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[Medelo]

UPDATE! I recently put up a bunch of much newer stuff so please skip to the last page to see the most recent art. :)


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August '07

Well I finally got the push to start a sb here, mainly from MindCandyMan's phenomally inspiring sketchbook. I still have a long way to go as a very humble student and all the great art here, as well as MCM's thread is what inspires me and keeps me going.

So anyway I'll start this off...

Any crits and comments are very welcome!!

[Medelo]

August 23, '07
I'm having some trouble getting the proportions of my objects to be right... today I made some progress establishing the link between planes and how light falls on a surface. I also realized that I could use existing parallel objects in a room to determine my eye level in that room. Why didn't I realize this sooner? silly me...

[Moftah]

good sketching,u need to work more on the prespective,in the second sketck ,and give them more contrast maybe some shading in the backgroung ,just to make them pop up a bit,hope i helped:)

[Medelo]

Thanks for the help :) Yeah my perspective needs some work, I'm still struggling to get that down as well as make sure things are in proportion.

[Medelo]

Aug 24, '07
I attempted to do a more complex still-life today, mainly involving the dreaded ellipses and cylinders. To warm myself up I scribbled a very rough, loose mini-sketch of the setup so I can get a feel for the negative spaces and heights, and I think it helped greatly. I'm rather pleased with how the end result is although it was exhausting, and I do plan to study the values for this setup tomorrow.

Sad to say I did not do the final drawing with much construction, which I'm feeling a little guilty about :P As one can see I am in the habit of writing reminder notes on my own pages...

[Medelo]

August 30 & 31, 2007
Blessed cows, I've been so busy with term starting that it's been 6 days since really drawing. Bad!!

Anyway, I don't have much that is glorious to look at :( I feel though that I am learning something from doing nasty pages of sketches. The first page is one of 10 pages of gestural drawings done over 2 hours in a semi-busy area. I thought it was the best out of all 10 because it took me a couple pages to warm up and slowly get used to trying to jot down the essence of people as fast as possible. I think the biggest thing I learned was to look for the dominant shape/angle first instead of starting with the head like I was doing at first.

The second page is me trying to understand human skulls and what they're made of, with a skull model and following along Bridgman's book. So far I've only drawing people without really understanding what's underneath the skin. The quashed little skull on the right of the 2nd page was amusing because I had the model in one hand and was looking at it without really paying attention to the paper while drawing.... I didn't know I was seated/angled wrongly to the drawing paper because when I turned it flat it looked like that. Ahh, optics.

EDIT: Completed 2nd page of skulls

[Medelo]

September 01 & 02, 2007
September 1st was a miserable drawing day. It's one of those days where your brain just doesn't really want to focus on all the intellectual, academic stuff that I still need to make my drawings better. I started thinking I would just do some warmup sketches to begin with, but as time wore on and they showed no signs of improvement (this is a great way to see what has been ingrained and what hasn't) I decided to give up for the night and just draw really badly.

The first 2 pages are the result of that. I think subconsciously I wanted to see just how bad I could draw.

Today was very much better. I started out fresh and began by attempting to get my mind to eat the "think of masses and planes" thing.

Page 3 is drawn in order from left to right, top to bottom. The first two were alright. The third one something seemed to click, if only just for a little, and if I focused on visualizing the mass of what I was drawing in my head, I found that I usually got --closer-- to the line I wanted to reproduce. It wasn't perfect but it was an interesting thing.

The fourth one was ok, the fifth one I'm very pleased with even though it looks hella crude. So far, this has been the very closest I have come to understanding planes and values, in all my drawing life.

I am also finding that I love drawing skulls.

[Medelo]

I swear I'm not dead, and I swear I've been making art. I just have so much to do lately that I haven't had time to scan and update everything :( But I will soon! Promise!

[Medelo]

Friday, October 19
Phew, been a long while since posting here, but that's mainly due to school. Here are a bunch of drawings from figure drawing class.

These were all done on a big 18 by 24 sketchpad with the exception of the charcoal drawings which were done on D'arches paper. For some reason he really wanted us to use D'arches paper, I have no idea why.

I haven't used a big pad in forever and initially it was unwieldy, but I've grown to like it (still hate carting those things around though). The tall thin guy has a very odd face that I have a lot of difficulty trying to capture.

For the black bald guy he was fun to draw, being muscular and not atrophied and/or fat like a portion of models are. We drew him nude first and then he was clothed and placed in the same position so we could see where the cloth gathered and puckered at the points of tension, which was a very helpful exercise overall.

Then we moved into charcoal drawings; now I haven't done charcoal in over a year, and the last time I tried it I used charcoal pencils extensively and didn't really 'get messy' with it. The first drawing I did of the guy with the top hat turned out alright, something is wonky with his arms. I was trying to get familiar with the medium.

