Sketch Book

[Bingo]

All comments and critiques welcome ... I would very much like to improve.
This all random stuff ...
Cheers.

http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/bad_bunny_avatar.gif

[pixelherder]

an impressively girthy introduction young sire - wilkommen!

[cakeypigdog]

hello mr tony. lovely beginnings mate, barring the cock and balls. look forward to watching you progress

[mya]

Good start!!!

Careful - he'll have someone's eye out with that...

[Tigermilk]

looks great, nice start.
Especially dig the girls. :)

[Bingo]

Thanks all for your input ... Here's some rough sketches - sort of warts and all type stuff ...

http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/bad_breath.jpg

http://boxstr.com/files/3549653_vyder/gun_point.jpg

Zombie stuff ... I like zombies ... well ... you know what I mean.

[Dazzamataz]

Love your work dude, keep posting

[T-M-K]

your sketches are so deliciously icky. :yum:

keep posting, yo

[Parsakoira]

nice sense of anatomy youve got there :D nice style and rendering skills with pencils as well

[kidult]

That some hairy nuts dude! Keep posting - stuff looks good and we all here to improve!

[Bingo]

Ahhh ... you're all too kind ... as for the nuts ... well they raised a few eyebrows in the office :oneye:

This little doodle goes back a little way ...
http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/gun_boy.jpg

[Bingo]

Like all my other sketches ... this is unfinished. There are a few anatomy issues but nothing that can't be fixed ... I may have a crack at painting it ... maybe.

looks like I have some broken links ... will replace as many as I can

[Bingo]

Spent 30 mins and started to throw some coloured pixels on it ...

http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/connected_painted_1.jpg

[Bingo]

Another 30 ins of painting ... what do you think so far? I have issues with areas, just wonder if I see the same problems as you lovely people.

http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/connected_painted_2.jpg

[Bingo]

Little more painting done to the odd chap with the ginger hair ...

http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/connected_painted_3.jpg

[Delmar]

Great Pencils! Nice and clean lines, very good.

The big feet and lower leg are bothering me a bit, but i guess that a question of style.

Cheers

Andi

[Bingo]

Delmar - many thanks, about the feet, I'm afriad it wasn't a concious decision to make them bigger ... that was just the way the sketch went ... although I do think it gives the character an interesting sense of proportion, almost child like ... any hoo ...

I know how you guys are loving my painting ... so here's a update ... eat up up ... The left arm anatomy is really bad and has been since the sketch, I think I will concentrate on sorting that next week ...

http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/connected_painted_4.jpg

[Dazzamataz]

wood,wood,wood,wood,wood, thats what i think tooooooo
when i see your work 'awsome' dude

[Bingo]

Not much of an update ... I've given in on the painting for now, struggling to get it right, don't have enough time ... blah blah blah.

[Bingo]

Another little sketch

http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/tenticle_head.jpg

[Bingo]

broken links fixed

[frettchen]

Great stuff Bingo - I'm especially liking the crab monster :D

[marioucci]

great weirdness man. I think you can go even further on it. u have a strong pencil work.

cheerios

Mario

[Bingo]

And another ...

http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/entwined_fw.jpg

[Wanna]

WOW, Bingo, your work is pretty awesome!
Toning is really good :). all those twisted themes are really good looking.
I'd really love to see some more paintings!.
Back to physics now ><.
Amazing work!!

[frettchen]

Looking awesome Bingo - the twisting on the tentacles on this one look much much nicer than the previous effort I think

Keep going :D

[Bingo]

Wanna: Stop stop ... you're making me blush ... oh go then ... tell me again :rocker:
frettchen: You're too kind ... and yes, I thought they looked better also.
Cheers guys.

These are some old sketches ... doodles maybe ... but I thought I'd share them anyway ...

http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/no_escape.jpg

http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/kid_thumbs_01.jpg
http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/thug_thumbs_01.jpg
http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/thug_thumbs_02.jpg
http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/thug_thumbs_03.jpg
http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/slayer.jpg

[Bingo]

Under pressure from Dazzamataz ... I started painting ...

http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/entwined_painting.jpg

[Dazzamataz]

Painting at last, it's good to see you painting dude keep it going and your
pencil sketches are cool. Really loose and alot of movement:steph: awesome

[Bingo]

Cheers Darren ... you flush my cheeks and bring a tear to my eye ... I don't think I'll be finishing the painting though. Soz.

