Mae's erotic Sketchbook again

[maeharrington]

Hello, my name is Mae, actually usually my work covers all sorts of genres, but I thought that here I would concentrate mainly on my more erotic illustration. I thought it would be nice to start out with sharing some very loose sketches (most of these are done in a couple of minutes..sometimes less), the ones I use to quickly work out what could work and what not, to be taken to a more detailed and complete form. I have plenty of these, so they are in no real order, and I will add on as I go (or as I scan the older stuff). Any comment or feedback welcome, thank you for checking them out!
Mae

[shiNIN]

welcome here! :)
well, not much to say, I like your more or less stylized work, but my favourite is the first one. I like the face. I hope you will share some more pics where the expression on the face adds much to the sexy body...

[maeharrington]

thank you...actually that is interesting, I am focusing lately on the action, but you may be right, there is nothing better than an expressive face.
Ah, I just noticed that attachments are preferred, I'll try and edit my post.

In the meantime, as faces go, I have this scanned and ready!
cheers

mae

[Lateman]

realy nice style in here! keep posting! ;)

cheers lateman

[maeharrington]

thank you, the intention would be to try to post on a daily basis, or at least quite frequently. But I doubt I'll manage to keep it up!

Anyway, a few more

[FightingSeraph]

That's some nice stuff you have there. I'd like to see more...

[Muz]

Very nice flow to your figures mae! the flow in the second one top post is awesome. I take it you do life drawing?

Id also like to see some full poses from you, most of them are cropped without legs.

Anyways awesome work and i hope to see more :).

[Dan Valkar]

nice body construction, as muzzoid said, nice flow! keep postin'!!

[maeharrington]

@ muzzoid: yes, some things I do are life drawings. Actually one of the best experiences I had was doing a workshop where there was a model who held very dynamic poses just for a few seconds, and one had to capture the essence of her movement or body expression. Anyway in some cases, that's exactly what I try to convey here with the "quicker" sketches.
and as full body goes, here is one from the onryo series.

@ Lateman, Dan Valkar, FightingSeraph : thank you! that certainly encourages me to dig up some more stuff to show here! I certainly will later on...

[donalfall]

I love the angular, elegant look of your figures. They remind me of Klimpt, Schiele, people like that. Do you paint/ink/colour any of them to completion? I really like your style, I think they'ld make great paintings.

I wouldn't have said any of them were explicitly erotic - except maybe "pull2". You grab a load of erotic photography and render it into your style. I'm sure that you can find erotic photography on the internet. :D If you want erotic, I'ld say exaggerate, look for the most humourous direction you can go in and go right to the edge of that humour and stop just short, or else go really explicit, bring it right to the edge of explicitness and the boundaries of taste and stop just short. Eroticism implies a kind of tension, a lean towards excitement that could easily be something else? Or maybe I'm just rambling.

Keep up the good work, I'm subscribing.

[maeharrington]

Donalfall, you certainly guessed my references, I have always admired the Viennese painters, I used to have both Klimt's and Schiele's posters up in my room. Actually some of the stuff in my sketchbook (the real one, made of paper) I haven't scanned or posted yet are mildly more erotic, so more of that coming soon, but in a way I see what you mean. In fact it's the hardest thing to do, find one's own personal twist on the genre (on any genre). After all eroticism is mostly in the mind (whilst a drawn nipple is just a circle, it's the semantics you assign to the circle). And that's exactly the purpose of this sketchbook, sharing my findings and receiving opinions.
As for fully painted pictures, yes I do take some to that stage. In fact I do lots of quick sketches then choose what go on to the second round.
I'll post now a pic done with markers (tria, tombow etc), in the onryo series.
later!

[maeharrington]

I might do some experiments with colours with this one.
More coming later

[bakatron]

i am faving this. im a big fan of line work capturing the female form and you do it just brilliantly.

[Autumnal Dream]

Hey Mae, welcome :D
Great start... interesting style and i'm eagerly anticipating how this thread will develop :). Good luck... maybe try to do more detailed or finished works ;)

[donalfall]

:) Now, "mae.jpg" (the most recent one) is hot. Very... sultry or something. Keep experimenting, we'll keep watching with interest.

[maeharrington]

@ bakatron: thank you! That's exactly what I try to do.
@ Autumnal Dream: well, I'm doing my best to keep it up, which for me is no small feat, I assure you. I hope to find some time in the next days to do some more detailed stuff, but I can't promise anything. Anyway sooner or later I will post some fully "fleshed out" pics. There are loads of older works I could post, but the spirit of this sketchbook is sharing drawings as I go.
@ donalfall: cheers! that's interesting, to see what strikes a chord and what not.

Anyway, today's random stuff

[shiNIN]

:) Now, "mae.jpg" (the most recent one) is hot. Very... sultry or something.
I totally agree. nice combination... there's coldness in that look, but the whole picture is hot, the expression on the face, the hair, the mild (I couldn't find a better word, sorry) nudity and that beautiful and noble pose of the hand works together, creating a balanced and very appealing picture. I love this combo. that's the type I wish to create one day... not loud, but makes an impact, beautiful... one of my big favourites and the whole topic is just for me, I knew it from the start ;)
I dig the colored ones, they're more (sometimes totally) finished than the pencil sketches and it gave them some extra power ;) well, there are times when strong and clean lines are needed (the babe with the gun) and pencil sketches have their place too.

edit: well, I'm aware that the praised pic in #12 is really sketchy, it would be even better with cleaner, tidier lines. but it doesn't diminish its values :)

[FightingSeraph]

Nice use of color in your latest pieces.

[maeharrington]

thank you both shinin and fightingseraph, it's actually quite fun just adding a little bit of colour to the sketches, and it's refreshing doing something by just picking up a marker. It's less precise, you can make a muck of it (but who cares, they are just sketches)

For instance, yesterday I was colouring in this next post of mine out in the garden, and a gust of wind turned the page which hit the tombow in my hand. Ehm, I then tidied it up in photoshop....

back later with more stuff

[maeharrington]

It's nice using these after (literally) ages

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[kelly x]

pretty F cool!!! Nice angles = see what I'm say'in?

[maeharrington]

Back with today's sketch

[geneticmess]

I love this one of yours! its beautiful..has a nice "flowy" feel to it..awesome work!! keep it coming.. :^^:

[Grafguy]

nice sketches, i like your style though i prefer the sketches with the smooth lines instead of the straight lines. And when you add those shadows it makes te sketch like a 1000times better! :D

[FightingSeraph]

"Hey, If you have an idea, just get it out of ya!" I say.

[maeharrington]

still messing around to get the hang of it again (and realize there is no undo with these things)

[the ANGRY filipino]

Wow! The "Angular" style you are using really looks good!
More of these erotic drawings please.....
I am definitely subscribing to your SB.

[maeharrington]

Thank you Angry Filipino...it's interesting to see how tastes vary from one to another. Anyway I promise I'll put up more erotic stuff, in the meantime I'm posting something different, some of my commercial stuff, as I thought that in someway it had a connection with some of my work on display here. (plus it's more in the "finished" vein, which could be a change)

[shiNIN]

she's lovely too :) she has much charm. she's a Cinderella-like character to me. "it's me... simply beautiful"
I like most of your works, angular or not, agressive or innocent :) I like variety, though I have my taste too, of course, I'm not digging the most hardcore ones and I prefer nipples and a nice face (I mean the girl is nice, cool or kind) ;)

[maeharrington]

A couple of concepts for some short stories, I might elaborate on these with more detailed stuff
mae

p.s. thank you shinin for your pointers and opinions!

[maeharrington]

Another elaboration, but it's still at a very initial stage, I'll probably play around with things, change something, add etc.
The good thing that in the meantime, characters, settings, storylines and general imagery are springing to mind. And references I can look up, both visual and plotwise.

