Sketches & Stuff! Updates daily for a while! :)

[ryan mcshane]

that girls hot man, real good, and enviro look promising!
keep it up brother!

[Falchion]

Damn, that is some impressive work you've got. Looking forward to more!

[rodrigo!]

the enviro you posted is really strong and beautifully done!!

The female is nice too, just dont forget to add some darker values under her legs to give it more weight were she is kneeling.

cheersssss

[nim]

omgz congrats on 100 page sketchbook! awesome pieces, hope to see more of that enviro stuff!

[PHATandy]

That post you made in the lounge is pretty mind-blowing.
Im absolutely saving it into my little folder of work-related jargon, it seems like veeerry useful info.
Your work is looking really good too man. I noticed you added me on MSN too the otherday, Im pretty busy atm (your probably just as busy too!) but it would be awesome to chat with you sometime.

Keep up the hardwork, I hope all the freelance stuff pulls through for you.

[Dile_]

bahh falling asleep any minute, just dropping this speedpaint on here that I did yesterday. Absolutely only 100% done for fun, nothing serious with it at all.. TIRED NOW. THANKS EVERYONE <3 Good feedback lately!

[Call0ps]

great landscape! you always had a great sense of atmosphere =D wich gets better every post =) get some rest and UPDATE MOAR xD

[PieMonster]

Cool piece! I'd like to see some more separation between mid- and foreground on the left side. And maybe some more definition on the guy on the bike, but I realize it was a quick piece, and that it's just nit picks, so keep at it, would like to see some more pencils! :)

[ryan mcshane]

what is serious art? im confused
looks super fucking dope shit motherfucker O_O

[MattGamer]

i like it brotha! art juiciness mmmmmmmm

[Dile_]

bahh.. still too busy to have time for personal stuff! I'm not slacking.. that much.. though ;)

heres something I did just now, while texting with someone really pissed off on the phone.. yay!

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B-man: Thanks

Marlee: thank you!

Call0ps: Miss ya! thanks!

rodrigo!: Thanks man! I love your stuff, really keeps me to the pencil atm!

aiRaGe: Thanks man! YOu should update!

DefiledVisions: Thanks mate!!

SnobbyOo: haha thanks!

in2eternity: Thank you! yeah its good look back sometimes..
should've gotten a lot further though! but school and other stuff distracting! damnit.

Luk999: Thanx

MattGamer: lamer! :*

Sammy: Thanks man! haha I never thought I would get that compliement.. and esp not from you! haha

PieMonster: cough*

Avisnocturna: Thanks!

ryanoir: thanks man, nailing the pencil right now.. don't have any time though! will try to post soon!

Jasper: thanks!

ThomasM: haha.. I think that same thought all the time, stumbling upon great
sb's i've seemed to have missed somehow! And i've been here since 06.

Silvestri99: thanks! Yeah I'll try!

Phatandy: Thanks man! you're getting crazy good lately! Inspiring!

hucumkedi: haha thanx

bouroune: thanks man, glad to hear you think so!

xxPurple Nugxx: hahaha ;)

Virg: F* yeah! I never seem to use the banshee unit enough though :/ it's a great unit.. love the look of it!

Ohi: haha go draw! Thanks man!

SamC: nice to see you still posting! Will do!

michael92: thanks!

Lord M: tjoo! tackar! håller med dig.. ska försöka få bättre koll på det! studerar som ett as just nu haha. mycket o göra!
tack!

Silwynar: thanks man, I agree.. the eyes are not aligned well at all.

Ryanoir: thanks! teeheh

Falchion: Thanks!

Rodrigo: haha nah man! be careful with those compliements! From you they will just add to
my already too big ego ;) Thanks for the crit!

nim: thanks!

Phatandy: Thanks again, I'm glad you think so! It's getting there definitely! I am busy non-stop right now!

Call0ps: thanks!

Piemonster: thanks, will try!

ryanoir: haha naaw, thx!

MattGamer: thanks buddy!

