Sam's Sketchblog

A Test

2011-09-24T13:27:00.001+02:00

I know it says in my information on the right, that i never owned a cell phone, and this was true until a short time ago. But friends kept on complaining they could not reach me, so i gave up and entered the mobile phone world ;-)

This is a test, if i can update my blog from my phone.

Skateboard Opa

2011-08-14T15:22:00.001+02:00

Jazam Numero 6

2011-08-14T15:12:00.005+02:00

Die neue Ausgabe der Jazam Comic Anthology ist nun schon eine Weile erschienen. Ich durfte auch einen 3 seitigen Comic beitragen. Das Buch kann über die Jazam-Homepage bestellt werden.

More Work in Progress

2011-05-27T10:32:00.004+02:00

It's my mom's birthday today. These are some pictures of the card for her, in different stages.

When in drawing/painting modus i'm a bit abstracted, so i often almost dip my brush in my coffee instead of the water :)

Water Colors

2011-05-23T01:02:00.006+02:00

So the comic (see post below) made it into the Jazam Anthology, and i'm really happy about that. I don't know yet when the book will be out, but i will keep you updated.

I haven't drawn that much lately, but here are some pictures to fill the blog with some updates :)

Talking about Jazam - if you like Hipster Culture, Vampires, Obscure Bands, Ironic T-Shirts and such, you should also check out the Hipster Webcomic by Adrian vom Baur, one of the masterminds behind the Anthology.

Jazam!!!

2011-04-04T11:30:00.007+02:00

Pictures from a short comic I've drawn, which will hopefully be published in the next Jazam Comics Anthology.

Major and Minor Version 2

2011-03-16T23:04:00.006+01:00

New version of the two birds (see last post).
Now up for voting on Design by Humans.

Major and Minor

2011-01-24T11:32:00.005+01:00

A new try to design a shirt design:

One more

2011-01-17T12:49:00.004+01:00

I like that little genleman character, so here's another drawing of him.

Boxcar Gentlemen

2010-12-29T10:55:00.012+01:00

Hello! Hope everyone had some nice holidays with friends and family!!!

I was playing arround with Illustrator this morning, and this was the result.
I should practise more with Illustrator, because I really like vector graphics, but for me, Illustrator (and probably any other vector program) is very confusing and counterintuitive.

Bohoo... enough wailing. I just should get my lazy butt up and practise !!! :)

I'm not made for this weather...

2010-12-17T12:30:00.002+01:00

snowctopus!

2010-12-09T23:05:00.002+01:00

The little octopus loves winter

...i don't !

ZMM Zerberus

2010-12-04T16:50:00.004+01:00

Some pictures drawn for my friends from ZMM a while ago.

My plastic eye !

2010-10-22T13:42:00.004+02:00

I bought a Holga Lomo Camera a few weeks ago and what can i say... i'm hooked !!!

The unpredictable quality of the pictures, the waiting, how they might turn out, the possibility to do double exposure pictures...

It's so much fun!!!

Hooray for analog photography !!! :)

These are some of my first attempts with the Holga

Eugene Blue Jeans

2010-10-21T13:18:00.003+02:00

I was eaten by a big fish !

2010-10-07T11:10:00.003+02:00

Sorry I've neclected this Blog for so long. I've been travelling, visiting friends in Munich and Zurich the last two weeks.

Now i'm back home, so hopefully the blog posts will be more regularly again (but I know myself too well, so i can't promise anything...;) )

At least a little Octoberfest inspired sketch:

Monochrome Monday 4

2010-08-09T10:02:00.005+02:00

Hope you all had a nice weekend.

This time it's more of a Halftone Monday...

Hope you like it !

Gluko & Lennon

2010-08-04T14:23:00.005+02:00

How awesome is this ?!!!
Pretty damn awesome i would say !!!!

I had a grin on my face all the way through the video. Great characters and just super fun to watch !

Check out more of Gluko & Lennon on Vimeo

Gluko & Lennon ENG from Gluko & Lennon on Vimeo.

(Found on the laFraise Blog)

Monochrome Monday 3

2010-08-02T00:34:00.005+02:00

It's Monday again.

This is my version of Tick, Trick und Track (Huey, Dewey and Louie) in their teens.

Comic Book Tipp

2010-07-28T11:53:00.006+02:00

Just read the last book of Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley. What can I say. Best comic I read in a long time (ok, also the only comic I read in a long time ...but still !) :)

Again full of funny dialogue an epic battle with the last evil ex and pretty artwork. Read it before the movie comes out.

Also a little fanart:

Monochrome Monday 2

2010-07-26T00:32:00.003+02:00

It's Monday again.

Hope everyone had a nice and relaxed weekend !

As promised here's another monochrome drawing.

Baths

2010-07-23T21:24:00.004+02:00

I really enjoy to listen to the Music of Baths right now. Great Summer Soundtrack !

Baths is 21 years old Will Wiesenfeld who just released his debut album "Cerulean" on Anticon. You can listen to more songs on his MySpace-Page

STUPOR from BATHS on Vimeo.

Sunbath

2010-07-20T14:22:00.003+02:00

I've updated my Portfolio with some summery vektor illustrations. You can find the link to my portfolio on the Behance Network on the "Portfolio" page here on the sketchblog, or just click here !

