HAWKEN - WACOM Speed Art by Khang Le and John Park

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Khang Le and John Park of Adhesive Games created live Hawken concept paintings at Comic Con International in San Diego using WACOM's innovative products for digital art.
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Hawken is a free-to-play FPS game launching on 12.12.12.
Original music by Shadi Muklashy for Hawken.

[@Noganrhy]

I miss HAWKEN ..Was one of the best GD video games i ever played.

[@DejectedCat]

Hawken designs really do remind me of the old SF3D/Maschinen Krueger designs by Yokoyama/Imai/Ichimura. Which's a really good thing. The old Sci-Fi mechanical designs really had way more characters than the ultra-slick run-of-the-mill designs we see so often these days. Retro-Scifi FTW!

[@intorsusvolo7834]

Can’t believe it’s been 10 years.

[@MrBothandNether]

as someone that is finally,finally within reach of being able to create for the joy of creating, I thank You from the top of my head, to the button of my heart. 1 week and counting until I can plug my intuos into my new computer. So very, very inspiring. thank You. thank you. Thank You.

[@trustfund82]

It's concept artwork, genius. In the entertainment and gaming industry they need stuff done in a matter of hours and that's one quick way to get it all done. It's not photo manipulation, all they do in this case is sample the values from textures and paint over it.

[@deathscreton]

I would have never fucking guessed that other parts of pictures were used to created concept images like these. Insane. Just insane.

[@Punishthefalse]

Personally I'm more impressed that Khang Le and John Park are able to draw in public. All the potential attention would likely end up crippling my ability to do any creative work.

[@luisesteves9493]

awesome 3rd level detail. As expected from artcenter superstars.

[@snowingsniper]

Hawken is going to be a amazing game,just cant wait

[@Zorgandorg]

Skipped to the last 30 seconds to see what it looked like, therefore determining it was awesome. I never said I watched the whole thing. Who has time for that?

[@roachey]

I gotta try that photo overlay technique

[@jparked]

Thanks for all the comments guys!! This was a demo that Khang and I did at the wacom booth at comic-con. Unfortunately we only had 45 mins each (note: the mech sketches are not an exact representation of the mech designs in the game). We wanted to show-case just some quickie PS techniques to the fans! Thanks for all the support guys!! The hawken fans makes the studio team want to up the quality in the game!

[@G4M5T3R]

Beautiful

[@Valgornify]

according to the artist he did it in 45 mins and the league spotlights are done over a period of days working a few hours a day. Rengars art took almost an entire days worth of time according to his spotlight. So I'm sure both can be just as good if given the same time frame.

[@Karacis]

yeah that was pretty awesome to watch! thanks for the great vid and great pic :D

[@Zorgandorg]

Awesome work.

[@willpheonix]

What a beast.

[@ackabeedee]

everytime i see a PS speed draw with great imagrey like this, its like watchinsome sort of ungodly voodoo magic

[@HaterFisternator]

God damnit I think this video almost dislocated my jaw.

[@intorsusvolo7834]

Genius technique.

[@bladerunner162]

Fantastic stuff! Well done.

[@H3llHoundd]

wowo my dream job!! finally some real concept art!! :D

[@PS3nMWPrOz]

I'm speechless

[@leonidasnetsopoulos3230]

amazing

[@SuperGamer87]

While it's true that Scott Robertson has been a chief proponent and pioneer in this "kitbashing" style, the concept of kitbashing in concept design has been around much longer than Scott Robertson's techniques. For instance, "greeble" (originating from ILM's work on Star Wars) is essentially this technique, but only using actual parts to construct textural detail on a prop model. But I would definitely agree that in concept design, Robertson's been the biggest one to bring it into popularity.

[@ZedMan1996]

That mech is a Ford Focus. As are all cars are descended from. XD

[@EzioS2Swifties]

YES

[@NoQuo]

Like the music so far for hawken! Will there be an OST for sale at release time :D?

[@dulcineawt]

looks like khang has been doing kitbash SF3D / maschinen krieger, but in 2D!

