Chris Bjors' Sketchbook - Hello again!

[Reedux]

Thank you for visiting my thread, I hope you enjoy your stay.
Comments are appreciated :)
Rate and Subscribe!

If you want to have a conversation with me or have questions this is a great place to start :)

Go to the last page for most recent works :) Click! (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=160519&page=9)

Reserving first post for thumbnail purposes!

[Reedux]

Okay, here we go.

First off some Portrait studies.
You can clearly see the progress from crap to... not so crap
I was actually quite proud of the last page, they all turned out quite right.

And then some not so great poses from head and finally a thumbnail based on this weeks EOW comp.. nothing I wanted to finish however.

Comments and crits are welcomed, I'm off to drool on some more threads here~

Oh yeah! I forgot the painting I finished today :O
I saw that tree in a forest I usually take walks in and it was so macabre, looked all crooked and creepy.
I could picture it being used for hanging witches and such.


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[Reedux]

I just have 2 landscapes for your today.
My sketches are too ugly to be shown, complete block on what to draw.

I've been so intoxicated with the new hp2730p that my sketchbook looks so old and dusty and useless :P

I must get me one of those tablet pc's!

[Bergulf]

You should feel pleased with those portraits. They are very nice. Good expressions.

The full figure poses look decent to me. A bit cartoony. You captured well the look of him putting weight on his feet. Yet his legs look quite long on the first one.

Good environment paintings. Especially the first two.

[Scanadensis]

Nice! Love the portraits but the landscape scenes are amazing.
Yeah those tablet PCs are something else... if only they were affordable!

[Noukah]

Just stumbled upon your thread :)
Wonderful sketches! I instantly fell in love with those landscapes, especially the one with the forest spirits, Princess Mononoke, right?
Promise to keep it up!

[Reedux]

Scanadensis - Thanks :D and yeah.. I need cash :S

Noukah - Ofc I'll continue :)

So uh.. just one painting this week.. I'm busy for once.
Strapping canvases to frames and planning and packing.

I got a warehouse job in England and I start 06/07!
Not much time there :)

Thanks for watching, your awesome :D

'Forest Temple'

[Jamie Romoser]

Hey whats up OneEyedJack
You have a really nice sketchbook going here
Welcome to the boards aswell!
you will learn more then your mind can imagine here.
looking forward to seeing more works
till next time -Omerta

[Reedux]

Just want to inform all Swedish watchers (and turists in sweden) That I'm having an Art Gallery on the Island 'Tjörn' North of gotheburg.

Café Göksäter, 365 Henån.
From 02/07 to 31/07.

I'll be there on the 1st to hang up the paintings, then I'm leaving for england to work in a warehouse :P

All paintings are of course for sale ;)

Have a nice summer :D

[Timsalcove]

Your stuff is really good! Keep up the great work. These forums are awe-inspiring I know. Sometimes I come across stuff that just blows my mind. Nice colors and texture on your last landscape. Now jump in there and hit it with some detailed brushwork, in the cliffs and that tree in the foreground. : D Strong portraits, too. Is that you? : P

[Izer]

Great portraits and landscapes. Keep it up.

[JoshDArtist]

can't wait to see more!!! Awesome work!!!

[Reedux]

Aw man, I finally update and it's just some sketchbook pages =/

As some of you know, I've been in England for a month working at a lousy factory.. I hoped to get some cash but ended up earning about 70bucks After I had paid for everything. (Plane, train, accommodation etc)

I spent a week eating nothing but a few slices of dry bread because they didn't even pay me the first weeks. It was an experience.

OmertA - I can hope =) Thanks!

Timsalcove - Thanks =) Those 'textures' though are brushed in.
And not with a textured brush :P
There is ofc a slight grainy texture overlay over the whole thing.
The textures in the tree were made by randomly scribbling like a possessed person over that area with a tiny brush. I find it more fun and sometimes even quicker than going around looking for that special texture to overlay.

Izer - Thanks, glad you like them :)

JoshDartist - Man, I'm so sorry for not having updated.
I didn't have any internet while in england and about 1-2hours of free time everyday which I would use to go shopping or eating =/
On the weekends I did some drawings in my books.

I actually tried drawing on the street a few times but that wasn't very appreciated by the authorities, I made people nervous or disturbed the peace or something.. Same thing at the airport, I got really funny looks from security haha.

I tried drawing a girl I was hitting on in a store and 3managers kicked me out for harassment. My friend (whom you'll see in a jiff) laughed at me every time and called me the most unlucky person in the world.

For now only these two, but no sweat. I have two commissions I'm working on and will post process and finished piece of both of them when I'm done.

Thanks for your support =)

Alex, top left.
Old friend lower left.
Kristen Stewart, lower right. I have such a childish crush on this actress. :P
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Here's a wip of the dwarf..

I painted on the lines layer and completely ruined them..:davi:
Anyway, he's way too generic so gonna go back and re-sketch him :(

And some morning sketches I just did.

[Reedux]

Bam!

2hour speedpaint followed by some.. horrible figure drawings, haha.
Sorry ^^;

[Reedux]

Man I've been soooo busy for I don't know how long ;_;
It's starting to loosen up though so I can FINALLY start drawing again..

Been following Mr.Delicious stream and I think it helped find time to actually draw something.

Today he spoke about the importance of color, I usually draw in grayscale and I figured I'd try my hand at color... I f**** suck, lol.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/colorstudy-dec08.jpg

A speedpaint I did a few weeks ago..

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/test.jpg

[Michael Wasik]

those environments especially are great!

[ColorExcursion]

Really like your enviros :D
And you draw peoples faces very well
Would love to see more, keep postin !!! :]

[Reedux]

Gawd, my fingers hurt!
Took some time off from studying for finals to draw this.
I feel so off my game! But that's why I'm doing this, to get back into it!

The sketch actually looks better imo..

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/mountvsketch.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Mountv.jpg

[Reedux]

Two horrible color and landscape studies.
It's like they say, you don't feel like you learn anything.
But apparently you do, so I dunno.. keep doing then? D:

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Landscapestudy01.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Landscapestudy02.jpg

[Dahami]

Nice enviros. I'd love to see some bigger ones with more detail. Pick one you like and try blowing it up.

[Reedux]

Dahami - Oooh, nononono, let's not go that far :O
These are just studies to get me to A) find a technique I like B) learn wtf color is all about.
and C) practice practicing!

If I do find something I like I might blow it up though :o

Anyway, been shit busy for the past 2 days, haven't even been home. BUT I just finished these three! Felt good :D
(In order of completion.)
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Landscapestudy03.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Landscapestudy04.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Landscapestudy05.jpg

[007-r0b3r7]

awesome stuff
love your figure studies and environments :)

[Reedux]

007-r0b3r7 - Thanks man :)

Another study I liked :)

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/landscapestudy06.jpg

[007-r0b3r7]

sweet. love the last one! looks strangely flat and interesting and deep all at the same time...haha wierd

[Reedux]

007-r0b3r7 - yeah I noticed the lighting was kinda off on some places. Nothing severe though.

Life study from the corner of my desk!
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Lifestudy01.jpg

[Reedux]

Studies have been going shit today <_<
Deleted like 3hours of work because it sucked too much.

Here's some Bridgman that sucks a bit less.
I drew the bones then added muscle on top, looks a bit muddy.
Fucked up the guy in the lower right, ugh.
Bros b4 Hoes
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Anatomystudy01.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Anatomistudy02.jpg

[Benjie]

hey dude nice stuff you've got here, those anatomy studies are looking sweet

keep workin hard man, your gonna improve like crazy!

oh and CRIMSON FUCKIN DAGGERS!

