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[Baggend]

Hey everyone who reads this. I'm new to all this so any advice would be great and extremley helpful. These are my wares, quite a few of these are overly inspired by others as i'm trying to find a style for myself and figure programs out and jazz. so cheers and hopefully i'll keep posting this with lots of stuff.

[abr7man]

great work here dude...and its okay to be inspired by others and not having you style till now...one day you'll get it..so be patient and study alot cuz i see a great artist in you

[Droemar]

Hi Baggend,

You've got a great sense of color, something I personally have a lot of trouble with. Your stylization has it's charm. The proportions of the girl in the green painting are a little off; her head seems a little too big and her feet a little too small. You could stand some more environment work, but a lot of your stuff looks splash-page-y in intent in the first place.
What is it you're particularly unhappy with?

[Baggend]

These I did yesterday. Think they're not bad. Goning to start on some paintings soon.

[andyhunt]

I like what you're doing. Some of these feel sort of like a sketchy version of Mike Mignola.

[Baggend]

Hi Baggend,

You've got a great sense of color, something I personally have a lot of trouble with. Your stylization has it's charm. The proportions of the girl in the green painting are a little off; her head seems a little too big and her feet a little too small. You could stand some more environment work, but a lot of your stuff looks splash-page-y in intent in the first place.
What is it you're particularly unhappy with?
Cheers Droemar for your feed back esp bout colour as it is something i try really hard with.

I think its more I need practice, general feed back if things don't work and get opinions about things i should try out or look at.

[Baggend]

thanks dude,

I think its cos of the shadows and general graveyardery. Checked out your site your stuff its pretty good.

[Baggend]

More DangerBot

[Baggend]

since this is a sketch book thread thought i would post some sketch book work. My sketch book is square so not everything fits in the scanner. But its almost full and i'll buy a A4 one.

If you are reading this do you think the Bear on the thread thumbnail puts people off? Anyone know if i can change it and how?

[Baggend]

Here is some drawings i forgot about and just dug up looking to finish them at some point. Any tips on painting robotic steel? reference etc for the shine.

[amarryth]

i really enjoy viewing your work.. i see a style emerging already.. i always like to see sketchbook pages done with real media.. there's so much digital stuff out there, it's nice to see what the artist's hands are capable of

[kelly x]

really so cool and I love the light in these pieces - sketchy sketch used to the max! I also agree with the color comment, super! I like the guitar guy with light blue better than the other color way, goes more with your style, also the use of anti-anatomy work throughout - wonkey and great.

[marioucci]

Great stuff.

I can see the Ashley Wood chromosomes in your DNA and thats a great thing cos it, most often than not, evolves to some greatness personal style.

keep it onwards and upwards.

Cheers man

Mario

[Baggend]

Painter is extremely difficult

[Baggend]

Starting to realise where im falling short so lots of studies and thumb nails coming soon.

[mccatana]

nice!...i like ur stile, i like ur univers...it is something in ur sketches, something cool - so keep posting!

[Baggend]

Mandatory text

[Baggend]

Started this and will hopefully be a fully painted epic and not suck fingers crossed

[Baggend]

I added colour

[Baggend]

Need help lighting this image any tips?

[TheJester]

I struggled to get what your work reminds me of... And it ends up it's Mike Mignola, the creator of Hellboy, especially your masked characters, they are spot on Hellboy villains, which is absolutely great!!! Your sketches are really unique, and your flat, aggresive shading and coloring suits them excellently!!!!
Very promising work man!!!!! Keep up! ;)

[Baggend]

i think i dont take enough time with my drawings and think them through enough. I vow to do better about thi stuff. (god im tired)

[ArtZealot]

Love the updates and really like the overall style you have. Some of the proportions are a bit off in these but it's hardly a big deal, overall i think this has potential to be a badass sketchbook. keep it up.

[Baggend]

Photoshop of a sad giant robot.

[Baggend]

Drawing from ref just to see what i can do

[Baggend]

A new sketch and an old painting

[Baggend]

Doodee dodat

[lunarman]

I think you already have your own style (very mike mignola like, I love it). I think you should improvise more on character designs, create characters based on different eras like steampunk, sci-fi, horror etc. Overall very promising Sb you have here.

[Baggend]

Dunno if people around the world will recognise this bell end....

[HAJiME]

I love the gritty comic book style. Nice stuff!

[Baggend]

This Sketchbook is brought to you by Zombie Nation...

[psantha]

Hey dude, spot on stuff here! Keep oit up! :)

[Baggend]

Cheers you guys for your support and comments. Much appreciated.

[Baggend]

The credit crunch is here

[Baggend]

Its Captain Freedom... again. I think i'm getting better at photoshop and my colour management. Any thoughts?

[Baggend]

I like the ink bit but not the water colour. I need a bigger workspace so can do more of this sort of thing.