The last one I'm very happy with, the girl with the printed shirt and hat. There seems to be a vast difference of quality between the first drawing and this one, I don't know why. This last one I really took the time to try and pin the contours as accurately as I could.

[RandAlThor]

Hey D. Nice sketchbook you got going here. I can sympathize with the perspective stuff, its a bugger until it 'clicks', lol keep it up and you'll get it soon enough. Nice skull sketches, good forms, good understanding. Now, try to let this knowledge effect your shading when you start 'drawing' faces. Keep it up dude :-)

[thedestroyer]

Great Studies, dude...
Keep going

[realitychek]

Nice stuff, and great studies! Keep it up

[Medelo]

Thanks a lot for the comments guys :)

[throtailer]

I have nothing to say o_O

Dude could u please comment my SB?
I want ur opinion dude ure god damn what a shading what anatomy <3 :xpld:

[Pau1Winslow]

I particularly like james_01.jpg, nice sketches.

[Medelo]

I disappeared for about eternity, but only cause I kind of stopped making myself scan works in and keep updated.... so this next post will be a big assortment of various things... fanart, life drawings, concepts, some wizard of oz redesigns for class, etc etc.

I spent all summer doing gestures but they're in a heap somewhere I don't know...

[Medelo]

More stuff :O

[Medelo]

One of my drawing instructors, Mr. Jewell, showed me some examples of gorgeous ink wash work and so I decided to give it a try. Here's a skull I painted with ink wash on cold press paper.

The other image is a generic guy sketch out of my head, in Corel Painter. I don't know why but I wanted to.

[Medelo]

Messed around a bit with Alchemy today. It's so fun! Definitely an instant cure for artist's block, or to just relieve frustration...

This piece has got some Photoshop in it but most of it is from Alchemy.

[Ulver]

You`re doing great, be sure! Those OZ Characters are awesome!:) Nice colors in the last one.

[Medelo]

Hey! Thanks for the comment :) And yeah I definitely love messing around with colors...

[Euphemism]

I can see instantly how your figures and faces have improved and your linework is more tightened up: excellent work! Your Alchemy piece is great; it's pushed me to experiment with the program a whole lot more!! Thank you for sharing your wonderful work. :)

[Medelo]

Thank you kindly for your comments :) I'll keep working hard to improve.

[Medelo]

Doodles from drawing class (when drawing the model becomes too boring), and some finished work as well.

[Medelo]

Couple of studies done with Bic pens.

[Medelo]

It's been a while since i updated :bashful: been busy with stuff. Anyways here's some more random thingies.

[erter]

Great stuff you got here. That first environment piece in your last post looks awesome.

Thanks for commenting on my SB.

[Dr. Jessica]

Doodles from drawing class (when drawing the model becomes too boring), and some finished work as well.

i was scrolling through this sketchbook and was actually quite alarmed when i saw that one of the drawings is of my boyfriend! haha i didn't expect that. you captured him quite well. :P and some of my friends, too.

[Denart]

Yo Maisie!

Wow, those environments and thumbs are really concept art lookin'. Keep up with those. Companies loooovee that stuff. There's way more environment openings than characters.

;P

[Naiadrisa]

poast moar!!!

[LisandroG]

I like this sketch :

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=618973&stc=1&d=1237052888

You were able to quickly capture an interesting character fairly intuitively

Keep up the good work.

[Medelo]

I almost forgot I _had_ a sketchbook here until I saw it hiding in my favorites folder in Firefox... ;x

Here's some random assorted stuff I've been doing. I know, not enough sketching :/ Been working on finished projects but I really should go back to studies and filling up books.

[Medelo]

Thought of starting a new SB, but I decided I could just revive this one.

Long story short, or short story long, I'm finished with my bachelor's degree and am in school, again. :) Enjoying it here a ton.

Most of this stuff is on my art blog (in sig) as well but I'm reposting them here for more feedback. PLEASE HELP CRIT! Also, I'd just like to mention that these Sketchbook group things sound like a lot of fun and I've never done one before, so if anyone wants an extra person in, send me a PM.

[Medelo]

Some sketches from today. I decided I wanted to draw/investigate Greek temples.

I miss the routine of school, but thankfully it's starting up again on Monday. :D

[Medelo]

Practising some figure construction :)

[Kambei Shimada]

Interesting sketchbook dude,

Nice variety of work, your digital stuff is looking good.

Keep posting.

[Medelo]

Thanks for the comment, I'll definitely keep this up. :)

[Chr. Steam]

Academical peices are funky. Hm... And other pieces are awesome too!)

[Medelo]

Thanks for the comments! Funky's good :)

[Wilko]

Some really great stuff, your latest figure form sketch is nice - really feeling the muscle formation. Keep pushing it!

