Bucksters Sketchbook, Development of an uninspired mind [Nudity]

[Buckster]

Hello to you all and welcome to my humble little sketchbook.
This is my first thread here so here is a little info on myself to start off:

I am living in Sweden and studying game design and developement in Skövde. I've been drawing and sketching ever since I was a kid and this thread is meant to show my development aswell as to develop myself even further so please leave your comments and critique.

[Here are a few sketches to start things off, there will be more here very soon]

[Buckster]

here are some more sketches, digital aswell as classic pen and paper.

[Buckster]

And here are more yet...

[Buckster]

remember to leave a comment :wink:

[Buckster]

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[Buckster]

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[Buckster]

and now we are at present day, more comming shortly. I hope to get some nice critizism now so I can evolve and improve along with you here at ConceptArt.

Cheers

[AnthonyFoti]

wow, I really like your style, it has a definite character two it, especially the b/w sketches. I hope to see more of them fleshed out and polished as time goes on.

[Viking Raider]

love your pencil rendering, especially the weirwolf guy from post #6. I like the poses too. Swords and armor, rock on!

[Buckster]

some digital art, I am a newbee when it comes to digital coloring so please give me some critisism on theese.

the chef is a quickie ^^

[Tmza]

Man, you got very impressive sb in here! I really like the style in your pencilworks. Great characters and inspirative creatures. My favorite is that dude with huge sword, cape and long hair in post 5. Seems you need to practice in digital painting (well, dont we all), but overall they are looking good.

[Hellblaster]

The chefdude seem to have done something good and are proud over it, and he is waiting for someone to hug him. the sincerity in his eyes. ahw!
Anyway, the sketch of the girl with the huge swords are something you might consider continue working on, she's one good piece of art and are by all means worth a little more attention, I even think you should put som color on her just because it sounds like a good idea.

[Buckster]

tmza: I agree that my digitals need alot of work, thank you for the nice comments.
Hellblaster: Thank you for the comments, I just might continue and do a digital of the girl. ^^

this digital is a fast, fast painting.

[Evxyza92]

Clean up the fat guy pic, and try to define a light source, I'll be sure to look for an update on that one.

[motives]

Wow! Great work here! Some perspective issues in some drawings, nothing too serious though:)
The swordgirl with the mountains in the background is my absolute favourite.
Keep at it!

[Camara]

Hey!!!Good start,man!!!Just some anatomical issues,but anyway,great work!!!Hope to see more digital stuff!

[Buckster]

Evxya92: Thank you and I will clean up the quickie and post the process as well soon.
Motives: Thank you for the nice words, I might just do a digital of the swordgirl sketch since it seems to be somewhat of a fav.
Camara: Thank you for the critisism, please do stop by again and give me feedback.

This piece is for a Jack the Ripper theme we had at a little get together.

[pearblossom]

hi buckster, it's great to see your improvement over this thread.. as far as c & c for the digital painting of the robot, i think it's working quite well but flattens out in the foreground.. my fave is the sketch of the machine/girl above the butcher. that'd look nice painted!

[Buckster]

Pearblossom: Thank you very much for the nice comment, I will consider doing a digital of that girl ^^. I agree with the flattening effect on the robot. THank you for the c&c

Here is a process of the butcher piece. I guess that I rushed the end too much so the hands, weapons and bg are very sketchy.

here you go ^^

[Buckster]

finished

[Buckster]

This is a piece that I felt inspiered to do after a lecture at school, doodling away.

[InstantIndian]

Dude, the fat guy rocks. I wanna see some extreme foreshortening so your creations pop out more.

[Buckster]

InstandIndian: Thank you for the compliment, I will take your opinions on foreshortening in mind.

Here is a quick pencil sketch that needed some extra grayscale work. My girlfriend had some useful inputs this time ^^

[OneOfTwo]

Hey there, I like the way you show different characteristics in each of your pieces, it works really well! Nice job on the mechanical pieces as well, I really should do more of those myself.

[vaettir]

Vi tar det på svenska...

Så, nu ska jag försöka analysera och ge kritik efter bästa förmåga... Håll i hatten.

Det första jag kommer att tänka på är att jag tycker att du är bra på att rita form och tänka tredimensionellt. Att du alltså kan vrida på kroppar och former och ställa dem i olika vinklar, och inte bara rita dem ur vissa fixa perspektiv.

Jag gillar också dina skisser. Linjerna känns både säkra och rena, och ger en bra känsla av formen. Speciellt benen på den här figuren: http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=205659&stc=1&d=1190326122

Vad gäller renderingen tycker jag du beskriver form och "rikting" i detaljerna bra. Dock tenderar den övergripande formen (senaste buzz-ordet? Behöver synonymer till "form"...) att bli lite platt. På den hukande tjejen med de stora vantarna som exempel. Både den uppåtvända ryggen och den nedåtvända magen är högdagrarna lika ljusa och skuggorna i princip lika mörka. Samma sak som jag brukar slarva med... Ett tipps jag fick av Björn var att först skugga hela figuren som ett objekt, då har du liksom redan angett ett maxvärde för högdagrarna när du sedan går in och renderar detaljer.


Den digitala biten så. Tycker det ser jävligt bra ut, speciellt med tanke på hur lite du har jobbat med PS. Har bara två anmärkningar här: En del bilder ser oskarpa ut på vissa ställen, speciellt där där du inte definierat detaljerna noggrannare (t.ex. axelskydden på den senaste färgbilden och skallen på gubben med korset i pannan), vilket blir lite irriterande för ögat. Har du dragit ned hardness på penslarna? I så fall skulle jag nog rekomendera att du använde en hård pensel, i alla fall till konturerna. Den andra grejen är att hudfärgerna kunde må bra av lite mer olika färger och nyanser (så att det inte bara är olika mörka/ljusa varianter av samma färg), fast jag ser att du fått in lite grönt och rött i de senaste bilderna så du är ju på rätt spår där.

Måste säga att tjockisen har fått riktigt trevlig hud, speciellt där det veckar sig så där mysigt på magen. :D Känns verkligen som löst hängande läderaktigt skinn. Ser bara en liten miss på hans vänstra pectoralis som ser ut att bukta inåt. Tror inte det skulle ha skadat med några ännu ljusare högdagrar uppe på nackmusklerna (kan inte det coola namnet...) och deltoiderna och på vapnena, för att riktigt visa formen och blankheten.


Slutligen måste jag bara påpeka att jag tycker mig se tydliga Hurriinfluenser i hjälmen på den näst senaste bilden, och att jag verkligen älskar dina blyertsnäsor!


- Johan

[lysgaard]

wow, love your style and shapes!
..I think I'll leave the constructive part to vaettir..

stå på :)

[MeTaL-Mike]

cool stuff! love the concepts

[Nizza_waaarg]

hey, really cool sketches. Looks like you'd be perfect in game design. I especially like most of your black and white sketches, the rendering comes across really well. Your digital stuff is looking good too, no specific crits on that, just more practice.

I think there are some anatomy issues in a few of your pics that could use some resolving. Though your style is very cool, I just think some of the peices don't seem right anatomically.

and on that butcher pic, his pectorals(right one) should lead under his deltoid i thought, his kinda got a pointy bit overlapping, just kinda stuck out for me at first :P

very cool work overall though, looking forward to updates

cheers,
chris

[Buckster]

OneofTwo: Thank you the compliments.

vaetiir: Tack för kritiken. Jag håller med om att jag borde vara mer noga med gråskalan vid renderingen, tack för att du påminde mej ^^

lysgaard: thank you for stopping by ^^

MeTaL-Mike: Thank you as well.