[Jasper_]

Nice weapon design man, I remember some of your weapon concepts from back in the day, and this is some serious improvement. Would definately love to see a few more of these!

[Loathsome]

GOAHGAO awesomeness D:
Det är alltid lika kul att hitta svenskar på det här forumet av nån anledning o:
Måste följa sketchbooken for sure!

Ska bläddra igenom din thread lite, har inte sett den förr.. konstigt nog.

Cheers!

[ryan mcshane]

man your such a dickhead

[Jovian M]

I commented. So update, you fucker.


Sweet gun, btw.

[B-Man]

Haha, Nice. Painting a gun while texting with someone angry. :D Hope you find more time for personal work. :) Cheers.

[richart]

Nice stuff! Especially like you b&w landscape value paintings - moar!

[ThabisoMhlaba]

Hi Dile.

[MattGamer]

i lyk dat guhn. it iz kewl.

[Surion]

sweeeeet

[Raffix]

hey man seriously thanks a lot for coming by my sb, as i said its a big honour. this is all looking as sick as ever, love the sp man, obviously no tips just lets see more work!

[jordyskateboardy]

Duuude that is so damn tasty nice. I love your edge work. To busy for a more elaborate reply so I'll just stick to the you rock which is totally sufficient on its own. Awesum<3

[dlincoln83]

very awesome work..congrats on 100pg sketchbook thats quite a feat itself.

[Dile_]

thanks so much guys! ca is acting up on me, so I'm posting this while I still can... :/

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/will_bjork/study_nov_24th.jpg

and finished this

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/will_bjork/psfun_gun.jpg

[in2eternity]

Nice updates, I enjoyed your article as well :) Can I ask you what kind of brushes did you use for #3006 or for last work on #2971 ?
Keep posting, you're inspirating :)

[MattGamer]

Good, glad you got to post in here. I didn't have to hear your complaining anymore. :] I like the gun. What's the shoulder rest for? Does it have a medkit in it? Or is it an extra ammo holder?

[Serpian]

I don't know why, but that soft focus on that gun doesn't make it look softer, but just MORE badass!

[DefiledVisions]

I dig.. :asspat:

[Emil_]

Great stuff, really like your lose painting style and that post about freelancing was very helpful and informative.
Keep it up.

[Dile_]

thanks guys! Glad you found my post useful guys :) It's getting better and better for me so..!

i saw wizard of oz for the first time a few days ago with my gf... that is probably why my brain automatically drew this as I was about to fall asleep.. :)

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/will_bjork/PLATNIKLAS.jpg

[h2rra]

Cool updates, my favorite is the winter chick!

[FraserMcT]

Why the hell is this only 4 stars. This upsets me!
Your updates are badass. Loving everything. Keep it up!

[Dile_]

thanks guys! so many kind works, I appreciate it! I'm very busy right now.. here is just some doodles i made while configuring ps/wacom...! I hope I can give you something soon, that isn't as much of a waste of space, and that you can crit away at!

thanks again ! :)

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/will_bjork/sketchbook/Sketchbook_doodles_101108.jpg

[NickyBeats]

shit dude this is quality!! i love everything! really nice work man, also 100 pages is alot to look through, so im gonna have to save some for later! but from what i saw, this is 5 star stuff man. so 5 big ones from me. enjoi~

[Envodas]

man, ive been looking through your sketchbook from start to finish and you have really managed to inspire me, im hoping to have really got the hang of things before im 18 and your SB is really helping me along, reading other people's crits and etc.
just want to say congrats and thank yous!:medusachow:

[Dile_]

NickyBeats & Envodas: Thanks for your kind works! Really appreciate it!

here is a quick sketch from life that turned horrible after I started to jump around on it mindlessly afterwards...

jaw should be more distorted..
http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/will_bjork/sketchbook/Sketchbook_PORTRAIT_101109.jpg

[ladyknowles]

Sketchbooks like this keep me drawing!

