New Degenesis illustrations (Updated 13.12)

[Skureal]

Jo!

2 years passed without posting anything in this section.
But the stuff i'm doing right now, for the pen&paper rolepaying game Degenesis might fit in here. I learned a lot so far and working together with Tobias Mannewitz, Klaus Scherwinski and Eva Widermann is a big inspiration. All of them are drawn on A4, except the fifth one was A3.

http://www.storage05.de/recent/Wiedertaeufer.jpg

http://www.storage05.de/recent/Char_big_05.jpg

http://www.storage05.de/recent/Char_big_14.jpg

http://www.storage05.de/recent/Chronist.jpg

http://www.storage05.de/recent/Kolla.jpg

http://www.storage05.de/recent/Szene01.jpg

http://www.storage05.de/recent/Gasse.jpg

http://www.storage05.de/recent/Lab.jpg

Henrik Bolle

[Form]

great work man! the values flatten out on some, like the first enviro which feels like it needs a greater push on the heirarchy for the depth to read convincingly. I love the design work, and always captivating to see how a different artist takes on the degenesis universe.

[L. Lanham]

Something I especially like about your style is how believably cluttered it is.
I like all the doo-dads hanging from the figures. The incredible amount amount of junk, straps, pouches etc. seems authentic.

[SEVANS]

Love the work. Love the balance between highly polished focal areas and the looser, rougher backgrounds etc.

[Barts]

sweet pics mate

[Villa]

cool pencil skills there.
i agree with form about the rendering tweaks to make really pop out some elements and buildings and to appreciate depth better.

enjoying the stuff. seems like you are having a blast with this.

[speedysam267]

nice, I'm still yet so see any degenesis illustration I haven't liked! nice stuff similar type composition to wes' degenesis pics.

[Pavel Sokov]

The way you handle your clutter is amazing, it always seems believable but I can't point a finger as to what makes some clutter look noobish, and what makes your clutter looks usable and believable.

I know it's random, but your clutter skills sort of define you.

You remind me way too much of Marko Djujevic, which isn't an insult obviously.

Love these pieces.

[Lone Wolf]

Great work! Love the seeing you pencils Skureal. I think you could use some more darks just for more depth, as mentioned before. Let's see more.:yum:

[Pickles]

I would love to see some ink work, if you have any. You seem to plan what your doing very well, I couldn't imagine handling so much clutter, but you pull it off amazingly. cheers.

[El Jeremie]

This is good. I love.

[dem0n]

Woah these are really great. Got more? :)

[Troll Skelking]

...mad skills...

[Stoat]

Very nice! Don't wait until you've got stuff for the Finished section. You must be doing all kinds of sketching. Can we see? Pleeease?

[theQuill]

Holy shit, love 'em all! the secondlast has such a great deep, can't get how to do with pencils....

[bhanu]

Oh my god..........Skureal post in FF section,been a fan of your sketches......awesome....Please post more.

[Blue Disciple]

Pretty tight penciling. Excellent work! ...Time to color 'em!

[KidApe]

Pure awesomeness, the trinkets and gadgets that you've given these characters is thrilling.

[Sept13]

Great work, you definetly kept the high quality of Degenesis in your illustrations!

[Dizon]

There's a lot of Wes and Marko in these! Good job.

[Gilles]

Hey Henrik,
I thought I knew how awesome your work is but you just have to keep blowing me away with even more awesome art every time. I love the fact that you don't render out every detail in the environments. Maybe it's like your work is more defined by what you leave out than what you add to it. The empty/not-heavily-rendered part make the rest come out stronger... I'm not making sense, am I? Anyway, It's good to see your art, it reminds me of the "old days".

Cheers.

[Chuck,mate.]

I can`t even begin to imagine how the hell one get a hold
of such Pencil skills... well, Chuky - you need to draw MORE and do some LESS roaming aimlessly through the world, you Dumbass...
:teeth:

anyway - great designs on these, and the intricate attention to detail is mind-boggling.

I`d like to see some of these in full blown color one day, perhaps.

thanks for sharing Bub.



Pat.

[Rod28Pereira]

Man ow Man , very good work, really.

