BRINKMAN's Bumblings

[BRINKMAN!]

Howdy everyone. I've been lurking here for a long time and would love some feedback on my work. Most of what I do isn't "concept-y" per se, but I love digital painting and I love CA!!! :yayca:

I moved the speedies down one post, for sake of ease!

[eminkey2003]

Neat. The last one is the most impressive. See if you can find a model of a skull to study. Practice practice practice. Draw some faces from life.

[BRINKMAN!]

eminkey- thanks. You're right about doing some life drawings, it's been a while for me!

Here are some morning doodles before I get to work. An out-of proportion Nat King Cole and a stubby naked guy. :)

[BRINKMAN!]

Small update.
I'm doing prep work for a large-scale mural installation piece my art collective is putting up soon, so there hasn't been much time for digi-paints.
I'm trying to push a variety of hues in the skin tone here since I've been looking at Basil Gogos a lot lately.... is it working? Do I need to push it further?

[Visceral 619]

Hey Brinkman,

thanks for the kind words in my SB, I would like to pass on some advice I was given to you, forget about the tablet and focus on the fundamentals, it'll really help you in many ways to progress further as an artist.

All the Best

[AphexTweak]

Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook. You got a good start going on here, but I'm going to have to echo what Warground Zer0 said. Pick up a pencil and start drawing... everything. Your paintings look like you are trying to show form, but it gets lost in the lack of value, making the image appear pretty flat. Using a light source other than one that is directly over head will help you in pulling forms forward and pushing others back. Keep up the hard work and update this SB will ya!

[BRINKMAN!]

Howdy everyone it's been a long time, I shouldn't a left you, without some dope sketches to step to. :) Rakim anyone?

Anyways, here's a big ol' SB dump... some more digitals too! I marked most that aren't originals, but there's a study of a Basil Gogos in there (the skull guy with the hat).

[BRINKMAN!]

Thanks for the replies, btw guys. I'm going to be drawing as much as I can!!!

[Blythe]

I am really enjoying your drawings, more so than the paints, the paints are just so saturated that it gets a bit overwhelming.

[David-david]

Give us more! Really funny stuff.

I got really impressed by the worker

[BRINKMAN!]

I've been wanting to say thank you for the crits and comments, but I've also wanted something to show for myself... so I finally got around to scanning some more SB stuff.

David- Thanks! I really appreciate it, cause it's easy to lose sight of the humor when you're drawing dudes with guns and swords all the time (which I'm doing...I'm just not posting because my concepting skills are shite as of right now!)

Blythe- I really appreciate your constructive crit! It's funny because my painting teacher kept telling me all last semester that my colors were too chalky and desaturated... I guess I over compensated! :)

OK, now on to some new [f]arts

Most are self explanatory, but the faces with brush pen are bus randos...and I've started coloring the fatty pic... I'd like crits on it, even though it's not that far along yet. :)

[BRINKMAN!]

Two updates in one day!?! :xpld:

Just some doodles from tonight; little did Mr. Figure know I'd give him the dreaded chopper treatment!

[BRINKMAN!]

Here's a quick update, so I'm not posting empty-handed. A quick vulture study.. haven't had time to draw at all in the past two days and it's making me grumpy!

I'm also upping a scan of some lines from my Pentel Pocket Brush... an awesome Brush Pen that I highly recommend (and it won't break the bank!)

Thanks all! Crits on all work welcome!

[super skoda]

Hey! Your sketchbook is really nice. You really nailed it with the vulture not to mention the worker with the dark brown face.I really like the contrast between the looseness of the shapes and the super clean lines.

That Pentel brush pen looks awesome! I've been hearing about it for a while. Craig Thompson uses one for his sketch book. http://blog.dootdootgarden.com/2008/02/07/je-suis-en-retard/

Is it true that the ink is not waterproof?
Do you have to clean it out after using it or can you just put the cap on?

Keep up the good work!

[BRINKMAN!]

Here's a little update. I really should have more, but work and school have been keeping me super busy and not letting me put in enough time on my personal artwork.

I'm starting out with two cropped snippets of illustrations I'm doing for work. I can't show the whole thing for fear that someone might find them pre-program-launch. Becky Blue Bear (har har) and Rosie the Rabbit.

I've also been ruminating on some video-game related "fine art" ideas, and the third and fourth pics are beginnings/sketches in that vein. I've got some Pac-Man stuff in the old noggin that I'll post as soon as it works it's way out of my hands and onto the screen.

:yayca:

[Niko_Cakes]

i am REALLY digging that first picture with the guy throwing up a rainbow.
keep it up please

[BRINKMAN!]

Here's another small update. Two doodles from tonight a Mikey Stipe and a gnome...both under 40 mins. :lifedrawing:

[Niko_Cakes]

MOAR
It's apperant that you do/did graffiti, i love your style.

[Rarebit]

Thanks for all the backup in my sketchbook man!
I like what your doing here, especially the mario paints, keep going. :left:
And i hope im not wrong in saying i see a bit of an alexone influence in your work?

[BRINKMAN!]

First off, thanks to Rarebit and Nico for their comments and support!
Secondly, here's a small update. I hope that once spring semester is done I'll have more time to paint.

Some figure studies, a small bit of progress on American Fatty and a pear that Just looked too delicious and was eaten before I could finish the painting :davi:

[BRINKMAN!]

Quick update...doing some figure studies from pose maniacs and a speedie THX rip-off.
Hope to get some more work up soon! :yayca:

[BRINKMAN!]

Took a night off from the figure studies and did a quickie with a pun...

...also some SB scans of some people from the bus and a pizza place interior. I realize now that my perspective skills need mucho work!

The composition in the Shirt Jack piece is messed up, I know. I was trying a water color-y technique with PS CS3 here

[BRINKMAN!]

Lunch break speedie. A self portrait from reference, about 40 mins... sadly, my drawing skills aren't to blame this time... my forhead really is that big!

[BRINKMAN!]

I watched the James Kei digital figure painting video and got some itdeas as to where I was going wrong with my figure painting. I did a really quick (about an hour methinks) self portrait to try some things out... I feel like even though it's super rough and unfinished I hit some things in my flesh tones that hadn't been there before, so I'm pleased with the effort. I'm also throwing a portrait of Clint Eastwood up.

There aren't a whole lot of figure drawing opportunities here in Minneapolis, but there is something call Dr. Sketchy rolling through that I'm deffinately hitting up...any of you been before?

I'll have to get around to scanning some sketchbook in, do a proper update.

[BRINKMAN!]

Here's another update.:lounge: Went to a web conference all day today... gave me a chance to do a bit of drawing. I also made a digital concept for practice since I'm really not very good at character concepts yet. Please drop me a line if you check this out... I'm starting to feel like I'm dropping art into a cavernous void :davi:

I would also LOVE crits on anything, but especially the cyber-pilot concept!!! :yayca:

[BRINKMAN!]

A quick sketch before bed... fun with color!

[Moftah]

nice work keep it up and hope to see more.

Moftah's Sketchbook

[Moftah]

hey there :)
thanks alot for stopping by ,and yeah that was really helpful:)
hope u stop by soon to check some new work,im planning on posting some new stuff and id like to know what u think...

Moftah's Sketchbook

[BRINKMAN!]

Moftah-Thanks for having a look, I'll be by your SB regularly! :)

Here's a quick portrait I did just now before leaving work, the likeness got a lost along the way, but I still dig it.

[BRINKMAN!]

I'm back after a six day hiatus without six days worth of work for you my friends :S

We start out with a figure study done without ref to test anatomy and proportion skills, so please crit my figure study! ... it'd be a valuable learning opportunity for me. Then there is a cowboy (who got the start of a proper background before I got antsy) and a weird sci-fi dude who's vaguely inspired by OG Star Wars.

I'll be back tonight with some more updates, but now I'm off to paint! :yayca:

[BRINKMAN!]

What's a fellah gotta do to get some love round here?:davi:
Here's page one of a short comic I'm going to be churning out over the next couple'a weeks to force myself to paint backgrounds, no matter how simple.

Show me some love (and by love I mean crits or ass pats or anything...it's kinda lonely in here!)

Page 2?

[Visceral 619]

don't get disheartened by the lack of comments in your SB, it can be somewhat annoying when you go out of your way to post praises in someone’s SB but they don't have the civility to return the gesture, even if your artistic ability might not be as good as there’s.

Keep posting and remain focused on improving your skills, that’s probably the best advice I can give you.

