Dropping Lines

moa Orkse!

2011-09-23T19:45:00.004+03:00

Orkse!

2011-09-23T19:42:00.000+03:00

orkse

2011-09-23T19:41:00.002+03:00

orkse

2011-09-23T19:28:00.005+03:00

ndfos@Ire

2011-07-04T21:24:00.001+03:00

raccoon

2011-06-06T17:13:00.001+03:00

mace peengoo

2011-06-01T12:44:00.002+03:00

focused miner who hates animals

2011-04-29T11:25:00.000+03:00

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mercenary

2011-04-21T15:32:00.002+03:00

2011-03-14T16:41:00.002+02:00

2011-03-10T22:51:00.000+02:00

merge

2011-03-10T11:36:00.000+02:00

GruenGelb

2011-03-09T10:54:00.002+02:00

Tom Bombadil

2008-11-13T12:31:00.002+02:00

hi, i did this paint-over for my tom bombadil-scribble from way back..
nothing much more to add to it ;)

Roland of Gilead

2008-11-13T02:47:00.002+02:00

I was enjoying recently those great series "the dark tower" by steven king,
here is my tribute. And the world moves on... ;]

more vagod

2008-11-11T13:27:00.003+02:00

2 more desings which developed out of some doodeling,
I really found myself falling again for copic-markers, as a change* (quote obama) to digital colouring .

Vagods

2008-11-11T13:20:00.003+02:00

2 colored sketches of the vagod, from a private project. vagods are proto-atlantean barbarians. I wish i was more patient with painting forest ;)

2008-10-16T03:29:00.002+03:00

*) one more meanwhile
outdated model ..it goes with sluggish speed, but it goes forward ;)
don't have much otehr things i can poste here yet, and seldomly time to continue the work on this project, but we stick to it ! ahem,
*with this model, the idea was to make the bot more
agile, sturdier, by changing the proportions and character of shape.. also his laser was temporarily removed for a gattling, yet this idea amongst others was dropped, along with the details, since it should shrink further in size*

Cont'd

2008-08-19T01:59:00.002+03:00

'for better idea of scale, the background
drawn by stephan stölting as a mood-pic for the shot.

2008-08-19T01:41:00.002+03:00

*H.A.U.L. agile bot.
a recent new-design for the bot, with the idea of rather a scout than a walking wall of weapons^^.
it would be equipped with a jetpack to support the hydraulics of the legs for high jumps. also the robotic hands are more versatile having fingers.
---
Yet, the camouflage and the details as well as proportions prove to be inadequat, for the idea has developed to have a mantis-sized bot in a microcosm of a "huge" seeming forest.

bot *

2008-06-01T01:35:00.001+03:00

*simply a bot*
The first and by now outdated verrsion of a bot,
as the subject for a 3D short i work on with friends.
It was positively recieved, yet it turned out that it wouldnt be suitable for exactly our kind of clip.
*

Merkaba~Cowboyland

2008-05-22T12:31:00.002+03:00

*in Memory of Prof.Dr. Bernd Willim*

..ride on

2008-05-21T23:12:00.000+03:00

Illustration of late 2007

2008-01-24T19:11:00.000+02:00

Some Illustration's for christmas-cards.
too late for New Year wishes by now, but at least
it has still some snow ;]

#Plain People#

2007-12-12T05:44:00.000+02:00

In the wilderness, the great plains, surrounded by beasts and protected by the sheltering trees dwell the people of which the hero descends. Neolithic age meets lord of the flies meets conan meets some books i've read but forgotten the names of ...

#Outers#

2007-12-12T04:58:00.000+02:00

Visitors from the past, yet from the future - from far away, yet from within.
The Outers are a expedition of sci-fi equipped humans who are on a search for something,
mixing things up, even if trying to stay undetected by inhabitants.
I find hard to be original designing spacesuits and vessels, when there is such a vast amount of great desings already in history-books and it still goes on. If i pick this up again, at least i found Andrew Glazebrook's blog for stealing ideas ;p
...