[frettchen]

Loving the new sketches bingo - some really nice dynamic pose studies

[alshakno]

Nice job dude
clean job on the paper, love to see more figure gestures from you

GL

[mattlee]

I really like you line drawing! It's cool~

[Jaytea]

Eheh, I don't know what's wrong with my computer, but I can't see some of these.

Anywho, the stuff I can see is pretty awesome. 8D LOL I love those zombies.

[Josef K.]

same with me here - can only see some of your stuff! this one (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=464367&stc=1&d=1221479319) looks awesome! kinda reminds me of akira (dunno why :D )! great stuff man keep posting!

[Grafguy]

wauw man! those sketches rock! :D
no comment, thanks for sharing!
keep it up ;)

[Bingo]

Thanks for the kind word fellas, sorry not all the images are visible, I'm afraid I don't know why that would be.

http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/final_beauty.jpg

[loveandasandwich]

YES @ the zombies on the 1st page. :D

[frettchen]

Great new sketch Bingo! I see you're sticking with the tentacle theme :medusachow:

Any particular background for this piece?

[Ashab]

super solid start mister you pencil work is really good and you need to translate that into your colour work, this maybe helpful:
http://idrawgirls.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-draw-joker-from-batman-dark.html
and use the opacity control and build the colour up first. I learned loads from doing things in grey scale. It helps to you to understand the saturation and tone , and then it is simpler to add a blend layer for colour which you can change to your taste.
Take it easy for now mister and I look forward to seeing more.

[Bingo]

Mate, thanks for dropping by.

I miss your enthusiasm around the office ... thanks for the link.

The colour thing is, well ... bringing me down. I'll keep trying although I'm not having a lot of success ...

Let me know what you're up to.

[Bingo]

OK .. so I'm trying to get a handle on this painting malarky ... although unfinished I would appreciate your thoughts ... all opinions and constructive criticism most welcome.
Cheers.

http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/legless_grey.jpg

[Bingo]

Still not happy with my painting ... blergh ... some minor tweaks ... I think I'll move on ... more practise ... more damn it.
http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/legless_grey2.jpg

[Ashab]

I think you need to play around with your layers abit more, make your line work layer into a multiply layer and paint in your value on a layer under it and then add the shadow layer top of that and then your light layer goes on top of your line and shadow layers if that makes sense. This keeps things less committed and more easily changed. Hope your well mister take it easy for now and dont you dare stop.

[Bingo]

I'm hanging on your every word Ashab ... I really appreciate your advice and the time you take giving it. I'll keep banging away ... I find I end up spending too much time trying to get it to look"loose" rather than that happening as a natural by-product of the process. I think I suffer from not having a style ...

Once again thanks man ... you are AWESOME!

[Bingo]

Very quick work up of one of the zombie sketches ... I've tried to keep it loose.

[Bingo]

Just spent 10 mins and put some colour on it ... bah.

[MattGamer]

zombie i luvvvv :]
bbl for sure! <3

[eparts]

you got some crazy tentacle stuff going on here :) but it is interesting.
i like your characters but some places you need some anatomy. I think of muscle behavior mostly.

keep it up :)

[cakeypigdog]

last zombie is great tony! Keep it up mate, you are really improving.

[Harry_Palmer]

Good to see your still posting Tony - keep trying out those different techniques to see which one suits you. IMO, there's no right answer, just lots of them.

Stay in touch old chap.

N

[Bingo]

You're all too kind ... you make me weep tears of joy.
Thanks fellas.
For some reason some of my images appear have gone ... I will look into it.

This is just a WIP ...

[Bingo]

Not much progress, I only 30 mins a day to do any work on it.

[frettchen]

Great to see you adding colour to some of these now Bingo - and it's coming along really nicely

Post some more!

[Bingo]

frettchen - thanks - as I'm sure you're aware it's not my strongest suit.
I am taking my time to try and improve though ... here's the latest update to the scary fang head ...

