MRs sketchbook

[master.mind]

Hi fellow artists,
it`s about time to start a sketchbook. In the next few month an years I`ll work hard to become a better artist! Big words I know:yayca:
I try to poste here at least 5 times a week. Any crits and other advices are very welcome!
...so let`s get startet.

May the force be with us!

[master.mind]

For the last 5 years I always was sketching with ink. Last week i switched to pencil and i love it!!

[master.mind]

thats it for today... some sketches for the COW, some hand studies and a quick color study from Oldboy... critique is welcome... thanks:yayca:

[p sage]

Nice start. I like the characters you're coming up with.

Keep posting and post much more :)

[mino-jen]

hey, i like your stuff, expecially the oriental guys and the guy with the armour looks pretty cool too!

[Alucid]

Hey Nice sketches :) Your COW sketches especially. Keep it up, I'll be watching :)

Edit: ....and your CGS portfolio is very nice btw :)

[zweiDee]

nice start michael!

it's time to meet us this or next month!
keep up the nice inkz!

[mr-roi]

REALLY cool studies. I love how you first draw the skull and then the flesh, lol.

[master.mind]

p sage: thanks!! an I will!

mino-jen: thank you here are some more oriental guys...

Alucid Thanks thanks thanks

zweiDee hey! ja sicher, iz hani nämlich o wider zit mir luege...

mr-roi thanks!


..ok here some more COw sketches, hand studies from observation and imagination.. and a little bit of blade runner

until tomorrow:yayca:

[Teowli]

I really like the shading in the right-central face of this image. (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=795022&stc=1&d=1254699288) Really, I like the way you shade all of them, but that one captures my attention more than the others. I think it's the angle of the body: bent forward, looking up at you, casting a shadow over the face and chest. What is that contraption around his neck? I can't tell if it's nuts and bolts, or some sort of liquid vials.

Also, what kind of pencils did you use for these? I stick to the .5 lead mechanical pencils because I'm lazy, but seeing these broad strokes makes me want to try them. :)

[drd]

I love the top two of this last update! The crosshatching is magnificent!

I also really like the thumbnail in the first post; it looks like an old master pen and ink study or something.

Great work man.

[master.mind]

Teowli thanks man, i don`t know whats around hes neck eather ;) i wont go any further with this concept.. so whoe cares.. yes I use a .5 or 0.7 lead mechanical pencil

drd thx!


..here some crappy selfportraits from the last few days, another sheet of COW and some hands as usual. my flat made gave me an anatomy book from Gottfried Brammes so I did a few studdies from there and afterwards some hands from imagination.
My movie colour studdy today is from the great movie: " La cité des enfants perdus..

good night

[psantha]

Great stuff! Your lines are impressive.

[master.mind]

psantha tjanks man I`m workin on it..


..more unspectacular COW... arms and hands_ need much more practice on these! damn!
and a pretty messy colour study of LotR 2. :yayca:

[master.mind]

...arms study, Bammes & imagination. Hands from imagination.
quick selfportrait alla-prima-style.. and colour study from "Les Rivières pourpres II - Les anges de l'apocalypse"

:yayca:

[master.mind]

..thats it for today! a couple 45 sec poses an actually very beautiful girl (sorry for the worse realization ) and Blade Runner...
good night :yayca:

[towy]

really good start :] like your sketch and color

[master.mind]

towy thanks a lot!

...I was a bit lazy with scanning my stuff.. it`s so damn time consuming.. anyway here are some quick poses (45",60" and 90") i have moe stuff to scann.. so cya:yayca:

[Eiki]

Great studies!
Keep doing those :)

[master.mind]

:rocker:

[master.mind]

Eiki thanks, I will!

here`s the stuff from today and yesterday...:yayca:

[master.mind]

hi

COW 176 wip, 60 sec poses, Bammes studies, arms from life..:yayca:

[master.mind]

helo! some 60" poses, arms mostly from imagination, some torsos and a 20 min life drawing! :yayca:

[Cacodaemonia]

Love your Masquerade CHOW entry. Keep it up with the studies - you're improving! :)

[master.mind]

Cacodaemonia thanks and nice to hear

..amd here he is; my first Chow entry

Chow#176

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to see all entries click -->here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=171722)

:wip:

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[Cacodaemonia]

Damn, that is a sexy costume. XD I'm guessing you used a lot of references for it? If so, would you mind sharing the sites where you found such awesome period clothes?

[master.mind]

Cacodaemonia : thanks again but I have to disapoint you I didn`t use any refs for this piece :) I went with a certain feeling and mood and tweaked the costume until it felt right.

[Cacodaemonia]

Wow, really? That's fantastic! I'm even more impressed. :)

[master.mind]

autumn!
wip Chow#177

[mulan]

did you make a new brush?,.... hehehe (;

[master.mind]

hi there- I`m a slacker with scanning my stuff I`m sorry
here two pages from my sketchbook.. with my favorite medium.. INK :yayca:

[master.mind]

some more pages... I want to do a little image series about cyborgs. thats because "cyborgs" is written all over these pages!

[master.mind]

here a crappy page of mine (inks are so damn unforgivable :S )

and a Sergio Toppi studdy..:yayca:

[Cacodaemonia]

Lots of great sketches! I like the dude on the left page here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=814718&stc=1&d=1256817227), with his hand raised up into that sigil/design.

That Toppi study is gorgeous, though I admit I've never seen the original work.

