Mixed Sketchez || Felix 'Botho' Haas || (upd Mar_2011)

[botho81]

Hi guys and gals,
it's been a while since I posted something new.
But right now, I wanna share some mixed stuff with you. Only mechanical pencil.
Some other nice stuff (digital paintings, etc.) can be seen on my webportfolio.
Comments and crits are welcome. Enjoy !

!!THIS IS 2006, PLZ


http://www.felixhaas.de/images/s54.jpg

http://www.felixhaas.de/images/s55.jpg

http://www.felixhaas.de/images/s56.jpg

http://www.felixhaas.de/images/s57.jpg

http://www.felixhaas.de/images/s53.jpg

[Bartovan]

Some interesting faces. You should make the eyes more expressive. Good work.

[redbutton]

Ooooh very nice! The lady with the sunglasses and the masquerade (?) couple both look great, and the last portrait is so soft and peaceful looking... I'm also kinda envious of you because you managed to pull off all those different features in them little portraits - whenever I try that the faces turn out like these weird Ken/Barbie clones. :P
Anyway, good work and keepy uppy!

[liquidjack]

Nice pics you got here. I would suggest working with some real life things if you can. It looks like you are grabbing things from mags.

[botho81]

Thanks guys for the good words. I really appreciate it.

@liquidjack - you're right, it's definitely a better training for the eye when you draw from life.
But sometimes I don't have the possibility to draw a real model,
then I grab some poses from mags.

This week we started again with drawing sessions at university.
So heres a bunch of it.
Each one not longer than 10 minutes.
Please excuse the poor quality, but I don't have an A3 scanner
(so I photographed them).

[botho81]

Here is a new zombie-like guy. I'm doing some concept on how my new character
could look like. He's for my new project at university.
What do you think?
Is he disgusting and nasty enough?
Give me some hints what I can do to get the ugliest monster/zombie
in the world ;-)

[botho81]

Here's a bunch of new stuff !
Two new creature sketches and some new life drawings from university.
The life drawings are about 10 to 20 minutes each.

Comments are most welcome.

[botho81]

A sweet selection of new colored pix.
Enjoy !

[mrpank]

hmmm
that last one looks really cool, great colors

[botho81]

Thanx mrpank, i'm already working on new ones, but nothing is showable, yet.
greets

[botho81]

ok, here's another drawing I did on sunday evening.
After all the ugly monsters, I thought I had to do a beautiful face again.
This ought to be Kate Hudson, comments are welcome!

[botho81]

oh,oh,oh
long time no post, but I reactivate this post here with sketches and illus I've found
The pressure's high now to come up with more recent stuff.
my current job is eating my sparetime completely, ahhhhhhh
crits are most welcome! because your feedback pushes me further and keeps me workin harder on my stuff.
greetz

--one or two drawings could be OFFENSIVE...

[botho81]

another illustration

[Kristo Novo]

hey buddy :)
cool mix of characters here - want to see more - maybe try to block out major forms and proportions more precisely before rendering those

[botho81]

hey Kristo,
thanks and here's a bunch of new ones. And you are right, I have to draw more from life and first find the right form and shape before rendering to quick.
comments are welcome

[Kristo Novo]

yehaa
I´d like to see more of that bbq drawings ;-)

[botho81]

here's a bunch of new stuff/crap. unfortunately not really BBQ sketches;)
And I decided to post everything here, also those crappy pieces. This is where I get better, if you guys post feedback!
cheers

[botho81]

Life drawing sessions every Friday evening at the "Städel Night School" in Frankfurt!!
It feels good again to have figure drawing at a regular basis. It is soooo important...but who am I telling this:)
These are some results from the first and second session. Crits welcome!

[vardoburrito]

I like the raw looking pencils.
s60, uglyfuc01, and torment.

[Is it bad to ask to extend for their body?
It might lose the raw energy. It doesn't hurt to try though]

[botho81]

Thanks dwardo.
It is not bad to ask..:) I have made bodies of the zombies. but it was some time ago I made them. they are also in this thread. but I think they really don't have the rough energy of the faces

But at the moment I'm more into nice girls again:))
Here is a quickie grabbed from a mag and altered a bit. I like that sometimes.

