Sketchbook Thread of Michael-Olszak

[Rebeccak]

michael-olszak,

Hey there, good to see your Anatomy Thread. :) I look forward to seeing your work.

Cheers,

-Rebeccak

[michael-olszak]

Thanks Rebeccak. Well here goes. Here are some of my early sketches.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/cgtalk_01.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/cgtalk_02.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/cgtalk_03.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/cgtalk_04.jpg

Let me know what you think.

Thanks

[michael-olszak]

Anatomy Lesson Series: Body Part 2 - The Torso

Picture 001
http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/torso/nr001.jpg

Picture 002

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/torso/nr002.jpg

Picture 011

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/torso/nr011.jpg

[michael-olszak]

Here are some more torso's.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/torso/nr009.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/torso/nr031.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/torso/nr033.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/torso/nr035.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/torso/nr036.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/torso/nr080.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/torso/nr085.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/torso/nr087.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/torso/nr091.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/torso/nr091a.jpg

[spartan02]

YOu have a great start here. One can see the form of the body very well. Nice sense of depth in your drawings as well. I really like the 6th and 8th sketch in your last post.

[NR43]

Hi michael-olszak

nice torso studies
hope you'll join the next workshops as well

[michael-olszak]

Sorry for my late respond guys.

spartan02 - Thanks man. i appriciate it.
NR43 - I definitely will. Thanks.

[michael-olszak]

Here is a new sketch.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/M025.jpg

[michael-olszak]

Well. Here are some more.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/F053.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/F055.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/M026.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/M027.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/M028.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/M029.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/Leg.jpg



Also here is my latest painting that i've made at my Painting classes. it's my third. let me know what you think.

http://www.molszak.nl/gallery/pictures/kid.jpg

[CgIcecube]

Hey Michael:)
Well the painting looks very nice!..Good color palette:thumbsup:But hwcm the ear portion is so bright and illuminated more than skin tone:shrug:

[michael-olszak]

i see your point. it doesn't fit the rest of the head. i think i'll revisit this part. i just hope i'll get the color right.

Thanks for the comment.

[michael-olszak]

Here are some more sketches. Male and female.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/M%20030.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/001.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/002.jpg

More To come soon

[SylvanMist]

Great looking sketches you have here, and that painting looks awesome so far! I thinik the forehead looks really nice and rounded, 3d like, try not to loose that quality in the cheeks and rest of the face though.

[michael-olszak]

Thanks for the comment Roja

Well here are some more sketches. sorry for the quality. my scanner is not big enough for A3 Format Paper.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/F 063.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/F 064.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/F 065.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/F 066.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/F 067.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/M 031.jpg

[Rebeccak]

michael-olszak,

The painting in particular has a lot of impact! :) Good to see some traditional oil painting around here.

Good to see your drawings as well - I think that the main thing I might suggest is being a bit more patient with your lines - don't think that you have to get the line exactly right at first, sort of let your pencil find the line and draw lightly at first until you feel confident that the lines are in the right place. Since lines work in relationship to one another to create form, it's nearly always necessary to lightly place the first lines since they are without relation to anything else yet - once you have the opposite line established, then you can start to reinforce the apexes of the curves and to more firmly establish their relationship. I hope this makes sense. :)

Looking forward to seeing your progress.

[michael-olszak]

Thanks a lot Rebecca. I appriciate your commant a lot. I have this problem that when i start drawing lightly i tend to try to finish the drawing at first try. And indeed patience! i really have to work on that!

Thanks again.

[anandpg]

sorry, I missed this thread somehow..:sad: Nice studies, Micheal! ... and beautiful painting!:applause:

[Mu]

Hi Michael,

I like the oil painting a lot!

