Ode To Productivity: Sketchbook

[Kress]

I am lazy. So I'm starting a sketchbook thread to help fight that. I get frustrated very easily too, so bad drawings get me down. Well the one way to fight bad drawings is, as we all know, draw a lot.
SO - I'm going to try and use this thread as one inspiration to draw more - hopefully everyday :)

Here are some things you guys have already seen, but I'm posting anyway to get the party started. I'll add recent stuff as soon as it's done and scanned.

http://www.dropship1.com/art/RealAngel.jpg http://www.dropship1.com/art/slurpicane.jpg http://www.dropship1.com/art/demons.jpg http://www.dropship1.com/art/lumbroid.jpg
http://www.dropship1.com/art/randomMech.jpg http://www.dropship1.com/art/oct/bullseye.jpg
http://www.dropship1.com/art/oct/yolks.jpg http://www.dropship1.com/art/oct/putrid.jpg

[Lukias]

Awesome mate, great to see you getting a book started.

Man you work shows a great knowledge which seems to improve pretty rapidly but its your style that is shithot... hafta love your lines, primo strokes, you lay them out really nice.
That Octo face 2nd image is PHAT.
Inspiring. :beer:

[-The Swift-]

i love the style you've got. there's some really great wrok here. keep it up!:D

[behemot5]

i bet a new gooooood sketchbook is born...:)

[metalwinds]

nice. its about time dude. .. . .hope you keep this going.

peace

[roger]

Great drawings! lumbroid.jpg is my favorite so far. I hope you manage to update the sketchbook on a daily basis.

[Ra Havok]

Magnificent creature designs. Excellent control over the pencil.
Inspiring.

Err.. these are totally crit-proof.

[MrMojo]

Really good stuff. I like the angel.

[Kaoki]

:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:
That ape owns

[Josef K.]

man i just love ur creatures

!!!!awesome!!!!!!

[garg]

great designs! wow.. 7 replies and you already have 5 stars.. can't wait to see more!

[prawda]

i dont understand why u are lazy !!!!!!! with your skills u can draw everything u can imagine (i think so) so it must be soooooooooooooooo fun ....

by the way : your stuff is awesome ....

[Kress]

YO - thanks for the early support all. Very much appreciated :). Here's some mo' stuff. Some of it's cheating because it's actually been laying around a bit. But a lot of it is recent: mixed bag.
Matrix booy and random crap:
http://www.dropship1.com/art/matrixButt.jpg http://www.dropship1.com/art/gook.jpg
side thoughts (I want to draw chicks like her all day and get paid for it):
http://www.dropship1.com/art/trawler.jpg http://www.dropship1.com/art/technoPrincess.jpg

a little project:

http://www.dropship1.com/art/front.jpg http://www.dropship1.com/art/front2.jpg
http://www.dropship1.com/art/sculptsketch.jpg
http://www.dropship1.com/art/back.jpg http://www.dropship1.com/art/back2.jpg

http://www.dropship1.com/art/miscFighter.jpg http://www.dropship1.com/art/sledge.jpg

[PeggyChung]

hey there Kress, nice pencil work here :D always my fav kind of media to look at. i cant wait to see more, updating everyday, ack something none of us do lol.

[I.was.ink]

Very very nice stuff man.

I like what your doin!

[obid619]

DUDE I'VE NEVER SEEN YOUR STUFFFZZZZZ IT ROCKSSSSSSS I'M USING TOO MUCH SSSZZZZZZSSZZSSZSZSS :D

[AndreasM]

You have a high quality line and superb rendering style. Thanx for sharing.:)

[stormeffex]

hiya kress. your linework is awesome. i've always loved your work. the sculpy is awesome, i love the lightbulb. keep it up!

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[spork891]

Very imaginative!

[bhuddistmonk]

Oh my GOD, these are absolutely GORGEOUS! You have undoubtetly got your style down in your mind, and you know what your drawing very well. Superb work, keep it up!

[Tully]

Love the cyborg-type treatment of the David. Great sense of proportion and they all have a lot of personality. Bad drawings get everyone down from time to time, but I hope the inspiration's there for you more often than not!

