ROCKHART's sketches...... doodles of an College Freshman! ---> UPDATED EVERY WEEK!

[Rockhart]

K you know how it works... newer images at the back. An plz check them out because they are much better than the first couple pages...

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[FourTonMantis]

Hmm yes I see....

You definitely suffer from a moderate case of needing to post more. :)

In other words, I either a) like your stuff and would like to see more or b) need to see more to critique. (the answer is c) both).

[Rockhart]

ok here is some less finished drawings.
these are some sword fighting studies.

[Rockhart]

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and some more...
the first started as a life drawing at the air port...then i got bored.
the other three (which are not done using refrence of any kind) are possible paintings... maybe.

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[Evxyza92]

Well you have grasp of antomy , but show us some more studies, and take some time out, and sketch a lamp with the light on , its good practice for values.

[.:J/A\X:.]

I love the style of the text face in your first post. Post more, for sure.

[Rockhart]

Ok two more for the weekend...

[Rockhart]

And some more. first one's inspired from "house of flying daggers"

[welch99]

Hey Rockhart. I decided to listen to your suggestion and stop by. Thanks for checking out my stuff by-the-way. You've got some pretty nice stuff here. Did you do your avatar pic in illustrator. I hate that program. I gotta respect you for that. I like that pic of the grey guy holding the gun. The perspective on the gun is really good. Keep up the good work.

[Smarty]

hey..

I think you are being pretty brave at what your attmepting here, which is good and fun :)

To see some bigger improvements though, you need to break your finished pieces into smaller chunks focusing on one thing at a time... be it anatomy, composition or palette.

Basically i think your biting off more than you can chew..

just keep oging though and things will start to improve :)

[Eponine]

I really like the sketch with the town, and the burning tower in the end of it.. Very mysterious sort of, maybe its me lol. But I just like it... :D would love to see it worked out properly sometime! :D Good idea.. :)

[Rockhart]

k here are some more, both are on 11X17 bristol. but first... some thx.

.:J/A\X:. - thx. i hope you noticed if u turn it upside down it's acutally a car ad... oh and it's titled "Consumerism"

welch99 - Hey thx for commenting! and yeah the pic was done in illustrator. somehow i learned how to do it but not photoshop... i'll have to correct that sometime.

smartkyle - thx for the crit but what did u mean by "I think you are being pretty brave at what your attmepting here" ? just wondering!

Eponine - thx i actually started to do a really large color pencil drawing of it but... maybe i'll finish it during Christmas break.

[MurdokX]

I love that leaf study!
I need you need to practice on gestures, some of your figures are stiff

Keep it up man

[Rockhart]

another quick sketch for the book. kind of got a little messed up when i photographed it, but meh. enjoy! and Crit!

[ped454]

It's pretty neat that you've attempted Vector Drawing. It's hard and time consuming but when done well it shocks people. And it can go on T-shirts + make money! haha

Your drawings are pretty good but you should definitely study more anatomy and get into the proper thought process of drawing.

Try www.posemaniacs.com/blog

lats

[Rockhart]

k i think it's time for a few more. first is and image edited in photoshop then illustrator. the other is a drawing i did a couple of months ago. enjoy!

[Gadbury]

Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook and making a comment!

Nice stuff here, I like the guy with the red eyes and the rabbit on the gun, pretty cool

[DoktorNo]

You have veray varied styles in your sketchbook. I would even say, that it is uneven. Some your works are stunning, and other are just... flat...

BTW: thanks for comment on my Sketchbook.

[Rockhart]

all right my real sketchbooks almost full! but before i post the goodies some thx must be dole out...

MurdokX - thx! the leaf looks nicer in real life though... and i agree some of my figures are a little stiff.

ped454 - thx i really like adobe illustrator. its awsome!

Mr. Gadbury - and and you're welcome!

DoktorNo - thx. well, variatey is the spice of life... and one of the reason i think some of these pieces stand out more than the others is their level of completion. or that some pieces i have spent alot of time on versus those drawn in only 30 min or less.

k now the images! most are just studies for possible projects...

[Gadbury]

I like that last update, nice variety through the sketchbook so far.

[zaimless]

Your work is so cool... keep it up...

[clueless sketch]

proportion is what you need i saw that some head was bigger than the body and a body to long for the head but good concepts love them

[Rockhart]

Mr. Gadbury - Nice to see you on my sketchbook again!

zaimless - thx. why did you resurect a couple of my old critique center posts? oh well maybe they'll get new cits...

clueless sketch- hmmm... well if your refering to the mummy one thats alright because i did that on purpose. it makes the mummy's shrivled corpse look even skinnier. plus his mouth is opening ridiclously wide too.

k here is a piece i did in only an hour or so, then sent it to this contest (Coloursoft USA (http://coloursoftusa.com/))and hoped for the best. which happened to be third place! enjoy...

[Connie Cane]

Nice studies! I really like the sword ones.
My favorite piece so far is the little Lego guy walking around. The perspective is great in that one. Keep it up! =)

[thek]

A wide variety of work here of varying quality - but this is what makes you great! You're trying everything and learning - pushing your knowledge further each time. There's so much progress being made, keep it up! Like others have said though, make sure you keep some time for the 'boring' serious stuff too - anatomy is really important and it'll push your creations to the next level.

[Rockhart]

Connie Cane - thank you!

thek - thx for the comment. don't worry im still keeping time for the boring stuff, but i probably wont post any of it ;)

k, this is getting hard to find any new images. pretty soon I'll actually have to draw some more! :) jk working on a big piece right now that is taking up most of my drawing time... enjoy and crit!

[Rockhart]

well i guess it's time to post some more stuff. just submitted my portfolio to the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. keeping my fingers crossed :) anyways her's a piece I included...

[Rockhart]

drawing i did a couple of months ago for some comic idea...

[Sedig]

Thanks for looking at my sketchbook.

This is a nice start. You are do your share of studies, but most importantly, you are not afraid of trying something new.

The leaf study/drawing is very good. A big difference. I'm going to guess that it took a while. It looks like you slowed way down, and thought about every step you made. Excellent.

Perhaps you should try the same thing on additional works. There is nothing wrong with spending six hours on a drawing. Try another study, maybe a shoe, or something just as interesting. Try to slow it way down. Make sure that every line is just where it belongs. Don't settle for less. If you get frustrated, don't worry. You can try to push throught it, but there is nothing wrong with setting it aside for a while and calming down. We can all benefit from studies like this. (others may disagree, so take it with a grain of salt)

[Rockhart]

Sedig-actually alot of the pieces i've put on here have taken longer than that leaf :[ both of the magician pieces and the lake are 14x17 and very detailed. the waiters and some other ones too, but maybe it's confusing cause i mixed them with some sketches and rough drawings... oh well

redid the soldier in illustrator for fun. :)

[Rockhart]

here's a t-shirt i designed for our highschool art club. turned out pretty nice :)

[Rockhart]

revamped illustrator drawing. you know people it's allright to crit and comment on my work. I'm not going to bite your head off or anything.... :)
heck I might hug you! :hugsmile:
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[Rockhart]

k here's something intresting... (don't remember if i posted it before :s) did the hand from ref. tell me what you think....
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[Rockhart]

so... anybody ever play starcraft?
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[SlipperyFish]

hey rockhart,

some really cool stuff you've got going here. you seem to have a really modern style in some of these, which is always going to look good.

one thing that kept coming through though, was proportion. I find it useful to think about the number of heads high the average person is supposed to be, which I think is around six or seven. Some of your figures have rather large heads, and look short because of it.

another thing is symmetry, not in a design sense, just in a base-construction sense. the heads on a couple of your characters get a little uneven, such as your grey red-eyed man holding the .45 (who looks really badass by the way) just something to keep an eye out for.

your bottom two drawings, the one of the alien-esq character and the grim reaper are really strong, especially the first one. his head might be a little big, but he's so obviously not human it doesn't really matter on him. its just a solid drawing all round, so nice work.

just keep on drawing, the more prolific you are the faster you'll improve!

