uhm.... YAY :D

[PieMonster]

Dude, you're really killing it with these latest environments, and the characters are definitely getting there too. I think your brushstrokes and pencil lines could be controlled a bit more though, they seem sort of scratchy in places. For the last girl, her stomach seems sort of muddy, but that's all I can point out now really.
Keep up the good work!

[Lyno]

:o Those environments are great... Really nice colors. That forest piece from post #925 is :o really .

[Ricardo Robles]

yes crazy improvement.. some greeat things, my favourite are the last one in #915 and all the color work in #925.
The anatomy is improving as well, soon you will become very complete artist.
keep it up

[Sebastian Gromann]

PieMonster damn D: i totally see what you are talking about ! realy need to think about every stroke n'stuff; i'll try to apply it from now on ! thanks so much dude

Lyno thanks homiiiiii yo !

Ricardo Robles yay i hope so sir ! thank you !



exams are over again ! ...which means there's enough time to tackle studies srly again ! anatomie, landscapes, tones, everything, greaah ò_ó
but at first: here's some failure


sketches, trying to slooooawww dooaawnnn






feng zhu insp, not so good but learnt some things to solve next time




room


(does it get any lamer?)

[Phaxan]

morning quicki ;P

Flame on! Looks awesome.
I Enjoyed looking through your work

[~KJK~]

looking ace mate! i should have visited this sketchbook earlier keep it up!

[monotony]

dude, the enviros in post 925 are incredible! love them. all in their own way.
if you havent heard about it, you should check out the new competition on cgsociety. it's called "dreamscape" and sounds like it's right up your alley . and it might encourage you to take something to a more finished state too.
anyway great new sketches as well.
and I'm looking forward to a flood of updates now

[Sebastian Gromann]

Phaxan oh gosh, thats done at least 2 years ago time flys. thanks for checking in

Parsakoira haha. thank you man !

monotony mattttttttgladyouliketheseandthanksforthehit.imgoi ngtocheckitoutyay.feelhugedbro



some figure studies



thumbnails for a dragon hoard hihi




after noticing that this 1hr doodle kinda got its messy feel to it again ...



...i did studies of the awesome cliffchild (hope he doesn't mind) to get a more structured construction up the next times




these two took 15min/e (studies of ''Eytan'')

[hücumkedi]

love the digis in here...

[Fetsch]

sehr schön...alles...enviros wie immer sehr geil. moooar figurestudies please, thanks.

[Sebastian Gromann]

hücumkedi thank you !

Fetsch heh danke man ! ..kommt..kommt



some figures - some by bumskiii as you can see, i drew some more but they are even worse haha ... D:




and i drew a knight.
we got some snow at home and i was amazed by the harsh vs. soft - contrast and was trying to capture it - i'm not so satisfied with the result, but i think it just needs practicing again ._.

/edit: uuh, yes,yes, changed these things very quickly. thanks for pointing out ! i guess the hardest part for me here was that i wanted to give the armor a dull and dark color/material. thats why the rendering and light things are so spongy ( yay find an awesome new word haha XD ) damn it :]

[NickTrip]

Wow you've made a ton of progress! You're stuff is amazing now. The last one of the knight in the snow is really outstanding. Great work!

[RBeek]

dude, digi's are sweet!
Those enviro's especially! makes me wanna try out stuff like that to!
With the last one u said ur not so happy with the result?.. i guess i can agree with you, it still looks good, but its not convincing enough maybe?

Figuring the harsh red colour should maybe be visible on the white snow/blade or armor .. especially in such a grey enviroment it might reflect on something Not to sure on how to solve it though, im not pro at tthat sort of stuff

Ohwell!
Keep up the hard work!
Greets
Roger

[~KJK~]

really impressive updates man, looking forward for more!

[Philipp Scherer]

o.O this is why i saved your sketchbook in my favourites.
pretty awesome. these enviros *.*

2coins to the knight: i guess snow is reflecting pretty strong - therefor stronger light from below would be logic (concerning the armor, e.g. his right arm. it seems like the only light comes from the right side.
And his arms seems to me a bit long, well okay, he needs them to carry those 10tons swords ;D

[Lyno]

Serious mate ? That knight is awesome !

