......oooh that hurt my head!!!!!!

[Ashab]

Easy people

[DARAF]

Hey great start. Let's see some more. I like the energy and overall style coming from this first post.

[kischi]

yeah! very dynamic I like it. MORE

[blog]

nice one!

[Ashab]

quick sketch and render

[Ashab]

developments of same idea

[rmore]

really nice start. you got a really cool style!

[newman]

nice stuff ashab

[DARAF]

That's more like it. But give us more, this stuff is fantastic.

[Ashab]

quick idea inspired by a gas mask.....

[Miles_]

These are nice, I like how you keep a faint layer with the sketch on it underneathe. I also love the shadows, they are very well done. Keep up the good work. I'd like to see some orginal pencils if thats alright.

[Spats]

I'm really liking this. Lots of energy. Keep posting!

[Ashab]

Rebels

[spudstudios]

great start, Love the top post. Very atmospheric!

[Ashab]

Keeping these renders under half an hour..

[The Dream Walker]

your brilliant. Nice style.

you shud be using the blur tool on your shadow a little, methinks. Its kind of distracting, the way they are so sharply edged.

[Ashab]

based on a samurai warrior

[Ashab]

elaborate battle costume

[Cody Hooks]

I absolutely adore your style. I'm a fan of paramilitary grunge.

[Ashab]

half hour render....

[Deodatus]

verry nice work and style. U seem to work verry fast. So post more plz. Like it! Good luck.

[oishiiniku]

Ashab,

You are a machine. I wish I could achieve the same energy in my work as you do. Keep delivering pieces at the same pace and forcing the rest of us to do the same.

Cheers, Nick.

[Razorb]

yea man.. really nice stuff... like how simple but effective ur rendering style is.. might give that a go myself! thanks man

[RES]

How do Jake said I’d like you stuff and I do, cool drawings chap I really like the jumping girl

[cakeypigdog]

just realized i haven't posted in hear yet mate!
you know i love what you are doing, your an inspiration to work with & your busting my balls with your pace of work!
excellent stuff my dear!

[Ashab]

a fun project with Oishiiniku

[Ashab]

again trying to keep things fast

[bhanu]

woah dude super cool uber art thread,
Hell yeah .kudos mate , lovely work.subscribed.

[Ashab]

I made myself laugh with this on!!!!!

[D-BAKER]

Very Nice man
love the super speedy work, keep it up, more, more more!

[Miles_]

Thanks for the pencils, they were really nice. I am the pain maker is excellent, his expression is great.

[Ashab]

mission for the new year is to ehjoy moving the human body in space......

[cakeypigdog]

the last one is lovely mate!

[mokad]

Some pretty awesome concepts here!
i like the way you paint. the renders under 30 minutes have lots of dynamism to them. keep it up!

[Ashab]

Street Fighter

[tensai]

i lllove your shapes and loose paints. the designs are nice as well but the energy and bold shapies in these is what makes it for me. good stuff man.

[Ashab]

more life studies and sketshes from holiday period to follow.

[Ashab]

more holiday sketches.......

[Adam.Katsaros]

Provocatic style! Makes me want to film your characters in "bullet time" (dont know why its just the impact they have on me).

I really like the characters that have eraser technique around them, it really gives a focused sense on the subject and the subject's space.

[Tigermilk]

Hi man, great stuff, cool colors and designs.
The half naked girl in the second last post looks a bit weird though. She's got huge ass arms compared to head and torso, allso her face looks a bit twisted, a tip is to mirror flip the page in, for example, PS. You can easily find major flaws by doing that.

keep it up, I enjoy this sketchbook!
tiger

[Ashab]

it's always the way.......

[Ashab]

sometimes I just wanna............!

[Ashab]

explorations............

[Ashab]

ideas

[Ashab]

from a few months back

[DARAF]

Great looking stuff as usual. Keep it up.

[Ashab]

Zangief.............

[Stark]

Oh noes! The geifer! lol...nice work there

[Miles_]

Those gas mask designs are bloody awsome. I could see them on enemies in any vidoe game.

[Ashab]

quick sketch for a personal project

[Newbie Artist]

I love this, i like his expression, he looks to be goading someone in to make him light it! a bit unstable. Very good

[Ashab]

just for fun

[kischi]

Great stuff you are pulling out!! your figures are very cool (what is it with the red noses :) ) I love these helmstudies!

keep it up

[Ashab]

staright into PS......hell ya it's fun

[D-BAKER]

superb new work matey, like the straight in to the machine stuff!