Harry_Palmer - thanks Neil, I appreciate you time and your comments, and of course I'll stay in touch ... in fact I'm watching you right now ... nice vest. I hope the world of freelance is treating you well, you're missed around the studio. Not by me of course, I was glad to see the back of you.

cakeypigdog - Cheers Jake, it's great to work in a studio where there are such talented artists to be inpsired by, I can look up from my screen and see a handful of truly talented guys who always have the time to offer advice and constructive criticism. You guys rock ... oh no ... my eyes are leaking again.

eparts - Yeah I it's my latest kick ... :) I guess I should move on ... but I just love them ... them and zombies ... maybe I should combine them into one crazy undead tentacled monster ... watch this space.

MattGamer - Yeah ... yeah ... oh yeah ...

[Bagg]

hey man your sketchbook is amazing, really impressed with how imaginative your pictures are.
i really like the guy who is blindfolded sat upon the cliff, would love to see that in a painting.
cheers for the inspiration too :)

[Bingo]

Bagg - Thank you, it always surprises me when people like my work! I have already had a go at painting the chap on the rock, unfortuantely I wasn't happy with the results. I may have another crack at it sometime.


This is the last update to this image as I think I've done enough, it's been great practise, but I'm growing a little bored with it. I need to move on.

Cheers all for the support.

[Imaginary]

Your pencil sketches are awesome and your painting skills are coming along nice too, keep it up!

[frettchen]

It's smoothing out really nicely Bingo! And I'm loving the saliva in the mouth, very aliens :)

[Bingo]

Been playing a lttle L4D ... love it ...

[frettchen]

Awesome! More zombie stuff please :D

[Mr. Smile]

Awesome wickedness you got here Bingo! I love your plays with tentacles and stuff.
And I really enjoy your zombie sketches, make some more for sure! Cheers and smile!

[Dazzamataz]

Thanks for your kind words buddy, hope you are ok and i'll email you tomoz.

Good luck to you to dude and merry christmas to you and your family.

[Bingo]

The children want to know why the big nasty man has taken all the presents away, I told the to close their eyes and finish eating their card board.

It's going to be a tough Christmas ...

[Harry_Palmer]

Hello Bingo,

Hope things are well with you and the kids - found work yet? Keep posting, I like to know what's going on in that sick mind of yours ;)

N

[Bingo]

Hello mate ... It's not too bad ... I've had a lot of interest and 3 interviews, with another one booked for Friday. I've no time at the no to dabble in the world of drawing and painting as I'm busy trying to get some more animation done.

I'm considering going freelance, there seems to be some demand for it and I quite fancy working from home, as long as I can sound proof my room so I can't hear the screams of the children :)

Hope all is well with you. You're latest post are totally wicked, beautiful work mate. Thanks for dropping by, it's great to hear from you.

[Bingo]

After being out of the loop for a few months I am finally settled into a new job ... new but old ... :)
Anyhoo, due to some licensing restrictions I'm unable to use Artrage any more, which has forced me into using Photoshop, in the long term may be for the best, I think I may have been using the lack of control in Artrage to trick myself into thinking that was why I'm not a great painter! So, time to face the truth, and with the kind gift of brushes from Cakeypigdog (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/member.php?u=2778) I've started using Photoshop. This is a WIP and no doubt will take me forever to complete.

Although great to be back in work I miss the inspirational day to day work of some great artists I was lucky enough to share office space with, Cakeypigdog, Mya, OISHIINIKU, ASHAB and Harry_Palmer, all great artists and great inspiration, thanks guys it was a pleasure, I wish you luck in your new ventures.

[Bingo]

Just spent 30 mins doing some more painting ... I'm calling this my technique test ... I'm pleased with the way it's progressing ...

[frettchen]

Great to see you posting again Bingo!

Loving the creases on the shirt, the whole thing seems a bit more.... solid? How are you finding the change to photoshop so far?

[Bingo]

Thanks frettchen, it's much appreciated ...
Been away for a couple of days and not touched the painting, I was begining to think as an image it was a bit dull so I thought I'd try and spice it up a little.
Not sure about the claw hand though ...!

[frettchen]

Ahhhh I wondered where the tentacles were :D

[Bingo]

Starting to go somewhere?
Edit:Changed the head on the ground ... less "chucky" looking :)

[Dazzamataz]

whats with the head dude 'you sick puppy' haha. its good to see you back painting and using photoshop 'awesome', i've got a new phone its a new number but i'm changing back to my old number if i can soon. The wife's ok thanks dude and no baby yet but as soon as she is born i'll let you guys know.Hope you and your family are good keep posting your stuff dude
'awesome'

thank you please

[Bingo]

Cheers Darren, thought I'd lost you :)
I think I've finished with this now ... at least I feel I should be. So time to move on.

