Bucksters Sketchbook, Development of an uninspired mind [Nudity]

[Kan Muftić]

getting better and better with every piece!

[DefiledVisions]

Looking really good Buckster, I especially like the picture with two different, one warm and one cold. Nice mood.

and thanks Cold, I also needed those links :P

[strybjorn]

these speedpaints really look like theyre helping you massively! you've probably already answered this question somewhere, but i cant find it - how long are each of these taking you - specifically the landscapeys?

they're making me want to crack out some custom brushes and get going on some speedies also!

look forward to seeing more progression

ps - second thanks to Cold - i hadnt seen those links before, but they look like an awesome resource...bookmarked!

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Hey Buckster, haven't been around as much, doesn't mean I haven't been keeping track of people's sbs lol. :) Have to say that you're constantly improving man and I hope you keep at it. The environments are getting gradually better and better. :)

[Benjamen Christ]

wow! great stuff lately, ive been doing a lot of speed paints as well, yours look way better than mine though. Keep it up man!

christ

[DeKal]

aweeeesome updates man..gettin better

[Buckster]

Chupacabra: Thank you very much man, greatly appreciated.

DefiledVisons: I like that one as well ^^Thank you.

styrbrjorn: Thanks man, the speedies are one hour or less.

Sirio_Brozzi: Hey man, thanks you kindly. Glad to have you back

christ: Thanks!

DeKal: Thank you very much man, I try ^^

here are couple of updates and a WIP. No more speedies for a while, I hit 50 and felt like I needed a break from it, now I want to focus on getting better overall and see what i learned from it.

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[monotony]

all of your recent speedies and scenes are great, you choose nice angles.
and that last character concept wip is looking totally sick. can't wait to see it finished.

[Buckster]

monotomy: Thanks a bundle man, I will try to bring it to completion.

update, some parts a little scribbly still, dunno if I have the energy to "finish" ^^

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[MonkeYoakum]

I like that last guy, but its really dark, and I like dark things, but its really dark. Great stuff as always man.

[Camara]

The last one is just awesome,dude!!!!Keep it up!!!

[DefiledVisions]

Love that latest character design! keep em coming!

I have one question though.. when you colour grayscale pictures.. do you apply overlay and multiply layers with colour? I've been experimenting a bit with that, and some advice would be nice.

- DV

[lewiston]

Hej buckster! Tack sa mycket för skriver i mit sketchbook. (and sorry for my sucky senska - I am making an effort to learn atm..)
Fantastic sketchbook of yours! I especially admire your sense of colour and composition! Its a plucky thing to use the fully satuarated palette but you really master it!
Thanks for the inspiration, mate - Hej da..

[Buckster]

MonkeYoakum: Thanks a bundle man, and aye, dark it is ^^

Camara: Cheers mate and thank you very much!

DefiledVisions: Thanks man. I usually start off with a multiply layer, then overlay to get some saturation in there, after that a pass with opage brushes to get details down then do it all over again until I feel like it is "done".

lewiston: Tack så mycket, jag är glad att du gillar mina grejor! And your swedish is at the very least understandable so you are doung good there as well man. Cheers and thanks you!

here are a few quick concepts,

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[Utopia]

Lovely! It is great to look at your evolution...

Favorites:
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=394028&stc=1&d=1213814653
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=394721&stc=1&d=1213904586

[enmi]

Helloes helloes my dear.. I'm liking the colours you are using in those windery landscapes, very pretty. She big guy in post #259 is neat. I love the volume you got going there, aswell as the colours.

The bandaged man is a cool concept, but I think you can do better with him, also you know what I think of those sparkly blue lights coming from his eyes..

[picksel]

i realy like your speedpainting, they have a lot of expression

[TheGnoll]

awezomnezz!

loving the speedpaintings, and that last character in post 257 is plain BADASS.
great stuff, keep sharing :)

ciao

[Ni-Q]

Hey again Buckster. Well, i'll start off with saying that you really have improved, and i mean by alot. I'm not at all as deep in all of this art stuff as everyone else here is but to a designer this is just jawdropping, you spawn so many design ideas into my head...