[oishiiniku]

Cool shtuff, my good man!

I really like that lady with the gun. Her hip thrust is legendary!

Keep on rockin'...

Ta, Nick.

[Ashab]

been thinking about this idea for a while now looking forward to see where it goes.

[Chermilla]

I like your style, well fresh. Keep 'em coming yeah?

[ArtZealot]

Truly badass stuff. I like your street fighter re-designs, they're great. keep it up.

[ArtZealot]

By the way, u get some stars...

[Pesmerga]

Now that's what I call some very cool dynamic poses :)

[Stark]

Great poses you have here and some great concepts. I'm really digging the atmosphere that you create around the characters...they just have this attitude about them that's very nice...

[Ashab]

lots of fun today

[Ashab]

back to its normal size I like the first one.

[Ashab]

put colour into an old sketch just before going home........ I like it when I force myself to do something quick

[Chermilla]

I like that last one, very nice.

[Ashab]

I want to do a a whole bunch of concepts for a death match thunderdome thing, not sure where it will go but here are the first two....

[cakeypigdog]

the guy on the right is class mr ashab! nice to see something more developed from you: look forward to the colour version!!

[Bingo]

Hey Ashab, yeah they look great. I always look forward to seeing your creations, it's a good way to start the day. Looking over my shoulder, I see the painted versions are coming on a treat.

[Taiylz]

Nice style man, some of it reminds me of James Hawkins' work.

[oishiiniku]

Ha ha! Good job on those deathmatch guys! I love the mixture of chunky silhouette vs. angular details on the guy on the right. His groinal attachment is pretty scary, though... Have you finished painting them up yet?

Ta, Nick.

[Don-key]

dude you got great stuff, i love how solid and confident it all is.

keep it up!!! awesome :confident

[dkounios]

awesome work man.
lovin the character ideas

[Ashab]

so much fun......

[Stark]

Cool concepts and costumes. Lines are neat and clean (though the paper is a bit crumpled and dirty, But I won't hold it against you)...

Keep at it

[DARAF]

Hot man, Keeep it up.

[Ashab]

feel like doing something new now, check out the website for colour versions of death match soon.
www.ashab.co.uk

[Ashab]

just did it at lunch time at work quick and fun.....

[Stark]

The boys arm and chest are connected wrong or drawn wrong. And his backside shadow is off. Also, his arms are too long and too big for the rest of the body. I guess more work on foreshortening is in order? The proportions are off on the chest also...

Also, his left foot toes are spaced differently than his right, making me think he has a disorder or something...

I like the color choice though...really cool...

[MattGamer]

Gooo deathmatch characters! :D Love the arts. ;] Cheers.

[TheGnoll]

i'm lovin post 67 and 77 pics...really cool chara designs, and cool pencil rendering.

keep 'em comin, i'll be back

ciao

[i.am]

Your first picture, and the Zangief one is my favs. Loved beating the crap out of him in SF II. You have true skills man. Keep it up.

[Ashab]

not sure if I pushed this that much to get the best out of the drawing but I enjoyed doing it and that's what counts for me.

[MRPLOT]

hey man nice work....i can see your progress with the colors and character poses...i specially like the man with the guns and a lot of stars tattoo in the arms.....show me more

[VanDog]

cool sketches!the last one is delightful!

[Ashab]

my version of one of jake's characters......

[MUNIZ]

Great SB! I need to keep an eye on this one. GREAT!!!

[oishiiniku]

Great job on that last one, fella! The overall shape is really nice and the paint job is sweet - good use of highlights.

Keep it up!

Ta, Nick.

[Razorb]

v nice rendering style :) vv pleasing to the eye hehehe :D

[Ashab]

sometimes it is good to see old work.....sometime not

[Ashab]

think I will start using it again

[Ashab]

check out her work and what she does on these links
www.bhhf.org
www.myspace.com/srimckinnon

[Ashab]

hope you enjoy

[silvestri99]

I love your art style, nice lines and attitude to your drawings. I really enjoy your color work as well...keep posting, I'll try to get back here often!!

[Gspot]

ahhh...great sb ya have here man....last one's looking great. keep up the good, no GREAT work. :)

[t11]

Just stumbled on your sketchbook, really really nice stuff you got goin' on. What're you usin' predominantly PS or Painter?

[Ashab]

I tend to enjoy my work more when i dont have much time to over think...

