SB! [02/01/12]

[lemming-clone-]

New stuff is on the last page! GO FOR IT!

Hey, everyone. I'm generally pretty happy with my nose in a sketchbook, and spend a nice bit of time there, but since the end of highschool, I don't really get any feedback on anything I draw in it. I'm now halfway through college and a bit frustrated at the lack of ability [and sketchbook crits] I run into when I go to render scenes from my head. So! Any comments and crits are welcome.
To start it off, here are some recent studies, with stupid doodle auras.
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This is part self portrait and part skull study. It's still unfinished. More updates on that later.
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A quick sketch I did of one of my friends in an attempt to draw from life more often.
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Thanks for lookin'.

[Monika Gruszka]

I see you have Sarah Simblet anatomy book:) Good studies! Sweet sp - you must finish it:) good luck!

[lemming-clone-]

Here's and update on the self-port/skull study. Not done yet, but getting closer.
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monna-giocanna ->Haha, yeah. I have her book on sketchbooks too. . . .She makes good books. . . Thanks for the compliments as well!

[blenditall]

I'm not sure the perspective is correct, but that self portrait skull thing is coming along... nice work so far.

[lemming-clone-]

Hokay. This is about as finished as this is going to get, spare a few details.
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blenditall: Thanks! Some angles look a bit weird to me too. Most of all the angle that the nose and the nose bone comes out of the skull at in relation to the angle that the cranium has been cut. I'm not sure about it though. It may just look strange.

[lemming-clone-]

I did a bit of figure painting to help pull myself out of the minor slump from earlier this week. One's pretty assy. The other a bit less so. The second was done from a photo by mjranum stock (http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/) . He has some good references and such for anyone looking for some fun stuff to draw or paint by the way. The other was done from a photo from female-anatomy-for-artist.com
Quick figure.
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90min sketch.
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I don't have too much history doing any figure painting at all but I do find myself doing that more than most other projects and in longer doses. More likely on the way.

[BadGeometry]

The two figures you did digitally are lookin' pretty good, especially your second one. Watch the left shoulder of the first one. It looks like it's a bit too far forward in her direction.

Also, If you haven't checked out posemaniacs yet, you definitely should because it's a great resource if you wanna do some more figure drawing.

Keep'em comin'!

[lemming-clone-]

BadGeometry->Thanks for pointing that out. I ran into a bunch of problems while I was trying to sketch her. Posemaniacs is good fun! I don't have any paintings like you do but I did do a bunch of sketches. There are some wacked out camera angles in there.

Two more 90 minute studies today. One with lots of clothing, and one without. I need work on both, so it seemed like a good idea. Anyways.

First study of somebody clothed. Done from a photo that's part of the series Jakub Fighting series from human-anatomy-for-artist.com
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Second is done from a photo from mjranum stock (http://www.mjranum-stock.deviantart.com) .
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I tried so hard to fix her mouth!

[brentos8]

Hey I know that skull!
Good stuff man, keep drawing from that that book, and don't forget life studies as well, one will feed off the other and the magic begins.

my sketchbook:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=128243

[lemming-clone-]

brentos8: Haha. I'm trying to take some life drawing classes when I can so I can get actual live models to work from but right now I can't. Unless I do an Alex Grey and start painting and drawing myself nude. I definately agree though. I notice it easily when I'm working through classes.

Two more 90min studies again. Today was a slow day in the land of figure painting so they're a bit busted. mjranum stocks (http://www.mjranum-stock.deviantart.com) used for both.

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[lemming-clone-]

Apologies for the lack of updates. I got a bit frustrated about this fabric stuff and let it go for a few days. :nohope: Here are the few I did though. Any tips on fabric would be magnificent!

90min study from a picture by lisajen stock (http://www.lisajen-stock.deviantart.com/) .
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Started as a 90min then turned long pose and eventually died to frustrations. Also a lisajen stock (http://www.lisajen-stock.deviantart.com/) .
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60 min study. Done from a photo but right now I completely forget by who. Will update that when I find their page.
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Currently I'm working on a personal project which will probably be posted in the Crit Center in a couple weeks.
Until then, peace and hair grease!

[lemming-clone-]

I've been working through these since the last week of August and taking my time, too. I'm trying to find a middle ground between the diagramatic drawings from anatomy books and a real world use for them in situations where an understanding is really required to work through obstacles such as foreshortening and differing body types, etc. The original versions with skin are out of Sarah Simblet's anatomy for the artist.
The last two are unfinished but will be finished soon I swear!

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This last one I'm also going to be etching and printing. More details on that later!
C&C appreciated.
Also, how do you guys handle processing anatomy?

[lemming-clone-]

So! I finished the drawing I decided to use for a print.

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I scratched that into the ground and realized that there was a nice bit of extra space on the plate. After messing around with some ideas, I came up with this.

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I etched it everything into the plate and started cranking out test prints. I'm planning on aquatinting the background to a dark grey color and lightening up the figures a bit.

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This is the cleanest of the bunch. The scanner was a bit to small for the print by about half an inch on the bottom and right side so a bit got hacked off. Apologies. Anyways, here's a detail for those interested.

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Thanks for looking!

[lemming-clone-]

Got a few more test prints out today after toning my background in with a rosin aquatint along with a little spray paint aquatint.

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I added a detail linked here because it's a rather large file.
http://www.geocities.com/lemming421/testprint3detail.jpg
Let me know what you guys think!

[shamandalie]

thanks for dropping by my sketchie! :)

you've got really good studies here. i like your pencils alot!

[lemming-clone-]

shamandalie - No problem, just keep up the improvements!
And many thanks for the compliments!

kuwakovski - Thanks a lot!

I'm starting a self portrait piece. After a doing a few sketches, half a failed bunch D: I settled on this one.

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I'm leaving the hair unfinished on the sketch right now. The experience I have with my hair generally tends to be one of abstract experimentation no matter how many times I render it.
It's large and curly.
Bush like even.
Harboring denizens of my imagination.
When I get to it on the plate, I'll be doing it directly on the plate without the help of drawings.
So, here's a proof of the plate so far.

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I'm using burnishing and scraping over a triple aquatint for this instead of line work.
Any comments are apprecitated!

[lemming-clone-]

I got my self portrait to a much more finished level. It could still use a bit of tweaking but, for the most part, it's pretty finished.

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Hopefully I'll have some more stuff quicker than these have been going.
Any crits or comments would be awesome!
Until then, peace.

[lemming-clone-]

Just to mess around in Painter again, I did an Andrew Jones style portrait. Might I say, the workflow is freakin' sweet! Even though it's grossly incomplete and still pretty rough, this is probably the fastest I've gotten something whole looking done in 3-4 hours digitally.

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C&C appreciated.
Peace.

[lemming-clone-]

Hey, d00ds
Here's what I've been up to in the land of figure studies->

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I'm trying to show the inner layers of muscle while still showing most of the outer layers as well. I have an 18 x 24 version of the standing male figure that I'll be etching I think. More on that later. I've also been trying to do more drawings from life.