[Haal100]

Great digital antomy studies and enviros. I like your colors and the last life study is kinda awsum! \o_o/

[Reedux]

Benje - I feel better everyday! ..oh and CRIMSON fucking DAGGERS! HOAH!

Jonas Vauth - Thanks :)


Ah man, I overslept today :( Suuppeer tired.

I did a super ugly landscape sketch today, and a really cool photostudy. (I thought it was anyway)
It was a total bitch to paint though, the face is like completely in shadow and yeah.. fabric..

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/untitled.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/FigureStudy01.jpg

[PepeDN]

cool, i like ur sketches :D

[Dorkthrone]

I think you're on the right track to improvement. That last painting was really nice.

[Randis]

nice avatar

[Reedux]

nice avatar

I know right ;)

[andres333]

the painting in post number 30, is really amazing. more!

[Reedux]

pepeDN - Thanks :)

ninjacat11 - tyvm! I liked it too until the next day when I noticed all the problems in it ^^;

andres333 - You'll get your fix ;)


SNOW!! First snow of the year! It's a whopping 3inches deep! That's a lot in Sweden! D:
We hardly ever see snow here.
I woke up at 1am tonight just in time to watch it begin, it's still falling! Awesome.

So I've been experimenting a bunch lately trying out different styles, I really like Thomas Scholes way of drawing environments and I've tried my hand at drawing cartoons for like, first time ever. I didn't like it but I'll show you anyway.
Oh lord how I hate folds...

Photo study!
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/FigureStudy02.jpg
wait... what? cartoons?
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Falling.jpg
Hands~
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/anatomystudy03.jpg
Figures~
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Anatomystudy02.jpg

[bharat]

good anatomy studdy .... buddy...!

[bharat]

ya ....it's fine.

[LumoGraphite]

nice sb. and good job on the drapery on the last figure.

[Reedux]

bharat - thanks
LumoGraphite - It took up the majority of the painting x_x thx.

Uuuuughh..
Christmas suuucks, can't wooork.

I spent my christmas with my sketchbook and I don't have a camera or scanner so I can't show you guys :(

I won a mousepad from Bobby Chiu on his Chiustream, was awesome!
You can check it here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/3450961

I got back late yesterday and was too tired to work but today I got up and did this
study.. it was supposed to be a quick warmup and turned into a 4hour project that I just can't go on with. I wanna do my own stuff now @_@
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Baltar.jpg

[Reedux]

Two quick landscape studies.
Did the second one during today's Crimson daggers stream.
These are both from head so yeah.. they suck haha.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Landscape01.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Landscape02.jpg

[Vloth]

Hey dude, great sketchbook, you have a lot going on. makes me want to do more studies, yes, that I shall do soon. I like the colours you used in your landscape paintings on the previous page, lots of nice stuff. Also your studies are looking better and better, bra bra!

[BlazeF]

Great sketchbook :D I'm really digging the paints! Sketch back if you'd like.

[Reedux]

Vloth - Thanks =) Yeah I'm trying out lots of new stuff lately! Not really sure where I wanna go with my art yet!

BlazeF - Thanks d00d :D Sketch...back? D:


5hour painting I made while my friend came over to mooch some food and fall asleep on my couch.. <_<

Yay for personal drawings again! D:

*edit; added some saturation, it was too dull :)
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/JustChilling-1.jpg

[GETBUCK]

haha ouu dude realy
crazy ! your photostudys are amazing
i dont have the patience to do that
and the landscapes and yr colorselections they are all warm and jigly hah
bra bra! :D

whats that btw we use it in germany like i dont know when we skate and somebody land a nice trick all the ppl are like bra!bra! :D hahahaha

[Reedux]

haha ouu dude realy
crazy ! your photostudys are amazing
i dont have the patience to do that
and the landscapes and yr colorselections they are all warm and jigly hah
bra bra! :D

whats that btw we use it in germany like i dont know when we skate and somebody land a nice trick all the ppl are like bra!bra! :D hahahaha

Heh, thanks man :) Yeah my patience suck haha. Those studies could've looked a lot better but after 4hours I get really lazy T_T

"Bra bra" is swedish for "Good good" I dunno if it's a slang though.. :P

[Loathsome]

Hey Chris, love your sketchbook man!
I got to get active on mine ): I have so much old crap in there haha.. I've been lazy with scanning lately.

Keep it up, totally love what you have in here so far. I'll subscribe so I can follow it at all time, mate!

(oh yeah it's ConnyCartoon from DA btw)

[paperhead]

Beautiful colors in your landscapes and I like the photo studies too.
Keep up the good work:)

[Reedux]

Loathsome - Sup dude, workin hard I hope! You can always start a new Sketchbook.
Could be good for motivational purposes, I still go mad over how few pages I've got. Gotta draw more and fill em up!

paperhead - thanks dude :D

Some anatomy studies from photos and a super ugly sketch for a friend.
Someone please crit the dwarf.. I'm trying to work based on HIS idea's and he's like the worst client ever T_T

But yeah.. no beards, bald, scar over left side of face.. dragon slayer.. GO!

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/anatomystudy06.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/anatomystudy05.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/dnddwarfPrev.jpg
Yes, his arms are messed up. I'll fix that after lunch.

[Abrodos]

Awesome photo study. In the whale one, the compo looks a bit weird, I don't know if it was supposed to look so. You're good at figure drawing, now keep working on your enviros, especially in the depth feeling.
Cheers!

[MoKhi]

Nice sketches and figure studies. I like your personal paintings too, those little guys remind me of kodamas (I don't know how to spell it) from Mononoke.

Keep posting.

[Reedux]

Abrodos - Yeah, I didn't really care for drawing that one :P was just trying out something new. Thx.

MoKhi - They are heavily inspired by the Kodamas :) I just love forest spirit-thingys.

Quick doodle before bed~

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/landscape03.jpg

[cgfelker]

I think your color studies are very impressive. Especially the last one on the first page. Keep it up man! Very inspiring.

[Loathsome]

Love the anatomy/gestures. I must admit that they are quite naughty..

I'm not complaining ;D haha.
Keep it up man, looks great. Haaard workwork

[Reedux]

cgfelker - thanks man :) I love them naked studies <3
Loathsome - Haaaard work is haaard T_T

Worst day ever.
So here I am, drawing like a mad man all day, ALL DAY and nothing works..
It's like I forgot everything over night =_=

I did every type of study I could and it looked like shit, rotten muppet shit.

It's 5am and I'm giving up for today.. hoping tomorrow will be better.. (or later today I guess..)

1hour landscape from photo
Drawn on my laptop because the noise from my PC was driving me mad!
Drawing on my couch was actually really comfy compared to my stupid work chair.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/landscapestudy07.jpg

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So here I was feeling jolly good about my new Lifestudy which I had recorded as a present for all of you.

I thought,
I'll post the picture and the video all together!
Not knowing the time it would take to render..

I put my PC on its treadmill, thinking 'This is easy! now I've got time to kill!'
I put on my clothes and walked down my hill.

So I climbed the icy mountain and watched the sky burn,
And some immigrants shooting rockets at every turn.

One rocket touched my ear, and I was laughed at by everyone near.

I left the overgrown rock and went home.
Only to find the render was totally blown.

Now here I am, without a recording for all of you.
Feeling out of gear.
But anyway, happy New Year!

:D
Just a quick story of my new years :) That video is coming though.. just gotta learn how to do this stuff :D
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/lifestudy02.jpg

[Reedux]

Here's the video for the previous Lifestudy!