[DeKal]

yo awesome work...how do you isolate your pencil sketch lines to put color beneath them in photoshop??????????????...thanks man..wait ta hear from ya...DKAL

[Ashab]

been away for a while but will try and get on it soon...........

[Ashab]

good to get out from in front of that desk.......

[cakeypigdog]

top updates mate: love that graph girl. what happened to you last tuesday?!?

[Ashab]

top updates mate: love that graph girl. what happened to you last tuesday?!?

man I cant seem to be able to make any plans which I can stick too of late the situation I am in I have to take a day at a time, it's abit rubbish as it's out of my hands!!!!!!! real hard thats all

[oishiiniku]

Great to see some updates from you, mr. man! The storybook characters are full of personality and that graff piece you did turned out reaallll nice! Let us know when you're coming through...

Ta, Nick.

[Ashab]

more children story ideas

[hurricane]

lovely stuff!
i can defenatly see the graffiti vibe!

cheers!

[Miles_]

Wow you've progressed tons recently. Could you possibly do a tutorial or something on how to isolate pencil lines in photoshop so you can colour beneathe them. Some one asked earlier but I couldn't see any links or anything to a tut. Looking forward to hearing from ya.

Miles.

[Ashab]

thanks for the comments.

[Farblade]

Awsome stuff... love that last one especially.

[cakeypigdog]

that cow in the field is tops mate: really great character!
when are you going to come see us all mister?
i just bought a bike so we can go and play wheelies again! Its so much more fun than that old racer. I have had to scrap the old car as well so i am wet but happy!

[D-BAKER]

great stuff mate

Nice to sea you doing somthing a bit different definitly suits you man, I love that cow!

Hope to see you soon man

Dan

ps:I still aint got my bike.

[Mr.Delicious]

really great graff on that wall, you got an awesome illustration style as well, I'll keep an eye on this sketchboook

[Ashab]

did this in an hour or so from start to finish really enjoyed doing it and I hope you enjoy it too, more will follow.

Also some kinda step by step thing just for fun really, hope it explains how random I tend to work sometimes.

[oishiiniku]

That latest one turned out great! Good sense of movement and I love the creature's expression. Nice colours, too.

Let's see mo' from yo'!

Ta, Nick.

[cakeypigdog]

aweome mr. he has so much character ane energy. God dam it i miss your creative influence here at frd towers ashab! top banana.

[Peter Berkovski]

awesome Sb man i love your style, keep this thread fresh :)
Cheers

[chenga]

Hi hi! I really like your works. There is so much of fun factors in it.

CheerS!

[Ashab]

The first is called "Stop bothering the cat!" the second is "Where's your sisters doll". more will follow kinda like doing them....

[Arne S.]

hey, cool funny style! love this "moving-hill" pic.

[Paul Scott Canavan]

I love the graphic style of your early work and your illustrative style is very appealing also. Great stuff.

[SantaClaus]

hey Ashab

real nice sb you got goin on! very nice designs and a cool style. street fighter stuff is pretty awesome. keep em comin.

[Ashab]

As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster.

[daveneale]

wicked style-the newer stuff looking real nice...love the squirrel, the field, the bat dude and the graff (something I really want to try out...I've never picked a can up before)....will be checking back-keep up the nice work!

[oishiiniku]

Well, fook me sideways! Hello, stranger! good job on the gangster (and the Goodfellas quote). I hope these updates are going to be more regular from now on. How's about visiting Nottingham - it's wonderful this time of year!

Hope to catch up with you soon.

Cheers, Nick.

[Ashab]

again new life into old ideas..... hope you enjoy them

[Ashab]

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=188870805
have a look it will make you laugh......

[fantasyartist]

I really love the style man keep it up!

[newman]

hey ashab, good stuff.
i really like the sense of weight on that guy with the big hammer.
keep updating!

[Ashab]

trying to keep things quick and to the point, done over two lunch times

[Camara]

Fantastic characters,great color work.I am really impresed with the tatoo in the brute´s arm.Looks so real!

[Ashab]

couldnt sleep last night and watched a small spider for ages walk around my room

[cakeypigdog]

that last one is great mr bishbash

[Ashab]

wanna have more fun with it all ;)

[Arteater]

Ha I checked out that myspace page of the reporter, funny shit :) "can you spare some change for me to piss off?" ha

By the way, great work in here, you have an amazing talent

[Cold]

Hey, wheres that barrel lol, nah. I saw you got D-Baker on your links, Was wonderif you had any real-life connection, so you ask him when is he going to share his art again on CA? I only met him once on a OPen Day at Blitz Games, I think he is still working dere, not sure!

