Twisted Matter

Studies

2012-01-21T00:54:00.001Z

Here are a couple of studies I did from the pictures I found online.

Secret Cinema. London. Tell No One.

2011-12-18T23:49:00.000Z

I know it has been a while since I posted my paintings - I promise, there is a big update coming. Meanwhile here is another photo log from Secret Cinema event in London, which I highly recommend visiting if you are in the UK capital sometime.

Weekend in Amsterdam

2011-12-16T16:06:00.000Z

Last weekend I got to spend in Amsterdam. It was my first time going to Holland and I was absolutely amazed by its beautiful small capital city. The weather was pretty cold, but gluhwein, waffles, oliebals and music on the streets of Amsterdam made up for it. Can you imagine - there are 600,000 bicycles in that city! They say the bottom of the canals is covered with old bicycles - the canals are about three meters deep and one meter of it is bicycle junk, so there is a boat that goes along the canals once in a while and picks the junk up from the bottom. I was deeply impressed by visiting Anne Frank's house - "there is no future without remembering". Food and the whole Christmas vibe made me feel festive and the coffee shops of course.. Here are some pictures

Some studies before going to sleep

2011-11-23T08:15:00.001Z

Here I did some quick studies from a photograph of the mountains in Russia

Massive Black Workshop

2011-11-23T06:53:00.001Z

It has been amazing four days of pure art galore. I got a shot of inspiration for another year until the next one. I had a chance to see my friends, my former instructors and just simply awesome people.

Draw or Die

2011-11-23T06:51:00.001Z

If you need an inspiration jab - watch this:

"DRAW OR DIE" MADE SYMPOSIUM JUNE 17th-20th 2010 from SIXMOREVODKA on Vimeo.

Decoding Da Vinci

2011-11-09T09:52:00.001Z

I found a very cool article on Da Vinci's painting. Check it out:

Dia De Los Muertos

2011-11-09T09:21:00.002Z

Yesterday I went to a local drawing workshop that had a theme Dia De Los Muertos - Mexican Day of The Dead holiday, which usually takes place on the 1-2 of November. Here are some quick 5 minute drawings from yesterday.

Concept art for UK Lotto Campaign: What would you do?

2011-11-06T22:50:00.002Z

Hi,I just wanted to share some concept art I did for the UK Lotto Campaign. It was a great project to work on.

Here is the tv ad itself:

Palette Generator

2011-11-06T17:33:00.000Z

I was wondering what would be the easiest way to generate the palette from existing images. Very cool trick to extract limited palette from the images the color scheme of which you like. After researching different options - I decided that this website is the best as you can export a file as a photoshop swatch file. The website is free and does not require any registration.

Credits: Keks, the cat.

Happy Sunday

2011-11-06T17:20:00.000Z

Life is good

2011-11-04T14:08:00.000Z

It has been a while since I posted any professional work - I am working on tons of exciting projects, including a new game and tv ads. I can't wait until the titles will be released, so I could share some of my art here. Meanwhile I wanted to share my new purchase that I am very excited about - Sony Alpha NES-5n. It is a very small, but powerful camera - it has amazing reviews at http://www.dpreview.com/. The main reason for this purchase was that my previous camera Canon Rebel was too big to carry around and when I travel I end up taking pictures with my phone. This camera is surprisingly small, but very powerful. Cant's wait to lay my hands on it!

Quick Matter

2011-10-19T23:12:00.002+01:00

Before going to sleep 50 minute of thumbnails.

Art Book by PaperBlue

2011-10-17T13:32:00.000+01:00

Hi all,I just wanted to share with you how happy I am to finally get a book by PaperBlue - I have been following his amazing art for a long time. Check out his website here.

Saturday Sketching

2011-09-18T14:04:00.001+01:00

Emrah, Damla and I got a chance to sketch Ausrie again on Saturday. Once again got a reality check that drawing from imagination is great, but life drawing is important so much.

MB Workshop

2011-09-16T10:48:00.000+01:00

It has been 6 months since I left San Francisco for London. I am so happy to come back in November for the Massive Black workshopGo get your ticket - it's gonna be one hell of a show!

