steak-tron's s'nort-kaets Nov 29strdth

[steak-tron]

here's my crap, tell me watcha' think.
I have to say that lukais and rusty have been big inspirations to me lately, there is much more talent on this board but I don't think i'm insulting anyone by saying that they have awe-inspiring skills.
http://www.kempart.com/Arwork%20popups/figure-samples1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Arwork%20popups/figure-samples2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/k-sketch2.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/k-sketch3.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/k-sketch4.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/k-sketch5.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/k-sketch6.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/k-sketch8.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/k-sketch9.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sketch-book2.jpg

[thomasaurus]

very nices, definetely keep it up!

[the good war]

excellent! i like the x-ray pics in particular

[steak-tron]

Hi guys
Thanks jnorish and good war, drawing the skeleton first definitley helps
herez some mo' fer whatever reason, i'll try to keep posting
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sketchbookcouple.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/k-sketch7.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sketchbook-figs.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/devil-baby-sketch.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/creature-sketch.jpg

[catterpillar]

man your knowledge of anatomy is so much better than mine!

[Rusty]

the very first page has some nice solid drawings on them streak-tron..,keep going m8
..Ive never really looked at a good anatomy book b4,but those anatomy ones youve drawn accually taught me something..lol

welldone
Rusty

[steak-tron]

Praise from Ceasar!
I'm glad I could help you rusty, your incredible drawings are a big inspiration.
lately I've been using a book called (guess what) "Anatomy for the artist" by a woman named Simblet, it's a great book with drawings and photos as well as transparent drawing overlays on photos. The arms were from Loomis on Anatomy.
It's really difficult for me to draw the figure from my imagination so I would try one, find a problem area and reference it, then try a non-ref figure agian. this really seemed to help
caterpillar: anatomy is hard.. it's alot of ad-lib
"back too da drawing, I smell something burnin'"
herez some mo'
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/aug-sketch15.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/aug-sketch13.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/aug-sketch12.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/aug-sketch10.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/aug-sketch9.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/aug-sketch14.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/aug-sketch7.jpg

[Jeff Gran]

wow kickass stuff man. You got great anatomy and I love how you exaggerate certain parts and stuff, like that one creature with the super high top lip, I've seen people that almost look like that. the pen stuff is awesome, I can definitely see the lukias and rusty influence in there.

[Robolus]

Good work and great sketches! Your Frog-Man is superb!:thumb:

[endregan]

yes like theyve already said great anatomy!

you dont stop posting ! :)

[Rusty]

HAHA!!..that frogman`s pretty cool,your definatly getting a good hold of anatomy by the looks of those sketches..
cheers,ill look out for that book,my knowledge of anatomy bites..

keep postin.

Rusty

[steak-tron]

hi guys (n gals)
thanks fer the complements. I've been doing alot of anatomy studies but I'm ready to start drawing some creatures and such that make concept art so cool.
the frogman is part of a project for school, so I'll keep posting the sketches once I scanned em' up. I just looked at lung's thread (his stuff is amazing) and felt very lazy, but it made me draw more today and that's what this board is all about.
everyone - keep churning out the awesom stuff, it only gets better.
rusty - i don't know what the hell yer talking about, your anatomys great.
jeff- I'd like to see that guy on the street
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/1aug-sketch1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/1aug-sketch2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/1aug-sketch4.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/1aug-sketch8.jpg
:chainsaw:

[metalwinds]

these anatomy studies are looking good. some of the linework you have going here is looking really good. keep it up

peace

[steak-tron]

metalwinds: thanks for the compliment
I thought I'd post some of the sketches for my frog project. The assignment is to illustrate a wildflower name, mine is the "bastard toad flax". I'd like to have the finish be mo' detailed but we have to come up with something more like a symbol. I'll try to post agian sooner
sheeeeiiiitttt, heeelllllll....
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sep-sketch1.jpg
maybe drunk...
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sep-sketch2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sep-sketch3.jpg
or at a strip joint, I dunno...
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sep-sketch4.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sep-sketch5.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sep-sketch6.jpg
this is where I am so far
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sep-sketch7.jpg
old idea
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sep-sketch8.jpg
:mrt:

[rubygenesis]

hey Steak-tron! welcome to the forum buddy, surfed your site, some very nice work...hmm that toad appears to have just a few issues no? the first batch posted is prime.
~K

[steak-tron]

Sup peoples, i been lazy with the not posting and what-not. Hopefully this will all change with my newly installed robot brain and body. the amazing work on this board makes me both very inspired and self-loathing (due to the laziness)

metalwinds: thanks for the props, having seen your work they mean alot, I really like the new color-uns. (I sucks at the colors).

Ruby: thanks for the warm welcome! you know art is the goodness so I'll refrain from the complements and resume with the right-clicking of your posts.

here are some sketches from a new series i'm putting up at the artschool in oct. the nervousness is kicking in too soon. Hopefully i can put up the frog once i get it graded.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sep1-controller-kid.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sep7.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sep2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sep4.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sep5.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sep8.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/sep6-deamon-baby-sketch.jpg
here is a robot i did last winter, shows a bit-o-progression hopefully

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/robot-suit-sketch1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/robot-suit-sketch2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/robot-suit1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/robot-suit2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/robot-suit3.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/robot-suit4.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/robot-suit5.jpg
keep artin' it up evareeboodeee.

[Rusty]

that last one is my fave,the mechanics on that suit look great because eveything on it looks practical ..i love the way the shapes flow/interlock into each other ,specially around the mid section and the arms...

welldone
Rusty

[rubygenesis]

yes! i enjoyed the many stages of your last post. the final product is sharp, i really like it. less see some moor. ;)

[thomasaurus]

great updates!

the last set of drawings for the mech suit are very impressive, the design works so well!

[behemot5]

this last one is reaaly cool

[steak-tron]

Hi fellas, thanks fer all the positive feedback

Rusty, Ruby and Jnorish: It's great to hear from you guys (since you so damn good, awesome updates btw) I actually did the robot over last christmas. I Tried to make it look practical, but would you really need a gasmask filter in space? and a groin plate? thought those just looked cool. as always your props fill me with a warmth in my heart (and my loins!...)ha
Behemot5: thanks man, just checked out your thread and really like the work, very sharp.

I'll try to update more often now, but unfortunatley all you get is sketchbook drivel, the robot was more of a finished piece(I hope that passes for finished).

everyone's favorite eyeless monster....raymond!
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/oct1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/oct2.1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/oct2.2.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/oct2.3.jpg
sorry about the quality, my scanner is a crazy asshole
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/oct2.4.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/oct2.5.jpg
this is from a helmut newton photo, it's small but i likes it (notice the nub for a hand. makes her look "fashionable")
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/oct3.jpg
found some more x-rays from this summer
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/oct4.jpg
every now and then there is a chick in a mag and you have to draw her, you don't really have a choice in the matter.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/oct5.jpg
this girl was real (no really) and kindly sat for me for 20min
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/oct7.0.jpg
thought youz guys might get a kick out of this school comp
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/oct2.jpg

[roger]

Great sketches steak-tron, I really like the x-ray drawings.

[steak-tron]

Thanks for the props roger, your stuff is mighty fine (i'm looking at it right now but the pics are taking forever to load- its worth the wait.)

I haven't posted in 1000 years, these are from a show i had at ye old artschool.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/nov-deamonbaby.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/nov-controller-kid.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/nov-drunk-alien.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/nov-cyclops-newsie.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/nov-old-mutants.jpg
not sketches, but i been sketchin 'em

[steak-tron]

here's sum' i've been working on, need more coloring

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/flight-suit-concept.jpg

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/flight-suit-concept-color.jpg
lemme know what you think -krem

[steak-tron]

here's some mo'
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/nov14.jpg
done while watching the ken burns u.s. civil war documentary
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/nov2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/nov10.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/nov11.jpg
trying to do back and forth between ref and non-ref anatomy studies, then labeling everything (and promptly forgetting it)
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/nov3.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/nov5.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/nov6.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/nov12.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/nov13.jpg
from life
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/nov7.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/nov8.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/nov9.jpg

[endregan]

you so crazay.. these are wicked

i especially like that bot suit...

mad skills! :)

[roger]

Niiice, I love those colored monster drawings! Keep it up!

[steak-tron]

thanks roger and endregan! (your persistance; and quality, on your boards inspire me to draw more) It's strange how that works. Alot of the time I will be intimidated by my sketchbook because i'll come up with crap if i'm out of practice (or just in general). But after you draw for a long period of time it becomes exciting because you start to see successes. This is amplified exponentially (like that nerd speak?) when you draw everyday. Almost everyone on this board gives themselves a hard time for making "crap" (not that it is, you get the idea) but have made huge bounds since the initial post. I've certianly been inspired to draw more since posting, and i'd like to think it's not a competitve thing. When I see some really kick-ass stuff it makes me think that the possibility for myself to do work of that caliber in the far future is there (with lots o work ofcourse).
now that my 2-cent has been deposited i'll get off my soapbox, but with that said here's some more shit. I've been drawing lots of little figure thumbs inspired by killing.people's thread., This really helps alot i would reccomend it
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/1nov1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/1nov2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/1nov3.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/1nov4.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/1nov5.jpg
tablet werk, still no good
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/1nov6.jpg
:wazzup:

[rubygenesis]

wow steak! luv that flight suit concept and the guy playing checkers with the goul lady roolz!! hahahaha Awesome! crisp lines and simple color. =)

[Sinix]

I'm really impressed with how well you seem to pull off any angle or pose. There's alot of dynamic stuff going on, and it's neat to see.

[Scrubbin Bubbles]

Pabst is the shit. its cheap, doesn't rip my bowels to shreds, nor does it taste like complete crap.

[Scrubbin Bubbles]

Oh yeah, your figure work is wicked. They look menacing, some of the faces are kinda flat looking though. I also like the fact that you really thought out how someone would fit in the suit. The Darth Comp made me chuckle.