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I also bought myself a small sketchbook for quick life drawings. Mostly portraiture and retarded doodles thus far though.
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For the record, the first and last pen drawings do have the likeness of Tom Warbuton in them from when he did a presentation at our school! =)
The man's amazing.

C&C always appreciated.
Thanks for looking. =)

[sinneart]

I love your figure/anatomy studies... really interesting execution of them. I also enjoyed seeing your process of some of your more finished works - your self portrait, for example is great!

Hope to see more soon!

[lemming-clone-]

Thanks, sinneart! I always really like seeing how other people work and how their processes work so I throw that in myself when I can!
=D

[gkrit]

you got some good stuff happenin here.

really like the detailed body pieces.

[lemming-clone-]

Hey, everybody. I resurrected my Hogarth book and started doing some stuff from there. Mostly head studies with a few chest studies around the edges. I think I need to get better at finding the large forms and being able to render them in space.
I've also been keeping up with some pen portraits over lunch.
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Also a quick portrait of one of the profs at my school I did while they were eating on election day.
And a retarded doodle of mine that I did shortly after deciding to give mechanical pencils a second try.
gkrit -> Thanks for the compliments!

C&C apprecitated
Peace.

[lemming-clone-]

I've been a bit busy with outside stuff lately but I have managed to get a bit of work done on a couple prints. Mainly on the smaller of the two. It's not done yet, but most of the tedious crap work is out of the way I think. =D

Here's the first proof fresh out of the acid.
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2nd proof-> Started adding in a background with some ball ground and newspaper. Got some bubbles from the acid though. Hopefully not a big deal.

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I'm going to go back and try to darken the background with a bit of aquatinting but for now, this is the result.

I haven't had much time for sketches but hopefully soon!
C&C appreciated. =)

[lemming-clone-]

This is the finished black and white version of this print. I added a second aquatint to the background to make it a bit darker and to give the figure a bit more glow. Hopefully later I will be able to make a few color prints of this but for now, it is what it is. =D

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Will get back to studies soon.
I swear.

C&C appriciated!

[Aslev]

hi there! thanks for stopping by my book. :)

that last experiment is really cool!

you wanted crits.. hm.. perhaps try and work on the lines, try to draw with much lower pressure at first to really find your line, and then make your line, in one move, so you can avoid the "shaky" feeling.. does that make any sense? i hope so! :D

keep the studies going!

[lemming-clone-]

notic -> Thanks! I'll keep thinking about that in future sketches. I think I have a natural tendency to get myself into a scribbling fury!

Here are some more studies and doodles. I kept up with the head construction a bit so a lot of them have to do with that and started trying to create some faces from my mind. Most of these are from the later half of December.
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And some from January. . .

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Also did a couple of self-portraits which are both unfinished.
This, by the way, is the best way to dodge a bridal shower taking place in your house.
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And a couple critters to keep things fresh. =D
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C&C always appreciated.
Thanks for looking!

[ploepp]

I love your self-portraits! Especially the half-skull ones, pretty scary!
in general, great work here!

[lemming-clone-]

ploepp -> Thanks a lot!

Been gettin' busy in the traditional realm of art but I did start this to try and make the flow of work in my digital stuff more like the flow of work in my traditional stuff. Basically for this, I made tons of layers at 30% opacity and worked that way. Let me know what you think!

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C&C appreciated.

[lemming-clone-]

Hey, guys. In the spirit of being done with midterms, I cranked out a quick self portrait today in Painter while thinking about some of the things my painting prof said to me during crits. Grayscaled and then color overlay and multi layers in 1.5 hours.

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(RAAAAaaa---Googly eyes!)
Also been doing some quick pen portraits during lunch and dinner which I'll get throw up as soon as I get my lazy ass over to the library to mooch their scanners. D=

Comments and crits appreciated!

Peace.

[lemming-clone-]

Alright, I got myself to the library today. Here are a couple sketches.

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[lemming-clone-]

Alrighty, this is a quick poster I did in Photoshop for my good friend's birthday. He's really into the character Rorschach so I did something about him. I still think that the hat's a bit hokey being rendered much more 3-dimensioanally but I'm not too sure. What do you guys think?

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[lemming-clone-]

Bridgeman studies! The library has a book of his and I really like his loose style of illustration that he uses while still maintaining a sense of weight, substance and three dimensionality. These were done in graphite.
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I think a lot about line work when I do more line oriented things like these.
C&C appreciated.

[lemming-clone-]

Hey dudes--In an effort to revive this thing without the aid of black magic, here are some thumbnails I'm doing for some upcoming projects to beef up my portfolio a bit.

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And as you can tell, I have an affinity being completely ignorant of photo resource of any kind.
Any direction on resource would be amazing as well.
=)

[Cameli]

i like your studies!Do you use any books??One crit only.I think on the head sketches and studies u should try to make the eyes smaller for exsample in the 1st page the skull studies.cheers keep posting ;D

[lemming-clone-]

Cameli-> Thanks! I use a bunch of books. I think the ones that I have drawings from here are Sarah Simblet's Anatomy for the Artist and Bridgeman's Human Macine. I'm partway through Dynamic Figure Drawing by Hogarth right now though. It's good stuff! Haha, yeah. It is an old habit. . Thanks for the reminder though. Gotta keep on the proportional issues! :D

[lemming-clone-]

I've started sketching again! Wooooh! A habit I somehow fell out of. I've been doing a lot of portraits of people lately along with some anatomy studies and some Hogarth Dynamic Figure Drawing. I left most of those out though. Ya'll know what they are. All graphite drawings.

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I'm thinking of drawing some people in environments.

To be continued. . .

[lemming-clone-]

Hey, doods. Made some quick landscape thumbs after work today. Nothing special. Fun though.

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Anything to keep my mind off of working all day tomorow. Woooh!

[lemming-clone-]

I finally got myself to post some sketchbook stuff that's been hanging out in my sketchbook for over a month.
Some doodle shits I did before class.
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Personal work of the man himself. It still needs a bit of polishing but all of the elements are in. Definitely related to how I think about living my life.
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Abstract thumb type of things. They help keep me loose.
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[lemming-clone-]

And now, more lunch portraits!
They aid in digestion.
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I need to do more of these but I've been slackin lately.

C&C always welcome.

:yayca:

[lemming-clone-]

I've been trying to work in some more landscape studies because I have zero sense of proportion and scale.
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I also managed to get myself down to the Rodin Museum in Philly and did some quick studies of the sculptures.
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For those of you not familiar with Rodin, he is the friggin' man of sculpture along with Brancusi. :D
The awkward looking one is John the Baptist.
Most likely shredding a guitar solo.
And a quick selection from the never ending lunch portraits.
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Peace dudes. Gots more stuff to do. :D

[lemming-clone-]

Quick update here. Did a few more rendered sketches after looking through Kemp Remillard's and Wes Burt's work (absolutely amazing! :D )

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Definitely going to keep working this way for a bit cause I can works shit tons faster.

