= february 25 = (big update)

[wes9000]

hey guys,
havent posted anything or updated my site in a reeeeeeeally long time...im in the process of compiling all my new work into digital format right now so i can entirely update my site.
so tonight i scanned a bunch of pages from my sketchbook....i still have another 30 or 40 more pages to scan in, plus about 75 self portraits that ive been doing daily (thanks for all the inspiration android)
and then i have tons of stuff that wont fit on the scanner so that will all come soon...

i guess ill just use this thread to post stuff periodically as i compile more...



okay here we go, a few of these go back a few months, but most of them were done in the past month or two

drew this one tonight at a coffee shop
http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/hotcocoa.jpg

ref used for the girls face
http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/branchwings.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/argyle.jpg

did this yesterday. used ref for the pose of the girl
http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/headbrace.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/checkered.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/zachariah.jpg

used ref from a photo, but it looks nothing like the photo now
http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/cowboy.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/mattfitz.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/absinthe.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/catherine1.jpg

used ref for the girls face
http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/bluegirl.jpg

a mike tyson stencil i made, with a sketch from a photo in the Fruits fashion book
http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/fruitstyson.jpg

another sketch from the Fruits book
http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/fruitsfro.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/horse.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/icecream.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/iguana.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/puppetgirl.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/redridinghood.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/sketchyheads.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/shrunkenhead.jpg



okay more to come,
let me know what you all think...

[wes9000]

some more


http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/badhair.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/fatman.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/gladiatman.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/medoan.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/moietmore.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/paintingcrit.jpg

heres CA member siskolp lying on the floor during a crit heheh
http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/ryanmovens.jpg

done from ref
http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/spacemonkey.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/starsed.jpg

preliminary sketch for a large scale drawing i did (3.5 x 4 ft)
http://www.wesleyburt.com/forum/umbrellasketch.jpg

[jmascho]

Yeah, we've just been PWN3D...

Glad you've found the time to post. Nice work on the faces and characterization. Any of these becoming paintings?

[stephen]

damn wes, youre getting a helluva lot better, when you comin down to LA maan??

[Deth Jester]

wow.. simply amazing Wes... your stuff is truly inspirational...

thank you for sharing.. I can't wait to see the rest of your stuff... :)

peace
-mike

[JoshuaTheJames]

Pardon Me..While I go Die...

Seriously Wes. You have something great there. I'd like to know where you are going to be directing your work towards. I would assume you are caught in between Fine Arts and Illustration to pay the rent.

I would love to see a very crisp/tight finished piece.

I can't wait to get my new stuff up. I should have my knew site in Dec.

-Joshua

[Jaku]

ooooh aaaaah

Except the ones you said you used photorefs... were all of those came out of your mind? or there are some life drawing too?

[gasmask]

man nice to see some new stuff from you, ur use of pencil is amazing keep it up.

[RudeCorleone]

these are very nice. i love all of them

[Sammy]

...Lord...

[ericdee]

...Lord...Jesus...whatever, this drawings are simply great!!! Maybe its just the coffee, I have to visit the same shop!
Cheers, Eric

[roger]

Damn, I love every single line of these pages! Breathtaking.

[Dan.v.D.]

omfg!

killer lines+ values+ everything!

/me ph34rz

[Dan.v.D.]

u just reminded me of what i was going to do the whole day!

[gekitsu]

oooooooooooh :)

beautiful. (damn, you already know you rock, so i wont repeat it one more time)

wes, you seem to work at quite a large size. do you have some pointers for a small-drawing moron who wants to adjust to drawing larger (=me)?

[Fipse]

Great stuff, thanks for sharing. Very inspirational!

Fipse

[Lung_bug]

it's really, -really, good to see you back

[Landmate]

made my day :)

[endregan]

amazing lines

inspiring work

:eek:

[Dan.v.D.]

i vote best of CA! ;)

[donkeyslayer]

:eek: :bash: :beer: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
those are AMAZING. it is nice to see that you are still around, wes :D

[geoffd]

oh SNAP! this stuff is boss!!! that fat dragon guy looks kinda like ron jeremy!! hahaha and the stars wars homies made me laugh. good stuff good stuff.... glad to see you're still going and i can't wait to see more. one of my favs.

[metalwinds]

DUDE! its great to see you posting again, man im stoked. how long were those 2 life drawings of the girl?

geez, thats enough inspiration for me, time to draw!

peace

[wes9000]

thanks guys

jmascho- heh thanks man. yeah as soon as i get some digital picture of paintings ill post them

stephen- heyyy man, yeah im finishing up school in may...maybe ill end up in LA i dont know yet. ill be out there at some point sooner or later

deth jester- thanks man

joshuathejames- hey thanks man, yeah i tend to work more on my fine art stuff and do freelance concept work on the side and this sort of stuff in my sketchbook. more finished work? yeah its coming, as soon as i get some photographs of it all...keep in mind this is just my sketchbook

jaku- thanks, and yes, unless otherwise stated, everything is drawn from my head or from life. there are only a few that have stuff done from ref

gasmask, rudecorleone,sammy- thanks guys

ericdee- heheh thanks, i dont even drink coffee though

roger, danvd- thanks

gekitsu- well all of these posted so far are right out of my sketchbook which is 8.5" x 11"..letter size. i guess for working on large scale drawings though, the best advice i have is to just tackle it and start working away at whatever youre doing. it might take a while for something to form, but dont give up. try using charcoal or paint or something that you can cover large areas quickly or broadly and then refine from there. also dont get caught up ion little details at first.

fipse, landmate, endregan, donkeyslayer- thanks guys

lungbug- hey man, thanks, your sketchbook thread is looking great, hope to see some more

capt. harlock- heh yeah he does look a bit like ron jeremy. oh yeah those two star wars guys are actually from a picture of me and my friend on halloween a couple weeks ago. im wearing a c3po helmet and a button up shirt and black tie. my buddy doan was wearing a nien nunb mask heh.

metalwinds- thanks man, those two drawings of the girl were probably around half an hour to an hour each..? im not sure...she posed for a while for each

[thomasaurus]

fucking insane

[xia]

Holy Shit! Man!:chug:

[rubygenesis]

always a treat to catch some latest work from wes! hey thanks for the dump, these are fantasticly sweet. =)
hehe i know where some ispiration came from wicked. ~_~
peace~

[Android]

holy shite Wess, your a monster, cant wait to see your reflections.

great work!
aj

[siskol p]

what up wes?

loved your rendition of me, and... just about everything else thats up there. but i'm not gonna say anything now that i haven't said before, so i'm just gonna save my time and sum it all up under GOD DAMN....

[Main Loop]

dude... how long have i been waiting for this? too long.. its sunshine on a cloudy day! peace

[jester]

You have more to scan and post? Come on then, give me my dose of wes-sketches!

Thanks a lot for sharing, I think I learnt a lot just from looking at your pics.

