Recent Work.

[Kagemusha22]

Hi I'm an 18-year-old student, who's taking a Art Foundation course. (or will , in a weeks time)

The work you see below is from between October time last year, and July of this year. The second piece on display here being my exam entry, for my A2 art course. (Which was done completely in Watercolour.)

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Artwork/GingerLu2.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Artwork/TheForgotten.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Artwork/JeffBuckley.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Artwork/NewDawnFades.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Artwork/Self-PortraitColour.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Artwork/Evan.jpg

I used reference photo's with the work seen above. What annoys me is when I put my hand to anything from own head, it just turns into Animu bullshit.

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Artwork/Prismacoloured.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Artwork/DoubleTeam.jpg

[Volchiha]

Oh thats awesome. I also did an A2 portfolio a couple of years back... was quite a mission to get the work together. =/

I love the hatching and the use of colour in your work, but you should add a little contrast to your pencil drawings, you know, more variation with light and dark.

Keep it up =)

[Kagemusha22]

but you should add a little contrast to your pencil drawings, you know, more variation with light and dark.

Thanks very much, especially on the advise. The pencil work gets on my nerves as I keep forgetting to consider the lighter shades, so my Graphite drawings end up as muddy pools of unformed grey. (Plus they take hours to do in comparision to the otherworks on display here)

[Kagemusha22]

Here's some quick sketches I did of my hand. Most of which have been drawn in about 1 to 3 minutes, with a fineliner;

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/HandSketches01.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/HandSketches02.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/HandSketches03.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/HandSketches04.jpg

And here's a WIP of some musicians, drawn with a F pencil (With I intend to go over with a fineliner);

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Musicians-WIP1.jpg

(I make Thom Yorke look like the Abhominable Snowman,...)

[tomwaits4noman]

really like the first one the style reminds of the artist who designed Aeon Flux
I would watch out for the neck line and the head

something about the perspective seems slightly off with the head

I would suggest using curves as guides for body and then buidl up form and shapes around them

if the head is leaning back slightly the centre point will move back with it, as it is I think the eyes should be up further and the nose at more of angle

The head looks like its leaning back yet the placement of the features indicates the head would be looking forward... hope that sense I am running a slight fever so my thought process is a little abstract

I think some of the lines in the pieces need to pushed more there is slight muddiness

your large - persume self portrait is your strongest piece


Really like your Jeff Buckley piece but would like to see you push it more try and inject touches of personally some personal flare in to pieces like that also watch the noses;

your curves seem too straight, they seem too square.

Over all some strong pieces,

BTW the Thom Yorke drawing has a massive ear not sure if that was intentional

really like the first one. Keep posting each drawing is a step forward

[P]

Hi kagemusha22, some really nice pictures here, I really like those portraits, keep making studies from life and all anatomy stuff, it'll be easyer to draw humans from a head. And why dont u update this thread, I want to see improvement.

[Kiyo Karma]

really nice work here! with more combinations from bright and dark colorareas you could produce more deep. with what for media do you work?
nice greetz
~Kiyo~

[Bigtayter]

it seems to me like your portraits have a likeness to them,but they lack certain details.As far as your other stuff,pretty cool...i like!

[Kagemusha22]

Sorry about the slow reply, just haven't had much work to show over the last few months, as I've been busy.

Thanks Brian; The first image (The woman with Ginger hair) was my first attempt at drawing some in a Egon Schiele manner. That's probably why it's similar to Peter Chung's work, as he drew influence from Schiele too. Anyway thanks for the critique.

Pijus; Sorry about the delay.

Kiyo Karma; For the black and white drawings I use Graphite pencils, the Manga drawings were made with a HB pencil, a fineliner and Prismacolour markers for the colour. The image of the woman on the pedestal, was made with a fineliner with pastel watercolour, and the image below that utilizes an F Graphite pencil and pastel watercolours again. The self-portrait was drawn with a HB pencil and I coloured it with pencil watercolours.