[master.mind]

Cacodaemonia thanks

Sergio Toppi is definitely worth a look. But i don`t like everything he draws, sometimes he`s too ornamental for me, but his value design is awesome.

here some pages.. I have to gear up!! drastically!! :yayca:

[Cacodaemonia]

Really like the face studies here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=818913&stc=1&d=1257206214). :) For your figure sketches, maybe try focusing less on outlining, and describe more of the interior of the figure? Like, folds, muscles, shadows, etc.

[master.mind]

Cacodaemonia

Thanks for the advice, but I`m drawing these little studdies from
posemaniacs.com and because there are just those scrappy models I don`t want to draw some wrong shapes. But for the overall gestures they work
fine. I`ll probably attend a life drawing class on january so....


here some stuff

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819794

last page from sketchbook nr. 10 or so. colored a copy from the previous page with water colours

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[master.mind]

... peace :yayca:

[master.mind]

some idea development.... :yayca:

[Pixie Trick]

A very neat little sb you have here, sir! It is very interesting to to see the very quick improvement of your line quality and the great progress in figure from all the hard work you've put in. What I would love to see would be some costume designs and mebbe some people interacting with one another.

...But what do I know... :P Keep up the great work! :sungod:

[master.mind]

Pixie Trick's thanks
.. no you`re absolutely right.. more costume designs and interacting stuff is on the way ;)..

[master.mind]

..here some costum designs :wink:

[master.mind]

...:yayca:

[master.mind]

:yayca:

[master.mind]

..30 min study with a warm light source from my room and a cool from my window...
have to do more of these

[maximunki]

Gorgeous work. Loving the characters and costumes in particular, and I could learn a LOT from your shading. :D

[Holland]

Brilliant sketch work!! Best i've seen recently :)

[master.mind]

maximunki thanks

Holland open your eyes man ;)


here a Velasquez study with a quite big brush.. struggled a bit with the face because I didn`t want to zoom in

[Kogaras]

an awesome sketch book dude. great looking head sketches

[Kristo Novo]

damn cool stuff in here. your still on a very good level. just keep going.

[zweiDee]

grüezi, fresh stuff mate. love the sketches! *****

greetz from zh!

[Holland]

Holland open your eyes man ;)

I just like interesting sketches :)

[master.mind]

Kogaras thabks a lot man

Kristo Novo thanks

zweiDee grüezi Diego. merci

Holland :yayca:

sorry for the long pause. I am learning to paint with oils..

here`s my first portrait attempt.

[master.mind]

...sketchbook :yayca:

[Cacodaemonia]

You're making great progress! The Velasquez study looks good, and the portrait is coming along. :) Right now the highlights and shadows look too desaturated though.

[master.mind]

Cacodaemonia thanks- soon I`ll do an other portrait and i hope a better one.

..an other sketchbook finished..

[Pixie Trick]

The can and oil paintings are both very different from your sketching style: more tentitive and layered. I realize that this is probably because you're fairly new with both mediums, but I think slapping on the analogue and digital paint a bit more thickly would work well. It can get muddy if you overwork either too much. Working big to small and all that good stuff. :) Anyway, if the glob doesn't work, you can control-z, wipe it off, or know better next time!

...and I agree with Holland: I like interesting sketches. :D

[master.mind]

Pixie Trick

Good point. thx! But I don`t want to enforce my painting style.. It will develop with the time I hope.

some sketching with a war-photograpy book in front of me

[master.mind]

still life- oils

[master.mind]

...and another failed attempt
I`m sorry Célia

[Spaggen]

Really really good stuff in here man! Great drawings and paintings, lovely lines. And the studies looks superb too. I can definitely see that ink is your favorite medium hehe. :)

Don't have any critic, just keep doing what you're doing! :)

[derss]

Nice! very good lifestudies! keep it up :)

[Carnifex]

i love these kind of, how should i say..."ratty" lines. very expressive.

[Bushido]

You r doing a great work!

Keep it up!

[SekuDanba]

Nice work here Master.Mind, really diggin' the sketches. Also, your Digital Painting skills are really good, love to see more process related posts though ;)

Also, the CHOW on the first or second page in this thread, Concept Fantastico! Reminisce of the Assassins' Creed II trailer...if anyone saw it.
Like to see him appear in a bigger piece :P

[kischi]

really great stuff, keep it up - love your sketches!

[master.mind]

merci

yes I love Ink and I fell in love with oils...

[Spaggen]

Yay, an update! :) Lovely sketches as usual. A lot of things going on there. 5 stars for you. Keep rocking it man!

Btw, I've sent a PM!

[krel]

Diggin this! Your choice of colors in the avatar reminded me of Yoji Shinkawa.

[GETBUCK]

wow you use ink so i dont know ..mm well cant find the right word now but i do like how you use it :D
you will improve dramaticly if you keep drawing with this kind of speed :O
crazy

[engelhardt]

Hey master.mind, you guy really rock with ink. The soldier studys are my favorite. And your detailed coloured digital stuff is great as well! Keep up the good work!

[timo.]

amazing sketches man, i love them

[mrdigs]

lovely stuff, like the way you fill your sketchbook pages.

really like the way you setup the skull and shoe still life as well.

