The Art of Tien Chi

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2012-02-12T23:23:00.000-08:00

Canyon Run

2012-01-29T21:43:00.000-08:00

Staff Warrior (Monkey King)

2012-01-18T23:41:00.000-08:00

Snow Snow Snow!

2012-01-18T23:01:00.000-08:00

Since we've been getting lots and lots of snow in these past few days, I figure I could finally get this Snow Tribe design to a finish. Messed around with some colors but more or less done here. Thank you an enjoy

Quick Warm Up

2011-12-02T18:48:00.000-08:00

A quick warm up to begin the last of the month.

Self Portrait 11

2011-11-02T06:47:00.000-07:00

GW3!

2011-09-29T00:21:00.001-07:00

This is a contest entry I did for Gears of War 3 over at DeviantArt.

Total Time: 10hrs

Platform: Photoshop

Awens

2011-09-15T10:29:00.001-07:00

Islands in the sky

2011-09-14T19:37:00.001-07:00

Monsters!

2011-09-14T12:03:00.000-07:00

We had to re-use the same 3d models for our monsters, so my challenge was to create new monsters using the same shapes and silhouette.

Some Lineart

2011-08-27T09:24:00.000-07:00

Recently I have been working a lot more on my line work, enjoy.

Website going under construction!

2011-08-03T22:35:00.000-07:00

Water Monster / Level Sketch

2011-07-27T22:58:00.000-07:00

More Concepts

2011-07-16T14:50:00.001-07:00

Game Concepts!

2011-07-13T22:54:00.000-07:00

http://elementagame.blogspot.com/

Shape Study

2011-06-22T06:48:00.000-07:00

A Green Scene

2011-06-09T00:56:00.000-07:00

A painting I work on right before my big trip to Vegas. Enjoy

Montains of Fruits and Flowers

2011-05-27T18:16:00.000-07:00

And More Sketches

2011-05-27T13:34:00.000-07:00

More Study Sketches

2011-05-25T14:18:00.001-07:00

Study Sketches

2011-05-24T18:29:00.001-07:00

Bow of Fiery!

2011-05-18T15:56:00.001-07:00

Mothers Day!

2011-05-08T21:19:00.001-07:00

Portrait of my Grandma
RIP you will always be in our hearts.

Vlad!

2011-05-02T17:10:00.000-07:00

another sketch

2011-04-29T22:39:00.000-07:00

Color Study - 1 hr

Self Portrait

2011-04-20T19:09:00.000-07:00

2011-04-14T18:38:00.000-07:00

Sketch out something fairly quick and then started to work some colors and lighting.

Its been confirmed, I am going to graduate.

2011-03-16T14:06:00.000-07:00

Here are the final submissions for my last quarter at AIS. For anyone interested in seeing my work in person come visit me during the AIS Portfolio Review at the Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle on March 24th 10:00am - 4pm.

3D Staff Concept and HQ female render

2011-03-01T22:24:00.000-08:00

Monkey Sketch

2011-02-17T07:52:00.001-08:00

Photoshop sketch

3D Character Number 2

2011-02-14T19:52:00.000-08:00

Pieces separated into 4 sub tools, ready to sculpt.
unwrapped with UV master

This next character will be a female, a character I have already started. I made some changes and began some low poly models ready for sculpting in Zbrush.

3D Character Model (Updated)

2011-02-07T10:21:00.001-08:00

For more images of this character go check out my website at www.tienchiart.com

Here is the rework of the concept from some critiques, to turn into a 3D model. My initial intend for this model was display only and possible game use.

Quick Sketch

2011-01-29T14:32:00.001-08:00

This was just a quick sketch of the Monkey King, continuing the study of colors. 30min.

Dwarf Face Sketch

2011-01-21T15:01:00.001-08:00

Dwarfish Brute Portrait

2011-01-21T13:54:00.000-08:00

Trying to work with some color study and light. (1.5 hours)

Character 3 (Female Sorcerer)

2010-12-08T10:16:00.001-08:00

Character 2 (Transport Droid)

2010-12-08T10:11:00.001-08:00

At first the original design was to make a helper droid, but eventually grew into a transporting droid. This was being thought out during the planning of the conceptual stage.