For the sketches, Rebecca already gave you good advice and I am looking forward to seeing you progress with these...:thumbsup:

[michael-olszak]

Wow thanks, you guys. appriciate it a lot. Here is another one i just finished today.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/Madonna.jpg

[anandpg]

Thats a cool one! nice eyes.:thumbsup:

[NR43]

Those are wonderful paintings.
really great that you are still finding time to study figure in between

[michael-olszak]

Thanks guys. I attend painting lessons once a week. the cool thing is that the guy who is organizing them doesn't really give you lessons. He just walks around and keeps an eye on things, makes photo's while you paint and if you have any questions or doubts you can step up to him and ask him. Great way of teaching i think. This is my fourth painting I'm really enjoying the making of them. Its kind of like discovering a brand new thing you know. Now i know how Columbus felt like when he discovered America :) :) :)

I try to draw as much as i can in my time at home but you know how it is: Birthday here birthday there, bla bla bla. Anyway i'm glad that i have those two and a half hours in a week that i can just concentrate on Painting.

here is the one i did before the kid.

http://www.molszak.nl/gallery/pictures/black.jpg

[Mu]

Hi Michael,


really cool oil paintings. Have you ever tried to carry your traditional skills over to a full digital painting?

[michael-olszak]

Thanks Mu. Well Yes, but somehow the results are not quite as i would like them to be :(

I think it's becasue i'm not really used to working with a tablet and that i have an el-Chippo Trust tablet. My goal is to to Digital paintings but i need a lot of proctice. I'm really happy that my boss agreed that i can use the tablet as my mouse at work. i figured that since i'm sitting behind the computer all day long that can be the best way to get used to the tablet. i have to say that it's very different but cool (i do proctice a bit during my working day in Open Canvas). But i still need to learn a lot.

[redfrog]

Fantastic paintings, man!

[Rebeccak]

Really like that last painting - it would be great to see you do a few self portraits from life - can be a totally different experience (assuming the last image was from reference, sometimes it's hard to tell) - and something you'd probably enjoy. :)

[michael-olszak]

thanks rebecca. i think i will soon but i can imagine that it's not an easy thing to do.

here is my first attempt at the technique from your demo.

The Block in;

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/Picture003.jpg


and the finished thing

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/Picture006.jpg

the problem i keep having is that i tend to over- block my drawings. i always keep putting in small details. And shading, that's also a big problem of mine.

Tips are welcome.

[michael-olszak]

Here are some new Anatomy sketches.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/50.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/51.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/52.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/53.jpg

[Rebeccak]

Good stuff! One suggestion I might have is to lay down the basic outlines lightly with pencil at first before reinforcing the guideline drawing with stronger, cleaner lines. Try to be a bit more deliberate if your strokes, but this doesn't mean to draw heavily at first. Build up the lines, drawing in one direction, and reinforce them as your confidence grows.

Keep posting!

[michael-olszak]

Thanks Rebecca. i appriciate your comments a lot.

[Rebeccak]

No problem! Hope to see your updates. :)

[michael-olszak]

Here is one of my attempts to paint digitally. This is so difficult!!

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/13.jpg

[Rebeccak]

michael-olszak,

Good to see your first digital efforts here! :) Just yesterday I wrote up this simple tutorial which I hope may be of use:

TUTORIAL - Quick Apple Painting Tutorial for Beginners (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=199&t=470911)
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=199&t=470911

I also really recommend trying out the skull shading exercise that is linked here in this thread:

Personal Sketchbook Primer and Tutorial / Workshop Guide (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=200&t=403198)
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=200&t=403198

Looking forward to more! Things definitely get easier with practice, be patient with yourself. :)

[michael-olszak]

Hey Bec i did it :) :) :) !!

Thanks for the turorial it's amazing and it helped a lot. Here is my result. (i'm totally proud of it :))

I'll do the skull as well. Thanks a lot for all your help. i owe you big time for all you super duper help. I have to practice this more and get a bigger tablet.
Thanks again.


http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/apple.jpg

[Mu]

wow, the apple study totally rocks!

:bounce:

[Rebeccak]

Wow, how awesome! Great job on this, I'm really stoked and know that you can take this much further with the skull exercise. Can't wait to see it! :thumbsup:

[Gord-MacDonald]

you have some nice drawings going here - continued good luck!

