xberts sketchbook :::last update Feb12th:::

[RaphaelLuebke]

rocardo robles
thanks man, really apprectiate your visits here

prsnsweeney
thanks for our constant support man, your totally right with the chow crit i totally messed up all the later steps of that image


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[Vulgar`]

Tasty..

[RaphaelLuebke]

thanks, vulgar!
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hey everybody, didnt update this thread for a while wich doesnt mean i was unproductive, in fact its the exact opposite.
after studying physics for over 3 years while doing music and art in my spare time, i started to do freelance stuff about two years ago, during the last time physic blocked my time more and more and finally i noticed that i will never become as good as i want with art if i spend up to 16 hours a day with (extremely interesting) physic stuff.

thats why i decided to drop physic, i really want to become a good artist, if thats the price - so be it. anyway, been painting 8-12 hrs a day since octobre and hopefully thats visible in my new work shown below. im preparing a portfolio at the moment and hope to get a good fulltime position next year. well its kind of funny as im going the oposite way then usual, being successfully freelancing for 1 1/2 -2 years now, but i really want to learn from and enjoy the competitive and productive atmosphere of working in a success-driven team of geeks
aside from that im currently trying to push my progressive rock band to the max - ill show you (those of you who are interested in that kind of stuff) the results as soon as their finished.

id really like to hear your thoughts on these new works and my descisions etc

okok so much blabla, finally heres some new work
most is wip stuff, and some more or less finished ones

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comissioned card game artwork that i luckily was allowed to show, website is up soon, ill keep you updated:

wip





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concept art for a personal game projekt (scifi arcade multiplayer spaceshooter)






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quick sketch


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painting for another personal project (rts game)

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personal sketch




and finally my favourite image from the past days, comission for that card game

[RaphaelLuebke]

update on that one image above

[Velocity Kendall]

fucking great work, kudos

[Namae]

Awesome dig in colors Looking forward to more of works!

[RaphaelLuebke]

velocity kendall
thanks al, much appreciated!

namae
thank you!

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wip concept , spacefighter for my scifishooter project
first some linedrawings, will do all the ortho vies left top bottom etc

perspective


front


quick "in action" shot

[twell]

Wow! You've got lots of eye-candies in your book. Keep up!

[Ricardo Robles]

Hey man, the last batch in#423 is stunning. I see a great jump in color treatment (something you already do real nice)and specially in rendering! my only crit would be to see some more polished pieces or taken to a more detailed state...
Also thanks for the suggestions in my last piece, it really helped me a lot. I am just uploading a revised version, would love to hear your opinion

[RaphaelLuebke]

twell
thank you!

ricardo robles
yay thanks man, glad you like it - yeah hmm well there will be some more polished stuff ... hmm this is a sketchbook isnt it ?! im just focussing on some skill-increasing related stuff in the moment, once im a bit more satisfied with my work i might blablabla excuse excuse

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wip,

[Sapphirelullaby]

mmmm those colors, I could just eat them up, ahahha. I love your work; i particular like how you know exactly where to place sharp contours and where to use soft blending, its something i need to learn myself. The enviros are kick-ass! I would love to see some more in-progress shots and see how you build them from the ground up. Great work!

[n1frit]

wow!!! Great painting, epic i'd say. Do mooooore this cool stuff!I will check)

[FAST ART]

some realy cool stuff in here.. last one is great!!!

[Kvenh]

Thanks for dropping by again man, and thanks alot for your input!

Damn your stuff is goooood. So much better colours than I can push out in imaginary work. Really liking the dude in front of the window and the guy with the armor in #423.

I kinda feel like the #424 requires a bit more dark values in the shadows. There doesn't seem to be a secondary lightsource inside the stairway but everything seems to be quite evenly lit. Maybe try adding some vague secondary lightsource at the bottom of the stairs or something

[bouroune]

yo, what awesome skills in there, really like your rendering man, the mood and lights are great, (the black and white muscle dude!!) keep on sharing!

[Oranghe]

Really love your style and lighting, the knight is wonderful! reminds me of dark souls!

[Razorb]

2nd the ! inspirational work matey!

[RaphaelLuebke]

wow thank you guys 1000 times for your nice feedback, much appreciated and welcome in this "delicate" phase !

Sapphirelullaby
thanks! hmm yeah maybe ill add some progress or wip stuff in the next posts!

n1frit
glad you like it!

FAST ART
thanks man, your stuff looks great!

Kvenh
thanks, and yeah, still working on that piece

bouroune
thanks - i will!

Oranghe
thanks - whats "dark souls"? a computer game? - ahh just googled it, thanks again definitely should check that game out!

Razorb
haha thank you!

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new piece, somethign a bit more finished this time, maybe ill spend some more time on it to clean it up a bit more

[NickyBeats]

awesome updates broski!! looking really good!

[Riox]

Hey great sketchbook, I really like the lighting on the knight at the top of the stairs. I also love the latest piece, got some really nice details on that and the perspective is mind blowing.

Keep em coming.

[NeecHMonkeY]

Really loving your brushwork xbert.

[twell]

Nice perspective on the last one. )

[Veshkau]

Tastes so good.. 5 stars. Why is anyone giving it less?

EDIT - bumped up to 5 now, and should think so!

[Cyberman]

wow that last post....wow.

[RaphaelLuebke]

ah thanks again guys, you made my day/week

nickybeats
thanks man!

Riox
thanks, glad you like it!

NeechMonkey
thanks!

twell
thank you! i tried to make a perspective that helps to show the scale of the building without loosing too much detail

Veshkau
thanks man, thanks a lot!

SeanMcLain


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wip (for that cardgame)

[Overtoom]

Nice sketchbook! I really like those cardgame wips, specially that (almost?) greyscale one, awesome values. And that muscular guy in post 423 is really nice too, again great values and a really nice surface.

[Kvenh]

Niiiiiiice, the latest cardgame piece is juicy

Did you use any textures on the piece with the arches? Looks really awesome. At first I thought you might have some wobbliness going on on the archway to the right but not I'm not sure. Round shapes are so hard in such extreme perspectives. :/

Looking good

[RaphaelLuebke]

Overtoom
thank you!

kvenh
yeah im using random textures in most of my paintings, in general there is no connection between the photos and the images i mainly use random photos my girlfriend shoots i dont care for angle or subject in these photos, they just add a good amount of randomness to the surfaces, like in the piece with the arches, i used a photograph of a painted pile of wood and transformed it so it fits the geometry on the walls, made an "overlay"-layer out of it and then turned the opacity to a low amount, so i had some "randomness" to play with

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update on that piece above ... still far from being finished - so much timeconsuming and exhausting detail

[Riox]

Holy smoke, that last one is awsome. How long have you spent on it so far? I never know where the hell to start with details on evironment pieces. Do have any tips on where to get started?

Great work, keep knocking them out.

[Ricardo Robles]

it looks amazing! great detail in that street.. also there is some really good color treatment on this one. About the dome, just want to see it finished!