[master.mind]

Spaggen Thanks man!

krel thx didn`t thought of Yoji but- yea

GETBUCK ..i hope so

engelhardt thanks :yayca:

mrdigs :yayca:


here some stuff. Some interpretations of WW2 photographs. It`s a very good practise- if you don`t copy what you`re seeing- you have to draw it with your own lines if this makes sense

Cheers

MR

[Wasker]

Awesome sketchbook pages man.

[master.mind]

Wasker thanks

here rather boring some 30" figures.

[master.mind]

here a selfportrait. I start these portraits generally between 10 an 11pm and after some hours I leave them as they are. This gives me a reference if there is any progress happening.

[zweiDee]

hammer skizzen michael! deine lines sind anders geil! müssen uns echt ma nächstes jahr treffen und bischen sketchen. ;)

cheerz!

[master.mind]

zweiDee Danke Herr! ..bini drbi!
..some ideas for my next illustration... I`ll keep you updated!

MR

[GETBUCK]

thanks for the inspiration :)

[krel]

Your sketches are lovely. The self portrait looking good aswell.

[master.mind]

GETBUCK never mind!

krel thanks


on this figure I tried to understand the hatching of Orson Lowell
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[brubaker]

Your ink sketchbooks are soooo fun to look at. This is some really inspirational stuff you have here.

[michaeljared]

I really like your drawings and studies. Have you looked at heinrich kley's ink drawings before? I think you might find them interesting. keep up the good sketchbook.

[master.mind]

brubaker thanks

michaeljared thanks- No I don`t know heinrich kley- will check him out!


...just finished a quick oil sektch of myself :D

[ArtZealot]

You have some really great stuff in here. I especially like your sketchbook pages, you seem to really know your way around using ink. That oil painting is really nice too; it has some great textures going on, a good level of contrast, as well as being nice and loose. Cheers'

[master.mind]

ArtZealot thanks a lot.. I just started with oils two month ago.. by doing these portraits I try to understand the medium... if I feel a bit more confident I`ll start to sketch also with oils/colour... anyway:)

an other page. still searching a good composition..

[master.mind]

...some anatomy

[krel]

lovely :)

[master.mind]

thanks krel

ok...

sargent study under 2 hours.. I notied that i painted the heads too big :) anyway, had a lot of fun

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=853827&d=1260736947
here the original

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=853834&d=1260737282

..and the wip

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=853829&d=1260737038

[ImaGEEnation]

Mate, really inspiring stuff here! Can't wait to see what you'll come up with from your ideas in the skecthbook! Keep posting!

[J.R.Segura]

Thank you! I have to work more on my drawings but when I have time ill do more oil studies.

Your ink work is amazing!! 5 stars!

[Kasei]

Oh wow--fantastic stuff! The details you get in your ink drawings are just incredible. Love it!

[master.mind]

ImaGEEnation thanks-- yeah me too ;)

J.R.Segura thanks- looking foreward to it

Kasei :yayca:


...and once again this face :$

[DkS]

Wow! great drawing technique!! Probaby i'll use some of your studies for reference ;)

[witcrack]

I'm definitely subscribed to this thread of yours. Awesome works!

[master.mind]

DkS thanks and feel free... :)

witcrack Yeah!! thx

..here an other page...

all these sketches are for the challenge at http://www.itsartmag.com/index.html (http://www.itsartmag.com/index.html) come join me!

[Aryeh]

AWESOME sketchbook, very inspiring!

[BranFlakes]

You easily have one of my favorite sketchbooks on the site. This sb also inspired me to try more ink as well as check out some of your reference artists including Sergio Toppi and I'm glad I did, love his work (same goes for yours).
5 *'s and subscribed.

[Eric Young]

Your ink sketches are very inspiring. keep up the great stuff.

[master.mind]

thanks guyd
here a boaring thumbnail/composition page. Half of my sketchbook is full of these.. it is a very important stage for me to find the absulute best composition for the subject I want to paint..

[bharat]

just... awesomeee ....!!!work ....sir, can u pls come n visit my stuff n give some tips to me ,crits allwase well come ...good luck.

[krel]

Beautiful as always :)

[areve]

mmm nice sketches :)

[master.mind]

thanks guys- sorry for the long pause... for those who asked- here my drawing material..

[GEB]

Nice style, kinda reminds me of Ralph Steadman in its erratic nature. Bet it's a bastard to get ur hands clean tho...

[Lightpunk]

Great stuff in here - all the colour stuff is great but I am really loving the sketchbook and the inks, top stuff

[conte]

dude, you're unstoppable and that rocks, thank you so much for inspiration!

[Artguy]

Awsome line work. THere's a nice sense of confidence in those lines.

Keep it up... Will check in regularly.

[abhorsen950]

Visually stunning!!
One of the best sketchbooks ive seen good job.

Keep it coming.
Stevee

[master.mind]

...had an error showing up couldn`t post- sorry


GEB ..my hands are never clean :scribble:

Lightpunk thanks- some day I`ll try to combine the two

conte you`re welcome, thanks

Artguy i will, thanks

abhorsen950 :yayca:


so here some stuff from the last days

1- morning view from my atelier- tried to catch the mood with a quick painting

2. ..in Berne/CH

3. Pont au Double, Paris

[MatejaPetkovic]

cool works

M

[abhorsen950]

Another collection of stunning work.
Congrats

steve

[master.mind]

MatejaPetkovic thanks

abhorsen950 :yayca:

I`am a bit lazy at the moment (no motivation for some reason) :dead:

here some boring 45 s poses

[Gisaiagami]

Very Amazing Study

[Taneli]

Ooh I like a lot! Stuff on your homepage is great too. What brand is your sketchbook? It looks good.