[Medelo]

Hey Wilko, thanks for the feedback. :) I started learning to draw with construction and it's really helped so far, gotta keep practising...

[cgaddict]

Great work. I really like how you handle your values as well as compositions in your pieces, keep it up!!

[Medelo]

Thanks cgaddict!

[soros]

Lovely shading, nice pencils! Hope to see updates more often! :)

[RokasButkys]

beauttiful sketches. Show us more!

[Medelo]

soros and Rokas: Thanks guys! :D I really really appreciate the comments.

School's started again so I am constantly busy. Monday I drew from 10 to 10, and today from 11 to 10 (although today we had more of a break in between). I'll try and get more pictures of class drawings to put in here too.

Here are a couple pages from my sketchbook, one is just silly random doodles (I was inspired by a tired and weary looking secretary in that one corner) and the other drawings from the Getty Villa.

[The_Flying_Dutchman]

Nice work, very good variety of disciplines!

[Medelo]

Here are some life drawings from school. The single large ones are 1 and 2 hours (2 hours for the larger woman, 1 for the other), the page of smaller drawings are 20 mins each. I really fought to get the faces right but I think it's working.....

I've also started my ecorche :) It doesn't look like a lot of fun but it really was, putting together the wire arms and everything. Let's just say I won't be forgetting how a ribcage looks anytime soon...

[Medelo]

I finally tried out ArtRage after many many months of debating using it. This study was done from life of my boyfriend while he was sculpting some clay.

[Medelo]

......... well, apparently I'm not done for the day. This stuff is too much fun :D

Here's a page of posemaniacs :yum: Using some concepts I learned from class earlier today. I set the timer to 60s but I actually got most of them done in like 30-45.

I'm sorry for the ugly watermark in the corners.

[Icecold]

Really good studies you've got here.

You've mentioned i one thread that Ron Lemen is teaching you, can you share some more info of how really good he is, as i heard he's a true master.

I'm was planning to go to Watts atelier in a couple of months, but now i'm not so sure, as many people state that Ron's teaching is outstanding.

I'd really apreciate this info, as this trip will be pretty expensive for me as 1 dollar = 2,8 of my currency, so you get the point :S I pretty much have to pick the best option possible.

[Medelo]

@Icecold: Hey, thanks for the comments. :) Yes I'm currently learning with Ron at my school and he's really helped me a ton with my drawing. The great thing about Ron is he's done all sorts of stuff from storyboarding to graphic novels to fine art to concept art to illustration, so he can tell you pretty much anything you want or need to know. I think he also breaks information down in a very simple and easy to understand way, which is great for a noob like me. His approach is very structural though so it depends on what you're looking for.

I dunno about Watts atelier personally but from what I've heard they are a fantastic school with a tried and true method. I really don't think you could go wrong with them, unless you're looking for a less 'fine artsy' approach to learning.

But anyways, for proof of Ron's effectiveness here is my first page of figures on Jan 12 this year <__<

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v255/Whren/DSC02997.jpg

And this is my best page from today's model session... it's certainly not amazing yet haha. But I've learned a ton.

[Icecold]

A great progress and a great response, thank you : ))

[Medelo]

Eep, sorry I haven't been updating so much. I have a lot of work to show, but I don't have a lot of time to scan or take pictures x_x My term is frightfully heavy on the workload.

Here's a bad photo of a 4 hour line/contour study, it's my best one to date I think, certainly a LOT to improve though. :x Crits appreciated!!!

[Blondebeard]

Nice sb! Really like the skulls and figures! Keep it up!

[Medelo]

Thanks Blondebeard :)

Here's a self-portrait! I don't really have such light brown eyes, they're more like a really dark brown, but this ain't a photograph! Nyahahahahaha

[WindDriven]

Nice work mate. I really like seeing the evolution of your art. While its' good to see some of the top level guys work on this site its Great to see someones journey. Keep up the good work!

[Icecold]

A great self portrait, i bet your color choices will improve really soon, and aw you look more like a Black Hawk :D

Have a nice day girl.

[Medelo]

WindDriven: Yeah, it's not the end result that's really important but the process to get there :)

Icecold: haha, thanks for the comment! I chose Red because that's my favorite color. I still have a long way to go as far as color choices though.

[Medelo]

One of my teachers finally decided that I was ready to move on to another concept and practising form. The first two pictures are several poses I've been working on, it was shot with my crappy camera phone and the graphite is very delicate so I apologize for the bad quality.

The next two are some sketches I did at a workshop. And the last one is a cast I acquired!!! :steph:

[AntonHallström]

the environments are take really great shape now. :)=

[Medelo]

Thanks Anton :)

Portrait drawing in charcoal and also updates on what my ecorche looks like...