[frettchen]

Awesome to see it finished Bingo, the shading on the tentacles is very cool, although I'm not entirely sure what he's holding in his left hand :D

[Bingo]

More photoshop practise

[cakeypigdog]

Hi Tony you wonderful wonderful man. I miss you and your wife's lovely cookies! The guy with the tentacles is great mate. The tentacles on the right hand side with the stylish black outline look awesome. I think that once you are used to it photoshop will be a good friend.
Miss you and the old gang mate, I do not think we all appreciated what we had in our group til it was gone :(
Hope everything is good at work for you.
Much love and kisses, Jake

[sourgasm]

some very promising stuff here. make sure you keep working from ref. helps a ton!

[Bingo]

Jake your kind words bring a tear to my eye ... :)

I imagine it's the cookies you miss really.

It was a good group and I do miss it, Aiden is being awesome though and we're trying to keep the speed paint thing going here ...
Hope you're enjoying the new job, you're sorely missed here, but only after it was discovered that what everyone thought was you, was in actual fact a cardboard cutout, after a draught blew it over.

Anyhoo

[frettchen]

One of your best bits yet Bingo, I really like it

[Bingo]

Cheers frettchen ... still got a long way to go before I'm where I want to be ...

[Bingo]

From the office lunch time speed paint: Invader.

[frettchen]

Ahhh I see you took a one day break on tentacles, but they're back again :D

[Bingo]

Blam Blam

[frettchen]

I love the black outline on it, makes it a lot more comic book like than your earlier pieces!

[Bagg]

Your stuff looks great and i'm in love with your zombies :)
keep drawing zombies :)

[Bingo]

From my sketch book ... surprise ... a zombie ... I plan on painting this chap at some point.
My scanner is a bit shite ...

[dwardo]

I dig your ideas. :)
Penis monster foliage are probably too big. [Just the leaves and grass maybe]
The renderings I'm trying to reach. Good stuff mate.

[Bingo]

Cheers Dwardo, I appreciate your comments ... it's all one long learning process for me. I flatter myself I can see improvements.
Here's a detail from my work in progress zombie painting. No blood yet ...

[Bingo]

Another zombie ... I photographed this on my phone camera ... not great quality, sorry.

[Bingo]

sketches

[Grief]

more girls please

[Bingo]

another one

[Bingo]

some older sketches .... animated gif for space considerations

[frettchen]

Great new sketches bingo! One of the recent ones looks like horny from dengeon keeper - awesome!

[Mr.Juicy]

Very nice pencils you got. Digital stuff is a little weaker, but i think it will take just a little time to overcome this.

[jeremyg0rd0n]

I agree, I think your digital stuff will improve with time, just keep at it daily
It seems you have a thing for tentacles, or maybe that's just me

Nice sketches, hope to see more in the near future; keep it up

[Bingo]

Thanks for your comments, I totally aggree about my digital stuff, I'm so hit and miss it drives me crazy, just when I think I have a technique sorted in my head ... BANG ... I eff up. I take far too long trying to paint ... I'm taking a rest from painting, sticking to sketching for a while ... maybe :)

Any tips tricks ... spray me with them ... I'm like a sponge ...

many thanks all.

[Bingo]

Done for a speed paint forum. Title: Twins.

[DStraX]

you have realy great lines, judging by that last digital id say yo need to work on colors a little ;) try to avoid whats happening on the legs. maby try to use a softer brush?