[donalfall]

Mala3.jpg is the coolest one so far, although they all have personality. Are you aiming to make this character erotically tinged as well? or is more of a straight character piece.

[maeharrington]

Donalfell, yes it will have an erotic feel to it, I don't know why but at a certain point Barbarella came to mind, although there are so many differences. Or as magazines go, Heavy Metal.
I wasn't sure to post this next piece, as it is a slight departure from where it was going now, but anyhow, a part from the clothes change (that will depend more on how it "blends" with the setting, same as hair etc), I tried with something a more darker gothy punky (sicker) approach.
In the end I will probably take a little bit of everything. But then again that depends on how the character evolves plotwise (I'm still changing my mind every two minutes!)

[evildisco]

Very cool sketches, love the way you use angles in your figures. Are you familiar with Gabriel Ba? Cause I can totally see some of that in your work.

[maeharrington]

At first when I read his name (Gabriel Ba) it didn't say much to me, but then I googled him and it sprung to mind...I must say that I really like his work, and I wanted to check him out, but I haven't yet seen enough for him to be an influence, although probably we come from the same references and heading in the same "direction". With the sole exception that he's successful and I'm not!
Anyway thank you for the comparison!

Tomorrow I'll post a couple of more pieces, still have to scan them in, but now is bed time here!

[the ANGRY filipino]

nothing much to say...except I hope you post more!

[maeharrington]

well thank you Angry Filipino, here you go then!
The first is a VERY quick sketch....quickly drawn and inked, just to get some extra feel for the character.
The second one just started like a larger sketch, then I went on "drawing around it", etc etc, with two extra characters thrown into it
later!

[paran0id]

Great things! I'd like to know how you come up with poses? For example in mala3.jpg... Do you do thumbs and then choose or just fiddle around? Or do you have a small database in you head? ^^

[maeharrington]

Thank you Paranoid...yes, you got it in one. I sketch very fast thumbnails (sometimes literally thumbnail-size, they're that big), I try to not take longer than 20-30 seconds (maybe a minute), to avoid stiffness. Plus when you draw small, you tend to rid of any unnecessary details, unnecessary to the pose as a whole that is.
And at a later stage you can blow the pic up and do the thing properly (sometimes I scan the drawing and print it 4x or bigger, and work from there)

[maeharrington]

To give a better idea of these "thumbnailed" sketches, I'm posting a full page from the sketchbook, it's an A4 (therefore I'm leaving it slightly bigger), so you have a better idea of the size of some doodles that then may become a more detailed pic.
Actually I was thinking of doing of A) a more complete piece, but I don't know how much time I will have in the next days, as a biggish commercial assignment has come in.
Actually I might divert slightly and post WIP of that, it really depends on the type of work.
Anyway, here you go.

[paran0id]

Well, in those thumbnails every pose is usable =D
"post WIP" - do it =)

[Oojster]

Did you think about making a comicbook? Becous she is a real good main haracter material. If you dont have time, just throw some more haracters for now

Great work

[shiNIN]

I didn't want to post too many praises in a single sb, so I waited till I could see a handful of Mala pic here ;)
she's a great character, my fav is the most detailed one, the second in #39, I like her cool eyes... and everything else as well. lovely <3

[maeharrington]

thank you all, as I mentioned these days I'm deep in a commissioned job (for a calendar, i.e. 12 illustrations as you may imagine), so I had to put my Mala studies and sketches on a hold for a moment. But I plan to get back to that soon, when I finish with this job. And yes, Oojster, a comicbook is planned. Well actually a first story is planned. I have the general plot, but there are some details I want to work out...and the dialogue, as I'm going to try to make it totally dialogue driven, no captions or people "thinking"...so that might take a while, although some scenes could be sketched in the meantime.
I said I would post a wip of what I'm doing, here you go. The general idea is that the characters in the picture are using in a unconventional way the product. Here we have a cleansing spray used as if it were perfume, i.e. the glamour.
The first two are quick thumbnails to let the client choose and see if I'm going in the right direction.
Then some more detailed pencils, where I have to adjust some things, like the back, the towel, and outstretch the arm.
Then I use some layout paper and clean up
Then I ink and colour. The layout with the glamour and the whites are just for me to see if it works, that won't be used.
Anywhere, now back to the other ones (at this time 4 finished, 8 to go...aaarrgh!)

[fullmetaljacket]

Dam nice work, my favorite is the one with the gun and parts erased.

And i totally don't like the one with the cyberstuff/machine XD

The rest is just awesome, no comments :p

[maeharrington]

I haven't posted anything in ages, the workload has been crazy lately, so I haven't had much time to get round to anything this topic-specific (a part from some VERY loose sketches). Anyway while I sort things out, here you go with something new which looks just slightly more complete (I was thinking anyway of cleaning up this thread of the most throwaway stuff)
mae

[maeharrington]

same series

[Leo Ki]

Bust in black.jpg on post #16 is my big favorite:
rough, feverish, tense, both near and distant...
I'd like to see more hectic sketches :)
Since you're working on a comic, maybe have
a look at the storyboard ring in my sig

[julkillo]

Very good work! I like your sketches very much,keep posting!:cheerleader: :cheerleader: :cheerleader:

[DavePalumbo]

very cool book, that most recent post is dynamite! Looking forward to seeing more :D

[maeharrington]

Thank you all for your fb, I really hope to find some time in these holidays to get some of this stuff done, and maybe the script as well (I'll be happy to exchange ideas on your ring Leo Ki, at first glance looks like it could be very useful).
I have some quick sketches to scan, some ideas for finished pieces etc, so I'll be happy to share!
m.

[Max Challie]

Ah, it'a good to see someone here into erotic art! You may like to check out Ashley Wood (http://ashleybambaland.blogspot.com/), he has this thing for steampunk mecha and naked chicks. Sometimes he paints girls sitting on top of robots. He's got a book called 48 More Nudes, composed of ink drawings and paintings. It gets very erotic sometimes haha

[ewing]

Hey cool stuff. Its funny that Max brought up Ashley Woods "48 nudes", I was thinking the same thing. Keep up the good work.

[Redfrog]

You've got a really nice styistic approach. Great work!

[maeharrington]

Thank you all...and of course I know Ashley Wood, I'm a big big fan, although I haven't had the chance to pick up his 48 nudes yet..as soon as I see it around I will though.
Actually as I said I'm taking this time off to get some of this type of work done...I'll be doing some of the above stuff, some more actiony painting, some sketches, some fashion oriented stuff (I need that for a portfolio submission), and some concepts including the Mala character above. In the same series here you go with the first concept, it's actually more finished but for the moment I'm posting it here, as it actually served as a quick recap of some techniques.
cheers!
m.

[jenzi]

Love that last one, beautiful contrast! The frame kinda steals a lot attention though, I'd tone it down or maybe invert the frame (i e green text and inside the frame, kinda like you have now but in an opposite fashion ^^). Pls keep posting!

[maeharrington]

good point jenzi, I must admit I didn't put much thought into the frame (as there is some bleed I put a frame rather than cropping), although it kind of reminds me of some old Heavy Metal mag, or something like this..I'm not sure, but that yellow and green rings a bell. But yeah, I should take more time to think these things out. (plus I noticed now another big omission...but I won't tell ;) )

Anyway, here's another quick one from the sepia series, before I start work on another concept pic.

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[danlambert]

The sepia series is great I really like the style and layout, very simply, yet very very effective

[maeharrington]

a more finished piece of mala
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[maeharrington]

sepia series again

[Leo Ki]

That last one is like roaoaoar :)
I very much like the rendering of the night scene on post #56 - in spite of the missing arm ;)

[Sidharth Chaturvedi]

Good start with the stylized figures. I think you can push your work farther by practicing your lines though- a lot of them are a bit too uniform. You'll give them much more life and character by working on contours- vary your line weight, figure out when the lines should be thickest and when they'll practically disappear.