I was gonna say that it would be an honour to sometime in the future work in a project with you, but i almost gotta say it would be wrong to confine you in a project. Then again with your skill something very special could be done. Trust me, when i'm in need of an artist you'll without exception be my first choice.

I've been slacking off myself lately but this was more than enough to get me motivated and working again. It's an honour to know you, man :)

Also, i'd like to congratulate you and Enmi on your decision to get married. (I hope i'm not wrong on this one) I hope i get invited :)

What more can i say, i'm not the right person to critic your work in technical terms but i can say this: I don't know what IT is, but you've got it...

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Thanks for the comment amigo. These things are quite awesome indeed, and the speedies are very impressive. What I think is the problem is that you are already quite accomplished in that field so I think you should try and do some more anatomy studies or something that you are not already sure of, thus challenging the sides that are your weakest.

-E

[Tmza]

Hi, and thanks for stopping by.
Those character concepts (horned knight and that last one) are so awesome.
Just brilliant work there. Btw, what is their original size?
Speedpaintings are also coming along very nicely.

[Lotet]

thanks for dropping by my SB, u have some great stuff here, keep it up.

[Buckster]

Utopia: Thanks a bundle. I appreciate you coming back here mate.

enmi: Thank you dear, I agree with you ^^

picksel: Thank you, I try my best.

TheGnoll: I like that one as well ^^Thanks a bundle!

Ni-Q: Hey man, long since I heard from you ^^ Great to see you back here. You give me too much praise man but I appreciate it a lot. I hope to get to work on some of your projects in the future.

Mischeviouslittleelf: Thank you mate, I actually just started on the environments, I have mostly painted characters and creatures before but decided to broaden my field a little. I will get on some studies soon. Thank you for the opinion.

Tmza: Thanks you! I usually start out illustrations like that at tabloid size at 300dpi but the size changes back and forth depending on what feels good.

Lotet: Thank you kindly.

Here are some new and older stuff. Speedpaints and sketches

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[Cuervo]

This is one helll of a SB!! you definatly have a distinctive style and character to your work, especially your figure sketches... very impressive.

Definatly going to return to this little beauty of a SB.. :)

[JellevdVegt]

thanks for the post, nice sb! good colours, nice expirimenting with shapes.

I know how you could get even better drasticly. draw more from life ;) i know its what they all say, but really. i have a feeling you dont do a lot of life drawing, but it will really open you eyes.. so go out with a sketchbook and draw things around you

cheers

[jedininjaman]

Dig the sketches there is lots character in them keep it up, your speed paints are very nice as well it would be cool to see some more finished stuff though... stop by sometime
-jedininja

[Buckster]

Teh Gosu: Hey man, thank you for the comment. I do quite a lot of life drawing actually but I guess I am focusing on humanoids too much, I will get out there and draw some architecture and mechanical thingies ASAP ^^

jedininjaman: Thanks a bundle man, I appreciate it.

here is a little sketch I decided to continue to work on, nasty -_-'

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[Farin]

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=394029&stc=1&d=1213814688

this one is amazing ... it shows so much power in the pose
I like the wip even better. the lights of the finished version destroy some important aspects of the atmosphere ..imo.

keep up the good work especially the charaterpaintings!

[dchan]

buckster! man you have improved allot since I last checked out your thread. your environment speedpaintings loocking awesome nice texture work and good work with shapes and colors! big ups!

[Buckster]

Farin: Thanks a bundle man, I think I agree with you on the lights, thanks for telling me what you think.

dchan: Thanks a bundle man and a big congratulation on the personal success!

here's a little speedie and some thumbnails ^^

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[vaettir]

Hey mate! Gotta say that your progress and development is truly inspiring, it shows what dedication and hard work brings. I really need to start following your example.

I like the render work in those recent pencil sketches, simple and effective. I'm fond of your latest speedpaint, a relatively undramatic light setting (so you can't "cheat" by using cool back-lighting etc) very nicely pulled off, and the textures bring the materials to life.

