daarken's sketchbook (updated 11.4.3)

[daarken]

i thought i would go ahead and start a sketchbook thread...maybe it will get me to draw more often. some of these i posted in the finished thread, but since they are all in the same sketchbook i thought i would put them in here as well. this is my small sketchbook, 4x7

some older stuff 5-26

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/5-26.jpg

more from 5-26

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/5-26b.jpg

fate sketch

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/fate.jpg

armor

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/armor.jpg

character sketches

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/2collar.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/greenhood.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/redgirl.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/soldier1.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/redfighter.jpg

faces

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/4faces.jpg

old knight

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/oldknight.jpg

gunblade warrior

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/gunbladewarrior.jpg

creature

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/arms.jpg

[jwo]

holy hell those are astonishing esp the paintings, el coro's tech or your own?
cant wait to see more :fish:

[Rusty]

Very nice collection there Daarken,..i loved yer self portraits,its a good change to see your creative stuff...
that third gouache(?)painting is my personal fave,tha earthy/grungy feel to the armour works really well...The "old knight "page is great aswell..

Rusty

[jester]

daarken, I love your imagination!

Jester

[behemot5]

Another thread with a lot of stars :p .
I always like your works....they are very imaginative.......

[foster]

just really neat! you have a wonderful imagination and a great busy hand.

jon

[endregan]

Hey daarken I;ve liked your art for a while now, your SP's are really great also!

Keep this up I love your style

[thomasaurus]

Its great to see you start one Daarken, you have a dark, gritty style, and I love it.

[daarken]

jwo: hah, i learned from el coro. he is tha masta :P

rusty: thanks! yeah, i need to start getting my creative juices flowing.

jester and behemot: thank you! i didnt think i was that creative...haha

foster: :O haha, where is your busy hand at!? you need to get your sketchbook thread started.

jnorish and endregan: thanks again!

here are a few more i did today. i might do some more later. just trying to get things flowing, especially some more environments, i dont do those enough.

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/masks.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/environments.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/environments2.jpg

[endregan]

yes we all have to do more evironments i admit i havent really done.. any yet :).

your evironments seems to be going well.
btw i meant to ask you for painting do you suggest oils or gouache or anything really and just practice at it or what :). I am really new at painting ;)

[daarken]

endregan: well, it really depends. i think you should experiment with all mediums to see what suits you best. gouache dries really fast, so you can do paintings in no time. plus u can get really saturated colors...although i have problems with that, haha. oils are great, they are my fav. they take a lot of practice i think, so you should definitely try doing some oil paintings. painting in pastels is awesome too.

[Atmospheria]

some good sketches there daarken...i want more of them...

[Tedsuo]

I really dig the way you use the pencil.

BTW, is your stuff still up at villians? I haven't had a chance to get out there yet.

[golgari]

wow, great work. i really love those paintings - especially the way how the red splatter on the last one makes the person in the foreground stand really out.
the sketches are very cool, too, though. how long does it take you to finish one of these pencil faces?
by the way, i notice a lot of very "flee floating" lines around your sketches, especially in the last 2 sketches these are pretty evident. what are these? did you try out different poses with these before deciding on a final one? but if so, why are the lines so unconnected and flowing?

[daarken]

golgari: thanks! um..the faces are only a few minutes. i like to just start out with moving my hand around...as jon would say i have a busy hand. haha. or i start out with some abstract shapes, and then move into the actual drawing. or to just keep things more loose...i dunno, heh.

tedsuo: yeah, they will be up there for probably 3 and a half more weeks.

atmospheria: thanks, here u go!

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/treecity.jpg

speed painting...15-20 minutes in photoshop

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/face.jpg

[Deth Jester]

thought you disappeared for a while.. I see now where you are posting.. great stuff... its nice to see your sketches.. great stuff.. I like foster's comment.. a great busy hand.. :)

keep em coming

peace

-mike

[endregan]

hehe i love your speed painting. red noses are so awesome it gives a lot of character. thanks for the tip on painting i tried pastels out and theyre kinda cool!!

btw awsome environment

[cos]

Awesome man, you have a real gritty dark texture to your works I'm loving. Look forward to seeing more!