..#Unders#

2007-12-12T04:21:00.000+02:00

Opposed to the Babylonians would be the "Unders", a people who long ago left the surface to live underground. Considered as outcasts and creatures of monstrous nature (and looks) they practise rather peacfull customs, until they must fight for their lands and lifes....

WastelandUtopia #Babel 2#

2007-12-12T04:07:00.000+02:00

... Apart from the prince, more babylonian concept-scetches; the babylonians is a working title for one of the 4 fictional people in the realm, militarily strong, struggling for control of the known world. Thus, many of my concerns were with designing armor and costumes for warriors, merging elements of ancient mesopotamian cultures and the conquistadores...

* WastelandUtopia* #Babylon#

2007-12-12T03:49:00.000+02:00

A good year ago i started another private project with a friend; goal was to create a comic novel. We both have been and are quite busy now, and i fear it might join the crypt of other postponed-to-death projects of sort. I hope still to be able to cath up on it at some point. For I believe in my pal's ability as a storyteller and this setting had inspired me a lot.
I once posted work for this project here, then out of context.
Since I cannot show any of my recent work yet, posting this may help reminding me of some things are still due ;)

...

<>Blutrock<>

2007-11-30T01:26:00.000+02:00

heurreka! Still made it to the challenge \o/

Danger-Schwein

2007-08-13T19:37:00.000+03:00

Ancient Warrior Foo'

2007-07-25T19:19:00.000+03:00

*+ ° ParK-decK ->

2007-04-26T16:08:00.000+03:00

* + hiker °

2007-04-21T15:50:00.000+03:00

~fluffy baby-seal

2007-03-29T02:55:00.000+03:00

... endangerd by Global Warming ? =/

(..i know, the ocean waves at the bottom look like molten chocolat )

Phant O(^^)O

2007-03-21T01:20:00.000+02:00

pete scribble

2007-03-08T01:59:00.000+02:00

~BackCoverRecycle~

2007-03-08T01:56:00.000+02:00

** space-men^^

2007-02-24T15:15:00.000+02:00

~things in the shadow~

2007-02-18T00:14:00.000+02:00

some sort of a one-thought - one-pic vampire concept,
done a little while ago...

** spaceblabla ^^

2007-02-17T02:12:00.000+02:00

=A "real" PL=

2007-02-03T01:50:00.000+02:00

^^ (k3rmit-j3d1)

>>Stillborn Bear<<

2007-02-02T03:25:00.000+02:00

posting this bear who was rejected because he had too much fur^^
may he have a place here.

**<<{@°°@}>>* *

2007-02-01T21:16:00.000+02:00

'Pablito" - more skype scribbles :)

_..::: ::: ::: ::: ::..._

2007-01-24T17:14:00.000+02:00

...more of the same...
notepad sketches while
mumbling into the phone^^...

<>

2007-01-24T01:21:00.000+02:00

...just some pencil...

Drawing to a close

2006-12-29T19:43:00.000+02:00

..of the old year, here are some sketches that have absolutely nothing to do with x-mas or new year whatsoever, but anyhow, dont know when else to upload them :)
Most of them where created during skype-phone sessions , hehe...
well, **bonne anée, happy new year, frohes neues /and dont get hit by skyrockets**^^

kuehli

2006-12-16T15:02:00.000+02:00

hi, yes i've been sluggish with updates lately;
well here is a quick illu i did for the kuehlhaus.com newsletter.
hope i can put some more new stuff in a short while.

JJ1

2006-11-12T10:43:00.000+02:00

...a bit out of date ...
...the worst is yet to come...

Three Kings

2006-11-08T21:28:00.000+02:00

By the approach of dezember is usually the time when people get in need of christmas-cards.
A series which i started 3 decembers ago and hope to be able to cintinue this christmas features the the three kings and the betlehem-stable :)

Soldato

2006-11-02T00:11:00.000+02:00

...quiet night somewhere in central america, the air is humid and the strong tobacco isthe only help against the mosquitos...

