Blaz`s Sketchbook has a silly title!

**Blaz** · December 6th, 2006, 02:00 PM

NEW STUFF AT THE END OF THE SB! DUH!

( I think you should just ignore these earlier posts....Im quite ashamed of em!) xD

Back with new stuff! From post #110!

Hello all,im new to this forum and i decided to share some of my sketches for u to see!
Little about me (yay -.-) :My name is Blaž (what a shock),im 18 years old and i go to secondary art school,graphic design.

**Blaz** · December 6th, 2006, 02:18 PM

My version of Balthazar from GW:

My version of Lyssa from GW:

My version of Grenth from GW:

Some armor and weapons:

An Assassin Sketch:

Erm Something:

Last Armor:

Thats it for now!
Yeah i know they are lame...
And they are all in pencil couse i dont have tablet yet,im planning on buying it soon!

I want some comments and crits too !

**Blaz** · December 7th, 2006, 05:57 AM

I need some help please!

How can i attach a link to my sketchbook in my signature and how to set that little picture next to your thread title when making thread?

Im new to this and a bit dumb eheh

!

**DanielC** · December 7th, 2006, 06:08 AM

Hey !!
Nice start. But don't forget anatomy. Right now your characters look too simple. Add some interesting details and lines. Make the compositions attractive by adding some backgrounds or anything.

As for the link and thunmbnail:
Link: Looks in you User Cp o nthe top left corner of the page. Look for Edit Signature and in the box copy past the link to your sb (in the adress bar of your browser).
Thumbnail: In your first post of the thread, get in the advanced modify mode, look for an Attachement Manager button and add the image you want... but only one!

There you go =)

**Blaz** · December 7th, 2006, 06:20 AM

To Glupito: Thx eheh.
To DanielC: I totally agree with you! Thank you for observation and for User CP help!

**Smoke** · December 7th, 2006, 08:04 AM

Loving the armour and weapon designs, those helmets are

.

**Blaz** · December 7th, 2006, 04:10 PM

VERY BAD adempt of perspective!!!

...unfinished...
im hopeless i guess...

**softocean** · December 8th, 2006, 03:04 PM

I like your concepts. But it seems like lots of your figures are just floating. Try positioning the characters on a ground plane more often, it will help to show you good positions for the legs and feet. Also be mindful of the center of gravity of your characters so they don't look like they might fall over.

My sketchbook is here

**Snarfevs** · December 9th, 2006, 09:40 AM

Good start!
Some of your figures seem to have strange proportions despite their solidity. The 'disturbed' pair look like they'd mesh perfectly with 'inquisitor', in fact a lot of these designs look like they would be viable as games workshop concepts.

The last I feel simply begs for a more dramatic angle.

**SalOnimaruRem** · December 10th, 2006, 02:28 AM

i like what i see...good stuff mang

**Cold** · December 10th, 2006, 05:43 PM

Thx for your rating blaz, it made my day to hear that

Regarding your sketchbook, i like your enthusiasm for detail, which may be hindering you of your overall perspective. I mean sometimes your drawings don't gel well with the camera or gravity, that’s why I would see simple blocking out of things, giving you more an overview. This should allow you more control.

Personally every drawing i do, I use the line tool on my PS panel, and make a couple of vanishing points on a different layer, and this helps me greatly. If you’re slightly confused, just come by my sketchbook and ask for me to post a step by step, on my next drawing.

Thx again.

**Evxyza92** · December 10th, 2006, 07:49 PM

cool stuff man and its a very clean style but lacks some pizazz if you catch my drift.. it needs a rough line put in some action poses and you'll see that a clean style needs some roughening up

**Blaz** · December 11th, 2006, 04:25 PM

to softocean: ty for the advice,ill try that!
to snarfevs: ty,and yes i know about the proportion : (...
to loneshadow: ty eheh
to cold: im really glad it made your day,ill try to do the blocking thing from now on,i hope it helps ^^
to evxyza92: ty,but i dont really get the "pizazz" and "drift" part

i agree about the rough thing but problem is when i draw (like Cold said) i really get drawn by the details so the overall drawing lootks "tidy" and not really natural ...
...i cant help my self ...doomed

**Blaz** · December 11th, 2006, 04:44 PM

Ok,i did this crap before i saw your comments so its technically the same crap as other crapy drawings

proportions agian...head too big...

**Miro** · December 12th, 2006, 05:24 AM

i like your character designs, they look really neat
and i agree on the helmets, they're just

did you learn this at art-school? or are you a natural artist?

no crits from me

keep 'em coming!