Nizza-waaarg: I really do appreciate the c&c, thank you for pointing out what bothers you. I will keep at it so please do stop by again.

Here is a quick sketch I made today, daily doodle.

[rorke]

nice pencil and line work. Ill have to keep an eye on this thread.

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Hey Buckster, nice update mate. Looked through your other stuff, and its a good start to this SB. Will be looking forward to seeing you improve, you have a nice pencil rendering style, but as already said there are some anatomical issues that need to be addressed, I'm sure that will be resolved in due time if you keep practicing and doing studies. The most recent piece shows some improvement already, its a pretty tight sketch(really like the strokes you did). Keep it up, and keep messing around with digital work too. :) Ciao.

[Buckster]

Yay! second page, thank you for all the feedback so far! You are really inspiering me to keep on going and improving, your critisism's very appreaciated.

rorke: please do ^^

Sirio_Brozzi: I will keep on improving my anatomy as best as I can.

Here are some sketches I did today, the last one is a dwarf from: Keepers of the Mazer.

[Ni-Q]

I spent some time really looking through your work and i'm impressed. I do not have at all as much experience in Concept Arting nor Sketching but i still do think you're doing some really great work. It's great, but it can get alot better!

I have to agree on some comments that the pictures do get better, also i saw a few anomalies with the anatomy. I really liked the picture that were "complete", the ones that you shaded very nicely with greys (ex. , Paladin & Hell).

As i know you in person i know you're really ambitious, there are no limits for what you can succeed with if you just put your soul to it. I do understand that you do these things to practise on your skills in shading, anatomy, contours etc. Just as a personal oppinion i think it would be cool to see a whole picture you put down alot of effort on. A picture that could maybe be a bit bigger, loads of detail, shadows and color. Maybe i'm way off but yeah. (Now that i think about it, it's a bit like the coloured pictures in post #2 but with more detail, i really like the colours and work you've done on them)

I have bookmarked your sketchbook and will keep checking back aswell as talk to you in real life. I'm sure we'll be doing something together some time, mate.

Keep at it!

[Buckster]

ni-Q: Thank you for the comments and I do appreciate your input as I always do. I will try to make a more "finished" piece sometime in the future but as for right now I have too much schoolwork to take care of.

Here is a quick sketch ^^

[Buckster]

a little update, I have been slacking off it seems ^^

Here is a quick comp render of the above sketch, just for practice.
And some expressions from a drawing session.

Cheers

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Nice start on that sketch..Try filling the whole outline of the character as a black silhouette and render to light. Seems like you only did that with half the character :) Renderings looking cool so far. I'd recommend softening up that tricep a little, that edge is a bit too hard. Keep it up!

[Buckster]

Siro Brozzi: Thank you for the crit, I should have done the siluette more properly and you are right about the tricepts as well.

Theese are three character designs that I did to try and get some more detail into my drawings.

[Buckster]

This is the start of a new project^^ I am going to try and reecreate Lucky Luke and some random characters from that series.

This is Lucky Duke, take#1.

[Buckster]

and here is a test portrait ^^

[Blue Harvest]

Hey you. While checking the sketches here in your fine little sketchbook, I realized, besides the fact that I like most of them, you seem to be having a habit of enlarging the legs when it comes to your characters. I don't know if this is intentional. But anyway, that's the crit I can come up with at the moment (be mindful of the proportions of the legs); what I have time to scribble down here at the moment anyways. You know, what's with all the essays and what-not. I will try to check in once in a while and comment some more. I suppose that it will happen a little more often when I start posting stuff here again myself, in the hopefully not-too-distant future :) Take care, see you at school!

/Jimmy.

[Buckster]

Blue Harvest: Thank you for pointing that out, I have never though about it actually. Nice to see you in here and do start posting soon.

here is a Render of the Lucky Duke, enjoy

[Buckster]

here is a little assignement I got froma friend of mine...

enjoy!

[TheGnoll]

very nice loose style, and i really dig the crosshatching, very strong and effective...that lucky luke pic looks very good, love both pencil and digital verson.
Keep sharing, i'll be back for more

ciao

[Buckster]

TheGnoll: Thank you very much! please do

Here is an old sketch that I felt like coloring, do enjoy...

[Nizza_waaarg]

still awsome man. If i haven't said so before, your pencil shading is insane :P

some crits i got: some of the pics (well, mainly just those shoulder studies from before), the deltoids seem a bit small or flattened.
and also, in some of your B+W digi paints, the contrast seems a bit to strong and the jump from black to light midtone/highlights seem a bit to quick, loosing the colour identity or middle value stuff... if that makes sense

Those character pics are top notch though, very nice

all the best,
chris

[Reject-D]

i really like the last one good job keep it up!!

[Buckster]

Nizza_waaarg: Thank you for the crit. I agree with you and deltoids is my foremost problem concerning anatomy. The digital shading is something I am working on as hard as I can.
Reject-D: Thank you.

Here are two more doodles!

[Buckster]

I decided to take some time and try out a new brush on the girl image. It works pretty well but my brush economy with it is bad. I turned it into a B&W to check my contrast.

Enjoy.

[Buckster]

and here is a 2 hour sketch ^^

enjoy

[Buckster]

Here is a school assignement that I did today, I might color it later and add some more details but do enjoy ^^

[Discoskull]

Wow awesome stuff. I really dig your style/pencil sketches; love your line work.
That painting of the chick on the bed is excellent.
Keep it coming (!)

[Buckster]

Discoskull: Much appreciated ^^

Theese are some random sketches from yet another drawing night and a 10-15 min portrait in PS, enjoy ^^

[Buckster]

Commision for a friend ^^

enjoy

[d r e a m n t]

Dude your stuff is so impressive.Im in love with the guy gun slinging within the hail storm of bullets.Your tonal values make it look really dramatic.The only thing I see a little struggle with in your drawing are your torsos.Its something weird with the way you build them.I don't know exactly what it is but when I figure it out I will tell you.

[vaettir]

Nice updates! I especially like your pen concepts, the girl next to the radioactive guy and that last four-armed dude in particular. Gotta say the rendering is really pretty in those, you're improving in that area.

The digital stuff is all good also, it has improved a lot only the last one or two weeks, judging from this sketchbook. Can't really come up with anything new to critises, the only new piece I don't like is the guy tearing a plate of some robot. The anatomy is off on the torso and the pose looks a bit stiff, your other work is much more dynamic.

[marioucci]

wicked work man.
the lucky duke one is simply awesome.

Keep it up and beyond

mario

[Buckster]

d r e a m n t: thank you very much for the nice comment and please do tell me when you figure it out ^^ thank you for stopping by.

vaettir: thank you for the feedback and the nice comments. Something rather interesting about this though is that the pic you didn't like the anatomy on is the only one I have ever used reference for ^^ I agree that it might be a bit stiff though, I will rework that.

marioucci: thank you for the nice comment and for stopping by.

here are two simple sketches, I am too tiered to post anything more advanced today ^^

enjoy.

[chrishly]

you´ve got some really nice work in here, especially the pencil work.
some of them reminds me a lot of björn hurris, I guess your a big fan of his?

about the digis, I think you should do lots of studies from life. it would help
you to improve your ps skills in no time!

have some stars, and hope to see you here soon again!

-Chrishly

[MeTaL-Mike]

love your sketches. amazing shading technique!! looking forward to seeing more :D

[Arekkusu]

Yo man, awesome start!

I'm jealous of your line quality and ability to shade like that! Awesome.

Not gunna repeat any crits, keep up the awesome work.