-Sid

[Alexandr Pascenko]

the title nudity - of course, lured me in here :D
great lines and an elegant style you have . i really like those angles !
keep posting the joys!

[spudstudios]

loving your book.. the energy in your line is wonderful

[maeharrington]

Thank you all for your comments. LeoKi: :tihi: the arm, you got it! Actually I don't know what happened with that arm, as I mess a lot with layers. I start out nice and tidy then go all out of track..it may have been a hidden layer, or painted over. But the amazing thing is that I noticed only when I posted it here, just to show the low level of perspective we get when doing our own stuff. I might fix it in the future, but for the moment I'll leave it as a reminder of how people (I actually) can oversee obvious discrepancies...

Chagan: you might be right, I actually use a lot of line weight variations on other kind of things done with other media (may it be vectors or simply black ink on white paper), basically because the tools I have allow me more to do so (here I'm stuck with one piece of paper and a sepia ink pen...ah, and white of course!). But it's not only for that. Anyway it's experiment time, so I can play around a bit.
With the next sepia series posted here actually the first sketch implied more line weight variations, but it was complicated carrying it through with the above mentioned tools.

[maeshanne]

love your style :D

[parascytheJack]

simply great!!!

[maeharrington]

thank you again all for your kind words! Anyway, taking the sepia series (or at least some of its stylistic approach) to some further colour/light experimentation. Slightly bigger pics here which I might put up in the finished section as well, but I thought as they are a result of a on-going study (with relative fb) which started at the beginning of this sketchbook they'd make sense first of all here

mae

[donalfall]

"The Defeat" is a bit too angular for my tastes, although it is a well executed piece, I'm not sure if its erotic.... It might not even be that it's angular, it may be that the lighting seems too harsh. It might be nicer with some softer tones and better blending.

"The Lie" is lovely, and segues in nicely with the Sepia series. It really feels like a natural follow on, in fact, like that's where they were progressing to. Still loving your work.

[maeharrington]

Donalfall, I must say that that's the fb I love, not the "loving your work" part necessarly (although it's very kind of you, thank you), but the part in which you say what works for you, and most of all what doesn't. Which is the hardest part for me to get, and it's the main reason for which I started this sketchbook. Not much knowing if a piece is well executed techinically but more if it gets a reaction or just a "well, nicely done but who cares.."

I reckon at any level one is it's the hardest thing to understand. We may realize if we've drawn something wrong, if an arm is too long, a head is too small, if eyes are out of axis etc., and we correct it. But there is more to that in drawing. So thanks.

Yesterday I found myself frustrated (not only for the paid jobs which take ages to get actually paid), because of a piece which I kept re-doing, and messing up, and turning round, changing colours etc. And I realized I was overdoing it, just to prove to myself that I can do certain stuff as well. But that's not what I'm looking for.

So here I'm taking a couple of steps back. Less is more (I hope). Balance is all.

[Byrd]

This sketchbook has been saved to my favourites, fantastic work all round.

[JustinBeckett]

Nice work, very cool!

~JB

[maeharrington]

Thank you for the appreciation Justin Beckett and Byrd (and for the favourite add) !!

In the near future I'll be concentrating on a series proposal, I'll post the pencils later. So here you go with some doodles, sketches, ideas, concepts etc. which for the moment are put on hold or abandoned. Some of it is veeeeeery loose, 20 sec max affairs...some more elaborate, but I just scanned them in and put them together, after all isn't this a sketchbook section, so why not scan my sketchbook (i.e. my little black books, which I should put in a pile, take a photo and use as avatar...hmm good idea..)

[Bill]

Really nice drafstmanship and enjoyable thread.

[maeharrington]

Thank you Bill, glad you enjoy it...here's another concept (short story) on hold, on which I threw some colour (actually it had to be just SOME colour, but I got carried away...but 20/30 mins max)...it's about a lady who's found a way of hanging on to her lovers, by putting them in formaldehyde...

[maeharrington]

Preview of the series

[donalfall]

Very nice. The presentation is excellent. Are you envisioning it as a big print or divided into cards or seperate pieces? "The Date" is probably the one that jumps out from the page as the most visually thrilling. :)

It is obvious to the eye that the picture space is differently sized on each one, giving a different margin of white space around the pieces. To that end, i would personally be inclined to align the text with a common corner, so that the text is in the same place on each. Might be worth trying to see how it looks in comparison. My 2 cents. ;)

[ban_dai]

Very good work ,i really like your style ,simple but make sense ,keep up!
HAHAHA . Actually i want to see more of your works like these.

[George Abraham]

Great style.

Lot's of eye candy. Great asset to the female body. Hehehehe!!

[the ANGRY filipino]

a sketchbook after my own heart indeed! Thanks for sharing these!

[maeharrington]

Thank you all!

Donalfell: actually these are intended as seperate pieces, but there is so much serendipity in the whole project that putting them together like this I found they could work as a big print as well, and in that case your suggestion of aligning the titles would certainly make more sense. At the moment I'm working on some more, the whole process is a bit strange because it involves quick sketches that in the process suggest "a small story behind it", as the project involves a writer and a photographer as well.
I'll probably start a dedicated thread about these in the finished section, with higher res for each. I must agree on "the date", it's the kind of idea (as theme, light, body expression etc.) I'd be happy to come up with more often.
The sketchbook was started to find a direction, as you may notice I mess around with different styles, but I'm trying to find my unique path...

Ban dai: ...which is exactly that. Try to cut down things to simplicity and effectiveness (the less is more path...which is harder than one might think)

Zaorr: thank you, that's what I'm trying to pursue!

Angry Filipino: glad to see you again! thank YOU for appreciating these!

[Asier]

Wow Mae just found your sketchbook and i love what's going on here...awesome stuff!

[Hive_minD]

I really like the style and feel which you have developed. But some places I find lack knowledge of anatomy. Especially some arms. They look a little to bent to me, even though the style is pretty free. But lovely non the less! Just a little brainfart...

[maeharrington]

Thank you Asier and Hivemind, I'll bear in mind your doubts!

Here you go with a preview of other three postcards
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[George Abraham]

I loooove your stuff. Especially the red o, so red head in the tree.EDIT(Got stuck on the nails, Blonde sorry..., the red is kinda of an emotional amplifier there EDIT2: I mean shoes and lips)

I think the arm comment might have been aimed at your "locked elbow" poses looks a little wonky.

Females have a tendency for locked elbows or knees to pop back a little more than usual. It's maybe not something folk noticed or are used to seeing.

Looks fine from here though.

Dream inspiration. I like trees.

[geckochan]

Wonderful sketchbook to look through!

I really adore "The Red Shoes"...the lovely thing is that scrolling down the page, you don't see the red shoes when you first see the top of the image, and then the hit of colour is a delicious surprise ^_^

"The Defeat" I actually find a bit unsettling, which I think is because the *tiny* waist, etc, is all very stylized, which when combined with the more detailed rendering (ie. more realistic than the stylized lines) makes her seem a bit unwell. I love that you're trying out different style combinations though! ^_^ (actually this one is perhaps a good example of what Hive_minD mentioned too, as the bend in her arm is perhaps a bit rubbery)

As donalfall mentioned, "The Date" looks like a really dynamic composition!

"The Bodysearch" seems to be the only one in the series that hints at a more violent/disturbing scenario, which is a teensy bit jarring to me, not just from my own taste but also in relation to the series.

