♦♦ Jackdaw's Sketch Thread ♦♦

[♦♦Jackdaw♦♦]

Back!

Sketchbook has been rebooted after about a year off! go to page 7 for the action.

[a la bapsi]

wow! gorgeous figure painting. *__*

[Muz]

I think i remember meeting you in welly :O.

Cool stuff, keep it up.

[seetsy]

Hey dude, great u decided to start a sketchbook on here.. didnt get to see much of ur stuff in nz.. its looking good man, i agree that figure painting is awesome.
look forward to seeing more

[monkeyman478]

Hey man, nice stuff youve got up as for the last post.... finish it PLEASE

[Janos]

I actually really like the nude in the first post. Sure you don't wanna use that one? The rest are also nice, though I think your characters have some pretty stiff positions, I'd work on that.

Cheers

[Pixie Bergman]

Hey man, you finally got a sketchbook going! good stuff! Really like the first figure painting. Nice studies here too. Keep posting! :)

[Rodimus25]

Hey Brendan, cool sketchbook, good way to keep motivated, so when u gonna hop into the chows... that puss in boots was a solid idea man, i loved it, u should've submitted:) Will be back for more.

[coldrum]

good start to your sketchbook mate, post everything! look forward to seeing your progress here :)

[phiq]

Hey man, some good stuff. I can see already that you're growing in ninja skillz, and that is always cool to see.

The tones on the three weapon women there are looking good, but watch the luminance of how you render skin... it can come off looking plastic looking (but that shouldn't be too much of a problem here actually).

Two parts study, one part from-imagination is a good drawing practice ratio. Should work, haha. Keep plugging! :D

[Verehin]

great studies)

[Mitze]

Good stuff here love the three nude women study. More.

[The Whistler]

Hey, I saw your last CHOW and it's great, so I thought I'd come and see what you have here :)

I;m so jealous of your colors man... That enviro that comes after the skull makes my mouth water! Great work! :D

[Royzy]

Wow wee, what a way to start a sketchbook! These are excellent, I particularly like your sitting-nude (is what lured me here), and the black/white female costumes.

I agree with Janos about the stiffness, but you could easily work on that.

Great stuff!

[nurraymjo]

Great stuff. Everything looks so nice and clean. Very nice colouring as well. Eh, just had to comment on your stuff. Keep it up.

[Pixie Bergman]

Wussup Brendan, your latest CHOW is really nice! Cool outfit and really nice colours. Keep up the good work! :)

[Pixie Bergman]

Nice nice nice! Really like your moleskine pages. You're improving really fast man. Just one little thing, i think sometimes you draw heads abit too big for their bodies? Everything else is coming along nicely. And your latest CHOW wip rocks!! Im really looking forward to see the finished version.

[Sean McClain]

Great sketch book, I really like your little doodle book as well:)

[juicy]

the last two paints i love! especially the apple. nice work

[NicHolS]

Thought I'd offload some rough thumbs and unfinished stuff from my 'random drawings' folder at work. most of this is pretty quick. The skull was a sketch I did during today's lunch break. I spent about 45 mins on it. Enjoy.

(sorry about the dodgy layout)

these are great, the skull is great! make it your logo buddy! its gripping... and those env spededies are super fun, we want to see more of these experimenting with color!

[DK_sketch]

Really nice stuff so far keep pushing the colors :P

[Muz]

Man serious improvment going on here!

Its all coming along very nicely :D. Keep it up.

[seetsy]

cool work dude that last chow is ace,i like the limited palette u used.. nice and moody... those oil paintings are swell too.. is that one of ur sheds in the background? :D

[Sean McClain]

your welcome sir, great dream man lookn foward to the green fairy

[psantha]

Hi there from Melbourne! I really DIG your new CHOW painting! But my favourite is the naked girl sketch with the machine gun!!! :) That is hilarious! The pose and everything is like a proper life drawing study, even the way as she is holding that gun! Great stuff Mate!!! Keep them coming! :)

[Pixie Bergman]

Love your endless CHOW Brendan! Well done! Very nice colours too. Keep them coming!!

[Sean McClain]

lol nice that guys had one to many:), yeah I might not finish mine either :) Im doing draculas castle too that one is too cool to pass up.

[Icecold]

Great job with all your works!

Try to and give us some more enviro's maybe? :geekg:

Best wishes, Ice

[Rodimus25]

Great stuff here man, progressing in leaps and bounds :) keep em coming mate.

[kuni-bob]

It's really inspiring to see how much progress you've made in two short pages of this thread. Keep at it!

[Sean McClain]

Now I have gotta do some hand studies the way you do, keep up the hard work man!

[jatherip]

fckin nice sketchbook in here and awsome improvement! especially like you last chow-pic!
keep rockin :yayca:

[coldrum]

Update! good to see some hand studies :D keep em coming!

[Pixie Bergman]

Yes... very clever indeed! Awesome update!! You're good at colours and im so jealous. Hehe.. really nice figure and hand studies as well! Good job Brendan! :D

[DStraX]

great progress here i see. Keep doing those studies dude ;) Looks like they pay off

[coldrum]

Hey fella, lovin those last enviro speedpaints.. the cows are pure awesome :) keep em coming!

[Jasper_]

Hah, last cow entry is pretty kick ass, I really like the design and idea of it. And good effort with that page of hands, I haven't been able to bring myself to do a whole page of them yet.