**Blaz** · December 12th, 2006, 05:27 AM

...natural artist and thats the problem i guess...i mean i go to art school but it just sucks i learn more about the design and graphics than traditional drawing

**Miro** · December 12th, 2006, 10:17 AM

at this age, this kinda quality :o
and it's not a bad thing if you can draw like this!
what's art school like? and what do they teach you there exactly

just keep drawing like you do now, and you've got yourself a fan already

can't wait to see more of your material

**Blaz** · December 12th, 2006, 10:33 AM

I`m glad you like my drawings!

Well art school is great! Its very easy,fun and the great thing is u can be your self and express your self freely!
There are different courses...i chose graphic design,couse i like it

**Tec** · December 21st, 2006, 03:49 PM

i can only repeat the stuff that was already mentioned in the other posts ^^ .....this sketchbook is really a nice start...interesting variety of different concepts..... but you should focus a bit more on the basic shapes of your charakters atm. you seem to like detailing the armory and weaponry a lot

. try to spend a bit more time on the basic shapes and values and less on lines and details......keep it up

**Blaz** · February 8th, 2007, 02:55 PM

After making new sketchbook i realised this one wasnt deleted afterall so i deleted new one and here are drawings from that one!

Just got tablet and this is first thing I made!
Balthazar colored version for GW competition!
Crappy Harlequin

From now one ill try to make daily sketches (yeah real sketches

) couse i finnaly got the will for it!

And any advice about digital coloring would be nice couse im huge noob

!

**undergroundsean** · February 8th, 2007, 03:05 PM

cool design !

**Chris Noeth** · February 9th, 2007, 03:08 AM

Thx for visiting my Sketchbook!

Your designs remember me of the WOW designs... cool stuff.
I would love to see a finished version of your Scarab King

Best,

Chris

**Blaz** · February 9th, 2007, 07:27 AM

@undergroundsean: thanks
@Chris Noeth: thank you,and I dunno about finishing scarab king...i might color it.....(and btw i hate WoW! ^^)

Here are three todays sketches
Pretty crappy stuff..

most of the poses are drawn from the head...didnt have oportunity to draw from real models....so they turned up like they did....unatural...

**dan liimatta** · February 9th, 2007, 08:08 AM

pretty good, I like many of the details, and some of the sketches are really nice - for example that of the Nightbringer and Grenth. Sometimes you slip on the line work or/and the anatomy of the characters. Still I like.

GG & GL

**Miro** · February 9th, 2007, 05:52 PM

very nice sketches

i really dig the harlequins

keep 'em coming :p

**Don-key** · February 9th, 2007, 07:02 PM

charatcers are coming along nicely, good imagination ad form.
one thing that might help is to push the contrast a bit, really make the
tones and forms push and pull to give depth.
keep it up!

**Jesus de Haro** · February 10th, 2007, 09:19 AM

Hi, good ideas here, i like the first viking specially, and some of the "underground" scifi designs are great.
negative points, try to articulate de limbs of your figures giving diferent angles to each part...(sorry about my english hehehe)
i mean if you draw a leg completelly straight it looks tense and unnatural.
try to give diferent angles to each part of the limbs, it makes the drawing looks more relaxed and natural.
anyway good job

PD: ty for your post in my sketchbook

Salute!

**Blaz** · February 10th, 2007, 10:48 AM

@Miro: thx

@Don-key: thank you for the advice...yeah i think deeper shadows/contrast is what i need ^^
@Jesus de Haro:Thanks,ill try my best ^^

And todays doodles/sketches:

**Wasker** · February 10th, 2007, 11:33 AM

Argh, while your skill with pencils still needs to be tampered with a bit to be perceft there's no problems with your imagination! Those character concepts up there are sick! Very inspiring!

**life on the sofa** · February 10th, 2007, 01:08 PM

hey blaz thanks for visiting my sketchbook, thought i would repay the favour and answer your questions in one go. i do my phtoshop stuff using a touchpad mouse..the ones where you move your finger around the small square to move the cursor, i paint with that not sure what you mean by tablet.hmm and my drawings i use reference for colours and details but the poses usualy just come around by acident btu sometime i copy the poses( neither of my 2 atm are copies)......now your work, i love your attention to detail and your anatomy isnt that bad just a bit basic(lol thats rich from me) but just some bulgin muscles and more ACTION, movement etc would give your work that kick up the backside to make it even better because your designs are sweet. luvin it dude keep it up.

L.O.T.S