Gord

[michael-olszak]

Thanks for the nice comments guys. I'm working on the skull as we speak. I don't know if i'll finish it today but i'll keep you posted.

[michael-olszak]

BTW. Here are some character sketches i did in PS. The reference is from www.characterdesigns.com (http://www.characterdesigns.com/).

Rebecca posted posted the link somewhere and it's full of usefull reference materials.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/sketches.jpg

[SylvanMist]

Hi there, those are nice studies, and that apple looks totally awesome! You'll be painting good pieces in no time! :thumbsup:

I never knew about that character designs site..thanks for posting a link to it, looks really useful!

[michael-olszak]

Thanks Roja I really hope so. I've been working up to this a long time now. Ok here is the skull. It's still work in progress. Just wanted to show you where i am here.

Let me know what you think.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/skull_wip.jpg

[NR43]

nice job on the appel Michael
Great effort on the skull as well. it looks a bit too stretched but the shading is really nice... good texture!

keep going ;)

[Rebeccak]

Aha! He's found the way forward! :)

Great stuff, keep going, you're growing by leaps and bounds! :thumbsup:

[michael-olszak]

Ok. here is the final piece. NR43 i streched it down a bit. it helped. thanks for the tip. and thanks rebecca.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/skull_final.jpg

[NR43]

A small tweak here or there can sometimes do a miracle :)
Long live the digital age!

[Rebeccak]

Very cool update, the whole thing is looking more refined. If I had a crit I would say the eye sockets appear a bit high up in the skull, even given the perspective of the shot I think they might be a bit lower in terms of position - but overall fantastic work. I think your next stop should definitely be a Master Copy for an OFDW or whatever it is you think would challenge and interest you most. :)

[Aviva]

Wonderful work on the skull! :)

[michael-olszak]

Thanks you guys. I'm really happy with it too :). I'm trying to do some quick sketches at work (when i have the time), so i'll be posting some of them here. Here is one already.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/15.jpg

[michael-olszak]

Hey here are some more digital sketches. I have to tell yah that drawing with the tablet is mych more difficult than with a pen/pencil.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/14.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/16.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/19.jpg

[michael-olszak]

Hey. Here is another one. I've put some more time into this one.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/Bianca_Pole.jpg

[Intervain]

great sketches! I love the last of the female portraits! The hair's adding so much character to her :) :thumbsup:

[NR43]

great work Michael

I agree on the red hair... makes her look dangerous

[batte812]

Hi Michael. You are making good progress. I like the skull and the apple you did. The last pieces look good too. Keep going!

[Rebeccak]

The extra time spent definitely shows. :) I think you're definitely ready to tackle a complex piece and really refine. :thumbsup:

[michael-olszak]

Thanks a lot guys. Rebecca, i don't know. i still feel i need to do more. Especially value studies and eventiually do some color work. i kind of fear that :( I will continue practicing and try to go into more and more details as i go.


Here are some quick head sketches and a piece i did with watercolor. I had some laying around so i thought i'd give it a try. Let me know what you think.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/Heads.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/F%2007.jpg

[michael-olszak]

Update. Done in PS.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/20.jpg

[michael-olszak]

Here is anather Oil Painting i've just finished.

Planing to do a series of these. think two more in the same format but different angle of the female body.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/IMG_6238.JPG

[michael-olszak]

sketch in Photoshop

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/24.jpg

[lilirious]

Hi Michael,

tnx for stopping by my thread :) Your paintings are very beautifull! I really like the boys expression :) keep em coming :D

[michael-olszak]

Update. photoshop



http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/25.jpg


http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/26.jpg

[michael-olszak]

some more sketches.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/anatomy1/sketches02.jpg

[michael-olszak]

Dino design for the Character Cafe.

