Sketchbook of mMark

[mMark]

Some of my latest stuff....

[mMark]

ricci

[mMark]

m a SAW fans.

[mMark]

some exercises, stand on the shoulders of giants... :p

[mMark]

sexy jessica

[gardenrusalka]

Beautiful rendering!

[mMark]

speed painting ... hulk

[mMark]

pretty girl

[mMark]

some speed portraitures....

[mMark]

ring....

[mMark]

some fashion girl speed paintings...

[mMark]

a guy...

[mMark]

some space scene...

[mMark]

little kitty...

[mMark]

ironman...

[mMark]

Davy Jones...

[mMark]

wolverine...

[mMark]

Dr. Jones

[mMark]

a character design, Hunter Grant...

[mMark]

speed painting, a giant bot...

[mMark]

speed painting Predator...

[Suira]

nice stuff buddy, keep them coming!

[MONGOSMASH!]

this is exactly what I need to work on- wow

[mMark]

thanks guys. :D

[Senira]

I can see your speedpainting becoming a lot cleaner over time. Your wolverine one feels really nice in comparison to the pirate one, which I think is a bit too muddy to read as well. It's looking good overall, though. Keep it up!

[Eon]

Your paintings are absolutely wild! Looking at your Lord of the Rings one and some others where you lay down colors in little blocks reminds me of Zhuzhu. Awesome, especially the fully rendered Dr.Jones!

[JSpayde]

Amazing, amazing, amazing!

[kidult]

Nice work - but like me you seem to suffer from painting from pics to much and the non reffed stuff looks lacking.

[bakatron]

i am just blown away by your tremendous use of colours. also youre technique... im stealking that :D

[mMark]

thank you guys.

some old anatomy exercises....

[mMark]

again old anatomy stuff...

[gardenrusalka]

Beautiful texture..

[mMark]

thank you. :)

[mMark]

yet some other old stuff

[mMark]

one old exercise...

[mMark]

just messing around....

[mMark]

a speed painting...

[Toxdel]

Nice use of brush economy! However the hairs on that cat were a tad over done. I like the portrait study of the woman from a few posts back though.

[Vimerge]

A-Amazing work! :D

[MikeyH]

looking good man!

One crit is that the images made by the square brushes are nice, but maybe in areas bringing in a different brush or rendering technique to give the images some point of interest... the overall effect of all those hard edges can be quite difficult to look at, maybe if a main area was rendered with a little bit more smoothness it would look more balanced!

great work though man, really like the Mullins reproduction... very accurate!

[mMark]

Toxdel: that cat is a quick speed painting, yea the hair is little mindless...

Thank you Vimerge. :)

MikeyH: that's very good advice for the brush use, will try, still learning... hehe

[Hauxe]

mMark- first let me say that your interactive website (KeyFrame1) is so pretty. It has such a simple/fresh look! Anyway, back to the artwork. Davey Jones is very striking. I'd love to see some more conceptual pieces from you though. Even though the illustrations themselves presented here are talented, I'm not seeing enough of your imagination (I'm guilty of this in my own sketchbook as well.) I'd be very interested in seeing some more non-reffed/ from-life pieces from you. Keep up the great work!

[mMark]

a speed painting exercise....

[mMark]

speed painting...

[Pelly]

Wow :D
Awesome Sketchbook! I like the way u work just with lines in some Pics!
I like Jessica Alba and Arnold :D they look realy great xD
(But i think Jessicas Hands are too big, aren`t they? Oo)
Whatever, realy awesome, like to see more of you :)

[mMark]

speed...

[mcunha98]

Very nice !!!

[mMark]

thank you. :)

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

DOn't rush it mate! Take some time and render stuff out. Much better practise:)
apart from that ROCK ON!

-E

[mMark]

thanks for the advice Mischeviouslittleelf. :)

[mMark]

another speed exercise...

[mMark]

dark knight speed...

[mMark]

why so serious?

[mMark]

Leslie

[mMark]

a 10 mins exercise... :)

[Hauxe]

Gorgeous rendering. I can only ask- how did you achieve such great skin on Indiana Jones? Do you use photoshop? Keep posting. I'd love to see more posts which show your process- like the one above!

[mMark]

thanks alleluia. The "Doctor Jones" painting was done completely in Painter 9. And fortunately I do keep the process, here you go. :)

[mMark]

hellboy2 poster speed painting...

