tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45570621822277874752024-03-13T11:03:25.330-07:00EngelszornIllustration & Sketches by EngelszornAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462175693390923095noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557062182227787475.post-49478100339167363622012-06-15T09:18:00.002-07:002012-06-15T09:18:26.926-07:00I've been meaning to...... but I just haven't had the time. Sorry. due to personal circumstances it's been rough to keep up. The Anatomy-blogposts will continue and I apologise that it's a rather.. eh.. whatchcallit... random and not well-thought-out post so far. I wrote that on a whim - a strong one, yes, but I think I could've done better. I probably should rewrite parts of it once I'm done with the series. As it is right now, I am unable to continue in a timely manner, but I want to let you know that I don't plan on cutting corners, I'll write the remaining articles.<br />
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It's been a very exhausting day. My head spins and I am glad I can go home now. Not to make anyone worry or something, the reason why I'm so exhausted is positive even if it's a rather painful phase at the moment. I'm working to get the motor running again and I need to fix some rotten and rusty parts, that's all.<br />
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In the meanwhile I'm drowing myself with work, but it's enjoyable, I have a very cute mug-design in the works:<br />
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So love it :D. Can't wait to see that in print! Besides that I'm working on a lot of other stuff, commissions, more stuff for later - because convention-season is upon us! Yikes! And getting my internal motor fixed is helping with that as well. It's been a long time since I had a clear head like that, so I'm really looking forward to the next months and actually finishing work. Can I have a "HELL YEAH!"?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462175693390923095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557062182227787475.post-54453718654918215812012-06-06T06:41:00.002-07:002012-06-06T06:54:04.091-07:00Anatomy ressourcesA while back I made the resolution to study more and while I don't have much to show, I'm actually following my own advice. I've picked up studies again in perspective and anatomy. Now I probably should focus more on perspective as I have not much training in that area, but that doesn't mean I can neglect anatomy. Having said that, I have to admit that I have trouble with anatomy, even if some people don't think I do. I've focused more on proportion and form than on muscle-studies and while this is a valid approach, it's also a bit limiting, especially if you want to come up with poses and characters that are a bit muscular or rather thin - as in bone-thin.<br />
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What ressources have I used in the past?<br />
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1. Books<br />
2. Internet<br />
3. Photos<br />
4. my own anatomy<br />
5. Videos<br />
6. Tutorial found online<br />
7. Skeletons<br />
8. live drawing<br />
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I'd like to share my thoughts on those methods. Most people when starting to learn anatomy will probably start with books or reference photos, so let's start with that as well.<br />
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These are some of the books I own or that I have used in the past:<br />
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<li>Gottfried Bammes</li>
<li>Burne Hogarth</li>
<li>Anatomy for Artists by Jenö Barcsay</li>
<li>Anatomy for the Artist by Sarah Simblet</li>
<li>How to draw the Human Figure by Louise Gordon</li>
<li>Medical Anatomy </li>
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I have lot's more, simply because I enjoy those books, but these I have used and read, thse are also the books I use in my recent studies. So let's take a closer look at them.<br />
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Gottfried Bammes was a german professor for the arts and his books are considered to be essential. Much like Burne Hogarth - who lived around the same time as he did - he focused on proportion and form. I've read two of his books: "Der nackte Mensch" und "Wir zeichnen den Menschen". None of these books are cheap, if you can, rent them or save some money. You can't fault the man for not being thorough, you really need to read those books to understand them and he doesn't go easy on his readers as his speech is very dry, stilted and academic. Do I recommend his works? yes and no. Bammes is for serious studies, these books aren't for quick studies and consulting. A lot of pages are devoted to life-drawings, but these are "merely" sketches, beautiful to look at, but.. eh.. let's say I consider those a bit "ego-stroking" on Bammes part. Sure, they are beautiful to look at, but when I read an anatomy book, then I want to learn about anatomy and don't look at what my instructor can achieve in 20 seconds after having studied anatomy for decades, if you get what I mean.<br />
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Burne Hogarth is sort of the american pendant to Bammes, but his approach to anatomy is even more stylized to the point where his drawings almost look like sketches for sculptures. He doesn't waste much time with words either. Unlike Bammes books, Hogarths's are cheap, so that's a plus. Deconstructing the body into easily understandable forms is a good way to learn about proportions and work on general understanding of the human body. BUT! I don't consider this to be an efficient way to learn realistic anatomy, so be careful. Hogarth's style is also so... stylized that it can distract from actual anatomy. There is one book that I can recommend and it's "Dawing dynamic Hands". Here Hogarth's technical approach actually works as he explains form and function of the human hands and as his books are easily available and cheap, it's a great buy.<br />
