Eerin's Sketchbook - UPDATED 5/2

[Eerin]

BETTER STUFF LATER ON > > >
(at least I think so?)



EDIT:
Currently 18, probably going to AAU this coming fall, and needing to get tons of times better at art (so if you have any suggestions or critiques, please share! :) ).







Constructive critiques (and paint overs) are most welcome =)

Please take care of me~ :teeth:

[DAVEZILLA]

I LOVE the second one! it reminds me of a Buddhist statue: totally immersed in nature. The perspective on the shattered pieces drawing is really interesting. That must have been difficult to draw.
Awesome first post. I'm in the same boat as you. I'm about to make the switch from Lurker to Art-Sharer.

[Eerin]

Davezilla - thanks! =) The second one is indeed a Buddhist statue. And the shattered pieces you were referring to are actual mirror shards glued to the artwork.

[Eerin]

Forgot to add that I shortened the hands for the piece with the tattered flag but I still think there are a lot of proportional mistakes. Not to mention the fact that I'm not particularly fond of the way she is sitting.

And here's a sketch I did a while back:

[Leo Ki]

Yes, she must have very flexible knees to sit that way :)
Apart from that the attitude looks good to me.
Maybe you could work the lighting to make it more dramatic.

I also like the last sketch. Do you plan to color it?

And welcome to CA! :)

[Eerin]

Leo Ki - Thanks! =) and yes, at some point in the past I did plan to color it, but I never got around to it. Maybe I will get around to it sometime in the future though... =)

Here are two stuff I've been working on.
First one is a work in progress. The second one is inspired by Andrew Jones.

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll274/eeringrayowl/Peace_and_Promise.jpg

[Eerin]

Some stuff I've done in the past two days...

Two character designs (one of which is still in progress) and some figure drawing.



2-min gesture drawing and a 5-min

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll274/eeringrayowl/scan002_ReducedSize.jpg

5-min, two 10-min, and a 15 min:

[Eerin]

A WIP and a finished doodle (the latter inspired by Andrew Jones).

Not really sure where I'm heading with the character design.....particularly got no clue what her hands will be doing =)

[Eerin]

A little sketch....

[The7Artist7]

Hey Eerin - some really cool stuff you've done here - I love the flow and character they have :)

I hope you finish that one of the lady with the bow and only one hand so far... her arms do look as if they may be connecting to quite wide shoulders for her body though - otherwise a lovely concept - she'd work perfect in a sunny woodland glade or entering a cave in the side of a mountain valley...

keep up the great work and studies - look forward to seeing more :)

[Oranje Joe]

oooh i think the girl with the swirly bra and the bird the best!

[Eerin]

The7Artist7 Thanks! =) I actually do not know whether I will ever finish that image. I have a tendency to completely abandon something once I grow tired of it and move on =(

Oranje Joe Thank you~ but she's actually in plate mail and not a bra xD (but given the linework, I can see why it looks so :))

Two more little things I did a while back... (yes its the infamous overused PS butterfly brush :P )
A reference photo was used for the tiger's head (photo made into a tiger head painter brush).

[Xaya]

Welcome Eerin!

That´s a great start of a sketchbook. Well, there is no much to criticize for real.
You are very good at characters, especially their faces look nice.
Also nice to see you try different techniques and workflows for your paintings.

Mhh... maybe some boys or men next time ^^

Cheers

Xaya

[eromenos]

So here is where you've been hiding off to +_+ Must stalk yous now XD'
P.S .. help me with portfolio I forgot to start T_T

[The7Artist7]

Hehe no worries, I do the same! I'm liking those last two - the tiger looks like it's on drugs or something! 'whoa - I knew I shouldn't have eaten that hippy' ;)

Keep up the great work!

[Gail_Blitzy]

really like the watercolour look on your character in post 9
Love the pattern and colour of your style makes each piece seem full of life and character!

[Eerin]

Gail_Blitzy thank you =) I'll try to utilize more of that texturing then =)
The7Artist7 thanks :) and I'll try~
Xaya much appreciated~ here are some of those "some boys or men" xD

Some classical Greek sculptures (great for contrapposto study). The last one is done from a reference pic I found online.