[stormeffex]

hey daarken these are great. your stuff is always inspirational man. keep up the good work dude.

[daarken]

deth: haha, i did disappear for a while. i was sucked into the abyss of video game land.

endregan: yeah no prob. i have a pastel process somewhere around here...

cos: you are the man! your work has really inspired me, its a pleasure to hear any praise from you. thank you!

storm: thanks a lot! im glad u like...i will have to get some more stuff up soon.

oh yeah, i updated the pic with the building and the roots coming out of it.

[sin]

this is all very very good, wish i had your skillzzz...keep it up!

btw nice signature, is their new album any good?

[daarken]

sin: i dunno, i havent heard their new one yet..but im going to see them in concert next month :O

this is a sketch i did for hawkprey. hope u like

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/linerunner.jpg

[xia]

Nice! Love the roughness and flow of the line.
:chug:

[daarken]

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/fin.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/samurai.jpg

[daarken]

another tonight

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/spacegirl.jpg

[golgari]

man, that last one is great. i like that technique, and i absolutely love it how you drew her face, with that expression and half the face fading away into the darkness.
her blade looks a little strange, though. it looks so extremely shapey-flat...don't know how to fix that, though. maybe try to put a reflection on it? (by adding a white stripe, you know?)

[endregan]

ooo the sword lady is definitly killer!! looks a bit hawkpreyish again? love the concept... really good.

i dont know but the neck looks a tad odd but im no pro at necks myself... :)

gj

[metalwinds]

damn dude, some really nice stuff you have going here. both the traditional and digital paintings are excellent, and the 2 hawkprey inspired pieces are fucking sweet.. .i especially like the girl. keep em comin

peace

[chudzta]

Woo amazing stuff. Really digging the most recent. the 30th. Keep it up master. In-spo-ray-shin. - chudds

[daarken]

golgari: thanks! yeah, it does look flat...i might change that.

endregan: really? hmmmmm

metalwinds and chudzta: hah thanks! here u go!

sketch for a creature that im gonna use for a cd cover

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/severed.jpg

[metalwinds]

in all seriousness, this is one of the sweetest fucking pictures i have seen. the style still looks heavily influenced by hawkprey, but you seem to be taking it to a different level.. .which is awesome. my only crit is that its back could use a couple more values to push out the form.

peace

[golgari]

hell yeah, this rocks bigtime.
makes me want to dig some old hp-lovecraft-books again ;)
i like the way you created 3-dimensionality with those tentacles just by changing the shape of them all throughout their flow. partly i can see your strokes too much, though. especially in the face area. one always looks for a face and because here you don't really have a face, one closely examines the area where it's supposed to be, so that's why the strokes catch your eye there. also, maybe be a bit more careful when using the white small strokes to make things recede. it works very well for putting them in the background, but if you're making it too regular (like for example, his "left main arm" - the arm in the middle) it also emphasizes the shape, making it flat. maybe try adding a few light, white strokes in the direction of the flow of whatever you're working on, in order to maintain it's plasticity...

[daarken]

golgari: thanks! yeah, i am always very interested in the brush strokes of things. i do that on purpose..and i do have a face, in fact i have two head on there. here is a detail of the two faces. yeah i understand about the arm looking too flat, but i dont really want to show that much form on it, i just want to give an indication that there is another arm there, and that its not a focus. but yeah, i totally understand what u are saying, thanks!

metalwinds : yeah i added a little bit more value...maybe still not enough though.

so here is the detail of the two heads...oh yeah, his jaw is off center on purpose too.

