Blaz`s Sketchbook has a silly title!

[Blaz]

NEW STUFF AT THE END OF THE SB! DUH! :bashful: ;)
( I think you should just ignore these earlier posts....Im quite ashamed of em!) xD

Back with new stuff! From post #110!



Hello all,im new to this forum and i decided to share some of my sketches for u to see!
Little about me (yay -.-) :My name is Blaž (what a shock),im 18 years old and i go to secondary art school,graphic design.

[Blaz]

My version of Balthazar from GW:
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/9613/obalthazarsp8.jpg
My version of Lyssa from GW:
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5944/olyssavw8.jpg
My version of Grenth from GW:
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/4346/ogrenthmd1.jpg
Some armor and weapons:
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/7706/ocrystaleq3.jpg
An Assassin Sketch:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5213/oassassinwu4.jpg
Erm Something:
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/1583/osomethingnf5.jpg
Last Armor:
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/3469/oredemptionwarriorftr1.jpg

Thats it for now!
Yeah i know they are lame...
And they are all in pencil couse i dont have tablet yet,im planning on buying it soon!

I want some comments and crits too ! :bashful:

[Blaz]

I need some help please!

How can i attach a link to my sketchbook in my signature and how to set that little picture next to your thread title when making thread?

Im new to this and a bit dumb eheh :bashful: !

[DanielC]

Hey !!
Nice start. But don't forget anatomy. Right now your characters look too simple. Add some interesting details and lines. Make the compositions attractive by adding some backgrounds or anything.

As for the link and thunmbnail:
Link: Looks in you User Cp o nthe top left corner of the page. Look for Edit Signature and in the box copy past the link to your sb (in the adress bar of your browser).
Thumbnail: In your first post of the thread, get in the advanced modify mode, look for an Attachement Manager button and add the image you want... but only one!

There you go =)

[Blaz]

To Glupito: Thx eheh.
To DanielC: I totally agree with you! Thank you for observation and for User CP help! :D

[Smoke]

Loving the armour and weapon designs, those helmets are <3.

[Blaz]

VERY BAD adempt of perspective!!!

http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/5444/badademptofperspectivebt6.jpg
...unfinished...
im hopeless i guess...:dead:

[softocean]

I like your concepts. But it seems like lots of your figures are just floating. Try positioning the characters on a ground plane more often, it will help to show you good positions for the legs and feet. Also be mindful of the center of gravity of your characters so they don't look like they might fall over.

My sketchbook is here (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71080)

[Snarfevs]

Good start!
Some of your figures seem to have strange proportions despite their solidity. The 'disturbed' pair look like they'd mesh perfectly with 'inquisitor', in fact a lot of these designs look like they would be viable as games workshop concepts.

The last I feel simply begs for a more dramatic angle.

[Oni Rem]

i like what i see...good stuff mang

[Cold]

Thx for your rating blaz, it made my day to hear that:)

Regarding your sketchbook, i like your enthusiasm for detail, which may be hindering you of your overall perspective. I mean sometimes your drawings don't gel well with the camera or gravity, that’s why I would see simple blocking out of things, giving you more an overview. This should allow you more control.

Personally every drawing i do, I use the line tool on my PS panel, and make a couple of vanishing points on a different layer, and this helps me greatly. If you’re slightly confused, just come by my sketchbook and ask for me to post a step by step, on my next drawing.

Thx again.

[Evxyza92]

cool stuff man and its a very clean style but lacks some pizazz if you catch my drift.. it needs a rough line put in some action poses and you'll see that a clean style needs some roughening up

[Blaz]

to softocean: ty for the advice,ill try that!
to snarfevs: ty,and yes i know about the proportion : (...
to loneshadow: ty eheh
to cold: im really glad it made your day,ill try to do the blocking thing from now on,i hope it helps ^^
to evxyza92: ty,but i dont really get the "pizazz" and "drift" part :P i agree about the rough thing but problem is when i draw (like Cold said) i really get drawn by the details so the overall drawing lootks "tidy" and not really natural ...
...i cant help my self ...doomed :D

[Blaz]

Ok,i did this crap before i saw your comments so its technically the same crap as other crapy drawings :dead:
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6554/crapih2.jpg
proportions agian...head too big...

[Miro]

i like your character designs, they look really neat
and i agree on the helmets, they're just <3
did you learn this at art-school? or are you a natural artist?:confident

no crits from me :}
keep 'em coming!

[Blaz]

...natural artist and thats the problem i guess...i mean i go to art school but it just sucks i learn more about the design and graphics than traditional drawing :)

[Miro]

at this age, this kinda quality :o
and it's not a bad thing if you can draw like this!
what's art school like? and what do they teach you there exactly

just keep drawing like you do now, and you've got yourself a fan already :)
can't wait to see more of your material

[Blaz]

I`m glad you like my drawings! :)

Well art school is great! Its very easy,fun and the great thing is u can be your self and express your self freely!
There are different courses...i chose graphic design,couse i like it :)

[Tec]

i can only repeat the stuff that was already mentioned in the other posts ^^ .....this sketchbook is really a nice start...interesting variety of different concepts..... but you should focus a bit more on the basic shapes of your charakters atm. you seem to like detailing the armory and weaponry a lot :P. try to spend a bit more time on the basic shapes and values and less on lines and details......keep it up :)

[Blaz]

After making new sketchbook i realised this one wasnt deleted afterall so i deleted new one and here are drawings from that one!

Just got tablet and this is first thing I made!
Balthazar colored version for GW competition!
Crappy Harlequin


From now one ill try to make daily sketches (yeah real sketches :er: ) couse i finnaly got the will for it! :)

And any advice about digital coloring would be nice couse im huge noob :bashful: !

[undergroundsean]

cool design !

[Chris Noeth]

Thx for visiting my Sketchbook!

Your designs remember me of the WOW designs... cool stuff.
I would love to see a finished version of your Scarab King ;)

Best,

Chris

[Blaz]

@undergroundsean: thanks
@Chris Noeth: thank you,and I dunno about finishing scarab king...i might color it.....(and btw i hate WoW! ^^)

Here are three todays sketches
Pretty crappy stuff..

most of the poses are drawn from the head...didnt have oportunity to draw from real models....so they turned up like they did....unatural...

[dan liimatta]

pretty good, I like many of the details, and some of the sketches are really nice - for example that of the Nightbringer and Grenth. Sometimes you slip on the line work or/and the anatomy of the characters. Still I like.

GG & GL

[Miro]

very nice sketches :)
i really dig the harlequins

keep 'em coming :p

[Don-key]

charatcers are coming along nicely, good imagination ad form.
one thing that might help is to push the contrast a bit, really make the
tones and forms push and pull to give depth.
keep it up! :D

[Jesus de Haro]

Hi, good ideas here, i like the first viking specially, and some of the "underground" scifi designs are great.
negative points, try to articulate de limbs of your figures giving diferent angles to each part...(sorry about my english hehehe)
i mean if you draw a leg completelly straight it looks tense and unnatural.
try to give diferent angles to each part of the limbs, it makes the drawing looks more relaxed and natural.
anyway good job :^^:

PD: ty for your post in my sketchbook :D Salute!

[Blaz]

@Miro: thx :D
@Don-key: thank you for the advice...yeah i think deeper shadows/contrast is what i need ^^
@Jesus de Haro:Thanks,ill try my best ^^

And todays doodles/sketches:

[Wasker]

Argh, while your skill with pencils still needs to be tampered with a bit to be perceft there's no problems with your imagination! Those character concepts up there are sick! Very inspiring!

[life on the sofa]

hey blaz thanks for visiting my sketchbook, thought i would repay the favour and answer your questions in one go. i do my phtoshop stuff using a touchpad mouse..the ones where you move your finger around the small square to move the cursor, i paint with that not sure what you mean by tablet.hmm and my drawings i use reference for colours and details but the poses usualy just come around by acident btu sometime i copy the poses( neither of my 2 atm are copies)......now your work, i love your attention to detail and your anatomy isnt that bad just a bit basic(lol thats rich from me) but just some bulgin muscles and more ACTION, movement etc would give your work that kick up the backside to make it even better because your designs are sweet. luvin it dude keep it up.

L.O.T.S

[jar]

Your not as bad as you think mate! Keep this bad mo-fo updated!

