BOOM! the daily skeetchbook!

[Boom]

Hi all

'Oh No! The horror! Yet another one of the members sketchbooks... selfpromoting bastards..'

you might think...

and yeah... I guess it is. But I really like those threads. They give an insight in how our fellow artists think and draw.. much more than the final and polished paintings do. So I for one can't get enough of those threads.

Another reason for me to start a thread of this kind is to kick myself in the b***. For the last couple of months my motivation has been really low. And I haven't really been outputting the amount of art which I usually do. I'm hoping this thread can get the old machine up and pumping again. And I think it can!

I probably won't be able to upload sketches during the weekends so I'm limiting myself to min. 5 sketches a week. Most of them will be line work, but there might be a few painted sketches in between... Who knows

oh, I don't expect comments on every single sketch but ofcause you are more than welcome to leave a say... so don't hold back!

I'm starting off today (or actually last friday) but will throw in a few sketches that most of you haven't seen before even though they are a few months old...

Thanks for looking...
;B

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and here.. the real start...

friday, feb. 21st.



monday, feb. 24st.

[Fozzybar]

Wow! The last one is great!

Cool style there!

BOOM!

[cos]

Looks like someone is trying start up another bw thread themselves

These are great Boom, I remeber alot of them from the bw thread at sijun last year, but still nice to see them again, cool style.

Post more new stuff man!

[jester]

Oh my God... another sketchbook to check? What have we done?

Interesting woodcut style! If this thread really motivates you to do more - great!



Jester

[I.was.ink]

I like the head of the first one out of em all. I though the bottom half was going to look like the guy was jumping or falling. Nice style, and don't forget to update this puppy!

[mime]

I can sense a lot of Mignola influence

thats really cool, i like your drawings, especially the second one, the executioner.

well maybe the pic from friday is too much mignola .... but thats pretty, and the zombie from monday is really great =)

keep up the good work

and i would love to see other experimentations, color work, other styles, etc ... =)

[Kyri]

Excellent work Boom! Love your style, looking forward to
seeing more. That last creature one is a definite favourite.

[2kre8]

I like them keep posting

[Snowfly]

cool. very frank miller. although mime is right, there's some mignola in there too.

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update:

Fozzy - thanks! Glad you like them

Cos - Hi m8! Hehe, yeah a few of them are from that b/w thread at sijun.... We sure had fun.. hehe

Jester - hehe... Yeah, that was what I was thinking some would say too...

Iwasink - thank you!

Kyri - hey! Glad you like them!

2kre8 - thanks!

Snowfly - yeah, there might be some Frank Miller in them, but the heaviest influence for me is Mignola when it comes to line art. Painted art is different and I have other favourite artists who influence me in that field.

Todays sketch.. wohoo.. a painted one! The second in the series... First one was the spiderman if u remember... This is also a concept/sketch for a oilpainting!

cu all tomorrow

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Today I suddenly thought about a character I created for a comic way back in 1997. I actually don't remeber what her name was, but she was VERY inspired by Mike Mignolas Hellboy and Tombraider which both were quite big at that time...

I never got around to do finished pages for the book, but I remember doing a few sketches and colored cover samples.

Anyways... It was fun drawing her again...

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have a nice weekend!

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a new week.. another batch of frogs!

[I.was.ink]

I like that batman! I just wish there was more definition in his face, the second and third sketch confuse me a bit.

keep em coming!

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which ones are you talking about? And why do they confuse you?

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I hope I don't have to explain this one...

[boehmke]

I think what would be good to see from your sketches is a progression away from Mignola's work. Not only are you drawing very similar to him...you use alot of the same themes and images that he does. Things like the tenticals behind the 'tomb raider girl, the decomposed look on the mouth on the zombie, etc. are all styalistic motif's that Mignola uses. I don't really see that you have been influenced by him...but you are copying him.

Try to push your own unique images, themes, line work, and sense of design. Your paintings at your website show that you can do this.

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I was unable to do todays sketch, but will try to make two tomorrow...

and...

Boehmke - thanks for being honest. But with the chance of sounding defensive I would say that this is how I draw. Like it or not.. Sometimes the outcome is very mignola-ish like a few of the sketches here and sometimes they are quite away from his style. Like the executioner for example.

The way I paint differs quite alot both in thinking and style from the mignola look, but you could probably find others from whom I have borrowed.... or even copied from as you suggest.

You are not the first one to mention this ofcause...

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quickie quickie

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even more quickie....

Elven youngster

[StephenC]

the very very first one reminds me of phil hale and the rest..yeah i definitely get that mignola feel also...

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for some reason I can't log onto my ftp account... I'll try and get that fixed asap...

[R_M]

Heisa Boom,
When are you going to be up and runnig again?

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hi R_M

Still no connection to the ftp. I just can't seem to get my flashfxp to connect to my site anymore!

I'm still trying to solve the problem... and still sketchin.. so once the connection is back up there should be plenty of new sketches

thanks for askin!

[davi]

love that last one!

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finally got my upload thing fixed...

so.. .hopefully I can keep up a steady pace... just dont count on it... 'cause I'm abit lazy when i come home from work...

[Swedish Chef]

I actually see a big similarity to Clive Barker's ink work. If you haven't seen it before, pick up The Thief Of Always or Abarat. It's cool stuff, I think you'd like it.

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two fast ones

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abit serious looking, eh?