Future Cinema

2011-09-04T21:05:00.000+01:00

Hi all,Yesterday I had a chance to go to Secret Cinema, which was held not far from Canary Wharf. It was pretty amazing - the movie they were showing was The Lost Boys (1987) - a cheesy, but somehow cool teenage movie about vampires. The crowd divided into two teams - the Frog Brothers and the Freaks. The guys from Future Cinema had the whole movie set reproduced and actors looked very much like the characters from the movie. Here are some pictures I took:

Inkling by Wacom

2011-08-30T15:51:00.000+01:00

I want..

Animation

2011-08-22T11:19:00.000+01:00

Here is an animation I did for the Sims Social maitanence screen (the original character designed by the almighty Albert Truong)

Lighting for Film

2011-08-19T11:01:00.000+01:00

I have recently started studying light for film, as it can incredibly help in setting up the light in illustrations I create. Here is a short video on key ligh positions in film:

I would also highly recommend watch Visions of Light

In this movie different cinematographers talk about the history of film making and how light and color set ups evolved throughout the time.

And here is another short video about color and temperature in film lighting:

Brad Rigney uses the dramatic film lighting very deliciously in his illustration. Check out his art here: http://cryptcrawler.deviantart.com/

High Elf

2011-08-15T20:48:00.000+01:00

Here is an elf concept I did a few months ago.

2011-08-15T18:10:00.000+01:00

Here are some concepts I created for an IP that got cancelled.

2011-08-08T15:22:00.001+01:00

Here is another character I did for Sims Medieval EP. Good times..

Images Not Showing

2011-07-15T13:51:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone,

I am sorry the images are not showing on my blog for some reason. I will try to figure out why - please come back soon:) Please check out my DeviantArt page and Portfolio Website if you'd like to see more of my artwork.

Cheers,

Nadia

Kotaku Article

2011-07-15T13:03:00.001+01:00

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to share that there is an article which just came out with some of the artwork I did for the Sims Medieval: http://kotaku.com/5821484/the-regal-video-game-art-of-nadia-mogilev/gallery/1

Check out the game trailer here: http://uk.gamespot.com/mac/sim/the-sims-medieval-pirates-and-nobles/video/6323005

Cheers,

Nadia

2011-07-11T11:25:00.000+01:00

Hi there,

Here are some concepts I did for Sims Medieval: Pirates and Nobles game.

(C) Electronic Arts

Gesture Drawing Tool

2011-06-05T20:23:00.000+01:00

Hey there,

Here is a great gesture drawing tool that I discovered thanks to my friend Rob. It lets you choose the length of the pose and models (you can do animal gesture if you want) - I feel better now, since I started using it at lunch for practice:
http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php

Smudge Guard

2011-06-05T20:19:00.000+01:00

I just got a smudge guard (hand bra as Kemp calls it) for Cintiq gliding. It is great because the hand does not get too warm from the monitor and glides smoothly when painting. I am a complete art gadget addict and small things like this one make me happy.

2011-03-25T02:13:00.000Z

Here are some texture maps I did for SIMS Medieval for existing 3D models. This was my first time doing texture work, which gave me an opportunity to dive into Maya a little bit, swim around and actually like it:) Hopefully I will find sometime in the nearest future to study Maya a bit more in depth. Also here is a concept I did about a year ago for the same game.

It's a good day today

2011-02-22T02:07:00.000Z

Finally! My Cintiq 21UX has arrived and I am so happy. I have been waiting for it for so long (entire 4 days:P), that when the UPS man arrived he was a little bit scared of my anxiousness to get a package from him. Here it is - standing on my table and waiting for me to draw away..

My cat loves watching movies about animals

2011-02-19T22:08:00.000Z

I find it hilarious when I see my cat sitting still in front of the TV for 1 hour watching animals. The funny thing is that he leaves for commercial break and comes back when it's over to continue watching the movie. Sometimes I think that animals are much smarter then we think...On the other hand we took him for a rabies vaccination today - he was sitting on my laps in the car and was so scared of the outside that he peed on me...Smart or pretending to be - that is the question..

More Concepts

2011-02-12T01:59:00.001Z

These are some more concepts I did for the game

Breach - Ortho View

2011-02-02T17:53:00.001Z

Othographic view for the character I did (Breach http://breachgame.com/)
Original character design was done by Wes Burt

Google Makes Virtual Museum Tours

2011-02-01T17:52:00.000Z

If you have never been to Tretyakov Gallery: Google has created virtual museum tours. You can even see the close-ups of the studies to the final paintings right next to each other. Google wins again..