[steak-tron]

thanks guys
ruby: glad you liked it, lemme know if any way i can improve my stuff
SAME APPLY TO ALL IN THE LAND.
mlessard: im glad you find my work inspiring
sinix: thanks dude
scrubbin bubbles: thanks for the crit, lemme know which faces your talking about. I get stuck in the front, profile, 3/4 view to easily. And yes pabst is the drink of choice, that pic is sort of an ode to the past 4years.
try to post more soon

[endregan]

wow these are inspiring!! how do you achieve such a great anatomy pages? are these from ref?

i have been having trouble with the figure lately... :(!

awesome sketchbooK!

[rubygenesis]

hmmm, steak your reply on my thread was something else thank you so much =) (i feels so special!) so i'm looking at your work closer than before and honestly you have it figured out the only thing that strikes me is how you shade, straight lines this way and that, try following the form ie the muscles which way the skin is being pulled. it will help to bring the form off the page and the lighting will feel real. do i make sence? ~_~ -peace

[steak-tron]

endregan: thanks man, some are ref and some are not. - like the back muscles, my suggestion is to jump back and forth, and look at the skeleton. I didd'nt pay that much attention before this summer and my figures were crap.

Ruby: thanks for the suggestion, my father told me to do that a long time ago and I shrugged him off. After seeing alot more artwork on the board and elswhere I realize that you (and him) are right about the lines being descriptive of the surface. With the crosshatching all I do is describe the changes in value, which keeps everything flat. I now realize my suggestion to you was exactlly what I get stuck doing too often. I tried to make the hatches flow with the cloth in the last thumb of officer farragut. but I caught myself slipping into hatch mode.
thanks again -k
p.s. this makes even more sense now that I'm trying to draw cloth.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/dec.03.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/dec.02.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/dec.01.jpg

[steak-tron]

herez some mo' from the long time since last post.
I've been looking at kchen's tutorials and lemme say they are incredible.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1432
(it's the only one I've looked at so far, so i need to check out the others). So some of these are copies, mostly where he is blocking in forms and showing them twisting in perspective, especially with the heads. In using his suggestions and trying to draw my own figures as shapes I feel like I have a tighter grasp on it (still needs lots of work). I would recommend trying this to anyone. Some are refs and some aint, but when I used a ref I tried to build it up in shapes and guide lines, something that needs to be done to get a solid form, this is probably why lots of my sketches look flat. enough blab, herez the draws. scans are bad too.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan3.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan4.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan5.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan6.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan7.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan8.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan9.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan10.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan11.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan12.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan13.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan14.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan15.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan16.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan17.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan19.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan20.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan21.jpg
ill try to post more soon.

[rubygenesis]

wow nice dump, excellent study work Steak! i luv that practice line work following the form.

[steak-tron]

thanks ruby!
I still have a looooooooooooooooong way to go on these figures and everything else for that matter. I've been trying to draw some caricatures and the monsters are from my portfolio class (I picked the topic).
Let me know what you think (they are kind of bland at the moment.)
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan-21.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan-22.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan-23.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan-24.jpg
scan and tablet, i really gotta spend more time with it.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan-25.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan-26.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan-27.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan-28.jpg

[Cocofuppa]

LOL, those characitures are superb dude :P Good likeness and humour in such a small sketch, classy stuff :D

[Dan.v.D.]

very nice thread you´ve got here!

[Jeff Gran]

wow great stuff man. keep on posting please.

[Yiako]

I love your way to think in 3D. Very inspirational, man.
Also great caricatures. I knew that it was R.Scott before seeing the name.
And yes, the monster are a bit generic, but I have also that problem, so who I am to speak :cool:

[steak-tron]

thanks guys!, glad you liked it.

Yaiko: i gotta say that your thread was inspiration for that ciricature set, but I also had a chance at a job doing a ciricature, alas it fell through. wha wha (sound of a thousand tiny violins) I got that pic from the Alien Quadrilogy, which you probably have already. If you don't there is a ton of bonus footage that's pretty interesting. let me know what you think of this next batch of critters, still a little bla.

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan3.1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan3.2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan3.3.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan3.4.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan3.5.jpghttp://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan3.6.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan3.7.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan3.8.1.jpg

[metalwinds]

damn, nice work steak. havent seen your thread before, but i have to say that i am definitely impressed. some of the concepts you have goin are lookin good. my only advice at the moment is to draw as much as you can

[Marie]

wow I was trying to go through from the beginning and I kept either laughing or saying wow thats great!

For one, the way you draw from the inside out is great. Makes it a good point how learning to understand the structure first helps the drawing.

Secondly, I love your comedic drawings, that darth vador thing made me laugh for quite a bit :)

Your creatures are great that you've been doing recently, I especially like the way you've done the one on the off color paper with the white highlights.

[heiesuke]

lovely sketches u have

[Yiako]

WOW. Way, way better!
Don´t take me wrong, that first creature was great -I would kill to draw muscles as you-, but basically was a boxer body with a funny jaw. This last row of creatures is 100 times more imaginative. Wicked!
I suppose the key is in your 3 steps method, that can sum up in: Look For Reference; it adds a whole new level of believability. However, I would add a 4th step: "Mix with talent" :)

[steak-tron]

metalwinds: thanks dude, glad to hear form you, your threads have been kickin ass for ages

Marie:I'm glad you liked em' and i'm glad you thought they were funny too, that was the intention (especially with vader), but when you iron out a concept like that you can never tell if anyone else is gonna laugh besides yourself. thanks.

thanks Heisuke!

Yiako: your exactlly right about the boxer, coming up with original ideas for creatures is turning out to be one of the toughest things i've done (not that i've done it yet). but damn, thanks for the props man, your words are makin me blush. Just don't fall into the "I don't have talent" mindset, cuz that would be a damn lie.

this last one is something i did while procrastinating, i'm doing a color over that i'll post soon.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan4.1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan4.2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan4.3.jpg

[Valcon Jet]

Steak, I don't have any crits for you at all, you have a truly beautiful learning process. You have a superb understanding of the face and head, and I can see your understanding of the body growing and starting to take shape. I envy your skills my friend!

One thing I think would be super cool to see from you would be some more of the quick gesture sketches or contour things ... some more expressive figures as opposed to the great realism you've got ... which is excellent by the way :) Anyway, i'm rambling, I love your stuff, teach me lips!!!

peace-val

[steak-tron]

you got it jet, lips it is. I have'nt tried to set up a teaching page like Lung, but I'll try, and I think i've got some gestures buried somewhere.

all that face stuff came form kchen's tutorial page [in turtorial section] I tried ref'ing drawings, then coming up with my own.

thanks dude! -steak

[steak-tron]

I just remembered that i had these laying around, they're all from around christmas to recent. Sorta gestural, I'll try to scan some stuff from fig drawing class soon
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan5.1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan5.2.jpg
not the best, need more consistent working habits [quit being a lazy asshole steak]
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan5.3.jpghttp://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan5.4.jpg
these are from the french mag PHOTO. it has excellent photos and it's a great source of reference (around $8 u.s.)
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan5.5.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan5.6.jpg
i still struggle with facial features (and everything els)
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan5.7.jpg
i thought this would be funny, not a whole lotta logo sketches on this forum. =}
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan5.8.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan5.9.jpg
i need to fill my page - fill the page dammit
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan5.10.jpg

[steak-tron]

here goes the lip pages, I don't know that i'm saying anything here that is'nt elsewhere in various turtorials and how-to books, it's just shit I keep in mind when drawing them, hope they help valcon jet.

oh, and i scanned some older (last year) gestural things, very messy and "chicken scratch-y" [pencil back and forth making a jagged edge - very bad habit]
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/lips1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/lips2.jpg
the quality on these really sucks, guess i need to save as bigger files. this is from an older sketch 2-3 yrs. ago, but its good to break the figure into shapes.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan6.2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan6.1.jpg
figs from last year
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan6.3.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan6.4.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan6.5.jpg
these are over a year old, but more gestural
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan6.9.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan6.10.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan6.11.jpg

[van]

I love your style. Cant wait to see more!

[steak-tron]

thanks van!
I realize i'm optomizing my images way more than they need to be, (trying to be sympathetic to dial-up users). But they're coming out shitty, so here is another critter, i'm going to try and flesh this one out.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/kelophant.jpg

[van]

Originally posted by steak-tron
so here is another critter, i'm going to try and flesh this one out.


Excellent! Cant wait to see the results!

[steak-tron]

here is the color version, i'm working on a sculpt right now, but I ran out of clay in the process. try to post more soon
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan7.1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan7.2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/jan7.3.jpg

[van]

Excellent study work, my friend! By the way...I have a question over in my sketchbook for ya.

Cant wait to see the sculpture work. Rock on.

[Cocofuppa]

Thats some great steak u got there, i mean sketches, :P. Anatomy is a mystery to me atm, so this sketchbook is a gr8 motivation to me, cheers, keep rockin :)

[steak-tron]

thanks van and coccofuppa!

heres some mo sketches, my figures still need work but i've got a fig-drawing class now that helps alot (its been a semester since my last), still trying to come up with monsters too.

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb1.1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb1.2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb1.3.jpg

[Cocofuppa]

LOL, for some reason that last water type monster reminds me of Doctor WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :P Keep it up :)

[INFERNOmunky]

wow i just spent a good 25 minutes looking through that....freaking awsome job....

[bonedog]

i copy kchen's stuff, too :)

very inspiring. keep it up. ugh. you made me realize that i gotta learn animal anatomy on top of the million other things.

-bone

[steak-tron]

thanks guys!

cocofuppa: I actually dont know what dr.who looks like, but the gills sort of look like huge mutton chops-if thats what you mean. it's supposed to be a spin on the creature from the black lagoon.

INFERNOmunky: thanks dude! i still dont have half the amount of the greats, some people are pushing 20 pages on these sketchbook threads, thats alot of damn sketchin'...

bonedog: most anatomy is alike. I'm finding that once you have human anatomy down, it's easy to understand its application to different types of creatures, the muscles are the same, but the're different sizes.

still trying to re-do the creature from the black lagoon, I should have the elephant-creature sculpture ready soon.

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb2.1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb2.2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb2.3.jpg
did this one from a ref in wired magazine
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb2.4.jpg

[steak-tron]

here is some more stuff, most is from my senior project, ceature creation. If anyone has any suggestions on the look or technique or functionality or concept etc... please speak up. I welcome criticism (bring it on!)

