the art of Dennis Bellinkx

collages

2011-12-22T22:41:00.004+01:00

for stickings with the colletout the papers on the other paper. Finishings made in the Photoshoppers.

model todel frodel codel

2011-12-12T14:23:00.004+01:00

Rhymes, my son loves to invent them. Them rem cem lem tem. Awesome!

the good old napkin sketch

2011-12-12T14:05:00.004+01:00

Made in the good old Reeperbahn, in Hamburg, Germany. If you've never heard of the Reeperbahn, you should go pay it a visit. Definitely worth your time. Apparently you can make ugly old women very happy there just by entering one of their very decent and highly catholic pubs or live shows!

the batch madge

2011-12-01T22:38:00.005+01:00

yeah but no but yeah but

2011-11-16T23:04:00.002+01:00

more life drawing

2011-10-30T21:08:00.007+01:00

Done with pencil and pitt-pencil (whatever that is).

life drawing at sask where I'm now taking evening classes

2011-10-25T23:20:00.007+02:00

Done with pencil, pierre noire pencil, charcoal and bister.

sketcher in photoshopper

2011-10-06T23:04:00.003+02:00

She's a mermaid, and she's cleaning, so she's regular maid as well! As well! Get it?! As well!

smore

2011-08-26T23:17:00.002+02:00

Here, now shut up and dance!

sketch betch

2011-07-28T23:14:00.001+02:00

quick sketches of the female type.

work in progress, as they say

2011-07-26T12:26:00.002+02:00

What WIP actually means is: something that will propably never be finished.

sketchcrawl

2011-07-23T19:26:00.004+02:00

I went sketchcrawling today, no, not to Ghent, but to Leuven. And guess what, Steven (concept art's Walnut) came along as well. When we arrived at the Ladeuzeplein where we were to meet, we couldn't believe our eyes: nothing but hot babes in bikini's everywhere! Turned out that the Belgian Championships of beach volleyball were going on there! Here's a couple of sketches for ya:

don't let the man get you down

2011-07-18T14:18:00.005+02:00

J-snow: hell yes!

666

2011-04-30T21:52:00.004+02:00

Illustrator/Indesign

2011-01-19T21:15:00.004+01:00

Some assignments for my Illustrator and Indesign evening classes. A couple of logo's for a candy brand called Sweeties, a remake of a movie poster with my own head on it (recreated using flat shapes) and lastly a resume of mister Steve Stevenson. That's right, I'm still alive! Y'all thought I'd never post anything again now didn't you? How wrong you were!

Mais oui!

2010-10-10T12:42:00.003+02:00

smells like sketch spirit (no ladies deodorants here!)

2010-10-04T21:38:00.005+02:00

Doodles in front of the tv -> scanner magic -> photoshop finish between baby's bedtime story and a late night snack. Good times. As always!

Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

2010-08-02T21:46:00.003+02:00

No, it's not a plane. It's a bird. A plain old bird.

Quick focker aaight

2010-07-23T23:21:00.002+02:00

Nothing to say here.

Update

2010-06-27T12:51:00.008+02:00

for ya!

What's this?

2010-05-05T22:00:00.004+02:00

It's a boob! A painted one! In photoshop. Tribute to the Boobmeister, you know who you are! Skate, animate and fornicate! And touch boobs!

another quick focker

2010-05-05T17:16:00.001+02:00

Quick film still

2010-05-03T21:41:00.002+02:00

Here's a quick-film-still-speedpainting. From now on, if I ever post any more of these I'm just going to refer to them as qfss's. Or quick fockers. Yeah, quick fockers, that's going to be the shit. I bet that everyone who sees my blog is going to use quick fockers in stead of quick film still speedpaintings. Too bad no-one ever sees my blog. Too bad? For them ofcourse! Enough small talk, let's get crackin'! Here's the worlds first ever quick focker:

A whole heap.

2010-04-17T21:53:00.008+02:00

Sanka, you dead? Ja man.

More speedpaintings

2010-03-08T19:57:00.004+01:00

These were done really fast, in about fifteen minutes each I guess. So the arms are too short, and everythings blurry, but hey, no-one's following this blog anyway so who cares aaight?