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/character_cafe/Dino_final_sketch_02.jpg

[michael-olszak]

Here is the final version of this one. I will do a color version of it. Just don't know when :(

http://www.molszak.nl/cgtalk/character_cafe/Dino_10_BW_small.jpg

[michael-olszak]

small update. Here's something i kind of finished yesterday. Just decided i'm gonna work on it a bit more. will update later.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/comreeses_puffs.jpg

Some sketches

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk32.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/dog_skeleton.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/50_gestures_03.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/50_gestures_02.jpg

[tizianoadmirer]

Terrific sketches ! Love these small gestures... are they unref'ed ? The dino is cool too...
-TA

[michael-olszak]

tizianoadmirer - Thanks man. these quick pose sketches are from a thread at the Conceptart.com forum. it's for practicing. every week you have to draw 50 of these plus something they specify. i use photo's from Posemaniacs website.

here are the sketches from last week and the optional facial study.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk33.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/face_study_wk33.jpg

[michael-olszak]

some more practices
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk36_small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk%2038_small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/optional_study_wk38_hips_Small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/wk36_foot_study.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/CHOW_Fly_breeder_05a.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Hands.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/heands_01.jpg

[NR43]

wow
some tremendous updates here
really inspiring!

[Auria]

haha these look great!! i love how many you do :O like NR said, really inspiring. really great eye for form!! :)

[batte812]

Great work on those figures and faces. Keep it up!

[michael-olszak]

Thanks a lot you guys. planning to be more active from now on so....

here's a small update
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/creatures01.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk39_small.jpg

[NR43]

I like those creature concepts... they could use more highlights and shadows to get their forms more defined though. Anyway they are just concept sketches so it's not that big of a deal :)

[michael-olszak]

NR43 - youre right man. they could use a bit of highlight. then again i did not put a lot or work in them.

here are some more.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk41_small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/OptionalStudy_wk41.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Heads_small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/lips.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/eyes_Small.jpg

[Eiki]

AMAZING STUDIES! :thumbsup:
Keep on doing those, they are great!

I should be the busy you are ..
Nice! :)

[michael-olszak]

BapKe - thanks. your doing fine as well.

small update. new painting i finished yesterday. Oils.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/muscle_duce_small.jpg

[michael-olszak]

Small update here.

some more gesture drawings
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk43_small.jpg

Optional study for the spartan thread over at the Conceptart.org forum
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/OptionalStudy_wk43.jpg

some color practices
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/noses1.jpg

[NR43]

Seems like you're really working hard.
Keep going :)

Definetely worth the efforts!

[lilirious]

Nice studies :) The silhouette gesture drawings are very dynamic :D Have you used references for those?
Great stuff :) Keep it up! :)

[michael-olszak]

NR43 - thanks man. trust me i'm not working as hard as i would like too. still spending way to little time on this.
Elnaz - no refs used for these. all from imagination.

[warry]

Wow, beautiful gesture drawings and good color practices .

[michael-olszak]

warry - thanks a lot.

well here's a small update, 50 hand gestures
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk44a_small.jpg


quick lower leg study
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/OptionalStudy_wk44a.jpg

and some heads
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/heads1_small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/heads2_small.jpg

[michael-olszak]

some more heads and hands.
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk45_small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/heads3.jpg

[Cyanid]

kick-ass studys, always good to see quantity. I like your old man heads like nr.2, 9 and 40. But 7, 16 and 25 are great too...to name a few ;)

[NR43]

Lol every time I come to your thread and I see your avatar I'm like "sh#t, she's getting her whip out... and it's because she'll be yelling stuff like.... draw! paint! draw!"

:eek: freaky, I know :scream:

It's always a real pleasure to check your work!

[michael-olszak]

Cyanid - Thanks a lot. Hands are really tough for draw. Will be doing much much more of them in the future.
NR43 - hahahahaha, awesome man! :D thanks!!!