[DeathChalupa]

I really like that first cowboy-- with the little scratch-mark highlights.
That could be a really neat piece if you treated the clothes in the same manner, I think.
Your lines are getting better. Fluid lines seem to just come about with time

[Rarebit]

Hey,
I know it can get discouraging at times, you really ought to keep posting though, id love to see you update more regularly.
Good vibes from all the work youve posted since last i came through here, on the cowboy paint (b&w) i think the horizon line needs to be brought down some.
keep posting!

[super skoda]

Here's some love!

The comic page is really cool. I wish there was more sequential stuff on this forum. The colors are freaking awesome! They are bright and exciting but not obnoxious. And the rendering style of the character is really appealing to me Especially his face.

I don't care for the frame layout. It seems like if you need to use arrows to guide the reader, it might be better to figure out a better layout. And (you probably already know this) the back grounds could get spiced up a bit more. Get some more specific detail like the moldings around the windows and maybe litter on the street.

But even with those critiques, I really like the style and I'm dying to know what happens to him and his news shoes. Post the rest!

[BRINKMAN!]

Thanks again, guys, for your responses (especially crits). I really respect each of you as artists. You guys have inspired me to put off buying GTA 4 tonight, as I'd planned, and do a couple comic pages instead. :)

Here's a couple of lunch-hour scribbles. The boxers are still WIPs.

[BRINKMAN!]

A small dump... I guess you could call it a minor BM. These are all from the last 3 days.

I'm going to start updating more often now that my semester is finally over! :yayca:

[loveandasandwich]

hahahahahaha the bus drawing made me laugh a lot.

i like the first painted portrait a lot, and the style of the "hello" man

[super skoda]

Hey! that water color face is awesome! There is something really appealing to me about how you did his nose. Also that's a beautiful reel to reel. There is something really neat about machines like that.

[invinciblewombat]

you have a wonderful collection of work in here, lots of interesting characters in your sketches and i particularly like when you incorporate typography as in the "hello" sketch. looking forward to more!

[BRINKMAN!]

28chelseaslater-Thanks! The road my bus to and from work is really shitty and is the bane of my existence!!!

super skoda-Thanks man! You inspired me to pull the old watercolors out after a long time sitting in the art-crate. I agree about the reel to reel. I love the look of old recording gear and modular synths and whatnot.

invinciblewombat- Thanks! I've got one tonight you might like :)


Tonight'd update isn't a big one, sadly...BUT, and this is a big but, I've now both finish college (for good...yeah!) and gotten GTA4 out of my system, so the artwork shall pour forth!

I've got a little Marvin, a little kung fu watercolor WIP and a summer themed sketch for the art site Fecal Face's "Free Friday" (Don't worry, it's SFW other than the title. (http://www.fecalface.com/SF/)).

[dchan]

you have some good stuff going on here, keep at it, good work! cheers

[BRINKMAN!]

dchan- Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the kind words! :)

Here's something I made today at work because there's not a whole lot for me to do today. I was shooting for an "illustration" feel here...I'm not sure what "No Frontin'" is supposd to mean in this context, other than maybe that classic kung fu films are authentically dope are, indeed, not frontin.

I've been house sitting for my parents while they are in Italy, so the updates have been few and far between since I rarely get home to my computer...BUT(!) I've got the next New Shoes installment on the way AND a wip of a collab between me and rarebit that I started coming up soon, if not tonight!

That was long winded, thanks for reading and stopping by. :yayca:

[invinciblewombat]

the summer one is both wonderful and sad, i can totally relate to him. can't wait to see how the colab turns out.

[super skoda]

I'm loving kung-fu Pompadour guys!

I really dig that rendering style! It feels really confident and looks especial on those hands. It reminds me of that dude with the reddish face and striped shirt on page 1. It's not quire as confident on the hair and face.

Keep it up!

[BRINKMAN!]

Well friends, it's been a long time, too long. I've got a dump here for y'all. I don't have a real 2nd page of New Shoes, as promised to Skoda...but I have a sketch! Work has been kicking my ass lately...as if that's an excuse.

I should say that there are some Kirby Studies in there, and all the random faces (the realistic-ish ones) are from the bus and bus stop.

Say hello if you stop by! :)

[Rarebit]

hello
nice drop, especially that bearded man in ink:sungod:
good to see yeh posting again.

[BRINKMAN!]

From tonight, a samurai in ink.
:yayca:

[BRINKMAN!]

Small drop. Couple'a female figure studies from photo reference. Been running on coffee lately and playing too much PS3 until late at night and then getting up to go to work the next day at 6:30 :zzz: Needless to say... not good for the ol' art muscle.

[Rarebit]

those nudes are nice man, you've only got two pages here but i can definatly see your digitals improving.
keep keep up up :sungod:

[BRINKMAN!]

Thanks for the props, Emmet!
You might like this one too. I finally decided to sit down and get serious about a painting. I'm about 40-50% done, but I think I have a good start here, if I do say so myself.
I lovingly refer to this guy as J.R. Huffinstuff; he'll be holding a can of gold spray paint.

[BRINKMAN!]

I took another run at the paint huffer, this time in Painter. I feel like the values and saturation of my colors in the hands is better than the first go posted above.

Feel free to crit! I'll be posting more updates on this soon.

Andy

[BRINKMAN!]

Here's a quick one from last night and this morning. No ref, so it doesn't really look like Mr. Fat, but once I got started I felt like he had that vibe so in went the "HARD BOILED".

[BRINKMAN!]

Here's a self portrait that I did tonight in the heat of my un-air-conditioned, 89 degree apartment!

I was really focusing on painting this thoughtfully... start with lines in sienna(ish digital color), then to darkest dark and lightest light, then block in mids... all while striving for economy and smart placement of strokes.

Needless to say, I have plenty of practicing to do.

This has about an hour into it.
This is a wip. If it's too wip to cit, let me know.:wip:

[Visceral 619]

Hey just dropping in to how your doing, those nude studies are looking really good, got any more?

Hard Boiled, damn that brings back memories, you ever watch A Better Tomorrow?

Later B

[BRINKMAN!]

-Warground Zero: I haven't seen A Better Tomorrow, it's in my pile of shame..so I'll get to it some day! :)

I disconnected my scanner to make room on my desk for some stupid reason, which has been discouraging me from post SB scans...so here's a dump.
I wish I had some better stuff to show you, my friends, but I've been lazy in the summer heat.

Andy

[BRINKMAN!]

Was workin' from the coffee shop today and took a break to sneakily do some life painting portraits two of the patrons.

Here they be. I might have a Yaddle Milk update tonight for yall. Anyone listen to GFW Radio?

[BRINKMAN!]

Here's a lunch break doodle. Tonight is the night of the epic Yaddle drop, prepare yourselves!

[Catula!!!]

hey! i really love all of your stuff, your style is really goofy. i quite like your hello man and the summer one. i love the satisfaction face on this bear (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=338230&stc=1&d=1207169216) too

[BRINKMAN!]

Catula!!!- Thanks! I'm honored your first comment is here too, so double thanks. :) Welcome!

Here's a painting that came out pretty quickly, but I like the way it came out. It gives me a Lucian Frued feeling. It's from reffernce and the kid really does have big eyes...in fact, I'll attach the refference. It was done in Painter 9 then PS CS3. I added noise after liking the look of Gabo's grainy masterpieces.

I'm still stewing on Yaddle.

[erinel]

What...what's wrong with that kid you did a painting of? I mean I like it, but it is a tiny bit unnerving.

What I really really like is your last set of sketchbook pages. Espeically the old woman you did. I love how it almost has a blind contour drawing feel to it with the lines going all over.

Keep it up! And maybe work on doing some digital stuff in black and white too to work on getting your contrast better. That's always helped me.

[a la bapsi]

i'm adoring your saturated, simple style.
I hope you post again soon.

[BRINKMAN!]

lufiamanaelf- I'm glad Mr. Eyes made you a bit unnerved, I love painting abnormal subjects. There is something about physical deformity that offers an insight into our humanity that just isn't there with "normal" subject. Thanks for the compliments, and suggestion too!

a la bapsi- Thanks! :^^:

Here are a couple of lunch doodles and a painting of Yaddle Milk for the GFW guys. Yaddle got a bit rushed, so the colors aren't right, but I wanted to send it their way before the joke died, so it went out the door flawed.

[BRINKMAN!]

