*ViRuS* -Arts - 12-15-09

[*ViRuS*]

heya, been looking around here a lot and decided i need to draw more. so i'm gonna try to keep up with a sketchbook on here and see if that helps to give me motivation. i do digital work in my illustrations, but i'm pretty sure i'm gonna keep all my studies in traditional media, mostly graphite.

[yoonate]

wow cool skull

[P E N Ricklund]

Hi there, nice sense of taste, like the skulls. So much buty in these things, what could make them even better is to studie them closer and find more of that crispy variation that excists in the form.

And a suggestion whenit comes the studies, think about what you want to studie and observ, for example the hands, if it was the form you wanted to get to read, make an adventure to discover the planes that makes up the form.

And your doing the right, to keep to drawing, it's the hardest thing to master I believe. And it'll amke all the work so much easier when you start painting. Bacuse then you can focus on the colors and those relationsships and you don't have to juggle to many balls at once.

One question, do you like the work of Odd Nerdrum?

Good luck, cheers.

[*ViRuS*]

thanks yoonate, that was a fun one to draw. =)

Pencilator, Nerdrum is one of my favorite artists. he's one of the few artists when i see their work in person i feel something. ya know? but yeah, trying to improve with the drawings, thanks for the kind words. =)

all the skull stuff is old. i did some hand studies the other day, and the only thing i did today was a single hand study from life- been a busy couple of days, haven't had a chance to draw as much as i'd like.

[a la bapsi]

sick looking skulls.
post more, i'd love to see how you grow artistically while on ca. :D

[Bill]

Really like your line work, especially in that profile. Nice start to your book.

[*ViRuS*]

thanks a la bapsi and Bill =)

couldn't sleep so i found myself roaming the forums. here's the first page from my sketchbook- a 3hr skull study. goin home for a week or so, so no updates for a while, but i should have some nice stuff to show when i'm back from new york. i plan on hitting up the Met. should be fun =)

[Fitzin]

My my, I can see some admirable modelling with the cross-hatching.

Lovely skull, the details gives it a punch.

[P E N Ricklund]

Cool to hear that, Nerdrum is cool. A bit Odd but cool. I've meet him once at a lecture at my school. Work your but of and go study with him. :)

Merry christmas man.

[*ViRuS*]

Fitzin - thanks man =) that skull was a lot of fun to work on

Pencilator - lol, i'd love to study with him, but i doubt that'll ever happen =) hope your holiday season went well

been busy doing layouts for a short story comic job i got, but i did take a trip to the met, and i got one good/decent drawing outta that. heh... i'll do more soon.

[psantha]

Very nice Mate! Outstanding lines!

[*ViRuS*]

thanks psantha =)

here's two drawings/underpaintings i did today
each 10" x 10"

[IMBass]

Mmmm. Skulls. I'm obsessed with them.

I like the ones with a splash of red. Nice pencil work.

[*ViRuS*]

thanks imbass


been working on those paintings a bit, i'll take some pics soon.

here's a wip of a drawing i'm working on and some poses in the sketchbook

[RandAlThor]

Cool stuff here dude, looking forward to keeping an eye on you. Keep posting that traditional stuff too ;-)

[sketcheth]

Wow, man...really diligent work! I want to see more! The skull and hand studies are all really gorgeous...nice use of color too...love those washes...the anatomy stuff looks good as well, though it seems like you're generalizing some of the forms, think about doing some muscle studies, it helps to really know what's under the surface! I'm sure you've done those before though, it looks like you've got a pretty good handle on it.
Also, thanks a bunch for those comments you keep dropping on my self portrait thread, it keeps me going! Thank you!

[*ViRuS*]

RandAlThor - thanks =)
sketcheth - hey man, thanks for the kind words. the reason i didn't do muscle studies in those drawings is because the muscles weren't really defined enough to give me confidence that they're the right ones in the right place. and i'd rather not draw it, than draw it wrong. ya know? i should do a few of those however, never hurts to refresh your memory. keep up the awesome work man.


some minor updates: been busy working on design/code of a website for the gallery i show in. just finished it tonight, should be up and running in a month with full artwork and such... but it's kept me from drawing as much as i'd like to...

worked more on the drawing today, hope to get a lot done tomorrow on it...

and i put in an older drawing i did based off of a sketch by ingres.

[*ViRuS*]

had a down day today, didn't feel like doing much. so i put in a movie and found myself pausing it and drawing the people i was seeing. also a blue seashell. (part of one anyways).
worked more on the paintings, i'll post a shot or two after the next few layers.

[Niva.]

I like dark and disturbing stuff... therefore I like what's in this sketchbook so far :)

I find the one with the key holes on their faces most disturbing.

I also don't want to offer nitpick critique because you're clearly aware of your mistakes and you're doing some studies which are going to help correct your issues. Keep up!

[*ViRuS*]

thanks n1va, i tend to always draw/paint darker things, even if i don't mean to, heh...


couldn't sleep. start school again tomorrow (today), figured i'd finish off the graphite drawing part of the illustration i'm working on...