[botho81]

another study turned out to be a small illustration

[botho81]

here's an update

[botho81]

Originally this piece should be a landscape study. But I thought that something remarkable could be going on...

[vardoburrito]

Post 22, wide enviros are always favourites. A long shot of this scene that lasts
2 minutes won't bother me one bit. As long as I see those dust clouds morphing.

Keep doing these studies mate, and cgtalk.com if you're ever around.
There's a few helpful people in there.

I dig the sketch lines.

/E

[Kristo Novo]

hey mate ;-) ye it was about time to refresh some artwork.
cool landscape stuff you have up here. keep us updated!

[jatherip]

kewl stuff man, how bout some more digital characters?
keep goin :P

[sarbro]

man, after looking through your sketchbook I feel honored that you visited my sb. Your pencilwork is awesome!!
Update! Want to see more.
And thanks again for visting my sb

[vardoburrito]

is this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2298987&postcount=21) on a public concrete wall? and did you get arrested? :)

Your sketchbook pages (and sketches) are so clean and neat compared to my pages that are creased up the wazoo from too much erasing and shit. Nice. /E

PS. The bad boyz is a nice group shot. 3D modeling is calling you (if you didn't hear it) :).

[jedininjaman]

Great noses!
ha and the attitude in the"devil takes what he wants" one is really nice very sensual.
the biggest thing i would say to work on would be the sketchy feel your renders have, try to make it a little cleaner by making each individual line less visible. Having the individual lines used to make the rendering visisble really hurts the depth in the image
thanks for sharing man!

[botho81]

@dwardo:
cool, you like it. Good to hear that I grabbed your attention for so long.
I have a portfolio at cgtalk, and some works are already over there.

@KristoNovo:
Thanks, and definitely I'll keep you updated:)

@jatherip:
Here we go, here's a sneak peak for Venetica concepts, with more digital chars and creatures. Check out the link below

@sarbro:
Thank you, and this is absolutely no prob. I mean, that's why we're here for! To push each other

@dwardo:
Thanks! no it's not a public wall. just a pencil sketch with photo in the back:)
Your right. It's about time to refresh my zBrush skills:)

@jedininjaman:
Thanks mate. I am also planning to do some matte paintings with a more rendered look and not too sketchy.

Here's sneak preview at what's going on in the Venetica concepts thread.
The Link is at the bottom. Hope you like it.

http://www.felixhaas.de/images/venetica_new/03reaper_004.jpg

[mpaquin]

Its really cool to see your work get better and better in this thread. Very inspiring.

[botho81]

@mpaquin:
Thanks, good to hear that:)

Here are two portraits done from life at the 'Städel Abendschule' in Frankfurt.
Both are made in about 2 1/2 hours with mechanical pencil. The first is a bit clean. The second has a rougher shading. I think it works better for me.
btw she had crazy hair;)

[sarbro]

the two portraits are great, especially the first one, a pity that you didn´t draw the hair, but the "not-really-finished-touch" is also interesting

[sketchibo]

I like those last two portraits, keep it up!

[botho81]

thanks sarbro and sketchibo!
here's a new one, but something completely different. it was time for a robot:)
what do you think?

[Edictiv]

I love your environments and the last image looks great!

[botho81]

Thanks Edictiv!
Here's a WIP of an ape I sketched in lunchtime at Deck13.
I decided to turn this drawing more into a finished illustration.
Here are the steps so far. Finished piece will follow:)

[sarbro]

the robot is great. I want a pet like that! But it does seem to be stubborn.
Also great monkey although I prefer the pencil one

Keep doing more

[sarbro]

sry, for the doublepost

[lowkey]

hey your digital environments are awesome but I especially love the pencil portraits :D keep it up!

[vardoburrito]

That monkey is hilarious. :P I love hidden fingers man, they're totally uncalled for but funny all the same, lmao. - Louis C.K. (comedian)
talked about flipping a kid (5 y.o.) in a shopping centre just because he looked like a trouble maker. (You might like some of his comedy
so check him out when you can.)