Jester

[Lukias]

Damn Wes, been waiting for this. You're the man.
Knowledge is always growing and it really shows.

[TheDirtSyndicate]

wow. just plain wow.

[Bombesei]

Your BFA will be a mad-house with people camping out all LOTR-tickets style, hehe.


-Nick

[jrr]

great work wes

[cotron]

jesus! much respect!

[Wednesday]

very groovy :)

[I.was.ink]

Damn, this is one of the sickest sketchbooks here.

I love your stuff man, You inspire the hell out of me. :thumbsup:

GRacias Gordito!

[sic1]

Originally posted by cotron
jesus! much respect!

that's what i said

more! :chug:

[killing.people]

these are awesome. looking through your sketches i realize i do not ever draw from photos, maybe that is something i should try. first is first; anatomy ;)

fucking slick sketches wes. hmm, maybe i should pay you $50,000 in loans instead of my school - i am sure you could think up a more effective curriculum :o

[Yiako]

Wow. You have a f**g whole suite in my particular Olympus from right now!

[ShawnYe]

Really good works.. very inspiring.

[Phuzion]

well done wes. I was wondering when you were going to post some more. Seems like some of our younger, kick ass artists are keeping so busy with school that they don't update as often as I'd like ;p. Hehehh. Props man! Peace

[garg]

Amazing work.. I love it.. Can not wait for more

[metaphysiks]

great to see an update. very inspirational. i really think that you have a better control over your contrast and hatching after comparing these pics to older ones. you are also able to bring out realism in your figures faces with more success. keep it up and i look forward to more.
meta

p.s. can we expect to see some mechanical things

[OrangeCatNinja]

wowowowowow!
beautiful work! so inspiring

[AmadorL]

:scared:

[steady]

ART BEAST!:eek:

[strych9ine]

Holy shit, pure fucking gold here.

[Anto]

wes...just excellent man

if i could draw like that - i would never stop
someday hopefully - thx for the inspiration

[stormeffex]

man, i was just wondering when you were gonna give us a peep at your books. lo, and behold this thread appears...awesome. i love your stuff, i thought i was on a roll, but you just gave me a kick of reality. thanks for the wake up call.

2

[cybermonkey]

hey wes..that page all in blue..how did you color that? it looks fantastic
..the other stuff is pretty ace too

[AndreasM]

Your scetches are completely awensome! I will learn alot by just studying this post.

Ps: Am I wrong if I say that you and Lungbugs scetches have alot of similarities? I noticed that both of you have the same strong outline and shading..

Anyways, keep rocking!:rock:

[SwitchbladeArchitect]

i jest blew my load.....crikey

[cateaic]

:wipes drool from chin: dam these kick ass!!!

[Jamaludin]

haleluja praise thee lorrdddd... I have been seeing your art for a long time and I thought back then that your art was just great, inspiring, beautifull, and very creative and I thought back then that your skills were MAD just could not get any better. I was so wrong even you are getting better its just sickening its looking even better then a while ago unbelievable, every drawing has so many atmosphere to it I love your work. Now im gonna practice like I do every evening, great work. You gotta be proud of that, cya when I cya !

[Robolus]

Oh boy, what a great, great sketchbook! ...give´s me + 100 % motivation!!! I would really like to see your SP´s! :chug:

[soul8o8]

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i haven't sketched with pencil and paper for like 2 years, i don't know why, i just haven't. You just made me pick up my pencil again, i'm not kidding. im serious. i am forever grateful! respect wes!

CA kicks ass.. thanks to everyone for your inspiration! aah! ..im in tears..

:bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow:

[daarken]

geez, inspiring enough to make me quit art and leave it all up to you! very awesome stuff, it brings a tear to my eye

[fell]

im always blaming myself for being so influenced by you.

you envolve so fast! i know that it is mostly because of the extreme talent, but tell me, hows the art education over your school? im starting to get some drawing lessons, and i already can see the results.
god wes, i'm not even joking when i say you are the best drawer around the net. much respect bro

[mtw]

Wow. I lost track of time looking at all those drawings.

What kind of drawing tool do you use?

[behemot5]

:chug:

[Isric]

my god......

you inspired me last year when I first found your work, seeing this stuff is like finding a whole new artist to inspire me all over again. Thank you for taking the time to post these...they're magnificent. Effective mood, amazing figure work, and a style that screams 'pro'. Very very nice.

[Aidan]

Everytime I'm looking at your art, I just want to scream out an overwhelming feeling inside of my stomach.

There's just a small number of artists, whose art causes this feeling.

[Loga4]

wes9000=SuperArt!
Wonderful stuff,mate!

[klid]

great figurework, great rendering, yer almost a legend in cleveland and u havent even graduated. u rock

[wes9000]

thanks again guys, i really appreciate all the comments and feedback...

android- thanks alot man, im going to hopefully scan in all the selfportraits ive been doing sometime soon

nick/bombesei- hahah thanks...yeah we'll see...well you wont, youll be in new york. lucky bastard

metaphysiks- thanks glad you noticed

cybermonkey- the blue page is toned with marker refill ink...a la elcoro's method...then pencil and color pencil done on top

fell- yeah the art education at my school is pretty good. it depends on your major. its sort of like youll have at any other school, there will be just a few teachers that will really teach you and have alot of stuff you can learn from...

mtw- pretty much all the stuff i posted is pencil, wooden ones and mechanical ones. theres a little marker and ink thrown in here and there too.

majestyx- haha cleveland legend? do i know you?

[wes9000]

took some digital camera pics of some stuff in my studio today so i thought id post em...


heres two larger paintings i did several months ago. theyre both about 2' by 4', oil on board. too bad you cant really see all the texture. these arent the best photos.

http://www.stormpages.com/wes9000/2003/dec/blacknoseduo.txt

http://www.stormpages.com/wes9000/2003/dec/blacknose1.txt

http://www.stormpages.com/wes9000/2003/dec/blacknose2.txt


heres a painting i did about a month ago...oil on canvas. approx. 40" x 40". ..

http://www.wesleyburt.com/bfa/jacqanddoan.jpg


couple figure drawings...

http://www.stormpages.com/wes9000/2003/dec/doubledoug.txt

http://www.stormpages.com/wes9000/2003/dec/johndrawings.txt


the one print i have of an intaglio plate i was working on before a bunch of my stuff mysteriously disappeared..

http://www.stormpages.com/wes9000/2003/dec/print.txt


heres another one from a few months ago.
graphite/spray paint, 30" x 40"
http://www.stormpages.com/wes9000/2003/dec/pilot.txt


another older one. graphite, 22" x 30"
http://www.stormpages.com/wes9000/2003/dec/selfwithmonkey.txt




and then i think i posted a picture of this one a while back. but i took a better photo today so here it is again...
graphite and oil turpenoid wash, approx. 40" x 50"

http://www.stormpages.com/wes9000/2003/dec/seafigures.txt

and a close up
http://www.stormpages.com/wes9000/2003/dec/seacloseup.txt




i also took a handful of pictures of stuff on my walls in my studio...these are huge ..so check em out from these links if you want. you can see lots of smaller drawings that ive yet to scan in and all sorts of stuff i have pinned to my walls...you can probably spot some printouts from conceptart members too...

http://www.stormpages.com/wes9000/2003/dec/studio1.txt

http://www.stormpages.com/wes9000/2003/dec/studio2.txt

http://www.stormpages.com/wes9000/2003/dec/studio3.txt

http://www.stormpages.com/wes9000/2003/dec/studio4.txt


was just fooling around in photoshop with a picture of me in my studio, so here it is too...
http://www.stormpages.com/wes9000/2003/dec/admeflat.txt

[AmadorL]

dude you are insane! where are you going to school at?

