Muttonhead's Book of Sketch (New Stuff!)

[Muttonhead]

My old sketch thread is dust in the wind, so I begin anew.

These are basically quickie, digital thumbnail sketches, which I use as the first stage of creating a new piece....

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/biomech_samurai.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/boneface.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/city_907.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/city_watch.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/encroachment.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/metatron.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/pilgramage.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/Sentinel_2.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/sentry.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/stickwalker.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/temple_by_the_lake.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/the_bus.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/the_deal.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/victorious.jpg

-SAM

[Extollere]

sweet! I dig it. Especially the one of the two guys sitting over the table with the head. Would love to see that one taken to a finish.

[TheGnoll]

i'm a big fan of your work, especially of your design and your pencils...can't wait to see more, and i hope ths thread dosn't "disappear in the wind" like the last one :)

keep sharing!

ciao

[Gilles]

This is some very nice work you've got here. I like how you seem to capture the image with a couple of brushstrokes. I really like the imagination you put in the pictures.

Cheers.

[jtrodreigez]

loving the work man, great. This is exactly what i am struggling with at the moment, getting the form and shape of things right from the start.

[The Curehead]

i really like those sketches,i particularly like boneface

[Dan Valkar]

pretty cool thumbs man!! really like ur pale face characters...def wanna see some of this finished...keep the good work comin'!!!!

[Arthe Xavier]

I really like those sketches - the style and composition is great. :)

[Muttonhead]

Update!

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/birdbot_and_astronaut.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/curious_beast.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/Feb19_08_sketchpage01.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/Feb19_08_sketchpage02.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/lamp_lady.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/mystic.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/newborn.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/orb_tree.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/plaguelord.jpg

-Muttonhead

[Coinpurse]

oh boy, christmas came hella early this year...
When are you going to colour some of these bad boys? :D

[TheGnoll]

nothing but love for thse sketches, love the design and its great to get lost in all the small details and wrinkles.Mch respect, hping we don't have to wait another 3 months for the next update! :D

ciao!

[Muttonhead]

Thanks guys! Yes, I know my posting is inconsistent at best, but it's our imperfections that make us human, right? Right!?

Anyways, I have decided to enter into the fracas known as Dominance War III. So here are some sketches of some ideas I have been playing around with:

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/fishwarriors_01.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/fishwarriors_02.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/DWIII_AnglerMage_sketches_a.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/DWIII_AnglerMage_sketches_b.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/DWIII_AnglerMage_sketches_c.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/DWIII_AnglerMage_sketches_d.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/DWIII_AnglerMage_sketches_e.jpg

[Extollere]

ah yeah! Now this is a sketchbook, this is what I like to see! Sketches! damn nice ones too, the last batch being particularly interesting. Love 1-6 as well.

[HankTol]

...but it's our imperfections that make us human, right? Right!?

Right!

Your stuff is great dude. The fish people are awesome. I like number seven with the fishy blunderbus best. Watchin this thead!

[UnSharpened]

Fantastic~~<3
Your thumbnail is just an eye candy, it express nice mood; and your character design, gosh, don't know how to put the words.....it seems like you know them as yourself, that's what feel I got from your work anyway. Hope to see some colour work soon.
Brilliant!!!:D 5/5!!

[DANKA]

I love those sketches! The grey characters studies are very fresh!
Post more!

[Hethabyr]

Lovely stuff, Sean. Heaps and heaps of imagination and invention. I like the way you work and work into your pencil pieces, too, without worrying too much about smudges and stray strokes. It gives everything a nice patina.

Five gleaming stars

Keep up the excellent work : )

[AgentAlpha]

I think this is awesome work!!!Post more!:bow:

[krossj]

Always enjoy your work man! The sketches look awesome, loose and accurate.

Watched the interview you had at the Seattle Workshop and thought it was a really great interview.

Keep posting!

[Muttonhead]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I really do appreciate it!