[call me snake]

Nice sketchbook, I can see improvement!
I absolutely love the girl with the swords, great lines and gesture and the colours really appeals to me. Would love to see more along those lines, looks very professional. Only thing that's a bit off is her left hand, looks a bit quirky and is too small compared to her right.

Keep posting!

[Eerin]

call me snake thank you for the input! :)

Some WoW stuff I'm doing for a family friend....

[mchammer75040]

holy hell your PS stuff is awesome. I love all your drawings too, especially the buddha one.

[T_manAKATruman]

your stuff is amazing

[Kurjuus]

Totally love the last two digitals, the color sheme on the one with the tiger is just amazing. Overally great work. I'd fail to give you a crit on any of those. Actually I'm really pissed off right nwo beacause I'm also 17 and you show me were I could be now if I wasn't so lazy over the last several years :D I'm waay behind.

[photosynthesis]

Yes I'm 17 as well, and yes you also show me where I could be if I wasn't so lazy. (not to be picky but look at pictures of real bow's when you draw them, the one ol' one hand is holding couldn't actually be used,the recurve would pop the string. or maybe it doesn't matter, yeah probably not, I'm carving a bow right now, and so that stuck out to me) Either way I really like the digital painting, thats what I need to learn how to do, that last traditional/charcoal one, is very nice also. Keep posting!

[Eerin]

mchammer7504 wow, thats very pleasant to hear~ thank you!
T_manAKATruman thanks!
Kurjuus thank you very much! You won't believe how lazy I am actually... :)
photosynthesis I really wasn't looking at a ref when I sketched in the bow, so thanks! (carving a bow sounds fun) =)

Here's a little character doodle (one I actually did a while back). Horse photo was used for reference.

[RandAlThor]

Looking good dude, i like your concepts and techniques.. ;-)

[AndresArias]

Eerin, very coo stuff!! lovin the WoW sketches, cant wait to see more!!!

[Elz]

I'm also 17, but this stuff puts me to shame. I need to draw more, haha!
Great sketchbook, I love everything you've posted!

[dierat]

Great work so far; I can't imagine the level of work you'll be doing in a few years if this is what you're up to now ;) Your figures and portraiture are wonderful; keep 'em coming :)

[Onir]

Wow, you are certainly improving quickly! The figure from post #9 is beautiful, easily one of my favorites in here. You've got a great handle on anatomy, posing, and rendering; I also really like the experimentation with some of your paintings. Inspiring stuff I must say :) Keep going, I'll definitely be stopping back in!

*subscribes*

[Eerin]

RandAlThor Thank you!
twoAsix Well, here's more~ xD
Elz We have plenty of time to improve. And you're SB is great too! :D
dierat Jason Chan or Justin Sweet level hopefully? O.o and thanks!
Onir You make me all warm and happy. Thank you.

Colored version of the sketch I posted in the previous post. I tried to emulate WoW coloring style. This took entirely too long. :nohope:

[alleluia]

Wow. Your figure studies are beautiful. I wish I knew about CA when I was 17 >.< haha. You're well on your way! Keep it up! Post more figure studies. I'm watching you. :)

[Autumnal Dream]

Woah... your works are so impressive! Wonderful ideas.. *sigh*
I love #9 .. it's so simple and tho beautiful.
Simply awesome sb!

Cheers, I'll be back! ;D

[anhedonic analog.]

Hey!

there is some very impressive stuff in this thread, good job! I'm sensing a pretty strong Jason Chan influence, that's awesome!!

I do have a crit though:

Be careful using textures and pattern brushes, they have a tendency to flatten your 3D forms pretty drastically.

When using textures or weird pattern brushes, try warping them to the forms you're applying them. Try either using the warp tool in Photoshop, Liquefy filter, or on your brushes set the roundness jitter to pen tilt (if you have an intuos tablet).

[algenpfleger]

Woooow what a lively sketchbook. Loving all the figures. And you're so young! Haha you're gonna be so awesome. Colors look great too! Keep going :)

[tzim-tzum]

great work Eerin....I mean you are going to art school next....just stay focused and work it out...you've got a great start..are you in some sort of art school now?