Also, incase no one has turned you onto this, check it out. I think you could gain alot from it:

http://www.amazon.ca/Bridgmans-Complete-Guide-Drawing-Life/dp/0806930152/sr=8-1/qid=1171131122/ref=pd_ka_1/701-6237849-2108355?ie=UTF8&s=books

[Nistarn]

You have pretty good things, keep up with good work, thanks for the advise : ) you re right. hope to see more of your digital painting to

[accretion]

Wow, I see you'll have no problems with the imagination part of creating concept art! Great work! Maybe some more drawings from life, say your friends or family or maybe you could sketch just everyday people too? I guess that would bring a more human element to your characters which would make them more interesting and believable too. Hey, thanks for visiting my sketchbook, too. Us newbies will all improve in no time as long as we keep on practicing. :}

[Blaz]

Thank you all for replying...
btw Jar i dont know about that book...i do have all loomis books on cd ^^,but i might check out that one...

Here is an adempt of coloring my famous harlequin:

...i just cant make that trumpet (is it called like that?) realistic :(!

[drunknmunky]

Hey Blaz, some very nice character designs in here! Your PS piece in your last post looks great, although I'm not experienced enough with photoshop to give you a decent crit, I can say though as you said, the trumpet kind of looks a little flat, just touch it up with reflections and correct shading and I'm sure it will look great. I'm afraid I can't really give advice on what to do, maybe check out some PS tutorials on metal shading or something. But everythings looks real good, keep on drawing:D! and thanks for the comment in my Sb :) Oh and you play guild wars (Well I guess so from the designs for it)! Nice! :D

[Blaz]

Thank you,and yes i play GW (well not often lately)! :confident
And Don-Key thx for the advice pushing up contrast is really what i needed!

Todays sketch:

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Hey blazzor, seeing some improvement here, that last update really stuck out from the bunch. The linework is a bit inconsistent, keep an eye out for that. :1 But i like the concepts man, really dug that ice cream man. :3 Keep it up mate.

[kawakaze]

awsome stuff man. i really like the linework of the first posts, as u get down and start shading in values i think u lose a bit of the crispness, particularly because of your midrange values. your sketches dont really have pronounced shadows or highlights. in your paints u are defining it a lot more however i think u can still build up those forms a little stronger and push the values further to give your work more presence. gwork though. keep it up

[Pyroclasm00]

Hey man, awesome, your 16 also. Thanks for the advice.

Those last drawings you posted are pretty sweet, I like the little girl with the skull head, and the colored version of Balthazar. I wish I knew enough to post some good crits, but I don't.. so just keep it up!!

[Blade-14]

The detail on your figures is something to behold! But once u learn how to do life drawing like proper u'll be amazed at how much better those guys and gals look posture wise. U'll be like how the hell did i ever survive without this!?

Something else that im also guilty of not doing is backgrounds and shadow planes on character drawings giving them that 'character stuck in the void' look, i need to work on this also and so i shall. Hope to see more mate! :D

[Zombie_dla]

You got some really nice stuff in here with some minor flaws (hands look a little small in some places and some floating characters) but I can see in your last few posts that you're improving. don't get me wrong, you are talented and I'm not really in any position to crit your work since I'm new at this. I really like your style and I see you got good taste in gaming too, love GW :P Anyhow, would really like to see some more soon!

Oh, and yea, I think the admins want people to use the image manager instead of img-tags. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Blaz]

Thank you all once again for replying,kind words and huge help!
You really boosted my confidence ^^ hehe

Oh and zombie_dla you are right,damn,i have to use attachment manager....ill try to fix that! :)

[iMaiM]

Awesome stuff, keep it up.

In fact, I feel like drawing after looking at this stuff. AFK xD

[Delmar]

There´s big improovement compared to the first posts. In your first pics your characters had in my opinion a lack of expression, it looked like you were afraid of drawing heads........but seein your last post showed me that you already going in the right direction. Your figures in the last post have character and style and also different face expressions.:rendered:

...Maybe work a little more on the eyes, most characters of youres have the same.. (no pupils and round eyes).

So keep it up, you´re on the way!

[shidoken]

nice stuff! i really like your ideas and the characters you come up with. some of them are weird but, maybe you could push it a bit too. hehehee... :bounce:

[Blaz]

@iMaiM: Thanks alot man!
@Delmar: Thank you,and yes im afraid of drawing heads lol....thx for the advice!
@shidoken:Thx, I am trying...but what do you mean by pushing it? :)

Todays mindless doodling in school,heh nice way to make boring classes interesting!

[Shinryu]

hey man, cheers for the post over at my thread. Some really intresting designs here. I think some more drawing from life will help give your line abit more life and help you find more contrast in your rendering.

keep posting

cheers

[darkchild]

Thanks for taking the time and looking at my work. I must say your imagination is overflowing with great ideas! Very cool works. Your attention to detail on some of your works is superb, especially that last post. My favorite has to be this: http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5944/olyssavw8.jpg

Very clean lines and very nicely portrayed. Now vary the line weights a bit to bring more depth. Any plans to color some of the earlier posts? They all seem to be set up to be colored. I hope you continue to post! Keep up the great work!

[Dan Valkar]

thanks for the words my friend..and u have talent...no doub about it..ur characters reminds me a lot of yu gi oh hahahaha nice work, keep learnin' cause u have imagination and creativity

[Nigel]

Hey man, thanks for the comment in my SB :)

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=92093&stc=1&d=1171371814
Very amusing self portait, hehe :D

Your concepts like the nightbringer and scarab king for example are very nice. Keep updating :)

[Spyplane]

Great start, especially at a young age. Keep going with it. Free up your hand when you draw. Forget about details like some people said. I strongly encourage you to pick up some colored pencils, markers, whatever...One thing I learned in art school was to never be too comfortable with a certain medium/approach. You will pick up new techniques and learn more about your technique. later

[Blaz]

@Shinryu: Thx,i always try to life draw a bit more but when i start making sketches of figures i dunno i cant help my self to add some details and at the end it turn into clown or something -.-
@darkchild:Thanks alot! :) And yes those earlier drawings were made to be colored but I eventually lost interest in them!
@Dan Valkar:Thank you,but im a bit confused about Yu Gi Oh part? :$ I dunno where did you find similarity...clowns maybe? :P
@Nigel:Thank you:D
@Spyplane:Thx for the advice...ill try to experiment a little *goes looking for colored pencils*

And...
....todays uber emo drawing i made in painter..still huge noob im experimenting and learning more about program through doodling and this was the doodle which i deceided to color it for avatar but i guess ill post it too...

...ok maybe im kinda shy of this...but what the hell....BOMB ME with crits about painting :angel:

[life on the sofa]

lol, wanna see my attempt at makin your trumpet look real????!! i know you do!

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/2065/34ttbd6.png

see your not the only one who cant make it look real, lol my version is realy curved/bendy lol

[Blaz]

Eheh life on a sofa that is....uhm....erm...yeah....:^^;:
...well you tried lol....

Ok todays sketches (that horse head is a plaster cast) and one charcoal drawing i did in school:

[dan liimatta]

that's a sad soggy horse you got there ;)

anyway nice studies, and one should beware of the imagination monstertrain huh? :P

[life on the sofa]

HEHE...blaz u must have the craziest on the spot imagination i have ever seen, the stuff i scribble in class is the same old stick ppl, guns and robots *shy face*..but you gees you come up with some weird but VERY VERY cool stuff. now just do it deliberatly, i would love to see you compete in the C.O.W competition(creature.of.the week)a weekly cometition to create th best and coolest monster which fits the set specification. i am hopless at drawing and digi painting but i find seeing others work and ideas has given me huge inspiration and spured me on to be much much better than i was before. and with your detailed drawing and even a small amount of photoshop skills you could win week on week. link C.O.W#77:http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=89824

[Blaz]

Thank you life on a sofa! ^^
Damn how come i didnt see that topic earlier....
....what a great challange...
*starts doodling the creature*

[Nutter]

Great post at #46. Keep up the GW stuff and I'm sure one day you'll be doing some killer stuff.

cheers.

[robmorfin]

Blaz, your stuff is very original & you draw really well, I just see that you try to avoid perspective, the concept of your environment is very good but it does need some work on the perspective, I would recommend you the book "Rapid Viz", it explains very good and makes you understand it in a very easy way and without all the technical side of it (which is not bad but is harder to understand right away). Keep posting!

