mitze

[Cameli]

niiiice love the western spaceship,nice combination and the portraits are really beautifull

[Ricardo Robles]

Cool concepts man, good ideas. the enviros are looking very precise.
Maybe i miss some more highlight effects, just to focus more interest in certain parts of the images.
keep up the strong work!

[Peetaer]

Creative blocks are a bitch. Hope that ends soon. The ref stuff looks stellar!

[Klaw]

Mitze: wonderful work! That Barbarian with the axe is awesome!

Thanks William b. Hand
Cheers Cameli
Ricardo Robles's thanks. Not the first person to say focus. Thanks for reminding me, bad habits are hard to break.
Cheers Petetaer.
Thanks Klaw. You checked back a few pages.

The little kid in the background.
DSG 1557: Fantasy Scene • PRAIRIE GIRL USES STICK TO POKE AT THE THING IN THE PIT




DSG 1558: Sci-Fi • FRIENDS ON GROUND WAVE AS FUTURISTIC FLYING CRAFT KICKS UP DUST
Never paint on one layer.

[magicpudding]

What a great diversity of creative skills demonstrated in your sketchbook. Wow! More than anything I really appreciate your storytelling abilities. Thanks for inspiring me!

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=188585

[Peetaer]

nice update. the sci-fi geek in me is particularly fond of the flying craft. nice job on that one.

[Klaw]

Mitze, I missed the girl in the building hiding from the mech the last time I was here: That is awesome. Great job!

[JakehC]

i really like how you used the photo of dust in that last one (if thats what you did) its really a nice touch and something i never think to do when im speed painting.

[Mariusz Kornatka]

nice works

Thanks magicpuddi

Thanks Peetaer.

Thanks Klaw.

Thanks lolbbq.

i really like how you used the photo of dust in that last one (if thats what you did) its really a nice touch and something i never think to do when im speed painting.

Yup photo texture i am no purest. Best way is to paint the dust in as much as possible and use the photo on overlay at a low settting to blend it in. Clone stamp and warp and liquify can be used to position it properly.

Cheers Mariusz Kornatka



This is the last fully reffed pic i will do. Boredom and a feeling of this is pointless hit me. I only finished cause i had more than half done.




Edit. Adding original pic. My reffed version is not a exact copy i did try, but some parts go askew and then i try and fluff them together rather than redoing. The plane is especially poorly done by me. Hmmm her head looks big also.

[JakehC]

wow, you knocked this one out of the park. i really had to look to see what was painted and what was photographed. your values ready very well. i would say that the only place that gives away the painting is some minor flatness around the face, primarily the jaw line or something in that area. cant quiet put my finger on it.

i cant wait till i get to the level of expertise to be able to render this well.

[the ANGRY filipino]

whoah..that latest one...very well executed! Loving the way you painted her pants..the folds..the sheen..and her hands..

[ThomasM]

I really love this sketchbook - and seriously hope you keep posting more. Your figures are very cool. One critique I have is that usually womens abs are never drawn as defined as that, even in comics, but instead the general sense of strength is given by a few lines suggesting the abs (rather than clearly marking them out like a mans). Saying that if that is your own style theres nothing wrong with it!!

Like your environments too, and generally feeling inspired to try some environments myself tonight. Thanks for sharing

Thanks lolbbq. Now that you mention it i think her mouth is to close to the nose or her jaw is too long. Good call. I edited the post and included the original.

Thanks the ANGRY filipino. I picked this pic to ref because she is clothed. I can spend hours study the human body try, and get the muscles right and then have no idea how to draw/render convincing clothing that is cover it.

Thanks ThomasM. I learned to draw from comics after that when i drew people it was all about the muscles get them right and i have perfect human body. I know now that this is wrong but bad habits are hard to break. I am trying now to base the body on skeleton,pose,weight and outline. But easier said then done.


DSG 1562: Sci-Fi • SMOOTH-SHELLED HOVERSHIP (fg) ENTERS CAVERNOUS METRO INTERIOR (bg)

I had a definate idea for this. But because i was working i couldn't start it till about two days after it was posted and my idea had already being done. So i threw some photos together see what i could get.



This was poorly put together and it shows in the final. I spend more time trying to cover the obviously photos bits up than if i started from scratch. Here is the only old work in progress pic i didn't del. Pretty much just at the start.



This is final version of actual drawing/painting.