Also whats the name of the course your doing? Sounds interesting.

Cheers.

Arekkusu.

[Buckster]

chrishly: Thank you for the comments and the stars! ^^ You are right in the assumption that I am inspiered by Hurri, it is impossible not to be from where I am at the moment ;p I only found him very recently though so I am not that familiar with him. About the real life studies, you are absolutly right, I should do more of those.

MeTaL_Mike: thank you for the lovely comments ^^ Cheers

Arekkusu: Thank you for stopping by mate and for the nice comments. I am not a 100% sure about what course you mean but the program I am in is at the top of the SB and if there is anything else, please ask again ^^

Here's a new little Digit, a friend gave me a theme and I went for it... no inspiration lately but nice practice.

some details... enjoy

[RandAlThor]

Hey Buckster, Excellent progress on your sketchbook. You have some really nice concepts here. Nothing really to crit at the mo, but i'll be back for sure. So, keep posting :-)

[MilesNoctis]

Nice art, or better to say : Freakin Awesome
... another goal to achive(to get better in drawing)
Thx for the inspiration and I look forward to see more!

[Camara]

Very cool and dark characters!You have improved a lot since your first page!!!Keep drawing,man!!!

[Buckster]

RandAlThor: Thank you for the nice comments ^^

MilesNoctis: Thank you for the kind words, always nice to be an inspiration to someone.

Camara: Thank you for stopping by again and for the comments.

Here is a sketch and a fast painting. I am using few colors for practice ^^

Enjoy

[Lindyholme]

Buckster! You're improving rapidly. Can't belive you're new at digital painting, you handle it so well. Love your pencil sketches, the anatomy and most of all, the imagination! I can tell you practice every day. I like that you have very different poses for your characters, that way you learn much. I draw the same poses too often so I don't get the practice I need. Great job! Keep on with this and you will be one of the best in school! See you in school!

[Buckster]

Lindyholme: Thank you very much for the nice comments ^^ I am not sure who you are however but I am sure that we might bump into eachother in due time.

Here are 2 speedpaints and a couple of sketches, my comp is acting up so I am slow with the updates... sorry.

enjoy.

[Buckster]

here is a little sketch, nothing fancy ^^

enjoy

[heda]

As njas.
den här är nog min fav - http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=221366&stc=1&d=1192805974
det enda som skulle kunna göras på den är nog att göra detaljerna lite skarpare...

over and out...

[Buckster]

heda: Thank you very much for those comments ^^ I will see what I can do about details in my future pieces.

Here is a little piece I decided to do for fun. I am working on a little project atm and cant post the art here -_- so my updates are slow. I guess I got a little tiered of this piece towards the end ^^

Anyways, enjoy!

[Buckster]

a quick simple piece I did today ^^

enjoy :D

[deadred]

i'm liking that latest update with the simple yet effective composition, great start! Many cool character designs in here (would be great to see alot of these colored), especially that "possession" pic with the woman intergrated with the alien.. are you planning on finishing that piece? also, that musical headless bodies pic is much lolz
more :D

[Buckster]

deadred: Tahnk you for the comments ^^ I could probably create a digit from that possesion piece sometime, thank you for suggesting that.

Here is a quickie I did today, just trying out new brushes since my computer died yesterday -_-

anyways, do enjoy.

[shoo=)]

that's really amazing! =)

[Buckster]

shoo=): Thank you very much for that comment, kind words are always appreaciated!

I had some more time so I doodled this piece as well, sorry for the spam but anyways, enjoy.

[shoo=)]

Buckster :
Well they are...besides I've always dreamed of been capable of draw things like that...(i'm really bad at this...XD)

[Buckster]

theese are some random pieces I did for practice. The digits are only half finished atm, I might finish them sometime I have the time ^^ I do get tiered of working on the same piece for too long (need to work on that).

One of the sketches here are a fanart of Telma from Zelda: Twilight Princess, best female character I've seen.

Enjoy...

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Keep at it with the digis mate. Post #61 really turned out nicely. :)

[heda]

insane man! digg the b&w in post #77 and the digi of the lady...

[Buckster]

Sirio_Brozzi: Thanks mate, I am trying as hard as I can ^^ Nice to see you in here again.

heda: Thank you very much, glad you like the stuff.

Here are two digits I did, 45min on first-1hour30min? on second.

[Buckster]

here is little digit I did today, enjoy!

[Dose206]

buck,

diggin on your stuff, and I know it's been said before but I'd love to see some more finished stuff coming out of you. You seems to have the ability to do it, but I suspect that you lack the patience and you get tired of working on the same thing after awhile. I dunno.

Keep it up though, I'm sure I'll be back to look at more.

Chris

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Buckster, you got some great ideas here, but sit down and finish them! :) These would look way cooler with some more time spent on them. Liked the craziness in your last update, though the torso could be a little less wide and I'm having a hard time telling where the legs are. Keep going at it! Ciao. >:D

PS: forgot to say in my last comment how cool #73 was. really cool dude!

[Buckster]

Dose206: Thank you the comment man, I appreciate the feedback and you are right, I am really impatient. I will heed your advice!

Siro_Brozzi: Same as above, I really do need to take my time, will try to post some finished stuff soon. The brute in the last post is wearing a skirtlike thingie, hence the leg issue, but you are right, it is too sketchy ;p

Here are some random sketches and a fast digit (again -_-) Next update will have a update with some oldies that need some work ok?

Cheers and enjoy (or despair)

[pagedown]

amazing SB man, I love your line work and doodles!
Your digital painting is making exellent progress!

[Farin]

*phew*
you got a whole bunch of crazy concepts in this thread ... visiting this forum is kinda scarying sometimes.. looking through your sb contains some of those scary moments ... I like that :)


looking forward to see more of your stuff

[Buckster]

pagedown: Thank you very much for that mate ^^

Farin: hehe, thank you veyr much. I appreciate that kind of comments, keeps me going.

here´s a little something I did for a school assignement. We are ment to practice drawing perspective, cubes and such but I found that a tad boring so I did this instead. The perspective is a tad bizzare though, points too close together and the grayscale is rendering is shabby as well ^^ did not have a lot of time on this one. Please tell me what I can do to better create the space between the buildings, enviorments is something pretty new to me so it would be appreciated. There is a definite lack of details as well -_- I think I will post a follow up on this later, when more finished ;p

Cheers

[Cold]

I think your best work so far is your environment on your last post. Nice work mate.

[Naomi Ningishzidda]

you have a nice style, your sketches are particularily strong. I notice your coloring isn't there yet but you'll get it. top notch sketches, I like your concepts a lot...

[Buckster]

Cold: Thank you very much, enviorments are not my best quality in my own opinion but I will keep working on it^^

LadyHydralisk: I love sketching but digital art's taking up alot of my attention at the moment, I will keep working on it.

Here is a little update on a earlier digit that I liked but I felt like I needed to rework the design a tad.

Enjoy

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Hey buckster, great new updates! :) have to say you did a nice job on that last envo, the perspective, despite being a bit forced works. Next time you should make your canvas way wider and lay out the perspective grid so it doesn't turn out so extreme(unless intended). The last guy is a great start, alot cleaner, and the lighting works. Keep going at it! >:D Ciao.

[Jazz]

Wow...strong improvements you have!! I'm in awe of your character designs, especially! The lineart is just excellent! Keep up the progress with your digital art, it's really coming along!

Oh, and that creature in post 80 with the icky red things on its bottom...that scared me SO MUCH!! ...It's so cool how you bring out the colours!