[Rockhart]

Here's a few colored pencil drawings I did. this time i tried drawing without sketching it out first in pencil. the subjects are just random photos. crits!

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[Té-Can]

Sweet headshots. I really love the colors. :] The womans jawline looks like it curves upward a bit much so it looks like she doesn't have a chin. Can't wait to see more. : D

[Rockhart]

k here's another little something from my sketchbook. kind of let my mind wander and just doodle random stuff... if anyone has an interpretation of it i'd be glad to hear it ;)

oh and thanks for the comment te-can... yeah i noticed that chin. I'm working on some more so maybe I'll post them later.

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[Rockhart]

k here's another drawing. im not worried to much about the proportions, im more concerened about the execution and style. tell me what you think...
about all my artwork if you really want...:overhere:
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[Rockhart]

k her'es another experemental piece. i tried to do a portrait using only colored paper. unfortunatly i didn't have enough shades to make it incredibly detailed. :( still it looks kind of cool right? :confident

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[Rockhart]

Continuing my vector drawing fad.... This is still a work in progress. come on people I know you're out there. I can hear you breathing!

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[Brewmaster]

I have to know, did you hand vector the zebra, or was it from a photo?
Either way, these are very nice pieces. I'm very partial to the T-shirt design you have going at the top of the page!

[Rockhart]

Brewmaster- well most of it's from a photo but the quality was poor so i found myself freehanding parts. thx though!

here's an updated one.... still a long way to go though...

[Brewmaster]

It's looking great so far. I'll have to keep checking out your updates!

[Sedig]

I usually try to follow sketchbooks, but I lost track of this one until now. Sorry. I guess my previous comment didn't really work out quite like I planned. The leaf study is just that- a study. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like you were really trying for accuracy. Though the other pieces may have taken longer, like the magician piece, it is a stylized piece. Accuracy isn't an issue in the magician piece. What I was suggesting in the last post was more studies like the leaf. They will only lead to better and better personal pieces.

If I still didn't quite get this right, or if you have questions, feel free to yell at me.

[Rockhart]

Brewmaster- thx again for the comment! plz do!:teeth:

Sedig- hey that's Ok... yeah i know i need to do more life drawing. or at least more still life stuff. And why would i yell at you? :P

(whoops. first pst without a pic! :$ )

[Matsign]

Hey rockhart! I really like this stuff. Looks like you're getting comfortable with illustrator, that's good! Are you interested in graphic design? I think you would enjoy that field.

[Rockhart]

k im putting aside the zebra for a while to do.... something else! :O

as you know im in highschool, and i tend to get bored spending hours in school. now how many of you have doodled in the margins of your notes? well, i now present my "Doodles of Scholastic Bordeom"!! exicting yes? :party:

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[Sedig]

YES. My favorite thing. I especially like "the circle of life." All it needs is Elton John.

I used to be guilty of the margin doodle, particularly during the first two years of high school. Then, someone introduced me to a wonderful thing: the pocket sketchbook. Every time I got bored, I would whip it out and doodle in that. I still carry one around with me. If the teachers confront you, tell them it's a day planner. Teachers love organized kids.

I think they can be found for a cheap price at your local walmart, or wherever you shop. Try it out. If you don't like it, mail it to me and I'll use it. If you do like it, good deal.

[Rockhart]

Matsign- Thx for the comment man! yeah im actually going into Graphic Design in college and we'll see how it goes!

Sedig- Hey thanks man! yeah i have at least one of those.... but I also like it when my teachers comment on the doodles too.... that's always pretty funny :P

well here's the next batch... i think this is going to be the last of these for a while... just to let you guys know I AM doing other stuff too. :bashful:

these are some scribles inspired by the various books and such that we have read in my english class...
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[Sedig]

I'm a fan of these last doodles. They make me smile, and I like that in art.

"Johnny Got His Gun" is such a terrifying story. I read that back in eighth grade, I think. Messed me up. If you feel up to it, maybe do a more developed illustration. It would have a lot of shock value, and it could be a really thought-provoking piece.

[Rockhart]

sedig- yes! why can't art be funny! hmm... i don't know if i have the guts to do a "johnny got his gun piece"... or the arms, or the legs :) but we'll see.

k here is something diffrent just to prove that im not just goofing off... you know i've posted so frequently i could technically say that this is a daily sketchbook! :O

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[Sedig]

Go ahead. Make it daily. I dare you. I double dog dare you.

The elephant part of this last drawing is very nice. Your lines seem very confident for the most part. Good deal. Unfortunately, the background on this drawing doesn't work. On the bright side, mistakes are a good thing if we learn from them.

[Rockhart]

Sedig- Ummmm.... not wuite ready for that. i was just bringing up the point that iv'e posted almost every day so far. :) however that day might be soon... by the way what don't you like about the background. i like the fact it's rough and makes the elephant "pop" out...

k, I've worked on this a little bit more.... u like? :bashful:
(btw the building is finished so any comments about what i could change about it to make it better would be great)

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[Sedig]

Hmm. Perhaps it works better in real life. I spoke too hastily and harshly in my previous post.

On my computer screen it reads as very greyed-out. Maybe it's because there is a lot of the white of the paper showing. I think that if that elephant were on a black background it would pop even more. It's that whole contrast thing.

What I really think is that we need some more opinions on it. I may not like it merely because of personal taste. Others might like its roughness, or something else entirely. I would like to hear from other people on this.

[Tiberiu]

Rockhart regarding u'r vectorial work
The composition it's kinda messy and i mean that u'r eyes are cought by that flash in up-right corner ! what's about with that white spot anyway ? it's too wide and too white for the composition !

I really think u put too much details on those ruins ... it's like a complicated puzzle, many many small things used improperly are hurting the eye of the viewer !

From where are those bricks in the low-left of the image ? there is nothing similar, those are definitely from another story !

U'r vectorial work looks like a collage but i can't figure out a meaning for it :) so if u have time put down in words the story/ concept behind u'r work ! Keep it up and have fun !

Ps: i really like more the first version of u'r vectorial work ! it's a better composition !

[Rockhart]

Tiberiu- yeah that piece is still a WIP.... i think im going to make the zebra bigger and add a second destroyed building in the background. as for the ruins... their supposed to be a mess :) but we'll see how the final project turns out... as for the story. Im kind of going for the whole Humanity and the destructive nature of mankind, especially in africa. if u notice the zebra looks a little out of place amongst the debry, also he has a broken heart on his flank. trust me once it's done it'll look awsome :^^:

Now Sedig had a good point. I would like some other opinions about the elephant sketch and it's background. i think it works, he doesn't... any body else? maybe i should also mention that i was going for a quick background to help the drawing standout more.

[Rockhart]

well.... guess no one has any thoughts to share. :( k, here's my daily sketch. 10min pic from a magazine pic about an inch big.

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[Sublimus]

Wow, your vector work is really a lot better than your drawings. If you want to get better at drawing, the fastest way is to draw from life, or from photo reference.

I like your vectors a lot, if you enjoy doing them, I highly encourage you to keep exploring them, they look great so far.

[Rockhart]

Sublimus- thx, i think.... guess it depends on how good my drawings are :^^: yeah i do like vector artwork but it's nice to just draw once in a while.

