This is my sketchbook. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

[Finn Diesel]

I'll attempt to use this thread in the same way that I use my blog (http://mr-november.blogspot.com/) but for more rough work which, in theory, means that I'll be updating it much more often. We'll see...

Some pages from my moleskine...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/2-3.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/6-7.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/8-9.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/10-11.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/12-13.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/14-15.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/15-16.jpg

[Icedearth15876]

Great work, the human sketches look great. Keep it up.

[DannySketch]

Ah you talented hardworking son of a monkeys uncle.

Welcome good sir, I hope you keep this going, those Lion drawings are gorgeous mate, cheers for sharing.

[wookiedabo]

I love that outlined bird on the white background. And the bloke in the hat sitting in the tree. cool pages mate, nice start.

[Finn Diesel]

Icedearth15876 Cheers, much appreciated :)

Dannysketch Thanks man. My second post in a week, madness.

Wookiedabo Thanks for looking. I'll view your sketchbook as soon as my internet stops messing about.

More pages from the moleskine...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/17-18.jpg

Work in progress for my character project. This one is a wraparound book cover. The guy's face looks stupid at the moment, but I'll sort it out...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Salesman.jpg

The first is copied from 'The Fall' by Tarsem - one of my new favourite films, I highly recommend it. The second is from Band of Brothers, which is also genius...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Soldier.jpg

Some stone busts...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/img068.jpg

Some studies of J.C Leyendecker...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/img070.jpg

That's all folks, thanks for the feedback :)

[Smarty]

you have a ver strong sense of design and setting which show in your more stylised stuff. Your noses aren't very convincing though. With the placement of the base being the main issue i think.Have a quick looks at some facial structure writings. I use Loomis, alot use bridgman.

[DannySketch]

Nice stuff finny boi

Gotta agree with kyle's crit, your basic structure is slightly off on some of your faces, but that'll come with practice.

Leyendecker studies are lovely, that man was a god, you could always take a stab at oils?:P

[Finn Diesel]

Smarty Yeah, I think I can generally draw facial features ok, but getting them all to work together in a normal looking face is pretty hard! Haven't done any life drawing in ages, but getting an anatomy book ain't a bad substitute I guess. Cheers.

Dannysketch Thanks, that Leyendecker sure was one talented son of a gun. Try Oil painting? Never! Well, maybe... but me and painting go together like flies and honey.

[DStraX]

hey, cool sb! I like how clean it looks :)

[ajvenema]

im in love with the deer!
nice work, looks pretty illustrative, you do something in that direction?
anyway, keep going, and id love to see you make a mess of some pages sometimes:)

[TheButterBunny]

lovin the stuff in your moleskin! such varied subjects, but all in such a high quality!

keep it coming!

[Finn Diesel]

DStrax Thank you.

ajvenema Thank you. Yeah I'm starting my Illustration degree in September. Quite exciting! As for the neatness, that's just a style choice. I usually don't like the messy stuff I do, and it invariably ends up getting rubbed out or binned.

TheButterBunny Thanks. Most of the moleskin stuff is from references, so its not that original, but I'm glad you like it :)

Here's another spread (values were added in Photoshop).

I was going for a Joao Ruas (http://souvlaki.jp-ar.org/) / Audrey Kawasaki (http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/) look for the second one.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/19-20Edit.jpg

[Mon Chat]

im gone lend you my copy of hogarth. you's gone study.

[Finn Diesel]

I'm a little ashamed of myself for producing so little work these last few days. I sprained my ankle playing football on the weekend and spent a couple of days watching it swell up and go all sorts of colours. Despite my best efforts though, I can't use this to justify such latent behaviour on the art front. Some of this is new, and some of it is just stuff that has been sitting around waiting to be developed.

Another Leyendecker study. Pencil this time, not so adventurous...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Leyendecker.jpg

Another tree. I don't usually like my looser drawings. You won't see many.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Tree.jpg

Reminiscent of the 'Stone Gardens' from the Edge Chronicles...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/StoneGarden.jpg

A self portrait.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/SP.jpg

One of the character pieces I have yet to develop. A long time ago I read 'The Alchemist' by Paulo Coehlo, and to me this guy seems to represent one of the characters from the story. If I had a lightbox I'd enlarge this piece and tidy it up James Jean stylee, but I don't, so I'll have to find some other way of doing it.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/OldMan.jpg

-Finn Diesel out.