Tim

[Mr.Juicy]

hey, Bingo,
Sometime ago I has got a good crits from Pencilator:
"The colors and light works really well, but the form is lacking. You nedd to clearify the planes better, this will help your understanding of form and making clearer decisions when it comes drawing. You have the extremes, the box idea and the polished surface, I think you need to find something inbetween. look at Sargents work for example or any other painter. Every brushstroke explains a plane. Wich helps the view to understand what he's seeing. We're not cameras, we have to explain the information to the viewer in a good and understanable way. So that's soemthing to think about while you're painting, how is the form turning, why is the values changing like they do. Promise, this will make you progress like crazy. What ever you do, make sure everything becomes an aware decision."
It was intended for me, but I think it's very good advices and it will help you too.
BTW in last pic idea is very good :):) but I would make breast look more well-rounded and added the eyes with nose without changing geometry of boobies :D (Cause every man likes it round :D)

[Bingo]

Mr Juicy ... many thanks for passing on the advice ... I know I need to improve, although it's not always apparent to me what I've done wrong, or how to go about correcting it :)

I did a few tweaks to the last painting before I saw you post.

[HerrleerzeichenS]

:D one of the coolest sketchbooks, i´ve seen here at conceptart.
great creatures!
5 *

[Mr.Juicy]

Bingo, u r welcome, as i understand that's how does community must work! :) I can't see lots of mistakes I'm doing myself so i think it's only skill and practice matter and in time we will make them little less ;)

[frettchen]

Hey Bingo, the twins are coming on well - i'm glad you didn't go with the mouth uncovered version, looks a lot better this way :)

[quackart]

this is good stuff :) and the last update... haha nice idea .)

[Bingo]

Just started doing a study from reference ... It's a work in progress :)

[lolbbq]

You have very nice work. Great illustrator.

[frettchen]

Coming on well Bingo, I'm looking forward to seeing another update - are there going to be tentacles on this one? :D

[Bingo]

It's been ages since I drew anything ... this was my sketch for a speed paint ...

Bad hair day ... So I played with the words.

[Bingo]

Thrown a bit of paint on ... really enjoyed it as well.

[PenDiablo]

You are one sick puppy ...... <33 ^+^

[Laylo-Dred]

Of course your drawing is good but your imaginations is amazing no amount of practice can inspire such striking imagery.

[frettchen]

Thats brilliant Bingo, I'm loving the highlights on the fur - great stuff :D

[Artofinca]

Nice stuff here!

[Bingo]

Thank you for your kind words ...
@PenDiablo is that "sick" in the way "the kids" mean "great and fab" or in the way grown up people mean disgusting ... either way ... thanks ;)

This was done for todays speed paint ... there are issues with it ... and I may address them if I can find the time/inspiration :)

[W1r3d]

Awsome sketches! i really like the way you seem to progress through your sketches. Going from very rough and then refining. i feel i learned something wathcing this thread. Really inspiering thread. i'm going to continue following this one.

[Bingo]

@W1r3d you made my day :D ... so this is for you. Hope you like it.

[pixelherder]

look at you! glad to see you're still "in the zone"...keep it up!

[Bingo]

@pixelherder - You know about my medical condition right?

This is what happens when you concentrate your training all in the one place.

[Bingo]

I slapped some colour on to the above image. I'm really enjoying this one, lots of fun. Must try and finish it.

[Bingo]

Once posted I could see lots of little things I didn't like ... so before I hit the hay I thought I'd sort bits and bobs out.

[frettchen]

Loving the proportions on this new one Bingo, looking forward to seeing it finished :)

[Bingo]

Done for a speed paint ...

[Sollid]

just thought i'd let ya know that on the posing "muscle guy" the shoulder muscle connects all kindsa wrong to the arm... it should overlap the bicep and looks like an upside down triangle, and not other way around... bad explanation, point hopefully taken, just google bodybuilder and u'll see... oh and also... overarm isnt one big round muscle, biceps in front, wich can be quite round and the the 2 headed triceps wich is more slender and bulks out at the top of the arm.. i know this was some kinda caricature, but when the pic is about guns they should be done properly ;)
-arnold out!

[Bingo]

@Sollid - thanks for the feedback ... I think I understood what you mean ... I've done a quick ammendment to the painting. Hopefully I got a grasp of what you were aiming at.

Many thanks for taking the time.

http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/guns_update.gif

[Bingo]

little doodle

[Kim_bot]

Niceee. I think I'm seeing a theme of tentacles/gore/zombies? :) Sketches are great and have a nice grotesque feeling to them. Just a couple of things to note: anatomy and musculature could use some work. Also, for your colors, it seems like your palette is a little not saturated enough. I'd like to see some sharper colors or even some really dark blacks to make the images even creepier.
Just my two cents. :)

[Bingo]

Just spent 30 mins painting ... obviously it needs more time :)

[Keeviin]

I find your artworks heavily disturbing*, so I couldn't help but looking through your entire sketchbook and I rather enjoyed it.
Waiting and drooling for more
cheers

*= awesome!