No sound, and no edits other than 400% speedup.
It took forEVER to render at half-hd(1280x720) And camtasia SUCKS at editing.. it kept crashing so I'll look into other applications if and when I do another video.

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[Reedux]

I'm exhausted from yesterday so I think I'll stop here today..

Wip, figure study.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Photostudy01-wip.jpg

[InFlame]

hey OneEyedJack,

you're definately not gonna die trying to make a cool thread! ;) here's some serious cool stuff in your thread! i really like that lifestudy drawing and the video...very nice! keep it up,

cheers and a happy new year,

Rebecca

[Twan]

very good thread. Cool digital stuff in general!
else, the hands and figure studies are pretty, i wish coan draw as well as you.
keep it up!

[Reedux]

Rebecca - Hey you!, I was thinking of doing more videos and with Voiceover but I don't know if people would watch. Since I'm not that 'big' yet :p
And I can pretty much just copy what I see, I suck at imagining stuff D: Thanks!

Twan - Thanks!, you keep up too!

So by some miraculous event I managed to wake up by 10am today, and by 10:35 I had Vacuumed my appartment, done morning exercises AND had breakfast.
In short, I managed to follow my draw schedule for the first time! yay! :D
Time for lunch!

Anatomy study and photo/figure study.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Anatomystudy01-1.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Photostudy01.jpg

[Reedux]

Aaah, I'm so tired D:
A sketch I'm working on.

I have no clue what I'm doing, or what I want. The entire drawing is just one big experiment.. like most of my drawings :/

Some crits and ideas for this concept would be really cool :)

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Environment01-wip.jpg

[DStraX]

the photo studie looks good and I realy liked the still life on the other page :D

[Reedux]

DstraX - Thanks :D

Man why does money always have to get in the way?
I've been swamped in paperwork and stupid people for days :(

Just finished this landscape study :)
Hope ya like it.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Landscapestudy01-1.jpg

[Reedux]

So yesterday before bedtime I found a copy of Painter that I had completely forgotten about.

So I did this 1hour speedpaint just to play with it while listening to Bobby chius interview with Kris Pearn.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Forestthing.jpg

[Kesse Jeller]

Nice work, I really need to practice poses and human form, been out of school to long.

[Reedux]

I love painter, I just finished this one, it took maybe 2 or 3hours?
Anyway, I really enjoyed drawing this.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/ChrisBjors_cloudland.jpg

[Reedux]

So my friends were all like "Daym boi, youse gotta draw dem enviros sum moar dawg!"
And I was like "Fo'sho ma bra'!"

And so was this new drawing conceived.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/ChrisBjors_Ambitions.jpg

[Verehin]

beautiful!

[torstan]

Nice work on the figure study in post 61. Interesting to see the progress from the earlier version.

[Kambei Shimada]

Hey dude nice sketchbook. Got a nice drawing style.
Keep posting

[LMK]

mmm delicious colours in your environments, slightly more detail would be ace but that's just personal preference, nice works ;)

[Reedux]

Verehin - thx!

torstan - Thanks.

Kambei Shimada - No, I'm gonna quit right now and forever more!... PFFF :D Ty.

LMK - Could you please specify what you mean? I'd love some more indepth critique..

Poop and Scrubs D:
I just COULD NOT get the scrubs thing right.
It's just wrong everywhere.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Anatomystudy03.jpg

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/scrubscomic.jpg

[Reedux]

Just a quick Sketch before lunch :)

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Landscapestudy02-1.jpg

[Reedux]

I hate school.. I hate College.. I hate economical depressions..
I just want to draw, why wont you let me draw? >_<

But yeah, still smiling! A few hours everyday might not be 12hours but.. I'll get used to it I guess :'(

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/feetStudy.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Anatomystudy04.jpg

[Loathsome]

man this stuff is great keep em comin'

those environments makes me want to do more myself

[Reedux]

Loathsome - Thanks, you should. It's always good to be able to do both Characters and landscapes, put them together and you've got a full illustration~

If only there was a way to get boost your imagination 10fold in 24hours maybe I'd be able to come up with fun stuff to draw..
Enough to be able to pay my bills and eat full meals 3times a day.
Hard times are Hard.

anyway, 2hour life study. I was drawing while the sun was setting so by the time my sketch was done, all the colors and lighting had changed so I had to sort of wing it.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/lifestudy03.jpg

[Jamie Romoser]

sup dude! that last still life is ace man really dig it.
the daggers are improving alot its great to see
Keep it up!
-Jamie

[Reedux]

OmertA - Thanks dood :)

Friday Figure Photo Study!

Ref found on characterdesigns.com I think..

I got banned from Ustream.tv for drawing this live xD
Geeze, how can you Ban nudity? It's like Banning the human Race.

"You cant be here cuz you got them there body parts!"

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Photostudy02.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Anatomystudy05.jpg

[Reedux]

I really do feel a bit bad for only updating with so little today but it seems I have less and less time to draw everyday =/

I do draw in my sketchbook when I'm not at home but I don't have a scanner or Camera so I can't show you.

Sigh.. There should be like an Artist Help program that pay your rent so we don't have to waste time doing bullshit.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Anatomystudy06.jpg

[Reedux]

just posting this here D:

Need some crits from folks.
Dont know in which direction I wanna take this. (literally)

[Reedux]

I have a fever..
It's not pretty..

More reason to draw pretty women~

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Anatomystudy07.jpg

[Eric Young]

great work, the scrubs comic is really good. JD's face is a little off but Turk's is great. Also your figure drawings are nice!

[Janos]

Things I like (and really like)
Your anatomy skills
Your light in the enviros
the humor

Things you need to improve on:
Facial contstruction.

Cheers

[Reedux]

The Original [E] - Thanks :D And yeah, a lot is off in that comic =x It was very experimental.

Janos - Interesting. I really stopped doing faces for a while because for a long time, I did nothing but portraits. I wanna work more on Environments.

Whoa, WHOAH HEY hey.. hey hi.. How you doing?!

Err.. I got the flu, like.. since last update xD
Man I felt so shitty. BUT NEVERMIND THAT BWOASHIIIT Cuz I'm BACK to health and School is still FOOKIN up my draw schedule.. but I gotta do it.. so I can eat..

whine whine whine.. I got nothing else to talk about, sorry.

Trying out a new brush, also. I've never really drawn environments with Linework before.
it was fun :)

So yeah, back to drawing~~~~~~~~~~

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Landscapesketch01.jpg

[Reedux]

Here we go..

some stuffs for today!
2-3min figure drawings from head:
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/figfromhead01.jpg

30min quick sketch:
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Landscapesketch02.jpg

Alice in wonderland illustration.
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Chrisbjors_Alice_Wondermaze.jpg

[Reedux]

School is raping me :( Please god, pleeeaasseee make someone actually reply to my job applications :(

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/ChrisBjors_MountainLand.jpg

[thegrayslayer]

This is a really nice sketchbook. Your drawing is solid and you've got some really good studies going on already. Love your painting style too, keep 'em coming.

~Slayer

[Royzy]

Some wicked environments and poses man, I like a lot. I'd say your Scrubs thing came out pretty well, Turk more so than JD, but still pretty successful.

Keep it up!

[Blizzard5291]

Oh man I love those figure drawings, and those feet studies!

[Reedux]

thegrayslayer - Thanks! :D

Royzy - Awesome! Frankly I was worried it was gonna be shit!

Blizzard5291 - Argh, Feet D: Thanks :)


A lot of crap has happened since last post.
Moved out of my apartment, got a freelance gig, gone to school, flunked one exam and barely passed another.
...Girls...