K here's my daily update. this was for a newspaper piece about how the next generation (my generation) is supposed to change the world. revolutionize it, like the 60's but in bigger and better ways.... anyways here it is. can you catch all the symbolism

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[cupidsart]

I'm really liking your vector work. What program are you using, Corel, Illustrator, ?

As for the Zebra/Ruins, adding in a few gratients may help the depth of that image a little, but as it sets your moving along well on it, :D

[Brewmaster]

I am Really digging that zebra right now! and I agree with the comment about the gradients. that would help a lot!

[Ovad]

Hehe, the one above me is great.

[Sedig]

Welcome to page three, and welcome tp the wonderful world of daily updates. That ten minute face is nice. I enjoy things like that. I also like the piece about change. The lines and values remind me a little of madplanet's work. He used to post in my old sketchbook.

Good luck witht he daily updates, keep up the good work!

[Rockhart]

cupidsart- Thx! yeah im using illustrator... takes awhile to do but it looks cool

Brewmaster- Thx again for the comment!

Ovad- U like? so do I ... :^^:

sedig- Thx! almost forgot to post today :( but i remembered just in time. yeah

k well here's a sketch i did when i was rather.... sad :( oh well i got over it. still i thought it was an intresting piece and worth commenting on...
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[Rockhart]

OHS NOES!!! i didn't post yesterday! slipped my mind until i was in bed and i really didn't feel like getting up...:) so to make up for it im posting the final pic of my zebra warzone!! crit's are always appreciated...
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[Sedig]

The sad piece is interesting. Would you be willing to explain what is happening in it?

Also, on the vector piece:

I don't know how these work, or even what they are. I do know that he zebra looks excellent, and so do the buildings. Only one problem for me- They don't seem to fit together. Would it take a lot of work and time to give the zebra a cast shadow on the ground? If not, it could really help anchor it.

[Brewmaster]

The Zebra piece is looking great. It does need some shadow though. (and perhaps just a tiny bit more detail in the debris... perhaps some texture in the outer wall of the half standing building. Just like what you have in the brick textured piece of debris)
I like your Rube Goldberg device too! Very inventive!

Keep up the good work.

[Rockhart]

Sedig- Well it's sad.... idk just drawing what came out of my head. if you can explain it to me though... ;). yeah i think im going to add a sahdow, completly forgot about that :) (or maybe its a GHOST ZEBRA!) yeah thx for catching that

Brewmaster- don't know if im gonig to add any texture to the buildings, might make them standout to much. but yeah, expect an update in a couple of days! :^^:

k here's a piece for my crusade battle with WolfBane. Like? let me know... Hate? try to say it nicely...:D
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[Rockhart]

k well i promised it and here it is! the final (at least i thinks so) rendition of this piece! WOOT! Party! :party:

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[Brewmaster]

That Shadow on the zebra makes all the difference! Nice work!

[Matsign]

The Africa warzone illustration came out real nice. I'd get a print of it. Befpre I do that it looks like you have some objects in your background building that are showing white space or have a white stroke (through the windows). I wanna say the same thing about the broken heart on the zebra.

This has a lot of personal touches to it that make it very enjoyable. I think design is all about graphic subtly. Have a powerful voice through you're art.

[Sedig]

Hey, that shadow really makes a difference. Good to see.

If you are willing to take it, I have one more suggestion: play with the size of that heart a little bit. It might be my computer screen, but it seems a little small. I wouldn't have known that it was a broken heart if I hadn't been told. I don't think it would be bad if it extended into the white stripe, but I don't know. If it isn't too difficult, give it a shot. That heart is a nice subtle touch, so you don't want it too big, but you do want it to be clear. See what happens.

[Rockhart]

Brewmaster- Thx!

Matsign- good eye about the windows and heart! but i took a closer look at it and that only happened because i resized it down and it pixilated, the higher res. looks fine. im going to assume "Have a powerful voice through you're art." is supposed to have a "you" in front of it. and thank you very much! :)

Sedig- Thx! well, the pic is a little small because i resized it so my slow dialup (28.8 kbp warrior! Woot!) could post it within a half an hour. I also played with the size of the heart and decided it was better to leave it smaller... but that's just my opinion.

k, well this sketchbook's starting to take off! here's another sketch to keep things moving. i start'd drawing the head and then... well... let me show you...

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[Rockhart]

k here's a few ideas and concepts I'm toying with. I'm thinking of doing another animal/ruined city drawing. tell me what you think....

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[Sedig]

Dial-up. Ouch. Could you give me an approxiamte size of the vector piece. I imagine that seeing it full size would make a big difference.

On that last character one thing really stands out to me: the length of the legs. They are very different. Try to be conscious of this next time.

I like the idea of the ruined city piece, but I don't know if I like the integration of the word change- hopefully you can get the piece to speak for itself. I suggest a composition that is much closer to the eagle and also much closer to the city. Give us a clearer idea of what is going on. Communicate the need for change through the image itself.

[Rockhart]

Sedig- ha that's the funny thing about vector artwork... it can be any size! but if i did prim=nt it out it would be around 11X14 or so....

k just found out Wolfbane killed me in our crusade duel... :( but I've moved on and here's the finished version of another duel....

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[Rockhart]

k here's another crusade sketch. not to happy with it but .... meh i ran out of time :( ....

on a side note i really need to get a tablet.... ;)
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[TLL]

I think the picture you drew for our duel looks nice but it would look much better if the backround wouldn't be totally white. (It looks a bit like a cartoon or comic)
Anyway it's a nice picture.

[Rockhart]

WIP using adobe illustrator.
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[Rockhart]

couple of qucik hand studies that I did during english class :)
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[Thanasimos]

Quick toss back to the Zebra: While it does have a shadow now, the chunks of rubble that fall into the shadow are not shadowed; only the ground received the Zebra's shadow, for some reason or another.

Shouldn't take long to fix, but it would make a difference, I think.

[Sedig]

Those last hand studies are fantastic. The variation in line weight makes a big difference. Now that we've seen your quick hand studies, I'd like to see some long hand studies. Work on one for as long as you can stand. A lot will be learned.

[Rockhart]

Wow! O_o it's been a while since I've posted anything... whoops! :p oh well maybe no one will notice....

Thanasimos- Yeah i was looking at that. might fix it sometime :P good eye though.

Sedig- Thank you very much! Yeah I probably should do a few 30 min + drawings... but i don't know. It's like i have Drawing ADD sometimes :)

k finished version of this thing....
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg103/lockhara/watergaurdianFINAL-1.jpg

[Rockhart]

k quick anatomy sketch... no refrence just seeing if i could do it from my head. im taking a once-a-week anatomy class and i think it's really helping. plus it's my first real art instruction (hopefully the first of a long line) kind of exciting! I'd post some sketches from the class but unfortunatly my scanner isn't big enough .... :( oh well maybe I'll figure something out...
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[Sedig]

Good for you, taking a class.

About drawing ADD: I know exactly what you mean. I get all antsy and nervous sometimes, and I feel like I just need to stand up and leave. When I have to work for long periods of time, I really try to calm down, and remember not to worry. It's okay to stop drawing for a bit, then go back to it after a short break. The important thing is going back to it. Just have fun with a long study. No pressure. You have all the ime in the world.

[Rockhart]

well i just "finished" my piece for my crusade duel against Cupidsart (BTW crusades rock!) and a quick sketch for another duel too! Comments would be greatly appreciated....

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[Sedig]

Just a couple of ideas on the last one:

It looks like his cloak/blanket is open. Nothing wrong with this, but I think that if it was open into the wind like that it would be billowing out a whole lot, and he would be cold. I guess I'm suggesting that you move the opening so that it isn't facing into the wind.