[Sean McClain]

great thumbnails on post 53, I like the comical chimera too!:)

[Shivers]

Great sketchbook. I lol'd when i saw your username.

[seetsy]

wow man, that last painting is great, love the colours and the fabric and textures.. ur improving super fast!!! :D

[Pixie Bergman]

Agreed! very nice palette and everything, leaps and bounds! :D

[Quike Garcia]

Great work on the bogeyman :) All this Sb is really quite recommendable :)

[cakeypigdog]

love your comical chimera entry: cool as fuck!

[ImaGEEnation]

Diggin' your CHOW and had to take a peek here! Awesome sketchbook, buddy! Keep it up!

[Rodimus25]

awesome comical chimera Brendon:) and the last chow piece is just damn creepy, fits the topic nicely:steph:

[Ian Miles]

And do you paint your works... in the Sheds?

xD

[Nele Klumpe]

You got some kick ass stuff in here! The last sketches look pretty cool, I especially like the faces. keep it up :D

[jigje]

Great book thank you, that was 20 mins well spent. :)

[zweiDee]

this holmes character are nice, connect the weapon with a articulation to the arm.

[AUG]

Thanks for providing my first laugh of the day with the comical chimaera. The face and claws are a hoot.

Regarding your last post. I'm new to digital work and I can't seem to achieve that soft, granulated look with software. I always fall back to working analog, scanning and then finishing up digital. Have you tried this method?

[Peetaer]

That Bogeyman piece turned out real well. Congrats mate!

[Jesus Food]

the boogeyman pic isnt as creepy as it could be, the boogeyman's pose is very relaxed, as if he was some sort of hayseed or something (when he was alive). it does however remind me of these great illustrations from a book called "scary stories to tell in the dark" which haunted my dreams as a kid

[DENDROTTO]

nice art! i like your propaganda nazi pic. a dark part of our history.
i have seen originals in a museum. they are so horrible.
"deutscher stahl" omg
würd gern wissen was die leute sagen wenn ich als deutscher sowas zeichne oder male.

[Emil_J.]

great master study! that loose and painty style is really nice.

[MacTire]

Great sketchbook heree Mr. Double Shed ;).
Nice to see you're really challenging yourself with all these weekly activities.
I know it's late in saying this but one thing that may have helped with the mechanical man is making it so that even if it might look like a suit, making it look like it would be impossible to wear and thus not like a suit (hope that made sense).
Great work on the misc finished and unfinished studies in here. I burst out laughing at the upside down pipe guy (because I never noticed it at first!).

Keep up the great work!!!

[DENDROTTO]

here i have found one.
please remember: i dont like nazis
but..look at this picture.....it makes you scared right?
thats the dark site of mankind.

[Nele Klumpe]

Your pencil stuff is just awesome! Also liking the ChoW design so far! Mooooaar (pencils) :D

[Sirkenneth]

Wow! What a nice sketchbook you have here! Thanks for sharing!

[Jaro]

Some fantastic work here Mr Two Sheds. I admire your use of colour in your finished pieces, really excellent. Have your hand drawing skills improved since you did that page of studies? I think I might have to do the same, that way I can stop making excuses as to why my figures have no arms...

The last lot of pencil sketches are really well executed too. Did you by any chance happen to create those drawings in the shed? Have you created any of your recent works in this shed of yours?

Good luck with this week's CHOW, I look forward to seeing the finished piece!

[Quike Garcia]

Really nice pencils.. and I really like the ChOW too :)

[Rodimus25]

Hey Brendan, awesome updates man, making progress in leaps and bounds. Love the amount of detail u managed to capture on the John Singer Sargent piece, and them sketches are sweet. Keep em coming mate.

[Jaro]

Ha ha. Nice work with the last drawing mate. Your line work is really excellent. I haven't done any non-digital stuff for a while, I hope I can still remember how to hold a pencil... I was wondering what you were going to do with that viewfinder in the foreground of that CHOW piece. Her true nature is revealed!

I live in the Adelaide hills, how about you? Yeah it can be pretty lonely sometimes for us creative types in SA, especially if you work freelance like me. Are you working at Krome? That's the only game developer I know of in SA. I was thinking about applying there a while back but I didn't think I was good enough at the time. I'm my own biggest critic...

Any other Adelaideians that you know of prowling these boards?

Keep up the good work, I shall be stalking you fom now on... :perv:

[Jaro]

Ha ha! Damn, that's awesome bud! She looks creepy as hell in that viewfinder! I can see a real improvement in your rendering, very sharp. Great work on the blood spray too.

That reminds me, I'd better get a move on and resume working my entry before I forget about it entirely. :dur:

[p sage]

Hey... Monty Python fan? = teh awesome :D

Cool SB... liked these two

http://www.brendandeboy.com/pib4.jpg
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=646998&stc=1&d=1239767383

The latest one: The dress looks flat near the bottom... something about the drapery is bugging me.

Also... I've noticed that a few of your recent drawings--while technically near perfect--are kind of held back action wise. There's not much action in the pose of the Queen, for example, nor much in the guy who's riding the giant slug.

Anyhow... that's probably a null point for you. You've certainly got the skills to do what you want anyway.

At least I didn't try to do a TV interview about your sheds ;)

[Xeon_OND]

That bogeyman is so realistic it's gotta come straight out from a photograph!!!!! S***!!!!!!

[Muz]

Wow man those heads are getting fantastic.

Everytime i look in here there are hueg amount of improvment.

