Craig's Sketchbooks: Too many ideas

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Hi CA,
My name is Craig. I was referred here by a friend, who is both an illustration major and my roommate here at College for Creative Studies.

DISCLAMER:
WELL, ITS BEEN A WHILE LAST SINCE THIS SKETCHBOOK HAS BEEN UPDATED, SO YES, OLDER POSTS AND WORKS HAVE BEEN POSTED FIRST AND UNTIL THOSE POSTS ARE BROUGHT UP TO SPEED, I'M BACKTRACKING.

[Jamesy]

From what I see, these look good....but they're really huge...so it's kinda hard to see them:(

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"Book One: Theoretical Principles" (2007-2008)

[Shmaba]

This is nice work. blah blah blah, show us some more and make sure you keep improving what you have going, blah blah blah.

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"Book One: Theoretical Principles" [2007-2008]

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"Book Two: Identity | Zero" [2008]

[Kaffinated]

Cool stuff. Welcome to CA.org plz enjoy your stay. as for my 2 cents... it say push some more values...ballpoints are quite versatile.

[maxetormer]

suscribed

[a la bapsi]

i spy priority mail stickers...
you do slaps? ~___~

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a la bapsi> well, in Miami we call them 'post ups', i used to graff write, but a long time ago in h.s.

"Horizons" [2008]

[Clodioz]

why did you do the poll?, the answer is obvious xDDDDD

Welcome to ca, really nice stuff!, keep posting :)

pd. nice weapons ;)

[Delmar]

nice edgy lines man! really cool stuff.

Would like to see some of those a little more polished, do you digital stuff too?

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Clodioz || lol thanks, this site has me in this relentless process of photodocumenting and posting. Another set tomorrow from another sketchbook...keep in mind that i am a auto design major...lol, i just have this illustrative mind that i kinda hate myself for (its a traitor art to my field...sorry, no offense to you guys. LOVE CA!)

delmar || no, i wish.

Man, some of you guys here are insane with that. I plan on trying some digital rendering soon, maybe Christmas time when I go back to Miami, back to my job where i can get a discount on a Wacom Bamboo. idk, its something i really want to do but simultaneously don't because i was trained old school.

The following project was to create a human powered machine, similar to the impact of bicycles and rollerblades...I created the Kinetica as the mechanical spirit of walking and the human motion of running. It uses a compound magnet array in each of the wheels, amplifying the motions of a user's walking strut, thus effectively amplifying nature. in the sketches, i work out in detail what exactly im drawing and figuring out.

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[ Kinetica ]

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panels 3-4

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panel 5, may post more today, mot much responses, so idk if anyone's reading this. trying to change the forum's head image. Don't know how, so if anyone knows, please let me know. :D

[a la bapsi]

post-ups. i've heared them be called that before. :D

By the way, your stuff's crisp and stylish.
You reeeaallly know what you're doing, and i'm seriously digging those kinetica panels.
subscribing. :]

[Envisor]

Crazy sketchbook dude. I'm definitely subscribing. Thanks for the visit to my sketchbook.

[localfatheaded]

really awesome sketch book, keep going, i love where its headed.

[jedininjaman]

hehe I am in high school, and I love it :)
great work
clean lines and rendering too
_jedi

[A.GEAN]

This is art.

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here's more from Kinetica, the human powered machine concept for Oakley...

Panel 6-7.

a la bapsi || thanks for the comment. did you graff, reffering to the post-ups comment?

Envisor || thanks so much, yea, i was looking at your sb, and it was real nice. i'll return the favor and subscribe too. ^_^. You go to CCAD? i was going to go there, but i am going to CCS for auto design, which is a stronger program here...

jedininjaman || yea, good times in high school. Of course my h.s was vastly different than any other in the U.S, but it was fun. Take a look at the site for DASH, my h.s...

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Panel 8-9.

[Joce]

really dope sketch book man. i appreciate the feedback i got. thanks alot for the comment and advise

[lordemian]

great sketchbook, rely like yours sketchs, and kinetika are great idea :) as i understand this is something like exoskelet on wheels . nice concept, keep it up .

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Joce || no problem, thats why we all are here, to contribute both experience and our understanding of art, subjectively. I felt that commenting on your work was going to do as much for you as posting to this site was to do for me, help my skills improve with oversight and creative constructive criticism. This helps everyone who wants to get better in any artform, for me and my profession, is an essential utility we both emphasize and champion because it filters out good ideas from the great ideas and develops great ideas into revolutionary...

here's more from Kinetica, with that reply, and for any other response i make on here, will accompany with more work. I'm working harder than ever to supply more work for display especially the IDW #74- Asteroid Miner, which i have big plans for...stay tuned to that...