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/severeddetail.jpg

[endregan]

Originally posted by metalwinds
[B]in all seriousness, this is one of the sweetest fucking pictures i have seen.

i agree with him of course. but he didnt have to sware !! although it is really good!.

the tentacles/things coming off the back of the dood is very good. your style is crazy cool :). i dont know how to describe it, its like defined but not. you certainly have taken your hawk influence to a new level and i love this pic!!!!!

I'm gonna go sketch some crazy thingy perhaps :p hehe. first u get me hooked on pastels, now i might be hooked on b&w again :)

[thomasaurus]

awesome work daarken!

[golgari]

ah, okay.
hmm, strange, i didn't see the faces before. now that you've posted a close-up, i can't help but to see them immediately in the original picture, too. when i looked at it the other time, i was sure as hell that there were no real heads, just strange blob-kind-of-things. oh well, perception's a strange thing ;)

[xia]

I love that chic with the sword! Your creature is also very awesomely freaky. I really dig your style on the last two sketches too! Very unique and bold!

[daarken]

xia and jnorish: :D thanks!

golgari : yeah i guess they could kinda be confusing

endregan: awesome, ill see you in the collab thread ;)

here is something i was doing at borders today...i will post more later on tonight

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/guns.jpg

[endregan]

crazy sketchy concepts... i like it. they sketchy but they are purposeful still. and i know you can go clean or raw and i like that :).

go to collab thread we should start a collab! that would be cool! :)

oh and stop by my sketch thread man i have pastel question to ask ya :)

peace

[golgari]

nice...although it looks like the head of the left guy has to be very slim and/or small...

what do you mean with "at borders", by the way?

[Robolus]

Great sketches and concepts man!
I´m very inspired by your pastel drawings.
I have buyed 60 Rembrandt Soft Pastells that you did recommend. I have tryed it only one afternoon and the results where a little bit disapointing. But it was fun and I won´t give up!
Keep up your good work.:thumbsup:

[endregan]

yeah man his pastels rock...im new to colours and pastels so its freakin me out :)

rembrandt pastels? thats strange i must look around for them sounds good :)

[ShawnYe]

The portraits on your site are amazing so are your sketches. I enjoy those pencils, great characters and the coloured sketches, earthy textured look.

Shawn

[daarken]

endregan: yeah ill make it to the collab thread sometime...i have just had a lot of stuff dumped on me lately..plus school started yesterday.

golgari: hah, borders is a book store.

robolus: thanks! yeah, just keep at the pastels, it takes a while to get used to them, and remember...layer!

shawn: thanks man! i have admired your stuff for a while now, u rock.

some quick sketches i did...not that great but i feel like i need to update this mofo.

i never finished this one.....oh well, ill post anyway

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/gargoyleweb.jpg

quick ones

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/jaw.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/jetpack.jpg

[AmadorL]

dude this tread is deep and i just ran across it..where the fuck was i at? lol......cool shit you got going daarken


Amador

[endregan]

those sketches are the bomb!!

reminds me i gotta do some studies and sketches tonight

:)

[daarken]

thanks guys!

another quicky and im off to the bank!

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/tubecreaturecolor.jpg

[rubygenesis]

nice pencil work daarken, ever thought of using a smudger and laying down some solid shadows? getting some sharp highlights with a thin eraser, lookin good man.

[scumble fish]

I just stumbled accross this today.....because of the image size of your posted drawings and the blackness of their line, they almost appear like etchings. I esspecially like the fate sketch from 7/21. I want to see more graphite work like the gas mask and enviornment drawings from 7/22. Very cool!

[mushuhaha]

Hi daarken,
These new designs and styles are heavily influenced. Like the last 1, it's almost identical to Eva unit 1's design. I think the line between being influenced by some one and rip off from that person becomes pretty blurry, given there are so many different styles out there. I remember how much your self portraits shocked me, how important that little touch of red on the nose and ears became... All artists experiment with different things in order to move on, so I hope you can continue developing your originality while improving. Cheers.