[(c)]

hey man some nice sketches here.. like the last painting. show that u are on the right way. just keep on pushing details!!!

[radu.andrew]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=93486&stc=1&d=1171492028

man thats cool keep it up on painting , more more colours but no rush :D

[Blaz]

Hello again,thank you for the comments alot ;)

Here are two sketches made by... how is it called... black pen like thingy eheh :bashful: well i wanted something different...(including cow sketch)
after this im back to pencil ^^

[Beelow]

There is another guy named Blaz haha, I though you were him, but he goes by ninjassasin over at cgtalk. He posts over here at CA sometimes.

Now to work. I like your ideas and some of the designs of the characters. You polish and get better that is all. Just do some life drawing; try to get as much time of that as you can. You will begin to see your character designs jumpstart and in about a year your character designs will look more magical. Of course you want to keep drawing and improve year by year though. I am just merely stating that you will have vasts amounts of improvement if you keep drawing. Keep mark making!XD

[Blaz]

Thank you Beelow for the comment,your works are really inspiring ^^

here is my sketch for Chow...i tried and tried to color it but i failed couse i dont know how...and i dont know how to use painter
Can anyone please tell me with what to draw in painter? oils? watercolor?

[iMaiM]

Nice updates, and I like the new avatar a lot.

gogo Fu Manchu with pointy ears!

[paperX]

hey man alot of great creative stuff in here...keep it up! :)

you going to finish your CHOW piece? btw i'd like to remind u that the rules are that 3/4 of the character must be visible....might want add some legs there :P

[BumsUnite]

Hey man i really like that necromancer sketch, i really want to see you finish it though, by adding in the rest of the body. im a big fan of that abstract composition that you have as your avatar, it is raw. But as for that clown, im not so impressed. I think you may have gone too dark in some places...right down to straight black.
I dont know if your into photography at all, but in most good photography (and the same goes for a lot of drawing and painting), the absolute blacks should be saved for only a few very special places, and the absolute whites should be preserved for the super bright reflective highlights. Everything else can be shades of grey but remember to use the pure black wisely, or else the lighting just wont look right. Also, pay really close attention to the edges. The trumpet of your clown is getting too blurry. Those details will come out if you sharpen up your edges.

What i do like is your cleanliness of linework in your first few posts. Those drawings are tight! Way cleaner than i could ever imagine doing right now. Once again, i want to see that necromancer finished, and keep up the good work!

{Peace!
M

[life on the sofa]

i have said it many times blaz..but your realy not well...lol your imagination is wacked who draws battle toilets?...hehe..well good work as always dude although i think it wud be good if you set about beating your work over then head with a digi stick...in other words attack them with photoshop, could produce some great work....(even greater thn what is here already:))

[EaN]

Hey Blaz, I really like your character designs, very nice. I also love how clean your lines are. You got a very nice sb. :)
As for painter, I'm quite new to it myself - I mainly use the oil tools (I'm using 9.5 btw), specifically the round camel hair and details oil brush 5. Hope that helps.

[Libra Blood]

i love your artwork! the creepy feeling within it is overwelling and the way you have drawn your charaters and so forth completely amaze me! Keep going! I'd love to see more of your artwork!

[Zombie_dla]

Hey, sorry if I revive a thread that's completely dead, but I was just wondering if you're going to update more, or maybe you got a new sketchbook somewhere that I've missed? Anyhow, hope you're still drawing :)

[Chris Noeth]

Hey Blaz,

still rockin? ;)

Keep it up.

Best,

Chris

[Blaz]

Hello all! Im back! :wink: I wasnt active for like 3 months I think and decided to show some old sketches before I start making new ones.

Guild Wars destroyed me again! And now I decided to start drawing more often...again! I hope this time I manage to do it longer! MMORPGs destory people! >:{ ...meh....

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@iMaiM: Thx,I like the avatar too! ;)
@paperX: Thx for notice :), but didnt post it for ChoW anyway....
@BumsUnite: Thank you for your time! I appreciate advice! Maybe I could finish the necromancer....but im not sure what necromancer do you mean? :P
@life on the sofa: Hehe thank you! I will try to force my self to learn using PS, and Ill be sure to check your progress too! Im curious!
@EaN: Thx man!
@Libra Blood: Hehe thx,yes i love creepy! :D
@Zombie_dla: Hey thx for reviving the thread in the right moment! Ill try to keep this SB alive from now!
@Chris Noeth: Well, im back for some rockin! Thank you for stopping by! :D
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Get ready for some SPAM! :spam:
SKETCHES 3 MONTHS OLD! : - boring stuff!

[Blaz]

And some new stuff...max month old...eh...
In order...

-GW Lich redesign
-GW characters drawn for some players...
-A thing for school,theme was world in close future without water! - unfinished!

.......

[vervex]

Really nice :) Even though it's all black and white you know how to shade properly ! You draw fat people very well too - something I haven't tried yet. I'm too concentrated on "what is cute and beautiful". I should spend more time on what is... true. :)

Anyway, great sketchbook ! I'll keep an eye on it ;D

[paperX]

hey man great update! alot of nice characters too, one major crit though would be to work more on your shading...it seems alot of the time you are looking at the lighting when shading...but forgetting the form, try to shade in more than one direction...'wrap' the lines 'around' the forms. also remember line weight plays a big role as well...vary them along with the shading and you should see the forms 'pop' out more, lastly watch out for your values more, try to make your dark,mid,and highlight tones more clear :)

just my 2 cents, keep working hard man!

[Lee W]

nice work in here :) keep up the hard work

[iMaiM]

Hey man, been a while... I'm really loving the harlequin in #73! So much progress, so little time...XD

The first chick in #74's head looks a bit small, though. Keep up the great work man, and thanks again for stoppin' by the other day!

[Piranha Clan]

Thanks for commenting in my SB :)

Stop ripping your stuff so much...you are quite talented. There is some insanely cool shite in here, especially the stuff at the beginning of this thread. Great details and pencils. I want more! And just what is GW that the redesigns were for?

[Noë]

Definetly makes me study figures more!...in fact im gonna do it right now ...*runs away*
lemme see that! ^^ did you also find this site (www.posemaniacs.com/blog) in my SB? Grrrreat for gestures!

this page (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=150217&stc=1&d=1181253978) looks very nice, especially the bridge is awesome! Maybe you could paint it with some colours digitally? If you do it right it could really be breathtaking. Though I know colour is hard.

Also I really like the lower right scene in this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=92091&stc=1&d=1171370590).

About the figures, I think they look really good. But sometimes you make the head a bit too small.
I have no other crits.. Just keep it up! ^^

Love
Marleen

[Blaz]

@vervex: Thx,hehe I never got that kind of compliment before!

@paperX: Yes you are right,I think my shading does kill the form...and kinda kils the line weight too! Thanks for the advice!

@OldNoobie: Thx! :D

@iMaiM: Thx,yeah her head does look too small,indeed. :/

@Piranha Clan: Thx,and GW is Guild Wars, a MMORPG game i am playing (unfortunately). And those redesigns were for fan art on some forums.

@Noe: Thank you for the link,it will definitely help! Yeah bridge frame is my fav from that, now I only wish I could paint digitally..actually paint in general!

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And for today just wanted to show stupid animation I made in flash cause I was bored...I call it "Shock"...its a bit slow in gif!........will post new sketch tomorrow....

[miNze]

wow man awsome sketches =D
what can I say ? ;)

[Blaz]

@miNze: Thx! :D

Ok here is new sketch,still not figure studies couse mostly im drawing at school couse i dont have time at home, but when i get time ill sit and do some.

These are some photo referances and class mates followed by some ship design...

[Chaotica]

Blaz you have got gr8 skills man! your charecters rock esp...dem evil jester in this page is my favourite,...and thanx a ton for visiting my works...i still have a long way to go! i appreciate those advices!

[hedwordup]

really like the man being sucked in by the tentacles youve obviously got a big imagination and alot of patience, very nice

[Renegade_1]

Some nice stuff you got here! your pencils are really nice btw, really liked the fat guy eating grapes hehe. You should work with colour more, put some paint onto your sketches. Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook!

[Grimwolf]

Good stuff, Blaz! I really like the Scarab Kinng and the Pharoah. Those could both be developed into really cool paintings or sculptures. Your armor designs are great too. You've got the basics down. I would like to see more shading work and smaller details in your drawings. Pester your art teachers about shading techniques and anatomy. If they're worth a damn, then they'll love you for it.