[Dile_]

Thanks ladyknowles, makes me really happy to hear!

bw sketches..!

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/will_bjork/sketchbook/sbchickpage_.jpg


http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/will_bjork/sketchbook/raped_lifedrawing2.jpg

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/will_bjork/sketchbook/sbpage.jpg

[Jovian M]

If you turned into a coyote, you'd be a wily one. An especially wily one.

[PaintMyBrain]

lovely sketches there m8. alot of emotion in em.

[a la bapsi]

woop~

[leocaat]

dile - is that first sketch from your last post from a keira knightley picture it looks so familiar. Really nice drawings :p

[Dile_]

dile - is that first sketch from your last post from a keira knightley picture it looks so familiar. Really nice drawings :p

hahaha yeah it is, its been my desktopbackground for I don't know how long... :O don't know which is worse though, that I have it as my desktop bg, or that you could spot it from a halfbad quickly done study ;) hahaha

edit* thanks btw :)

[leocaat]

hahaha yeah it is, its been my desktopbackground for I don't know how long... :O don't know which is worse though, that I have it as my desktop bg, or that you could spot it from a halfbad quickly done study ;) hahaha

edit* thanks btw :)

No problem , I think mines probably worse because I look at her and always think "i wish I was that pretty " so i used to have that picture on my wall :bashful:
I love looking through your sketchbook..

[Andrew Sonea]

I don't think I've ever commented here before, but have always admired your stuff from afar. You have some mad painting skills, and your values are pretty solid.

I just feel however that you should put your nose to the grindstone and seriously brush up on you anatomy and figure work. I hate to say it, but your figures even from ref are a level below your environments and other stuff. Just something to think about.

If you have the time, I would love for you to drop by my sketchbook and share some tips.

[ranunkel]

Hi,

I am new here. I went to the start of your sketch book, and it's interesting to see how your work has developed!

[Dile_]

I don't think I've ever commented here before, but have always admired your stuff from afar. You have some mad painting skills, and your values are pretty solid.

I just feel however that you should put your nose to the grindstone and seriously brush up on you anatomy and figure work. I hate to say it, but your figures even from ref are a level below your environments and other stuff. Just something to think about.

If you have the time, I would love for you to drop by my sketchbook and share some tips.

perfect practice makes perfect ;) and i try my best to practice perfectly! haha, thanks for the crits.. i need it . i'll make sure to look by your sb later ! thanks!


heres two things from this morning.. been sitting non-stop since monday working on a few pieces for work.. getting numb in the brain..

these are done for fun/study..

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/will_bjork/correelicious.jpg

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/will_bjork/speedpaintmorning.jpg

[The_Flying_Dutchman]

Good looking work, the variety of portraits, scenes and character concepts work well.

[MattGamer]

yeah i like that last update. and i'd have to agree with Andrew. the figures are lagging behind, but nothing you can't fix with your dedication. keep pushing yourself and you'll be fantastic. ;]

also take breaks from work. don't drive yourself to death. you'll start hating art and find excuses to NOT do it. take breaks, enjoy nature, jump in the snow, etc. keep it up brotha!

[tja88]

y to the O! fellow Swede! : ) Sjukt fina grejer, (särskilt dina enviros <33333333333333) fattar ej hur jag kunde missat detta! Vart pluggar du?

[My57]

I love your characters and environments! Please post moarzzzz.

[NickyBeats]

great updates Dile! love your sense of space, good values. keep it up!

[Parsakoira]

really beautiful work dile @_@ and thanks for visiting my sketchbook!

[Dile_]

thanks for all the great support and feedback everyone and merry christmas to all of ya! :D

dropping this here as well!