Peace

[Luk999]

Nice sketches.
It is always good to study anatomy.
keep posting!

[lemming-clone-]

Hey y'all, quickie portrait here->
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Did this in a couple hours to kill time until the post office opened. I'm not quite satisfied with it yet but I'll have more time to work with it a bit more later.
C&C?

Otherwise,
Peace!

PS: Tomorrow is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! Go get some comics without paying money.

[lemming-clone-]

A few figure studies this week. Since the semester ended I can put a little more time into these ones. I've been keeping busy with sparse bits of freelance work. No complaints here! Gonna get back to the grindstone soon.

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Thanks for wading through the dump of images that is this page to make it to the bottom. =D

[namechange]

lookin' good. i recommend paying careful attention to proportions when you do these longer studies. maybe try doing a simple block-in of the model and his/her proportions before you get into the detail. also, try and draw the light/shadow shapes before you put tone down and keep the values simple. squinting helps with this. just keep chipping away at it. i can see you've improved.

[Amarok]

Nice anatomy/figure studies so far! :)

I definitely agree with the previous poster about blocking things in roughly first, though. On your left figure, first image in your last post, for example, the legs are a little short proportionally, and that's a lot easier to change when you're not already locked in. Don't be afraid to change around the bigger forms before you work your way to the details!

[lemming-clone-]

A quickie from sketch crawl yesterday.

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There can never be too much sketching. =D

namechange->Thanks man! I definitely see what you mean. Proportion is one of my most problematic problems.

Amarok->Thanks! Yeah, I have to keep on that. I usually have to kick myself a little to get myself to double/triple check and change something.

[lemming-clone-]

Here's some of today's work. I was keeping proportion in mind with these and roughly blocking in stuff helped epically, but I'm sure there are still mistakes.
The two less developed ones are 1 hour poses, the one on the far left I took about 3 hours with. . .

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Let me know what you think. :D

Back to fun-ness.

[lemming-clone-]

www.illustrationandrew.com/home.html
This is pretty much the reason I didn't update this in a while. SO, go check it out. My gallery won't be quite that deserted after I get more slides taken of my more recent stuff.


And I made this, too.
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Gonna be doing a lot more drawing soon! Lately it's been ground to a depressing halt.

[Puffynose]

Your pencil sketches are really rad... Try color pencils might be ur thing lol..... good work so far keep it up and keep posting :)

[wilkerson]

Hey thanks for your input.
You have a decent command of value in your figure drawings but I would keep working on anatomy. Maybe work at a bigger size?

[lemming-clone-]

Some figure paintings from today. I'm a little rusty, but hopefully that will cure itself. Photo credit goes to www.lockstock.deviantart.com

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^^^Magical color wheel :D
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I spent a lot of time revamping my website between last post and now and I think it's almost there. More drawings to come!

Thanks wilkerson! Yeah, those drawings are minuscule. About 5-6 inches tall I think. . I'll try some big ones though.

Peace dudes.

[lemming-clone-]

I've been keeping myself busy. .mostly with futilely trying to find a job. I am now one of those people who has to check their e-mail 14-30 times per day. :D

Anyways, I'm still doin figure studies and I started some character design sheets to help sell myself.
Yup, that's right.

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It's going to be an archer of some kind. Just milling through some ideas right now. Any suggestions? C&C?

[lemming-clone-]

Today's work--> a few Hogarth studies and some perspective studies. Along with a few quick landscapes sketches from yesterday. Still have a long way to go!


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Especially with perspective. .

[Clean3d]

Love the Bridgman and muscle studies - killer linework!

[lemming-clone-]

Clean3d --> Thanks! Bridgman's a beast!
More studies! I still need some more work with putting figures in perspective but I've gotta move on for a bit. Did some hands today, too.

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Any C&C would be great!

Thanks for looking.

Peace.

[lemming-clone-]

What a week! Almost a full week without access to the internet and it feels like I just woke up only to realize that two years of my life went by unnoticed.
It's really not that depressing.
Really. The most it left me with is a hankerin' for some posemaniacs.

But anyways, I've been keeping busy.

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[SusanMart]

ohhhh, some of your works really impress.

Your anatomy works are very neat.
I especially like when you capture instant poses of people or just poses we are not used to seeing)
sometimes you show proportions a little distorted - but this is all about practice!
Great sketch book! you are a talent!

[lemming-clone-]

SusanMart-->Thanks a lot! Proportion has always been a beast I've had to tangle with.

Work from the last couple of days-->Some portraits from the dentist waiting room and some Loomis studies. I also spent a crap load of time today revamping the sketchbook part of my website which everyone should go see. But at any rate, here are some pictures.

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Almost forgot I started forging my way into landscapes unknown from the comfort of my basement. Landscapes are an entirely new concept to me so C&C would be great! This one was a 1hr sitting which I plan on doing as many as I can in the near future to improve the best I can.

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[lemming-clone-]

It's been a while. And it's been realllllly friggin' hot in my area. So, no landscapes right now. But I do have some prep work I did for a painting that I'll be doing later, and some doodles to stay in practice and keep me from going crazy.

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Still goin

:yayca:

[lemming-clone-]

Hey everyone. Only one thing today. Some thumbnails I did for the TAD color theory and composition class, which for the record is AMAZING!


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But now it's time for class

peace

[lemming-clone-]

Got some composition studies for Manley and Brown's Color Theory and Comp class.

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From left->right, top->bottom, they are (supposed to be) lust, pride, shock, lust, rage, fear, peace and love. Thoughts?
Shock and love are sideways in this scan btw.

More to do.
More to come.

:yayca:

[lemming-clone-]

Keepin busy, keepin busy. Some longer figure studies to balance out the short mental studies with Hogarth and such. I swear I'm not this burned out in real life. The sketchbook adds a bit.

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Any C&C is much appreciated.

Draw, draw, draw.
:D

[lemming-clone-]

Hey dudes. After a trip to Philly to see some art, I got a few sketches. I did some quick composition studies and longer studies of character dress and things like that.

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Peace

[Twan]

post #64 is awesome, the selfportrait seems succeeded and i see no big anatomy error on the nude, shading is also good by the way
keep it up

[lemming-clone-]

Twan->Thanks man! I will! Gotta keep movin!

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1938492&postcount=1825

If you haven't read this post by Dave Rapoza, you should. Right now. It's an absolute truth that everyone of us has to struggle with at some point. I know I did over the weekend.

Wasn't too productive this weekend. .
Here's a bit of it though.
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I've got to dig up every weakness that I can find in myself that I've been avoiding and draw the shit out of it.

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A quick one hour pose. I really need to learn how to paint faster. .

Done in photoshop for a change of pace from painter.