[michael-olszak]

Quick Update.

self portrait
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Portrait.jpg

and a quick head sketch.
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/value_head.jpg

[michael-olszak]

Here is some more
50 Gestures
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk_48small.jpg

the Optional Study of a Jump
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/OptionalStudy_wk48small.jpg

ohh i found this drawing i did a while back of the Rapper The Game ( don't know him really, just found this picture of him in a magazine and drew it).
the only think bothering me about it as i look at it now is the shape of the forehead. it's a bit too round i think. anyway check it out.
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/TheGamesm.jpg

[SylvanMist]

Those are some awesome gestures! Are you just doing them from your mind or from ref?

[michael-olszak]

Roja - These are all from Imagination except the one that looks like Austin Powers in the middle (nr 33) :D

[michael-olszak]

Just a quick update with a quick painter sketch.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/girl.jpg

and a painting i'm working on right now
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/28112007083.jpg

[michael-olszak]

Some more gestures
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk49small.jpg

and a figure
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/OptionalStudy_wk49Small.jpg

[michael-olszak]

and some more :D

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk50_small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/OptionalStudy_wk50_small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/body.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/legs.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/male.jpg

[michael-olszak]

Here's a small sketch i'm working on at the moment.
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/doodles.jpg

will try to post some more in progress images as i go along. Frankly i have no idea how to tackle this :D:D:D:D we'll see....

[michael-olszak]

Small Update

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Applesmall.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk51small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/OptionalStudy_wk51small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk52small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/OptionalStudy_wk52small.jpg

[anandpg]

Awesome studies, Micheal!!:thumbsup: Keep 'em coming!!!:bounce:

[michael-olszak]

anandpg - Thanks man

small update
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk1small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/OptionalStudy_wk1small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/headsketch.jpg

[ForzaInter]

Hi man, great stuff you've got here! :) You really seem to have good control of the human body, especially the female.
You have some gorgeous paintings here!! :thumbsup:

Keep it up, mate!

[michael-olszak]

ForzaInter - thanks a lot. still loads to do and learn. Keep checking back :D

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk3%20small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Head.jpg

[michael-olszak]

Some more stuff.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/OptionalStudy_wk3small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/beanie_small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/glas_small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/rage1.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/rage_small.jpg

[michael-olszak]

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk4_small.jpg

This one was forthe bargue workshop some time ago.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/OFDW022_01_small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/heads_01.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk5_small.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/OptionalStudy_wk6.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/var_01.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/1small.jpg


http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk7small.jpg
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/OptionalStudy_wk7small.jpg

[michael-olszak]

These are from my first life drawing workshop. it's quite different and difficult to draw people from lief. Hoping to do that more often.

2 Minutes
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Figure1sm.jpg

15 Minutes
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Figure2sm.jpg

15 Minutes
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Figure3sm.jpg

2 Min each
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Figure4sm.jpg

5 Minutes
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Figure5sm.jpg

15 Minutes
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Figure6sm.jpg

15 Minutes
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Figure7sm.jpg

[michael-olszak]

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/rockssm.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/1sm.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/2sm.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/3sm.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Head01.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/gir01l.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/garage_girlsm.jpg

[Rebeccak]

Hey there, great to see how much work you are doing.

I'm going to give you a tip that's going to save you about 10 years worth of struggle with life drawing ;) - use Faber Castell Polychromos (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Faber_Castell_Polychromos.jpg/800px-Faber_Castell_Polychromos.jpg) pencils, try some in different colors like blue, red, brown, green, etc. Sharpen them with an electric pencil sharpener. They're fantastic, erasable, and to be honest I have seen students who have appeared to be poor at drawing (because they were using charcoal) magically appear to be good at drawing just by changing their media to Polychromos.

Looking forward to more. :)

[michael-olszak]

Thanks a lot Rebecca It's really an honor to have an artist like yourself visit my SB. I was going to use a charcoal pencil this time cause somehow i really found it frustrating holding a charcoal stick. it just didn't feel right.

I'm totally gonna try those pencils you mentioned tomorrow at the next session. I have a few of them at home which i bought a long time ago but never acrually used.

I'll post my new ones soon. Thanks a lot for taking the time to check out my sb.

cheers.

