Ben_Olson's experiments and sketches

**Ben_Olson** · November 13th, 2006, 09:07 PM

experiments and doodles

**DeathChalupa** · November 13th, 2006, 09:15 PM

Your rendering is amazing. I don't even know what to say at this point. Keep this thing updated!

**stalsby** · November 13th, 2006, 09:19 PM

nice style!! i like the brush techniques!!!

**Unbreakable** · November 13th, 2006, 09:47 PM

glad you started a sketchbook.

**Basil** · November 13th, 2006, 09:49 PM

very nice ben, they are all so very green, but i like it

and i love how you've got the extreme soft/stylized and extreme realism mixed together. keep it up!

**j a k e** · November 14th, 2006, 12:28 AM

Awesome stuff all round. The clown is great. I really like the way your rendering seems so soft, yet quite sharp too.

**blanquish** · November 14th, 2006, 12:41 AM

let me be the first to say: 5 stars
and keep posting.
Your suffering work was great.
Subscribed for sure

**Spade** · November 14th, 2006, 12:42 AM

fantastic, cant wait to see more!

**AztcFireFlower** · November 14th, 2006, 01:24 AM

NICE!
That first image is outstanding! Excellent rendering skills. Those first 3. Wow!
Can you say where you studied?

**Fellah.** · November 14th, 2006, 01:28 AM

What a great thing to wake up to!!! Awesome, man!

**koppa** · November 14th, 2006, 01:37 AM

nice man very cool

**bengine** · November 14th, 2006, 04:39 AM

Ooh... the last picture is really sweet, thank you for the inspiration sir.

**dariocoelho** · November 14th, 2006, 04:56 AM

dude thats some lovely rendering. i really enjoy the way you render out more detailed, but still just with the light as weapon, parts from a very rough shape.
thats all painter, right?

subscribed.

**Vanvalen** · November 14th, 2006, 05:02 AM

These are superb....this is my fav style of artwork but One I fail to figure out

...is this Photoshop or painter ben ?.

**dtran** · November 14th, 2006, 09:38 AM

what a beautiful sketchbook! Please update often for us all!

-d

**Tigermilk** · November 14th, 2006, 09:43 AM

this is going to be.... so... a w e s o m e.
t

**vigostar** · November 14th, 2006, 09:48 AM

this is going to be one of those really awesomely fantastic sketchbooks... I really hope you update this somewhat regularly...

**strych9ine** · November 14th, 2006, 10:29 AM

Brother, I'm always completely awe inspired checking out your work. Eerie doesn't begin to describe the mood you set... love it man.

**Infinit** · November 14th, 2006, 12:03 PM

No. 3 is stunning
the last one has a great feel

**blacky** · November 14th, 2006, 12:34 PM

Glad to see you start a sb, hope it's gonna be fed on a regular basis or else some fans like me might get real hungry (once the salina got agitated).

Love first and last one. B-card is a quite original one too.
So long...

**Gryphon** · November 14th, 2006, 12:55 PM

I really like your rendering - it reminds me a bit of Phil Hale. Keep posting!

**Chris Noeth** · November 14th, 2006, 01:44 PM

Great stuff. Keep posting!

**blog** · November 14th, 2006, 01:52 PM

wow and yay!

**Ben_Olson** · November 14th, 2006, 03:03 PM

Thanks for all the props guys. For those of you who where wondering, most of them are experiments with Painter.

1 and 2 where started in photo shop with a big soft circle brush and then a complex textured photoshop brush to loosely suggest the shapes. Then I go into Painter to polish up a bit. I like how photoshop and Painter compliment each other. It sounds like some of you guys are able to appreciate this too. Yes/No?

Sometimes I think I should just use photoshop because it's easier/ more efficient (and for my professional work on particularly tight deadlines I do try to stick to photoshop); but Painter is a lot more fun and I think it makes things look a little better. Any of you guy feel the same way?

The backgrounds on 3 and the last one are scanned in texture. And the happy B-Day is just pen and marker on a sticky note.

**Ryan DeMita** · November 14th, 2006, 03:15 PM

oh yeah! cool stuff's going to happen in here!
the suffering work was really great. im excited to see some more rough/ sketchy work in here.

bling for you

take care
-ryan

**Brendan N** · November 14th, 2006, 05:44 PM

Holy shit, hot stuff man! superinspirational, thanx for sharing - I'm off to paint mate!

ciao!

- d.

**fooxoo** · November 14th, 2006, 06:37 PM

Weee, nice start, love the textures and brush work. Post more, I insist!

Cheers!

**Vanvalen** · November 14th, 2006, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by Ben_Olson

Sometimes I think I should just use photoshop because it's easier/ more efficient (and for my professional work on particularly tight deadlines I do try to stick to photoshop); but Painter is a lot more fun and I think it makes things look a little better. Any of you guy feel the same way?

I've tried to use painter...but i ALWAYS just end up scribbling around with the brushes making a colourful mess like a 5 year old

...it's fun but I simply cannot get to grips with it...so I struggle to try and make Photoshop more painterish but I usually fail..and simply plod along

Looking forward to see more in the future Ben

VV

**LauraD** · November 14th, 2006, 07:31 PM

love your figures!

**[void]** · November 14th, 2006, 08:03 PM

Amazing! More please?

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