I didn't sign or agree to any NDA's or contracts really.. so here's most of what I've done :D

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/GardenConcepts.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/GardenConcepts2.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Gardensketch2.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Gardensketch3.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/gardenquicksketches.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Garden_Fin_Prev.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Chrisbjors_Chilling.jpg

[Reedux]

URURGGGHH why do I suck?! D:
I wish I knew what to study!
Honestly, I don't have a clue what I need to study.
I just do everything and hope it helps :(

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/EOW136_Reedux.jpg

[Aryeh]

Dude your stuff is awesome. remember what you told me about not doubting myself on FB? Well i would like to share that idea with you to! Your a budding artists who will go far because of dedication and hardworkj.

[Reedux]

lolbbq - Thanks for liking my stuff :O I don't doubt myself. I'm just confused.

Blargh!!
I feel so "out of the loop" since I moved.
And I'm in an Exam period at the moment too..
And I've been slacking.. Sorry :'(

Well, while I was sleeping tonight, during one of my lucid dreams I told myself to stop slacking and start working, I also thought of a schedule that should work with all the other crap I gotta do.

When I woke up, I got to work right away! :D
go go dreaming!

Anyway, 1hour Figure study sheet and a 30-40min Landscape study.
All from ref, of course.

And a sketch I'm working on back and forth.

p.ps, Kinda sucks TAD only gives scholarships to people who are already above the Professional standard huh? :( I'd love to go.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/landscape13.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/anatomy13.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/anatomy12.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/kitsune_sketch.jpg

[Reedux]

So hey hi.

Here's an update on my sketch, I drew this while livestreaming yesterday. About 3hours, you can check the recording.

http://www.livestream.com/chillstream

And I just noticed i forgot to flip it back.. oh well.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Kitsune_sketch_by_ChrisBjors.jpg

[Reedux]

Oh hey, some shitty Anatomy studies that makes me cry.

Now I gotta go do my homework and go to school... god dammit.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/anatomy14.jpg

[Ellijah Sakovsky]

These make me cry cause of jealousy)) Try harder, dude, doin' good!

[greenace]

Love your works, the color of the images are so pretty , hope to see more :)

[Reedux]

Ellijah Sakovsky - I'm trying :( Thanks.

greenace - Well its not like im gonna stop, haha. Thx.

I changed her face to look more realistic and asian..
But now I'm just stuck instead..
urgh, I'm having a bad day and its effecting just about everything.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Jumpingswordlady.jpg

[samborek]

I'm amazed :D looks like you've got new fan of Yours
You use so many simply shapes and colors and they give really nice feeling to this sketches . Anatomy studies are great, stop complaining cuz You are going pretty well :D
You should give me some clues :P

[Reedux]

samborek - thanks :) Some clues: Form. What you are drawing is not in 2D, you are trying to imitate 3D on a 2D surface, thus you should think like you are sculpting rather than drawing lines. When you understand form to a certain degree, the line feels irrelevant. You can draw anyway you want and still show the form.

So I decided to skip the blue jumping lady painting because after reworking it over and over, I figured out that it was flawed in every possible way.
I used it however to inspire my new sketch!

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/faces1.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/anatomy15.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Jumpingswordlady-2.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Berserkerwip.jpg¨
I need to fix her leg... it looks very strange :D
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Berserkerwip2.jpg
1hr30min morning study
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/landscape14.jpg

[Pochifux]

Your stuff's looking real good, who's the handsome square-jawed fellow with the glasses?

[Fetsch]

Great stuff chris, like the new version with the lady.
Cheers

[Reedux]

Pochifux - I think is Brad pitt, I forget.

Fetsch - Thanks! :)

So here's the finished piece of some hot girl defying logic because thats how babies are born. :D

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Berserker.jpg

[Reedux]

It's so lonely in here.

Drawing hands and feet aren't too big of a deal anymore, however Rendering them is a huge issue. There for the following study.
And the obligatory anatomy page :O
My Fingers have started to hurt from pushing too hard on my wacom as well as holding my pen with an iron grip, so I'm trying to loose up in my drawing.
As you can obviously see from the decrease in quality :(

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/anatomy16.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Handfeetestudy.jpg

[Artofinca]

great stuff here mr. dagger!

[Pochifux]

Your stuff is looking insanely good and it makes me feel like drawing. If your attitude were as good as your drawing skills, you'd go far, my friend.
If I have any advice for your drawing technique, I'd say the edges of some of your figures are a little too crisp, especially the ones in motion - blurring some of the edges may help the figures look less "tacked on". Hope that helps, sorry if it's annoying :P

(ps) you smell:harbl::asspat:

[Reedux]

Artofinca- thx! :)

Pochifux - Oh yes, Edges. Probably the hardest but yet, most fun thing to practice and "master".
I think my attitude is an indirect correspondent to the people and events around me.
I feel much better when I'm on my own and not distracted/influenced by all the negative people around me.

Two landscapes.
One is a photostudy the other is from head. I think you can pretty obviously see which is what.
About an hour and a half on each.
I like both though.
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/landscape15.jpg

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Environment16.jpg

[AlexTooth]

Hey Chris, these look sweet, I wouldn't be able to tell which is a photo study... I dunno man, I think you got a good imagination - all those landscapes you did are good, and that character with the fish bowl is awesome. But yeah, maybe you need like a pro to tell you, I wouldn't listen to me I guess lol Keep going anyway mate.

[Reedux]

AlexTooth - I'd rather listen to you than a Pro at the moment.
Thanks, Felt good to hear someone is still rooting for me :)

So, Lifestudy which took like 5 or 6hours to draw. The light has changed SO MUCH since I started that I had to wing almost half of it :D
Some sketches for This Week's Chow, I entered late so it feels a bit pushed.
Decided to render the second one on the lower row. We'll see how far I get before the deadline tomorrow :/

And some ugly gestures.. trying to draw faster. Didn't go so well :P
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/stilllife1-1.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/mysticalgunslinger.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/figures1.jpg

[Metal Fingers]

good stuff dude, your colors are getting so tasty.

[jskotte]

Great studies, I love the landscapes and you use of color, really draws me in, very enchanting.

[ryan mcshane]

hey dude, really nice studys you've got there! keep them up and you'll improve a heap! C:

[My57]

Really like that life study! can't wait to see some more stuff.

[midknight523]

great work

[Joe777k7]

How do you get the motivation and inspiration to draw this much? You got to give yourself some more credit man you are really good. I am really inspired by just looking at your drawings. I want to actually draw alot of your work, really good. Keep it up!

[Reedux]

[B]Metal Fingers - thanks! :D I dunno why, but color just gets better without me even thinking about it. It's like the less I think about something the faster I get better at it D:
p.s Brain for sale, 10bucks.

jskotte - thanks :)

Ryanoir - heh, yeah. I think my studies are so far ahead of my personal drawings though.
I'm "studying" drawing my own stuff right now :) Trying to get some kind of imagination going.

My57 - It's just so hard to find fun stuff to draw D:

midknight523 - thank you good sir.

Joe777k7 - I don't know what to say. I think I lack in both tremendously compared to others around my level.
I don't draw nearly as much as I'd like and as for inspiration, I don't know.
Draw what you want to see, basically. And if people try to tell you to stop, block them.

I am motivated by who I want to be in the near future. And where I want to be.
Whenever I feel unmotivated I visualize myself being where I want to be.
And I make a wish at the same time, something like "I'll be there in 2months!"
Doesn't really matter if I make it or not in 2months, it just matters that I have a clear goal and empowers me.

Look at where you are now, and look at where you want to be in an immediate future, if you think it seems unrealistic, even better. I love having impossible goals, that makes it so much more worth it when you get there :)

Oh, and you can shove it in peoples faces if they doubted you or tried to make you give up ;) That's a big motivator.