I don't know much about the school you are going to (or any for that matter)...hopefully you get some good teachers and meet a couple of cool artists who have similar interests.

I definitely like where you are headed.

zz~

[Asire]

Wow, some stunning work here. Your colour choices are striking, and all before your 17! I agree with Algenpfleger, Your already dammn good, but by the time you finish school you will be amazing. You know, assuming you don't get work before you finish school, which at this rate, you probably could.

Can't wait to see more

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

You got some down right gorgeous stuff going here. I like the colours and the figure studies are a treat. You should do more studies on facial anatomy, not that your'e faces are bad, they are just a bit anonymus.

Great stuff, and rock on, and WORK HARDER:D

-E

[lilnebo]

shiittttttttttttttt
DUDE! am gonne be watching your every freaking move!
you rock you serouisley do
I so have to get as good as you in the next 3 years hahaha
Serouisley though awesome awesome just awesome works
Those pencils are super nice and you have a very nice understanding.
Your painting are very cool and your concepts are just killers
O.o everything is so good
I gotta my eyes on you
haha :P
keep it up

[Eerin]

alleluia thank you! I actually found CA when I was 16 :P
Autumnal Dream Thanks! I really like that coloring style too. Maybe I should color more like that :)
anhedonic analog Thank you so much for the suggestion!! :D
algenpfleger cheers~ but I sure am a long way from where you are at :-)
tzim-tzum never attend an art school (just graduated high school two months ago or so). Planning to though, this coming year!
Asire Hahaha, I sure hope so :)
Mischeviouslittleelf thank you for the crit! I DO need to make faces more particular for sure!
lilnebo why, thank you~~ and I'm sure you will :teeth:

Here's a different version of that same WoW figure I posted in the previous post. I was asked to make it look colder and more detailed...

[lilnebo]

yes!
Nice drawing, shadings really awesome
The pose is also very cool
uggh i got no crits its all welldone really.
Post more pencils please :) and more updates :P
Keep it up

[Lotet]

nice stuff, the female squid-face looked better in the previous version though, or well, atleast I think so.

anyways, keep it up, great work!

[syingc]

Sup buddy!

Love your sketchbook and thanks for showing me all those DVDs today :]]]

[Eerin]

lilnebo thank you! and I will definitely post some pencils up~ :)
Lotet thanks! and I concur ;)
syingc you're welcome! and get your SB started so we can crit each other :D

Colored the other WoW character. Don't know if I'm gonna tighten it up. I sure did have fun trying painter though~

[lilnebo]

looks awesome so far, the blue lightining effect is sweet!
Well it looks pretty awesome cants say much more
so keep it up :)

[Eerin]

lilnebo thanks! :)

Some figure studies (posemaniacs is really great for that :))

[Sway West]

Great stuff. : ) You've got some really great lines. Keep on keepin' on with the studies, and keep sharing!

[AsaB]

Hey Eerin! Fellow HI, haha :D

Such a great SB! Your work is incredibly lively and colourful, so far it's been great fun to browse through. I hope you'll keep this up, you've got great potential! Well, I hardly doubt otherwise, considering you're going to AAU, congrats. :)

No crits so far, just keep on updating!

[LostFayth]

I love each and every sketch/drawing you submitted here. I think I can learn a lot from you. I really admire your work and I'm gonna watch your work from now on. Keep up the good work and keep us updated! :D

[Dylan.Ashby]

Cool stuff Eerin, your sketchbook was actaully first one I saw, your avatar was interesting haha.

Hmmm, thing about critiques is I don't think there all that effective unless you have some things you really put lots into and looks polished. I would loooove to see something that's very polished from you hah! If you do I promise to write an essay about it =3 Well no... budda looks finished. Should I do away with that? Or is it an older piece.

Keep going.

[staticpen]

gorgeous sb! #9 is one of the prettier things I've seen on these forums. It's so washy and stuff. Really reminds me of final fantasy tactics.

I'll be coming back! ;)

[lilnebo]

awesome posemaniacs!
studies are really cool :)
Aggh i cant take it anymore i reallly wanna get started with digitally lol
All you people want to make me start by the day
really like the way you blocked form in just by using greys
Keep it up!