Shawn Elliott tweeted my Yaddle pic, I hope I get a shout out on the show next week! (I'm filled with nerd glee.)
Here's another doodle from today so that I'm not posting empty-handed. It's a riot cop-bot.

Thanks for stopping in!
Andy

[Lateman]

wow, pretty cool work you do there! i like your stereotypes with this red noses ;) keep doing this !

cheers lateman

[BRINKMAN!]

Lateman- Thanks! I'm glad you came by and looked at my work. :)

Here's some more work on the portrait of the huffer. I worked on the face and hands, still have to hit the shirt since it's still just a sketch.

I feel like the expression isn't quite right yet either.... hmmm.

Also... Orc!

As always, crits welcome and appreciated!

Andy

[BRINKMAN!]

Some more experimenting with halftones. I've been meaning to scan some physical sketchbook pages, but I moved and haven't set up the ol' scanner yet...soon!

[BRINKMAN!]

Some MMA fighter studies...

[BRINKMAN!]

Here is what I'm calling the "finished" version of the huffer. Honestly though, do you ever really feel finished with a piece of work? I never do! Anyways, hope you enjoy and by all means please leave C+C!!! I love C+C.

[BRINKMAN!]

Oh yeah. Just in case anyone was wondering:

[BRINKMAN!]

I made a sprite for this week's SAW:

[Peetaer]

The Spray-Can one came out real nice. Your work has humor and a hint of weirdness. I like that. Keep posting more.

[BRINKMAN!]

Not a proper post, but rather I just needed a place to dump this random gif I made... Join up today!! :yayca:

[Mankoon]

Hey - I like your art. I really think that the moving lines on that pigi was clever. Pretty original. What is that for? Anyway, I enjoyed your SB so far. Hopefully I'll actually get to give you a crit at some point.

[BRINKMAN!]

Mankoon- Thanks! I'm glad you stopped by. I'll pop on in to your SB too and have a look around. About the Pigeon Army gif.... it's not really for anything, just an idea inspired by a random photo I ran across.

I'm intrigued by the prospect of mining the internet for artistic inspiration. Web culture is so bizarre in that it is like an infinite expanse of dry grass, just waiting for the next meme to sweep across. The fringes of society find themselves in the spotlight of the internet at the expense of their dignity.The populous can all pitch in their 2 cent in anonymity and the result is this big, ugly mob rallying around freaks and losers. They mock them in total ignorance of the irony inherent in the fact that they themselves devote much of their time to useless drivel, needless inflammation and baseless speculation on the internet rather than pursuing a life based in reality.
I guess this applies specifically to "meme based" sites like 4chan, something awful and the like....

Enough ruminations, here's a WIP of a new painting so that I'm not coming empty-handed.

[BRINKMAN!]

I haven't uploaded sketchbook pages since page 2!! I'm bad. Even worse since I haven't been drawing enough. But alas, I'm here and I have a new plan to do 2 hours of studies each night!

:ad: :au: :am: :ap: :a!:

[BRINKMAN!]

Some quick, shitty doodles... posemaniacs and something inspired by the massive amounts of COD4 I've been playing lately.

Back with mo bettah very soon.

[BRINKMAN!]

Alright, here's today's catch-o-the-day.
If you stop in, let me know. It's great having company! :hugsmile:

In regards to the cowboy in the sun... I think the B&W version is better, even though it needs a wider value range. I just did one color pass with an overlay later and it's not working for me yet.

[BRINKMAN!]

Here's a self portrait that missed the Nov 1st deadline (actually I did it tonight in about an hour and a half). Also, the start of a painting of may GF and my cat. It's for her for her brithday, so shhhh!

[BRINKMAN!]

I worked and worked on the painting of my Gf and our cat, but I just couldn't get it right. My gf just looks like she's sleeping and my cat looks like she's pissed. So.... I started over with just Penny (the cat). I'm going for a much brighter, lighter and more stylized look. I figure something a little more decorative would be best, since I'm going to have this printed on some nice paper and framed.

I'm off to draw, another update soon.

WIP:

[Leo Ki]

There's a lot of concept exploration behind the rendering in your works, I like that!
How did you come up with the stroke shifting idea in Pigeon army? Great trick!
Although you seem obsessed with faces and expressions (and so am I) I think
you would enjoy doing some landscape and color play. It would also help you
for making the backgrounds in your comic - tell me you haven't abandoned it.
Interesting choice of colors in your SP. I think you could safely make the cold
shadows pop out more to stress the volumes and the 'here' feeling.
In the cat portrait, you may contrast the values somewhat more, although
I can't really guess how it will look in CMYK for printing.
Keep at those studies and explorations! I'll be back. Cheers!

[Mumph]

Great sketchbook and very funny concepts. I think that the faces sometimes looks off, when you are drawing from imagination. I like your colors very much!

It´s nice that you are trying out so many different styles. That riot control robot is great. My favorite is the pigeon army, very funny idea!

I see a lot of progress.

[eminkey2003]

This one (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=322605&stc=1&d=1205210535) and this one (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=327251&stc=1&d=1205803035) look really loose and confident. I think that's a good way to go.

This one (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=322612&stc=1&d=1205210622) really caught my eye. Great color choices!

Looks like you've gotten better at showing volume and making 3D shapes look really full. Nice improvement!

[BRINKMAN!]

eminkey2003- Thanks. Confident lines are something I'm always striving for. I just recently saw dip in my line confidence for some reason... I guess I need to draw more!
Mumph- Thanks, glad you got a kick out of my stuff. If I may ask, what specifically is off about my faces from imagination? I know I have yet to master the proportions of the face but I drew all this stuff and looked at it too long, so your fresh set of eyes is very valuable to me.
Leo Ki- Leo, you are so right about both being obsessed with faces and needing to do some landscapes. I also need to draw more of the comic, I have it written even! :frustrated:

In regards to the pigeon: The wiggling lines are inspired by hand drawn animation of the "wiggle vision" variety.

Update in next post :yayca:

[BRINKMAN!]

Just a bunch of shitty doodles... disappearing necks, horrible disfigured faces, misplaced eyes and mutant hands... I need to get my nose to the grindstone.

oh... and the finished cat painting.

[crabbyclem]

Neato stuff.

On post 64 and 67-bottom, character's heads are too small. I have the opposite problem!

Your mma study: looks like Kimbo and James Thompson. If that's who I'm looking at, good job!

[Knarf]

Hey it seems like you have trouble placing down features in certain angles, check out Bridgman for some solid anatomy, it helped me so it might also help you I hope. Other than that, you have got some solid digital skills so far, but I can't wait till you step up to the next level!

[eminkey2003]

Lots of nice form in that bank-robber guy, especially the gun. I think that your faces look flat in some strange places though, sometimes on an entire side. Try flipping the images horizontally and vertically, and you'll be able to see problems like that more easily.

[BRINKMAN!]

Thanks for the replies, I'll drop in tomorrow and conment, but for now I just gotta dump some SB stuff and go to bed!

-Andy

[Mumph]

I think one problem are the eyes, I think you put them too close together sometimes, especially in the 1/3 views. But I think this is more on the earlier stuff you posted. In that orc image (post #67) for example, the eyes are too far up and the skull seems to be too small. But as I said, this is just on some of the images.

In that fighter image his right arm seems to be a bit too big.
I think all the last studies have this problem, with the arms beeing too big (except the concept character :) )

I agree with Alm0st, study Bridgman, you´ll learn a lot.
Great job with the cat and nice update.

[Knarf]

Dude, just had to post that I saw a person on the bus just like the big-eyed guy you painted on post 61, just stared at him thinking "damn he looks familiar".

as for the latest studies, the side profile, the mouth seems a tad small. keep up the studies!

[eminkey2003]

More great form in those noses, but I think the lines may be too harsh. That's not really necessary for sketches. Just be loose about it.

[BRINKMAN!]

Howdy friends and countrymen. It's been three days since I've updated because I've been having problem with Photoshop. Ever since I upgraded to Leorpard, PS crashes when I quit the program. It never hurts anything, it just never shuts down properly. I looked around and apparently this happens to other people too. Yes, I have a legal copy! Well anyway, that was fine... as long as PS wasn't hurting anybody I was cool with it. Two days ago Ps decided that not only would it crash on quitting, but that it would pull the Finder down with it every time, meaning I have to restart my computer every time I shut down PS. :[

I just repaired my disk permissions and I'm going to throw away my preffernces file (again) and hope that does the trick. This combined with the fact that directional angle jitter crashes PS every time makes me want to switch to painter... until, that is, I boot it up and realize how slow and cumbersome it is.