A

[wes9000]

heh thanks man....
i go to school in cleveland ohio...at the cleveland institute of art

[JoshuaTheJames]

I finally! finish this year..when are you due out?

-Joshua

[endregan]

just when i thought u were amazing. these huge oils paintings rock!!

you have your own studio? thats pretty awesome. suprised you could afford one, the school costs so much to go to! how do you afford to go to school with fees like that and still eat?

i live in canada and when i hear tuition was like 10000 not including tons of other fees, im amazed you have a place to live :P. thats so much here!!

anyhow, awesome artwork, your definitely going somewhere bud! inspiring

[MrMojo]

...I love you.

It's so great.

[Sinix]

Your realism is stunning.

[Jamaludin]

dang just when I thought you only were the master of the pencil, it turns out your master of the brush as well !? Geez great looking oil paintings, and your studies look fabby as well, I cant comment on anything since I aint that good ( yet ) Good luck and keep it up, its all looking beautifull really breathtaking.. cya when I cya !!

[pogonip]

Ohh wow..... It's wierd to know of someone ...that you know will someday have works hanging in places like museums in New York,Chicago,LA .... Your work is amazing ?? Serious question ...do you already have dealers/private collectors interested in your work ??? Do you have people wanting you to do shows yet ?? ...Please keep your strength I know the artworld can be very stressful but you will be one of the greats if you keep a good attitude and passion for art .

[stephen]

hey wes, really lovin those larger paintings. I've had an itch to do big ones myself, but.. i just cant find the space to do them! nice work man.

[Dan.v.D.]

uhmm... nice....

:eek:

[wes9000]

thanks guys

josh- yeah this is my last year too, finishing up in may...looking forward to it.

endreagan- heh no i dont have my own studio that i rent or anything like that. this is my studio in the drawing department of my school...all the drawing majors have their own little space in this huge room with a bunch of movable walls and stuff. yeah theres no way i could afford my own personal studio right now. i barely scrape by and i have scholarship that covers my schooling.

mrmojo, sinix, jamaludin- thanks guys

pogonip- thanks alot, its nice to hear that someone thinks that, i appreciate it. YEah i've started building up a base of contacts and buyers interested in my work...i'm still mostly producing work for school right now, but that will all be coming soon. ive done a handful of group shows around cleveland with other young artists and its alot of fun. thanks again, ill try to keep it up

stephen- thanks man, go for it anyways, you dont need a ton of space to work large! i do lots of this stuff on the walls of my bedroom

danvd- heh thanks

[stormeffex]

man wes, your stuff rocks. you'll definitely get something once you get out. good luck man. so what are you gonna do for your thesis?

[klid]

Originally posted by wes9000

majestyx- haha cleveland legend? do i know you?

naw, we "spoke" via email before. and we know some of the same people. like Mr. Boooooo in the 4th painting down. some CIA kids came into the bookstore i work at and that big peice with all the figures popped into the conversation

[TheDirtSyndicate]

damn dude, your work just takes me to another place. like another dimension.

[davi]

fuck

[endregan]

awesome wes. you are forunate. youve put that scolarship to use thats for sure.

what sort of scolarship covers that large amount of money? id be interested haha :)

[-The Swift-]

hey wes, this is about my 3rd post on this website(i just joined) just wanna say-WOW!!!!!!!!! great truely awesome.

[Ra Havok]

Holy smoke.



....



*speechless*
:eek:


So much skill poured on paper. It's a visual orgasm!

[Zebz]

I've been lurking around your posts and sites for a while now and apparently I'm not the only one drawing inspiration. Wes, it's so cool the way you handle value. I'm just starting out as an art student and was wondering if you could give me any helpful pointers in those areas. Y'know what to practice and stuff. And it looks like you use pretty soft pencils as well. What's your standard sketching tool? You really need to add some tuts or something when you update your site. I absolutely love your faces. Sorry to flood you with compliments. I just really love your stuff. Keep it up. I'll be lookn' for updates.

Ryan

[Atmospheria]

GOD DAMN...!! Man i love every line of your sketch...your characters are full of life...u doing just traditional stuff or also making concept art for a studio or something? i'm just curious.

[Rusty]

be a crime not to reply to this thread....Im just completely blowen away by your skills Wes,im iching to try my hand at oils after looking at these..im not very comfortable with oils i have to say..
your figure work is perfect if you ask me..
wish i could think of something original too say,but everyone else has already said everything..

to much wes
Rusty

[Chris J. Anderson!]

Great stuff, nice details, refreshing drawing style.

[J.Mac]

you are so amazing!!!! That is all there is to it. What year are you? this is my frist semester at art school and seeing your work makes me want to be that much better.
:jawdrop:

-Jesse

[Form]

am i the only one who thinks that Davi and Wes look very similar (both in SP's and sometimes IRL)???

Wes, booyahrific shit here mon. Toight as a toiger. (That means good). You know the pic with you sittin with a drawing pad and theres amonkey behind your head? SP or wat?

[spok]

...sweet mother of cheese....are you god?.....

[quantas]

man wes.....

it sure would be nice if you would post some stuff. i am sure you are busy and all that crap, but come on.... i'm dying here.

[boehmke]

Black Nose owns my life.

[killing.people]

its funny how painful those thinly peeling layers of my ego are; sledge hammer mashed knuckles. honestly your artwork is so good it doesnt hurt, those are some amazing fingers you have.

http://www.stormpages.com/wes9000/2003/dec/blacknose1.txt

[MindCandyMan]

awesome

[Sedone]

Great, great work, Wes. I'm impressed.

[Sammy]

none of us told you to stop!! MORE!!

[AmadorL]

yeah i second that emotion!

[obid619]

:D shit where the hell where you? your work is too awsome to be missed

[Sammy]

ok.. let me reiterate ..

*Standing - Mother Fuckin' - Ovation*

[gallen0]

Very impressive!!! I like yours faces a lot!

[al-x]

Originally posted by Rusty
be a crime not to reply to this thread...

Thats true. And I wouldn't want to do anything criminal (god forbid ;) ) So I'll better reply then.

