Pose experiments

13.06.2014:

Still experimenting with poses from my imagination. I like the girl second from the right a lot. The rest are really...arrgs...not good^^

sketchbook page (pencil)

Values

19.11.2013:

Got some feedback through the awesome people also participating in Noah's Art Camp and started to redo the values. But still having guests here I didn't got far. So work in progress only.

from imagination (photoshop cs6)

Sketches

15.11.2013:

Just filled the blank spaces on the last page.

sketchbook page from imagination (pencil, copic markers, colored pencils)

Concepts

13.05.2013:

Did some concept work for the menu screens and also worked a little bit more on the lady =D

concepts (pen in sketchbook)

further work (photoshop cs6)

Sketches

2.05.2013:

Hey guys, did some sketching from imagination today. Really love the face of the mermaid in the middle of the first page. Kinda looks realistic, right? At least for my usual skill level =D

sketchbook page (pen)

sketchbook page (pen)

sketchbook page (pen)

Wildly scribbling

31.03.2013:

Some random sketches, all from my imagination how you can surely tell x.x

sketchbook page from imagination (pen)

sketchbook page from imagination (pen)

sketchbook page from imagination (pen)

sketchbook page from imagination (pen)

sketchbook page from imagination (pen)

sketchbook page from imagination (pen)

sketchbook page from imagination (pen)

sketchbook page from imagination (pen)

sketchbook page from imagination (pen)

sketchbook page from imagination (pen)

Oh, and a material study based on the work of another artist. Thought it might help to see how others approach it.

material study (photoshop cs6)

Sketchbook page

14.02.2013:

Like I already said, not much to show this week...

sketchbook page from imagination (pencil)

Visit of an old friend

13.02.2013:

Today arrived my best friend. We know each other since we were 4 years old :) I assume because of that there won't be much showing up here this week.

sketchbook page from imagination (pencil)

Dancing girl

12.02.2013:

I'm still working on my portfolio related blog and will do this for a while now. So not much to show. Here you have a little sketchbook page from my imagination. Really like how the dancing girl on the right turned out <3

sketchbook page (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)

Sketchbook pages

07.02.2013:

Only sketchbook pages today...

sketchbook page (graphite pencil; from imagination)

sketchbook page (graphite pencil; from imagination)

Drawing on the train

05.02.2013:

Finally found the courage to draw on the train a bit :3

sketchbook page (graphite pencil)

Qualifying test

7.01.2013:

I'm currently working on a qualifying test for a job I applied to :3
I will show you what I did, after I got feedback. So wish me luck :)

So you will only see my warm ups for the next week...

30 min gesture drawing class (graphite pencil 6B)

30 min gesture drawing class (graphite pencil 6B)

EDIT:
So now here is the stuff I did today for the qualifying test. Task is to draw a pirate and three symbols (ship, anchor, saber). For all of those I have to do sketches and for the pirate and one symbol I have to do a full rendering in photoshop. I gave me 'til next monday for this task.

gestures and base model (pencil)

putting clothes on (pencil)

defining colors (photoshop cs5)

doing traditional rendering (graphite pencil)

thumbnail for ship (graphite pencil)

Pose studies

5.01.2013:

Warm up and studying poses...

30 min gesture drawing class (graphite pencil 6B)

30 min gesture drawing class (graphite pencil 6B)

pose studies from photo references (graphite pencil 6B)

Scribbling

4.01.2013:

Not the best start in the new year, but hey, it's a start :D

from imagination + hand from life (graphite pencil 6B + colored 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)

-.-*

21.08.2012:

random scribbles (from imagination, 0.5 mechanical pencil HB)

Testing my anatomical knowledge

In a break at work I tried to draw a woman from imagination to see how much I still remember of my anatomy studies after one month without drawing humans^^

30.07.2012:

woman from imagination (0.5 mechanical pencil HB)

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)

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)