Will definitely check back to see more of your lovely work! ^_^

[maeharrington]

Zaorr an Geckochan, thank you for your comments, as I find them very helpful. I think you're right Geckochan about the defeat, as it took me a while to realise that adding more detailed rendering contrasts too much with the stylization of the pencils, it's like putting an good ingredient in a recipe that has nothing to do with it (like putting chocolate - good - on a pizza, yuck), and anyway it was going in the opposite direction of my research here (i.e. cutting things down to essentiality, as in the sepia series)
As for "bodysearch", yeah it is a bit disturbing, but then again it's a way a) to put different slants to this stuff b) to see what works with you and what not (so thank you for telling me it doesn't...as I said, it's even more important than telling me what does) . Looking back at the "stories" (as I call them) I find that there is an underlying feeling of melancholy (which is not surprising), so I like experimenting with other themes.


Here are three more of the series (small, the bigger versions are on my blogspot and soon in the finished section) , which range from outright "editorial", to very melancholic and more innuendo-slanted eroticism.
Thanks again all of you for your comments, you can't imagine how helpful you are.

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[evildisco]

Really nice, I've been missing out on a few really nice updates here.

Can't wait to see the finished versions.

[FAST ART]

you got a great dynamic style... reminds me very on vatine.. keep comin ;)

[Dolgopolov]

Very womanly and gentle images, perfectly!

[Nubb]

Whoa! Naked chicks! :D Liking that place a lot!

[maeharrington]

evildisco: cheers! I'll try to keep going then
FAST ART: wow, vatine...that's really flattering, I love that kind of style
Dolgopolov: that's one of my main goals, thank you
Nubb: yep, that's what I do here! :perv:

Anyway, for the next, actually I was undecided if to post it or not, because in a way it strays from the series, but what the hell, I guess it's part of it (and actually the series is about a mood, not a style).
Plus I noticed that with these close-ups one tends to stylize less and go for more detailed rendering... So this one will be posted larger

mae

[Giorge]

very interesting composition , and your light colors of preference give a soft feel , nice.

[zou]

nice style !

[maeharrington]

Thank you Zou and Flamable, glad you like it!

Here's another piece, it was an excuse to try something slightly different, but in the same vein (i.e. series)

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[DavePalumbo]

Love what you've been doing! The sepias are easily my favorite of the different approaches you have here, but the mood and poses are great all the way through

[theUNKNOWNsketcher]

Great SB!
Keep it up!

[bouroune]

yo, really nice lines man, some of your women have very nice poses and curves, i would love to see some more "round" women instead of always very skinny girls.. any way i'll come back, keep on sharing

[Mr.Blonde]

cool stuffs.... nice and simple

[maeharrington]

theUNKNOWNsketche: thank you, glad you like it
bouroune: errr...well yes, I tend to draw skinny girls, I can't really help it, sic..even if you throw me a "rounder" reference, I tend to slim her down a few kilos (which makes me quite an asset with some models! :D) ..
Mr.Blonde: yep! that's what I'm trying to do right now, make things more simple and basic...which is harder than one would think actually, it's hard to say to oneself "stop here!"

Again, another take on simplicity...and a quick experiment I got bored with, as I risked going into over-doing it.

[maeharrington]

slightly different (closer to the sepia series), of a more erotic theme

[maeharrington]

and this one

[Leo Ki]

Touching :)
There is generally more personality in your wild pieces than in the glamour ones.
You may want to try some mixing styles. ?

[5te]

These are amazing. Beautiful and very sensual. Even the angular ones look soft in the right places.

[Naomi Ningishzidda]

great stuff Mae! I look forward to seeing more. I thought you were making a series of Major Arcana of the Tarot when I saw the titles, but I suppose not. :)

[JJ McKool]

Dammit, I wanted to say sensual. Um, synonyms, lascivious? Never used that word before, sounds about right.

[Josef K.]

yeah! awesome work! love the style! keep rockin and thx for sharing!

[the ANGRY filipino]

Always a pleasure dropping by in here.
It never ceases to amaze me how your simple lines manage to evoke just the right mixture of naughtiness and kink!

[nicolas]

very nice!!

[Puck]

I really really enjoy these.

[maeharrington]

Leo Ki: I imagine you mean the wild pieces the last two, or the sketched/sepia ones, and the glamour the ones with the titles, is that correct? If so, interesting point. I imagine that's due to quicker and instinctive approach the first ones, while the other ones are more meditaded, also with light etc.
But as usual, the day I find a happy medium (as you say, mixing styles), it will be a good one!

Naomi Ningishzidda: Nope, no major arcana here! 8) Just some little simple stuff!

5te: thank you...yeah, the angular ones aren't everybody's cup of tea, but I'm glad you like them

JJ McKool: that word's perfect!

Josef K.: you're welcome, thank you for looking!

the ANGRY filipino: well AF, good to see you again (virtually) on these shores (and on other ones...) thank you, you are always so kind.

Nicolas: thank you!

Puck: glad you do.


Wow, I haven't updated in ages...mainly due to a hefty workload, and the fact that I'm travelling.
Anyway, my travels have "suggested" an interest in the sepia series (I won't go into details), so here we are with a new one:

[Giorge]

very nice sets of nudes

[maeharrington]

Thank you Giorge.

Some random sketches next (a bit of everything, angular and curves)

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[astroluc]

Nice work, I enjoy the flow of your style!

[theUNKNOWNsketcher]

the green pose rocks! :ilaekae:

[maeharrington]

Thank you both!

Another sepia one
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[O.ceania]

How lovely are your girls! <3
I think you've got a great sensibility for colors and your smooth line gives to girls th right atmosphere of erotism
Compliments!

[Extollere]

Erotic art?? I am all over that shit, lovely girls. The pencil sketches on the previous page are especially nice too.

[maeharrington]

O.ceania: oh, grazie, non so che dire...ma diciamo che è proprio quello che sto cercando di capire. Chissà che un giorno...

Extollere: thank you, as you can imagine it's I'm all over it too..

here you go with another sepia one.

mmmmmm

[Leo Ki]

My heart missed a beat when I saw that last sepia...
And I love the roughness of the Inamourada sketch.
Sorry, yet another non-constructive crit from me :\
Is your comic project on dry dock?

[maeharrington]

Well, saying what you prefer or what strikes your eye is anyway constructive LeoKi! Thank you. And yes, I've been travelling lately (not really, I moved from Europe to Tokyo for a few months), plus with other assignments coming in I left the comic project aside. Actually the other day I was reading a short "noir" story which refuelled some old ideas, so you never know! I should really do something small, like a 5/10 page short story, just to get things going...

I'll keep you posted!

(small quick sketch follows, just to add a headpiece)

[maeharrington]

Sezession preliminary sketch. Maybe to become a full painting.

[maeharrington]

A new one

[Naomi Ningishzidda]

are you avoiding feet and full body? if not I am "wanting" for more as I pass by the images it could help the impact...

just a thought.

style is gorgeous, you have great facteur

[George Abraham]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31KH1VE4JVL._AA280_.jpg

[donalfall]

That new one - (Let's do) The Twist (again) - is a very nice new style. More polished and less traditional looking than previous. Shame to lose the watercolour look, but shows you have a great grasp of a more digital look. Oh, and it's very hot. :)

[VogelA]

I think it's amazing how well you capture the sensuality and seduction, even in your quick sketches. Great stuff, keep it up!

[maeharrington]

Thank you all, I'm back after a while, I've been putting together some more stuff, which I will share in the next few days. I really should update more frequently though....

Naomi: you're right, I often don't depict the full body. I don't avoid doing so on purpose, it really depends on the kind of sketch I'm doing, and where I want to focus. Let's say that when the focus is the whole shape of the body, then there will be a full shot.

