June 27th... Rather large update check r out

[mbetteker]

Here are some of the sketches that I have in my computer right now, but i will begin scanning in more once i get the time. Some of these are quite old but I gotta start a sketch thread because I am just beginning in illustration. Right now am an Industrial Designer but very quickly becoming infatuated in illustration and entertainment design in particular.... Please critique away and there will be more to come shortly!

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/brainstorm.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/NARROWTHEMES.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/catwizardman.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/winghornman.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/GREENNBLUEMONSTER.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/hornwingrendersmall.jpg

EDIT: Resized all of my images so that they werent massively gigantic....enjoy :)

[mbetteker]

woops those are gigantic! lets see how these come out...

some observation drawings
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/lion.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/carmella.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/rhinos.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/face.jpg

[mbetteker]

this guy was quite large and didnt want to fit in my scanner... and didnt scan too well either!
will have do a larger scan when i get the chance

hairy mountable thing!
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/dragonriderthing.jpg

[mbetteker]

Some ballpoint sketchin here... Here is my ID side shining through when i first began!
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/WACOMJet1.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/hover1.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/hover2.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/hover3.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/hover4.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/gun.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/hoverbot.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/WACOM-Cat.jpg
some quickie environments too... feng zhuish in appearance if u cannot tell

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/environments2.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/environments.jpg

more to come soon!

[Undefeated]

Welcome aboard,

Gotta say that I really enjoy your enviroments a lot; they're slightly bland, but I think you're off to a great start with them. Your creatures, I think, are a little too cartoony; your observational drawings are good, and if you incorporate a bit more reality into your concept creatures, I think it'll really pay off.

Keep it up!

[seansea]

Good to have you here :yayca:

Seems that your strength is with vehicle design. You also are good with proportions (your city sketches). I agree with Undefeated about your creature designs. I'm lookin' forward too seeing more.

seansea

[Chichigo]

i laughed when i saw the old tiger, great character. Work on rendering with more depth, so more contrasted tones.

[gmags]

Nice start there Mbetteker! I'm diggin your portrait and vehicle sketches. Great work! Keep postin. :yayca:

[tensai]

if i would have to think of a crit it would be that for those environment thumbnails, you could push a little more value difference in there. create a bit more interest by adding a bit more contrast. this will also help with atmospheric perspective.
eg, you might want to keep the black lines out of the things that are totally in the back. if you do that with marker only it will recede much further backwards, instead of come forward.

nice sketches though,

keep it up man

[T-Raktor]

Nice portrets there. Do more of those, they are really cool.

[AndrewF]

I agree with the creatures. You would be surprised how knowing and understanding human/animal anatomy will improve your creature work. Knowing how a hind leg is built or how a paw bends will open another world to you. Anyway great vehicles and faces you have there. Look forward to more!

[mbetteker]

Undefeated: The environments are very plain and very much resemble the ones that feng zhu demo's in his dvd's, which I watched and just decided to try out. But for right now I am going to continue on figures and master the art of observation with living things before i move onto environments... Once it gets warm out though Im gonna go all around detroit(the safer parts ha) and draw the city from all perspectives, until then its whatever i can get on my computer screen.

Seansea: Same as I said to undefeated, i learned the science behind drawing these vehicles and love drawing em but Im gonna concentrate on the figure for now, drawing hardware has always kinda been my thing so i wanna try something new, thanks for the encouraging words though...

Chichigo and tensai: Good call on the higher contrast, i noticed it especially when rendering the minotaur thing. He didnt quite fit in with the contrast of the background, and the tiger guy i just threw some color on him to give him a lil life before i presented him...the environments I usually do it all in a 10% first so perhaps i will leave the background cityscape a light tone and see how it looks...thanks for the advice

There will be much more to come soon, though right now I am at my parents place for the week so a scanner is unavailable. But once i return there will be a pile of sketches to scan in (i hope) so be ready, and thank u for the advice. I will continue with the observational studies of people and animals, time to grab the victoria's secret catalog eh?!

