:Wastelands: (updated 24.11, new stuff - last page)

[retardedmonkey]

Wow dude, loving all of these portraits!

Your observation about the painting programs is pretty accurate, at least for me too. I always get frustrated after going back to traditional media once I've spent a long time in PS or painter. I've never tried out artrage, gonna have to give it a shot.

Can't wait to see today's two! :D

[carnalizer]

I knew you were an artrage fan, but I never would'a believed those to be artrage. Myself I'm very fond of effortless confident flowing line work, but I'm struggling with it with pencil and with digital it's nooo way for me.. Now I have to spend the evening with artrage. I have no illusion that it's about the tools btw. That means it's about the expertise of the artist, which is probably not much of a discussion. :)


Something like this I guess...

-howz do I getZ as gooood as U :) :) :)

- draw draw study study :p

- but Im 2 lazy.. :|

[aaro_n]

really looks 'pencilish' . have you tried sketch book pro? i always hear that is the best for emulated pencils

oh and great stuff :P

[Borilius]

I knew you were an artrage fan, but I never would'a believed those to be artrage. Myself I'm very fond of effortless confident flowing line work, but I'm struggling with it with pencil and with digital it's nooo way for me.. Now I have to spend the evening with artrage. I have no illusion that it's about the tools btw. That means it's about the expertise of the artist, which is probably not much of a discussion. :)


Something like this I guess...

-howz do I getZ as gooood as U :) :) :)

- draw draw study study :p

- but Im 2 lazy.. :|

You are so right :) In 99% of the cases people approach me and ask: "Please show me some drawing tricks!" , and i'm like "WTF! There are no tricks - just take a pencil and paper, then draw until your fingers start bleeding". Its all about practice and studying /as you said/. A colleague here in the office said, "You know i've seen your works on the net, and i thought those lines and shading are made by a special brush in Photoshop!" - facepalm :) I think that people become so lazy and uneducated, they think that Photoshop is the Holy Grail and answer to all their questions.
Sorry, sometimes im getting too excited discussing this subject :)

[Quike Garcia]

I've not too much sxperience on digital, and I have to say that photoshop (I don't know about painter) is a bit of a pain in the ass when you'r trying to emulate traditional media.

ArtRage and Sketchbook pro are really fun to use though.. but I still have a long way to go to get used to artrage features... I can't get quite yet the acrilics feeling...

[carnalizer]

tried the artrage pencils. Sweet! A ton of difference to photoshop. I've been so buzy with the oils that I completely missed the pencils. I'll definitely do more of that. Thanks for showing! :)

[Kim_bot]

Wow, if artwork were eyecandy, yours would be godiva chocolates or something. haha, seriously awesome lines, and brushstrokes are just something else O_O
Subscribed!

[S.C.P]

Hey Borilius,just had to pay a visit to your Sketchbook here after seeing your work on the AR site.Great collection of amazing work,really inspires me.
:rocker:

[Chuck,mate.]

hot damn, I haven`t been here in a while...
man I love your SB. your style is incredible, top notch stuff.
you inspire me to no end, dude.
keep up the sweet work!


Pat.

[Flaskpost]

very stylish work, sir! been enjoying your work over at sijun. :)

[Borilius]

@Quikenobi - Yes PS is a pain, but recent versions have some really nice brushes, which simulate pretty well the traditional look. However AR and Painter still can't be beaten, and i prefer AR :) Btw. yes, sketchbook pro has nice pencil, but it still looks too digital to me - but makes nice lines ;)
@carnalizer - You are most welcome! Glad you liked the AR pencils :)
@Kim_bot - Thank you for the good words!
@S.C.P - Nice to see you here, and thanks!
@Chuck, mate - Thank you so much for the good words, mate, inspiration is both ways :)
@Flaskpost - Thank you!

I've hurt my back these days, so now i'm in the world of pain :(
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/sketch24.jpg

[engelhardt]

Hi Borilius, I love your style; it is very different from mine. The soldiers, especially the one from #161 are kickass. It would be cool, when you put more work to some of these and make them coloured. I am not sure weather I read something over, but is drawing/painting your job or hobby?