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Panel 12-13

I developed further from concept to refinement, detailing two distinct version of the Kinetica concept. The Hima concept model was to be a urban, streetable version made to not only move around in urban enviroments, but enable the user to stunt and trick with the unit, allowing a greater range of physical expression. This lent itself to me, since I skate (aggressive inline), i wanted to push the concept to the subculture of extreme sports. The unit seems to play well with the idea of huge airs, grinds, and the overall stance of the unit gave a very rebellious "funk" if you will to the very intelligent feel of what direction the Kinetica was taking.

Here's panel 12-13.

[5coop]

hey man thank you very much for your comment! and wow nice range of vocabulary! You know its quite funny actually, before you commented on my sketchbook i was on yours, i looked at all your stuff, bookmarked your sketchbook to write on it later and i even answered the poll, which i thought was a good idea so i made one myself :D all this before you commented i was pretty shocked to see you happened to fall on mine, felt like you were watching me haha. I really love your sketches especially the elephant one and the sketchbook scan with the yellow watercolor. Very amazing and inspirational stuff all throughout And i really like the mixture of agony and his state of confusion in the face of your shooting soldier, the only thing that might somewhat improve your sketches, not that they really need too much improvement; is some shading to add volume to it just like you did with the elephant and soldier. However it is not necessary for all your pieces. Thank you again for your great critique :)

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5scoop || Thanks for the commentary, especially in the level of detail in your response. I appreciate you subscribing to my sb, expect a wide range of my skills and concepts to be posted in the near future. I really took to that piece as a substatinally thought provoking, more plausably classic artistic subject matter, apart from illustration. It was a great composition.

One note about my work, the self portrait piece of self reflection, in yellow, is actually acrylic washes layered over gesso treated pages, which the entire book was soaked in water for several days, left to dry, then repeated twice, leaving behind a textured treatment on the paper and the fibers stretched. My methodical process of sketchbook composition begins in deciding the ultimate concentration on what I aim to study for the sketchbook, which is dually noted in its title. I am partial to the destruction of paper, only to work on it again, pushing the medium into the paper material and developing the "soul" of the sketchbook as the artwork itself.

Well, as I promised, more Kinetica panels...

Panels 14-15 describes the evolution of the Kinetica over the course of 10-15 years to a race model. The Kaze concept model, designed for high speed running features taller, slimmer tires with more powerful drive magnets. The runner is treated as a Formula One race car, treated with a steel alloy silkscreen application to their bodies and etched with team graphics and colors. The runner takes to a linear course, that runs over a given distance, like a stage race, through over various terrain. The runners, due to the effieciency of the unit and the magnetic amplification of the operation of the Kinetica, the races are held over hundreds of miles of landscape on hybrid asphalt trackts that weave in and out of the landscape's terrain and the racers speed about at speeds over 80 miles an hour.

[SneakersSpeakers]

I'm really loving your sketchworks. I love how chaotic and organized your two page sketchbooks can be. I also love the kids with guns set, I'm a big gorillaz fan and it's awesome to see some of the style translate into something else, the effect is really pleasurable.

I've just gotta subscribe, it's ticklish for my brain.

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sneakersspeakers || i appreciate the crit, your comment actually made me laugh. Great sense of humor. In retrospect, im considering revisting a the subject, in a future setting context for one of my sb in progress, "Third Earth" (stay tuned for that). And I appreciate the subscription, I hope to supply inspiration to your works in return. Thank you again.

More of Kinetica, Panels 16-17 describe the race setting of the Kaze model.

[Med]

Oh mannn, your linework presents so much authority in your work. Your sketches have really interesting content, are you using pen to do all that?

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The Final panels of Kinetica, concluding the project with a scene of the Kaze in action.

Panels 18-20

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"One: Understanding" [2008]

[kelly x]

these new wheel pieces are fantastic!! the concept is way cool! I only say this now because I get this feedback all the time and see it in my work but, these pieces would get the vote of Wow if you worked out the anatomy a little better-the faces and bodies too, some of them are dead on and several are worth re working maybe with reference photos until you can nail it on your own. the concept and your skills as a draftsman are fantastic! work on this portion of your work and all will vote Wow... So much progress in this thread, way cool.