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More tomorow!

[lemming-clone-]

Got pretty beat up by the poster project for Color Theory and Comp. Didn't get a whole ton of studies done. Here's a self portrait WIP and some skull studies.

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Some figure drawings coming! Just [crappily] bound up a sketchbook of canson this morning.
=D

[lemming-clone-]

Long time no see!
Been working my figures out with silhouette.

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It's been going ok but I have good news and bad news.
The bad news is that I have absolutely no idea how to draw the figure anymore or use pastels for that matter.

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The good news is I got better. Not great yet, but muuuch better than before. :D

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And now that I have my hands on a copy of The Human Machine that doesn't belong to someone else, I can dig into Bridgman's stuff a bit more.

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C&C always appreciated.
Cheers

[Exon-Ion]

I'm liking the pastel work, very vibrant, keep pushing on with the bridgman studies too!

[Jansi]

Very nice studies and learning process! The understanding of the body is lacking, still, some believability, but the progress is visible, so keep going and looking closely! (Not too closely, it's not all about the detail!)

Pleasing!

[lemming-clone-]

Jansi->Thanks! Hah true, true. I come from overdoing detail so these quick timed studies are the hardest damn things to do.
Exon-Ion->Thanks! Bridgeman is my breakfast most days. :D
Ok. Quicker studies now. 5, 10 and 15 minute studies here. Seeing some small improvement even if it's mostly due to weather or not I'm using the rough side of the paper or the smooth side. . .

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Sorry about the image overload--I'm still trying to see in silhouette.
P.S. Sorry about the shitty scans too.

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Quick update here, then back to art for me.
2 pseudo vignettes. I think they still need a bit of love but I'll get around to that.
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Some sketchy sketches from classss
And an updated figure study.
Left is pastel and the right is silver point btw. Or top and bottom respectively depending on your res.
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Crits always welcome!
Take care

[lemming-clone-]

Hey dudes and dudettes. Here's what's shakin.
I pissed at getting my ass kicked by everyone on earth but at right now I'm pinned down with school. I have about 5 paintings, 2 prints and 2 drawings to do my the first week of December. So, until mid December, I probably won't have too much presence here. Which is kind of how it's been since October. .
I think the point here is school takes up way too much time for me to actually improve sometimes.
But anyways, here's a still life I did a bit ago in ink.

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Thanks for looking.
In the mean time, I'll have some updates of finished work on my website
www.illustrationandrew.com
=)

[lemming-clone-]

Pregaming for the holidays with a little Bougeureau studying. Getting better at four color palettes and grisaille! I still need to work on getting the far side of the woman's face to roll back into space. It's a little flat =O

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After the holidays I will be updating consistently! Hooray!

Comments and crits always welcome!
Until then, happy holidays everyone!
=)

[lemming-clone-]

Some studies from the past couple of days. I'll be working a lot with color in the near future. One of my major weaknesses at the moment.

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Comments and critiques are always appreciated!
=)

[Fallenangel]

Nice sketchbook so far,
keep making those studies and sketches i think that you should keep concentrating on making the anatomy sketches and studies because now your painting skills are a bit better than your drawing skills.
Anyways keep up with the great work you're on the right path.

Alex.

[lemming-clone-]

Hey, everyone. Here's some work from this week and last week.
Fallenangel-> Thanks a lot! Will do.

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I haven't made too much progress on color but it will get there.
Thanks for looking!
:)

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Some updates here from today and yesterday. I'm still having problems figuring out the right side of the onion. No matter what I've done, it always goes flat and gets confusing as to which part of the onion is closer or above in space.
Anyways, I have some more color studies in the works.
Comments and crits always appreciated!

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Thanks for looking!

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Here's some recent studies:
As much as I've done it, I still find myself at odds with digital mediums from time to time. Aka today.

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More to come. I'll be starting some more finished pieces soon as soon as I get a means of reference worked out.

Comments and crits appreciated!

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Here's some work from this week. Mostly studies and a start on the CHOW this week-> Rangda.
I may have stretched the interpretation a bit (seeing what some other people are doing) but it works out in my head which is exactly what's important all the time, right? Anyways, here goes.
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Comments and crits always appreciated!
:)

[Catish]

http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1127256&d=1293046539

really like this painting.


good all around studies. keep going. there's not much i can say at the moment.

[lemming-clone-]

Doing some more color studies again. I've been keeping up with drawing studies.
Any crits or comments on color would be fantastic. I've been focusing on cools and warms in light and shadow.
Catish->Thanks a lot! =)
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[Velocity Kendall]

lots of nice work here... looks like your on the road to good things if you keep going...

[lemming-clone-]

I've completely forgotten how much fun figure studies are. :)
Also, a bigger project I'll be finishing soon.

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Crits and comments always appreciated.

Velocity Kendall->Haha that's always the trick isn't it. Thanks a lot for the comment!

[lemming-clone-]

Got some speedies here. Just a couple quick landscapes for practice. If anyone has any crits about landscapes [like color, building atmosphere, depicting depth effectively, etc], please speak up! I really know nothing of anything outside. . .
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[lemming-clone-]

I've been working on some digital sculpting lately which is omg tons of fun awesomesauce
=D
There are some problems that I really want to fix but can't do much about until I figure out how to manipulate the program tools to allow me. . .
These are my first two sculpts
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Still working on my usual studies and things like that.
Any C&C would be appreciated!
More coming.

[cgaddict]

Lots of work here, very impressed with how you tackle so many mediums; pencils, digital, 3D, you're doing it all :D Your values are improving from what I can see - your last image with the 3 figures looks on point. What program are you using for the 3D on your latest if I may ask?

[Sadako-xD]

These 3D work are just amazing! *__*
First, it looked like chocolate XD
Very nice, keep up that good work!! ^^
Reply? :)

[Tuesday]

It's great that you've been doing so many observational studies! Keep experimenting with color, and really try to push your values - your most successful paintings have been the ones where you pushed the contrast and really observed the values, like the onion paintings and color studies of people. Also, keep in mind how you use hard and soft edges in your paintings, because your brushstrokes tend to all have the same softness, and it makes your subjects appear a little blurry and undefined. Use varying hardness as a way to emphasize things and lead the viewer's eye around the painting. Keep up the great work!

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cgaddict -> Thanks, dude! Trying to be as versatile as possible. I used Mudbox for that. :)
Sadako-xD -> Thanks! Haha, don't get me started on chocolate. . .
Tuesday -> Thanks a lot for the crits! You're pretty dead on with all of those. I will definitely be keepin an eye out for those! Thanks again!

Sorry for the giant hiatus here. I've been cranking out lessons in Maya which are all pretty boring so I haven't been making as many studies or work lately. But I have been working on an older painting that still needs some love. --> ( http://www.illustrationandrew.com/home/albums/SCENE01WEB.jpg ) The gray, cloudy blob behind her was intended to be an anonymous crowd buuuuuttttt, it's a blob. So I'm working on painting an army of figures to create some chaos as only a crowd can. They're all a bit sloppy yet, but I'll tighten them.