Speedpainting.

2010-02-27T21:13:00.007+01:00

Latest teachings of the Tek! at Syntra Hasselt: speed painting. Et voila!

Syntraaa! Values and texturing. For real.

2010-02-13T21:34:00.006+01:00

First filling in the values (grayscale images), then slapping on some color and then more slapping with some textures. God I love slapping! Here are my slaps:

Here's a photoshop lens flare filter to piss of Daniele hihihi:

Notes taken while reading "Force, character design from life drawing." (Michael D. Mattesi)

2010-02-09T20:52:00.003+01:00

"An invasion of armies could be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." (Victor Hugo)
Key concepts:
- Fear: let drawing be about your experience and curiosity, not final product. You create the fear so rid yourself of it! It will only slow you down.
- Risk: you must be willing to fall on your face to pursue creativity.
- Opinion: you must see the truth in order to form opinion (clarity!) (>< "kind of"-mentality).
- Hierarchy: work from big to small, from most important to least important.
- Contrast: contrast creates interest! Wacht out for symmetry, parallel moments, etc.
- Affinity or unity: pick what repeats in the drawing (2 feet, hands, patterns in shape, tone or color, …). Parallel lines create unity.
Every mark on the page has meaning.
Push drawings to their forceful extremes. Pushing poses helps you define character.
Rhythm must continue through the figure.
Line weight: add more pressure to marks that are undergoing force (eg: gravity, …).
Beware of the relationship of forces.
If you disconnect from the impact/ the feeling that a pose gives you, and start measuring, you'll lose that feeling in your drawing.
Always think about weight!
Angles:
- A perfect horizontal of vertical line on the page is far less dramatic than a 45° angle. This is the most dramatic angle on a page.
- Angles are created by the relationship between two forces (or one force and gravity, which is also a force of course).
- Angles can be used to see the figure abstractly for placement, but more important, to understand how they relate to gravity and then rhythm.
Stay aware of gravity (weight!).
You are as limited as you knowledge an experiences. To form opinion in drawing, you must have vast wells to work from.
Don't copy the model. Go after an idea, one clear point of force. Look for curves!
Straight to curve!
Look for relationships. (Eg: hand to face, …)
Silhouette => clear readability.
Don't second guess your choices!
Defining direction in space (depth):
- Curved lines imply form
- Size difference
- Overlap
- Convergence (perspective)
- Denial of tangents
- Location
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he or she grows up." (Pablo Picasso)
Shapes:
- Don't jump in to shape too early, this can make your drawing weak and unstructured.
- Abstraction of shapes:
  - Triangle: point down = dynamism, athletic; point up = solidity
  - Circle/oval = friendliest shape
  - Square/rectangle = strength; lying down rectangle =stability
- Forceful shape = straight against curve.
- The key is seeing shapes even though you are looking at a line drawing.
- Curve represents force, straight represents structure.
- Forceful triangle: points itself into a direction (force!).
- Having one forceful triangle point itself to another creates rhythm with shape.
Force = hierarchical -> look at it from big to small ideas.
Bounding boxes can be used for two different things:
- Space (spacial bounding box)
- Size relations (ratio bounding box)
Seeing abstractly is one of the keys to great design.
Symmetry causes disinterest in art, contrast creates interest.
Division of layout: rule of thirds.
Use the concept of proportion to state your opinion.
Think of the power of simple shapes, but keep them fluid.
Draw an entire pose with just rectangles, then go back and fill them with the fluid shapes and proportions that you predetermined.
"… I'm more interested in character than style. Character comes out of the work, style is implied or imposed on the work. Style can be a prison!" (Elaine de Kooning)
The clear storytelling of a character comes across in the silhouette. Another quick read on character along with posture is facial expression.
Color definitions relative to character:
- Red: anger, evil, love, hatred, blood, hot, active, emotional, …
- Orange: warm, danger, …
- Yellow: exited, happy, light, …
- Green: organic, rich, digital, grass, money, …
- Blue: friendly, sad, diffused, calm, …
- Indigo: royal, …
- Black: evil, fear, cool, emptiness, …
- White: heroism, holy, cleanliness, …
Don't work in too many saturated colors (except for children's illustrations).
Use the colors to make a statement.
Never be afraid to try something unique.
Never be afraid of a bad drawing, or constructive criticism.
"It's very easy to become a slave to your reference and all you will find yourself doing is attempting to copy your source material. You have to allow the reference to spark some interest in your heart and then you have to run with your gut and don't stop. Confidence is key, but it comes at a price. Pure confidence and no fundamentals won't get you very far. You have to learn and practice observational drawing as well as drawing characters from the ground up with solid underlying forms and structure. With a solid grasp of the fundamentals, when you begin to impose your opinions on a drawing they will be grounded and will begin take shape as one clear idea." (Phil Rynda)
Try different ideas.
Paint in order: back to front, dark to light and dull to bright.
It's much easier to hide behind much rendering than to put yourself out with clear-cut decisions.
"Sometimes I get a random thought and have the strong desire to experience illustrating that idea. I am sure you have all felt that. Do not let it pass you by! Seize the moment! Go fulfill that artistic desire…" (M. Matessi)
"Don't fear the page. Throw something down… get something down and move forward." (M. Matessi)
"The idea of what type of dominant line to use, in itself, is a creative choice for you relative to what you are trying to say. (Straight, curved, thick or thin, …)" (M. Matessi)
"Working in black and white is another great way to consider and practice the clarity of design." (M. Matessi)
As soon as you have more than one person, you have new dynamic. The relationship is what you are after!
See people as shapes, individuals or crowds.
Far shots give us location where horizontal, closer shots tell us a more intimate story.
After learning your trade with basic tools, go and play with what you think feels right to your experience.
Detail on top of pushed design makes it believable.
When looking at people, imagine their personality, lifestyle, occupation, and family. Use these ideas to feed the design. (This goes for animals as well!)
Know human anatomy and how to compare it to animals.
"I saw the angel in the marble, and carved until I set it free!" (Michelangelo)