But that doesn't change how lazy and bored I am sometimes.
You just gotta push through. Build discipline day by day, until it becomes a habbit to work hard.

So here are some drawings as of late, trying to do Chow's but I'm failing miserably.
And its amazing how long these things take. A study takes a few hours, but these ugly things take me days :( This just means I need to do more of them obviously.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/mysticalgunslinger_fin.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/chow197steps.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/chow197wip3.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/anatomi1.jpg

[AlexTooth]

Chow looks cool man, I liked your last one too!

[Reedux]

Thanks :)

[shumizu]

Great stuff here! Really like the hand studies and the chow! Are you starting with b+w or directly with color?

[yahdood]

Great everything!
Subscribed!
Looking forward to the environments you post in the future.

[Reedux]

shumizu - Thank you! I start with Color :)
Sometimes, I do a quick value check in black and white, that is, no shading at all just to fill in the lines with something solid. Helps me keep track of things.
Then add a color layer ontop to give those grays some color.
All shading and rendering is done in color.

yahdood - Why thank you Dood!
I'm hoping to get some time to do the Environment of the week also.
The topics usually suck though :(

Just one pic for now, I finished this weeks Chow! with 30minutes to spare!

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/CHOW196_Reedux-fin.jpg

[LordVenom]

Oh this looks cool man!

The tin man looks like he's on a different plane then Dorothy and the lion, and you might have put a little more work into the lion, he sticks out of the bunch as less developed. But all in all i really like this.

[Reedux]

Lordvenom - Thanks! I think you're right. I had to rush it quite a bit to meet the deadline :)

Exam period... yay..

I got some work doing logo's too, they pay pretty good so I'm kinda hoping it will lead somewhere. Good enough for me to drop out of school and cancel my loan.

But we'll see.

Shitty EOW sketch, took about 3hours.
And some abstract clouds.. I love painting clouds, they're so free.
Was listening to Antoine Dufour too, the guy is an amazing acoustic guitarist.
Listening to him just fills you with peace and calm.
Youtube it.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/eow_Magicianguildgate_fin.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/randomclouds.jpg

[Reedux]

Sry for not posting lately.
I haven't been busy or anything.

I've been overcome with an inexplicable depression because summer is about to come. =/
It's pissing me the Frakk off, because I don't know how to get rid of it D:<

I looked like Leonidus from 300 while drawing these crap studies today :(
FFFF!!!!

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/anatomi3.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Landscapestudy1.jpg

[Mikhail Faulken]

That loose, yet sure feeling in your work is money, dude.

[ForgottenState]

Your work is going great dude, You put my Crimson daggers studies to shame hahah. Wish i could churn out figures like that in an hour, well one day ;)

Sucks that you're depressed, I know that feeling and it killed my desire to do art for years (and subsequently set me back years too v__v )
I can highly recommend the book "the artists way" by Julia Cameron. Its really amazing and I think could help you, at least I found it helped me.

Anyway I'll be watching your sketchbook! Crimson Daggers ftw :lifedrawing:

[Reedux]

Mikhail Faulken - thanks! :)

ForgottenState - A lot of people have been mentioning that book lately, I might have to check it out just because of that. Thanks :)

Two crappy sketches done in monotone, heavily inspired by One of my favorite artists; Thomas Scholes (aka., IdiotApathy)

First one was more of a warmup than anything.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/randomcrapsketch01.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/randomcrapsketch02.jpg

[Jamie Romoser]

really digging that last enviroment
have a good one
-Jamie

[Reedux]

Thx Omerta :)

Pushing out some speedpaints to get my brain working.
emphasis on Feel, hence the dramatic skies.

40min each.

Apart from the colors, I think they stink xD Can't believe I've been doing this for so long and still don't know the first thing about design.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/sunrisesketch.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/sunsetsketch.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/anatomi4.jpg

[tobbA]

You work so hard. I can't keep up D:

Hehe. Nice place you've got here though. Keep rocking :)

[Metal Fingers]

Only one way to get better at design! DRRRRAAAAAAAWWW MOOOOOOOORRRREEE! Those colors are looking REALLY nice though, incredibly atmospheric.

[Reedux]

tobbA - I'm not working hard at all D: I'm working hard on working hard.. I suppose?
Trying to get back in gear, thanks. Stop playing them games and draw! gogo!

Metal Fingers - Thankksss :D and yess, draw mooooore.

I'm drawing more (yay) mostly line and pencil though.
Kind of bored of rendering at the moment.
I prefer sketching.

Some anatomy, a scenery sketch and some very pretty women <3<3
I live for drawing pretty women O_O

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/anatomi01.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/prettygirls01.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/randomenviro01.jpg

[Reedux]

Some more sketches inspired by Scholes :)

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/3envirosketches.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/randomenviro03.jpg

[Reedux]

Just some more figures.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/anatomi03.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/anatomi2.jpg

[LordVenom]

Wasn't here for a while, live the last few enviro sketches, they have such a great mood.

[Reedux]

Yo! Been a while.

Moving in just a few days now, getting my own place.
I've saved up enough student loans to get me through 2months.
And there may be some Webdesign/Logo work coming up, hoping for that.

Like Bobby Chiu says, when things are rough it means good things are coming!

Doing some sketches, listening to Bobby's podcasts and trying really hard to get back in gear.

Wow, I've been saying that for a while now. Jeeze. Things are gonna be gooood when I move.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Littlebig.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Untitled-2.jpg

[Martell.Joshua]

Hey man awesome awesome! Where do you get your figures for the studies??? Just online?

[Amarok]

Awesome sketchbook! I really like your environments especially; they're quite varied and have a lot of great colors.

[Reedux]

MArtell.Joshua - Yeah I just get them online! All over the place really. I save what I like =)

Amarok - Thank you!



Doing some speedpaints and sketches =)
Mostly sketching with pen and paper lately, I like the feel of it. I miss the Eraser though.
And no Scanner so can't show you :< :<

But I can show the digital ones!
These all had a 1hour deadline so some have really crappy anatomy which I'm ashamed of :( I Can do better.
WARNING: RIDICULOUS CRAP INCOMING!

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Grannywithagun.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/nazipew-1.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/random%20crap/Kitchenbot.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Ranger_RR.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/gremlin.jpg

These were obviously not Speedpaints ;)
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Untitled-002-low.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Wunderland_fin.jpg


And this is a photo of my "studio" flat :D Fix'd it up 2days ago, it's by far the most luxurious place I've lived in my life!
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/random%20crap/DSC_0002.jpg

[AlexTooth]

Nice new flat! Congrats :)

Hunter looks sweet and the big headed girl hehe, update us moar!

[Reedux]

Thx AlexTooth!

I enjoyed those 1hour drawings but I really need to buckle down and do some serious work so I can actually get serious work :)

Warm up page.
30-40min sketching to loosen up and get in gear.
Last three female figs had reference.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/20-06warmuppage.jpg

[alexson]

Hey! Everything is looking saweeet man! Your figures are so tasty.. Keep it up!

[Obsidian-eyes]

awesome work, your pencil work is gorgeous and i love the landscapes, cant wait to see more

[Reedux]

Thanks you two! :)

Tried my hands on the CHoW and failed miserable, so I went on to do some random sketches.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/TavernThumbs.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Tavern-rough-1.jpg

[Reedux]

Wip I'm working on, not sure what to do about the BG and colors.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/beastthingwip.jpg

[Reedux]

Another upd]ate :)

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/beastthingwip-1.jpg

[Reedux]

I'm seriously failing at this getting work thing, I'm so clueless about contracts and what not it's not even funny..