[Buckster]

Sirio_Brozzi: Thank you very much, as always I value your opinions. Thank you for comming back ^^

JazzW: Thank you for the compliments and for stopping by. It is always nice to hear fellow artists opinions.

Here is a quick digit I did in around an hour. I am working on some "secret" projects at school atm so I cant post as much as I'd like to, anyways...

enjoy

[Buckster]

Here is a few sketches and another digit,

enjoy

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Its always cool to experiment buckster, seems like you're hopping from piece to piece and trying new things. You'll eventually slow down and start refining your stuff more. Still digging those sketches, the warder turned out cool.

Ciao. :)

[Buckster]

Sirio_Brozzi: Thank you mate ^^ I am thinking about how to "finish" my stuff at the moment but when I feel stuck I usally move on, bad habit of mine. I will try to work some more on one piece. CHeers

Here is a quick concept for a projct I am working on, it is very, very rough, just thinking about the silouhette and feel of the character.

enjoy.

[Buckster]

Here is another little update on a quick digital that I felt had some potential. I changed some features like the wide chest and took the design a little further.

enjoy!

[Buckster]

Here is a little test I did today. I am trying to get used to my new computer and drawing tablet o_-

Enjoy

[Buckster]

and here is another concept for a project I am working on. Something is messed up with my drawing tablet, cant work on details for some reason the cursor snaps back when making minor movements -_-

anyways, enjoy

[Buckster]

Another test drive

[Raoul Duke]

you are so awesome I just sharted myself. I think your pen and ink is your strongest work. you should leave the amazing linework showing through the final comps. Pimp it to the limit.

[Buckster]

kirpid: Thank you very much for stopping by and for the nice comments. I might start to do a few linebased digits for practice ^^

Here is another test, my hand is getting a little cramped up o_o

Enjoy

[Buckster]

here are some random quick sketches and digits I have done the last couple of days, enjoy.

[Buckster]

Here is another school assgnement I am working on. A poster for a movie or game of our own design. I am hoping to get the time to slap some color on it as well but for now it remains grayscale.

Enjoy

[Buckster]

some practice...

enjoy

[Buckster]

revised poster sketch. Fixed the right biceps, enlarged the face, fixed the swordhand and brought out Odin in the background, enjoy.

[joiton]

Cool and imaginative stuff,
update please..
:)

[Buckster]

jolton: thanks mate ^^

here are a few updates, sorry for being lazy as of late ;p

Enjoy

[Buckster]

Here is a little something I am working on atm. It is a illustrated story for my tabletop army, a tad geeky but fun to do. I am painting the army right now so I dont have as much time as I'd like to post here but anyways, enjoy!

[Flipnastywebby]

i really like alot of your black and white paintings.
a suggestion, try to give your figures some more movement, make them more dynamic. by adding angles to your work it can make an ordinary knight of death into a mega super knight of death whos about to lop off the head of .....you see where im going :pirate:

slainte!

[Buckster]

Flipnastywebby: Thank you for the crit, I agree that I should try and focus some more on movement in my pieces. I guess that I am too focused on details ^^Thank you for stopping by as well

here is a little piece I did for practice, a very different style for me but it was fun...
enjoy!

[Buckster]

here is another little illustration from my table top army

enjoy

[Cold]

Nice designs mate, maybe throw some contrasty design lines on top, bring back those sketchy thumbs:)

[enthombed]

nice renderings here man, you have a kill stuff with this pencils, i like youe shading in some drawings.. keep posting.

Cheers

[Buckster]

Cold: Thank you very much, I will definitely think some more about your crit.

Enthombed: Thank you and I will ^^

I am very busy atm, alot of 3D stuff to learn at school so I dont have as much time to post here or paint as I'd like. anyways, here's an assignment for school. A classic design on a transportation device. This is far from my area of expertise but it was fun and good practice.

Cheers and enjoy!

[Buckster]

I am feeling a rush of nothing at all at the moment ^^Inspiration has really gone down the drain. I am thinking of participating in this weeks CHOW so I threw in a sketch of of Medusa, enjoy ;p

[mentler]

STRONG
5 BONES

[TheGnoll]

TASTY work in here man!
thanks for toppin by my SB :)

loving the digitals and the ideas!

keep sharing :)
ciao

[Buckster]

mentler: I bow my head to you, bone doctor ^^ Thank you very much for taking the time to look at my humble little SB.

TheGnoll: Cheers man, I enjoy your rather massive SB so it was my pleasure. I thank you on the same topic ^^

Here's some stuff I did today, I am so busy with a low poly 3D model at the moment so I have had to focus alot on that, anyways....

enjoy

[Buckster]

hmm, this is a little piece that I am stuck on atm. I would appreciate all advice on how to complete it. Fur is a pain -_-

Process as well

Enjoy

[Buckster]

here are some updates, (busy UV mapping my character atm....) -_-

enjoy

[Discoskull]

That last update is quite cool. Great action developing there.
I really enjoy your line work...

[kaktuzlime]

Here is another little update on a quick digital that I felt had some potential. I changed some features like the wide chest and took the design a little further.

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=239582&stc=1&d=1195086612

enjoy!


This one is awesome! Love the lighting & dynamics. And I don´t think the anatomy is over-defined, which in my opinion, is one of the things that you could improve on! Very few people are shaped like Bruce Lee^^. Anatomically, I doubt the pectoralis muscles would receed that fast towards the chest and sternum. I also think you could put some of that rimlight on the deltoids to express the form a bit more clearly.

Great to see so many updates, you´re improving alot! Keep at it and I´ll see you around. Merry Christmas!

[Buckster]

Discoskull: Thank you very much mon ami
Kaktuzkime: Yay, finally a post from you here! Thank you for the criticism and compliments mate, I really appreciate it. Feel free to stop by again.

I am not really much for fanart in general but I felt like starting a project so I am going to create three pieces of my favourite barbarians, Conan, Slaine and Deathdealer. Here is Conan, along woth the process...

enjoy

[marioucci]

ahhh man!

great character creation and insane production.

this one is scary: http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=225922&stc=1&d=1193431949

and this is a great character, love the anatomy and strokes on him: http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=228532&stc=1&d=1193765565

Thanks for showing me your work and for looking at my SB.

Cheers man

Mario

[Nizza_waaarg]

dude, your painting skills are increasing like crazy, first 2 pics at the top of the page are insane. And ty for posting the conan process. Can't wait to see deathdealer :P

btw, those kinda dark greyscale character pics you were doing before on page 4 (had some orthos here and there) are awsome man, very pro looking. Would be sweet to work off of them. You can't post your 3d stuff you're working on can you?

anyways, awsome as always, and make sure you keep posting man, inspiring me here :)

all the best,
chris

[Cold]

Happy new year, part yourself from the old and bring in the new. Have a nice Jump into 08:)

[Buckster]

marioucci: thank you for stopping by again mate^^ I appreciate it.
Nizza_waaarg: Thank you very much! I am happy to hear from you again. I might post my 3D chara when it is done, dont expect anything great however, it is my first model ^^
Cold: Thank you for stopping by man, cheers.

Ok, compared to my more finished stuffs this will look kind of lame ^^It is some junk I decided to scan and some speedies from last year that I feel like I need to part with before starting something new for this year. Cheers all and enjoy.

[Ekul]

Wow, impressive.
In the beginning I noticed that sometimes the heads of your characters were kinda small. And the hands looked rather big, but you seem to have overcome that problem.
Well, done and Keep it up!

[smokenmirrors]

dayaam, love the characters bro. And the exaggerated proportions are fresh! keeps its poppin'. keep it up!

