Space Pirate Harlock -99- UPDATE 12-24-03

[geoffd]

a few of my sketches i feel were worthy of posting to show of my progress and where i'm heading, misc. stuff a few sargent and nc wyeth studies and things from me head. i need to study more from life. i'll post more when i can. thanks and take care! :D

http://home.comcast.net/~gdoerfler/images/Justin.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~gdoerfler/images/mikki.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~gdoerfler/images/pirate.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~gdoerfler/images/sargent.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~gdoerfler/images/shane.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~gdoerfler/images/swampbeast.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~gdoerfler/images/viking3.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~gdoerfler/images/xibit.jpg

[mos667]

Your icon has always scared me, and I wanted to see what was in the mind of the icon :D. Nice job on everything! You really seem to have a feel for both male and female faces. You may want to look into the bone structure of the face though, some of the bone structures in the faces seems a little odd, or maybe its just me. I really like some of the work you have done, it is really great!

The hands you are doing are also very cool! You have a nice approach to them. I too have been working on hands, but have never been able to capture the fluidness (couldn't think of anything else) of the hand.

I really like your work here, especially the masculine minotaur! rawrrr. I hope to see more from you :D.

mos.

[endregan]

wow man your work is fantastic...no crits from me just praise ! :)

[geoffd]

hey, wow thanks for the kind words.

mos667 - i agree, some of the bone structure is kinda fruity. i need to work more on that. the face is a hard thing to do since there is so much expression there. glad to hear that you enjoy my drawings. thanks

endregan - thanks man. you know you and mindcandyman are some pretty big inspiration for my, watching you guys draw ever day, pushing to get better. wow man that fantastic. keep it up and thanks.

take care

[Anto]

hey great work man - i agree with you about threads that show ones progression being inspiring - thanks for sharing yours

by the way, what is paintchat? ive never heard of this program:confused:

[geoffd]

just a little bit more progress. i'm drawing everyday now! whoo-hoo. i'm really trying to get the hand of the facial features and such, studying value and trying to see how that works before i really get into painting hardcore. most of these pics are just what i mentiond. pluse you'll notice a couple frazetta refrences and some more Wyeth. take care and enjoy.
http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/fritz.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/faces.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/gknight.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/wyeth.jpg

this one is where android possesed me.... i just started to draw and then this appered

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/android.jpg

[geoffd]

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/images/orcre.jpg

[geoffd]

this is hard trying to keep up to date postings... i draw everyday, but take forever posting. forgive... here's a couple new quickies i did. for some reason pirates, vikings and cowboys have become an obsession.

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/images/zombiestud.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/images/gheypirate.jpg

[geoffd]

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/dermetzger.jpg


http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/thirteen.jpg


http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/skullhead.jpg


http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/bernie.jpg

[geoffd]

damn i wish i could get a mentor or something. how i'd love to study with brom or justin sweet... jon foster or phil hale and shoot if he was still alive, NC Wyeth... oh well sweet dreams i guess. new skecthes and doodles. enjoy. thanks
these are studies i have been doing for the thunderdome. i chose Mongolia. they have so much flexibility to work with.

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/MongolWarrior.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/mongolwarriors.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/hulkster.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/monsters.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/penink.jpg

[geoffd]

here's some new stuff that i'm pleasently surprised with the results. i like this bunch of sketches.

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/images/sackhed.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/images/rotgut.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/images/minator.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/images/bugbear.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/images/squid.jpg

[geoffd]

i've been using my downtime to read art books and draw... i think i'm finally getting into a groove. still need to suck it up and dive into anatomy more, balance, rythm/gesture.... lots and lots to learn!!! enjoy.

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newstuff/china.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newstuff/ink.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newstuff/kingdarius.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newstuff/twoface.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newstuff/sandman.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newstuff/mouth.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newstuff/vietvet.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newstuff/crabbitch.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newstuff/leatherface.jpg

[roger]

Nice sketches Capt.Harlock, I think you're progressing and your linework seems more confident. Keep on it!