These are some of my warmup pages from my sketchbook, some dating back a few months.

Enjoy!


http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/page1.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/page2.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/page4.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/page5.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/page6.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/page7.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/page8.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/page9.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/page10.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/page12.jpg

[Reedux]

A friend whipped me into finishing this drawing. Even though I didn't want to.
There's just too much wrong with it.

The composition is boring, the colors blend together, the gladiator has a shitty design and a static pose which makes it more boring. I could imagine him do more of a forward thrust.

Anyway, I learned a lot doing this drawing and it got me some good crits from people.
Thanks everyone.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/chrisbjors_Beastthing-fin2.jpg

[AlexTooth]

Nice drawings! I wanna see more of that cat on your sketchbook thumb, too cute.

I think this painting turned out decent, it's good you finished it. Don't hold much hope for the warrior though :p

[Reedux]

Heh, yeah.

Here's the sketch for the repaint.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Beastthumb.jpg

[ForgottenState]

Big improvement over the first painting!

Also love your sketchbook stuff, really nice!

[Reedux]

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Supdude-2.jpg

[Benjaminba]

Great sketchbook you have here. Lots of improvement since page 1. Your figure drawings are looking really good and your Wizard of Oz and Alice paintings are excellent.

About the latest painting; the composition is perhaps a little more interesting than the one before, but it lacks depth. The body of the worm in particular looks pretty flat. The sense of confrontation was better in the previous version, because opposing forces are more easily understood as such when they take up a half of the canvas each. Not to say you can't do it as you did. I think changing the viewpoint of your first version would be ideal: so that it's not a dead-on sideview, just enough sideview to suggest confrontation and with just enough depth to not look like a 2d fighting game ;) Hope that makes sense.

The lighting on the new painting flattens it a bit as well, I think. If the light came from the side, that might be better. Would allow for cast shadows. Also, showing some ground instead of just fog would help show depth.

[jamescutler]

Hi,Wonderful sketches! I instantly fell in love with those landscapes, especially the one with the forest spirits, Princess Mononoke, right?
keep it up! thank you

[Reedux]

Benjaminba - Thanks a lot man :) I get what you're saying, although I disagree on the first one being better in anyway :P
I've had two people comment on the lack of depth in the new one. Although I honestly didn't plan for it to have much depth (not an excuse, just poor judgement). During my thumbnail stage I was contemplating having anything other than the worm, smoke, dude in there. Sort of like an empty Dream area? But it was too boring and I added ground and what not as I went along.
And yeah, The flatness I can agree with though. :'( *works harder*
I should've looked up reference for backlit tubes. >_<

jamescutler - Inspired by Mononoke yes :) Thanks.

Speedpaint~

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Meloncomet.jpg

[Reedux]

Another quick one :)

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Chrisbjors_engelwood.jpg

[Reedux]

1hr Warmups and my entry for the ArtOrder challange.

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Chrisbjors_Gottahaveahook.jpg


http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/warmup1.jpg

[monsi]

good studies !

I'd recommend doing some tonal painting studies of master works, and also from life. I find your tonal compositions are a bit soft overall and lack a solid shape/design. It looks like you use soft edged brush a lot which gives a rather vague lighting effect. I think doing some copies in just tone would help get used to being careful with your tones and how they link together through a picture.

Hope this makes sense

keep it up! :)

[Reedux]

It does make sense actually.
God, I feel so bad looking at that Dwarf picture now. It's the best I could do 5days ago and I already feel like I could do better.

Today is one of those days I'm afraid :(
I picked up my pen and couldn't for the life of me remember how to draw.
I spent hours, Literally HOURS on a sketch that in quality looked like something I did a year ago >______<
I feel retarded.

So after a while of banging my head against the wall I came up with some crap ¬¬

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Rumbleriot1.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/portraitstudy.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/warmup4.jpg

[Reedux]

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/whoislikegod_blue.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/warmup6.jpg

[Reedux]

I haven't updated for so long :<
Cuz I got a commission! *yay!*

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/waterthing.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Portrait_littlegirl.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Endoftheworld_process.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Chrisbjors_Endoftheworld.jpg
http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Artwork/Thegrimhags.jpg

[Reedux]

just a 40min warmup :D

http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/ZombieKitchen-1.jpg

[Reedux]

I've been working on this for two days now, it's like one giant lifestudy.
Mixed with working from reference and from head. It's seriously twisting my brainstrings.
Haven't had this much fun painting in a while :)

Still a Wip Obviously.

See finished painting below!

[Reedux]

ARGH This monster is finally done!
20+ hours, photoshop, regular round brush, etc etc.

You can see close-ups and read about the painting on my website :)
http://chrisbjorsillustration.wordpress.com/

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/Whoislikegod_finished.jpg

[Reedux]

I've been extremely busy lately, sadly not with work.

In short, bills don't go paid when you're unemployed.

I've been having frequent meetings with Jobseekers and the social service (or whatever you call it in your country) in order to get enough benefits to pay my rent.

You wouldn't believe the amount of paper work that is needed.
And the amount of stress it puts on a person who already dislikes the flawed system even when it supposedly works.

Today I did the final big step and can finally relax for a few weeks I hope.
Bad things will keep happening, but if you keep fighting as stubbornly or perhaps stupidly as it might seem. You will reap the fortune.

I managed to squeeze in a birthday gift for a friend of mine :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Hannah.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Empty.jpg

[Reedux]

New 2hour study, did this one while I watched the movie on my second monitor :)

The purpose of this study was to try out some new principals I've thought up that I learned from my previous painting "Who is like God?"

I decided to stop after 2hours because I noticed that I was no longer thinking and just rendering, my goal had been reached.
Looking at it and going over the process in my head, I can also learn from the mistakes I made. For example, the background is far too muddy and saturated. And I spent too much time on details in their faces too early.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Lastsamurai.jpg

[Reedux]

I should learn to post sketches more than finished stuff :x it is a sketchbook after all.
Here are some ball point pen anatomy studies anyway.
I'm currently ill, high fever and all that so I'm barely drawing :<

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/DSC00058.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/DSC00004.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/DSC00007.JPG

[Reedux]

I'm still a little ill but I managed to get something done, even if it was just some scribbles.

Also, as per request. My thoughts on Motivation. (http://chrisbjorsillustration.wordpress.com/2010/09/17/motivation-in-a-nutshell/)
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http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Red.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/scribble.jpg

[alexson]

Fy fan va snyggt! :D

[Metal Fingers]

This is HAWT! (http://i848.photobucket.com/albums/ab44/Reedux/Sketches/Meloncomet.jpg) Nice digi's in here man, keep up all the studies!

[wasabi89]

Wow man !
You have a incredible SB in here
The last enviro is kickass
Keep it up the good work in here
I will stay tuned

Cheers !

[Gspree]

Nice sketchbook, i really love the one with the tall trees

[Reedux]

@alexson, @Gspree - Thanks :)

@Metal Fingers - Durr :D Of course I will, thx.

@wasabi89 - Thanks dude glad you liked it!

Just a quick update, I made a gif of that environment sketch in the previous update.
Just going layer by layer.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Red_steps.gif

[Klaus Reinbach III]

Your enviroment drawings, and the last gif is really good. =)

[alexson]

Det är ju helt sjukt, jävlar va bra du har blivit! Envirosen är bland det bästa jag sett! Mer! Meeeer!