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Jenö Barcsay drew/wrote several books and these are my personal favorites. You would not guess from his drawings that he actually lived during Bammes and Hogarths time. Unlike Bammes and Hogarth Barcsay focusses on ACTUAL anatomy, his books don't rely on teaching via words, they are more like catalogues. Bones and muscles are beautifully rendered in a clean and neutral style. Unfortunately some of the detail in his drawings is lost due to the scanning. If you want to learn anatomy, don't want to be confused by walls of text and just want to have a quick look at what anatomy looks like - then buy his books! They aren't expensive either, so that's another plus.<br />
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Sarah Simblet is the youngest of the artists on the list who wrote about anatomy and it reflects both in her art and her way of teaching. Anatomy of the artist starts with an overview of anatomy in history and offers lectures based on photos of photomodels, dancers and athletes. It's really beautiful. Her style reminds me of Jenö Barcsay. If you're new to anatomy-studies this could be a great start, it's easy to read, but somehow it's not specific enough for me. I read the book and somehow I wanted more when I was done - maybe it's just me ;). Anatomy for the Artist is not a cheap book, but Amazon offers a free preview.<br />
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Louise Gordon drew several books about drawing and one of her books was the very first anatomy-book I ever got, so that makes me a bit nostalgic. Her drawings are clean and easy to understand, she offers tipps and in general her books are quick reads. She may be a little misunderstood, at least I get the impression that her books are marketed for the hobby-artist. That's unfair, but good for the beginner - her books are reallyreally cheap! some of them go for as little as 3 Euros. <br />
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Medical Anatomy is the oddball on the list, but medical anatomy is no different from artistic anatomy, so it makes sense to include it. For example: <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/107/" target="_blank">http://www.bartleby.com/107/</a> or "Atlas of human Anatomy" by Bourgery. <br />
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Of course this is just a fraction of what is available today and I haven't included books that are popular like Loomis because I never used his books. Since this is a rather lengthy post I'll split it and continue another day.<br />
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Atlas of Human Anatomy and Surgery by Bourgery.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462175693390923095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557062182227787475.post-53348333036567794122012-05-14T02:02:00.000-07:002012-05-14T02:02:00.255-07:00Busy BeeFinished the painting, that I really wanted to complete. Or stopped working on it ^^, I don't think that I could improve it with my current skill-set so continueing is a bit pointless and a time-wasting. This sounds off-putting, but it's not. I'm really happy with it.<br />
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Now it's back to comissions and stuff. After that I'll draw the remaining character-files for the comic and start working on page-layout + other important stuff.<br />
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Diablo 3 will be released today, yay!<br />
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Aren't they cute? So big, so... bootiful!. Lew was a perfect tourguide. http://zeitgleich.blogspot.de/<br />
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Also, I met <a href="http://gabrieldevue.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">Gab</a>, her husband and his colleague by chance when I went to see The Avengers today. The movie was really good and we spent some time at a fancy bar afterwards. </div>
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And I was busy drawing stuff. You can check out about 3 hours of pixel-pushing on my Livestream account. This is just a preview. <a href="http://www.livestream.com/engelszorn" target="_blank">Klick me</a></div>
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It's scary, I think, I'm developing something resembling a social-life. You have to squint real hard and use a big magnifying glass, but it's there. Shhhh! Don't scare it away! :P</div>
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I need to train and draw more. And that's why I'm putting away all colors for now and I'll work with pencils. Still need to finish the character sheets, but those will be the last colorworks for my steampunk project for a while. Need to go zen, haha :D and once I'm more comfortable with what I do, then I can worry about color again.<br />
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Speaking of zoo - I'll be visting the Berlin Zoo for the first time since I moved here in 2007. Maybe I'll post some photos - I just hope the hippos aren't camera-shy!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462175693390923095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557062182227787475.post-55486417753602826462012-04-23T07:47:00.002-07:002012-04-23T07:47:26.007-07:00Work in ProgressIt's been too long since I worked on a full-blown illustration, but what can you do? Whenever I tried to work in that amazing idea i always smashed headon into a brick-wall that said: "Meh". Not: this sucks, just meh. Rather irritating! I feel, I can finish this one, I haven't run into the brick-wall - yet. Just grazed it a bit, but i recovered. It's a diablo 3 fanart of the female Demonhunter. I got to play the beta and it was awesome. Very fastpaced and fun.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462175693390923095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557062182227787475.post-21065572268827920222012-04-21T03:35:00.001-07:002012-04-21T03:35:38.487-07:00Beta!Blizzard oppened beta for their two news games, Mist of Pandaria and Diablo 3 and what can I say? Both are awesome! Ok, the new Warcraft expansion would feel more awesome if players weren't... retarded. Seriously, I felt I was dealing with mindless zombies. Instead of listineing to tipps, people kept on spamming and clogging quest-NPCs, quest-items. BAH! The artwork created for the new expansion looks really nice, very colorful, but it fits. Diablo 3 is the complete opposite, very dark and moody. Texture and art are mindblowing. I've been playing Demonhunter with a friend who gave Monk a try and we both loved it. Will test the game later today as I have work to do. Something like that:<br />