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kelly x || thanks for your commentary, yes, I agree with the figure work especially in the Kinetica project, but keep in mind that project was completed over 3 years ago, in 11th grade. I stated the origin of the project and its process earlier in the forum. These pieces are of archival prospects and I have yet to post any recent or current work. Keep in mind that being new to CA, i wish to illustrate not only my talent and skill, but the origin therein. There has been a lot of progress made over the past 5 years since I have began my involvement with Industrial Design, so to get to know my story, i felt that it was necessary to begin at the highlights of my past.

[kelly x]

cool and I can't believe you were 11th grade when you did those, very advanced! It's a peeve of mine when people don't read the post first too, LOL... Well, show some anatomy you've been doing... Cool. Come visit mee to... tra la la.

[Sketch]

What's going on meng. Nice work so far. I like how much you research an idea. I need to do a bit more of that.
It's awesome to find another Flying Lotus head on here! What else are you digging. I just picked up Johnson and Johnson(Blu and Mainframe), shit is so good.

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kelly x || the Kinetica project was a human powered machine concept done in 11th grad for Oakley Design. I left a crit, i believe to your sb and found it to be quite dynamic and very very sensual. A very striking aspect to your sb is the use of color and the sensuality exhibited in your composition, especially the pulp fiction piece, absolutely great.

Sketch || yes yes, I listen to a lot of vibes when designing and to inspire when creating music too. FlyLo is absolutely great, Coltrane, YNQ, Madlib, J Dilla, just to name a few, love those vibes in my head when creating...

[Clochette]

People who be able to design coherent vehicle has always impressed me...
I'd like to see a more finish design in situation, interacting with a potential user.
Keep working to clean your lines, try to tell the volume with the less lines you can :
"Perfection happens when there is nothing else to take away, not nothing else to add" Antoine de Saint Exupery.
So, I return meditating in my monastery after that! Haha!

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Clochette || keep in mind that my sb that these car sketches are just that: sketches. In my industry, these drawings are more of interpretive than something refined. With that said, your comment would apply to some of the latter drawings, as I found a direction for concept development and reinforcement to my concept.

[Envisor]

Very nice. I like your work a lot. Your sketches are so dynamic and thats probably why I like them. Keep em coming!

[FearSelf]

Thanks for commenting on my sb. Really interesting concepts, and ideas. I can't wait to see more from the journey of your mind.


One note about my work, the self portrait piece of self reflection, in yellow, is actually acrylic washes layered over gesso treated pages, which the entire book was soaked in water for several days, left to dry, then repeated twice, leaving behind a textured treatment on the paper and the fibers stretched. My methodical process of sketchbook composition begins in deciding the ultimate concentration on what I aim to study for the sketchbook, which is dually noted in its title. I am partial to the destruction of paper, only to work on it again, pushing the medium into the paper material and developing the "soul" of the sketchbook as the artwork itself.

How much water and gesso did you use? What other techniques have you used that you have found useful to manipulate your paper?

[JesArt]

Now, why would you ask that poll question, when you already know the answer to it, YES YOU OVER QUALILFY,LMAO, remove that poll question, very inspirational man, LMAO, great stuff here man, you have such control over using pen, keep em coming. Thanks

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FearSelf || According to my memory, (since it has been quite a while since) its experimentation and really pushing the bounds of the concept of medium abuse. I used to soak my sketchbooks in a basin of water, usually with an amount of used teabags for coloring or watered down gesso, then bury it somewhere for several days, usually during the wet months in Miami, as to literally soak in the earthy character of the soil into the fibers of the pages. Be aware that you must be prepared for anything: bugs, roots, even the occasional small plants growing into it, which you can control if you strewn lines of growth formula throughout the book to incite growth. Really just experiement with similar medium distress techniques. I came up with the concept in high school, as a means to explore abstraction on textured surfaces and understanding the paper plane itself as its own medium. Plus, it captures nature in a very distinct way.

JesArt || in fact, that poll question is redundant, however, I posted that as a litmus to this site. I really don't know how to remove it. I have a rolling response-post-reply sequence set in for my sb forum, so the more responses and critiques i receive, each reply receives a new post. I have plenty of work, not to mention that so far, I haven't post any new work. I am still posting relatively older work i have recently archived. So be prepared to see some more exciting, more elaborate, more masterful pieces.

[JesArt]

Your so professional man, I like that, cool, cool, as I said before you have great control over using a pen, way more than me, wat do you intend to do in art exactly ?