Rant done. Thanks for listening!
Here are some sketchbook doodles and a digital piece I'm just starting (wip).

[Mumph]

Nice doodles! In that first one (the floating head) I think the ear is a bit too high up and the eyes don´t line up with the rest of the features. The chin also looks too flat.
I like the man in the helmet.
On the last one, the digital one, his forearm looks too big, along with the hand. I would look at some reference for the shirt to see how it folds. Nice job with the face. His cap looks a bit strange above the ear.

Nice update!

[Knarf]

hope you don't mind a paint over..., just trying to be a little helpful :hugsmile:

525483

[BRINKMAN!]

Thanks for the crits doods! I was just looking at this and saying "something about the construction of the upper arm and shoulder is off." His skull is also a bit shallow in back methinks. Thanks for the guidance fellas!

PS I'm loving Bridgman's approach to anatomy. I had only every studied from Hogarth and life before today. Bridgman has a renaissance feel whereas Hogarth has more of a Greek feel in his canon of proportions. I'll have some scans of my studies after Bridgman for yall tomorrow.

[crabbyclem]

Yo,

I gotta agree that the features of the head are disproportional/wrong place in some cases; it's a tough thing to do though.

What helps me is when I do a simple block-in for the features and focus on proportion and location - if it looks proper in the simple form, when you add all the details it will be golden.

I used to focus on the detail and just draw all the features separately and it would almost always turn out weird.

[BRINKMAN!]

Quick dump, not enough considering it's been almost a week since I posted, but it was the holidays and my brother was in town!
I swear crits for the whole SSG tomorrow morning, have it in my calendar on my blackberry and everything... promise!

[BRINKMAN!]

Here are some WIPs and a samurai drawing I made today. I included a detail of the samurai because I did a lot of hatching that got lost in the final design of the piece.

Crits and comments welcome!

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Hey mate, keep up them studies, and try to put them into context, that might make them more interesting, instead of just doing more anatomical orthoes and such. Apart from that, you just need to keep at it:)

-E

[Rarebit]

Aye neat stuff as usual!
Small crit, I think your digitals would benefit from having the line weight indicate the light source as well as the shading does.
I'll come back to look through more thoroughly when i have more time, it's been awhile. Im going to make a point of starting to post again next week, it'll be nice.
Rock rock!

-Emmett
p.s. SSG?

[Mumph]

Yo! Some of the faces look flat (the rendering), I think it has to do with the fact that there are no midtones. I also think, you should think more about the planes of the face rather than placing features on an egg shape.

Nice Bridgman studies!
Again, I think you place the eyes a bit too close on your faces.
I like the WIP painting although his right arm looks a bit strange below the biceps. The other ones are cool too.

[Knarf]

yea as mentioned in a lot of posts before me, you need to define your light sources to establish a stronger sense of value, helps keep it from looking flat. other than that, your progress is indeed showing, along with your superb (superb over my crappy digital rendering skills) digital rendering skills.

btw here's another paint over hope it helps a little.
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cheers,
-Frank

[aedman]

When the palm is facing down, the bicep tends to elongate and have a flatter profile, even in more muscular individuals. I like the expression and energy of this WIP though so keep working on it. Also don't be afraid to experiment with different greens, blues, reds, etc, when working with skin tone. There's a lot of subtle variation and color shifts in the skin and it can really bring that vibrancy of life to play with it a bit. Good work man.

On a side note it's good to see a Minnesotan on these forums, I grew up there and I can't wait to get back for my winter break.

[BRINKMAN!]

I did some work on the crazed samurai while I was supposed to be working...:devil:
I fixed some anatomy, probably fucked up some other anatomy and generally pressed on. Oh yeah, it'd be dishonest if I didn't mention that this is inspired by Black Frog's Monkey King painting.

...oi, the face needs tightening up now that his hand is that tightly painted.

[Leo Ki]

Good you found an SSG! Too bad ours had just been completed when you started searching for one.
I like your 10.000 deadly samurais picture, drawing and design alike!
Try rendering the whole crazed man as finely as you did his hand and it will seriously kick ass!
Take your time with the eyes, they can express tons depending on how you do it (keep backups!)

[BRINKMAN!]

Leo- Thanks for coming back! I'm glad you like the 10,000 Deadly Samurai picture, I'm a graphic designer by trade so sometimes my design tendencies slip into my drawing. I definitely plan to keep tightening the crazed man. :) I'll stop by your SB tomorrow, but as for right now.... my pillow calls me!

These studies could be a lot better and could have some context as little elf suggested. I opted to focus on planes this time through. I also tried a portrait piece with back-lighting. I didn't finish the background, so I don't think it came out as I'd hoped... maybe I'll finish it, maybe not. I'm off to bed, got a stress headache. Fuck it, my wireless is being a bitch. The back lit drawing isn't here because it won't fucking upload. Whoa, I'm sweary that mean grumpy old me needs sleep! :)

[Knarf]

that newest crazed samurai = yummy!
keep up those studies also, you be pro no time!

[crabbyclem]

hey man!

Good progress on the crazed samurai. However, I noticed that his shirt is moving upwards; so either he's jumping down from something, or there's wind blowing upwards. In either case, you might want to get his hair to flow the same way the drapery is going... and if it is windy, adding some leaves or debris might add to the effect.

Don't forget some kind of background and some yummy chunks of gore on his sword.

[Mumph]

I like where the digital painting is going and nice job with the studies!

[eminkey2003]

Just a nitpick: I don't think anyone can have cheek creases all the way up the sides of the nose like the red-image samurai guy has. Otherwise, just keep on truckin'. Practice is the most important part.

[BRINKMAN!]

Thanks for the crits and compliments, friends! I'll definitely address the wind/shirt issue in the crazed samurai and watch my facial creases!

I'm posting from a coffee shop and should have been working on the crazed samurai, but I did some posemaniacs.com poses instead. I also have some samurai drawings in the ol' sketchbook I gotta scan when I get home, so look for a dump later on tonight.

None of these are longer than 15mins, some significantly less than that.

-Andy

[BRINKMAN!]

Been sick with a stomach flu for the past couple of days. :( I'm just dropping these off.

[Ahim]

Love the samurai work... Your faces look so realistic, wish i can someday achieve that.

[Verehin]

I like your Deadly Samurai peace

[Mumph]

Nice studies! The hand to the left seems to have a very thin wrist. The foot at the bottom of that page looks a bit cartoony, I think it´s because it looks a bit chubby while the toes are pretty big in comaprison.

Watch out with making the wrists to thin.

I like your hatched sketches.

[eminkey2003]

Some of running muscle-guy's muscles look warped. I'm damned impressed by the latest samurai sketches though. MORE! One or two pages will NEVAR be enough! Just keep sketching.

[BRINKMAN!]

miguelslo- Thanks! Practice is the name of the game. :)
Verehin- Thank you muchly, good sir.
Mumph- Thanks for the crits, very constructive and helpful. :)
eminkey2003- Yeah he was a quicky... thanks dood, and you're right!

I'm just posting up some (long overdue) landscape studies that I was able to squeeze in during some design downtime today. They turned out pretty rough, so I'll be doing many more! I've got some more stuff to scan when I get home, so I'll be back tonight.

[eminkey2003]

Just want to point out that the blue line on the edge of the rock-arch does something funky to the depth there, as if the cliffs on the other side of the valley are right next to the arch. Other than that, it all looked believable when I squinted my eyes, so I think you did a great job with the colors and values.

[BRINKMAN!]

Yeah dude, you totally caught me- I lassoed the rock and moved it right to make it bigger and you're seeing the artifact of a sloppy shortcut! :bashful:
Thanks though, for the compliment on the colors. I worry about saturation particularly. I have a tendency to over saturate, and I know in theory that atmospheric perspective should be desaturating my colors in the distance, but it doesn't always work out that way.

Here are some doodles, I've been trying to get PS to look like real pencils... I think this comes pretty close.

[BRINKMAN!]

I'm not getting very much work done today. :^^;:

[BRINKMAN!]

Another quickie. I might not get SB scans up for a while. I live in Minnesota and there was a cold snap recently, my studio room is the only room in the apartment who's windows aren't weather sealed, so it's so cold in there you can see your breath! I'm hoping to seal them this weekend, but with holiday festivities beginning we shall see.