Bigtayter; Thanks.

[Kagemusha22]

Here's some life drawings that I've done over the last few months.

Quick sketches, that were done within 3 to 5 minutes;

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-Quick.jpg

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-5MinQuick.jpg

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-5minQuick2.jpg

For these I used sketching chalk.

[Warforce17]

Your pencilworks are really awesome.
Can´t belive you didn´t get more replies.
Keep up posting

[Kagemusha22]

Here's how I developed my drawing style over the last couple of months months;

This is the first set lifedrawings I did for group I'm going to now, the drawing is quite clunky and the line isn't particularly fluid.

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-Pencil.jpg

Then I decided to try and draw as few lines as possible, to just clean up my drawing style and have come up with these, over the last few weeks.

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-Pencil2.jpg

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-Pencil3.jpg

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-Pencil4.jpg

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-Clothed.jpg

[Kagemusha22]

Here's some slightly more polished works;

This one was done pastels, within a time that I can't remeber now, but it was definitely over 20 minutes.

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-Chalk.jpg

And this one was done in 30 minutes, with a 6B pencil and pastel watercolours.

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-Watercolour.jpg

There is another similar lifedrawing to this watercolour, that I did last Thursday, that's far better and was done in 50 minutes. But I put that on exhibition at my local art centre.

[JARhead]

Hey man, some cool stuff here, I really dig your first post with the Detective looking guy with a blocked out face... Dig it!

[Kagemusha22]

Warforce17; Thanks very much, I appreciate it. Though I won't do those portraits for a while now, as I need to challenge myself more, and those portraits are way too comfortably easy to do.

JARhead; Thanks, the man dressed like a dectective from a Noir story is my Great-Grandad. I found a picture of him from the late 1920's/early 1930's, and decided to implement it into my final piece for A-level.

[Craz]

If you want to improve your drawing from imagination, I would suggest laying off full, finished pieces for a while and just drawing plenty of sketches. Studying anatomy will also help with this. When you have a mannequin figure that you can manipulate from your mind and build a body around, drawing from imagination will become a lot easier.

[P]

WHoa such an improvement! Like this stuff, watercolors especially. Keep it up man, keep up!

[Kagemusha22]

Craz; Yeah that's been my aim now for over the last 12 months, I've been going to weekly lifedrawing classes since October. (and in 2007 I went to weekly lifedrawing sessions from September to December, which got cancelled eventually) I find I'm improving in the drawing front, but the poses I draw my characters in are still stiff and unatural, or are apparently unplanned as I'm spending alot of the time thinking over the anatomy and proportions. Though I haven't had a crack at a decent composition in a while, so I might go back and perfect it.

I also spent time in the summer drawing people in my local park, with most of those drawing turning out quite crude and rushed looking. They're not very good.

Pijus; Well some of the stuff I put up on my first post, was stuff that I did when I was 17. Like the Jeff Buckley portrait, the manga drawing of the blonde haired girl (that was done in September 2007) and the self-portrait, whilst these lifedrawings are from just a few weeks ago. Anyway thanks very much for the enthusiastic comments, I appreciate it. :)

By the way noticed that Photobucket has blocked my 3 minute sketches of a male nude, claiming that I violated their terms and conditions...never knew one of their conditions was not to upload drawings of men with pointy flaccid penises.

[Legacy Flame]

You have some great looking pieces, especially those watercolor ones. I'll keep an eye on you. Subscribing.

[Grief]

loving the progress. there's an allure to the contour on the figures which is very engaging in defining the form. can't wait to see more if it.

post more!

[J.roxanne]

hi~~ thank you for your Advice~~

i like your first work .so bold and unconstrained!
and you really got some good idea, that's is Important~

your Human anatomy works so individuality~ and you do a lot...i need do this too~

keep up! i will attention~

[Cohen]

so, i'm pretty sure this guy ripped you off

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=117144&page=4

[Kagemusha22]

Thanks all for the comments.