Wes you're one of the biggest talents I've seen on the net. Your still so young and can do those amazing oilpainting, plus that you're one true master of the pencil. I bow to you.

[steak-tron]

so damn good, [sound of clapping, and bowing and doffing of hat]

[Form]

meh, its not THAT good..........*RUNS!!!!*

wes, you complete me.......:confused: ............ima go now :D

[Ottar]

What they said, but with a slightly higher dosage of pleading for more.

[AndreasM]

Wes, where did all your self portraits go? Have I missed a thread or something? I miss your work..

[wes9000]

thanks everyone
ill try to do another mass scanning binge sometime soon so i can post some more stuff
ill try to scan some of the self portraits, there are tons, so ill probably just scan a few.

zebzfree- just sketch from life as much as you can. as for tools, i mostly just use H,F,HB,and 2B wooden pencils and sometimes a .5mm mechanical pencil. usually just whatever i can find lying around.

atmospheria- i mostly do the traditional stuff and sketches, but i do freelance concept stuff on the side when i get time.

[J.Mac]

Can't wait! but i guess i have to :D

-Jesse

[Form]

less spam
more scan

[TheDirtSyndicate]

wow. your work takes me to a whole new place man. a whole nother world.

[wes9000]

thanks again, I'll be adding some new stuff here soon....

in the meantime, i posted a bunch of pictures from my BFA exhibit just now...over in the finally finished section

http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21651

[dakoscwash]

fucking shit

[spok]

my thoughts exactlly...

[Groover McNab]

Damn. One of the best sketchbooks I've seen here. Can't believe I just ran across it today.

[blindthief]

those are just some stellar renderings.

[gaboartpage]

Hey Wesley, you have an amazing work
here, congratulations, i hope you keep
posting some more .... one of my favs

is one you used on your BFA presentation
a guy sitting on a chair with a hat flying
above him.... 4 hands feet sequence :D

I would like to see more of your " sequence "
you do in the same drawings and more
fabrics designs on your characters
( like the socks on the firsts nudes
of this thread)..... you know mass and volume
very well how to follow up cloths ......

and post your portraits too
:) :) :) :)

Ah, and also those shine details you do
on eyeballs ... very good lines and presentation
around eyes area :D :D :D :D

Saludos y Buena Suerte
Gabriel Garza

[mogando25]

Way COOL stuff. Amazing sketches man!

[Sean]

Just spectacular. Some of my favorite stuff on the boards...

[qstom]

GENIAL¡¡¡ one OSCAR For YOU men '''''' hehehe.

[imglue]

wes you rock my socks.
thanx for the tip on the anatomy book, i got it and its helping me alot!
kudos and keep it up

[wes9000]

time to update....!!

had such and awesome time in austin and meeting everyone..
as promised, im going to try to start posting more..so i scanned in a few things tonight



first up, some pages from my sketchbook that i posted in "finally finished" a week and a half ago...


no reference, out of my head. the color areas are stickers.
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/plantedseed.jpg



drew the 2 old guys at a coffee shop, the rest is out of my head
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/brandnewcolony.jpg



done from life
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/carla.jpg



all out of my head
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/comedownnow.jpg


done from photo ref i shot
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/floorland.jpg


all out of my head
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/grenadier.jpg


done from life
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/self1.jpg
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/self2.jpg

[wes9000]

okay now for the new stuff...

was working on this right before going down to austin, worked on it on the plane and in the airport waiting around for Bomba to show up.
its all out of my head. well except for those stairs, which were sorta done from life
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/outofshadow.jpg


same story, started before coming to down to austin, worked on it along the way
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/moonlitsea.jpg


drew this on the first day of the workshop, Miss Conduct posing for about an hour and twenty minutes
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/missconduct.jpg

workshop day 2

really quick poses
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/kathryn1.jpg


worked on this one for about 45 minutes
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/misty.jpg


more quick qestures later on
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/workshopgestures.jpg



here are some drawings i did later on in the week in Austin...

all out of my head. i dont think im done with this one yet...want to paint on it a bit with some gouache...
done while listening to way too much Postal Service heheh
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/nothingbetter.jpg

again, out of my head. did this one at The Spiderhouse while sitting around with Jason, Andrew, and Lono one night
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/reverberate.jpg


another one done while sitting around with Jason at The Spiderhouse another night
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/wiltedbarrier.jpg

[wes9000]

okay , now for some sketches i did this afternoon and tonight...

did this one while listing to the song Respiration, by Black Star, on repeat for a little while this afternoon.
I sometimes like to listen to the same song over and over while im drawing and let the song sort of create the image...
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles//respiration.jpg



hardcorepixxx really inspired me to pick up a pen again, so i did this afternoon and did these sketches...
thanks hpx!

listening to the song '93 till infinity' by souls of mischief
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/tillinfinity.jpg


real quick one
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/wrinkle.jpg


listening to converge
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/highwind.jpg

[Rkhon]

Wowee Thats some incredible sketchbook work!

mhmm mhmm now i see that mine needs some more work...much more.

[xia]

Your pen work Rock the house!!! Love them.

[|NTeRN]

seeing you and metalwinds post right after each other is like getting 2 presents at once, and for some reason like getting punched in the gut twice.

i really like how on your last pic everything flows together. it has a really nice graff element to it. Wes your are really inspiring me to to draw a lot more, and a lot more of it from life. it was awesome meeting you in Austin. keep it up man

[jetpack42]

Ditto what |intern said...Amazing. You rock Wes, it was cool meeting you in Austin.

[metalwinds]

hey wes, it was a pleasure hangin out with you in austin. .however short it was. hope youre up for hangin out more at the next austin workshop.

i wish there was something useful i could tell you. ..something that would help you improve your work, but i cant think of anything. these drawings are on point. ..the compositions, concepts, everything. i also really like how you incorporate environments and perspective into you pages. hope you continue to post in your sketchbook. ...seeing your drawings gets me amped.

talk to you later, bro

[Skank]

FUCK :cyclops:

[obid619]

OMG

OMG

OMG

OMG

:Pimp: < that is THE pimpin artist named wes!
DONT STOP POSTING PLeaSE !!!!

your pieces are yummy like candy :yummy: :yummy: i must have more yummies :yummy: :yummy: :yummy: :yummy:

[Main Loop]

wassup wes,

ive been a fan of your stuff for like a year now.. i actually knew about your site before i knew about this one, i think i followed the link on jon foster's site.. you and coro's site inspired me to join.. you and him have inspired me to sketch a lot more than i did before.. ive seen improvement since that old site.. mainly in your composition and environments, use of abstract design and geometric form and such.. always a pleasure when u post.. thats cool that you listen to hip hop too.. when i hear the song Respiration, i think of a really bleak concrete city under a bright evening sky.. i like your take on it though..
only suggestion i can think of is to push you expressions some more, and gestures.. your gestures are already good, i think you can challenge yourself to push em even further..