[Medelo]

WIP :)

[kmoeini]

Wow, love the style on the last one and also the posemaniacs page. Keep it comin!

[Medelo]

Omg I'm so excited to finish this piece :D

[towy]

yes looking good Mademoiselle : >

[kojot]

last sketches are really nice!

[Medelo]

:D :steph:

[alffla]

hey there, nice sketches and stuff :) i really like the dual sword wielding assassin guy (with a feather lawl) but the colours and lighting look really good :)

you should really polish that piece!

keep it up

[Medelo]

Some doodles/ideas with brush pens in a handmade sketchbook that I made myself.. it even has a blood stain on one of the pages from where i pricked my fingers! Yay...

[Medelo]

So incredibly busy with school and work and various other things.

[skMOP]

I like your characters, they have a really nice "crisp" (haha) feel to them. And awesome colors too!

[Medelo]

Some new drawings at last :)

[Medelo]

Some 5 minute doodles from class.

[Danny_K]

solid figures, and good lines on those face pieces, you came a long way.
Try pushing the rendering with your characters

[Medelo]

A quick 2 hour-ish portrait with the wonderful and amazing Ron Lemen :)

[Lang Oulk]

Damn good stuff in here, very nice sketches, and I love your digitals. Keep up the great work!

edit: Definitely subscribing!

[Medelo]

Some thumbnails I'm doing for an environment, exploring lighting and atmospheric issues.

[Medelo]

Here are some oil paintings I've done.. the grisaille cup I actually did a while back and only just got around to taking a picture of it. The woman I did this week in a 4hour alla prima session, quite an experience sinking back into colours and oils after not using them for so long.

[Medelo]

Look! I don't just do studies! :rocker:

Some pages from my highly economical copy paper sketchbook.

[mehran]

man your portraits are kick-ass... fast and awesome...inspiring stuff.

stars for you mam

keep it up

[Medelo]

Here's some photos of my progress so far on our 10 week pose.

I drew the middle one first, then the left one and finally the right.

[Medelo]

So I was having a sketch off of sorts with my cousin and here's the screenshots.... no refs this time.

[Medelo]

Finally finished the 10 week pose, and also here's a color test for an enviro.

[Medelo]

An older drawing from the previous term that I finally got round to taking a (good) picture of.

[LAL]

awsome works, I like your works very much ,the post 84 is great ,keep us bro!

[Medelo]

Okay so here is....... a failed piece!

I thought I would try and draw a vision I had in my head of this witch lady. Then everyone started telling me she looks like a fashion model and I kind of put this on the back burner.

Yeah.

Some day I'll finish something.

[continue]

Hey, what's up

You rock, I mean, like, you really rock. Really cool design skills....

Nice sketchbook. Nothing much to say on the nets though.

Jup~Jup~

[Justyna]

You've got some really solid studies in here and the designs are brilliant!
I like the guy in black with a knife and a sword, hope you will finish it :)

[Kaoki]

big pimpin

[Medelo]

Composition homework! This is my working rough done in graphite. :)

Angry house is angry. I might just turn it to solid black though.


And THANK YOU everyone for the comments (and the stars, the stars really really made my day) :D Seriously!

[Medelo]

Quick 3-4 hour drawing.

[Lang Oulk]

Wow man, looking from page 1 to now really impresses me! Your progress is inspiring, makes me want to get back to some studies :), i'll def keep my eye out for more updates!

[pixel cheetah]

Very solid work. I like it, keep it up!

[Tigermilk]

wow, amazing work!
Thanks for sharing man :)

[andres333]

Epic improvement !!!!!!

[vshen]

Great Sketch book!

[AliceA]

LOVE! *_*

[Kfeeras]

(Random reply here!)

..no just kidding. Amazing improvement! Keep on being busy!

-a

[Medelo]

Thank you all for the replies :) Makes me feel bad for not posting more! I've been working on redesigning one of the earlier characters using new stuff I learnt, so I didn't really want to show it because I'm still figuring so many things out... but since there have been so many positive replies, why not...

The feedback I've received thus far has mainly been that the costume is really generic, so that's what I'm working out through all the silhouettes. I was also doing some gestures from imagination to work out how this character would stand/move so that's what all the doodles are for.

[Medelo]

Yay, oil painting again! Painting year start!

Will continue this piece next week, let's see if I screw it up (I probably will).

I never know what to put for the category in the image uploader when it's a cast. Is it figurative or is it a still-life?? The question remains.....

I apologize for the bad iphone photo btw. The Vault where we keep our supplies is never very bright.

[NickyBeats]

incredible knowledge of anatomy! really beautiful studies, especially the graphite! you have a very delicate hand with your shading. great work!

[Kill byte]

Beautiful sketchbook.