[daarken]

mushuhaha: uh..i dont know if u are complimenting me or insulting me , but i dont think it looks like eva unit one at all.

[rubygenesis]

i agree, the last image posted looks nothing like eva 01. i know because i have a model of it in my room. keep up the good work daarken, the earlier paintings in this thread are beautiful.

[endregan]

Originally posted by rubygenesis
i agree, the last image posted looks nothing like eva 01. i know because i have a model of it in my room. keep up the good work daarken, the earlier paintings in this thread are beautiful.

yeah agreed .

[stormeffex]

hey daarken, i love the new ones. your stuff is pretty inspirational. better than my stuff. i'm in a slump, and need some motivation. and you provided that. thanks a bunch dude. got my daily dose of daarken. :chug:

[rimwalker]

That creature with the beak and wings from your September 5th post is wicked cool. :evilbat:

[metaphysiks]

first i want to apologize for not looking in here sooner. with that out of the way i must tell you that you are the shit. i saw some really nice things going on in here. some of your designs are absolutely crazy and i love them. the hawkprey type picks about made me shit my pants. especially the two headed one. it brought tears to my eyes. please continue to post and i will remain forever faithful.
thanks for theinspiration
meta

[daarken]

meta: awww, thanks for all the kind words, you make me feel like drawing!

rimwalker: thanks, glad u like it

storm: heh, you better start drawing more than i do! i dont draw nearly as much as i should

ruby: thanks, you are tearing it up in your own thread as well!

a couple drawings i did at borders today.

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/goggles.jpg

[Iiori]

Damn great work! I especially like the guy on the left on you latest one. I like how you did that one, though Im impressed overall.

[metaphysiks]

see thats exactly what im talking about. these rock. the one on the right is my fav. the intensity in his eyes. that is the stuff that lacks in most peoples work, emotion. keep it up man. damn.
:chug:
meta

[daarken]

Iiori and meta: thanks!

little update, hopefully i will get some more drawings done today.

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/arab.jpg

[golgari]

very cool. i like the way you draw your faces a lot, they look so painted-like, although you're just sketching them in pencil.
i wonder how you do that ;)

[daarken]

golgari: thanks! i love drawing faces...i remember when i was younger i couldnt draw faces for anything...so i would just draw spiderman and spawn. haha.

playing around in painter with some brushes i normally dont use.

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/arabian.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/2nudes.jpg

not too happy with this one...but oh well

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/nude1.jpg

a little older drawing i did in my sketchbook

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/crouch.jpg

[xia]

Damn! The painting kick ass! Good stuff!
I've been looking at your stuff. Love your style, your painting progress quit a lot. Very inspiring here.
Love the figure drawing too, especially the second one. They are very dynamic and expressive. Great work Daarken!

:chug:

[Isric]

man, the moods you create in these are so authentic. very well done. I love how life like your figures hold themselves, very believable and with a convincing sense of mass

[foster]

hey bean, continually posting fantastic work. i am almost dizzy with trying to understand how you have gotten so good so fast!

by the way, empty your personal mail box.

jon

[daarken]

jon: haha, u flatter me too much jon! oh yeah, i only have a few messages in my box...sometimes it gets screwy and will say its too full, i have had that happen when nothing was in it, heh.

isric: wow thanks! i have been a fan of your stuff since i first joined conceptart back in the day. you always create some awesome stuff.

xia: thanks a lot!

i am in class right now....14 straight hours of class today with only 4 hours of sleep last night. im drinkin a rockstar now, haha. as soon as i get home i will post some drawings i did at a cafe last night.

[AmadorL]

Hey Draaken cool shit you gots goin there. HeY i thought you might be interested in this sketch book i came across. http://www.misterart.com/store/view.cfm?group_id=2440211&store=001&AID=10273655&PID=1339236

I just finished a Vis Comm class at Gnomon and the instructor had us use brownish paper (paper bag type) cuz the prisma color high lights pop right out. Inany case This sketch book is made out of those sheets. I will run this by C-36 to maybe you guy already knew about these, Oh well

[endregan]

awesome sketches for sure.

you inspire me too much ;)!

