Matija Vuk

[Matija Vuk]

I come from Croatia and besides labelling myself as a student of life, most of all I enjoy observing and making visual art.
I had no real education in art field but hopefully with great passion and desire, one day I'll be working in the most exciting fields of art industry.
For now I'm doing some commisions here and there and since I finished some of my other obligations, I'm totally free to follow my chosen path of art skill & knowledge improvement ^^

Updated 21/05/2013

[Matija Vuk]

for now let me start my sketchbook with this tribute to Andrew Loomis.
it's almost a copy of a cover to his book "Fun with a pencil" from 1939
Done in Photoshop CS6 beta trial



Female figure study from reference also played with some brushes just to see how they look studying mainly form and values here
Done in PS CS6



Loomis done traditionally with pencils then retouched in photoshop





This one is whole done in ps



And some stuff from my imagination
pencils, retouched in ps



Photoshop doodle of a whale

[LtPlissken]

A very imaginative and creative new start you have here.
I fully support your thing, your determination is a
true example for us all. You just keep it up like this,
I will try to follow. All the best wishes in your future.

[Matija Vuk]

A very imaginative and creative new start you have here.
I fully support your thing, your determination is a
true example for us all. You just keep it up like this,
I will try to follow. All the best wishes in your future.

thank you for your respond ma friend, thou you exaggerate my positive sides a bit ^^

"Long time no see" so, I'll upload everything I had been doing since my last post here. I'll try to keep doing art even thou I'm really busy with job, learning web design to get a better job and so..

Ok, I missed this one and shoulda posted it in the with other previous Loomis studies, but here it is now:



I've spent some time on this one, it is made purely from imagination hope you like it



This one was so fun to do - Serge Birault ( you might know him I'm sure , also nicknamed Papaninja ) made an art of female Thor then many artists joined (10-15) and added their versions to his , here's my contribution:





And just to update my old project to new sketchbook, I'm really close to being satisfied with it

Lineart difference, OLD version (from previous sb) and NEW revamped version which I have changed only slightly for the final image



All I need to do now is render it well, add good simple background and then I'll spent some more time designing and implementing wings for her - yes, she is angel of the war

[Cojac]

Hi I like the mountains you did up there. The clouds are great.

[Matija Vuk]

Hi I like the mountains you did up there. The clouds are great.

Thank you very much

I have just 1 small update :/ no time, lack of energy .. but hope you like it so in my book it would be much better to do 1 nice study where I learn something than 10 scrappy sketches

[Matija Vuk]

Olla again , spam post since no one replied.. kinda deserve it since I don't have much time to browse other people's SB's XD

So, some sea creature / monster right from my imagination, no references used. It could be polished alot more but I'm satisfied with what I tried to achieve.

[LtPlissken]

I can see some real anger in the eyes of this last fish,
you portrayed his feeling really efficiently. Working real
hard and fast is what you are my friend, you make us all
to work more and to feel motivated. I will punish my self
with a fist cause of not coming here more earlier and more often.

[Matija Vuk]

I can see some real anger in the eyes of this last fish,
you portrayed his feeling really efficiently. Working real
hard and fast is what you are my friend, you make us all
to work more and to feel motivated. I will punish my self
with a fist cause of not coming here more earlier and more often.

too kind words dude, too kind

Anyway, I'm back with updates, hell yeah, let's level up this old biatch SB of mine

Loomis heads


oh and this one is taking me ages to finish.. not like I'm rushing it thou


Bad quality photo, I've done this with acrylic medium for the 1st time in my life ! hehe


some crap environment from imagination just to get back into digital art


now this is environment / landscape study totally from ma head and I'm really satisfied with it. Kinda achieving the style that I'm satisfied with


And for the end.. yeah.. dat ass
(photo used as reference)


i have 5-6 more traditional images I've scanned but I'll have to edit them a bit in PS, sou, when I get back home, I'll update my sb again.

Cheers !

[Matija Vuk]

Ok, here are some traditional studies with pencils and at times some black markers , all edited in PS 6

[AbsorbenGhost]

nice work

[sony]

keep posting, do as much much more anatomy studies

[Matija Vuk]

tnx guys, considering the anatomy - yeah, never enough of that and I will practice it a lot

[Matija Vuk]

Jesus I've done for my friend

[JerryActric]

Very nice anatomy studies ! your lines are nice and everything has a good feeling of form ! something i need to work on haha Keep going !

[Matija Vuk]

thank you very much,

now this is done traditionally mostly at work, retouched a bit in photoshop for nicer atmosphere and feel



and this is some really really fast studies of face and female body.. crap I'm really rushed with a feeling of not having enough time per day





Cheers !