With the pirate queen image, i think what is killing it is that the shillouette of the dress is perfectly straight, it makes a weird mechanical look to the whle thing compounding the stiffness in the pose. Just fix up that and it will look a lot better! Also watch the length of those arms :).

[coldrum]

hey Brendan, great updates :P lovin the John Singer Sargent study. I went to that exhibition yesterday finally. Got myself a Tom Roberts book.. just awesome! pencils are really comin along mate, glad your keeping this SB alive.

[ninyanernel]

your hand studies are inspiring. i have got to practice on that.

[Jizu]

wow these are some realy nice pics you got there! i realy like your skin coloring style :D keep the boobish females up :D

[p sage]

You're kicking ass. I love the head studies, the leg contours, and this latest one looks cool--nice perspective, though I think he should have some sort of either angry, stressed, or otherwise pained expression on his face... and maybe work those shoulders and hips against each other for more of a dynamic pose. Just a thought.

[Dorkthrone]

I can't find very much to fault in this picture so far.

[gerezon]

Hey, thanks for stopping by my sb. Im soo in love with your enviro thumbs and the hand studies are great. I should do some my self :) Thanks for the inspiration!

[p sage]

Well, I thought you'd have three sheds by now... but this latest post is good enough :D

Actually very nicely done. Good lighting and colors.

[llex_paul]

hey man! your pencils are great, i love that line!

[CosmoG]

very very cool sketchbook...keep up the awesome work!

[p sage]

p sage - Na man still just the two :). Thanks buddy. Cheers for dropping by again.

llex_paul - Thanks dude :). Cheers for visiting.

For all who happen to see this post before I've editied it.. Just testing a sketch I did tonight. You see, usually colors are wanged if I jpeg something up on my home PC. I'm wondering if the image will be un-wanged if I post the image online.. Two secs..

I think the bridge of the nose is crooked on that one.

Nice pencil strokes in your latest update.

[jigje]

High quality coolness as always Arty

[p sage]

Well, all I can say to that is don't be fat. :nohope:

...and... nice colors ;)

[Giorge]

very nice collection of model drawings Arthur , the last character looks promising two , although it needs some more work , take care!

[p sage]

Well, ouch for this guy (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=769307&stc=1&d=1251965136) if he decides to bend over. LOL.

I like the colors in the little enviro on your last update.

[Ariel9]

Ohh, not a crappy color sketch at all, but I have such a soft spot for the other for the other sketches - the first one, with the mushroom houses, is especially great. Are the stains behind sepia ink, or maybe coffee? (Makes me want to get coffee all over my own Moleskine and scribble stuff on, because it looks very good, ehe)

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

BLAMO! SOme cool stuff here mate! Keep at the good work:D

-E

[Ariel9]

Oh, thanks for the advice, I know it doesn't but usually I just let it dry off in that awkward way (it can have interesting effects sometimes), I'll try to do something similar next time.

I really love the first color study, it's such a peaceful landscape, I can almost see a couple of lovers having a picnic on the grass!

[jatherip]

mooore photostudies!!! theire gonna help you, aswell as life studies!! do them!!
keep goin :)

[jatherip]

mooore photostudies!!! theire gonna help you, aswell as life studies!! do them!!
keep goin :)

[Rodimus25]

Hey B, fantastic updates man, was really blown away when i had a flick through you moleskin sketchbook. Keep em coming:)

[mariusz]

Hello there!

Great update! I like your landscape paintings in post #128 (http://conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2424073&postcount=128) as well. Keep up the good work.

all the best
Mariusz

[coldrum]

Was a pleasure looking thru your SB mate... sketches just seem to look that much better in a Moleskine! nice work, see u tuesday... public holiday? pft!! :P

[p sage]

Cool update!

I like the no-head guy with his face and beard on his chest. Some good imagination there. And, of course, the girls in their underwears-s' ;)

[Ariel9]

Love the first and third page. The softness of your pencil work is always amazing and oh so pleasing to look at!

[thegrayslayer]

Nice stuff. I really like your 'traditional' pencil sketchbook work.

~ Slayer

[p sage]

I see absolutely nothing wrong with the life drawings. They're awesome. Makes me feel like I've got a million years to go. Thanks a lot, arsehole :anime:

;)

And this latest one is very exquisitely rendered. I like the lighting and color in it a lot.

By this point you should have a third shed.

[Herr Taco Chang]

Absolutely wunderbar...fantastic rendering in your sketchbook. Nice chow too!


:)

[p sage]

That Hunchback piece rules.

I think the pieces of grass in front of her arm look less like grass and more like green silk, tho.

Anyway... excellent final piece there.

[feitian]

Hey, those movie still studies looks like a lot of fun. :D I especially love the piece in the lower right. You can feel that light hitting the surrounding and reflect onto that face. >w< Lovely Lovely reflective lights.

[Mark Tarrisse]

Man your pencils are hot ! and the last studies are pretty cool too ^^ keep it coming !

[freakmod]

Holy hell. I love looking at your artwork, your style is both accessible and unique. Those life drawings are super :) /me going to keep coming back here often :)

[Mark Tarrisse]

Mannn..... I think in one year time, I'll be crying when I'll see your updates... ;)

[Quike Garcia]

Man, your pencils are outstanding :)

Maybe you could benefit from some gestural and pose study, because some of your characters seem a bit off balance to me :)

[latigid]

Well im afraid im in no position to offer any constructive crit what i can say is that i have thoroughly enjoyed going through your SB, your pencil work is outstanding i love the peice in #88 with the face and hands and your Bogeyman pic was awesome. I hope you climb out of your "trough" soon and show us some more spanking artwork!