Donalfall...hmm, you're right, but in a way I feel it's traditional in a new sense. It's very much digital painting, and even though I like the end result, the fact that it looks like so many other digital paintings makes me wonder. i.e. I think digital painting and concept art painting is great, and very useful with commissions. But I tend to feel that everybody kind of looks the same.

And thank you Zaorr and VogelA!

I wil start with the newer stuff. Sepia series with a further twist, (or evolution)

[Sekino]

I LOVE your sketchbook. Erotic art can get cloying at times; but yours remains stylish and delicate throughout. It makes sex/nudity friendly and pretty as opposed to shocking or illicit.

Honestly, if you'd ever consider making a coffee table book out of these, I'd buy it :)

Lovely work.

[maeharrington]

Sekino, that's one of the nicest compliments I received lately, because is exactly what I'm trying to do and convey. Thank you.

Here with another new one.

[maeharrington]

.....

[Evxyza92]

I have a feeling the last piece is going to kill me with a queen of hearts? Nicely done on the last piece.

[scholz]

i like your drawing style

[maeharrington]

@ Evxyza92: yes, a little thing I added at the end. It seemed fitting.
@ scholz: glad you do!

another piece.

[The_Flying_Dutchman]

Nice work.

[maeharrington]

I took an unused sketch to try out different techniques.

[maeharrington]

Sketches
A quick brainstorming (all on the same page, don't want to waste paper) which produced some retro-inspired sci-fi stuff. They are a bit messy, with some aborted concepts.

[maeharrington]

other concepts (quick sketches). Actually I was thinking of posting more random stuff, hence the change in the thread name

[maeharrington]

acrylic on board (30x50 cm)

[maeharrington]

very intense stuff

[maeharrington]

Not sure if anyone's interested, but I'll update with more recent stuff.
Starting from the sepia series

[Mr.Blonde]

Nice. That third one is especially great in the last post

[maeharrington]

Thanks Mr.Blonde for expressing your preference!

two three pic series:

[Verehin]

Lines, style..love it =)

[MatejaPetkovic]

wow Beautiful, real erotic, wow! 5* from me!

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[destinyapocalypse]

i like your style u have good jobss

[DavePalumbo]

oh, great updates! The sepias are still my favorites

[Sekino]

Still watching, and it's worth it: Gorgeous new stuff, as always! :)

[ZIP]

verry awsome stuff! i love your lines and i envy love of the female form....beautiful! inspiriing!!!!

[bouroune]

yo, of course we're interested! for the last sepia serie, i have a preference for the third one, when the anatomy is more detailed, and the acrylic from 31 july is so beautiful! love the colors and style, don't you sell it?
keep on sharing, your women are still eye candy..

[rusko-berger]

Mae--

Boom...fantastic work.

I have a special place in my heart for angular lines that add up to sinewy gesture. You also have a really nice touch when adding color and/or working interesting figure/ground relationships.

I'll be following your work, and I look forward to seeing what's next!

[AmbientChroma]

Really fantastic stuff man, keep pushin'!

[maeharrington]

Verehin: thank you, yeah, quite obsessed by the lines!
MatejaPetkovic: again, thanks!
destinyapocalypse: I would like to...cheers!
DavePalumbo: well, said by you it's certainly an honour!
Sekino:happy you do, glad to see you again!
ZIP: well, that love is what drives me, to understand it...
bouroune: well, I will sell it/them, at a future exhibition in tokyo. after that I will update my "real" site with this option as well
rusko-berger: thank you, it's always precious and useful to get this kind of fb!
AmbientChroma: I will, thank you!

Another update now...still in the vein of the sepia, but done with a slightly different technique. Here I go vector, then get it printed on canvas, and work with acrylics...this is a simulation, as the real thing is too big to scan and I would have to photograph it..

[maeharrington]

More Acrylics...

[Jesus Food]

those acrylics are beautiful, great job. the ones above the acrylics style looks kinda like an add for maxwell house or something, but sexy (its probably just the color and the flowing style)

[Jizu]

cranc style :D ... lil more american comic one ... but nice work so far!

[maeharrington]

Thank you both!

Anyway, to round off with a painting part of my exhibition starting on monday (tokyo, if anybody's around), another acrylic on board

[donalfall]

It's a little out of my way, but best of luck - I'm sure you'll do great! Those recent pieces are very eye-catching.

[thegrayslayer]

These are great, love your style and your work is really strong! Would make great posters.

~ Slayer

[mariusz]

HI!

Great illustration in post #154. Do you make more like that?

all the best,
Mariusz

[mariusz]

HI!

Great illustration in post #154. Do you make more like that?

all the best,
Mariusz

[KonnA]

Very inspirational, and beautiful! I feel a level of respect although "erotic" which I respect in turn :)

[maeharrington]

As usual a bit absent lately, for various reasons...

anyway, yes Donalfell, everything went quite well, let's say it was an interesting experience, and I think I've learnt a lot, and hopefully I'll tune a few things here and there. But overall gratifying, I must say (although the first thing after the opening I thought was "ok, now what next?")

thegrayslayer: yeah, thank you. The poster thing is something I'm looking into, for the exhibition I used a very good printing studio (Giclée etc), so I might set up something in that area.

mariusz: I have plenty of stuff I never posted here. And will be doing in the future. Thank you!

KonnA: too kind. It's what I try to achieve.

Anyway, I thought I'd post some random stuff now:
the first two are a couple of quick thank you cards for my art buyers (on the back I wrote in Japanese, which was a challenge)
then some pictures I did for a CD sleeve, the artist preferred a pencil sketch look so she used these (yes, it's the singer in the pics, and the picture describes the lyrics in the songs)
And then a silly quick illustration (bum!)

cheers to all!

[Sekino]

Okay. Even your handwriting rocks.

Good to see you around :)

[blexano]

Hot chicks and hot lines!

[ankh61]

love your works... they are amazing <3

[maeharrington]

well, I thought I'd update a bit, although shamefully I'm not here too often anymore.

thank you for looking!

[DSmith]

I think these drawings are very nice,you have a very distinct style IMO,and that is a great achivement!
One crit:I think that the faces are elongated on the acrylics.
When you have some time,could you check on my SB to give me some crits about my female studies?
Thanks,and keep'em coming!

[shiNIN]

Your works still amaze me (especially the ones with almost just a few very well chosen lines) and make me try harder to draw bodies...
Looking at your gals makes me feel so much better... mmmmm...

[maeharrington]

DSmith: thank you. The elongated look is something I tend to give, it started as a stylistic approach, then it mutuated (maybe) in a habit.
UDevice: thank you! Oh, you mean the pics...
shiNIN: that's one of the nicest compliments I ever received. Thank you, good to see you around

Now, another little pic, and a couple of experiments, playing with light. They're in no way finished pieces, actually it's one of the first times I do something directly in digital, with no pencil study. But it was just to understand and try out different techniques and approach, 30 min/1 houre max, and I thought I would share

[maeharrington]

ah, another traditional piece (acrylics, 50x25 cm)

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[destinyapocalypse]

i like your recent jobs buti want to see other sketchs draw paint ect.

[maeharrington]

You're quite right DApocalypse...I will try to throw in more random stuff, without worrying too much.
Actually in the next few days I should start a proper wip blog, attached to my new official website ...but more of that later.