2011-01-25T04:12:00.000Z

Tori

2010-11-25T21:39:00.000Z

I have been going to the night classes at Safehouse Atelier lately. Here is the last model we drew - Tori.

2010-11-03T16:06:00.000Z

I have been working on SIMS Medieval for quite some time already - it is a very exciting project. Can't wait until it comes out!

Visiting Mother Russia

2010-09-24T03:50:00.000+01:00

It has been a long time since I've been home - going back to Russia in a few weeks. I am taking a big camera with me to take lots of pictures and a number of pencils to wear out while drawing my family members and friends, including my old cross-eyed Siamese cat. Overall I am very excited about everything, even cold melancholic weather - there is something romantic in Russian autumn. I hope I will come back with a pile of sketches and a bottle of "Брусничной Настойки".

Расцветаааали яблони и грушииии, паааплылиии туманы над рекооой....

Double Rainbow video does not leave me...

2010-09-15T15:24:00.001+01:00

LazyMouse Effect For Photoshop

2010-09-10T16:25:00.001+01:00

..I know there are a lot of artists who have a very steady grip and their line-work is super smooth and consistent. I found that EasyPaintTool SAI has a better line quality than Photoshop when it comes to smoothness. Thanks to my friend I found this great Mini-Software that imitates LazyMouse Effect in ZBrush: LazyNezumi
The brush runs with delay and makes marks very smooth - almost like you would be using vector brushes in Illustrator.I think this is pretty useful and can be used not only in Photoshop, but Painter and other drawing/painting software.

Kalliopi

2010-09-03T16:13:00.000+01:00

..Last Wednesday SIMS Medieval got a visit from a wonderful 14 year old Greek girl Kalliopi, who is sick. Make a Wish foundation organized her trip from Greece to our studio - that was Kalliopi's greatest wish.It was amazing to meet this girl in person - she is so young and so courageous. It felt great to do art for a good cause just to make a person on another side of the planet happy...

2010-07-11T01:37:00.001+01:00

Hi there, I came across a pretty interesting iPhone/iPad application that uploads your sketches to the apple app store:

2010-03-29T18:56:00.000+01:00

I visited my friend Yulya over the weekend. here is a quick sketch of her reading a book. She is awaiting her baby boy to get born in summer. I am very excited for her.

2010-02-17T21:33:00.000Z

Listening to Basement Jaxx - Album Scars

A quick helicopter sketch

2010-02-15T21:56:00.000Z

Drawing vehicles is tough - trying to think of it more as an organic shape than tech. More sketches to come..

Sisters

2010-02-06T20:56:00.000Z

Hey everyone! This is something I've done for the OZero project.

В них определённо было что-то животное. Эта «дикость» всегда заставляла биться сильнее мужские сердца и подливала масла в огонь страстей. Они не любили физических упражнений, но от природы имели прекрасные тела. Они были далеки от спорта, но всегда действовали на грани фола. Их любимой тренировкой был секс. Будучи всесторонне развитыми, они прекрасно владели языком… и не только своим… Взглянув в бездонное озеро их глаз, ты не осмелишься сделать выбор. Они всё решат за тебя. И вряд ли они пустят кого-нибудь в свой мир… Мир свободы, откровенного соблазна и правдивой лжи. Это их «Инь» и «Янь»…

(written by my borther Ivan Kuzmin)

2010-01-18T07:22:00.001Z

Занавес.

Прожектор. Луч света бросает на её оголённые плечи блики и оставляет абсолютно тёмным зрительный зал.
Сидя у экрана своего компьютера, ты тоже находишься в этом храме искусства.

А вы могли где-то видеться? Может быть, в кафе или на улице, стоя в очереди или делая утреннюю пробежку?
А помнишь вчерашний сон перед самым рассветом?! Не она ли ласкала твоё воображение до того, как пришлось открыть глаза?

Не напрягай память, если всё же не помнишь. Ты её ещё обязательно увидишь! Пройдёт время, и ты скажешь: “Я так долго тебя искал. Ты в каждом вздохе, в каждом предмете, ты в моём понимании жизни”.
Вы из разных миров, но именно непохожесть объединяет вас.
Под громкие аплодисменты опускается занавес, но уже не тот – “железный” – что был десятки лет назад.
А она ускользает вновь, но всего лишь до следующей пьесы.