[Jaro]

Hey Brendan! Amazing job on that last one man, I almost don't want you to keep working on it, it looks so good as it is.

Try not to feel too down if your work isn't turning out as you'd like, as you know it happens to everybody. I'm often surprised when I finish something and I don't hate it. :davi:

I think that Quike Garcia is right about your character poses looking a little unbalanced. I have exactly the same problem, in fact I'm pretty much terrible at drawing legs in general. I think the key is to force yourself to tackle things that you struggle with, even if you hate every minute of it.

Perhaps you should try doing some figure studies in the same way that you did that big page of hand studies. Something like these (from bumskee's sketchbook) ----->

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=595681&d=1234882640

http://www.conceptart.org/forums
/attachment.php?attachmentid=599188&d=1235232018 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=599188&d=1235232018)

Well, good luck mate! Now I just need to go and follow my own advice... :S

[Ramza]

Brendeezy! Love the sketchbook man, I'll make a point of coming back here more often. You already know how I feel about that Steampunk Harem - FINISH IT PLEASE! And your latest entry - the watercolour one - is stunning. Looks like fun!

[Jaro]

Nooooooo! Aww man, that crab guy was looking so freakin' awesome too... I hope you'll still bother to finish it. I'm loving all of your natural media stuff so far, so I'm looking forward to seeing some more!

Oh, thanks to you and Garth for taking pity on me and voting for my COW entry. I've got 4 whole votes now, watch out Jason Chan!

... (cough)

[revenebo]

Man you have improved SO MUCH. I remember some of your old EoWs, compared to them the quality of your works is increasing quickly. So quickly that I hate you. :) Keep up!

[Sean McClain]

I like your last Environment a lot, r u gonna try game of chess or no?
Cheers:)

[Garth Cochrane]

Will you take a look at his little roundy, baldy monkey head! :)

You're kicking butt with your enviros lately...keep it up buuuuddy!

[latigid]

Nice watercolours especially liking the birds and your caravan Eow was pretty darn cool keep posting

[Ariel9]

LOVE the watercolors. Would love to take a closer look at the first two :)
The sepia bird may be my favourite though!
The butterfly girl is also quite impressive, wow. Great updates.

[PoO-kiE]

omh my... post more watercolours if you have any!!!!!!!!!! the birds are terrific

[Ramza]

Mate! Thats awesome that you finished that Steampunk Harem. Now if only I put on the same pressure for you to finish *MY* work the world will be a better place.

Kick ass updates recently Mr. Two Sheds - the natural media stuff and the studies from screen caps are particularly amazing.

Those white marks above the brown birds' head: Spider-sense tingling?

[Me,Myself & Me again]

Good solid work through out man i'm lovin it (mcdonalds please dont sue!)

[Jaro]

Ye-eah! Great update Brendan! :D

Ha ha, I couldn't remember where I recognised that bald guy from until I read Garth's comment, you captured his likeness perfectly.

Good to see that you finished your steampunk entry, it turned out very nicely indeed. Really well rendered, plus her pose looks loose and nicely balanced, so excellent improvement there.

Your watercolours are looking sweet, I especially like the ones where you have combined them with the ink linework. More of that! Loving that skull too, nice loose brushstrokes and great choice of colours, that red really pops! I've got some paints sitting in a drawer somewhere but I'm too scared to use them.

Ugh, sorry mate I can't think of anything mean to say, I'll try harder next time... :(

[MacTire]

Excellent stuff here Arthur!! No idea how I didn't see this sooner!
Beautiful work on those studies and chows. One tiny crit regarding the perspective on the steampunk butterfly girl, the alignment of the middle section of her torso (where her breasts are) seems off compared to the top section (collarbones, shoulders etc). Other than that really nice job on the piece.

Great work on the competition entry too!!
Keep up the great work!

[Jaro]

Ha ha, that's brilliant! Darksiders right? You're not trying to win yourself a giant sword are you, I'm not sure I would trust you with a giant sword.

[Rodimus25]

Hey B, fantastic updates man, really diggin the last environment, nice use of palette which sets the mood for this piece. Your sketches are getting madder, and love the water colors, keep em coming man. Sweet steampunk entry too:)

[ColorExcursion]

Wow, you have a lot of really lovely stuff in here :D

[seetsy]

wow dude, ur colours are looking amazing since i last came by here, super improvement man!!! love the details, tattoos and stuff in that last one. keep up the drawing as well :D

[Ariel9]

Lovely, lovely textures in all the different materials, they really look like they're different. The ice, the wings and the skin on her legs are especially gorgeous.
There's something unconvincing in her face though, I can't tell if it's just because she has an unsettling look, and the folds on the left side are a bit too 'straight', so they look less natural than the rest of the piece.
Good job anyways, and you have all my admiration for having the stamina to take part in so many challenges of the week! You set such a good example.

[wanglavender]

I really love the third one, lol really cute bird with watercolour~=v= great~

[Jamie Romoser]

sick sketchbook dig your updates :)
ill be staying tuned
have a good one
-Jamie

[coldrum]

Hey Bren! You've been busy mate :) love the updates.. especially the trad media. Hope all is well down in Ad

[Eddieee]

I like your Chow, dude! I'm digging the digital sketches too. Sweet linework!