[daarken]

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/computer.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/birdsandpeople.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/cafe.jpg

[dilation]

nice work, i like em

[morbidhumor]

I've got to do more doodling in coffee shops:D .
The nudes up page are just so good. Not to mention everything else.

[metalwinds]

awesome stuff daarken. i especially dig the painter portrait. what medium did you use to do that with, btw?

peace

[rubygenesis]

kickin studies daarken, as usual ~_~

[xia]

Sweet! :D

[endregan]

your faces are really diverse and i like that.

id like to see these taken further too with full body poses shaded that would be cool :)

[Robolus]

Great to see more from you!
I like your style and keep it up the good work. :btu:

[Jeff Gran]

Awesome stuff Daarken. I really like the cafe drawings. Man I wish I could either draw as fast as you or remember what I saw for as long as you. I can only get very quick drawings off in a setting like that.

[R_M]

Just wanted to add another voice to the corus...

I am a beliver to...but I do miss your pastels.:cool:

[daarken]

thanks everyone!! glad to know you guys actually come and see my sketches, heh. here is some stuff i did yesterday in class, they are all anywhere from 5 minutes to 15 minute poses....i will post some more cafe drawings later on today.

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/life/fall2003/im002008.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/life/fall2003/im002009.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/life/fall2003/im002012.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/life/fall2003/im002016.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/life/fall2003/im002017.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/life/fall2003/im002019.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/life/fall2003/im002020.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/life/fall2003/im002022.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/life/fall2003/im002023.jpg

[J.Mac]

great work daarken, i really enjoy looking at your drawings alot i wish i was able to what you can do, but i guess i just need to practice. i just have a hard time controlling my pencil, do you know what i mean. i look i observe, than i go to put lines down and i can't get them down correctly. sorry for the ramble just me thinking out loud. great work :D me want more now!!!!

-Jesse

[xia]

Damn! Daarken!!! I really love those life drawings!!!!
You capture the movement and the mood really well. Great work!!!:chug:

[daarken]

jmac: yeah, i still have a lot of problems controlling my charcoal...i need to practice varying my line weight more.

xia: thanks!

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/cafe2.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/cafe3.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/chars.jpg

[endregan]

whoa man whered those last ones come from. rock on

[metaphysiks]

damn dude your life drawings are very very cool. i really like the feel of your lines. please keep posting them. by the way what tools did u use in that painter piece?
meta

[daarken]

meta: um...i used some of the oil brushes from the earlier versions of painter, the sargent brush, round camelhair, i think the chalk one..i dunno, lotsa different ones.

[daarken]

did a few more at borders today.

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/borders3.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/borders4.jpg

[endregan]

awesome job on those they have a lot of form. :)

did people mind you sketching them or is it just normal

awesome

[Rusty]

stunning stuff there Daarken,...those poses with tha boxer r pure gold,youve captured weight,restrained energy of each pose..i wouldnt mind getting sketched by someone with skills like these..

welldone
Rusty

[J.Mac]

neato!! lol :D good sketch book stuff. i like how you treat the faces i am trying to figure out how to do heads correctly myself. sadly my school doesn't offer a portrait drawing class i think unless it is a special class that they don't announce...hmmm!? anyways good stuff i like your style much.

-Jesse

[metaphysiks]

the face on teh bottom of the top page is stunning man. goo stuff. thanks for the painter advice.
meta

[metalwinds]

these drawings are shwingin. lots of good stuff here.

peace

[thomasaurus]

I love how you render and form faces!

[I.was.ink]

Very nice update over the last couple of days. Your fig. drawings are great.

Terrific Gesture!