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JesArt || Well, I am already accomplishing a promising carrer in automotive design study, I have been involved with design for 4 years, specifically transportation design for 2 years and product design for 3 years. I learned the majority of my design comprehension and conceptual development process from my high school,DASH (http://dashschool.org).

Here's another sb, titled "Inkwell", for my studies in ink pen.

[Clochette]

"I am already accomplishing a promising career in automotive design study"
... Ok... It seems that humbleness isn't your major skill! :)
Anyway, about the crit I made on your art, I don't know why you thought it was not adapted to your sb... To keep working on clean and "one shot" lines is (to my eyes) something that every artist here should try to do, even those who have a promising career as automotive design student. :)

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Clochette || lol, i apologize if I come off that way, i don't intend to be seen as a pompous asshole or anything. As for your crit, i did take that into consideration, but remember that this is past work, nothing immediately recent. These sketch were meant to be loose, contoured, gestural lines that were more intended to keep the eye "flowing" throught the form than to tighten the form into a defined shape. (Not to disregard what you said, it's just I haven't posted any new work yet, so prepare to see more and more updates. I'll mention the work completion.)

Thank you though, I appreciate it. :D

[thesadpencil]

hey sweet sb you got here, i like your vehicle designs a lot. i think some more anatomy studies wouldn't hurt, and i would also really like to see you take some of those vehicle sketches and refine them to a finished piece. other than that just keep up the good work.

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thesadpencil || these sketches are still undeveloped and will remain that way, as I have many projects (which you will see) in the works, all of which are of all the commentary you all have been giving. However, I found it beneficial to post a collection of exisiting older works to give somewhat a chronological growth and development aspect to my sb, without having dumped a bunch of new work that may come off unexpected or random. Besides, i rather have a constant feed of work by creating a backlog of work and getting people familar to my style and configuration of my sketchbooks in the beginning rather than through a course of months (I recently joined CA last week.).

[MJ_Alcazar]

Wow, I enjoyed going through your sketchbook. Some really good stuff in here. I love ink work, it just scares the crap out of me to do it myself. :) Keep it up!

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MJ_Alcazar || lol, oh now what scares you to do this? Ink is unforgiving, yes, but it really trains your muscle memory and gets your head to understand line efficiency. Really being artistically decisive and confident. Taking risks with form and line is a great way to expand your skills vastly. I tried it in h.s, never looked back, most of my work is in pen. Now it's actually marker (sharpie) is the most frightening. But again, the same benefit, granted that it is going to be hi-contrast but getting accustomed to choosing primary lines and forms that simply and most efficiently describe your concept is one of the more advanced and integral techniques of a designer.

[Lakka]

Awesome concept man, to be honest I love it.

Keep em coming! :)

[jedininjaman]

beautiful (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=471076&stc=1&d=1222112807) work I love the lines and the movement, great work it would be nice to getr some more detail
keep it up man this niche is working for you excellently...
i have never been able to draw cars so *respect man
keep it up and stop by sometime
jedi

[rattsang]

wow your car designs are getting good, i tried this myself 2 years ago and found it very difficult- maybe id have more luck these days - would love to see a fully rendered car :)

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Lakka || thanks for viewing my sb, expect a return crit from me. As my sig says, subscribe and get ready to see some all-new work...
(Transitioning)
rattsang || Most of my new work will be renderings that have around, some concepts from a golf cart concept i completed last semester. I will post those in a few days, because i have plans to post the following sb- "Second".

[biglu]

nice f1guremeout

The figure drawings in the beginning remind me of Mode2. Very imaginative & orignal .. and I like all the energy happening with the line work. Good stuffhttp://tinypic.com/e6c66t.gif

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[FearSelf]

Very nice, I enjoy looking through your sketchbook. But in your latest post, the girl on the moped with the guy, her back looks like it's bent wrong, like it's about to snap or something.

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FearSelf || i know, i purposely did that. It looks weird but stylistically, i tried to create this overly dramatic distortion to the hunched over look. Regardless, thank you for your comment.

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On a side note, I have some designs i did in h.s, for Cadillac/ ESPN Disney for a super sportscar. Thought i'd share it.