More-nay on the colorkey-nay.

2010-02-08T22:01:00.004+01:00

Bad coloring, you know I'm good for it-nay!

Teachings of the Tek!

2010-02-06T20:55:00.004+01:00

Today's lesson at the Syntra Gaming and Animation school was about color keys and scripts, and about inking as well. Here's something I did with color (and yes, I know I suck at picking colors, but hey, I can't be good at everything!)
Moods to represent were (from top to bottom, left to right):

1. Beautiful noon in the summer - fully in the sun;
2. Misty, rainy autumn morning;
3. 'As if he was a ghost' (in a positive way);
4. The weather sucks;
5. Dramatic sea of fire behind the figure;
6. Weird, almost monochrome, poisonous horror mood.

Model drawing again, for the first time in over a year!

2010-02-05T18:02:00.010+01:00

Thanks to Tinneke, Steven, Griet and the gang! I had a wonderful time drawing and looking at drawings. (Tinneke: awesome, Steven: awesome, people of whom I forgot their names: awesome!) I hope I can come back soon!

And here's a quick test logo for someone at work:

More P.o.D.

2010-02-05T18:00:00.002+01:00

pick of destiny

2010-01-31T09:38:00.001+01:00

While watching part of the film "The Pick of Destiny" yesterday night.

quick photoshop exercise

2010-01-31T08:55:00.002+01:00

Yesterday I learned about using a mask in photoshop to do shading. It's non-destructive and can easily be adapted to for example differents kinds of light. Oooh yeah.

Ye olde stuff and ye new stuff.

2010-01-19T20:31:00.005+01:00

Sketches aka learning aka fun!

sketches at UZ Antwerpen

2009-12-23T16:48:00.002+01:00

Happy birthday!

2009-11-26T21:04:00.002+01:00

Happy first birthday to my son Sam! One year already, time does fly... and so do you I see! (Little movie quote never hurts ;) )

Sketchcrawl 21-11-2009

2009-11-26T19:45:00.003+01:00

Goodtimes.

It's always summer...