Now, here's the first rough layout of a 2 page sequential, to be used as promotion in music mags for the singer I talked about above...the lyrics of a song are turned into a short story (a kind of murder ballad)

[Matt_Volta]

Donalfall, you certainly guessed my references, I have always admired the Viennese painters, I used to have both Klimt's and Schiele's posters up in my room. Actually some of the stuff in my sketchbook (the real one, made of paper) I haven't scanned or posted yet are mildly more erotic, so more of that coming soon, but in a way I see what you mean. In fact it's the hardest thing to do, find one's own personal twist on the genre (on any genre). After all eroticism is mostly in the mind (whilst a drawn nipple is just a circle, it's the semantics you assign to the circle). And that's exactly the purpose of this sketchbook, sharing my findings and receiving opinions.
As for fully painted pictures, yes I do take some to that stage. In fact I do lots of quick sketches then choose what go on to the second round.
I'll post now a pic done with markers (tria, tombow etc), in the onryo series.
later!



:mod::sungod::rocker::asspat:

[Matt_Volta]

good. like. great.

[zerdron]

This is one of the sketchbooks that I'm looking for. I'm going to subscribe to this. Better be seeing more of your erotic art in the future.

[palladium]

Great sketchbook. Lovin your style, and those acrylics are beautiful. Looking forward to more:D

[maeharrington]

Thank you all, your words are very encouraging!

Anyway, I took some time redoing my own website, so for the first time I'll be posting it here. In fact when I started posting here, I thought I would just keep on posting some quick sketches, but then the fb was so useful.

it's http://www.deadbyxmas.com
and I have started a blog/journal as well
http://deadbyxmas.wordpress.com/

And yesterday I had a chance to do some sketches, just to losen up a bit again, here you go

[Magic Man]

Wow! Some super cool stuff in here Mae, love the expressiveness of the form, great subject matter too ;)

Cheers, Darren

[maeharrington]

thank you MM!

here are some various pics, mainly unfinished experiments and old sketches (which I hope I haven't already posted)

[maeharrington]

Let me give this one last rose to you

[mosa]

nice art, like your highlighting .. your different styles are great, good to be able to

[maeharrington]

Thank you mosa, well sometimes my variety is good, sometimes bad.

Anyway, here is as series of very quick sketches for a project of mine (sequential). Basically a series of key frames, just to get accustomed with the characters, locations...and it helps me outline the plot better.
Pre production basically. I'll post more as I go.

cheers
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[soros]

I like the clean, reduced style of your lines. The pencil drawings are very fluent and seemed to be fast drawn forced lines. The colour shapes in the illustration style are looking like illustrator or freehand vectors and it's amazing to see so many style variations of your theme. It looks like a sketchbook of different artists. Thanks for sharing! More of the great pencil stuff, please! :)

[revenebo]

Love your style, the mix of graphic and painterly drives me crazy.

P.S. Dal nickname pensavo fossi una ragazza da qualche paese anglofono...

[maeharrington]

soros: thank you...the variation sometimes is good, sometimes bad. Anyway I think I'll be posting quite a few pencil sketches in the near future
revenebo: not too crazy I hope...cmq in effetti il nick poteva dare questa impressione, lo ammetto. In realtà ho iniziato la cosa apposta con propositi di anonimato, poi vabbè, ho lasciato perdere (è il cognome di mia madre, quindi in parte l'anglofono c'è)

Here are some more study sketches. I'm probably changing the main character in something geekier. And (it seems fitting), a design for a movie poster mock-up. The title is reminiscent of a certain genre from the 70's..:hat:
Actually might make this into a finished piece, should be a good cover

[maeharrington]

Quick sketch, I felt like doing something slightly less stylized (hence larger on paper).

[maeharrington]

Well, there is a short and long explanation for the next series of sketches:

The short one is this: sketches done directly with ink pen, no pencil or study beforehand.

The long one I wrote it in my blog, here http://deadbyxmas.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/no-undo/ (No undo)
along with other sketches of the series.

More coming soon (as soon as I scan them)

cheers!

[Puffynose]

beautiful works!!! I LOVE YOUR CROSS HATCHING *drools*

[surus]

me too! The last three ones are great! Hope to see more of that cosshatching lines. The hair in the second one is very well done. Do you like the style of Milo Manara? Keep on posting!

[saa]

Gorgeous work, my friend! I really like your lines and the abstractions, beautiful. Keep it up!

[maeharrington]

Puffynose: cheers, glad you like it (actually more than crosshatching is letting the pen go where it wants to! :D
Surus: well, if you are an artist doing most of your training years in Italy, and moreover you draw women, Manara is going to be quite inevitably a big influence...Not directly here maybe, but in the formative years certainly (would try to figure out he managed to capture sexiness with so much simplicity).
Actually speaking of cross-hatching, and Italian artists, I just thought of another inevitable influence: if someone here wants to see someone who REALLY know what he's doing, and is one of the master of cross-hatching, I'd advise checking out Sergio Toppi (and Enrique Breccia, btw..Argentine though)
saa: thank you! I'll do my best

anyway, another few from the same
thank you for watching!

[undergroundsean]

your paintings are so sexy , I dig it !! can,t wait to see more >~<

[njhinesjr]

You make me sick......that's a compliment, keep it comin'.:rocker:

[scholz]

Very cool sketches

[Wr00m]

Beautiful art there :)

[the ANGRY filipino]

the fact that you can draw such lovely figures directly in ink with no pencil sketch to ink over..that blows my mind man.

tasty lines and chicks as always!

[maeharrington]

undergroundsean: thank you, I'll try to post more as soon as possible!
njhinesjr: yeah, I imagine it is! Well, I hope not too sick at least!
scholz & Wr00m: thanks!
AF!: hey, good to see you around...yes, but you can't imagine how much paper ends up in the waste bin! The problem is that when you do these things directly in ink is that you have to be 100% concentrated...otherwise it's just a waste of time,paper and ink. Therefore tends to be quite tiring. Actually when you've laid down the "foundations" (i.e. you got the main things right), after that it's downhill.

The first three next up are cleaner, because actually I did a quick preparatory sketch on the side...not sure though, maybe they lacks the spontaneity of the other ones. But anyhow I'm posting them, as they're mostly from scratch.
The third one is another experiment, messy but useful nonetheless.

cheers!
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[Jesus Food]

i love your sketchbook and i agree with the others i envy ur confidence with the ink. keep it up, im officially a fan

[Ivan Turcin]

I really like what I see here. Really beautiful stylization on your figures. Very confident lines and a sense of storytelling pulls it out.
Keep posting, will come back for more :D

[maeharrington]

Jesus Food and Ivan: thank you both very much!

Now more no undos, the actual whole series can be seen on my blog.

ciao
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[mairuku]

beautiful inks.

[Martell.Joshua]

Argg... I hate you sketchbook because it takes so long to look at everything because its all so damn good! I'll be back to look at more awesome perfect art by you for sure... i guess grrr. Keep it up.

[maeharrington]

thank you mairuku, and MJ, well, thank you for your hate. I'll do my best to make you hate it even more, then! :devil:

Anyway, here comes another no undo (i.e. directly in ink), and I thought I might as well post a pencil sketch I did some time ago...I started turning it into a digital painting, but the reconsidering of my approach to digital made me put into stand-by. (i.e. I want to carry on doing digital painting, but try to find a more personal approach to it)

here you go!
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[Tizzy]

Very cool style! I like your sketchbook and it is interesting to see you trying different tecniques and media. I especially dig your acrylic paintings. Keep up the experimentation!

[the ANGRY filipino]

Man...it is always a treat to drop in here!
I love everything..but most notably the pencil sketch in your latest update..her breasts and her lower body..I love your lines in those areas.

[ThomasM]

Seriously nice sketchbook - lovely stuff in here! Keep up the good work, I love how simple your lines are! Definitely will be back

[kevinwueste]

cool!

[maeharrington]

Tizzy: thank you....maybe too many techniques! Yes, it's all about experimentation.
AF: and it's always a treat to have you here! Thank you, hope everything's ok with you! BTW, interesting, as it was something I thought it was good, but then lost interest...typical me
ThomasM: thank you! It's what I'm looking for, simplicity and effectiveness....so hard though!
kevinwueste: cool! Wish it was, I'm melting away!!!!