[Ridz]

some great use of textures! good stuff, keep at it!

[gardenrusalka]

Really interesting ideas...beautiful!

[Eerin]

Sway West thank you very much :)
AsaB thanks! haha xD
Lostlimeturtle you flatter me :)
Dylan.Ashby cheers~ and the Buddha is an older piece (I made it several months ago)
staticpen thank you! and I'm hoping to make more pieces like that~
lilnebo you can always play around a little :) I myself should be doing more studies instead of playing with photoshop.... XD
Ridz thanks!
gardenrusalka thank you :)


I haven't been idle (well a little bit xD)... here's a WIP I've been working on, which I might give up on :( and Red Sonja (CHOW#122).

[lilnebo]

......
You freakin master girl....
these are so awesome am going to have to take you to awesome jail
Yes, so please just dont try to resist, put your hands in here
Lol... anywayz really sweet drawings!
Keep it up!

[photosynthesis]

very pretty

[krossj]

cool work Eerin! keep drawing. cheers

[Brushcommander]

I really like your last update. With that distraction element you gave Sonja, men won't stand a chance in a fight.

[catb]

FRICK GIRL! Omg that's hot +_+ love the boobies. You will totally win.. now when voting time comes you better gimme the link so i can vote for you <3

[algenpfleger]

Wooow your girls sure are pretty o_o And kinda... believable :) Great!

[DanielC]

yeeeeh.. they're pretty !
especially the brown hair one <3
I really like the colors and pattern you chose for the chow one.
keep working !

[shou']

Indeed. The colors and the pattern were a great choice on your CHOW.

This (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=416185&stc=1&d=1216428462) is a wonderful piece as well. Hope we can see more in the future.

[Merlkir]

Nice sketchbook :) Do I see some influence by Massive Black tutorials? :) (dark girls with red banners etc..)..

[Namunamu]

I'm wondering what medium was used to create the piece in post #9. Is that watercolor or digital? And if it was digital what program did you use? I'm curious, it's pretty :3

[c@s]

nice sketchbook!

I like your sonja, really pretty painting style, and love this one too http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=416185&stc=1&d=1216428462
just looked to other replyes and it seems that it's not just me who like it :)

[Eerin]

lilnebo aww thanks~ :)
photosynthesis thank you
krossj will do ;)
Tugelbend lol yeah, that's what I thought too. But Red Sonjais a sex icon in a way :P
catb get your SB going! >o<
algenpfleger thanks! still got a loooong way though :(
DanielC cheers :D
shou' thank you, and I hope we will :)
Merlkir indeed. Gotta learn from the best, you know? xD
Namunamu Made the drawing using an HB pencil, scanned it, colored it in photoshop, and used a fancy watercolor texture. You can get the same effect in Painter though, I heard.
c@s thank you! haha, I noted it too~ Every second post or so mentions that piece it seems xD

Don't like this one any longer =(

[staticpen]

Aw man, it's so gorgeous. :) So this is coloring in PS and then applying a watercolor filter? That's it? @__@ No textures or textured brushes or... How did you get this look? Haha.

[Lakka]

This sketchbook is full of beatiful ladies :p

Nice variety of styles, such as that last one.

[Trashy]

Man those colors are so cool. Man...very colorful sketchbook and works. Good stuff Eerin!

[algenpfleger]

Whaaaaah so pretty O_O

[Farsh]

Really nice, what medium was your last post done in?

[cout<mecha]

Just dropping in from Quinn's thread. Wow glad to be here, you're drawing is sooo nice to look at, I don't have enough time usually to take in all the details. Overall this is a very inspirational thread, I'd like to see some messy stuff here though...even your sketches are clean.

:)

Woweee!

[Quinn Simoes]

Hi Eerin, you have an excellent SB here. Love this latest painting, very nice colors and texture.

Keep at it!

Quinn

[Eon]

Really love the paint style you have going. It really shows form through colors. Beautiful Red Sonja (can't believe I did not knw there was a Red Sonja CHOW).

I like this one best though.