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As always, C&C appreciated and thanks for looking!
Also, happy vernal equinox!
:)

[PeteJ]

your last value study looks great

[lemming-clone-]

PeteJ ->Thanks!

Three more for the pile. Like the other ones, still a bit rough but I think I've got enough to start reworking the painting these are for. Updates on that later.

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C&C always appreciated.
Thanks for looking!

[lemming-clone-]

Now that I finally painted enough figures, I could start on the actual painting! Hooray! This one is already a huge step up from the original. At least in terms of it's comp.

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At any rate, any C&C would be much appreciated! It still has a long way to go!

[spiralpen]

I love your sketches, and especially the emotion in your last painting

[lemming-clone-]

spiralpen -> Thanks!

Some more figure studies. I haven't been posting these quite as much as I've been doing them, mainly because it seems to get a bit redundant after a while but I'm gonna post these a bit more often.

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I've got an oil painting in the works as of this evening and hopefully I'll get some more work done on the digi painting from a couple posts up.

Peace

[lemming-clone-]

Here's some of today's work. More sketchy sketches. More news on the oil painting later. Mostly when I feel not lazy enough to take a picture of it.

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Some Bridgman and a more personal drawing that I meant to upload last night. I should have a couple more pages to upload by tonight after work. See y'all then.

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Got some master studies here: portrait from Velasquez's the Water Carrier and Bouguereau's Gabrielle. Finished up the drawing from before and also have my first sketches for the ultra B movie redux of Street Fighter's Sakura for the Brawl contest over at polycount.com . It's a sweet tourney, btw! I'll have some more on that character concepting later. There's a pretty big storm heading through my area, aka the east coast so I probably won't get around to it until tomorrow night.
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C&C appreciated!
:D

[Invalid User]

Very nice indeed! I think the faces are my favourite, I like how you surrounded them with a darker shade to accentuate the highlights, I think I can learn a thing or two from this SB, keep up the good work!

[lemming-clone-]

Invalid User -> Thanks! :D
Didn't get quite so much done this week. I had a lot of things that needed to be taken care of in my life so hopefully this week will be clearer. I started the color portion of this painting from before. Any crits on color would be fantastic. Color is definitely still one of my weakest points. .

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[lemming-clone-]

Sorry for the lack of updates here. My outside life's been busy lately. Here's some of todays work. Also have a master study on the way.

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Sleep time. :)

[lemming-clone-]

Finished this up today. The colors are still off but I'm not quite sure what to do about it yet.

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C&C always appreciated!

[angriufos]

You have great sketches, especially the medical related.

[lemming-clone-]

angriufos -> Thanks a lot!

Here's some quick work from today. Just some studies. :)

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Now, to my day job and alter ego!

And also, happy Earth Day!

[Rhubix]

good show of improvement through your sketchbook :D. The faces on this page are much stronger even from post 77 to 100.
Colours are a weakness for me too. Your colours seem to be desaturated (I'm told I have the opposite problem, my paintings look like Lisa Frank went on a drug-trip) . If your working from a digital source it's important to note that the eye dropper steals colours about 25% desaturated.
When in doubt use something you think is too saturated. It's easier to go grayer if you get too out of control.
Below is an example - If I think the first colour is correct I'll use the second colour. The tone is the almost the same but you can see it's a richer hew.

Hope that helps!

[Teundeboer]

Really like those clothed figure studies

[Aveh]

I really like all the studies you are doing. You can tell when someone
is on the path to turn steps and strides into leaps and bounds.

just keep pushing hard at things specific things you want to learn. I suggest
this to everyone but it's what someone told me to do and I reaped the benefits.

Really hone in on something to learn, i.e values, and do a study as long as it takes
you to get it 100% perfect. My first one took me almost 50 hours, but its like rare
candy from pokemon instant level ups. (excuse the nerd reference =o )

[Partisan]

I loled so hard XD
http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1215554&d=1303356764

good work you have here keep it up !

[thesimplylife]

whoa! great figure study! keep it up! :)

[TheFallenAngel]

Great stuff, I love the hands and eyes in #98! Colour is something I'm just starting out with too, and it's quite a struggle, so I can sympathise with you.

Keep going!

[lemming-clone-]

Wow! Thanks for the comments, everyone!
Rhubix->Thanks! Haha! I'll keep that in mind. I've never noticed the dropper doing that although I've never paid too much attention to that tool. .Haha
Ok, I see. I definitely do tend to be too timid with color and usually can't tell until I get further into the process when majority of the color base is done. Then begin the delicate, time devouring task of figititing until it looks more right, or less wrong. . I'll keep that in mind. Thanks!
Teundeboer->Thanks! :)
Aveh-> Thanks for the advice. I really appreciate it! It's definitely a true story. Grind, grind, grind! :D Haha, exactly, cause when a rare shiny pokemon comes your way, you gotta be ready!
Partisan->Haha, Thanks!
thesimplylife->Thanks! I will! :yayca:
TheFallenAngel->Thanks! Color is a beast of mythical proportion. Like a leviathan or a minotaur, or something. .except enticing like a siren? I'm not sure where this is going now, but yeah. It's a battle for sure.

Alright, got a little figure studying done today. Also trying to go straight to color without working in the grayscale first. +gestures
I forgot how much fun these are.

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C&C always appreciated!
:)
Also, Ronald Jenkees does some niiiice electronica. Great stuff to work to. Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/user/ronaldjenkees

[lemming-clone-]

Couldn't get to sleep without doing another one of these. :)
Not as nice as the first but it was still a lot of fun.
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[Pigeonkill]

I like your set of composition studies. I see your a fan of Sarah Simblet for anatomy studies. I love her work too.

[lemming-clone-]

Pigeonkill->Thanks! Sarah Simblet's art and books are amazing. :D

Just some studies here. And I finally finished fricken' Bridgman! :D

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Also got a couple paintings going on. One is almost done which I'll definitely be posting.

Thanks for looking. C&C always appreciated.

[lemming-clone-]

Apparently this is what happens when I start combining things from labor movements and andrew jones while being really tired. .
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Any C&C would be fantastic!
:)
Btw, she's holding an arc welder for those who are curious.

[aly]

Love it.

[lemming-clone-]

aly->Thanks! :)

I started this one back when CHOW was doing a bit about Atlantis. Yeah, that long ago. I had to stop and rearrange some life things. Good stuff though. I'll be around as much as I can. :)
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Until next time. .

[lemming-clone-]

Quick WIP here. Just for some fun. C&C always appreciated. The reference for the figure comes from MJ Ranum stock.

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Peace

[lemming-clone-]

Quick update here. I didn't like how the color was going so I grayscaled, and will add color when I finish that.