[Pixie Trick]

I love post 111. Nice work!

[master.mind]

unnamed.device ...hu thanks a lot. you gave me the idea to start this weeks chow. thanks

Gisaiagami :yayca:

Taneli thanks- I by buy my sketchbooks at BOESNER (http://www.boesner.com/boesner/servlet/frontend/Hauptlayout/superClient/Startseite.html)- though they suck for pencil drawings

Pixie Trick: thx


here some stuff, celtic sketches for this weeks chow

[Hideyoshi]

joy to look at your sketchbook, both subject matter and style are appealing!

[B-Man]

seriously love your sketches. Your inkwork is a joy too look at. Feels like all your sketches come to life. :)

[abhorsen950]

Really Nice stuff mate.
A question how did you get the shading under your eyes? it makes them look so real i really love the rough sketchy look you achieve with the ink

[alap]

amazing stuff & its helping me.....

[master.mind]

Hideyoshi appreciate it- thx

B-Man thanks for the kind words

unnamed.devic ...at the moment I use some Ink i bought in a supermarket in japan for 3$ ... but I don`t have any favorite indian ink..

abhorsen950 which eyes?

alap :yayca:




..here a bunch for this weeks chow "the celt" Im going with the second last pose..
I hope I van finish on time- I want to paint my character in oils... and I have also some comissions running.. anyway

[Carnifex]

really nice sketches there...at once loose and precise.

[The_Flying_Dutchman]

Impressive stuff, the colour studies are a great idea i think and the volume of drawing is what leads to a great skill set at the end of the day. Keep it up and I'll keep an eye on it!

[abhorsen950]

Just general eyes on a few of the images youve done what looks like lines acrosse them for shading.
But how do you give yourself Direction?

Excellent new stuff

Steve

[mike butkus]

Wonderful sketch book!

[gdlr]

Très beau travail!

J'adore tes esquisses, que ce soit des poses, des idées en vrac, des paysages... tes pages sont bien rempli et personnellement j'ai passé plusieurs minutes à regarder chacune d'elles en m'arrêtant sur des petits détails (peut-être involontaire). Enfin bref encore une fois bravo et continu de nous fournir en esquisses :) cela donne beaucoup de sources d'inspirations de voir tes travaux et bonne chance pour le CHOW du celtique :).

[master.mind]

...ink wash- coloured pencil and some colour adjustements in photoshop
reply tomorrow...

[witcrack]

Really cool looking SB! I like your ink wash a lot. How much does your Sketchbook paper weigh (the thickness), btw?

[BranFlakes]

You are magic with ink my friend! Still probably my favorite sketchbook - and surprisingly you haven't followed suite and joined the droves of button-pushing digital artists on this site.

Just a quick question on your process - do you generally complete an entire sketch and then come in over the top with your wash, or is it all (sketch, hatching, wash) done simultaneously?

[Pixie Trick]

I am extremely attracted to that shoulder...

[krel]

Every time I look at the celt, my eyes go directly to the shoulder. If I try to look at the helmet or anywhere else, it doesnt take long before im back at the shoulder.

love this SB!

[Krato]

saw your stuff in chow, you have some really nice watercolors. keep at it.

[master.mind]

abhorsen950 ..I`m sure you heard this a couple times before- but you have to forget that you want to draw eyes or that you`re drawing eyes at the moment ; you just have to draw them... :wtf: he he he i hope it makes sense

gdlr merci beaucoups- très gentil!

unnamed.device Rawwww hanks.. I will I will

witcrack 70 g/m²

BranFlakes thanks my friend- I`ve done a couple digital paintings and sometimes I still do- but working traditional is sooooooo much more satisfying
....for the most part it`s done simultaneously but I always start with my drawing pen

Pixie Trick krel he he he

unnamed.device :yayca:

Krato ... just inks


ok ...

my chow187 (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=180755) entry "the celt"

Ink wash, painter , photoshop, it was hard to keep the energy and expression of my sketch.

[master.mind]

unnamed.device :yayca::yayca::yayca:

Today finaly started my anatomy course...

here some 15-20 min poses

[Jordan85]

very nice!

[master.mind]

Jordan85 thanks

here some randome sketchbook stuff

[Carnifex]

that second environment is awesome,especially the archway. love it!

[witcrack]

Strange, from how i look at it (based on what you showed here (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=904331&stc=1&d=1265992601)), i find that your imagination figure is stronger than one from observation. The last two (figure studies) are quite nice though.
Your sketchbooks is still awesome as usual :) I might trade them with money, you know :D Just kidding.

[seetsy]

loving ur sketchbooks, really creative and appealing way of composing the drawings on the page :)

[DANKA]

Nice sketches and watercolor...really nice paint study!

[ploepp]

Wow. I really look up to your ink drawings.
Thanks for the inspiration!

[bouroune]

yo, love your art man, the last "venice style" enviro is excellent,
i really like the association of your thin pen and watercolors, keep on sharing!