Legacyflames; Thanks, I appreciate it. :)

Grief; That I will, I'm hoping to put some University Application work up just to get an opinion off you guys, on whether I should stick it into my Portfolio or not.

J. roxanne; Your welcome you have very good work, and thanks very much, I try to go to lifedrawing sessions at least once a week.

Cohen; Haha, no he's probably drawn from the same photograph as I did.

[Cohen]

oh haha. that's crazy that the posts are one day apart.

[Taiski]

Great work coming along! Im in my foundation year as well :)
Have you thought about which art college you want to go to?

[monotony]

hey, cool sketchbook you have here. I really like your recent life figure drawings.
they seem to be improving from one to another already. your lines are definately getting better as you seem to do less and less of them.
I especially like the last two you did with some color. sometimes they still seem to be abit shaky though, try do work with your whole arm sometimes and not just your wrist and fingers.
once you get a hang of this you could definately work towards or in the manner of schiele. he did some amazing figures for sure. :)
keep sharing !

[Kagemusha22]

Cohen; That it is. :)

Taiski; Well my group B choices are; Loughborough first, Cardiff second, and Manchester third. All in Illustration.

Monotony; Thank you very much, over the last week I've produced some real shit lifedrawings. It felt abit of a regression after producing stuff, like the 30 minute watercolour piece you can see above.

Well I hope I don't end up drawing exactly like Schiele, I respect his style, but I'd rather have my own distinct style. (But that comes with alot of practice)

Anyway onto uploading stuff, these are stuff I'm considering to put in my portfolio;

First I have this final piece I made for my Portrait project.

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Unit2.jpg

Not that pleased with this to be honest, though I'll keep it in my portfolio to help make my development work for the project look complete.

And here's a stand-alone piece of work I did a few days ago, just an experiment with colours and line to be honest.

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Portfolio-Motorway.jpg

Had to take a photo of both, as my scanners too small for these, but because the work is only A3 the image is still distorted when I take a photo of it. I'll upload an image of a skeleton I drew a while ago, and shaded in with brightly coloured inks tomorrow.

Oh, and here's the image Photobucket blocked...

[Kagemusha22]

Right here's the drawing of the skeleton, as promised.

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Portfolio-Skeleton.jpg

Photo quality isn't great, but oh well... Originally this was an observational drawing of a plastic-model skeleton, but after an hour and a half of drawing I decided to stop, but realised that at some point the skeleton would be moved from it's place so I took a few pictures of it and continued with it in my free time. It's still unfinished as I couldn't be arsed to waste any more time on it, but I did add inks for shade.

[GaussianRaider]

Think that your lines tend to have a certain Schiele look, am I crazy?
I like the value and posture studies, those really helpful...should do more of those myself.

[Man Made God]

Looking good, love the experimental colours! I think some book studies and more stuff from imagination will round you out more, but you're doing a lot of life drawings, probably the best kind of practice. How often do you get the life classes? You're already trying lots of mediums and working from life, so keep the subjects varied and you should have a balanced approach.

[Kagemusha22]

GaussianRaider; Yeah in my previous posts I mention that I've been drawing influence from Schiele, especially in the approach to drawing line. If you asked me to draw something 2 to 4 months ago, the way I'd draw the line would be different to how I do it now. I used to draw tons of tiny lines to make one large definite line, even now I need to draw lots of lines to get a feel for the form before I do anything definite.

Man Made God; Thanks very much, I go to life-drawing sessions at a local art centre every week. And my college is currently making my Foundation class do some life-drawing every Wednesday afternoon. I did get a book from the library on drawing anatomy and skeleton structure, but I only got round to about two studies, is it worth studying the illustrations from these books in the long-term? I was advised to get Grey's Anatomy, but I haven't had a chance get my hands on a copy.

[bigus_dickus]

your watercolour work is looking pretty cool. something you should definately continue with.