[DannySketch]

Gah dude I freaking love your designs and enviroments, you ever tempted to paint one of these up digitally?

Your characters and 'people' are prob your weakest front, the line quality lacks the same sort of confidence, originality and love that you give to your designs,

Take a rest on the ankle mate, those peasant dwellings wont invade themselves...

...

because your a viking...?

oh never mind

[serhc]

love that little true in your thumbnail, got me to click into your sb, haha

i particularly like the ones where you've cleaned up (or just laid down) really clean lines...kind of a lines man here. they do look a little stuff sometimes though - maybe starting out with some looser sketches might help? i dunno, just a thought

keep at it sir

[Finn Diesel]

Dannysketch Thank you. I've shaken off my crutches at last, so Falmouth better watch out! Here's a digital environment piece for ya! - some generic spacey architecture. Average.

serhc Thanks for looking. At least the digital stuff stops me obsessing over linework! I'll keep that in mind about the looser stuff too. Cheers.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Nightcopy.jpg

[DannySketch]

GAH! Thats what I am talking about bro!fricking A! Do and show more of these, I love em.

[Abrodos]

I really like that last enviro. I think it would be even better if you added some waves to the water (right now it gives a very static sensation, it could be sand from a desert instead of water) and some darker shadows on the tower in first term, to separate it more from the background. Anyway, nice work so far!
Keep it coming :)

[Finn Diesel]

DannySketch Gratzie!

Abrodos Thanks for the crits. If I decide to tighten up that piece I'll bear them in mind.

Here are some quick digital environments. Going mental with the palette knife brush :D
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/environments.jpg

And an imagination sketch from the moleskine, don't ask me to explain it...
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/25-26.jpg

Worked in some tones on Photoshop. Garish use of colour I know. Will probably change it.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/25-26colour.jpg

My scanner has been taken away from me, so future updates will be digital stuff for a while.

[Finn Diesel]

More quick landscapes. Only once I arranged them did I realise the compositions are all pretty much the same. Oh well...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/BWLandscapes.jpg

[Finn Diesel]

I love drawing Karst peaks at the moment. Inspired by Robh Ruppel (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NAE1gtgx78g/SfXoc9Epn4I/AAAAAAAAAm4/1s6ZX1NFH3o/s1600-h/complex-hills-v2.jpg)

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/River.jpg

[Grafguy]

nice sketchbook so far
i really like the moleskin one, thought 1 thing bothers me, on the left side, those bricks looks like there just pasted into it, they don't seem to fit in the whole thing
keep up the good work ;)

[Finn Diesel]

Grafguy Yeah, I wasn't really sure about those bricks either. Will put something else there if I continue to work on it. Thanks for looking!

I just found another landscape picture I did a while ago. Not great, but it kind of fits with the other stuff so I thought I'd put it up anyway...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/City.jpg

I'm going to do more architectural environments from now on.

[Joyvenn]

Hm.
not bad..great sketchbook drawings. clean and creativ.
Apart the stone garden tree and the greek gips figure, please.

[Tigermilk]

great sketchbook man, thanks for sharing!

[JustinBeckett]

Nice start!

[luness]

Hey man, thanks for the kind words on my SB! You've got some pretty awesome stuff as well. Just one suggestion. How about if you develop and finish some of your ideas and concepts. The talent is there but I think you're keeping it for yourself, haha, so share it :yayca:

Cheers!

[Jamie Romoser]

Very cool ideas and concepts here man.
You deserve some stars :D
till next time -Omerta

[Cacodaemonia]

Wow, really amazing sketchbook! Some of your faces look a little weird in the eye/eyebrow areas, but everything else is awesome. I especially love these two:
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/12-13.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/25-26.jpg

[Retronym]

Wonderfully illustrative! Subscribed! What an entertaining sketchbook, my favorite kind.

[KarylGilbertson]

Your stuff is really, really nice! While you have a good handle on line and rendering and such, I have to say I REALLY REALLY REALLY like your loose environments... they're damn... juicy, or something. I dunno. But they're awesome. There's some huge potential there.