Levante

2006-10-27T21:48:00.000+03:00

It is another project I spend time with this year, still about to gain public awareness as much as finacial support. This is early concept for a animated series in 3D, featuring an airship or zepplin
with an international crew that orbits the world, adventuring for humanitarioan purposes.

Some of the Main Characters

basement stuff

2006-10-10T05:40:00.000+03:00

Its been a while and I cannot come up with much new things for various reasons, not that I've been only idel. Yet as it looks like this blog floats forgotten, I take Goro's advice to post more once again, yet it is simply old things that some of date years back by now. ...damn...time...

- partially this appeared while doodling in classes back in univeristy...
should have paid more attention while anatomy lesson, still..I liked the mood.

I will miss the summer...

- Tom Bombadil idea

LOTR was all the fashion that year. No direct copy yet..

/ I just recently watched the "Seven Samurai" again,
one of my favourite all time classics. THere is something about old black&white samurai films,
one must see.

/ one of my first elaborate PS paints while being in a good flow for one long night.
I learned then it is not helpful starting a canvas with only 800 pxs hight, for this is the original resolution.

"B as in Berlin"

2006-09-12T01:57:00.000+03:00

A comic project that was launched a year ago.
The setting is the present Berlin, with the central character Held, a sort of Guardian Angel with a shrouded past. It introduces diffrent characters as the Pain Junkie or the Shaman, a strange little boy who lives at the city's roof-tops. A lot of coloruful characters that were inspired by our environment and sometimes based into local celebrities. The novel also caricatures various facets of the city.
It is crime-action spiced with german humor and was once launched for an advertisment by arte. Nevertheless, for now it's in deep freeze.

Some of the characters were overdrawn at the beginning, so they became almost clicheé archetypes that were but easy to play with; the corrupt police-chief or the club-
hanging thief- girl whom Helt wants to protect. And, of course, the small-time criminals and street-thugs.

Helt watching over root-tops/ two character ideas

Shady night-life guises

The Pain Junkie would light his cigarettes with the filter first...

The shaman was an early fixed figure in the story and would act as Helt's friend and mentor. Originally he was thought a elderly fogey in the fashion of mentor-figures; yet he was more fun as a small boy who lives on the roofs and share his food with his pigeon-friends.

One of the thoughest gangs in Kreuzberg-Neukölln
is led by a guy wth a scull-mask.

A panel-layout for the first page shows Helt having a curywurst-breakfeast
while wating for the metro. Two school-kids are slightly intimidated by the hulky guy.

"Afrique"

2006-09-11T21:09:00.000+03:00

A little while ago there was an attempt to create a comic-book that would carry the name 'Afrique'.
It would feature a collection of short-storys written by Jan Maroske and would be based in a utopic post-apocalyptic settings in far-future Africa. The attempt rests but is not canceled. The furthest developed story is named after its central character Rarab, a girl that transforms herself into an assasin to avenge the murder of her tribes-people. All the storys feature a traditional heritage and archaic plots around semi-sci-fi technology.

Apart from flying or hovering vehicles and firearms, people in the setting would still be using ancient hunting weapons and clothing, would live in hive-like multi-family-cocoons or in tree-villlages. We stole ideas from everywhere to fertilize our owns.

Rarab's story was planned to follow a certain color-code of earthy colours, if not in style of drawing but rather in terms of colour reminding of cave-paintings. I fancy colour-coding a bit since Miller`s "300", yet don`t master it. A lot of drawings turned out to lack contrast somehow.

...Boogieman...

2006-08-29T17:48:00.000+03:00

...is the title of a comic book I am currently working on.
These are some early concept sketches for style-testing and character design.

Babel harbor

2006-08-29T17:38:00.000+03:00

"The fleet lies ready, highness!"

To Babel

2006-08-22T20:58:00.000+03:00

Cowabunga

2006-08-09T20:51:00.000+03:00

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles coming up - cowabung!
More Tortoise here:

Throne of Hell

2006-08-09T20:30:00.000+03:00

For the rest of this month I'll enjoy my Catalunia-residency in Barcelona. Just arrived today and had some relatively economic yet exhausting journey. Rewardingly I found W-Lan in my flat =)

"BBQ-Beast".