[Clochette]

Nice paintings!
I like your brush strokes very much! ^^

[Porg]

You've got a great technique and the asian women images are fantastic.
The Dr. Jones one is great in terms of skin tones, shading and so on but from the very start the eyes are slightly too close together and there's a weird distance issue with the right side of the face. it almost looks like it's sloping. Maybe try and work harder on your measurements to position all the features as accuratly as possible. As you're working from a celebrity reference, it'll be harder to get it right as the face is so well known.
Great stuff though, keep it up.

[The Ham]

some wicked portraits i love the ones using the square brushes alot.
they remind me of chuck close's work. google him and see what you think.
keep up the nice work!

[mMark]

don't take this one seriously, just playing. 10 mins....

[JTown]

I love your painting... I'll definatly be following your work.

Thanks for posting your progressions in your paintings. This is very helpful.

[mMark]

porg: you are right, I didn't pay enough attention to the form, so a wierd left face for Ford. :(

The Ham: Chuck Close's work is cool, will find more...

JTown: Thanks for the words, will post more. :)

[mMark]

Hepburn

[mMark]

:d:d:d

[mMark]

exercise...

[destinyapocalypse]

cool stuff in here i love yours paintings

[mMark]

Alicia Keys?

[jedininjaman]

great work, good likeness even with the quick strokes, nice job

[mMark]

thank you. a little rush on this one, anyway the brush is fun. :)

[mMark]

:d:d:d

[mMark]

a birthday painting for a friend.

[Nightblue]

Haha, love the OICQ penguin :) good work, your quick and loose studies are very nice!

[mMark]

trying to capture the motion. half an hour exercise...

[mMark]

why is he always so unhappy?

[mMark]

:) simple process.

[mMark]

man exercise...

[mMark]

Federer...

[mMark]

quick snow moutain study.

[the ANGRY filipino]

it would be really nice if you would credit the photographers
who's photos you based your artwork on.
like this for example: http://www.manipulator.com/
Jill Greenberg is the photographer , from her " End Times" series.

[mMark]

anatomy exercise

[mMark]

man anatomy exercise...

[mMark]

man anatomy continues....

[mMark]

big bird.....

[thespianmonsalvo]

Great stuff! You have a really nice individual style. Very loose-looking and great color.

[mMark]

too lazy lately, got to do it again. :)

[algenpfleger]

Great brushwork! Update more often man! :D

[kamal_anjelo]

awesome strokes with brush, and the colours are so nice

[Bazzu]

I love your colors. Awesome stuff!

[mMark]

more...

[mMark]

more....

[mMark]

go on...

[vanbythevaseline]

WOW, That's some LOVELY rendering there. I really envy you on the likeness. It's something I'm struggling with, or have been struggling with for a while now.

[mMark]

another bird. :)

[mMark]

go on...

[mMark]

anorld....

[mMark]

007 speed painting...

[mMark]

one little shape exercise.

[mMark]

speed painting....

[mMark]

eastwood, speed painting exercise. more attentions were given to form and structure and less to likeness.

[mMark]

trying a different style.

[Angel Intheuk]

Lovin your work man! I love the vibrancy in your strokes...do you paint on one layer or more?

:D:mittenbop:

[mMark]

one hour speed painting.

[mMark]

Lovin your work man! I love the vibrancy in your strokes...do you paint on one layer or more?

:D:mittenbop:thanks. I mostly paint in one layer

[mMark]

atmosphere speed painting...

[mMark]

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[sinneart]

Your speed paints are really improving - the MJ stuff made me smile. Good schtuff.

[mMark]

another shape exercise ....

[mMark]

thanks for the words sinneart... :)

[mMark]

another atmosphere speed painting exercise....

[wookiedabo]

^ hehe, that looks great. you've obviously confident working with line and form, it really shows in your speed paints.

[mMark]

^ hehe, that looks great. you've obviously confident working with line and form, it really shows in your speed paints.

thanks man.

wow, you sketch book is amazing. :)

[mMark]

just messing around....

[mMark]

again the incredible hulk

[mMark]

a simple process of my sp, any comments are welcome.

[towy]

wow nice work mMark! like your how you use the brush
for example
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=459673&stc=1&d=1221014112
keep up

[mMark]

wow nice work mMark! like your how you use the brush
for example
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=459673&stc=1&d=1221014112
keep upthank you. :)

[Mighty_Joe_Young13]

Heya,

Fantastic paintings, I enjoy the traditional feel of the brush strokes, and how you incorporate cross hatching into the painting. Really accurate depictions, keep it up.

[mMark]

one drawing exercises....