2009-11-07T21:02:00.001+01:00

on the inside. (O'Neill rip-off)

Notes taken while reading Walt's gesture drawing stuff

2009-07-30T22:18:00.003+02:00

1. Emotion
2. Solid drawing
3. Why does he/she do it?
4. Go for the truth
5. Those who are not hunters do not see these things (same with skateboarding)
6. Sketch always
7. Take notes
8. Differentiate your lines
9. Ignore details; concentrate on gesture and proportion -> simplify!
10. See and draw in 3D
11. Get a strong first impression
12. Get the feeling
13. Draw with a purpose
14. Search
15. Angles and tension
16. First sketch the whole action
17. Weight
18. Push the gesture
19. Stick to the theme
20. Hands, feet and eyes (aye aye capt'n, piratestyle!)
21. Avoid lines that don't describe anything
22. Extremes

Good times!

2009-07-11T16:41:00.007+02:00

Drawings from January. After the first week or so of January I seem not to have drawn anymore, which is weird. But now I've drawn some things again, and they are in here as well. If you can pick the five new drawings in this post, you win a free trip by foot to Amsterdam. Ain't that something! Well, here are my little monsters:

It's been so long, soooo long (music playing in the background...)

2009-04-22T11:01:00.005+02:00

Little hello there,

it's been a while since i've posted something here, so here's one: I'm leaving for Barcelona again this saturday, to skate. The only problem is that my knee is lovemakinged-up. I can ride, but I can't do too many other stuff so that's kind of a big bummer. But, BCN is always a joy to be in, so I'll quit wining about it and take it like a man!

I've been very busy doing nothing that has to do with art, or well, almost nothing because I've been 3D-ing quite a bit. Using Google Sketch-up (great program by the way!), I model houses that we would like to have one day. Ofcourse we'll never have the kind of money to buy the things I design, so I've also made a model of the house that we have just bought! That's right, this man is moving out of Hasselt, and into Kuringen (near Hasselt ;)). The house still neads heaps of work, but it's gonna be worth it! Maybe I'll post the models here as well (but they are far from done).

Anyhow, I hope you didn't get too bored reading all this crap.

Take care and see you when I get there,

Dennis.

Yes, as a matter of fact, I am an alien.

2008-12-31T20:23:00.006+01:00

You heard me. An alien.

A little photoshop magic.

Second oil pastel painting I've ever done. The first I did when I was 13 or so ;)

I should definitely learn about color more. My reasons are threefold:

1. colors rock;

2. I suck at colors;

3. aren't 2 reasons enough for a man to take some action, and do something about it?!

Late night sheit...

2008-12-27T00:54:00.003+01:00

Time to go to bed now. Or maybe do one more drawing? Exactly!

I met a genius... and some drawings too.

2008-12-26T20:06:00.003+01:00

I met a genius on the train today about 6 years old, he sat beside me and as the train ran down along the coast we came to the ocean and then he looked at me and said, it's not pretty. it was the first time I'd realized that. -> Charles Bukowski (I'll give you this one hahaha).

fashion

2008-12-17T22:49:00.001+01:00

A friend of mine won the first episode of a new Belgian tv-show, called 'The Designers'. It's kinda like the American (or is it Brittish?) 'Project Runway'. Congratulations Lyn-z lady, this one's dedicated to you, miss fashionqueen!

Models and sketches

2008-12-17T22:37:00.007+01:00

Hello my dear students, todays word is 'drawing'. => WWW.HOTFORWORDS.COM <= Need I say more? Methinks not.

Don't expect me to stay.

2008-12-05T22:13:00.011+01:00

Here's a whole lotta ro... I mean stuff from I don't know when. But, who cares, right? I don't, you don't and we don't. I hope, or else you're fucked. Oh sometimes I tried drawing what other people drew before me, so don't think I'm trying to take credit for those. Don't! No.
Speaking of Pink Floyd, here's something else for ya:

"Come on, my friends,
Let's make for the hills
They say there's gold, but I'm looking for thrills
You can get your hands on whatever we find,
'cause I'm only coming along for the ride

Well, you go on your way and I'll go mine,
I don't care if we get there on time
Everybody's searching for something, they say
I'll get my kicks on the way

Over the mountains, across the sea
Who knows what will be waiting for me?
I could sail forever to strange sounding names
Faces of people and places don't change

All I have to do is just close my eyes,
To see the sea gulls wheeling in the far distant skies.
All I want to tell you, all I want to say
Is "Count me in on the journey,
Don't expect me to stay."