Also, I don't know the topic for the challenge, but he seems out of place in his surroundings. Maybe put him next to a fire, or a tree, or a rock, anything. He kind of looks like he's just shivering out in the middle of nowhere. Bring him into his setting.

I really like the look of this one, and I eagerly await the finished product.

[Rockhart]

Sedig- well I tried to make it look like the wind was coming at his side... lol and his setting is the middle of nowhere :P (oh and it is done. check the crusades page if you want to see it before i put it up here...)

k, here's a concept that I want to expand into a bigger drawing (obviously with more detail) and I was wondering if u guys had any ideas or crits for it... thx!
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[Rockhart]

ok, I still want input on the previous post.... but here's the finished version of my drawing for the crusades...

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[Sedig]

Concerning the city/savanna scene:

Are you going for a harsh contrast, or a gradual change? What is the goal behind the piece? What are you trying to communicate? These are qustions to keep in mind...

As far as crits go... you need to conscious of relationships between objects. Take, for example, the size of the door as compared to the power line, or the windows of the front building compared to the others. Sizes in perspective will mess you up. I'm also going to suggest looking at some trees, both those in the savanna and those in the city. Using ref for these will make them look a bit more natural. Just make sure that they stay relative in perspective. One last thing- don't forget cast shadows. You need some cast shadows to anchor those forms to the ground.

Sorry if it was too long.

[Rockhart]

YES!!! page #4 and post #200! and to commemorate this happy ocasion another crusades duel pic... enjoy!
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[Sedig]

Neat. This is a dynamic scene. There is a lot of action. I'm going to be a crit monster, though, and request a background for the next one.

[Rockhart]

I redrew my orignial pet attack scene... it kind of has a background :) hmmm I've had no one comment on my sketchbook for a while other than sedig..... :(

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[Sedig]

Bummer about the lack of visits. Have you been visiting lots of other sketchbooks? A few years ago it wasn't nearly as bad, but anymore you have to visit so many sketchbooks to get even a few replies.

It's great that you can come up with scenes like this. The imagination is there ::: now it's just technical stuff. More practice will lead to more improvement. Push for a more defined space next time- give us a distinct foreground, middleground, and background. This will give us the depth we need.

[Rockhart]

Sedig- yeah I guess I'm not that popular... :( oh well... so here's another crusade drawing and... what's this? A background! :)
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[Sedig]

Good for you. Now you just need to work out some proportional issues. I usually try to avoid critique that focuses on a specific part of anantomy, as it is generally just a matter of practice and effort on the part of the artist, but: your heads seem to be consistently large. Try to keep on eye on them.

Also: done any lifedrawing lately?

[TheWookieMonster]

I like your style of drawing dude, the images look like they could sit nicely in a comic strip... why not try producing a small cartoon sequence ? try out the some facial gestures/expressions, i think you could produce a real stunner :D

[Rockhart]

TheWookieMonster- Thanks man. I've actually been brainstorming a few ideas for some comics but... they never get much past the idea stage.

Sedig- actually I have been doing some life drawing. And my figure drawing class is still going on for another two weeks. unfortunatly we draw on 18 X24 tablets ... so my scanner is a little small to put those up :( but rest assured I'm doing them! Yeah somethimes my heads tend to get to big, especially when im doing a more cartoony style.

k, here's a little something out of the ordinary... so I had this CD that had some usless stuff on it. I was about to throw it away when I noticed that the blank side was so shiny... and clean. well here's the result!

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[Sedig]

Thank you for having fun. I think that fun is what it's all about. There's too much going on in the world.

[Rockhart]

thank you for thanking me for having fun. trust me it's fun.... :P

[Rockhart]

OK I've decided to take a break from the crusades. They were really fun but they were taking up all my drawing time... :(

Anyways I was bored during my english class and did a few scribble faces. I'm sure you know how they work just close your eyes, scribble something, and then try to make it look like a face. Entertaining and easy to do when you don't know what to draw. Second sketch is a quick study out of a magazine.

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[Sedig]

I'm definitely going to have to try some of these scribble faces. I think they're great. More good fun. You've created so many characters here. If you are feeling really ambitious, maybe develop some of them...

Magazine study looks good. How long did this take? You said "quick" ... how quick?

[Rockhart]

Sedig- By "quick" I mean like 10 -20 min. tops. yeah I know what you're going to say, that I need to spend longer on them (which i do). but..... :P

k here's a calvin and hobbes illustration (with refrence) and another magazine face. enjoy!

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[Rockhart]

well I was playing around with Illustrator and this was the result. just a quick coloring of an older crusade piece. don't worry everybody I'm still doing life drawings (maybe I'll actually figure out how to get some of them scanned... :P)

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[Sedig]

Good clean fun. I'd really like to see those life drawings. Digital camera, maybe?

[Rockhart]

sedig- yeah I could try that... don't know how good the quality will be though... I'll try it later this week.

K I know there's other people out there looking at this sketchbook.... Plz crit? I really need it :bashful:. first pic is practicing the stuff I've learned in my figure drawing class (man I can already tell it's helped me loads) then I made him into a soldier with some obvious influences from halo... next piece is just some designs and stuff that I was playing around with during a long car ride, and the last one is just a pic that I filtered through illustrator and played around with (this was before the pic in the previous post) k crit away!

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[Sedig]

Even if the quality isn't excellent with your digital camera, we can at least see what you're up to.

Also- what kind of crits are you looking for? Do what to know what's wrong with each individual piece, or do you want broader thoughts? What is your goal?

[Rockhart]

ok as far as crits go I'm not looking for "OMG that's soooo cool!" (although it is nice from time to time...) I'm looking for more of the constructive criticism. most of the time I have a general idea of things that I should probably change/fix but I like it when someone reinforces that or points out something I didn't notice. broad thoughts and opinions are accepted too :)

there... now all I have left to say is PLZ comment!! if you don't like what you see tell me what I should change so the art will get better! that (and more practice) will make it better eventually! k, since TheWookieMonster requested it here's a comic I did...

[Rockhart]

k no one (including me) has visited my sketchbook for a few days :P oh well. no sketches today just a logo that I did for this local contest. I got first out of about 100 competitors so i guess it's ok...

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[Rockhart]

not much new today... just playing around with some of my older drawings and Adobe Illustrator.

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k well since no one is really looking at my sketchbook :( I guess it's ok to post this quick WIP.... :)

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hmmm and those life drawing pics are still coming...

[Brewmaster]

I dig that dragon! I suggest de-wobbling the neck a tad and giving it more of a curve, almost as if it's preparing to bite down on it's foe. other than that, fantastic! keep up the good work!

[Sedig]

Sorry I haven't been around in a while. No legitimate excuse.

Congrats on the logo. Is it actually going to be used, or was it solely for competition?

I really like the Calvin and Hobbes piece. Something about the stationary pattern appeals to me. I'd like to see you apply this same idea to some of your earlier linework. I don't know how well it will work with serious subject matter, but with something comical I think it can be successful.

Just some thoughts for that last WIP: I know you like, and effectively employ, a more cartoony style, but I still recommend a few changes to the birds. On Earth, those birds couldn't fly. The biggest problem is the wingspan. Try launching those wings out much further. Look at some pictures of birds of prey, maybe. Also, what kind of mood are you looking for? Do want the birds to be menacing? Comical? Both?

[Rockhart]

k no pic for this post. Just answering some Q's...

Brewmaster- I tried "de-wobbling" the neck and I actually like it a lot better. Thx!