As for your life drawing studies, try to do more direct, cleaner lines. Its dificult as hell, especially with charcol, but i think it will look much better. same with those hand studies.

All up, its looking badass

[Katzenminze]

hey the schiele influence really looks nice still a bit different from him, my favourite is that skeleton study. but you should work on thicker paper, if you use paint that it wont get all wavy and stuff :)

[aliciad33]

love the very first piece of the crouching lady. I think it is by far your best. it has a very creepy aeon flux feel

[alisamir sayed]

hey..great work...i really liked ur watercolored drawing...the first one in the post its awesome!!..What do u draw the lines with...i mean..is it ink or just a pencil??

[alisamir sayed]

And i forgot tyo say something...I'm a great fan of schiele!!!..ure influenced by his works...

[zaccrockett]

Hey Richard, glad to see more of your work! It's good that you're working on your anatomy, something I need to do as well. I personally like "A Portrait of Richard Evans". I know in the past you've expressed your concern about developing a style but I do feel you are doing exactly that. There's a loose, sort of kinetic quality developing in your style. Excellent.

[brentos8]

Hey man, thanks for stopping by my sb. I like the 4th drawing on #16 the best of your figures. The lines are very fluid and accurate on the figure. The watercolors are good too, keep pushing it!


mysketchbook: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...73#post2131773

website: www.brenthermsmeyer.com

[P]

Like last two updates, very colourful. You improved alot, dont stop!

[Kagemusha22]

Right, sorry to everyone for the late reply been busy with my project work and setting up portfolio;

Bigus Dickus: Thanks very much. The way I draw lines is something I continuosly trying to improve on, though I think I'm alot better now at it than I was a couple months before.

Katzenminze: I do have watercolour paper but it's expensive so I only use it for finished pieces, otherwise rough work or lifedrawings are done thin, cheap paper.

aliciad33: Thanks very much, well it's because I wanted it to be in the style of Egon Schiele who was a major influence on Peter Chung the creator of Aeon Flux.

Alisamir sayed: I draw the lines with anything, chalk, pencil, pens, inks on the back-end of a paintbrush (I'll post that lifedrawing sometime), etc.

Zac: Thanks very much Zac, it's much appreciated. :)

Brentos8: Thanks very much.

Pijus: Don't worry I'm not intending to. :D

Anyway got some more bits and pieces of work from my portfolio to show off. Annoyingly the photo quality is kind of poor and blurry, so there's been alot of fiddling with contrasts and sizes to the images to make them look competent.

Lifedrawing I did today;
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/CharqoalDrawing.jpg

Two lifedrawings I did a few months ago, the watercolour one in 50 minutes (and the older drawing) and the pencil only piece in 40 minutes.

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/DSC00756.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/DSC00757.jpg

And here's a rough plan I did for a sequential narrative, I was intending to do a finished piece, but realised I was best spending my time putting more ideas in my portfolio rather than just overpolished pieces.

1#

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/DSC00666.jpg

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Panels1to3.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Panels4to6.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Panels7to9.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Panels10to12.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Panels13to15.jpg

2#

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/DSC00673.jpg

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Panels16to17.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Panels18to19.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Panels20to21.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Panel22.jpg

[waffleKoan]

Hey man, thanks for dropping by my SB. Looks like you're putting some good work into your figure drawings over here! Your lines have a really interesting wavy quality to them that can work either for you or against you. It's important to make your marks look decisive - a line that looks calculated and powerful can have great impact whether it's fine or thick, straight or wavy. It's tough to explain, but with all the practice you're putting in that fiddling will eventually disappear. Also - if you're looking for an anatomy book, try one that's written for artists, as it will focus more on the bones and muscles that show when you're drawing the figure (the important ones!) Gray's Anatomy might just bog you down! George Bridgman has written some books that do a good job of both explaining the bone and muscle structure, and integrating it into the way you create forms. Great work, and good luck w. your portfolio!