[daarken]

endregan: i dont think anyone noticed me...one time this guy got really mad and ran over to me and was like "I DONT WANT YOU DRAWING ME!!!!" i was like man. he had on this green patients outfit too and looks a little crazy.

meta: no prob, hope that helped some.

ink, jnorish, metal, mac, and rusty: thanks everyone!

some stuff i did yesterday at the figure drawing workshop. all 5 minute drawings.

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/page2.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/page3.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/page4.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/page5.jpg

some doodles while i was sitting in the lounge at school

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/construction.jpg

sparthish type painting i did yesterday

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/landed.jpg

[J.Mac]

daarken great work as usual. your figures are really nice. what size sketch book do you happen to use? your doodles are nice too. i like your painting, i really like the colours :D PS or Painter? Can't wait for more :thumb:

-Jesse

[xia]

Awesome! Love them all, especailly you speed painting!

[metalwinds]

really nice, and quick, figure drawings. love the sparth pic, but the ground could use some work. .. it doesnt look.. . ... groundish enough

peace

[endregan]

haha man thats funny about the patient guy. i woulda freaked out :p

thats cool that you can do that perhaps i will find the time someday

your life drawings are good keep it up

like your sparth painting.. :)

[morbidhumor]

Love your figure drawings, and that's a pretty sweet ode to Sparth.

[daarken]

mac: my sketchbook is only 4x7. pretty small. oh yeah, and that was done in photoshop.

metal: yeah i totally agree...it was giving me problems and i was like screw it! haha.

thanks everyone else!

well for homework we have to make these icons using illustrator...so here are some sketches...they have to be totally flat shapes (in case anyone hasnt used illustrator)

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/icons.jpg

[xia]

:chug:

[endregan]

awesome man i like your sketches. the masks are pretty neat and they look great..

:) those are cool ideas...

show us when youre finished

[J.Mac]

oh wow that is pretty small, i have to have no smaller than 8.5 x 11 sketch books for classes, so people notice me way more often than not :D that is cool that you are going to make an icon in illustrator. are you going to post it when you are done? ihope you do. i like the guy in the line up the most for some reason the most. well great stuff as usual. draw on!

-Jesse

[thomasaurus]

its impressive how you get such great renderings on such a small size!

[adien]

damn daarken. some very nice work here. your "busy hand" is what I want to start trying to do with my work eventually, although I think I might need a more solid understanding of anatomy before I can get it to work for me. :)

I've always admired your self portrait paintings. Now you've made me a huge fan of your pencils! I love pencils. Hey are you taking classes at an Atelier or are you attending college/uni right now?

There is a small Art Academy that looks Atelier-ish here in Vancouver, I'm going to take a few classes there. also thinking of taking classes at the Atelier in Seattle, only 2.5 hour drive. would be ok once or twice a week I think.

I also plan on taking classes at one of the Universities here. just wondering on your take. What's your background? :)

[Sam0s]

:eek: :eek: :eek: amazing daarken! your figures are delicious!
keep up the juicy werk man!

hope I get to see yah next semester :chug:
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[I.was.ink]

nice icons!

I like the guy with his head up against the wall. He seems to tell us a story about him. He's a criminal or a fugitive. But we dont really know. I chose that one, cuz when compared to the rest, they don't have such an impact(story wise) as the guy with the suit.

[daarken]

hmmm...i might post my icons when im done. i have 2 finished so far...i have 4 more to go.

adien: i am going to the academy of art college in san francisco...this is actually my last year there. im graduating in may. i actually didnt draw that much before i started going to the academy...and i never painted until the academy either. yeah you should definitely take some classes.

Sam0s: thanks. yeah u might see me around next semester, so are you going into illustration or fine art?

ok, more stuff i did at borders.


http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/borders2.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/buildings.jpg

[daarken]

stuff from class yesterday....i didnt do so well though.

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/life/im002034.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/life/im002035.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/life/im002036.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/life/im002037.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/life/im002038.jpg

[I.was.ink]

I think you did pretty good!

The first guy's nose is really cool!