[Finn Diesel]

Joyvenn, Tigermilk, JustinBeckett, Retronym Thank you!

luness Haha, cheers! I've got a few ideas for some more finalised pieces. Hopefully they won't disappoint.

OmertA Thanks, I don't think I've earned any stars just yet though!

Cacodaemonia You're right, my drawings of faces do look a bit odd. I find it a bit difficult to get them right when I'm drawing so small, but its more an issue of practise. I'm glad you like the tree/throne picture though, I had fun with that one.

Ookchk Thank you, I agree about the looser stuff. I didn't realise how much I missed drawing environments!

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/27-28.jpg

more to come...

[Twelve]

really like your pencil work. It is fab. Subcribed to your thread :) How big is your sketchbook, is it an A5?

[BobbyDash]

i love your quick environment sketches. very loose but very intensive

[Finn Diesel]

Daemien Thanks for subscribing! Yeah all the pictures on the yellow toned paper are from my A5 moleskine. Anything more scribbly is probably loose leaf.

BobbyDash Thank you. I think the impulsive ones are probably more fun as I don't have much control over what goes into them. I'll do some more soon.

This is the first instalment for TreesInArmour (http://treesinarmour.blogspot.com/). It's a joint blog I am running with a friend. We are basing illustrations off song lyrics or various quotations. Any comments on the blog would be much appreciated!

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Composite.jpg

Here is a messy messy page of plans, some for the piece above, and some for the one below.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Planning.jpg

This is a sketch of a monastery, which I got the idea for from using Andrew Bosley's Brainstormer (http://www.distractionbeast.com/brainstormer.swf). I will work up a digital version soon.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Monastery.jpg

Thanks for looking.

[CastorFiber]

Seriously sweet sketches in here, I like your style.
That and best. sketchbook. name. ever. :)

[Dani Liss]

Love love love your trees. Great stuff, I look forward to seeing more!

[Cacodaemonia]

I love the surreal feeling of the finished wingspan piece. :D Sweet blog, as well.

[Finn Diesel]

CastorFiber, Dani Liss, Cacodaemonia Thanks very much guys!

Another spin of the Brainstormer (http://www.distractionbeast.com/brainstormer.swf) came out with Alien Golf Course. Naff people, naff colours, naff picture.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/GolfCourse.jpg

And this is a random little character done in acrylic. No idea what he's about.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Alien.jpg

[Psychotime]

I really like your environments. Reminds me that I need to get to work!

[Mbyle]

These are some really great environments, love the sense of scale! Really diggin' the dude with wings!

[sleep]

yo jim recommended i check ur stuff out, ive been pondering starting a collaborative blog for illustration students of 09-12 from around the uk or maybe even broader. anyway i thought it would be good to get into the habit of mutual critting so....

ur sense of perspective is rly strong, shines thru in all those enviros ur doing. imaginative landscapes, but what i would say is try to mix it up now,theyre starting to look similar. try warped/fisheye scenes, angles from worms eye view, or just something challenging. and maybe a bit of stuff in the extreme foreground to push more depth into it. ur figures ar e abit weak in comparison, just something to work on. but u have a nice illustrative style developing and i can tell its gona be something special. peace

[Finn Diesel]

Psychotime and Mbyle Thanks very much. Glad you like them :)

sleep Thanks a lot for the crits. It's much more helpful to hear what you don't like than what you do! I tried a more extreme perspective on this one.

About 40 minutes messing with custom brushes. Couldn't be bothered to do many windows...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Skyscrapers.jpg

And this is my second piece for TreesInArmour (http://treesinarmour.blogspot.com/), a collaborative blog I'm running with a friend. Any comments left there would be much appreciated!

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Blood.jpg

Aaah. I'm doing too much photoshoppage these days. Must paint something.

[wookiedabo]

your perspective and use of shapes composition-wise is really impressive. the first treesinarmour image you posted is great, I really enjoyed seeing the process sketches too, and I like the idea. I feel the most recent image is let down by the figures, although I do like the movement of the furthest soldier.

[Feil Magnus]

Indeed there some anatomy issues in this last pic for each of the character, your enviros and sketches rock however :)

[DannySketch]

this is looking swish bro, nice to see you and Jim putting something together, loving this guy (http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Alien.jpg) keep em coming.

[Finn Diesel]

wookiedabo and Feil Magnus Thank you, I think you're right. Anatomy is my achilles heel I'm afraid.