I'll keep up with the digi paints though! :D

[Mumph]

On that landscape study, I think the clouds and sky in general could be more soft, especially the edges of the clouds. The next one is very nice, maybe the mountains could be a bit blurred to add more depth.

The doodles are really nice, I really like the face and expression of the man in the cap. Maybe his nose is a tad to red :)
The monster seems to have a very flat upper arm, I think it´s the shadow of the hand that is causing that. I think the anatomy is a bit off on the face too. Maybe it would look more correct if we didn´t see his left eye.

I like inspector death :) He seems to be very broad shouldered.
Nice job on the last one and great that you are updating this much, I myself have gotten very lazy lately but will update soon.

[crabbyclem]

yo!

Inspector Death rocks. I know that red-nose look you're going for. Just remember to shape the nose the same way you shaped the rest of the face - give it tone and mass.

Post 123: The arms look a tad long or the thighs are too short; if you stand up and put your arm down your side you can see what I mean.

I think your work is freakin hilarious sometimes. Like post 121; some mutant-head dude with a loin-cloth about to launch some random red-brick thing. It's weird. I like it.

[BRINKMAN!]

So do you guys remember that dude that showed up and had dope cyber-goth style artwork and claimed he did it in MS Paint? Well I liked his style even though he was a dick and I decided to try it out in Photoshop... so here it is:

[Mumph]

Hehe, I don´t remember him but I like your image, you should explore this style some more, really cool! Maybe his arms are a bit too long?
The diffferent textures are really great. I would probably not place him in the middle of the image, maybe more to the right.
I like that you are trying different things and experimenting, keep it up!

[Rarebit]

Good to see you posting so much!
Top of page, say nothing, dope!:sungod:

Happy holidays!
-emmett

[Knarf]

You latest's are up one more level dude. keep it up!

[Knarf]

edit, bleh double posts, blast them!

[eminkey2003]

Proportions are weird on that last guy, and I think ponytail-guy's left arm looks broken. I like the text on "Inspector Death," but it seems a little repetitive. It could use some variations here and there, like, maybe lower-case letters. I don't know anything about typography though, so this is only an opinion.

[Katzenminze]

hey your things are getting better and better, i love how random some stuff is :D like the giraffe tongue and the guy with the oven mitt on his head :) great

[apacalyrical]

Whoa I was just browsing your first and second page and went to the 5th and 4th and see so much improvement. If you don't have one, I suggest buying an Intuos or Bamboo Fun Wacom tablet(Cause it looked like your earlier pieces used a mouse which is far inferior to the pencil-similar pen tool).

the chest by the way goes DIRECTLY inbetween the deltoid and bicep, to go underneath both of them at the same time..

[BRINKMAN!]

Mumph- You're totally right about proportions and composition, thanks! I'll be developing this style more for sure.
Rarebit- Thanks duder. Glad you stopped by!
Alm0st- Thanks! Now if I could only update once in a while, I might be able to get there. :bashful:
eminkey2003- You're right about the chinese dude, thanks! Also thank you for the encouragement, I'm back for good.
Katzenminze- Thanks! I can't really say why my SB is so random, I guess it's just how my brain works. :)
apacalyrical- Thanks for the compliment and the pointer! I do have a waacom and I love it. :)

Here's my update. It's not as big as it should be, considering I've been gone for so long, so I owe it to my SB to make up for my slacking! :yayca: Thanks again to eminkey for the encouragement/ tough love!

[BRINKMAN!]

Some things from today (it was slow at work). Study, Ahab and a comic. :painting:

[super skoda]

oooooooh! BUSTED!! I can completely relate to the character (I assume that's supposed to be you).

that little comic is great! There are some perspective problems in the first panel. But I really like the "um... no?" frames.

[crabbyclem]

Nice update!

The jaw on 135 is nice. Looks like you're definitely making progress with the digital paint.

Where's Ahabs boat? Looks like he flew in from nowhere!

[CUBICcube]

cool digital stuff keep up the good work with it, maybe try some sketchbook programs to they are really nice , like autodesk sketchbook pro and open canvas. They're nice for your style and respond to pressure better than alot of other programs.

[BRINKMAN!]

10 min doodle. I'm not quite sure what's wrong with me.


Replies later today!

[eminkey2003]

Some crits: the fingers are a little wormy in the last one. The facial proportions look awkward so far--just needs more practice to get it right. The guy on our right in Mike and Mitch has the far half of his face flattened; same problem with the black collar guy. Keep on drawing full bodies too, in order exercise putting it all together, and see work out how body parts move and connect to each other. And of course, more life drawing is usually good. Also, some forms still look flat or unfulfilled, like that fat guy's face. Is the jaw bone supposed to be in profile view? It doesn't seem to be contained within the face. : /

I really like the pose in the "Are you using the pen-thing" panel-- that looks pretty natural. Maybe you could push it more, so that it becomes more expressive.

By the way, you mentioned cyber-goth art, so I thought you would point you to "Blame!" the manga series, in case you haven't seen it already: http://www.studiokrum.com/blame/blmgalbox.html (just a preview of some pages there).

[Katzenminze]

:) your stuff is real fun! i mean how much better can it get than funky pigeon army posters and naked fattie body slams?
maybe you could try to work your ideas out a little bit more from the technical stand point, they work as sketches but id like to see that fattie really pop out in color :D

[BRINKMAN!]

Slobosaurus- Thanks! I work at the University of Minnesota, doing "graphic design" for an office there (read: InDesign operator).
super skoda- Dude, thanks! I've ogled your comics many-a-time, so it's an honor.
crabbyclem-Thanks! You're totally right about the boat... I realized that about 3/4 of the way through but then lazily left it out. I guess I kinda like the humor in Ahab just flying out of nowhere.
CUBICcube- Thanks for the compliment and suggestions, I'll look into those for sure. :)
eminkey2003- My man! You always come through with the crits, I love it. Thanks for the link and the great suggestions!
Katzenminze- Thanks for stopping by! I think you're right, it's time to work some pieces up to finished!

This is just a small update of some shit I did on my lunch break. I fast (1hr) still life of some things at my desk under strong florescent light and an older lunch doodle made while listening to a Retronauts podcast about Snatcher.

I'll be back with more tonight. I got a new drawing desk at Ikea yesterday for a ridiculously good price (about $40!), so I've gotta take apart the old one and rearrange my shit tonight. My old table it really nice actually, nicer than the new one, but it's a drafting table and as such doesn't lay horizontal. This makes things like drawing in a sketchbook impossible, so out it goes! Anyway, enough babbling.

[BRINKMAN!]

A quick WIP... King Chewy! This is poster sized and will be a limited digital mono-print... is commissioned.
-edit- I know this still has perspective issues, but other crits more than welcomed!!! :yayca:
http://monsterislandart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/2009_1_10_king_chewy1.jpg

[JailHouseRock2]

BRINKMAN! Dude stuff looking great in here man!
Love the style, and I'd like to see some more studies,
GET BACK TO WORK!

Haha.. Chewy

matt

[Mumph]

Very nice face studies! In the third one (post #134), on the right face, the eyes are way too close to eachother and the eyes should also be aproximatly in the middle of the head (I think the chin is a bit too big).

I like the one in ink a lot, maybe you could darken some more areas to get a better composition?
The Ahab image is a bit flat, maybe mixing the hard edges with soft ones can help to give depth.
Funny comic :) watch out on the perspective though, especially in the second frame.
I think you´ve captured the lightning very nice in the stil life study! On the Chewy piece, I think HIS left leg should be further down, now it kind of looks like he is raising it up.

Very nice updates!
Keep it up.

[BRINKMAN!]

Matt- Thanks! Here are some studies for you. More coming in the future too.
Mumph- Thanks for the great crits!

Sketchbook dump:

[Mumph]

I really like the hatching. Some of the studies look a bit messy and I think it´s because they are pretty small drawings. Maybe try drawing a bit bigger?

[BRINKMAN!]

Hey guys, normally I'm against posting in my SB without some art to show for it, but I just thought I'd let all you folks kind enough to stop by here that I had to wipe my drive and reinstall OSX today. The Finder was crashing on me constantly. At first it just happened when I quit any of the programs in CS3, then it started happening whenever I quit any program, then when I attempted to back up my recent work it just refused to open any Finder windows. :( I lost some good WIPs and I'll have to get all my software reinstalled. I won't get Photoshop and the rest of CS3 up and running again until Tuesday when I can get the disks from work (they kindly let me instal a license at home for doing work at home!).