[mbetteker]

Here is a lil update from over spring break...just found out i left my other sketchbook at home, but these ones look better anyways8)
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/fox.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/monkey.jpg

some babes
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/carmella2.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/hot.jpg

Lord of the Rings fun
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/gandalf.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/aragorn.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/partinglothlorien.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/shire.jpg

critique away my friends

[mbetteker]

ROCKETMAN!
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/rocketman.jpg

Trying to speed up process and do hatching. Definitely saw a problem with the head which i do not have much experience with so i am going to do some head studies in the next few days. Please critique this bugger

[mbetteker]

Muscle Study

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/muscles.jpg

[Matt Smith]

I like your vehicle sketches. Do try and work on your figures some more proprotions and anatomy could use some help.

[katsgod]

Very nice work.

[sabe2003]

Buildings and environments seem to me to be your strongest suit.

[mbetteker]

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/faces.jpg

since i am horrible at faces i decided to study some tonight...check em outa

[Undefeated]

Good face studies, make sure to study the shadows so as to better understand the contours. The newspaper is a great source for face studies.

Very nice work with that muscle study. I was happy to pose for ya. =P

[mbetteker]

I LOVE DRAWING ENVIRONMENTS...here are some scribbles and a 30 minute quick render with ps and wacom.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/environmentsketches.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/field.jpg

critique away

[mbetteker]

More fun with environments... Right now im trying to stay away from doing architecture and stickin with nature. Trying to learn more about composition in general, and i think i am beginning to on some of them. Plus i have a book by Hamm that is AMAZING, would recommend it to all.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/envi.jpg

[mbetteker]

Legolas...still workin on drawing figures, tryin it all. Anatomy is next once i can grab a book.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/legolas.jpg

[rWDrk]

Great stuff dude!
Practise your rendering.
Here is a nice link
http://www.rebekahlynn.com/free/tutorial/shading_tutorial.html
Hope it will be helpfull. I like your vehicles alot

Thnx for your reply in my sketchbook
Cheers R3M

[mbetteker]

Ok i havent drawn in a few days, 2 to be exact. I feel like such an asshole, so tonight, the second day, i decided to draw something cute because well thats the whole reason why i havent had time to draw. Women...

Dont you just want to snuggle with him?? aww

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/cuteguy.jpg

[mbetteker]

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/environments3.jpg

[mbetteker]

photoshop fun

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/forestpainting.jpg

[mbetteker]

a few more enviro's that i did today...trying out different medias. I really like marker/pen the most. Much faster and i think it looks better personally.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/starwars.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/cityonwater.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/environments4.jpg

[mbetteker]

couple quick vehicles... been a while so felt like doin em... more to come soon cuz i always forget how fun these are. maybe i will start throwin in environments.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/hover5.jpg

[mbetteker]

Figure studies the Bridgman's way. I am really glad i picked this book up. It is really motivating me to get better at drawing people. Please give me some feedback on any of my work, it would be very helpful.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/figurestudy1.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/figurestudy2.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/figurestudy3.jpg

please critique away

[mbetteker]

Ok, i have been doing gestures for a while, and did the last figure studies to brushen up on proportions. Now its time to work on the face, something i have always struggled at. I want to commit this to memory, so this is phase one. I am using bridgman once again. I feel like this stuff is helping me a ton!! Atleast in my understanding of the planes upon the face, i now see them when i look at someones face. Cool!

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/face3.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/face2.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/face1.jpg

Please give me some feedback. Right now i am self teaching because I have not yet begun my illustration major. Anything will help from all of you knowledgable people!

[mbetteker]

Ok was drawing some faces today at the coffee shop. Then got in the mood to draw some monsters. Ballpoint pen...

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/face4.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/monster.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/monster1.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/monster2.jpg

any comments would be greatly appreciated! Thanks yall

[mbetteker]

workin on drawin my good ole lefty! please help! any comments are welcome.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/handstudy1.jpg

[Orozc0]

keep up the hard work.

[mbetteker]

Self teaching myself how to draw people if u havent noticed. Really working on my shading, and line weights. Starting to understand it more and more the more i do it. MORE!