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C&C always appreciated. =)

[Eric Young]

Very nice sketchbook, your figures look really good, only critique I would give is some of your faces seem a little generic, try doing some more face studies

[lemming-clone-]

Eric Young-> Thanks! Yeah, that is definitely a problem I run into. I'll be starting those up!

OK! In the past few months I had to spend a lot of time reordering some things in my life, so there wasn't a whole ton of time to do studies. Mostly now I know that I am 'eeffffinnng ruuussstyy.
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I'm not sure if I'm helping this project by adding more things to it or if I'm just turning it into The Land Before Time. . .

The good news is that I did manage to get picked up as a concept artist for Forsaken Studios, working on their MMO title. Check out their web here-> http://forums.forsakenstudios.com/index.php

I'll be doing studies again daily so drop by again soon. :)

[Jason Scanlon]

congratulations! also i really dig the crowd picture and figure sketches. keep it up!

[lemming-clone-]

Jason Scanlon -> Thanks! :D

Some more portraits here. The rust is slowly scraping off.
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[lemming-clone-]

Miniature update here. :) Think I need some more work with clothed figures and such.

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C&C appreciated. Both done in Painter.

EDIT:
Also going to be doing 100 landscapes because I am TERRIBLE at landscapes. . .
#1
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[Jephyr X]

Hi, I've been busy with life and school beginning again so it's taken me a while to get over here and take a stroll through your sb from page 1. Your pencil work has always been really top notch and your digi-painting is really getting there as in the one started in #121. Your self portraits are very cool too. Keep up the good work!

:yayca:

[lemming-clone-]

Jephyr X -> Thanks a lot! And you're a trooper for looking through the whole thing! Dayum. :D

Hey dudes. Sorry about the hiatus. September and October have been crazy months. Anyways, still working on some studies.

Thought I'd jump on the cloud boat seeing how popular they are these days. :)
And daaamn they are useful. I've always thought about doing them and I don't know why I put them off this long. This one still has problems with depth but the amount of knowledge that you can get from just working with the atmosphere is ridiculous. I think I'll be grinding a few more of them out sometime soon.

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Two traditional studies coming so stick around!

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Still working on the last traditional study. Really, just waiting for paint to dry so I can do the last bit of work on it.
Got another cloud study here and an SP.

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As I was working on the cloud study, I was thinking that I was using a really counter-productive way of working. Instead of doing something like working with a simpler grey value and shadow color to start the whole thing, I was putting in the highlight color and a shadow color that didn't appear in the ref. This process is kind of how I used to do things, and I'm now really discovering how it was a completely dumb way to do things.

[lemming-clone-]

More updates here. :D

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These cloud studies are kicking my butt. I still have no understanding of atmosphere yet. The blue from the shadow seems to come from the atmosphere, and the lighter the shadows get, the grayer they seem to get. Which makes sense, but what really gets me are the gray values that crop up that don't fit into that. The ones that seem to not respond to the color of the light or shadow, but end up making sense spatially. I've seen it happening in a bunch of places but I still can't figure it out.

C&C always appreciated. Thanks for stopping by!
:)
Also, sweet music by David Saulesco on his bandcamp->
http://withaknife.bandcamp.com/album/music-sounds-better-live-vol-1

[ear5cm]

Great job!:)

[Ferroh]

You seem to be going in the right direction, which is great! Only crit I'd have is to map out your faces when you're doing the studies, make sure you have your measurements right before diving into shading. They look a bit scrunched and the eyes seem a little big, but I know that post was a while ago :)

[lemming-clone-]

ear5cm-> Thanks, dude! :D
Ferroh->Thanks for the advice! I really checked my proportion and placement on the last few portraits I did and they realllly improved from the last couple pages that I have done. They still have a ways to go but it's gotten a lot better. Thanks!

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[lemming-clone-]

Just a quick WIP here before I head out to Canada land tomorrow for a few days. A fun piece of work. No refs used. :)
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Thanks for dropping by!

[focus_light]

those clouds really good! keep going man~

[lemming-clone-]

focus_light->Thanks!! Keepin' the struggle alive. :D
Well, I'm back from Canada now, one less than amazing interview later, and some less than successful studies later it would seem.
I still can't figure out how the one head is constructed in the portrait studies. So, I went back to some more basic observational drawing for a bit. Made some slight improvements to finish up that gorilla, err--, cloud study from a couple posts back, too. :D

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C&C always appreciated. Thanks for looking!

[Broderick]

It seems like you are progressing with your facial construction, proportions are much better and realistic. Nicely done.

[lemming-clone-]

Broderick-> Thanks! It's good to hear some feedback on those. I still have a ways to go but my recent ones are light years ahead of the other portraits. :)

Finished this up from a few posts before.
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This one was gyuuuud fun.
Thanks for looking!

[lemming-clone-]

Man, I've been getting mostly paperwork done lately. . . The good news is that after today, I'll have about half as much to do daily!
The last couple of days I've spent making shaping up a nearly abandoned project. I retooled the comp and repainted somethings. This is when things get exciting! :)

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I promise my next post will be full of clouds and graphites and grubby digital paints or something or other. :D

[lemming-clone-]

Finally updates....it's been long enough!

I think the figure piece is going to work out OK. I still have to work some things out in the narrative though.
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Any C&C is much appreciated!
Thanks for looking!
:D

[brand2017]

Wow.... excellent head studies. And really nice use of colors. Very well done

[lemming-clone-]

brand2017->Thanks a lot!

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!
I've been pretty lazy lately. I can't even blame it on turkey triptophan. My Thanksgiving was made up of soy based proteins.
But I did finish this painting at the very least. :)
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C&C would be great!
Thanks for looking!

[lemming-clone-]

Alrighty. I learned yesterday that a little thing called DEATHLINE started in early November with the Daggers. I can't believe I completely missed this but, I'm jumping on as of today: DECEMBER 1, 2011. So my three goals to complete by DECEMBER 1, 2012 are:

1) Learn more about light, atmosphere and environment painting. It's something I've avoided for way too long and is causing my progress to slow. I'll have some weekly and monthly goals for this to break down and relate those big ol' topics there.

2) Move out of my parents house. As sexy as living there is, it's time for change. And I hate Pennsylvania.

3) Write and illustrate a book for the web. AKA, build up some portfolio. Book illustration and narrative is what got me into art and it's something that I've avoided because I never thought I was good enough. As long as I have a drive to improve, I'll never think I'm good, and I never want to go through a time where I don't want to improve. So, it's has to be done now!

Here's the paper map for it. If anyone wants to name a river or a forest or mountain or town or whatever, chime in. I still need lots of names for stuff! There's a larger version here-> http://www.illustrationandrew.com/home/albums/papermapweb.jpg
and a geographical map here->
http://www.illustrationandrew.com/home/albums/geomapweb.jpg :)
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So, that's what I'll be doing for an entire friggin' year. :D

[lemming-clone-]

A couple updates here. Trying to reinforce some knowledge about showing depth and keep a good amount of textural variation going. The light color and environment don't show in either of them which really bugs me.