Sedig- yeah I don't really have a legitimate excuse for not commenting on your sketchbook for a while either, or for that matter not posting everyday :s yeah the logo will be on next years book for the competition. I really like the C&H too I think I'll try it on some other stuff. might work out...
Ha Ha yeah about those birds. They're supposed to be chicken-like so they really shouldn't be able to fly... it's kind of a comical piece. man i need to start posting some serious stuff soon.... :P

[Rockhart]

k another WIP for this drawing....

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[Brewmaster]

Nice! The dragon looks a lot better now. Keep up the good work!

[Rockhart]

k finished version:
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[Rockhart]

ok as promised (about 2 weeks ago :bashful: ) my lifedrawings from an actual art class! we meet only once a week but it felt like I learned alot... this first batch are just quick 1 min. studies nothing fancy. I do notice that I tend to make my heads a little too big when i rush. If anybody notices anything else please be sure to point it out!
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[Rockhart]

ok well this is strange.... I'm posting twice in one day :^^: Ok This is a piece I'm working on using the same pattern idea that i posted previously.... what do you think?

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[Sublimus]

The jaguar you have up there is pretty awesome! And the photo referenced portrait a couple posts before it is good too.


I would advise mixing in a bit more reference work, as it will help you do your creative stuff better.

[Rockhart]

Sublimus- Thx for the comment! yeah I've noticed that refrence helps alot... :^^:

and you can't get much more refrence than figure drawing!!!! :party:
k second batch. These are still quick draws none over 2 min. tomorrow I'll post some of my longer drawings...
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[DeJakhalz]

Hey good work already man, nice anatomy. Altough on the last one his head is too big, or his body to small what u want. :)

[Rockhart]

DeJakhalz- yeah I know... those were just quick 1 ~ 2 min sketches. And it seems that my heads get bigger the faster I draw. :)

k next group of drawings! these are a bit longer :^^: ! the first few are about 5 min. I think and the last couple are 10 ~ 15 min.

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[lew424]

ur art work is fantastic you do them quite fast too
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[Rockhart]

alright now for the good stuff! well almost... the first three are 1~2 min warmup sketches i forgot to add with the others. the rest are longer poses, about 10 ~ 15 min. and the last one is a 40 min. sketch (the final sketch I did for the class). well that's it for the anatomy drawing for a while :) guess I'll have to go back to the good ol' imagination...
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[Rockhart]

just a doodle.... :)

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[Rockhart]

another pattern drawing that I thought I already posted.... :)
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[Sedig]

You kept busy. Good to see.

Life drawing is delicious. It's great to see this from you, and you are doing a great job.

Also: I'm a fan of the patterns, but maybe try simplifying a little bit. Pick one or two patterns, and use a flat color for other areas. Experiment with different palettes too. Try to create something really cohesive, or something that really clashes, or something in between. Use you judgement, have some fun.

[Rockhart]

sedig- ahhh good to hear from you. Yeah the patterns can get confusing sometimes but i think if i play around with the right size and direction of them i can get it to work. at least it's intresting yes? anyways yes tey are very fun to do. as for my life drawings... that's going to be the end of them for a while (mostly due to the fact that the class ended) but i did learn a lot.

k just a quick cartoon. almost saw this happening in the hall not to long ago.... :P
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[Brewmaster]

I dig it! That danger is all too present. (that cord is like Garrot wire it is!)

I'm also digging the pattern drawings.

keep up the good work!

[Rockhart]

so here's a quick little logo that I did for my Media Projects class. the assignment was to create a company logo using both Illustrator and Photoshop....

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[Maestro Andres]

Hey dude, have fun going through your SB pages. Like the ideas and style you have going on, some were really funny to as well. Don't get me wrong, the graphic type of style with flat colors and patterns is enjoyable, but in the long run it will help you skill wise in doing more pieces with actual shading and volume, the same way you are doing with your life drawings. Just a suggestion.
Other thing to point out is that when you deal with more than one character or element in the same piece, don't forget about the perspective. In some of the art crusades one, the perpesctive of the chars quite don't fit well. I believe in one of the Loomis Books, he shows some gives guidelines to get this correct.

Anyways, keep up with the life drawings, those are a great way for improving.

[Rockhart]

Maestro Andres- Thx! Yeah I know the pattern drawings need some work... (maybe alot of work) and the best thing for me to do is practice traditional art more but.... that's just not as fun. :) Anyways I'll start all of that when I go to College (hurray for art class!) next fall. And thanks for the perspective tip. I've noticed that sometimes my figures can look a bit... um wonky sometimes. :P

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[~Faust~]

Hey you're still young so you can just go on and enjoy what you do! Just don't stop drawing every day since you are advancing.

I would recommend doing some more specific anatomy though. Know how the arms work etc-

Anyways, I really like your graphic stuff, you already have a good sense of style. Keep it up!

[Sedig]

My friend, you have a sense of humor. I've been waiting for someone to be clotheslined by an iPod cord for a long time.

Listen to both Maestro Andres and Faust--they are both right. Practice, but make sure you enjoy it.

[Rockhart]

~Faust~ - Thx! yeah anatomy is my biggest weakness but like you also said there's plenty of time for that later! after all it's better to be more creative than technically sound right? (well at least sometimes... :P)

Sedig- good to hear from you. Yeah i've been waiting for that to happen in real life for a long time too. You'd be suprised at how many people do that while walking around in the halls at my school :) but yep totally agree that pracitce makes perfect!

ok so here's a little of both worlds. a hand study done in a graphic way!
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[Brewmaster]

I like it. The dots almost give it that halftone comic book feel! One thing you might do though is to keep the dots at a constant size, because the variation can be strenuous to the eyes.

Keep up the good work!

[Rockhart]

brewmaster- Thx! yeah the dots could be a little more even, maybe even further apart.

wow it's been a loooong time since i've posted anything.... :( im really busy right now and this will probably be a common problem for the next few weeks (getting ready to graduate from highschool!) so just to keep this book alive here's a ninja that i'm designing for my track team's t-shirts....
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[Rockhart]

here's a fun little thing i did just for laughs... a self portrait! i included a slightly smaller photo of me for comparison too...
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[Brewmaster]

I like! The head and neck on your illustration could be reduced in size just a tad. But other than that, it's a really neat concept. I might even go as far as to suggest doing more of these.
keep up the good work.

[Matsign]

hey rockhart, I like that ninja a lot. It might be nit picky but I'd suggest playing around with your stroke ends to bevel on the eyes and try some different brushes that illustrator has in its artsy library for a background. I think you would have fun with those.

The sp is okay, its got a massive neck and you don't so much. You're shoulders are wider than the drawing too.

[Rockhart]

Brewmaster- yeah my neck is huge (in the drawing I mean :P) I should probably fix that.....

Matsign- Hey! thanks for the comment! yeah i could play around with it a bit but since my coach already sent the design to the print shop I've kinda lost intrest in it. Yeah I noticed my porportion problems (especially once i stuck the real photo of me up there) but then again I did draw the photo with only a face refrence :P. who knows it was fun and another one of these might be showing up sometime.

ok just a qucik illustrator-edited sketch to keep my SB afloat. kinda just something funny to pass the time.... soon, very soon I will finally be able to spend mre time on art and less on graduating from highschool (only one month left! X) )

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[Brewmaster]

Fantastic. I like this piece.

by the by: what colleges do you plan to (or have already) apply to once you've graduated?