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/handstudy4.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/handstudy3.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/handstudy2.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/chic.jpg

Crits welcome!

[mbetteker]

my left hand is getting alot of attention today. Definitely feel like i am improving. They look better in person by the way. A lil bit ha

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/handstudy5.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/handstudy6.jpg

[mbetteker]

i got me a mirror...Im having a harder time drawing my head straight on, as opposed to the one in the top right. Looks more like me, but gonna keep doin this, im havin a blast!
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/face5.jpg

[mbetteker]

prepare urselves for an onslaught of these lil buggers. 10 pages or so to be exact. I am going to be up all night doing these so some responses or critiques on them would be great. My focus, is one man open/closed cockpit flying vehicle. Yeah i know, its really vague, and most of them probably arent feasible, but stick em in star wars and bing bang boom. I could keep pumping these out forever i think...after htis next page im going to focus on some meant for use in a forested area. Thats gonna be real fun! gosh im a nerd.

check em out. by the way, these are all sketcehs obviously, i have to render one up marker/pastel style, yeah ID style, bleh its for id anyways. But, i will show yall taht one after i turn it in cuz my scanner is aka the destroyer of paper larger then 8.5x11. tada

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/hovercraft1.jpg

by teh way, these are bout 1 or 2 inches long, and will be presented at that same scale when i show em to teach. So uhh, they wont look this unclean when he sees em.

[mbetteker]

some moreeee! weee

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/hovercraft2.jpg

feeling warmed up...last 2 i did were the 2 on the right, now its time to get to business on these.

[mbetteker]

ok last page for now...getting very sleeeepyyy...woooo yawn...

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/hovercraft3.jpg

[Recursive_End]

good good good, keep going :)

[mbetteker]

quickly rendered layouts for viscom... I hate how these turned out. Still one more page to be rendered in marker for the final concept. But bleh here are the first two pages.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/hoverconcept1.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/hoverconcept2.jpg
carlos is going to enjoy pooping all over these...

[mbetteker]

Here is my most recent ID project, had a week to do it. Spent bout 6 hours total. goin out in the field doing research, lots of sketches but only used the ones i liked, and doin some photoshopping. Would have liked to do a 3d model of this but didnt feel like it was applicable. this was the fastest i have ever done a project...I didnt procastinate it was just the assignment, it was fun doing it this fast though i must say. The pics should explain themselves.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/Research.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/Brainstorm.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/finaldesign.jpg

[mbetteker]

Here are a few more speeders...

This guy was fighting for his life...he just didnt want to fit in the scanner to well.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/hoverconceptfinal.jpg

I think I need to start drawing these guys from different angles...It would help i believe... You may notice my attempt at a face...haha god i suck at drawing people.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/hover6.jpg

[mbetteker]

some sketches from the view out the window of class this morning.... CCS campus.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/ccscampus.jpg

[mbetteker]

uhh...some help with my hatching would be appreciated.... hatching structures is simple to me, but hatching people always looks like poo. Any suggestions would help, damn my scanner destroyed this babe.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/carmellainthesun.jpg

[Orozc0]

keep practicing your hatching. it gets too distracting at times. especially on the last one. also when its all in one direction it tends to flatten the image. try to emphasize form a bit more.

[mbetteker]

drawin my roommate aaron, trying to be more subtle with the hatching. the scanner sucks poop though so none of the mid and lower tones are even on there. Tried fixing it in photoshop but my scanner wont even pick the linework up.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/aaron.jpg

[mbetteker]

ok...here is the last for tonight. I swear this actually looks good in person, i studied some sketches of other artists and their hatch styles to do this. I think it really helped...

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/facehatching.jpg

[mbetteker]

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/footstudy.jpg

drew my foot!

[Idiomatic]

Nice foot, and your ID stuff is rad!

I've always had trouble with hatching, myself, and lately I've taken to grabbing half an hour or so whenever I'm otherwise unengaged and practicing different techniques on primitive forms or even alone in panels. Seems to me that you're pushing yourself in the right direction, though; just keep changing your approach until you find a few methods that feel comfortable. Cross-hatching on the forms that turn away could really pop your latest faces, for example.