[Chris Noeth]

The 'birthday dog' in post #54 makes me sad.

Chris

[Piranha Clan]

Liking the statue studies with Christ and the other face(Poseidon?). Good Einstein likeness and nice ship design. Also, that Jester is wicked, finish it. Evil clowns are going to eat us all! :$

More, Blaz, MORE!!

[RandAlThor]

Couldnt decide if i liked your pencils or your pen work more... i've decided i like them both ;-) keep up the good work, i'll be checking back...

[Blaz]

@Chaotica: Thank you! ^^
@hedwordup: Thx,Well today dont have patience anymore for stuff like that :P
@Renegade_1: Yeah I really need to paint more...and i really dont think my pencils are good..meh.. ^^ thx
@Grimwolf: Heh my art teachers are horrible...and cba bothering em heh....btw i got a feeling you didnt check page 2 lol! ^^
@Chris Noeth: Uhm...its a rabbit...am I that bad? *runs away* :D
@Piranha Clan: Thx dude, im not sure what statue is the other head...it was in my classroom so I drew it :P And yeah i have the thing for evil clowns! hehe!
@RandAlThor:Thx ! :D
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Ok,ok still not figure drawing i PROMISE they are next...

Here is a cover design for one book we had to read...it was a school task...well i decided for a bit different approach...

[vann12]

hey I really like your art especially the pen.

[Blaz]

@vann12: Thx :)
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Ok before the figures I figured (Ha,i made this word order all by my self) I could post a WIP of my online friends character I am doing atm..
...He is her fictional character and im doing my interpretation of him..His name is Raj altough i professionaly call him Horned Guy! :bashful:
Im planning on coloring him in PS! Need practice!........his arm is pretty messed up i know...

[AmontilladoAg]

Wow, I'm so glad you commented on my SB, cuz that led me here to yours! :D

I love your work!!! Your armor/helmet designs, your toilet monsters, your femmes fatales... all super-cool stuff :teeth:

Cheers :)

[kshock]

nice sketches Blaz! keep up the good work.

btw thanks for the comment. ^_^

[kleett]

Sweet works.
I like the fish with legs a lot.
:)

[yize]

You have some really nice work here. Your shading is great and love your pen work. keep it up ^^

[Blaz]

@AmontilladoAg: Thx alot!
@kshock: Np and thx :D
@kleett: Thx!
@yize: Thx,tough i have to improve shading!
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Ok maybe not figure studies eheh :bashful: but I was very occupied lately by task from my friend. She asked me to illustrate her book,actually short story for young readers she is writing for competition, and I did.

Its called "Pure Heart" and here are the drawings....
....Im quite proud of em since its my second seriousa adempt in photoshop...and I think its much better than Baltahar one which was my first.

Here are front and back cover:
Crits are very welcome :)

[Andy Nicho]

Thanks for dropping by my SB Blaz, Balthazar looks cool and your latest digitals are good too, you got some good stuff here. Keep at it, I'll be back!

[Blaz]

@Andy Nicho:Np and thx man! :)
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Ok just decided to post WIP for CHOW 80....
...3 days left I hope I`ll manage to color it...

[AmiimA]

you have a lot of interesting ideas.
i tihnk it would be nice to see soem skeletal or muscle studies from you though. help you strenghten your grasp on anatomy and understanding poses and such.
as for your digital work. one thing to consider would be to try to uhhh.
well instead of just using a darker and darker shade of whatever the base colour is, to introduce a bit more colour, maybe subtley a bit of blue in the shadows, subtley some pink in the cheeks or even some yellows to try and warm the highlinhts. it can jsut make paintings alot more interestign to look at, or give them more lfe.
er, not sure if theis helps. i am NOT th e most articulate person. *coughcough*

[The Crazy Dude SRD]

Thanks again for posting in my sb;

I'm rather impressed with your imaginative sketches (the jester reminds me of the jester from Devil May cry 3 with a nose reduction and better costume...)

Keep up the work!
Shawn

[n1va]

Hehe, I must also give thanks for posting in my SB and your crits were right on. You've got excellent linework and there's a lot of progress visible in your SB even though it's small. Keep hacking at it. I like the scetch of the girl in the middle of page 3, also the last one is great.

Earlier on this page you have a painting of a girl - her face is a bit narrow and nose too long. I struggle with the same stuff but it always helps to work with refs which I'm not sure you did in that case. Take care bro and once again thanks for visiting.

[life on the sofa]

heeeeeeeeeeyy man, this is the first time i have been on this site for a while now, lost my artistic mojo :( coming back on your to have a peep, and can only say im just as impresed as ever !:D

if there is one thing i would say its when you use photoshop, the colours are a little saturated and the brush strokes are very visible which break the image up a bit and makes it look scrappy on parts ( yeah I CAN TALK, but maybe you will find a way to solve it unlike my self) some of the colours are very weak as well and especialy in this last one of the girl there is ALOT of white and like on the upper part of her nose it makes the colour very weak and mixes it with the white making it look a bit un realistic-----BUT let that take nothing away from how good your getting, i just think you need a bit stronger colours and too smooth some strokes over a bit, but that EYE is looking very good i must say :). well done your going good keep it up


(by the way your line work is very..................REFRESHING!..its good to come back and see drawing as incredible as yours hehe...THE AWARD FOR ASS PATING GOES TOO.......but seriously u r tht good :D)

[life on the sofa]

bby the way...you last comment on my sketch book ...use and abuse pencils....I FEAR THE PENCIL...i have grafiteobia..a fear of pencil graphite lol my drawing skills are very..lax which is why even if i bought a proper stylus thingy pad for PS(thats how long ive been away form the art world..i forgotten the names of the equipment :(:() i would still suck (all my art done of PS is using a touchpad on my laptp using PS elements 4.0 :O)

[eazym]

I'm really diggin the style that horse at the top of the page was drawn in. Stubby legs, hard lines, I think it looks great.

[life on the sofa]

post some art you lazy bum!!!!!!!


:P i fixed that little epilepsy enducing problem on my SB :) just for you. im starting a new SB because last on got left behind and forgotten. here is the deal you start to regularly update this again i will keep up my new one :) we will improve as one!..although ur already better than i! lol but i have been furiously attack pencils latley to improve my pencil art and have made marked improvements, hence new SB. so when you read this i would appreciate YOU PSOT SOME OFR YOUR FRIGGIN ART! your too good to just STOP. ok :)

--sofa

[iMaiM]

Hey man! Long time...

I loooooove the updates, especially the cover design. Great avatar!

[ped454]

Nice and twisted mind. I like your voluptuous women and in post #98 the eye reminds me a lot of breath of fire 2. @ the intro. Like it lots :).

[Blaz]

Ugh and im back from a long break! Im such a lazy ass lol! :bashful:

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@AmiimA: Well that helps alot. Ill have it in mind when painting and as for muscle/bone study ill post some as soon as I make decent ones! ^^
@The Crazy Dude SRD: Thx! :) Never played Devil May Cry but I heard its full of clowns! :o *drool*
@n1va: Thx for stopping by! Yeah her face is a bit streched and unreal....:/
@life on the sofa: Eheh u crazy person! ^^ Your comments always cheer me up man. And yes I know im a lazy bum....I need to draw more :/
@eazym: Thx man.
@iMaiM: Thx! ^^
@ped454: Thx !
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Ok just some stuff for comeback (again) post!

[invinciblewombat]

you have some awesome pencil work and characters in here, more paintings would be nice though as the ones you have don't seem to meet the same quality as your analog work, in any event keep it up

[Autumnal Dream]

Hell yeah!
I remember you as the first one I saw in this forum.
Your SB is amazing, really!
I could write tons of compliments, but I have to go to bed xD.
Maybe tomorrow...

Good night mate :D!

[Blaz]

@invinciblewombat: Ty, i will try to paint more.
@Autumnal Dream: Ty :)


Just passing by...some pen sketches from today...

[Blaz]

one more from today...
...inspired by Mr.Delicious`s characters :pirate: !

[Blaz]

Here is the final version of the famous jester!
I did it for my friend who tattooed it on his back week ago!
...hmm I`m very flattered someone actually has my tattoo ^^

[D@niel]

Thanks for the post in my SB:) Diggin your new updates, also love the reptile eye,cool!!