The ony criticism I can think of is that some elements of some speedpaints could benefit form a little more tightening up to make them more real and less semi-abstract colours and shapes.


Keep it up!

[Verehin]

Yes!!! I find super sketchbook!
From me- only 5!

[eparts]

nice sketches and character concepts - indeed.
scrolled trough mostly all of them. i found that i disliked the last drawing - the girl portrait. face and eyes is interesting, but i feel there is something wrong with the lighting. i.e there should be more light hitting her nose and chin bones - or if she has a very strange face structure it should be lighted differently?

[Buckster]

vaettir: thanks a bundle man! If I were to return to the speedpaints I would tighten them a tad ^^I like the abstraction though

Verehin: I appreciate it man, thanks a lot!

epart: thank you for the crit man, I agree with you. ^^

here are a couple of concepts, mostly for trying some new stuff, speed, efficiency and such o_O

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*edit, updated the colourtest, I am way to afraid of contrast -_-'

[kaktuzlime]

I´m going to have to think for a while till I can give you a good in depth critique ;P Until then, please accept my compliments for good art, and affirmation that you´re doing very well in exterminating your weaknesses. Keep it up, and you´ll have my 5 before the year is over :D

[Buckster]

kaktuzlime: Thanks a bundle mate, I really appreciate it and you know that I work my ass off and much of is thanks to your constant critique and inspiration :yayca:

here is a another little concept and a speedy troll piece.

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[DefiledVisions]

Hey Buckster, thanks for the feedback! allways nice :)

I like the black'n white concepts up at post 280, very nice. And the later concepts too, especially monkeyface. (can I call him that?) I hope you work some more on him! The troll is also very nice! reminds me a bit of John Bauers trolls.. very cosy.

-DV

[Buckster]

DefiledVisions: Thanks a lot mate, Bauer is of course a great inspiration to a Swede such as myself ^^.

here's an update of the "monkey" face and a rather different illustration for a tale that one of my friends came up with, (thank you for the inspiration Lise).

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[CKLamb]

Thanks for dropping by my sketchbook. I freaking love your characters! I'm feeling kind of inspired...I might actually start up some work. Thanks again, for the comment and the inspiration.

[DefiledVisions]

Wow love that latest piece Buckster! And monkeyface is more attractive than ever ;)

.. might one ask what the tale is about?

[jenzi]

Gosh, I shouldn't keep away from CA, damn those last pieces are pretty nice indeed!! But some times I feel that you are so obsessed with going for speed that you don't finish them up properly. anyways good job man!

[Sebastian Gromann]

hey man :] you improvend so much with your speedpaints, your environments are just great. u earned 5*s, and not only cause of the killer image in post #259 ! keep ruling

[Buckster]

CKLamb: Cheers man and thank you, glad to be of some help ^^

DefiledVisions: Hey man, thanks for the lovely words.

jenzi: sometimes I do but mostly I don't^^for concepts and such I tend to just get the basics down and leave it at that. Thank you for the thoughts mate.

SnobbyOo: Thanks a bundle man, much appreciated.

here are some speedie concepts yet again ^^

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[strybjorn]

great stuff here man - your cutesy stuff is always exactly spot on in both tone and technique! i really like that troll and the bandaged man silhouette sheet is great.

elsewhere, the vibrancy of your characters poses is great, but the anatomy is occasionally a little off on them - could be worth spending some time focusing on that to tighten it up maybe

cant wait to see more - you update with new art so often i dont think ill have long to wait :)

[DefiledVisions]

Buckster man it's been like a month! where's your stuff? :( I liked your Red Sonia, well done.

[Buckster]

styrbjorn: sorry to prove you wrong with the update man, thanks for the comments though ^^

DefiledVisions: Thanks a bundle man, and sorry for the wait, I have been busy with different project and been too tiered to sit down with my comp, travelling and sporting quite a bit as well actually o_O. Thanks for giving me a push ^^

here are some new stuffs, nothing major, a CHOW, storyboard and a doodle for painter practice.