[Medelo]

@NickyBeats, Kill Byte: Thank you guys :)

Here are some black/white watercolour landscape studies for homework.

[alexson]

I really enjoyed flipping thru this sketchbook. Amazing stuff! I'll be keeping an eye on you! Keep up the good work!

[surus]

Thanks for posting all the pencil page updates! Keep on drawing!

[RandAlThor]

Excellent SB. Loving your anatomy and pencils and oils and skeleton sculpture, hell i love it all... keep posting, I'll keep right clicking :-)

[Medelo]

Thank you guys for all the comments :)

Here are some actual sketchbook sketches, finally, lol.

[continue]

coool
coool

[Aveh]

Just awesome drawings all around. No idea how I haven't seen your sketchbook before.
Can't wait to see more

[Velocity Kendall]

Love your studies. That is a superb horse.

[N D Hill]

excellent stuff! The graphite is really coming along. You have great command of your brush in your digital paintings and I love the rich, opaque and heavy brush strokes. My one crit would be to go in tighter with your details and push the clarity.

Cheers!
Noel

[snatti]

i really liked this sketchbook, it gave such a neat and clean feeling, also the enviorment on first page post #26 has such a great angel and feel to it, i hope it will turned into a colour work someday,also the fact you can see how much you progress since 2007 without going thro 50 pages which was something i personally enjoyed :), will be on the lookout for more from you

[Medelo]

@Aveh, Velocity, snatti: Thank you!

@ND Hill: Yeah definitely. I'm just always so lazy to really push the finish once I have the big shapes in. :(

[Medelo]

Sabertooth tiger skull from life and from imagination.

Yeah , shitty line quality ....

[Medelo]

Some quick 2 min gestures from observation/imagination for fun.

[Medelo]

Assortment of class work and homework.

[Medelo]

Graaaaaaa werewolves...

[Medelo]

Freighter ship

[Ludic]

Very cool looking, is it done with markers?

[Medelo]

@Ludic: Thanks and yes the whole page is all markers.

[Charmer]

Awesome sketchbook! You got REALLY good values in here. Like your Bargue study very much!

[jramauri]

Very inspiring studies, I like them a lot.

[JamesSimons]

I like the Freighter ship design it reminds my of Homeworld.

[Medelo]

Thanks everyone!

@tasser: This book is quite old and may not be to your liking, but the information about light in it is very good... it's called Light for the Artist by Ted Seth Jacobs. I learned the information in it through my teacher William Rodgers who studied with Jacob Collins who studied with Ted Seth Jacobs.

I've got another page of on location sketches at the Greystone mansion in Beverly Hills:

[dragonlord1989]

Some great stuff. u got talent for sure

[Medelo]

This was more fun because we were listening to ACDC and Ozzy Osbourne. Oils.

[Nimhea]

such a wonderful stuff!
I will watch you intently=)

[vatteh]

The character design pic in post 100 looks pretty badass. Sorry, that I can't give a meaningful critique but this looks like the kind of stuff I want to do someday. Hopefully I get to where you're at someday.

[Naidy]

Just looked through the whole of your sketchbook and what can I say? Absalutely brilliant stuff.

No crits I'm afraid, just hope you keep up the good work.

[Clean3d]

Ever get the chance to talk to a master, and you have no idea what to say because they're so far above you? Kind of how I feel at the moment...

Great work! :P

[Mitze]

Gresat stuff. Keep them coming.

[Medelo]

Garuda man person.

Yay term is over , I can finally focus on more creative things.

[Medelo]

Bunch of mechs from Alchemy.

[Ulver]

Those horses! They're just great! Subscribed))

[Medelo]

Bony parts and a happy skeleton, ballpoint.

[Nyctalgia]

I like you.

[Medelo]

I like you.

Well hey, I like you too! :)

[Nyctalgia]

I am very likable.

[Fetsch]

cool stuff medelo, like the feathered guy alot, great colors and texture.

[Medelo]

Last term's paintings.

[Medelo]

Getting back into digital colour:

[Medelo]

Centaur

[Medelo]

Sketches

[Medelo]

I'm messing with the Photobucket app on my phone, so here are some iphone pictures (obviously I don't have a 4 yet haha).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v255/Whren/6560a0c1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v255/Whren/4ec5eb4b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v255/Whren/659d2db3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v255/Whren/4bfc0f5f.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v255/Whren/a9aa13e4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v255/Whren/0d8ca2cd.jpg

[Ludic]

Aaawesome work, looks really cool! What kind of markers are you using?

[Hito_O]

Wow amazing...
Don't know what Medelo is using but Tria pantone is the best marker out there :D

[The_Flying_Dutchman]

Very cool pen work, strong spatial values, I especially like the white highlights. Keep posting!