[Rockhart]

hey everybody! long time no.... um.... posting? anyways just a few to keep my sketchbook afloat :) the first one was my entry for the "doodle for google" contest, which didn't even make it into the regional finalists :(

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[Rockhart]

All right!!! Made it through the last few weeks of school and I am officially GRADUATED!!! Ok so just to prove that I haven’t just been slacking off and been playing videogames here’s a few pieces that I’ve done recently. The first one is awesome because it received “Best Illustration with Story” in state (Oregon) for the Northwest Scholastic Press Publication Olympics (wow that’s a mouthful). And while it’s not exactly the best piece I’ve ever done for my school newspaper…. I still won! ^_^ Well that’s the most exciting thing that’s happened for my art for a while….. the rest of the drawings are just stuff I thought was interesting… enjoy! And please feel free to critique!
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Well it's official... I'm Back! ^_^ (not that anyone cares) so I'll be trying to post at least twice a week while I come up with a way to pay for college... k anyways the first piece is just a touchup (in a way) of a previous piece. the next was a cartoon I did for my high school newspaper (hope you can taste the irony in it). enjoy and make sure to tell me if i'm doing something wrong ;)
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[Brewmaster]

Fantastic new pieces dude! I really enjoy the rube-goldberg devices. and The entry for the doodle for google is fantastic! shame it didn't make it! Keep up the good work, and best of luck on the gathering of money for college! I can assure you that it is a venture you will not regret!

[Rockhart]

Brewmaster- Thx man I was pretty dissapointed about the google logo too but oh well! Their's always more contests to enter after all.

k here's a quick update for those of you who still even bother to watch this sketchbook ;) just a couple of ref. drawings from movie stills. enjoy!
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[~Faust~]

I do bother to watch the scetchbook.Are you planning on artschool? because you have talent! :) Those folds in the last one in particular, great eye for the essential!

[Rockhart]

Thx Faust! yeah I'm going to art school! (well kinda) I'm going to go to Montana State university this fall to major in Graphic Design.

Hey look! Page 6!!! 0_0

[Rockhart]

And he's back!! :party: here's a WIP (sorry about the pic quality) of a piece i'm working on... I think I posted a sketch of it quite a while ago... anyways i just decided to come back to it and I kinda like the direction it's taking... it's sort of a pro-earth illustration... ;)
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[Rockhart]

so I went through my sketchbook and decided to pull out a couple of small drawings that I'd done and never bothered to post and combine them.... some of the drawings are refrenced btw :P
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[Sedig]

LMAO squirrel. He looks completely astonished that he's being observed.

Also, I'm looking forward to seeing the Pro-earth piece come along. Quick crit: watch your verticals with those buildings in the distance--some of them read as leaning to the right.

[Rockhart]

Sedig- Hey man!!! good to hear from you again :) Thx for the tip about the buildings I doubt I would of caught that until it was to late. :P

k here's a couple more movie stills (these are pretty fun!) The first is just some random pics. from "Batman" but the next two are from the Kung Fu movie "Curse of the Golden Flower" (not a bad movie but the costumes are phenom.) and btw this might be all for a while because I just got my wisdom teeth removed. so right now I'm still on novican but in a couple of hours... >_< so adios for a few days! :dead:
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Now I know I said I wouldn't be posting anything because I'd be in so much pain from surgery... but it actually isn't that bad :) so I managed to do a few doodles today. nothing serious....
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[~Faust~]

haha,I still have all my wisdom teeth and I won't ever let them go :). Awesome to see you're letting that get into your way of drawing, though. drawdrawdraw, you'll so make it, and good luck with university!

[Rockhart]

Faust- lol then you don't know how lucky you are! Seriously the worst part about it is that you can't eat any "real" food for a couple of days :dead:

ok well I survived another day by watching movies on the couch (and occasionaly doing some drawig too) and here's a page that I thought came out ok...
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[Sedig]

"Here's a page that I thought came out okay?"

You mean that there are other pages? Unposted pages? Put 'em up dude, cuz we wanna see 'em....!

[~Faust~]

Yes, don't hesitate, your soul-striptease is the fun part of this thing :P

Your control over values and your pencils in general are getting better each post! You gestures are yet very stiff, though. If I were you, I'd do some gesture-drawing (and I don't mean Loomis-stickfigures) and explore body-dynamics. Go wild!

[Rockhart]

k owing to the fact that I am very far away from my scanner I will be unable to post images for.... oh.... at least a week :) but fear not! I will continue to draw with the same... uh... vigor!

Sedig- there are always other pages...

Faust- And what fun would it be if I showed you everything :^^: ? lol thx for the crit. I know figure drawing is my main weakness.... well that and videogames...

[humanNature6115]

This book looks really good.
A little more gesture and anatomy will be nice.

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[algenpfleger]

No excuses! Show the weak stuff, cause that's what shows your flaws, and your flaws are what you must tackle, so how can we crit you when you hide what you screwed up?

Just wanted to rant :>

But what i see looks nice so far. needs more anatomy and gesture, like HumanDude said, and needs LOTS more color! Color! Now! :D And studies from life, and self portraits :) Go go go! Draw!!

[Té-Can]

Cool pages, I like the costumes. : D I love your cartoony stuff. XD I'd love to see some colored stuff too!

[Rockhart]

humanNature6115- Yep a little more anatomy would be nice.... yep.... :)

algenpfleger- thx for the comment! yeah I know I have a lot of work to do (fortunately I have a lot of time to do it...)

Té-Can- Thx! I'll try some color stuff but it's been a while...

ok so I havn't been drawing as much as I'd of liked but here's what i've done over the past 2 weeks... or at least what I feel like showing you :P k the first 3 are just some doodles that I had fun with while trying some stuff with highlighters too (hey it's colorful. at least in person) and the last two are from ref. (big fan of Bone)
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[Sedig]

Ahem:



SHOW US EVERYTHING.




That is all.

Nice job. I find it interesting that just the outline with highlighter suggests an entire color field. You might play with that some more.

[Rockhart]

sedig- I really doubt you show every one of your drawings ;P anyways thx for the comment and yeah the highlighter thing is kinda cool and I think i'll try some diffrent stuff with it.

K no images today but i'd just like to mention that my WEBSITE!!!! is up and running (at least i thinks so...) anyways I designed it completly by myself so tell me what you think.... AndrewLockhartDesign.com thx!

[Rockhart]

so I finally got a tablet (actually I'm only borrowing it from a friend for a few days) and tried my hand at some digital painting. since I was just trying to get comfortable with the tablet I did a paint over of one of my friends. Any suggestions, tips about using tablets in general, and stuff like that would be appreciated. thx!

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Well I buckled down and decided to do some anatomy sketches... (I know shocking) so here's what I have so far (and I promise this is all of it)... lot's of stuff wrong so point it out!
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Yeah, you're right, I don't. But I come close. I just like to give you a hard time. Website works well, but there a few images (I think they are in the "graphics" section) that failed to load. Also--I'm glad to see the anatomy studies. I'm sure that you will see progress in your imaginative stuff.

[~Faust~]

Hmm your anatomy-studies look a bit awkward, maybe you should try to draw from some actual (I wrote sexual, hehe. But seriously...) reference. Those Mannequins look like those limbs are thrown onto the hibbones without actual knowledge about the interaction of bodyparts. Under the tutorials there's a life-drawing tutorial that sums the contructive approach up pretty good<.

- basic shapes (Cubes, cones)
- interlocking (How arm goes into shoulder, shoulderpads into back, etc)
- Gesture-dynamics (Using lines to sweeeeeeep)
- tone

Or something like that. Anyway, you should take those more seriously. Study the muscles before drawing them that rigurous.

About drawing with a tablet, there's always the Photoshop-painting thread from Bumskee. I think it's within the PS-seciton but it pretty much applies to every major digital painting program. You'll find all the basic exercises you need there.