[Kress]

Hey all!! Thanks so much for the 5 stars guys. I hope to turn this thread into something that everyone that can enjoy and something that'll keep my hand moving.

Check back in, do some color-overs, what ever!

Thanks again all, I've read every single reply twice and appreciate them all.

[Hesse]

its 5 star worthy
why don't you have a website :(
i hope your working on it :p
keep them updates coming
great work

[AttackCat]

awesome work kress, do you use life drawings as references for any pieces? Or all most of them just out of the head?

[Kress]

Hesse - thanks man. Hopefully an art director will think so too :P

AttackCat - I've never gone back and used my own life drawing for ref. The angel at the top is from life, and I just added the wing. Usually my figures are out of the head, but I do use ref - the technoPrincess was done with ref, and obviously, a little imagination on my part.
Thanks though :)

:chug:

[jester]

Though others have said this before: cool stuff!

Jester

[DragonGX]

You're very talented, I really liek these drawings!

[TheDirtSyndicate]

wow dude, your stuff rocks. you've inspired me.

[xia]

Pretty Dope!!!

[killing.people]

Kress Rocks!!
Originally posted by Kress
..
Check back in, do some color-overs, what ever!

i hope i am reading that right.
i love your work!

-first pass (http://members.cox.net/crobinson25/killing_kress1.jpg)
-second
http://members.cox.net/crobinson25/killing_kress2.jpg

[behemot5]

killing people: waow
kress: i can't see pics in your post of the 26 th december...

[Kress]

whoa... WHOA. Damn killing.people... Your paint-over is raw!! And I'm ecstatic someone jumped on my invitation so soon. I love the fleshy hilites. You totally captured the nasty dead-flesh feeling I was imagining (and attempting in my lame color-over). His right forearm is a little "anatomical" but the texture on the metal and the blue on him is sick...:p
Trust me, I'll be looking to that metal when I'm painting my own stuff.
The bottom of the gun is a little unclear but I think that's the drawing :( Anyway thanks a ton for doing this, real inspirational... you're quite welcome to do more. Glad I motivated you :)

jester - I don't mind you repeating things :) hope you come back.

DragonGX - thanks man trying to get over some stiffness with this thread.

complete2 - thanks a ton dude. I checked your site and REALLY like the graphic design portion (it's all nice but that stuck out for me) :D

xia - holla. check back :)

behemot - should be fixed.

Here's some whatevers I did tonight. Don't especially like it but I'll post for the sake of continuity:
http://www.dropship1.com/art/2up.jpg

[AndreasM]

VERY nice stuff, Kress. Keep em coming.

[ShawnYe]

Hey Kress, just want to mention you are one of those people who inspires me to work on sketch book. I like what you draw especially the creatures. You have a good way of creating the forms with just your line works and minimum shadings. I always need to spent time render just to bring out the structure right. Hope to see more. :)

[xia]

Yes....me like.:chug:

[I.was.ink]

I like that left page a lot. The screaming guy is dope.:)

[behemot5]

where is your first drawing of the human-faced worm???

[Kress]

hey all! Thanks for the kind words everyone. Much respect ShawnYe, I'm a big fan dude.
Can't get back to everyone right now - heading out the door but wanted to throw this up real quick. I've read all the responses and I'll get back to everyone. THanks again:

http://www.dropship1.com/art/elf.jpghttp://www.dropship1.com/art/hammer.jpg
http://www.dropship1.com/art/gork.jpg

*Edit:
n0fish - thanks man I'm tryin' :p

ShawnYe - I'm a fan of yours - thanks for stopping in :) Do a paint-over if you feel like it.

Xia - thx 4 your post.

I.was.ink. - Hey buddy - thanks for posting...

behemot5 - I took that drawing off my site because of the plagiarism scare that happened a little while ago. One of my pics got used so I freaked out and took a bunch down from old threads <shrug>... I'll see if I can find it somewheres :)

Thanks again all.

:chug:

[gasmask]

man i love ur stuff....its off the meat chain son! how many hours a day u drew a day to get that good eh? anyways i love all of these....really good stuff. peace

[Kress]

off the meat chain... I like that hehe. How many hours? Not as many as I should be, sometimes none at all, sometimes a couple... :mad: I'm on a mission to end that though. Thanks dude.