The dimensions of the real boards (which my h.s owns) are 7' x 3' roughly.

enjoy

[PieMonster]

The ID stuff is looking good! The perspective on the leftmost cadillac in the green frame looks a bit skewed though, but that just might be the design. Keep it up. :D

[oalexis]

the amount of work you conisistently do is great! you have a great design eye for vehicles

[jedininjaman]

sweet man if you dont have a job doing this you need to get one

[jdeegz]

rad SB, found it through the IDoW =D
i really enjoyed looking through this, and was very surprised at the high school drawings, they are really good!

good luck in the auto design industry, i have a bunch of buddies that just left it because the industry is 'bleh' right now. doesn't mean you can't do it though.

later
-Jim

[Josef K.]

nice work man! thats what i call dedication! gotta push some vehicle drawing skills too - i also like your wheels on the feet concept(page1)!
wanna see more!

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PieMonster || thanks, bro. I agree on the angle skew. That was early senior year of h.s. That was before i learned major and minor axi for circles and lining that up with my perspectives. I dont know how or why i chose to stylistically draw the concept that way now. Must have seem like a good idea. sigh...

oalexis || Thank you. I am an auto design major. I primarily design cars. Most of what you may see in here is a variety of car sketches, along with some illustraive charcter and thematic concepts. Thanks for visiting and feel free to subscribe.

jedininjaman || thanks, i appreciate your visit whenever you crit my work. Your work, on the other hand, is a great pleasure to crit and check out whenever you post something. very dynamic. :D

jdeegz || thanks for the good luck, i'll need when i graduate in a few years, it's slow and rough in the industry right now, i'm not going to lie. I have a few friends in the design industry also and they tell me all the time how difficult it is to compete with the market right now. I love challenges.

Josef K. || Thanks a lot for visiting. The Kinetica ("wheels on feet" concept) was a true lighting in a bottle project for me, in 11th grade. I have a ton of work that i can't wait to share with everyone here. So get ready...I hope you stay tuned for new updates soon. It's the weekend finally...

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[Dark_Eyes]

Wow! Sick cars man, would love to see some of them fully rendered... keep em' coming.

[jedininjaman]

Hey man thanks for the kind words I love the thought that goes into these pieces makes them somewhat of an illustration even though they are concept work
something that i think would be interesting for you to do would be to make a simplified vehicle were the viewer could look at it and slowly figure out how it works, how it turns and accelerates and everything, and for you to make it stripped of eye candy just so we could see a practical vehicle and study it in a way to see what each little part does....
That would be neat, I know i would enjoy seeing that
but keep it up i love the style in these
-jedininja

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Dark_Eyes || Thanks. More cars coming after the next series of sketch spreads on the S.T.E.E.D Project...look for updates on that project...

jedininjaman || no problem on the crit, like looking at your ideas, crazy concepts and themes. On that vehicle concept, im working on several projects, including one of a crossover concept called "Sunny California", a vehicle for a aspiring DJ / Mountain biker who lives in Rialto, CA and commutes to L.A....Then there's this S.T.E.E.D project, Third Earth, the asteroid miner project im still working on personally, and many other sketches in between.

[jedininjaman]

hehe sweet.
its a little hard to get the shapes of this ride down but I love the detail and it makes it intriguing to look at ,keep going man!
-jedi

[mAkAm]

wow really great values.. can i ask you wich materials / pencils are you using, they look fine :) keep it coming i love the stories you are telling with your sketches

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jedininjaman || thanks for following my sb these past weeks, yea I'll have a more complete package, with more interpretive sketches coming soon...

mAkAm || thanks for the comments, regarding the working materials, that they vary. I'll specify in which project generally what medium it is, but nothing out of the ordinary.

Mainly most of my work is pen, nothing else. Some ink, you can see the contrast and line use in those pieces. Kinetica was a hybrid of color pencil underlay, with a pen detail drawn on top of it (on the same sheet of paper).
As for the storytelling, in industrial design, it's essential to describe in detail a concept to illustrate as provoctively, compelling, and comprehensively as humanly possible. This skill i had developed mainly throughout high school ( i described all of this in my past post replys, please read before commenting) and further interpretive skills i am developing here in college, at College for Creative Studies. I am a Automotive Design Major.

Been a bit strange to fit this into my already stress schedule, but i think now i got a flow going now. i had to do an immense photo session in my house, but i have enough to upload for the next couple weeks.

These images are from a exercise in interior concept design, looking at the 2007 Honda Fit, as a form of form inspiration.

[jedininjaman]

haha nice great lines man I love how they flow
this is a little gold mine of design
solid perspective too, you make it look pretty easy
one thing the seats seem sort of short but I would nt know just a thought
so ya keep it up, very unique area in here
jedi

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jedininjaman || thanks. Keep in mind that it's all practice, but i have a long way to go. I have plenty more to post but i'll put a batch a day or so, spread it out so everyone has a chance to see all of it. Still trying to judge for the time difference and anticipating the rush of members through the sketchbooks forum. so much more...

