"flatlanders" mood sketch for my first 3D comic project...

right now, i am in a class called "book design", and we where free to choose a subject. i picked "3-D comic" and want to create a 4 or 5 pages dummy for the final presentation (4 pages and 1 cover maybe, depending on how "far" i can get). i am a big comic fan, bet you knew that - and i love the 3-D ones even more! but i had no idea how to start. so, i had to read up on that subject first...
i searched for some tutorials, to learn how i can put my paintings/ panels into 3-D. thereby i have had contact to great people and now i know the basic techniques (BIG THANKS goes out to BEETLEBUM and the real king of 3-D Comics RAY ZONE. they erased a lot of the question marks - thanks a million guys!)

this is just a little "mood"-sketch, to show you the "hero" and the idea behind it. sorry for the "raster", hope you've got red-cyan glasses ;)

agency stuff: "paul", "unser ener" and "spd"

this one is a sticker for children, let me introduce: "paul blink"... was a job for an optician. strange that i never showed agency jobs before... dunno why, maybe i'll catch up on some "older" stuff soon, or i'll just show some favs (otherwise it'll probably brake the mould ;)).







some postcards i did, for an energy saving campaign of the "department of environment". the red pig showing how to reduce waste of energy is the mascot of the "unser ener"-campaign...







and last but not least, some cuttings from storyboards i did with the corresponding pictures from the final advertising films of the "spd saarland". you can see the 2 clips on youtube, first one is called "heiko maas stoppt die raserei" and the second one is called "future 2009 - saarland nimmt maas" . hope you like :)

dub FX sketch... again

last weekend my girlfriend and i visited "heilbronn" to see this artistic genius live on stage. the atmosphere was incredible... tons of sweat dropped from the ceiling while folks went totally crazy! one of the best musicians i've ever seen/ heard... back at home, i decided to draw another "dub fx piece", but this time more thoughtfulness. that's widescreen baby! hope you like :)

ipod touch stuff, "treasury"

a little gift for a good friend of mine - it's his favorite animal with a few nuts below, hidden in a dead tree, just chillin. hope you like ;)

ipod touch stuff, BIG UPDATE ;)

today a new episode of the awesome "mobile art" ebook by thierry schiel arrived, volume 2 is now available for free download on the appstore. you can get it if you click on the picture (itunes link). it has 198 pages of articles, reviews and beautiful paintings. featured artist for this edition is our so talented susan murtaugh!
beware - lots of art inside (me too ;)).











after a long time of being apstinence in the matter of "brushes", i finally had time to finish another piece. it's called "present from earth". in the distant future humanity managed to leave their own sun system to visit other stars and galaxys to spread - even in other dimensions. on this picture you see a little human girl representing planet earth, dropped on a new planet (you can see the mothership in the back), to hand over a present from the blue planet. a little galaxy as a tokan of friendship. hope you like ;)







to finish this ipod-update, here's a little sketch i did a few weeks ago. may i introduce the two sweetest cats on this planet: sasu (black) and finu (white)... a little bit rough and unfinished because they woke up and left without sympathie for the observer. (and yeees, sasu was sleeping in that position) hope you like it, next time i've got to be faster with that settle :)

dub FX sketch...

today my long-awaited "everythinks a ripple" cd arrived, so i did a little sketch while listening... i found out about that naturally gifted beatboxin', rappin' and singin' genius a month ago, by a fluke - he left me speechless. search for his stuff on youtube, or visit his website to buy his cd's. i hope the neighbourhood was flashed by his musik today... so am i (again and again and again...) ;)

"die mittagsfrau" finished...

big update... finally. finished the last 4 pages (page 9-12, well known sketchystyle), the cover, page 2 and concluded page 1 (added german dialog). on the whole i like the result but it could have been better - with more time, i had changed some things - maybe everything^^. deadline is over and now i've to wait for a mark from the professor... hope you like it :)

ipod touch stuff, "headhunter"

did this yesterday with my left forefingertip on my ipod-touch. used the apps "brushes" for details and "pollock" for the running noses and background. it's the headhunter with a big hat! hope you like :)

ipod touch stuff, "mona"

painted mona this morning with my left forefingertip, the apps "pollock" and "brushes" on my ipod touch... first try to combine these 2 great apps in one piece. hope you like :)

ipod touch stuff, "druide"

very fast (!!!) sketch i did a few days ago, as usual on my ipod with "brushes" using my left forefingertip... i don't have much time, to do brusheswork at the moment :( anyway, hope you like!