The gesture on the last cowboy rocks!

Gooooooooo daaaaaaaaaarken!

[J.Mac]

daarken great figures :thumb: the last couple are great the gestures on the cowboys are nice :D more more i need more! I like how you are confident with your lines, it makes the drawings so much stronger.

-Jesse

[roger]

Very nice sketches daarken, I like them a lot. Except that Sagrada Familia sketch you got there, you should have drawn the full building! :D

[Sam0s]

lovely update daarken!
my expectations bout AAC gets higher with every new update here!

I finally decided to go with Trad. Illustration after you 'convinced' me :clapping2 :chug:

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[AmadorL]

gravy job as always Daarken! You know what would be realy cool? If you on in that case for sketch that where drawn with ref. to post them next to each other. I think alot of up would learn a lot!

Pimp on Big Pimp'n

A

[Robolus]

You keep on amazing me, daarken! Gooood work!
I would give my left hand to be on a art school like you and draw and paint every day from life.

[daarken]

thanks everyone! just a little update for now...gotta go make an eye appointment...mine are all messed up :P

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/burma.jpg

did this while my teacher was blabbing away about illustrator...i couldnt get the colors matched right when i saved for the web, oh well. *edit* oh my god! those colors really look like shit....

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/untitled-1.jpg

[endregan]

awesome again daarken. the colours are pretty good nonetheless you dont think so. was it just the quality you saved them as?

keep it up

[WildSpruceMoose]

Pretty cool man. Good shading/details in the people and some funky colours in the landscape. Funky, but not necessarily bad.

[xia]

Nice work, I really like the painting, pretty cool.

[daarken]

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/cigar.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/monk.jpg

[dilation]

very nice, i like the direction of your lines when your shading. great work... cant wait to see more

[daarken]

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/borders1.jpg

[Sam0s]

seriously, im impressed each time you update
love em portraits , LOVE EM!

you inspired me tons and you know it :clapping2 :clapping2

keep it up

[daarken]

Sam0s: thanks man, im glad you are inspired.

did a few things...

http://www.daarken.com/boards/blingbling.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/boards/longwaydown.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/womanpipe.jpg

[emi]

bling bling, ching ching, ring ring


you're stuff is awesome, daarken. I love those cat boys. I'm glad you're drawing those again!

[walking-in-minefield]

is the mo=ped Furi Curi inspired? if not that's cool, those cat guy ones look great, especially him on the diving board, love the background on it

[daarken]

emi: awwww, you have inspired me. everyone should hang out with emi because shes awesome and shes going to be famous :P

walking: who is furi curi?

[daarken]

some stuff i did at the workshop today

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10-8.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10-8b.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10-8c.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10-8d.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/hand.jpg

[daG-ELLO]

I'm very impressed with your stuff... I enjoy seeing new things. :)

Looking at your work makes me wish that I was in an art class so that I could do the figure drawing like you do.

[ShawnYe]

Great studies daarken, how big is your sketchbook? The one with the rings?

Shawn

[daarken]

shawn: thanks! they are all in my 4x7 sketchbook. i just got a larger one..but i still like my small book.

dag: yeah, you should take some! hah.

new stuff.

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/monks.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/monk2.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/monk3.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/babycoat.jpg

[Dan.v.D.]

very moody and cool - as always!

are they w/o ref?

[Aidan]

Cool drawings.

Where do you get your reference-pics from?

[daarken]

aidan: i got some from the web and some from books.

dan: yeah, most are with ref or from life

stuff from the workshop today

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.17.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.17b.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.17c.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.17d.jpg

working on some thumbnail compositions

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/thumbcompssmall.jpg

[Main Loop]

hmm is it just me or do those last ones cut off?

[daarken]

working on more comps

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/thumbcomps2small.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/thumbcomps3small.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/thumbcomps4small.jpg

[metalwinds]

great stuff daarken. im especially diggin the thumbnail compositions.

peace

[J.Mac]

great compositions daarken!! what do you plan on doing with these studies?