[Discoskull]

Awesome update!
Your creatures/ aliens are TERRIFIC.
I like it when aliens actually have culture, heh.
I do/don't want to know what that robot is gonna do with that baby...

Keep em coming - I'd love to see some of the environments these guys inhabit.

Peace out

[Mr. Gadbury]

Hey, thanks a lot for the kind words in my sb! Your work is great, awesome pencils, really good characters - I hope I'll get to this level some day

Cheers

[Buckster]

Ekul: Thank you for the comment and taking the time to stop by, cheers.

smokengmirrors: cheers man, your art is popping as well ^^

Discoskull: Thank you! I will hopefully take the time to do some envos as soon as I am done with the barbarians, cheers.

Mr. Gadbury: Thank you for the kind words mate.

Here's Deathdealer still a WIP, I am getting some other character concept in the way of this guy so it taking a very long time for me.

Deathdealer WIP, enjoy.

[monotony]

nice stuff buckster. your pencils on this page are hot and I'm really enjoying your coloring.
great work on conan, maybe you could just refine his feet a tad bit more and use a different color for the sky. but as I'm definately not in the position to give you real helpful critics I'll just leave it with that. looking forward to the third barbarian.
mono

[Xaya]

Nice sketches Buckster, you should study colors and there saturation, to achieve a better sense of space.

Keep going!

Xaya

[Rockhart]

awsome stuff. love the pencils :) will be looking for more!

[Discoskull]

Love the Death Dealer!
The only crit I've got is that his hips seem rather wide, and perhaps his shoulders could be more intimidatingly wide.
But it's kicking ass so far.

[Buckster]

monotony: thank you for your opinions man, I am appreciating all the crit I can get, how am I supposed to evolve otherwise? Thank you for looking at my stuff!

Xaya: Thank you very much for the advice! I am kind of new to the whole "adding backgrounds" to my art so I have some issues that I need to work out, cheers

Rockhart: Please do mate ;p

Discoskull: I agree with you, I added too much cloth in the beginning of the process and forgot about it, I will make sure to fix it when I pick it up again. Thank you for pointing it out.

Here is an envo sketch, around an hour.

enjoy

[Buckster]

another little envo ^^I am really enjoying trying this out, relaxing... mmm.

Enjoy

[Discoskull]

These environments are really sweet. Like dark dreamscapes.
Enviros are a Beast I Have Not Tamed, so I dunno exactly how to critique them...perhaps make the foreground elements stick out more from the background, with color and/or line.
Really cool, though; I can tell how they'd sound and smell...

Peace

[Buckster]

Discoskull: Thank you man, I definitely agree that I need to focus more on the foreground, the reason I am not is because I am not comfortable with it yet but I will get there.

here is a few quick doodles, enjoy

[Discoskull]

Love the update!
The drum looks none to happy to be sat upon...
That mask-tentacle thing in the 3rd sketch is wonderful.

[Cold]

nice sketches, love the black and white scribbles, hot stuff

[mentler]

House Call From
The Bone Head Nation

Outstanding Book
5 Stars
From The Doctor

[Buckster]

Discoskull: thank you very much man.

Cold: Cheers man

mentler: I am most honoured to have you in my SB again good sir. Thank you

these are a couple of tests I felt like doing today. I am having too much to do at the moment, dont have enough time for my own art so mostly just doodles in my scrapbooks.

enjoy...

[Fjooner]

Cool character concepts, I really like the pencil drawings. :]

[vaettir]

About time I wrote something here again!

Gotta say I like your multi-coloured fleshy things. The supreme alien overlord and the battle beast. It's nicely pulled off and looks natural, and I love the fleshiness of them.

Generally I think your improving in all areas, but mostly in the digital medium. Most evident in those concept picture you showed me which aren't here in the sketchbook.

Nice to see that you're practicing drawing enviroments also, although I think they are weaker that your other work. I'm not so fond of the lightning in those two surreal enviroment pictures, might be the brightness settings on monitor, but everything looks very dark and un-illuminated, with light only on the edges. When I tweaked the contrast and bightness settings in PS though I think they looked much better. One gripe with the second one is that the brightest spots are the white trees, which unless they're self-illuminant doesn't make sense.

My new favourite is that guy in the latest update. Love the play with colours and light. Especially though I like his left arm, the structure and the colouring is lovely and I think it's a huge improvement in rendering skin and flesh. Just compare it to the nurse pic and you see how much more realistic and non-plastic it looks.

Anyway, keep updating!

[Buckster]

Fjooner: Thanks a lot bud, cheers

vaettir: Hey man! thank you for stopping by and commenting in my SB again, it pleases me to see you back here. Your comments are most accurate as they usally are. Envos are not really my kind of work but I enjoy experimenting with different stuff. The trees are just something different I tried to pull off but failed in an epic way^^Thank you for your encouragement and crit.

here is an evening speedie. Just painting away without thinking.

enjoy...

[Discoskull]

Quite like the updates. The guy with the star-head is sweet as hell, very expressive. Your doodle...makes me want to doodle.
I'd love to see more environments.

[Buckster]

Discoskull: Cheers mate, I am glad that I can be an inspiration ^^

Here are a few doodles, nothing fancy, just playing around on my spare time

enjoy...

[Buckster]

here are some random stuff I did today ^^

enjoy...

[Buckster]

Damn there is so much to do sometimes. I feel as if my time is just slipping away from me. I am currently working on some mods that takes up most of my time. The design process is very interesting though, makes me push it a bit further.

Anyhow, here is a quick little greyscale I threw together yesterday^^

enjoy...

[Flaskpost]

Hey, fellow swede! I´m really digging your pencil sketches. Mucho nice character concepts you´ve got as well!
Fortsätt ösa!

[kaktuzlime]

Hey Buddy! Nice looking grey-scales and designs! Great silhouettes. Constant improvement! I think the eyes are too white on the military guy (2nd pic on this page). I think you could add some splashing water on the surface of their clothes, to reinforce the rain, as it is now, the rain feels kinds isconnected from the rest. Now I´d like to see you draw an 8 year old girl and her imaginary friend ^___^

[Buckster]

Flaskpost: tackar för titten and for the kind words ^^

kaktuzlime: HAHA, I'll make sure to create that piece, just for you! Great idea by the way. Anyhoot, thank you for the crit, I really appreciate it and I agree with you. I'll see if I can progress the piece from speedie to proper render ^^


The reason for me not posting at the moment is that my net provider is in some sort of conflict with this and other forums, servers you name it. I will be back as soon as possible.

Cheers

[Buckster]

updates ^^

for the tin greeks I wanted to try and create a mob for a special popular pissed off Spartan warrior action game, you figure it out.

[Buckster]

and a little extra I threw together today ^^

...enjoy

[Ikarus14]

Excellent stuff. I really like the pencil work and the overall style is very pleasing :)

[aussiedeza]

awesome love the sorceress piece , although the tiny nose is kinda strange . keep up the good work mate.

[smokenmirrors]

that female spider-priestess' character looks like something straight outta one of one of R.A. Salvatore's books.... if youre familiar with the author... :P VERY NICE! i like. and those Spartan warriors are SICK! Im sensing a lil' bit of Justin Sweet influence... no?? just something about the aesthetics and your portraits.... but I suppose I could say the same from sourcing some of the old masters just as well! :P

http://www.justinsweet.com/GALLERY/HTMLS/001_SOLDIEp1.html

AWESOME work! and thanks for peepin' my SB!