[Giorge]

unholy shit ... that view of the channel came out very nice , struck a something in my skull trough my eyes O_O

and the digital painting over watercolor under-painting, sweet ... i like to do that now and then ... can't replace the wonderful effects you get with that watercolor wash

keep at it

[master.mind]

Carnifex thanks

witcrack yeah you`re right- thats because I attempted to this course

seetsy merci

DANKA thanks- no watercolours just ink washes

ploepp thanks

bouroune yo thanks man

Giorge thanks. yeah digital has absolutely no chance against traditional stuff


here some 5 min figure sketches...
Sorry for the lack of updates but I`m very yery busy

[master.mind]

...some figure sketches

[master.mind]

...some quick sketches

[Jesus Food]

nice sketches but compared to ur ink work ur pencil sketches seem dull in comparison, in terms of proportion they look fine tho

[master.mind]

...rediscovering my imagination and my sketchbook

[prsnsweeney]

wow i love your ink work it comes right off the page and i must say i like your choice to go the more traditional route there is just something about ink to paper that..... catches the eye and tells a story my favorite sketch is the one of the canal with the archway i think its on the 5th page beautifull i just discovered ink washes but havnt had time to experiment due to finals

my sb http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=183262&page=2

[The_Flying_Dutchman]

Excellent pencil work. Keep posting!

[master.mind]

prsnsweeney thanks . I also like working in Ps but at the end of the day I`m always missing something. Working traditional its way more satisfying.. but that`s just how I feel

The_Flying_Dutchman
thanks


last night at the cafee

[master.mind]

hi,
Last week I did some chatroulette portraits. I`ts fun but very difficult.You are very short of time and each mark you`re making has to be interesting enough to hold the connection.
I attached a mittor to my webcam, so the ony thing what the people can see are my hands and the paper.

here the portraits from my blog (http://mraaflaub.blogspot.com/)!


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0l45CuDgxZ8/S7ibj0mwyVI/AAAAAAAAAJU/U9957KL4qzM/s1600/44.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0l45CuDgxZ8/S7jcT62MeRI/AAAAAAAAAJs/kTwiW_3RXu8/s1600/44_4.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0l45CuDgxZ8/S7jcPbaUzyI/AAAAAAAAAJk/eB7CpY-4jOM/s1600/44_3.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0l45CuDgxZ8/S7jdS9VGsuI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/b2lXmwr8qsw/s1600/44_5.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0l45CuDgxZ8/S7jcJxmFQTI/AAAAAAAAAJc/idEBNs-sXnw/s1600/44_2.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0l45CuDgxZ8/S7kZUYoRDkI/AAAAAAAAAKM/NkceheHgNP0/s1600/54_3.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0l45CuDgxZ8/S7kZNQA2g4I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/YY72k-PYPBY/s1600/54_1.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0l45CuDgxZ8/S7kZQ496hMI/AAAAAAAAAKE/9EH7_mV1xJ0/s1600/54_2.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0l45CuDgxZ8/S7k5TVNLEpI/AAAAAAAAAKc/AC0l8l6JWJs/s1600/54_5.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0l45CuDgxZ8/S7k5PMTq1pI/AAAAAAAAAKU/kJXBlbodhME/s1600/54_4.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0l45CuDgxZ8/S78eX-JKrNI/AAAAAAAAAKk/5gJNeXRj1Ug/s1600/94_1.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0l45CuDgxZ8/S78ebtNVJYI/AAAAAAAAAKs/nCWVkWISDAM/s1600/94_2.jpg

[ThomasM]

Hey really loving the Ink work and the pencil too! big fan of your style so keep up the good work!

Tom

[shumizu]

Wonderfull sketchbook!!!

[Exon-Ion]

Nice sketchbook, and wonderful portraits, shows great variation in faces and people. keep it up!

[Holland]

portraits are looking great :D

[master.mind]

hey, I`m not very active at the moment, thinking a lot latley
here a sketch of a statue (Inkwash)

cheers¨¨

[Kan Muftić]

geili zeichnig!

[Ivan Turcin]

Watching your studies it only makes me what to draw more myself :D
Nice sketchbook!

[Aryeh]

LOVE LOVE LOVE the ink study! gosh you are very talented dude! keep it up and you'll be rembrant in no time!

[LAL]

man. I like your ink study!very good!keep it up!

[LAL]

oh ^^^^^^^^so many practices!nice work!Study from you !keep up my friend!

[Martell.Joshua]

Do you get your gesture drawings from photos or from your head?

[papervampire]

Lovely work and great studies... haha love the chatroulette drawings I'd like to come across you in cr ;)

[master.mind]

Kan Muftić: hey! danke gruss aus Bern

unnamed.device right!! :scribble:

Ivan Turcin thanks appreciate it!

lolbbq he he he :oneye:

LAL merci


Martell.Joshua from life- 5 to 10 min. poses

apervampire thanks

oil portrait and figures

cya

[master.mind]

Pont neuf

[Yautja892]

Really great sketchbook you got here! I'm enjoying the ink washes your doing. Curious what paper thickness your working with for your sketchbook pages with the inks? 300 gsm ? Keep up the great work!

[NickyBeats]

wow mastermind. really beautiful work, well deserving of 5 stars, i dont know who gave you only 4. but ill try to rectify that.

the pen and wash sketches are just amazing. really jump out at you. keep it up man!

[master.mind]

Yautja892 thanks paper thickness of my sketchbook 170 gsm and other paper i`m using is 220.

NickyBeats thanks appreciate it!

Le musée d`histoitre naturelle in Paris and a collage of recent live drawing sessions

[Exon-Ion]

Nice life drawing sketches, me likes the museum drawing too, did you like do that in one sitting from life? If so, you have some awesome concentration/patience.