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb3.2.jpg

my friend jake drew this guy on the same page
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb3.3.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb3.5.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb3.6.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb3.7.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb3.8.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb3.9.jpghttp://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb3.10.jpg
NO SHOULDER!
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb3.11.jpg
i'll do some more of these guys below
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb4.1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb4.2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb4.3.jpg

[steak-tron]

thanks MIKE, your creatures are rad, some of the head-shots are very twisted (that's a good thing). Creatures are tough, i'm reminded of this everyday.

heres some more distraction drawereings, My mid review is next week so I should have alot more creature work to post. I just got Carlo's book and its amazing, that guy should write THE textbook on dynamic mutants. Checkout "design press studios" for ordering details.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb5.1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb5.2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb5.3.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb5.4.jpg

I wondered why this came out better than normal crappy margin sketching and I think its the reference lines running across. I dunno.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb5.5.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/feb5.6.jpg

[Lukias]

Not sure if I've seen your sketchbook yet(theres just so many now).. glad I stopped in, great work man!.
Your pen work really reminds me of my stuff when I was working at my last job... it was ballpoint on refill constantly.
Nice creature work, the particular one that Mike pointed out is awesome, profile view is killer. The bug work is stunning aswell, you managed to give them a really feasible, legitimate feel, they almost look like science journal pieces.
Your work is great now, I can tell its gonna be amazing in the not-too-distant future.

:D

[endregan]

yeah i cant remember if ive ever seen the sketch thread either!

this is awesome!!

i have to stop by now :)

i love these..

[xia]

Great stuff, love your creatures the best. Good line and rendering style. Keep them coming.
:chug:

[JackalAnubis]

great stuff man! lots of good things going on here, I especially like the "plates!" page, keep it up!

[rubygenesis]

oh wow, this is one glorious dump! beautiful creature concepts steak, those swamp badies are killer! ~peace

[steak-tron]

lukias: damn, thanks man. Your work's so inspiring I could write a book on the subject. I'd also have to say that going through your thread inspired me to pick up a ball-point and consider it as a serious sketching tool. I like the ease in which it moves around the page. Ink is also great training, sometimes I'm too hesitant with graphite because I know that I can erase.
I was curious to know if your talking about a concept job, or just a distraction? I used to draw on bathroom slips when I worked at the movie theater last year.
I'm glad the creatures are coming across as believable (they still need lots o' work), my thesis project is to make these fantasy creatures and illustrate them like they're real, with skeletal and muscular diagrams etc...
thanks again dude - it means allot

endregan: thanks dude!

xia: :beer: :rofl: :chug: thanks

jackalanubis: thankye thankye, that page was one of those "damn, where did that come from?" times after having pages of crap in my sketchbook (not everything goes on the thread)

ruby: its great to see you around now that your a big-shot fantasy illustrator (lol).
thank-you, it means allot coming from you. I want to be one of the first peoples to find out when you have published material. Soz I can purchase it of course.

here's some distraction drawings on my wacom, I don't use it enough because I'm bad with color. Hopefully it's something I'll work on when I'm out of school. Before then I should have lots of this creature stuff. Some of these ideas are starting to take shape and I have to say this is some hard shit to come up with. It's been mostly mixing animals up to this point, so hopefully I can get away from that. That is however the nature of the exercise - to make these things look real.
I'll have my sculpture soon, as soon as I stop procrastinating on CA...

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/rhino-man--30min.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/figs.jpg

[Rusty]

I fully agree with my man Lukias,your showing some real artistic promise man,just like Xia.,definatly keep at it..
the creatures on that brown toned paper r great man.

love that solid chiseled rendering on those pencil/pen sketches,

top stuff the Steak-tron
Rusty

[-The Swift-]

this sketchbook is great! your shading technique works really well! you seems to have a really good grasp of anatomy, keep at it

:)

[steak-tron]

Rusty: thanks man. And again, your work is amazing soz it means allot. xia's kickin' ass too. glad you could drop by.

the swift: thanks dude! :cyclops:

I've been yakin' about a sculpt of one of my sketches so I finally sat down and finished it (conveniently in time for my mid-point evaluation). Tell me what ya think. I'm going to do more in greater detail for the final.

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/kelophant0.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/kelophant1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/kelophant2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/kelophant3.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/kelophant4.jpg

and finally the ass shot
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/kelophant-ass-shot.jpg

[Erik]

you are great man

absolutely great rendering and lines in there. Nice to see the colored paper - you work magic with that.

[M.Aberg]

Wow, great stuff! You just keep getting better and better!

[Jeff Jaws]

Woah, you did an amazing job on that Sculpture, what I like most is his facial expression.. Nice conversion from the sketch to the finished sculp. What's the actual size of this monster?

Jj.

[2kre8]

Wow that sculpture looks great, so solid. Your drawings look so fluid, very loose, very nice, keep it up.

[Yiako]

That sculpture is really beautiful, steak. I like the constrast between the solid, massive body -but very well structured, dont take me wrong- and that delicate expression in its face. this thing could be alive!

[steak-tron]

Erik: thanks man!, I'm going to do some more on colored paper soon, it's great because you have an immediate mid-tone.

M.Aberg: thanks!

Jeff Jaws: thanks dude!, I thought it looked as thought it needed some sedatives or something on account of the depression. It's around 10in. tall at the shoulder.

2kre8: -thanks!

Yiako: thanks! I wanted to make these things look believable in the design, but my teacher thinks its not bizarre enough.

here is the direction i'm in now, i'm trying out some sort of thing that does'nt use normal conventions for terrestrial creatures (face, body, etc...) Its a challenge because I keep going back to the other end, and it takes a little research.

this thing would be a floater that converts the atmosphere into some sort of lighter that air compound (like helium) in it's sacs. Then it would blow the mixture out of the directional tubes for propulsion. The idea is that it would assist in some sort of cycle for another creature to convert the atmosphere back to its original state.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/floater.jpg

[steak-tron]

here's a digital color of one of my older sketches i did a while back and forgot to post. I Still need to work on color:cyclops:

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/USS9000.jpg

[metalwinds]

geez dude, you have some really great stuff happening here. your creature and insects designs are really nice. its been a while since i last checked out your sketchbook, and when i was scrolling down i thought to myself, "man, his pencil technique is really nice," and then when i saw your sculpture i thought, "what the fuck?!.. ..he can sculpt too?" time for me to get back to work

thanks for the inspiration

[malicious]

the "floater" as you called it looks like a metroid on heroin! five hit combo of awesome.

[stiocray]

Your colors are looking real nice on that "old" sketch of yours. I really like your skecthbook, it shows alot of diversity + you have some nice monster concepts(always a plus). Some times your shading seems a bit heavy handed or your poses stiff, but other than that, solid stuff.

Oh yeah, awsome Dali sketch you got his likness and his quirkyness.

[Lukias]

Originally posted by steak-tron
[B] I'd also have to say that going through your thread inspired me to pick up a ball-point and consider it as a serious sketching tool. I like the ease in which it moves around the page. Ink is also great training, sometimes I'm too hesitant with graphite because I know that I can erase.


Agreed... pen flow really nice and sometimes I get better results than pencil for exactly the reason you stated.. cos pencil can make you hesitant. If you have a 'dont care' attitude to your pen work then things can start happening. That said I still dont think I'd try run with a hefty finished piece.. stakes are too high, mistake wise.

I was curious to know if your talking about a concept job, or just a distraction?

distraction.. my last job was help desk so I just doodled on my pads.

Awesome work again man, your believability re rendering on the alien/insects is primo.

[Ra Havok]

You excel in creature drawings, dude. I enjoy them greatly.

Your human figures are starting to go places. Keep practicing, and you'll soon be able to draw some outstanding humans.

[steak-tron]

metalwinds: thanks dude, I'm going to do some more for the final. The stuff I used was too soft so I'm trying a different density plastalicine. Now I'm gonna check out yo thread cuz it's been a while (this threads so big).

malicious: thats a great description. but would'nt the metroid just be really tired, what about PCP? lol

stoicray: your absolutely right about the stiff figures, its something i'm desperatly trying to remedy, and when things don't turn out like i want them too i tend to dig into the page more with the pencil (there's anger too) Some times i find that if i conciously try to tell myself to keep it light i get better results. thanks man.

lukias: absolutley right, that's why i'm scared of ink for a finish - and why a wacom would be good if i knew how to use it right. thanks dude.

Ra Havok: thanks, my figs need work but my creatures do too.

here are some more warm-ups, i'm trying to stick my metroid-floater into a scene where its killing some prey with some viewer angles. I work on it once i stop lookin' at sketchbooks (ha).

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/3.1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/3.2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/3.3.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/3.4.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/3.5.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/3.6.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/3.7.jpg

[steak-tron]

stoicray: diddn't know you were a female (addressed you as man) my bad.

here are some prelims for a finished piece either in pencil or digital, to force me to use the ol' wacom. comments and crit-o-cisms mos definitely appreciated. trying to work out placement, perspective, setting and interactions.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/3.8.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/3.10.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/3.11.jpg

this is an old (2wks ago) one where I was working with tentacles
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/3.12.jpg

[Lukias]

Kick ass man:)

Hey I cant save your pics???. (I can but they appear as unknown files?) Some earlier pieces are ok though.

[steak-tron]

ther're saving as .jpe for some reason, I think if you change the file extension back to .jpg they will be recognized. I'll try to fix it tonight.

[steak-tron]

Oh, and Lukias, what the hell are you doing saving my pics? its supposed to be the other way around ;)

here's some craps from last night, I started on a bigger finalized version of the above comps, should have it in a few days...
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/3.2.2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/3.2.3.jpg

did this after watching "the green mile"
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/3.2.1.jpg

[steak-tron]

uh-oh, its the girlie update. I'm still doing creature stuff but I find a good warm-up before the big stuff helps iron out the start-off craps. Only problem is I never put em' down. Top 2 are new, rest is old.

