[Vaejoun]

Hello everyone.
My name is Markus Erdt and I am a starting illustrater and hopefully concept artist soon too. ^^

I've been around this forum for quite some time now, looking here and there. Totally mind blowing hom many really good artists are around here.
Coming from CA.org.

Last week I participated in the anatomicae challenge and so I think its time to start a SB here as well.
To show some stuff and get some feedback.
I really want to get better and on the "pro"- level.



















Some photo studies

[JoseVega]

hey buddy really liking your stuff.....awsome start on ur sb, im glad u made one now post some more!!!! :P

[mjasnowski]

Welcome! Great looking sketchbook, looking forward to more

[MichaelDoig]

Cool stuff, I recognised your scythe from browsing the anatomicae forum, its cool to see you participating in the challenges. (I should too!)

The pug piece gave me a chuckle, and your studies are really nice and show potential and willingness to learn, plus studies from animals too! Keep it up, I look forward to seeing more.

[malo]

GREAT START ON YOUR SB!!!
Keep sharing your stuff!

[Vaejoun]

@Cheo: Thanks man, I will post some sketches from other SBs and do more stuff.
@mjasnowski: Thank you too
@CitadelIndigo: Glad you like the pug and that my scythe is recognizeable
@malo: I surely will

So here some more







(His forehead is too big)


and a Gerome study:

[Pr0x-E]

Awesome start to the sketchbook (like others have said)

Really like the design variations on your challenge entry as well as the final colored version really great stuff.

The studies look great too, keep working hard mate. looking forward to seeing more.

[JoseVega]

nniiceeee studies! really like second and third one....awsome stuff

[richartworks]

thanks for sharing! The pet studies made me lol, love them!

[Vaejoun]

Tank you all again. Encouraging to hear some nice words once in a while. ^^
Right now I feel like I am really close to where I want to be, I can make my pieces look really nice, they just lack the awesomness that all the "pros" have. But I guess thats a question of practice.

Here some other I did the last days.
The girl was fun because I was just messing around without aiming for a realistic look, the pope was a photo study and the last one is a Ghost in the shell fanart. Batou looks good but something is missing... Color, value, edges?

[Vaejoun]

Some fun comic stuff in from in between. For self motivation.

[malo]

Hey there

LOL!!!! The comics are awesome!!! dig it, dude!!
Hmm - about portraits. I think its a good approach to paint the background brighter on the shadow side and darker on the bright side. I know it doesn't makes sense light wise.But this tiny lil' effect will add a lot of depth into your portraits.
Just my 2 cents

Cheers

[Vaejoun]

Hey Malo, glad you like it. I have some more stuff I made for some Blizzard Fanart stuff.

[JoseVega]

hahhahah awsome update man!!!! loving the blizzard stuff! specially the last 2 hahhahah awsome man!

[Vaejoun]

Thanks Cheo, I do this comic stuff once in a while when a nice idea pops up in my head. Its always a lot of fun to do. ^^

What now... how about some process sketches?
For the Rift colossus contest. Link to my blog: http://me-artbook.blogspot.com/2011/05/rift-colossus.html

The topic was to design a boss character for the MMO RIFT to one of the elements of the game: Fire, water, wind, earth, life and death.

My first "life" attempts: I still kina like the flair, but for the game it wasnt clear enough and the boobs could have made problems.




This one was another attempt. A good example of why you should get the basic drawing right before going any furter.... I screwed the anatomy up pretty much. ^^° Was for the life aspect as well.







And the WIPS for the 3 final versions I went with.