"die mittagsfrau" first page nearly finished...

uff! nearly finished the first page for the "die mittagsfrau" comic-project. i can't finish them all, but i want to do the second page in color and maybe the cover too till deadline. hope you like the first one :)

ipod touch stuff, "witch"

a little sketch i did yesterday, on my ipod touch using "brushes" and my left forefingertip - i needed to draw something real quick and ruff after "ibrush!". mood according to what i have heard about jacko. hope you still like...

ipod touch stuff, "ibrush!"

a little summer-sketch i did today - as usual with "brushes" and my left forefingertip. she's chillin', just sittin' there with her little ipod touch, watching the sun going down, sketches all the things happening down there, in that small alley right under her feet... i brush. hope you like :)

ipod touch stuff, "niko"

a little fanart i did today, again on my ipod touch using "brushes" and my left forefingertip^^. allow me to introduce... niko bellic, an illegal immigrant and veteran. put simply, gta IV is (still) stunning! hope you like my version of that caustic serb - a sketch has long been overdue ;)



edit: just to complete it, here's a little description for you: i tried to capture a mood that fits to him - there's a reason for B/W (morally he's already dead - war and the mob-life ruined his humanly) , his look (he's forearmed and got a freezing icecold intend), and for the threatening clouds and red/purple skyline (not only the sun is going down, the big city also dies with him "onboard"!) ;)

ipod touch stuff, "recall"

did this today, again on my ipod touch using my forefingertip with the great app "brushes". referred to a painting of an unknown artist i found years ago... hope you like...

edit: i just have been told who's the creator of the original piece: blutch. thank you, "c" :)

ipod touch stuff, "robin 1 & 2"

i'm back with a new sketch... done with "brushes" on my ipod touch. it's for my girlfriend. she loves the game "the path" by "tale of tales" - robin is one of the girls, i liked her the most, so i choose her for a little fanart. hope you like it ;)














... she liked the first one, so here's the next one (don't worry, the vimeo-link down here is the right one, the "face" starts at nearly 1:30...)









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i just found out that the makers of "the path" posted my fanart on their official blog, i'm very proud about that! go check the blog here... and watch all the other nice stuff on that blog!

ipod touch stuff, "dodge this"

my newest "brushes"-sketch, did this today as allways only with my left fingertip, amazing "brushes" and my loved ipod touch...

imagine: 2 nearly equipollend samurai figthing in the woods, setting sun hits there bodys through the firs... all of a sudden the one with the straw hat wants to ensure victory and pulls out a loaded gun: "dodge this..." ;)

ipod touch stuff, again...

did this today... with "brushes" (only!) again on my ipod. inspired by watchmen anno 1920. keep smilin' ;)



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benjamin rabe found that "bad mood guy" on flicker and made a post on his fingerpainted-blog. i'm very proud about that (your opinion, that it's worthy), thanks benjamin! maybe now the "watched man" can smile again ;)

ipod touch stuff...

my first two sketches on the ipod touch, done with the free program "whiteboard: collaborative drawing", and my left forefinger... there aren't that many features (only a few colors, no zoom at all and just one brush)... and worst of all: with the freeversion you can't save. i needed a better tool.

and here it is:











first ipod-"illustration", realised only by the great app "brushes" for the ipod and my left forefingertip... - GREAT PROGRAM!

logan

last weekend i saw the new "x-men origins: wolverine" movie in cinema and was a bit disappointed. a lot of "bang, boom, crash" and... not more. they just did not tap the full potential. today i did a little logan-painting. just wanted to (s)c(r)atch that idea. it's wolverine, duuude. hope you like :)

edit: just a little change-> erased the "redlines".
was a bit ambiguos with them... ;)

"die mittagsfrau" more sketches...

today i had time to finish the second page for my comicversion of the book "die mittagsfrau" written by julia franck.... i have to correct myself... time to finish a sketch for page 2 -.-
it's the first time for me EVER doin' panels - i tried to create some kind of "reading flow" ?! hope you like.

edit: sketches for page 3 and 4 are finished... 4 more pages and i'm done.

edit 2: next pages (5 and 6) as a really ruff "sketchversion" and a second "censored version". my professor didn't like the first sketch for that scene - i was forced to illustrate another situation - i guess he didn't liked the "splatter" of that "handscene". he has not yet seen the second "censored version" - maybe now it's ok...

edit 3: next sketches (for the pages 7 and 8) are done. page 6 can remain this "censored" way. now i have to do 2 more pages (i haven't got any plans for going on...) - my professor wants to know what's next! (to be honest, me2 ;))

blues harp sketch (for dad)

pencil drawing for my dad. it's his original oldskool golden "marine band" blues harp with mic, he just wants another original "müller" on his skin. (hope there's a good spot left for it) ;)

"die mittagsfrau" first sketches...

some early layout-sketches for a comic-project from university. target is to transform the first chapter of the book "die mittagsfrau" written by julia franck into a comicbook version... the faces in red circles are my final characters (i guess)... more to come ;)

the goon (sketch)...

yesterday i bought the first 2 german issues of "the goon" (by eric powell) and read it in no time at all (with more than just a big grin on my face) - it's simply fantastic! can't wait for the next episode... to shorten the long wait i did a little sketch of the two heros. yeah, i know not that creative, original idea and the paper is dirty and fucked up like hell, but that's just what my left hand wanted to draw i guess ;) hope you like.

