08:00

So in my spare time, ive been working on a super secret project for personal development...and for an art show that i have coming up in december. heres a sneakie....

Nicki Minaj

2011-01-30T09:40:00.000-08:00

i know i know, another nicki minaj piece. but truth be told, shes just SO FUN TO PAINT. what a crazy face, lol. No seriously though, this piece is for a show that im in next month, part of a two piece set, this is the first in the edition. ive never done a caricature before, so any tips are appreciated!

Hornet

2011-01-15T06:32:00.000-08:00

newest addition to my family, my new bianchi Pista concept bike, fixed gear, for maximum appreciation of Chicago. Ive taken it out a couple times, to get used to it, and i dont mind riding in the snow, but i really cant wait for spring and summer....

Old Sony Art Test

2011-01-06T05:26:00.000-08:00

Wow, cleaning out my folders and found this old stuff. From an art test that i did to try out for the God of War team in Sony Santamonica. Of course, my career took me in a different direction, here at the mortal kombat studio in Chicago, but i had a very fun time doing this. i came across This Guy, Anthony Jones, also known as RobotPencil, who DID get the job (my direct competitor for the position) and now i realize why i didnt. hes an AMAZING artist, and after looking at his submissions, i understand that i have a LOT to learn :)

Cataclysm, old art test

2010-12-08T04:55:00.001-08:00

SO, Cataclysm is out, the new blizzard expansion to their massively popular game, warcraft, and i was remembering that i had done some OLD artwork to try out for their cataclysm team about 2 years ago. Now that the game is out, it features an underwater kingdom, and rideable underwater mounts. Seeing the footage for how the game turned out, and its environments and its mounts is really cool! These were my test images and my take on what i thought that environment might look like. In the end, of course i didnt get hired there, but its still really cool to have done some artwork that was related, even though it wasnt used!

a few new-ish things

2010-11-09T06:08:00.001-08:00

Just a few pieces of art leftover from this year that i havent posted till now. nothing fancy.

Recharging my "Izm"

2010-10-05T05:56:00.000-07:00

been taking a while off of the seriousness to do a little thing i call "recharging my izm."
Sometimes i think its very important to step aside from the art, and just lift your head to look around and remember the things that made you want to do art in the first place. So i activated a Tumblr account (to which the URL will remain anonymous) and loaded it up with a bunch of the things that i feel motivate me, and feed my "ism." If youd like to take a brief trip through my mind, here are just a few tidbids...

Sketching around

2010-09-29T12:55:00.000-07:00

Just some quick Nicolai Fechin studies (using a model from my favorite clothing site, who was modelling winter beanies, but trying to stick close to the Fechin style). Also a fun figure drawing, ink, color, and text study. The Cropped image makes a pretty cool (albeit strange) desktop image.... i mean... if anyone were to be into that sort of thing... either way, hope you enjoy!

under a rock

2010-09-03T16:33:00.000-07:00

crawling out from under my rock to post these. Some recreational, Some study.

Super Late Night Sketches

2010-08-01T06:12:00.001-07:00

woke up at 3:23 and couldnt sleep, so i figured id do a few 15-20 min sketches. didnt realize how long its been since i just did something loose and fun without rendering... for some sort of fear of being unaccepted or something, lol.

Comic 80% done...

2010-07-04T11:19:00.000-07:00

i mean, its 3 of 5 pages. i guess thats 80%? or maybe like 70.5345% repeating decimal number? Anyway, its been a fun experience so far. Definitely something i want to do again in the future, and build my experience!

A few Baddies

2010-06-27T18:24:00.000-07:00

Last weekend i decided to bury myself under some paper and some pencils, as opposed to my usual wacom tablet and pen, and digital ink. It was great getting back to my roots in pencil! hope you enjoy!

Blowpop....

2010-06-13T20:11:00.001-07:00

Yes Yes, im aware that she looks like Nicki Minaj O_O thats cuz she IS niki minaj....with a gun... in my story. Im having fun doing the comic! but id be lying if i said that i dont miss getting in there and flat out concepting something! ahhh. so, this character Blowpop, is one of the 5 girls in my story, the "Brains" of the operation, she specializes in long range weaponry, has her favorite sniper rifle which she's given the name "The Facepoppa." lol. anyway. enjoy!

Some Old White Wolf stuff

2010-06-11T07:16:00.000-07:00

hadnt ever gotten around to posting these, from last year, white wolf's "The Book of the Dead," a black and white Paperback Tabletop RPG. anyway, the images were fun, but ive learned a lot since then! But i remember learning a lot while doing them as well.....so alls well that ends well, right?

