Sketchbook of ultimate horror and d00m.

[Mikko Voipio]

I think you should update everyday. Could you? I need my overdose.

[Flay]

Something funky's going on with his left shoulder in that last picture. Also, his pelvis doesn't quite seem to line up with his abdomen. I'm not all that familiar with my anatomy though, so I could be wrong.

Otherwise, brilliant work man.

[Chuck,mate.]

holy crap... dude I love those last characters to bits.
great style, work very well with the rendering technique, which is a sweet deal.


keep it up!!


Pat.

[conte]

wow man, you characters are really charismatic and i love this style, keep that going!

[Wasker]

I like your stuff, mr Kaktus, you have a wide variety of character types, angles and shapes in your designs and that is coolers! If only you'd update more often You've got a ton of quality in your SB. Post it!

See you Tuesday and lets figure out some cool drawing topics till then :=

o

[TheGnoll]

hey man, i missed so many updates in here!
loving everything i see in here, and (again) i am in no condition to help with some cc
love the rendering and style oozing from those heads, and hope life's good!

ciao!

[kaktuzlime]

I love you guys =) It´s so inspiring to recieve some comments from people I respect and admire =)

Sooooooo, long time no post. Sorry about that! Been very busy at work. Having co-founded a game development company I have been having little time for personal stuff. I´m learning a lot as a professional, but it´s also quite exhausting, and I often have no stamina to do much when I get home from work.

On the 23rd of october, the company I co-founded with four other people, will be introduced on the Swedish stockmarket! Our game, MILMO, is coming along quite nicely, with a closed beta coming out soon! I hope people will like our game, and appreciate the love and passion we´ve poured into it =)

Check out this descriptive video of the game! Extremely early footage, but it gets the message across. I´ve been mainly responsiblefor the main player character design, although of course it´s all been a team effort. (We´ll make a much cooler video aimed at our target audience later. This one was made for potential investors).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G91yIJKfo38

So, here´s some proof that I´m alive and have been drawing alot =)

Constructive critisism in particular is what I´d Love to get!

Fit as a fiddle!!! =D

This will be the hero of a series of designs. Monsters are up next = )



Hahah, look at how it´s totally crap in the beginning and then grows into something


My Pen and paer roleplaying character! Sadly we stopped playing because I started attending life drawing instead...



Evil!









Toodeloo!
Oh, and please listen to this song, it´s awesome =)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSHOubkNv1Y

[kingkostas]

great work mate.Alive characters
Keep up .The game looks nice

[TheGnoll]

that is some GREAT news man!
just loving your swooshy and elegant lines,and really hoping to see you update again soon!

good luck with everything, and kudos for the hard work!
ciao

[B-Man]

so much kickass in here! And so much life!

[Sanejack]

great stuff - I love it! question: do you draw and paint on an Intuos or Cintiq? All I can afford right now is a Bamboo, and I can paint on it ok (not that I'm a great painter or anything-but I can get used to it), but DRAWING is an entirely different matter. I still draw on paper and scan it in to color it because I just CAN'T get used to the different hand-eye coordination thing. Until I get a Cintiq and I can draw on the screen itself, I think I'll have to keep drawing on paper. So I was just curious if you used a standard Wacom Intuos or if you have a Cintiq. If it's a standard tablet, how did you get used to drawing on it?
Anyway, nice work and keep it up!

[.fantôme.]

wow im new here, but i love this sketchbook, there so much going on, all kinds of arts, from envoroments to characters , i speacially liked the enviroments with the curly things

[Flaskpost]

välkommen tillbaka! good to have you! =)

grymt skön karaktärsdesign, top page. diggar verkligen din stilisering på snubben.
han har mycket... karaktär!

[kaktuzlime]

Kingkostas- Thanks dude =) Glad you like it!

TheGnoll- Thank you my friend! I´ll try to deliver

B-man- Thank you! I try =) One of my goals is to understand life and get it down on
paper. Still looooong ways to go, but at least I know a few things to think about.

Sanejack- First of all, let me say that I was very impressed with your drawings! I´m envious =) I use a standard Wacom Intuos 3 A5 for my digital work, and I love it! I´ve heard from friends that a bamboo really doesn´t cut it when it comes to doing professional level work. The senstivity is far from what you´d want. Maybe that´s part of the problem. I can´t draw digitally eighter! I can never do a drawing digitally as well as I could traditionally. I totally envy those guys who can get clean nice lines with a wacom. For me, it´s rather been about accepting the fact that I have far less control digitally, and adapting my workflow to that. Basically I work as you would with a lightboard, working the picture to a certain point, then dropping the opacity of that layer and working it up again. Very systematic. I think the main advantage of the digital medium is the ability to be able to modify things quickly, so that´s what I tend to do. The lack of control is the biggest drawback. I´ve heard it comes with tons of practice though ;P So if it´s any comfort, I can´t draw digitally eighter!

.fantôme- Thanks dude! I try to vary my subject matters, it tends to help me grow artistically faster.

Flaskpost- Tack kompis! Han var rolig att göra. Mycket tanke bakom, det glädjer mig att lite av det syns igenom =)

So I took some time to render the lifedrawing from the last post. If I can muster more patience maybe I´ll finish it up =)

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Some pretty sweet sketches here man, I really like your line quality^^

-E

[liquidjack]

Nice style and clean work. Really good stuff.

[TheGnoll]

*coff coff*

[Kristo Novo]

long time since i´ve passed by.
holy moly such nice updates in here :-)

[HunterKiller_]

Oh man, I've been missing out on this awesome sketchbook.
Fantastic characters, and really good shapes.

[David79]

great job mate realy enjoy the flow of ur line inspiration thx for charing !

[chrysshart]

wow! This is so inspirational. It gives me an idea of the sorts of things I need to work on. Thanks and I'll be keeping an eye here!

[kaktuzlime]

Thank you guys! You´re awesome TheGnoll, if I lived in Italy I´m sure we´d be good friends =)

Mostly quicksketches.











Cya!

[Beonarri]

Lookin' good kaktuz!
Keep the updates comin'!

[kaktuzlime]

Thanks Beo =) I try to keep up! =D

Some Lifedrawingzzzz

[kaktuzlime]

Had some fun today. WIp, probably won´t get more love. Some rendering practice =)

[Larriva Art]

The last one is lovely. Great work on the upward lighting. I always find that difficult.

[Sanejack]

great stuff, as always - I love your sketches! and that last painting of the girl is GORGEOUS. keep it up! your art is a great source of inspiration for me

[sourgasm]

great stuff. i know it's a bit old, but i really dig the professor simon sketch from like page 11

keep up the good work!

[kaktuzlime]

Thanks guys =) Long time absence rectified with moleskine sketches! =D

[merrycarousel]

fantastic work you have here! really liking the ones where you captured the essence of an action with quick flowy lines.