[mbetteker]

something from the noggin...goodnight

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/robot.jpg

[mbetteker]

Predator...

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/predatorsketch.jpg

[mbetteker]

environment fun, faces ehh sorta fun. fun fun fun. by the way, i recently discovered the .5 mechanical pencil, we are now best friends.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/environments6.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/environments5.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/face6.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/face7.jpg

[mbetteker]

this is a painting that will eventually be turned into a gameboard... There are bridges, tightropes, zipcords, ropes...etc...that will connect the treehouses in different ways. Imagine it being like chutes and ladders, but more 3 dimensional in movement. By the way, no reference was used...just a sketch i did and my dome piece for knowledge thus far. Please critique.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/junglepainting.jpg

by the way, it has been a while since i posted...dont worry i havent stopped sketching, just not much time to post em ya know...so expect a slew of scribbles soon enuf!

[mbetteker]

hmm...some more progress on the one above, and i started my next one. A "good vs evil" painting persay. Im really excited for it, but i just started so any critiques would be appreciated. By the way i know the composition is divided down the middle, its because it is part of a very large symmetrical presentation i am doing, and this is the center piece. It should actually be called "evil vs good" because the left side is EVIL!!! Muahahaha.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/junglepainting1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/e64ddaa4.jpg

[mbetteker]

still goin on this guy...

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/junglepainting2.jpg

[mbetteker]

ok...here is about 1/4 of the drawings to come, finally got some scanned in so check em out...

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/face8.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/marknkate.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/idstuff.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/walker4.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/walker2.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/walker1.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/walker3.jpg

enjoy! cc plz

[mbetteker]

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/walker5.jpg

workin on a walker design obviously....building a badass model(real not digital) of this thing...wish me luck! Hopefully have the design done and worked out by the end of the weekend, then i will get crackin away and worry bout color schemes later. i am soooooooooooooooooooooo so so excited to build this bugger. by the way it will prolly be foam, wood, styrene, acrylic. and some metal here and there is planned. any help on the design, or any critiques would be cool. thanks

[ohjay]

Hey! Liking your drawthrough-style vehicles, you've got those down for sure. And quite excited to see your finished model of that walker - the funny thing is, I had the intention of doing this very thing last week. Sketching up a spaceship while at uni, the ran down to the workshop to do a mockup. Sadly, the workshop was closed...oh, well. Good luck to you!

[EKU_11]

Love the future vehicles and how nicely they were drawn out. I think that your more human study are were able to catch the personality oh and the babes you draw or all awersome.

[pennington]

hey great tech designs!! i really like the one with the camera. thanks for the comments i was just thinking the same thing too i'm just really busy. your hatching is getting better too. just try and slow down a bit. where'd you learn how to do tech stuff. i've always been interested in doing it but it never comes out looking like anything decent.

[mbetteker]

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/junglepaintsmall1.jpg

[mbetteker]

works in progress

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/boats.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/mecksketch.jpg

buildin a model of the mech...its comin..

[mbetteker]

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/boatpressmall.jpg

[mbetteker]

I have been dormant for...hmm a long long time now. Sketching has slowed down, but still trying to keep with it. Check er out...
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/hover7.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new1.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new2.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new3.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new4.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new5.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new6.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new7.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new8.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new9.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new10.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new11.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new12.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new13.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new14.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new15.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new16.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new17.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new18.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new19.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new20.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new21.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new22.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new23.jpg
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/mbetteker/new24.jpg

[ohjay]

Nice update, good to see you're back at it.

Just wanted to quickly comment on your return, and tell you that I especially liked that environment sketch (no. 5 from bottom)! Render? Hint, hint.

[pennington]

woow that's a lot of good stuff :)

[midwestsky]

Nice dude! Your work is very professional. My favorite thing is the Rhinoceroses. See you at school hopefully.

-Omar

[ohjay]

Hey Matt - spotted your coroflot portfolio. (Crack! Whip!) Now update your sketchbook!