[lavhoes]

Awesome, awesome stuff =D

[metalwinds]

beautiful work man. you have wonderful lines and a really nice hatching technique. your concepts are on point as well. nothing much to say other than my ass kissing. maybe i can think of something useful to you later. keep postin, man

[steak-tron]

dayom kress, these here drawings are skrait up awesome, make me say "hey there, you on the keyboard, me, pick up a pencil after you look at this inspiring artwork..." guess I should go do that. I know you don't really like the whatevers you did the other night but the're still cool as shit, and even I like the thumbs of the guys with the jetpacks.
dem stars is earned -steak

[Kress]

hey all - just wanted to drop in and say that I HAVEN´T forgotten about this thread, but I´m traveling at the moment and can´t scan anything. I´m on a little post-school trip and I´ll hopefully have something decent to share when I get back in a couple weeks. Believe it or not traveling´s kinda´tiring :p

lavhoes - thanks fer stoppin´in.

metalwinds - thanks bro. and don´t trip about not leaving a crit, there are so many things I need to work on that I´m sure I could give you a bigger list than you could give me. a general reminder to just "keep going" is often enough :cool:

steak-tron - first of all, nice handle :) Thank you much man. glad you caught the little thumbs. get to drawing, it´s what we´re all here for, to help eachother get going. god knows that i get intimidated on this forum.

here´s a couple somethings that´re kinda old and you might have seen already, but I´ll post anyway since I won´t be home for so long. Hope you guys like ém.
Peace -

http://www.dropship1.com/art/dump/8.jpg
http://www.dropship1.com/art/joyride.jpg

Oh and by the way, I know it´s kind of a privilege to get to travel, but anyone who wants to be a good concept artist needs to get to Paris at some point. All I have to say is Musee De Orsay and the motherfucking LOUVRE, but more on that when I get back.

[Kress]

PS Everyones invited to do paint-overs. Im not really one to talk cuz I suck at coloring but it´d be cool to see other contributions to this thread! :D
See killing.peoples bitchin piece for a good example :p

[Ant4d]

wow Kress. This thread is full of awesome sketches. I really really love the last flying one. Impressing work.

[AndreasM]

Hey Kress, the joyride scetch owns!
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/joyride_overpaint-copy.jpg

My first paint-over ever. I`m not sure if it`s finnished or not.

[black_lotus]

man, that is so fuckin´ awsome. i dunno what to say. i wish i´ll be that good someday...

[Jeff Jaws]

hey kress,
your stuff makes me wanna sketch 24/7, and I hop I'll be able to do so in a couple of days..
It's really one of those sketchbooks to make me say wohhaa all the time. great work, keep it up!
btw. do you use any sort of refs for these? (esp. those awesome faces?)
thanks a lot for sharing

Jj.

[Erik]

Wow man, i've always liked what you did but you have transcended to another level now!

Absolutely great stuff, i can see your dedication

[gallen0]

Yep!! I like your universe and works a lot!!!

[van]

No words.

[van]

Ok. I thought of some words. I almost couldnt sleep last night after looking at your stuff. It just blows me away. Tell me about it if you dont mind. What is your process, what tools do you use to render with, how long do you spend on any one sketch? How long have you been doing this?

Sorry for the third degree, but I just have to know.

[catterpillar]

kress, your visual imagination is breathtaking- you are my fav artist here! all hail kress!

[Rusty]

im finally back from my long-ass holiday(actually someone nailed me into my coffin,haha..jk),its good to see your still kicking ass my friend :)...been lazy,i havent put lead to paper for a while,seeing your awesome sketches again makes my fingers itchy.

dont worry man,i still havent forgotten about our unfinished business *wink wink ;),anytime soon.

Rusty

[Main Loop]

this is one to look at often.. as long as its updated often :D

[lavhoes]

I look at your stuff, man, and I just think...wow, that's something to go for.

The best compliment I could ever give is that you set a level that's worth reaching for.

