Detlef starts a sketchbook: Let's get awesome

**Silent-samurai87** · June 29th, 2011, 01:59 PM

Hey man I like your work and your digital painting progress (the fight club process is one of my favs). Keep drawing gilrs cause of you do then you'll be suprised how good you are when you draw em and you'll love it lol.

Keep it up

**Hunin** · June 29th, 2011, 04:56 PM

Loving your work, you have a good sense for values and a nice painting style. One stipulation- sometimes the proportions of your heads seem off e.g. eyes not lining up, heads being too long in length and not being in proportion to the body. I'm sure with practice, you'll improve in no time.

BTW I think your photo studies are brill, they look like paintings but also pull off a sense of realism. Keep it up

**Ghast** · June 29th, 2011, 06:44 PM

Brad Pitt came out great. I can tell you are looking at things in clumps and sections which is very good. Keep it up

**Detlef** · July 2nd, 2011, 01:07 AM

Silent-samurai87: haha yeah I'm slowly beginning to like drawing girls

Hunin: yeah head proportion is a big problem for me, that's what happens when you draw stylized for years before beginning realism.

Ghast: thanks man!

Color studies! c:

did the first one while streaming, it was my first time, it was fun! tho I was really nervous through it.

**Detlef** · July 10th, 2011, 06:54 AM

a little photostudy and something just for fun

**Nelka** · July 10th, 2011, 04:40 PM

I love that team fortress pic! The expression on the girl's face is priceless, and the concept is just too cute. :3
Your studies are getting more and more hectic, I'm loving the way you're treating the colour, and I take back my comment on the stylizing, what you're doing looks amazing how it is, and the character you add really gives it the extra punch.

**Detlef** · August 30th, 2011, 05:04 PM

Haven't updated in awhile!

been on vacation and all that but heres some stuff

critique is VERY welcome

**Ven S** · August 30th, 2011, 06:47 PM

Holy crap

Amazing paintings man. The female study looks sweet ^.^

**Detlef** · September 5th, 2011, 08:44 AM

pew pew!

made these using some brushes I made

**Detlef** · September 10th, 2011, 11:43 AM

more studies o_o

did the second one on livestream! I really enjoy streaming.

**andres333** · September 10th, 2011, 02:07 PM

nice stuff maybe you already know some of the things from this website but i think you still can get lots from it

Originally Posted by matt kohr

If you haven't been to the site yet, you should totally check it out!

www.ctrlpaint.com

**Detlef** · September 20th, 2011, 06:26 PM

still cant get simple faces right

**telohs** · September 24th, 2011, 06:18 PM

This is looking really promising!

I think it's a good exercise drawing lot's of sculls from photos to understand and draw the head correctly. Also I love the rendering on the last one :3 It looks sharp and crisp, which adds photo realism.

And maybe look into some nose shapes, the nose might be a bit thin.

Anyways, keep on drawing, as i said in the beginning, it looks really promising. Looks like you've made ton's of progress since you started posting here, so keep at it.

**kevlar jens** · September 24th, 2011, 06:24 PM

keep up the great work, detlef!

**Baudolino** · September 24th, 2011, 06:39 PM

Wow, awesome stuff man! The digital portraits and figure studies are great. Looking forward to more!

**Detlef** · September 29th, 2011, 10:36 AM

my sketchbook, I don't use it as often as I should >.<

and an owl o_o

**Detlef** · October 6th, 2011, 03:02 PM

couple of studies o3o

**Detlef** · November 5th, 2011, 05:35 PM

some stuff, I haven't been able to draw a lot of studies because I'm focusing on my comic.

**Betty86** · November 6th, 2011, 05:06 AM

great studeis, keep up!

awesome owl

!

**Mila** · November 6th, 2011, 06:58 AM

Haven't been here for a while. You've been busy :]
Keep up the good work. You're really improving!

**Othrandir** · November 6th, 2011, 10:02 AM

niiice stuff,your sketchbook pages are off the hook! great job,hope to see more of your stuff

**Detlef** · November 25th, 2011, 08:49 PM

Some mixed stuff! most unfinished, I didn't really have motivation for it :/

Do anyone have some tips for getting motivation to draw original stuff? I can't seem to do it

**JakehC** · November 25th, 2011, 09:04 PM

Your studies are beautiful and i can see that you have a great eye for painting. one thing i would suggest is to not paint from blobs like that (at least not at this point). I would recommend doing thorough contour-drawings and then painting over them. The reason is because i see a huge difference between the quality and maturity of your studies and your illustrations. I believe this is because you arnt getting the maximal understanding of whats going on in your studies!

Just a suggestion. i hope it helps!

In your studies, remember that the most important thing is "Why", not "What"

you are fantastic. love the portraits!

**p sage** · November 25th, 2011, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by Detlef

Do anyone have some tips for getting motivation to draw original stuff? I can't seem to do it

Buy a really cheap notebook and doodle in it. There's where you come up with ideas. And don't post anything from it on CA or anywhere. But draw in it every day at least 1 hr.

**NickyBeats** · November 25th, 2011, 09:40 PM

wow man!! great progress! amazing work on the studies too. your colors are so nice. especially the skin tones, they are easy to get muddy with them, so respect for keeping them nice and vibrant!

**Detlef** · December 18th, 2011, 08:17 PM

Heres some posters I made for a school assignment.

aaand some bg's from head, which is pretty obvious because of how cartoony they look.

feedback is welcome as always.

**ezekrialase** · December 22nd, 2011, 11:51 AM

you have good stuff here. I really like your paintings and figure studies!

**telohs** · December 29th, 2011, 04:54 PM

Hi Detlef! Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook

I'm really liking your enviros :3 I would love to see more of that kind of stuff

Looking forward to your next update.

**AllyAlbon** · January 2nd, 2012, 09:19 AM

Gorgeous studies! Really enjoying your colour use, and your graphic style is excellent.

**Detlef** · January 4th, 2012, 03:22 PM

just a small update, I have decided to widen my horizon of drawing this year by drawing a lot of stuff I normally wouldn't draw, so I'm starting up with some animals. I still don't own a scanner T__T

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