Velinov's sketchbook /// 25.07.09

[Josef K.]

wow! aaawesome work! great style and brushwork ...gotta go try harder!

[F i L]

dude...,

WOW! after going through this thread, I have to let you know how much I enjoy looking at your work. You sir, are one of the best artists I've seen to date, and an inspiration to us all. Thanks man! keep it up.

..OH, I know it's not about the tools, but I would REALLY love to know what software/brushes you use most. I just got a Wacom Cintiq 12wx and am still nailing down my work flow. Usually I've been using soft-edged brushes in SketchBook Pro, but your paintings *seem*(to my untrained eye) to be done with mostly hard edges ones.... how do you get your colors for blend so well?

Any tips from you would be completely awesome!

- F i L

[velinov]

Thanks to all about the positive feedbacks. I'm glad you like the last update. Now it is time to give your opinion to the next one. :)

@F i L - I have tons of brushes but I'm using just a small part of it. I'm using mainly Photoshop default hard brushes. Of course I'm using all kind of custom brushes depends on a purpose of needed material or texture.

[FAST ART]

woa.. this stuff is really cool.. thanks for sharing..

[donalfall]

Awesome!

[Kristo Novo]

awesome brushwork - keep us updated :D

[Delmar]

AHHHHHH...these are so damn good! You are the king of jucy values and brushstrokes.

cheers

Andi

[Studio Colrouphobia]

Love the character, and would love to see some of your custom brushes.
Right now I'm collecting chainbrushes and I like the look of that chain... ;)

[P]

the last post is incredible man!!!!! :o

[Hive_minD]

the character is fricking ace! Hope your show more soon again. Your art has inspired me so much for so long! Hope you throw some more color in too :D

[MeTaL-Mike]

fucking awesome man. love the character dude.

[jimmy'z]

:bow: respect!

[DrZ0id]

Great brushwork and style! I'd like to see some more saturated color compositions from you... :)

[syrez]

insane! the guy with the axe is absolutly stunning.. i love this b&w style <3

[PieMonster]

Amazing work man, always enjoy the updates, and can't say I enjoyed this update any less than the previous ones. Love that first character with the axe. Thanks a lot for posting! :D

[marioucci]

Man!!

GET A SCANNER and do more traditional stuff. I loved those!

The difference in quality is astounding. not quality of lines or in your style but the textures, color variations and well.. real world materials u know?

on a side note, you are kicking bigger butts than before.

Cheers buds

Mario

[DeKal]

you are a sick fucking monster velinov. i dont know how you do it. i wish you would update your web site. i know you have a ton of new sick shit.

[Capital G]

your colour and brush strokes are awesome! I can't wait to see more

[velinov]

Hi

Those are characters developed for DW4. Unfortunately there wasn't enough time to finish my entry for the competition. I've had some more ideas, but there is no enough time to realize it.

http://www.velinov.com/portfoliopic/sketches/DW4_demon-sketches-01.jpg

http://www.velinov.com/portfoliopic/sketches/DW4_demon-sketches-02.jpg

http://www.velinov.com/portfoliopic/sketches/DW4_demon-sketches-03.jpg

http://www.velinov.com/portfoliopic/sketches/Asparuh_2.jpg

[Smyk Vitaliy]

Very interesting style as for me. Just want to say: I like your way. Like you found out your style.
Best regards!

[juicy]

amazing updates! i really like the last creatures - fantastic!

cheers!

[Mr.Juicy]

One of my fav in sketch rendering technique.
First one head in your update is totally epic!

[Sickbrush]

hey, i see you've changed your style a little bit and it looks really good.
excellent work man, top notch as always.
keep it up and good luck

[ikuru]

top left one is the sweetest to me

[Jamie Romoser]

legendary! Keep it up man so fun to go through your sketchbook :yum:

[DeKal]

aaaagghghhhhrrrggh

[kischi]

OMG how could I overlook your sketchbook? You are the shit, no kidding your stuff is so deviantly awesome. Your brushwork, style and the things you paint just exactly what I need to have a good day thank you!

[Janos]

I really like your loose style. THough it is loose there is still an amazing amount of details. Good job!
Also I really like seeing many versions of faces next to eachother.

Cheers

[D@niel]

Awesomenessssssssssss!!:D

[AustenFM]

Great great stuff, hot damn! I gotta get off my ass and draw.

I would love to see more traditional work from you.

Keep it up!