EDIT: Hey, I like the little character you created in your last post - it reminds me of Super Mario 2!

[Kagemusha22]

Wafflekoan; Thanks very much. As of the last few lifedrawing sessions I've had, I've been trying to put more thought into the shading again. (Though I have no photo's of them, partly because they've looked terrible so far) I'll have to check that out, thanks very much for the advice.

I just looked up the thing you were referring, it's weird how similar they are, I've never seen them before. (I was mostly stealing the character design from Hayao Miyazaki's No Face character, whilst mixing it with a softened Grim Reaper-esque costume. I.e a white cape instead of jet black, mittens, tiny shoes, and a mask that has a sad/melancholic expression.)

Right some more stuff from my portfolio, again the photo quality isn't great and because I used watercolour on such cheap and thin paper it's buckled. (I really should have used better paper, but I got into Uni in the end (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2234736#post2234736))

Lifedrawing done with ink, and has been applied onto the paper with the back-end of a paintbrush.

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/DSC00755.jpg

Some rough illustrations I did, for novels I'd read. The two on the far left are for the Bell Jar, in the top middle is for Nineteen Eighty-Four, the bottom middle one is for Enduring Love and the one on the far right is for Orlando: A Biography.

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/DSC00753.jpg

And here's some rough background and character designs made for
a second story featuring my masked character. (Sorry about the photo quality here and the way the paper's distorted the image)

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/DSC00752.jpg

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/DSC00751.jpg

[sevarenge]

thnaks dude!!! and mor koming! and doo som mor anatomy studys!!!

doo studes all dey =)its whert itt mait!!!

http://www.posemaniacs.com/

[goldnmean]

monotony's comment (#26) gave some really good advice about drawing technique. Don't get hung up on the minutiae before you get the big picture down. Go ahead... draw through the forms, think of it as scafolding and not just outlines to fill in later. I like your pencil and watercolor, but my favorite is your second to last entry (life study) on the first page, they have a weight to them that is genuine and believable. Keep it up!

[SMILEFACE]

wow wicked' SB really dig sequential narrative an the back end paint brushery keep up the goods

[kingkostas]

Nice sketchbook but to improve it you have to keep up with the anatomy studies.I guess a focus on this subject will make you improve faster :D
Thnx for visiting my sketchbook and critique :D
Keep up!!!

[Kagemusha22]

Sevarenge; Welcome, yeah I've been on Posemaniacs before. Thanks for the link anyway. :)

goldnmean; Thanks very much, whats annoying about those drawings is that I haven't yet been able to draw at that level in a quick sketch, since I did those.

Grandmassa Mr. Spect; Thanks, trying to improve on my narractive technique. Those sequential bits were an exercise in using body language to express a meaning, as I decided from the beginning that there'd be no dialogue, along with hiding it's face.

kingkostas; Yeah I'll try and practice in that field abit more when I have some free time. Anyway thanks for your advice.

[Kagemusha22]

Right more life drawings, seen as that you all want to see them so desperately ;);

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-Experimental.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-Experimental2.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-Watercolour2.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-pencil5.jpg
These were painted with Oils.
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-Oils.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-Oils1Close-up.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-Oils2Close-up.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-3MinQuick.jpg

[Kagemusha22]

Right some work from my last Foundation Art project (which I need to get a Pass in, to go tio Uni), that concentrates on Celtic Britain. All these are drawn without reference;

This is probably the worst drawing I've done for the project, which shows King Arthur pulling a sword out of a stone. (Though I think T.H. White added that to story, but I'm not sure) The reason Arthurian legend qualifies, is because the original tales of Arthur and Merlin (or Myrdinn originally) were told in Welsh poems, so in all possibility he's a part Celtic folklore.
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/ArthurianLegend-1.jpg

The Anglo dragon and Welsh dragon (I know I drew the wings way too small) fight at Dinas Emerys. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinas_Emrys#Arthurian_associations)
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Illustration-DragonsatDinasEmerys.jpg

Bouddicca was a real person, who lead a revolt against the Roman occupiers when they questioned her legitimacy to rule over her land, following her husband's death. (I tried to exaggerate the violence in the image to express her anger. As she was flogged and raped by the Romans as a caution, before she lead the revolt)
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/BoudiccasUprising-1.jpg

This represents fairies in Celtic mythology.
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Lifedrawing-Experimental1.jpg

The finished drawing of musicians. (That was shown a few months ago, annoyingly I can't use the scanner for this)
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Musicians2.jpg

[mike butkus]

I like your drawing style and the paintings.

