Oswin's Scratch Racket

New Year's Update

2012-02-06T10:38:00.003+01:00

Nearly forgot to post this here: Happy New Year by PiXABLE STUDIOS:

Plus some drawings (Reference taken from Stephen Silver's Posebook):

Robert Deniro Portrait

2011-09-06T00:00:00.002+02:00

Now that was fun, a digital portrait of Mr. Mafia. Took some time, a lot of refining.

Oil Painting Commission

2011-08-04T01:22:00.001+02:00

Here's a picture of an oil painting commission that I completed. Original piece is 100cm x 50xm tall,

Website went online plus new Oils and Digital Studies

2011-06-22T01:22:00.004+02:00

my website went online:

www.oswinskomroch.de

Here's a sneak peek:

Oil Finally

2010-11-02T14:28:00.008+01:00

Some sketches, a 1h figure drawing and the first two pictures are studies in oil that I did. Starting to get the flow...

Digital Speedpaintings

2009-09-21T00:21:00.003+02:00

Advancing in Watercolor

2009-09-21T00:17:00.003+02:00

I only used Burnt Sienna and Ultramarine Deep.

More figuredrawing

2009-09-21T00:15:00.001+02:00

Some more sketches

2009-09-21T00:08:00.005+02:00

New Acrylics and Pen Scribbles

2009-08-16T23:27:00.005+02:00

I did color and value scales for the acrylic stuff and had the feeling of control over the color choices for the first time with acrylics. I only used Phato Blue, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Ivory Black and Zinc White. Sadly, I didn't get it scanned/photographed to match the colors. There's more difference in the orginal pieces.

Pen Sketches

2009-08-05T23:02:00.004+02:00

Playing mainly with the pen. Just found out that this is a nice way to control value within the limitations.

Pirates

2009-06-29T23:40:00.001+02:00

This was another composition and story test in a nice pirates environment. The color version started as a quick test and developed into a nearly finished illustration. Below are some more sketches on the theme.

B/W Digital Scribbles

2009-06-29T23:28:00.002+02:00

These were real fun, some fast scribbles about different themes. These were about flow, composition and how to get the idea across fast.

Further Studies

2009-06-29T23:24:00.002+02:00

I'm working on a Comic for some time now. The Story and Panels Layouts are very far, the rest will follow. Some of the pics are studies for elements of this. More to come!

Acrylic, Goauche and Ink

2009-02-11T23:11:00.002+01:00

Some more color stuff. I'm happy that I'm now able to better control acrylic. I did the first study from the gouache-piece in the second picture and I was able to hit the colors better than in my last attempt. The last pic shows some random composition tests.

Digital and Traditional Color Studies

2009-01-10T01:16:00.004+01:00

The first picture is a collection of digital thumbnail color studies, the second one is my first true color study with Gouache. I love what's possible with it. The last picture is done with acrylic and a further development based on the very small Gouache study.

Master and Servant: First Illustration

2008-12-24T00:59:00.004+01:00

This one took a lot of time and I learned more than a lot thanks to some true quality feedback from a very good friend of mine. The two sketches were some photocopy attempts in achieving believable metal surfaces. Take a look at the last post to see sketches of possible objects for this scene.

Digital Illustrations and Sketches

2008-11-23T15:48:00.003+01:00

The Bridgman studies made me better grasp raw body forms and use this for some illustrations with exaggerated proportions. The first one is the"Tomato Assassin" and the second some kind of jester. The jester was actually done before the assassin.
Now I'm working on some weird master and servant illustration. The sketches on the third pic are actually digital sketches of reference pictures I collected. I picked useful elements and copied them to fill my head with ideas from the real world.

Another Bunch of Life Drawings

2008-11-23T15:45:00.003+01:00

It's been some while, now I made myself photgraph some more life drawings. The lighting is due to shooting the pics in the evening under rather bad conditions.

Bridgman and Anatomy Studies

2008-11-23T15:40:00.002+01:00

After a lot of time of copying Bridgman drawings I finally found a way to memorize anatomy bit by bit. It's still relatively wacky, but nevertheless much better than my earlier no-ref-drawings. The first pic is filled with Bridgman copies.

Acrylic, Watercolor and Charcoal Studies

2008-08-17T15:04:00.002+02:00

Just started with some more dirty traditional mediums that are new to me (acrylic and watercolor). Acrylic was really hard but now it starts to work out better. I like watercolor because of it's quicker results. Maybe sometime I'll start with gouache but right now acrylic is the way to go for me!

Various Sketches

2008-08-17T14:57:00.003+02:00

Some stuff from my sketchbook. The first guy is from a row of digital stuff I do right now. That's a quick sketch and one of my first illustations. More to come...

Water Dispenser

2008-06-30T00:47:00.002+02:00

Another post! This is my first, true painterly sketch, done from reference - a photo I took while on a holiday.

Digital Color Studies

2008-05-22T15:43:00.001+02:00

The first one is from Vyle, look me a very long time to "finish". The others are from a photograph, Rembrandt and the last one is from life. I'm working on another Rembrandt self portrait master copy right now.
I just stared using color and need to be careful not to let it get too mushy. That's why I mainly work with paint blobs to get more structure.

Figure Drawing

2008-05-22T14:47:00.002+02:00

Done weekly from January till last week. The first and third picture are the newest ones. A lot of stuff is over-constructed, but I needed this kind of practice to better understand the forms. Now I seem to need less construction lines to get the forms right. The poses range from 5 to 10 minutes.

Value Study and Doodles

2008-05-22T01:31:00.001+02:00

Thumbnail Brainstorming

2008-05-14T23:14:00.003+02:00

I do a lot of those sketches by just starting somewhere. The outcome is always a surprise and helps getting fun ideas without getting the same results over and over again.

Full Body Value Studies

2008-04-28T22:34:00.003+02:00

These are indeed a lot older than the ones I posted some days ago. Take a look at them, too.

Cartoon Faces and Gestures

2008-04-26T02:05:00.001+02:00

As you'll notice I mainly draw gestures from the back. At least I seem to like them the most...

Obscure Variety from Imagination

2008-04-21T23:24:00.013+02:00

Head and Value Studies

2008-04-21T23:05:00.005+02:00

Some studies I did on photographs some time ago. The first one isn't finished, but I like it the most. A lot of aspects to improve of course...

The Purpose of all This and Memory Drawings

2008-04-21T00:20:00.018+02:00

Welcome to my blog! I'd like to improve, so feel free to comment.
I mostly draw while sitting in the train. To start off, some Memory Drawings done from Nicolaides' principle of the daily composition: