Gnoll's Stuff *UPDATE 06/02*goblin tuareg, rocks and butts.

[bbwolf]

Dammit Gnoll. What´ve ye done now? Ahhrg. Yer killin me. How much longer till we can buy Gnoll comics, huh? How long? C´mon.

[TheGnoll]

@Tugelbend: good, always good to bring up a smile thanks!

@courtyard: thank you!

@Kronos: thanks Tom! i'm enjoying it a lot as i told you, but i'm finding it a lot harder than i expected.Still a long way to go, as usual, but its a fun ride

@William b. Hand: right about the beast's tail. Thanks a lot for the nice words Will!

@newman: thanks man, always cool to see you stop by!

@Peter Berkovski: ahhh sorry, no creatures this time.But i noticed you people like 'em, and i like to do em so...yeah, more on their way

@MsMaverick: scould say the same for you hehe thank you!

@ICH: grazie ICH! come va?!

@PeNcIl ReBeLlIoN: thanks man, glad to hear that!

@Alex Baer: thank you!

@Pascallo: thanks!

@yoitisi: hey Guido, thanks for the comment, much appreciated.I think i understand what you mean, i'll try and keep that in mind.See, so lazy i don't wanna overdo even a single line hehe

@Carnifex: he he thats good to hear won't slast for long i'm afraid hehe

@ pantless_wanderer: HAHA i got pwned!

@Clochette: he he i hadn't really thanks for giving me your feedback on the feedback!

@lefran: thanks Fran, hope you doing fine!

@Fellah.: long time no see in here Simon! always great to see you stop by!

@Mischeviouslittleelf: gotta make more dino, never would have thought they could be popular lol

@Call0ps: thanks man! Still waitng and hoping to see you play with it!

@Frank Gressie: thanks a lot man, much appreciated!

@Josef K.: thanks man!

@Jason Scanlon: hehe hell yeah!

@Dile_: thanks man, i think i could very well say the same thing to you!

@Hive_minD: couple of days late, but here's an update, tell me what you think!

@Shadow Stalker: thanks! (damn, this nerdy stuff is popular as well.So hard to take it seriously tho hehe)

@Dan Valkar: thanks for the support man!

@Teh Gosu: thanks doood! trying to be a non-nerdy-nerd if i can hehe

@crazy3dman: great to hear that, thanks!

@anjin: eccomiiii

@sourgasm: thank you, great to hear that i don't know if they're "accurate" yet, that'll take a looong tme stil hehe

@AustenFM: thanks for the very kind words!

@bbwolf: o hoho hey Wolf! here's the updates.Nope, still not a famous comic artist i'm afraid hehe

oook.Update.
Been busy with the usual stuff.
And Samurai Jack.

...jeez, i love Samurai Jack.
Feedback much appreciated! Tell me how to get that last frickin' star!

Usual half-assed sketches:







still studying women, still not there yet...but gettng closer i hope







other stuff





stuff for the live-digi-drunked-doodling:









western stuff.Was definately a learning experience, thanks Clochette for the storytelling crits.Now i don't wanna see this stuff any more, on to the next assignment!











enought for now, hope to do another update soon

ciao!

[courtyard]

Western stuff is fantastic--love the amount of planning work that went into the environment. Storytelling is crystal clear. The top four characters are also very strong and grabbed me more than the other sketches. Thanks for the update!

[anjin]

your style is always more similar to Magnus, and this is a really good thing! I especially like the fantasy warrior but all the western works are great. Only one thing: when the color?

[MeTaL-Mike]

cool stuff.

[wookiedabo]

bloody awesome stuff mate, especially the western work, nice variation of camera angles. Your lines are getting ridiculously clean too. Nothing helpful to say I'm afraid...

[Alexandr Pascenko]

whoah ! you´ve done your research very very good. these environment designs are awesome! and yeah you are gettign closer with the women studies. good to see your practices .

[Frank Gressie]

hey dude, thanks for the comment in my silly book. means a lot coming from a talented guy like you! damnnn those comics are pro! why don't slap some color on them? adds even more mood then they allready have! I can really see that you had a great time drawing them! those western enviro's look really cool! i must get them markers too.

cheers!
frank

[Enukid]

Well, not much else for me to say except I love you environments, and your cross hatching! Awesome stuff!

[William b. Hand]

More solid western stuff... There's such great character to your characters -- even the ones in the background. Great line quality, rhythms, depth, weight, variation... Really enviable drawing skills! You manage to evoke a world... I believe so many of these pics. I love that shark catch pic, too... and your women sure look like women. I suppose there's always more to learn, naturally, but I'd say you're covering the basics pretty well.

[bbwolf]

Covering the basics? Woah William imho I think he´s got it down par.

These tribalistic stuff, izzat the Alchemy thingie again?
Wow this stuff looks rilly great.

[Frank Gressie]

very very good!

[Pigeonkill]

Keep the western comic rolling! What program did you use to make those mirror images? They are interesting.

[Dan Valkar]

bro!!! those comic pages r sweeeeeeetttttt!!!!! we should be doin the team chow man!

cheers

[armando]

The guy with the nail in his head made me laugh. The women look pretty good. It's all about making tiny adjustments which are hard to write about, look at proportions, what do you like on women? Check the length of legs, the width of shoulders, thickness of necks. Figure out how much to draw, maybe for the noses it's enough to indicate just the nostrils with two dots, I don't know, it's a lot of trial and error, I'm pretty sure I can't draw women worth a damn, thanks for getting me thinking about that. I think it might help to do your scribble lines in a lighter colored pencil, then finish in a darker, I think that would suit your style.
The western environments look good. Good variety of characters and poses. Like the contrast of the good and bad cowboys. I like that shifty gesture you put in the bad guy's eyes and how the hat rhymes with it. The uprightness of the design in the goodguy really gets his character across.