Character 1 (Asian Brute)

2010-11-19T00:18:00.001-08:00

Color Correction
Final Painting of the Asian Brute, Although I did not stick to the original designs I had thought, I figure this new look was to enhance his ranks among his fellow Conrad.

Character Development Phase 2 (Asian Brute)

2010-11-19T00:11:00.000-08:00

This character was originally a giant who welds a heavy blunt hammer made of stone. The idea of him turning into a dwarf was to enhance the character personality. I then took this character and made 4 different version of him with different costumes and weapons to have a variety to work with. Since I am my own client for this project, I will pick what I want. The final piece was painted little over 6 hours this include watching training videos and reference study.

Character Development Phase 1

2010-11-19T00:04:00.000-08:00

For this project I decided to create 3 specific characters I will be going through the developing stages with. I first started with silloettes, poses then finally getting into the first conceptual stage of the character. I picked 12 different classes to work with, all being from fantasy and sci fi genre.
The three character above are not the three I will be working with, they are just layout that way for my own personal preference. All 12 characters were develop by Tien Chi.

Mr Chunkie

2010-11-04T00:12:00.001-07:00

This is a picture of a friend of mine, we call him Mr Chunkie

The Dark Knight

2010-10-24T23:24:00.000-07:00

A exclusive look on 1 of 12 character concepts I am in the developing of.

Mecha Submission for Weekly Scribblets

2010-10-06T17:42:00.001-07:00

This piece was done for the weekly scribbles challenge. I spent a good amount of time on this one, thinking I wont be submitting anything on there for a while. Working on my very last quarter, trying to focus on my graduation. This piece took me approximately 3 hours including a 30minute research of what I wanted to do. There will be more to come in the future, so keep checking!
http://weekly-scribblets.blogspot.com/

Break Station 1

2010-09-30T20:17:00.001-07:00

This quarter we have a short two week break. I manage to promise myself three quality pieces before school begins. This is the first one I called "Young Family" They are my neice and nephew, and my little man Kovu. Just one of the few pieces I am working on before I start school.

FanArt

2010-09-12T21:25:00.000-07:00

Traxmillion, Iz, Thai Viet G, Drew DeeZy, Nump Trump
www.454life-ent.com

AIS Staff

2010-09-02T19:18:00.001-07:00

Dragon Pet

2010-09-02T19:17:00.001-07:00

This is in fact a quick paint session, I spent about 40 - 60 minutes on this.

Infected

2010-08-16T20:15:00.000-07:00

Did another correction when I got home. Also enlarge the size.
Color Correction - Tint of green to set the mood
Color Correction - I tried added red but it threw the mood out the window.

Its been a while since I did cartoons, but I figure why not for this week the topic was "demonic children." (www.cartoonandcomic.blogspot.com) My idea of an demon child would definitely be zombie kids. I found cartooning to be very difficult, its been almost 5 months since I touch base. I had fun and I feel this piece definitely shows my improvement. Well there ya go enjoy! oh ya the characters in here are all real people, some are my close friends and some co-workers.

Norse Mythology

2010-08-03T21:35:00.000-07:00

This was done for a club I run at AIS. www.cartoonandcomic.blogspot.com

My Summer Break

2010-07-18T23:34:00.001-07:00

The Birthday Book

2010-06-04T22:00:00.000-07:00

Hey yall, been a bit busy with school and life but manage to take the time to finish this for my girlfriend. My inspiration came from a dream I had at a nice part, sitting on a bench with my lady. Of course I had to jot down some thumbnails first but here are the end result. Painted in Photo shop CS4 with a bamboo tablet. Painted with mainly the round brush, only added texture at the end to enhance the reality. Took me longer than I usually would. This image was a whole new take for my style. O well as of this far here yall enjoy.