Have Fun.

[oishiiniku]

Hey Ashab!

I really like that environment piece - it has a lovely mood to it. Maybe you could lighten the buildings as they recede into the distance? I think it would help enhance the sense of depth.

That spider woman's really nice as well.

Hope you are well.

Cheers, Nick.

[Ashab]

at work

[newman]

nice!
i love flicky bobs.
very ashley wood stylee

[Ashab]

some ideas that came about after re watching the blob

[Ash888]

Great retro character sketches, Nice work.

[Mr. Perfect]

Wow man, I really like your style. I'm gunna have to try dabbling in different areas myself. There are so many styles I'd like to try.

[Ashab]

found wood oil painting........

[Clochette]

Nice designs, I really like when you make a single area with black for the clothes for example. It gives a really good look...
Your composition is clean too! Really good job!

[Ashab]

I being diggin around in junky yards finding things to paint on, really enjoying it

[Ashab]

fun over the last month or so

[Jorge Gecov]

Nice stuff!
Some of your renderings reminds me Carlos Huante style.

Cheers,

[wilkerson]

Pretty cool stuff. I agree with the Carlos Huante comparison in the drawings. The paintings are interesting. A bit chalky but a lot of character and mood. The enviros are a bit blurry, its something I do as well... I like the environment 3rd from last, you can tell me if this is right or not but I see 2 faces on the rocks.

[marioucci]

man!!

Never saved an entire SB in my refs folder before. You style does ring loads of bells in me.

Except for this last batch that looks very much of the same as everyone else.. very concepty artsy.

You have a great style man. stick to it.

Cheers

mario

[triggersamy]

hey boy u have some cool stuff :),do drop on mine :)

[Ashab]

gonna spend this evening making more brushes to play with............

[Porg]

Excellent stuff, your colouring rings Frazetta bells with me. Is it all done in painter or in oils? Sorry, I just can't tell. I'll flip back through the comments and see if you mention your technique.

Inspires me to paint more, thankyou.

[rubbadub]

Wow, awesome SB.
I love the girls and the freaks, and that graf mural is hot. I tried grafitty once, how on earth do people work with that stuff? Guess it's all practice hehe.

In your digipaints you often use pure black, or near pure black for the dark areas... I think it flattens out the image too much. I like it better when you don't go that dark.

[newman]

gotta love those tattooed girls...

[Ashab]

....................

[Ashab]

.............

[Ashab]

....................

[wilkerson]

I like that McZombie.

[Psychotime]

I like that McZombie.

Seconded

[spudstudios]

great book here. Some nice street styles and real cool colours going on.

[4THe FLOOR]

Love your SB, think you're worth an extra star!

[Ashab]

Learning sketchup to use in concepts, it is fun and helps alot.... some ref heads and made up ones.
Also an oil painting I finished on found steel plate.
Also a big thank you to everyone for the comments, it all really helps and keeps me inspired to get better at what I love to do.

[cakeypigdog]

top updates my dear old mr bishbash. hope you are well!

[BRANDISH]

u are awasome man!!!!!!!:carnifex:

[newman]

nice stuff ashab.
the second and third of the faces on that head sheet are excellent; very expressive of character.

[Ashab]

just trying to be more bold with my work.

[Ashab]

again trying to be more bold with the mark making, and working hard at environments. Playing more with sketchup to use as a base, its all fun and interesting.
Just one small note I am always amazed at the amount of talent on this site, it is a source of constant of jaw droppin' moments.

[gustavo desimone]

very good work

[D-BAKER]

great stuff man, looks like your really pushing it mate!

[julkillo]

Good works!

[ozan]

I dig those last 2 monsters. Nice studies too.

[forgeman]

nice work...

[Ashab]

learning sketch up.........ooh its fun?

[D-BAKER]

oh man thats ace!!

[D-BAKER]

oh man thats ace!! where ya working these days?

[Ashab]

sketch up is well good and I have been getting my head round blender which is super good, will post up some stuff as and when I have something finished

[Ashab]

I hope I will get the chance to finish this.....