Dannysketch Thanks. Yeah, the whole joint blog thing was a good idea. Keeps my mind on my moleskin and my moleskin on my mind. Think I'll do some more little characters in acrylic, they've got a different feel to them than stuff I usually do.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/31edit.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/33-34.jpg

The Ballpoint Pen. A long lost medium in my books...
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/35-36.jpg
...but not anymore. I enjoyed this.

[Cacodaemonia]

Love the floating house! The bizarre, Escher-like angles work well with the orange circles - I guess they both lend a surreal feeling to the image. :)

I noticed that the anatomy in this image (http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Blood.jpg) looks pretty stiff. The guy laying on the ground, in particular - his thighs each look like they're different lengths.

Keep 'em coming!

[Finn Diesel]

Cacodaemonia Thank you. I'll have to do some anatomy studies soon.

This is my third piece for TreesInArmour (http://treesinarmour.blogspot.com/), a collaborative blog I'm running with a friend. Any comments left there would be much appreciated!

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Crash.jpg

I found an antler when I was out on a walk a while ago, and I decided to draw it. I overlapped it with ballpoint drawings, painted in the background with the deer using acrylics, and then added a few textures with photoshop. This was just playing around with a few ideas. It wasn't a planned piece.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Page-Copy.jpg

[jigje]

Beautiful book Finn. Im a begginer and I can't really put my finger on what it is about your pencil stuff that is appealing to me. Look forward to more.

[O-mie]

I think you have lots of potential! One thing I think you should work on though is your animal anatomy, if you want to draw them a lot. However, I really like your human work and your backgrounds are lovely.

[Cacodaemonia]

Really love this notebook page, planned or not. The song lyrics piece is nice, too - I don't have any criticism for it!

[Sirkenneth]

Cool man! Great sketchbook! A nice variety of subject and media. Keep postin!

[Ricardo Robles]

Hey Finn great style you have here!
Your traditionals are very interesting, i´m loving this soft aspect of your drawings, like in a dream. You got a great hand!
Thanks for visiting and please keep posting.
Ricardo.

[Finn Diesel]

jigje Thank you. I'm glad you like it! I think personally for me that delicate rendering and linework are the two most important aspects of drawing, inspired by the likes of Joao Ruas, James Jean, Shaun Tan, Sam Weber, Wesley Burt etc.

O-mie Thank you! I have some more animal pieces in the works (a cat and a wolf).

Cacodaemonia Hello again, and thank you.

Sirkenneth Thanks for looking. I appreciate it.

Ricardo Robles Thanks Ricardo. I will post whatever I can!

Another page from my moleskine. Both drawn from references. The faceless guy on the left is some Moroccan chap, wearing probably the most awesome robes I've ever seen. So good that they warranted biro action. The woman on the right is some other random I drew from an old photograph. I added the coloured background just to make it a bit more interesting, but now I realise that she just looks like an orange squeezer. Oh well.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/39-40.jpg

[Cacodaemonia]

Man, that striped robe is awesome! You did a great job showing the contours and lighting on it. I'd say the only weak part of the figure are the boots and pants. They just seem a little blah in comparison to the rest. ;)

[eparts]

i like your last environment sketches . the last moleskine scene was pretty cool too!
keep up that stuff. your combat scene with the soldiers tells me your should study more gestures, like in life drawing!

[ArtZealot]

Hey, thanks for stopping by my sketchbook. I really like what you have going on in here. I think my favorite one is this one (http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/25-26colour.jpg). I like how the tree roots wind up and down and connect into the house, and the piece overall has some cool shapes going on.

In regards to what you mentioned in my sketchbook, I agree, i should probably take some of my paintings and take them a little bit further. 98% of them were done in one or two sittings because past that i start to loose interest or forget my original idea. It wouldn't hurt to force myself to finish one off, cause i never seem to. If i do i'll let you know. Thanks for the suggestion, it's definitely a good idea.

Cheers'

[griffinfly]

hey, nice sketchbook, I really like how you present your work!
the city on a cliff reminds me of Minas Tirith :P

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Hola Muchacho! Nice moleskin pages there, good lines, and some kinda fun colors. Oh! And I am coming over to invade Falmouth this autumn, so I guess I will be seeing you, if you are attending UCF, and by the looks of it, the illustration course is you way?