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/4.1.jpg
done after looking at Barbucci's comix.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/4.3.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/4.2.jpg


this is one of my best non-ref figs but its only 2" tall. funny/shitty how that works.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/4.4.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/4.6.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/4.7.jpg

[JackalAnubis]

oooooh, that chick with the long neck is great! you have such a great range of tones, very nice!

[steak-tron]

jackal: thanks bud, I streatched out the neck so much I thought I should change it in the beginning, what a silly idea. I used a smudge stick for the blends.

So I'm still putting shit off by drawing little craps, I've gotta get back to trying non-ref work, I noticed that I was a little rusty. Hopefully I'll have some creatures after tonight.

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/5.3.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/5.1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/5.2.jpg

[steak-tron]

did some coloring tonight on the PS, first attempt to digi-paint on the last one - possible comp for larger craps.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/6.1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/6.2.jpg

[steak-tron]

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/march1.jpg
the leg in the foreground is smaller than the foot in the background ; that would be a major error. Just happened that way...

[dakoscwash]

Wow, what kind of pencil are you using in these two pics, I love it.

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/5.3.jpg

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/4.1.jpg

[steak-tron]

just an HB mechanical pencil with a detail smudge stick. (tracing paper under the hand so as to avoid the ol' smudges)

[cateaic]

wow..youre sketches are amazing! I especially like youre pen work on that tan paper. What kind of paper is that? Are you just using a bic pen? Looking forward to seeing more work =)

[sixBlade]

In the two coloured - I think the left one is better overall, but I think the bone colour definitely suits the main skeleton than the olive green you've used in the left one. The right one is simply garish to my eyes.

I would suggest for colours..

bone colours for the main skeleton, the earthy colours you've used for the jet and legs (although the darker red colour on the right image looks probably just as good for the jet) , and then make the eyes? and electrical bubble things stand out with brighter colours (no I dont mean fluorescent yellow or pink or anything like that, just enough that they stand out well, especially the bubbles)

I think the white streaks look much better.. the shape of them simply suggests white to me

[Rimshot]

I usually try to say something productive in other people's posts but after browsing through all your creatures from start to end i gotta do some knob slobbin. Your bad ass! The creatures and animals you invent are some of the most realistic concepts ive ever seen! Youve inspired me to seriously study some animal anatomy. :chug:

[killing.people]

great sketchbook, im glad i stopped by. :D

[Groover McNab]

Ack. I'm only now subscribing to this thread. Great sketchbook! Specially enjoy the pencil work.

[steak-tron]

cateaic: thanks! its just a sketchbook i picked up from the univ. bookstore for a cool 12 dollers. I mainly just use a ball-point or a pencil with white charcoal for highlights.

sixblade: thanks for the suggestions, my sense o' color is horrible (and the fact that colors change depending on screens does'nt help) but I'm making excuses. purple is too garish, I'll try and make some changes and re-post

Rimshot: thanks dude! This month is crunch time for creatures because my exit show is in the beginning of may. I hope to have a lot more stuff posted here soon.

killing.people: thanks for stopping by man, it means alot. I've admired your sketch thread for a while, It's one of the first ones I saw that got my ass in gear.

Groover: thanks dude

here are some more thumbs of the above creature, I think I'm going to draw up some skematics for a hypothetical construction (mesurements, angles, etc...) Still working on some scenery too.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/march2.1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/march2.3.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/march2.2.jpg

[steak-tron]

mo distractions, my deadline looms ominously (spelling?)
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april1.1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april1.2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april1.3.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april1.4.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april1.5.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april1.6.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april1.7.jpg

[dakoscwash]

Damn, awesome stuff as usual man. I really like the SP:p

Oh and good luck man! You cahn do eet!

[MindCandyMan]

I love all of them steak but that worm one with his mouth open on the recycled paper is just fantabulous...very inspiring...awesome

[Josef K.]

WOW i love ur creatures- ah i love all ur drawings! U seem to do many many studies, do u? Really inspiering stuff!

[steak-tron]

dakoscwash: thanks dude, the funny thing is - that really is me.;) "jew kan doo eehet, all night looong!"

MindCandyMan: damn, thanks man! I'm glad you could stop by me little corner of CA. Once I'm done with some of my pressing matters I'll develop that guy further. Thanks again dude.

Josef K: Thanks dude, these are pretty much all studies, I have a hard time approaching a drawing that I want as a finish, like right now. I should be drawing!:D

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april2.1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april2.2.jpg

[dakoscwash]

Awesome.. really nice definition in the muscles. What set of markers are you using? looking good..:chug:

[metalwinds]

you monsters/creatures are leet. i need to work on mine.. ..they dont have as much... goodness as yours. im especially diggin the sketches on the toned paper.. very nice. keep playin with the markers.. the more you use them, the more natural they will feel. id also like to see more color work from you... .keep playin around with photoshop. good stuff man

[JackalAnubis]

oh nice! great things, especially liking the raptor like dinosaur on the last one. great musculature on the first one and rendering on the second.

[Yiako]

Your creatures are great, they are strongly realistic. However I'm happy to see that you continue to push hard in other areas too, so you're not gonna be "the guy that draw fabulous creatures" but "the guy that draw fabulous. Period".

[Jamaludin]

wow.. youre a big inspiration. Was browsing through your thread, and your studies are great, theyr just lovely. I love the way you do you studies and the way your educating yourself. Much respect for keeping on this track and practicing allot. I am doing the same and I am really digging the way you approach anatomy and such, now my hands itch, ill do my best as well. Give you a 5 star rating because I respect what your doing allot, keep going at it, your drawings are already really good, and your only improving that is obvious. Good luck !

[EVIL]

Originally posted by steak-tron
just an HB mechanical pencil with a detail smudge stick. (tracing paper under the hand so as to avoid the ol' smudges)

0.5 hb mechanical pencils fucking rule!.. i love them to

[flex mathews]

great work... i love your pencils. idont know why, but i like this one alot.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/4.2.jpg

[steak-tron]

Damn fellas! thanks for the positive encouragement, I feel freshened anew with a strong art buzz (makes me light in the head and step).

dakoscwash: thanks bro, I'm using a set of cool (as in temperature) prisma-color markers at 10,30,50,70, and 90%. then warm black. I'm going to Atlanta tomorrow to pickup more of the spectrum in both warm and cool. It's something i'm trying to get a handle on in figure drawing class.

metalwinds: thanks dude, yer absolutely right, I'm going to get some color in after I iron out these three creatures.

jackalanubis:thanks man, gonna post some more o' that guy soon.

yaiko: good to hear from you man! Yer compliments make me all tingly. I'm trying to keep well rounded but it's also sort of a by-product of not being focused enough, which I think I should. One can definitely get too specialized tho.

Jamaludin: thankyou for your kind words (I seein' stars...) It's really incredible when you can help someone get inspired. I feel I owe it to the members of the board after having taken so much inspiration. cheers dude.:chug:

Evil: Damn straight.

flex: thanks man, yer thread is might fine I must say. That girl had a wonderful mouth and nose structure. She's german i think (the shiny didd'nt hurt either...)

I would post some more but my computer just crapped out on me and I lost my scans, gotta run - post more soon

[Fallen11]

I'm green with envy of your shading abilities. I'll get there someday, just need to draw more.

[steak-tron]

Fallen11: you'll get there, probably even better...


http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april3.1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april3.2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april3.3.jpg

[rubygenesis]

ooo tree studies! :D its comin along steak! maintain course steady as she goes.

[obid619]

damn man i dont think I've seen your thread yet, and I regret it. Very good stuff man. how old r ya? this is some fine and dandy work hah.

[metalwinds]

steak, the more i look at your work, the more i want to see. you got some cool stuff going on here. id like to see you work on your lighting and value more.. .your reference pics are good, but your sketches could be pushed further. i realize that most of these are just quickies and such to get down ideas and stuff, but some real quick and bold rendering could really give your work a push. anyway, just something to think about. keep postin your rad ish

[Diego]

hey steak, i been looking all the thread and i must say it's pretty awesome the way you've improved since your first post..... :)
All your creatures are outstandings and super cool. But i see certain way of rendering on them that i don't see in your figure drawings....i think more emphasis on that area will make you unstoppable.:D
I really liked those smudged pieces and enjoyed all you've been posting so far.
keep it up
-Diego:chug:

[steak-tron]

ruby: :eat: :beam: :alien2: :thumbsup:
trees are hard, trying to draw them makes me more impressed with yer studies.

obid619: thankye, I'm an elderly 23yrs. old, takes a long time to get up and sit down. That sort of thing. (no offense older people, I just don't feel like I'm getting any younger).

metalwinds: thanks dude, the end o' my schoolin' is drawing near so i fear that quick and crappy doodles are all my sketchbook consists of now. I am working on value in fig. drawing class. Lately I got a set of prisma color markers in gray values both warm and cool. I'll try to post some soon. crits always welcome from you sir, but the sketches of creatures are more about structure. My final project is more to design the creatures than artisticly render them, although I am trying to do that for the final presentation. I have a WIP with the creatures in an environment that i'll have finished in a few weeks.
thanks agian dude.

Diego: thanks for the props dude. Are you suggesting that I make the figures more like the rendering of the creatures or vicea virca? My figures need major work so I assume that's what you mean.

here are some warm-ups and some creature renderings.

these are preparation for the final diagrams. I'm getting a marker tutorial from a retired product illustrator on monday so that should help for the finals.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april5.1.jpghttp://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april5.2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april6.1.jpghttp://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april6.2.jpghttp://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april6.3.jpghttp://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april6.5.jpghttp://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april6.7.jpg

this is from the flyer for the tutorial
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/marker-hand.jpg

[steak-tron]

just finnished this guy
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april7.jpg

[steak-tron]

here's the side view
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april8_.jpg

[metalwinds]

thats what im talkin about. give me more, now

[steak-tron]

it's comin, it's comin' (ha, i kid... I'll ink the guy tonight and start on the next)
thanks dude.

[young paddy1]

that is sick looks seriously badass, wouldn't like to see that in my hallway

[insane visions]

dope sketches steak post some more...

[steak-tron]

young paddyhowan: thanks dude, im glad it's a lil' dramatic, i'd probably run from this thing were it not but ink on the page.