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Any comments or crits would be great!
More work to do. :D

[lemming-clone-]

A few updates here. It's been a busy week. Had to spend a couple days in New York City for a couple interviews, and start to get some extra drawings together for my family, but hopefully I'll have something else to post again later tonight. I have to get some work done on another project before then, though.
Any crits would be amazing!
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What I learned? I cannot paint rock to save my friggin' life. :\

[lemming-clone-]

Christmas presents, hooray! AKA, I don't have any money. :D
Brushing on powdered graphite is a really fun process. Speaking of, does anyone know how to make darker values with powdered graphite?
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Sorry for the crap-tastic photo up there. I don't really want to put this through the scanner without fixing the powdered graphite first. . .
C&C appreciated. :)
Photo-ref is from MJRanum stock on dA.

[LtPlissken]

Going through these pages, I realize
that you have a great potential and that
your art in pencil and in digital has improved
tremendously over this last year or two.
Simply amazing. Whatever you are doing,
keep doing it.

[Aragah]

those color studies look amazing!
the line work on the last one too, the values not so much now, is it a wip?

[lemming-clone-]

LtPlissken->Thanks a lot! Definitely will! :D
Aragah->Thanks! Yeah, that one is a WIP. The super crappy photo has a lot to do with how that looks. I swear.

Here's the finished version of the drawing. It's still a little dirty in some places but I could only clean it completely after I scanned it.
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C&C appreciated!

[lemming-clone-]

Couple more landscapes here. Definitely getting better with picking out colors. It makes painting in the basic shapes go a bit quicker :) . Still need to work on separating the foreground and backgrounds a bit, how to paint different textures and create an overall sense of light in these. I still think they're lacking. Anyways, making progress, just slowly.

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Should have some character sketches for my book up soon!
C&C appreciated! Thanks! :D

[Aragah]

man holy shit, these colors are way too freaking amazing!
maybe its just me, but i think they are way ahead of your other skills
its great! but it means you have some catching up to do :)

[lemming-clone-]

Aragah-> Haha! True story. I definitely still need to work on my drawing skills. I always run into problems with my paintings because of it. Thanks!

Found some new challenges, or old challenges have just been brought out in these. But anyways, FOLIAGE.
Bah.
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Definitely gonna have to improve on this.
C&C appreciated! :D

[Blunderguffer]

Hey man! Thanks for the nice and helpful comment in my SB.

Lots of fun stuff in here! The painterly stuff is looking great. Only thing I feel competent to crit on is your faces, they seem to suffer a bit from a lack of construction and eyes also seem to big most of the time (i suffer from the as well hehe). I think AztcFireFlower (http://conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3309483&postcount=) summed it up pretty good.

Anyways, keep up the good work!

[lemming-clone-]

Blunderguffer->Haha, yeah, I have a running problem with drawing large eyes. .Thanks for stopping by with some crits! They're really helpful!

Drawing #2 here. Did a little Aquarius bit. Definitely fun to draw, even though this one was a little bit bumpier in terms of how I managed the process of actually drawing it. The clouds seem a little menacing for her character as well. Improvements to make for next time I guess.
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Done in graphite. C&C appreciated.
:D

[poetry man]

your anatomy is getting deep man! Nice practical approach to understanding it. Which is inputting them in models and not just copying them. I think your environments are also getting stronger. Maybe I would suggest getting familiar with an established approach to the digital painting, so it can flow smoother. Or maybe your going for a certain style-- i dunno. Either way, keep doing your thing!

Peace!

[lemming-clone-]

poetry man->Thanks! Now I have to really focus on the basics like proportion. . .Hah! Is there an established approach to digital painting? I definitely do need to improve how I paint and the process, though. I think about that a lot while I'm doing my landscape studies. Anything done immediately in color really. Thanks for the comments! :)

Some figures and the sketch for another drawing. I have to get another one done before I finish this one though.
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I'll get back to landscapes practice soon enough.
:D

[lemming-clone-]

After paging through Dave Rapoza's sketchbook, I thought I'd do some speed sketches to get me thinking some more. I have a tendency of taking forever to make a decision (and then I usually end up doing nothing. . .).
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Did a bunch, here's a few. :)
About 15 min each. Give or take.

[Tea of Doom]

Hey lemming, thanks for commenting on my skb.

Keep up wiht the life studies. In some of your sketches proportions look good in others they are so-so. But that's normal, I have the same problem. Also, when (if) you are drawing from a real model it's best to do your studies on big format paper so you can really concentrate on accuracy and proportions.

Also, some of your faces in your finished pieces look smudged in one direction or another. Do you make structural sublayers for them like you do in your sketchbook? That might be a good idea. For example, the head of the girl with the knife seems way too elongated vertically.

On the other hand, I really do like your landscapes, especially for the colors.

@ your last post: I don't know about getting darker values by smudging graphite powder, but maybe for the darks you can go ahead and try to draw directly with a 4b-8b pencil?

[Jephyr X]

Hi again,

It's been a while since I looked in...good to see you still at it.

Those cloud studies are very cool...something I should do. Plus the finished pice in #143 looks great.

Wish you well with your book for the web...very ambitious...and your plans for 2012.



:yayca:

[Lav]

cool sketchbook! You got a lot of interesting things going on, nice variaty as well. I really love the paints, can't wait to see more :)

[Wholewheat_keyboard]

Thanks for commenting in my sketchbooky, you had some interesting points that I'll keep in mind next time I do art!

I think you are making good progress. I think some of your life drawings seem to have probs with proportions - I'd recommend focusing on understructure more - at least in poses you find difficult.

I think the composition on #155 is a little odd (is there a story for that one btw?) The waterfall goes right down the middle, which draws your attention to the center and then vertically down which I don't think is what you want. The highest contrast is also right along the waterfall, going down, reinforcing the split in the middle. I'd study or think about composition more and I think that would benefit you a lot. Your darks aren't very strong in that image, which also makes it a little hard to read. It looks like you put a lot of work into it though, which is the #1 sign that you will make a good artist! Keep it up :)

[JoeS]

im really liking your environment studies, definately some good brush work in there. Your figures have some pretty lines but i'd look out for proportions as they seem quite off in places , other than that, good progress, keep at it:)

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Tea of Doom-> I'll definitely dig up some larger paper for figures. When I had a life drawing class, I did all of my sketches on 18x24" paper, but since then, I've used a small sketchbook. I didn't do any sub-structure for the girl knife painting job. I did that all from my head which explains some of its deformity but it does happen a lot in my observational work, too. I'll try that next time I get a chance. Thanks for the crits! :D
Jephyr X-> The trendy art study band wagon does have it's moments and cloud studies are one of them. They're really worth it. Thanks!
Lav-> Thanks! :)
Wholewheat_keyboard-> Proportion (and composition) is still a big problem of mine. I really have to work on it. There's not really much of a story but post 155 is a drawing about Aquarius. She's pouring water. . .(I guess that's a hobby of hers?) Yeah, the composition is a little funky with that white stripe of water in the middle but it was the best solution I had at the time. Definitely will work on composition, though. :D Thanks for the crits!
JoeS-> Thanks!