A word to the wise: If. for some reason, you are still running OS 10.3 or lower and are planning on upgrading to Leopard don't migrate your accounts/files using the OS installer! It leads to all kinds of painful permissions issues that serious fuck your shit up. It's exactly this scenario that lead to my need for a reboot. I had an old 1st-gen Macbook Pro with 10.2 on it and transfered my account and files from it to my new Mac Pro. It took about a year, but eventually this proved to be my undoing.

mumph- Thanks, yeah some of those Bridgman studies got a little wild. I was having a squirrely-handed day that day! :P

[Oranje Joe]

Comic = excellence

i wish i could do that at school!

and for some reason you seem to have more talent doing color drawing than black and white....

.....*is jealous of you*

>:D

[Knarf]

great studies, your work is looking more and more solid. good luck on those technical difficulties that you are facing, hope all is well, so we can all start posing .

[BRINKMAN!]

Thanks yall. I'm at work, so I don't really have to post responses right now, but will when I get home! :) Quick full-body sketch for the CHOW, and a head study with a little more time in it.

[eminkey2003]

The head study looks pretty solid, except that the back of the head in profile is dipping too low. I notice you like to draw big noses too, so I'd like to see some that are normal-sized.

The twins have some problems. The hand on the staff is too big, and the wrist can't bend that far. Also, try making your legs parallel to your shoulders like the bottom guy...ouch. : ( It's hard to tell that they're connected-- it looks more like one standing behind the other, so I'd pick another point-of-view. I think their heads may be too small as well.

Also, Chewie's torso looks too short, as if he's sunken into his own hips.

[BRINKMAN!]

Oranje Joe,Alm0st- Thanks guys! Consider my ego stroked :)
eminkey2003- Thanks for the helpful input (as always!). I took some of your crits to heart and started over with a 3/4 view pose this time. It's still a rough sketch, but I think it's working better already!

The second go at Siamese Twins for this week's CHOW and some early sketchs for the twins.
Other thing is a quick mock up for a mural I'm going to paint in a friend's house.

[eminkey2003]

I really like the design of the twins, but the pose is very stiff. Your sketches look a little looser though. Keep it loose!

[Mumph]

In that first siamese twins sketch the anatomy of the legs looks a bit strange, I think his legs are of different lenght (the one that is crouching). Nice sketches!

[crabbyclem]

whoa, you've been productive! Keep it up. The groin-to-shoulder or head-from-groin twin connections made me laugh, but your flying chubby body slam man is my favorite from this last batch.

You might consider adding another layer/background to your bird-mural for some more depth.

[BRINKMAN!]

eminkey2003- Thanks, you're right about the stiffness, but I think it has to stay for this one since I've taken it farther than the "able to re-pose" phase! :S
Mumph- Thanks, yeah I scrapped that first one... as you said it wasn't working.
crabbyclem-Thank you sir, and you are so very right about the mural... the area behind the playground thing need something.

Here's a quick little update. A doodle and a snapshot of where the twins are.

[BRINKMAN!]

Doodles, doodles. I looked at some of Black Frog's comics and was inspired.

[DeathChalupa]

I really like that pigeon thing. It's kinda different that squiggle-vision
I think it might be more pleasant

And I really really like Dr.Katz and Home Movies

Did you get some pics of those wheatpastes?

[BRINKMAN!]

DeathChalupa- Unfortunately those pics, along with a lot of other shit went to the big hard drive in the sky when I was experiencing computer problems recently.

Here's a WIP for this week's CHOW: I'm not abandoning the twins, it's just that this week's topic is too fun to pass up.

[AustenFM]

Howdy! Great stuff throughout this sketchbook, but i'm extremely fascinated by the last few pieces you did with the ms paint spray can! That spray can has always given me guff, i should try it again though.

Yessir, keep up the awesome work!

[BRINKMAN!]

AustenFM- Firstly: Thanks! Your work is dope as well. Secondly: I almost want to let you continue to believe the hype, but alas, I can't... those black and white pieces where made in PS. Simply set the layer to "dissolve" and viola.

Here's an update to my CHOW entry along with what I posted in the CHOW thread:

Did some work on mine... still very much a WIP. The Background needs lots of work, the idea is that there's going to be a trail of destruction on the left side and untouched buildings on the right.
Also coming: Figuring out the warm natural lighting from the right. Also feet will be added to end the current cop-out!

Crits appreciated!

[BRINKMAN!]

One more quick doodle:

[wondergod]

pretty neat stuff in here, im definitely coming back!

[Mumph]

Great doodles man! In the "naked man and dick moutain" you could try making the sky all black? and invert dick mountain. The Southpaw painting looks promising.

[super skoda]

HA! "Barf" is top-nitch doodlin' That sort of reminds me of Travis Millard's (http://www.fudgefactorycomics.com/frame.html) work.

and I love the South Paw character. Keep 'em coming!

[BRINKMAN!]

wondergod- Thanks man, I hope you do!
Mumph- Thanks, I'll keep working on Southpaw for sure.
super skoda- Thanks dude. I've never seen Millard before, but his work is awesome... so full of humor! Thanks for the link :)

A finished Southpaw is on the way sooner rather than later, as are some Hogarth studies. For now, though, here is some more exploration of Shake-E-Vision combined with some Street Fighter IV game-boner stoking.

[BRINKMAN!]

Mike Mignola studies :devil:

[Mumph]

Great stuff man! That effect on the street fighter characters is nice :)

[eminkey2003]

Southpaw's logo is pretty small, but the pose is great. Zangief looks super-solid too, but Barf is super-flat. : / Can't wait to see Southpaw finished! Here are some fixes I suggest:
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[Knarf]

absolutely loved the hellboy update there. there has been one thing that has been "bothering" me tho, it seems as tho most of your work seems close to being finished, close as in lacking that special polish in the end. I'm sure that just takes more time, and its something I can relate into not finishing, but I really would like to see a really finished polished piece (and I'd promise to do the same for you buddy ;P).

[BRINKMAN!]

This is a little update to let you all know I'm still alive. Since you last heard from me I've gotten a new tablet complete with the fancy-schmancy art pen, worked toward finishing several big pieces and done some sketching, not to mention logging too many hours in Fallout 3 :) Big update tomorrow, I promise! For now, I leave you with this piece of craziness:

[eminkey2003]

Cool style. Shadows under the boobs might be too strong though. Keep going!

[BRINKMAN!]

So here it is, a lot of started projects and not any finished ones! I don't know what it is about painting buildings, but it takes me forever, so Southpaw is slow going. We've got some doodles, some Mignola worship, some anatomy studies and a Klimt masterstudy in it's infant stages.

[Mumph]

Nice update!
Yeah i´m with eminkey2003 on the boobs, otherwise cool. On the first sketch his right hand and forearm looks very large in comparison to the rest of the body, his ear looks a bit small and thin. It also looks like he hasn´t got a tricpes (HIS right arm). Very nice studies! Southpaw is coming along nicely, just think about values so it doesn´t become flat. Some darker parts are needed I think.

[eminkey2003]

Super form in the body studies, lots of life in that Hellboy drawing (I'd like to see more lively sketches like that). Big-gun-guy looks pretty lively, but the soldier in the trenchcoat looks a little stiff, and so does the figure sketch below him.

[BRINKMAN!]

Thanks for the feedback guys, I've tried to keep it loose with my drawing and I went back into Southpaw with some darker values :)

[Mumph]

Yo! Very nice, I like the texture you have going on in the jeans and the jacket. Nice studies and doodles as well. Shit ninja, not much to say there :D
I just wanted to say keep going!

[BRINKMAN!]

Thanks Mumph!

Here goes some shit from today...

[BRINKMAN!]

Doodles:

[BRINKMAN!]

Lunch doodle... I think I like it better without the title and background.

[eminkey2003]

Darker shadows looks good on Southpaw, proportions look a bit weird on Shit Ninja, and nice anatomy studies (all curves though, so it looks a little wiggly). Try some more interesting compositions though. These aren't grabbing me! You can really make an impact with an interesting composition. Here are some comic covers that I think have neat compositions: http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/y-the-last-man

[Knarf]

Liking those boxer studies, just watch out for big heads! As for inspector death, I think the initial placement of the character to the left looked nicer, so try to crop it down and thrown in a bigger sized font? Up to you there buddy.