Insane Visions: damn, thanks dude. Your sketch thread is rocking out. glad you could drop by.

I just finished inking the last one, I should have some colors in a day or so. I'm trying to develop this toward a final diagram. Let me know if there is anything on this guy that looks funny (or just plain stupid) the next creature will hopefully look less like a dinosaur.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april9.jpg

[Main Loop]

^^thats a really cool beast design.. i like how you show the anatomy.. being able to do stuff like that doesnt come naturally..

[young paddy1]

Is it alright if I colour your beautiful diagram, I can't resist, I'll post it in my sketchbook, tell me to take it down if you want.

[lowpolymatt]

Fantastic sketchwork! Wish I could draw like this.....superbly done.

[insane visions]

it looks awesome steak...dont see anything wrong...thumbs up...

[steak-tron]

main loop: thanks man, i've been doing alot of research and now i'm trying to translate it into concepts.

young paddy1: Of course its alright! i tried coloring and it was crap, i hope to have some for the end tho.

lowpolymatt: thanks bud:)

insane visions: thanks you sir, that gives me confidence.

didd'nt want to leave you with no images so i thought i'd post this pic of my teacher. My typography teacher is kind of a legend in the department, he did a typeface called Legacy (hence the wording.)
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/arnholm.jpg
if it needs more context i did it for a t-shirt.

[JackalAnubis]

great stuff all around, I really love the structure of your last creature, it looks awesome

[artkitty]

Love the fishy guy!
And dude, you're in Athens too? O_O

[pibb991]

did we have figure class together at uga(with Gene)? i recognize the models and i remember looking at your sketchbook in class. really nice work
-evan

[metalwinds]

great work steak.. you should post more. id also like to see this last creature with some color slapped on it. ...real quick and messy, but sweet.

you thinkin about going to austin?

[AndreasM]

I like your stuff. Alot!:nod: Do I have to say anything else?;)

[steak-tron]

jackalanubis: thanks bud.

artkitty: thanks, I've posted in your thread before and never noticed the "Athens,GA" lacale. Your work is rad as hell! I'm glad to see great talent so close to home. Are you at the Lamar Dodd (or Dodd's folley as the old folks like to call it)?:chug:

pibb991: thanks dude. It would have been spring 2002 (i think...) I wasn't really in the class but sat in alot. I just checked your site and most of the pics were missing. I did see the drawings tho -great stuff. what are you doing down in florida these days?

metalwinds: thou art the monkey on my back {steak-tron takes a bow}. Not all of us can be reality defying drawing machines like yourself. But thanks for the encouragment nevertheless. I made a color but it really needs work, I'll post it soon. I'm trying to get all three of the designs finalized before the coloring.

n0fish: thanks dude:chug:

my illustration teacher had me change the floater, so here is the new side view.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/floater-revised.jpg

[insane visions]

now thats what im talking about.......................WOW!!!!!!!
if that had tits and ass I would fuck it.....badass!!!

[Rimshot]

This is a little off topic, but im noticing with all your drawings the scan comes out really crisp and clear...do you have a nice scanner or do you touch them up in photoshop? If so whats your process? because my scans look horrible and i cant tell if its my scanner or just that i dont touch them up. As far as your work goes, its great as usual:chug: I really like the jellyfish/squid thing...its the most interesting IMO.

[dakoscwash]

You are constantly growing and getting better steak. Sweet creatures and great new design!:chug:

[JackalAnubis]

nice one, that new side view is MUCH more dynamic than the last one.

[artkitty]

Are you at the Lamar Dodd (or Dodd's folley as the old folks like to call it)?

After the shake-up in Digital Media I got outta there as fast as I could ^_^;
Graduated last May, but still farting around town doin freelance illustration and part-time stuff for UGA.

[steak-tron]

insane visions: thanks dude! thats one of the best compliments I've had.

Rimshot: thanks. I usually scan them at around 150dpi, I've noticed that sometimes a 72dpi quick scan will crap out on me, so i scale down then usually do an auto-contrast in photoshop. Unless that makes it too dark. Some of my previous posts are pretty shitty scans.

dakoscwash: thanks for the encouragement bro:chug:

Jackal: thanks. I'm seeing (with the help of my teacher) some big fundamental flaws that need correcting, unfortunately times running out on me. please keep me posted on what works and what does'nt.

artkitty: i jus posted in your thread, I work for the ol' uga too doing web work. Digital Media's gone through some rough times it seems. I just checked out your site and it's incredible. It really makes me want to get my ass in gear if i'm to have a shot at games. You have a very impressive body of work and seems like you've got the biddness down too.
cheers:chug:

heres a quick sketch+color, getting a little more comfortable with WAcom. (I don't think the hip bone is big enough)
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/cap_girl.jpg

[steak-tron]

here's a quick one from figure drawing class while I was waiting for my gessoe to dry (on the big drawing).
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/beth.jpg

[Cocofuppa]

I dont often reply to much on ca, but that last 1 is superb! Prolly cos it was quickly drawn or sumthin, but its got a real dynamic quality to it, totally different to ur more cleanly drawin work. This gotta b my fav post of urs yet :P

[metalwinds]

Originally posted by Cocofuppa
I dont often reply to much on ca, but that last 1 is superb! Prolly cos it was quickly drawn or sumthin, but its got a real dynamic quality to it, totally different to ur more cleanly drawin work. This gotta b my fav post of urs yet :P

i second that. ..theres real confidence in those strokes. great work steak

[dakoscwash]

Wow man, that last one is really cool.. I don't know if this has been asked before, but what school are you at and what are you majoring in? Also, I looked back at some of your older stuff and your ink w/ highlights on toned paper blows me away. What kind of pen do you use for those? Thanks a bunch.

[zao75231]

bad ass shit yo, keep it up!

[hurricane]

last pic shows great confidence.. the pic looks almost like a logo, how long did it take ? great composition and placement of lines...keep it up

[st0ned]

wow...steak...these are awesome sketches man..."KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!"

[obid619]

cool stuff. looks pretty tight. Even tighter than those leather pants trinity has in the matrix. yes, its THAT tight.

[steak-tron]

cocofuppa: thanks dude, I thinks it one of my favorites too. I was doing a bigger drawing of her without all of the figures and was "in the zone" so to speek. But I like it because it's simple.

metalwinds: thanks bud

:chug:

dakoscwash: I'm at the University of Georgia, this is my last semester and my degree will be in Graphic Design, but it's not a huge department but its very diverse. The Design group is very willing to allow you to be open with your projects (just as long as you work your ass off...) It's called Graphic Design but this is where the Illustration classes are which is sort of the reason I chose this major (but I like design too). That's jus regallar old ballpoint with conte white highlights.

zao75231: thanks:D

hurricane: thanks, It was a 5min quicky while my big one was drying. I think I'm hooked on logos... (i'm in Graphic Design)

St0000ned: thank ye, thank ye. Hope yer man is feelin' better (then you wont have to post for him... and we can get mo' posts)

obid619: hot damn that's tight. thanks bro.

here's more revisions of the floater. I'll have more soon when my show is together. But until then I'm going to try and refrain from posts soz I can get down to biddness...


http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/april29.jpg

[Groover McNab]

Oh man. That last batch is sweet!

That floater is nuts. Good work!

[MindCandyMan]

nice steak...looks awesome!

[dakoscwash]

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

I want your line and rendering skills. Such confidence! You are a deity, I praise you.:o


Btw... you roxorz my boxorz..

[elboy]

yo, I finally registered on this thing. steak-o-bot's exit show was amazing folks (big surprise). strangely enough though, I'm somewhat more partial to sketches than clean, finished projects. your quick head drooring from fig class is most excellent. congrats, graduate.
-L. Roy, the elboy, not to be confused w/ your elbow. wa wa wa~

[artkitty]

The show was awesome. Loved the maquette (sp?) and the little info tidbits for each critter. Congrats ^_^

[metalwinds]

yo steak, where you at?! i need another update

and yeah, that last one is really cool. ..great lines

[Rimshot]

I second that!

[cotron]

man, i been flipping through your sketchbook for the past hour, it's a monster. awesome!

[steak-tron]

sorry about the absence guys,
I'm getting together all of the stuff I did for the exit show soon, possibly tonight but more like in the coming days. -also, It looks like I'm going to Austin so i hope to see all of yer shining faces there (In real, acutal life:eek:) for serious it's going to be the shit.

groover, mindcandyman, and dokoscwash: thanks guys:D

elboy (aka the notorious R.O.Y): I'm glad to see you make the jump dude. thanks agian for coming to the show. Now lets see some of them awesome drawings of your's on this board. I'm serious (humility be damned, cuz there good). Drop me a line soon bud.

artkitty: thanks for coming to the show! I wish we could have met, I was the guy with the huge collared shirt and the half opened eyes. I was truly out of reserve battery power by the time of the reception. thanks!
:D
p.s. are you going to austin?

metalwinds: see above, i've got a lot o' shit to compile for the thread (you going to texas too?).

rimshot: see above and above

cotron: thanks dude
:)

[insane visions]

ahhhhhhhhhh wheres the updates dammitttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!
sup bro I wish I could go to the austin workshop and see u awesome artist there.....imma go check up to see if any updates will come....-patiently waiting...

[metalwinds]

hey steak, as long as my buddy metaphysics gets his money together and we reserve our spots. .. im all over austin. i hope to see you there

[artkitty]

Sorry I didn't track you down, I had to motor through pretty fast. Drive-by arting. I'm gonna try and hit Austin, not sure yet but it's priority ^_^

[steak-tron]

Heres the stuff from my exit show. I had a hell of a time getting it together on time, partly because i foolishly decided to do some PS coloring with the WACOM at the last minuite and with no coloring skills.-I was barely awake at the show, but it was all worth it.

Once I get my act together I'll show all of the progression pics and sketches for each creature.

let me know what you think

insane visions: damn dude, I'm going to have to throw this right back at you and say you'll be sorely missed. Your shit is dope as hell, I wish I could check it out in person (and get you to reveal some of those tricks up your sleeve).

metalwinds: I'm blowing all my graduation $$'s but it's probably the best thing I could spend it on. we should do some of this :chug: before this :beer: . See you there.

artkitty: the same goes for you, Hope to see you in Texas (ironic huh...)

