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Another Apple

2008-05-02T18:04:00.003+02:00

More messing about. This time in Alias Sketchbook Pro.

Its alot messier than the last pic but I just really trying out the custom brush settings and getting a feel for them. Also trying out blending colors in Sketchbook.

Unlike Photoshop you can't directly manipulate the brush eg: opacity and flow and whatnot, you have to go into the brush setting which is quicker in Sketch than in Photoshop which is a plus. I also found out you can also use ALT to select a color … stupid me, should of read the manual ;)

Greetings
Nik

An Apple

2008-05-02T00:00:00.002+02:00

Here a go at "Digital Painting" … or in others words just messing about. ;)

Not a masterpiece and certainly can use alot more work (I'm lazy, thats why I'm posting it now), but I like it.

I reinstalled Photoshop CS2 to do this, cause my poor little laptop couldn't handle big old mean CS3.

……… maybe its time to think about getting a new laptop ……… -_-'

BUTTER MONKEY

2008-03-26T22:18:00.003+01:00

…… Behold the Greatness of the one and only ……

…… BUTTER MONKEY ……

Based on a totally random something that came from somewhere …… ;)

The actual picture I drew quite quickly. For those of you that may interest it, all of it was drawn and colored in Alisas Sketchbook via Wacom Drawing Tablet.

The background and text was done in Photoshop. It took be ages to decide on a background and using Japanese typo was just a spontaneous decision. Looks quite good though.

Gaiaonline #3

2008-02-22T20:06:00.000+01:00

The last batch … Enjoy

Gaiaonline #2

2008-02-22T20:03:00.002+01:00

All of these pics were sketched and drawn in Autodesk (previously Alias) Sketchbook Pro with the original picture of the avatar as a guide. Then colored in Photoshop.

Here's the next batch of Pictures … Enjoy

Gaiaonline #1

2008-02-22T18:37:00.012+01:00

Gaia Online a fun and time consuming community site where there are games, forums and worlds and whatnot. Has in-game cash which can be earned by playing games, posting in the forums and hundreds of other possibilities. This cash can be used to buy items to decorate and make your Avatar.

I did for some people on the site drawings of their Avatars. I thought I'd post them here (there quite a few so they'll be in separate posts). The whole Idea was to draw the Avatars with a cookie. Since people also wanted different goodies, I just added something else( e.g: Chocolate, Burrito, Pie etc.)

First one of me … this is where the Idea came from … you might recognize it as a panel of a comic in one of the older posts ;)

Here now the first five from 25"commissions" …

… stay tuned. Still 20 more ;)

See also the other posts for more information …

New Pic

2007-10-04T20:03:00.000+02:00

A new pic entitled "Parasite" ……

… maybe could of done better (like add a frame or something), but it's ok … for now ;)

Greetings & Enjoy

Niklas

Claw

2007-09-26T23:10:00.000+02:00

"When I am good I am very very good, but when I am bad I am better"

That quote is actually from a Chumbawamba Song … I thought it somehow matched the picture.
Here again, drawn at work with a ball point pen, scanned and colored in Photoshop.
I like it.

OMG STUFF POSTED

2007-09-18T20:27:00.000+02:00

OMG, some new stuff …… you might notice a theme here ;)

I drew these at work on plain paper and a ball point pen (thats why they are pretty messy). Then I scanned them and colored them in photoshop.

I like them.

A Little Something

2007-08-13T23:50:00.000+02:00

A little something i just did …… Feng Zhu style ;)

Still a long way to go …… but I like it, although it randomly turned out like this.
Did this in Sketchbook Pro.

2007-05-08T18:06:00.000+02:00

A quick sketch I did at work …………

Colored it in at home. Just quickly done in Photoshop.

Greetings & Enjoy

Which Superhero are you?

2007-04-11T19:56:00.000+02:00

Your results:
You are Spider-Man

Spider-Man		70%
Robin		57%
Superman		55%
Green Lantern		50%
Catwoman		50%
Hulk		50%
The Flash		45%
Supergirl		40%
Batman		40%
Iron Man		35%
Wonder Woman		30%

You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.

Click here to take the "Which Superhero are you?" quiz...

Like a ton of Rocks

2007-04-04T22:28:00.000+02:00

They someimes even forget to lock the door and then it's like a brick wall which has collapsed on you and you can't get any air.

YUCK :-(

Edit: Not that I have anything against smokers, they are also only humans.

The worst kind of smokers are those who ,just before the bus comes, take a big pull at their cigarette and then get onto the bus and blow all the smoke out.

Greetings and Enjoy

No. 4

2007-04-04T20:54:00.000+02:00

Another day at work. Only 9 months of civil service to go …

*sigh*

Greetings & Enjoy

Muffins

2007-03-29T00:26:00.000+02:00

Someone told me this joke once, and since then I've always wnated to draw it.