[DeathChalupa]

I really like the inspector death guy
I agree that it is better without title/bg

Some cool stuff going on with the sailor picture too. I like the background and the composition and the texture.

[BRINKMAN!]

eminkey2003- You always give me good suggestions, thanks man!
Alm0st- Frank, thanks for the good crits, I'll watch out for head size. I think you're also picking my negligence in the composition department, as eminkey was talking about, so thanks for the heads up an that.
DeathChalupa- Thanks! Glad you stopped by :)

Here's some stuff I've been working on... sketchbook things and my very first sculpt. I did the sculpt in Zbrush and I started form a sphere. It was harder than I thought it would be, and I'm not really happy with the results...but I have done almost no artwork outside of 2 dimensions, period, so I guess I shouldn't expect to be good at it right off the bat.

As always crits and comments are muchly appreciated!

[eminkey2003]

Really nice form here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=607073&stc=1&d=1235948223)!
I don't know anything about light and shadow, but it looks convincing. His left arm might cast a shadow on his body though. I believe Katie's left eye is smaller than the left though, and at this angle, you can't really blame that on foreshortening.

[BRINKMAN!]

eminkey2003- Thanks! Nice catch on the shadow and the eye! :)

Here's some stuff from tonight...some palette experimentation with a landscape and a self portrait with some proportion issues.

[BRINKMAN!]

I forgot that I had taken some photos of my studio, just in case anyone was wondering how baller I am ;). Also, one last doodle of the evening before off to bed.

[BRINKMAN!]

Here's a doodle this morning. I've been listening to a lot of Bowie :D

[eminkey2003]

I love how fresh and clean your workspace is; mine is so cluttered. : /
The tank composition could still use more "oomph." Sometimes, try playing around with the elements of the picture in some thumbnail sketches before you do an illustration.
I don't have many crits for the self-portrait other than the ears look like they're parallel to the viewer. The form looks pretty firm, especially in the cheek creases.

Also, Bowie has a really tall forehead, ahahah.

[Mumph]

Damn, a lot of updating :) very nice! Great illustrations, I like the colors in the sabatuer one. The self portrait looks nice but you should try experimenting with some softer edges too in places.

[BRINKMAN!]

Quick update

[Knarf]

man jealous of your studio, good stuff and sooo fresh and so clean. The lady in your latest update seems disconnected along the the top and bottom torso. nice floating head though!

keep up the good work, make mistakes, and have fun,
-Frank

[Mumph]

Sweet stuff! Maybe you could include some simple environments in some of them? Maybe just something as simple as a just some shadows on some kind of ground. There is a lot of white space, although I think it works with the gunner and i´m aware of that these are studies and doodles :) Keep it up man!

[eminkey2003]

The figure looks a bit scrawny in some parts. Try doing the whole thing with full volume so it looks consistent.

[Mumph]

When will we see an update buddy? :)

[BRINKMAN!]

Well I've been out the game to long, as they say. I've been super busy with other aspects of life namely making a website, doing some extra print design outside of work and putting in more hours on the mural at my friend's house. My revamped website (http://www.brnk.net/) got a redesign, a sketchbook blog (http://www.brnk.net/sketchbook/) (which will largely just mirror this thread) and my first bit of custom php! Coding is hard, kiddies.

SO... this update isn't nearly as big as it should be, considering so much time has passed since my last post. I've got to hit it with renewed fervor... right after I get back from my birthday weekend in Chicago! :D

[BRINKMAN!]

I've gotten in to the practice of making calendar desktops every month. Here's April's (I run a dual monitor setup at work).

[Knarf]

YESSSSS! the update is here. The hand and feet studies ROCK. I spy baba yaga's hut, and those posemaniacs are spot on. Just keep updating and all is well in the universe. Hopefully I'll hear some news about your movement to pc soon... :D.

-Frank

[BRINKMAN!]

Thanks Frank! I will try to be better about posting :yayca:

Here are tonight's doodles. The theme? Old Timey.

[aedman]

Really liking the old timey studies and the calendar pixel designs. Both are examples of you communicating enough information with more efficient use of tone or color. Keep it up.

[Mumph]

Nice clean design on your homepage and congrats! I really like "unsteady foundations", great values! Nice hands studies. There are some problems with the face in the last one in post #198. I think his eyes are too closely placed. His chin is also very big. The hoody looks super thin, it needs some volume. I like the pixel calender and the last ones!

[BRINKMAN!]

From today some Michelangelo studies and a doodle in my new recycled 6"x8" sketchbook.

[Mumph]

Very nice studies! I did a quick little paint-over (if you can call it that) on what I believe looks a bit off in that first doodle, keep up the good work!

[BRINKMAN!]

Mumph, thanks for the paintover! That dude does look sort of cretinous, doesn't he?
Here's just a lone figure study. I have some doodles and stuff to scan too, which I'll get to sometime soon, hopefully tonight. This is a WIP, I plan on finishing. I've long had an aversion to soft brushes for some reason, so I' trying to soften and smooth things out here more than normal. I'm also playing with skin tone. I know it's very unfinished, but if you have any crits, please let me know!

[BRINKMAN!]

Fast lunch doodles.

[BRINKMAN!]

I just posted a little EP on my blog : http://www.brnk.net/sketchbook/?p=21
I get distracted making beats more often than I should.

[Knarf]

hey long time no see, glad to see you are still at it, everything looks good in your recent updates. The only thing that bothers me about that lone figure, is the bottom proportions look a bit off, take a squint and see.

[Mumph]

The figure study is great, I like the colors. The toe looks a bit big and too round though. Are the legs a bit too long? or maybe that´s because of the angle, i´m not sure. Maybe some more reds in the skin? I like the texture in the doodles.

[BRINKMAN!]

Two doodles and a stupid photoshop paintover for a collab with Frank, bigger update soon.

[Mumph]

I really like the second one, the shapes are great and it is very dynamic. I like how they overlap eachother. The first one is cool too but I thinks it´s too stiff. Keep it up!

[BRINKMAN!]

Whoa, new page! To celebrate: a bunch of scans and some progress wips on my COW and demon collab w/ Frank.

Some thoughts: The demon digi paint still needs a face and some other details to distinguish him from your every-day, run of the mill Grim Reaper, even though I'm basing him partly on Samael, who is the grim reaper. He's going to get the face w/ the horns and animal nose in the sketch below him.

The COW creature need a head change, so his head doesn't look like an ass! It was supposed to be a bony ridge... but it looks like some butt cheeks! :asspat:

I really need to to figure out what to do with the back eye when my subject is in 3/4 view... I keep fucking it up and pinching the back eye all goofy (look at the scarred man doodle for proof).

Ok, that's all for now. I'll be back soon with more. Crits are always welcome!

-Andy

[Knarf]

never on aim at night huh?! anyways posting to say FUCK YEA! that's all I gatta say for your update. Mine is coming soon.

-Frank

ps. funny our cows seem a little similar, you'll see soon enough.

[eminkey2003]

I think the colors really work together in that demon study. I notice that most of the lines in your doodles don't taper or vary in width though. Sometimes it makes them look like a relief on a wall.

[BRINKMAN!]

A quick doodle for tonight, trying to build shapes and deal with 3/4 perspective... I spent a long time on my COW and did nothing but fuck it up. :/

[BRINKMAN!]

Well I missed the deadline for the COW... for some reason I thought it was midnight. :nohope:
I think I've taken this guy as far as he's going to go. He uses his brain, which emits a bioluminescent black light which he uses to locate his vegetable prey, which reacts to the black light with a bright green glow.

[Knarf]

Awww Snap, coolest concept ever. Conceptually you would have gotten my vote for sure. Too bad you didn't make the deadline would have been more fun with yours in there. That creature just looks so happy going for the green.

-Frank

[eminkey2003]

Cool concept, great idea for a body shape, but the pose is a little stiff and the left arm slices up the composition a bit. Also, shouldn't the light from the green plants change the color of the floor to a more green blue? I think the same may go for the purple light on the brown hair.

[Mumph]

I like your concepts! The creature in the last one has a very funny expression (in a good way) :) but I think it´s very flat. Maybe some more variation in edge types and variation in value would help this. I agree with eminkey2003 about the arm. I think the pages from your sketchbbok are great, especially the head studies. Do more studies from life!

[BRINKMAN!]

Thanks for the compliments and crits, boys, I really appreciate it! I'm going to revisit his pose and the colors and check back in with the progress.