Man , what kind of lead do you use to do those skecths?

Keep posting man.

Thanks,

Rod.

[chobomaster]

the last two are soooo good

[shaoshao]

beautiful graphite work, just the right amount of detail

[DSillustration]

Beautiful!
You've really achieved a great sense of depth on the large portrait.
I look forward to seeing more.

[Rabid]

1st and 4th are my favorites! Keep up the excellent work!

[Viny]

WoW, that's rally great job! vear impressive.

[digital_zombie]

Wonderful pencils, truly skilled you are! I want to see more!

[Faradoon]

Holy! Damn, pretty amazing stuff!

Thanks a lot for sharing

[ArtZealot]

Very nice stuff i like the penciled environment, don't see many of those nowadays. makes me want to do one of my own.

[yelahttam]

Stunning. Really outstanding pencil work, can't wait to see the color versions. - mh
http://www.matthaley.com

[Shirozora]

Love how the sketchiness blends into the rendering. A real nice example of how one doesn't need to render everything to make it a "complete" work.

[Living Rope]

nice b&w art there. I'm digging the portrait.
Give a hug to Tobi for me if you have the opportunity to meet him ;)

[Leo Snow]

doh!
Strong Skills and great works... you rocks

[Skureal]

Thx a lot for all the response, guys.

-->Form: While i did the first couple it became very clear with the values and i started to watch out for that much more in the recent ones. Thx for pointing that out, i can't agree more.

-->L. Lanham: Thank you, and hell yea cluttering is fun :)

-->SEVANS: Many thanks!

-->Barts: Thx!

-->Villa: Jop, like i wrote for Form that is very good critique and i take that in mind. And def. blast indeed, such a project just kicks your butt to do stuff to get up to all the other high quality illus that were done for Degenesis.

-->speedysam267: Cool, nice to hear that.

-->Pavel Sokov: Hehe, sry but the word "clutter skillz" just made me laugh first time i read that :) Thank you for the compliment. And Marko's stuff made me interested in Degensis, no doubt about that.

-->Lone Wolf: Hey man, thx for dropping by and yes below are some more recent works.

-->Pickles: No ink works. Those stuff for Degenesis is simply just pencil and i love that :) But good idea, would be different and i would just do linework and not render it out that much all the time. Can't help it most of the times, i just start rendering before the linework is even finished.

-->spookybabydoll: Cheers! Thanks man.

-->dem0n: Jup, see below :0)

-->Troll Skelking: Thx!

-->Stoat: Checked out your stuff and really like it! You got some badass inks going on. Thanks for the comment, much appreciated.

-->theQuill: Nice that you like, thx.

-->bhanu: Sweet! Thx, mate.

-->Blue Disciple: Puh, never thought about adding color to those. Well, it won't benefit the art direction of Degenesis which is black,white and red text :)

-->KidApe: Nice to hear you like it.

-->Sept13: Now that's a compliment! Thx a bunch.

-->patdzon: I try to fit my stuff as seamlessly as possible into that world. And both set up important visual guidelines within the project. Thx!

-->Gilles: Hey! It's been while. How is life? Nice to see you post here. And yes you do make a lot of sense. Dankje well for the kind words. We should really talk about "old days" some time again and about whatever else. :)

-->Chuck,mate.: Thank you! Don't think color will happen for those. They are done for me and i move on to new coasts. Dropped by in your sketchbook. Very nice stuff.

-->Rod28Pereira: I use normal wooden pencils for the shading and mech. pencils for details. But in general i grab what's there, so no real system behind all that ;)

-->chobomaster: Thank you.

-->shaoshao: Much appreciated!

-->DSillustration: Oh i'm sure there will be more, but first some vacation. Will be off next Friday..hell yea. :) For now just a few more recent ones below.

-->Rabid Peanut: Thx for the motivation.

-->Viny: Cheers! :)

-->PiercedLogic: I'll do my best to to do more for sure.

-->Faradoon: Thx a lot!

-->ArtZealot: That project has a lot more chars than environments and i gonna try balance that out a bit more. Post apocalyptic stuff provides a lot of freedom in pretty much everything. Can't think of any other style or "time" that has only that much few unwritten rules you need to stick to in terms of visual appearance. Thank you too very much, for your comment.