[@charlie1872]

Really enjoyed watching this. I have a small wacom tablet,I have Sketchbook Express and I am new to all this and have a couple of questions for you. Is everything you did in the video available through Wacom or are you using Photoshop? Did you import the car images and what tool did you use to select the elements? Can I attempt this with only what I have described above? I am hoping to egt to Comicon this Juy 2015, don't have a ticket but will look for you if I can get in. Thanks

[@hi-hk2zv]

scotrail1 check out gnomon workshop for tutorials on digital painting, most if not all your questions will be answered. good luck

[@charlie1872]

I was in LA recently and went to the GNOMON building where I took a couple of photos, couldn't get past the guard though. Just watched the video, that was phenomenal

[@jawaadart]

These are all Scott Robertson's techniques, not surprising since these are his former students. Even Feng Zhu employs Scott's techniques since he is a former student of Scott as well. Look at Scott Robertson's channel he goes into depth in explaining this technique in real time.

[@MikeyRamone00]

That looks to be a Cintiq22 I believe, possibly a Cintiq24.

[@dogzer]

Guys this is amazing I just found a perfectly good shirt just laying on the ground!

[@Sickbrush]

well said sir

[@Kissaki0]

I call that timelapse. Speeddrawing is something different.

[@xalener]

Dem source images. That's clever as shit.

[@diabloxxx400]

so in hawken mechs will be built from engine parts .... interesting :)

[@Discomatoran]

Does anyone else REALLY want to have this mech in Hawken?

[@Ghost00117]

While being completely blown away at the awesome that I've just witnessed I am also slightly upset as this reminds me how bogus I really am as an artist. I even struggle with stick people :(

[@CharacterConcept]

YES OMG YES PLEASE TAKE MY MONEY ALREADY YES !! even tho its free.... TAKE MY MONEY ANYWAY !!!

[@Zorgandorg]

Good point. Not sure. Clicking too many links I guess. :P

[@NinjaPicnicers]

What is the program they used because i have a tablet and want a program like that\

[@MrBothandNether]

What software Did You use? I failed My 3d classes because of a Wacom and Painter.

[@defenceless1234]

You monster.

[@akira357]

He used parts from a Honda Civic...this could only mean one thing....The first mecha will be made by Honda.

[@MrBothandNether]

us Wacom artists.

[@Zorgandorg]

True. Wasn't me though. :P

[@MikeyRamone00]

Looks like they were using Photoshop CS6.

[@albec0ming]

is that still in the Beta stages?

[@Keyr969]

they use phtotoshop CS6

[@El_Crazyknight]

Which Wacom is that?

[@DJFishmonger]

Interesting use of Google Images.

[@trustfund82]

lol A lot of concept artists uses that technique to save up on time.

[@Wolfvital]

няяшкии

[@Zorgandorg]

Rhetorical question, but I guess so. I have a Wacom tablet but that doesn't necessarily make me magically have the time to watch videos. But I guess my point is moot because I'm taking the time to actually reply to people. :P

[@Seifter16]

And you suffer from a serious case of Dunning-Kruger's if you think layer art in photoshop is difficult, especially if you think "looking incredible" is the only qualification of good art.

[@Jesskellya]

Fuck... The only talent I have is sleeping.

[@MikeyRamone00]

Nope. It's on sale, just hella expensive.

[@RJania363]

what is it the thing he draws

[@Unfoldedwarrior]

it's best to look for it like this, scifi mech design.. the best free tutorials to begin at is sinixdesign and if you want to pay, try a guy called scott robertson, he is a good teach and he is on youtube.. hope you find this helpful :D

[@FandangosBR]

ASIANS!!!!

[@mattymatt2323]

I took my shirt off and threw it on the ground

[@AnimByBmXu]

:3

[@Tigregalis]

It's 5 minutes man. If you don't have 5 minutes to spare, why are you on youtube?

[@Nighscreach]

HAHAHAHAHAHH I KNEW !

[@Jonrskittles]

O.O'

[@TheSupremeNewb]

stupid comparison imo, they both have very different styles

[@Sickbrush]

is that.. sarcasm?

[@Seifter16]

This seriously fucking killed a lot of excitement I've had for this game, which I've been tracking for almost 2 years. Why go learn what engineering and mechanical architecture actually look like so you can create original realism when you can just use photoshop and google image search? Fuck, if I would have known using layers properly and the barest of minimums in creativity and I could have been a successful artist....

[@bladewolfvii6383]

but those are no hawken mechs! good drawing but it is not hawken

[@hi-hk2zv]

bladewolf VII he is a concept artist for hawken, they are demonstrating how he may have created hawken work conceptually before the final look.

[@Funkshire]

Well, alright then. Replicate this painting.