For tonight, an early WIP for this week's CHOW. It's a fun one, a western theme. Right up my alley :)

Also a speedy called "The Game Don't Change" ... I finished The Wire a few days ago, it's probably inspired by that.

[eminkey2003]

I like the folds in these two drawings. Especially on cowboy guy's shins. I think his shoulder's are too wide though. Looks like they can fit about 4 of his heads.

[BRINKMAN!]

Some stuff.. a portrait of Marlisa for the everybody-draw-each-other thread and a WIP of a Lucien Freud master study, which is going sort of roughly here in the beginning. Freud is a hard one to replicate digitally!

[eminkey2003]

Portrait looks nice. I love the unique shapes in the mouth and nose. Nice that you're smoothing out the rendering too. I like your usual painterly style but it's good to try both.

[BRINKMAN!]

I wrote you a note:

[eminkey2003]

Volume looks pretty good in most places. The fingers on the beer-holding guy look a little flat. The proportions on the hammer-guy are definitely weird though.

[Knarf]

NERDDDD POWER ANDY! fo shizzlez! fellow nerd represent.

btw THIS is how we roll~ BALLIN.
679068

Peace outside <3,
-Frank

[JailHouseRock2]

Your stuffs looking good as ever!

Nice progress man, your sketches are getting sooo goood!

Love how you play with proportion, that last ones looking sweet! Great work on Marlisa portrait too.

Your rockn' along in here dude, Keep it up!
matt

[Mumph]

Man, the CHOW looks very nice! Watch out on the pants so they don´t become to contrasty, some more greytones perhaps?

On the speedy I think you should vary some of the edges in the background, right now it looks a bit flat even though there is a lot of change in value.

Nice job on the portrait! I think you could work in even more changes in the colors.
The fourth imgage in post #225 kicks ass! and the color version kicks asses!

[BRINKMAN!]

tiny update, more soon & replies tomorrow.

[BRINKMAN!]

eminkey2003 - Thanks for the crits!

Alm0st - That is just awesome. You captured my pimpitude perfectly ;P

JailHouseRock2 - Thanks Matt! I'm glad you came by and even more glad you enjoyed what you saw. Thanks again!

Mumph - Thanks my man! Some very helpful suggestions there.

Couple'a speed paints... one's a portrait for the "paint from what does everyone look like thread" and the other is just a random fighter from my head.

[BRINKMAN!]

So I've long felt that the way I was drawing torsos, pecs, abs and the like was too rounded and exaggerated, so today I finally sat down and did some torso studies. I played with definition and angularity... I thin I like the dude on the far left the best (he's no ref actually.) The two bald guys on the right's pecs are too short/sit too high and hogarth's big, rounded approach just isn't sitting right with me these days.

[F87]

Very nice studies! Keep those up, they will pay off!

[Mumph]

On the speedie I was thinking about the composition, perhaps it would be better to not place the face in the center and more to one side instead. I like the fighter study, expecially the back is very nice rendered but his expression is way too calm :) Nice studies!

[Jesus Food]

love the update mang, im loving the faces! they's be improvin!

[eminkey2003]

I like the soft form and volume in the recent stuff, especially on the moleskine page. It reminds me of this girl's artwork: http://berkolounger.livejournal.com/ Check it out!

[BRINKMAN!]

F87- Thanks dood! I will keep them up fa sho!
Mumph- Ahh, I got ya now. I actually cam to that same conclusion and reworked the composition on that piece. I haven't really had a chance to do anything but lay in the colors on it yet though cause I haven't been at my computer much lately.
Jesus Food- Thanks mang! I love it when new people stop in and say hi. :)
eminkey2003- Thanks mucho emin! Her artwork is awesome, thanks for introducing me to her. That blog went right into my bookmarks :)

Here's the fruit of my recent labor... I went to a figure drawing co-op tonight and drew form the model for the first time in probably 3 years. It felt really good, but took me a while to get into the groove. I think the 15 min one that is in profile is the most successful and definitely the best likeness. I realized a few things tonight:

I need to do more studies of the figure with extreme foreshortening because it took me about 50% more time to block in the model when he was at an odd angle tonight.
I need to use line weight to convey mass much, much more effectively.
I need to make this a weekly thing!


Hope yall enjoy, C&C always welcome!

-Andy

edit: Here's what I'm listening to lately
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[eminkey2003]

Great volume again. Glad you liked Rebecca Sugar's artwork. You and I need to color things more often though. Even some quick digital splashes of color on these doodles would be worth something, I think.

Speaking of which, finish up that Duck!! : ]

[Mumph]

Nice sketches! I really like the proportions in that first 3/4:th one. Great studies too. I think you should work over the whole model before you start rendering the face, especially as the poses aren´t very long. I´m thinking about some of them where the feet didn´t get that much attention.

[BRINKMAN!]

Here's the first stages of a portfolio piece I'm getting going on. It's just a value painting, and an unfinished one at that, but I'll be painting it in full color eventually. It's called Grubbin' on the Grass. I have some collab pieces that I've been sitting on too long, I'm posting the angel, which Frank started and I amended and I have a demon and a duckman waiting in the wings to be posted soon.

Thanks for the kudos, crits and encouragement! Massih, you're totally right. I have a hard time not delving into the juicy details before getting all the major masses right.

[BRINKMAN!]

Here's the demon for my collab with Alm0st, I cropped the picture plane to post here. Eminkey's duckman on the way soon!

[BRINKMAN!]

Noice, page 8!
Here's a quick still life of a bag of coffee beans to start the day out right (painted with hot coffee on hand, of course!)

[Cosmo!]

i looooooove this one:
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=676089&stc=1&d=1242877935

[eminkey2003]

Recheck the demon's left arm and hips. I think his hips are too short, and his arm has a few weird problems. Pretty nice form in the bag. Try some traditional media too! I've been doing it more often, since all I know is digital.

[Joce]

keep working hard man, eventually u will learn to see better

[BRINKMAN!]

This took waaaaay the fuck too long to rotoscope!

also, some music for the hell of it:
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[Jamie Romoser]

awsome sketchbook man
Had fun looking at every peice
Keep it up
Till next time -Omerta

[Mumph]

Yo! It´s a nice idea to first do a value painting I think, will help you a lot when you start to color it. I like their expressions, nice job with that. I think you should play some more with composition, right now it´s pretty messy in the middle.

It looks like the woman is raising her legs, like they are levitating, is that on purpose? Maybe you could also work more with overlapping and stuff pointing out more :) I did a very quick paint-over to demonstrate what I mean, just a suggestion on what could be done, or something like it, some ideas.

Things I did: I rotated the womans feet, I made her left arm visible, I painted in the fat man´s arm, I rotated and extended the cap-man´s arm and extended his left leg/foot. I also drew in some trees in the foreground, I think that can help with atmospheric perspective and also it will give the felling of someone spying on them as the woman gives an impression of that already. I like this piece :)

On the second one, the forearms look a bit strange, like bowling pins, chech some ref. for that.

Deamon looking good, no crits and looking forward to the duckman.
The teabag painting is nice, maybe some different texture and just a hint of a back-ground would make it look more finished.

That last one is cool as hell! How do you create those? Very nice proportions and form.

Nice job my friend!

[Peetaer]

Awesome dude! Great progress. Really like your moleskin sketches...A LOT! Your figure drawings sketches are great. They also crack me up, I love how you added a speech bubble to convey how long each pose was. That's a nice creative touch!

Keep rockin dude!

[eminkey2003]

Update soon, arrragrgagrgagr! :davi:

[BRINKMAN!]

Hi all. Sorry for going MIA. I wish I had a better excuse than artist's block/busy summer nights but I don't. Thanks for all your support and prodding (Frank and eminkey)!

I really should have more, considering how long I've been out of commission, but 'cest la vie (however you spell that... I took spanish :P)

OmertA-Thanks! Glad to bring the joy.
Mumph- Thanks for the very well thought out crits! You're the man. The animation is rotoscoped...meaning I shot myself in photobooth just using the built-in camera on my laptop at work, then imported the video to photoshop, converted the frames to layers, then made a hand drawn set of frames tracing over the video....it's very time consuming, but fun!
Peetaer-Thanks mang! I'm glad you stopped in and enjoyed yourself! :)
eminkey2003- I know it's been a long time, but I'm back!

[BRINKMAN!]

Oh yeah, here's a bonus... it's a little motivational desktop I made. I figured it might be handy from someone else too.