JESUS OF THE MOON.

Hey happy people!

Here's a small drawing I made in my tiny sketchbook. I colored it, but I like it better uncolored. I simply wanted to make a body that looks like a meteor. The result is a pimply and depressed teenager who is walking alone and naked in the rain. Ah, and she has no hair...

Listen to NICK CAVE.


Cheers, Robert

 

 

THIS COULD BE A CHILDREN'S BOOK #6.

Hey Folks!

Last week I struggled a little with my motivation. I had kind of a drawer's block - okay, I know this is bullshit, but it still kept me from drawing one full evening. Too bad, I have to go through things like this alone but that's life...
Today, I was a bit busier. Here you get the stuff from the creation of the pictures I did today. I did some layout stuff and went on with some character design. Even if I have some small monsters, there have to be more, to complete my "nightmare-terror"-rut. It's not easy to develop cute characters, but it's fun when I see a nice and friendly creature done with my hands. And like I've written in a former post, it will take much time for the image structures to make them as "dynamic" (my word for a good image structure) as possible. Let's go on!

Cheers, Robert

 

SKETCH-O-RAMA #2.

Hey dudes and dudettes!

Okay, here you get some sketches from the last days. Enjoy this freestyle stuff!

Cheers, Robert

 

POSTER DESIGN.

Yo Folks!

Today I give you a nice Art Deco inspired poster for  a local rock show. The illustration's done in one dark hour simply with ink while the coloring and layout stuff is done on saturday afternoon. Thanks to Willi (who's playing bass in PRIDE AND EGO DOWN) for asking me to do that!

Ah, and you can also check out the dudes from GRIM VAN DOOM!

Cheers, Robert

THIS COULD BE A CHILDREN'S BOOK #5.

Boys & Girls!

Today I reached the first milestone. I finally managed to finish the story! Last week, I did some corrections and since then it's been an iterative process until the storie's finishing today. Before bringing it to that thing that hopefully will become a book I will show the story some friends who are a little expert in "things for children" to get some helpful feedback.

After there have been some troubles about my X-Mess card I decided to rework the ears of this funny white creature (some people didn't see the ear as ear). As you can see below I tried all kinds of ears and I think I like some kind of floppy ears like on the bottom right (my second fav are the elephant ears, haha).

Further I developed some of the other characters. The creature in the middle is known from the concept drawings. I love it, so I will give it a little role in the story. The thing in the last picture is new but also very funny and friendly and reminds me a little of Joscha Sauers Yetis or a Goomba. But I guess, if the thing is colored it will look like a slimy meatball.

Cheers, Robert

 

LOKI.

Hey!

Here's some "quick-and-chubby-fun-in-the-afternoon"-thing made with ink and water color.
Ah, the title's by RANCID. Let's have a beer!

Cheers, Robert

THIS COULD BE A CHILDREN'S BOOK #4.

Dear friends!

It's time to give a status of my children's book project. After I used my holiday card to create a mood picture, I used the last week to specify the story a little more. Some twists and turns just weren't good enough and some parts were, well... stupid. I'm glad for having my girlfriend and her distance on the project. She helped me to see what's shitty and so I made a list of all not-good-enough/stupid/shitty parts and wrote an alternative for each. These new parts I brought into the story and after reading that rough concept again I think it's much cooler (and more senseful). The rearranged story has to be evaluated yet but I guess I will get it next week. But for now the changes seem to be kind of good. Parallel I did some more sketches of the creature.

Cheers, Robert

Creating a monster costume for the monster.

Small portrait (with new ears).

Working on the story.

MEREDITH.

Yo Folks!

Welcome in 2014! Let's start with a fresh ink drawing I colored with a digital gradient. I wish you all the best for this year.

The title's from OCEANSIZE which set a great underwater tone.

Cheers, Robert