“До скорого”, – скажешь ты в пустоту. (written by Ivan Kuzmin)

2010-01-10T01:59:00.001Z

Happy New Year Everyone

2009-12-30T03:51:00.000Z

Ivan Solyaev

2009-10-19T01:14:00.000+01:00

http://iv-solyaev.livejournal.com/

Have you ever had your mind blown away? I am thirsty for a;ousger'oia'lfgdflak%... I saw this guy's lyrics to his artwork...I wish you, my friend, could read in Russian. It made me pick up a pen and start writing in color. Step back - my mind is about to explode...

Nibrew

2009-10-14T22:08:00.000+01:00

Here is my version of Nibru drawn by divinenibru. Amazingly fresh concept of an evil character people have not seen before. Like for real. Never.

Meanwhile, enjoy the thread here. I had lots of fun. It made my day;))

Safehouse Atelier. Studies.

2009-07-11T00:02:00.000+01:00

Cast Studies

2009-06-25T01:56:00.000+01:00

Metamorphica

2009-03-02T18:37:00.001Z

Metamorphica was a great experience. I am looking forward to the next art journey.

Graphite,acrylic, wax and tea on Bristol

2008-12-19T20:54:00.000Z

Перепишите меня черточкой,
Перечеркните меня палочкой.
Свернусь калачиком под горочкой,
Пошлюсь конвертиком под марочкой.

Стойте, неискренне обнеженные рты! Хватит!
Знати улыбают гадкие черты в помаде.
Повязать вас бантиком? Пригласить к застолью?
Что же вы не рады нашему подполью?

Говнюки!...прошу простить, вонючки.
Затыкаю уши - открываю рот.
Не хочу вас слушать. Ваши штучки -
Лишь фонтан лиловых грязных рвот.

Вы похожи на кривое зеркало.
Ваше простодушье убивает мир.
Забродила пенка, задрожжало жало.
Как вас пропустили в наш прямой эфир?..

Guns for flowers

2008-10-30T18:03:00.000Z

Here I painted my dad as a butterfly (oil on canvas)
And than added some designs in Illustrator and Photoshop

2008-10-27T18:35:00.000Z

Нервы - не вы,
Но вам бы съездила по личику.
Струны луны:
Один фитиль на тыщу спичек.

2008-10-22T22:52:00.000+01:00

2008-09-27T16:23:00.000+01:00

These are two oil studies of feet and hands. Also here is a 20 min pose. Bob is the model

2008-07-25T18:40:00.000+01:00

Today my brother sent me his new poem. I think he is a genius:
…Мастерство –
это умение подавлять
возмущающие факторы…

…У каждого есть в этом мире голос:
машины сигнализируют о домогательстве,
стены готовы рассказать о любовных
похождениях прошлой ночи, и только
мы молчим, не проронив ни слова, смотря
друг другу в глаза и заглядывая в души…

…Я знаю, что подслушивать нехорошо!
Но что, если я вдруг услышал что-то хорошее?!
Неужели делиться позитивом так уж противоестественно?
И почему мы умышленно сторонимся этого?..

2008-03-14T20:14:00.001Z

From time to time I can speak chocolate. You just need to figure out the right moment.

Is it a stop signal?

2007-12-04T21:05:00.000Z

я откусила луны половину
месяц остался в небе висеть
я независимо-неукротима
буду такой же опасной и впредь

мили ложились под наши колёса
звёзды светили как тысячи фар
копы сигналили с края утёса
Is it a stop signal?

I was just thinking

2007-10-23T20:51:00.000+01:00

A scene I saw yesterday

2007-06-18T22:41:00.000+01:00

I am walking down New Montgomery. Suddenly I see two old ladies: one is supporting the other one under the arm. The most interesting fact is that that "the other one" was without a head. I wish I never helped an old lady without a head.

My dream 2 weeks ago

2007-06-18T22:38:00.000+01:00

Толпы разноцветных человечков
Медленно, дыханье затая,
Падали с моста - да прямо в речку,
И кричали: "Царство за коня!"

Кто бы ущипнул меня за щеку
Или нежно в лоб поцеловал.
Я бы "разбудилась" по-немногу,
Мой бы женский мозг на место встал.