Studies and imaginative work

4.02.2013:

I fell ill over the weekend, so no drawings or paintings done then :/
I'm not really fit now, but motivated enough to do at least a little bit :3

First of a photo study, concentration on getting the shapes, positions and proportions right. Also no
color picking.

from photo reference (photoshop cs5; no line art underneath)

This one could have been a great exercise, but I wasn't in the right mind for it :/ Will do it again. Right.

from photo reference (photoshop cs5; no line art underneath)

Wanted to do some direct paintings. So I choose main color and hopped right in :3 Used only 3 brushes, two of them are basic brushes. Like the mood of it.

from imagination (photoshop cs5; no line art underneath)

Also from imagination. Tried to think about light and shadow...nahh...not that good. But it's a start, right? :)

from imagination (photoshop cs5; no line art underneath)

sketchbook page (graphite pencil)

Figures

11.12.2012:

Ehm...lots of wrong anatomy I guess... like the small on in the top (second from the left)...

from imagination (pencil)

Experimenting with the human figure

4.12.2012:

Experimenting with the human shape. Lots of fun to do :3

faces (from imagination; pencil + colored pencil)

human figure (pencil + colored pencil; from imagination)

Couldn't concentrate...

30.10.2012:

This is one of these days I don't wanna show what I did, because it sucks. BUT I promised myself to upload every crappy sketch to keep myself motivated in the long run and maybe show others, that there always are good and bad days :3 So keep drawing guys!

50:50 from ref and imagination (pencil)

Friday nights work

26.10.2012:

Finally I found some time to do a longer study. Primary focus on picking the right colors and secondary to try to get the shape down without an underlying lineart. So far so good. Afterwards I tried to apply this study to an imaginative piece and...well... it was my first try to do something like that. I'm glad that I found the courage to simple try it. But yeah, I have to do a lot more of them 'til they will look kind of good :)

color study (photoshop cs5; with photo reference)

applying the study (photoshop cs5; from imagination)

some doodles from work (pencil)

Applying studies

24.09.2012:

Face from imagination...

from imagination (mechanical pencil HB 0.5)

Faces and an environment

23.09.2012:

Face studies...

right one is a study; rest are from imagination (pencil)

studies (pencil)

and a concept...

environment from imagination (pencil)

I'm back!

Oh my gosh, I can't believe it's over three month since I posted here... but fortunately I have a good excuse :3 Since first of july I'm having an internship as a concept artist in a small company here in germany. So I'm drawing and painting eight hours a day. Bad thing is, I'm under NDA so I can't show you any of it. Not now at least. But after two month working there, I think I found my routine and I can go back to continue my studies without falling asleep after 5 minutes^^

PS: I did some sketches during the last month and when I finally found them I will put them to the right dates... I'm such a chaotic...

30.08.2012:

hard & soft shadows photo study (photoshop cs4; lines are traced; only concentrating on shadows)

brush control assignment (photoshop cs5; lines are traced; only concentrating on shadows)

Doodle time

07.08.2012:

Some doodle from a break at work...

doodle (pencil)

perspective exercise

20.07.2012:

perspective exercise (pencil)

green pencil is from life; blue pencil from imagination (colored pencil)

from imagination (colored pencil)

my little critters & medieval kitchen (colored pencil)

Started my new sketchbook :3

from imagination (pencil)

doodles (colored pencil)

Flare

Reworking Flare...

25.05.2012:

Sketches were done in 2009, colored them now.

flare concepts (photoshop cs4)

Trying to modify the main character....

reworking main character (pencil)

alternative lantern design (pencil)

Fun with colors

After so much studies the last month I wanted to do something fun. It was fun! :D
I wasn't worrying about anatomy or such, simply enjoying myself. Should do that more often.

23.05.2012:

fun with colors (photoshop cs4; 1h 40mins)

Abstract

Tomorrow I will work on it in illustrator. Hopefully it will don't looking that crappy then :3

22.05.2012:

abstract - foreground, middleground, background (pencil)

Getting things done...maybe

I thought maybe it would help me to improve faster, if I would finish one little piece everyday. Nothing fancy. Simply getting things done. So here is my first approach on that....I think I will refine it a little bit more tomorrow xD

21.05.2012:

b/w; concentrating on values (photoshop cs4)

first approach on color (photoshop cs4)

In the evening I read through a concept art sketchbook and tried to draw everything to what it inspired me...some stuff is reffed, some from mind. Look for the little "ref" and "imag" if you wanna know what is what :P 

the girls are reffed; the rest from mind (pencil)

perspective exercises and heads from mind (pencil)

all from mind; like the one on the left (pencil)

some eye studies and heads from mind (pencil)

the big guy in the middle and the little creature in the top right are reffed (pencil)

the silhouette, the bunny and the gnome in the right are reffed; I know I broke the neck by the girl in the middle :/ (pencil)

all from mind and pretty crappy (pencil)

More imaginative work

Ignoring the girl on the left, it's all drawn from my imagination.
I think my anatomy starts to improve. But sadly my poses are
really stiff...I have to work on that.

18.05.2012:

left one drawn from another artists work; all other from imagination (pencil)

To tired to do much

I started to doodle a little bit and than...I slept x.x Maybe I will color it,
it looks kind of funny :D

16.05.2012:

from imagination (pencil)

Photo study

15.05.2012:

sketch drawn from photo reference (pencil)

Initial sketch was a little bit wonky. So I corrected it before coloring (look at process piece to see changes)...

colored version (photoshop cs4)

process (pencil; photoshop cs4)

Pencil shading

Really dig the body of the girl in the first one...I'm getting better :D

14.05.2012:

Imaginative work and Loomis' heads (pencil)

Imaginative work and shading studies from photo reference (pencil)

Refining the request piece

13.05.2012:

drew the background and defined  first values (photoshop cs4)

some doodles (pencil)

tomb raider; pose study (pencil)

master study (pencil)