[master.mind]

Exon-Ion thanks- they are from two different sittings

La Fontaine Medici à Paris

[Exon-Ion]

Interesting perspective, makes me wanna do architectural studies...

[master.mind]

Le musée de l`histoire naturelle- Paris

[Carnifex]

god i love those inkwash studies!

[hücumkedi]

wow stunning urban sketches...

[master.mind]

hey CAers sorry for the big lack of updates. I didn`t draw for the past months. I was thinking a lot about my life, my career ect.. I hope this big artist slump is now over. (it was the biggest so far):clown:
here some pages
enjoy

[Bleo]

amazing work! I really love those loose sketches of people you done in a short amount of time.. Keep it up! ^^

[master.mind]

Bleo: thanks man

here is a character design I did a year ago. It was for an exhibition about rumour. It shows the greek goddess Pheme (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheme) in an contemporary design. The exhibition was for nine month in Berne ( Switzerland) and now she moves to Berlin.

[master.mind]

...from an other comission.

mood sketches and background painting for an animated tv commercial

[master.mind]

from my sketchbook

[master.mind]

...an other page

[beigeape]

yo, friggin great sketvhbook man, dig the washes, everything else is great too, keep posting

[ThomasM]

Post 178 and 182 are just incredible. I love your sketchbook stuff. You can really tell you've been sketching for 5 years! I have been doing it myself for a year and there is a big difference in how you make marks. Yours are accurate but also have interest and character. I'm more like a meat camera! Wish I had a sketchbook like this - anyway post more pages please. The goddess exhibition is intresting too btw.

Only crit would be to post more and less "thinking" :p

[Mawh]

Mmmmmh, I love that kind of high-density sketchbook page ! Very nice !
And your watercolors are absolutely wonderful. Pen + ink ?

[master.mind]

Mawh thanks yes pen + ink

ThomasM thanks man, you guessed right startet my first serious sketchbook 5 yers ago.
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And yes I have a thinking problem! I`m sketching every day I`m just posting 10 %. But I havn`t finished an illustration for a long time. I`m kind of scared. In this year I tried to reboot my habbits... starting over again. I wanted to get away from Photoshop and to find my own voice. But this process was or is harder than I thought in the beginning.
I am so bored of all the fanciless cliché art!!!
...sorry for this
don`t you agree with me that thinking anyhow is a really important aspect of art. and I know it is hard to find the right mixture of thinking and producing.
what are your thoughts?


beigeape yo thanks

an other page

[Carnifex]

i find i have the hardest time really finishing a thought (or piece), and being able to present it accordingly.
but on the other hand,i often enjoy the sketching and development process more.

[pamukluprenses]

Loved the sketchbook pages with imaginary illustrations, somehow so familiar faces and lines..

Just read about the thinking part, I have seen that art is influenced by the way of thinking, state of mind and much more.. I guess questioning yourself is showing that you are carrying on..

[master.mind]

Carnifex thx for your thoughts.. but i think that exactly the finishing of a peace makes you improving to most

pamukluprenses thanks and I totally agree but it is a fine line..

[Carnifex]

it does, doesn't it? i should work more on my portfolio...

[master.mind]

Carnifex at least it`s my opinion! so let`s start!

here an other page with some "Chow sketches" but I have no time to finish them

[maeharrington]

Actually these dense sketchbook pages are really fresh, I like the overall spontaneous and "real" feel. Nice, well done!
r.

[master.mind]

maeharrington thanks-

[AndreRuben]

"And yes I have a thinking problem! I`m sketching every day I`m just posting 10 %. But I havn`t finished an illustration for a long time. I`m kind of scared. In this year I tried to reboot my habbits... starting over again. I wanted to get away from Photoshop and to find my own voice. But this process was or is harder than I thought in the beginning.
I am so bored of all the fanciless cliché art!!!
...sorry for this
don`t you agree with me that thinking anyhow is a really important aspect of art. and I know it is hard to find the right mixture of thinking and producing.
what are your thoughts?"

I wont even compare your situation with mine, but let me tell you that i'm on a similair phase. I've been traveling for one month and of course, i drew all the way. i filled 3 sketchbooks, one has been stolen, in paris(but i bought another one right away, and bigger) so, the other one is to big to be scanned and the other one i won't scan it until i photograph the big one and do a collection of what i drew on the trip. I said this to let you know that i'v been drawing without thinking a lot! only drawing what i see.
And I'm filling sketchbooks way to fast, as i never did before, i can't even find the time to scan all the pages, and honestly i don't want to.

The thing is, i'v been drawing a lot without thinking and now i embraced a project and the "thinking" part is starting to show up more and more.
If i have to classify the thinking part and the not thinking part, i would say that.. i don't know. if you draw for other eyes to see, thinking will burst the way you paint/draw and you learn! And not only from yourself, but from what you expect that the viewers will feel while looking at your work. If you draw for yourself, then thinking is not needed, drawing will be an experimentation, justifying yourself is not needed, so the drawing is, in the end, yourself, wich doesn't happen when you think while creating something. i guess.