[Eric Drobile]

FUCK :moon:

[insane visions]

good stuff wes.....wish we could sketch again...soon my friend

[Angela]

shit... i love your stuff.. im so speechless....

[I.was.ink]

Damn, wes. These are great!

I also listen to songs over and over again. One song that I love is "Clubbed to death by Rob D" (the matrix soundtrack). I can listen to that song for hoooooourrs and draw.

Very inspirational stuff wes. !:thumbsup:

-Iwasink

[Retinal Haze]

I like your work alot. The depth, the linework, the rendering quality, everything. Superb!

[Ra Havok]

*GAWK* .... *GAZE* ... *SWOON*

--warning: corny stuff below--
Wes, your sketches hit me on more than a visual level, hell, they hit me on all sorts of levels... I'm not even talking what's behind the images, just the images make me all mushy and stuff. There's such .. grace over them.
And I don't even wanna begin talking about their sheer perfection from a technical point of view.


*more swooning*




PS: THANKS FOR SHOWING!!! Whenever I need inspiration or motivation, a quick glance at your sketches and paintings always do the trick.

[killing.people]

i want to draw like that! mmeh!

i really enjoy your mixed media pages.

[Jonny]

i could imagine that respiration piece being a movie or game cover. Your work has a real cinematic quality to it. I always wonder if there are stories behind these characters you draw.

[Summer Pudding]

sensational stuff again wes

god, I so wish I could have gone to Austin. Sounds like you guys had a great time.

[Ryu]

Incredible stuff,
i love the composition aspect of all your out of heads sketches...
You got a sense of shading without ref which is really amazing!
How did you acquire it the most? drawing from life?
You finished your school sometime ago right?
the thing is i'm starting art school next year, i don't know what to expect, any tips or advices would be great if you have the time, 'cause i really dig your technique...
Final silly question, what pencils? :p ya know, always thinking the tool make the artist, an illusion to survive your sketches :)

Thx for posting theses, that is partially why i wanna devot my life to art...

[IcePenguin]

Wow. Awesome work!
I too am curious as to how you acquired your sense of shading without ref.

[Jamaludin]

Wow WES, I loved those sketches on the first page but I saw them some time ago and I check your website regurarly, im loving it. I dig all the work from austin, and I was excited to hear you put some song on repeat and work from there, I do the same so maybe im on the right track with my drawing sometime ;)

I would really dig to know what pencils you use soft like 2 or 4B, or hard ones 2H 4H, or a midtone, anything you use for your sketches would be cool to know. Thanks allot for the inspiration and I cant wait to see more :nerd:

[D.O.Jones]

Holy shit Wes, you're leaking radness all over the place.

Don't stop the rock!

[Bretton]

wow! nice figures and shading.

[dakoscwash]

Wow man... this stuff is amazing wes. It's funny how I can look at your creative work, and be sure its done from reference. The shading and lines are just so damn good. Shows me how much more I should be drawing. Fantastic work man.

[Victor B]

your posts are a blessing.... wow but really please continue to post ! p.s. i love the postal service

[endregan]

THANKS SO MUCh

Finally Wes is posting again.... You are a huge inspiration man!

Your sketches have such energy and are dynamic in all areas. You sir are a bundle of imagination and I love it...

I hope one day to even begin to reach your skill level my friend...

Keep doing what you love, I am loving it. I can tell you put love into your work..

[fukifino]

I think Skank said it best when he said:

Fuck! :whoa:

I agree with Johnny too..I was trying to figure out what I really dug about these little pages, and that's pretty much it..they all have a great compositional quality to them, much like a movie poster or book cover. Tasty!

[strych9ine]

Dude, it's about time you updated. :chug:

Great stuff here man, I love the abstract shit you tie the piece together with as much as the figures.

It was cool meeting you... too bad our room was so goddamn cramped with 5 people already. Oh, and I have to thank you for the sketch you gave me in Austin... I got a page with your and Insane Vision's sketch on it that seriously inspires the hell out of me.

[Dahsramu]

wes - your stuff is the hotness.

looking at your art, to me, is like having a group of supermodels walk past you in a crowd - there's so much beauty that is displayed in such a quick amount of time that it's dizzying. When it's all over you know that you witnessed something beautiful but were too small and weak to completely comprehend it. To fully absorb each page I'd have to stare at it for a few hours - a few minutes is never enough.

in other words: it's good stuff.

I also wanted to say that "Black Star - Respiration" is one of my all time favorite songs ever and the artwork that you created through its inpiration goes with it very well. The train is a strong metaphoric element in the song, and I like the way you portrayed how it is moving through an abstract, almost free-forming track.

Anyways, keep growing so you can keep blowing us away.

-Umar

[elboy]

I think your work is some of the first I saw on CA, but I forgot about it (shame on me). then months later I saw that you needed a room in the austin hotel thread and everyone started offering space in their rooms. then at the workshop people would point and whisper "that's wes9000" whenever you walked by. needless to say, people really like your work, so after returning from austin I had to check out your stuff (again).
yea. wow. you make good stuff, no reference required. even coro said you were scary cause you can paint in addition to drawing. I like to think your user id is wes9000 because you and your artwork are so advanced that both of you are from the future. (conversely, my jokes are so lame they're from the past) -.,-;;
we dig your stuff, futureman.

[bRyaN]

I was wonderin when you were gonna update , i was about to go and hunt you down...

some of this shit is fuckin phenomonal...the music inspired stuff are my faves...

It was great meetin you and actually hangin out...we'll meet again in Texas next year...check you later

[klid]

:shocked: damn these are great, if i ever happen to just walk past u randomly in cleveland, its gonna be an instant mojo theft.

the respiration pic is insane specially since that my favorite song on that cd. great work :clapping2

[EVIL]

:xx: .. I want to be Wesley Burt..


isnt there a dummy book for this?

"How to become Wesley Burt for dummy's"

I would definatly buy it :)


speechless

Your faces are so lifelike, and they are from your head.. I mean.. SHIT!! I almost crapped myself when I read your comments with the images. "done this from my head" .. I want to shootmyself for being 20 and not near as good as wesley here. I am drawing all my 20 year long life.. maby I havent taken my art serious enough. Definatly something to think about on sleepless nights.

I need to get my freaking ass out and do something with my art.. I must improve!! MUST!!!


Thank you!

[stephen]

good work as usual wes. really like how you set up the pages very collage like.

making me wanna post something!

peace

[Marko Djurdjevic]

Wes,

after meeting you, you should know that I rarely get excited by art. Most of the time I am just passing by, not noticing the world around me. Your work, combined with your silent personality has changed something for me though. You are a very special person. A sunspear thrusted high into the skies. Someone who will shine throughout the years to come. I envy you for all you have now and for all the things you once will be. I wish you the greatest luck of all on your artistic journey and I'm very proud to know ya.

Cheers my friend

Marko
-almost drunk

[Lynchpin]

Hey man, truely inspiring! Keep it up, looks great.