[NR43]

:thumbsup:

btw, Your website rocks! Simple, efficient and pleasing to the eye

[michael-olszak]

Thanks a lot NR43. I just need some more finished work to put on it and finally have a freaking portfolio :D


Ok here's something else.
I'm working on a photo montage challange and was wondering if anyone could give me some comments on the creation.

here are the photo's provided.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/pics.jpg

the idea is to make something out of them.

well this is what i've come up with so far.
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Final.jpg

Personally the only thing that i was doubting about was the kat. the sheets he is laying on are white which asks for too much attention so i removed the kat and did some more editing to the piece, I still need to do some contrast/ brightness adjustments but here is the final as i have it now.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Final1.jpg

If anyone's got any comments or tips on how to make this looks better please share :D


thanks.

[SylvanMist]

Hi,

From using only those photos I think your end result is really quite good! The only thing that stands out to me is the bird looks copy/pasted still. I think perhaps it's because it's lit with the same color tones on all sides of it, maybe add a slight warmer tone to the top part of the bird? I'm not sure what else you could do.

Your figure studies are also really nice and I like that landscape you posted with the waterfall :)

[Deepam]

Hey Michael !

nice photo merging here. . .

I hv gone through your thread, the figure studies are really great to watch.

[michael-olszak]

Roja - thanks for the tips i'll check it out. i'm planning to do more landscapes/ Environments as well so keep dropping by :D
Deepam - thanks.


Here are some more life drawings

15 Miutes
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/IMG_6676.JPG

5 Minutes Each
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/IMG_6678.JPG

30 Minutes
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/IMG_6674.JPG

15 Minutes
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/IMG_6675.JPG

[michael-olszak]

here are some more gestures

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk11.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Optional_wk11.jpg

[nightwoodwolf]

the gestures sketchs are really awesome .. keep us updated :)

[michael-olszak]

nightwoodwolf - thanks a lot.


Some more sketches from yesterday.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/scan01.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/scan02.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/scan03.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/scan04.jpg

[michael-olszak]

some more stuff

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/skull.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/dude1sm.jpg

[michael-olszak]

some quick sketches in PS.

I've been doing some tutorials from the 2D Artist magazine. This is the one about cloth from issue 3 i think it was.
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/clothsm.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/cirtysm.jpg

This is from the Tree tutorials from issue 2.
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Tree_snowsm.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Treesm.jpg


Bought all of those issues for the tutorials but never actually did any of them. so i guess i'll be doing them nog and see what i can learn from them.

Here's some stuff i've been fooling around with.
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/skysm.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/landscapessm.jpg

[ceruleanvii]

You have some nice things in this thread, I really like the pages and pages of gestures! Love those last trees too -

[DivineRAiN]

nice job on the painted stuff, I like those trees too, also the landscapes. I think the cloth came out pretty good, hope to see more

[Venuscia]

Love your gestures! And the 2d Artist tutorial work looks great. I think your photo montage turned out really well. Keep up the great work and hope to see more :)

[michael-olszak]

ceruleanvii - thanks, the gestures are for the Spartan Camp thread on the Conceptart.org forum. you have to draw 50 every week plus an optional study if you want. I run this thread, it's an amazing exercise.

DivineRAiN - thanks, more is coming if time allows :(

Venuscia - thanks a lot.

Some more stuff

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/headsm.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/head_chicksm.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/boysm.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk14sm.jpg


http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Optional_study_wk%2014sm.jpg

[michael-olszak]

Ok some time ago (Begin of April) i went to Germany for a weekend of sketching and loads of fun!! it was a sketchmeeting organized by some folks over at the CA forum.

here's the stuff i did there. everything is from imagination except the life drawings :)


http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM01.jpg

Life Drawing
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM02.jpg

Life Drawing
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM03.jpg

Life Drawing
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM04.jpg

Life Drawing
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM05.jpg

Life Drawing
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM06.jpg

[michael-olszak]