[me_art_and_animation]

good work i am really impressed. there is a good sense of attitude and body language in your drawings. drawings are able to make contact with audience,
keep it up. all the best

my sketchbook
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=139236

[MattGamer]

lovely, mate. really great stuff! i hope
you win the CHOW :}

[Ashab]

working hard to learn environments and enjoying sketch up and some stencils I want to do..
wilkerson and Psychotime Thank you I too love zombies and I keep a gun under my pillow just in case.
spudstudios thank you you have some amazing energy in your work.
4THe FLOOR dude thank you and I love the star thing it's like a race HAHAHAHA
cakeypigdog proper inspiration this person is.
BRANDISH right back at ya mister thank you.
newman hey mister reckon we can do some kinda collaboration it you fancy it.

OOh Mister Baker you bloody rock (and roll) it always.

forgeman ozan julkillo thank you fellas
MattGamer dude real compliment thanks.

[Ashab]

inspired by cigarettes what can you say about that!!???
well tried really hard to do something tight, some bits worked some didn't.
Enjoyed it but now I want to let rip for a while and do some sketchier stuff.

go check this out it is awsome:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=140022

[kidult]

You got some great work here!

[towy]

nice sketchbook , very cool disigns, positive evolution i think too

[Ashab]

made some new brushes and used some pics for textures from my travels..

[oishiiniku]

This one is super-solid, Ashab! I like the subtleties of tone in the shadowed areas.

Keep it comin'!

Cheers, Nick.

[cakeypigdog]

good boy bish bash, that is very very good indeed!

[Opilione]

Fucking awesome.

[MattGamer]

latest post is awesome. thanks for stoppin'
by my crummy sb. i'm learning from mistakes. ;]

i love this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=497429&stc=1&d=1224608963) one. the simplicity makes my day! thanks!

we artists are here to inspire each other.
i'm glad you inspire me. i hope to do the same
in the future. ;]

[Ashab]

so enjoying trying environments concepts and thank you all for the comments

[Bingo]

Great work man ... nice to see some new stuff.
Hope you're well, not heard from you in some time.

[Ashab]

have a look and if you want one go here:

http://snub23.com/

[Ashab]

Out with the boys to paint a friends studio, great fun to play with the old montana paint

[Ashab]

hope you enjoy...and comments would be great and thanks for all the comments

[D-BAKER]

blammo!!! jeez boy this stuff is excellent , keep pushing it , all mega inspiring!

[oishiiniku]

Those figures are super solid, Ashab. The silhouettes read really well and there's a good sense of volume in the linework. Some of the foot placements feel a little funny - it's definitely something I struggle to get right. I find that drawing lines for the horizontal axes can help to visualize how the feet should ground. I'm just nitpicking tho, really. Cool stuffs!

Cheers, Nick.

[Clochette]

Nice characters and enviros! :D I like it a lot!
It's time to get to 5 stars... ;)

[Bingo]

Great stuff, I love the painting of the girl in the studio, you should re-position the fire extinguishers so they appear to be on her belt! Or maybe not :)

[Ashab]

at a time sweet jebez

[D@niel]

Lots of powerful work man!:) Dig the sketch up stuff!!:)

[TASmith]

sweet, I just got you your fifth star. Just browsing this page, you earned it.

[enthombed]

Ashab nice solid stuff and cool concepts you have here.

keep posting bro.

Cheers

[young paddy1]

Really great work, especially the sketchup paints. Your character design is super sweet love the iterations on the female warriors.

The only thing I have a slightly negative comment on is your voodoo character, the way the jacket is positioned on her body it makes her flat stomach look pregnant.

cheerio

[Ashab]

ha ha love it, again thanks for the comments I will get round to saying thank you to everyone in person soon, and gotta say there so many talented inspirational work in this forum.

[newman]

you're doing some really nice work recently ashab, keep it up!

[oishiiniku]

This latest one turned out great, Ashab! Super clean and professional. If you're not careful you'll get yourself a job designing MMO armour. The only tiny crit I'd have is that cleavage looks very flat, like it drops down from the collar bone in a straight line.Other than that, very slick.

Keep it comin'!

Cheers, Nick.

[Ashab]

you do the mess around, thanks to FRD boys for getting me into this you know who you are.............

[MattGamer]

love those graffiti tags in your enviro. livens up
the image and gives it more depth. :]

also those girls are cute. any chance i could get
an of their numbers. ;]

ps. glad you're doing some gestures too.

[Kian]

Very cool characters man. Nice one

[Ashab]

cant get enough of this lark on the all new shinny zbrush....

[MattGamer]

sexah models, man! :} love it!

[Clochette]

Sweet! The mini me is too funny! :P