KN´s Sketchbook /// draw it up

**Kristo Novo** · December 7th, 2006, 02:47 PM

///////////// as you might know - newer stuff on later pages /////////////

Hello everybody,

this is my first conceptart-post.
Very interesting stuff whole over the forum.
Maybe some of you can critisize my
environment-sketches down there. I´m not sure
how to come out of these sketchy thumbnails
to an amazing finished illustration

I think with these kind of sketches you should
check out composition and proportions of the entire
format you are sketching on - I´ve tried to
fix some nice compositions in my sketches but
look by yourself.

greetings
Kristo Novo

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**asoir** · December 7th, 2006, 02:54 PM

stunning work, keep us updated man!

**softocean** · December 7th, 2006, 02:57 PM

nice stuff here.
looks like the first and second imagres are your strongest. Good use of perspective.
in the other images, there seems to be a need for line weight (thickness) to help bring attention to certain parts of the image. If it is all the same weight, it is harder to perceive depth. (4th image)
Maybe select one of the thumbnails to add color/shading?

My sketchbook is here

**Kristo Novo** · December 7th, 2006, 03:08 PM

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I colorised the second sketch in a quick potoshop session.
I think it helps to get more depth into picture.

But keep on critisizing - thx for your attention

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**Blaz** · December 7th, 2006, 03:28 PM

Nice perspective there!
I must agree first two were best in first post,in the third one i think those two columns look like they are little steep (erm dunno about my english)

Like the colored version too tought i sorta like the b/w one better...dont know why.

**softocean** · December 8th, 2006, 03:12 PM

Good start on coloring. I recommend that you pay careful attention to value when depicting light and shadow. The building on the lower left is casting shadow well, but the other buildings are not? Also, you may want to accentuate lighting on the faces of the buildings in the upper right which are facing the sun. Also, experiment with brushes to let them do the work of detailing the textures for you. Well, thats my 2 cents.

My sketchbook is here

**Kristo Novo** · December 20th, 2006, 11:07 AM

Hi,

thx for your comments @all
It makes me happy to get some feedback about my work

I´ve added three new line sketches.
These are my first graphic tablet results -
funny to work digital

well - I wish all of you happy holidays!

**softocean** · December 20th, 2006, 09:06 PM

I like the second image a lot. The cracks and detailing really give believability to the scene. Perhaps work on the value range for it to develop the piece further I suggest that you use pure black and pure white sparingly as you develop it.

**Fishhead** · December 21st, 2006, 01:48 AM

Welcome aboard!! You have awesome sense of perspective and compostion! Your artistic vision is strong.
Man I can't wait to see these as full color paintings. I usually add small fiqure shapes in the composition to help with the feeling of scale.
Beatiful work. Love to see more. Are you going to take any of the other sketches to paintings?

Fishhead

My sketchbook
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=84382

**Kristo Novo** · December 21st, 2006, 07:05 PM

...here I come with my first digital colored sketch.
hmmm... what can I say... it´s just the beginning...

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**Kristo Novo** · April 17th, 2007, 04:54 AM

Hello again,
long time since I´ve added some new stuff.
Here I painted digitaly a kind of outer space/planet scenery.
I think I could go on working on this picture to add more
detail but what do you say?

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**DennisCurrie** · April 22nd, 2007, 11:52 PM

Yes, could use a little more work. Otherwise, I have to say, it's good to see how you are mastering different points of perspective.

**Kristo Novo** · September 7th, 2008, 07:26 AM

thank you all for your comments - i´m happy to get some feedback.
please dont stop that!

**Kristo Novo** · September 7th, 2008, 08:15 AM

a little drawing session right now

**Kristo Novo** · September 10th, 2008, 05:50 AM

i didn´t sleep long tonight... here is a weird figure

**Kristo Novo** · September 19th, 2008, 05:48 PM

this is my girlfriend while reading a book
she wasnt looking as sad as in the drawing
but sadness came into it

**Kristo Novo** · September 20th, 2008, 08:35 PM

i´m not sure where this is going
my motivation to start painting was to come up
with some robot technoid styles...

till now there are no characters - just environment
...have to be changed

**Kristo Novo** · September 22nd, 2008, 04:13 PM

so far.. it´s not what i hoped it could be.. hmpf

**Kristo Novo** · November 3rd, 2008, 06:21 PM

some stuff i did today and yesterday evening
rough sketches

**Ricardo Robles** · November 3rd, 2008, 07:11 PM

I love the post 17. for me, works better without spaceships, or with little ones. these environements are really good man. very technic eye you got, mixed with a great tecnique, with many fluency.

To crit, just can say.. work in your lacks.. as drawing figures.. just need a bit or more work, youre in the right way.

By the time, I guess some star will appear over there

**hunchback** · November 3rd, 2008, 09:18 PM

cool stuff here man

more please

**Kristo Novo** · November 11th, 2008, 11:40 PM

Ricardo Robles: thanks for your critics - i´ve seen your sketchbook and it´s a honour for me to see you here :-)
i think you are right about pic nr17. smaller spaceship would change a lot for better

hunchbackmagee: thank you ;-) i try to post more output

so heres a new (rendered) sketch :-)

**Jamie Romoser** · November 11th, 2008, 11:52 PM

nice start for your sketchbook keep it up!

**Ragnar X** · November 12th, 2008, 04:50 AM

Hey man- I love your quick sketches. They're great!

I think your digital painting needs practice... here's a suggestion on how to very quickly add some color to those sketches- mainly with gradients.. dont muck up the clean fresh sketches with too much brushy junk- here's an example I painted over your pic

**Kristo Novo** · November 14th, 2008, 07:23 PM

Ragnar X: realy thank you for taken your time to show me that coloring example.
i think i get the idea with this gradient like coloring... i´m realy overwhelmed about it... helps a lot
i have to try this for myself... fix dark and bright composition

by the way gw concept artwork for me is one of the best in gameindustry
i´m very thankful for your post!

**Kristo Novo** · November 15th, 2008, 11:43 AM

marker revival - fast drawing session
little digital stuff for the backgrounds

Φ · November 15th, 2008, 12:10 PM

god damn cool stuff here!!! last bazooka-man is GREAT!! love it
keep it coming
cheers

**wilkerson** · November 15th, 2008, 02:22 PM

I like where this is going.
Good stuff.

**Kristo Novo** · December 12th, 2008, 01:02 PM

@bigfooTrooper and wilkerson: thank you guys
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a little update today
quick sketches with fast digital finishing

i hope sooner or later i can try to play around with
gradient like coloring (Ragnar X posted above an example)
and show it to you guys

**Kristo Novo** · December 19th, 2008, 08:21 PM

here comes some stuff i found in my deepest archives ...
except the last two - they are just a few weeks old

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