More German Sketchmeet stuff

Life Drawing
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM07.jpg

Life Drawing
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM08.jpg

Life Drawing
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM09.jpg

Life Drawing
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM10.jpg

Life Drawing
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM11.jpg

Life Drawing
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM12.jpg

[michael-olszak]

......and more :)

Life Drawing
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM13.jpg

Life Drawing
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM14.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM15.jpg

Life Drawing
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM16.jpg

Life Drawing
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM17.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM18.jpg

[michael-olszak]

More


http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM19.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM20.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM21.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM22.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM23.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM24.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM25.jpg

[michael-olszak]

and the last batch


http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM26.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM27.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM28.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM29.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM30.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM31.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/GSM/GSM32.jpg

[michael-olszak]

here are some more scribbles

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Untitled-1.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Untitled-2.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Untitled-3.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/girlsad.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/african%20dudesm.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Envi01sm.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sketchiessm.jpg

[michael-olszak]

some more painting

from ref
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/enviro01sm.jpg

from imagination
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/enviro02sm.jpg

Imagination
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/eyessm.jpg

quickies from imagination
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sketchiessm1.jpg


Ref
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/soldierssm.jpg

imagination
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/africansm.jpg

imagination
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/femalepilotsm.jpg

imagination
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Female%20creaturesm.jpg

[michael-olszak]

Ok here's some more stuff.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/oldguy.jpg

Here's something i started yesterday. hopefully i'll finish it :D
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/comicp1.jpg

[Eiki]

wow you are working a lot!:applause:

i love your latest pieces, for example the very last sketch of the 3 woman heads are great! :)
a lot of improvement here
so keep going :thumbsup:

[michael-olszak]

BapKe - Thanks a lot. I'm doing my best to do as much as possible from imagination and come up with some interesting page idea's or something comic book-ish.

here's a quick one from tonite. i finally got time to sit behind my computer for a change and do some drawing. it's been a while.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/face.jpg

[michael-olszak]

Some More Doodles

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Speedie23-06-08.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Comic_page.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Speedie19-06-08s.jpg


more life drawing
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/01-03-2008.JPG

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/01-03-2008-7.JPG

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/01-03-2008-8.JPG

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/01-03-2008-5.JPG

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/01-03-2008-6.JPG

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/01-03-2008-3.JPG

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/01-03-2008-4.JPG

[michael-olszak]

OK, the Hellmouth Sketchmeeting has just ended yesterday. man what a blast that was!!! except for the bugs that were litterly eating everybody the sketchmeet was awesome.

here's the stuff i producted during this meeting. of course i did a lot of drinking and smoking by the camp fire, that was awesome!!

Life Drawing
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/hellmouth/pics/Life-drawing.jpg

from imagination
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/hellmouth/pics/imagination.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/hellmouth/pics/1hellmouth.jpg

collaboration with Hyver (well he did most of it, i just added some random stuff).
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/hellmouth/pics/2hellmouth.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/hellmouth/pics/3hellmouth.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/hellmouth/pics/4hellmouth.jpg

Thunderdome entry (not a winner).
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/hellmouth/pics/5hellmouth.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/hellmouth/pics/6hellmouth.jpg

[michael-olszak]

and some more quick gestures.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_wk27.jpg

[michael-olszak]

Some more stuff

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb01.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb02.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb03.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb04.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb05.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb06.jpg

[michael-olszak]

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb07.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb08.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb09.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb10.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb11.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb12.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb13.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb14.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb15.jpg

and a quick environment.
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/landscape.jpg

[michael-olszak]

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sketches01.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sketches02.jpg



Ok i've been asked to do a poster for a dude a while back. I've been doing some sketching and came back to him with the following ideas.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb12.jpg

he liked the second image the most. he liked the attitude a lot. so i've been doing some drawing to come up with something similar and came up with the following.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/poster/1st.jpg

what do you guys think? i having great difficulties to take a thumbnail and develop it into something good. any advice?