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/will_bjork/xmas_sketch_pinu.jpg

[B-Man]

merry christmas :)

[MattGamer]

happy Christmas <3 <3 <3 mwah

[lancer_idenoure]

heeey i just noticed you had stopped by my sketchbook! thanks for droppin by :D i figured i should drop by yours again and actually comment...;P youve got some real awesomeness in here man. and youre a TEEN like me! haha anyway, youve got some good crits in here so ill skip that (plus i just critted 45 people for chow D: )

again, awesome awesome work dude. id just like to see some more finished pieces :D though it sounds like youre working, so if you dont have the time, then i understand :yayca: keep it up!

[DoSho]

Your Santa Girl was a nice surprise :)

[skMOP]

The rendering on the girl for #3047 looks reaally nice.
The santa girl could use some more folds in my opinion, the dress is just looking kind of stiff.

Happy Holidays! :D

[alexson]

Jag gillart'!

[John T]

Wow man... it's been a lonnng time since I looked at your stuff. I remember you from ages ago when I joined here; you have improved an insane amount! Those environments are freakin' sweet... another case on here that shows tons of practice and persistence pays off!

[Vulgar`]

Enviros!

[Dile_]

thanks for all the comments! I appreciate it!

heres a new painting and a sketch for the TC.. which I won't continue on D;

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6522/woodsw.jpg

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9539/tcsketch.jpg

[ryan mcshane]

your gonna win with that sketch.
i already told you what i think of the enviro! keep at it bro :D

[Sebastian Gromann]

damn dude D: didn't expect to see that kind of big ass environment while scrolling down... just forgot to breath haha

[Jamie Romoser]

Really digging the atmosphere in your environments Dile
keep it up man I'm looking forward to seeing what you have brewing

[rodrigo!]

last updates are great man!!

[Dope Fiend]

The progress in this thread is phenomenal!! I think you'd benefit from some more anatomy studies and just studies in general, but I'm lovin the lastest piece, great perspective!

Keep postin!

[ladyknowles]

Wow man you are badass :D I love your work, it's exactly the style I love

[Andrew Sonea]

Wow, so awesome. Why aren't you finishing the TC entry? Definitely got a good chance of winning if you finish. And you definitely have the time.

[jordyskateboardy]

I am enjoying this a loooot. Can't wait for the new folio.

[MattGamer]

cool enviro, buddy! <3 <3

[leocaat]

Really wicked crazy (in a good way) Love the perspective in the second one!!! Great work

[Nibras]

Much Love for you D,
Looking good as always. By the way the portfolio looks great and so does your job thread.
Keep on rockin it :)

[Parsakoira]

cool updates once more :)

[nim]

awesome pieces! the shrub on the left in the first one could use a bit of grit/texture maybe :)

[Danny_K]

wonderful sketchbook, long way since page 1 :)
your colors are very nice, good job on the concepts too there are some hardcore sci fi pieces here.

[NickyBeats]

wow man, always improving!! really nice updates dude!!

[Dile_]

Alexson: Tackar! =D

JohnT: haha glad to hear that! Thank you!

Vulgar: Yeeeehhs! ;D

Ryanoir: haha nah , but thank you!

snobbyOo: hahah thanks!

Omerta: Thanks man!

rodrigo: thanks! When will you start posting here again ? :O

Dope Fiend: thanks, yes I will! :)

ladyknowles: thank you! glad to hear that haha!

Andrew Sonea: Thanks man! err I didn't like it, it looked very different in my head ;) haha

jordyskateboardy: thanks man!

mattgamer: thank yaa!

leocaat: thanks !

lilnebo: thanks! glad to hear that!

Parsakoira: thanks man! you too!

nim: yeah, its been bugging me haha. thanks man!

Danny_K: thanks man!

Nickybeats: thanks!

did some sketching with ryanoir last night,

10-15 min studies:

[Andrew Sonea]

Nice studies! I like the second one a lot. The first one is a little weaker--has some proportion issues (leg too long) and the fact that it isn't very saturated (especially when placed next to the second drawing) means that it looks a bit dead.

[rodrigo!]

great stuff man cant believe you did them so fast!

[ryan mcshane]

yeeahh man they were super fast! D:
we gotta do more when your online next kay?