-E

[Jeff Lai]

Hi Finn Diesel
I also visited your blog :)
You have some nice work!
I esp like the landscapes, they have alot of depth.
Love that sketch of the beetle!

[NakedZergling]

Just some really beautiful stuff in here. Thanks for sharing.

[Finn Diesel]

Cacodaemonia Thanks, I enjoyed that one, will do some more biro drawings soon.

eparts Thank you. I know anatomy is not my strong point but I will be doing more life drawing in September.

ArtZealot You're most welcome, and thanks for taking time to look at my work too!

griffinfly Thank you. I hadn't even thought of that, but come to mention it I haven't seen any Lord of the Rings for years. Perhaps my subconscious craves it!

Mischievouslittleelf Heyhey! Falmouth!!! I did Foundation Art there and I'm staying on for Illustration. It should be a great course, I can't wait.

Jeff Lai Thanks you! I love drawing environments from imagination, they're much easier than anything else!

NakedZergling Thank you!

Since I don't like posting here without anything to show for myself, here is a pencil drawing for a T Shirt design: Man vs. Machine

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/ManvsMachine.jpg

[Finn Diesel]

A bad landscape painting. Some sort of Bond villain's lair in the mountains.
Every time I draw futuristic buildings they look like air fresheners.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Snow.jpg

[p sage]

Hey, air fresheners need love too :sungod:

I like the freedom and cleanliness of your lines, and your enviros are breathtaking.

These two pages (http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/39-40.jpg) from your handheld SB rock.

I initially came in here because of how impressive your avatar looks. Wasn't disappointed :yayca: You're kicking ass.

[Finn Diesel]

p sage Thanks for looking, I appreciate it!

Thanks to Shadowdancer (http://www.flickr.com/people/sheltieblue/) for letting me draw from one of her photos...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Wolves.jpg

[Φ]

very nice, creative works in here. well presented. just as it should be:D
thanks for sharing ur stuff on ca, show us more!

[Finn Diesel]

My dog Jones...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Jones.jpg

[p sage]

Aw... the personality comes through. Very nice.

[rvaisman]

Wow. I like the stuff from your imagination.

[Cacodaemonia]

Aw, what a sweetheart. <3 Gorgeous portrait! Just a couple thoughts...

Vary the length of the fur more. Fur around the nose is super short, like peach fuzz. I see you've done that to an extent, but it doesn't seem like enough to me.

Let some of the fur strokes curve a little. They all seem really straight.

[Kim_bot]

Your enviros are looking really great!
The man vs. machine idea is really clever, but there are a few anatomical issues with the boy sitting on the ground: it kind of looks like his neck is nonexistent, and his leg should curve up more because the femur isn't straight across; it kind of curves inward, meaning the knee should be raised up more than the rest of the thigh.
Keep it up!

[Finn Diesel]

p, sage and rvaisman Thank you!

Cacodaemonia Thank you. I'll keep that in mind with the next studies I do.

Kim_bot Thanks for the tip. I'm not much good at anatomy, so I need all the help I can get!

I've finally started my Illustration course! This was the induction project; to go and draw a place in the high street. In the end they were all linked together to form one long map of the town...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Bakery.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Tree-1.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Character.jpg

[rvaisman]

If you want to have a good time and practice drawing the human body, why not go to a strip club for men with your sketchbook?


If you are going to try this exercise please make sure you are over the age of eighteen.



:lifedrawing:

[Cacodaemonia]

Love that building! What a cool project for your illustration class!

Nice details in the pencil sketch - I love the fence post. :) The coat folds need some work, though, as does the woman's arm. It looks very stick-like right now.

[Finn Diesel]

rvaisman Er... that sounds a bit sleazy for me.

Cacodaemonia Thanks. It was quite a cool project to start off with. I'm juggling so many right now I think I'll need to work all weekend. Woe.

Pencil/watercolour. I think I might digital paint over this...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Boat.jpg

Quick bird piece...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Bird.jpg

Sketchbook page... not really finished.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Pipe.jpg

[Cacodaemonia]

These are really nice! I love the variety.

The straight-lined, cartoony look of the big tree in the first one is very different from the rest of the painting. Are you planning on outlining the other objects as well?