[bwkeough]

I remember you from Austin now, and I'm extremely pissed that I missed an opportunity to say "hello" and watch over your shoulder while you sketched.

Your pages look like they grew organically; disparate visual ideas ebb and flow together as your imagination picks them up, turns them around and places them on the paper in a manner that is instantly recognizable and understandable to any viewer. The compositions remind me of Barron Storrey, except that your images are peaceful and natural while his are often alien and jarring.

[maldrin]

wes, watching your sketchbook trade hands in the la quinta I knew you had to be someone I'd worshiped on the forums before...

then i found this thread:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=21651

(for those that haven't seen Wes' BFA show or his other threads, FRICKIN CLICK THIS)

and I was like OOOOOOOOOH *THAT* Wes!

I remember standing around after one of the life drawing sessions and talking briefly with you about cross hatching and how if you didn't end up doing any demos during the workshop that I definitely wanted to milk your brain for info cuz I so am not where I want to be yet....

and I could have said "by the way, your BFA show was so spectacular I actually considered travelling out there to see it....I was blown away, truly. How I didn't make the connection in Austin, I've got no idea...must have been the heat. :)

you're a spectacular talent, my friend - I'm eager to hear what your plans are - you're a ship with mass and velocity and the denizens of whatever planet you're aimed at are some lucky bastards.

I'd still love to milk your brain. you've got an amazing hatching style (even in pen!! you bastard!! ;) ) and your composition skills are out of this world. I'd love to see a WIP for some of your sketching (maybe there is one, I'll double check, but if there's not... ) I'm just so curious how these compositions fall out of your noggin and fit together so nicely.

thanks for all you share with the community, and it's amazing to see a talent such as yours continue to grow so visibly. Proof of how good the workshop was!! Jason/Andrew/Travis/Marko - thanks for giving us a workshop that even improves the already amazing talent present on this site!!!

(ok, sorry, that's probably WAY too much worship, so I'll stop gushing)

maldrin.

p.s. your 45 min of misty is so perfect it makes me cry. you rock. (ok NOW i'll stop gushing)...

[deschamps]

Wow Wes, these are undeniably beautiful drawings.
-Eric

[flex mathews]

so amazing, i'm speechless. you listen to some really great music too. all i can say is post more.

[Android]

it was amazing to feel you sketchbook in my hands- i didnt want ot put it down, what a gift it is to have its electric memory here to visit whenever i want.
it was great having you in the flesh down here, and an honor to be able to lend you my couch for a few days,

thanks for the sp Wess, i will cherish it.
hope we can meet agian soon.

best of luck on your journey my friend

Andrew

[tyboogie]

hey wes--it was good meeting you in austin man

i wish we had spent more time talking and doing some sketching together. but i did enjoy seeing your sketchbook in the flesh.

keep it up
ty

[Lauren Short]

it was great meeting you man...though this might not mean as much as it does from andrew and marko, your work inspires me... it also has shown me what art is truely for...to inspire...yours is an example of such great work that it compels every individual who sees it to go and try to emulate what you have done, if not emulate then match with skill naturally. Until the day i can sit down and compare my sketchbook with yours i bid you adieu and much thanks.

[DNA]

Awesome man !!! ... more please :)

[Groover McNab]

Damn. DAMN!!! Your stuff is so inspiring to all of us. It sucks that I didn't see your sketches in person in Austin. I think I talked to you for like 2 seconds probably saying some stupid fanboy shit. :mumble:

[Diego]

Wes, man, could i be more happy?..
To see your sketches is such a pleasure, i can't stress enough how i love the way u manage to put such compositions and designs in a single sheet. Your style is top-notch, and your characters has a lot of feelings and pretty groovy hair-cuts... :googley:
The only thing that bothers me is the fact that i could not made it to Austin and meet u and all the crew.-


Hope to see this grow.....
keep it up and keep it rockin'

-Diego

[Red_Rook]

Im sorry I have issues typing, my eyes just fell out of my headafter looking at this thread, and i cant see a thing im doing. :bigeyes:

[Snowsfall]

very very inspirational stuff.
I went to visit CIA last week and got to see a bunch of your sp's on the walls along with a couple of your BFA pieces, they are even more breathtaking in the flesh :)

[wes9000]

wow thanks for all the replies...
im going to try to write some responses to a few of them and answer any questions...


intern, jetpack- hey guys! it was great to meet you too, keep pushing yourselves

metalwinds- hey danny, it was great talking to you and ckecking out your sketchbook...youre right on the way towards the top..keep it up. we'll definitely run into each other again

main loop- thanks man, yeah thats something im trying to work on

insane visions- rich! we will most definitely sketch together next time

ra havok- :)

ryu- lots and lots of drawing from observation got me where i am today. pencils... i usually just use a wooden HB pencil and a mechanical one for refinement and darks

vctr- yeah! love them too

strych9ine- hey cody, nice to meet you too, glad we were all able to get lunch that first day. see you next time

dahsramu- hahah awesome analogy, thanks man, nice breakdown of the pic

elboy- haha thanks man

bryan- whats up man! great to meet you too, see you next time

majestyx- awesome, thanks man. hey im always hanging around different places in cleveland drawing and stuff, youre more than welcome to hang out and sketch too. pm me or something

evil-hahah

stephen- thanks man, hey post those concepts you showed me! those were awesome


Marko- Thank you, It was an honor and a pleasure to meet you and spend time together in austin...if im a sunspear thrust into the skies, then youre flying right next to me...youve inspired me greatly and i look forward to the next time that we meet. I'm very proud to know you too. Cheers


bwkeough- thanks, thats actually a pretty good way to describe how i work up some of these pages...

maladrin- wow thank you, well most of what i post are WIP..maybe ill try to scan one really early on..

andrew- Thank you, it was such a priveledge finally getting to meet and hang out, and i cant thank you enough for loaning me your couch. I only wish we could have hung out even more. im sure we will meet again soon, looking forward to it..

ty- thanks man it was great to meet you too...agh i didnt get to look at your sketchbook!

injection- thank you very much, it is most appreciated

snowsfall- haha awesome, thank you

again, thanks to everyone, i appreciate all the replies greatly

wes

[Eytan]

I wish i could draw as well as you do. :bow:

[Rusty]

Man,you just plain rock Wes,awesome skillz allround,hard to crit..
sucks we dont have this workshop thing over here in NZ,im sure it was a great experience..

ah well.

Rusty

[Aerythes]

Incredibility!! ...I see Greatness...

[behemot5]

i really love your work.......great.....Are sizes of your last drawings quite big?

[mentler]

Check out my 3 graces daily exercise!!!
Learning a lot--- who says you can teach a old dog!
How do you attach stuff to these forums
http://tsofa.com/?faculty.gallery.tre

[Eulathus]

Jesus H! I love your work mate. ok ok I'm drawing now SHEESH. Thanx for that.