[Buckster]

Ikarus14: Thank you very much for that.

aussiedeza: I agree with the nose ^^

smokenmirrors: Cheers mate and thank you for the feedback ;p I am really into the art of Justin Sweet, the mood and subtle movement in his art is inspiring as hell. I will have to check out R.A. Salvatore, thanks for that tip.
Thank you for the positive as well.

here are some sketches that I just got around to scanning, crappy quality paper but anyhoot ^^

...enjoy.

[Buckster]

a concept as well ^^

[ResidentSamurai357]

Lovely, sketches are nice. Lets seem a refined piece of that chick with the sword and eye patch! =]

[RandAlThor]

Wicked concepts, have some stars dude ;-)

[Camara]

5 stars from me!!

[Dan Valkar]

very creative stuff in here mate! nice pencil rendering and digitaal colourin'...a lot of cool concepts man, keep it up!

[Utopia]

Great great inspiring and creative stuff!!! Bravo!

[M.A.L]

Really great pencil, and cool design; looking at all your thread the last page show consequent improvement so just keep up the good work!

[Buckster]

ResidentSamurai357: Thank you very much, I will see about that that render ^^
RandAlThor: Cheers mate and thank you very much
Camara: Great to see you back here again, and for that very nice comment as well.
Dan Valkar: Thank you and I will try my best to do so o_O
Utopia: *bows*
M.A.L: Thank you! I am trying hard to improve as much as I can so your comment means a lot.

here's a little concept I did for the fun of it, I might get back to get some texture on it later ^^

...enjoy

[Zarquino]

Hi! I don't know If I have ever seen your sb but I've been hanging around for a while and I see a gret progress, just from September to now.

I see the first posts too static, you know, but now all is more natural, alife... you know, I like it.

Maybe I think you may try with faces and heads, I see some of them well, too angolous, and not very well.

Keep posting, all like the stuff a lot, a lot!

PD: I don't draw very well, but you know, maybe I can help ;)

[Buckster]

Zarquino: Thank you very much the advice, I always appreciate your opinions and thoughts^^

here is a speedie and a WIP.

[Buckster]

...sat down and painted with some friends, discussing art and techniques in general, great times indeed. We sat for 2 hours, wish I could to this for a living ^^

...enjoy

[Buckster]

here is my first tryout for CHOW#114, it i my first and I should really have worked more on it ^^I will probably revisit this one to add some finishing touches.

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[Moftah]

really pretty sketches, specially that one with the girl and sowrd calle hair,really like it , it kinda reminds mo of jeffrey jones's style
keep up the good work.

Moftah's Sketchbook

[Nizza_waaarg]

dude, your stuff is looking awsome, really good design sketches and characters (especially those in post 161). And of course your pencils rule.
All i can really think of now is that chow could use some more contrast and focus to draw the veiwers eye in perhaps, lookin a bit flat in places.

Excellent work though man, star worthy imo :D

all the best (and post some more pencil sketches if you get time :P)

[TheGnoll]

great stuff in here man, loving the digitals, and i enjoyed the pencil work in post 161 too, esp the bob kato-ish heads hehe

keep sharing!

ciao

[Johan_79]

Lots of nice stuff Buckster really like your sense of design and creativity when comes creatures, you really have evolved, awsome to se dude. keep it up!

[Buckster]

Moftah: Thank you very much for stopping by and sharing your mind. I enjoy the works of Jeffrey but it is long since i had a look. Thank you for the reminder ^^

Nizza_waaarg: Hey man, nice to see you back here again and thank you very for the comment. I will try to scan some more sketches when I get the time.

TheGnoll: Cheers man and yeah, I love the Kato-ish style of working as well. He is the main man in my book.

Johan_79: Yay, you came here and looked through my stuffs, thank you. Keep rocking your own SB man.

here is a WIP of this weeks CHOW, I will try to take it up a few notches, push myself a tad more than usual -_-'

...enjoy

[Moftah]

thanks mate for introducing me to Phil Noto,he has very cool stuff,he has this sort of clean cut drawing whichi really like,:)
nice update and again love the pencil sketch portraits(face 1,2,3,4) grat work

Moftah's Sketchbook

[Buckster]

Moftah: not a problem man, I just thought you might enjoy his stuff ^^

I have decided to try and create at least one speedpaint a day when I wake up in the morning. All should be just under or exactly one hour.

Here is my first post of one...o_O

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[DeKal]

such awesome character designs man...:yayca:

[Johan_79]

Sweet update dude!
like the vibrent rend yellows. I really like the fat dude with the monkey..
keep em comin:P

[Brashen]

It's always really inspiring to see great improvement such is this huge props mate!!

[GeistDel]

You have a great imagination. I dont know how you come up with half the concepts you do. Keep it comming man. Do you do speed painting every day. And if so how long do you usually take in doing them. Cheers

[Buckster]

DeKal: Thanks a bunch man. Your SB is really kicking it as well ^^

Johan_79: Cheers and thank you for the lovely comments. I will be back and harass your SB shortly :p

Brashen: Thank you! I am always glad to improve and I am working my butt off to do so. It doesn't come as easy as I would want it to but that is part of the fun I guess

GeistDel: I do at least one speedpaint a day and limit myself to a maximum of one hour, basically trying some new things that I would not try otherwise ^^ most turn out like crap but they are just for practice.

Here's a WIP and a speedie.

[Camara]

Woah,last updates are great!!!The african warlord looks amazing,I love it!!
Question: Do you always work from B&W to color?How is that technique?You use a color layer or multiply layer?I have seen lots of artists,like you,who use that technique....but I don´t get it!

[DARAF]

Crazy skillz bro. Great S.B

[OmertA]

I like your style man.

[Benjamen Christ]

dig your work man, tight pencils, good color and rendering. over all , very nice!

Christ

[Buckster]

Camara: hey there ^^I use B&W as a way to get the values down without having to think about about colour and when colouring I dont need to think that much about values. I use a mixture of overlay, multiply and I guess most blending modes that suits me ^^I prefer to render in a normal layer though. I am pretty sure of what I want I might skip the grayscale altogether though.

DARAF: Thank you kindly.

OmertA: Thanks

christ: thank you for taking the time to stop by :)

new speedies and my CHOW#115

enjoy...

[DefiledVisions]

Nice stuff! Smoothe pencilwork and cool characters.. I have one question though. How's the education in Skövde? At the moment I'm studying art at gymnasium, second year, and I'd like to keep on doing that after gymnasium. But I havn't really been searching for further education in sweden. So it'd be nice to hear how the education is etc.
mvh DV :)

[Benjamen Christ]

oh nice , i really like your chow! i had to work, so i didnt finish mine

[Buckster]

DefiledVisions: Thank you very much for the compliments ^^I can not advertise the school here but feel free to PM me and ask whatever you feel like.

Christ: Thank you and hope you get to post next time :)

Here are some sketches and a couple of speedies and a "gasp" unfinished ink o_O, Long since I tried that ;p

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[Coinpurse]

neato designs! your improving ever so soundly! keep it up dear boy :D

[Camara]

The Chow is awesome!!!Congratulations!!!

And the pencils are as great as always!!!

[jenzi]

loving those pencils man! not much to crit, but some of your speed are a bit over brushed (as in special texture brushes) try to put it to the point and other than that I love the color! really nice SB!

[Buckster]

Coinpurse: Thank you kindly buddy ^^you are kicking some serious butt in your SB :D

Camara: Thank you very much Camara

jenzi: Thank you and I agree, when speedpainting I tend to use custom brushes a lot ^^

here's a little update, some speedies and an update on a piece from an earlier post.