On another note, your update from the 6th is sweet man! I especially like the B/W toons, nice motion going on there. And the Spiderthor is awesome too!

[Rockhart]

Sedig- That's ok I like to give you a hard time too (especially about using color :P) thanks for the tip about the website. Turns out I accidently forgot to load those images! O_o Whoops! But now it's all fixed (I think...)

~Faust~ - K refrence it is... soon at least! Promise! Thx for the tip about Bumskee's thread I've glanced at it but it takes to long to download on my prehistoric internet connection... :( Glad you like the cartoons!

K I just came back from Freshman Orientation for MSU and I am absolutley stoked to be going to school there this fall for graphic design! here's a few images I did on the long trip over there...
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[Rockhart]

Hey so I finally got this first piece photographed. It's a still life drawn with prisimcolor markers! and this second piece is for a themed local art contest where yellow has to be a central color/theme or something like that. :)
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[Gadbury]

Hey dude, its been a while since I've been on CA and seen your sketchbook - Great to see the variation continue and like someone said, you aren't afraid to try new stuff. You're definately improving... I know you're after some crits but I can't really think of anything that anyone else hasn't said - Just wanted to say good job and keep it up dude. Cheers

[Sedig]

Yeah Prismacolor markers! I really like that still life. The lines are confident enough that I'm not bothered by any technical errors, and the use of tone is beautifully subtle. I definitely want to see you playing with these more.

[Rockhart]

Mr. Gadbury - Hey! long time no see indeed! thx for stoping by! hope to see you on here more often. :)

Sedig - yeah I like prismacolor markers alot to but they're so expensive so I only use them for big, finished pieces. (which I don't do a lot of) but yeah I might play around with them some more... and thx. that bottle drawing was very fun to do since I don't do still lifes all to often.

K here's a political cartoon I did not to long ago to build up my portfolio so I could submit it to a few local newspapers and do cartoons for them. Right now I've only gotten one response (and a tepid one at that) but I'm remaining hopeful =)

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[Sedig]

Prismacolors might be expensive, but they are a good marker. If you treat them right, they will last you a long time.

Then again, you say big, finished pieces... How big is "big"?? I usually work in an 5.5"x8.5" sketchbook with mine, so I don't end up using a whole lot of ink.

[Rockhart]

well that bottle piece is about 11 X 14. and I'll use them for pieces about 14 X 17 too.

[Rockhart]

K it's been a while but I'm still keeping busy. Right now I'm learning water color (very tricky for someone who likes to control every line) and I'm still working on getting a job doing cartoons for local newspapers.... anyways here's another example I did for them... :)
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[~Faust~]

hey man would be nice to see youratercolor experiments! It IS an unforgiving medium at first but after a while, when more control kicks in, it's a great way to learn stuff!

I dig those latest lie-pieces, too. Good luck with your jobhunt!

[Rockhart]

~Faust~ - k here's a quick pic of my 1st watercolor experiments....
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[Matsign]

that watercolor is pretty! Nice design too.

[Sedig]

Wow, you're making that watercolor obey. Nice job on that.

Just a thought--I know you like to keep things controlled, but watercolor lends itself to "happy accidents." You might try letting it go a little bit. Play loose. You can always tighten it up with penwork if it gets too out of control.

[Rockhart]

Matsign- thx! srry the pic. quality's so bad. didn't have time for a quality shoot.

sedig- k here's a piece that i think qualifies as loose...

k this piece was completly unplanned. no pencil outlines; no nothing. all i did was just start painting :) there are definitly some mistakes but it was fun to try.... and again sorry for the pic quality. I just have my little point-and-shoot right now...
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[Sedig]

Good deal! Now the thing to do is find a happy medium. Start with a pencil or even a pen drawing, and then paint--but keep the paint loose. Let it move, let it flow, let it rock......hart.

[~Faust~]

Very impressive! I like the shadow of the figure, I'd advice you to not use your color everywhere!The thing with watercolors is, that like with pencils, the white of the paper is the best hightlight!

[Rockhart]

Sedig- Yeah that's what art is all about right? balance. well the more i draw the more i se...dig ;)

~Faust~ - yep I totally agree. Just learning the basics (I never really learned how to paint....) then I'll start working more on composition and colors.

Ok I offically have my own tablet!!!! it's nothing too fancy (just a Wacom bamboo meium) but it's mine and I'm excited! k here's my first sketch on it. just getting comfortable with the software and hardware and all that.... :)
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[Sedig]

Thanks for making me smile today.

[Rockhart]

sedig - No problem. :)

k so here's another quick tablet painting experiment I did. as well as some gesture drawings from the beach(wich really suck). K I have a question. how do you do gesture drawings (especially without getting weird looks from people :) )?
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[Sublimus]

Hey man. I checked out your site - hope you dont mind a crit about it in here.

I think you should scale the whole thing down by about fifty percent. I had to do a fair amount of scrolling, which shouldn't really be needed for a gallery site. Specifically, your navigation is huge! Check out some other srtists sites, and you will see that there is no need for anything to be so huge except maybe the images work itself.

Cheers, dude!

[Rockhart]

Sublimus- no absolutly i want crits about my website! well i have it designed so that you have to have a 800X600 resolution or greater monitor to see it correctly. I just assumed most people (especially artists) use this as a standard (as opposed to 640X480 or whatever it was a decade ago) thx. though i'll keep it in mind.

k continuing my tablet experiments i did some quick non-ref figure drawings.... again I ask if anyone has some tips about doing quick gesture drawings from life i'd love to hear them.
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[Rockhart]

k well i'm back from a brief resipite of doing... well... nothing really ;) so here's a digital painting i did as a study for a possible watercolor painting...
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[Rockhart]

just some pages from my sketchbook...
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[Rockhart]

well it's been... about about a week since I've posted anything. But I have a good reason for that (promise!) I've been working on four logo contests and just finished 3 of them. Of course, since the deadlines for them are still a few weeks away I don't want you guys to find out about them and enter better logos than mine (sorry but it took me forever to find them myself!) I'll post them when the deadline is up. until then heres a sketchbook page and two finished designs for a charity bike ride logo contest.
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[Rockhart]

Well it's been a while since I've been one.... and sadly I havn't been up to much. But hey I'm offically in college now! and I'm taking a real art class for the first time ever :^^: ! so yay on that.... the first couple of images are from my 2-d art class

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Ane the last two are samples for my new job doing cartoons for the student newspaper!
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[psychoboy]

Cool stuff man;
"I see you like to Chew"

[lithiumdawn]

Good stuff keep it up

my sketchbook
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=132538

[QETALIVAN]

I love the spider-thorman! keep working, you r on the way!

[Rockhart]

psychoboy - thx!

lithiumdawn - Thx man will do :)

QETALIVAN - thx... for some reason highlighters just look cool to me ;)

k not a whole lot today just a few logos for some contests that I entered... (The Singapore one is still being juged so keep your fingers crossed) and then i attempted a self portrait... it's been so long since I did one (and it shows) pus I look a little... demented :needle:

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[Brewmaster]

good stuff, I'm really digging the illustrations. One thing I noticed though is that in your self portrait, your mouth looks just a tad painted on. Other than that keep up the good work!

[Rockhart]

few comics from my new job as a cartoonist for my school newspaper!

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[Brewmaster]

I dig the cartoons, not much I can see that needs changing really, but definitely post more of these.

[~Faust~]

Hey man, thanks for the continuous love you give me and my scetchbook, I hope college is treating you well you sure seem to be as productive as ever, I'll stop by somehat more often now, looking great mate, the designwork is good but on the comics I thing the panels need more punch, expressive poses, foreshortening dynamic composition and all that shabang!