Must Be Nice!

2010-04-22T21:58:00.003-07:00

Butcher Project "Slayer"

2010-04-10T23:47:00.000-07:00

Heres a project I started over break, but havn't got a chance to finish until today. My original thought on this character was its a character for a zombie game, his special weapon is the Cleaver. With many years of meat cutting, Slayer became his name once he defended off his home from a zombie attack.

Flower retouch

2010-03-29T22:13:00.000-07:00

An Updated version of the Original

This is a tattoo design for a friend who wants a lotus flower without showing its core but the pedals barely open. Just tweaking the original flower design, I touch it up a bit and maybe too much swirls out of the stems but I like it personally. Curves = Females

Dragon Design

2010-03-13T16:31:00.000-08:00

Hello Folks, been a while since I posted anything new. Working on a Dragon painting for a friend. Not too good with the western dragons, maybe I will do one from the East. I started with a large research on all the different dragons and how it looks ect. The pose I was ask to do is a tough one, Back shot and the dragon has its wings spread wide like a bat. I had trouble with the anatomy of the legs and arms, I found some with human arms but tiger legs, deer legs, with bird claws. It was a tough one but I manage to get something that worked for me. I had a deadline so it was about a 4 hour painting. Well enough talk here it is.

Tools : Photoshop CS4

I am my worst critic

2010-02-16T21:58:00.000-08:00

Update Version (TOP) my friend gave me the impression the Femur was too long but I think its because the breast plate was too small. Also he suggested that the character is bow legged which got me a bit confused. So I goggled "bow legged" and images show the knee cap is either too farm out or too close in. I personally don't see too much bow legging going on but I can see where he got the impression that my character could be bow legged.

I spent almost 8 hours trying to fix and fix but I realize I have to stop at some point. You can over do a painting by adding too much detail. I think I did that, there was too much detail I was focus on but I am still happy with this painting. I worked hard and follow the key rules to making a good character. Anatomy, Form, Facial feature, and establish the character as if you know who he/she is. There is a lot more I can do such as lighting and edge control but this painting just drain up my energy for the week. I do feel this is my stepping latter to a better painting though.

Lotus Bloom

2010-02-12T14:43:00.000-08:00

Since it is Valentines day coming up, and my girlfriends sister wanted me to design her a tattoo. I quickly sketch one in after browsing through dozens of references. Feel free to use my design as long as you refer back to me and my blogspot/website www.tienchart.com

The Journey Begins

2010-02-05T21:18:00.000-08:00

"Never going back being broke"

Trail of Sucess
Background landscape matte painting practice responds greatly for me today. After 3 weeks of off and on training. The journey to explore my brain's imagination has its ups and downs. I felt some paintings along the way was lack of inspiration and skill. Id jump to character concept art, here and there I would paint a landscape or a scene but never was I satisfy. I was again just returning to one of my routines but felt inspired by a photo I saw on goggle. A few hours past and I got this. It felt good to have one I can feel appreciate more. If you want to see the photo that inspired me just let me know.

Vision Review
A friend of mine Alex Pascual (www.alexpascualart.com) whose just a positive inspiration through out my current college days at the Art Institute of Seattle. He once told me to make about blogspot, on its condition and the positive way to express, advertise, entertain , and just connect in general. I check it out and saw some great artist I idolize. Just to name a couple, Jason Chan (http://jasonchanart.blogspot.com) and Sean Cheeks Galloway (http://gotcheeks.blogspot.com). I'd then created one as a Journey to last year through College, everything starting from concept art, cartoons, 3d images and characters. Along with that of course Kinetic and Anatomy studies. So come along and follow me on my journey to success.

Word of Advice
Hard work pays off, practice is key to success.

FOLLOW ME =)

First sketch post

2009-10-07T19:00:00.000-07:00

Sorry the scanner sucks, but this took me about 2 hours to do. =) I feel so good about this one.

Hello

2009-09-28T01:24:00.002-07:00

First Post