Tom's Sketchbook

**Malakuko** · January 20th, 2011, 08:22 AM

Cool look to those drawings

would be cool if you tried accenting one part of the image with a darker flat tone, like the hair or something.

**Tom van der Linden** · January 20th, 2011, 08:26 AM

Thanks! I'll try that next time

**Wilko** · January 20th, 2011, 08:31 AM

Wow! Some really interesting work in here and a lot of impressive studies (love the crow!). Your etchy shading style is great, has a good energy!

**Tom van der Linden** · January 20th, 2011, 12:43 PM

Today I babysat (yeah, she is something like a big kid) my sisters dog and after walking her, I decided to make some A3 pencil and black pastel studies of her. And damn, she didn't make it easy for me, never sitting still for longer than 2 seconds... But, I normally don't draw dogs very often, so it was quite a refreshing experience

Cheers,

Tom

**Tom van der Linden** · January 21st, 2011, 06:26 PM

Here is an A3 study of Puck the dog, with soft pastels. Whoah, color!

**Tom van der Linden** · January 29th, 2011, 04:36 AM

Hey there! Here's a graphic design assignment which I made for a friends friend, a musical event called "Beat your After Dinner Dip". I had to make one poster and also make it ready for a flyer format.

It had to have that 50's advert feeling to it, and man, 50's ads can be weird to say the least. Weird fonts, placements, and outrageous designs in general.

As you can see, I made some quick sketches (I only had two days to make these) and along the way I improved them a lot. Also, I enforced the 50's style on them (the hairdo of both characters, the glasses, clothing etc.).

I made the lines in Illustrator because these characters have to be blown up to big print sizes. The rest I did in Photoshop.

Cheers!

Tom

**Devo** · January 29th, 2011, 05:15 AM

Hallo, mooie werken heb je hier! (Vanaf hier doe ik verder in het Engels, aangezien dit geen Nl/Be forum is :p)

I love the dogs, you got those muscles damn right! And Puck looks adorable

May I ask what you used to make the lineart for the 2 advertisements? Adobe Illustrator maybe? Keep up the good work, would love to see more more more

**Tom van der Linden** · January 29th, 2011, 05:47 AM

Hahaha dank je wel, man, no worries! Yes, I used Illustrator, mostly because of the flexibility. The textures and colors is all Photoshop. And yes, updates are on the way!

**Dope Fiend** · January 29th, 2011, 07:43 AM

Wow, the end result turned out fantastic! Very clean, and pretty interesting design.

I'd suggest, as you already seem to know, work more with color!! The last few images looked great, and just keep up those studies.

cheers

**Teundeboer** · January 29th, 2011, 07:44 AM

Cool stuff,
Really like your selfpotraits and the lifesized skeleton drawing.

**Tom van der Linden** · January 29th, 2011, 07:45 AM

Thanks dudes!

**Tom van der Linden** · January 29th, 2011, 04:29 PM

quick head doodles...

**Velocity Kendall** · January 29th, 2011, 04:33 PM

dude i love this. youve got some mad skills, keepo up the good work!

**Tom van der Linden** · January 31st, 2011, 07:26 PM

trying to paint again, just a quick doodle before bed...

**JakehC** · January 31st, 2011, 08:28 PM

Your work is starting to remind me of the graphic look that i see in some of Salary Man's work.

Thats a good thing!

**Samszym** · January 31st, 2011, 09:37 PM

Nice work here, I really like how you use line.

**NickyBeats** · January 31st, 2011, 09:40 PM

awesome style man!! really nice works!

**Tom van der Linden** · February 1st, 2011, 04:06 AM

lolbbq: Salaryman is one of my fav artists, so that is a compliment! Thanks dude!
NickyBeats: Thanks dude!
Vertical: Thanks dude, currently one of my biggest strengths. Gotta push forward!

**fantasyartist** · February 1st, 2011, 04:45 AM

Mr. Tom! The last posts are looking great. You've made some major improvements over these last months. Now how about getting out of your comfort zone and do some environments and tech stuff? Just an idea. Keep it up!

**Tom van der Linden** · February 2nd, 2011, 11:00 AM

Hey dude you are right, thanks for the comment. Are you going to the sketchmeet this sunday?

**Tom van der Linden** · February 2nd, 2011, 05:15 PM

Aah, couldn't think of something... and I'm le tired

So here's Conan!

Cheers,

Tom

**fantasyartist** · February 2nd, 2011, 05:35 PM

sketchmeet?

**Tom van der Linden** · February 3rd, 2011, 04:02 AM

yes bro, I'll send the details on facebook

**fantasyartist** · February 3rd, 2011, 07:57 AM

Tnx for sending the invitation. I think I can make an opening in my schedule for that.

**Tom van der Linden** · February 4th, 2011, 06:52 PM

Some Maori sketches and bridgeman studies

**JakehC** · February 4th, 2011, 07:35 PM

I love it when im compared to my fav artists lol. Ive always wanted to be some weird love child of Robogabo, Andrew Jones, Veronique Meignaud, Sammy, and Algenpfleger...

**Tom van der Linden** · February 9th, 2011, 10:58 AM

Sketches, doodles, observations, studies etc. Been doing a lot with pen and penbrush lately, lovely tools!

Cheers,

Tom

**Tom van der Linden** · February 9th, 2011, 11:23 AM

Here are some more sketches... and yes, I do need a scanner!

**Tom van der Linden** · February 9th, 2011, 11:26 AM

Some pen sketches...

**Philipp Scherer** · February 9th, 2011, 11:33 AM

*ZAAAPPP* looks good especially those pen scratches!
byebye

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