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[lilou]

dude your stuffs sooooo amazing!
You already did a good job at the begining of your sb... but now... just wow...
sketchbooks like these are the reason why I feel like a total flop...hmmmpf will work harder now!!

[DeKal]

havnt been here in a little while...i love the sketches in post 273 man...

[Buckster]

lilou: Thank you kindly, I appreciate those words.

DeKal: Again, great to see you back here. Thank you for the words.

I am such a slow updater now a days, will try to get better but my schedule is fully booked. I am animating now, for the first time in 3D and I love it. Bringing life to grey mesh is something really special.
I am also working on a a few projects at school as a concept artist and all this is eating away my time but I am enjoying myself a lot when things are like this.

here's a few updates, I will post the art I've done for the projects once they are completed as well but for now this will do.
I have watched the video tut from David Levy as well, great inspiration and technique he has. I've used his brushes quite a lot recently for practice.
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[TheGnoll]

hey man! looks like you've been busy!

excellent work on the digis as usual...the troll looks heavily hurricane inspired for some reason and his nose reminds me of an erect penis...but i love the suggested background, very synthetic but definately works channelling the word "wood" and the right mood to the piece.Only the conviniently placed bush in front of the hard bits don't convince me, but might be cause it deserved more attention maybe?
Nice take on red sonia as well, love the new armor and dreadlocks ;)...very cool work on the storyboard and in the latest update...the boobies on the pregnant woman look very, very carefully rendered, they're really well done (so well done they become the main focus piece of the piece, dunno if tis was what you wanted hehe).My favourite tho of this whole page is the guy in front of the cauldron...love the composition, love the original character designs, the costume...really really good :)

keep sharing!
ciao

[DefiledVisions]

Hey man

great to see your newer stuff :) Gudinnan är jätte vacker. The cauldron piece is also really great..

fun to hear about your school projects aswell.. can't wait for the awesomeness! :D

-DV

[I_Dru_That]

I like your concepts and your mark making.

[boba64]

wow great stuff, inspirational.
You mentioned you do a lot of life studies, I was just wondering if you were going to post some of them up sometime?

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

excellent excellent colours here mate! I really dig the fleshtones and the way you blend light! I gotta tell you I am truly impressed!

-E

[dchan]

nice stuff mate! really have improved allot since i last visited. your environment is really getting stronger as well how you convey mood and dept. keep up the good work!

[localfatheaded]

nice work, real impressive speed paints, you have improved leaps and bounds in such a short time, really inspirational.

[Buckster]

TheGnoll: hehe, you are cracking me up man ^^I appreciate the comments. The inspiration for the troll is John Bauer, I love those folk lore creatures.

DefiledVisions: Thanks a lot mate, jag uppskattar kommentaren ^^ I dunno about the awesomeness but I will post as soon as the project gets completed.

I_Dru_That: Thank you for the words!

boba64: Thanks a bundle! I might post some sketches in the future, ones I get a scanner for myself maybe? ^^Cheers

Mischeviouslittleelf: Thank you kindly man, I greatly appreciate that comment. Injects some new steam ^^

dchan: Thank you mate, I try my best.

localfatheaded: Thanks man, self improvement is what should drive us all, much appreciated.

here are a few new sketches that I've had the time to do between school and projects.

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[monotony]

wow, man your new characterdesigns are so good.
love the one with the blue bowl on the last page. <ou did a great job with the lightning on that one and Gudinna.
and that flying whale kind of thing you did today looks cool. hope you work some more on that one. definately looking forward to more.

[DefiledVisions]

Thanks again for dropping by my book :) allways a pleasure to see you there.

Sweet updates here. I really love your enviro's .. damn.. I suck at enviro's haha. The big ball thing caught my eye. Interesting piece. Might I suggest you add more light to it to push it further? especially the blue light - would be cool if it was reflected in the hue of the orb, or is it a fish-like thing? just spotted some fins hehe.

cheers
-DV

[Buckster]

monotony: thanks a lot man, I appreciate the kind words and I might just polish the wale some more.

