Mattinian sketchbook 5/23/2013 horseses

[Mattinian]

Attachment 1261873Hey all, I`ve decided to get off my complacent ass and do something for a change. So starting a sketchbook here was the obvious thing to do.
Haven`t been that happy with my art rescently and i need some sort of motivation to draw more outside of work and god forbid move forward...
`ll be posting some sketches for a week or two, try to complete the best ones. Would appreciate some comments from yous guys :]

*notice i said complete cuz i almost never finish my work... maybe i have ADD. anyway here`s a small dump

[RaistlinTheDark]

omg great start on the SB and gret lanscapes!!!!

[Headhunter]

Holla mate! Great thumb environments. I'm crossing fingers for you to get the desired job. Sit on your ass and draw!!!

[nofingers]

Your color palette for each one is really nice. You are using shapes and silhouettes very effectively. My favorite is the third group (group of 5), especially the first and fifth. My only crit would be that some of the camera angles are very extreme, the tilting is a bit disorienting. Good luck with the job.

[Mattinian]

RaistlinTheDark - thanks man

nofingers - thanks, you`re right about the camera angles i get that sometimes from colegues when
they`re twisting their heads trying to figure out whats up and down :]

Headhunter - hey dude, uncross your fingers and start drawing yourself :]

Here`s another batch

[Headhunter]

Headhunter - hey dude, uncross your fingers and start drawing yourself :]

Hmmm... better not!

Cool new ones

[Mattinian]

detailing is a b*tch ... not a patient artist yet i suppose
Here`s some studies i managed to squeeze out tonight... anatomy is a b*tch also

[Elissimo]

The extra detail is really what your images needed. They look great! Can't wait to see more!

[Clodioz]

wooow, veery nice sci fi enviros...

I agree with Elissimo,,, just the extra details are missing..



pd.
Sorry about my bad english.

[Mattinian]

here smore

[The Curehead]

really nice environments,try to push the soldier concept further.
great stuff

[ghoulio]

No crits to dump here...cool stuff man, keep it up

[Mattinian]

thanks dudes :]
going for that vietnam war faded photo look and it ended up looking all WWII-ish

[Giow]

thanks dudes :]
going for that vietnam war faded photo look and it ended up looking all WWII-ish

i think it's a very good concept.
the only thing that doesn't make it look like a vietnam related photo is more because of the helmet.




your background,it looks pretty cold which is the reason it probably looks like a WWII scenario.
try to use a warmer color,like a sunset on the background.
or different tints of green,make it look like there's a jungle background or anything like it.

the rest of your works seems really good.
wish i had those painting skills.

[Xaya]

Mattinian those lighting/ composition studies are awesome!
You are absolutely skilled in creating atmospheric enviroments, love all of them.
The last soldier painting is a bit weak, he seems bored.
Also the story is to blury for me, of course he is in war (i noticed the helis), but his personality, tasks and enemies isn´t noticable.

superb sketchbook!

[Mattinian]

bah, well you have your good ones and your bad ones :]
probably should have sat on this one for a while more... back to enviroments

[Mattinian]

aaand we`re back... tried a more textured/detailed approach

[Sir.Harlock]

I'm very interested in your work, expecially the sci-fi concepts.
I WANT MORE!!!!!!!!

[Mattinian]

aaand here`s sammmore :]

[Theo]

man this recent stuff is shitbananas awesome.
rock n roll dude.

those environment thumbs of yours are owning btw.

keep the goodness coming!

-theo

[dracanta]

Amazing works! I love your brush strokes and how most of your works have such a high contrast, love it

[Mattinian]

Theo - 10xxx for stopping by mate, i`ll try :]
dracanta - glad you like em
nnot that psyched about this one... think i messed up the perspective

[EKOes]

yeah! Great perspective and color! i like first that you have posted

[Smarty]

I really like post 16, the use of colour for focal points especially. I also like the complicated camera angles on your first batch too, their confusing but seem very impressionistic. They could also work as abstracts

The last one seems a little static and the Vietnam ones colours seem a little dull or muddy.

[mMark]

quality work, at least 4 star from me.

[wink_ma]

Great work ! Nice space!

[Sylvain-Klein]

yeah ! good SF concept, very contrast and intersting

[hm2k]

i rly like your use of light in some of your enviro's especialy in post #18 nice one keep em coming.

[Mattinian]

Thanks for the comments people :]
smartkyle - i know man, i got bored with the last one that`s why i abandoned it... here`s some bug alien dude

[Hive_minD]

Outstanding work here mate. Keep at it. Love em all, though I would like to see more details

Chris