[Bingo]

@Kim_bot - thanks for the comments, painting is still soemthing I'm trying to understand and to a large extent experiment with.

@Keeviin - that's great, glad you enjoyed it and hope you continue to enjoy it :)

[Bingo]

slow porgress ...

[The man with no name]

Super kryptonite tentacle of doom! well it was bound to happen parading around in his underwear like that :teeth, nice work too :D

[RokasButkys]

Haha i like the pencil sketches.
Especially the superman ;D
Cheers

[Dazzamataz]

I emailed you two days ago dude, and i've been working on a comic for the last two months and trying to be husband and dad at the same time, it's crazy stuff.Nearly finished my 4 page draft, it's for a competition for a graphic short story. just finishing the colour then effects and speech bubbles and then i'll send it off. So how's things dude?

[Dazzamataz]

it was your works email:donk:

[Bingo]

Update: Got it scanned in.

[Kan Muftić]

Nice stuff, Tony. One tiny suggestion: why not trying to have a weight scale of your lines? That would help the figures have more dimension in the space.
Great work overall!

[rusko-berger]

Hey, Tony!

A coupla things:

1. I agree with Chupacabra to an extent. I actually think you have nice line quality, and it's clear that you understand how to execute it. When you slow down and go for "finish", the line weight/values seem to book-end from medium dark to dark, though the quick "Suburban Poisoning Scene" has a comparatively much wider range. The Super-sucker Worm has it in its mushy interior creases, but the Unicycle-Mutant has it on a segregated-area basis, and the entire from is basically outlined (though I really like the drawing).

I think you'd be most of the way There if you considered how pushing and pulling your contour lines would aid in focus, eye movement, and whether a form is receding or approaching.

2. I think you'd really benefit from a much freer and looser application of "paint" when you get to the color stuff. You're inventing the light, so everything gets treated like a generic "light/mid/shadow/bounce" Rendering a Primitive exercise.

I made an example image of a super-fast and *incredibly* helpful method to get that looseness/happy accident/idea thing rolling. I don't want to be a jackass and post my thing to your personal sketchbook, so if you'd give me permission to post my example using your Superman/Worm piece, I'll put it up in my sketchbook and make you a link from here. I'd love to show you--I think you'd dig it.

Good work--I can't wait to see more! :)

best,
Nick

[Bingo]

Gentlemen (Chupacabra, rusko-berger), thank you for the fantasic feedback, just the sort of support and help I'm looking for to help me improve.

Nick, I would love to see the image, please feel free to post it ...

Thanks again gents.

[Joystx_]

the pencil version in fantastic, but coloured version is not excellent

[rusko-berger]

Thanks so much, Tony!

It went quickly & well, so I made it part of a tutorial.

Her's the link: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2449674#post2449674

See you!
Nick

Gentlemen (Chupacabra, rusko-berger), thank you for the fantasic feedback, just the sort of support and help I'm looking for to help me improve.

Nick, I would love to see the image, please feel free to post it ...

Thanks again gents.

[Bingo]

Unusual one for me as I didn't draw in pencil first ...

[Bingo]

Messed around with this sketch a little before bed ... not happy with the nose ... amongst other things ... but hey ho

[Bingo]

pencil sketch

[frettchen]

Fantastic work Bingo, definitely some of the best pencil work I've seen of yours

[Bingo]

Many thanks for your kind words frettchen ...

[Bingo]

This was how my head felt at work yesterday ...

[frettchen]

Shading on these last couple of pieces has really come on leaps and bounds bingo!

Are you going to be colouring this latest one?

[Bingo]

Having a go at painting one of the previous sketches

[frettchen]

Highlights on the muscles are looking great Bingo :D

[Bingo]

spent 20 mins trying to sort this out a little

http://www.thegraphicsengine.com/images/new_gunman_paint_wip2.jpg

[Bingo]

Another sketch ... a little more imaginative this time. Unfortunately my scanner's not great.
Is it just me or is CA having some problems?