[Sebastian Gromann]

NickTrip yay, thank you

RBeek yep i know what you mean. i'm still not sure about the material and their reactions :/ thanks for suggesting man

Parsakoira cool ! i keep kicking

HerrleerzeichenS long time now see ^^ i'm glad you like them and happy about your advices - def. good points ! thanks dude !

Lyno heh teeeehhnnkkzz !




update time \/


for now i'm doing alot of figure studies and sketching, because i think that i really need to train my imagination and understanding of form and masses, which also leads me to light and rendering. guess that might be the gap which hold me back from leveling much faster

maybe i'll take some photos of the accumulation of the other studies, donno.




and some doodles from inbetween; after scrolling though mullins stuff again i felt like just scribbling








and quick ones


10min studies of awesome artwork to fill space here




no ref and 15min each, to see to what kind of elements my mind stucks to





i hope you'll have an awesome new years eve party heh CU

[Jamie Romoser]

lookin nice man keep up the hard work
looking forward to seeing more
-Jamie

[Dana_T]

Incredible improvements since your first post. Especially with color, composition, and design. Keep up the awesome work

[Ricardo Robles]

great updates! this has potential, i´d love to see it more rendered.

[walnut]

Have i been here before? Neat stuff in here, especially the enviro sketches.

[monotony]

The set of new and quick ones looks amazingg, bastii!
they all have great compos and mood but still feel very different.
and the clouds and sky painting is amazing.
happy new year, buddy°!

[Fetsch]

envirothumbs looking amazing and the clouds toooo! thanks for the inspiration

[~KJK~]

i think this sketchbook is requiring my full attention, really awesome job! i should do more environments, but characters are too much fun

[jNeumann]

Don't know how I havent seen this before. Your work is INSANE! The environments, the characters, everything. Incredible. Such an inspiration man, update morrrreeee!

[tribe]

Awesome SB, fantastic improvement.

Could you give a few pointers about creating environments / landscapes ? I love the clouds you make and this is something I'm just learning about right now.

Do you have some speed paintings or tutorials somewhere by any chance ?

Keep rockin

[Sebastian Gromann]

wow \o_o/ thank you so much guys ! i'm really happy you all keep checking and stopping by ! might sound cheesy, but ...its true D: realy motivating




OmertA sure, you can bet on it haha. thanks dude

Dana_T thank you

Ricardo Robles at first i thought so too, but actually i failed at capturing the rusty feeling i wanted to create, anyways, on to the next fight, aye?! thankss

walnut i guess its your second visit haha, walnuut. im glad you dig it yo

monoooooo - tony luuuuuuuv kleiner drei

Fetsch thanks victor

Parsakoira haha awesome thanks !

jNeumann ou, i'm flattered thankss - here it goes yay

tribe oh, giving a few points isn't my strength cause im a noob really D:
but my first advice would be to listen and watch the vids in feng zhu's school channel -> http://www.youtube.com/user/FZDSCHOOL he really nails down the important information about creating these arts, for beginners and advanced learners.
drawing from photos and from your fav art will help tons too. keep in mind everything you know about perpective, story-leading, values (atmosphere) , light and color, mood, etc. - the most important aspects - that way you'll climb up the ladder very fast hehe. the clouds are inspired by teh method of whit brachna btw cheers man and thanks for saying hi !




so, i was really busy ... with drawing haha !
as i already said before i need to keep sketching alot more and woking on holding and handling my pencil the right way
i havent done much this year except drawing and thats what 2011 mainly stands for for me drawing! in the end i wanna kick asses- hard !...just for keeping you prepared D:



art

here are two comission- images i did. there are going to be banners over it, thats why the composition is so bad, but other than that i'm kinda happy hehe






some of teh sketches, look, argh, just better get back practicing











digi roughs, just noticing how the first one looks like just: ''guessing'' and the next like: 'knowing/contigued'






study sampler, first from head, second of various stuff

[NickTrip]

You have sick sketching skills. What I find most interesting is that you see some of them as "argh". It makes me want to go make some argh drawings, hehe.

[~KJK~]

those commission pieces turned out great! where do you get your commissions from? dA? great work!

[Philipp Scherer]

Hey dude, looking good.
want to say a big thank you for suggesting FZD school at youtube to "tribe"
I recently checked it out, amazingly helpful!
so, cool stuff, do art! byebye!