Whew, thanks for the comments and cirts, everyone! All I have right now is a graphite study still-life that took way longer than I planned. Approx 13 hours. .
Definitely made a lot of mistakes. Some of my verticals aren't vertical, the edges could use a little more love, not too mention the composition got a bit muddled amidst the drawing process. And the cacti just look awkward.
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I should have used the powdered graphite a bit more, as well. I think that would have cut out a lot of time and created an overall better result. Note to self.
But it was fun. :)

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Got my figure studies on this morning.
Trying to pay more attention to proportions and stuff. Crits appreciated!
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:)

[Rustveld]

Hey, thanks for the commenting in my sb.
Nice sketches, I love the skeleton studies.
The colors on your landscapes are looking good, but some of them are a little flat.
Keep up the good work!

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Rustveld-> Thanks! Yeah, a lot of my landscapes do end up being flat. I think I end up with a lot of layered shapes instead of actually implying depth. I dunno. Gotta work on it. Thanks for the comments! :)

A quick WIP here from an earlier post.
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I seriously have no creativity tonight. Blehhh.
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See you guys tomorrow!

[DKHutcheson]

Great sketchbook! c: It was enjoyable to page through.

It looks like you might be trying a little too hard when you're doing your figure drawings. You've got a lot of nice details and forms, but it doesn't amount to much if the perspective and proportions aren't right. It looks like your biggest problems are with the legs and feet.

I'd really suggest studying the skeleton of the foot for a bit, then looking at photos of feet or your own. It helped me out a lot when learning how the foot curves and such.

Also, I'd suggest looking into a book called Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators (http://www.amazon.com/Force-Dynamic-Drawing-Animators-Second/dp/0240808452) by Mike Mattesi. There's a lot of great tips and techniques in it that can really bring your figures to life.

[bobmeatbag]

Nice studies. You should look up some stuff about lines of action. It'll really help to loosen up your figure drawings. I'd also recommend force dynamics. It's a really good book.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmiwGm32dXU

this should help as well. Keep it up!

[AllyAlbon]

Nice linework in your most recent life studies. Really enjoying how you are progressing.

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DKHutcheson->Thanks! Thanks for the crits on the figures and for the book suggestion! I've checked out the first few pages and it looks like its got some really good info in it. :D Thanks again!
bobmeatbag-> Thanks for the suggestions!
AllyAlbon-> Thanks! :)

I haven't been horribly productive lately. Partly due to a number of big changes that are starting up. For those of you keeping score at home, my Deathline goal #2 is coming to a close. As of early April, I'll be moving just a shade under 10,000 miles from where I currently live to Osaka friggin' Japan! I'm pretty excited. And I feel like a pretty well accomplished (or killed) that goal. :D

Trying to work out some construction problems with drawing portraits. Definitely have to do some more though.
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[bobmeatbag]

Con freaking grats on the deathline! Moving to japan? Man you just about massacred that one.

[purb36]

hey dude! great stuff you're having here! will do a more thorough lookthrough when i get a chance, maybe i can add some helpful advice. anyway, i saw you're moving to Japan next year...Omedetou (congratulations)! i hope you have a blast. i was there 3.5 years, it changed my life. feel free to ask any questions you may have. there's others on here that are in/have been in japan as well, i'd definitely recommend seeking them out. anyway, dude, happy new year, and all the best to you moving forward. :)

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bobmeatbag-> Haha Thanks a lot! :)
purb36-> Thanks a lot! Wow 3.5 years! That's great. :D Yeah, definitely. I've seen a couple people on here that noted they are living in Japan, so I'll definitely be doing some searching.

Just a few quick updates here. This is probably the most magical way of concepting characters I've come across. Thank you Dave Rapoza!
Again.
:D

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C&C appreciated. Thanks for looking!

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Sorry for the sparse updates. I've been doing a bit of work where I can, though.
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I'm trying to pay more attention to pose and action in my gestures. I hope it's starting to show through in them.
Also, I'm gonna do a few grayscale landscapes. I think improving my values in my landscapes will help convey distance.
Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

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So, later I decided to color the black and white one I did before. I think the space reads better when I work out the values separately. I also did (a freakishly similar) one to reinforce some things. The shrubs in the foreground still feel a little like stacked shapes with the mid-ground to me though.
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C&C appreciated. Thanks!

[Jyou]

155 is beautiful :') I like how the white on the sides contrast with everything, and also the fact that you used graphite.do you use erasers to get the spots extra white?

[Monsieur-Beefy]

Wow, great improvement! I really like your figure drawings in post 165

Congrats and good luck on your move to Japan!

[NatSmall]

Definitely improving with your anatomy, keep it up and good luck with the move! ;)

[will123will]

nice work, love the environments.

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Jyou-> Thanks a lot! Yup, I do erase them out. I'd probably drive myself crazy doing it the other way around! :)
Monsieur-Beefy->Thanks!
NatSmall-> Thanks a lot! I'll need it!
will123will-> Thanks!

I feel like I'm slowly beginning to grasp landscape a little bit. Although I'm not so sure on the results of this one. . Working out the grayscale first definitely helps shit tons.

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These are too much fun. :D
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Work, work!
Thanks for looking! :D

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Ok, I swear this is the last you will see of this piece EVAR.
I decided to finish this in any way possible despite not liking the complete and total lack of cohesion in it.
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And thanks to all the folks that gave me some advice for it in the critique center. You guys were amazingly helpful!

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An imagined landscape. I think I really need to start thinking of a way on how to study how light works in a larger setting.
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Hmm. Not exactly sure how to improve this one yet.
Thanks for looking!

[KateyParr]

The hand studies are REALLY working. Bravo!

[zombifried]

Just got done strolling through your SB.
Really strong work! You made a lot of strides from the beginning to the present.
I like the strong construction in your figure studies.
Good work!
~Zombifried :)

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KateyParr-> Thanks a lot! They still give me trouble but it's good to know it's working!
zombifried->Thanks for looking through the whole book! Thanks!

Another quick landscape study n' stuff.

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Comments and crits appreciated! :D

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Sorry for the lack of activity lately. I have been working landscapes and getting a solid base down for my web comic. I have made a good bit of progress on that.
Although, on a somewhat unrelated note, I made this over the last couple of days and learned a good bit about work flow and textures in the process. I wanted to make a map that looked like a painted paper map. Similar to the Dragon Age: Origins map. That one was pretty sweeet.
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This one's not quite as eloquent, but it's a big step up from where I was. :D
I'll probably have a couple of landscapes up tomorrow.