Venetica looks sweet btw, I hope you were able to exercise some ZBrushing skills in there too. /E

[aiRaGe]

Great stuff! :)

[strangedawn]

great sb,i like the robot,the concept is great and the monkey is also nice keep posting.=)

[botho81]

Thank you guys!
@dwardo, unfortunately I didn't find the time to do somethin' cool with zBrush. I only played around a bit...

Here's something new:
A pencil drawing that I grabbed from a mag. This was only for practicing, just to train the eye.
The second is a quick concept. It was a lot of fun to do this environment sketch.
I played around with brushes, grain and a film-look. Took me baout 2 hours. Hope you enjoy.



http://www.felixhaas.de/images/personal/FAKE1.jpg



http://www.felixhaas.de/images/dam1.jpg

[botho81]

Two new sketches.
Experimenting with film grain and realism of lighting etc.
Hurried Soldiers.
Cyberpunk Pirate.

[botho81]

new character with low contrast aquarelle look

[Onisan]

Da fehlt doch noch das mit dem Damm und den Schiffen mit korrigiertem Schild im Vordergrund ;)

Schöne Sachen, mehr bitte!

[botho81]

SOoo, let's start with some updates. A messy bunch of mixed stuff from last months or done for work last year.

In order:
-life drawings in downtown Frankfurt
-mixed pencil sketches
-personal matte painting..at the dam
-3 near future environments - IP development for Deck13
-Bob in an individual performance
-interior concept for the adventure game 'Black Sails'
-commissioned work in classical fantasy theme
-3 matte painting environments for hidden object game 'Jade Rousseau'

let me know what you think!

[raminafshari]

i dont know what to say at this point because my eyes cant believe what they see , are these photos or drawings ?

[botho81]

hey raminafshari,
the last pieces have something like a matte painting approach. I can show you the making of steps. First quick concept, already using photos, but I made the photos work for me. That's important to keep in mind. Then rough 3D modeling with basic textures and finishing/detailing with photos and painting with heavy use of photoshop.

[botho81]

Here is a bunch of artworks I have done at work, when there's a copyright mark in it. But also some personal pieces I have done recently and I wanted to share with you guys. I am posting this stuff in the sketchbook section, because the artworks are totally mixed, from preliminary sketches to finished artworks.
Have fun, and let me know what you think, and what I can do better in the future!

Cheers, Felix

[botho81]

going on with updates

[botho81]

This was a commissioned illustration by a friend of mine. It is ready to print in A1...and yes, I used parts of photos for this one to achieve a mixture between realistic and painted parts :)
It is a mixture between a 69er and 71 Charger R/T

[botho81]

This is my interpretation of the skateboard courier 'YT' from the book Snow Crash. The preliminiary black and white sketch can be seen below.

[botho81]

This is my attempt to make a digital still life as a study. I used a reference photo HERE (http://www.felixhaas.de/images/beer_inthesun_orig.jpg) but of course there was no tracing and no color picking. Otherwise the study is useless. Global illumination was freaking out with the red aluminum buds. I mainly used a simple round brush with soft and hard edge and the lasso tool.

Story: Two special edition buds standing in front of the window in my working room at home. Bought in Las Vegas for 10 bucks each I think. And our cats left many marks of their noses everywhere on the window.

[botho81]

This is a personal mood sketch. For me it is important to stay flexible, versatile and quick in what I'm doing as a concept artist. That's why I don't want to focus too much in one direction, like characters, environments, tech etc...Concept Art / Illustration is already very focused in the game industry. Therefore I want to show my diversity in styles and topics. And I'm working hard to be good in all disciplines HAHA. It took me about 8 hours including the compositional sketches. Hope you like it!

[botho81]

here are some quick character sketches, which I have done recently. with this technique the process almost feels like sculpting and not like drawing lines. have fun

[Liberty]

Thank you for this uploads.

Say if one would want to get to your skill level, starting from ground zero and worked hard every day, how much time would that take in years, or how many years you have under your belt?.
I am aware that this is nonsense question but i would be grateful for even nonsense answer.

[raminafshari]

impressive concepts , i also like the way you have with colors .