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=358893&stc=1&d=1209532918

[Eerin]

staticpen drew it first with an HB pencil, scanned it, colored it in photoshop, and used a fancy watercolor texture. And thank you :)
Lakka you flatter me :wink:
Trashy thank you~ :D
algenpfleger thanks, and so are your stuff :P
Farsh Photoshop 7.0 =)
cout<mecha hope this update adheres to some messiness you'd like to see :) thank you!
Quinn Simoes I will, and thanks :D
Eon thank you for the kind words~ I might finish that one one day :)

I was finally ably to go figure drawing! :D It's been a loooong while since I've had the ability to attend another open figure session :) I love how relaxing the experience always is.

*edit* attachments didn't show up for some reason, so I'm reattaching =S

[staticpen]

Wow, very nice work! The rhythm of the seated woman with the pole/stick is very graceful. How much does it cost to go to one of these sessions? I've never been.

[kingkostas]

I think its also time for me to say how great your works are.I love your red sonja entry.Yor sketchbook is inspiring, keep them up please :D
see ya

[kelly x]

Eerin's + Your anatomy is most amazing and I like the graphic design // textures in everything!! So so so great! I lived in Japan for a while and this last piece looks 30/40's and Japanese mixed - if you don't want it, I want it! K

[Sequential76]

Great work and study, love your patterns, tiger especially.

[photosynthesis]

Splendid figure drawings, and paintings as usual. :)

[cout<mecha]

Again you've got good proportion and a classic style of figure drawing. I just wish people would pay more attention to the breasts when making drawings. If you look at most drawings these days, even the good ones...the breasts vary in quality from lucky shot to an afterthought.

For many reasons they are the most important part of the drawing.Like them anyways :)

[algenpfleger]

I think those are some great figures. Damn, I wish I'd find a figure drawing class where I live :-/

[lilou]

waaaaaahhhh your pics are so cool!!
you have a very good sense for asthetic stuff!!! and everything looks so well designed!
I REALLY LOOOOOOVE the last japanese-like pic! its so sensitive!

go on posting girl!!!

[Trashy]

Woah Eerin those sketches look great! Gah...I really need to take the other life drawing class at my campus after seeing these. Keep on rocking :rocker:

[5coop]

first off, thank you very much for your critique! ive actually passed through your sketchbook before, and hahah i have a folder of some saved pictures from the site from other peoples portfolios...like inspirational work you know...draw like them! and hahah i have like 3 of your portfolio pieces in the folder :) (dont sue)

Anyways i really like the geisha i dont understand why you dont like it! thats the one that caught my attention most, and one of your greek sculpture sketches, because it looks like mine :P I'm going to apply to the same school aswell although its not one of my first choices...

All the best,
-Paolo

[Carbono]

I like those last studies, the way you bend the lines, pretty cool actually. And the last color piece looks good too, i love how it looks rusted, cool effect.
Well, keep it up! Great works!

[Eerin]

staticpen well, I heard it typically costs 10-15ish for around 2 hours. But luckily, I go to one where I only pay $5 for 2 and a half hours. :) There's no mentoring of any kind involved though, you just sit there and draw the model.
kingkostas aww thank you!
kelly x wow, really?! I've been obsessed with Japanese culture and art during my early high school years, but I've never seen what 30's/40's Japanese art looked like. I wish I lived in Japan for a little while like you! :)
Sequential76 thanks!
photosynthesis haha, thank you =)
cout<mecha uh, thanks? :P you lost me a bit there though. IMO, when you have only 10 minutes or so to put down an entire figure, I hardly think that there's enough time to concentrate on anything, much less the breasts. I think the initial read of the figure is more important :) I'll keep it in mind though.
algenpfleger it's sad that there's no figure drawing in your area. =( Your stuff is really fantastic though, and posemaniacs among other stuff is always good. But there's no real good substitute for the real substance. Maybe you can try googling for more info in regards to figure drawing that might be around your area? I tried and I was surprised to find a list with TONS of places.
lilou thank you so much lilou :) and I will
Trashy cheers! and I also need to do a lot more figure drawing to improve. I'm getting rusty having not done it for so long.
5coop haha, no worries! I, too, keep an inspiration folder on my computer! :D I'm honored to have made yours. Good luck with your portfolio!
Carbono thank you! :)

I didn't do any art for about four days, embarrassingly. I got caught up by 6 really good books. So here's some sketchy stuff I did prior. Second one is one of my concepts for the Blood Moon Monk in a preliminary color scheme (which I abandoned). And some stuff I drew from the African Art section of the De Young museum. I went to the Chihuly exhibition that's currently on show in there, and it was simply fantastic. The colors are so vivid and dreamy, I doubt anyone won't get inspired. :)

[Verehin]

Really beautiful stuff!