-->yelahttam: I'm affraid to say but they won't be any color for those :)

-->Shirozora: Nice words! Thx!

-->Living Rope: Will do that next time! He actually visited me two weeks ago and me had some time to talk and god and the world. Was a lot of fun and he is such a cool guy. But i don't see all those guys very often. Game-fairs seem to be the best place to meet.

--> Leo Snow: Thx a lot!

Huge microscope

http://www.storage05.de/recent/ElektroMikroskop.jpg

http://www.storage05.de/recent/Env_big_01.jpg

http://www.storage05.de/recent/And_one_more_thing.jpg

Possibly a "Marodeur"

http://www.storage05.de/recent/Char_big_07.jpg

Some faces:

http://www.storage05.de/recent/Char_big_13.jpg

Thx again for your attention.

[Mr.Delicious]

love the microscope/faces/and everything! awesome lighting, totally savin these

[Mr.Blonde]

cool. nicely done

[krossj]

Woah! Incredible stuff man, first three form the last update are amazing!

[Call0ps]

fouck :P those are absolutely stunning, u saw your sketch book but this shows only the progress and work u had when u were not updating :P haha great work and thxs for sharing

[mariusz]

O my God! Awsome works!

[Lone Wolf]

WOHOO! Those environment's are sweet! Beautiful rendering. What kind of paper do you use? I love that soft rendering.

[CHARLES CARVALHO]

Congratulations!
Your work is phenomenal... Take care!

[thirdeye]

Amazing stuff dude :) It's great to see a post from you in this section :)

[Ramon Contini]

Henrik degenesis schnuffi rules!

Most of these hang on the wall behind him in the Streamline Studios office. Makes for a cozy corner.

[Micaiah Nelson]

My god I love it. Do you have a website

[El Jeremie]

dude, you're good. you're face are good.
Goodness, what else ?

[kischi]

Wow just love it. Totally dig this drawing style.
The 4th pic on page one is sooo cool.And the faces!!
Really looking forward for mooore.
Thanks for posting.

[Serpian]

Shit...:$

[paran0id]

Holy fuck, approximate worktime on 1 image? Half a lifetime? They are stunning...

[Hec]

'bout time you posted these here! :P yeah, man it's great to see your latest works online, always fun to go by your corner at work and see the originals hanging on the wall.
They all got something special to them that screams of your love for art and dedication with the pencil. Personally I like the sheet with the faces a lot and the full character shots. Keep mutilating them pencils, that'll lean'em!

[aph]

very strong, clever rendering =D more please!

[guterrez]

really great stuff, some sort of rough badass awesomness...or something like that
I especially dig your work on the tools and machines; the hole thing feels very authentic
cheers,
Mathias

[STANIforth]

Ze backhand my friend! Dude you should scan in the rest of the stuff plastering the walls of your little corner, even though most are rough and unfinished. (i dig the head of the guy with the tubes in his nose) Anyway, great to see you posted this heap of work! I'm in awe as always man, keep it up...

[haiku]

wow, another thread that makes me want to never let go of a pencil.

thanks for the inspiration.

[Barts]

outstanding

[Djampa]

Oh my, you have an awesome artwork here :)
I loved. Thanks for sharing.

[InvertedChalupa]

wow man... friggin awesome! love the first one on post 36 especially

[Beelow]

Really nice pencils dude. That first portrait and the environment pencils are a mouth watering. Thanks for sharing. I hope to see some more.

[DeMoon]

Great work!pencils....pencils....pencils....beautiful pencils....

[gustavo desimone]

te nes un dibujo a lapiz muy solido ,exelente

[Blaz]

Wow i love it. :D

Love the pencil renderings and the overall design.

[kelsey]

Very nice! I love that pencil look! You don't really see that enough anymore.

[destinyapocalypse]

wow master

[Hive_minD]

amazing pencils. just amazing

[Josef K.]

awesome stuff man!

btw: is marko still drawing degenesis stuff?

[Kuidf^!]

Great pencil sketchs i love the second one the most :)