Here it is …

*OMG, A TALKING MUFFIN*

Greetings & Enjoy

No. 3

2007-03-28T22:25:00.000+02:00

A Day at work (Part 1)

Works/Civil Service is not that bad. Most of the time I sit at the reception taking phone calls, making notes and bore my self ;-)

Coloring isn't that well, still looking for my path of doing the coloring.

Greetings & Enjoy

Again …

2007-03-26T22:44:00.000+02:00

Just did this one quickly …

… Don't even know why ;-) …

Huzzah for cookies …

This one isn't so sketchy as the last one, which is a lot better.
The colors come out a lot better (no to bright).

… and I just saw that I've got a spelling mistake (never mind) …

Greetings & Enjoy

Idea ???

2007-03-26T21:07:00.000+02:00

It's a Idea, but who knows where it will lead???

One black/white and one color version …

These were again sketched out in Alias Sketchbook. Coloring and Layout in Photoshop.

Greetings & Enjoy

2007-03-17T21:06:00.000+01:00

Ok, I think I'm getting the hang of this …

This fellows name is Wolf …… ok that's just a temporary name.

I'm not to sure abot the green jacket and pants and the purple leggings. Looks like a military ninja. Otherwise I quite like how the character turned out all in all, … actually I quite like it, especially the red strips.

Feedback anyone??????

Greetings & Enjoy

And Another One

2007-03-15T22:38:00.000+01:00

Oh my god another character …

Sketching was a bit messy. What I basically do is sketch/draw the figures in Sketchbook and then in color it in Photoshop, with the layer option multiply. Then the (bad) shading on a extra layer with opacity set at around 40 % with just black and white.

HEY WHERE'S THE FEEDBACK??????

Just kidding, although a feedback would be nice ;-)

Greetings & Enjoy

Another One

2007-03-15T19:02:00.000+01:00

Another character …

A few of you might know that the characters belong to that little project that I've been constantly scribbling away at over the last 3 to 5 years. If a greater motivation boost arrives, who knows, I'll probably start it for real, but who knows. It's up to DESTINY to decide ;-)

Greetings & Enjoy

p.s: YES I KNOW THE PROPORTIONS AREN'T 100 % CORRECT … nobody is perfect

*shrugs shoulders, sits in a corner and sulks*

BUSY

2007-03-13T19:58:00.000+01:00

I strated today my second week of civil service. It's actually not that bad. I just have to oder folders, pack letters, arange documents and mainly answer the phone at "Wiener Hilfswerk". Just a bit strenuious.

Here a piece I did … hope more will follow …

Drawn/Sketched in Sketchbook and colored in Photoshop. Main point of this drawing was to find a good color theme for the character. I'm not to sure with how it came out. Some of you might recognise the character and know about its background. So it would be cool if you (e.g; Bhairava, David, Lorens, Jakob, … e.t.c) could give some feed back (on the color theme or propose a complete different one).

edit: personally I like the first one, where the red is over the blue.

Geetings & Enjoy

Some more

2007-02-14T21:54:00.000+01:00

A scene I had in my head from Tolkiens "Silmarillion", The Story of Turin Turumbar.

One in Black & White …

And one in simple colors …

Enjoy

New Sketches

2007-02-14T18:41:00.000+01:00

Just started doodling last night again in Sketchbook.

Greetings & Enjoy

2007-01-24T14:49:00.000+01:00

Another skull …

more realistic …

Greetings & Enjoy

2007-01-23T00:48:00.000+01:00

More sketch stuff from Sketchbook. Just again trying my tablet out, practicing, etc.

Greetings & Enjoy

2007-01-20T01:33:00.000+01:00

I actually wanted to post a load of stuff but my scanner is just giving me blank or just black.

So here some sketch stuff I did Alias Sketchbook just to try the program out and also practicing using the tablet.

Greetings and Enjoy

Design

2006-11-23T00:03:00.000+01:00

A small trip into the area of design. Just decided to randomly do it. Haven't done anything design stuff for some time now, it's fun to sit and contemplate about a design for hours and hours (as long it doesn't go on for to long ;-)).

I'm not to sure about the black circles under the symbols, especially by the third one it looks like the base of the screen is the continuation of the black circle, or just a mistake made in Illustator (by the way, this piece of work was made in Illustrator and Photoshop).

Greetings and Enjoy

A little Something

2006-11-21T22:52:00.000+01:00

Here's a little something I threw up in a couple of minutes last night. My sister borrowed my laptop, so I set it as my desktop background. Feel free to download it and use it to Â

Greetings and Enjoy

Thing and Me

2006-11-15T16:42:00.000+01:00

A drawing I did a while back. My ex-school mates may recognize it ;-)

Here's the pencil version …

and here's the color version that I just tried out (inking + coloring).