[PHATandy]

Amazing work Dile I really love where you heading with all your stuff. I especially like those bolder strokes in the second life painting, its pretty sweet.
I had a look through your portfolio and its giving me a good inspiration boost! Keep up the good work.

[Dile_]

Andrew Sonea: agreed! haha, was mostly focusing on values and tonal shifts i guess, thanks man!

rodrigo: hahaha, unpatient rather ;) thanks man!

ryanoir: i'm up for it!

PHATandy: thanks man, very honoring to hear that!! =D



soo.. girlfriend is on vaccation, i'm done with work, and I didn't attend school today so i got time to sit down and paint for myself ;) hahah.

I also ordered 4 new books.. color & light by james gurney, the art of tangled (As recommended by Ross Tran or Rossipoo on the forums), and two other books by a swedish artist named Lars Lerin who does some really sweet watercolor paintings! so i'm also sitting here waiting for those to arrive :D


anywayyyy..
heres a new piece, not sure whatever its final.. i'm getting a bit tired of it..:)

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/800/newpiece11b.jpg

[ryan mcshane]

yeah id be tired of that piece of shit to

uhg you too damn good ;_;

[Andrew Sonea]

Woah, fucking beautiful man. Maybe try putting in some tiny bits of really dark colours/black. This may help:
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=148355

Right now your environment looks great, but i think punching in some real dark values would make it amazing.

[witek]

hey Dile this big desert creature piece is majestic:D
keep it up i like your stuff bro

[frostsnake]

Hey! you just keep getting better and better,Awesome work! the huge desert creature is just great!(i would think the two dudes could get some problems though :P)
I like your texture on the last environment, the rock and cliffs looks really good.
this is win btw (http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/will_bjork/speedpaintmorning.jpg)

keep ut the good work
I plan on being more on ca now,maybe start a sketchbook.. so will try to do give some more helpfull feedback in the future,when I get better at art. XD
see ya

[nim]

WOW!!! awesome enviro work! keep it coming!

[dsacc]

Wow, you are seriously talented! I hope to see more soon! :)

[Dile_]

streaming! (http://www.justin.tv/fruitconcept) !

[Dile_]

and this is what came out of it.. thanks you who watched hahha..! 45min'ish each + crashed stream haha :(

[Andrew Sonea]

Love the second one. I went on your streaming thing about 40 min after you said you started and it said you were offline... I was disappointed. Ah well, next time I'll try and catch you.

[SamC]

Looks sweet man, if you do another stream I'll be sure to watch :)

[skMOP]

Ah missed the stream :(
Last environment looks good, I'm really digging the strokes on there.

[Dile_]

thanks guys! i'll be streaming again in an hour or so! :)

just thought I'd share this.

made my own 19" cintiq in 40 minutes or less. for 49$ or whatever the tablet costed.

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/will_bjork/Photoon2011-02-07at0146.jpg

obviously there are already how to do it guides on the net as most may already know.. but they complicate stuff a lot ;)

i just

- got my grandpas old dell monitor which he didn't liked because of the color

- stripped it so that there were only the metal-back of it left, the electric components attached to the metalchassi, the plastic pad underneath the lcd, the lightpad (made of some sort of plastic or glas) and the LCD itself + the LED lights.

-stripped my wacom, (really easy, they are a bit fragile though, and do not have the monitor or the usb on while doing this),

- put the wacom component underneath the lightpad, and reinforced it with the back of an 9x12 bristol pad (haha)

-put everything back together! :)

-experiment with the layering from the lightpad to get a good signal and made sure there werent to much electrical interference.

-use the wacom driver to map the tablet correctly to the monitor.

-Done!

and again.. will be streaming later tonight, so join at http://justin.tv/fruitconcept if you're interested in seeing my approach to painting environments / doodling etc.. :D

thanks!

[PHATandy]

You sir, are insane.
I seems possible, and easy to do, but I dont think I could EVER come to taking apart both my wacom and a monitor.
Congratulations, cant wait to see what you can do with it.