DefiledVisions: hey mate, thank you for the comments. I will make the "fish" piece a tad clearer maybe, polish it.

here's a doodle
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[HunterKiller_]

Hey man, thanks for checkin' out my SB.

You've got a lot of work here! Great effort doing the regular speed paintings.

It's really good that you are able to do lots of imaginative pictures, but there seems to be a lack of studies and observational drawings.

My main critique would be that I think some of your drawings are lacking volume, particularly in the environments. You've already got the base for some great enviros, but some of them lack that solid, physical presence.

And one last thing I always like to remind people of is to try different things in art, and not just "Oh, I'll use a different Photoshop brush today", really do something different. Use a different medium, draw something that you've never drawn. Don't ever get stuck in a style.

Hope this is of some help.

Btw, I really like 'The Girl with the Glass Ball', and the storyboard is cool.

Peace out.

[Buckster]

HunterKiller: thanks for the crit man, I am trying hard to do what you say, I guess I should add some sketches and studies sometime as well, too lazy with the scanner ^^
I appreciate the comment!

here are more doodles speedie stuffs.
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[TheGnoll]

cool characters and digidoodles, i envy you guys that just sketch freely on photoshop, i find paper and pencil so much more tempting, but keeps me out of the whole realm of color :( how do i do it? burn all the paper in the house?
stick my pencils where the sun don't shine?
why do you personally work more digitally?
you're practicing well man, love the flying mushroom-thing ;)

keep sharing!

ciao

[Buckster]

TheGnoll: hey man and thanks a bundle a bundle for the comment. I would not advice anyone to stop drawing on paper, I do it all the time, during classes and on special occasions set aside for myself.
THe only reason I work digitally is because it is faster and does not require more prep than booting up my comp.
Cheers man

here are more sketches,
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[Buckster]

new piece ^^
a tad more time spent than usual.

enjoy...

[algenpfleger]

Oooh, the last one is nice! :O The rest too, obviously :)

[QETALIVAN]

I love to jump from the very first posts to the last and have such a surprise......after that I review all the pages, of course,....nice devolpement!

lovely colours!

[Dan Valkar]

tons of great stuff in here man, keep it up!!

[jedininjaman]

sick styling
you might want to work on some texture work though,
that would help a lot
-jedi

[DefiledVisions]

Hey man - sweeeet updates! love your characters, and the deathknight. Especially the subtle values, the stylisation and how you incorporated red and green together in such a nice way.
greatness!

-DV

[Buckster]

algenpfleger: Thank you kindly man!

QETALIVAN: I always strive to improve so thank you for the kind words.

Dan Valkar: Thank you kindly.

jedininjaman: textures! noted and I will get to it.

DefiledVisions: Thank you for comming back man, I really appreciate your support here ^^.

here is a quick piece I did today for practice, trying to learn how to paint without grayscale.

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[DARAF]

Great s.b. I like the dark colors on the last guy with the big sword. Keep up the good work.

[Buckster]

DARAF: Thanks a bundle man, I really appreciate it.

here is another rather quick piece using the same technique.

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[clanlord]

I wish some day you to grip the pencil again... The first pages scared the shits out of me at the side of rendering skills, honestly ... good colors though! keep pushing

G

[zulu]

cool stuff bro, u chould work more on the details and the final rendering, keep at it ure doing well, cheers!:D

[Jaytea]

Ah, your work has that dark element in it, very appealing, and the colors you use with it. :] Cool stuff.

[Buckster]

clanlord: I am drawing all the time, however I don't have a scanner so I can not scan the stuff I'd like to show you all.

zulu: hehe, calling a piece done is the hardest thing I know, when I feel like I am just nitpicking I usually stop working on it. I am not much for that "polished" look but that is just personal taste ^^ Thanks for the feedback mate.