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I've been meaning to pick up colorstudies for years, but never got around to really get into it. Now I mean to start kicking my ass and do it. I'm not forgetting the concepts for my comic-project - rather studying and working on that go hand in hand. If the comic is supposed to be in full color, then I can't have my coloring look like total crap, now can I...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462175693390923095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557062182227787475.post-7128514344391233002012-04-05T05:03:00.002-07:002012-04-05T05:03:21.344-07:00March Madness has ended!Finally things are slowing down. My wrist wasn't broken, but one of my bones in my right arm is shorter that it's supposed to be, resulting in added stress to my wrist and damage to the cartilage. PAIIIIIIN! but it's controllable and wearing a splint has helped. Currently I don't even need the splint anymore.<br />
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With the change in my personal life I expect changes in my art as well - at least I hope I'll see some changes. Like drawing more and more as soon as the fog in my head clears up. AND pick up artstudies again, asghadaurks. I simply had not enough room in my life for anything serious painting, which made me really sad... and angry. I mean, art is my job and it's been part of my life since forever, it SHOULD not be neglected the way I did :(. Guildtrip much? Oh yeah.<br />
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So, here is to the next weeks! May it be the beginning of something new, great, sparkling and happy! Yay! (no, I'm not on happy pills, haha :P )Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462175693390923095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557062182227787475.post-24208499717657260792012-02-10T09:02:00.000-08:002012-02-10T09:02:18.271-08:00Work Sometimes I wish I could upload some of the work I do at my job. Especially the last one I just finished. It's not so much a "oooh, shiny, loookatit!" kind of work, just one I'm really happy with because it's partly me. Most often than not I have to draw things, motifs that are just not me. There is that one time of the year (halloween) where I can get close to that, but usually I draw stuff I wouldn't touch in my own private time. And that's ok - it's the job and despite the little problem with what I have to draw here, it's an awesome job. It forces me to rethink a lot, especially concerning colors. That was a nightmare and it still is, but I think I made some good progress and finally found a way to keep my colors in check and that's helping me with my private work. What can anyone ask more? oh, right. to show that little thingy in public:D. Well, that's not going to be, so I'll just have to work harder on my private stuff so that I can show my progress online. Stupid hand. Why did you have to break the wrist on your right hand? Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462175693390923095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557062182227787475.post-87086464655123105812012-02-03T09:06:00.000-08:002012-02-03T09:06:46.269-08:00HomepageFirst mock-up. I decided against bigger thumbnails for the moment, it would clutter the design. What do you think?<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462175693390923095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557062182227787475.post-64830850910761577632012-01-10T04:37:00.000-08:002012-01-10T04:37:19.591-08:00Welcome 2012The new years is already a few days old - I hope you had a good time and not so much a hangover. I've been busy drawing and thinkging, thinking and painting. New Yaers resolution: draw more! Continiously and attend to the uncharted places on the map - perspective. I suck at it :X<br />
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Ok, back to work. More stuff to come laaater.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462175693390923095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557062182227787475.post-63942111160807169772011-12-07T04:47:00.001-08:002011-12-07T08:00:15.070-08:00New chairThat's my new chair: <a href="http://www.buerostuhl24.com/buerostuhl-drehstuhl-vapor-lux-stoff-schwarz.10256.html" target="_blank">Click meeee</a> and it's wonderful. Sitting in that chair made so much of a difference, halleluja! Still, I believe I really need to do my excerises more often if I want to stay healthy.<br />
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I've been painting again, but I can't show most of the stuff I drew as it is either for clients or meant to be a xmas-present. Maybe next year I'll blog more often with sketches to show - it's on my to-do-list, I swear!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462175693390923095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557062182227787475.post-44944854315490004922011-11-30T09:30:00.001-08:002011-11-30T09:33:46.642-08:00HeiligsblechlesakrifixnochmalNo, I'm not bavarian. That's just a sort of rather precise description of how I sneeze. It's not very ladylike, more a fullblown hurricane and after the like 50th time it's also no longer funny. Stupid allergies. Wonder what's it this time.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462175693390923095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557062182227787475.post-9220609408096468492011-11-14T03:45:00.001-08:002011-11-14T03:52:00.883-08:00This is an expensive yearAdding to the numerous things I had to buy this year because.. things just break... I now need a new office-chair. The one I have at home is an odd IKEA-thing that I really liked but it's killing my back. The chair has no armrests, the pillow always tries to escape from under my butt and it's got nothing to back my... uh back. Why did I buy it in the first place? Probably because it was cheap. Here is a lesson well learned: Don't EVER buy a cheap chair unless you manage to get a cheap ergonomic chair from a sale. Keep away from cheap stylish furniture like the devil from holy water. My new chair will set me back hundreds of euros, but at least I have a chance to keep me healthy while working. Never guessed I'd ask for such a present from my parents (they'll give me some money making this my xmas-present 2011).<br />