This is the above with colour correction. Warping and tweeks no painting just using photoshops tools. Lessons learnt, is spend a bit more thought at the start and it will pay off at the end.
Not a pic i would include in any portfolio

[Seage]

That reffed painting is insane, holy crap man... o.o...
And loving the enviro. Some advice would be to watch the edges on things in the foreground, and also, push the contrast in the focal area. Like stronger darks and lights. I always think to exaggerate things a bit. It may not be that way in real life, but this isnt real life, its our interpretation of real life so push it how you please.

Anyways, great work, and i'll try to drop by and show some love more often. Ive been a lame subscriber

[ThomasM]

Really like that last piece you posted even though you said you weren't happy with it. Definitely agree with the edges in the foreground. Even though its seriously impressive stuff - good work dude!

Thanks Seage. I will keep your advice in mind.

Thanks ThomasM.

DSG 1563: Sci-Fantasy • ROBOT RELIC HAS BEEN RAISED AND PARTIALLY ABSORBED BY TREE

Work in progress shots



Finished version. Thought it would be better.

Some pencil sketchs done at work. I should really do more pencil work as i think they are looking a bit ropy.



Face study.

[William b. Hand]

Cool updates! Of course I've seen the dsg ones, but the process shots give interesting insight. I think you pulled off the clothing and plane in that photo-reffed pic superbly. Her head isn't too big, although you shifted her features around somewhat -- an easy thing to do, and that'll slowly work itself out the more faces you do.

Still love that ship design. Pretty women.

Solid updates -- Thanks for posting!

Thanks William b. Hand.

Still love that ship design

Take a boring design bring into liquify filter and ..well liquify till you get a more interesting look.


DSG 1567: Sci-Fi • SOMETHING W/ A ROCKET SHIP ON THE LAUNCH PAD & MAYBE SOME BUILDING.

I am quite happy with this. I wanted to do a city scene so i pulled out some ref and thought holy fuck i can draw that my fingers will fall off.
Than i put this idea of rendering every building correctly, using persective, etc behide me and just sketched it in roughly. I am quite happy with the results, and it a lot quicker to do than i thought it would at just over 2 hours.
The ship as you can see from below was just blobbed in not much thought put into that.

So if any lesson was learned by me i think maybe less rendering more drawing.

[JakehC]

very good work dude. keep it up!

[Nonobot]

Theres a tone of energy in your environments and where you want people to look is so clear. This is one hell of a sketchbook!

Thanks lolbbq.

Thanks Nonobot.

I am lost not artblock just lost. Maybe try cartoony stuff.

Drawoff, clouds are from ref. That is all i wanted to do. I addded the rest to fit in with the drawoff.

DSG 1570: Sci-Fi Enviro • 3 GINORMOUS ANTENNA-TOPPED WATER TOWERS DRAMA-LIT BY SUNSET

[Seraph Fawkes]

Nice work Mitze. Sometimes you lose perspective or sharpness (sometimes your textures look smudged), but colors and values are definetely catched. Don't forget little detailes - like post 319. Despite girl's pose I like it, but you should've make eyecontact between tree and girl, because right now she's unnecessary here. But if tree would've glanced on here and made some expression - they would've connected.

Anyway - good work and keep going!

[JakehC]

thanks for the comment on my thread.

seems like you have a pretty nice workflow. what is your process of using pictures for creating illustrations? could you do a mini demo or something?

Thanks Seraph Fawkes. Thanks for your comments.

Thanks lolbbq.

could you do a mini demo or something

Yup sure, when i feel i have something worth showing.

DSG 1572: Enviro • WATERFALL HAS BEEN (MARVELOUSLY) ARCHITECTURALLY ALTERED

Not so good started ok.

[Metal Fingers]

Dang man, you got a nice book! Really dig the DSG with the landing ship, its got really dope design!

[PNate]

Your work is just fantastic. Paintings, pencils, everything!

[smuli]

I love the colors on this picture and as everybody's been saying, the woman standing on a wing study looks awesome! It looks tighter than the photo somehow. I think what I like most in it is the combination of smooth brushwork on the lady and background and the textures that you've used on the right spots in the right amount on the plane to give nice sense of material. On your other paintings, I think using the textured brush so much sometimes causes gritty edges where sharper ones would be desirable (like the figures' heads and the lighted railing on the foreground in the last pic).

Your black and white portrait studies look really solid but sometimes your figures look stiff. Some of them, like the one in the middle on this page lack some sense of weight IMO. 'm not sure what she's sitting on. If the surface is that slanted, there should be more weight on the feet IMO. On the standing poses, cast shadows could help give more sense of attachment to the ground. You've done some great studies of figures on the last pages but I think quicker gesture studies would be useful too for making up natural looking poses.

Keep up the great work!