[Blaz]

@Daniel: Thx! :)

And some figure studies from today...

[Blaz]

Here is something from today...some sort of captain for my new comic :wink:

...also some crits would be nice...I really want to improve and Im running out of time! help! :O

(messed up his hand really bad...)

[ajvenema]

yo dude! u REALLY progressed in 1 yer time! i hold on to people like you, i MIGHT as well book so much progress in just 1 year:)
are u using your tablet, or a graphite stick as well?

oh, and the last one? is that from reference? it rocks!

[Blaz]

@ajvenema: Thx man! I know I progressed much but still somehow I wanted to progress more...slap me but im never satisfied xD.
Yes Im still using tablet tough not as often as before I really need to do digital painting more...and as for graphite stick I use is but only in school. Unfortunately professor takes all the drawings afterwards (which I find incredibly stupid) so I cant show em on ConceptArt...well I hope we can get em back at the end of the year. :)
And last one, you mean this captain/pirate dude with rapier? He is entirely from head.




Ill update this post with new sketch tomorrow....:)

[ajvenema]

thanks for looking at my stuff, and giving some nice comments:)
real nice, that u draw that guy from ur imagination, he feels right in everything, nice details as well. he really looks drawn with a graphite stick btw, if so, how do u keep those nice lines? mine become to rough very fast, and i need to sharpen my stick all the time:\ or am i just wining, and does every artist have this problem?:perv:

[Blaz]

Here are some head doodles from today...messing up with tablet...

Try to guess which one Is my self portrait! Its obvious... :)

And people PUH-LEEESE crit my stuff....im so eager to improve! :(

[Discoskull]

Wow dude! You've gotten quite awesome since I last visited!
Beautiful pencils and line work, great characters - I particularly like that CHOW guy (trumpet-head).
Really, great job/improvement over the last year. I am inspired.

[Blaz]

@Discoskull: Thx alot man! Im glad im someones inspiration :} ! And yup i improved thx to CA...but now i continue this journey to become better and better and to forfill my dream and to gain some stars ...yeah :)
..ok have to snap out of it.....xD



And...tonights sketch of some villian guy...and now im off to sleep...pretty bleh...

[Dandilion]

Love your stuff Blaz! Please be my friend! ^^

Poor Balthazar. He looks so old and tired. Hey, I admit it, I'm a GW lover too. ;)

Take care!

~Em

[Chance.]

Great characters,
I will have to stop by here later and look at all of this interesting stuff in detail.
One thing that you have that is going to give you an edge is creativity. That is what I'm struggling with. Both creativity and technical skill go hand in hand, neither is as awesome when not in the company of the other.
So keep working both muscles and watch as you become amazing skilled.

Man, I learn more from posting in other peoples sb than when they post in mine. I've gotta get out more, this is good for me.

Thanks for being inspiring.

chance

[TheGnoll]

yay cliche' evil villains ae always fun to draw.Nice animation style going on, lines are loose and confident ;)

keep up the good work!

ciao

PS:LOL @ steven segal dude in post 122 :D

[Blaz]

@Dandilion: Thx man! Yes we can be friends eheh...:^^:
@Chance: Thx man! Yes you are right, those two must be in great symbiosis in order to make your works much better, atm Im trying to become better in technical way :)
@TheGnoll: Thx :) Yeah was always fond of villians...and that Steven Segal is 1 min quicky xD
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Ok and now I decided to post some works which are 2 months old, and all made with technical pencil as a result of pure boredom in my summer house...
...Random characters concepts I drew for my board game in making! ;)..sketchy!

...beware of spam 10 files (around 2.5mb) :nohope:

[Blaz]

Some crap from today....vampirey! >:D

Damn I really have to do more studies....:\

[chr!z]

Hey Blaz, thx for your comment!
I never felt experienced enough to criticize the work of other artits, but I take a try.
Indeed you have progressed since u have started the thread.
I've made the experience, that u increase your skills damn slow, if u draw to much from head. (like me...) I havent found much nudestuff or lifedrawings in your SB. But drawing from life, brings u so much further.

The contrast in your pics could be much stonger so your stuff would look much better. I change the conrast of my pics in PS a little bit.
So, you have pretty kewl ideas for characters. Some look inspired form other artists (happens unconsciously ;D ), but damn cool mixed up.

Cant wait to see your progress for the next year!

[Autumnal Dream]

Your results of "pure boredom" are freaking good! :D
You've got great ideas my friend.. or did you use any source of inspiration? ;)
Anyway keep it going. I'll keep an eye on your SB ^^.

[Goog]

Some really nice concepts here mate, only crit would be to become more intimate with what is underneath all that armor. good work nonetheless.

[Blaz]

@chr!z: Hey thx for your time! Indeed you are right about drawing from head, I really have to do more life studies...but drawing more nude people from life is kinda impossible xD!...But u never know...If I go to academy maybe I might live up to see a real act :bashful: ...
...Oh and I tweaked contrast in few drawings too, scanner cant get all pencil rendering nicely unfortunately. And about my characters of course some are inspired both by other artists and other stuff, thats a case with all the artists :).
@Autumnal Dream: Hey thx! Yeah the are result of pure boredom cause in my summer house I dont have computer or anything...just one old tv with 3 channels...So I force my self to draw eheh! The ideas are ofc mine, altough its hard to be original today....my inspiration sources are mostly CA and games! :)
@Goog:Hey man thx! And yup definitely more anatomy...*writes note to my self*
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And drawing of my dog from today....photo reference ...
...more of my dog coming soon ;)

[iMaiM]

Blazzz! Look at this progress, its amazing. I wish I stopped in more often!

Ay ay ay, I'm so jealous :P

Keep it up man!

[Teh Gosu]

ncie improvement man, pretty impressive, are the posts in 117 from loomis? i recognize some :)

good luck

[Zombie_dla]

Wow, you've improved like crazy during my absence. Great stuff, just update more often! :)

[Blaz]

@iMaiM: Thank you! :D
@Teh Gosu: Thx, and yes all from Loomis except first one which is Jessica Alba xD
@Zombie_dla: Thx, will do! :wink:
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And something from today...
...all from photo referances except the middle engineer/mechanist/toymaker dude which is entirely from head....

[Blaz]

...figure studies from today...
1st are from photo references...second are extremely rough figure studies from various books about drawing....

[Oregano]

Hey Blaz,

Some good work in here. Keep it up.

Cheers,
~Oreg.

[Blaz]

@Oregano: Thx! :confident
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Just noticed my SB has 4 stars O_o....omg Im so ashamed now eheh :bashful:...I know they dont mean much but I dont think I deserve em...deceiving the visitors :^.^:

Some crap from today...was messing with photoshop in b/w..
...so lame and unoriginal....

[iMaiM]

It's pretty impossible to be original with the amount of people on the planet... I like it anyway!

And you deserve 5, imo. Walk through page1-5 and look at your progress... don't sell yourself short. :p

[Dreamworker]

Wow these stuff are gorgeous! I like the energy of your character and the last one is cool!
Ciao :D

[ajvenema]

making an un-original thing very nice is also a quality:)

keep posting some more dude, i like them!

[Blaz]

@iMaiM: Eheh thx nice to hear that...but I definitely dont deserve 5! xD
@Dreamworker: Thank you! :)
@ajvenema: Thx again and you are right!
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Eh I need to update more often...but problem is im very picky about what to show xD....

Some b/w figure , redesign of friends GW necromancer character put in russian style and a WIP for Gothic Angel for Teen Challenge...

[Clodioz]

like the bw dark engel! like your doggy :D

[Chance.]

Loving the sharp inks going on in here. We want to see much much more of them.

I'll be snooping around in here again soon.

until then.

[Blaz]

@Clodioz: Thx!
@Chance.: I will do more of em, don`t worry :teeth: !
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A thing from today....2 random characters and 2 Hals studies ...

[Chance.]

aahg, the more I look at that dude with the sword the more I like him. I'm gonna make him my desktop.

I'm hoping to learn how to do that with my new mentor Ilaekae. We shall see...

For the dude who is washing his car, don't skimp on those legs! It is easier to leave them off, but drawing them will make you better.