[Medelo]

Hey, thanks for all the comments everyone :) I'm using a mixture of different markers for these drawings, listed below:

- staedler pigment liners 0.3 to 0.5 for the linework
- copic cold gray 20, warm gray 40, 50, and 70 for the middle grays
- Tombow black brush pen for deep blacks and for thicker linework
- Mitsubishi signo white gel pen for the white highlights

[Ludic]

Thanks a bunch, i'll check those out :)

[Inkomi]

I really like the most recent ones, your line work is very nice. Especially like the airplanes and tank/turret drawings!

[Medelo]

First attempt at quick sketch painting. Top two are 40 mins, bottom one is 20 mins.

[Medelo]

What better way to spend a Friday morning than to do a self-portrait..

[Ludic]

Lovely paintings at the top of the page, nice highlights :)

[Medelo]

Thank you, it's mainly a lot of thick paint :)

[Pigeonkill]

I like the industrial design like drawings in #145. Makes me want to practice more technical stuff. Your markers and highlights make them really pop on the toned paper.

[Vay]

Are those oatmeal pages from Canson Scrapbook? Those are awesome highlights, I still don't know how highlight works lol.

[Medelo]

@Pigeonkill and Vay: Yep, Canson scrapbook.... sometimes it feels a bit of a waste to draw on them but they give the drawings a really nice look. The key thing about the highlights is not to overdo them and to just use them sparingly. Think of them like specular highlights, not the general light side of the form.

[Medelo]

um.. warcraft

[Medelo]

40 min life study.

[Umbravita]

Ooooh, Warcraft! I always love seeing that stuff around.

Just came in to say hello after seeing your burnout thread. I hope things're at least a little bit better now, and if they're not, that they get better soon. :)

[Medelo]

@Umbravita: Hey, thanks and hello, too! :) I am indeed feeling better now, I've been taking a bit of a break from the art thing, or at least not taking it so seriously. And the advice in the thread definitely helped too :p

[dU5K]

vvvery nice work

[Umbravita]

I'm glad to hear it! Keep resting yourself and don't be in a hurry to get back to it. :)

[NailBiterMR]

good stuff! Love those nature studies : D

[n1frit]

Wow, so nice environment and machine study! Great and very accurate sketches) To me never sufficed patience so easy to draw lines. At me all crazy turns out often not clearly that I drew. Realy like your sketches so much ^)

[metalhead3]

I'm really into those nature studies. Did you use pen and marker for those??

[zaza-zu]

Dont give up!I can see how much you love you put into your work! Keep strong and keep good work.I started reading your post on the other forum tread here- http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=222531
and I know how you feel...art is like most needy little child, and it never gets enough...I wish you to get some energy back and carry on with full force ahead...really nice work...cheers

[Medelo]

Well look who discovered paintchat!

[Medelo]

Stone Temple

[Invalid User]

Beautiful stuff, I really like your sketches, particularly the car. The latest enviro is also quite nice, it has good atmosphere, cant wait to see more! :D

[a la bapsi]

it's neat how i knew you were somewhere near me because of the model you painted. xD
neat stuff, i especially like your dynamic sketching/'viscom 1' practices

[Medelo]

@a la bapsi: Haha, yeah, it's always cool to recognize models in other people's work :) Like Rajiv in James Jeans' book.

Also, thank you for all the well wishes everyone. I do seem to have gotten over the art block. Here's another life-study:

[carakhan]

love love your pen sketches. It looks like you have really good control of form. That gets lost a bit when you move to digital, things start looking a little too round and all of the edges become soft. In your last enviro everything is equally soft and there's no point of focus. Going back in and bringing out the edges would really push that piece, because I really like it but it could be even better.

[Medelo]

4 hours digital life study , from the wonderful Ron Lemen's class.

[takashmen]

love the way you deal with color

great job! :)

[Medelo]

@Takashmen: Thanks, and yeah I've been studying a lot of color theory recently :)

Here are some more enviro thumbnails from imagination

[takashmen]

for me colors in C are the amazing, can i save it to my swatches?

"e" has the best story

"b" has lot of potential :)

keep it up!

[Medelo]

I like how you broke them down that way, Takashmen :) I do agree, e has the best story. The thing just looks so mysterious lying there.

And yes, you can save the colors to your swatches.

[takashmen]

exactly :)

and thanks for permission.

[Medelo]

Another 4 hour life study.

[Nyctalgia]

Still crazy skilled, Yang. Keep rockin'

[Medelo]

Couple more environments.

Also, thanks Nyctalgia!

[takashmen]

beautiful, love them

especially second one

[Medelo]

Going to call this 'finished'... can't seem to do anything more with it :(

[towy]

nice concept and studies n great technic line, continue ; 5

[Medelo]

Thanks, towy!

Here's another cave piece.

