Paintball Art (speedball)

**BazookaJoe** · February 20th, 2007, 04:55 PM

This is my sketchbook, This is my first time posting so hopefully it works. As you can probably tell Paintball is an important part of my life, and so it has inspired my to create this drawings. Please feel free to post any coments,

**robmorfin** · February 20th, 2007, 05:33 PM

Very nice shading, the guns seem to be in a different perspective/angle in reference to the face of the guys holding them, unless you are supposed to hold them in an angle, I've never paintballed before.

**shidoken** · February 20th, 2007, 05:49 PM

yeah, i agree with robmorfin about the guns and the eyes.

to me, well, i've played paintball before too and usually you look and aim with the gun. unless that's some sort of strategy that i don't know of. nice renders. this feels very 'comicbook' like.

**Envisor** · February 20th, 2007, 08:30 PM

Welcome to CA. Very good rendering, and loving the panels. Keep it up.

**BazookaJoe** · February 20th, 2007, 10:14 PM

Well Im glad you guys noticed that, in paintball when you shoot, you are actually lobbing the paintballs into your opponent, which means you dont necesarily have to necessarily look down the barrel, you look to see where the paintballs are falling (specially when the opponent is many yards away.)

**BazookaJoe** · February 20th, 2007, 10:38 PM

Here are some other pictures that are not paintball related

**DARAF** · February 20th, 2007, 10:47 PM

Nice start to your sketchbook. Paintball magazines are good ref for sci-fi character concepts.

**BazookaJoe** · February 20th, 2007, 11:00 PM

Thank everyone for your response, I will be posting some more of my art, and any critique of my work is greatly appreciated. This is the first time I ever put my work out in public and would like to see how I can improve.

**BazookaJoe** · February 21st, 2007, 06:37 PM

My goal right now is to create a short comic based on paintball,(will be posting updates soon) Something that shows action but the hard part is coming up with a story.

**BazookaJoe** · February 22nd, 2007, 02:10 PM

Heres an update on the comic book style paintball drawing.

**kemical** · February 22nd, 2007, 02:32 PM

i,m new here too mate....some nice shading with the pencil work

**BazookaJoe** · February 23rd, 2007, 09:17 PM

Any paintballers out there?

**kawakaze** · February 23rd, 2007, 09:40 PM

awsome rendering work. and great movement in your stances but i think your gestures/postures feel a bit disproportional or unatural in stance particularly in the ankles, torso. play w the spine and push those gestures. anyway awsomeness, i love the value range u cover. keep it up.

**BazookaJoe** · February 23rd, 2007, 10:35 PM

Here are some Quick sketches

**Envisor** · February 23rd, 2007, 10:59 PM

The colored panels for the paintball panels turned out really cool. I really like your original characters, would love to see more of them.

**BazookaJoe** · February 23rd, 2007, 11:08 PM

Thanks Kawakaze, thanks Envisor. I will take those tips; work on the spine and ankles and I will post more colored panels of originaly pencil drawings.

**Looped_Warrior** · March 1st, 2007, 11:37 AM

Very nice drawings... I used to be into paintball pretty hardcore... I havent had much time lately...

**Blade-14** · March 1st, 2007, 11:47 AM

Your shadings pretty insane! great work on that part!, i love the oriental android warrior as well, hope we see more along the lines of that.

All in all a brilliant start to the book. Hopefully we'll see some work on studying figures and proportions not that u need to mind. But just to let the rest of us know that your on top on things!

**Darktwin** · March 1st, 2007, 01:27 PM

really solid start on your sketchbook, I would suggest doing more anatomy drawings, or just drawings with more form and structure. Not worrying about rendering so much. Keep it up

**BazookaJoe** · March 6th, 2007, 02:36 PM

Here are some old quick sketches Is just a concept but I plan to build from them.

**BazookaJoe** · March 6th, 2007, 02:46 PM

Sorry About the size on some of my postings, I know it can be a bit annoying having to scroll to see the whole thing.

**BazookaJoe** · March 8th, 2007, 03:55 PM

Although its not art (Yet). Here are some photos of me playing paintball.

**Brendan N** · March 8th, 2007, 04:18 PM

hey thanks for stopping by my thread and for the compliments.

You're on the right track and everything is looking good so far. Start as soon as possible with studying anatomy. Also try out various media and have fun whilst doing so - that way what you learn will stick. It's all about mileage - the more you draw and paint the better you will become.

Keep grinding the lead!
ciao!

- d.

**BazookaJoe** · March 8th, 2007, 07:44 PM

Thanks for the advice Brendan. I really apreciate that you took time to review and respond to my artwork. I admire your artwork and will certainly take your advice.

**ericdee** · March 9th, 2007, 04:01 AM

Hey Bazooka, good renderings, you are definitely on the right way

Besides of starting to study the human anatomy, try also to do first a rough board of the story you want to show in the storyboards, try first to figure out how the action works, before you render the frames. Simple lineworks, rough sketches before going a step further and clean up.

Cheers,
Eric

**TheBeast** · March 9th, 2007, 06:04 AM

Hi Bazooka, i think the other guys are rigth. u have good potenzial, please post more stuff, keep drawing and work out ure anatomy. I think u need to experiment whit different colors.

greats,
da Beast

http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=88367

**strikeruy** · November 28th, 2007, 04:01 PM

Hi BazookaJoe .

I love your draws.

Please send me an email. I want to make me a tatoo of one of your designs.

thanks!

**BazookaJoe** · September 14th, 2008, 01:18 AM

Hello Everyone at concept art. I've recently been inspired to create more art so so I will start by posting a quick sketch I drew.

**lord_regenschirm** · December 15th, 2008, 01:55 PM

Hey Joe, your passion for paintball is more than obvious I'd say ...

Your contrast-values are great, one thing I need to focus on every time I'm working on a painting (cause I'm a coward in using hard contrasts myself I have to admit

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Anatomy ... Naaah I really don't want to start about it, it's certainly the most quoted and at the same time most hated point of critique in here (and you know already). Guess your drawings will turn out great once you did a few studies for you have a good feeling for shadows and highlights.
Keep it up!

**BazookaJoe** · February 10th, 2009, 01:27 AM

This is still unfinished. Its a sketch of a 2008 Philladelphia American. One of my favorite teams of the moment. Currently Playing proffesional X-Ball In the PSP (Paintball Sport Promotions)[IMG]

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