[SMILEFACE]

madd killer ninja updates ' the life draw'ns an musicains are wicked' keep up the goods!

[JJacks]

I think your style is unique and very interesting. You put a lot of texture in your work by the way you make marks. Those oil sketches show some nice flesh tones.

[kelly x]

great work!!

[Kagemusha22]

Mike Butkus; Hey thank you very much, I appreciate it alot from an artist of your calibre.

Grandmassa Mr. Spect; Haha, now I feel over-hyped. :wink: Thanks, I should upload a better photo of that musicians piece as it currently looks like crap.

JJacks; Thanks, the reason I do alot of cross-hatching, is partly John Teniel's fault a teacher told me to use mark-making like the old 19th century Illustrators. And since then I can't stop myself crossing lines over each other, with block colour.

Kelly X; Thank you. :D

[Kagemusha22]

Right last Monday I went to a Art tutor, whose done Illustration and Design. And he took me through his library of art books, that feature illustrators. (Like Norman Rockwell, Ralph Steadman, along with a few Children's illustrators and fantasy Artists) He also made me draw a seaview with Q-ink;

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/Q-inkexperiment.jpg

Which he showed did not conform to the Gold Section compositional theory, as I placed the Lighthouse (yeah that's a lighthouse), in the middle rather than at the bottom and have clouds filling the remaining 75% of the page, or have the beach scene fill the page, running to the top where the Lighthouse would be. Then he got out a book about the universal proportion and my brain left the room.

And here's a drawing of Grief (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/member.php?u=76512) (Joe Smith);

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/GriefJoeSmith.jpg

[Jamie Romoser]

Ello kage :sungod: theres some nice improvement being seen. Esspecially in the last 2 posts, really digging the mood of your last water color.
Have a good one -Omerta

[Kagemusha22]

OmertA; Hey thanks very much for checking up on here. Though the last post was not Watercolour, it was Q-ink drawn onto watercolour paper. (A type of ink that changes into a variety of colours when wetted, it was a test set by the tutor to see how people would do with making up a shoreline)

[SMILEFACE]

that grief pic is wicked' an Qink is cool too is it expensive?

[Kagemusha22]

Right some life drawings;
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[Kagemusha22]

that grief pic is wicked' an Qink is cool too is it expensive?

I don't know, I just tried looking for it on google and the only result I get is Ink cartridges. I'll have to ask him the next time I go, how to spell it and where to get it from. :wink:

[strings]

Great progress mate, really and all I can say is keep going :steph: .. and welcome to page 3!!!

[lambd4]

Oh ! you got some really cool studies !! love them !

[Leonor]

That story with the masked character is intriguing me, it looks really interesting and mysterious. Are you going to develop it further? I like how disinhibited you are with your drawings from imagination.

[luness]

Hey man, you know what? It's such a shame that you're using what you call cheap paper for your watercolor and even for most of your pieces. It's easy to see that you've got the talent but the medium is not helping you. I'm not traditionally trained at all so I can't suggest a thing about mediums and tools, but I recommend you to ask artists around you what else you could use for better presentation without spending too much money.

Cheers!

[Kagemusha22]

Strings; Thanks for the push onto there. :wink:

lambd4; Thanks.