[NickyBeats]

very nice work! love the traditional pen and marker sketches. im also envious of your enviro skill. keep it up!

[Medelo]

Thanks for the encouragement, NickyBeats. I checked out your SB, you're rockin' it too!

Caravaggio study.

[prsnsweeney]

wow great stuff love the enviros

[I-Z]

Cool sketchbook Medelo! i'm enjoying your environments, great colours, cheers!

[Medelo]

Color studies using the model and tweaking the color scheme, a lasso painting, and a themed painting.

[Medelo]

Sorry I haven't been around much. Picked up some freelance work and been busy with it. Here's a quick drawing in PS during life drawing.

[Medelo]

I really like this one

[Layu]

Awesome artwork in there, especially your enviroments.
You seem to have a very good sense for perspective!
I would like to see more of that :)

[Medelo]

Thanks for the kind comments, Layu :) I will try and get more perspective work.

Here are a bunch of drawings.... a set of Film studies from Avatar, a church altarpiece I drew while in San Francisco, and a progress shot of some random figure quick sketch.

[TheDistance]

I like the thumbnails and the altar. SF FTW!

[n1frit]

Awesome enviro! Like your style very very!

[Medelo]

Some days you just wanna paint. Self-portrait

[Medelo]

Unfinished life study.

[NickyBeats]

wow great updates! love all the figure drawings!

[prsnsweeney]

this is great stuff the life studies are fantastic

[Medelo]

Thumbnail sketches for class assignment... redesigning jurassic park!

[drey101]

Cool stuff =) what college do u go to?

[Medelo]

Hey drey101, I go to Laafa in the entertainment art track.

[smuli]

Your environment thumbnails are awesome, great values and air perspective! Colors on the life studies look good too, especially in the two 4 hour studies, the colors are vivid and interesting. One piece of criticism though, you sometimes seem to use a small brush to paint a smooth color transition. It captures the attention to places where less would be more, like the back and shoulder on this one (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1317627&stc=1&d=1315418631) or the chin on this one (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1241433&stc=1&d=1306537539) for example. I guess in general it's good to use the biggest brush you possibly can because it gives an effortless look and keeps attention to the places where there's detail on the subject. Then again, I definitely like your brushstrokes on the Jurassic Park thumbs for example.

[Medelo]

The Martyr

[Fernteixeira]

it is a wow sketchbook XD

[the_um]

Thanks, towy!

Here's another cave piece.

nailed it on this one. fan of your cave background work:bow:

[Ricardo Robles]

cool SB, tons of great things here. You have a good eye for the light. The environments are amazing and i liked this character (http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1192958&stc=1&d=1300438251) :)

[Feil Magnus]

Very nice sense of colors you have, keep up the hard work!

[Medelo]

Hey everyone, thanks for the comments. :)

Here is an experimental piece with Ron Lemen again.

[Bakker]

Great stuff, i'm having trouble recognizing the RL from the digital stuff. Nice!

[smuli]

The two last ones look stunning! I hope to get half as good as you at PS brushing some day. I love the sense of layered paint on the last one and the way the shadows blend to the background.

[Ludic]

Veeery cool experiment!

[Medelo]

Collection of sketches this term for assignments. From imagination based on observation.

[akkibox]

Beautiful work. There's something very elegant about your style.

[Medelo]

Hehe....thanks for the kind comment, Akkibox.

Here, have my blatant ripoff of Halo, in blue. In class assignment and WIP.

[Ludic]

That last one's looking pretty cool.

[Medelo]

Tired.

Randomness.

[CUKIERass]

great studies+great enviros =great sketchbook

[Medelo]

Getting overwhelmed with work....

[BenjaminJL92]

You Sir, are awesome!
How long have you been oil painting for?
amazing oils and digitals

[Medelo]

@Benjamin: The first time I picked up an oil brush was in 2005, but I painted sporadically on and off for about three years. This year I've painted almost full-time for about 9-10 months.

Thanks for your kind words :)

[BenjaminJL92]

Thanks for the advice, I think it must be difficult to fit the time in to create work digitally and traditionally if you also have education and work to worry about, but you do it well!
and a re-correction "You Madam, are awesome!" hah :) thanks.

[NickyBeats]

wow! youve really stepped up your game! painting style is improving tons! keep taking those flinstone vitamins or whatever your doing, because its working!

[Aryeh]

dude your work is very beautiful.

i desire to see you get more specific about the detailing and take more controle over your rendering method. i think you could truely do some articulate and clean work if you pushed the crispness to a higher level.

[dog-faced]

your anatomy rocks. thats all i have to say. oh that and its rediculous how effortlessly you switch from really traditional style oil painting to perspective industrial design. envi-ous! :)

[Medelo]

@Benjamin: Haha, well, at the moment my 'education' is the whole art thing, so in that respect I'm pretty much going to school to make all this stuff for hours each day....