...enjoy

[jenzi]

let me be the first to say AWESOME update man!

love those environments! really nice feel to them! crits; your color pieces (speedpaintings) tend to get really busy, try to tone some down and strenghten others, don't get me wrong I love colors, and you have just about everyone of em, but as well as establishing a focalpoint in a picture with placement and such, you should (or maybe its just me) try to do the same color wise, it would make them stand out even more. thats my 2 cents.

[DefiledVisions]

Awesome! the demonwarlord is kicking ass! and the demon concepts in pencil are sweet! I like :)

[Buckster]

jenzi: Thank you very much for the critique! I agree very much with what you say. When speedpainting I get kind of grabbed by the moment and sometimes forget to simplify areas and make others area of interest. Thanks again, I appreciate it.

DefiledVisions: Thank you very much fir the nice compliment and for stopping by.

here are a couple of more speedies,

...enjoy

[jenzi]

I can say nothing but BRAVO! very nice use of color! perhaps the turqoise is competing a bit with the orange but hey, the two pieces are reallt great! on a side note the first sped paints lacks some secondary lighting in the roof from the orange glow. and the smoke explosion could use some more work, but other than that SWEET!

[dchan]

Hey Dude! nice stuff you got here! you some really nice environmet speedies. nice too se environment work from you. You have developed alot since i last saw your stuff. great work mate. Keep it up, cheers

[Utopia]

Awesome! U are one very creative mind. I love the idea of every day sketch and that u actually realize it!

These are one of my favorite: http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=363257&stc=1&d=1210107041
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=366650&stc=1&d=1210536526

Keep the power! :):):)

[Glory666]

wow man. Your stuff is amazing! Very expressive and really dictate viewers emotions to each piece. Keep it up man!

[Coinpurse]

Buckster Buckster! who ate all the cookies?!?! :D

hah! digging those speedies man,
somethings you may want to look into;

Transitions between warm and cool colours, I see them, but there not exposed. Make sense? didn't think so.

Put into a different sentence: Over exposure isn't good, but at some point you'd want to assure the viewer and yourself "ahem" that these sources of ....light.... have a source.... :wtf:

in caves like this (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=367954&stc=1&d=1210709176), light bounces and your use of warms and the cools are contradicting each other. Exposing of those warm Tangerine hues to compliment its environment in terms of experimentation might come useful in the future.

~my 2 cents, keep it up!!!

[Buckster]

jenzi: thank you very much! for the compliments and critique alike. I agree with your crit.

dchan: thank you very much mate!

Utopia: I try to get more organised and focused, my goal is to make around 100 speedies and then focus on something else ^^

Glory666: Thank you man, stop by anytime

Coinpurse: thank you so much for the crit man, I really appreciate it. I am aware of most of the stuff you said but I tend to get lost in the process of just painting and I forget the basics. All the best to you man, you're great.:yayca:

here's another speedie!

[DeKal]

the pencils in post193 are fuckin dope man..do more of those.

[Giorge]

Quite an evolution you had there m8 , you overcame your anatomy problems quick , and look at the art pieces now . F---ing awesome . Done let down Draw! draw! draw! :P

[MonkeYoakum]

Very awesome Sb man, I really dig your style, especialy the tonality of the work. Not to mention your color, which I think goes hand in hand with tone, Im still trying to work through that one. Most of all I am really happy to see you post near daily, I spend way to much time on this forum, constant stimulation is my vice. Thanks! Why the hell is this not 5 stars. Mentler gave you 5 stars twice! Hope mine helps. Subscribed. Thank you

[Buckster]

DeKal: Thanks mate, I will ^^

flamable: Thank you kindly, I appreciate it!

MonkeYoakum: Thank you very much! I try my very best to improve as much as I can and draw at a daily basis. Hard work is key. I really appreciate the encouragement, thanks.

here is another speedie, very busy with some personal projects at the moment so not much time for anything else -_-'

anyhow... enjoy

[jenzi]

hey man, your two latest pieces has been a bit weak compared to your others stuff, I do think you need to put some more efort into them, but as you said you are preocupied with something else at the moment, I am sorry if you take offence. but I know that you can do so much better! keep at it!

[UnSharpened]

Both your pencil sketches and digital speed paintings show impressive improvement, great job. I like the shift of your style in the recent post, and those glowing figures really caught my eyes:P.
Keep it coming:P!!

[frenpalacio]

the creepy butcher is great i liked it!!1

[frenpalacio]

the creepy butcher is great i liked it!!

[dchan]

yess! keep em environment speedies coming! one thing try working with the contrast and values. keep on working with colors you are doing great my friend. keep it up

[kaktuzlime]

You´re doing great Buck! You´ve grown immensely at technique and design. Now, I´d love to see you draw something that says something.

To me, your latest art seem like mostly studies, with design on top. In my opininon, you´re beginning to acheive a professional level of technique, still ways to go, but you´re getting there, and at this pace, you´ll be there far before you graduate, no problem. But the problem is, which I´ve begun to notice in A LOT of conceptart, even at the highest level, is that it´s dead. It doesn´t say anything. It doesn´t involve me. I´m not advocating going with a "cartoony" ;P style. far from it. Realism can evoke feelings and tell a story too, it simply might not be as easy (?). But I´m suggesting that you try out a shifting of "mental gears". Forget about the anatomy, the technique, and tell me a story. Draw not a noun, but a verb!

I see it much like you´re a singer, with great knowledge. You know the tones (anatomy), how to pitch your voice (colour theory), the lyrics (perspective) and all of the other parts that make a great tune. But when you´re singing, you seem so involved with the parts, the anatomy, the colour, the perspective etc., that somewhere, the overall message, and feeling of the song, is lost.

What I´m saying is, go for the total, an emotion or a verb, and trust in that you got the parts, cause you do! (well, there´s always more to learn of course ^^), and you´ll take your art to a whole other level. And also, it might be more fun!

Come on, tell me a story! Don´t show me the anatomy, show me an emotion or a story. Shift the mental gears...

My two cents anyway ;P

Peace (and free Tibet).

[Buckster]

jenzi: I agree with you, I have been slacking off a tad in my most recent works, guess I am a little stressed out with a lot of things at the moment but I will try to calm down. I do not take any offence, I like honesty, thank you.

UnSharpened: Thank you very mate, I really appreciate it.

frenpalacio: Thank you for stopping by.

dchan: thank you for the crit mate, I will try to go for a more varied (controlled) palette, thanks again! and get your ass in gear and post more! ^^

kaktuzlime: Thank you for the kind words and the critique. I think I might have lost myself somewhere in the technical aspects of concepting. I think that I can still express emotions through my art in some cases but you are right in that it gets clouded by... stuffs.
The speedies are just a way for me to try and control shapes, colours and find motives in the random patterns I create, maybe I am controlling it a bit much? Thank you very much.

here is another speedie ^^I tried to focus a tad more now jenzi ^^

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[enmi]

You get to hear me rant on and on about your work all day long, but still, I think you deserve some more rants..

I still like your sketches and line drawings better than your painted stuff, but that is just my personal preference for lines and simplicity.
Not all of your speedpaintings are great, but those who are, I am really impressed by. The colours and the amazing ideas you bring forth in just an hour really amaze me.
I especially like the sky of the piece in post #210 as it looks alot like classic watercolour painting.
I long to see more characters from you though, but I know that you´re really into sceneries right now so I'll just leave you to it..

*huggles and kisses*

[Farin]

wow ..this is a great sb.

your concepts r very creative and very good rendered! very inspiring. thx for sharing.

also love your cartoon heads .. especially those 'big nose' heads at the last page

[Buckster]

enmi: all that you ask will come in due time hun ^^Thank you for the kind words.

