Mike Butkus Sketchbook

**mike butkus** · November 26th, 2011, 07:53 PM

THEDEATH,
Hey thanks man!

**LtPlissken** · November 26th, 2011, 09:38 PM

You are going full power!

and if

If there's ever existed...

then you got

it

you got it!

**mike butkus** · November 27th, 2011, 01:32 AM

Mr.LTPLISSKEN,"Wow" I Love it and then some!
Thank you sir!

**Chris Sanders** · November 27th, 2011, 06:15 AM

thanks for stopping by my sb mike. love the vibrant colours you achieve in your skin tones, actually the lighting of your comps are just amazing to behold. thanks for sharing and its good to see that film and games still apreciate classic illustration. oh and i checked out your website and that was just rediculously inspiring.

**Blunderguffer** · November 27th, 2011, 07:49 AM

So much inspiring stuff in here, thanks for sharing!
Putting on my to do list to go over this from page 1.
Really enjoyed all the Jack Black illustrations in your last post, they were awesome!!

**Jasper_** · November 27th, 2011, 12:01 PM

Fantastic work Mike, always inspired by the soundness of your technique with traditional mediums.

**mike butkus** · November 27th, 2011, 10:25 PM

DOG-FACE,
Hey Thanks man! Give me a buzz at the studio and we can go over your portfolio.
BLUNDERGUFFER,
Thank you! Good job on the Gandhi sketches.
JASPERSANDER,
Thanks man, and amazing job on your painting of the one eyed beast and blown away by post#994!

**Jamie Romoser** · November 27th, 2011, 10:31 PM

Keep up the hard work Mike always enjoyable going through this sketchbook.
have a good one
-Jamie

**enthombed** · November 28th, 2011, 11:07 AM

hey Mike, great works in this last updates.

keep working!

**mike butkus** · November 29th, 2011, 11:56 AM

OMERTA,
Thank you, amazing work! Great character design and i loved post#19!

ENTHOMBED,
Thank you sir!

**mike butkus** · November 29th, 2011, 11:56 AM

OMERTA,
Thank you, amazing work! Great character design and i loved post#19!

ENTHOMBED,
Thank you sir!

**Lloydnewman** · November 30th, 2011, 03:40 AM

Hey, thanks for stopping by and checking out my sketchbook, your stuff is insanely good!
really interesting to flick through.

**David Ogilvie** · November 30th, 2011, 07:43 PM

Hi Mike, this is a really great sketchbook it's so inspiring to see how much qality work you pump out. Its cool to see your thumbnails and working drawings too. I just spent ages going back through your pages all great, love the guliver stuff classic.

**devin platts** · December 2nd, 2011, 01:14 AM

you're a monster...every time I check back, more amazing work from you

**mike butkus** · December 2nd, 2011, 02:13 PM

LLOYDNEWMAN,
Thanks man!

DAVID OGILVIE,
Thanks man, I've been doing this awhile.

DEVIN,
It's been awhile, your last set of illustration were insanely good! It would be a little terrifying to be in one of your dreams.

Q7HAEGEL1,
Thanks man, no I was just in the running for the movie poster, those were just concept sketches for Warner Bros.

**mike butkus** · December 22nd, 2011, 01:50 PM

**mike butkus** · December 22nd, 2011, 01:50 PM

Illustration from my Zombie book.

**LtPlissken** · December 25th, 2011, 11:29 AM

Looks so great!
Zombie Book!
That sounds so cool.
I want one of those.

**teapo** · December 25th, 2011, 08:21 PM

okay mike, i'm pretty sure you need to give anyone else that shares the same name with you a free copy of your zombie book...

thanks! haha jk.

really awesome stuff as always man. always inspired everytime i enter this thread. well.. Happy Holidays!

**mike butkus** · December 29th, 2011, 03:06 PM

LTPLISSKEN,
Hey thanks man, if you like zombies and creatures check out my new fallen angels book.

TEAPO,
Thank you my friend and I should.

**mike butkus** · December 29th, 2011, 03:08 PM

**mike butkus** · December 29th, 2011, 03:09 PM

One of my first illustrated movie poster I think I was about 26 or 27 a long time ago.

**melman** · December 29th, 2011, 03:26 PM

Thank you for commenting) Your art is brilliant, its great that you are sharing it so everybody cat watch and learn.

**sombertwin** · December 30th, 2011, 06:02 PM

I highly recommend checking out the fallen angels at http://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-Fallen-Angel I will admit I am not soooo happy with the chicks, mainly because the helpless beauty, bitch ex girlfriend and/or biker type...just seems a bit one dimensional, especially compared to the males. Not that the female figures are not great, just typical.

The males have a 3d explosion of personality and grit. They are wickedly brilliant, eye poppers. richly illustrated and dude just plain brilliant. btw the book will not teach you how to draw..but it does provide great reference material.

the reason I have been visiting this particular sb for awhile is because of the illustration tidbits I pick up. The gestures of the face, the movement of the pieces. Zombies make for an interesting study in understanding form, shape, lighting, contrast values, movement,etc. I love the emotional vibe from the works. Not only that I am consistently amazed at the commitment it takes to finish a project. I just wonder if the Buckus sleeps??? considering the amount of work he produces.

btw..thanks for stopping by....and what does editorial mean when you are talking about another's work?

oh and since I am writing so much...I wish you would take your drawings a part and teach an old dog the thinking and skill tips behind the work. I would buy the book... lets face it there are never too many anatomy books or how to books in the art world.

**Brahimpag** · January 2nd, 2012, 07:12 AM

amazing world

**BlightedArt** · January 3rd, 2012, 06:53 AM

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/att...8&d=1324579792

love this one, particularly have the facial engravings are highlighted.

**asa** · January 4th, 2012, 03:47 PM

hey man, I've known about your work for quite some time, but never had the guts to post a line in your sketchbook thread
I guess I will do that now and from now on
you are great man!!!!!
thanks allot and thank you very much for sharing

**patram** · January 5th, 2012, 08:39 AM

Mike Butkus, your work is one of the most inspiring. *sigh!* *sniff!* *gulp!* is what anyone sitting next to me would hear me compulsively do each time I am going through your sketchbook pages... Thank you for sharing your awesomeness!

**kidult** · January 5th, 2012, 08:51 AM

Always too good!

**Ricardo Robles** · January 5th, 2012, 09:14 AM

very explosive work here man, the gulliver series are amazing!! I´m eager to see that zombie book!

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