[Jaro]

Ha ha! You're a funny man Deboy, a funny, strange, sad little man.

Those latest sketches are real nice though, your rendering of the girl is gorgeous!

I wish I could focus on studies too but I need more finished character work for my portfolio, which undoubtedly means that I too will soon feel the same overwhelming combination of shame and self-loathing that you feel now. If we were living in the time of the Ancient Greeks they would write great tragedies about us. Knowledge of our plight would spread throughout the land and even the most battle hardened warriors would take a moment to pity us as they made preparations for war. They would weep Brendan, they would weep...

Oh, I especially like the drawing of Batman on his lunch break. Is he about to stab someone with that hotdog? If so, that is awesome. 8)

[Ariel9]

That Batman is so awesome. I'm so amused by that little man between his legs whose head's about to get crushed.

More seriously, I like your digital sketches but I'd love to see more of your traditional stuff.
And hey, there's something to be said for some stuff in that Team Chow picture! I love the armour - texture, colour. Your renderings are always so smooth!

[Nettle_Mountain]

nice chow over there mister

[Hannah.McGill]

I love the textures and style of the tiny watercolor bird. It's my favorite!

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Well done on the composition on the last one, I like how the idea is pressented:)

-E

[Rodimus25]

Hey B man, them sketches are sick :) Nah no one to team up with here, their all too busy:P

[Ramza]

Deboyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy-ahh!

Great updates dude. I had no idea you were entering the giant-sword-a-thon competition.

Have you entered the latest CHOW yet? doooo ittttttttt

[Jaro]

Ha ha, I'm so glad you get my sense of humor, most people just think I'm weird.

Great stuff as usual Sheds! I know you were a bit bummed out about your first team chow, but I think they look really great as a pair. Nice contrast between them and all that jazz. I really like the design of the tower guy and I'm definitely feeling the rocky texture!

Those sketches are really nice too, the depth of field conveyed in the first one is pretty cool. Love the Joker! I have yet to play Arkham Asylum but I've heard great things about it. I'm still getting used to the fact that someone actually made a good Batman movie, let alone a game.

Keep those studies coming!

[Ariel9]

Loving the UFC study - still amazed everytime by the smoothness of your figure's skin! Also the form is really nicely shown.
It's nice to see you updating so often - keep it up! :)

[Ramza]

Debdbebdbdbebdbebdbdboyyyyyyyyyy-ah!

I know I already told you but now I"m going to make it official by posting on your wall: Great studies!

Yup thats all i wanted to say.

UFC pic:
Guy 1 - "Take that for stealing my bread!"
Guy 2 - "Gahhhhhhh, you gave it to me for my birthday, jerk!"

The ye olde study is awesome too. Its texture town.

[soros]

The Hand Drawing (August 2nd, 2009) with multiple hands in the head is awesome! Could you post it and all the next pencil sketches in a higher resolution / bigger size? Thanks for sharing!

[p sage]

Married, eh? Do you want congrats or condolences? :teeth:

She's only marrying you for your sheds :D j/k there must be more to you than shed. Maybe your Monty Python collection.

Anywho... looks like your last piece is heavily inspired by Lord Canti (FLCL)... close?

Like it.

[coldrum]

great studies mate :D

[Nettle_Mountain]

i love randomness of the sketchbook pages, shadows and line quality is also fine

[Rodimus25]

Fantastic moleskin art B, great update, more please :)

[phizpietl]

nice drawings, keep that up, drawing is everything!

phil lietz
www.phillietz.blogspot.com
www.phillietz.com

[Ariel9]

You're getting married? CONGRATS! That's awesome :)
Your character either needs to be shortened some, or his face needs to be a little longer, it's a bit plump and too young for that body now imho.
The pencil sketches are great as usual - more, more! We want more! Ehe.

[Ramza]

Those are some sweeeet sketches dude. Your line work is great!

[karantina]

ooo your studies are incredible.

[Angel Intheuk]

The bastards did totally steal it! :O btw the driver of yours looks like Twoflower the Tourist from The Colour of Magic :D

great sketchbook man, really entertaining and inspirational. Like your Public Transport Man hahahahahahaha love where you put the ticket machine :D . Am subscribed

[Ramza]

Debbboooyyyyyyyy-ahhhh!

Mate. There've been some great updates since i last visited. You didn't tell me about this. Therefore I hate you. Nice work!

[Ramza]

That cowboy zombie is rad-tastic, you already know I love the dynamic duo and secretly wish i could be the guy on the left, and i really like the glove of the knight-lord. Mmmm shiny.

You know, even if we didn't talk so much at work we could become pen pals through conceptart.org.

[Hatonacat]

Really nice refined sketchbook work!! They're looking great! :D

[Sean McClain]

look'n good man! I like the moleskin and all the speedpaints, characters etc.:)

[MoNzO]

holy fuck, dude!
those colors. . . and those lines!
i am loving this sketchbook, i especially like the style in post #206.

[lemming-clone-]

Sweet paintings and I dig your traditional sketches a lot! Also the textures in the explosion behind the jet fighter are friggin fantastic!
The paintings where the atmosphere shows through are definitely your strongest although, the ones lacking tend to suffer for it a lot in my opinion.
Keep it up!

[Pixie Bergman]

SUP bro!! The competition entry looks sweet! Your improvement is outstanding! Looking forward for more updates! Hehe i will update mine soon.. got heaps of drawings to be scanned..and im so lazy lol.

