Monstertree sketchbook : Digital ash in a digital urn

[J]

haha your last one looks just like Jermaine from flight of the ConChords. Brilliant!

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Wow, really solid work here, love that woman on page ten with her hands together, one of your best so far I think

-E

[Jason Scanlon]

Haha nice.

[monstertree]

J_90 - Thanks! I did a good job then

Mischeviouslittleelf - Yeah I'm quite keen on it too, thanks.

Jason Scanlon - Cheers!

Not too keen with the stuff I'm producing lately, feel like I'm stuck in a rut. Meh, trying to produce something that looks unlike something I've done but it came out looking the same as my stuff always does

[Dan Valkar]

nice paper shogun man!!..should be in the back of a cereal box..keep the good work!!

[monstertree]

Dan Valkar - Cheers! it was a pretty fun process altogether

Been focusing on getting my drawing up to scratch, nothing worth showing from that bunch. I figure I need to work on the basics more, a solid foundation can only strengthen all my other artistic endevours.
This may be my last post for a couple of weeks, heading off to Tokyo on Saturday - so should have a bunch of Tokyo sketches to show after that!

[Vorace]

discovered this sb...wow great style, impressing! 5 stars!

[algenpfleger]

Wow, your brushwork and structure are amazing o_o

[juczpen]

The light sources make it feel so alive.

[monstertree]

Vorace - Cheers mate, I really like your stuff so 5 stars is a real compliment

algenpfleger - I dunno, I'm still not where I wanna be with it just yet!

juczpen - Thanks, glad you like

This one is weird, don't know if I should call it sucessful or not...I learned some stuff so I guess I should.

[monstertree]

Hi CA, here's some junk. I worked on the iPhone Iron Man game, which is now out so I guess it's ok to show my meager contributions. Rest is from my Moleskine.
Cheers guys

[monstertree]

Quick before bed.

[Peter Berkovski]

hey buddy, long time no see you around sorry to not being here soon, great work with te iron man game and great to see you working hard to find that you are searching for
cya

[Inkfish]

The Ironman game looks prety pimpin' Did you have to port the game to lower resolution class devices too? Are those real screenshots or marketing screenshots?

[wookiedabo]

awesome moleskin pages man, really impressed, nice work.

[Troubadour]

loving your stuff. ill keep a look out for your updates.

[overcontrast]

kick ass works mate! I love your use of colors, brushes and textures. Its a delight to go through your SB. Keep it up man and keep posting!

[Abrodos]

Hi man! your work so far is awesome, I like especially the colours in those last sketchbook pages.
The man in black and white (the one that looks like MIck Jagger), however, has a strangely plain face. His right side (the one with the freckle) looks good, so I guess it's a matter of symmetry on the other side.
Keep up the work, and try to update more often! these kind of works are always a pleasure to look at.

[Giorge]

Interesting painting style , simple , on point. Nice.

[Helioth]

really liked browsing through, I would note that you seem to treat specular reflections the same on most portraits, like, you have an unchanging method for it, but, light sources and light types always change, so you could get a lot more mood out of pieces if you looked around a bit, don't ya think?

[dCepT]

Cool stuff, man! I really like the style you got going on the portraits and such Soft value/hue changes... awesome work!

dC

[monstertree]

Peter Berkovski - Yeah, still plugging away - Cheers for stopping by!

Inkfish - I was only helping out with designing HUD and interface screens. They are mockups (game screenshots from the ps3 version I believe).

wookiedabo - Thanks

Troubadour - Thanks, I hope you enjoy what you see in future too.

overcontrast - Thanks!

Abrodos - Cheers for your comments. It's supposed to be Jim Morrison. I know what you mean about the plain-ness, the photo was a bit too high contrast and I dont think it translated too well to paint.

flamable - Thank you.

Helioth - Couldn't agree more, I tend to stick to something if I get used to it - must remember to get out of my comfort zone more often and learn more!

dCepT - Thanks for the kind words!

Been just messing about really, couple of sketches just playing around with rendering and stuff.

[Pigeonkill]

That last painting reminds me of the movie "Cable Guy" and the cable guy goes psycho towards the end of the movie.

[MsMaverick]

OH, you changed your sketchbook icon from the last time I saw it! Your paints are getting slick, man. I especially like your portraits; they've got a lot of character. Those little pages from the moleskine are sweet too! I used to color my real life sketches, but I stopped for some reason... What kind of medium are you using?

[Peter Berkovski]

fantastic mood with the last one, you made him bit older but still looks great,nice rendering and in my opinion the body should be little bigger because of the head size
Cheers!

[Josef K.]

the moleskine pieces are awesome! i love how you use color - keep sharing man!

[monstertree]

Pigeonkill - That's cos I painted my Cable guy DVD cover

MsMaverick - Thanks, I'm glad you like my stuff. I fell out of love with traditional for a while, but coming back to it feels really great - I'm colouring my sketches with either watercolour or acrylic.

Peter Berkovski - Hmm perhaps you're right about the proportions, I have a habit of enlarging heads.

Josef K. - Cheers! I'll try and keep them coming.

A couple of wips and another moleskine page. Not sure if it's really worth finishing the digital piece, losing interest rapidly. The Qee is far from being finished, god knows how much work is left to go into it!

[Cacodaemonia]

That Qee is looking pretty good. I've never seen one before, but I've customized several Munnies. I actually have a tattoo-themed Munny in the works!

The digital piece you posted is definitely eye catching, but if you don't want to work on it any more, well, it's probably not worth working on more. :/

[Josef K.]

whoa awesome update! the purple one's great! can't believe you've only got 4 stars! you get 5 from me!!! keep rockin'!

edig: HAHAHA you got 5 stars now! thats justice!!

[monstertree]

Cacodaemonia - Yeah I hadn't either until I was bought one, turning out to be quite time consuming.

Josef K. - Thanks for the kind words and stars, hehe seems I'm always hopping between star ratings

Here's some things. One. C.O.W entry that I didn't finish in time. Two. Darkstalkers tribute artbook entry that didn't make the book. The end.