"ThroneHell", PS 7 for "BBQ-Beast", 2005

"BBQ-Beast"

AnimationLineTest: Morphy

2006-07-29T14:47:00.000+03:00


Micro-Demon morphs out of a ball and back in

LineTest:Sneaker

2006-07-29T06:45:00.000+03:00


Cutthroat sneaking

Thermopylae

2006-07-21T22:30:00.000+03:00

Frolic! After "Sin City" comes the next fim version of a Frank Miller's graphic novel.
In 2007, director Zack Snyder is going to bring "300" onto the screen.
"Sin City" has left me with an impression of being groundbreaking, translating a comic-book into
a film with enormous precision in every single frame, capturing that original atmosphere of the story and the typical setting.
I claim "300" to be one of my most beloved comic or graphic-novel artworks, ever since I held that first-chapter booklet in my hands, and visiting the official production blog gave me a very positive impression; this capturing of atmosphere might be again succesfull with this piece.

I remembered this drawing I did during a journey once, firsthand after I read the complete "300" the first time.

For more Info on that subject, type or copy-paste:

http://300themovie.warnerbros.com/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_%28comics%29

Wings & Scales

2006-07-13T21:24:00.000+03:00

Under this wing folllows a selection of creature designs I did within the past two years for various film- or tv-productions with their different requirements.
Dragon-study for scales and wing-buildup

With creature-concepts or -design I think less about personality or chracter-traits as for character design.
Attitude seems still an essential thing to show in any type of creature, but with more weight on the physics;
As with dragons, one's most popular references are lizards, who by nature don't emanate much personage. However there is some sort of character associated with each animal-reference that can help creating somewhat unique; as maybe lions and other feline creatures or e.g. a wolf as in Ghibli's "Spirited Away".

The approach depends on wether there is realsim to be achived or maybe rather some fairy- tale-like setting to be met. In the movie "Reign of Fire" the dragons' design was enormously realistic, just real-life and very convincing, as they looked, moved or spit fire, everything had a natural reference like bats or spitting cobras . I find this kind of work very interesting, in a pop-sientific fashion maybe; on the other hand there is a lot of liberty to enjoy in a fantasic setting where it is about creating atmosphere with more generous restrictions believability.

Fairy dragon

Lindworms are technically no dragons and also those turned out to develop into a more humerous direction than was thought at the beginning. Influences and references were the famous velociraptor, the moray eel and the catfish, chicken, "Tremors", even pollywogs and at some point the red nosed reindeer .

Building Character I

2006-07-06T18:25:00.000+03:00

What I love most about character design is that feel of liberty while working as much as the intuitive approach t attached with it. Not to mention the process of drawing and drawing and drawing your way to it.***************************************************************

The versatile character, Digital Acting Project 05

Doodling with a scheme; letting the pen find
the expression that inspire the character's personality
and suggest styles.
Digital Acting, 05

Contrary to the elephants that were simply to be cuties, at least the mini-supers had some
kind of attitude inherited from their cliché ; even tough it is only trying to look defiant in some various ways

Experimenting with various styles at the beginning is likely to inspire some character-personality and therefor storytelling by suggesting attitudes trough the drawings.

"The cow should be crazy." "What kind of crazy?" "..I don't know, make it crazy!" (...)

some random faces, random expressions

Ten random characters

Placing it into it's environment to see how the characer blends in with it.
There where lots of racoons drawn in the evolutionary process of "Aroughcun"
Final animal at the tail-end.

'Aroughcun' - stretching the body allowed him to appear more mature; yet the crucial part was getting the eyes right. A great source of inspiration is Ghibli's "Pom Poko" for anyone ever to draw a racoon.
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Olycampus, roman bartender; development in further detail based on and around one simple basic idea. The bodybuild was decided on early, subsequently put in context with differing faces and in characteristical poses.

'Shogun Fox, watching the enemy', eyes and posture emphasise the spirit within.

