Mhugo's Sketchbook

[Mhugo]

slasheh, thank you!!

ANtY93, thanks a lot

GEB, thanks a lot mate!!

-D art-, thank you!! Yeah, the weekly challenges are awesome and help a lot, although i wish i d have some more time to participate more often

CarstenJ, thank you!!

Greenhouse, thanks a lot my friend

House Hatke, thanks for stoping by and your kind words I am always looking for critics!! You are absolutely right about my human figures and anatomy in general...something i should practice much more.

Dont have much time for personal stuff these days, but i still hope i can update more often...

[MeteorCat]

Beautiful stuff mate. I'm in love with the adorable white lemur chicken dragon creature. He's so awesome!

[derekdedgell]

I really like the mood of the environment sketches in your last post. Keep it up!

[viki oh]

I love your enviro's! Them and your character designs have this lovely imaginative quality to them and are painted really well! And your latest character design is AWESOME!!!

[Mhugo]

MeteorCat, thanks a lot!!

derekdedgell, thank you!!

viki oh, thanks a lot for your kind words!!

Little warmup from this morning...

[Mila]

Nice work man. :] particulary the axe-guy

[Mhugo]

Mila, thank you !!

First sketch for the current EOW.

[bobtail]

Lovely sketchbook . I really like your environments in particular - they have great atmosphere, and I think you use colour really well. I especially like the ones you posted at the top of this page!

[Cameronator]

Great thread - and loved the rat thing chasing the bug - fun stuff!!!

[Mariusz Kornatka]

very cool enviro thumbs

[Mhugo]

bobtail, thanks a lot =)

Cameronator, thank you!!

Mariusz Kornatka, thanks!!

Started this actually for the ChoW a couple weeks ago but didnt finish it in time. Trying to finish it now

[Mhugo]

little sketch from today

[Morningtea]

Wow............;A;
your environmental paintings are awesome!

[MeteorCat]

Stunning!

[Mhugo]

Morningtea, thanks =)

MeteorCat, thank you!!

Some sketches from the last few days

[Mhugo]

A couple ~15-20 minutes sketches and some other stuff.

[MeteorCat]

Awesome!

[Joe777k7]

wow what an awesome sketchbook to find! You are doing a great job! Not much to comment about right now, everything looks amazing!

[Previsha]

Awesome sketch book :-)

[Mariusz Kornatka]

cool updates

[Stpete]

WOaaaah sick, really inspiring!! You are literally doing everything, from robots to landscapes keep it up!

[Mhugo]

MeteorCat, thanks a lot!! AGAIN!!

Joe777k7, thank you a lot!

Previsha, thanks a ton mate =)

Mariusz, thanks!

Stpete, thanks a lot!! And well...dont know when i did my last robot, they always feel to be completely outside of my comfort zone...maybe a good reason to practice them much more

Some quick sketches from last night...

[ANtY93]

Thanks to you my 'inspiration' folder is getting bigger and bigger ^^

[MeteorCat]

This is just too good to be sketches Can you maybe explain how you go about making these paintings? What kind of reference do you use, if any?

[Xelar]

Your environments are splendid!
They have a lovely luminous quality to them and there a lot of good compositions here, too.
Sometimes the values are a little out of whack.(too much contrast in some areas, mushy in others)
Colorwise you could be a little more daring because most of the stuff here is pretty monochrome and muted. Try to incorporate a bigger gradient from saturated to unsaturated colors for more drama!

Keep up the good work!

[kidult]

Awesome enviros!

[Mhugo]

ANtY93, hahaha, thanks mate =)

MeteorCat, huh, i can try to explain it I usually start most of my stuff in greysale, helps me to focus on composition and values. At the start i just put some random, huge shapes on the canvas, no matter if i have a good idea how the final image should look alike or not, i just dont like to sit in front of a white canvas and it often causes some happy accidents When i feel comfortable with the values and basic composition i introduce some colors, mostly with different blending modes and adjustment tools (overlay, color, softlight, color balance...). From there on its just refinig and drawing until i feel i am done with it
But it always depends on the sbject, sometimes i do a very refined greyscale drawing before i add color and sometines i use color very early...

I usually try to force myself to use a lot of references as often as possible, although i didnt use any for the last sketches... But i think my stuff turns out more believable if i work with references rather than from imagination.

When it comes to my references i prefer photos. Some time ago i often used other artists work as reference too, but i think you can get much more out of a photo. A drawn picture always is an interpretation of something and you ll never find as much information in it like in a photo, hope you know what i mean and it helps you a bit

Xelar, first of all, thank you mate Colors are really something i often feel very uncomfortable with, definitely need to practice this more to get some more variety and better color schemes.

kidult, thank you!

Some random stuff from yesterday...

[MeteorCat]

Thanks for taking the time to answer my question. I hope one day I can draw like you can, from your imagination

Awesome update by the way!

[Mhugo]

MeteorCat, just keep practicing and thanks again!

some random stuff...

[NickyBeats]

Yo Mhugo!!! Great updates man! Realy love the newest stuff, especially those character designs. Normally i would say that enviros were more your thing, but these latest characters prove me wrong! Great improvement man!!