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[JoshDArtist]

cool environments.. love your color usage!!!

[Brian Smith]

Dude, Jeff. Post #355, and drawings 5 and 6, Look like they could be super Villians

[Jeff Bartzis]

Thanks JoshDArtist, I find that I tend to stick to comfortable colours, at least when I am doing traditional painting.

Brian: Thanks for stopping in again, those two were just some random dudes in the food court at metrotown. Although they were very unique, so i remember actually being there and drawing them. #6 was hilarious, I had a hard time drawing that guy and not laughing instead.

[Jeff Bartzis]

Hey man,
Don't get caught in a sticky situation with no arms..

[Mr.Scribbles]

Diggen your bots man. Love your website too. Keep in touch!

[Jeff Bartzis]

Mr.Scribbles: Thank you, much appreciated!

another quick drawing, too tired to finish this, my contacts are sticking to the inside of my eyelids... ugh, time for bed.

[Jeff Bartzis]

Oh, hi.
Didn't see you there.
This place is shiny all of a sudden.

Here's a new robot tank track mechanism

[Travis Smith]

Looking good man, can't wait to see the new matte painting here. Are you going to post the WIP?

[Jeff Bartzis]

Thanks,
I probably wont post wips until its done.
and I havent worked on it in a while.

Heres something in the meantime,
First drunken painting of the autumn

[lionheartGFX]

dude you have killer perspective and mastery on those geometrycal shapes, all your robot designs are off the hook! and the enviros are even better! if you dont mind me asking what approach you go around when doing landscapes?

keep posting! please! C: !

[Jeff Bartzis]

Hey thanks for dropping in. For me, Landscapes are a much more abstract approach. I tend to just start with chaotic shapes and carve something out of it. Refine, flip, distort, bend, etc. Until I see something that sparks my imagination. As for the robots and more technical things: its more of a planned approach. Usually ill have an idea of a camera angle in my head, then lay down some guidelines, draw some bounding-box type shapes. Then I'll refine from a shape that looks appealing. Usually Ill have 4-5 guidelines and bounding box drawings before I come up with one that looks appealing to me and warrants more refinement.

here's something I drew last night, scanned in, and then painted on my new samsung slate.
This tablet is boss.

[Jeff Bartzis]

heres something i did for my fb cover photo.
also painted this on my slate

[lionheartGFX]

wow just WOW, id love to see some progress shots man, your strokes are really up there, and i think i understand what you mean about landscapes, actually thinking like that makes them a tad bit easier and less of a mystery thanks for sharing!

[Jeff Bartzis]

Yo Lion, thanks for dropping in again.
I was thinking of doing some more videos. If you go back a page or two I posted one 30 min long video that shows what I was talking about before.
Using chaos to create something.
Maybe ill make more vids in the future, some with commentary or something. Who knows.. things are extremely busy with work and all that crap D:
perhaps over the holiday break.
Keep in touch.

Here are some more updates.
A few ships and some robots from a project Im helping out with.

[Sushy]

such cool mechs o__ol

[Jeff Bartzis]

thanks!

heres one from earlier last week.

[Jeff Bartzis]

One for the evening

[Jeff Bartzis]

some leg designs and functionality

[cfhd]

Dude your work has progressed so much throughout this SB. Just wanted to say nice work!

[Matt-Radway]

awesome mechanical designs! love it!

[rumpenstiltzkin]

always fun mechdesigns man! also really do love the enviro colors from posts #369, #372 and #377!!

[Jeff Bartzis]

cfhd: Thank you! I love going back to check out my progression. Its a real motivational booster. I wanna kick it up a notch or two this year. and get myself off this dreaded page 13 ahaha

Matt-Radway: Thanks! Its my main interest. I think i may need to branch out a bit.

rumpenstiltzkin: Thanks again!


Here's the first of 2013 I did 2 nights ago.

[z01ks]

i think.. if you can draw mechs you can draw anythang... keep up the good werk

[Jeff Bartzis]

z01ks: haha, thanks dude!

Some more cafe drawings from earlier today.

[Jeff Bartzis]

Some more stuffs from the sketchbook.

[Jeff Bartzis]

hey, here's some some new sketches from the past week.
Sorry, no cafe drawings this time. I didnt manage to make it out on sunday.

[Jeff Bartzis]

Hey, I havent updated in a while. No cafe drawings for the next few weeks as ill be in Korea.
Here are some speedies from the past little while.

[Jeff Bartzis]

seaside restaurant thing. paintified sketchbook drawing.
check out high res here.

[Jeff Bartzis]

started this in Korea, while on my trip.
finished at home
inspired by the urban sprawl in Seoul
i hope you like it

[Setherial]

love your stuff man, awesome style