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/fish1.jpg

I did short descriptions for each, sorry about the quality
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/N.Gigantomastax.gif

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/beetle_front.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/beetle_side.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/A.Hoplites.gif

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/floater_front.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/foater_side.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/P.Blanos.gif

I know the syntax for the Latin and Greek is crap, it was just for kicks. I'll try to post soon
-:cyclops:

[JackalAnubis]

great exit show stuff! The coloring looks ah pretty good to me. I like the inclusion of info, I always think concepts are much better when there is a story behind them, whether that story is realized or not. I think the raptor guy could maybe use some webbing on his feet and hands for swimming eh?

[steak-tron]

Jackal: thanks! yea, i felt like the functions needed to define the designs. I started out just trying to make them look cool but my teachers did a good job of making me really hit the books and do background research on functional living structures. the fish/dinosaur is definitely the weakest one. I thought about axing it from the show.

here are the preliminares for the designs that have'nt already been posted. I know most of these are shitty but I was trying to hammer out the ideas quickly. It's sort of the method my illus. teacher uses.

A.Hoplites, this one is most closely based on insects.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/h_1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/h_2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/h_3.jpg

head study
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/h_4.jpg

this is where it started to come get a somewhere. the design is still bad but some of the joints were looking slightly functional. This after drawing from curstacean and insect pics. I hadd'nt yet gone to the entymology collection.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/h_5.jpg

This was after checking out the collection in person. I was lucky enough to have the director let me take photos from different angles (he actually took some specimens out of the cases and held them up!) I helps tremedously to check something out in person, whatever you're drawing.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/h_7.jpg

these are sketches for the tail joint.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/h_6.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/h_8.jpg

this is finally the one I did the ink from. I used the light-table at school on 100%rag marker paper, which is translucent but has some bulk to it. I discovered that light tables are the shit, and that it sucks not to have one when you graduate.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/h_9.jpg

here's another rough for the scene that never got finished. this is area that need desperate attention from me...
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/scene.jpg

now that the project is over i thought i'd go back to the ol' anatomy sketches. I'm sort of on a joints kick (ya know, like joints...) So i'll start with necks and look at arm-pits, torso's, butts, etc...
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/May_1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_2.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_3.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_4.jpg

[elboy]

the scene w/ the multiple creatures interacting is bad-ass. it's really cool to see these sketches and preliminary drawings. I'm amazed that w/ your apparent knowledge of anatomy you still do all these studies. I bet you could construct an actual human body if you had the parts.
I take it you're referring to Murawski when talking about hammering stuff out quickly? Did you know that I didn't use erasers for about 2 years because of Murawski? Not that he said not to, but I just really bought into his loose method of drawing and didn't feel a need for erasers. He'd prolly kill me if he saw how small and tight I'm sketching these days.
Anyway, good update. Them markers is cool.

[obid619]

I'm stumped. I dunno what to say. You have stumped me steak-tron. Your art has stumped me. I'm all stumped out. I can't talk now :/ ....good stuff ...ahh..i'm better now

[Farin]

great conceptwork ... I like the creaturdesign most

reminds me of warhammer tyranids but in fact they r very differnt ... maybe it reminds me of it because it looks great too

[JackalAnubis]

oh man, the a.hoplits concept drawings are awesome. and as far as the fish/dinosaur, I think that functionality is awesome and very important but a cool looking design is also very appealing! I like your new studies too, what anatomy book are you using?

[zao75231]

great stuff yo, good job on the coloring and sketches all together, please keep it up.

[dakoscwash]

Holy crap... Your stuff is amazing man. I love it all. You're so skilled at creature design, it baffles me. Everything here is sweet. God, I have no critique. You graduate soon I am guessing? Big congrats! :chug: :beer:

[steak-tron]

el-roy: thanks bud, Anatomy is hard as shit. If I don't keep doing studies like these I'll forget the stuff I've learned so far, it's like working out, I gotta stay in shape yo. It's also become something I do when I don't know what to draw. Which can sometimes stiffen creative potential. I need to draw from the brain more to get some concepts for final pieces.
post in this thread yo!
kelly hamilton sez she's going to Austin too. A-T-H REPRESENT! (sorry, that's cheesy as hell...)

obid619: I hope it was a stumping in a good way. I can clarify if you like? It sounds like you took some meds in the end.

Farin: thanks man, they are probably slipped in there subconciously. I used to play the hell out of that game.

JackaAnubis: thanks! it's called [surprisingly] Anatomy for the Artist by (carol?) Simblet. about 40 bones but very helpful.

zao75231:thanks, try to post some new colors soon (they scare me so...)

dadoscwash: thanks dude!:chug: I have a summer class to wrap up the extended college experience. then, finally, over.

mo' anatomies, now that it's sort of out of my system I'll try doing somethng conceptual tonight.

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_A1.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_A2.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_A3.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_A4.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_A5.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_A6.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_A7.jpg

[dakoscwash]

Hey just wondering, where do you study your anatomy from?

[steak-tron]

damn, this is instant reply and answer.

dako: I've been drawing from life for a long time, my father's a painter and we used to do life drawing together. While at school tho i've been taking figure drawing clases to fill my electives. Luckily there's an open life drawing thing at the local museum. Books help alot too. I try and isolate problem areas, then focus on them (like now). Try and make your own diagrams instead of copying from books - it's like taking your own notes. This is what Lung_bug does a lot, much to his advantage. Also draw people from life, portraits of your friends, or be a coffee shop guy and creep everyone out by drawing them.

just draw them a ton [figures] while keeping in mind whats going on [I]under the skin. It's tuf but will help tremendously.

sorry i wrote you an essay.;)
-steak

[dakoscwash]

Thanks, that helped tremendously. I will do all those things. I'll go to barne's and noble tonight and draw ppl. Haha. Also on the subject of life drawing, I'm lucky enough to be doing a course at the Corcoran this summer with nude models. So that will definitley help a lot. Thanks for the encouragement man, and sorry for filling up your thread with gahbage, hah.

[Ra Havok]

wohow, I love this one : http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_A5.jpg ! (the biggest drawing) Excellent stylization there.

Also, nice diversity in your sketchbook. You're covering a lot of angles, and doing a fine job at that.

[steak-tron]

dock: your not filling my thread with garbage man. I think you posted a reply like 10 seconds after i put up the post, made me wonder if something was wrong with the ol' browser. No, I enjoy helping out if i can (or maybe its confusing out...) drawing at B&N is a great exercise, I need to do something like that today.

Ra Havok: thanks! I'm trying to draw from different angles but keep falling into the same ones, guess I've gotta draw from the real world more.

I'm going to try and keep this daily (it's daily sketchbooks thread right? Since it's the summer i gotts ta get my ass in gear fo' Austin.

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_B1.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_B2.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_B3.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_B4.jpg

[insane visions]

now thats what im talking about....thank you for updating your thread we need this you feel me? loving the guy with the wrench and the figure sketches renderings are fucking dope...

keep posting man so I can get inspired...

[steak-tron]

Rich: thanks bro. I need to get more conceptual now, the figure studie have turned into a habit when I get drawing block, trying to get the tap flowing (something I'll be using your thread for). wish you could come to Austin so we could nock em' back. One day I'll get out to the west coast...

I'm going to try and post every day for the next two weeks. After that Austin will be dangerously close - then i'll have to post every day.

On a workin' man kick, this marker started out good but got too dark - it looks sorta like camo.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_C2.jpg
A timeless lesson for the ages... PUT SOME SHIT UNDER YOUR PAPER, or you'll ruin the next three pages.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_C1.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_C3.jpg

doing a color of this now.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_C4.jpg

I said this a while ago but if anyone has any scathing critiques i'd like to hear em. I do a lot of anatomy but if there is something that sticks out please don't hesitate to tell me about it.
comments and critiques yo!

[Keepiru]

I guess since I dont see you much anymore, I should break down and post something on your thread. You're really kickin your own ass at these figure drawings...and just when I thought things couldnt get get better they go and do. I love the lady with the mask at the bar, she rocks my world, and the towel-headed chick is unstoppable. Awesome stuff, your vigor continues to give me something to strive for just like it did late-nights at the TB. (Sorry, that was a hokie compliment, but I'm being sincere). As always, takin care of business in a flash!

[obid619]

wow lol. I did that once with the marker. I nearly ruined a good sketchbook .hehe looks tight man. keep it up

[steak-tron]

kerry-ru: thanks for the kind words. I'm glad to see you made the leap. Just look out for how much of a user you become. At first it's like oh, I just need a pick-up, then you're using CA everyday... soo, you should post something, your sketches are good-a-hell.
keep it real in a flash.

obid: yea, i'm a genius...:rolleyes: thanks dude.

so everyday, here we go. another day another round of anatomy sketches. Sorry fellas' it's like a crutch. I tried to do these quickly and keep a loose proportion. More Hogarth than loomis. some ref and non.

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_D1.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_D2.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_D3.jpg

[metalwinds]

mmmm, anatomy studies :yummy:

these are looking good, bud. keep them coming. ..dont forget about the bones, though

[Keepiru]

Thanks for the compliment k-dog. I fear I've invaded your alter-ego message board lifestyle! I've become a little addictied to CA since classes let out, I just got my promotion from a "recruit" to a "sentry" today, so I'm makin my way up the ranks. Hopefully next month Ill get a sketchbook thread started. Im not exactly sure how to do it, I'm not a knowledgeable and as savvy as other folks, so Ill probably have to get some help once summer classes start. Until then, I just plow along with the sketchin, tryin to settle on a portfolio topic and freakin out a little. Your stuff looks fab-o-lous as always. Rock on in a flash, my friend..in a flash.

[Rickxu]

WOW,Woooooow! very inspiring and nice things! art is always makes people feel full of passion!!!! go on, your drawings are holy good!:chug:

[van]

Hey, steak. Your anatomy studies are looking wonderful. Keep it up!

[Ra Havok]

I'm loving the last sketchdump! esp. http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_D2.jpg

Good job on the anatomy studying, Steak!