[Reedux]

@Klaus Reinbach III - Thx :)

@alexson - Asså? :D Glad att det syns! :)

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Some more scribbles, these don't take too long to make and it's very soothing to draw them, perfect when you're too tired to work. :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Snowforest.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Yellowandpurple.jpg

[PeregrinTerk]

Your "scribbles" are pretty damn good for work that you do when you're too tired to work! Really like your color and lighting. Keep up the good work.

[dessinateurimpulsif]

nice work ...nice work....

[Pixelwalker]

Nice work!
Love your figure sketches! Looking great! :)
Just your environments need a bit more life!
Then its perfect! :D

Keep it up mate!

[Reedux]

Thanks guys! :)

Just a quick update for Swedes!

I'm selling most of my work as prints on Canvas or high quality photo paper now!
Please check my website under the tab "Utskrifter!" for information on sizes, pricing, contacts and all of that :)
http://chrisbjorsillustration.wordpress.com/
Restricted to people in Sweden for now, unfortunately :(

Cheers!

[AndreRuben]

I love the textures of that speedpaint wich you shared the animated gif, and also the one from post #156.

keep posting!

[Holland]

Great work dude! Really colourful as usual :)

[Reedux]

Thanksssssssssssss! :D

Recently finished a painting for a Blizzard contest.
The rules state I'm not allowed to show it till Oct.22 so you'll have to wait till then I'm afraid :<

Other than that, just trucking on, looking for work all over.

This is a late night sketch for a friend :)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/Ineedtosneeze.jpg

[MadisE]

Top notch environments - I'm defenately a fan of those now! Please more environments :D

[Emil_]

That painting from post #165 is really nice.
Keep it up.

[Reedux]

@MadisE - I'm trying to learn everything right now, except possibly mech, I hate mech..
So I definitely will do more environments at some point. Thanks :)

@Emil_ - Cheers.


I'm working on a new Portrait commission, not sure if I can share it to be honest so just a study update for now.
Been a while since I did digital figure studies.

Reference from Google images as always. (Two were from Suicide Girls <3)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Figures.jpg

Also, Three new things that I love:

:: Hayley Williams ::
kn6-c223DUU&ob=av2e

:: Ratatat - Loud pipes::
64liF2VuLxI

:: Hol Baumann ::
xjRxJFthqDM

[Reedux]

Alright, here's how I do the landscapes.
Now you can too. :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Oct10/Landscape_tutorial.jpg

[alexson]

Great stuff man! You rock

[PeregrinTerk]

Great little tutorial there. I'm going to have to give that a try.

[Reedux]

Cheers guys! :)

Just a sketch I started doodling on because I was bored and couldn't figure out what to draw.

I apologize for the total brain poop this is :(

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Oct10/Moonbeam.jpg

[Mawh]

I thank you for your landscape tutorial. Very nice landscape by the way. :)

[Reedux]

Thanks Mawh! :)

Just some sketching, mostly experimenting.
About an hour each.
The guys arm is just completely messed up, among other things. Haha.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Oct10/warmup.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Oct10/Jedi_crap.jpg

[Reedux]

Yo yo yo!
After frustration comes bliss, just gotta push through no matter how dark it seems!

Tried my hand on a mock-up book cover :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Oct10/Study.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Oct10/Lady%20of%20the%20lake_wip.jpghttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Oct10/Chow%23218_Reedux.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/Oct10/Portrait_2.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Oct10/The%20great%20library_wip.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/Oct10/The%20great%20library_cover.jpg

[Reedux]

I recorded painting that portrait (or most of it)
you can see the process here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MrReedux?feature=mhum

[Deadlines.]

Hey mate;

It's certainly not within my skill-level to be critiquing you, but I felt I had to let you know that your work is awesome dude. I read through your whole thread, and I gotta say; you have some serious talent. Don't give up, because sooner or later someone is going to see that and land you a severely good job.

Keep at it man; don't give an inch!

-Deadlines.

[Reedux]

Thanks a lot Deadlines, I appreciate the kind words :)

Aw man, it's been almost 10days since my last update?
I feel crap now.. I'm busy trying to get a part-time job at the moment :(
(and dealing with various unemployed benefits T_T )

I'm also working on this fantasy illustration that just -doesn't- want to get finished.. I've spent more hours than I should have just picking on it, things that annoy me. I'll have to just get over it and finish it soon though.

Oh, and my entry for blizzcon 2010 :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Oct10/NEDsketch03_2.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/Blizzcon_NelfDruid.jpg

[alexson]

Nice man! Very nice! Måste du hålla på med arbetsförmedlingen eller? :) Jag har också det problemet, får columbinemassaker-tankar varje gång jag sitter där och slösar tid på deras skitsnack.
Dina grejer ser riktigt jävla najs ut, riktigt tjusiga färger!
Keep up ze güt work!

[Pixelwalker]

Hey! :)

Your girls are looking good! Thanks for the "SuicideGirls" tipp. :) Site looks good, seems like something like kindgirls.com!

Go ooon and produce more stuff for us :D

Silwynar

[ismo]

Really nice lines and use of color here.. and of course your females are particularly beautiful. Hard to find anything to crit, cause you're doing so many things right at the moment. Maybe that library piece could use some more highlights. Cool sb. Post more soon. :)

[Reedux]

alexson - Jaaaa, dem är så irriterande. Och inte kan man säga att man jobbar på att bli illustratör heller för det vet dem inte ens vad det är :(
De enda jobb dem har hand om är ju lager, säljare och fabrik. Whopdidoo~ :|

Silwynar - No probs, I specially like Suicide girls :D

ismo - I totally agree on the library piece, "it's just a speedpaint" isn't really a good excuse huh? Thanks :P

Mkay, here you go! Finished that drawing up above :)
Thanks for watching as always!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/Oct10/NelfPainting_Low.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Oct10/NelfPainting_Steps.jpg

[Reedux]

I went on hiatus for a bit there, sorry. Life got in the way you know? :D

I entered this weeks chow yesterday evening, just finished. :>

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/Nov10/Chow%23220_Reedux_Wips.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/Nov10/Chow%23220_Reedux.jpg

[LastGen]

Your choice of colors is great! I really like the landscape you draw, all those details you put in there make it very interesting. Same goes for the fantasy drawings, I like your ideas!

[ColdTurkey]

Wow, I'm thoroughly impressed with these works! I also love your processes/tutorials. I would love it if you kept that up (I've already saved your landscape one for later use!) I love your choice of color in that picture, especially.

[Reedux]

@LastGen - Glad you like it :)
@ColdTurkey - I'd like to do more tutorials but at the same time it feels quite redundant. There is an incredibly ginormous amount of tutorials on the web, done by people a 100times better than me. Some are free too. And they're all just a google search away, seriously.

I'm having a tough time right now with job seekers and stuff :|
Finding it extremely hard to focus, like I cant do one thing for more than 30min to an hour before I gotta do something else. And just starting out takes just as long. Hmm.

I LOVE winter fashion. Girls look soooo pretty during this season.
Makes me wish I had one <3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Nov10/DSC00021.JPG

[cgaddict]

Great figure work as always, your paintings seem to be improving as well. Keep it going!

[Justyna]

All those sketches look amazing, I like how you draw girls :)
Also, thanks for the tutorial!

[Cozmo]

Totally agree with you, man! Girls look so good in winter fashions. That's one of the few nice things about living in Minnesota in the winter.

I've gone though this from page one, and I'm so impressed! Your figure sketches are great, and the females look really proportional (probably doubly-so because I'm used to seeing the insanely massive or terribly lopsided mammaries one often finds on DeviantArt). I'm trying to figure out ways to get better at my figure drawing, so I've really enjoyed your work. Do you draw the life sketches from your head, or do you always use reference photos?