Anyway, a few more no undo's (i.e. sketches done directly in ink). And a coloured experiment. More on my blog.

ciao
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[carnalizer]

Most excellent stuff. Subscribed!

[maeharrington]

Thank you carnalizer, pleased you like the drawings!

I haven't updated in a while (boring jobs and laziness....), and I've lost track of what I wanted to show...anyway, I'll post a couple of pieces (experiments into melancholy...or back to melancholy), before going back to the inks series (still have to scan them, ehm)

thank you for looking, as always!
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[donalfall]

That top picture is amazing. Are you going to sell prints through the shop on your website?

[marc_redd]

. . . . . . .you are amazing! i dont know what else to wright just, damn good

[maeharrington]

donalfall: thank you, I'm glad you appreciate that one, because it's one of the directions I'm trying to take and I'm not sure how much appreciated it would be. As for the prints...!!! I'm hoping in these days to manage to get to talk to (that is go out for a pint) the people who took care of the giclee prints for my exhibition, with who I was thinking to entrust with the printing/shop (I know they do a good job, in fact they're quite renown). And other things. But I think that I won't start it before september (summer holidays etc). But yeah, it's one of the prints I was thinking of doing (maybe limited editions etc)

marc_redd: well, what can I say but thank you! Compliments like these really put a smile on my face!!!

Anyway, two quickies...the first two are two more from the no undo ink series (i.e. drawn directly in ink), the other two...as well!. But not girls. The other thing I love drawing is pictures of what I would call "intense" people.
People who in one way or another pierce my soul (most of the times by being creative, genius and tragic at the same time), and I thought that the directly in ink approach would manage to capture it to the best. But beware, I'm crap at resemblances. These aren't portraits. They're my own impressions, on the spot. Ah, I prefer the second one (andy), because it's taken from a still image from a crappy you tube video. He wasn't posing.

cheers!
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[maeharrington]

The Mausoleum (new name) series part 2.
Back tomorrow or the next day with the other coloured stuff

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[maeharrington]

Coloured stuff.
cheers!
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[raminafshari]

nice coloring , keep on the good work

[serio]

very interesting stuff you have here. Your girls looks super nice. Especially I like the most the simple ones painted with minimal stroke usage. Keep going.

[maeharrington]

Thank you Serio and Raminafshari,

A couple of new pics...
"Everything must go" which carries on with the mood and the research I've been doing lately, the second one "Bluemilk" is a "no undo" (done directly in ink), to which I decided to add some colour.

cheers
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[Jasper_]

Really digging the cleanliness of your work, especially the color pieces. No crits, it seems like you've got a style that works well for you, so just keep rockin it!!

[maeharrington]

thank you Jasper, I really appreciate your words.

two more no-undos, with a splash of colour

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[The_Flying_Dutchman]

Excellent! The linework reminds me a Robert Crumb's more restrained pieces.

Keep posting!

[maeharrington]

Thank you FD, I'll try to post more frequently these days. Ah, the R.Crumb comparison is too kind, I can compare just with the name.

new one.
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[FightingSeraph]

Your erotic stuff is as excellent as always, but I think it may be time for you to do something that you haven't done before.

[biglu]

Your line work is absolutely brilliant & I love your compositions. Really great stuff.

[Sacari]

I love the simplicity of your work, it's really beautiful :)

[Deodatus]

Nice illustrations! keep up the good work!

[maeharrington]

Fighting Seraph: thank you, you have a very good point. Well, it's really a long story, it's not that I haven't done different stuff in the past, but sometime ago I suddenly got bored of it...strangely enough I used to do a lot gothy or fantasy sequentials (I might dig them up and post them here), not counting the strictly advertising material that bought my bread and butter. Even cartoonish stuff.
I started this sketchbook just to randomly post this kind of material, so I sticked to the theme. Eroticisism hasn't always been the main focus though, but trying to understand what I could do that would make me happy with what I'm doing, and not trying to mimic the going stuff. And most of all, not changing my mind all the time.
But yeah, thank you, I'll take your suggestion seriously into consideration...cheers!

Biglu: thank you...I'm glad you like it!
Sacari: ah, you said the magic word. Simplicity. Which is what I'm after, when I'm not trying to get lured in the overworked temptation!!!!
Deodatus: I'll do my best...cheers!

Now, something I did this afternoon, same ol' direct ink on paper. And since I'm amongst friends (not many but good ones :yayca:), I'll tell you I started this totally pissed from sunday lunch instead of doing serious work due for tomorrow.
But sobered up whilst doing the hair!!!! And got a bit emotional towards the end...

catch you soon, back to the serious work

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[kaktuzlime]

Absolutely gorgeous! You´re very skillful :) Thank you for sharing such inspiring art.

[donalfall]

Now that is a drunken afternoon well spent. :)

[maeharrington]

kaktuzlime: too kind, I'm glad you enjoy it!
Donalfall: certainly better than lying around trying to get over it!!!

Anyway, I was hoping to post some new or very old stuff...but my computer had to be taken in for servicing, alas.
So, all I could do is scan a little thing I did yesterday, usual stuff though...
But it might be a good time to do some ol' traditional stuff...I haven't worked with oils in ages, who knows how that will turn out
cheers all
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[maeharrington]

Long time no see...so I'll just post few works.
A couple of lifestyle/fashion pics, a pinocchio thing I thought I'd give a go (although it was too rushed for my liking...but nonetheless useful), and a quick sketch of something I might do in traditional.

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[maeharrington]

I haven't posted in a while, because I've been working on stuff which I'm not yet sure I'm allowed to disclose (but might be interesting to share, sequential stuff or anyway totally "analogue" - i.e. traditional ink).

But I had time yesterday and today to doodle a little bit with the usual stuff (sorry!), nothing drastically new but good enough to push things back up again!
cheers

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[CrookedHorn]

your line work is inspiring and the movement in your compositions is very intuitive. thank you for sharing and I look forward to viewing more of your wonderful art :rocker:

[Catish]

you said this is an erotic sketchbook, but i think your drawings could be a lot more erotic. where is the passion, the reds, the flesh? the crazy facial expressions?

have a look at these by modigliani:

http://www.art4net.com/modi3.jpg

http://www.chinae.com.cn/com/dafen/pic/1133940161.jpg

http://www.modigliani-foundation.org/Reclining-Nude-with-Loose-Hair.jpg


feel the heat of those and how he uses sculptural techniques to make the women bulge.

the problem is that you're using symbols for erotocism, rather than feeling it yourself. the thong round the ankles might mean a lot to you, but it's not enough on its own. the poses too, seem like signs of erotocism rather the essence of it.

i don't feel hot when i look at your girls. they're all seem kind of sad.

sorry if that sounds too critical. i think it's best to be honest. i do like what you have.