Comics Comics Comics

2010-06-05T07:31:00.001-07:00

as my comic project is drawing closer to an end, im happy to upload a few pics i took this morning of my space, while offering a VERY sneak peak at just what it is im drawing... Things are pretty tumultuous right now, figuring things out, making stupid mistakes, learning from them quickly... i guess what it boils down to is the sheer determination to actually do it right. Doing something new feels awkward, especially when you put yourself out there... all you can do is hope that your efforts are received well. You cant win 'em all, right? Right. But you can damned sure try. *toasts to the double entendre.*

bye bye San Francisco, again

2010-05-18T06:38:00.000-07:00

Spent the weekend visiting old friends in San Francisco, and had some time to take in the sights, and the crazy fog... i wish i could have stayed longer, but it was good to see my old home again... ill definitely have to go back and collect some more memories! i didnt even get to go to the museum ! what was i thinking! next time sf, next time....

Black and white studies

2010-05-12T20:12:00.000-07:00

Got some new inks and brushes, via advice from Francis Vallejo , and hopped right in to practice some inking techniques. all i can say is... its a LOT tougher than it looks! Converting it to pure black and white may have gone smoother if i hadnt started them on yellow paper to begin with. LOL!

But man, controlling that linework is a tough, tough situation! ( i really dont think i got it right...)

Multicolr Search Lab - Idée Inc.

2010-05-11T11:57:00.000-07:00

Multicolr Search Lab - Idée Inc.

ok so totally awesome. I bumped into this on a friend's website, but felt the need to repost it! its currently blowing my mind, by being able to pick colors from the right side, and come up with a ton of examples of whichever color scheme that ive chosen... woah. give it a try!

Experimenting with my comic process

2010-04-24T22:55:00.000-07:00

So i went to the store today, only to realize that im dead broke after buying my ticket to San Francisco... meaning i couldnt buy paints to do my streetfighter piece, and i refuse to paint it digitally!! So what to do..what to do... I spent the day instead, trying my hand at a quiiiick little comic, in hopes of figuring out some questions to ask my comic book illustrating friends. Afterall, you cant ask the teacher questions if you havent done the homework, right? All in all, i think my dialogue is a bit too wordy, and my lines arent clean enough, but in my defense, i did this on very small paper, and not comic size paper :) Just a sketch , but i hope you enjoy it as much as i enjoyed doing it!

Here comes a new challenger

2010-04-24T07:01:00.001-07:00

So ive been seeing all of the pieces everywhere that seemed to commemorate the coming of the last streetfighter game, a game that took a decade to make... and i started wondering... "wtf i love this game.. wheres MY piece?!" so, at long last, late last night, around about 2am, i decided to start on one. Here are the pencils so far. im headed to the supply store to pick up...get this... some acrylic paint. itll be my first actual painted piece in over 4 years...scary

insomnia

2010-04-18T22:55:00.000-07:00

sunday morning coffee

2010-04-18T09:19:00.001-07:00

Value study, a zombie fighting stripper,and some gangster dude...

2010-04-16T06:59:00.000-07:00

"Deep".. a fun value study started with Naomi looking over my shoulder. :)

"Blowpop"... one of the 6 girls from my new story

Crackjaw, a cyborg mob leader, done for the boys over at Windstorm Studios

quicky

2010-03-25T08:09:00.001-07:00

WMD's

2010-03-22T08:55:00.001-07:00

quick psylocke sketch (and yes... i purposefully made her boobs look like warheads.)
fun :)

Sunday Bike Shop

2010-02-14T15:08:00.001-08:00

w.i.p

#Fruition

2010-02-12T08:42:00.000-08:00

Had the privilege of doing a CD cover for my good friend "Leon the Professional"

check him out here http://www.get2knowpro.com/

Sum new sketches

2010-02-12T08:34:00.000-08:00

So... its been a while since ive posted anything, and these are quite underwhelming... literally just some sketches from the coffee store... airplane ride..(which is completely difficult by the way due to turbulence)... anyway. some tighter studies later.
enjoy, nonetheless!

new couch!

2010-01-11T07:36:00.000-08:00

woo hoo... the new couch came in this weekend, and im completely loving it.

I only post art here, but this morning i figured, "meh, what the hell, why not"
so here is my couch! lol

new sketchbook

2010-01-07T11:11:00.000-08:00

making a new sketchbook....number 7...this one will be done entirely in blue pen...crazy

World War Robot Werewolf?

2009-12-31T10:28:00.000-08:00

product of me and Bart's ( http://www.riceandeggs.blogspot.com/ ) sketch session.

