Thomas Schmall – Page 35 – Art, Games and a Blog

Unearthly Challenge – Final Artwork

November 25, 2009

I talked before about the entry in the Unearthly Challenge. Our team could not finish the 3D version – it’s sad, but there was not enough time. So I took the whole thing into 2D. Interesting experience in a way. It has the disadvantage that we really started with 3D in mind. So we were … Continue reading Unearthly Challenge – Final Artwork →

Sketchbook pages from Japan

November 3, 2009

This is the next batch of pictures from last years sketchbook. I posted these before on conceptart.org and in the gallery – but I’ll show them here to keep things in the same sequence as in the book. I went to Tokyo, Takayama (in the Mountain area), Toyota City (yep, the town were the cars … Continue reading Sketchbook pages from Japan →

A Couple from Pompeii

October 30, 2009

A Roman Painting of a loving couple in Pompeii retouched...

Unearthly Challenge – Colored Concept

October 28, 2009

An update on the Unearthly Challenge. Maybe I should have explained a bit: It’s a contest where one has to do a 3D image of an environment. There is only a rough topic (End-Game). And one has to post updates, so that people can follow your workflow. It’s great for learning. Now I’ve done a … Continue reading Unearthly Challenge – Colored Concept →

Unearthly Challenge Started

October 21, 2009

First something about the last posting – I’ve updated the portrait of the blonde girl. Damn, it looked bad (heh, I deleted all traces). I never see how bad a picture is until a week is over or so. Was a good learning experience to analyze and fix it though. And yeah got no internet … Continue reading Unearthly Challenge Started →

Kevin Kelly on Extropy

October 13, 2009

Some links to scientists that try to figure out why nature and the world is so complex...

Two Oil Portraits from the Weekend

October 12, 2009

I was painting these in a gallery in Amsterdam, while an “Open Atelier Route” was going on. Lots of galleries and art studios were open to see – and also here people could walk in and watch as we painted portraits of those two really interesting models.

Why do people care about free will?

October 7, 2009

I can’t stop myself to write this (hehe). But this discussion about free will or no free will really bothers me. There are two blog postings by Aaron Swartz that just got me on the topic again: Is there free will – and may quantum mechanics solve the whole question? It’s a very good blog … Continue reading Why do people care about free will? →

What is This Baby Thinking?

Not quite sure if it agrees to the image :D But I love the expression. Anyways – these are some watercolors of people I painted recently on the street (in Amsterdam and Utrecht). Unfortunately I forgot to take photos of the other people I painted.