Put that in a kettle and wait for yo mama to make soup out of it so you can drink pure genius, watered down ofcourse.

Baby

2008-12-05T18:25:00.003+01:00

Yes, a baby. Sam. Oh and a card. Also Sam.

home sweet home

2008-11-07T21:24:00.006+01:00

Here's something I tried in 3D: a model of how I hope my bathroom will look like someday, when I start crapping money. ... and we stretched in our beds and rose in the late afternoons, like millionares! (Google it, and if you didn't die googling the previous post: the time is now!)

Some quick photoshop

2008-10-22T18:25:00.002+02:00

here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels... the ones who see things differently... -> google it and die.

marriage

2008-09-06T16:58:00.002+02:00

I'm a married man now boys and girls. Sorry for all you ladies out there. There can be only one, and that's my babe the Saranator!

Peter 'De Peer' Wouters

2008-07-14T22:00:00.005+02:00

Here's a little logo I made for Peter Wouters, aka De Peer. (In english: The Pear ;) ) He also trains at the kickboxing gym where I train. Well, I don't just train. I rule the ring!!! (If they don't hit me back ofcourse... if they do that, I'm as dead as a vampire on Buffy The Vampire Slayer foxie lady show.) Anywho, here's the logo (to go on Peter's helmet):

quick drawing

2008-05-26T17:05:00.003+02:00

I made this quick drawing while working on my final animation project for school (which I really hope will be finished soon enough!). Inspiration from Jon Burgerman (for his website: google it). Keep it tight in the night, Dennis.

My Baby

2008-04-29T21:39:00.001+02:00

Te quiero mucho, Sara Baptista de Stokrooia con Hasselanos!

The man with the big torso

2008-03-11T15:12:00.002+01:00

I was just looking at some vacation stuff, and that's when I rediscovered this gem! It's something my sweet lady drew when we were on vacation in Milan, October 2006. I always buy a pencil or a pen or a sketchpad when we're on vacation. Why I don't know, but I just have to buy something to draw. I've got so many pencils and pads and pens... and it feels good man, it feels good! But back to where I started: I was lying on the bed of the hotel room, being lazy as always, drawing stuff. All of a sudden, I get this idea of being even more lazy, and I ask Sara if she wanted to try and draw me! Yes, even less energy wasted for me! She did, but only if I promised never to show her incredible works to anyone else. Ofcourse I kept my promise... until now! I hope she forgives me, but I really think this is truly a work of art, and I want to share it with all you guys! Nobody ever visits my blog anyway, so she can't be that mad. (brb) to that hot child in the city of Stokrooie near Hasselt!

correction for the post below

2008-03-11T14:48:00.002+01:00

...the once from Sara...? Typing errors, gotta love 'em! The ones from Sara, yes, that's better.

Let the good times roll !

2008-03-11T14:35:00.003+01:00

Aaah, only 3 more weeks 'till Barcelona. Me and my baby, the wonderful Sara Babetist, are going to be there for one whole month. One month of pure drawing, learning spanish, loving and skateboarding funtimes! Except for the latter, perhaps. As you can tell by the picture below, I've got my foot in a gipske (dutch for a cast). Maybe my incredible healing powers will come to my aid, and I'll be on the board again by then. Let's hope so. Especially since not only am I getting help from my own powers, but the once from Sara 'the Babe' Baptist as well! Thanx for the nursing (:p) principessa!