Or do you just have a bunch of women prancing around your apartment? ;)

[Reedux]

cgaddict - thanks.
Justyna - no problem :)
Cozmo - Oh how I wish it was the latter :D, No I usually draw from photos when doing figures. I find most of my reference on DA stock accounts and Google. I've also lately been using this awesome site for gestures: http://pixelovely.com/tools/gesture.html

Those two in my previous post were from memory however. Quick 5-10minute sketches in my sketchbook. Regular ball point pen.

Nothing fancy today, more figures studies.
I've never really done gestures cause I didn't understand its application. "To draw quicker and get more motion in your figures", I mean. Sure. But it looks like crap and when you flesh out the gesture with muscles and fix the anatomy it'll look stiff anyway.

I read a book about it and all I could gather was use flowy lines and don't strive to be 100% correct but rather exaggerate some curves to give the sense of flow or something.

1-2min gestures and 20-30min figures.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Nov10/2min%20Gestures.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Nov10/Figures01.jpg

[Ccs]

You've gotten a lot better!

[am●na,☼nafa&Kash☉fa]

good... good

[Mr.Thorne]

Great work, Keep it up.

[PeregrinTerk]

Great detail in the faces on those figure studies.

[Reedux]

Ccs - You think? :D Thanks.
am●na,☼nafa&Kash☉fa - I imagine you saying that while rubbing your hands together in a menacing way :|
Mr.Thorne, PeregrinTerk - Cheers :D

Sorry I've been gone for a bit. Haven't been drawing much outside of portrait commissions.
Been doing a lot of reading instead but I feel a bit recharged now :)

I've also noticed my eyesight has gotten worse or something? I find it really hard to focus my eyes when I draw lately.
It gets worse at night. I have to squint my eyes to see things in focus, it's proper weird. Time to get glasses? :(
It's only horizontally too, I can see vertical lines just fine. What's up with that?

Anyway, here's a wip I'm working on :> It needs more lightnings, don't you think? :D
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/Dec10/Caster_wip4.jpg

[Aryeh]

You may need to just eat some carrots. sounds like you are deficient in beta-carotene.

How to see you around more. miss talkin to ya on FB (i deleted my account)

[Joe777k7]

Nice sketchbook going on in here. Would like to see more posts but i know at times life get crazy lol Yeah i havent heard too much on the horizontal thing but you should still go see if you need glasses. I might need them. Things get blurry far sighted for me lol

[Reedux]

Thanks Joe, bbq. Life is getting quite hectic indeed.
But I'll take it as a sign of finally getting my "Career" started.

Here's a kitty cat!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/Feb11/Rosita_prev06_fin.jpg

[Aryeh]

thats exciting!

[Reedux]

Left sketch was a warmup for this weeks Chow; Snowmancer!
I'm working on the one to the right! :D

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/march11/Snowmancer_cpt_01.jpg

[Rain Walker]

ur digital paintings are so good they look almost like oil paintings.. incredible .. amazing amazing amazing.. work!!!! great job :)

[Reedux]

Many thanks Rain Walker!
I've been trying to hit that traditional feel a bit more lately :)

Chow, finished! .Gifs on the way.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/march11/snowmancermonster_fin.jpg

[A_Knight's_Art]

Cool sketchbook, I really like your environments!

[Reedux]

Thanks knight! :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/march11/Snowmancer_steps.gif
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/march11/snowmancer_summon_steps.gif

[Partisan]

man I love all of this, mind me adding your SB to my Signature ? ( write me a PM if you are ok with this ) and btw subscribed !

so long
seb

[alexson]

Riktigt feta grejer som har trillat ut ur ditt art-hål på sistone! chowen e najs! Gillar också warm up snubben du gjorde!

[Reedux]

Partisan, no ofc not :)
alexson, du är bättre du också sedan sist jag såg dina grejjer :)

Just a speedpaint, trying to figure out what I want to draw today :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/march11/Desert%20speedpaint.jpg

[Reedux]

Another desert speedpaint :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/march11/Desert%20speedpaint3.jpg

[Reedux]

Impact crate, sketch.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/march11/end%20of%20the%20world_sketch.jpg

[Partisan]

really like the envos in post 226 and 228, especially 226 feels really scary

[Reedux]

Cheers Partisan! Here's the finished one with steps! :)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/march11/Impact%20Crate_%20fin.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/march11/Impact_steps.gif

[Partisan]

this small turquoise outline is super cool might steel this >..>, may I suggest : loose the girls ...the whole picture is epic but this girl makes it kind of ....cheap looking ....or at least make her much smaller.

[Reedux]

I tried tons of versions with the little girl (and without) and this is the one I liked the best :)

Working on a pinup! :D
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/march11/firelady_wip.jpg

[Reedux]

Update on the pinup.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/march11/firelady_05.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/march11/apathy_bored.jpg

[alexson]

Good stuff, man. Environments look great as always, nice progress on the pinup too! Keep up the good work!

[Reedux]

Finished! I preferred her naked, guess I'm a perv like that! :D
Saved a BUNCH of layers on this one so I'll see if I can get a gif for steps up later.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/march11/Firelady_naked_finished.jpg

[Two Listen]

Pretty awesome stuff bud. Like how you've got such a consistency to your workflow. Boy is that something I'm so far from having achieved.

[Jesus Food]

one thing i notice in ur lastest update, great job btw, is the cresent of shadow at her pelvis, it looks like its symmetrical and not at an angle where it doesnt really match her pose. maybe thats me.

keep up the good work man :)

[Parsakoira]

damn, that last one turned out really hot! keep up the good work!

[Reedux]

Thanks guys, as promised here are steps!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Finished/march11/fireladysteps.gif

[Partisan]

on my weekly hug-round so here is yours : :hugsmile:

keep it up
Seb

[Reedux]

Thanks for the hug :>

Got commissioned to draw a horse <_<
Aaaand, a sketch I'm working on. Mock-up movie poster.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/march11/Cindy_oval.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/march11/atomhawk_sketch2.jpg

[Reedux]

Speed paint and further development on the poster.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/march11/Farmnight.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/march11/atomhawk_sketch5.jpg

[Odayga]

Your illustrations are very beautiful as well as your character sheets/concepts, I'm subscribing to this thread for sure! very inspirational work! keep it up :)

[carakhan]

really nice work, I particularly like your tree composition with the steps on the previous page. The latest enviro looks cool, really bring that light source up so we can see what he's looking at :)

[Reedux]

+ 5000 cool points for Odayga and Arenyth for being awesome <3

Just thought I'd throw this out real quick;
I'm planning a move to Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. If there are any studies hiring or possible freelance, I'm interested!

[Reedux]

Trying out more compositions and adding much needed negative space ;)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/march11/atomhawk_sketch6.jpg

[NickyBeats]

really awesome sketchbook man! love the movie poster concepts, and your recent paintings all kick ass!! good stuff!

[Reedux]

I'm glad you like it NickyBeats! :)

Update on the poster, pay attention to the negative spaces.
I've implied hawk like forms in the menacing eyes as well.

I'm still unsure about both colour and the wings though.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/march11/atomhawk_sketch9.jpg

[Reedux]

More work on the poster and a warm up sketch based on Atomhawk Designs Logo.
It's just a joke.

Just nitpicking right now, looking for a solid way to display the atom and uh.. it's a bit too bright yeah? :D

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/april11/falconkick.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/march11/atomhawk_sketch10.jpg

[Reedux]

I'm reading this book called "Discworld: The colour of magic", I'm only 26pages in and I got inspired to draw this encounter from the book. I hope it gets better in terms of inspiration!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10867635/Sketches/april11/Rincewind_encounter.jpg