[Giorge]

Impressive studies , really :)

[mMark]

a rather long term exercise, several days.

[mMark]

Impressive studies , really :)
thanks man. :)

[DannyMuskens]

Wow your studies are amazing, espescially the last one, mad props!

[andrea.bianco]

i'm really loving your statues, impressive studies :)

[mMark]

thanks guys. more to come alone :)

[Enydimon]

Very impressive indeed. I wish I had the patience to do studies like that myself.

[mMark]

lion, speed painting stuff.

[mMark]

exercises....

[Wasker]

Holy crap! Lovely cast studies.

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=517061&stc=1&d=1226501527

Superb read of values in this one, especially the left side of it. You've really kept them tight and sweet.

[WickedEdges]

Wow. I love everything. And I reeeeeallly want a tablet!

[Matt001]

Love the figure studies, and the lion is really cool.

Overall, I think it's the way you handle light that makes these pieces so awesome. In the last piece, there's some really great subtle stuff going on with the side of her face in shadow.

Fantastic job.

[mMark]

wow, thanks guys. I think I will go on with these basic trainning for still quite a while. :D

[mMark]

first time environment, very crap..........

[mMark]

David .........

[Kim_bot]

Great job on the sculpture studies-you captured the look and feel of marble well. I think you would benefit from drawing more from life though, instead of always using photo references.

[mMark]

thanks Kim bot, I just bought a rather large male anatomy sculpture home, will do some studies... :)

[Nightblue]

Loving the recent value studies :) Keep them up! I think I need to do some cast paintings for real...

[mMark]

thanks. I will. :)

[mMark]

Perseus Holding The Head of Medusa, continue my exercises....

[mMark]

simple process...

[mMark]

an environment exercise...

[mMark]

more environment speed exercises...

[mMark]

this is how things will turn out when you lost your interest and patience ...

[teazr]

this is how things will turn out when you lost your interest and patience ...

Not in my world lol

[mMark]

envrionment exercise...

[mMark]

color environment exercise....

[mMark]

the light is pretty focused in this one........

[Mr.Delicious]

love the studies man :D! If I had to suggest one thing it would be edge control. Too many sharp edges in the reffed pictures, gotta keep it flowin and move the eye around :).

[mMark]

more environment exercise...

[mMark]

love the studies man :D! If I had to suggest one thing it would be edge control. Too many sharp edges in the reffed pictures, gotta keep it flowin and move the eye around :).
thanks a lot. I understand that if I want to move forward, I really need to get rid of some my drawing habbit, no matter how long I've been doing it.

I am seeking.......... thanks again for the advice on edge control man. :)

[drd]

I dunno I sort of like it really sharp; I think they'd look awesome with some shining highlights and some noise


Anyways, great studies, and interesting process for that one of Perseus; It's hard to imagine that you got it so refined from such simple brushstrokes

[mMark]

I dunno I sort of like it really sharp; I think they'd look awesome with some shining highlights and some noise


Anyways, great studies, and interesting process for that one of Perseus; It's hard to imagine that you got it so refined from such simple brushstrokesThanks a lot man. I am so happy you like it. Maybe I need to bring more contrast and variety to the brush stroke to make the image more interesting and create better depth maybe.

Thanks for the support again. :)

[mMark]

more drawing exercises...

[mMark]

another snow mountain speed painting, unfinished............ My tablet was broken. :(

[Americandodo]

Now that is some cool stuff! I love your style of painting! You do an incredible job on people, and I mean incredible! What do you use for your painting? Anyway.....super sketchbook!

[mMark]

my tablet was broken, then I found I forgot how to use a pencil. :(

[mMark]

:sungod: :sungod:

[mMark]

:sungod:

[mMark]

tablet is back.....

[clawhide]

Hey, your work's amazing. Like it a lot. Big fan. Check out some of my stuff, when you get the time.


http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=74806

[mariusz]

Hello!

Can't wait to see next step of this picture:
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=538899&stc=1&d=1229041465

If I can say something:
detail on the mountain ispainted mechanicly.. there not much differences.. every part looks almoust the same... try to mix them, destroy the harmony and "symetry".

regards

[Imaginary]

You digitals are amazing! The only thing i'd suggest is to do some more traditional stuff with pencils!:D

[Hive_minD]

Just don't forget the pencil ;)
I wanna see more!

[HawkWinds]

Great Sketchbook! Thanks for showing the stages of your Indy painting.

[mMark]

Hello!

