catatafish's scetchbook

**Catatafish** · July 24th, 2008, 11:52 AM

damn it i cant believe im really doing this...
since this forum is full of so much incredibly awesome art
and mine is so crappy...

but still i hope to get some awesome critique!!!
you can crit the hell out of my pics, i want it,
since i want to get better no matter what it takes
so dont hold back ^^
you can overpaint, show pics thats support your point or that have the things mine are missing in an obvious way it hurts or anything
hehe

its not much stuff to begin with but i will try to post new stuff recently

thats it for the moment, the other stuff i have is even worse than those two
hehe thanks in advance for everyone who takes the time to look any maybe even crit

cheers

**a la bapsi** · July 24th, 2008, 12:39 PM

yay for the courage to post in this a;lskjf;lakf forum full of pro art superstars. *__*
I know how you feel.. D:
The best way to improve is to surround yourself with artistic awesomeness, so...

Your stuff's very nice, I like how well rendered the guy's face is in your second post. and that cool first painting, gloomy and gorgeous. ;D with the attention like the kind you paid to the face in the second, you can probably render it out to something epic.
;alskjd;lakjdslkajsdlkajdf keep posting, your stuff can't be that bad. x]

**Catatafish** · June 30th, 2009, 05:49 PM

hey folks, its been a long long time XD
just didnt dare to post, here are some pics

heres some recent stuff

i hope i can keep those studies up and improve a bit, i will try to post one pic per day here, hope i kann keep it up

have a good night people

crappy update

**PieterV** · July 1st, 2009, 04:04 AM

aaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwweeeeeesssssssssssooooooooooooo oooooooommmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Catatafish** · July 1st, 2009, 07:54 AM

felt so bad about my last post, that i had to try another

still not satisfied with it

**DeeStar** · July 1st, 2009, 08:29 AM

that makeup bottle study is great, could be a photograph. The environment on the first piece is also good, but looks like the guys anatomy could use some work, especially around the shoulder and arm areas.

Your knight characters looking good, i like his expression a lot

**Catatafish** · July 5th, 2009, 08:58 AM

thanks man, though i had the feeling that i totally messed the perspective

heres some more stuff

my very first digital drawing from life ^^

this one was another attempt on skintone

this one was another study from a photograph

**hala** · July 5th, 2009, 09:04 AM

Keep up those studies! They're not bad at all, the more of those still lifes you do, the better they'll get. Sometimes there are parts that are a little over-blurred and could use some more work and time on,but keep at it!

your art is not as bad as you think!

**Catatafish** · July 8th, 2009, 11:39 AM

thanks alot hala!
yeah i still have problems with blurry edges, but im working at it!

this ones for the wda wt the brackenwood forums:topic robot love

**gabyness** · July 8th, 2009, 12:15 PM

I really like your still life studies
theyre sooo goood

**Catatafish** · July 28th, 2009, 08:02 AM

thanks alot gabyness

heres something different: crappy scetches xD
coz yesterday was a scetchy day...yay
sunny berlin...got a sunburn while scetching these xD

these are some scetches i did while watching a buddy playing soccer

**Minne Danhieux** · July 28th, 2009, 02:42 PM

some nice action poses you got here! they are realy capturing the moment. keep'm comming

**Hendrix Coyote** · July 29th, 2009, 01:50 PM

hey dude lol your pause was longer than mine

and we started about the same time here

I stopped to paint because I was doing some 3D works, then I got a little bit depressed because I was unemployed and wasn't able to really find a job, any job, then around in february I got a good job, not really what I want to do in life, but it's a good job and can use photoshop really often. Since february basically I was happy but I stopped every previous thing that I did at home, both 3D and painting studies, because I started to play every kind of videogames in all my free time lol (not including the time spent with my girl). Recently I got a toon up to 80 in Wow, then I left to go to a vacation to the sea, stayed there 2 weeks, and when I came back, last week, I didnt start to play wow again, but I started to draw again lol, and it's something that I really like and I'll be doing this from now on (even though I will play still, but not that much lol

). This evening in example I'd really like to paint, but I'm going to watch all the season one episodes of the Clone Wars animation, so I'll paint tomorrow. Not only of bread lives the man ffs.

it's funny that u saw my thread when I posted yesterday
cool
come on good stuff keep on doing this
cya

**sourgasm** · July 30th, 2009, 01:49 PM

that little cookie type guy from your icon is awesome and, more importantly, completely disturbing

**KromNz** · August 2nd, 2009, 12:26 PM

Very good looking sb mate! you seem to be improving a lot with those last sketches.
nice job!
thank you for your visit at my sb!