workload.

it's always the same. you're half done and nearly finished ?



suffice it to say that this is just the beginning.

the forgotten sketches (99-08)

the new semester just started and i already miss all that freetime!
i scanned some (almost forgotten) sketches i found yesterday from 1999 to 2007 . for me it's nice to have that nearly forgotten "real pen&paper stuff" finally on screen... there are sketches from professors, fellow students (nearly 2 years old), very old stuff from 99, 00 and 02, some stuff from my portfolio from 06 (the hand, the uterus, the chicken and the sprayer) and other things i recovered from an old blackbook. i hadn't got a scanner back in the days... hope you like ;)

mr.x - holt euch der teufel!

i made a few panels for the "mr.x - holt euch der teufel" comicjam - finished each one in 5 - 10 minutes. it's just for fun and i like the character ;)

proud...

just a little sketch i made a few minutes ago... really needed to draw something fast after "the foundling" ;)

the foundling finished!

done! can't wait until the release of the printversion of that great "MONSTER"-issue of the JAZAM! coming out around june 09... hope you enjoy as much as i do.

the foundling

a new concept for the "monster"-theme... the picture is called "the foundling". not yet finished, but i've got a "WIP" for you (also in black&white, for printing) - i bet you can see who are the real monsters in that sketch :) (i redefined the background for the final piece...)

and max sayed "i'll eat you up!"

i'm back with a new picture for the upcoming 4th issue of the JAZAM!, topic is "monster"... i've chosen max because i still love the original book called "where the wild things are"/ "wo die wilden kerle wohnen" by maurice sendak as much as i was a little boy and that topic came to my mind after i thought about monsters. it will be released in greyscale, so no need for me to fix the white light-outline which should be red in the color-version ;) - i'm very proud to get a page in that great magazine, which helps unknown fledgling artists to be known! big thanks to the whole JAZAM!-team :)

edit: some copyright-questions need to be answered first before it could be released as a printed page in that "fanzine"... CROSS YOUR FINGERS!

edit2: i got an answer via mail: no release for comercial use :( maybe i can finish another picture just in time for that great "fanzine". *sigh*

serious smile!

back with the joker... (yeah i like him!) hope you enjoy.
remember: keep the smile :D

happy end...

finally i got time for a little artwork just for me, myself and i... ;) the joker, baby! got some problems saving the image as a jpg-file for web. now the picture looks weird in ps, bridge and the standard-windows-viewer but normal in paint, irfanview and firefox (i dont use the hidden firefox color management...) fucked up shit like that sucks, duude! but happy in the end i guess ;)

nude study...

i'm back with some nude study. it was a portfolio for the univerity, i got a "B" for that. *sigh*
i've got some more to show, but they are too big for my scanner - i'll take some pictures of them when i've got the time... hope you like them.

illustrated fact book for children "bayrischer Nationalwald": finished stuff...

now it's 2009 (wish you a happy new year by the way) and i still haven't finished the fact book... i had too much other things on my mind BUT as you can see, 2 more pictures are finished - i redefined the layout of that bear-page, it was simply "too much" in colour. one more week to get rid of the rest! xD

edit: done. :)

debate on commuting allowance...

just a little picture i made for a policy-news article called: "Minister ruft die Rebellen zur Ordnung" (minister calls mavericks to order), caption: "Ob Auto oder Rad: erst ab dem 21. Kilometer an können Arbeitnehmer Ihren Weg zum Job steuerlich geltend machen." (whether car or bike: as of the 21th kilometer employees can aver their road to job)

illustrated fact book for children "bayrischer Nationalwald": character and 1st sketches...

i've got 2 weeks to finish my drawings for that fact book. it's a project for the uni to bring near "the nature" to city children. standing to reason, my character is a little city child leading through the book. more to come...

AT LAST!

first time i gained something EVER plus first time i was takin part in a competition! finally the "grand prize" has arrived - THANK YOU moddb, valve and scott for arranging the transport! just a little sketch to show/share my emotions ;)

prediploma cuttings

just a coupla "teaser-pics" from my prediploma... i did it in 2 weeks. it was a arranged mark for photography, typography and illustration - 3 prof's gave me one mark for that... it's a "real book" with 35 pages full of art, the guy from "alone in the dark" (i was playing the game at the very time and liked him :D) plus a thrilling "movielike" story with twists and turns ;)

some ballpen, colored pencil and marker sketches...

... out of my little sketchbook.

Left 4 Dead Concept Art Contest (Hosted by Valve and Mod DB) - Grand Prize Winner P-JAY! what the hell?!

my heartbeat stopped after reading my accountname as part of the "winner-congrats"-posting... so much talented artists worked their heart out - it was a tight competition, i dare say! go and check out the other pictures! they deserve it!


edit:

more content i sent in... plumb forgotten to post that, too :D











the one above is called "the ex-con" - but he was just too off-topic i guess ;)

also thats my first blog-post... i hope it brings good luck! ;)