[Krato]

your pencils are fantastic and your photoshopin skills are on their way :D

[Rodimus25]

Nice studies and great stuff B, keep em rolling:)

[Krato]

that blue skull is awesome!! along with the guy with the spear some ways up, his hand doesnt look like its really holding onto the spear though :<

[seetsy]

yea man dude your improvement is awesome, im loving that pirate ship a few posts back

[LAL]

woo……so many exercises,good works!I like the post 242#man ,keep the nice work up!

[seetsy]

nice work man, your colours are looking good. are those figures from imagination or ref?

[aLDoDarK]

wow, I really like your drawing and colouring, I just wondering how many study drawings that you made in 1 day, cos It just so awesome! I wish I could learn from you XD

[seetsy]

i really like this last one, beautiful colours and poses, the studies are paying off. I just noticed that the one side of the cape is blowing in the wind while the other side of the cape on the far left is sitting still. I think if the wind was blowing this strong maybe even the girls hair would be affected as well.

Same thing with the cross necklace, its vertical position kind of stands out, i think it should be on an angle a bit for some movement or if you wanted to keep it straight maybe make the chain look a bit more taut to show some weight.. anyways these are just some small crits, i really like this one man, keep rocking!

[Krato]

nice mouse study!

[vatteh]

Your nice two updates look great. For a critique, I would say that her hips on the chick in the twisting motion looks off to me. I'm guessing it's due to her left waist-torso area being too light to be projected far enough into space, but it really could just be me. This is a great sketchbook by the way. Keep it rocking man!

[seetsy]

really u dont keep psds? hehe i like that pic tho.
Love that tricycle uh ..duck guy, hehe its awesome, definitely keep exploring this type of style, i think it looks great

[Rodimus25]

fricken awesome updates B, love em all!

[Mat Kaminski]

Man, your paints are GREAT!

I especially love your post #'s 246 and 243 :3

I'll crit around as time goes on.

[Hellbeard]

Exceptional work. I really like the Duck-Sky-Pirate - very imaginative and inventive (also, the rendering is totally sweet).

All in all, radical.
Also, you're awesome.
It's hard sometimes when you lose sight of the feeling of joy at creating art. I certainly know what that feels like. You inspired me not only to keep working but to think about why I'm working. I don't think it's in order to have fun and yet fun should be in there somewhere. No idea what I'm saying here.

[isso09]

Dude, you're a baller. Keep it up. Especially like the personal pieces, do more of those!

[Lakka]

You work very well with traditional mediums. Very impressive! :)

[seetsy]

sweet that skeleton painting is awesome, youve got some great traditional painting skills there, really cool handwriting too

[PNate]

Your sketchbook is great and your CHOW is hilarious. Im voting for this one!

[Nonobot]

Loving your stuff, pretty wacky ideas, that are rendered well!
Part of that well looks like its overlapping the fabric a bit, I might just be looking into it too much.
Shes like " look at my bling "! Are you going to colour it? :v

[Rodimus25]

Wow B, loving the last piece, traditional right? Great pose, nice form, and really solid lines :)

Hope alls well mate.

[Cameli]

MAaaan arthur such a nice and crazy sketchbook!Love ur fantasy and crazy chows!

[carriejo]

wow, I love your style! keep it up man! :D

[a la bapsi]

k this sketchbook is fucking awesome.

i love your dedication.

[blackcherry]

Awesome sketchbook all the way through. Your art is amazing!

Oh and great start on the veteran piece for the last CHOW, made me laugh! :D

[karantina]

the last post is very magical. I can just say wow. Great rendering in black-white.

[AlexEh]

Very nice drawing on the last post, this sketchbook rocks, thanks for sharing.

[Sean McClain]

great moleskins stuff! I like the bird piece, is that traditional?

[NickTrip]

You've got an awesome sketchbook here. Congrats on the wedding!

[NickTrip]

That tooth fairy image is really cool. That's a great idea!

Since you asked for some perspective:
I think her right arm is too short. If it were hanging at her side, her elbow would be around the bottom of her rib cage and her hand would be around her abdomen. Also, I think her hips aren't quite wide enough compared to her shoulders.
The last thing, which might be hard to change, is that by the santa boot in the foreground we seem to be an inch or two off the ground, worms eye view. It doesn't seem that we're looking up enough at the tooth fairy. The perspective around her feet and knees looks pretty good, but then up by her head we're still looking straight on, when really she's 5', x" above us.

Oh and Santa's boots ought to be shiny.

I hope that helps! It's looking really awesome.

[NickTrip]

That tooth fairy image is really cool. That's a great idea!

Since you asked for some perspective:
I think her right arm is too short. If it were hanging at her side, her elbow would be around the bottom of her rib cage and her hand would be around her abdomen. Also, I think her hips aren't quite wide enough compared to her shoulders.
The last thing, which might be hard to change, is that by the santa boot in the foreground we seem to be an inch or two off the ground, worms eye view. It doesn't seem that we're looking up enough at the tooth fairy. The perspective around her feet and knees looks pretty good, but then up by her head we're still looking straight on, when really she's 5', x" above us.

Oh and Santa's boots ought to be shiny.

I hope that helps! It's looking really awesome.


I'm glad I double posted too. :)

Oh and I drew this little scribble for you as a thanks to the extra thanks. I'm thankful that you thanked me two thanks, on Thanksgiving no less! Thanks!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1108770&stc=1&d=1290695171
Yeah I know it doesn't make sense...