[staticpen]

Again, lovely sketches. I enjoy the attention to lighting on the first image, too. You gave the eye socket region great depth there. :D

And thanks for the answer to my quesiton. ;) Sounds like a legit deal.

[kingkostas]

Even unfinished, the monk is really good.I also love the sketchies, and mostly the one with the skull(the one at the right :D)
Keep up!!!

[Lawvalamp]

Eerin, you can draw very well, and have color theory to back it up. I especially like your wow pieces (i play, but am leaving for warhammer).


An example of comparisons comes to mind here. Check out Frank Frazetta, and then look at Boris Vallejo's work, and then tell me which you find more interesting :)

[Carl_Soria]

great classical style ! you really have a great knack for the cultural designs and costumes !

[lilou]

geez the blodmoonmonk-piece ist awesome!!! the colours are- though a bit muddy- so well chosen :) and those textures!!! woooow!! good brushwork, looks a bit aquarellic :)
I like the portrait too, just have some issues with the hair... maybe it a bit too undefined...

looks good :) give us moooore :)

[jubjubjedi]

Great work, I think you'll be going far in your art career! Good luck with those Foundation classes at AAU.

[xinleh]

Wow instant subscribe! Very lovely stuff here. :) The Blood Moon Monk (I assume that's the one) could use a little contrast though, especially between the background and character.

[Eerin]

Verehin - Thank you!
stacipen -Cheers! =)
Kingcostas - the skull is one of the most awesome things the De Young museum, I think everyone draws it! :P
lawvalamp -Thanks! I like Frank Franzetta, classic stuff.
Carl_Soria - thank you! I still need to vastly expand my library of cultural designs and costumes :)
lilou - I agree with you, its definitely unrefined and needs lots more work.
jubjubjedi - thanks! I'm not attending just yet though :)
xinleh - cheers! and you're right, the blood moon monk could use much more polishing.

I haven't updated this thing in so long. So shameful. Here's some stuff I did. I'll upload more later.

Image below is a practice lighting/color scene from Stargate.
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll274/eeringrayowl/Anibus.jpg

[conte]

awesome works!

[Vloth]

ooh I adore the apple girl- really pretty colours, and the girl in the tree. Lovely!

[AsaB]

Hey Eerin, I remember you, what happened? You disappeared for a while :) I hope all is good and that you've simply been busy drawing in the meantime! That's the only excuse I'll accept, anyway ;)

Nice update. The painting of red riding hood is my favourite, I like the soft colouring technique you used. Something about the colour palette reminds me of loish's style (http://loish.net/), which is definitely a good thing!

So are you studying art somewhere? I saw someone mention AAU up here, is that where you are heading?

[sevarenge]

thank you really much!!! and ure digitals ar really nice! the gerl in the tree iss really nice! kipp phuching! and whitch school are you going too ?

and sheck my sb sone im uppdeyting sone sorry for the englich hope u understand!

[eromenos]

Dur I love your female figures. They are so curvy and remind me of Renaissance women. My favorite is the woman in the tree with the feathers. She's so pretty and her form is gorgeous <3

[staticpen]

Ah! I'm so happy to see more come in from you! I adore your work, style choices, taste and subject matter. Please come and post more sooner than later, hey?

And what's this about AAU? I and another friend are starting there in the fall. You getting involved? I'll be in Portland for a semester or two doing online stuff at first, but I will eventually move down to San Francisco. If you are headed there, do you have any idea which major direction you're gonna work toward? We may have classes together in the future!

Cheers!