[Avetice]

hey just busted out a quick one from one of the ones on your website. thought i'd post it in here since others were doin the same

http://members.lycos.co.uk/avetice/putrid.jpg

[Kress]

Well I'm back home. Europe is a very good place for artists. And while I didn't sketch from life as much as I would have liked to, here are most of the things I'm willing to show from the last month. It's been so long since an update I'll try to make it worth your while :)

Thanks to the guys who did paint-overs! n0fish the sunset idea is perfect for that pic, I like how brilliant you made it. I'm not sure it's done either, finish it and post!!
Avetice - thx for contributing :) Looks like you did that one pretty quick so I'll just say next time try to let the lines show a little, I can hardly make parts of it out :P

Anyway, here are some drawings. Oh and BTW, the David IS FROM LIFE - woot!!
http://www.dropship1.com/art/jan/spider_landscape.jpg http://www.dropship1.com/art/jan/bee_landscape.jpg
http://www.dropship1.com/art/jan/spire_landscape.jpg
http://www.dropship1.com/art/jan/headz.jpg http://www.dropship1.com/art/jan/chair.jpg
http://www.dropship1.com/art/jan/cruisers.jpg http://www.dropship1.com/art/jan/shipandpilot.jpg
http://www.dropship1.com/art/jan/rodarms.jpg http://www.dropship1.com/art/jan/propplane.jpg
http://www.dropship1.com/art/jan/helmets.jpg http://www.dropship1.com/art/jan/statues.jpg
http://www.dropship1.com/art/jan/david.jpghttp://www.dropship1.com/art/jan/hunk.jpg

[Ryu]

Kress is baaack !!
Yep, and he makes us know ;)
Really inspiring work,
i love your david, and statues.jpg
What kind of pen do you use? regular ball pen?
Do you smudge a little ?
btw, do you work for some kind of company?

Cya, and plz keep updating this sketchbook, i love your line !

[steak-tron]

excellent. can't say more.
wish i could jump the pond. it's all f-n great, but i like the locking mechanism on your helmet concept. functionality always makes it real.
-steak

[AndreasM]

Good to have you back, Kress:) I may finnish the paintover some time. Actually, I wasn`t sure if you were going to like it...I think I removed some of the mood you had created..

Inspiring update, btw.. Are all those studies done with pen? You have a very confident line. Amazing...

[Rusty]

that last update is impressive man,specially like those vehicles and landscapes,very professional...perspective on those thumbnails is great.

oh yeah BTW,hows yer thunderdome entry goin?have you got one up?im pretty eager to see what you come up with..

Rusty

[lavhoes]

Oh man, I love the heads in the space/diving suits.

[I.was.ink]

SCORE!

These are some sweet sketches man.

I really like your exploration with environments. Keep em coming!:)

[Main Loop]

good good stuff.. love the androids and bionic people.. there's a tangent on the 3rd environment, looks like he's holding up the planet with his stick.. just make it longer and you'll be straight.. the david copy coulda been a bit tighter in the face, but still man, doin it from life is pretty awesome in itself.. im envious here

[Kress]

Ryu - haha I'm trying to "stay back". Uhm, don't work for anyone right now (but trying to change that(. I use hi-techs for drawing sometimes. Those and plain old bic pens, they fade really nicely. Thanks ya.

steak - I'm flattered thx. Keep at it.

n0 - glad to be back. like I said, trying to use this thread as an excuse to draw in my off-time. Most of the sketches were done in pencil, but see above reply also. The landscapes are hi-tech Cs.

Rusty - glad you like it man. It's a shame we haven't seen any new stuff from you dude..! Hope to see some soon, hope you're not too busy to draw :( - I didn't get my tdome thing done cuz of being outta country and all. The deadline was like the day after I got back :P

lavhoes - thanks I did want to make it clear so maybe it worked :P

I.was.- thanks, I really, really need to work on more landscapes/scenery... really.

Main - good eye about that sketch. if it were meant to be more I'd fix it but thx for the tip.

WIP:

http://www.dropship1.com/art/deluxeLine.jpg

[xia]

Havn't check out your thread in a while...lots of awesome stuff in here. Nice work man! Love your design.

