Lots of sketches

13.11.2013:

Today is a very exciting day. Because I finally finished my first sketchbook! My whole life i always drew on loose papers only, so having started a real sketchbook in December 2012 I'm glad to announce that after nearly a year I have filled it completely :D
The last sketch is already the first page of my new one. This being Din A4. So I'm really excited working twice as big as usual.

sketches from imagination (pencil)

sketches from imagination (pencil)

sketches from imagination (pencil)

sketches from imagination (pencil)

sketches from imagination (pencil)

sketches from imagination (pencil)

sketches from imagination (pencil)

sketches from imagination (pencil)

sketches from imagination (pencil)

sketches from imagination (pencil)

I also tried a different value structure for my latest piece.

from imagination (photoshop cs6)

Perspective

12.11.2013:

Hello! Today I wanted to see how good my memory is. So sat down and drew my kitchen in perspective from memory. I'm seeing it everyday and still I had to think really hard about where on the walls tiles where and where not.

kitchen from memory (perspective drawing, pencil, sketchbook)

Perspective!

04.06.2013:

Hey-ho! Today I though why not try to draw a western city with a difficult perspective. So you see the boots of the cowboy and behind that the town in a low angle. But I didn't get it. Have to find some reference for that. But it's always good to know what you are not capable of, so you know what to practice, right? =D

failed concept (photoshop cs6)

Constructing the background

08.04.2013:

Hi guys, first off I really love the idea of this background. But because of the strong perspective being scrollable to the left and right could be a problem. So I attached two of those backgrounds together, so that my client could see how it looks as whole. Because you only see always a small part of the background only it shouldn't be a problem. So we went with it.

preview of two backgrounds next to each other (photoshop cs6)

blocked in base colors (photoshop cs6)

Concepts for the burning city

07.04.2013:

After the freaking long day work at Friday I needed a little time out yesterday. So here finally the concepts for the second background. In contrast to background #1 this one is only repeatable in the horizontal plane and not in all four directions. And it's also a lot more fun as painting rocks all day :D

concepts background #2 (pen in sketchbook)

Octopus baby

27.02.2013:

Today I worked from home, because I had a skype call and it wouldn't have been worth it to drive to my friend afterwards. But I did at least a little bit of drawing and painting^^

from imagination (graphite pencil + pen)

photo study of an octopus baby (photoshop cs5)

trying to understand and abstract trees (photoshop cs5)

tree painted from memory (photoshop cs5)

Shadow construction

26.02.2013:

Hi, today is the start of a new challenge. A friend and I decided to work together. Means we met tuesday to friday from around 10 o 'clock till 5 o'clock in the afternoon. I keep working on my drawing and painting skills and he on his stuff (nothing art related). Taday was really productive. Figured out how the shadow construction worked again and learned also some new stuff about it. :D

left: from imagination right: from tutorial (graphite pencil)

from imagination (graphite pencil)

from imagination (graphite pencil)

from imagination (graphite pencil)

left: from imagination right: from tutorial (graphite pencil)

top: from imagination bottom: from tutorial (graphite pencil)

Life drawing

25.02.2013:

Hi guys, I found the perfect start in a new week. Grab a good friend, meet in a cafe in the morning, sit down and draw what you see around you :) It was a lot of fun and I drew things I normally don't draw. Also I tried to remember how to construct shadows. But the approach isn't right. Have to do a little bit of research again :3

from life (graphite pencil)

from imagination (graphite pencil)

New Portfolio & Blog

11.02.2013:

Today I started to work on my portfolio related blog. It's like a summary of this one. There I will present the best drawings/paintings/studies of one week work. So stay tuned for that. Link will follow as soon as it's finished. Because of that I only found time for a little perspective drawing out of my imagination and some gestures^^

sketchbook page (graphite pencil)

Learning about perspective

10.02.2013:

Today I did some gestures, a lot of perspective exercises and some clothing studies. Especially in case of the perspective exercises I learned a lot :3

gesture drawings - 30 sec each (graphite pencil)

perspective exercise (graphite pencil)

perspective exercise (graphite pencil)

perspective exercise (graphite pencil)

clothing studies (graphite pencil)

Sketchbook pages

08.02.2013:

Worked mainly on my online portfolio today, so only some sketchbook pages for you guys :) I will link to the portfolio when it's done so far.

sketchbook page (graphite pencil; perspective exercises)

sketchbook page (graphite pencil; mainly from imagination)

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)

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)