Feature Spread in Advanced Photoshop issue 63

2009-12-17T07:29:00.001-08:00

Just got my copy of Advanced Photoshop, issue 63 where i was asked to go over a little bit of my process for creating a cool character from start to finish. hope you guys pick it up, or have a chance to see it and enjoy!

tonights speedpaint

2009-12-13T22:51:00.001-08:00

two hours of painting on the livestream...had a great time. started this one in color, trying to get away from having to start everythign in black and white..

thanks to Africa Harris for the beautiful pose :)

Imagine FX magazine

2009-08-28T06:50:00.000-07:00

Sup guys! long time no post! guess thats the nature of the beast ey?

well, i was alerted by some friends of mine that i was in this months issue of IFX and i didnt even know it!! Kudos!

Testing myself

2009-06-30T11:09:00.001-07:00

This is for a certain project that ive been told to do in my spare time, and as it progresses, maybe ill post my progress here for myself to refer back to, and see how it came along.

Man ive got ...

2009-05-22T09:33:00.000-07:00

a lot of older art that i havent posted yet...maybe i should drop a couple pieces just so they dont fall through the cracks!

heres a handfull of characters i did for the Vampire series, Ancient Bloodlines. Enjoy!

heres a couple closeups on the ones that i liked the most

aaaand finished...

2009-05-22T09:31:00.000-07:00

dominance war complete! finally!

Time is running out...

2009-05-18T10:36:00.000-07:00

update **

Dominance war....and the race continues...

2009-05-17T06:09:00.001-07:00

well dominance war deadline is nearing, and im racing to the finish line...i have T-minus two days left, and theres still quite a bit to be done. i refuse to submit to the tire and fatigue just yet though, because i really like what im working on. its something quite imaginitive this year, and i feel that i MUST complete it to be happy with myself :)

enjoy the progress! its been a long ride!
wish me luck in the final stretch!

DOMINANCE WAR IV

2009-04-13T17:47:00.000-07:00

AND IT BEGINS...

So its time for dominance war again...and its time for me to once again, show my face and show what ive got. The joy of competition is a good personal gauge to see just how much ive grown since last year. It will become (hopefully) this year's best portfolio piece, and hopefully i can rack up some cash in the meantime! Enjoy!

Halo Wars Complete!

2009-03-16T05:50:00.000-07:00

well , halo wars is complete and its MEGA FUN!! you guys shoudl pick it up! trust me! i MADE the game, and had to play it an hour every day for a year, and STILL cant keep my hands off of it! heres a few pieces of concept art that may have not been seen until now :)

So what have i been up to?

2009-01-06T07:22:00.000-08:00

So over the past few months, ive been working on this project..which i wont go into detail about...
because its my personal baby...but ill post some images from it...just dont go getting any ideas...

Been a while!

2009-01-06T06:52:00.000-08:00

view the entire set of Halo Wars Released artwork here, at the official halowars site.

Man its been such an eventful past few months....good, bad, and ugly as microsoft/ensemble finally approaches its closing time. The Halo Wars game was FUN and overall, very challenging. Some images have been released, and i will repost them here as they leak out, so enjoy!

Property of Microsoft Gaming Company

(above)A pack of jackals, from the Halo Wars Universe.
(above)A Covenant Locust, also from the halo wars universe.
I had a LOT of fun creating this one...well, simply because its a "new" unit...and
like it or hate it...its my design!! woooo!!! man its such a crazy feeling going from playing halo countless hours during the day with ALL of my friends all through school, and experiencing the oooh's and aaaaa's of the game, to actually being behind the scenes, creating, growing and learning.

"Fish and Spaghetti"

2008-09-15T06:18:00.000-07:00

Sketches from my current sketchbook, "Sketchbook #5, 'Fish and Spaghetti'

Capcom Challenge

2008-09-14T19:47:00.001-07:00

Todays Post is from the weekly challenge, on the blog "TheImagineNation.blogspot.com" which is a blog with my friends from work and i. check it out!

This week's challenge was "Capcom"...meaning, we take one of our old favorite capcom games, and Draw a fan based image of them. I chose "Leo" from the rare arcade fighter game "Warzard"(known in the U.S. as "red earth")

Digital Still Life

2008-09-14T19:45:00.001-07:00

Just because.

Contest

2008-09-14T19:20:00.000-07:00

Participated in the Gameartisans.com "Comic Con Challenge"....a contest where we had to pick a classic comic book character, redesign him, and post a final illustration, a model sheet, and a sketch page of original ideas. Naturally...i chose the great, Omega Red.

My goal here, was to take him back to his murderous, evil, and somewhat feral early persona. (you know...back before the 'new' comic series pussy-ized him)

Character Sketch

Refining the design

Finished Image