Shalite: Thank you kindly mate, I appreciate it.

here is a little WIP that I would like to share ^^ just blocking colours atm.
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[Kan Muftić]

that swordsman is ass dope!

[DefiledVisions]

Sweet stuff as allways :D there's no difference between your grayscale and non-gray pictures.. you've got great value control. Wish I had the same :(

cheers!
DV

[Buckster]

Cupacabra: thanks a lot mate, it means a lot.

DefiledVisions: Thank you very much mate, I think I have a lot to learn painting using only colours but I will get there eventually ^^I appreciate the support!

here is an update on the last piece o_O

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[tokotewhero]

cheers for stopping by man. farout inspiring stuff in here! really digging that last one. Will be keeping an eye in here! ;)

[Buckster]

tokotewhero: thank you kindly mate ^^

here's two really fast speedies. I think I am going to do a batch of self portraits like I did with the speedpaints. Don't have much time at the moment but I like it that way.
the first portrait and a random doodle. I now know that I need a better source of light.

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[Buckster]

I thought I might post some process pics of the reaperknight as well as I remembered to save them out.

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[DefiledVisions]

Hey man, I liek your beard ;) haha. Seriously, awesomeness!
I dig the centaur piece.. the way you flesh out the red tone, it gives so muhc life to the skin.. great. And thanks for some insight on how you paint!

[mentler]

Yo Buckster You
Have Really
Come Along Way

Thanks For Dropping
By My Thread And Feeding
The Monkey

5 BONES FROM
THE DOCTOR

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Wonderfull stuff here Buck:D Good strong style and a fantastic colour sense:)

-E

[algenpfleger]

That last one is a killer! Like, literally! :D Haha awesome stuff man, keep going!

[EKOes]

yes This (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=496215&stc=1&d=1224481809)is my favourite!! Amazing creatures design!

[Chuck,mate.]

woow what a SB. that last one is ace. really fresh.
keep at it!



Pat.

[Gloominati]

dude, your stuff is getting better an better! That last character is sweeeeeeeeeeet!! keep going!!

[kidult]

Great work man! keep it up!

[Kan Muftić]

Wow, the last one pushes you to a higher level of art.

[Buckster]

DefiledVisions: haha, thanks a bundle mate, my beard is my pride :p

Mentler: I am thankful for your kindness Mr.Bone.

Mischeviouslittleelf: Thank you very much mate, I greatly appreciate you coming here.

algenpfleger: hehe, thanks for the push man!

EKOes: Thanks you very much.

Chuck,mate: Thank you for stopping by Patri, much appreciated comment ^^

Gloominati: Thank you very much.

kidult: Thanks!

Chupacabra: Thanks Khan, I really tried and it is much to CA credit ^^

here are some new stuff I've not posted for a while, very busy with animation at the moment so most of these are rather rushed. I really failed with the last CHOW, the dentist part must have slipped my mind ^^.. anyhow. I am still trying to get to the colour part without the greyscale in between for speed. It tends to give my pieces higher saturation, have to work on that.

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[tias]

Man, great sb! That reaper is insane! are these all photoshop or do you work with painter also?

[DefiledVisions]

Wow man, you keep amazing with great updates! Was about to comment on the saturation when I noticed you'd allready mentioned it - agree on the skintones, they are strong.
I really enjoy your colours though, I don't think the high saturation lowers the piece in any way.

cheers.

[Clochette]

I like your Spike even if he looks like a wizard more than a dentist! Very nice style!

Edit : Ok let's try to get you to 5 stars !

Re Edit : Yeaaah yes we can! :D

[kidult]

Thanks for stopping by the sb. Updates are crazy as always!

[rebel rebel]

love the character designs and your use of colour. but your CHOW illustrations seem a little to static, try some more dynamic poses.

[kaktuzlime]

Good, good!

I think you could be more wary of how the environment affects the colours of your characters. You´re doing it occasionally, and quite subtly, but I think your images might benefit from you taking it further. This ties in with that I think your colours sometimes are too homogenous, and more nuances would really make your colour pop!

