xberts sketchbook :::last update Feb12th:::

[blazinwolf]

you've improved so much. *___* i would love to see what kind of brushes you use.

I can never find ones that really click with me. do you make your own?

[NickyBeats]

i just cant get enough. i humbly beg pardon for stalking you to death haha. great shit man. loving this heat your bringing. you sure as shit just lit a fire under my ass.

[Velocity Kendall]

rock on my friend, shits getting real!

[fireblade]

Wicked stuff, looking at this sketchbook makes me want to draw more

[strange purple]

wow, you are a champ. five stars~ excellent improvement!

[KiBa]

damnit, what a great use of color and texture. Huge development from the first page! Huge!

[merl1n]

Absolutely lovely thread you have here. I'll watch it, that's sure.

[henri]

daymn! page 18 is some serious business... no crits from me, just keep going

[QueenWorm]

Are u taking any classes on entertainment design? What kind of practices you are taking? This is a inspiring sketchbook!! Thanks!

[RaphaelLuebke]

you people make me happy

Vulgar
thanks man

blazinwolf
thanks a lot!
well brushes - imnot really settled in any speciic approach on painting (yet) but when i want to render stuff clean i mostly prefer to use just the standard round brush with some pressure sensitives - but wellsometimes i like crazy custombrush experiments, if youre interested <you can drop me a pm, then i could send them to you

NickyBeats
hahaha youre welcome

Velocity Kendall
thanks man

fireblade
hehe thats cool

strange purple
thanks

KiBa
thanks, im really glad there is some improvement visible, beenworking hard since octobre

merl1n
thanks!

henri
thank you!

Queen Worm
no i never took any classes, i was a physics student and hobbiist painter until last octobre, well started with my first freelance gigs jan 11 but well since i started to take it serious in octobre i read a lot of books about art watched some videos and stuff i think this website helped me a lot too. and practices the usual i guess lifedrawing alot doodling round from mind, or painting the fellow travellers in the train - and what helped me the most: working on indie projects, you wont have any motivation problems if you have a cool team around you

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stuff im working on, some crap some cool

[Sebastian Gromann]

argh, dude...like seriously?

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the last one is nutts!

[Velocity Kendall]

LOVING the spaceship lobby and the Titan excursion truck!

[Mila]

That spaceship lobby is awesome...

[Toffers]

I think I might've just creamed my pants watching this stuff.
Holy....crap. The things you do with shapes and colors and
textures and everything. Just wow.
Can I marry your brain?

[Icecold]

You germans.... feeling like a total rookie now.

Can you atleast post some shitty napkin sketches from time to time to make people less depressed whilst watching your stuff?? ^^'

Ah oh yes, Danke !

[Velocity Kendall]

Xbert is one of my skype friends and we talk a lot about work, hes a really good person to get to crit stuff, and its been amazing this year watching how his work ethic has paid off and his work become so exciting; he also hates it when i say one artist or another is really awesome, he feels that isnt the point of the whole enterprisem so itll annoy the hell out of him when i say this isnt just one of my favourite bits of concept work, it is one of my favourite images from anywhere in the last 12 months



known only by his informal CIA nickname, for the superhuman cunning and devastating political impact of his attrocities; this is the only existing image of The Kingpin

[mindwrack]

thanks for visiting my sketchbook, means a lot from such a great artist!
really amazing sketchbook here, such an improvement from the beginning, keep being awesome!

[RaphaelLuebke]

Sebastian Gromann
thanks

Velocity Kendall
thanks a lot man, your constant support (and critiques) mean alot to me and surely help a ton!

Mila
thank you!

Toffers
hahaha your too kind man - thanks

Icecold
haha ok ill consider that - but you shouldnt feel depressed at all i enjoy every time i visit your sketchbook!

mindwrack
youre welcome man, and thanks for the nice words!


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[PieMonster]

This one is amazing, love how you handled the edges and brushstrokes. Looking forward to seeing more!

[Choob]

Oh sweet lord.



You just keep getting better don't you? Keep it up man, you're making me drool. Posted a couple of your pictures on my blog as inspiration for people, hope you don't mind. With links to your site and sketchbook of course.

[snatti]

Awesome work man, loved that vechile

[jedininjaman]

What is a quick technique for getting the repeated details like the tread on the outer edge of the wheel in your Nasa vehicle? If you used a custom brush you did a great job building it, because the integration is fantastic. Also do you use the same technique for adding details like in the lower right corner of your last enviro? That looks like it could be clone brushed so it is hard to say.
Anyways, your last enviro is fantastic, could have been interesting if you used the pools at the bottom of the image to disrupt the top down, blue to yellow-green gradient that is over everything. If they were just a tad blue and the explorers had some trace of blue it might force movement in the area a little more.
As always,
Thanks for sharing.

[RaphaelLuebke]

jedininjaman
i use several techniques - in that nasa vehicle the detail on the tyres come from the detailled 3d mockup i made while most of the surface details are "simply" painted. in the enviroment nearly the entire image with all its details is done with the ps standard round brush i like to work that way the most and whenever im not under time pressure (like when working for freelance jobs) i prefer to work that way - though when under time pressure i use to paint a lot of textures and use them as overlay layers f you dont want to paint them on your own you can use phototexture sources like cgtextures.com but id say be careful with stuff like that, its a thin line between when these phototextures give your painting detail and impact - or simply destroying it because of mixed up detail density and gruesome photo artifacts everywhere

[Rob Powell]

dood, that NASA vehicle tank thing is awesome!!!
Stellar work, mate!

[albino-Z]

Keep on rocking man, your work is improving post by post. Especially like the choice of colors and the looseness you achieve even in your tighter pieces.

[kimozabbi]

fantastic sketchbook man!i love your last post.

[kischi]

stunning work man, that lobby omg! amd the surface of the nasa vehicle shit, how did you make it so chrome metal like.

[Joe777k7]

Dude you have improved!!!!! That car painting on page 17 was crazy, it looked like it was moving or causing some effect making my eye think it was moving lol I also like that one of that huge guy about to squash the guy with the shield with a big rock. Just amazing rendering of the muscles. Your color choice really shows the raw emotion in the painting, reminds me of some old Frank Frazetta paintings of Conan. Thanks alot for stopping by my sketchbook man as well man!! Its good to be back Keep up the great work man!!!!

[merl1n]

The environment on post #558 is great. Overally I love the direction which your technique is evolving.

CHeers

[Cold]

that nasa desert buggy is amaizon! love the colour combos!