[steak-tron]

metalwinds: thanks man, i'm tryiing to loosen up but the structure gets forgotten in the process.:rolleyes:

kerry: you need some webspace to post. I'll give you the details at some point (i'm sure i'll be at the ol' TB.)

Rickxu: thanks!:chug: this dewars and water is for you.

van: glad your back in action bud.

Ra Havok: thanks! I'm trying to loosen up.

this first one is marko inspired. I fear he will grow tired of my incesant onlooking in texas.
it's sort of a zombie western.
more to come... tomorrow.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_E1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_E2.jpg

[insane visions]

Im a fan of your anatomy sketches steak and your creature designs are to die for, but howcome some of the human character concepts you come up with lack the awesome knowledge of anatomy? just wondering.....cause man if you put your anatomy knowledge with your characters, I know Ill piss in my pants and leave skidmarks.....dood if I win the lotto I will fly you and a bunch of other cats from ca to sketch and share ideas....cheers my friend

[van]

Originally posted by steak-tron

van: glad your back in action bud.


'Tis good to be back. Great update....keep drawing.


Hey insane, you are a sick man. :p

[steak-tron]

insane: I can't really give you a straight answer on that one. I think back during the big bang I got too reliant on drawing from references. Only fairly recently have I really tried to break from that crutch. What I've learned - it's hard as shit. Only a few people really know anatomy inside and out. People that come to mind are Marko, Kchen, Dan Milligan, Jon Foster, Brom, Rockwell, Wyeth, the list goes on. I do know that these guys have been doing this there whole lives and it takes a huge amount of skill that is only built up through study. I'm also trying to intentionally put my characters in positions i'm unfamilliar with so that i hit two birds with one stone. It usually ends up with me making shit and getting frustrated, but maybe i learn from it. hopefully.
gonna try harder now tho... thanks dude.

van:thanks man, back at ya.

So it hasn't been a great drawing day. But were it not for the every-day posting maddness i don't know that I would have drawn at all. saluuu...
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_F1.jpg

[insane visions]

oneway I learned to draw anatomy without reference is by doing it over and over until I got a hang of it..fear of not using reference will hinder you from being confident... I usually draw people in public a lot, so it gave me some stuff to remember about what a body can and can not do...I have breakdancer for friends and some of them helps me determine what poses that can not be done and certain limitations of the human body......I think you have enough knowledge in my opinion and I wasnt giving you a hard time my friend..just wondering,cause I would love to see your insane imagination be used to save the human kind...

[metalwinds]

hey buddy. hope you dont mind, but i have some advice for you as far as applying your knowledge of anatomy and really learning it (i read your response to insane visions). what i have found that works.. for me. ..is to do the studies, but break them up into sections (right now im studying arms and shoulders), and get one area down before you move on to the next. also, make sure you apply what you are drawing. .. for example, i draw some figures from reference and then plug in the bones and muscles in the figure (for the area im studying) without looking at the anatomy studies and such. then afterwards, check what you have done, for accuracy. another thing, dont just study the muscles on the outer surface. ..study the inner workings of the muscles and how they react in certain movements. many times there are underlying muscles that you dont really see that have a big effect on the anatomy. ..which will really improve your understanding of what youre studying. once you have learned the anatomy, it will come freely in your drawing and you wont need to think about it.. . everything will be intuitive (justin sweet is a perfect example of this).

hope this helps some.. i really dig your anatomy sketches, btw. i hope to see many more in the future, and youll definitely be seeing a ton from me.

[steak-tron]

rich: thanks dude. I know your not giving me a hard time. I definitley have my work cut out for me, and drawing from life outside of class is something that has to happen soon... Your pretty lucky to know some breakers. That would definitely let you see the extent of possible positions. As far as saving the human race...
they never had a chance :firedevil
thanks bro.

metalwinds: more advice the better. A systematic approach is exactly the way to do it. Something I need to get back in the swing of doing. And the body needs to be considered as a machine, with every part necessary for the whole design. Your absolutely right about understanding more than just the superficial anatomy, and as always your critiques are always welcom 'round these parts.
we'll compare notes in texas. -thanks bud.

[Groover McNab]

Haven't checked here in a little bit. Really nice stuff the last few dumps. I just recently did that genius mistake in my sketchbook too with a nice smelly sharpie and ruined a couple pages :(

Anyway, good stuff! Austin's gonna be sweet.

[van]

Steak, steak...he's our man, if he can't do it....

Wait a minute...of course he can!



All we can do is progress. Dont worry about producing *shit*. Produce it. You said: "Maybe I learn from it". I say, you WILL learn from it. How long have I been pluggin away at this? 10, 11 months? And look at my progress...

I have to shake the blues off constantly and I get the feeling you are feeling them lately. Shake 'em off, because they are not telling you the truth. We are. :) You're good. You can do this.

This is me returning the favor, if you know what I mean. If it wasn't for you guys at CA and my wife I probably would have quit a while back.

Keep 'em coming, man.

[steak-tron]

groover: thanks dude.

van: thanks man. I needed the pep talk. I think i've got the post-graduation blues, wondering if i'm at the level I wanted to be at this stage. It is of course ridiculous to think such things. No matter where you are with your art your always going to want to get better. it's the nature of the beast. CA is one of the best things to happen to my progress, i could write a book on the subject. thanks agian van, if you keep em coming i will too.
With that said i gotta go see if i can make some shits ;)

finished some digi-paints today. Not quite happy with them but i aint so great with color. W/ photoshop there is too much of a tendency to turn the opacity way down and be too cautious. The zombie was done ala the Marko tutorial. I think at some point i need to actually break out the real paints.
critiques welcome (i'm in a rut...)
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_G1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_G2.jpg

[van]

Hey man...those look pretty damn good. You have good value and light sources shown. Good color choices. Not bad at all. Keep it up! Lets see some more!


About being where you wanted to be. Hehe, try being me! I'm hanging out here with all of you wonderful artists who all seem to be going to school, going to workshops, etc. I often think, am I ever going to be as good as I want to be without doing more? I just shake it off. I mean...Im drawing 4-6 hours a day. Thats with a full time job, 3 kids, and a wonderful wife. I will get where I want to be...

and so will you. :)

[steak-tron]

van: wow, i should stop me winning. It's the perfect mentality, and exactally what i tell my friends. Doubt is all too often an irrational exercise that does nothing more than hinder you. Be it art, life, or anything. I actually think i've improved a little since graduating, and during the thesis project i had a lot of misgivings about my ability. I am by no means where i want to be but as i said before i think everyone feels this way.

if your drawing 4-6 hours a day on top of raising a family, i gotta give you the cyborg smiley as my portrait of you :alien1: your also definitely on fire too :firedevil because your stuff keeps getting better.

I was leafing through the trusty anatomy book and found a page out of ol' Leo's anatomy diagrams. "surely the muscles don't actually look this way" i sez to my self. Then I thought "hey, he's probably drawing them this way to teach himself the interactions" so i think i'm picking something up from drawing from them. mo' to come.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_H2.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_H1.jpg

[Dan Milligan]

Hey Steak,

Let me say this, You and some of the other on this sketchbook section have really inspired me. You've got me cracking the anatomy books open and doing studies. Sometimes when I'm drawing all day in the studio I forget to keep learning and I rely on bad habits and ticks... just lazy i guess

Anyhow your work looks amazing…bravo and thanks

Peace
DAn

[dakoscwash]

Wow, you have posted amazing amounts of awesomeness since I last looked through your thread. Your anatomy studies are amazingly well done and very accurate. I love the zombie farmer guy as well. The quality and confidence of your work has improved tenfold since the start of your book. Thanks for the inspiration.

[JackalAnubis]

I think the two things I like the most about your recent postings is the way you're making these topographical lines to follow the form of the body, and how you're using this knowledge of the planes to crosshatch in the direction of these planes. awesome work, keep it up!

[obid619]

nothing much to say here steak. I'd be regurgatating what everyone else is saying. Any way I noticed that your anatomy sketches are a lot darker than usual. is it because of some contrasting levels on PS or maybe a harder pencil. If so, what kind of pencil (6B, 3B, etc.) Thanks steak. Keep it up bud.:chug:

[steak-tron]

Dan: wow man, it's an honor. i'm glad the feeling is mutual because we shure as hell are inspired by your sketches along with the rest of the pro's. thank you.

dackoscwash: thanks! I'm almost embarrassed by the beginning of the thread, but it's important to show the process (maybe?).

jackal: thanks dude, the topographic thing helps in learning about shading structure. I'm trying to break out of just doing contours.

obid619: thanks for stopping by:) I'm using a 2b now and I usually bump up the contrast in PS, it depends on the drawing. the ol' ballpoint is what i'm using now, i likes it because you don't have to sharpen (on account of the lazzy-ness).

so i missed a day of posting:mad: and all i've got is one mo' for now but i've got some stuff going that's almost ready.
-word to the moms
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_I1.jpg

[insane visions]

very nice....awesome anatomy studies.. like I said this is one of the thread I love visitng...peace

[endregan]

wow excellent studies...

you just dont stop:) your concepts are great too.

[troymcoy]

Sweet anatomy studies...

I want to see you bust out some more colour work, the bw zombie is great. respect

[steak-tron]

rich: thanks dude. I hope i did'nt sound insulted by your comments about my characters. it really lit a match under my ass to apply this [anatomy] stuff more when i'm concepting. So please if you see anything that needs improving or changing let me know. we all do this to improve and learn and you definitely know your stuff.

endregen: thanks man. l've bee studying Leonardo's anatomy. it helps, and is cool to take in at the same time. keep postin' up that thread of yours.

troymcoy: thanks! I'll try to do more color (but the results are pretty embarrassing.

i managed to do more than just studies this time. but then they turned into studies, so what can you do.

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_J1.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_J2.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_J3.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_J4.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_J5.jpg http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/may_J6.jpg
I don't really know where this came from...
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/basketballhead.jpg

[Syrogen]

amazing stuff man, your anatomical knowledge shows in all your work!