[cotron]

i say goddamn! nice post man, your pen stuff is vury nice. keep posting, i'll keep looking!

ps- blackstar and converge are two very good drawing music choices.

[one2hit]

AHAHAHAHAHA, you know the FRUITS book!! *rolls around* I love it!! awesome sketches by the way.

[imglue]

wes, whatcha doin not filling this thread up. lol j/k. hope your busy and always making great art, you taught me alot and looking at your sketches and the stuff in your site has inspired me alot to pursue fine arts as well as illustration. thanx for the anatomy book, i got it and its helping my figure work ten fold. thanx again for looking at my humble sketches, and for the crit. too bad i couldnt hang out more though, have fun and best wishes whereever you are. and i hope to see you and your work again.

[liam.c]

brb i have to go buy a new keybord i think this one is filled with drool :nod:

[Stray]

I could definitely use some new Wes sketches... :nod:

*waits patiently*

[Clandestine_IX]

speechless...

[Master-Mod]

ohh damn awesome dude your sketches has so much personality
respect , very nice

[Zebz]

Thank God for the update! I've been refreshing these forever! LoL I really wish I could have seen your senior show in person too. Awesome work, man. I love how you're not afraid to use dark tones to pop out other parts of the image. Truely inspiring. I appreciate the work you do. It keeps my hands up in the air, reaching for the next rung on then ladder. Some of the great talent here just keeps the rest of us pluggin' away at our sketchbooks and you're one of those that keeps me going. Thanks a lot.

I wanted to ask you a question if it's cool with you. I've been in a community college for a couple years studying fine arts and a bit of graphic design. I'm hoping to get entrance into a school here in STL and I'm workin' on a portfolio to send their way. I know a lot of people say you shouldn't send in stuff drawn from your head or fantasy type stuff. Was that true of your portfolio? Do you recall what you sent in? I don't really mess with a great deal of media so I don't have a lot of variety there either. Just curious how your entrance was. Thanks in advance and keep up the great work.

[Red Giant]

Great work wes, really stunning stuff. The drawings from your head are equally as impressive as the work from refs, awesome skill. What would you say was the most important thing in order to develop that kinda ability with anatomy?

[Gray]

Incredible stunning stuff.

I was wondering if there's an artist that inspired you to get into this kind of thing?

[Ant4d]

wes, these are most amazing.
I envy your ability to draw like that million times.
you are the best.

[amateurateverything]

post more-or we'll riot

[Lono]

when you gonna update BIOTCH?!

-Lono

[maldrin]

m o r e ?

[Mike Frank]

Your stuff f'n rocks.

[wes9000]

thanks guys

behemot- pretty much everything posted in this thread is out of my 8.5 x 11 sketchbook...so theyre all failry small

mentler- cool stuff, thanks for the link

cotron- thanks, right on man

one2hit- haha yeah its one of my favorite books

imglue- thanks man, glad to hear you found that anatomy book

zebzfree- my entry portfolio to art school was pretty much all work done from life. figure drawings and paintings, still lifes, landscapes, self portraits, and some sketchbook pages... lots of different mediums and variety... oils, charcoal, acrylics, pencil, pastel, watercolor... usually thats the kind of stuff schools want to see as far as scholarship competetion goes

red giant- just lots and lots of drawing from life

lono- hahahaa just scanned in some new stuff, here ya go....

[wes9000]

scanned in some new stuff tonight...

all out of my head.. not the best scan...lots of the graphite is too shiny and built up to scan right
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/townsbelow.jpg


all out of my head. worked on this a bit during the little cleveland art meet when i was hanging out with davi, aveh, and majestyx. good times. shitty scan though, theres alot of graphite on the page and it reflects from the scanner a bit
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/coloroftempo.jpg

quick sketch out of my head.
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/lostways.jpg


another fairly quick one out of my head
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/blanket.jpg


more quick stuff
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/flyby.jpg


out of my head. pretty happy with parts of this one...might work on it a little bit more
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/heroicduo.jpg


done from life... an hour or so
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/meryl.jpg


heheh and this last one i was channeling marko into my drawing...hehe theres even a random marko-ish looking face that evolved while drawing this page
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/channeling.jpg

[Syrogen]

ohhhhhhhhhhh this stuff is so good it hurts. btw, youre really young for being so godly with a pencil, when did you start drawing seriously and taking life drawing classes? bleh, im still too young to take a class

anyway, NEVER stop updating this thread, everything here is so incredibly inspirational

[xia]

Great stuff as usual, but I really LOVE the last one...loose and tight here and there. And yes, I can see Marko's...still with the Wes9000 touch which make it even more stunning. You are one hell of a perfectionist!

[dakoscwash]

Damn wes... Your stuff is soooo awesome. I hope to one day achieve what you have with a pencil. Keep up the amazing work man.

[|NTeRN]

:D i think i just soiled myself.... damn wes.... just wow.. my fav is the third one down. something about it catches my eye. keep it up wes.

oh and update more often :blah:

[bwkeough]

wow, first and second images are fantastic, I like the last one a lot, too. I don't have any crits..only advice is keep doing what you're doing cause it works! I love the way the patterns and shadows shift from postive to negative between figures.

[cotron]

this last post is awesome. i especially like the top image, how the hair/cheekbone merges, it's just.. genius, man. whooooa

[bwkeough]

out of curiousity, what are the dimensions of these?

[liam.c]

soo good makes me want to cry qq

[andres_pad]

wes, you're too good :'(
ive tried email you a few times but you havent responded. i'm studying you for my backup of my final major artwork for school and i absolutley f$%#ing love all of your work. you put the rest of us to shame. lol. anyway, i was wondering if you'd be able to email me at pimpin.dre@gmail.com and help me out with a few things. it would be so so valuable to me if you could

thanks heaps and keep it up
andre

[obid619]

wow bro, that was the most quickest update from you in a long time lol. so much goodness in all these pages. I recieve so much inspiration from each lil page. why do you torment me with your goodness. Keep it up ese 8)

[mogando25]

Holy dude, you're amazing...




...

..

.

still in awe :x

[strych9ine]

Holy shit.

[clogik]

wicked silly stuff man, im digging the second page the most. did you have anything planned with this page or did you just dive right in with a sketch and started adding different elements? i also like how you use tone to define form, super inspirational stuff.

[mentler]

I will take 2 aspirin and get back to you in the morning -- I will have to sleep with this stuff ---- It is beyond comment at the moment ::: I will come up with something and get back to you!!!!
here TIS:
JUMP ON MY BONES::::

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=27032

[JackalAnubis]

so good :$

[jetpack42]

the circle is now complete!

*kills self with lightsaber*


edit: you should do a tut on some pencil technique sometime. I'd read it.

[Main Loop]

ah.. a wes pencil drawing is always a mood enhancer..

i had a question about some of your pages... on pages like 'moonlitsea' you have this wierd grayish brownish stain across it that looks really cool.. what is that?