[Eerin]

conte - Thanks!
Vloth - Thank you :)
AsaB - I got too lazy to post my stuff :P But I'm back, hopefully for good. And thanks for that link, its a new artist for me! :) Currently I'm at a community college clearing away liberal art requirements. I'm planning to attend AAU once that's done though.
sevarenge - Thanks, I'm planning to go to AAU. I will check your SB =)
eromenos - Luscious curves :P
staticpen - Currently, I'm going for the Illustration major (with the digital track). I do hope we have some classes together! I might be attending next fall! :)

Here are some thumbnails I did for oil paintings (I used Enayla's masked series for reference for the last one):

[gutss]

the way you paint faces is stunniiinngg! and in fact people, in general. and your digital colouring style is lushhh (maybe try some more adventurous facial expressions though, when the need arises. gogogooo!)

[AvisNocturna]

woah, great stuff you got here! I really like your colours and the peaceful mood in some of your sketches

[staticpen]

Ahhh, Illustration. haha. That's grand. I'm looking at that same direction as well. :)
Great thumbs! I especially like the wild line flourishes you have threaded through the second one. I'm not quite sure how you got everything in that piece to work together so well, but the colors and general ethereal vibe you've got going on there reminds me of the one Japanese artist who used to post on cartoontv. Site's down now, but your watery, misty aesthetic is like a blast from the past, in a very good way! :D

[Vishaka]

I like the 3 thumbnails, but the middle one is kick. ass. Please please make that into a painting. Also really like the red riding hood painting up above. <3

[rosethornCGart]

Beautiful artwork! I really like your red riding hood with the apples, the sketch below it, and the last one with the masked lady with her swans. Wonderful job!

[Kuraudo]

Cool stuff! You don't have to worry much about competition at AAU, you work is good enough. Trust me....

[Hapun]

All of your art is so beautiful classical looking, post more sketches! I know you have them... ;)

By the way, I think it's your turn to update sketchbook, so I'm resuscitating you haha. Going back to college makes you pretty busy huh? (I never see you on AIM anymore) Anyway, oh god Team Chow. *weep*

[Eerin]

gutss - Thank you and I will try =)
AvisNocturna - Thanks, I noticed that most (if not all) of my art work is peaceful though, haha. I got to break out of that specific mood.
staticpen - Then I hope we have tons of classes together! =D Maybe that site will come back on, and you could show me the awesome art. :)
Vishaka - Done :P and currently being worked on, and thank you!
rosethornCGart - Thanks, I appreciate the support! =)
Kuraudo - Coming from you, that's incredibly encouraging! I'm still gonna work my butt off though because I need to be good enough to get into the industry :P
Hapun- Haha, you resurrected it just as I updated it! xD I'm gonna be on AIM more, we need to work on that ChOW activity!

Some stuff I've done. The figure drawings are like a min or two min long. The painting is a WIP...I accidentally saved the small pixel version over the larger print version, I hate when that happens =(

[crown]

Some really amazing pieces you have here!!! The perfect blend of classical style with your own, very nice!

[lilnebo]

Yaya, sweet stuff as usual girl!
Your paintings are great, super mood
Check out icon's stuff I think you'll really like it
you gotta update more!
Keep at it

[Gloominati]

sweet sketchbook you've got going on here! Love your clean way of rendering in your photoshop pieces! more please ;)

[eromenos]

hah your deer has antlers XD
Ah but I liek the idea of a man-deer since its like a centaur but not +_+

[courtyard]

This (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=634902&stc=1&d=1238608525) image is beyond fantastic...your whole sketchbook is filled beautiful, sensitive work. Starred and subscribed. :)

[kevinwueste]

Eerin, those standing quick gestures above are great! the color works above are also pretty fantastic.. have we seen you at AAU workshops ? hmm..