Meier Müller Schulz & Schmitt

2006-07-01T16:36:00.001+03:00

Jan Maroske earns his money as a digital compositor,
but ever since I knew him he was an ambitious as passionate screen-writer.

A little while ago he had sent me the first version of the script for his short-film
and we exchanged some ideas about it. Since I was involved into this early phase of development
I found it rather easy to support the pre-production with an illustration representing a central scene with almost all the characters in frame.

Production-Painting for the short "Meier Müller Schulz und Schmitt" , 1/4 of 2006

By now and some script-versions later, Jan does already have several actors interested into this project and is trying to raise film-founding. It's a bit of a heck with that founding right now, as a lot of film-makers I know had to experience.
I really hope for this piece to be shot in 2007 as announced on the official website where you also can also download the script (drehbuch):

Meier Müller Schulz & Schmitt

Working a little on this project was sure fun, first because I really think that this short would be equipped with a quite original sense of humor in a short-genre that would perfectly harmonize with the talents of a good friend.
I could rellay imagine this to work out and that's good.

Second to that I dwelcomed the change to define characters not for animation but for life-action film, virtualy characters that would be not build in 3D or even drawn but being represented by real actors. So in a way it's like pre-casting. It is alway desireable to work as close wtih a director/ writer and into a script to vitalize the own ideas.
By now I await the further progression; next for me would be to render the storyboard. "Cont'd"

Character-exploring/ defining scribbles for Meier Müller

Conceptional : The Troll

2006-06-13T16:54:00.000+03:00

Selection of conceptional drawings of atroll, formerly an ogre. The idea was to develop
a creature that would be put into 3D for use in something like a Next-Generation-Console-Game. Friends of mine, specialised in modeling, asked me for a design
which they could use for a job-appliance

The enormous level of detail in a real-time character should be achieved
with a medium high-res model and the use of normal-maps in Z-Brush.
Not my concern yet. I suggested a marker sketch I did a while before.

What followed was a process of experimenting with the general shape and into the detail,
adding color and structure.

(...)

(...)

(~)

In the end I tried various poses with the creature to emphasise bodybuild and give an idea for a way to animate the 3D model.

The complete development is documented with many more drawings at cgtalk.com, covering about six pages:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=277908

Enjoy =)

Teppich '06

2006-05-30T19:35:00.000+03:00

The "Teppich" ([carpet], black ink on carton, privat collection) merges several impressions I collected troughout the first quarter of 2006 within symbolic figures and was made for an art exhibition that took place on April 13th in the studio of Joulia Strauss, Martina Schuhmacher and Rachel de Joode and was explicitly not part of the Biennale.

Dropping Lines

moa Orkse!

Orkse!

orkse

orkse

ndfos@Ire

raccoon

mace peengoo

focused miner who hates animals

mercenary

merge

GruenGelb

Tom Bombadil

Roland of Gilead

more vagod

Vagods

Cont'd

bot *

Merkaba~Cowboyland

..ride on

*Illustration of late 2007*

#Plain People#

#Outers#

..#Unders#

*WastelandUtopia* #Babel 2#

* WastelandUtopia* #Babylon#

<>Blutrock<>

Danger-Schwein

Ancient Warrior Foo'

*+ ° ParK-decK ->

* + hiker *° *

~fluffy baby-seal

Phant O(^^)O

*pete* scribble

~BackCoverRecycle~

** space-men^^

~things in the shadow~

** spaceblabla ^^

=A "real" PL=

>>Stillborn Bear<<

**<<{@°°@}>>* *

_..::: ::: ::: ::: ::..._

<>

Drawing to a close

kuehli

JJ1

Three Kings

Soldato

Levante

basement stuff

"B as in Berlin"

"Afrique"

...Boogieman...

Babel harbor

To Babel

Cowabunga

Throne of Hell

AnimationLineTest: Morphy

LineTest:Sneaker

Thermopylae

Wings & Scales

Building Character I

Meier Müller Schulz & Schmitt

Conceptional : The Troll

Teppich '06

Illustration of late 2007

WastelandUtopia #Babel 2#

* + hiker °

pete scribble