[Kress]

I thought this thread died, but I just can't read.

http://www.dropship1.com/art/thud.jpg

I saw the "making of" the original tron a little while ago and got pumped:
http://www.dropship1.com/art/newSchoolTron.jpghttp://www.dropship1.com/art/TronSketch.jpg

[JackalAnubis]

sweet stuff, I love your style, especially the unique shapes/forms/silohettes. keep it up!!!

[Aidan]

Your designs rock hard.

[Jeff Jaws]

Awesome!
Glad you're back again.

Jj.

[xia]

Sweet!:chug:

[steak-tron]

badass. They should have consulted you when the game was (re?)released. These machines are very convincing, but yer making them look dynamic too.

[Neireth]

Awesome sketches. Love 'em all...
Keep it up! =)

[ShawnYe]

More yummy kress sketches! Don't mind I paint over one of your sketch since you allow, would be a pleasure to paint over ANY of your work!

Shawn

[2kre8]

wow kress these are looking good, why does the guy have a fence on his head?

[Josef K.]

wow! awesome stuff! u HAVE to update more often :)

[killing.people]

http://members.cox.net/wisdim2/joyride.jpg

[young paddy1]

Amazing stuff I wish I could draw stuff properly as well as you sketch, let alone sketch like that.

[Kress]

killing.people - right on man! I love the evening idea. It's something I never think of. Maybe I'll steal it for something else!! haha.

Shawn - please color something dude.

Thanks everyone, glad you're enjoying :)

http://www.dropship1.com/art/SaphSketch1.jpg

[stiocray]

I love your style kress, Its quirky but cool. You really should do some more TRON sketches(like an enviroment).

[I.was.ink]

Juicy!

[Grooveholmes]

Simply fantastic.. please update daily man.


..no scratch that, hourly!! heh heh

[hoopa]

damn, someone give this guy a medal. Nice work

[obid619]

damn man you're stuff has been killin me here. If you have time can you give me some tips on how you make your drawings so friggin clean. I'd like to learn from people in CA so um...can ya ?!:confused:

[Kress]

Sheesh thx guys. I appreciate the support, trust me.

Groove - heh, I'm not updating in here as much as I wanted to, but things are a little hectic right now and hopefully I'll be at it more in the next couple weeks. I'm tryin'! Thx.

hoopa - :o I'm flattered dude.

obid619 - Dunno if this'll help but:
*Long-winded* Joe Tutorial (http://www.eatpoo.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=14236)
There's some info in there about how I finish drawings/sketches. Lots of "cleaning-up" :p Hope it helps, even if a little.

Thx again all.

[metalwinds]

beautiful work, kress. nothing to say other than keep kicking ass

[I.was.ink]

Hey Joe(feels weird calling u that) how come you never posted that tut here on ca?:mad:

POST IT! :D pleeeeaassseee!

-iwasink

[behemot5]

like your work more and more

[gasmask]

dam ur stuff is nasty! i love it love it love it.....hey is that grey paper canson? if its not where did you get it, ive been trying to find some like, grey speckle copy type paper. thanks man!

[Swoop]

Damn.. looks soooo awsome all your stuff. Love the perfect details on faces you make. wish i could do that... anyawys you just became a personal hero :D :D :D

[Barti89]

okey god damn have you inspired me .. im off drawing right away ... just saw this thread .. your f**king awesome
and Killing.people ... great coloring !!!

[Kress]

http://www.dropship1.com/art/ghost2.jpg
Froggies!
http://www.dropship1.com/art/frogSketch.jpg

[AndreasM]

Neat stuff, mate. I love the inked frog. What`s happening to that girls back? :eek:

[killing.people]

nice update,
thanks for the link to your tutorial.

[simmi]

awesome stuff :) Love the girls.