Here are some sketches of real-life stuff. Some crazy guns I saw at the Walters Art Museum, some ceremonial Child Armor, and a Gothic church tower I can see from the 14th floor of my Downtown Baltimore Apartment:

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/fancy_gun_01.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/fancy_gun_02.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/fancy_gun_03.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/fancy_gun_04.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/fancy_gun_05.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/kid_armor.jpg

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/StPaul_ChurchTower_smll.jpg

-Muttonhead

[journeyman10]

I like you what you've posted here. I like the variety of it. In your last piece with the building, the light source is bothering me. I think that you need to clarify it somewhat, because there are strong highlights in places that I don't see how there could be. Just a suggestion, because I like it a lot, but the light is not unified in its direction I would say.

Keep up the good work.

[oishiiniku]

Great job on the Dominance War thumbnails - you've got some great silhouettes and design motifs going on. Your pencil work in general is really nice. I particularly like those two pages of compositional thumbnails - very impressive.

Looking forward to more,

Ta, Nick.

[Chris Noeth]

Great sketchbook!

I will check out your website and blog soon.

Keep it up!

Best wishes,

Chris

[marioucci]

absurd. insulting. damn you

[RandAlThor]

awesome concepts and nice style. keep posting and i'll keep coming back ;-)

[Hive_minD]

Some of your stuff is just wicked as hell. Can't wait for more updates.
Take care

Chris

[Smuss]

I like your pencil stuff man!

But there is something disturbing me about the paintings. I think it's the way you use your brushes. (transparency+ size on pressure?) what about trying bigger brushes + transparency on pressure?

[chr!z]

lovely stuff here! I like the pencilstuff with the wicked details!

Chris
(too much chris's in here... ^^)

[Lotet]

man this stuff is totaly aweozome, those thumbnails are badass

[dose]

great stuff Sean. Wonderful imagination.

I particularly like the various trees, and this one:

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/newborn.jpg

[nonie]

those guns are awesome. I'm in Dominance War too... wish there was a conceptart.org team :/ Yours sketches are looking awesome so far!

[Trollfar]

Nice style you got!

[smokenmirrors]

fantastic characters!! the imagination going into them is top notch! GREAT WORK!

[JakeG]

Nice work, I especially like the architecture in your sketches. Your expression of values in so few strokes is something I would like to be able to match some day.

[Muttonhead]

Thanks everybody, I am really flattered!

here is the final drawing of my character for Dominance War III. I hope I finsih him in time.... :P

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/DWIII_FishyCleric_01_small.jpg

Also, I got into SPECTRUM this year! YAAAY! It's my first time in SECTRUM, so I am pretty excited about it.... I have been enetering for a while now, but just never seemed to be able to hit the right notes with the judges, but now I have! I am not sure which piece(s) got in (still waiting for the letter in the mail, but I saw my name on the list of this years artists on the Spectrum website), but I suspect it was this one:

http://www.seanandrewmurray.com/globechaser.jpg

That's all for now. More stuff coming soon!

[TheGnoll]

kudos for the spectrum admittance man, that piece of our is lovely, cool work on the dom war character too, i really enjoy the designs you use in your character and "worlds"

keep sharing!

ciao

[Dan Valkar]

great stuff..those last characters r awesome....oh and ur fishmen too...nice armor design also cool guns....wanna see more

[Lotet]

cool update, i like the dominance of war frogg thingy.

[zeo-x]

the dominance war character looks awesome man. and congrats on getting into spectrum! I hope one day I'll be able to get in too.

[Farin]

delicious stuff!
really like the morbid atmosphere your art transports

[Coinpurse]

hey man, your work reminds me of this guy by the name of Muttonhead.
He's got it going on man, check out his online portfolio site if you ever get around to it ;)


....
hah, keep up the killer work hoss :D

[Muttonhead]

hey man, your work reminds me of this guy by the name of Muttonhead.
He's got it going on man, check out his online portfolio site if you ever get around to it ;)

That guy's a jerk! And his website looks terrible and badly needs to be updated because the background color is all screwed up! :P

Thanks all! more stuff coming soon.

[UnSharpened]

Congratulations! and it's well-deserved.
This Spectrum illustration is really cool, I wonder how you find (or create?) such a rich content of patterns to design your characters, costume and props etc. I found that I am fascinated by them the most.
5/5 again!:D