[MJ_Alcazar]

Loving your new stuff. The seat designs are really cool. You definitely have an eye for this. Keep it up, I'm enjoying coming over and looking. :)

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MJ_Alcazar || Appreciate the comments, im working hard here at CCS on a lot of new things (which you will see over the course of a few weeks). I hope i keeping up interest with people on here.

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I began with interior concepts, as this semester, my focus is within the interior concept design in Automotive design (next semester we switch with the class in Exterior Clay modeling). So i began a slew of drawings...

The interior concepts centered around several concepts which in this phase, Phase 1, I developed later into more concrete comprehension and detail.

1) The Pass-Thru flow was a reminiscent form language i developed for this interior direction, focusing on the harmony of folding planes and cascading shape upon surfacing. Functionally, the user can enjoy this fluid ease of use and integration of his belongings into the vehicle. The concept was to influence the design of storage compartments and allow virtually seamless transition between use and inactivity...

The ease of this Pass Thru concept can be evident in the center console features a enclosed bin, open on both sides, allowing occupants to quickly stash something into a recessed tray within the storage area. The final page in this post displays that initial direction. I removed the Environmental Controls altogether and translated it to a sliding console that is reminiscent of the classic stack, but allows that area to be used for large item to be stored here. One could enter the vehicle and toss whatever in the bin and go.

[a la bapsi]

beautiful.
you have a great grasp on space.

[kelly x]

Hi and thank you for the help, just wanted to stop by and tell you that, also things are looking great here!!!

[jedininjaman]

ya good spacing and depth
crazy good with perspective too
man I could never do these
keep it up man this is the only thread like this on here ;)
jedi :)

[Jaytea]

I love the style of your sketches; they seem so clean and the designs so sleek. Great work!

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a la bapsi || Thanks! :D
kelly x || Thank you! You're not bad yourself. :-P, :D
jedininjaman || Thanks a lot, that means a ton. Yeah, i believe I am of a few ID guys on here and I'm not ashamed to stand with these gods of illustration. hahaha :D. I will continue to supply this site with some ID substance.
Shalite || Thanks a lot for stopping by and I hope to hear more from you in the future. :D


Further development on the Rialto Interior...

[jedininjaman]

man you are a machine!
slow down for the rest of us

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jedininjaman || HAHA, well just this project alone, I draw for this class at least 35 pages a week and then add to that the dozens of other work i have yet to even mention to post. So i have plenty of past work, current, and WIPs to post that I probably will never catch up with.

[Clochette]

Nice! I like the last pencil designs.

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Clochette || thanks, these are later works now, i appreciate you stopping by. :)

[Envisor]

Wow! You are crazy dude. These are all awesome, cant believe you've got 3 more pages since the last time I stopped by. I have no idea how to critique you, your line work is superb, but I would love to see more color pieces. Wow!

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Envisor || thanks for stopping by. Its a bit of an addiction, as some posts a reply i repost with more work but i am only trying keeping up with everyone here. I have a tremendous back log of work and in need to post.

[yaowangdi]

I think you are doing a great job man

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yaowandi || thanks, i see that you're new to CA.org. Welcome and I hope to see your work here in time. :)

[roidvoid]

nice vehicles.
technical drawing has always been difficult for me so its cool to see someone else kicking ass at it

[jedininjaman]

crazy bastard
good form and spacing as usual :)
how long does one image take you?!
-jedi

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roidvoid || lol, thanks, but im not the best at this. Im only a student with a lot of practice. A lot of great designers out there, thankfully i know some of them to be mentored by. :)

jedininjaman || normally each page costs me 15-20 minutes. Too long in my book, for my experience. I'm trying to widdle it down to 5-15 minutes flat, marker and all, involving more conceptual exploration of the individual elements of my concept in each panel and considering more elaborate and visually interesting composition and presentation with my sketches.

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Its been a while (a LONG while) since I've last posted. Been involved in work deep to my neck over the past few months. I will update on all of that since the last time another time later. For now, i have taken up to participate in the latest IDW, IDW #99 - Ultimate Drawing Tool (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=155958), and looking to make a long time coming worth the wait.

