xberts sketchbook :::last update Feb12th:::

[prsnsweeney]

damn man! beautifull stuff i love the textures and effects you get in your paintings. really badass really nice job on post 438

[Nyoron]

wow! amazing stuff

[n1frit]

Definitely i like youe stuff! At this stage i have one problem - i dont know how to finish my picture, in what style i must do it, cinematic panting or else. Mb u give me advice about how u achieve this great result with s details? Thanks)

[Veshkau]

Great stuff, that street scene is really coming together!

[PieMonster]

Sweet paintings man. Love how you render stuff, and how you put down the focal points so effictively, looking forward to seeing more!

[RaphaelLuebke]

thanks-a-lot-guys!! i just can repeat what im saying all the time, btu its true, youre making me really happy with these kind words!

Riox
thanks man! how long hmm hard to say .. 6-7 hrs? any tips, hmm im allways afraid of giving bad tips since that can be really dangerous but let me consider and write something in your sb

Ricardo Robles
fi ... finished? whats that word, i dont know it - man i thought doing concept art keeps me from "finishing" stuff

prsnsweeney
thanks mate, appreciate your visits!

nyoron
thanks!

n1frit
hehe ok ill try to consider some advices, but be carefulk im still learning (will we ever stop? )

Veshkau


PieMonster
thanks!

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not that much new work to show as i mainly worked on my portfolio webpage (that will be finished and online in 1-3 days) but heres a wip of a big comission (comic book project) im working on and got allowed to show, and my current w.i.p. for the actual e.o.w. challenge

both arent finished yet

[Nubian_Greene]

wow very impressive work,i shall subscribe

[Sebastian Gromann]

nice mood in the last one, man! really impressive stuff overall! i'm also glad to see in which direction your art is leading to! sorry, but i got nothing to crit, except that we need to make a callob once we'll meet hah

[Velocity Kendall]

this RAWWWWWWWKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSSSSS

[RaphaelLuebke]

nubian greene
thanks!

Sebastian Gromann
hehe yeah why not!

Velocity Kendall


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some alien technology stuff (the spaceship is wip)






and my final entry for the actual enviroment of the week challenge

[n1frit]

We will never stop understud worls around us!) And btw! great update!)

[ErikR]

Neat stuff

[Ricardo Robles]

so much greatness... I want to see them fi... er, nah, nothing

[NickyBeats]

damn man thaat EOW looks amazing! love the alien tech too, did those begin as 3d models? great lighting!

[Choob]

Wow man, been a while since I checked out your sketchbook, but damn, you just keep getting better. Saw your WIP in the EOW thread, and just had to see more. The brushwork on these:





always makes me drool. Do you use Photoshop or Painter, and if Photoshop, then what brush settings do you tend to use. I had some perfect brushes a couple of months ago, but then computer died, and I lost everything. Cheers man, and keep going.

[RaphaelLuebke]

n1frit
thanks!

ErikR
thank you!

Ricardo Robles
hahaha ... did you say something?

Nicky Beats
thanks a lot mate - well i use some rough 3d mockups from time to time - you should check out "sculptris" its free and an amazing tool to make 3d mockups amazingly fast for more perspective related stuff blender is the free weapon of choice

droid
i mainly use the standard round brush with 0-50% hardness and tablet pressure - opacity, and one custom brush i made

but nothing too fancy

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ok im done with my portfolio webpage - check it out

http://www.raphael-luebke.de

im now doing some applications and hopefully will ahve some more sketches done soon

[GEB]

Just awesome mate...

[Mr. Corlan]

Sheesh xbert, these are Amazing! These last couple pages . . . Boom! You are rocking like crazy. Super inspirational (and I'm totally jealous ). Keep it up!

[prsnsweeney]

your eow looks amazing beautiful work

[ThomasM]

wow yeah.. awesome work! its been a while but i can see youve been working hard

[Samurai_Nik]

Very cool work Xbert. Been awhile since I last checked will pop by more often this year.

[kischi]

awesome work man, love your dark and dirty strokes!
cheers

[will123will]

wow your work is sick

[blindshot]

Beautiful work! You've made quite an improvement since you first joined. The angel piece is really powerful.

[sourgasm]

Aaawesome work, man. Really nice painterly feel going on.

You mentioned using 3d for perspective block-in. If you've never tried it, give SketchUp a whirl. Takes about half a weekend to learn thoroughly and it's a blast. Throw VRay or any such renderer in and you've got a pretty robust little package.

Anyway, definitely subscribing to this thread!

[RaphaelLuebke]

livestreaming now:

http://www.livestream.com/raphaelslivestream?t=981345
sessions over

[RaphaelLuebke]

ok streams over, you can take a look at the results below, ill continue them tomorrow

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geb
thanks man!

mr. corlan
haha your far too kind, your work is extremely awesome - so there no need to be jealous, well maybe the exact oposite is the case

prsnsweeney
hey thanks man, really appreciate your constant visits

ThomasM
thanks man!

kischi
thank you too, glad you liek the strokes

will123will


blindshot
hey im glad theres improvement visible - and yeah im painting a lot these days

sourgasm
thanks - hmm well i gave sketchup a try 1-2 years ago but it seemed impossible for me to handle it correctly, plus the export function just works in the not-free version, im currently using mostly blender, its free and extremely great, but well yeah maybe ill give sketchup another try!

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heres the sketches from today, cant wait to continue them tomorrow+

[Velocity Kendall]

exxxxxcellent!

[Sebastian Gromann]

damn, that knight looks tiiiight !

[Kvenh]

Daaamn that knight looks juicy Loving the light. The torso might be a tad too short.

Also awesome colours on the enviro, I have no idea where you pull those