[voraz]

Hi virus, nice start.
Your stronger studies are in the first and second post, you have some nice pencil work there.
Keep it up.
cheers

[*ViRuS*]

thanks for the kind words voraz, those posts were the studies, where as the other work is just graphite stuff that's planned to be taken further. like the angel of death that i just finished playin around with. =)

been workin on the key hole people paintings, i hope to have them done by the first tuesday in feb. we'll see.

[*ViRuS*]

version 2... still working on getting stuff to look just right in photoshop...

[kuroart]

some real nice stuff, especially the studies. keep it up.

[*ViRuS*]

thanks kuroart, yeah, i seem to do a lot better when i'm drawing from life. =)

here's a materials test i did tonight. i have my figure class tomorrow, and it's the first time in a month that i'm gonna get to use a model from life, so i wanted to test out colors/materials/techniques so i can just get down to the drawing. =)

[sketcheth]

Wow that's a beautiful color. You've done a lot of nice stuff since I stopped by last! I think that pausing movies thing is a good idea...I should do that more...not that I need an excuse to watch movies...
The graphite illustration looks really nice, I just wish it was a little sharper in certain areas of the figure...those gash things are really powerful in how sharp they are and I wish that was continued throughtout.
Keep up the real nice work and thanks for the comments, dude!

[kidult]

Nice work on the skull

[*ViRuS*]

here's some stuff i haven't posted yet. been busy with school and whatnot... =)

[sketcheth]

I really like the portrait of the woman, it's quite lovely the contrasting warm and cool tones you've laid on top of one another....fantastico. Also the man right above her...excellent lighting...wow...that really just glows. Keep it up! I'm hoping I can get into a figure drawing class this semester...looks so fun!

[DeathChalupa]

I really really really like that silentwinweb skull thing

[Oruhito]

Hey, ViRuS, thanks for commenting on my thread/sketchbook. I'm loving these skull drawings, you have a very clear and sharp way with lines. I also like the darker stuff :)

[*ViRuS*]

=)

new sketchbook- gonna just draw a lot and see what happens. not always from life/long studies, just whatever i feel like.
it's really shitty paper though, feels like regular copy paper from a printer =/
oh well... here's an oil painting i finished. it's a quote from dali, and a pose from a nerdrum painting, with my face on it. it's for fun.
two model drawings in charcoal.
and a page from the shitty sketchbook =)

[*ViRuS*]

finished the key hole paintings, not the best pics, but they'll do for now.
i also started to use silverpoint today, looking forward to playing around with it.... (the eye and the nose are silverpoint sketches)

[Cam Sykes]

Nice mate. I'm liking the skull drawings and the statue head study in your latest post. Seems you will progress alot doing more of those life studies.
I have no idea what silverpoint is.

[*ViRuS*]

silverpoint is a way of drawing from the renaissance where you use silver to draw on coated paper. can't erase, and it has a great look when it's done well... =)

[*ViRuS*]

here's some nicer pics of the new paintings
each 10"x10", oil on paper

[*ViRuS*]

small update, gonna post some of the sketchbook drawings soon.
here's stuff from my digital class in school. it's all focused around maya. (which i'm not sure if i like or not...)

first two are paint overs from a 3d layer made in maya. concept art for a temple.
the last one is a really shitty 3d rendering of fruit in a bowl that i was to paint over in photoshop. heh...

[*ViRuS*]

small update again. more digital stuff in photoshop. this was just to kill time. no reff, which is why its quite off, but hey, i think im getting better at this digital stuff.

[*ViRuS*]

heres some newer stuff...

[*ViRuS*]

more.

[*ViRuS*]

another digital portrait for school... (that's what the guys with the horns up top is too)

[*ViRuS*]

done in maya, based off the temple concepts i did.
i have to do an overpaint in photoshop/painter for school...

[*ViRuS*]

gray comp study for a movie poster idea i have. school project.

[*ViRuS*]

digitaly painted one of my charcoal sp's. still tryin to figure this out... =/

[*ViRuS*]

another digital update....

this is for school, had to put the chosen figure bust into an environment....

[*ViRuS*]

yeahh.... another digital update...
splash page.


i'm also working on a bunch of paintings and drawings for a show i have in a month, so traditional stuff will come soon =)

[*ViRuS*]

finally some art that isn't just digital. nice to get back to what i know how to use =)

one oil painting, a charcoal drawing, and a pencil drawing. =)

[*ViRuS*]

graphite drawing- mastercopy of an N.C.Wyeth painting, shitty photo of it though... should really get a scan next time. =)

[*ViRuS*]

two school works:
the final for frankenstein, a graphite drawing to photoshop.
and something for my maya class-create the head in maya, paint over it and put it into a background.

[*ViRuS*]

-three hour drawing from life in charcoal/pastel
-oil painting for upcoming show, 18x24 - based on self.

[*ViRuS*]

two new things:
a red pencil drawing of herman munster for school, and my first ever landscape from life in oil paint. really not used to painting wet into wet... it was fun though. =)

[*ViRuS*]

a figure drawing in graphite

[Braintree]

your pencil drawings are good.
The old skulls studies are excellent, wouldn't mind seeing some more of that.
lastrobin.jpg is also really good. love the lighting

Keep it up!