The project:

...So, instead of heaving just the usual single entry with a rendering, for this round you're required to come up with at least 3 different ideas or concepts. Those can be in the form of a single sketch or several sketches with a piece of text to go with it or whatever other form you wish to put it in. However, they should be developed to a point where the viewer can at least understand the idea and is able to judge it on it's worth. A single scribble is not a finished concept usually.

Furthermore, you need to pick one of your concepts and work it out further into a final design and rendering/explanation of that design, much like the usual stuff you'll find in any IDW round. Post the concepts along with your final in a single image in the Finals Thread please.

As you might notice, the deadline is still within a week. However, since I'm working on making IDW round 100 as special and awesome as I can (including prizes and everything!) I might be a bit flexible with this deadline since it might take me a bit more time to organise things. Anyway, be inventive and engage your own creativity!
via Yoitisi (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/member.php?u=57376)

My references:

For realistic and current competition:
http://site.xara.com/news/october06/img/pencil37.png
http://z.about.com/d/graphicssoft/1/0/b/L/1/I3-wide-hand6x11.jpg
http://academics.smcvt.edu/gblasdel/art/Jackson%20Pollock.jpg
Note:reference to Jackson Pollock to the emotional abstract in which i wish to convey.

Prospective ventures for product development:
http://www.notempire.com/images/uploads/laser.jpg
http://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/15-led-throwies-light-street-art1.jpg
http://michael.aivaliotis.com/wp-content/uploads/1.png
Note:Light painting reference for conceptual method of use

Stay tuned...

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For the IDW #99 - The Ultimate Drawing Tool. (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2221741#post2221741)

My proposals:

1) The Duco Lightscribe Unit, a spacial tablet product that allows the user to sketch objects from freespace without the use of a tablet or paper.

How it works:
The user wears the wrist unit that both acts as a holder and charger for the scribe, but the image processor to transmit the live sketch to a linked computer. The user can then use the scribe to sketch objects as they see them and "draw" them as if they were to trace with a finger. The result is complied as lines and strokes on the computer screen.


Bottom line:
Think Cintiq, without a screen. You can sketch directly from your personal perspective without paper or a tablet.

2) NVision Capture Eye Camera, a image capture unit that allows the user to take photos using the blink of an eye.

How it works:

http://www.csmd.ucsb.edu/biology/eye_diagram.jpg

Light passes into the eye naturally from the motions of the iris, controlling light into the lens. From the lens of the eye, the image is reflected, upside-down, on the macula, at the back of the eyeball, in which the retina sends the color information into the brain.

Reference: http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/eyediagram/


In this process, the NVision sends a intermittent infrared light signal that receives light from the retina, as would the brain, and translates the returning information as the captured image. Thus, the user can capture true to life images, shot from not only the personal point-of-view, but even in the user's eyesight capabilities. To capture images, the user presses and holds a "capture" action function, then blinks to capture the last image to pass into the eye. The blink action triggers the unit to capture the last image transmission from the eye and then complies the data into image storage onto the processor that fits onto the eye socket.

Bottom line:
Think hyper resolution digital camera that uses your eye as the lens and shutter.

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The DUCO Lightscribe Unit

Final Panel on IDW#99 - The Ultimate Drawing Tool (http://conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2230816&postcount=2)

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=655767&stc=1&d=1240713795

[Majenkus]

Damn, this SB makes me wanna stand up and beg for buttermilk. The kids remind me of the film Tekkonkinkrit (just as my frame of reference). The transpo sketches are keen and mean. I really like seeing the progression. Really inspiring. It makes me want to practice or just cut off your hands. Obviously, going forward, you have a bright future in transpo design, but I hope you don't give up on that character element (at least for fun) in the earlier parts. The IDW project turned out nice, best thing on in my opinion. Thanks for all.

[f1guremeout]

Wow, its been a while since things have been able to slow down here and Im not sure how to come back to this other than that I have a ton of new work to upload over the course of a few months to cover the 11 months of work that I have floating around here. I do appreciate any and all that had subscribed.

You will not be disappointed.

Those new to the sb stream, there's a bit of maintainance happening, as I'm replacing older posts with updated media, new scans of the past sketchbooks and higher quality images. If you are at all curious of that work, feel free to comment and I will prioritize on those posts, otherwise, please be patient as more and more are processed.

Anyways, I'm now posting new work not just here, but on The Behance Network as well, in addition to my illustration (which now I have since swtiched to Conceptual Design under Illustration recently) I have postings of my graphic design work. So feel free to check that out, link's in the signature.

