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A look back art some of my artwork

by Ben December 22, 2018 in Art 0 comments tags: #animeart, art, artwork

Here's a cropped and grouped collection of some of my digital art. Some bits dating back to as early as 2001 and others I'd done over recent years. Kind of interesting to see the different styles I've played with over the decades and crazy to think how long I've been doing the whole art thing for. It seems pretty common for artists to look at their older artwork with shame and embarrassment, but while I might notice a few flaws and things I'd do little different now, to be honest, I still kinda like a lot of it. 

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Adding New Art

by Ben March 15, 2018 in Art, Art Talk, Blog 0 comments tags: art, artwork, drawing, phostoshop, robot

Sometimes I'll create a sketch or two, other times more finished artworks, but most of the time I don't add these to my main gallery. I'm trying to reserve the gallery for my top 30 or so works but it's hard to know exactly which art to include in my portfolio. For now I use the Blog to update with other bits and pieces I'm working on. But even on the blog, it can be tricky to know if something is worth posting. I'll draw little doodles and crappy sketches often, but don't necessarily want to post every little thing and don't want to feel I'm contributing the internet's archive of pointless content! I think about this a lot- There's so much stuff on the web, so what is actually worth posting online?

For many companies, organisations and individual artists the idea is to post often in hopes of supplying your audience with a constant supply of content and sustaining yourself as a fixture in their lives, build some kind of online relationship, and in return you hope gain a following, receive kudos or generate income. For independent creators it can be difficult to post regularly or create enough finished content. So on the one hand I feel like I should throw up some rough sketches or incomplete drawings, since posting something is considered better than nothing. On the other hand, I don't want to litter the web or my sites with valueless (in my opinion) posts just for the sake of posting. Plus, to be honest, I don't like the pressure of feeling like I have to keep posting updates online.

Another thing, I'd be happy to post more on my site's blog (here) since I have a chance to go into more detail about what I'm doing or thinking (or also keep it simple), but 99% of my audiences are mostly on social media - primarily Instagram. And Instagram's format isn't really suitable for more than a square image post and a line or two of description. Unless this blog was to get more attention, it's hard to justify spending too much time posting here often. Therefore, for now I don't.

Moving on, having said that, here's a piece I'd been wanting to rework for a few years:

The Photoshop screen shot above shows the original concept on the left, and the update on the right. Decided I'd make the final version below a little lighter and although it's a little sketchy and unrefined, I think I'll leave it as it is for now. Not all ideas or art needs to be polished to perfection.

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Creating some Fresh Dirty Art!

by Ben August 18, 2017 in Art 0 comments tags: afro, art, artwork, digital art, work process

This one was a commission of hip-hop mascot 'Dirteee'. Although pretty basic, I had an original reference design to work from, and the brief was basically to draw it in my own style. I like to mix my style up a lot- drawing semi-realistic comic characters one week, tattoo art the next, then going back to my manga roots after that. And even within the manga sub-genre, I vary styles from time to time :)

As always, starting with a sketch and then moving on to colours once the client approves the design:

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[caption id="attachment_3351" align="aligncenter" width="704"]Dirteee Hip-Hop Artwork Final Result[/caption]

If you'd be interested in commissioning me to create artwork of your character, a portrait, mascot etc, leave a message or contact me and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

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Traditional Vs Digital : Frog Girl

by Ben August 04, 2017 in Art 1 comments tags: art, artwork, girl art, illustration

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Here's some progress shots of my recent frog girl illustration. I originally shared these on my Instagram account. At first this was just going to be a grey + one neon colour marker-only piece, but decided to give it the full digital colour treatment also :) Any preference on which version you prefer?

If you'd like to own it, I've added exclusive signed prints of the digital version to the site's Shop.

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Digitally Colour Character Art with Photoshop

by Ben September 25, 2015 in Art Talk 0 comments tags: art, artwork, Ben Krefta, drawing, photoshop, tuition
For future reference, here's my ad for local art tuition in Kent:

sosuke

One to One Tuition using Adobe Photoshop to create and colour character artwork by experienced anime and manga style artist and author Ben Krefta.

Ideal for art university students, anyone interested in digital art, video game art, manga, comics and traditional media illustrators. Students are expected to have a minimum basic understanding of computers and Photoshop. Students will also need to have their own computer or laptop with software and a graphic tablet. To practice techniques in their own time.

Location: At his private art studio in the centre of Chatham, Kent (or can travel to student at an additional pence per mile rate).

Cost: Lessons are £60 per 3 hour session. There are 3 sessions to complete the 9 hours worth of demonstrations. Students are expected to take notes during these demos.

For further information, please contact Ben Krefta. You can Google him, to see further examples of his artwork, or visit benkrefta.com

 

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Sketches

by Ben November 19, 2014 in Art 0 comments tags: artwork, drawings, sketches

Some Creepy Monster Designs:

sketches

Some Random Sketch Requests:

sketches

Some more Random Sketch Requests:

sketches

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Tegan Artwork

by Ben October 17, 2014 in Art 0 comments tags: art, artwork, commission, drawing, manga, portrait, sketch

Commission for Tegan.

tegan lolita sketch

Tegan's a fan of Japan, Dragon Ball Z and Card Captor Sakura, so it was cool to get a few references in there with her portrait.
tegan lolita cg
I think this must be one of the few times I draw a seated pose, and I like the colours with this one. Looking back, my only regret is that the shoes should be closed-toe, but like with every picture, you do what you think is right at the time ^_^'

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Art Preview: Goth Loli Anime Girl

by Ben November 07, 2013 in Art 0 comments tags: anime, anime art, art, artwork, book, Character Design, manga

gothic lolitaCharacter example for an upcoming book project I'm working on.

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Art Preview: Leviathan

by Ben October 31, 2013 in Art 0 comments tags: anime art, art, artwork, book, Character Design, manga

anime monster leviathanCharacter example for an upcoming book project I'm working on.

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Art Preview: Werewolf

by Ben October 30, 2013 in Art 0 comments tags: anime art, art, artwork, book, Character Design, manga

anime werewolfCharacter example for an upcoming book project I'm working on.

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