[Finn Diesel]

Cacodaemonia Thanks. I started with the drawing of the tree, and then painted outwards. If I decide to digital paint over it, I think I'll outline and define the other elements, but I'm not going to touch it any more in the sketchbook.

Here's a forest piece I started a while ago. Currently working on a digital painting of this...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Forest.jpg

And some life drawings that I decided to blitzkrieg with photoshop...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/LifeDrawing-1.jpg

I think I need to do some more speed paintings, and try to get back into digital painting.

[Cacodaemonia]

Love the way you're drawing these trees! I definitely think you could go further with that one - gorgeous!

The bottom study of the girl is beautiful.

[Finn Diesel]

Cacodaemonia Thanks! Much appreciated.

My illustration for Hylophobia: The Fear of Forests...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/ForestPhobia3.jpg

Another version. Both are WIPs.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/ForestPhobia2.jpg

Drafts here (http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Drafts-1.jpg).

[ColorExcursion]

Hiiii,
Awesome awesome awesome stuff in here! I love your watercolor, your birds, your style, your moleskine is niceeeee
Keep on postin' pleaseee :D :D :D

[Cacodaemonia]

Sweetness. :) I think I like the top version a little better, since it kind of feels like there's some fog in the air. I think you should darken the foreground to the level of the second version, though - more contrast and sense of depth that way. Maybe a mixture of the two? Also, the smaller exit sign is less distracting. What else...? The guy with the lantern doesn't seem all that scared to me, perhaps because of his posture. Oh, and to make the forest more creepy, why not add some creatures lurking in the shadows, eyes peering out at the lantern-holder? It's a bit cliché, but it would certainly get the point across.

[Smarty]

last composition is killer man. Really nice shapes, a strong direction for your work to head in.

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Buhjeeeez finnigan, this last piece looks so much better after you worked it over a bit:)

-E

[Finn Diesel]

ColorExcursion Thanks! :D

Cacodaemonia Thank you. Those are some good ideas. I think I'll try mixing the two variations together, and see what I can come up with.

Smarty Thank you!

Mischeviouslittleelf Thanks Even. And now... an update!

This is a plan for a piece that I'm working on. Go to my blog (http://mr-november.blogspot.com/) for more information...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/AOTFOS-plan.jpg

This is a character I did a while ago. He's a sort of armoured/cyborg/egyptian. I really don't like drawing default science fiction, so this was a bit out of the ordinary. Looking at it now, I really don't like it at all. But since this is CA, I thought some people might get a kick out of it...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Egyptian-Copy.jpg

[Smarty]

Nice Composition and concept, I love the way you carve out trees. The text needs work though, it jarrs with the rest of it. Maybe have them hanging on un-rolled scrolls off the tree?xxx

[Monkeydominator]

Really nice sketchbook! Keep at it!

The only thing I'd really pick on right now is the anatomy of the arms. Practice drawing the arm muscles as well as the hand. It'll really take your art to that next level!

[Finn Diesel]

Smarty Cheers. Yeah, in the final piece I'll do the type by hand. This was just to see how it could work across the page. The scroll idea is quite interesting, but there's quite a lot of text, so I don't know if it will work. Might give it a go though.

Monkeydominator Thanks. People are always ticking me off about my anatomy issues. I'm really not much good at drawing people I'm afraid.

One of my class projects was to illustrate a quote. I chose "the Thames is liquid history". I tried to show various eras, events, and landmarks appearing across the city of London over time. I don't know if that's clear enough or not. Its not supposed to be a map, so maybe the paper texture was a bad idea...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Thames2.jpg

[Cacodaemonia]

Hm, yeah, the boxiness of the legs in that character sketch does feel a bit awkward. I like the head-dress thingie, though. :)


I like the London image! I painted that spiral building once before, but I think yours looks better, hehe. The illustration gets the quote across quite nicely, I think. The paper texture may not have been the best idea... Or maybe use it on the left, and slowly fade to something more "modern" looking on the right?

[Finn Diesel]

Cacodaemonia Thank you. Yeah, that's not a bad idea, but I haven't got any ideas of what to do with the right of the image though. I didn't need to create a fully finished piece for the project, and now I'm onto other work so I may not go back to it now.