@NickyBeats: Thanks!

@Aryeh: Thank you very much, I do agree, I would like to get more rendering practice in soon. A lot of my classes this term are focused on drawing :/ Hopefully that will change soon!

@Dog-faced: Thank you, I credit the anatomy all to a very outstanding anatomy teacher, Rey Bustos.

5 hour speed paint... I've got this bird people thing going on.

[Mawh]

Your mechanical and bug-ly sketches show an apparent affinity on your part for structure, limbs, gears, articulations, mmmh ? Also the trees, and the leaves, and all the flora are cool. Nice thumbs as well. Will they keep this format or will we be granted higher definitions ? Anyway, great work, keep on ! :)

[Medelo]

Doodle guy

[Nyctalgia]

Jace? (http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2010/047/5/9/Jace__the_mind_sculptor_by_NoOne00.jpg)

[Medelo]

Jace? (http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2010/047/5/9/Jace__the_mind_sculptor_by_NoOne00.jpg)

Haha, actually, no....but a massive thank you for the heads up and a reminder that I need to use less cliched designs. :) Looks like more designing is due.

More characters.

[T.CAT]

good works!!

[Medelo]

Hey everyone, lots of work going on on my end -- schoolwork and freelance. I can't show much yet but I took a trip to the Planes of Fame museum in Chino and sketched a bit.

[Ludic]

Gooorgeus!

[Eightball_]

wow awesome! looks like you're hitting all the core fundamentals and its showing in your concept work. i particularly like your enviros and costume designs.

how are you liking laafa?

[Medelo]

@Ludic: Thank you!
@Eightball: Thanks, it's been challenging to really start thinking about design fundamentals in addition to the art fundamentals... but I like the process. :)

As for school, well, it's now really really busy, my one complaint is I never have time to work on my OWN art anymore, it's all taken up with homework. But I'm learning a lot :) I have vis dev classes where it's all design, and also more illustration type classes where we have to compose rhythms and flow in single images, for example. It's definitely a unique experience because we get exposure to many schools of thinking, from the Art Center industrial design way of breaking things down to realist fine art to traditional illustration to animation vis dev to movie concept art. I just wish I had more personal time so I could actually sit down and really assimilate all this information and figure out what I REALLY want to do. I would say the one thing Laafa is incredible at, bar none, is giving students a really comprehensive view of most spheres in the art world, so it's like being given a gigantic road map of everything. But it's still up to us to figure out which one of these directions we would like to ultimately head towards.

Anyway here's some art from last term that I found and never posted... photo paint of a classmate, and a prop sheet.

[towy]

Maisie you are really strong, beauty sketchbook i was check all pages and all is interesting ha
don't stop,

[Medelo]

Thanks towy!

Alien lobster thingamajig

[obier]

Oh crap, i love those experiments you have done.

[Medelo]

Some 3-5 min studies

[TFsean]

love your sketch studies, nailing the gesture and the form. The bunch of girls grayscale on last page is that from life or imagination? It's mad sick along with rest of book.

[Medelo]

TFSean, thanks so much. The girls were from life. :) I was very fortunate to have a couple of excellent models that day.

Here's Macbeth and Seyton re-interpreted as gremlin things, WIP scribble.

[Grzessnik]

Your figure drawings are great. What is your method to learn anatomy and movement?

[Medelo]

Hey Grzessnik, thanks for the comments. :) I would recommend Michael Hampton's book Figure Drawing as that is a good overview on anatomy and construction. As for movement, I think that you need to feel the movement in your own body before you can put it down on paper. First one needs to understand what the pose is doing (is it a violent, aggressive pose? Is it a calm, peaceful pose?) before we can simplify the movement into something easily readable.

Once we understand the pose, then we can concentrate on locating the main action line throughout the pose if it is an active pose. If it is a more stable pose then we can start looking for large overall shapes (for example a model in a yoga pose would be like a triangle, a person curled up would be like a square). When we have the basic shapes and lines of the pose then we can start putting the anatomy on top of it.

[Jarrad]

Wow such awesome stuff. I'm honored that you dropped by to help me out. Anytime you happen to see any of my work and feel it could be improved/modified, I'd love to hear it!

[Medelo]

Buncha quick digi sketches from class, 20 mins each.

@Jarrad: Thanks and no problem :)

[f1x]

those shakespearian gremlings are nice, love the freshness on them
and also the studies, tons of them!!!

[Medelo]

We had the amazing, awesome fortune to have Michael Wood and Russia Hardy model for us today; they're great firedancers in the LA region and they're TOTALLY frazetta people. Today was a frazetta day. here's my first attempt at pen sketching :( 15 minutes