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People: Stupidity costs money!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462175693390923095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557062182227787475.post-29683483955254306072011-11-08T02:19:00.000-08:002011-11-08T02:21:22.212-08:00New ScannerI bought an Canon LIDE 210 to replace my 4 Year old Epson scanner/printer/copy-thingy. The Epson was working fine (although it was never great for scanning) until I updated my new PC's USB-drivers. I hate having to replace working equipment if it's not by my own choice and really? non-compatible drivers are ridicoulus. So much for protecting the environment, right? Fortunately buying the Canon scanner turned out to be a lucky necessity as I can't remember that my scans ever looked so good and it's joy to scan my drawings. Now, if only I had time to myself and wasn't working on commissioned pieces :P<br />
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Oh well, there will be a time for personal drawings, too.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462175693390923095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557062182227787475.post-45429885513142425952011-10-21T03:06:00.000-07:002011-10-21T03:06:10.366-07:00It's almost weekend!And I plan to draw, draw, draw. But what? I would love to finish a painting, but I'm working on two comics as well. I think I need to finish the short comic first, so comic layouts it will be! Just can't show those to the publich since the comic is meant to be published. Yikes, it's it's almost november? Yep, I'll definetely be working on those pages '____'.<br />
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Also, I'm looking for a certain brush pen - made by ZEBRA. <a href="http://www.jetpens.com/images/zebra_wf.jpg">This is what the pens look like.</a> These are perfect for drawing clean and precise lines - not what I want for my bigger comic project, but for small illustrations? oh yes. I only found these at german conventions and asked J-stuff if they would import these - alas they won't as they need to buy a big amount to profit from selling these pens. Does anyone have an idea how to get these pens? I have no idea how to import those from japan.. kind of funny, Zebra seems to be an american manufacturer yet only Zebra japan sells these >_>;<br />
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And other assorted things I've forgotten right now. Oh yeah, the guestbed is leaking air, I might as well well throw that away too. Berlin seems to have no free trash-pickup service, so I'll have to pay for that as well @_@. It's so not my year finance-wise, but with the exception of my glasses it was to expected that things just break, it's almost my 5th year in Berlin. Only why did they have to break in a matter of 2 weeks?<br />
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Spend my vacation with a friend and she dragged me to a Jrock concert. Versailles, a japanese Visual Kei band. I'm not interested in that kind of music or japanese music acts, but the band was good and the members seemed to be nice guys. The club has the best Bitter Lemon I've tasted to date, yumm.<br />
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Now I have time for my own projects again. And I wouldn't mind taking up commissions again, hinthint.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462175693390923095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557062182227787475.post-59557675632888913652011-10-04T08:48:00.000-07:002011-10-04T08:48:24.997-07:00HyaenaNo WoW-huntard is complete without the pets. One of these days I'd like to draw all my pets. Especially those that are based on real life animals. Still no Hippo ingame, come on Blizzard!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462175693390923095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557062182227787475.post-78440355952003255302011-09-30T13:04:00.000-07:002011-09-30T13:04:43.010-07:00ContinuedMy new glasses have arrived - man, I'm so broke, it's not funny anymore - but at least I can see again. Actually I had planned to write about something totally different than simply posting a progress-shot of my hunter-fanart, but I'm too tired to write that up. Rahrah-rambling about todays comics, the image of women in comics, women as customers etc. Instead, I'll just link to this blog-entry here. She wrote it better on more wittier than I could anyway. So, go read it: <a href="http://mssnarky.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/a-response-from-a-female-comic-book-fan/">http://mssnarky.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/a-response-from-a-female-comic-book-fan/</a><br />
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And here is my hunter. Changed the background from somewhere in the shadow-highlands to a random place with crystals. Would have loved to draw the highlands, but the lightning and the composition drew the attention too much to the left side and it felt rather odd. Since this is really not an excuse but fact *g*, I changed everything. But his face still seems flat, I don't know what I did wrong.<br />
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