The girl kinda looks like her jaw is squashed, and like she's been hitting the booze with that red nose. [sorry]

Older guys are cool, great features on the one on the right. At first I thought his eyes might be out of alignment, but upon closer inspection I realized that they are correct relative to the rest of the face. I think it is the forehead that is not lining up with the rest of the face.

bleah, back to homework ;)

[iMaiM]

That Soviet guy is pretty metal. Do anything else with that WIP? Cool stuff :)

[Howie]

awesome stuff, you have a lot of interesting concepts. Keep posting :)

[xbert]

great updates since i visited last time! ur developing really fast (faster than me, of course;) hope to see more in here soon.

[Nekromisantrop]

I see you have the Glenn fabry anatomy book! It's a nice read, although for serious anatomy- and proportion study I myself rpefer Hogarth. Good that you are doing traditional as well as digital, from mind as well as from ref. And thanks for dropping by my sb!"

[Blaz]

@Chance: Hehe im honored you placed it on desktop! Thx for crits, but about that old man portrait and his forehead not lining up thats because its s study of one of Hals` portraits, he is wearing some sort of hat.
@iMaiM: Yup, very metally ;)...and no I havent done anything with WIP, didnt have time.
@Howie: Thank you!
@xbert: Thank you, you will ;)
@Sarcophagus: Hmm Glenn fabry? Dont think so....those are from Villpu drawing manual...but maybe its the same thing, dunno really. And np, thx to you too!
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2 lousy still lives done for my mentor (the paper was very bad) ...and a character for Art Battle Royal topic in Challenge section...another b/w "quickie"!

[koeifan]

wow, pretty awesome pics( i personally like the dude in the cloak)... and what pencils/pens/paper did you use to draw your character in the battle royal?... i wanna start using whatever it was.

[Reika]

Boo. been looking through your pencils and i dig them. One observation :) in your last pencil stuff your pencil stroke is all at 30 degrees or so. loosening up will help get the value deeper. thats about all, keep at it :D

[Howie]

nice still life drawings, you have a clear light source and good range of values. I like your character's shoes but i think a cast shadow would help ground him a little more. Keep up the good work.

[iMaiM]

Holy shit. I'm in love with that last pic.

IN LOVE.

[Blaz]

@koeifan: Thank you! The character for Battle Royal is entirely done in PhotoShop...with tablet. Simble black brush :teeth:
@Reika: Thank you! And yeah you are right, nice observation...even I didnt know that lol....well ill try to loosen up a bit! 8)
@Howie: Thx, yeah looks awkward without shadow but couldnt bother for a battle royale quickie!
@iMaiM: Thank you once again! ;)
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I really should update more often...but cant seem to find things to upload, all my sketches are quite messy and ....messy.

...anyways here is something from few days ago: 2 studies by Holbein and other figure studies from Villpu drawing manual...
...and one more PS quickie: my character for battle royal attacking!

[Dandilion]

Love the black and white pieces Blaz! Really inspiring. ;)

~Em

[Darktwin]

Wow blaz, its been to long since I've been here, great drawings and black and whites. really great progression. very inspiring. You keep that pencil moving you here me!! :P back to drawing for me :)

[Jakers]

That last character is really fun and interesting, awesome. I wonder if he has something deadly in that baloon? haha. I like how the ears went further back in the first iteration (they look too tall in the last one). Even more loose linework would be cool but the figures still look nice...some good drawings on the last page sir

[koeifan]

the black and white looks really cool

[iMaiM]

Yesssssssss, more of that lovely character. More more more more more! iMaiM demands it XD

[Blaz]

@Dandilion: Thx, im glad you like em! ^^
@Darktwin: Thank you, will do!
@Jakers: Thx, I agree his ears look awkward in last pic, couldnt bother being precise there :teeth:
@koeifan: Thx!
@iMaiM: Ehehe, I might do more...if someone actually attacks me...but lately cant bother with battleroyale.

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Hello,
My computer was infected by some kind of virus and now I can barely do anything. So I cant post or work in PS until i get it sorted out.

This is the "sketch" for a poster for assignment at school , theme "Moment of time, chunk of space".
And random sketch...

Until next time,
~Blaž

[Beta_v1]

just finished the first page going through the rest now...
i can already tell you have GREAT stuff man.
yet another inspiration for me to get WAYYY better.

[ajvenema]

hmm, the only bad side on this sketchbook is that it isnt updated too much:)
u still seem to do a lot of art though, cuz improvement is still here! keep going like this! by the way, id like to see some more finished and colored works now, do u have some?:P

[Halfmonk]

I love your black and white stuff, some really creepy designs! Like maniac harlequin clowns - too cool.
More more!

[Sketch]

Hey Blaz, I'm liking what you have in here so far. It's cool that you're trying out a few different approaches. The more graphic one of the guy with stuff coming out of his head is looking good. And the demon clown freak is good shit too!

[Evil_Sloth]

Dude your drawings and designs kick ass, keep up those masters studies.

[Blaz]

@Beta_v1:Thx, but first pages suck big time xD!
@ajvenema:Thx again, yup I do draw but I dont post it all.
@Halfmonk:Thx :)
@Sketch:Hey, thank you. Yeah I do both graphic things and traditional drawings, keeps me from getting bored often :D.
@Evil_Sloth:Thx, I will.
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Hello again,
My computer is finally virus-free and i decided to post new stuff.

Frist are random characters on sexy yellowish paper which gives nice effect.
And second flying chick with proportion issues.
No references used on both.

And now im off to do assignement for my mentor. :)
More to come soon.

~blaž

[Miles_]

Great emotion on those last characters faces. That clown character with the balloon is kick ass. Keep em coming friend.

[Blaz]

@spazazo:Thank you, I sure will. :)
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Ok, finally done things for my mentor so here are 2 objects done in photoshop, first is plastic bottle second is metal mini goblet...And a pencil sketch from today gotta fix the face...

[Blaz]

New thing! Studies after Velázquez.

btw what the hell is this thing ->:harbl: !!!!
ehehe

[ajvenema]

nice to see ur doing great artists studies, is it helpfull?
maybe something i should do:)

ur still going strong, dont really know what to whine about:P

[koeifan]

nice concepts. and i agree with the guy above me.

and btw, this thing-->:harbl: is clearly a...a...um....ummmmmmm....:wtf:

[life on the sofa]

YYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOO


HAH this is so one of those "WAZZZUUUUUUUUUUPPPPP" moments...although the ads are annoying..=/

but yeah anyway...W0oO00ooOOOW your realy kickin the shit out of me now...yno...before yeah ok i thought i could take ya if i wored hard..but ..fuck this ..how unfair...


:D yno im kidding but seriously dont even think about stopping again!


and im bound by nationality to HATE you because im english...your croation(your "location" thing says so..?) ..european championships -l- ARRGGGHHHH...first time england havent qualified in my lifetime =[

=] now i hate you cs ur better than me and your country kicked my country out of european championships YAY! :P hah..you might not be a football (soccer over there?) fan and have no idea what im talking about ...the i look kinda silly huh?..


hah any ways this is a REALY long message so keep up the art big man every stroke of your pencil or brush is another kick in my balls..thanks :0

[Blaz]

@ajvenema:thx, and its definitely helpfull...i just dont see result yet lol...
@koeifan:thx, and that thing shall remain a mistery i think...:teeth:
@life on the sofa: Haha you crazy person. You always make my day.
I dont like football, I dont watch it, so I really dont care. Eheh. Well i hope you post more of your works, Im really interested in you progress. Cheers! ;)
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:evilmustache: New stuff...God I need to update more often...

Some pencil studies,pen scribbling,watercolor/pen combos and messing with balls...Ok the last thing didnt sound right... O.o:evilmustache:

[Blaz]

And one enviroment WIP i did 10 min ago.
I never painted an enviroment so i decided to try and see what happens.
It looks bleh....

[kischi]

Hey the latest pencil sketches are great! I also love the black and whites.
The environment looks god form a greater distance.
I have no experience with envs but maybe you could tweak some things by working on it zoomed far out.
cheers

[Teh Gosu]

its looking really strong... keep it up

[Dandilion]

Hey Blaz! ^^
Thanks for the comments, and yes, illustration is and has been my weapon of choice for quite some time now. ;)

We'll see about my first wacom pic. Have no clue on what to do! >.<
Any suggestions?

My main character in GW is Insane Was Em. Feel free to whisp me whenever you want.