[ShawnYe]

Spent my quiet afternoon working on this.

http://www.shawnye.com/images/gork_s.jpg

[foster]

i have to start going through the sketch books more often, i am missing out! kress this work brings a smile to my lips. fantastic imagination and style. i will come back and look here often or that extra push.

post more.

jon

[Phuzion]

Hot damn! Some of you peeps are so friggin' inspirational! Makes me want to explore with different styles, which is always a blast. I love your pencils, they just kick too much ass. And your designs in general are totally doin' it for me! Please, post some more ass-kicking! I love it! Peace

[Renzsu]

I'm so gonna try colouring one of your drawings.. I'm really enjoying this so far, thanks man!
Would you mind sharing some of your roughs as well? (I mean before you start detailing of finalizing?)

[xia]

Whao :chug: :chug: :chug:

[StylesDavis]

man, i really love your drawings! very inspiring, but a bit depressing, too... :rolleyes: :)

[inpho]

All I can say is, I wish I could even come close to thinking of things like that.. Very nice man. :hearts:

[Kress]

Holy smokes - wtf is going on here? Shawn, that paint-over is simply awesome. You brought so much life and "oomph" to my drawing - It really makes me think I need to paint them more often, I hardly ever see potential like that when I look at my ownsketches!! :p Deep thanks for the inspiring contribution, the colors and style are soooo nice.
Jon - Thanks so much for stopping in again. Every time you reply to one of my posts I'm rejuvenated man. I'm flattered to know they are of some inspiration, truly. And hey, you post more too!

Cheers all - thanks again. Be back soon with more crapola. :chug:

[Jaku]

Great work man!
Your imagination humbles me.:chug:

[behemot5]

:chug: yeeeeaaaaahhhh

[Kress]

I'm TRYING to make a decent piece out of this drawing.... gah

http://www.dropship1.com/art/deluxeOrangeWIP.jpg

[PhatTexta]

dood u rock ur stuff is amazing as soon as i opened the thread and i saw the first drawings i said OH MY GOD and my brother was like,, dood wat the hell?

u rock man!

[spok]

this truely is amazing...!!!

[Jeff Jaws]

everytime I open your thread and look at your new stuff, it makes me think: holy god, how damn good is this guy, and what a cheapass am I.. But hey, that's one thing of many, that keeps me working, and working, and.. Your stuff is a great inspiration and impulsion. keep it up!

Jj.

[bonedog]

i think it's a fantastic piece. i loved the drawing when you first posted it, and i think the colored version is looking great.

i see a lot of painters start by throwing in a neutral value background to set the mood & value structure, but what do i know... it's looking awesome anyway.

-bonedog

[AndreasM]

Originally posted by Kress
I'm TRYING to make a decent piece out of this drawing.... gah...

hmm..
I think it ROCKS! Value and details seems to be nicely balanced out, though some areas, like the staff, could have been a a little more refined. Anyway, I`m sure you are aware of that.

BTW, are these actual pixels?

[Kress]

hey guys thx a lot, glad yer diggin it.
n0fish - not actual pixels, the real size is much bigger.

[Rusty]

Rockin bro,rockin....drawing was great,painting is great even at this stage....is it painter or photoshop?

awesome
Rusty

[Kress]

thx rusty. where the HELL have you been? the piece started in painter and is being finished in pshop.
Joe

[evillair]

Great work Kress

[xia]

Sweet, I really like the value...u nailed it.

[AndreasM]

I have spent some hours on this one.
"Struggeled, I have!"
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/lumbroid_overpaint_FINAL.jpg
Hope you like.

[Kress]

n0 - awesome dude. I'm glad you saw this one through. I like the silvery sheen you gave him, it's very original. I hope you had fun doing it!

Here's something I did in my spare time (bleh!):
http://www.dropship1.com/art/pogoid1.jpg

[steak-tron]

killer as usual Kress,
I lika' the axe, it kind of reminds me of my warhammer days...
id try to color twer I not so shitty at it.

[Groover McNab]

Ack. Why am I only now subscribing to this thread? Awesome sketches, very original designs. Great work!

[killing.people]

ah he paints! you chump! i love it. :D

[molemansd7]

Wow Kress, this stuff is really nice. What impresses me the most is the sheer quantity of unique ideas you come up with. Do you have any strategic means for inspiring your ideas? Any good sources you could share? Or are you just that good?;)

[generic_living]

OMG. your creatures are awesome! where do you get your ideas?