[CRUX] - 2009
Small sketchbook, exploring car design.

[Giorge]

what, you are trying a combination of abstract expressionism and industrial design , hahah, that's like exact opposites , really like to see where your going with it, take care

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Giorge: LOL, nah, it's my style, coming up as an artist first and i did the design thing for years. I treat every one of my sketchbooks like that.

[CRUX] (cont.)

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[ Humantics ] (2009)

A sketchbook personifying the human figure as angels and demons.

[derss]

hehe cool stuff. love to see some design stuff here on CA. keep it up!

[f1guremeout]

hehe cool stuff. love to see some design stuff here on CA. keep it up!

Much respect, its been a while since I last been on here, but with a ton of new work and a change of major (from Transportation and Personal Mobility Design to Conceptual Design, under illustration), i felt it was time...

[Humantics] (cont.)

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[Horizons] (cont.)

Note: This is the beginning of this sketchbook. For some reason, didnt upload, so I'm bringing it to you.

[kelly x]

Amazing work and you sketch a bit, hahahaha, love the action stuff and the fact that your here at all!!!!! How have you been and thanks for the visit! Happy every holiday there is!

[LtPlissken]

Fantastic. I am following. How did you color the pages of your sketchbook, with those splashed colors?

[a la bapsi]

have i told you how much in love i am with how you married curve and splatter? ;_;

i just...

a;ldskj;lkj be my best friend your sketchbooks are so rad ;_______;

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Kelly X || Yes, Im back and have a lot of work to show out. Glad to see you back in effect and am very glad to be back in your presence. I've been more than well and have since centered myself around my work and my life, just living it. It has all been more than well.

LtPlissken || Im glad that you can follow and I wholly appreciate it. Thank you much. To get the color I achieve on the pieces are with a lot of water and soaking acrylic washes into the wet paper. Its all the represent the "sound" i hear from color and the "sound" of the piece. It's crazy, i know, but it's of when I hear music, especially Jazz, I see colors.

[ Tripod: A Three Wheel Priniciple ]

A sketchbook series on a vehicle concept for Can-Am Spyder, redesigning the vehicle for the 40-70 rider who is looking for a safe yet exhilarating experience for the feeling of a open air motorcycle, yet the security and stability of a sportscar.

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[TRIPOD] (Cont.)

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[TRIPOD] (Cont.)

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[Organic]

A sketchbook focused on character design and exploration.

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[Organic] (cont.)

I must not be working hard enough, seeing that I havent had any new commentary. Well, to be true to my word:

No banter, all art. I'm going to continue to keep posting. LOL, I must be out of place for no one to say anything at all about my work here. >_>

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[Organic] (cont.)

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This must be boring all of you, CA. Posting and posting, more to come.
:yayca:

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More from Organic (cont.)

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[Organic] (cont.)

[prsnsweeney]

damn cant believe no one has commented here for a while your work is crazy i have to say my favorite stuff is on the first couple of pages where you hve washes and pictures cut out with your sketches i have never seen anything quite like that in a sketchbook befor i like all your work you convey a great sense of feeling and emotion in your characters one thing i would say for your latest sb on character design is push it further it lloks like mainly people with tattos or wings

my sb http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=183262&page=2

[Sharas.K]

dont stop posting, it looks awsome man and cool characters by the way. Do you use some reference for them ?

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prsnsweeney || I know. It's strange to me that I used to get at least one, maybe 2 comments a week, if anyone was liking my posts, but idk. Maybe people just look, don't touch [talk].

>_>

I appreciate the comments left, hope that you can subscribe and recommend the thread to anyone interested. I'll be sure to consider that crit as I progress on with my work in the near future. So hope you're watching closely.

:sungod:

I have so much work to post now, that I could care less that if anyone is even paying attention.

More from Organic...

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[Organic] (cont.)

I just remembered that I have much more to scan from this sketchbook, so there's more to come for Organic.

[LtPlissken]

Ha, I almost forgot about your work. Great that you updated.

[f1guremeout]

LtPlissken || Ha, at one point, so did I. I stopped posting a while back because of the lack of interest from CA and that I had other things to do. But I'm back to posting and a ton of new work to post.

Hope to hear from you again. :D

Miscellaneous car sketches that I have laying around.

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More crap that was in a corner of my room.

[Juniversal]

Found your link in in your sig in another thread and had to leave a comment. Love the last vehicle designs posted and your other material is great. Very urban. My first post btw. ;) Keep up the good work.