Ben_Olson's experiments and sketches

**Sketch** · January 18th, 2007, 07:34 PM

Your fat chicks are on point! I love the ping pong girl.

**Ostrander** · January 18th, 2007, 07:40 PM

Great sketchbook Ben. Really fun stuff to look through.

**jrr** · January 18th, 2007, 07:41 PM

wow some nice work you have here

**zacharybear** · January 18th, 2007, 08:09 PM

nice stuff man, you got some amazing rendering going on + great sense of color.

this is some dark and moody shit, and I like it. You know, something you'd see in doom.

**Peter Santha** · January 19th, 2007, 01:15 AM

Ben, well.... what I would like to say is: I have seen a lot of professional stuff in conceptart, but I found you, and listen to this: You became my most favorite artist. You paint the ugly in a beautiful way man!!!!! Total respect!
Few decisions what I made after I seen your art:
Ugly may live!

Never stop learning to draw.
Must learn Painter.
Must learn to Paint.

Keep it up!!

**Ben_Olson** · January 19th, 2007, 08:41 PM

goofing around with Painter brushes again

Chromosome- Thanks for the encouragement

Sketch- That means a lot coming from you. I don't know where to start with how great your SB is.

Ostrander- Nice to here from a fellow creature artist. Thanks.

jrr- Thanks

ZacharyBear- Thanks

Peter Santha- Thanks man. I checked out your sketchbook and I'm a big fan of yours too. Your porteaits are awesome. They remind me Of Diane Arbus photos; She's my favorite photographer.

**Ben_Olson** · January 19th, 2007, 10:33 PM

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**Envisor** · January 19th, 2007, 10:39 PM

Doing good on your characters and panels dude. Cant wait for more.

My Sketchbook- C&C very welcome
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=85772

**minjarr** · January 19th, 2007, 11:20 PM

wow.. I love the colors and how the everything is so morbidly put together. I love it.

**Stark** · January 19th, 2007, 11:42 PM

Kick ass! The kid in b/w form is unnerving. Almost manchild freakish! I love it!

KUDOS

**FactorZero** · January 20th, 2007, 12:02 AM

your dry/textured style is really stands out. it makes everything gritty

**cartoonfox** · January 20th, 2007, 01:06 AM

Damn dude I love the way you render down to black. Just like the masters. You pull it off beautifully.
Your concepts are really solid and your sketches are great.
I saw your Suffering concepts a while back, I think I replied in that thread, but I don't think I've replied here yet.

Anyway, keep updating dude. Love it all : ]

**Bushido** · January 20th, 2007, 01:54 AM

Awesom sketchbook, I love it

**mrgrumble** · January 20th, 2007, 03:16 AM

Ahoy! my mustache whiskers are pointing out in excitement with that last 'stark' toddler piece! such an interesting way of manipulating the body and controtion in all of the pieces, really interesting and provacative pieces mate!
the way those lights stand out in that last piece as well...may i be so bold as to say...dimensional awesomeness-ness? there, i said it.

**bhanu** · January 20th, 2007, 03:48 AM

awesome updates dude, really liking the greyscale kid , really ncie the color and tones look splendid. thankd for the updates.

**entdroid** · January 20th, 2007, 09:16 AM

Lovely stuff, I like the kid and the robot a lot!

**necromisanthropiak** · January 20th, 2007, 01:29 PM

I'm impressed!! You are one of the best artist I've ever seen. That's all what I want to say...

**marioucci** · January 20th, 2007, 06:52 PM

Oh man. Its so nice to see developed skills being used for crime like this.
Your work has that marginal feel to it that makes it powerful without being conventional.

hot stuff.

cheers man

Mario

**Sirio_Brozzi** · January 21st, 2007, 05:47 AM

Its you! I thought your stuff reminded me of the concept art from the suffering. Really damn impressive and really creative stuff..very inspiring sb, cant wait to see more from you.

**Orifice** · January 21st, 2007, 09:59 AM

This is probably my favourite sketchbook. You are the man.

**Inkin** · January 21st, 2007, 11:25 AM

duude...realy love this stuff, great colors and textures..nice expresions!
I wanna see more..so keep up!

**Wake101** · January 21st, 2007, 03:54 PM

...such inspiring work, really awsome style. I particularily like the last one, dunno why its just really cool.

**Brendan N** · January 21st, 2007, 06:00 PM

I feel like I'm on a high every time I get in here. Stellar as usual, thanks for sharing.

- d.

**marco nelor** · January 21st, 2007, 08:55 PM

be still my aching heart....

**vances22** · January 22nd, 2007, 10:35 AM

hey man
This is always some great stuff to come in and look at. quite enjoy it. Mucho kudos to the use of texture you get from your brushes on skin and everything it gives your stuff a lot of depth. The use of some graphic design elements in your work is handled really great as well.

**catface** · January 26th, 2007, 10:13 AM

Great flesh.. looks so fleshy..:0

So.. what did you draw to get so amazing at anatomy, did you draw people from life,tear up dead boddies like Leonardo..

or just learn it from books?

Im guessing you dug up dead people and drew them.. am i right huh?

**cakeypigdog** · January 26th, 2007, 10:54 AM

the girly with the fat bum and the table tennis bat is wonderful: makes me giggle everytime i look at it.

Your work has a wonderful spontenaity and fluidity: great loose strokes everywhere and sumptuous textures. Love it!

**Jeff Jaws** · January 26th, 2007, 12:30 PM

gorgeous, rockin big time, there.
love your use of textures.. gotta try that custom paper style myself.
superb anatomy.
Jj.

**Chiko** · January 26th, 2007, 12:43 PM

I love the texture in you pieces, your work is really inspiring. I've had some trouble before with the custom paper in painter, but for these kind of results I'm willing to mess around with it again