enter the stomach cove...once again

[Katatafisch]

hello lemmiwinks, i am the katatafish, and if you answer my riddle, the esophagus will let you pass!

hehe, yeah i started my sb again, hopefully i can update a bit more recently than i was able the last few weeks

first who dont know how this started check out my old sb: 7 pages full of crappiness
http://z7.invisionfree.com/Brackenwood/index.php?showtopic=11836

my fist post will be something im working on right now
since i want an apprenticeship as a media designer i have to do a little portfolio with print and webdesign works...
since ive been illustrating and scetching most of the time its a bit new to me, but i tried my best and heres a first website design...most of it is german so dont wonder...its more for design purpose, rather than to make sense ^^



i will post some additional stuff when i have more ^^
thats pretty much the most artistix i did the last time
greeeeetz, your katatafisch

[Katatafisch]

with this one i tried another website, trying to come up with my own website, i like it somehow, would love to use it once as my real site ^^



if you guys have crits on those pages, please post them before i send them away ^^
greeetz

[Espen]

Fantastic stuff!! love the last one!

[Katatafisch]

hehe thanks espen...hope i can get back to illustration soon
heres a small update though
i still need some more stuff to show them, so im working on flyers and posters, and maybe some book covers and magazine covers when i have the time

tell me what u guys think
greeeetz

[C0mBineD]

I think it all looks great katata

[Katatafisch]

hey thanks C0mBineD

ive worked some more since im quite serious on this, thats why im asking for some real crits, feel free to say any point you see or if you have ideas what to improve, i wont smite you or anything

that is an attempt of a sports magazine-cover, perspective may b a bit off since i made it in photoshop


that was my initial design, i was told its boring and hard to read but i still like it hehe


again thx for watching, greetz

[C0mBineD]

wow man my eyes acted weird when I look in that orange circle lol. optical illusion weird. hehe
very cool!

[Arch_Laughter]

Wow! It appears you know much about page design, as well as art itself! I like the way you set up the third picture. The reflection and all. Keep us posted on new works!

[Ravenseye]

This is a different kata then im used too right here. I really dig your designs. Is this for your own website? Im glad to see you have continued your work i reather injoyed that painting of the medevil warrior guy. keep it up.

[Katatafisch]

thanks for the feedback guys
arch laughter, idk if i know much about page design, i analyzed some real one, read through some books then tried my own, seems it came out as i intended, thanks man

hehe combined i didnt intend the optical illusion...and to be honest for me there is nothing weird going on there...have you ever thought about going to the doctor?? hehehe just kiddin
maybe i can use that to influence people and make stuff for me...if i would publish this i might rule the world...thats genius..thanks for the idea man ^^

hehe and raven yeah ive heard that, well its kinda how my website could look like ^^ not sure though...its a bit...pink xD
well i would love to do more illustration soon but first i barely have time and if i find the time i cant get anything look right or the scene isnt good enough etc. ...

i will post some scetches in some hours since i had nude scetchin course with some 10 min scetches and some 30s ones, so its more speedscetching than a long time study...
but the most artistic ive done since quite a while
anywas thanks for watching guys and for the feedback

here they are..each is a2 sized th small ones are 30s, the woman lying was 20 minutes and the rest was 10 mins each, for the painted one its the basic of a painting im starting

[Katatafisch]

damn it...i suck so much at painting it hurts my eyes ^^
yeah so i tried another acrylic pic, third time i used acrylics..i dont paint much, but i should...looking at the emberassing result :S

well maybe you have some crits or suggestions on how to work...
for my defense i have to say i accidently used surfacer-white than titanium white, it looked the same and i only noticed at the end of the pic...like "huh aaaah so thats the reason..."
it was white too but it was very dry and made the surface of the woman all bumpy so i was struggling to get smooth brush strokes

the first step is seen in my previous post, its the umber-painted silhouette...yeah and reference was one of the nude scetches
so second one was background gradient done and forming the figure with black and white and some fixing here and there where i was told it was obvious

