m@: (05/05/2010 yes, 2010!)

**bumskee** · January 12th, 2007, 02:02 AM

*deep breath* stunning... love the second image.. it's crazy.. you are crazy!!

hope you are doing well mate!

**Mitchell** · January 12th, 2007, 02:58 AM

Wow! Thanks.. you just ruined a good pair of underwear for me.

any of it reffed?

**SamsonsReaper** · January 12th, 2007, 03:02 AM

you the man m@ hehe

**frostsnake** · January 12th, 2007, 04:33 AM

you got some serious atmosphere in those long environs, how do you do that, do you look at some refference of something of the same mood?
the first one is very cool!
see ya

**Hive_minD** · January 12th, 2007, 04:39 AM

m@ ure stuff is great.
love ure style and creativity...
thx for showing us it

H-D

**Skureal** · January 12th, 2007, 07:02 AM

Those are very nice!
You totally nailed the atmosphere in the enviroments. Specially the tropic ones are wonderful.

**Idiot Apathy** · January 12th, 2007, 05:57 PM

*adds another to the long list of replies*

Happy New Year m@ !
Off to a great start. Loving these extra long panoramics.

On this one; the guy in armor - if I may ask how did you do the details in the armor?
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/att...1&d=1168521915

Cheers!

**jmascho** · January 12th, 2007, 06:05 PM

way to start off 2007 with this tour de force of a sketchbook

awesome stuff, I really like the wide aspect landscape studies

**Shinryu** · January 12th, 2007, 06:13 PM

wow, first character and the enviroments are excellent

cheers

**Bowlin** · January 12th, 2007, 09:36 PM

Hot...

Originally Posted by strych9ine

Damn.

**maknien** · January 13th, 2007, 05:42 AM

unbelieveable...

This guy is kicking harder and harder everyday.
I love those ~6:1 widescreen landscapes.

**P E N Ricklund** · January 13th, 2007, 06:23 AM

Wow, thanks for the lovely inspiration. The panoramic landscapes are stellar, as is all your work these days

Hugs!

**Orifice** · January 13th, 2007, 10:02 AM

I dont know what to add that has not been said. Well, its all great! totally awesome n all that.

**nickmarshallvfx** · January 13th, 2007, 10:13 AM

All of those panoramas are just absolutely stunning... every one!
So do you work professionally?

**kischi** · January 13th, 2007, 11:01 AM

Ahhhhrgh its a shame that this is my first post on your sketchbooks!
I think half of my 2d gallary on my pc are pictures from you.
Your work is so amazing.
Would you mind if I print this pic on canvas, and hang it into my room?
I love it. (ill remove the pic as soon you replied, dont whant to disrupt the structure of the sb)

**Dominus** · January 13th, 2007, 02:39 PM

duuuuuuuuuuude, sweeeeeeeet sketches!!

question: you now work at irrational games on Bioshock?

**Sirio_Brozzi** · January 13th, 2007, 02:46 PM

Fantastic stuff! : O That first one is quite a banging way to start an SB, that last post has great atmosphere to it. Cant wait to see more.

**P.R** · January 17th, 2007, 05:11 AM

Fantastic work!
Superbe

P.

**m@.** · January 17th, 2007, 06:17 PM

wow thanks all! glad you like it! this is a really enheartening welcome for this new sketchbook

DeathChalupa : thanks! no 3D used

Dose206 : thanks , glad you like. Hope you'll like the other sketchbook!

Atmospheria : Thanks my friend, happy new year to you too, hope London is treating you well.

notic : hey thanks, you're definitely right about the char, I didn't put anyreal work on the lower part of the body

lazy me

Jabo : thanks man!

designboot : thanks

vigostar : haha , that's always a good thing I guess

Dile_ : thanks! I spent like 30 minute on each one. Glad you liked them, and keep on progressing!

Snowsfall : well it took some time, but I'm back

strych9ne : hey Cody, thanks,

Alday J. : merci Julien! content que ca te plaise.

oma : thank you

sith : thanks!

MCL!on :

tensai : arigato gozaimasu~~

shaoshao : thanks

finlay : is it ? I guess that's kinda cool then

TheGnoll : I try!

Mainloop : thanks I guess! well , I spent quite a long time on this piece. I guess most of the detailing effect on the armour is making a little black and white pattern (with leaves and such), overlaying it on the armor, then using some layer fusion effects (outer glow and such)

shyamshriram : thanks man!

Saikin : thanks

Darktwin : thank you

CallOps : I hope so

rblitz7 : hey thanks. There is some kind of tute in my last sketchbook, but it's old somehow. But there might be some interresting info in it.

Björn : thanks

Bloodstone : thank you!

mull77 : thank you.

andreasrocha : thanks for stopping by, glad you like.

bumskee : hey Min! glad you like it! bubai~~

Skeiff : thanks ! well some of the quick enviros (2nd and 7th enviro I think) started out from small photo thumbs, but ended up as completely different light/moods/settings, so I dunno if we can call that ref or not. I also used some slight photo overlay sometimes to get grain and color variations.

SamsonsReaper : thanks man!

frostsnake : I replied to that to Skeiff just above. Thanks!

Hive_Mind : thanks

Skureal : thanks! I think I prefer the tropical ones too.

Idiot Apathy : thanks man, I replied to that question to Main Loop a bit above.

jmascho : thanks!

Bowlin : hehe

maknien : thank you

Pencilator : thanks!

Orifice : thanks for stopping by!

space-sprayer : thanks, and yes, I work as a concept artist.

kischi : thanks ,no problem at all , I'm honoured.

Dominus : hey thanks. Uh, where did you get that from? I don't work there, and never worked there either.

Sirio_Brozzi : thanks!

P.R. : hey thanks for stopping by Pascal . How are you doing? still in New-Zealand?

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a couple of mindless quickies I did this evening... approx 30 minutes each.

**Call0ps** · January 17th, 2007, 06:23 PM

yeah updates!!! my fav is the secund one, love the atmosphere and the tranquility on it, its seems the kind of plane backing home after a hard battle

**DARAF** · January 17th, 2007, 06:24 PM

Your mindless quickies look better than the ones I labor over. lol Great stuff man.

**Chance.** · January 17th, 2007, 06:27 PM

Yaha. Great update. I'd love to see some serious tutorials if you ever get the time. Have I already said that? I can't remember

**Sublimus** · January 17th, 2007, 09:07 PM

I actually said out loud to myself "these are beautiful!" to the first batch of wide shot enviros.

It actually sounded pretty strange to say it out loud, but it just happened.

Now just to hunt down your old one for those tuts, haha.

**m@.** · January 17th, 2007, 09:19 PM

Call0ps : thanks , that's kinda the feel I wanted to give

DARAF : well often quick sketches have a better feeling than long overworked pics .. imho. Thanks!

Q-Caddlewick : ahhh serious tuorial. maybe one day...

Sublimus : haha thanks

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a few digisketches without ref. I definitely need to practice more ear rendering... I can do decent ears in 3D (so I guess I know the shape) but shading them correctly in perspective from mind is another task

pld: .. they always end up flat somehow

**Idiot Apathy** · January 17th, 2007, 09:29 PM

Ah, thanks for the explanation on the armor - given me a lot to think about and try out. Cheers!

Edit: whoah hey, nice to see some 'sketches' from you.