[velinov]

Thanks a lot guys!
Here we go with the next update... something more vibrant and colorful... :) Hope you will enjoy it...

Cheers

http://www.velinov.com/portfoliopic/sketches/213.jpg

http://www.velinov.com/portfoliopic/sketches/333.jpg

[thirdeye]

DW sketches are amazing. Too bad you couldn't finish :)

[D@niel]

GREAT update man!! :D

[Wr00m]

You've got a really cool style man. I really enjoy watching your paintings.

[velinov]

One more update for today... Unfortunately the last one...
http://www.velinov.com/portfoliopic/sketches/arrival.jpg

[Abrodos]

Amazing work so far, I don't know how I didn't come up here before. Really inspiring material here.
Sorry for not having any critique... Those faces for DW are impressive.
Hope to reach this level soon... I'll work hard :)

[Giorge]

aaaa , dude those last posts are so nice , and the color so vibrant and explosive , maybe in the one with the lost fingers the bloody hand feels kinda out of the illustration and now a few minutes to take them in , nice , cheers!

[MeTaL-Mike]

man this stuff is SICK dude!!! awesome :D:D

[Dished]

ahhh! i love your work !

[DeKal]

yoo Velinov.....UPDATE!!

[Dibujio::Guru]

You Art work is on other level good lord!!!!
Fantastic use of shapes and colors.

[Texahol]

you're real pretty. I just want to rub my face all over your sheets when you're not sleeping....

nah I'm just kidding, that would be really awkward to admit though. especially in real life.

hahaah
I really enjoy your stuff. Especially when you're not home...
...god I need some sleep.

[MacTire]

Wow, phenomenal work Mr. V!! Awesome brushwork and use of colour on those dominance war sketches and the stuff in post #531 respectively, both those updates are simply incredible!!
Keep up the great work!!

[B-Man]

your use of color inspire! And all the lovely grit. :D
Do you paint all you textures yourself? It looks like u use a wide spectrum of brushes. Sometimes I think about just putting a lot of thick oils on cardboard an use a rag and smudge everything and get more texture. Maby use some sand. That would be a nice grit tecture i guess.
Mahalo!

[Timsalcove]

Subsribinggg!!! Your sketchbook is kicking ass all over the place! There's so much ass to kick, too! Your DW4 stuff was sick. Too bad you didn't get to it in time. Hey, always DW5 Right? So was that for a 2 or 3D entry? just curious. Anyways. <3

[Hellart]

That's fantastic!
really appreciate your style, and attracts me a lot.

[JParrilla]

wow your work is soo cool. I love the color experimentsss

[hunchback]

vel....colours
love...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

:assspank:

[velinov]

Hi All,

Abrodos - Thanks a lot man! Especialy for my DW piece. It was really frustrating that I couldn't find time to finalize that.
Giorge - Thank ya!
MeTaL-Mike, Dished - appreciate it! Thanks for your support!
DeKal - My updates are so rare that they have become sort of a celebration not only for the audience but even for my self... I've got to find more time to spend on my desk doing more stuff for fun.
Gorilla@Attack, Texahol, MacTire - thanks!
B-Man - Thanks god I'm not so mad. I'm using a lot of stock images, patterns and textures which you can find on the net. It is true that my brush palette is huge, but actually there is a few brushes which I prefer and I'm using them almost at all time... :)
Timsalcove - thanks, man!
Hellart, hunchback - ;)10x!

[pixel cheetah]

Well, what can I say that was not already said. Simply Aaah-mazing! 5 stars!

[zweiDee]

woohoo, update! ;)
That red one are awesome, it's a pity you didn't find time to finish the DW4.
These Head Sketches are one of my Fav stuff from you.^^

[waffleKoan]

I love your style, man - bold! I will subscribe to this thread

[oDaYWaLKeRo]

You have achieved an amazing brush techniques with those.

[PieMonster]

Man, your paintings are way too awesome!

[SHB]

Hey Dude! I really suggest you stop submitting! You ruin people's confidence!!;)

[Sublimus]

Oh jesus christ you're ridiculous...

[dU5K]

wow. you got some really good talent. post 272 and 503 were some of my personal favorites.. keep up the work. ill be checkin this sketchbook again for sure.

[Darktwin]

NOOOOIIICCEEE!!!!

[DeKal]

a celebration!! you can say that again. can you show any of your more serious projects?

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Fucking INSANE stuff here:D I love these last ones;)

-E

[MatejaPetkovic]

Love them all

M

[3!LL]

Great paintings. Love the style of the work.