Btw, love your updates! ;)

~Em

[Blaz]

@kischi: Thx. Yeah it looks good from distance because its blury...and thats because its only WIP...although i dont think ill finish it.
@Teh Gosu: Thx man.
@Dandilion: Hey, im eager to see your first true painting with wacom! Will keep an eye on your updates. Untill next time! ;)
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Ok as a start on 7th page here is PS picture from today.

Not my character. Its a GW fan art thing for christmas themed calendar.
Its still not finished. Will finish tomorrow. :)

...these are supposed to be imps around him...

[Blaz]

Finished!
...I removed the imps...

[TheGnoll]

fun stuff in the last update :D

good studies too and i really like the style in the pencil drawings ;)

keep 'em coming :)

ciao

[B-Man]

Hi I been scrolling your SB and I love your pencils and the high contrast stuff! :D
As for krits Im gonna crit this last one.
1st. The pose of the character is the weakest part of your painting, it looks kinda like hes trying not to fall backwards. Try and draw character balanced befor starting to paint.
2nd. The face of the character looks a bit dead. It looks a bit like hes about to charge up a powerful atack but he looks kinda like a grumpy old man. Try and make the yeys say more and also maybe he could do a war-scream. :) just a sugestion.
3rd. The colors look as weak as mine and its something we have to work hard with. :) On thing I do now thats wery helpful is pausing a dvd and painting the screan with eyepicked colors.
Hope to se this evolve to an awsome fiery actack scene! :D
Cheers!

[Blaz]

@TheGnoll: Im glad you like em, will do!
@B-Man: Hey,thank you for all those crits, very helpful! I will definitley try to paint something from DVD, right after my themed self portrait,woo! :teeth:
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Ok this is my self portrait in pencil. Its base for themed sp for newest Teen Challenge! Colors next! :painting:

Horrible!

[ikuru]

Hey you got some really cool and strong work in here.
I would change that avatar If I was you though course the stuff in your sketchbook is way better than that. ;) (no offense) /D

[Grizzliman]

Awesome work Blaz!
I love you're GW concepts , I play the game to and if I could make a choice for GW contest I would pick you'res.

Keep going like that!
Cheers Grizz


PS: If you play at GW whats you're nick? ( if you want to tell it )

[ajvenema]

yo dude, do more of the environments, if its really ur first is ROCKS.not bad at all. keep doing those!

[Blaz]

@ikuru: Thx. But I tought my avatar was kinda cool. Eheh. I really dont know what else to put...:teeth:
@Grizzliman: Hey man, thank you. And my IGN is Corvus Nocis, whisper me anytime you want. :)
@ajvenema: Thx, yes its my very first envo...though I didnt finish it and I wont. xD
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Ok my pencil self portrait has some major issues. I look 5 years older too...

So i began painting it today and fixed some stuff... Its WIP!
I also went for piratey theme. :pirate:

[D@niel]

Totaly AWASOME updates, a remarkable improvement! Love the evil clown!!! This last self portrait is lookin realy cool tool:)

[Grizzliman]

Lol, you would match perfectly on a pirate ship.
Nice colours, cool concept.

Grizz

[Danuh]

You've definitely got some badass designs goin' on here. Can't wait to see more : D

[Blaz]

@D@niel: Thx alot! :D
@Grizzliman: Hehe yeah. And thx!
@Danuh: Thx!
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SP is finished.

[PatriciaS]

Hey guy! Thanks for the comments in my sb - and now, I shall do the same for you!

Niiiice master studies a page back. And your SP is coming along - and yeah, a darker background will give your SP more drama. That'd be very cool.

[Blaz]

@PatriciaS: Thx and yes definitely darker barkground. Will update it soon.
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And here is rough pencil sketch of my medusa for CHOW #100!
I went for fresh different approach instead of greek one. :)

[AmontilladoAg]

Yarrr, ye be a gentleman of fortune with fine skillz, me hearty :pirate:

Excellent artz here, B :D More more more! :teeth:

[Dandilion]

Where's the pineapples Blaz?! :'(

[Dan Valkar]

really nice character design man! cool sb....i like ur faces, good expression an attitude...keep the good work comin' mate!

[Peter Berkovski]

heya, you moving forward very well, nice facial sketches,nice pencil lines,nice characters and nice color,keep it up!I like your colored SP it looks great

[Grizzliman]

Lol, nice medusa, nice SP but like Patricia sayd darker background would be better. Can't wait till there are new posts in here.

Grizz

[Discoskull]

Always so juicy in this thread. Excellent creatures. That Medusa is kicking total ass so far. Not that she'd ever dream of messing up that dress.

[Peter Berkovski]

Hello mate,thanks for posting in my Sb man,first - Happy New Year and second - I can't wait to see your medusa finished.Keep em coming!

[Blaz]

@AmontilladoAg: Hehe, thank ye! :teeth:
@Dandilion: Well there were pineapples but I removed em, portrait looked too silly with em. But I have that version saved dont worry! :)
@Dan Valkar: Thank you! :D
@Grizzliman: Thank you, but already made background different, meh i know it sucks. :P
@Discoskull: Hehe yeah, thank you.
@atlantik: Happy new year too you too, and thx alot! :D
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Happy New year everyone!

Ok this is so typical of me. I post for few days then i dissapear for a month. Damn, I have to stop slacking so much.
And everything to be worse I gave up on my Medusa, and 3 days till deadline, I wont make it.
Ill just stick to teen challenges! :teeth:

Here is:
1. New doodle from today, photo ref all except lady with a hat.
2. Updated medusa with base colors. You wont see medusa finished. :(

[paperX]

hey dude, digging that sp, the colours are a bit too "pure" in some parts though (eg: the shirt) mix it up with some variety of compliments and opposites :)

also, im not one to speak but try looking at improving the hatching in your pencil rendering...it looks tad messy atm :)

keep pushing it man!

[Blaz]

Thank you PaperX i apprechiate every crit! :confident

Here is something new.

[RandAlThor]

Looking Good Blaz, keep it up dude... Try introducing some shading to your pencil stuff as well, i think it would really benefit... ;-)

[Grizzliman]

Great stuff, I last looked at an artist who worked wih 2 colours black and white and he can do everything with it, try ones to work with much much shadows with different contrast :s (don't know if you spel that right )
That could give a lot of difference in your art.

Cheerio:)
Grizz

PS: Srry if I sayd some bullshit probably i did srry.

[paperX]

good update, is this digi or in pen? try having more variance in line weight, and oh yeah.. u didn't really need to get rid of the "horrible drawing" you could probably get some good crits from it :)

[Jakers]

neat updates, new page for me. Have your medusa colors all picked out? maybe some subtle reds to go with the green snakes? What do you mean we wont see it finished...running out of time? Either way finish sir. Unless you reallly dont want to. otherwise do it!

SP is definately cool...I agree with the few comments on making it dark...could add some subtle pirate theme in the back like wooden boards. meh maybe your done with it! Gettin good man

[Clodioz]

hey Blaz, happy birthday,,, (a bit late )

The fanart up there is cool, also your themed selfportrait, I totally like it!

keep it up!
cheers.

[life on the sofa]

thats what im talkkinnnng about.

your making great progress im truly impressed, when i think of something intelligent to say i will come back a type a long insane message which only a half man half monkey like myself could make sense of.

kewwwll big man

[Reika]

Whoa, you sure have been busy :D Love 'em, especially your haarrrr self-portrait. The medusa picture I think needs some color variation, it looks like all snakes are the same kind of green... but it depends on what you want to do with it. Great improvement! :}

[The Whistler]

Whoa, your pirate SP is awesome!

Plus, trebalo mi je sto godina da skužim da je Blaz zapravo BlaŽ....


Cheers! :)

[miljenko]

Bravo za ove fenomenalne crteže :)

[Blaz]

@RandAlThor: Thx, will do!
@Grizzliman: Thx, yeah b/w stuff definitely helps you improve your sense of light and depth.
@paperX: Haha well I didnt want it to spoil the whole paper ^^
@Jakers: Eeeh wooden boards!!!! How didnt I come up with that before? And about Medusa, I just wasnt in mood. :P
@Clodioz: Awww, lol, thank you! :D
@life on the sofa: Haha, your posts are best thing in this thread! xD
@Reika: Thx! :)
@The Whistler: Eheh hvala. I eto vidis i ja sam tebe primjetia na CHOW-u i nisam vidija location.
@miljenko:Hvala! :confident:
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And I`m back. Been slacking, was fun.