-Jesse

[daarken]

metal: thanks! ive really been trying to work on creating some better compositions, plus im trying a new method by starting with bigger shapes as opposed to going right into detail.

jmac: i am doing an environment in my illustration 3 class, and these are the sketches for it. any ideas which one i should go with?

[Main Loop]

heyyyyy i know those poses, i remember them from Henry Yan's workshop... and David Lee was there...I was there, i was the only one doing watercolor... Yan must be drawing's best kept secret... he needs a website......

[endregan]

whoa youve been pretty busy, love your pencils, such energy. still doing the oil paintings too ? I miss your paintings. Ill just have to be patient


the thumbnails are great. id choose a couple of them, hard to tell! do what you think would work best

[ShawnYe]

Great thumbnails, I was always wondering if you are into environments when I first saw yours at the speedpaint thread. These are incredible. Are you going to work on more environments?

Shawn

[daarken]

shawn: thanks! im glad u like them. yeah ive been trying to work on my environments more for my portfolio. im going to take one of my comps and create a final illutration out of it for class, and ill probably do some more for me.

endregan: yeah im still doing my paintings. i have some up in the life drawing thread. im gonna post a new one soon.

main: haha, thats cool that u were there too. yeah henry yan is pretty awesome. too bad i never had him as a teacher.

more workshop stuff:

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.21.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.21b.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.21c.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.21d.jpg

[daarken]

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.22Heads.jpg

[AmadorL]

hey Daarken how many life drawing classes have you taken so far?

A

[daarken]

amador: lets see. i have had

1). intro to fig drawing
2). intermediate fig drawing
3). clothed fig drawing 1 and 2
4). clothed fig 3 (i am in the class this semester)
5). heads and hands 1 and 2

[daarken]

doodling while i was in class

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/rakemanweb.jpg

[AmadorL]

cool shit Daarken. I see you gotz yo self a laptop....hey about the life drawing classes, you mean to tell me that only after 2 life drawing classes you got it down?


I plan to take 4 back to back and then move on to workshops head/clothed etc.

A

[daarken]

amador: haha, i wish i had a laptop. this was in my illustration 3 class which is a digital class...so we all have computers in there.

stuff i did yesterday at the workshop...not that great

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.23.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.23b.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.23c.jpg

[daarken]

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.24.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.24b.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.24c.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.24d.jpg

[popeye]

i really like your life drawing sketch book. the last three posts are really good.I have been luking around for some times and i witness your progress from your early posts in the life drawing thread, and it is really amazing!
i also wanna see more of your paintings(that fish market painting rocks!), please keep it up!

[daarken]

popeye: thanks!! i need to do some more paintings :P

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.25.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.25b.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.25c.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.25d.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.25e.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.25f.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.25g.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.25h.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.25i.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.25j.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.25k.jpg

[AmadorL]

your doing big thing Daarken! Are all the drawings you do for this class this small?

A

[daarken]

amador: no, these drawings are for fun...they arent for class. in class i draw with charcoal on 18x24.

blah

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.27.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.27b.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.27c.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.27d.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.27e.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.27f.jpg

[daarken]

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.28.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.28b.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.28c.jpg

[AmadorL]

:chug:
A

[daarken]

man it was a crappy drawing day :P

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.28d.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.28e.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.28f.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.28g.jpg

[StephenC]

oi, love those life drawings,,,,very raw, makes me miss the life drawing.

[daarken]

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.31.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/10.31b.jpg

[daarken]

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/11.2.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/11.2b.jpg

[daarken]

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/suits.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/11.4.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/11.4b.jpg

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/11.4c.jpg

[daarken]

http://www.daarken.com/flash2003/dsb/indianajones.jpg

[roger]

I can't see the images now :( , but the ones I've seen this morning at work were really good, keep it up!

Btw, I can see your site but I get a 404 on the images.