[DStraX]

Wow that last guy is awsome! you have a good sketchbook going here :D

[Baggend]

Yeah so put captain freedom in painter, didn't think i could get it the way i wanted but I did! I am well chuffed. Special thanks must go to Nic Klien for his awsome workshop in Imagine fx that showed m how to work painter.

[Baggend]

a work in progress

[Baggend]

dum da da dum a rumpa pa pa pa!

[Baggend]

Quick Sketch

[Baggend]

Finished the squid. Hate the glasses. Critics?

[Baggend]

Some quick doodles.

[Baggend]

An idea about soldier Monkeys/apes. Cheaper than robots and more effective surely? There would be a huge demand for bananas thou.

[Baggend]

I changed the glasses. Doesn't make much sense. But it was better than before.

[Baggend]

Here is a rough for a self portrait. Is there any acrylic painting tips from anyone? I'm sure i dont vary my brush strokes enough or consider colour. And I make that big mistake of working on areas not the whole thing at once.

[Baggend]

My finished self portrait

[wookiedabo]

youve got a great handle on colour, and i really like the scratchy sketches. love the credit crunch one, cracking image. self portrait looks pretty good, lines you have on it at the mo are really nice, might wanna think about perhaps keeping a few in during the painting process, unless youre after a polished piece i guess... anyway, i like.

[Baggend]

A rough for a tribute to metal gear. It was to sort out the composition and colours first time ive ever done a rough on the computer before. speaking of metal gear...

[Baggend]

Its a painting of clouds.

[Baggend]

A ink sketch

[Baggend]

The Hendrix inspired experince

[Baggend]

Pencils

[Baggend]

I like ink.:oneye:

[Baggend]

a sketch of stephen fry. needs a bit of work

[SEVANS]

Not really alot to crit. Love the energy of your inks and pencils.
Would just like to see more figure/referenced drawings, just to see if there is a common area/weakness to crit.

Good thread, look forward to seeing more.

[Fraz]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=474715&stc=1&d=1222436633
That is Gordon Brown, twat... I seriously love the concept of that piece. He does talk a lot of crap. haha
Your concepts are seriously amazing in a lot of them. The credit crunch one had my laughing so hard. I might have to show my friend that and the Gordon Brown one.
The gorilla soldier is my favourite from you (drawn wise, not conceptually) The face looks great, and is an awesome style.
Please continue updating!

Where about from the UK are you from?

[DoubleThink]

these latest inks are to die for.

more please :)

[Baggend]

Apes vs zombies

[Baggend]

wind up monkey

[DStraX]

congratz on page 3 :) those last line sketches was awsome!

[Cohen]

keep going in the direction you're going. I love it.
I was going to say it reminded me of the artwork for early mgs games and then lo and behold you draw a metal gear solid piece. So I'm guessing that's a major inspiration for you.
I think ink is a perfect medium for you, so you should definitely keep working with that and the digitals are looking better every time.

as far as critiques go, I would say try to vary your lines when doing b/w pieces. for instance make a thick dark line instead of a bunch of thin lines in the same place. you can still retain that awesome sketchy style so just push yourself to see how far you can go before it starts looking too neat. :)

[jozulus]

!!!
:D

Nice sence of pictures here! I dont think you have ever heard of ashley woods;)...

Good to see this freedome of ink and tones, go for more

Unfortunetally, i havent got lot traditional stuff, and what i have, is really not too god...

Kill that pen!

[diablo7]

An idea about soldier Monkeys/apes. Cheaper than robots and more effective surely? There would be a huge demand for bananas thou.

i must warn you, you teach a ape how to shoot a gun then the next thing you know it's planet of the apes...damn those dirty apes...other than that cool sketchbook pages..i really like your character designs

[Chaotica]

Jesus f*** christ!! ...great style there maite!! i love those rugged comic book style rendering...ur characters looks uber kewl :P

[Eurysaces]

you like ink? I like your ink sketches!! I imagine you must be an ashley wood fan! :)

[Baggend]

Sorry for the lack of posting I have been very busy.

[Baggend]

these are leaning towards editorial illustration for my portfolio so i can get some work and get paid. Crits welcome

[DoubleThink]

Getting paid is always nice :)

I love the use of color on the robot :-)
Still love your style :)

[Baggend]

DoubleThink: Cheers dude, but it is a screen grab from MGS4 so I can't take the credit. But i do love the mono-colouring of it.

Eurysaces: I do like ink. I like Ashley Wood too. I do something cool then find out he has done it already and a lot better. Jerk. Must stop looking at his work thou...

Chaotica: Thanks Mate. I try and go for the cool/uncool juxaposition. And if i had my way everyone would wear patch eyes.

Diablo: But hopefully without Mark Walberg.