[maeharrington]

Crooked Horn, and you'll be very welcome any time you want to drop by, thank you I'm glad you appreciate!
Catish: thank you for your comments...and don't worry, I don't really mind it being critical. What I've learnt over the years is to take with a pinch of salt all sorts of comments, both the compliments and the more critical ones.
At the end of the day it's what you expect when you decide to share what you do, and you must be ready to accept all sorts of comments. Otherwise one would do things only for oneself (that goes for all sorts of media, be it art, poetry, music etc).
But what one must not do is be affected too much by the comments. Listen to every one, but then go for what your own heart tells you. You don't feel hot when you look at my drawings, but in a way it's inevitable, because you have obviously different tastes.
But don't be fooled into thinking that there is someone who is right, or that there is only one way in perceiving eroticism (i.e. with crazy facial expressions, lusty looks, reds, etc). There is mine, there is yours, probably there are billions of other ways. And so many don't quite work for me (some time ago I was offered a job regarding tickling fetishism, which I couldn't understand at all!!!). Fortunately it's NOT something coded.
Of course I know who Modigliani was. I come from fine art studies (as well), and I happen to be half Italian (so I even know how you pronounce his name...I imagine a lot of wrong modigleeanees..!)...he's not exactly one of my favourites, but one can learn from everyone. I have other references, obviously.
You're right on one thing (totally spot on), most of my "girls" look sad. Although I prefer to say melancholic.
Unfortunately it's how things come out, how I probably feel about many things (Germans would call it Weltanschauung) and I'm not to going to deny it or try to be or feel what I'm not.
But in one thing you're wrong. In telling me what I'm feeling myself, or not feeling. I can't realize what I'm feeling, so the odds someone else does are pretty slim.
I just try to do my best, and what comes more natural to me. If other people appreciate what I do great, if they don't , that's great as well. As long as I enjoy what I'm doing. And when I do I feel very lucky, regardless of the outcome which can be more or less good or appreciated.
Anyway thank you for your comments. Rest assured that they were read, listened to, and taken on board!

In the meantime, I'll post something different. I'll take the chance, and share two pics taken from a project I've been working on, which gave me the chance to go back to techniques from some time ago. For which I'm thankful. I hope to have the chance to explain and share more of this in
the future.

cheers, thank you for looking again!
r.

[Catish]

Crooked Horn, and you'll be very welcome any time you want to drop by, thank you I'm glad you appreciate!
Catish: thank you for your comments...and don't worry, I don't really mind it being critical. What I've learnt over the years is to take with a pinch of salt all sorts of comments, both the compliments and the more critical ones.
At the end of the day it's what you expect when you decide to share what you do, and you must be ready to accept all sorts of comments. Otherwise one would do things only for oneself (that goes for all sorts of media, be it art, poetry, music etc).
But what one must not do is be affected too much by the comments. Listen to every one, but then go for what your own heart tells you. You don't feel hot when you look at my drawings, but in a way it's inevitable, because you have obviously different tastes.
But don't be fooled into thinking that there is someone who is right, or that there is only one way in perceiving eroticism (i.e. with crazy facial expressions, lusty looks, reds, etc). There is mine, there is yours, probably there are billions of other ways. And so many don't quite work for me (some time ago I was offered a job regarding tickling fetishism, which I couldn't understand at all!!!). Fortunately it's NOT something coded.
Of course I know who Modigliani was. I come from fine art studies (as well), and I happen to be half Italian (so I even know how you pronounce his name...I imagine a lot of wrong modigleeanees..!)...he's not exactly one of my favourites, but one can learn from everyone. I have other references, obviously.
You're right on one thing (totally spot on), most of my "girls" look sad. Although I prefer to say melancholic.
Unfortunately it's how things come out, how I probably feel about many things (Germans would call it Weltanschauung) and I'm not to going to deny it or try to be or feel what I'm not.
But in one thing you're wrong. In telling me what I'm feeling myself, or not feeling. I can't realize what I'm feeling, so the odds someone else does are pretty slim.
I just try to do my best, and what comes more natural to me. If other people appreciate what I do great, if they don't , that's great as well. As long as I enjoy what I'm doing. And when I do I feel very lucky, regardless of the outcome which can be more or less good or appreciated.
Anyway thank you for your comments. Rest assured that they were read, listened to, and taken on board!

In the meantime, I'll post something different. I'll take the chance, and share two pics taken from a project I've been working on, which gave me the chance to go back to techniques from some time ago. For which I'm thankful. I hope to have the chance to explain and share more of this in
the future.

cheers, thank you for looking again!
r.


okay. well hope it gave you another perspective. :-)

[maeharrington]

no drastic departures here, still stuff done directly in ink. The only new aspects is that I worked on a much larger piece of paper (A3), which has its pros and cons.

I hope to finish some other coloured stuff soon to share (has been lingering for ages). And maybe start sharing the new GN I'm working on.

cheers
r.

[Velocity Kendall]

lovely, topic and execution
great work

[maeharrington]

Cheers Velocity Kendall, I'm glad you like the pics.

Anyway, there was this pic left unfinished...I don't know if it's only me but once I stop working on something, I find it really hard to pick it up again and finish it off. Here I have so many unfinished pics (maybe unfinished only because I had to do other stuff).
But I forced myself here to make it at least "quite" finished.

r.

[donalfall]

You, working on a GN? With your style? It's not quite a large print of your stuff for my wall, but it's almost as good. No, wait.... just as good. :) Looking forward to it.

[addem beehu]

Absolutely perfect representation of female beauty and grace!!!

[surus]

Thanks for the updates! Nice lines as always!

[maeharrington]

addem beehu: thank you! I don't know if it's perfect, but in some cases it's certainly mine. And I'm glad you like it!
Surus: nice to see you around again...thank you as always!

donalfall: wow, that's very kind and encouraging...I hope to not disappoint you then! (actually I've put the print stuff in the to do list over the next month or so, but then again there are so many things I have to deal with in the near future, and not all drawing related). But I wouldn't hold my breath, I've only just started, did the storyboard for the big introduction (11 pages), and started working on some finished pages, etc...unfortunately there are a couple of things I'll have to re-do (such as all the lettering and the layout of the first), because last sunday my hard-disk crashed, and lost the work of the previous week. Shame because I could have posted a few panels.
Actually I'm not yet quit sure how much I'm allowed to show, probably there won't be any full pages, but just snippets here and there. Ah, and stylewise what I'm going for is a kind of lo-fi version of my own style. I'll try to keep the frills to the minimum, and have a very (very very) straightforward page layout (9 panel pages or close to that...no double page spreads, wham, bams..as it's not super-hero stuff). The bottom line in the whole project is storytelling, and readability.
What I can show though is a couple of character studies, for the two main characters. Yes, they don't have much in common, but that's the point.
Ah, btw, it's not a erotic GN. Not even close (besides the couple opening pages...but I'm giving too much away).
Here you go!
r.

p.s. and I'll add also another big (A3) "directly in ink" stuff. Hmm, I think that while there is more chance to work around with pictures of this size, I may tend to lose a bit of spontaneity...plus if you f.up, as one may, you f.up a couple of hours work, which is annoying (I f.d up here, but scanned it anyway)

[Dante Philippe]

this is a pretty bad ass sketchbook you have all your drawings are very well done! nice work keep them coming

[EllionV]

awesome sketchbook! i bet you like Egon Schiele...

[donalfall]

Haha, no pressure. :) It's just another thing I can add to the list to look forward to, whenever it comes along.

[bouroune]

hey mae, it's nice to see you post more these times, the whole previous page is beautiful really like your women, maybe you could try to make them look different in shapes, or faces etc... anyway just a suggestion, keep on posting

[wasabi89]

Beautiful Work in here! keep comin

[maeharrington]

久しぶり (Hisashiburi).
Long time no see. A few things have been going on since I last updated, and I will post later on other works (GN included) I've been doing lately.
But for the moment I'll just post a couple of things I did for a Japan relief project.

see you soon
r.

ps:
donalfall: I'm hoping to finish the first 11 introductory pages in the next couple of weeks, then I'll post some panels here and there...(I've been asked to hold back whole pages for the moment)
EllionV: How did you guess!!!!:wink:
bouroune: cheers..I'll try..actually it's the long winding road to finding THE style...actually in one of these two pics for Japan (the coloured one) maybe there is a slight difference, as I was going more for expression than traditional beauty
wasabi89: thank you...well, I must admit I haven't recently, but I'll do my best for the future