xberts sketchbook :::last update Feb12th:::

[RaphaelLuebke]

hi!
uh its been a while since my last post oh wait last one was august?! damn quite alot has changed.. hehe well both it seems to me, and to this site
after 4 months working as a full time employee at atomhawk, i decided to go back to freelance again, for many reasons, mainly because i missed the freedom in what i do, and how i do it
since then everything has gone really great, i luckily have an awesome client base who keep constantly feeding me with great work and i putting alot of effort into any of those jobs
to move forward as an artist, and well in most of my freelance jobs i have a lot of creative freedom so its allways a great motivation to push the stuff extra hard
sadly all this work means that im not having that much to show here, as im mainly "just" doing work when i paint, theres only a few quicksketches i manage to do besides work every here and there
and most fo the job related stuff is under NDA for AAAAAGES anyway i wanted to get this thread active again, so heres abit after i replied to all the heartwarming comments of you great people!

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DennisH-Art thanks alot man, haha well its been a while since i used the animatrion function last tiem, it was a bit like when i discovered "chromatic abberation" first time, and had to apply it on EVERYTHING but wisdom comes after a short while of experimenting, and art becomes a bit more "normal" again

xyphid thank you i hope i can continue improving forever!

S.F. Batchelor yeah adrian smith has some really cool stuff going! thanks for the nice words!

yogeshj25 thanks man!

snatti masssive seagull power approaching щ(ಠ益ಠщ)

Joe

Theonlay thanks man!

PoO-kiE through every page? haha im sorry for the crap you had to look at for the first ... uhm 20 pages?! thanks man , means alot!

AngeUnge haha thanks!

jedijofis ehm... multiple faces?

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heres some new stuff, first some quick sketches (40-60min):






illustration done for applibot


and a personal piece im working on, well i was working on havnt touched it for 2 months now, but im plannign to continue it after i completed some jobs
i tried to paint a sky as realistic as possible, it took me at least 25hours so far, i think more, except some few gradients i used the soft round standardbrush for the entire image
wich might sound stupid and not really a economic way to do an image like that, but i enjoy it, its a bit like meditating (oh wait, hmm if i enjoy it, why didnt i touch it for a while?)

[kingkostas]

Welcome back mate, these works are awesome!!! You definitely did a great work with that personal piece.lets keep up !!!

[Ludic]

Awesome stuff man, it's all super awesome.

[ninaren]

wow cant say more than that I really loved browsing through your SB. Awesome work!!

[walnut]

If you didn't work, maybe that means you subconsciously feel it doesn't need anymore work? Like those quick sketches a lot too btw, mood in the first one's over the charts!

[bouroune]

Brilliant work, nothing special to say but this sky is pure awesomeness. Love your colors in general.
keep on sharing

[Call0ps]

Welcome back sir! Good to see some new work from you =3 Dont forget to say 'hello' next time you in London

[Panshi]

Awesome pieces man, I love your use of animation, very surprising in a sketchbook!

[twelvex]

Just wow! brilliant work

[NickyBeats]

Xbert! whats up broham?! great to see your stuff again! awesome to hear about your freelancing efforts paying off! dude your only going up from here. hang tight. but keep us updated! that last personal piece is insane by the way. definately cant wait to see it updated! be easy playa.

[RaphaelLuebke]

kingkostas thanks alot man!

ludic

ninaren thanks!

walnut thanks man

bouroune thanks alot, and yeah i will definitely keep posting, its just im not allowed to share most of the stuff i do :/ but thats a good sign aswell, it means i have enough work

call0ps oh hey man, yeah i really hope i get a chance to come to london again soon, would really love to, its just such a long way from egrmany, because of that damn sea (you should fill it with sand)

Panshi haha thanks, yeah maybe ill do some experients liek that again

twelvex thanks!

NickyBeats thanks alot man, yeha im trying to update this but as said well so much awesome work, but that means so few im allowed to show, and its quite hard to keep personal stuff going fast, well it wouldnt be too hard as i have enough spare time, but im allways workign too much into images if i get the chance to, so im spending hrs and hrs on stuff i orioginally just planned to be quick sketches haha

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heres some new work, illustration for applibot

[Izzual]

LOVE IT ! Can't wait for the next post ^^ !

[kingkostas]

awesome!!! Thanks for sharing

[JDBI]

Those illustrations truly have a fantastic atmosphere.

[Veshkau]

Top stuff as ever Raphael, good to have you back!

[snatti]

great stuff man, more updates!

[Icecold]

You just blew my mind man, i'm crying in the corner now...

[Vulgar`]

Welcome back xbert! Fantastic work. That landscape with the clouds is now my desktop, thx

[BenjaminJL92]

Nice to see some new updates man, seriously good work as always!
I was wondering how many hours do you normally work each day on average would you say?
I feel that I'm stuck in an art block at the moment and I believe if I can become accustomed to the hours
I'll naturally begin to work more and see improvement at a much quicker rate. Hope to see some new updates soon.

[Captain Dando]

beautiful, beautiful work

[anendlessvoyager]

Wonderful texture on all of these.

Keep it up!

[Bjulvar]

Insane work! I didn't even realize that you cropped out a piece of that cloud illustration. Figured that it was another painting. Jealousy!

[Joe777k7]

Holy shit what an update!!! Man you are killing it! You are a Huge inspiration to me man! Keep it up!!! Cant wait to see more from you, would like to see some more line drawings from you. The few you showed me were major awesome!! Keep em coming man!!