[EKOes]

hei gnoll! Gran bei risultati complimenti, gran progressi anche nell'anatomia si vede che ci stai dando dentro brav brav, bellissimi i background western, e anche il drago nella pagina prima mi piace molto, ma forse te lo avevo già detto boh....

[maxetormer]

je je your a five star fer sure sir, keep posting you ill get em sooner than you think

[guggemmaneuver]

encouraging to see some nice natural media works here... really spectacular, technically solid work! keep going with your perfectly smudged smudgies and well executed marks!

[Chris Noeth]

I really dig your new dynamic stuff and the western town sketches.

Best wishes,

Chris

[tandy1000]

great sketchbook you've accumulated here!
i'd like to see more of the western comic strip!

[Kabu]

killer update!! great work
keep it up

[fantasyartist]

Truly amazing stuff my friend. I really like the direction your style is taking. I followed your tip and started studying artist with a looser and more expressive style. Don't keep us waiting to long for another update!

[G@m]

Hey there, fantastic stuff on the last update, especially the western stuff is looking awesome, i already said it many times but i love your sketches with markers, too bad i didnt had the chance to see them on paper xD maybe next time! It would be nice to see the comics inked and colored.

oh and i agree with fantasyartist, Update more!

[Kan Muftić]

duuuude! lovely update.

[bharat]

ya man.... good keep posting goodart.

[monotony]

dude, absolutely professional work on the western stuff. really impressive!
and I really like the shark piece.
I know you allways drop huge amounts of new work but you need to update more often

[mael]

GOOD GOOD VERY GOOD ! western atmosfer it's amazing and the personnality of characters are absolutely perfect ,congratulations!!!

[TheGnoll]

@courtyard: thank you for stopping by! i had a lot of fun with the western stuff, and learned tons.Starting to learn some serious storytelling now, hopefully it will make a difference!

@anjin: weee mi tocchi due argomenti spinosi hehe, Magnus e il colore.Colore un piccinino c'è in questo update...ma non conta eh? pero' dai, c'è qualcosa di digitale.E Magnus...magnus non mi piace

@MeTaL-Mike: thanks

@wookiedabo: thanks man, glad you liked the updates.

@Alexandr Pascenko: whoa whoa whoa duuuuude you're sexy

@Frank Gressie x2: thanks a lot for the double reply! hehe i'm trying to work out comics one step at the time, so inking and color will probably come at a later stage...i'll probably give a shot at inking with the page from this update

@Enukid: thank you very much!

@William b. Hand: thanks Will, always great to see you stop by! where are YOUR updates btw?!

@bbwolf: he he as Will said there's always room for improvement hehe! yep, still alchemy.The colored ones where alchemy + PS

@Pigeonkill: he he i'm done with the western comic, it was just a school assignment the program i used is alchemy, check out the website (dunno if you can still download it tho) http://al.chemy.org/

@Dan Valkar: thanks man, great to hear that! i discovered this team chow thing way to late lol, looks like tons of fun tho :/

@armando: thanks for the comment man, really glad to hear that.I did realize now its about the small things in women, and i'm still pursuing that "beauty"! didn't even think about the eyebrow-hat thing! thanks again for stopping by!

@EKOes:grazie grazie grazie!

@maxetormer: thanks man, still got the flu man?! hit me up on msn soon man, i want to hear all your news!

@guggemmaneuver: he he thank you!

@Chris Noeth: thanks a lot!

@tandy1000: he he sorry, no more western for a while! hopefully i might be able to do something just as interesting tho

@Kabu: thanks!

@fantasyartist: here's the update, thanks for the kind words!

@G@m: thanks! don't worry, you'll see them on paper soon enought

@Chupacabra: thanks man!

@bharat: thanks you!

@monotony:i don't know if its professional yet, but glad to hear that! you are right, i def need to update more often

@mael: thank you very much!

Thanks so much for the massive amount of replies peeps!
Here's a couple of interesting links i'd like to share with you:

-Shaz Lim, amazing artist with an amazing style : HERE

-George Pratt's storytelling notes: HERE

-Sidebarnation really interesting site with interviews with people from the world of illustration, comics and concept art (audio): HERE

just thought i'd share what i find around the net

EDIT: woot looks like i ended up in some guys blog! does anyone of you know what language7can translate what this guy is saying? cause i have no idea

To the updates!

random sketches, a pig, my cat and a couple of shitty characters and squid guy portrait:









i went sketchcrawling! i just did one decent sketch thought :/ waiting for the next one already!



working on a self published fanzine with some friends, here's the cover and the layout for the 5 pages i'll have to do:





a comic page, trying to work on some finished pencils (storytelling isn't mine on this one, we had to use and existing comic layout and rebuild a page from it):





ciao!

[ICH]

All great work here Ryan, seriously, you increase the quality of your stuff whit a scary speed :-)
The guy that barf the christmas lunch it's absolutely disgusting, in a nice way, off course :-)
The comic page looks great. Who needs ink whit pencils like that?
Keep kicking asses, man!

[G@m]

Wow what an update! The comic page is awesome
Love that pig, it reminds me of my sister's dog.
Keep it up and I hope to see the others comics page soon!