[michael-olszak]

Some more stuff.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/girl10-08-08.JPG

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Speedie11-08-08.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Speedie11-08-08a.jpg

[michael-olszak]

some more

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Speedie13-08-08.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Speedie12-08-08s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb16s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb17s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb18s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb19s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb20s.jpg

[michael-olszak]

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/headvalues.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb21s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb22s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb24s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb25s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb26s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb27s.jpg

[michael-olszak]

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb28s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Speedie21-08-08.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Speedie22-08-08.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb30s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb29s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb28creature1.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb31s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb32s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb33s.jpg

[Eiki]

hey
very strong work here in the last posts! (particularly the colored works!) :D :thumbsup:

and i like those little gestures in #132 i think these are great! :)


why the hell does everybody visit life classes ... here near rastatt there arent any life classes (i do not know any that is)
i think that i have to ask some friends when i have more time again
but i want to do life drawings as well.. YOURS are great! :)

u work a lot, very great process!

seb

[michael-olszak]

Eiki - thanks a lot. i know what you mean about the life drawing. there aren't any calsses/ sessions near where i live either. most of my studies are from photos :(

Ok, it's been a while, here's some new stuff i've done over the last few months.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb34s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sketch.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Untitled-1s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Untitled-3s.jpg

[michael-olszak]

And some more

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Untitled-4s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb35s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb36s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb37s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb38s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb39s.jpghttp://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb40s.jpg

[michael-olszak]

and more stuff

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Gestures_SC59s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/optionalstudy_SC59s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb41s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb42s.jpg
http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb43s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb44s.jpg

[michael-olszak]

and some more stuff :D

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb45s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb46s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb47s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb48s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb49s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb50s.jpg

[michael-olszak]

even more stuff


http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb51s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb52s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb54s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb53s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb55s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb57s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb60s.jpg

[michael-olszak]

more, more, more :D


http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb57_progress_01.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb57_progress_12p.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb61s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb62s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb63s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb64s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb65s.jpg


http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sketch001.jpg

[michael-olszak]

yes, there is more :D

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb66s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb57Final.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/Bernard_Tate_Study_003.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/002.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb68s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb69s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb70s.jpg

[michael-olszak]

last ones here. Hope your like and enjoy :D

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb72s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb71s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb71cs.jpg

[ratheesh300]

Hai michael (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=70625), i like your beautiful thread! really nice sketches! inspirational!:)

[michael-olszak]

ratheesh300 - thanks a lot.

some quick ones.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb73s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb74s.jpg

[Djampa]

wow man,

It is incredible ! Your sketchbook is so nice !

Long time we don't talk, sorry, I'm finally getting rid off business life a little bit, finally updated my sketchbook btw.

I like the way you did, by shooting the sketchbooks with a camera (is that right ? it seems so), it looks much better than we scan, graphite specially reflects a lot with the scanner and it never shows me the right values.

You have an amazing artwork, really, keep in touch, will follow up better your work.

Cheers,

[michael-olszak]

Djampa - hey man :D yeah it has been a long time. I'll try to check with your sb as often as possible. Just keep working and posting man :D

Ok, here's some more stuff.

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb75s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb76s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb78s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/female_creature_concepts.jpg

[michael-olszak]

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb79s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb80s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb81s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb82s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb83s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb84s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb85s.jpg

[michael-olszak]

some more stuff

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb86s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb89s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb90s.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb95.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb96.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/sb97.jpg

http://www.molszak.nl/conceptart/thorns014s.jpg

[Rebeccak]

Love the output! Would be great to see some of the sketches painted up. :)

[ForzaInter]

Are the concepts made from your imagination? Nice! :)

I especially like the house and the afro-hair girl. Her face is so...alive!

[michael-olszak]

Rebeccak - Hey Rebecca, nice to hear from you. Yeah i know, i'll try to work some of them out. Have to do more digital painting anyway.... :D

ForzaInter - yeah man, most of them are. some are studies from photo's but all the creatures, and such are from imagination.

Hey just to let anyone know. I won't be posting in this thread anymore. I have a new sb, the link is below.

NEW SKETCHBOOK! (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=5633012#post5633012)

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