[Esgarblackpoxs]

Some good stuff here, my college freshman nemesis(simply because I'm a college freshman as well :P). I'll be watching to see how you improve over the years.

[Rockhart]

Esgarblackpoxs - Nemesis huh... guess I better watch out :^^:

~Faust~ - hey that's good to hear! my sketchbook always needs crits :) yeah the comics need to be reworked a little but right now all my focus is on coming up with jokes :P and np about the comments in your sketchbook. you've earned at least that.

ok here's a quick piece I did for the Teen Challenge "Rose From the Dirt" ... still playig around with photoshop and all that :)

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[jedininjaman]

hehe I like the cartoons and the logos are sick keep it up man
and stop by sometime
-jedi

[~Faust~]

Hmm be care ful about the color-yob you do in PS don't treat it lightly. I'm more the fan of a strokey approach but even when just filling in colors like you did here, you need consistency and those scribbles around the finders and the hill aren't helping.

Sorry to sound negative but it makes me sad that it looks so rushed. I know you can do better than that, just search for some pointers from other artists ho you want to do your colorjob and go along with them for a while you'r learning aren't you?

[Rockhart]

jedininjaman - Hey thx man! I'll stop by when I get a chance :)

~Faust~ - K ... I didn't really catch most of that but I think I got the gist of it :) yeah i'm not a great painter (nvr have been) and painting on the computer is still wayyy out of my league. so i'm just trying new things and new ideas as they come...

ok one more cartoon :D

[Brewmaster]

I'm loving the cartoons. a couple of things I noticed on the most recent one however, one is the spelling, there are a couple of errors there. second is the first shocked businessman sitting directly across from the choking guy, his body seems a bit rigid and emotionless, if he's witnessing his colleague being force choked, he might jump back a little bit and spill some coffee, his body just seems sort of indifferent and relaxed. other than that keep up the good work, I look forward to seeing more

[Estrella]

The amount of work you've done so far is commendable! I know when I was a freshman in college I scarcely gave up time to do any artwork (regrets anyone? lol) besides for classes. Keep it up, your anatomy studies are coming along, do more and more of these as many as possible if you really want to improve the way you draw bodies, it's something that you can easily see progress in over time.

Great stuff, keep it up! :D

[Rockhart]

Brewmaster - thx I fixed it and resent it to my editor... (that could of been bad :P )and maybe you're right about the emotional reaction to someone getting forcechoked :) but I seem to remember they didn't do much freking out in the real movie.... (not that I even had that in mind when i was drawing it..):^^:

Estrella - Thanks but I barely have any time for art (even classwork) especially compared to Faust.... :P

alright just some sketches from my sketchbook... nothing to great... but I will say the hatching on the pharoh piece took 4evr! oh and I hate painting by the way... it is the root of all evil. (especially painting with gouache >:{ )

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[Rockhart]

just a wip for my dorm .... yay for local art contests :^^: they pay for my food :P

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[~Faust~]

ahahaha awesome :D

[Rockhart]

~Faust~ - thx :) I'll post some more finished versions later.

K here's another logo I did for another logo competition. my philosophy is if I keep entering them i'm bound to win one eventually :)

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[Brewmaster]

that's a fantastic philosophy and a fantastic logo to boot, quick question; what does "EYCA" stand for?

[Sublimus]

Hey man, just popping in. Keep up the hard work!

[Rockhart]

Brewmaster - thx :) it stands for "European Youth Card Association"

Sublimus - thx man! i'll pop in and take a look at your SB soon

ok just clearing out my sketchbook. few prep drawings for school assignments and a couple of studies from 300 (upper right guy is kinda warped cause of my scanner) enjoy!

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[~Faust~]

Keep rocking man! Those hands are a great idea, but keep in mind the correct anatomy ;)

[Rockhart]

Hey everybody! just letting you know that I'm still alive and I'll be posting some new sketches in a few days when I get back to my dorm (and a fast internet connection :) ) until then here's a link (http://andrewlockhartdesign.com) to my site. there's a few new pics up.

[Rockhart]

and as promised here's a few of my sketches from my 2-D design sketchbook. most of these have nothing to do with the class (actually I think none of them do) :D enjoy and feel free to critique!

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[~Faust~]

You're back! Awesome! Nice gun-designs, man! Although the hand-studies above look a bit strange in the anatomy-department. The design is rock-solid though :D

[Rockhart]

Faust - well I'm kinda back... lol. I'll post as often as I can but this semester's looking like a tough one :(

anyways 2 more cartoons i did for my school newspaper :D

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[Rockhart]

wow this is amazing! I'm posting for the second day in a row O_O
.. k just some random doodles for me drawing fundamentals class... we actually haven't started the class yet so for now i'm just doodling :D

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[Rockhart]

btw does anyone else think that the new posting method is a little tedious?

[Rockhart]

hey everybody! (or maybe it's nobody....) just a t-shirt design for today :)

also! I'm entered in Intel's "What's Inside You" contest and I need votes!!!!! only top ten get judged and I'm slowly getting pushed out of the running! O.o so if you could please go to Inside.intel.com (http://inside.intel.com/consumer/media/StoryDetail.action?submissionId=560&localeid=en_US) and vote for me if you like my art that'd be awesome! alright thanks guys!

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[Rockhart]

K contest is closed! and I think I made it into he top 10!!!! so now all I can do is wait :) here's another cartoon......

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[~Faust~]

Hey good luck, mate! I hope that cartoon doesn't mean you regret going to artschool! If it sucks, there are always alternatives!

[Troubadour]

Good work on keeping up your sketchbook. 8 pages, much more than me.

However my advice would be to work more on studies from life and try using some anatomy books as well. try some master copies too, i find those help a great bit.

good luck.

[Matsign]

hey, thanks for coming by Rockhart. I hope school isn't killing you slowly.

Rad T-Shirt design, I hope you keep shooting for new designs. designbyhumans.com is one of my favorite sources for new Ts.

I like your cartoon stuff with great colors and creativity. For you illustrator stuff, I'd check into using varying brush strokes to give your art some variety and spice. Or explore some traditional inking marks that you can then trace later.

The newspaper stuff is great.

Do work on top of assignments, and when you don't have school work. You'll get better. Promise.

[Rockhart]

~Faust~ - nah lol schools great... it's just kinda pricey:P

Troubadour - yeah i've done some anatomy work before and i continue to work at it from time to time.... but obviously my cartoons wouldn't reflect that ;) i'll post some of it once I get some free time

Matsign - yeah designbyhumans is pretty cool but i'm going to have to work a bit harder on my designs before i submit any more of them :D and i'm trying to do extra work outside of assignments... just not working to well lol. although i am working on concepts for a web comic... so we'll see how far that goes :P

ok just 2 more cartoons for now :/ (and yes the 1st one is what I think of some "artists" and the inspiration behind their work :) )

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[Rockhart]

I feel kinda bad only posting these cartoons but i'm not getting a whole lot of free time to do personal stuff... and I haven't gotten around to photographing my school stuff.... *sigh* maybe next week

anyways here's this weeks cartoon... plus I redesigned my logo! :D
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[Sublimus]

Haha, this is really how it is sometimes isnt it?

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=585866&d=1233980369

[Rockhart]

Well Its been a while since I've posted... Been up to a lot (art and other stuff)... I'll get around to posting that stuff later ;) till then here's a few strips from my newest project "Still Life" (http://stilllife.smackjeeves.com/)

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[iven]

I see everything here,.......comics; doodles; T-shirt layouts; Water Color etc,....
Would like to see more life drawing here, I really like your gun studies it seems
to me that you are very good in drawing technical objects.