[Josef K.]

wow! i really dig the leonardo-studies!
thank u for sharing all this - especially u and metalwinds keep me doing anatomy-studies! thx
:chug:

[troymcoy]

that last batch is brilliant, keep it coming...

are you using byro / blue pen?

[endregan]

jhahahaha basketball head makes fire. now thats the stufF!

I will keep sketching for sure. Threads like these keep me going!

Where can I look at Leonardos studies? I am guessing I would have to buy a book or print out some pages. Good stuff :)

[insane visions]

the first one of this last dump and the one monster that dropped the cigar rocks....thanks for taking no offense bro I was just wondering that time...well the basketballhead CRACK!!! me up man......

[elboy]

"too much booty in da pants" is a classic. too too funny. you're getting some nice results w/ ye olde ballpoint pen. your devotion to anatomy studies is inspiring. zombie-cowboy is great. possibly my favorite ps work from you. there are no transitional words in this comment. I'm gonna quiz you on muscle names on the flight to Austin. cool cool stuff. end transmission.

[van]

Yah steak! This last batch rocks!

[Summer Pudding]

The last couple of pages are really strong. Some of your anatomy studies remind me of Da Vinci! I do detect a note of hesitancy in your colour pieces though. There are loads of pictures here which imo could look sensational with some bold, impressionistic colour added.

[metalwinds]

lookin good, bud. glad to see that you are steadily updating this thread. im seeing improvement in your anatomy already.. .the studies are definitely helping. i really like the energy your sketches have now. ..the loose strokes and expressionistic lines are really beginning to work. i feel inspired.. .time to draw

[steak-tron]

Syrogen: thanks!

Josef K.: thanks man, Mr. Winds has kept me doing the studies on more than one occassion.

endregen: I got the book at the univ. library. it's a resource that I unfortunately did not learn to tap until a few years ago. We have a whole floor for art that I sometimes lose myself in. moral of the story - use the library when in college -. Believe it or not, there is a ton of awesome shit that can be found in other places than the internet. thanks for the props, keep trucking my man.

insano-visor9000: thanks bro, b-ball head needs an on-going series... your work inspires me to fuck around more, and for that, I thankyou.

el-Royo: thanks bud, it's not bad to sketch with a ballpoint. I like it mainly because you get the properties of ink but you can rough in forms first. (shhh. if you quiz me you'll find out how phonee I really am) Please do. All this labeling should'nt be for nothing. [this reply will self-destruct]

Van: thanks:)

Summer Pudding: I am definitely a wuss when it comes to coloring, i'm trying to work on it (try?) I can't take credit for the studies tho. They came from a book i got on his anatomy notes. its mostly organs, but muscles too. Greatly helps with the non-ref work. thanks.

metalwinds: trying to keep it consistent, but i still cant seem to come close to you or InsaneVisions. sigh... this site is a real kick in the pants tho, thats probably why you draw so much;). thanks man.

only a straggler today, working on some stuff and days have been hectic, but enough excuses.
-oh, somethings up with these scans, ps is a bit deceiving me thinks.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/june_A1.jpg

[insane visions]

nice use of pens....Im glad ur using something different....i demand for some more monsters....PLEASE!!!!!!!!

[van]

*sighs* Im trying to come up behind you, man! :)

[Keepiru]

Kizzzzimp! Yikes! I really like that last post o' yours. The three-eyed beast man is great, for some reason things with three fingers really scare me, I'd be pretty horrified of of it even it it didn't have three eyes, but the absence of 2 digits and the addition of the eye creeps me out alot. Dunno if thats what you were going for, but I likes!
Anyway, I digress. Since I have been looking at your and everyone elses work, Ive really been tryin to kick it into high gear. Following your advice Ive tried to adopt the ol' ballpoint, which is something I used to work alot with in Murawiski's first class, but for some reason I dropped it. Its great, and think what you will but I dont feel like its really cheating at all. I can really see improvement, and gradually I'm weaning myself off of the eraser. Keep postin the pen stuff, Id have to say that youre the master. Or in your case I guess it would be mizaser. Booya.
Me loves! We should do a little of this :beer: before you're out of Athens forever!

[zao75231]

Great stuff as always, lets see some more female!?

[steak-tron]

rich: thanks, I'll see what I can rustle up.

van: behind whateva':)

kerry-iru: thanks. I'm not as good at making twisted shit like insanve visions and others, it takes alot of juice mixed with torment, dropped in a glass of beer. But i guess i have that stuff. Your not cheating when you use a pen, but it should be used as a learning tool, you can't really get a refined finnish with it. i.e. in the end it still looks like a bic (but is that bad, or am being an art snob?). Glad to hear your drawing. we'll hang soon, i'm still stuck here indefinitely.

zao75231: if ladies you want ladies you shall have. I think it's actually harder to draw ladies, because the need to make the line work elegant is so much more (if that makes sense)

these are prelims for a friend's band flyer. He wanted it to be sort of like the Emerson, Lake and Palmer album tarkus, which features a half armadillo, half tank. I thought id try to bring it up to date as a mobil howitzer. final comin' soon.

http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/june_C3.jpghttp://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/june_C1.jpghttp://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/june_C2.jpghttp://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/june_C4.jpg

[maldrin]

steak i love this thread
i've been lurking around don't even
recall if i've ever posted
but
this last stuff has really gotten to
be amazing.

your anatomy work is great -
your pencils are solid -
your monsters rock.

you've got it, man...and you're
usin it.

your friend is lucky to have
such a good artist doing
his flyers for him!

keep sharing, i'm addicted.

maldrin

[dakoscwash]

Wow, your improvement is kinda frightening. Your stuff is just so damn strong now. Looks like ballpoint sketching is working out great for you. Keep up the awesome work. Oh, and basketball head=pwnage.

[metalwinds]

:rock: fuck yeah dude. that design is sweet. .. my only crit is that the tail is bothering me. .. maybe if it was functional or did something it wouldnt bother me. .. .but then again, maybe not. something to think about.

slap some colors on that batch

2 weeks till austin

[van]

That's one of the wierdest damn things I have ever seen. :)

[insane visions]

im in fucking awe....thank you

[Groover McNab]

Those tanks are badass! BADASS.

[steak-tron]

maldrin: thankyou for the kind words man. feel free to post whenever, and esp. if you see something that i could change, work on, etc...
--and your tag line is the shit, that is hands down my favorite movie.

dako: thanks man, i'm trying to kick it up but i've got a long way to go. u coming to the bonanza in texas?

metalwinds: thanks man. I'ts a wierd concept, i see what you mean about the tail. I'll color it upon your request. :chug: cheers to Austin.

van: i'll post the original album cover when i get the final done.

insane visors: thank you

Groover: thanks man!

So i actually looked at an armadillo and thought the tank didd'nt do an accurate representation. I've reworked it in sketches and started on the final, please critique as you see fit.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/june_D1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/june_D2.jpg
these were while watching the lakers game with some folks and drinking scotch, soz the quality a'int great but i needed the life drawing time.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/june_D3.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/june_D4.jpg
and then yer standard hands and such...
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/june_D5.jpg

[Summer Pudding]

Great! Some more pics for my portfolio!

The armadillo tank is fantastic.

[endregan]

argh... just amazing linework..

[van]

The armadillo is still the funniest shit I have seen. :) Man, that last page of studies is NICE. Some great lines there.

[Yina]

the last page is fantastic.. :chug:

[dakoscwash]

Damn, that last dump is nice. The armadillo is awesome haha. I'm lovin' the loose pen sketches you did. About austin, god, I would love to go, but alas, I am 16. If in a year or two these workshops are still going on (they better be), I'll be right there with ya.;)

[Keepiru]

The dillo is delicious! I found on my computer the other day some dillo skeletons that you took with my camera, and while I deleted most of the bugs I still have it if you want it. This might be a streach...but tank armadillos, armadillos live in texas...either a political statement or youve got Austin on the brain! (I kid I kid...I'm just jealous thats all!) Anyway, lookin good!

[elboy]

did I spot Ichiro Suzuki and Carey Carter in some of your sketches? methinks me did.
armadillo-tank is cool. I actually like the wider, more spaced out plates you had on your first dump of tanks, though they could pass as generic armor plating and not necessarily armadillo. The second, referenced batch certainly look more dillo influenced. Maybe something in between? I guess it all depends on how dillo you want it to look. Yea, I used 'dillo' as an adjective. Don't forget to call Daniel tomorrow. or yesterday. or whenever.

[steak-tron]

summer pudding: thanks, your statements a little enigmatic though...

endregen: thanks dude,fight the good fight.

Yina: thanks! I'm glad folks [you that is] from the other side of the planet are joining the party.:)

dakoscwash: If this thing goes off the way i think it will, you'll have bigger and better workshops to go too (i'll probably still be going too;) ) -thanks for the compliments.

Keepiru: ahhh, seems like just moments ago we spoke... oh, we did. I think i've got the pic, but thanks for saving it, and the relation is totally intentional, of course.

el-money: I'm not sure who Ichiro Suzuki is tho the name seem familiar. That one sitting looks like carey, but it aint. Just another chum with a beard. The last part is confusing too, do i need to call this Daniel at some point. Does he know my horrible secrets? Is the Jade Idol safe? so many questions unanswerd... Anyways i'll try to call you soon so we can figure out how to travel in this crazy world.

Finally finished. I like what came out but I still need to color it at some point. Trying to re-do the ol' website for now.
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/june_E3.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/crusadillo_Mrk.2.jpg

some o' de sketchbook
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/june_E1.jpg
http://www.kempart.com/Artwork%20popups/june_E2.jpg

starting my directed study now soz i should have plenty in the near future.
cheers -steak

[van]

Wow, man. Your stuff is continuing to get better and better! :) Great work on the Dillotank!

[metalwinds]

fuck yeah, buddy. .great update. that tank is leet, and i really like the photoshop values you put on it. your anatomy is definitely getting better. .these 2 pages show that. keep doing what youre doing.

i feel inspired.. .its time to draw

[JackalAnubis]

great update, I love that tank man! you did an awesome job. I was wondering about those perpective lines that you use for things like the gun barrel. keep it up!!!!!:dead3:

[insane visions]

that fucking tank is SICKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
that tank is FUCKING SICKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!