[Ra Havok]

:heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:

Jeez Wes. You keep improving like it's nothing. These are drop dead gorgeous.


I could look at your sketches for hours. And I will.

[metaphysiks]

nice update wes. i like all of the images, you handle the pencils really well. all of the stuff from your head is strong and i can tell you are still learning. i like how you are experimenting with ways of drawing i.e. the marko page. the quick stuff is nice, i can see that you can sucessfully project a good concept on to the page in a short period of time, that is where the true skill lies. good stuff man, hope we can see some color soon.
meta

[Dan.v.D.]

i´m totally in love with your head and face texture/pattern/tattoo (you know what i mean) experiments.

thumbsup

[Pichuerca]

Really impresionant all your work here! Do you take some photos references to draw lights and shadows?

The webs pages that you have in one of your sketches are spanish webs, do you understand anything?. Sorry for my intromisssion but before i usually visited revista-rojo.com.


Keep drawing.

[endregan]

when i see your updates I get all warm and fuzzy inside and it makes me realize how much more I really have to draw.

Thank you :)

[Matt Dixon]

I don't think there's any real need to add to this river of love, but what the hell. These are some of the best skecthbook pages I have ever seen. Truly wonderful work, man.

[AmadorL]

Dude i can't say it e'nuff your shit is hoo bang'n

-Amador

[Kasper_P]

Don't post anymore... I think you ought to know i'm feelin very depressed..


Naaaah.. just kidding. Awesome talent and well, i can't give you any crits... so keep going :)

[Jokisalo]

oh man your pieces are buid up with confidence!!
really love your stuff and style.. i envy you man.
maby i'll be good as you someday.

[Layil]

yeah.... i need to draw more.....

sick shit man. I love your linework and your value and your ideas and well, just about everything you do.

now im all inspired. im going to go draw.

thank you!

[insane visions]

I look at these and ask myself_why do I suck?

[young paddy1]

these are just sick, that's it nothing more, apart from there's a guy in there looks like jetpack42, a bit.

[Xen]

great stuff as always, man. one question though: do you use just one mechanical pencil to draw? cause you seem to be able to get very light and very dark values at the same time. if you do use just one, would you mind telling me what the brand is of leads you use? thanks in advance

[Denart]

wow.........

WOW! :$ :$

your pencil technique and skill in drawing the figure and faces is just amazing!
I am a huge fan of your works Wes

Please, let me clean your shoes! Please! :bashful:

[Jonny]

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. If you keep on improving at this rate, I'm scared of what your stuff will be like in ten years. I really respect the fact that you do a lot of stuff out of the imagination. It just shows how well you know your stuff. Also, your work really reminds me the importance of gesture drawing as I can see a lot your figures start off with quick gestures (I think). keep it up man

[stewart one]

Wow great stuff man. as usual. You are definetely one of my favorite artists here at conceptart. just amazing rendering skills. Give us more!

[Kasper_P]

I guess the only reason you're posting is to please us, cause were not givin you any crits that could help you further... That alone says just how good you are.

I usually say, to the really good artists at CA that they need to make something new and experimenting. Try things out with paint, perspective enviroments and so on. Because almost all im seeing is faces, and persons. Really good rendered and it's unbelievable that it's all from your head. But (always a but :)) Experiment. I believe you could get really far with the awesome skills you already have.

So my best advice is that you try alot of things out.

[Red Giant]

Great dump Wes, really beautiful and occaisionally haunting stuff. There was a question I meant to ask you and that was what paper to you use for sketching? I've several sketchbooks by daler rowney but i find it very difficult to acheive a very dark tone. I use graphite pencils, hb, 2b and 4b. I've had to go to the extreme of an 8b to get those darks but i lose that crisp look to my crosshatching. Any advice mighty sketch lord?

[Zesty]

I figure youre tired of talking to me on aim, (zaphod90), but thanks for all the help you have given me.

I was just curious if you could post some finished renderings, I'm really interested to see them.

[el coro]

oh wes....ooohhh wes....wes wes wes!!! oh god wes!!! WES WES WES!!!! fukk yah man! give it to me!!!! AWWWWWWWW YESSSSSSS!!!!.....sombody got a kleenex or somthing? good work my man. keep it up.-c36

[chudzta]

holy mofo. i love you - ry

[Fifthace]

You are absolutely amazing.

[Slash]

You shall hereby be known as the graphite demigod. Atleast in my book. Lovely pencil pieces. Abolutely lovely!

[EVIL]

My favourites from this latest batch of art, is the center face in your 4th scan, and the girl in the last (the bottom left one) who lookes like she doesnt trust you. You are way to good, I cant wait to see your work in 10 years and have to classify this batch of art as kidsplay

Do you use mechanical pens?


Give me an :aw:, Give me an :ae:, Give me an :as:, Give me an :al:, Give me an :ae:, Give me an :ay: !!!

Go!!
:cheerleader: :aw::ae::as::al::ae::ay: :cheerleader:

[Xpose]

Your artwork reminds me of the Silent Hill... Which is good. I love your stuff! You wouldn't mind posting more would you?

[killing.people]

fantastic work wes.
i like the drawings where the characters have smoke leaking from their mouth and nose.
i am simply amazed :)

[RefrigeratorCo]

Awesome stuff dude. In your thesis thread I saw some sketch books with color in them. They looked realy interesting too. I'de to see some more of those.

[wi_2]

really impressive stuff man.. i love them comps
i have nothing else to say but AWESOME WORK!!!

[jester]

It's probably absolutely boring for you to read all those praises - but what the hell!

I love your stuff, constant source of inspiration to me and pushing me to carry on, though it'll be a loooooong way and maybe I'll never get to your place.

Thank you for sharing and inspiring!

Jester

[van]

Damn.

[Keepiru]

your drawings are tasty and decadant, like cheesecake but bettter for you ^_^. You are incredibly talented and a huge source of inspiration...I really like the way your forms are all connected to each other by some element so your pages are just this mass of line and value. And its nice to see you kick up the dark darks, its rare to see anyone who has the courage to go really dark in their everyday drawing, but it adds a whole new level of richness to your sketches. Amazing stuff...

[klid]

dude, you rock. <3 i remember seeing that page in your sketchbook. it woulda been cool to kick it with you on coventry but i had some shenanigans happen.

the 3rd on looks like its gonna be crazy, finish that NOW.

[Red_Rook]

omg you are teh WIN <3

[rubygenesis]

oooh yeah this is the shit. wes i love your style those faces on the last post are rendered so nicely, really nice work man keep'em coming ~cheers

[afklamer]

I'm in love with your skill -

[genghisjohn]

wes, can't wait to see the complete version of the monkey/boat/umbrella picture! your style and creativity is just incredible. keep up the good work, bro.

[ill_logic]

you know, i've always been a fan of your stuff, but then i stumbled upon respiration & 93 til infinity... only to find out you have excellent tastes in music as well... sir, i salute you!
-J