Raife: Cheers for the subscription hope I don't disapoint.

Jozulus: I'm a big Ash Wood fan, he has that cool freedom of lines like me other heroes: Yoji Shinkawa, ralph Steadman, Gerald Scarfe (early work), Schiele, Black Frog, Paul Davis (for some reason) and Quentin Blake (who I stole the dots for eyes from).

Cohen: I love MGS, I want Kojima to be my cinema buddy we like the same films. You seen Shinkawa draw? its insane! I do think my digitals are getting better. Can only use the Palette Knife in Painter thou.

DSTrax: Page 3 is the place to be, love the Acrylic Robot, big picture of it please.

[Baggend]

a landscape painting in photoshop and painter, nice and peaceful:mod:

[Baggend]

"we're with foxhound"

[Baggend]

A sad day to be a robot

[Baggend]

Last post of the day. Crits and suggestions and any feed back welcome, even if its bad, esp if its bad.:yayca:

[Baggend]

Quick sketch and colour will finish later, quite tired now.... :yawn:

[Baggend]

Played with it on computer and came up with this. It reminds me of Ben Templesmith, the legend that he is. :asskisser:

[Baggend]

Illustration I did cos I like Adam and Joe and their awsome radio show. Turns out they wana use it on their site! So exciting.

[Azeltron]

Hmmm. I think it's ok that you use the exact same Style of other artist ( Ashley in particular) But atlest dont explore the same subjects ( POP robot,guns, military etc)

Look for somthing to say in your drawing, ink, painting.

[Baggend]

I agree, I am trying to move away from ash inspired stuff towards my own thing. Not gonna stop drawing guns and military stuff though. Two of my favourate things to draw ever. Thanks for the advice.

[KonnA]

Really liking you're comic pieces. Liking the Gekko and the Danger Bot comic cover the best.

[Baggend]

Some really simple illustration stuff.

Justconner: Cheers mate.

[Baggend]

its self portrait time

[Dolleater87]

wow you have a great style! really cool :) that dangerbot front was killer! keep it up!

[DoubleThink]

This is killer stuff man, keep it coming!!!

[brentos8]

Hey dude, thanks for stopping by my sb! Love your style, and ideas. My favorite is #4 bottom right. Good editorial stuff, only critique, watch your solid blacks in shadows especially on that landscape on page one, there should be more reflected light on the mountains, and more brighter light around the moon, gradually getting darker as the sky moves away. Great stuff, keep posting.

website: www.brenhermsmeyer.com

[Baggend]

Another self portrait

[minda]

i like you a lot

[Baggend]

Slowly making painter my bitch.

[Baggend]

this was done on photoshop and painter from reference (but not traced) but I tried to do the lighting myself hence they dont make much sense. Hope u like.

[Baggend]

after solid snake I wanted to do some simple line drawing so did this of me and my friend.

[Baggend]

Dangerbot Marching

[DoubleThink]

I'd increase the contrast in the picture a little more dude.
sweet lines as usual though :-)

Is this all photoshop? or do you make your sketches first & then texturize them in photoshop?

[Baggend]

DoubleThink: Cheers 4 the advice. It is a sketch done with ink and various pens and brushes. All the colour and texture is added in photoshop on different layers: multiply dodge, burn etc. then run through some filters 4 fun.

[FAST ART]

congratulations for the fourth page.. sweet work in here ;)

[Baggend]

Beast of Burden

[Benjie]

hey man, love those last sketches you did on the third page really nicley stylised, simple and good use red as a focal point. keep it up PLZ!

[Baggend]

Continuations of some previous work.

[Baggend]

These are some metal gear fan art i did, the rest are at my blog
http://www.paulalpillustrator.blogspot.com/

[Baggend]

Here be some newer things I've been drawing.

[Baggend]

Here be some even newer stuff.

[DoubleThink]

I like that monster, it looks hella creepy!

Good stuff!

[dessinateurimpulsif]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=454598&stc=1&d=1220485080

I laughed

[bluemonika]

haha as a metal gear solid fan i really like your weir but funny fanarts of that game :D your style is cool :) keep it up.

[Baggend]

Hey gang cheers for the encouragement. Haven't been posting on here for ages. Forgot how good everyone was...

[Baggend]

I went back to the demons illustration because I wasn't happy with it and added to it.

[miycko]

cool stuff man, the first image in the last post is freaky in a cool way :)

[paran0id]

Wow. Like the Danger Bot post 1 very much. Very muddy, very WW1 moody. Great stuff.

[Baggend]

Here is demons in a diner.

[Baggend]

Here are some of my sketches/doodles photoshoped up for your enjoyment.

[DoubleThink]

THe dinner table piece has a great vibe, creepy but it really draws your attention.

Good work!

And lol at the coffee mug :P