[Imaginary]

Hey that landscape turned out pretty damn good for being your first. The latest graphite figure looks cool too although the shoulder closest to us looks slightly outta proportion compared to the other one, might just be me though. O_O

You'r doing great, keep posting! :D

[*ViRuS*]

thanks guys =)

[sketcheth]

Very nice on the traditional works! I have to second what Imaginary said, that's a stellar painting for your first landscape. It looks like you use the same thumbtacks at your school as I do at mine. :P Anyways, great work, solid updates. The pencil renderings are sweet! More more more!

[*ViRuS*]

been a while... updated the website (www.evankitson.com) and i'm working on a couple new paintings now... .school is starting back up again soon, so i should be posting on a regular basis... i hope.
=)

[burialchamber]

Ah, awesome. These are some of the most psychologically dark pieces I've seen on here. The mood of most of these is very heavy and bleak. I love it! I see you're into Odd Nerdrum- he's also one of my favorites. I will be keeping an eye on this thread!

[Eon]

Your life drawing are a beauty. Great sense of mass here (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=649443&stc=1&d=1240015408)!

[hala]

You got wicked dark stuff going on in here and I love it!!! :D

[Elz]

Very nice style, i especially like to skull studies here. :D Keep it up!

[*ViRuS*]

quickie in the sketchbook. blue pencil

[jigje]

Awesome V. Always great to see your shtuff.

[*ViRuS*]

thanks jigje =)


got a show this friday... still painting on the work for it... heh...

here's some finished stuff... more to come

[*ViRuS*]

hey- some new stuff. kinda.

[Randis]

the skull studies are cool!

[jigje]

Great Virus. Good to see the silverpoints all finished up. Very niiiiice.

[Tigermilk]

real cool thread man, nice progress you got going on. Will be following you for sure. :)

[illustrateth]

How'd the show go?

[Axel.s]

last selfportrait and skull are good ;) nice work ;)

[*ViRuS*]

dragonroseart - show went well, sold a piece =)
axel.s - thanks man, the self portraits are slowly starting to look more and more like me. lol

[*ViRuS*]

new figure drawing. 11x11ish, graphite.

[*ViRuS*]

illustration for class- faceless demon named Trivium

[jatherip]

i like the demon, and of course: the skulls :D your rendering is pretty awesome! keep it up :)

[Lav]

big fan of your skulls as well :) But i also really love your last work and the frankenstein one, cant wait to see more :D

[Holland]

The demons really cool, the oil portraits really nice too :)

[*ViRuS*]

thanks guys =)

finished another page in the sketchbook....
little mastercopy of a davinci fetus sketch, and some quince tree stuff going on. lots of fun =)

[Aryeh]

I really love this last post. Feels very Da Vinci/Durer. Love it!

[*ViRuS*]

thanks lolbbq - they're two of my favorites, along with Rembrandt.

study of a rotten artichoke.... graphite

[Monkeydominator]

I adore your work, it's s pleasure to look at. And so inspirational! I just want to drop everything and draw! (which I will... once the washing machine is done. Damned public washing rooms)
Lovely use of graphite and pens, keep up the awesome work!

[*ViRuS*]

thanks monkeydominator =)

a mastercopy of a drawing by Stephen Brown called "My Father" and a double page spread of my roommate =)
both graphite, the mastercopy has white chalk in it too

[Feil Magnus]

Your graphite sketches are becoming better and better, good job.

[*ViRuS*]

thanks feil magnus =)

here's a really quick master study of Rembrandt's painting of his mother. First time painting with oils in the sketchbook...

[Bulldawg Creative]

*ViRuS*- The davinci fetus sketch is my favorite. The way you overlapped the leaves over the focal image is great. The blue color for the leaves is a nice juxtaposition. I like the intensity in some of your images too. Good things happening here.

[ValUST]

Man... the macabre atmosphere to your drawings is brilliant. Hard to find dark images that are also beautiful, most usually fall under the gore-fest category. But you pull it off amazingly well, keep going, would love to see more!

[*ViRuS*]

Thanks guys =)

Jan Van Eyck master copy in red pencil and some random sketches on one page.... =)

[Jamie Romoser]

Some starts from me man :sungod:
but dude that oil painting study is sick I wana see more oil paintings
keep it up
-Jamie

[*ViRuS*]

thanks OmertA- wish I had time to do more of those. Soon I'll be on winter break though, and I already primed a page for my next oil sketch =)

here's a small part of what's been taking up all my time: Illustration about train travel. it was a nightmare, and that's a long story, but here's the final. I think I salvaged enough of it to have a decent looking image.... maybe? ha

[*ViRuS*]

school is still taking up the majority of my time... managed to get this little self-portrait out. heightened it with white oil paint today to make it look better =)

[*ViRuS*]

based on street of crocodiles by the quay brothers....

[DaStreets]

I like all the skulls and the value works. post more

[Izer]

Great stuff, everyone likes the skulls, well im with them, i like your values, specifically your graphite and your hatching/crosshatching (Jan Van Eyck master copy in red pencil), just looks cool. Keep up the good work.