Anyway i look at your sketchbook pages and my jaw just drops into the floor eahc time i do it.
May i ask you something? Do you draw lots of faces/people/expressions in the street with your regular medium? because i see life drawings yes, but mostly buildings, and the poses seem from posemaniacs.. I love your inks, I was trying to imagine myself with a drawing kit like yours, but i guess it would be much harder to sketch something spontanious with those materials. anyhow, you do have lots of excelent drawings of people/faces wich seem that were made from life, spontaneous. do you inkwash them right after you trace the lines or you do it in some other phase?
and what kind of sketchbook is yours? i saw the photo but i dont recognise it. Are the drawings scanned, or photographed? (i have to get a camera, not only for bigger drawings but to take some photographs of stuff that i can't draw in the place, and then draw while i'm at home)

I'm sorry if i'm being anoying, and of course, you don't have to answer me if you dont feel like it now.

cheers!

[Cozmo]

Jordan85 thanks

here some randome sketchbook stuff

Master Mind, I love your work. I've been going through your book page by page, and admiring all of the different character sketches and studies. I'm so glad to see that you're old school, and you don't do everything in Photoshop. That's a great program, but there's nothing like sharpening up a pencil or doing your own ink wash.

But then I saw that picture you did of the Bridge of Sighs in Venice. Man, I've been there a few times, and knowing that the view from the bridge was the last thing a man would see before being locked away in the prison on the other side, you've really captured a feeling of desperation and gloom in your drawing. Maybe you didn't intend to, but it felt loud and clear to me. Excellent job!

By the way, you mentioned on the first or second page about drawing from WW2 photos...were you meaning that you look at the photo for the basis and then sort of add your own details to the picture?

[master.mind]

AndreRuben

"If you draw for yourself, then thinking is not needed, drawing will be an experimentation, justifying yourself is not needed, so the drawing is, in the end, yourself, wich doesn't happen when you think while creating something. i guess."

I see your point, but If your intention is to create more than just beautyful pictures, the thinking is mandatory a part of the process even a part of the artwork..
Lately I didn`t draw many faces from life. And I rarely have my indian ink with me when I am doing so. Using simply some fineliners or a black colored pencil like here (http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=946560&stc=1&d=1270284423) But the most part of my sketchbook was drawn from head.
My sketchbook is from boesner (http://www.boesner.com/boesner/servlet/frontend/Hauptlayout/superClient/Startseite.html)

best regards

Cozmo

Thank you.
I agree with you about Photoshop. An year and a half a go I did a series of illustrations in Photoshop --> (http://mr.cgsociety.org/gallery/) and it was always very frustrating in the end to have just a file on your desktop. And people don`t have styles anymore, pretty much all Ps paintings look the same. And one of the biggest mistakes that is done these days is to start painting in Ps if you don`t have any traditional experience.

Yes a while ago I sketched from ww2 photos. I just used the photos as a basic and tried to get away from them as the sketch developed. It`s a good technique to find new forms and lines in your usual sketching or drawing habit

[Mawh]

And people don`t have styles anymore, pretty much all Ps paintings look the same.
Yea you seem to be right...
Very nice sketches as usual.

[master.mind]

This is a A3 (11 x 16) ink drawing- made out of a failed project, no refs used

[fantasyartist]

Great stuff mate! I could learn a thing or two from you. I'll keep an eye on this sketchbook.

[llex_paul]

you have great ideas man you just have to keep work on the rendering and anatomy. keep it up man;)

[master.mind]

fantasyartist

thx you`re welcome here

llex_paul thanks and I will


took this peace in to Ps and added a little bit of color..

[Carnifex]

love the mood in this one.

[LtPlissken]

Your work is great. I am subscribed.

[master.mind]

thanks guys

decited to to this weeks chow theme "Day & night"
don`t know if I can finish it on time. Though I`ll finish it for myself anyway
First I`ll paint it in Ps and afterwards I`d like to paint it in oils or acrylics

[aks9]

havnt seen a sketchbook that really inspired me in a long time.
I think it was loomis that said that drawing is really a thinking man's art? or maybe it was harold speed.
im looking forward to seeing more!

I was one of those wanting to learn ps painting without any knowledge of traditional paints. Do you think that knowing traditional paints will help me make paintings that don't have that samey photoshoppey feel? I can imagine that it would help me learn to paint much better and understand painting better, but not necessarily help much or at all when it comes to making ps art that looks distinctive and with its own style.

[W0W]

heys!
gosh... i find this soo inspiring... its my kind of draw in fact... but still im nothing compared to you! :)
i got 1 question. what do you use to do the shading on the background? (post 197)

best regards!

[master.mind]

aks9
thanks- I think its essential because painting in traditional mediums helps to really understand color

W0W
thx- it`s indian ink

I MADE A NEW WEBSITE http://www.mraaflaub.ch tell me what you think

[LtPlissken]

I was ready to vote for your work for the character of the week,
but I can see that you did not finished it.
Shame on you.

Your new website is looking sooooo good,
I like the smoothness and how those images slides in as you click on them, almost perfect.
The only thing I do not like is the blinding white general background.

[master.mind]

LtPlissken
...yea, pussed out. Had one of those feelings that I would go the wrong direction.. tomorrow is a new day for a new drawing!!
thanks for your oppinion

[master.mind]

1076483

and here a link to my new website

1076484 (http://www.mraaflaub.ch/)

[The_Flying_Dutchman]

Nice linework, man. Reminds me of some of the better european comic artists.

[Deodatus]

Great sketchbook. keep it up!