second step was about finding the right skintones...i guess i overused burnt umber for the shadows, shouldve headed for some low saturated-blueish skintone but im a noob at mixing colours


yeah last step texturing the background, highlightning and adding some d-tails...at least i tried
the face is skinny as hell and she looks a bit angry what i didnt intend but i guess the messed up proportions are mor important than some facial expression


before i forget: working time ~5-6 hrs, size a4, acrylic

you can crit the hell out of me and i swear i will read every word you say and try to get it right in the next painting
i may try some photoshop painting now to cheer myself up xD its way easier than painting...dammit...

[Katatafisch]

lets come to some illustrations, i poested those before but i think they belong here too ^^



thats it for now i hope i can add some more illustration soon
greetz

and always feel free to crit everything you think which is wrong!!!

[Katatafisch]

i was kinda bored...so i drew...now my hand hurts..
tried a quick colouring...didnt went that well, used a bit too saturated colors and barely changed the hue in the shadow and lighs 
the black and white character came out okay i think maybe messed up the anatomy a bit but idk
and the landscape was just a test since i suck so badly at environments so practice helps me to improve

damn it i just noticed i messed the perspective on the house..damn shoulve watched for this

[CoMPLeX]

damn it...i suck so much at painting it hurts my eyes ^^

man i can empathise with that   
Seriously though your painting is always coming along leaps and bounds, youve got no grounds for concerns there. Your use of light and shadow is great, (thats one of the things ive always struggled with) i think there are a couple of things you could do to improve your painting though-

1.  try and use more contrast in your work- make your darker colours darker and use a more broad arch on your colour wheel

2. up the sharpness- up the opaicity on your paintbrush

All ive done here is upped the contrast and sharpness but i think it looks a lot better-


other than that i think the only thing i'd advise is that you brush up on your faces, right now they're the only thing letting you down. I think also practicing sketching in general would be a good idea, as it stands your painting and sketching levels are a bit unbalanced. You always put an incredible amount of care, detail and time into your work, but my advice to you is to try some speed drawing. Drawing faster might help loosen up your pen strokes- remember not everything has to be drawn with a single unbroken line, try creating a sense of depth in your work without the use of shading. I think if you can sort out a few of these little issues you'll be pretty damn close to a proffesional standard- so for gods sake keep at it

As always im just going on limited personal experience here- if anyone thinks im barking up the wrong tree, feel free to call me on it

[Katatafisch]

As always im just going on limited personal experience here- if anyone thinks im barking up the wrong tree, feel free to call me on it

good gosh are you kidding me dude? that critique was awesome!!!
i definately agreee on the contrst, im a bit unconfident when it comes to painting, i also adjusted the colors on my cintiq so im able to see the darker values wich resulted in seeing everything too bright...maybe i need some further calibrating to find the perfect set up
hmm about the sharpness on my paintbrush, i actually worked with a sharp edged round brush on that piece maybe its the airbrush setting tha made the strokes look light and soft
thanks for the improvement man, my pic looks so dull next to the changes you did, oh man, on my tablet it was even more dull so looking at it at my actual monitor it was a huge difference but seems like i havent even come close to what is the best set up, it looks alot better now

im not quiet sure what you mean by brushing up my faces but i guess its like practicing faces like mad, hehe i always tried but faces are the hardest part coz of their symmetry all those little shapes and volumes but i do scetch a lot with pencils on paper, maybe not the right way..theres still so much to learn in all sections of drawing and painting, either contrast, composition, use of colour, shading, black and white seeing, color effects, anatomy and so on but i keep trying to work on those, i call it disabilities

okay ill try to do some of the speed stuff, hmm its an old habit to put the same amount of attention in every single detail
not quite sure how to create volumes and depth without shading but maybe the line quality like thickness and darkness may imply some of those, ill try to work on that new stuff,
thanks alot tom