Okay, here you get some sketches from the last days. Enjoy this freestyle stuff!
Cheers, Robert
2014-01-21
SKETCH-O-RAMA #2.
Hey dudes and dudettes!
Okay, here you get some sketches from the last days. Enjoy this freestyle stuff!
Cheers, Robert
Okay, here you get some sketches from the last days. Enjoy this freestyle stuff!
Cheers, Robert
2014-01-20
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
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
2014-01-13
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
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
2014-01-11
2014-01-06
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
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
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| Creating a monster costume for the monster. |
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| Small portrait (with new ears). |
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| Working on the story. |
2014-01-05
2013-12-26
B-SIDES & RARITIES 2013.
Folks!
Here's the 2013 parade of sketches, alternative versions and unused stuff. Enjoy! Let's see what 2014 will bring! Have a beer!
Cheers, Robert
Here's the 2013 parade of sketches, alternative versions and unused stuff. Enjoy! Let's see what 2014 will bring! Have a beer!
Cheers, Robert
2013-12-16
HIDDEN WORLD.
Folks!
Here comes a retro sci-fi piece which includes the favorite colors of Ralph McQuarrie and every aspect of 80's spaceships (complicated form, sharp edges, some air grilles, oxidation...). I just wanted to do that.
Ah, you can listen to this!
Cheers, Robert
Here comes a retro sci-fi piece which includes the favorite colors of Ralph McQuarrie and every aspect of 80's spaceships (complicated form, sharp edges, some air grilles, oxidation...). I just wanted to do that.
Ah, you can listen to this!
Cheers, Robert
2013-12-12
X-MESS 2013.
Party people!
The internet in my home fucked up for several days. Now, I'm on the line again and celebrate it with a beautiful image for my 2013 X-Mas-Card. I simply took a motive close to my recent project (right, the children's book) to practice a little with light, color and characters and set the mood for the upcoming illustrations. I did the whole thing within a half night - please don't ask me how I felt the day after. Tomorrow the cards will be printed for my family and friends.
Cheers, Robert
The internet in my home fucked up for several days. Now, I'm on the line again and celebrate it with a beautiful image for my 2013 X-Mas-Card. I simply took a motive close to my recent project (right, the children's book) to practice a little with light, color and characters and set the mood for the upcoming illustrations. I did the whole thing within a half night - please don't ask me how I felt the day after. Tomorrow the cards will be printed for my family and friends.
Cheers, Robert
2013-12-02
THIS COULD BE A CHILDREN'S BOOK #3.
YO!
After my extensive post last week, I can "just" give you these few images tonight. Last week I did a first rough storyboard where I made fast little sketches of the story. After I splitted the story in 18 pieces, I simply distilled the key elements of these text parts and tried to capture them in that rough concept.
Today I began with the real storyboard where I will define these ideas more and more over the next weeks. The image size is much taller than before but still ca. a quarter or an eighth of the final drafts (depends on how ambitious I am ;) ). Every picture needs a clear and (oh I hate this word) "interesting" layout which means, the visual dramaturgy is very important to me. I hate these shitty and boring books with these ultra primitive pictures from undertallented illustrators. For me, this is the main part of the whole project, cuz this is where everything is going to be designed. When I start with the final elaborations and the digital coloration the real work has been already done. I just draw and paint there. But here I have to make out which persons (or monsters) have which position on the paper, how will the creatures look like, what's the perspective, where will the text be placed, etc. There's a boxful of challenges but I guess, you already know...
So, I hope I can show you more graphit storyboard-o-rama-things next week. So long!
Cheers, Robert
P.S.: If I find some very (very, very) negative examples for children's book I'll post them here.
After my extensive post last week, I can "just" give you these few images tonight. Last week I did a first rough storyboard where I made fast little sketches of the story. After I splitted the story in 18 pieces, I simply distilled the key elements of these text parts and tried to capture them in that rough concept.
Today I began with the real storyboard where I will define these ideas more and more over the next weeks. The image size is much taller than before but still ca. a quarter or an eighth of the final drafts (depends on how ambitious I am ;) ). Every picture needs a clear and (oh I hate this word) "interesting" layout which means, the visual dramaturgy is very important to me. I hate these shitty and boring books with these ultra primitive pictures from undertallented illustrators. For me, this is the main part of the whole project, cuz this is where everything is going to be designed. When I start with the final elaborations and the digital coloration the real work has been already done. I just draw and paint there. But here I have to make out which persons (or monsters) have which position on the paper, how will the creatures look like, what's the perspective, where will the text be placed, etc. There's a boxful of challenges but I guess, you already know...
So, I hope I can show you more graphit storyboard-o-rama-things next week. So long!
Cheers, Robert
P.S.: If I find some very (very, very) negative examples for children's book I'll post them here.
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