Farin: Thanks mate, You are kicking in your SB, thank you for looking.

Here are a more speedies

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[jenzi]

your speedpaints lack scale! the last ones I have seen seem pretty smal, and try not to use only one color in a field, I like that you do have some redsin the green,, but you need some mid tones of yellow and brown in the green too! and get some decent texture brushes also. you are still blowing out the colors alot, try to have an even out some values and keep some strong. having just and ounce pure color and an ounce of no color. primary you should have semi strong colors, and just pump them where it is needed! also your strokes tend to get a bit sketchy, clean up some areas with the lasso tool. thanks for the update though! and keep fighting!

[Dan Valkar]

great stuff man!!! the warlord its really cool!...keep it up!

[Buckster]

jenzi: Cheers mate! I agree with most of what you say but not some. I think that my framing comes from having drawn comics when i was younger, I will try to expand the views a tad. I kind of like a monochromatic scale when painting but I guess that is my personal preference but I could try to control it a bit more. After I am done with the 100 series I will revisit some of them and add middletones, gradients and polish them up, I am well aware that they are not "finished" by any standards ^^The sketchy strokes are just me, I like it, simple as that but I am always interested in what people think still.
Thank you very much for the crit, I will think it over and see what I can do.

Dan Valkar: Cheers mate and thank you very much!

here is another one, lets call this one a WIP, I got the motive up in the last minute or so but I will most likely revisit this one ^^

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[Coinpurse]

keep going hotstuff!
digging these enviros :D

[Buckster]

Coinpurse: Thanks man, much appreciated.

more speedies! I think I learned a little from these :D
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[anjin]

the onw ith the whale tail (or something so) is real good! :)

[Buckster]

anjin: Cheers mate and thank you very much.

here's a little update, speedie and a WIP o_O

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[drd]

Woah, last figure is very nice! And the speedpaints are getting better, it's easy to see.

Keep it up!

[Frogisis]

Great use of light! Are you starting off with a gradient, and then building on it, or just putting down the colors where you see fit? Because either way, you've got a great sense for keeping harmony in the colors and lighting scheme.

[VanDog]

i like your works colors !environments are cool!!

[Buckster]

drd: thanks mate, glad that it pays off ^^

Frogisis: I appreciate it. I just add blotches of colour and change the hues often to where I am happy with it.

VanDog: Thank you kindly

here's a new speedie
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[anjin]

I like the guy with the gas mask. :)

[Nizza_waaarg]

awsome speedpaints man, and you're getting so many out, crazy pace :P

my only crit would be some of the enviro's look like the colours could be pushed a bit more in places (#231, the second one in #225), might help them read nicer and pop more. But they're looking really nice as is regardless.

anyways, awsome to see you posting so much (making me feel lazy :P *runs off to paint some enviro's*)

all the best,
chris

[VanDog]

nice nice!strong sketchbook!:mittenbop:

[Discoskull]

Wow I haven't been in here for quite a while - crazy progression!
The pirate guy and his monkey turned out splendid!
Characters and creatures are delicious as always.

I really love the colors and the feel of these speedpaints; the only thing I'd say is that they could be clearer at times; they are badass stylizations, and the do convey an atmosphere, but the specifics of the environment - even the environments themselves - are sometimes lost for the sake of movement and energy (which I love anyway).

This last one is wonderful, as well as the spaceship one in post 220.

[`rawr]

great sketchbook man. good progress, leaps and bounds :)

[frog and *BAM*]

you've definetely gotten a lot better in painting. these last couple pages have been killer. wish you'd post some close ups or larger images sometimes though, the little ones just don't do any justice to all the detail your puttin' in.

[jigokuen]

Wow, I'd never gotten a chance to take a look at your sketchbook till now and I love it! The speedies are filled with such confidence, you should hold on to that energy no matter what! That's exactly what I feel i'm missing. :) I wish there was a way to do a sketch jam so I could learn from you, but i guess I'll settle for your sb. Great work.

[dchan]

awesome updates my friend! great speedies! one crit try working more with perspektive and dept, you good at working with colors, mood and atmosphere but your speedies is lacking of dept and perspektive, they look flat. nice character btw! good focus, great wip looking forward to see the final piece. big ups! and keep em speedies coming!

[Brun]

last updates are really satisfying, yout characters are allways a plesure to look at

keep rocking dude

[Buckster]

anjin: Thank you kindly man

Nizza_waarg: thanks for the crit man, I tend to get a little too controlled and limited in my colour palette sometimes.

VanDog: cheers man, thank you.

Discoskull: thank you very much for the compliments. These are just speedies and I am not fast enough yet to define them as much as I'd like to but I am working on it and I will be returning to some of them later ^^

`rawr: thank ye kindly.

frog and *BAM*: hehe, I dont think posting closeups would do any good since the speedies are so scribbly but I will do so with some more rendered art sometime.

jigokuen: I bow my head to you ^^you are being far to kind but I appreciate it. I would like to in turn learn from you sometime. Thank you for looking.

dchan: Hey man and thank you for the crit, I will definitely try to work on that! Keep rocking your SB!

Brun: Thanks a bundle man!

here are a few speedies and a little update on the mask dude. I have been on a "hollyday" hence the lack of updates, sorry.

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[Ex Nihilo]

Great sketchbook, and great paintings throughout. I dig your pencils as well; I would love to see more of them.

[Buckster]

Ex Nihilo: Thanks a bundle man, I will try to post some more sketches soonish ^^

Here are a few new doodads. trying some new stuff :D

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[humanNature6115]

Hey man you you have some nice work in this place,
But your Huge block of text is zapping all of the impact there is to be had.
The Speedpaint Text is killing your work.

Here is the difference .


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:mittenbop: :mittenbop: :mittenbop: Sketchbook:mittenbop: :mittenbop: :mittenbop:
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120761 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120761)

[massive_damage]

You've really improved a lot from what I can tell and I just love your work. :D

You know who I am, I just "went to sleep and would register tomorrow" but here I am today. Thought I'd stop by and say hi and good night again. :mittenbop:

[Duq]

Cool speedpaints :D

One of the things I would like to see though, is more edge control and popping out the stuff you would want us to see.

Keep working it, you are doing great things!

[wisecrack]

wow i'm loving those speedies. are you using a set of custom brushes or are they default photoshop/painter brushes?

[Sigit]

Wow your drawing awesome. How do you blend the colors??

[Cold]

You doing the right thing, but Speed painting is all about learning the tools aswell as the theories behind art, more than anything the tool are their to speed things up for you! SO USE EM MORE!!!:)

Here an example, PEN TOOL !!! - use for ur speed paints more!

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j64/Cold1981/efagqtgq54.jpg

Dont under estimate the power of edjucation!!!

here check this out, tis sooooooooo ace!!
http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/primary_secondary_and_tertiary_shapes/primary_secondary_and_tertiary_shapes.htm
http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/wet_materials/wet_materials.htm
http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/projector_lights/projector_lights.htm

You doing good stuff!!

[Buckster]

humanNature6115: Thanks you very much man, I see your point.

massive_damage: Thank you very much ^^Glad to see that you made it into CA!

Duq: Cheers man, I am glad you had a look. I will try to get some better control over the process ASAP ^^

wisecrack: Thanks a bundle man! I use a lot of custom brushes as a base and then refine with the basic most of the time.

Sigit: Thank you very much. I paint the blends myself most of the time ^^

Cold: Thanks for the links man! I really appreciate it, they were most helpful. And the pen tool... had no idea ^^I am such a noobcake :p
Thanks for the advice.

here are some new stuff, quick character as well ^^

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