-keep up the good work and thanks for stopping by my hideously (comparatively) unimaginative sb! - kevin

[staticpen]

Mm, such pretty rhythm in your figures. Throwing down bold strokes in all the right places to add some music to the figure.
Bummer about the painting... I've done that as well. It's a real downer. =/ Looks nice so far, though. I like the composition and framing and colors and all of that. :d

[IronFistGoon]

really good stuff I like your figures a lot. you can really see the form. I also like your use of color. in your color work I would suggest trying to loosen up, because you have a great eye for line and motion, It is hard to see that in your photoshop paints. Keep it up man it is looking good

[Eerin]

crown - Thanks for hopping into my SB! =D
lilnebo - Thank you Lilenbo! I saw Icon's stuff before, she does incredibly sweet artwork!
Gloominati - Thanks and here's more...! :)
eromenos - Cause centaurs get done too many times... got to be more original :P
courtyard - You make me feel all fuzzy and warm; thank you!
kevinwueste - Thank you kevin! =) And you have not seen me at any AAU workshops because I'm not a student there (yet). On the matter of your sketchbook, I beg to differ, it's beyond fantastic (and better than mine!).
staticpen - (You bumped my SB while I was updating so now I have to edit this in xD) Thanks about the figures! =) I picked that up from one of the teachers in my CC, its (apparently) an animator's way of portraying rhythm and feel of a figure.
IronFistGoon - Thank you for the insight! I will try loosening up at times :)

Here are some crude quickies.... first one is an idea for a ChOW Team character (Protector), and the other two are from Planet Earth...

[staticpen]

Oooooh, pretty mountains! Really nice brush variation and value distribution. Chow looks good, too. The bodice looks like it was done with pastels. Really neat. :O!
And yeah, Planet Earth... good stuff.

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Hey Eerin, these later things you are putting out is truly an outstanding improvement from where you began at^^ really wonderfull stuff lately:)

-E

[Icon]

Hi Eerin ;p

Your work is really starting to develop.. it's exciting to see an artist blossom. Keep up the good work! :p

Are you still going to the academy of art?

[sourgasm]

there's some great stuff around here. you have a good balance of study vs experimentation, which is good.

definitely going to keep an eye on you. when are you coming to sf?

[Eerin]

staticpen -I completely agree, Planet Earth and similar educational movies are awesome (for art studies) =)
Mischeviouslittleelf - Thank you very much! =) although I don't feel like I'm improving that much xD
Icon - Thank you :) and yes, I'm still planning to attend AAU (unless some financial or other problem prevents me from doing so).
sourgasm - Thanks! I'm actually already near SF xD I live about an hour away :)

Past time to update my sketchbook...

Hogarth head studies and some people from my class/bus (except for the guy, he's from a figure drawing session some time ago).

And my crappy art for the team chow activity.... if you're interested in seeing the process, it's here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=156133).

[staticpen]

Hogarth is nutzzz. Chows turned out well. I like the first better for its temperature contrasts, but I know how rushed the second one was.

And yeah, life drawing! More more more. :d

[Brushcommander]

I really dig your hero for the CHOW. Very well done (:

[Huey Yeng]

Great stuff here. I like how you play around with warm and cool colours.

[Muz]

Really kickass sketchbook.

A pleasure to look through!

[nonie]

Dang, that first team chow piece is sick. Great face and lovely colors! Draw real heads on the bus, I think you've graduated from copying the Hogarths!

[Teundeboer]

That hero is sick. Really strong piece.

[*makus]

The hero's gorgeous!! Really lovely skintones and i like how you extended the canvas to create the border. I want my colors to turn out this good too! :D

[Joyvenn]

i like your colors, so friendly..without to forget your characters.Congrats.
:sungod:

[Iddi]

I really like those characters, and how much you've improved since your first page! Amazing, keep it up :)

[DanielC]

Nice stuff !

[kingkostas]

The colors are very very beautiful(specially in the first woman).
Keep improving them :D!!!

[JailHouseRock2]

Wow, your works amazing!

Love the team CHOW stuff, great work!

Givin' ya 5*

[Gloominati]

great new digitals, loving that soft light siutuations in these characters, great work!!

[syingc]

Omgah. NIIICE :D You are too amazing!

[jeremyg0rd0n]

Very interesting stuff here, I really like it. I really love the colors and shapes you use in your paintings. Figure drawings aren't bad either, just keep em coming : ]

[kevinwueste]

Hi Erin - nice to meet you at Henry's last night! I hope my drawing didn't let you down!! like these last digital figures/characters - so much improvement! now get yourself a big drawing pad and draw big!!!! ( or go home ;-)).. I will post some new stuff but I lost my camera cable.. sigh.. cheers, kevin