[Abrodos]

Stunning work man. I don't know how come I've been so much time in here and never stumbled upon your SB. Definitely added it to my favourites.

[Borilius]

Thank you guys, i know i suck at updating my SB :)
Here is a quickie in between the other work:
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/Yaga-sketch.jpg

[Borilius]

Quick experiment in Artrage...
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/env1.jpg

[aaro_n]

these are looking sweet as always man. Sucks about your back, was it job related? anyways that last piece spills out potential with art rage argh..you're tempting me to buy the full version :P

[Hellfire]

Man, your gallery is awesome! I check it all the time.
You are one of my favorite artists here! A major source of inspiration.
Keep posting!
Cheers.

[Borilius]

Thank you guys, this is very nice of you!
@aaro_n: The full ArtRage is a way to go, trust me :) Most of the people are trying the free version, without layers and bunch of nice stuff, and most of the time they give up on it. 25$ is a steal ;)
@Hellfire: Thanks, i'm happy when i'm able to inspire other people somehow. Thats the ultimate award for me :)

Btw. soon i'll be releasing an Artbook, including some of my works, along with the works of other Bulgarian artists - some of them are quite famous on CA. But i'll keep the surprise for the release date ;) Thanks for visiting my SB!

[Quike Garcia]

Hey!! congratulations man!!! :)

[Borilius]

Thanks Quike!
Here is another speedy, quite colorful... lol :)
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/env2.jpg

[Quike Garcia]

Looks really nice.. has a good narrative feeling :) The head could use a bit more contrast for my taste, but it's just me :P

[Borilius]

Here is another one, totally different :)
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/Orc_Pow.jpg

[MatejaPetkovic]

very good man, love it

M

[Borilius]

Thank you, Mateja!

[Quike Garcia]

Wonderful!!

[Borilius]

Some more nonsense colors :)
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/env4.jpg

[Borilius]

From today:
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/Quickie1.jpg

[Borilius]

Cheesy bird? :)
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/Quickie4.jpg

[NickyBeats]

i love your style man! i know someone already said it, but your work reminds me alot of Dan Milligan. your brush work is just genius, very well planned. great colors too, that wastelands piece is a great example. keep these coming man, ill be waiting!!

[Borilius]

Thank man!
Here is another quickie:
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/env9.jpg

[Borilius]

Now it looks much better ;)
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/env9_RE.jpg

[Quike Garcia]

Hehehe, funny :)

I really like the desert series :)

[Borilius]

Here, sketch from today, for relax ;)
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/Gosha.jpg

[Nutter]

great style. love it. :)

[carnalizer]

dude.. speechless..

[Borilius]

Thanks guys, here is something different :)
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/sketch02.jpg

[Thisisbiblo]

cool! lines with nuclear power!

[andres333]

Great Style! Great SB!

[Hellfire]

Awesome stuff again!!
I'm always amazed by how clean and controlled your paintings are!
Damn, I have to train to be like that.

By the way, great color studies. Those yellowish pieces are great!

[Borilius]

Thanks guys, don't have time recently for something finished.
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/sketch03.jpg

[DeKal]

awwwwesome stuff man. dont stop posting!

[Peetaer]

sick work buddy. very very nice line work on those. you totally rock!

[Borilius]

Thanks guys, here few more sketches -

http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/final-frame.jpg

http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/sketch-faces1.jpg

http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/sketches_barb.jpg

[natethegrate]

the last sketches are stylish as hell, like them ALOT... i would love to see when you render one of those... cause when when you keep just 60 percent of the looseness and style they will be killer ;-)

[carnalizer]

:bow::asslick::bow:

[Borilius]

And one from today -
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/sketches_faces2.jpg

[smokenmirrors]

freshness! :)

[Quike Garcia]

Love this last Orc face :)

[Borilius]

Here is another one, still working on the whole idea thing...
http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/Assassin_011.jpg

[Jamie Romoser]

You make your art sing man! Really awsome I really like the simple is more style. thanks fo sharing!

[Mikko Voipio]

This (http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp62/Borilius/Assassin_011.jpg) is probably one the most interesting sketches I have ever seen, and I don't mean by I mean by anyone. Marvelous. Easily one of my favorite threads here.