[Tigermilk]

Really nice work man, colors look very tasty. Would suggest basic life drawing and croqui sketching to fine tune anatomy.

Keep posting! :)

[kidult]

The image in post 275 is soooo awesome just love the marks in it! Great sense of humour and fun in your work

[insanelight]

Post #275 is absolutely stunning!

[pixel cheetah]

Brilliant. Keep it up!

[Rodimus25]

awesome stuff as usual B, the sketch with the flowers and bird blew me away!

[p sage]

Damnnnn.... forgot just how good you were. The last piece is brilliant... with the cig and cigar and pipe.

This one (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1040462&stc=1&d=1281714572) had me almost piss my pants.

Keep rolling, man. :asspat:

[Elophant]

Great rendering and couloring! keep it up!

[raminafshari]

i like it , what is he smoking ?

[Marian Rowling]

Hey Arthur 'Two Sheds' so much to admire and enjoy here.....great art, great humor.....'snakes on a plain'.....'bugs on a plane'....brilliant! :)

[Voodoo_Mama]

wow amazing stuff!
I love the rendering in your digital work.
Your traditional works are epic as well :O

[Farquad]

I pushed ya over to 5 stars buddy. You earned it. ;)

[MattGamer]

great chow! great studies and work here. very inspirational.

[NickyBeats]

awesome awesome awesome!!! really kick ass shtuff your dropping in here! keep filling this beast up!

[surus]

# 274: great artwork! Thanks for sharing! Keep on posting your awesome ideas and pencil pages, please!

[snatti]

Hi

i must say i really your colour and sharpness to the images but most of all, i love your sense of humor, i believe it brings alot to the images,my favorit is probbaly the one in #274,
although there aint any humor to it but it cotains so much beauty instead, you made it all tradtional? or gave it a few tweaks in photoshop? either way it's incredible, i want to watch your future progress so i have subscribed, i look forward to next update

[p sage]

Hahaha... in this one (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1215790&stc=1&d=1303388432), is that Tristan as in Elwell? Wonder if he caught that :D

Great riding hood pic too....

[ikuru]

Holy Shiiiit!

[Caleb-Brown]

I'm envious of your color choosing abilities!
I love how your art is clean with just the right amount of texture.
My only critique is that the anatomy seems a little stiff sometimes

Also, i was beyond impressed with your piece with the bird and the plants
:)

[Jephyr X]

Hi, I just went back trough the last 5 pages or so...don't remember or see if I commented before but I really like what you're doing! Very tasty!

There's an amazing amount of variety here: Studies, CHOWS, mo' serious schtuffeses, humor etc. Sometimes you look through a CA sketchbook and you can peg someone's style within a page or two...not here...and IMHO that is a very GOOD thing!

Speaking of humor I really get yours and love when you unleash it! I literally laughed out loud when I saw the: "If they want potatos...." Guy and his sheepish robot friend holding his leg.

You said a page or two back: "Trying to dive into my thoughts a bit more and pull everything out in it's raw form rather than stuffing it through the mainstream filter."

Amen brother! Testify!

:yayca:

[Voodoo_Mama]

Awesome update.
The car looks so realistic.
I love the bar interior, pretty cool use of color.

[Frederik Storm]

Sweet stuff! When just scrolling through, I actually thought the batmobile was a picture!
I really like the bar scene, though it seems the perspective could use a bit of tweaking, it isn't quite working. But great stuff, keep it coming!

[ismo]

So much awesomeness in one post. You really nailed the mood in that bar. Also your ChoW/IDW was simply brilliant. Hilarious and technically suberb. I agree 100% what Jephyr just said. Your sb's a true gem.

[Rodimus25]

Nice portrait B, can you do one for me too :P How you doing?

[Sean McMurchy]

I like the weird stuff like the samurai fish and the man goat with eyeball head bunny ear rider hologram.

[antipersonnel]

awesome stuff man, awesome! been looking around the web recently, had no idea there was so much talent here in aus!

did you go to school in Adelaide? I'm studying architecture at UofA and look to concept art as a source of inspiration / a distant goal of mine. It's awesome and exciting to me that such beautiful work can be achieved by locals! I guess it just takes practice... aaah

will keep watching out for you!

[♦♦Jackdaw♦♦]

Hello everyone! I am back after about a year inactivity. This sketchbook has been rebooted. Thank you to everyone for your kind comments over the years.

I will kick it off with a mix of the old and the new. Apologies if you've seen this before.

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/tumbler.jpg

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/soprops.jpg

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/sniperdawg.jpg

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/ShootoutBarCornerBren.jpg

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/police.jpg

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/plane.jpg

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/m4.jpg

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/m1.jpg

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/m3.jpg

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/Hologoat.jpg

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/gypsyfinal.jpg

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/garns.jpg

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/cowboy.jpg

[♦♦Jackdaw♦♦]

Couple more.

http://brendandeboy.com/images/gallery/st_alien.jpg

http://brendandeboy.com/images/gallery/hf_research.jpg

[♦♦Jackdaw♦♦]

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/er.jpg

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/goat.jpg

[Fetsch]

dope stuff man! thanks for sharing :)

[Luckers]

It's great that you started posting again!
Spectacular work, I really love that hologram :D

[GEB]

Bee and Hotdog! That is fucking classic! Only crit is her legs look a bit bandy, like Tina Turner. Awesome work though

[Velocity Kendall]

eeeexcellent!

