raybenders sketchbook

[raybender]

Hi !

im new here.. so i think im just starting with some images ive already got. hope you like it.

[bouroune]

yo raybender, really nice pieces here, good mood, and i like the stories in your paintings, technically awesome, the "captain" and the last one are my favourite, keep on sharing and welcome, sure we'll hear from you soon ;)

[sketchy Joel]

Wow, thats some kick ass stuff Raybender.

[revenebo]

Great! Did you use Painter for those works?
More of them, please!

[raybender]

thanks guys..

revenebo: no.. its all pshop.. 100% :)

[Janos]

Hi raybender.
I am definatley impressed by your quality works. Great mood, as said before, and the use of colour is great. Especially in the first one (the purples and the yellows complement eachother well) and the last one. The details add a lot of mood and story, too. Great job.

Cheers

[Vulgar`]

Some of these are excellent, a great start to your sketchbook. I'll be back to check more of your work.

Keep doing you

[raybender]

heres a new 3h painting

http://web.me.com/raybender/pics/MenOnTheMoon1200.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Love your newest piece. The atmosphere is superb.

[.pc]

Amazing stuff, especially like that one presumably in the submarine with the diver guy and the captain.

[DeeStar]

the lighting on that last piece is great. Keep them coming.

[Kan Muftić]

5ive stars from me for this one.

[raybender]

thank you guys :) really hope to be able to post more often.. :)

[maeshanne]

very nice sketchbook,
I love your designs, especially the one at the submarine.

[Wanna]

Wow good work in here,
This is going to be a future 5 star SB for sure^^ oh wait... it already is!

[Dav_W]

well done mate! nice stuff

[raybender]

the base of this image was for a Tutorial i made for 2dartist magazines August Issue... i took it and painted some stuff over it to make it what it looks like now..

http://web.me.com/raybender/pics/The-Hunt.jpg

[McLean]

Yikes! You are good, buddy. I wanna say I've seen you post these somewhere else before, and I can't for the life of me remember. Wasn't one of these supposed to be for a mock-up Blade Runner game or something? I know I didn't see it in 2Dartist magazine, cant rememberrrrrrr ahhhhhhh! Anyway, wonderful work!

[raybender]

mclean: you can´t remember it because it will be in next months issue :)

[raybender]

i am an environment artist. painting people is my personal nightmare.. because i dont like nightmares i decided to practise in my freetime and post results here..
heres the first one.

PLEASE hit me with your honest CRITIQUE! if you know what i could do better.. please tell me. i´ll appreciate the help of the community

[CastorFiber]

Awsome stuff ray - I really want to learn how to do these types of digitals, have to save some of your works for my inspirationfolder. :)

[hyperfinite]

I really like your environments and vehicles, but I think some of the characters could be more dynamic if their hips and shoulders weren't parallel to the ground. I'm trying to improve on this as well, but in the future take advantage of contrapposto to shift your characters' weight and balance even if they're standing completely still, and especially if they're in an active pose. Just don't overdo it or your characters will look unbalanced when you shift their center of gravity too far.

[Ionpainter]

Amazing work. I like your lightning. Looking forward to your people paintings. : )

[Gunzet]

psh, amazement.
I like how much detail and atmosphere you put into all of these. Crazy! O.O

[liujie]

View feeling great.
fantastic!

[Icecold]

Another lasso fan ;)

Great start mate, i love rough-sketchy styles.
5 stars from Icey!

[Metal Fingers]

awesome stuff dude, your paintings carry a lot of atmosphere, I dig them. Some anatomy studies could help strengthen the characters in your scenes too. Looking forward to more.

[raybender]

first from imagination, second from ref

[raybender]

argh i am impatient

[Seraph Fawkes]

Hey Alex, I'm a fan of your enviros! Didn't expect to see you on CA, and hadn't slightest idea, that people would be a hard thing for you. Best advice - look for Matthew Archambault pencil portrait tutorials. It was really helpful for me to get basics and average parts of portrait drawing. For now (I don't know will it be a revelation) always try first to put basic shape (even when painting from ref) and then do shading.

Well, I hope I've been helpfull at least somehow, cheers )

[Norris]

Gorgeous work here ... simply awesome!

Keep it up and keep posting!

Take care
Norris

[Ivan Turcin]

man, show us some more! this is fantastic. Really well done environments and concepts.

[raybender]

3 h Sketch. planning to do a detailed illustration on this

[raybender]

with permission of my client

[xbert]

great work - that drunkin peace looksextremly cool! (5stars ;) )

[raybender]

the ship is named Caddywompus and was restored from a wreck by some teenagers who found it in the jungle of their planet

[raybender]

drawing practice from ref

[raybender]

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/250/e/3/unfinished_scrap_by_raybender-d2y823l.jpg

[Mussy]

lovely stuff especially the enviros, u got a great mood in ur paintings.

[raminafshari]

fantastic drawings , i love your spaceship drawing and i am shocked by ogre drawing

[schumak]

Hey raybender, I really like your sketchy feel to the paintings. Awesome work bro, keep em comming! Welcome to CA!

[raybender]

i havnt finished this one so it goes to the sketchbook thread

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/022/d/1/unfinished_base_by_raybender-d37s13j.jpg

[Jasper_]

Hey nice work bro, I'm digging those architecture and ship designs...any 3D involved in the process?

[Dope Fiend]

Wow! This is on the entire opposite side of what I can do, so I kneel before the talent with your enviros, really loose feel, almost seems effortless!!

I'm curious, do you use a lot of custom brushes? Or..? what?

Either way, SBs lookin great! I'd like to see some anatomy studies, maybe some attempts at some more characters or portraits, but looks like you're working on that as well.

[Lyno]

Very cool works Axel!

[NickyBeats]

nice stuff man!! really love those enviros!! great colors, and lighting. the people need to catch up to your enviro skills, but your not too bad at them too. really great stuff man, 5 stars.