Leonor; I might take a few panels from the rough plan and create quality stand-alone images. (I'm especially pleased with the one where he/she is sitting at a tree drawing, so that could be the one.) And I might at a later time when I'm more mature try and make a consistent sequential short-story with the character. Though it won't be done yet.

luness; Thanks, I appreciate it. It frustrates me alot that my presentation is soooo shit all the while. I might produce a few pieces on watercolour paper in the future, but otherwise since my scanner doesn't fit paper over A4 size I just have terrible pixellated photos to exhibit my work.

Well I've got some decent advise off the experienced artists at life drawing sessions over materials, and they're hoping to get some decent paper in. So I could get a few pieces to use for small projects on the side.

[Kagemusha22]

Life drawing;

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/DSC00959.jpg

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/DSC00961.jpg

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/kagemusha22/DSC00962.jpg
(Lost concentration badly on that last one.)

[Kagemusha22]

Right I've officially finished my Foundation course now, and I'm just waiting to get my results. So in the meantime I'm going to try and sell some work. (Like landscape and whatever sells really)

Here's a first attempt at painting a countryside scene in Oils (which I started Wednesday night and painting on Thursday afternoon), it's still a work in progress, but this is what I've managed within about 8 hours overall;

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It's drawn and painted from this photo I took a month and half ago.
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Just looking at it now I can see a ton of places that need work, it's weird I didn't notice some of these details on the print out I have as reference. (I'll blame the printer)

[papervampire]

the figure drawings are awesome! really digging the schiele vibe! keep at it!

[Fishpail]

Ooo, I like the coloring in your first post, keep it up with the studies : >

[SMILEFACE]

''SHAKE THAT MONEY MAKER'' try to sell yer work HIGH'

[Spirit]

Hi there!
Thank you for commenting on my sketchbook :) (I hadn't noticed until now, so I'm sorry for the late reply! I've now deleted it, as it was rather old) I don't see whay you are jealous, your work is at a much higher standard than mine is! I have taken your advice on board and I am also leaving time to have fun with my art.
I have had a look through your sketchbook, and I really like some of the things you have done. The sketch of Grief has a lot of character, and I like all of the doodles and writing surrounding him. Your life drawing studies are also improving, so keep going with those!
The oil painting is also coming along really well! I have never used oils (will get around to it eventually) so it's hard for me to crit. The only thing I noticed is that the bridge has no obvious reflection in the water, and seems to have disappeared. It is still work in progress like you said, but I thought I would mention it incase you hadn't noticed :)
Good luck!

[zaccrockett]

Hey Kagemusha,
it's quite a cadre of drawings you're collecting here. It seems to me that you're really developing and defining yourself down to a fairly loose style. Not realistic but very naturalistic.

Although your renditions of various British singers are my personal favorites, I also like the figure sketches and your aqueduct painting.

I'm looking forward to more of your work.

[tobbA]

Nice stuff in here! My scanner don't fit more than A4 either. But I'm able to scan in a half at a time and merge them in photoshop. You're scanner might not be the same as mine, but could be a good thing to try anyway :)

[W1r3d]

Very nice sketchbook. I like the Grief pic. It is nice to see you exploring a lot of different styles. I also like the fact that you have a lot of anatomy studies in different styles. However i feel that some of the drawings where you don't use reference gets kind of sloppy. Case in point is the painting with the dragons. Which feels like it's a step back from the one with the musicians in the same post(which i think really conveys a nice musician-ish feeling).

Keep up the nice work :)

[GaussianRaider]

Hey Kagemusha, i like to check this thread every now and then, peculiar style..
With those model drawings try to start soft and light and then work the articulation of the contour with an harder pencil on top of it, give it a shot and see if it works for you!

[the ANGRY filipino]

hmmm...an update is overdue i think ;)

how have you been man?

[Qikalain]

great experiments with colors on the first page. this looks weird (in a good way)

[FightingSeraph]

Excellent job on the paintings and lifedrawings, Kagemusha. If you ever do any more imagination pieces, you should try studying anatomy, perspective, and design.