Things in order:
-new character in battle royal - pencil
-watchtower and the watchman for art crusades - watercolours/pen
-river guardian for art crusades - digital

[Blaz]

And Art Crusade battle 6 "Daring Captian defends Port Delta" WIP!
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I have major PhotoShop calibration problems. Everything I do in photoshop looks better/different than it looks anywhere else. The stuff i make look too bright and plain outside the photoshop.
Is PS right and my monitor wrong? Or other way around?

Here I took a screenshot of both on my monitor.
A is photoshop, B is image viewer.

[xbert]

hey blaz - i know that im repeating myself if i tell you that youre developing fast - but these are stunning images - know im sure that u one day become one of this killer-artists if youre going on this way!!

hoping to see these whales colored soon!

[Brashen]

I concur withe xbert!!

[xbert]

did you check if your painting in rgb in photoshop?
i knew i had this problem while painting in cmyk mode in photoshop and image viewer shows rgb (the translation from cmyk oder other colors shemes to rgb never works fine)

[Delmar]

Great improvement.....really love the b/w stuff. You gained a lot of style since i last visited here!!

Keep it up man!

Cheers

Andi

[Grizzliman]

Great work, finish it pls!!

Grizz

[Blaz]

Thx all!
Xbert, I did all in RGB as you see in the screenshot. I guess my monitor isnt calibrated good.
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CHOW #116 - The Host ..... pencil

proportions are off

[phix]

Whoa, that Sister Eve pic and that CHOW character are great mate, shows a fertile imagination. Generally I've seen your female pics to have some type of original spin on them (which I think is great).

[t i m]

Sweet stuff blaz!

[kidult]

That last pencil sketch is looking good

[Dandilion]

Yay!
Blaz is back in business! ^^
Looking rly good mate.. So excited to see more from you. Promising stuff!
Hugs!

~Em

[Miles_]

whoa massive improvements on the pencils. Really great character.

With regards to the photoshop thing I've heard of similar problems, specifically towards things looking differently in an internet browser. Look it up on a photoshop support forum I'm sure you'll get results
:). Keep at it, you're really goin places

[Blaz]

@phix: Hi, thx alot! :confident:
@t i m: Ty! :)
@kidult: Ty! :)
@Dandilion: Yay, Im back hehe! ;) Ty!
@Miles_: Thx alot, and I will try to look it up! :)
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New sketch and finished CHOW#116!

boobs!

[Quinn Simoes]

BIG improvements since you started this SB! Love your Chow, very cool idea.

Keep posting!

Quinn

[Blaz]

@Quinn Simoes: Thx, will do! :)
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Ok this my design of the Symphony X tour poster as an assignment for school.
We had to choose a topic, so I chose concert.
And of course Symphony X which is my favourite band.
Still need to add text.
And I wanted to keep it simple!

The logo is just copy/pasted. :bashful:

[xbert]

yeah!
symphony X! great band - great image!

nice to see that you're not only gifted but also have a great taste!!

[MarkWinters]

I voted for your Chow piece before we formed the SSG! I think you lost some when going from pencils to paint, some of the form and definition got lost. Consider leaving the pencils on a multiply layer for a while longer before painting over them. Might help. I really like the river guardian piece. Very kewl! The Symphony X piece is very nice. Love the subsurface scattering going on with the hands. The cloudy stuff is a bit repetitive to me. Maybe break some of it up here and there? Keep it up! Good sketching!

[life on the sofa]

HAHA YOUR GOOD, IM BAD. BEAUTIFUL.

dont stop posting stuff this time, you seemto come, and go, come and go, come and go, come and...well...

and well i promised a long incomprehensible comment that only i could understand so. guess il try.

art is good but i dont realy like sheep because only you car is my duck favourite tree piece hah yes i already know lost lightbulb table will come soon when the moon draw isnt empty but not got anything carpet, and basicly boobies bounce goodlike chair plasters, monkeys are the best but arent good because they always come last when they fight the glass people. the sky is falling.

im r gud?

ty

[life on the sofa]

bye.

..

[petitemistress]

your CHOW piece was amazing this week, I especially liked the conceptual sidebar. Im not sure if I voted at all tbh xD but if i did, i def voted for you. and Ryuloulou, maybe. :)

I dig your pencil sketchs too! (wow. everyone in this SSG kicks ass. I need to get better) so... I'd like to see a lot lot more of that plz! :)

[Shmaba]

Post moar! Let's try getting everyone in the SSG posting everyday :lounge:

[Blaz]

@xbert: Thx man! :confident:
@MarkWinters: Hello fellow SSGer, thank you for all crits, they help alot, so please do continue! :)
@life on the sofa:That...post...is...the...best...thing...EVER! Haha! :D
@petitemistress: Thx! :)
@Shmaba: Will do.
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Some figures in fighting poses!

[Pyroclasm00]

hey man its been a while since i last checked out your sketchbook but it looks like you've really improved your pencils and digital stuff since then, keep it up

[Blaz]

@Pyroclasm00: Thx, will do!
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And some wacky thing for school graphic.
In pencil.

[BohemianChaos]

Hi Blaz. :) I've only looked at the few most recent pages, but even in those you're improving leaps and bounds. You've got a knack for characters, though anatomy can be a little wonky at times... but that's ok, it takes a lot to be able to bs a form and make it look 100% correct. Keep it up, I see good things coming from you :wink:

[MarkWinters]

Dude, these last couple sketches are killah! More pleez! The definition on the top kick boxer's right arm could have used some more attention in the elbow area but other than that - NICE.

[petitemistress]

the biggest exhaust pipe on your last sketch looks like its pointing in the wrong direction imo.... consider revising perspective maybe? :)
more!

[sfa]

Blaz,

Great improvement over the years. Your character designs and skill with a pencil just get stronger and stronger with each page. Huge jump in #133. I am really enjoying your last few sketchbook pages - great fighting poses and a wicked man-machine meld. As far as the CHOW piece (The Host) goes, wonderful design, but it's a mite dark and it makes me miss the details in the feet and the hands from the initial sketch. There are also many abrupt transitions from dark to light, and because of the contrast it's hard to tell where I should be looking at - the breasts, the legs, the forearms, the face? I really dig your idea of the mouth headdress so I would do something to really pop the contrast there to get our eyes to zero in on it (lighten the teeth framing her face, or use a complementary color like red?), and subsequently bring up the values of the dark patches so the jumps in contrast aren't competing with the really cool designs you've got going elsewhere. Simplify the parts you don't want us to really look at, and spice up the areas where you want us to drool over.

Great work, keep going!

[flamable]

wow your stuff is coming along pretty well , if i must say , really love to see how #217 comes out , keep on drawing cuz thing's are rolling just well. Cheers

[selfu]

And Art Crusade battle 6 "Daring Captian defends Port Delta" WIP!
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I have major PhotoShop calibration problems. Everything I do in photoshop looks better/different than it looks anywhere else. The stuff i make look too bright and plain outside the photoshop.
Is PS right and my monitor wrong? Or other way around?

Here I took a screenshot of both on my monitor.
A is photoshop, B is image viewer.


Hey there! I have the same problem as you here, and when i wanna save something for web- it's also the same- he gives more colors to the jpg..damn... by the way- nice works :D like them a lot;)

[petitemistress]

dude... no updates? :sadcheerleader:

[Blaz]

Hello again,
Thank you everybody for comments and crits! :D Sorry I dont have time to reply to each one of you atm. :(

@MarkWinters: That second post of yours was a mistake right? xD You meant to post it in some other SB?

Was quite busy with final high school assignment so I couldnt update.
Here are some new stuff:
1st are quick sketches from the class
2nd and 3rd are just drawings from photo references.

[selfu]

hey blaz!

i think i found the answer- here u have a screenshot from my color management options ( i use ps cs3 ) - u must go to Edit/Color Management .. and here is mine:

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6218/colorspsyp1.jpg

and now when i'm opening some jpg's i see that:

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5323/colorsps2ca4.jpg

than i choose 3rd option "discard... blebleble" ;)

whatever- let me know, if it works positive - cheers!

[petitemistress]

love the sligh stylization in your sketches this time around... the face on that nude is really cool! :D