Nude models, or at least, scribbles that look like nude models

2008-03-11T14:27:00.002+01:00

Here are some more 'drawings', fine or coarse lines trying to mimic reality, on a flat surface. (Or at least that's what I think a drawing is.) Maybe I didn't really try to mimic reality. Maybe, just maybe, I didn't. Well, I'm not going to taunt you guys/girls any longer. I did try just that. And failed. Boohoo, emo times coming up. Ha! I think not!

a little late night drawing

2008-02-18T19:46:00.002+01:00

here's a late night drawing. very late night. so late i was scared really. scared or not, draw a lot! poetry in motion...

model drawing extravaganza

2008-02-15T19:57:00.003+01:00

So you like to see some very fine model drawing extravaganza huh? Well that's too bad, because this is all you're gonna get from me: some very fine try-to-draw-something-that-kinda-looks-like-the-model unextravaganza. But hey, it's all good, I'm not sad that I've still got a lot to learn. It gives me something to do while I get old. Ha ha and ha again. Oh yeah, the flame still burns. Strange Fruit, gotta love it!

cartoony bouncing ball in perspective

2008-01-26T20:29:00.000+01:00

This is a ruff animation of a cartoony bouncing ball in distorted perspective. Distorted, and perspective... yummie.

more model drawing

2008-01-13T20:47:00.000+01:00

Since no model showed up at my last model drawing class, we had to draw each other. These are a few of my attempts (sorry classmates ;) ):

Death of a clown

2008-01-10T02:46:00.000+01:00

Whilst listening to the song 'death of a clown' by the Kinks.

Sketches and life drawings

2008-01-09T18:22:00.000+01:00

Here are a few sketches, and drawings I made at a nude model class I've been attending once a week. I love it, I suck at it! Enjoi! (oh how 'man down' rules!)

Oil on canvas

2008-01-09T18:12:00.000+01:00

Bedriegerie

2008-01-09T16:19:00.001+01:00

Blind date

2008-01-09T16:14:00.000+01:00

sketches: some bad, some worse

2007-12-01T12:01:00.000+01:00

Hello everybody, this is doctor D., and tonight we're going to take a look at some sketchbook thingies. Well, they're more some kind of sketch separate pages because I don't really draw in a book. Anywho, enjoy or die.

rainy days

2007-11-22T15:39:00.004+01:00

Skateboarding, i love it! (picture: Merlijn Vets being hardcore, some time ago)

rough walk cycle (only one step done, looped)

2007-11-22T15:39:00.003+01:00

I made this rough walk cycle very quickly, trying the same thing I did in my last animation class (thanx Hilaire for trying to teach me this :D).

storyboard for my final animation project at Syntra 2007-2008

2007-11-22T15:39:00.002+01:00

Below is my early version of a storyboard for my final animation project at Syntra Hasselt 2007-2008. It contains dummy sounds as well. There's still a loooooooot of work to do!

a list of things i've done in the past

2007-11-22T15:39:00.001+01:00

This is not just a list of things that I've done in the past... it's a chronicaling of my rise... to power! (thanx tenacious D) Below you'll find a small outtake of the stuff I've made, from almost ten years ago, until about a year ago I guess. I don't really know when I did certain things anymore, but I don't care really. Hope you enjoy your stay here on earth... and my blog as well. Here goes:

For the magnificent musical masterminds of the priceduifkes

And some photoshop fun too (most containing up to 9 layers of extreme pleasure):

And some things for my baby too:

some skateboard designs I've made for a local company

2007-11-22T13:39:00.000+01:00

Below are some designs i made for a local skateboard company called 'District Skateboards'. The designs shown here were not used in production. Two other designs I've made have been produced, and were well appreciated in the Belgian skate scene according to 'the big boss' of the company. Lucky me, hahaha!

my first animation project

2007-11-22T13:24:00.000+01:00

The short animation below was my final project at the 2006-2007 animation class at Syntra Hasselt. It's the first (and untill now only) project I ever did in animation. As you can see, I've still got a (very) lot to learn! But as long as I keep having as much fun as I have doing it, I hope I will never stop learning. Special thanx go out to all my teachers, fellow students, my babe and everyone else who has helped or supported me throughout the course of animation, and of my whole life. (Now how deep is that shit?!) I hope you enjoy (keep watching untill the very last end, there's a surprise!):