[Matija Vuk]

more female full body studies I like this one, and maybe I'll spent some more time on it post more finished version

[luthertaylor]

Really nice studies and a big passion to develop a skill you have! It resonates strongly with me!
I would probably spend some time doing life drawing, if you haven't a class in your area, online life drawing is good also, better than nothing. you can see here http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php

it's especially important to do it after you hav studied anatomy to where all that knowledge you learned of bone and muscle appears on the surface.
keep it up

[Eric-Anthony]

nice sketchbook so far. i used to paint pretty similar when i started digitally. i like ur use of color and that u are thinking about form, light / shadow. ur anatomy studies also look very promising.

only advice i can give is that u should just try to loosen up when working digitally. have fun, dont worry about mistakes and get comfortable and confident with the software and tools u use.

keep it up

[voraz]

Hi Matija,

Been checking you sb, I see you have been working a lot, I woul say keep up the anatomy studies and try to push some of your pieces further to a more finished state, I think you could learn a lot working in the final stages of an illustration.

Thanks for commenting in my sb also!

Keep working!

Fil

[Ninjac]

Hey Matija! It's great to see you starting a sb here. Good progress from what I remember seeing on the Kitchen forums. I really like the energy and looseness when you bring a piece closer to final like the "booty" study from photo ref. My only suggestion would be to slow down a bit and really study the figure when you doing these figure studies like the last two. Instead of quickly working, feeling like you just need to post something. You have proven you can be quite accurate when you really focus, the challenge will be to keep that intention for every study you do. It will pay off in the long run. Keep pushing man!

[Matija Vuk]

- replying to all of you guys tomorrow, I'm so sleepy atm
Not yet done, but I feel like posting updated version of my study and reposting the older version so it's easier to compare them.



EDIT:

@luthertaylor - Yep, some life studies coming up soon , thank you man
@Eric-Anthony - Thank you for visiting and giving me advice. I try to loosen up as much as possible, when I'm not its harder and more boring to do art.
@voraz - Yeah, never enough of anatomy studies its really essential. Btw I do strongly agree with you, the more you go into the final stages of the image the harder it gets, more frustrated I become with results but also what is very POSITIVE about it is - YOU LEARN A LOT MORE - sometimes I just want to do some basic form studies without goin deep into finishing
@Ninjac - thank you for visiting yeah, same discussion as with voraz, the more you go into the polishing, more you learn. Seems like I listened your advice, this last girl figure I'm studying is taking me some time now and each time I update her I'm more satisfied

[Zidartha]

Fantastic sketchbook man Now I feel pretty lazy and feel the urge to practise more, which is good x´D
Keep up the great work!

[Jonathan L.]

Thanks for the warm welcome. Browsing through your sketchbook really motivates me. I love your line-work, it's great. I need to learn how to refine my digital work like you. How do you go from a rough W.I.P. like the above and get that finished look?

[Matija Vuk]

update, hope you guys like the way I'm going with this piece

@ Zidartha - Thank you man will do
@ Jonathan L. - I'm glad if I help you stay motivated. Refining is the hardest part imo, you can do it for ages and go totally wrong way not even noticing it its something you really develop with time and as you do more and more finished products. Just doing simple basic images will not teach you that.
For WIP piece : I start mainly with round basic brushes, then as I go more into details, soft round brushes with low opacity, some extra texture brushes + range from normal, multiply, overlay, soft light layers do the trick tools are not important they are just there to help you get the image you want.
Important trick is to have the vision, the goal in your head how the image should look alike



Im doing so small updates (ESPECIALLY ON THE FACE) but I'm satisfied with changes, hope you guys can see them and you agree they are goin better and not for worse

[Matija Vuk]

update

[Matija Vuk]

DONE !

face close-up - desaturated

[Psychobuddy]

Nice work, the rendering on the pin up looks great! Keep it up.

[LtPlissken]

This last pinup is so gorgeous, everyone would like to pin her down.
I am still wondering as I look at the painting and deep within her eyes,
is she still a virgin? Or did she already met the large Mexican small town
band? So many questions in such short amount of time. Her legs, her
backside and her tattoos makes her so unbelievably adorable, I just
cannot withheld my true feelings. And I like how her head and mules
shine, creating a divine high feeling within and outside the painting.
Should be restricted in any gerontologycal center to emit this kind
of pictures. Your improvement is visible, even from the bathroom
window, something unbelievable. Every time when fate lacks a bit,
you say to yourself and to the audience; “Here we go again!”.
A true example you are, I am happy about this progress
and beautiful change in your personal and art career.
Do more updates when you can, cause you know
we all expect that.

[Kerah]

Heya, thanks for the comment over at my SB eons ago
Your full-body female study turned out to be beautiful, especially good work around the face.
Subscribed and waiting for further updates on your progress!
Ciao!