Monochrome Monday

2010-07-19T10:56:00.004+02:00

In Order to force myself to draw and update this blog more often, I decided, to put a new colored doodle up every monday minimum. Let's see how long I can keep this up ;)

Zerberus

2010-07-15T12:02:00.005+02:00

Another sticker done for the ZMMs, that hasn't made it to the printer (yet).

Gentlemen Ghosts

2010-06-28T11:04:00.005+02:00

As you can see i've changed the blog design a little bit. Here's the picture of the Gentlemen Ghosts with full opacity.

Haven't figured out how to make that white bar under the header transparent yet.

This blog is a work in progress :)

Stickers!

2010-06-25T09:56:00.005+02:00

The stickers came back from the printer. I'm happy how they turned out :)

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

2010-06-18T11:24:00.006+02:00

Looking forward to see this

Scott Pilgrim is an awesome comic by Bryan Lee O' Malley

ZMM

2010-06-06T17:03:00.006+02:00

This is a sticker i did for my dear friends from Zwei mit Mike.

They are playing a lot of shows this June and July (even one with the Orsons), so if you're from Stuttgart or the surrounding area, check for the dates on their MySpace Profile.

Unfortunately, they neclect their websites, so the songs you can listen to on their profile are quite old and don't represent their current sound very well. If you want to hear the new songs, come and see them live.

Women are Heroes

2010-05-24T10:51:00.008+02:00

This is a very interesting project by photographer JR He made pictures of women from warzones who had a lot of struggle and hard times in their lifes and now he is travelling, bringing their stories and pictures into different cities all over the world.

I love how he uses the public space to display his photos and bring his message across.

Click on the pictures to see them in a larger version

(all pictures are courtesy of JR)

Lederhosn

2010-05-19T17:31:00.001+02:00

Illustration for a commissioned Flyer.

Faster than Fiction

2010-05-09T22:15:00.007+02:00

A while ago i illustrated a short story by Yann Krehl for INKplosion.de (see a few posts below).
It's part of a Special they did on Flash Fiction-short stories, which ist now up on their website.
Flash Fiction means, that they took the word Short-Story very literally, which means that non of the stories is longer than one page.
The overall theme of the stories is "Game Over".
You can read them HERE !

The special will also be available in an english version shortly. You can find it then on the english INKplosion site.

We were liquored up on whiskey and drunk on love...

2010-05-07T14:43:00.007+02:00

I don`t want to turn this into a music blog, but just to stay musically balanced after the Orsons entry, i have to post about another band i really enjoy right now, that makes totally different music ;)

I like to discover new music, so maybe one or the other enjoys this, too.

Saintseneca is a band from Columbus, Ohio, that makes very nice folk music.

You can download and listen to their two EPs in full here or you can download it from amazon.

P.S.: I forgot to mention in my last post. You can download the Maeckes Album "Null" from Chimperator for free and 100% legal HERE !

P.P.S.: Just a reminder. You can still vote for my shirt-design till monday (see two posts below). So if you like the shirt and like to help me get it printed, please go on laFraise and vote for it (please hit the 5 or "will buy" button :)) !!!

Formt das O !

2010-05-03T21:02:00.012+02:00

The german HipHop Band "Die Orsons" made a new Video to the song "Kim Kwang Seok" from their last Album "Die Herrlichkeit, in Ewigkeit, Orsons". The song is a tribute to the South Korean musician Kim Kwang Seok, who took his life in 1996.

I like the band (not just because they're also from Stuttgart ;)). They don't let themselves be limited by any HipHop Clichès. They rather make fun of them and do what they want. And that's pretty refreshing in the otherwise very boring german HipHop landscape.

The Orsons are the artists Maeckes, Plan B, Kaas and Tua.

So go check them out !

Freckles

2010-05-02T15:54:00.002+02:00

The last weeks have been busy, so here's just a quick little colored sketch to show at least some sign of life on this blog.

Robot Hugs

2010-04-15T11:32:00.005+02:00

A little preview on an illustration i did for INKplosion.de / INKplosion.com.

More soon :)

Portraits

2010-04-05T12:13:00.003+02:00

Hello! Hope everyone is having a nice and relaxed easter time!

I haven't drawn much recently so here is some older stuff i found on my harddrive.

Cards for my brothers birthday last year.

It's Okay...

2010-04-02T18:20:00.008+02:00

I love this video!

Great job WeWereMonkeys and Land of Talk !

It's a lot nicer if you watch it in a bigger version!

Re-Designing

2010-03-31T21:34:00.004+02:00

I've been sick today, so i used the time to create a headache and running nose powered new blog design. I thought a colorful theme might be fitting for the upcoming spring time.

So I hope you like it !

Tea anyone ?

2010-03-28T18:58:00.004+02:00

I REALLY should redesign this blog! Urgh !

If only i had the time...

I have a Shirt Design up for voting at laFraise.com. If you like it, please vote for it !

...and if you don't like Tea please vote for it anyway !

Maybe...?

2010-03-28T00:12:00.001+01:00

So I'm thinking about reviving this dead space called my blog...

maybe...

maybe?