Your values are getting better and better.

I highly enjoy the dragon dentists face. Very stern, good expression. I think you should try and echo that expression and feeling with the rest of the pose, especially with the gesture of the hands (how would a stern person pose her hands, stereotypically?). That would make the expression feel more coherent and less "artificial".

Fun silhouettes!

I think you could work some on your kneeanatomy!

The guy next to the blue cauldron-image on page 10 is stellar!

You have limitless potential! You will make it as a concept artist, if you want to. Keep drawing and have fun. 5 Stars from me. You´ve earned em. Respect. ( have an icecream ;P )

*Hugs! ;P

[morbidious]

HEy!
Finally im here, great work man!

Jonas

[I'A CTHULHU]

hi buckster! you have great imagination..liked all your works and specially this one http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=496215&stc=1&d=1224481809... i'd say that's a two-finger man? or the "peace" man :)
anyway would like to see more of yours..

br

[roidvoid]

page 12 of your sb stands miles above pg 11. i think you may have had a breakthrough in how you use color to model out the characters.

keep working in this direction and i think you will be in really good shape

[Nubb]

Aware but free and sponataneous designs. Your art can speak for itself. It speaks and says: "I'm a bad-ass!" ;)

[Reject-D]

Great job buckster!! great improvements!
hey dude you have grown so much from your first page keep it up!
i really liked the dude with the sword but i felt that some qualities were missing.. i hope you dont mind and if you do ill delete this.. but i did a quick paintover just to show where i think the light should hit.. and added a little detail to his arm pad..

first one is the original
second is the paintover

[DefiledVisions]

Buckster!
Even though you don't update I know you're working hard! keep on kicking it :D

.. och ha en riktigt fin jul :)

[Buckster]

tias: Thanks a bundle mate. I almost always use Photoshop simply because I am more comfortable with. I would love to learn Painter but I find it very hard to control.

DefiledVisions: Hey man, sorry for not updating for so long. Your comments always cheers me up and I greatly cherish your support. Keep kicking it yourself.

Clochette: haha thank you very much for trying ^^

kidult: thank you kindly mate.

rebel rebel: I agree with you, I focus too much on the rendering as well most of the times, I will try to get some fancy poses in there.

kaktuzlime: I eat a lot of icecream now a days ^^thank you very much for the comments and crit, I always appreciate your take on my art.

morbidious: hey hey! nice to see you here, I am very happy about it. And now when you finally got here I left o_O how silly of me. Will get better at updating but I am really swapped T_T

I'A CTHULHU: thank you very much. Now you can have a look at some new and older stuffs right here ^^

roidvoid: thank you very much, I feel a lot more comfortable for some reason ^^not that things are easy but it comes more natural.

Nubb: thanks a lot mate!

Reject-D: hey man, thank you for taking the time to do that, I agree with you. You have improved a lot yourself, keep kicking it in your SB.


Hey everybody, I am very sorry for being absent for such a long time. I have landed a freelance job as an illustrator whilst studying so unfortunately I don't have a lot of time for personal art. I promise to show some work related stuff sometime but for now it'll be some sketches and paintings I did since the last post. Some of them are from last year and some more recent ^^

...enjoy

[Josef K.]

awesome stuff! love your charakter-designs! keep rockin'

[AmbientChroma]

Duuuuuuude. Absolutely love the enviros in the last post :0

[bumskee]

:D love the ChOWs! *subscribe*

[Dished]

sweeeeet work! love the enviros and this guy a lot: http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=592802&stc=1&d=1234607091

[revenebo]

Both characters and environments are great.
Such an improvement since the beginning of this sb... Awesome.

[DefiledVisions]

Nice of you to drop by :) and great to see some new (old) work! haha. Looking really great man!

[Juhani Jokinen]

awesome stuff! Really cool characters.

Keep it up!

-Juhani

[Chermilla]

Your work is incredible, and you keep improving with every piece you post! I've really loved looking through your sketchbook, keep up the great work!