Greetings and Enjoy

Happy Buddha

2006-11-09T00:18:00.000+01:00

A piece of work titled "Happy Buddha". I originally wanted to have different religious signs hidden in the picture, but I thought it wouldn't be quite right. So I ended just doing the Buddha.

edit: if the link above doesn't work then here is another one.

Greetings and Enjoy

The Cosmic Trilogy

2006-11-08T18:29:00.000+01:00

One of my favorite books is "The Cosmic Trilogy" from C.S. Lewis. You might know the individual books "Out of the Silent Planet", "Perelandra", "That Hideous Strength". If you have not read them, I highly recommend reading them. Although they don't share the simplicity in storytelling of the "Narnia" series, you can see similarities. "The Cosmic Trilogy" is a very unique book, which like Tolkiens "Lord of the Rings" relates the battle between good and evil, only here on a cosmic scale and without all the historical backgrounds etc.
Also the books are written so well, that you have no problem visualizing the worlds and events that appear in the books.
Here's a picture of a creature which appears in the first book "Out of the Silent Planet". It's an intelligent inhabitant of Mars (more intellgent than humans, but live like cave men). The species go about the name of Sorns, not the only race on mars.

The character design is my idea of how a Sorn would look based on the description in the book. It's just a quick sketch that I did in a couple of minutes, so it is a bit rough.
I'll certainly be doing a couple of more illustations and character designs from the book. I'm really looking forward to it.

edit: @ Bhairava: correction propositions?? I know the legs & feet aren't that fantastic, but otherwise I quote like how the head chest turned out.

Greetings and Enjoy

2006-11-06T17:52:00.000+01:00

An old little something I inked just for practicing with my wacom …

The color version I just did in a minute or two for fun …

Greetings and Enjoy

A little Something …

2006-11-04T00:14:00.001+01:00

A little something I did yesterday. I drew the original by hand and inked it digitally with my new Wacom tablet (still have to get used to it).

This actually happened! I was in London with friends and having a really great time, and then in the Underground there was this iPod poster and I hugged it Â and that was it ;-)

Greetings and Enjoy

One Week Later …

2006-10-30T16:22:00.000+01:00

It's finally arrived. After a week of anticipation, my shipment of goods that I ordered, has reached it's destination!!

Product number one ……
Flight, Volume 3, if you don't know it visit their site or get the books. Also visit the sites of the artists who contributed to the Flight books, it's worth a visit.

Product number 2 …

Is so awesome that I am at loss for words to describe it, except it's name. Wacom Intuos 3 A5
Here a few pictures of it in it's new enviroment (sorry they are a bit fuzzy)…

Greetings and Enjoy (I know I am…)

Waiting

2006-10-24T17:05:00.000+02:00

I had my last test on the 25th of September and it takes nearly a whole month just to correct the tests, fill out my Graduation certificate, get it signed (by the school Director and the Ministry of Education) and hand it over ro me … and I thought I was slow … never mind, I will (hopefully) be getting it tommorow.

Here a sketch …

Greetings and enjoy …

Free

2006-09-25T22:10:00.000+02:00

I've just finished all my Graduation test today (second run), and will be getting the results in a week or so.
Now I've got time for drawing again. From my side I hope to see a whole lot of updates. Also have to start looking for a job ;-)

Here a sketch I did a while back.

Since I don't have a drawing tablet, I'll probably just be posting sketches and inked drawings.

Greetings and enjoy …

2006-06-22T15:17:00.000+02:00

Here page 2 and 3. Page 3 has no text to it.
Greetings and enjoy …

2006-06-14T18:26:00.000+02:00

Just a Layout out of a comic idea I've been working on.
The numbers on the left hand side of the page indicate which text belongs to which panel

Character Sketches

2006-06-14T01:22:00.000+02:00

Just a couple character sketches for an update.
A friend was saying I wasn't posting anything and demanded that I post something, as well as democratic votes in Cuba??

Pandas

2006-06-03T20:40:00.000+02:00

A few Pandas for your entertainment.
I started of sketching them on paper and then inking and colouring them digitally.
Background could be better but otherwise I like it.

A Preview

2006-05-26T18:36:00.000+02:00

A small sketch of a punk girl.
Draw and inked by and and coloured in Photoshop.

… And thus a new Blog was born …

2006-05-26T18:22:00.000+02:00

… and it's creater is me, Niklas Winter.
I plan to use this blog as a first step to build up a platform for my art (drawings, sketches, doodles and any other things i bring to paper) in the web.

That's all for now.

Greetings