[Bingo]

I think this is as much as I will do on this

[frettchen]

metal effect on the gun is really interesting, great stuff :D

Loving the detail on the crab as well

[Bingo]

Bit of change for me ... something a little more ... grown up.
an attempt at a portrait of my youngest daughter. It's from photo ref, when I've gone as far as I want to with this I will post the original photo as well.

It's a work in progress

Thoughts and critiques most welcome

[Bingo]

Just blocked a little more out before I hit the hay ...

[Bingo]

I'm enjoying this ... just spent 30 mins on it.

[Bingo]

I thnk I've done all I'm going to do on this. My daughter, Daisy, of whom this painting is of, wasn't very impressed.

Fail.
Harsh but fair.

[Dibujio:Guru]

It's a very nice drawing of you daughter.But the left side of her cheek is a little more out wide and her hair is kind of covering the rest.But am sure you knew that because you are not happy with the way it come out but come back to it and work on it .Trust me you will have a little more willingness to finish it.


Cheer's ...
Love your sketchbook.

[Loathsome]

Very nice work on the newest piece there.
Have you tried swapping the picture horizontally? I think you'll see pretty much every error if you do that.

Swap the photo around too for ultimate reference :) hope that helps.

[Bingo]

@Dibujio:Guru - You're right, I do see issues with it still and hopefully I will re-visit it and put them right at some point, I did however feel I'd got to a point where I was happy with what I'd done.

@Loathsome - I'm right with you there, it's something I've always done with my other bits and bobs but just failed to do with this one.

Many thanks for taking the time to comment.

Having enjoyed doing the painting of my youngest daughter, I'm going to continue to paint portraits of all my family, next stop, my eldest daughter.

It's a work in progress and I will continue posting as and when I update it.

[Bingo]

I love animated gifs ...

[Bingo]

Done for tonight ....

[Bingo]

Ok, I think I'm done with this one now ... just a few minor tweaks to the eyes and light on the face. Also an animated gif to show progression.

[sarbro]

the portraits are lovely.
With the brush you used the paintings are getting even more interesting than they already are. great job!

[frettchen]

I agree, really loving the brushwork Bingo!

It's a very different style from your normal work - loving it :)

[Bingo]

a work in progress

[Bingo]

Latest version of this portrait, my son Stan, I'm not entirely sure I'm finished here. Imay just come back to it in a while with fresh eyes

[Bingo]

Sketch done for Sketch Theatre monthly competition.
Armed and Dangerous

[Dazzamataz]

cool stuff dude love the painted stuff 'awesome' and there's alot of love in this post dude

[frettchen]

Good to see you still working away on these Bingo, it's inspiring to see your progress - keep posting!

[Bingo]

30 min paint

[Bingo]

Speed paint from photo reference. Thirty minutes.
If you at all interested I have the video of it being created on my blog
Here (http://tonyjacksonart.blogspot.com/)

[Bingo]

You'll no doubt be thrilled to see this progress.

[Bingo]

Speed Paint ... 40 minutes. Speedy to me.

[Bingo]

Quick photo of a work in progress character ... a return to previous themes
Will be scanning the final version.

[derss]

nice! rly like the body and the arms on "it" :) head and neck look abit of tho.

[Bingo]

@derss - Thanks for taking the time to comment, can you elaborate on what you think is off with the head and neck? I might be able to address it.


Just added a little more shading ... going to have a crack at painting it.

[Bingo]

Started to put some colour down

[Bingo]

Bit more paint

[Bingo]

Incremental update ... can you see this ... am I reaching you ... anyone ...? anyone ...? If there is anyone left alive out there, meet me at the water cooler everyday before sunset ... I have food, water (from the cooler) and I can protect you...

[Bingo]

Bah humbug

[Bingo]

Bumpf in progress

[Bingo]

some stuff

[Bingo]

I'm sure you'll be thrilled to know I shall probably be painting this little baby ... yes ... I thought as much.

[bagtaggar]

Delightfully vulgar stuff, I like your brush work, very unique. There is a little bit missing in the 3-dimensionality of some of the forms here and there, highlights approaching edges too closely and such, but great sketchbook, keep it up!!!

[frettchen]

Loving the style in that new piece Bingo, I really don't know why people aren't commenting in your thread - the improvement you are consistently making is really impressive

don't lose heart - keep it up, can't wait to see more