How well are you finding that the movement maps properly to the screen? is it always directly underneath where your pen is?
Cool stuff man.

[Fetsch]

nice work man. The tablet looks sweet, though i'm with andy i couldnt take my wacom and monitor apart like you hehe.

[Dile_]

You sir, are insane.
I seems possible, and easy to do, but I dont think I could EVER come to taking apart both my wacom and a monitor.
Congratulations, cant wait to see what you can do with it.

How well are you finding that the movement maps properly to the screen? is it always directly underneath where your pen is?
Cool stuff man.

works perfectly! i didn't even need to change the .dat files to get a correct mapping, the monitor is really crappy though (too dark and probably 8+ years)
so its not flawless.. will try to build a more proper version later this month, cause this worked a lot better than i thought it would do, and I didn't fry my monitor this time (by being really stupid and leaning the monitor towards a radiator, touching the electrical components) :D haha,

thanks guys!

[Vertical]

That's a great idea! Thanks for sharing.

[karen_]

Wow, doing good. Your envios are really strong. Esp. like the mountains in that last piece =) kör på!

[SamC]

You're mad dawg.

[Parsakoira]

wow dood, i would never have the guts to strip my wacom or my monitor to parts!! unless ofc i would update my workstation anyways... awesome stuff once again!

[rbengtsson]

Kommer ihåg att jag sett dina grejer på animate för länge sen :)
Keep rockin

[markey2d]

interesting...

[MattGamer]

hope your new found invention works for many, many years. that's an expensive playground you're playing on, though i'm sure it's worth it so you can see what you're painting. now show us some work you've done with it!

[donalfall]

Ha! Brilliant. Well done sir. :D

[LM.]

great landscapes !

[Yor]

great work, really liking your enviro's , they have a nice feeling to them.
keep working

[Ahim]

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/will_bjork/Photoon2011-02-07at0146.jpg


I can't see the painting. Someone enhance this plz.

[rodrigo!]

whoa homemade cintiq! thats fuckin ghetto!!
nice one

[Dile_]

thanks guys!

here is another fail from the stream... ! Might work more on it :S haha

http://i1132.photobucket.com/albums/m572/will_bjork/STREAM_02_18.jpg

[Pixelwalker]

This done with your DIY cintiq?

Greetings and keep it up, Sil

[Andrew Sonea]

I'm liking this one, but feel it is suffering a bit from something...I am pretty sure it is that my eye is stuck between two focal points--the rocky crevice and the grasses on the right. I think it is mostly an edges issue, so if you sharpen the rocks and soften the grasses I think it will all really click into place.

Anyways, it still is awesome looking. We should sketch together/talk again soon (although I may not be on for a few days as my keyboard is broken and typing by clicking on an onscreen one isn't fun and is fucking with my wrist).

[ThabisoMhlaba]

Dile, send me a homemade wacom. I'll give my soul for it.

[Dile_]

just thought i'd share this since his process completely blew me away haha.

r1mhfHklIRQ




I also cleaned out my old computer, and threw some of the files i had saved in my wips/scrapyard folder together in one image as I was deleting psd's. Most of those are from my most inactive art-period (2010) some are from this year.. I bet you can't tell which xD I need to go study now.. hahaha also sorry if you've seen a lot of those already :C be happy i haven't decided to scan all the latest crap i've done :D.. yet

http://www.fileupyours.com/files/302682/inactivity.jpg

[alexson]

Man, your environments are real tight! Really sweet latest update!

[Coinpurse]

Hey Dile, its been years <----thestjester/coinpurse

Great improvements on your end man, good seeing your growth from when I last browsed through your SB. Anyway, I sent you an e-mail about a project proposition. Let me know if you got it.


Keep it up!

[NyeAlexandaFrayne]

allrit dile, how are we man, did you finish that 3 project in a day thang? :/ haha

have you got any links to a guide for making your cintiq, i had a quick look and couldnt find anything?