Good day everyone,

Its been a while since I posted much work or any journal for that matter but I thought lets write something down since I am in quite a good spirit after reading some good novels... and having some free time this weekend certainly does help

After being here on deviant art for a year now I reflect a bit back on the things I have learned but also about the huge amount of inspiration and contacts you make here while posting your work, People here are in general quite diverse in their work and it is fun to contribute and get comments which I try to return as well. Constructive critism and helpfull comments are the main reason I actually post here. It is a good way for me to learn more on how to improve my own work and also help out other posters with my limited knowledge of drawing styles and techniques (Being mainly a technical hobby designer myself).
So far I keep having fun posting here and even though I sometimes have less to post since real life is busy at times I always find time to take a look at the art being posted.

Continuing on that point I wanted to point out some people, some of which are friends, others being inspirational artists and both creating great work, in this post. Some are even accepting commisioned work and I really encourage anyone to visit their pages since they do make great work and are quite tallented. I won't post them all though since that would take ages even so these artists inspire me to get better and are inspirational and influential to what I try to create:

The first of these artists I mentioned is:
A great 3d artist who is capable to create loads of 3d objects as if it is nothing... albeit his Polish humor is not to my taste ey adam! He is also someone who does commissioned work and in my opinion he offers quite something in return so be sure to visit his page.

Another artist is and both being excellent character artists. Feliane being more a digital artist while Raka-Raka makes more use of traditional means to create her work. Both are quite tallented and have a great grasp of color use and have quite some funny art pieces on their pages. Both are also offering commisions and if you need a character done you should look them up

, and are artists you also don't want to miss if you are interested in scifi art. Marian87 being a concept artist with a large variation of work which, for me is a inspirational source which also counts for Colourbrand who has a large selection of concept work based on Star Trek but also quite some great Battletech work. Thefirstfleet is similar to Adamkop a great 3d artist who makes a large amount of unique and canon star trek designs focussing also on the smaller less know starships and filling in the gaps in Starfleet (support vessels).

and are both friends I already know from my time at scifimeshes. With both I talk quite often and madeinjapan's universe 'The Chronicles of Man' is a focal point for my and Galen's work since it is a fun universe with a great diversity of art being made for it, and quite some backstories as well. Ranging from spaceships to civilian designs and as of late also architecture. Now we only need to work on concept art of places you can visit in this universe and it will be even more fun. So need to see if I can do something about that since we three are not yet so capable in that

Others worth mentioning are , and many more.

They are all great artists and their work really helps me a lot!

Also something I want to mention was the commisioned work I was planning to focus on but in the end I think it is the best that I stick at requests and focus on some new project I have in my mind for some time. After having read an wonderful story which closely resembles what I had in mind. The story is from a comic called Twin Spica and I was quite happily surprised, it easilly gets in the same level as PlanEtes which are boteh comics I would recommend people to read. They are both about space exploration, hopes and dreams and staying possitive. A concept I want to work on as well some more. The idea behind a manned spacecraft in the near future and the struggles involved with it. I think I will work on that more from now on and try to learn more techniques and get better in drawing itself. So I can get more capable in portraying what I have in my head on paper.

Of course I will also focus some more on Chronicles of Man ([link]) since it is a great project to work on and I learn quite a lot from it.

Okay that is quite some text I wrote down
Back to sketching and enjoying the sun.