[rich4rt]

Fun stuff! I especially like the fish aquarium gun! :D

[♦♦Jackdaw♦♦]

Fetsch - Thanks for commenting!

Luckers - That's nice of you to say so. Thank you .

GEB - I'm glad someone gets it :p. Good crit about the legs - thank you.

Velocity Kendall - Thank you sir.

rich4art - Haha thank you. Yeah that's one of my favourites too.

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/treestudy.jpg

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/selfy.jpg

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/grasshill.jpg

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/spider.jpg
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[MatejaPetkovic]

shit i don't see any old stuff, but you probably remove them. Anyway great works man, hope to see more in future

M

[♦♦Jackdaw♦♦]

MatejaPetkovic - Thank you very much sir. I hope so too.

Small update, an old favourite of mine.

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/bird.jpg

[Mat Kaminski]

I love it. So clean!

Not much bad to say about it at all really... just keep on going :D
Can't wait to see more.

[Dilated]

Hahaaha Hot dog dude is like the best thing ever!

[GEB]

Great updates! The only one that's a bit dodge is the Hobbit one. Spiders are a pain in the arse to pose but that one needs the time. You could make that so threatening if you posed it right, withe legs pointed to it's victim like daggers, or decending vertically on a webline it's fangs poised for the strike.

That last one is a belter BTW!

[♦♦Jackdaw♦♦]

Matt Kaminski - Many thanks kind person.

Dilated - Hahaha thank you. I would like a costume like that.

GEB - Nice. Thank you. Good, honest feedback sir.

Didn't like the Arkham City Catwoman so I made my own.

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/cat4.jpg

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/studysmall.jpg

[Sebastian Gromann]

awesome job. loving the lightning in the last study ! :)

[GEB]

Nice!

[♦♦Jackdaw♦♦]

Sebastian Gromann - Thank you, kind stranger.

GEB - Thanks as always :).

Here are some natural media experimentations. Found a bunch of sketches when I was cleaning my garage. Not the most polished things in the world but I still find them charming enough.

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/countrysketch.jpg
http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/german.jpg
http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/littlesketch.jpg
http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/m7.jpg
http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/mannequin.jpg
http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/paintdude.jpg
http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/paint.jpg
http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/tree2.jpg

[p sage]

Pretty bummed that you lost your two sheds, but your recent work is pretty amazing.

[Velocity Kendall]

really great stuff man
i like the soldier image a lot.
his right (our left) foot looks like it might be backwards. amazing impact though. subscribed

[derekdedgell]

A collection of really nice images here! Thanks for sharing. =)

[Cold]

Your texture feel in your render is something I like to adapt... one day - awesome work.

[Alexanderjr]

wooaah! awesome sketchbook! love the crossover between traditional and digital. sweet stuff! :)

[BlightedArt]

Nice, I love your lighting studies, they still have lots of colour and flavour in them.

[♦♦Jackdaw♦♦]

p sage - Haha yeah.. Thanks a lot man. Good to see you here again.

Velocity Kendall - Thanks VK. I like the soldier pic too. Wasn't sure if other people would be in to that style so I feel a bit strange when I draw like that - part of me feels like I'm wasting my time a bit. Thanks for the encouragement though! Good crit on the boot too.

derekdedgell - Thank you kind gentleman.

Cold - Thank you sir. I'd be interested to hear which pic you were referring to.

Alexanderjr - Thank you sir. I'm having fun experimenting with that actually.

BlightedArt - Thank you my good man.

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/OngBakStudy.jpg


http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/deerriderfin.jpg

[kimozabbi]

your pencil works are amazing and so does your painting! Anyway, I went on page 1 through 7 to view your work but I cannot see it only half of page 7 and page is where I can see your works. Its probably on my end. Great work though.

[♦♦Jackdaw♦♦]

kimozabbi - Thank you! You will not be able to view the old stuff unfortunately - it's not your PC.

More pencilly-planty-birds!

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/becbirds.jpg

[GEB]

Ooh that last one is luuuurvley

[cgaddict]

Stunning work here. Your images have a very tight and refined look which I really enjoy, thanks for sharing.

[NickyBeats]

holy hell!! amazing works man!! that ong bak is wicked!!

[Mikko Voipio]

This (http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/deerriderfin.jpg) is, excuse the language, fucking awesome! Definitely a five star thread.

[danomatic]

Really good looking media exploration sketches. I really like the one with the space ship above the field with sheep. Also really liked the octopus launcher concept on your blog!

[Alexanderjr]

i love the updates! thanks! no crits, just praise. :) awesome.

[MeteorCat]

Magnificent work.

[finndahl]

awsome love your style!

[Mariusz Kornatka]

Great SB! More plz

[blu01]

It's pleasure to browsing this sketchbook. Love your forest piece.

[♦♦Jackdaw♦♦]

GEB - How luuurvley of you to say so.

cgaddict - Thanks for the encouraging words.

NickyBeats - Thanks! Glad someone recognized it.

Mikko Voipio - You're excused. Thank you very much.

danomatic - Thanks fine fellow. Interesting to hear your preferences :).

Alexanderjr - Thank you muchly.

MeteorCat - Much appreciated.

finndahl - Thank you so much.

Mariusz Kornatka - Thank you. Patience, my pretty.

blu01 - Thank you.

Here's a quickish enviro piece. I tried to focus on not getting too bogged down in details and painting quickly and efficiently. Eh.

http://www.brendandeboy.com/OffsiteImages/teabreak.jpg