KN´s Sketchbook /// draw it up

[Kristo Novo]

again a client sketch - superhero char for a music grp

[Kristo Novo]

this was realy a great experience to paint!
although it´s not that close to it´s original x-D

[Cameli]

Hey Kristo very nice style and badass lines!Love the dynamic feeling in them! Interesting sb!keep it up maaan!

[Yeti Ball]

I second Cameli's statement, great style.

[Kristo Novo]

@Cameli
thank you - that keeps me going

@Yeti Ball
thanks :-)

[Kristo Novo]

sketchy piece

[Eric Young]

great stuff, you have a cool style going. very nice line work also

[bbwolf]

cool stuff. I hope to see you updating again sometime soon

[Kristo Novo]

thanks to all the comments guys - realy happy for that

[Kristo Novo]

robot arm concept

[Kristo Novo]

oldschool breakbeats cover

[Kristo Novo]

funkstyle dancer

[Kristo Novo]

concepts for chow#268

[Kristo Novo]

chow#268 concept

[p sage]

thanks to all the comments guys - realy happy for that

:)

You have a lot of fun work lately. Nice job.

[Ricardo Robles]

hey man, funny characters and very loose technique.. good to see you over here again! keep working good man!:)

[AustenFM]

Hey dude, you disappear for a year ad return all leveled up and stuff!! Great progress on your figures and anatomy, your rendering looks a lot cleaner too. Good stuff. I also dig your graffiti style text thrown about. Keep on updating dude, glad to have you back!

[Kristo Novo]

I´m realy happy to hear from you... it´s been a while and i´m happy to see you all being still in ation !!!

here is a chow#268 update
I´m a little bit desperate because I´m not sure how to color that ink like piece... seems to get a very comic like style

[Kristo Novo]

chow#268 on it´s way

[Kristo Novo]

close-up color wip

[Kristo Novo]

chow#268 final

[Kristo Novo]

shading test with reference sketch

[Kristo Novo]

again some reference work

[Kristo Novo]

after watching some videos on www.ctrlpaint.com I did this foto refed study. the website - hosted by matt kohr - is awesome

[Kristo Novo]

still heading for some 3d robot animation

[Jamie Romoser]

diggin the lines man
also liking the hand writing!
have a good one
-Jamie

[Kristo Novo]

@Jamie Romoser thanks alot :-)

heading for some groundbreaking animation.
concept´s for that

[Jarrad]

wicked stuff. I'd like to see where you take that last one!

[Kristo Novo]

@jarrad thanks alot - there will be some updates for that sketch - it´s part of a bigger project I´m working on :-)

[Lav]

Great sketchbook, really like your paints :D

[Kristo Novo]

@Lav thanks for your comment :-)

kind of like this sketch that´s why it´s been uploaded

[Ricardo Robles]

Hi Kristo, how you doing? good work over here, the last batch of characters looks fine, specially the linework. In order to give you some useful crit, maybe you could give them a more interesting pose, now they look a bit sad :). The first girl pose is a bit unbalanced, cause of the flexed leg. Keep doing good!

[Kristo Novo]

@Ricardo
thanks for your crits - realy true - I kind of missed working on the poses xD

[Kristo Novo]

colored this guy in my graphical manner

[Kristo Novo]

still on the drone theme

[Kristo Novo]

studies

[Kristo Novo]

getting closer

[Lav]

You're creature is looking really cool so far :D Do you make your linedrawings directly digital?

[Kristo Novo]

@Lav
yes I do my linedrawings digital (wacom tablet + photoshop).
for the cow#247 I made some rough research and idea sketch stuff analog with pencil.
it´s nice to loosen your drawing style with analog sketching before going digital.

[Kristo Novo]

cow#248 Valhalla Gatekeeper

[Kristo Novo]

finetuned - i decided to get rid of the effect/perspective lines and did some refinement

[Tamaira2011]

wow, your last creature looks really huge and massive. thanks to the nice composition.
also digging the colors. keep it up! you are doing great!

[Kristo Novo]

photo ref

[Kristo Novo]

sketchy break