**Catatafish** · August 3rd, 2009, 12:32 PM

jocky: thanks alot, yeah ill try to make alot more of those, great way to learn weight and stuff...

Agostinuke:lol now that you mention it ^^ i used to play video games alot too...i stopped for the sake of art...but i find other distractions... XD

sourgasm: thaaaanks, i love disturbing art XD but normally i dont dare to post that kind of stuff

KromNz: no problem, i really liked your sb...thanks man!

you guys rock!!!

heres a new one...i made it for the chow on ng, was like 4 hrs or so...

greetings, katatafisch

**Catatafish** · August 4th, 2009, 04:55 PM

scetches...i got so damn inspired by the thread of algenpfleger...people like him motivate me to spend every minute on the attempt to improve...
didnt start posemaniacs yet, but i will do so tomorrow!

some ppl may notice a nox, hughes or djurdjevic character there...
YOU GUYS ROCK!!!

hope i can do more soon...

greetings

**Catatafish** · August 5th, 2009, 02:20 PM

yaay second day i managed to study and scetch...

hope i can keep it up...

even if i dont improve i think i learned something about the muscles...woohoo

EDIT: starting posemaniacs too...how lame...hahaha but i suck so much at those fast poses...(60s)

**whisperss** · August 6th, 2009, 07:19 PM

hello

Just passing by and I wanted to let you know I love your icy beast ^__^ the detail you put on the glaces and on the creature themself is amazing ! good job

even if your studies are good too you should paint more in this wait ^__^
good continuation , see you !!!

**Catatafish** · August 9th, 2009, 11:25 AM

thanks alot whisperss!! glad u like it

though i would like to paint some more i know my weaknesses and it would be a huge mistake not to work on them till im at least a bit satisfied...so i will keep on studying a bit...
but this will include some painting too

a collab of me and rubbadub turned out like this:

enjoy

greetings

**Catatafish** · August 10th, 2009, 06:28 PM

speedpaint done today, still working on the illustrations i want to post soon, plus i have been away at the weekend, son please dont blame me for not posting XD I WILL REWORK THE STUFF I DIDNT DO!!!! i promise

the building on the right is a texture of a house...the clouds are added from a photo too ^^ trying to find a way to work efficiently and add it into the paintings i do...to save time and being able to make quick speedpaints to catch a mood or a certain atmo or whatever ^^

oh yeah and the anatomy is sooo off...but i wanted to work quickly and just threw in the character quickly...dont blame me for that...im still such a noob...BUT IM WORKING AT IT xD

greetings

**Minne Danhieux** · August 16th, 2009, 06:09 PM

that paint looks naais. some things are a little off but the overal look and feel is there for me!

**Demon Lizardman** · August 16th, 2009, 07:24 PM

You have some pretty nifty work there, I am also glad that you are studying the human proportions. Good work!

**Jonas_J** · August 22nd, 2009, 12:23 PM

Great monkey

great work by you and rubbadu. Also your avatar piece is awesome.

**Catatafish** · September 22nd, 2009, 08:56 AM

thanks so much guys, im working hard to get better, though i barely post, its just that i scetch alot on paper and im too lazy to scan all that stuff in since theyre only studies, mostly heads recently...^^ so not really spectacular stuff...

anyways to show that im still alive i post a quick color thing
30 mins or so

i love bumblebees

**Catatafish** · September 28th, 2009, 06:08 PM

Finally: I can now proudly present my work for the game: Theory of Chaos.

The game is set in a near-future era, where scientists were making revolutionary experiments on lab-made microorganisms. Their experiments went haywire, and they unleashed a deadly species of blood-thirsty mutants into the world. We must stop these creatures before they continue to multiply in numbers, and the situation gets out of hands.

My job: Graphics, Interface, Illustrations

Now to the game art and screenshots:

thanks for watching and being interested.

Greetings, Max.

**Catatafish** · September 29th, 2009, 12:19 PM

scetched a bit today

topics:
alien duck mutant
chick dragon

hope you like ^^

greetings

**The man with no name** · September 29th, 2009, 12:26 PM

Got some gold in here, studies seem good but best of all are these pieces from imagination, super creative, and in art creativity is king or at the very least queen

nice work so far, keep it up