PS: Your images are very uncompressed, I think you could compress them a bit more with similar quality, most of them are 100k+.

[geoffd]

thanks roger. i fixed the image compressions so hopefully it works better. i'm still drawing, just too lazy to scan and upload. checked out your skecthbook finally today... nice stuff going on in there, i'll have to frequent your book more often. thanks for the heads up on the image sizes.

[geoffd]

here is some stuff i've been sketching. i'm taking little baby steps, one thing at a time. i've noticed that i've not done many "finished" sketches along the lines of metalwinds, targete, lukias, lung bug marko, etc etc.... slowly i feel like the human body is becoming a little easier to understand. i'm getting more confident and trying to get looser in my work. enjoy! and thanks for looking.

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newerstuff/yakuza.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newerstuff/pandi.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newerstuff/penport.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newerstuff/shephard.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newerstuff/jackal.jpg

[antihero]

You've got some really nice sketches in here!
I like your stuff pretty much. Don't stop and go ahead!

antihero

[TARGETE]

I like the relentless energy in your sketches, use that energy to push on also throw in a few life studies as well or refrence drawings. I will keep an eye out on your thread as I love to see an artist's progress.

JP

[geoffd]

thanks for the comments guys.

antihero - soon i'll have some more stuff up for you to look at. thanks for the words of encouragement. i'll keep going and keep pushing ahead! :chug:

targete - i appreciate your comments. when in doubt i hit up your sketchbook thread (among others) for inspiration. i've been doing some life studies, but just haven't posted them. next time for sure.

thanks again!

[geoffd]

here is some new stuff.
a page with some faces drawn from reference top left is a rough of my daughter watching spongebob...

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newjunk/faces.jpg

picture of a happy maori warrior

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newjunk/maori.jpg

a copy of a carracci skecth, but somewhere i stopped paying attention and it took on a life of it's own sorta...

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newjunk/carracci.jpg

and an unfinished study/sketch of a caravaggio panting

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/newjunk/caravaggio.jpg

i'll post more later

[geoffd]

ok, an update finally. getting ready for my thunderdome battle. i did these watercolour/gouche sketches after i was inspired by olsen. when going to war, you must learn to think like your enemy in order to defeat him. some where inspired by jsweet as well, i'm sure you can tell which ones. enjoy

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/brandnew/olsentwin.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/brandnew/warriors.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/brandnew/indian.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/brandnew/waterface.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/brandnew/zombie.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/brandnew/grapeape.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/brandnew/magilla.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/brandnew/demoan.jpg

[-The Swift-]

whhhhhhhoaaaa! why isn't this a 5 star!!!! it's great. i love the brush work those silouettes rule! the inks are also really good. i love the sketchy style you have. this is great work, keep it up.:)

[geoffd]

thanks swift. i don't feel worthy to have a 5 star thread.... i still have much to learn and still a long way to go on my journey. i really enjoyed doing those silouettes, they were fun and i have olsen to thank for inspiring me to do them.

[OLSEN]

It feels great that I inspired you to make those gouche silhouettes, i'm not used to that kinda stuff at all. Thanks.

But, remember, that this is the cold war, and you are not the only one that is studying your opponent. :alien1:

Honestly, it tears me apart not knowing what medium you will use for the contest.

[chudzta]

the first page 3 posts ago has an excellent boldness due to its cleanliness. I like it. Like targete said a good 70% scream some form of emotion or energy.. i really did feel it too. Keep progressing im enjoying it. - piece - chudds

[geoffd]

olsen - well i don't want to reveal my war tactics... all i know is i have to bump it up a notch if i'm gonna beat you.

chudzta - glad you're enjoying this. here's some more for you.

these were done in PS with my new wacom 6x8 intuos (woohoo). thanks


http://home.comcast.net/~artwirks/brandnew/rawr.jpg