Can't wait to see next step of this picture:
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=538899&stc=1&d=1229041465

If I can say something:
detail on the mountain ispainted mechanicly.. there not much differences.. every part looks almoust the same... try to mix them, destroy the harmony and "symetry".

regards
I know and totally agree. That's one big problem of all my paintings, nothing more to say I tihnk, just keep painting... it'll become better. thanks for the reply. mariusz :)

[mMark]

Hey, your work's amazing. Like it a lot. Big fan. Check out some of my stuff, when you get the time.


http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=74806
your stuff is so much better than mine. keep it up man. :)

[mMark]

keanu reeves....

[mMark]

a color study from one Morgan Weistling painting.

[DoubleThink]

Damn man, your portraits rock, great likeness.

Do you save steps on these? I'd love to see some.

[mMark]

happy new year!

[mMark]

Thank you DoubleThink, but sadly I don't have steps for most of my paintings, since I am still learning basics, and the process is not very stable ... maybe to save some in the future.

THanks for the words again. :)

[mMark]

Zhen Zi Dan, my favorite congfu star.

[mMark]

a quick self portrait.

[mMark]

speed painting exercise....

[Vimerge]

amazing art!
++ inspiration, thanks!

[mMark]

thanks Vimerge for the words. :)

[mMark]

a portrait exercise....

[maeshanne]

nice portraits :D the one of mahone is really good

[mMark]

just messing around, don't take it serious...

[lennon]

Really good stuff. Amazing detail in the kung fu star, I really like that one.

[JellevdVegt]

sick drawings! how long do they take u?

[mMark]

T bag speed painting...

[mMark]

thanks for the words, guys. :)

[mMark]

a work in progress.... 50% on the way...

[mMark]

running horse on the beach ....

[mMark]

bridgman exercises...

[Joey-b]

man those portraits are kick ass, nice work on the horse so far

would be great to see some more pencil works.. maybe some nice pencil portraits ??

[mMark]

my first character design, a giant robot. Hope you guys like it.

[JimahJames]

my question is where does the guy go in to controll it? jk

hey im new with the CG and my process doesn't really work like i want itto . is there perhaps a book or a refrence site that i could go to for a quick rule of thumb?

[mMark]

my question is where does the guy go in to controll it? jk

hey im new with the CG and my process doesn't really work like i want itto . is there perhaps a book or a refrence site that i could go to for a quick rule of thumb?
Whether you use painter or photoshop on a tablet, they are just tools. Give yourself some time to get used to those tools.

Sorry I can't think of any books or sites for starter, go play around with it....

[Josef K.]

the horse and the robot rock! awesome work!

[mMark]

a concept illustration... giant robot got repaired....

[mMark]

did the side view and rear view. :D

[mMark]

redoing this one. update soon.... :)

[mMark]

robot design, an assassin....

[Cacodaemonia]

Nice robot designs and gesture drawings! I adore the painting of the horse, too. :)

Oh, one thing about the big robot: I think the gold look you added to the face detracts from the design. It's really glitzy and incongruous with my idea of a fighting machine.

[Aaron Death]

You are amazing. Love your works on prison break. You capture the expressions of characters very well.

THE ROBOT AND THE horse are great too. Keep up.

[Imaginary]

Awesome digital stuff, i don't see a lot of pencils though! "hint hint"

;)

[mMark]

@ Cacodaemonia: The golden reflection is a practice for metal texture, I have too much to learn....

@ Aaron: Thanks. :)

@ Imaginary: you are right, traditional medium is my weakness.... :(

[mMark]

just some monster concept design exercises... any comments are welcome....

[Cacodaemonia]

Cool! I think his lower body looks a bit scrawny, though.

[makArtscorner]

whoa pretty nice portraits here!
very good, i like your use of a more "rawer" brush, it gives the paintings a very dynamic, energetic look.

the next sentence might sound a bit weird but: the robots your drew lately seem a bit stiff to me.
of course i know that robots are mechanical, therefore they´re somehow stiff, but even though, to me there´s some lack of movement. ;)
also the monster has a bit stiff pose, but it might be only me who feels this way. XD
really dig your body sketchs, maybe you should do some more detailed studies as well? ;)
cheers

[Lionese]

Very nice paintings you have here, you make a image very readable with just a few brushstrokes, very nice!

I want to see more!

[mMark]

A character design.

Captain Daniel is leading a group of soldier and 20 other sicentists heading toward a remote strange planet to study the living conditions.....

[Cacodaemonia]

Awesome textures on the armor. :)

[mMark]

retouch some old stuff....

[mMark]

Ratchet in the dark...