Eugene Arenhaus' sketchery

[arenhaus]

Here's Erwin. He wasn't looking where he was going and stepped in a slow digester.

[Lii-chan]

I love your gnome under the tree. You're so imaginative! Wonderful work - and thank you so much again for helping me with my piece in the crit center

[arenhaus]

Loiterers in a street somewhere around Procyon.

The thing in the lower left is a "corner garden". Northern Procyonian buildings often have either rainwater collection systems, or these - little gardens watered by the rainwater coming through the spouts from the roof. This spout is advanced enough to have an actual pipe; usually they are just mounted at the roof's corners.

[arenhaus]

Done for the Daily Sketch Group. Three steps in evolutionary descent, from a simple little "fish" through a more advanced medium-size ambush predator to a large pelagic creature specialized in eating the alien version of surface siphonophorae.

[in2eternity]

Very nice characters, I like your cartoon style ))

[LordLouis]

Hmmmh... well I mean needless to say that your stuff is good, but judging by your presence in the CC forums, I had thought you would be pushing some range in your sb- environments, or book covers, or doodles.. it just seems empty and I am wondering what is it you spend most of the time working on?
Also your portfolio leaves me puzzled- the picture of the Rattenfaenger has some weird hands and face, whereas the potter under the tree just kicks ass by all means. (And yes I saw the date difference). I am wandering on thin ice here as you might know once you have seen my "sketch"-book, but as you seem not to mind the odd bluntness, I thought I just leave my cents here and bugger off quickly.

[arenhaus]

I had thought you would be pushing some range in your sb- environments, or book covers, or doodles.. it just seems empty and I am wondering what is it you spend most of the time working on?

Boring stuff like user interface design and programming. Illustration jobs are becoming increasingly rare for some reason.

Also your portfolio leaves me puzzled- the picture of the Rattenfaenger has some weird hands and face, whereas the potter under the tree just kicks ass by all means. (And yes I saw the date difference).

Well, the Rattenfaenger is quite a bit older, indeed; and I guess I traded off some of the formal anatomy for an uncanny feel about him. It might look weird due to my lack of skill, but I thought it worked and left it like that. Take it or leave it.

[arenhaus]

And coming to think of it, I haven't posted anything in a while...

Just having fun with stylization. I love Craig McCracken style.

[Lightship69]

Hi matey

I just thought I ought to warn you that I have subscribed to your book and that you are oficcially an inspriration! Sorry about that no pressure or anything.

I just love the cartoon style of your work and am trying to do work for kids, and your stuff is eminently suitable bud, lovely work.

Thanks for all the help along the way and thanks for taking the time to post,

all the best to you matey

[bish0p2004]

I really like your sketchbook. Great ideas and anatomy. This is inspiring me to draw full fleshed out scenes in my sketchbook instead of just figures.

I'm subscribing to this SB.

[cerealist]

Lovely...

[arenhaus]

I really like your sketchbook. Great ideas and anatomy. This is inspiring me to draw full fleshed out scenes in my sketchbook instead of just figures. I'm subscribing to this SB.

Thank you, bish0p2004. I'm always happy to be an inspiration.

[arenhaus]

I just thought I ought to warn you that I have subscribed to your book and that you are oficcially an inspriration! Sorry about that no pressure or anything.

Thank you, Lightship69!

[arenhaus]

By the way, the Old Potter is now finished and had been exhibited at Convergence 2011. You can see the finished work here: http://chiseledrocks.com/main/galler...ics/old_potter

[arenhaus]

... and, so that I don't bombard the thread with text-only messages, have the exploration sketches for "Digger".

[LordLouis]

fantastic, as always I love the characters mood and expression that you manage to portray so well.
I personally preferred the sketch version of the potter because I find the yellow bg too dominant, but that's just me.

I totally dig the stylized vikings

[Lightship69]

Hi there matey

I hope to find you well! I just had a wander through your website and would just like to say that its very nice man. Did you do this yourself or hire in a designer?

I like the digger stuff too, the only rodents I normally see are the ones that my cats have played with, and generally speaking they are somewhat broken or have very flat batteries.

All the best to you, and keep it coming matey Its all good.

[Valyavande]

aw, I love the sketches for the digger! So cute and full of life! I even prefer the sketches compared to the finished work. There's so much more freedom in the lines of the pencils.

The figure constructive demos are really intersting too for me, because I'm working on all these issues. Always cool to see such steps of creating the human figure.

I think, I will subscribe to this thread

[bish0p2004]

Awesome sketches. I'm really liking the Old Potter, reminds me of when I was a kid.

[pimpwacker]

there should be a like button on this thing somewhere

[Strato]

Throw my hat into the inspired ring. =P Wish I had something critical/helpful to say, but I don't. Must be too early in the morning.

[arenhaus]

An old sketch from 2009. Been exploring cartoony styles.

[arenhaus]

Strato, pimpwacker, Valyavande, Lightship69, LordLouis - thank you all!

there should be a like button on this thing somewhere

There's the "Rate thread" menu. Click away!

aw, I love the sketches for the digger! So cute and full of life! I even prefer the sketches compared to the finished work. There's so much more freedom in the lines of the pencils.

Me too. It's very hard to keep the vigor of a sketch in a polished picture. I think it was Degas who said that it's easy to make a lively painting in six hours; but nearly impossible to make one in sixty.

I hope to find you well! I just had a wander through your website and would just like to say that its very nice man. Did you do this yourself or hire in a designer?

No, I did it all myself. I even wrote the backend software.

I like the digger stuff too, the only rodents I normally see are the ones that my cats have played with, and generally speaking they are somewhat broken or have very flat batteries.

I pity any cat who'd pick a fight with Digger: she's a wombat.

[arenhaus]

A practice sketch. Fooling around with suggesting things using wrong kinds of objects.

[arenhaus]

CHAAAAAAAAAAAARRGE!!!

Inspired half by "Aliens", half by "Mass Effect".

If you like this sketch, vote for this thread!

[Lightship69]

Ha ha ha ha! I Like it! good sense of action too, you can almost feel the weight transfer from one leg to the other in the run good job mate.

[Warforce17]

Really love how you get out the form of the objects. After the first picture I have fallen for you SB. Keep up the good work!

[arenhaus]

Lightship69, Warforce17, thank you. Workin' hard, here.

Spread the word, and all that...

[arenhaus]

Anime-inspired troop. Fear tiny girls who wield straight razors.

[arenhaus]

A couple Procyonians sharing lunch.

This was drawn in graphite on very smooth printer paper.