[laxon]

Absolutely stunning colours and textures! Fantastic images!

[daveneale]

Stunning sketchbook....really like your colours. Some really strong compositions too-inspiration indeed

-Dave

[_MOTH_]

mnogo qki neshta
i super se kefq kato vidq nqkoi nashe momeche ili momiche che gi umeqt neshtata samo taka
i da znaesh che nqkoi den shte te stigna :D

[areve]

damn good stuff! love the way you use colours

[Randis]

that last pic is very cool! a stronger red and he could be made of blood :)
great job

[Dromer]

Please stop, you're driving me insane with your incredible, messed-up, colorful, beautiful pieces of art.
No sorry, go on. Let's hope I can watch your stuff in the insane asylum ;)

[GunTrouver]

A lot of great art in here! So all I can say is keep up those great lines, shapes and colors, they look delicious:)

[Bendragon]

Wow that last one is intense! Quite expressive, I really like strong colors so naturally Im a fan of what you do! :)

[ZIP]

you got awsome style man....nice

[griffinfly]

this SB is mad :P why the hell I'm still not subscribed?

[Incinerated]

Its about time I tried the subscription button

[nance]

it's sooooo much fun looking thru this thread....LOVE the lady in the black dress in front of the gate....im hooked

[smokenmirrors]

SICK sketchbook! fantastic style! :)

[Beelow]

Just wanted to see what one of my favorite artist has been up to. Nice stuff as always.

[DeKal]

velinov!!!

[majortom]

I just have to add how much I love your work... in case you don't get that enough haha :)

[crazybrush]

sick sick stuff! can't get enough of it...

[liyanghe]

love `

[zimfin]

Super cool work man! I really like your style and palettes. Keep posting more juiciness!!

[llex_paul]

wow, great! i don't think i ever seen something like your painting style, it's very dynamic and also with atmosphere.

[Zombie_Rich]

Just checked out this entire thread....SUBSCRIBED :) This is all Painter ? or PS ? I didn't read many comments I just wanted to see more art art art :) Great and inspiring stuff man. Thank you.

[yoshikee]

totally loving everything, count me in as a fan. just here so i can get subscribed

[Artofinca]

Great sketchbook!
strong dynamic and artistic style ... but iv said that few times already
:bow:
post more :)

[Rodneydollah]

BUMPED!

[MatejaPetkovic]

BUMPED!

Uh, you nasty you.....

M

[GRMC]

Yo your arts become more abstract. really liked your last post, cheers mate!

[Broken Lawnmower]

Ahhhh! Those colours are so good they're making my eyes water!

[RickyRubyo]

5 stars i really like your strokes!

[Rodneydollah]

Uh, you nasty you.....

M

:):):):):)

[jeremygordon89]

Stop being so good!

No, actually, keep it up! I love it!

[heidamonster]

Hi Velinov,
I was just goin' for a stroll through your sketchbook, and what a sketchbook it is!! I mean wow dude! I'm totally blown away! You're quick warm-ups are better than any of my finished work. As I was wandering my way through your work I just happened upon 1 of your posts that answered a question of mine; which was if you used painter or photoshop. So my next question would be, how do you get all those painterly textures? Are you using custom brushes?
P.S. any critiques you could give would be greatly appreciated!

[velinov]

Thanks to all who keep that theme alive in my absence. I was really busy with some crazy amount of work so there was no time for fun and experiments. Hope that period end soon because I really need a rest.

@heidamonster - I'm using a lot of customisations.

Least but not last let me warm you with some fresh stuff... well not so fresh - it's from the last month. You may find the entire content of my workshop on 2DArtist web page, magazine issue 55.

[schumak]

I really like your brush control with sketchy feel! Great work on your entire sketchbook!

[Virg]

really dynamic that last one, seems like your using a lot of pen tilt on your brushes am i wrong ? :)

[surus]

Awesome artwork ! Keep on posting!

[prsnsweeney]

whoa love the textures on that last one im going to have to go back through the rest of this sb tomorrow great stuff

[jsn]

What's the AWESOME Velinov doing now?

[LtPlissken]

This sketchbook was hidden under some rock
for far too long. I just found it today, and I have
to say it's fantastic. I saved most of the work
as an inspiration.
5 :star:

[bupaje]

Wow, great stuff. Love the colors, the humor in a few, the motion in the girl with knives. Awesome.