[master.mind]

The_Flying_Dutchman thanks for the nice compliment

Deodatus thanks man

[abhorsen950]

I haven't been back to this sketchbook in far to long, or to this site for that matter, I went through your sketchbook from the beginning once again and just Wow, definitely one of my fave artists on here, theres just something about your style I love, keep up the excellent work.
Steve

[master.mind]

abhorsen950 hi welcome back and thanks a lot- I just try to keep honest with my drawings and i`ll see what the future brings!

[wasabi89]

Love that characters bro !
Keep it up
beautiful work !

cheers

[Mawh]

Nice chars...

[LtPlissken]

The green colors are also some kind of ink on your drawings?

[master.mind]

wasabi89 thanks man

Mawh merci

LtPlissken nop- ordinary watercolors

[AndreRuben]

Thanks for answering my doubts.
Great pages from your sketchbooks once more. And i like how the simple use of colors make the sketches burst. i guess this last page is the first that i see with so much coloring over the sketches, in your sketchbook.

oh and just for you to know, i actualy got myself an indian ink "kit" and started to explore the medium much more deeply, just because of this thread. ahh, inspiration. =)

[master.mind]

AndreRuben heythanks Yea I try to start sketching and thinking in colors.
nice, looking foreward to some nice inks!!

last post for a couple of weeks! (army:(

[ThomasM]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAH this sketchbook just blew my mind! I'm loving the use of inks and colour in your sketchbook to really give it some interest and depth. Also your line-work. Well.. theres nothing to say about it that other people haven't already said so I won't even try. Its sick. Keep up the intense amount of sketching, youve motivated me to try tomorrow and fill some serious sketchbook pages! I might even do some copies of your heads to try and develop some of that intersting style.

Keep it up man - subscribed and rated 5

[master.mind]

ThomasM hey thanks a lot:yayca:

still no time for drawing
here some doodles

[master.mind]

......

[ThomasM]

nice post man - you say they aren't drawings and just doodles but they are pretty much exactly what I aspire to be able to draw! Are most of these from imagination again? and if so.. what would you advise to learn to draw heads from imagination.. lots from reference? And we are for the moment discounting the construction and loomis (I've done huuge amounts of that)

[raminafshari]

love your drawings .... i would love to know your drawing proses

[master.mind]

ThomasM
..all from head with no exeptions. I rarely draw from refs. If I make over and over the same misstake or have trouble drawing something I go study it for a couple of hours and then go back and continue drawing from my imagination

raminafshari
no process with this kind of drawings I just draw .. if I use watercolors or washes I add these after the linedrawing- sketch is done

[master.mind]

..back

[hücumkedi]

stunning!!!

[master.mind]

hücumkedi thanks

[Mawh]

I like.

[ThomasM]

reallly nice dude, I've been trying to sketch lots of heads from imagination (inspired by you) and its really helping me make progress. So thanks for the advice dude!

I like the police-style character on the left the most, its quite sherlock holmes-y

[raminafshari]

thanks for guidance . you still makes me feel good with your drawings .

[LtPlissken]

The next step in your art improvement would
be if you would step out from your comfort zone.
The last two or more pages are on done on a same
pattern.
Ok, you are totally great at this ink combined with
watercolor, and all looks unbelievably amazing, but...
there is always a but; when you feel that you hit the
ceiling of something, you should try something else.
You should tempt yourself with some new quests now....

[master.mind]

Mawh thx

ThomasM / raminafshari I am flatteret thanks

LtPlissken I know !! your totally right I have been running with no-load for the last couple of month but I`ll do something about it. promise soon....

anyway a couple of ballpoint pen skeches/doodles

[master.mind]

...an ink sketch of a scene I had in mind for a long time. I think I`ll develop the sketch further

[master.mind]

some sketches laying around my workspace..

[Thomas Veil]

Wow, great sketches. Great linework ... very inspirational to pick up the pencil myself more.

Maybe you wrote it here before (8 pages is a lot to check). Is it normal paper? Or Moleskine sketchbooks or such?

[Marian Rowling]

Hey Michael what a fantastic imagination you have. Makes for a brilliant sketchbook and I've really enjoyed looking through it and your website and blog. Plus I've been checking out how you initial your work as I have the same initials! :)

[ThomasM]

As always, those last few pages were great, and that ink piece really blew me away. I would have to say that my main influences in work to date are Sergio Toppi, Frank Frazetta, Moebius and Master Mind! So just know that you are up there with those guys in my mind regarding your linework.

Keep on posting thats for sure, this sb is a goldmine

[aadi]

awesome work man keep going on
http://zakirkhaan.blogspot.com

[master.mind]

Thomas Veil thanks- its a sketchbook wit 180 g/m2 (85 lbs)

Marian Rowling hey! thanks a lot! :lineart:

ThomasM ha ha ha :oneye: thanks

aadi thanks and I`ll try


chow (Berserker) wip

[hücumkedi]

awesomeness

[master.mind]

hücumkedi thx

some illustrations of a project I`m working on.
-ink

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[Kill byte]

imaginary delights here as always, bird through the mirror is great work

[ThomasM]

I actually feel sick looking at these.. so Damn good!

[Marian Rowling]

Wow Michael these are so good to look at. The line work is brilliant and you have me wondering what the story is to each picture. Your work is really inspiring. :)

[NickyBeats]

awesome pen work man!! love the hatching! keep it up!

[aks9]

awesome, composition/concept are so cool in those last ones, its all brought together real well