Take care,
C

[tokotewhero]

Dude u just inspired me so much! big thanks! :D

[destinyapocalypse]

u have good and too lot jobs so i understand u re hardworking and like this job ilike this keep it up

[Lotet]

hi there, ur sketchbook is really nice looking, keep up the good work.

[Buckster]

Josef K.: Thanks a lot ^^

AmbientChroma: Thank you man, I am trying my best in that area.

bumskee: mmm, the tasty Min himself, I really appreciate it!

Dished: I think I did a light study or something that time, thank you.

revenebo: haha, thanks a loy. Improving is what we all try here yeah? ^^

DefiledVisions: Dude! Such a huge ass improvement you've been through since I checked here last. Great going!

Juhani Jokinen: Thank you.

Chermilla: Thank you very much.

tokotewhero: hehe, glad I could be of service.

destinyapocalypse: Thanks.

Lotet: I will try.


Soooooo.
It has been too damn long since I updated this here SB, I guess I've felt that I've not had that much to show really but here goes anyway.

I am working on a few projects that has a got little attention so my time has been spent on working on those and I guess I've just been too tiered when I've come home to sit down in front of the computer and start on a new piece. I've been trying to relax and stuff with games but I am just really frustrated when not painting, haha... yeah.

Here are a few pieces I've doodled on my spare time, enjoy.

[Jason Snair]

Wow. Great sketchbook. Really dig your palette.

I think the snow landscapes are my faves.

[The man with no name]

Your SB is amazing, colours are great, enviros kick ass, it's people like you that set the bar so high that it might take me a lifetime or two to achieve :D

[Benjie]

those enviros kick some ass dude.

your development throughout this sb is ficken nuts!:)

[Dibujio::Guru]

I think i just lost an eyeball....
:eyeloss:

This is great your environments,character design and understand of lighting and mood is off the chain.Really loving the Chow entry and love the mood of the character with the sword it's like he's saying "EPIC!!!".Your improvement in this sketchbook is prefect.

The Sky's the Limit for YOU!!

[t i m]

Awesome stuff Buckster!

[Buckster]

Jason Snair: Thank you kindly.

The man with no name: Trust me mate, hard work'll get you there in no time ^^

Benjie: Greatly appreciated.

Gorilla@Attack: haha, thank you very much. Awesome to hear stuff like that.

t i m: Thank you.

These are pieces I created for a project called Sanctum. Loved working on it, really did.

...enjoy.

[Yor]

good stuff man, really like the update. love how you showed us the bridge under multiple angles. nice colors :)

keep on rocking!

[Nianto]

wow, amazing art!

you're at the point where i want to get to..someday
but i'm workin workin workin.. (maybe you can look over my sketchbook for a minute-would be thankful to get critique of such a fantastic artist - and you are exactly studying what i want to do someday)

keeep on painting :)

[DefiledVisions]

Buckster! It's been like half a year since I dropped by last time, and damn to my astonishment you updated yesteday! :D
Good to have you back! these new pieces are kickass! the chow, the enviros, the creature concepts, everything!
Hope you'll post more regularly from now on :) keep it up!

btw, are these concepts for a game or something?

[LisandroG]

I really enjoyed looking through you sketchbook, really interesting sketches, characters and environments

keep up the good work!

[DeKal]

damn dude. i havnt been here in a while and FUCK! some SERIOUS improvments. looving the enviros man.

[Darktwin]

The enviornments are sick, really digging your improvement man, great inspiration.

[JoshDArtist]

friggin phenomonal stuff in here... ya make me drool man...
can't wait to see more!!!

[dU5K]

im in love with the use of complimentary colors and textures in your pieces. and your futuristic environments are awesome.

keep up the great work

[Lotet]

sweet! last updates show great progress. should watch this thread more often ^,^

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

NIIIIICE enviros as usual Buck, really digging the bridge stuff^^ Would be cool to see some finished stuff and what not though, that would be effin' sweet!

-E

[jskotte]

wow, a real inspiring sketchbook. Awesome work.