These are a couple of older pieces. Really old in fact. I haven't done any serious digital paintings in a while, but I thought if I put these up it might motivate me to get back into it.

An unfinished environment piece...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Plaza.jpg

Some characters I thought I might use for a story at some point...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/ForestCreatures.jpg

[Noukah]

Wow I love your lines in your illustrations.
And the way you explore different ways to depict shapes and textures creates a very interesting variety in your works. Nice!! :)

[Finn Diesel]

Noukah Thank you!

I did end up going back to this piece after all, but I didn't change much. Just used the dodge tool on some of the more important features...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/LiquidHistorylo-res.jpg

An illustration based on a song. See my blog for more details...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/EmotionalWeatherReportlo-res.jpg

The image on the cover...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/CoverImage-Copy.jpg

Thanks for looking :)

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Wowza! The emotional weather report peice was KILLER:D

[Jameshughes4789]

Keep it up, really loving the woods stuff.

[Finn Diesel]

Mischeviouslittleelf Thanks!

Jameshughes4789 Thank you!

Some squid thing, inspired by Mr Fungi's Creature Journal (http://creaturejournal.blogspot.com/)

I think I prefer the over-exposed version, but I'm not sure...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Squid2lo-res.jpg http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Squid1lo-res.jpg

[Finn Diesel]

Work in progress...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Forest-1.jpg

Pencil sketches + photoshop...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/ColourSketcheslo-res.jpg

Greyhounds...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Greyhound.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Greyhounds.jpg

[Finn Diesel]

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/SquareCroplo-res.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Sketches-1.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Cloak.jpg

[Junpei]

wow, every piece is top notch. You have a really unique style, and I like it. Your pencile drawing have a lot of character and originality. I wonder how you draw your landscapes?

[Finn Diesel]

Junpei Thank you. For the landscapes I often just draw a few loose squiggles and see what I can make out of it!

Illustrating one of the seven deadly sins (greed)...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Greedlo-res.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/img189-Copy.jpg

[Finn Diesel]

Ani-r Thanks very much. That's a lovely compliment. I'm glad you liked it :)

A project relating to maps. I mapped out a bank heist...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/MapProject.jpg

[Finn Diesel]

Poster project...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Thumbs.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/FaustPosterPlan.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/FinalPoster.jpg

[Finn Diesel]

Death rides a horse - A very quick speedpaint done for the sketch forum on CGSociety. 35 minutes in Photoshop. Tried out some new brushes from Maciej Kuciara (http://maciejkuciara.blogspot.com/2010/03/ps-brushes.html)

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Untitled-1-Copy-Copy.jpg

[jeremygordon89]

Your sketchbook is fantastic I must say. It's also a great source of inspiration, so please do keep up the great work. Any critique you could offer me would be much appreciated if you find the time.
The girl with no face is probably one of my favorites; I love the high key and the style.

[Traveler]

Looking good! Nice variety and unique feel.

[Finn Diesel]

jeremyg0rd0n Thanks.

Traveler Thanks.

Quick gouache landscape...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/GouacheEdit-Copy.jpg

studies of my dog...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Charcoal.jpg http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Pen.jpg http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Acrylic.jpg http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Water-basedOils.jpg

The first page of my ILLUSTRATED BOOK PROJECT...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2127/4508586943_16dedcb708_o.jpg

>> See the rest here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/finnclark/sets/72157623702457087/with/4508586943/) <<

[Finn Diesel]

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/img3152.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/img318-Copy.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/img316-Copy.jpg

[chuck18mp]

Amazing stuff right here!
Your coloring is clean, your lines are perfect and you seem to take the timne to put a lot of details in your works... which is good!

[Finn Diesel]

chuck18mp Thank you!

The Sea of Frozen Words...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Spread2.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Spread3.jpg

[Mister Dark]

This SK is gold. You're able to manage diferent styles, I like that :)
Keep it up Finn!

[Abnormally]

Hi Finn,

Great work here, Love the left picture on post #56. Your pencil work is beautiful, I also like your work with blue , it really accents the main subject. I enjoy how you experiment. I would like to see more pencil work, it just feels more 'raw' to me. Your shading is great, and you're very good with drapery/clothing.

I can't give much advice, other than maybe work on your landscapes a bit more (foliage, rock formations etc.) This could really add to your environment pieces.

Subscribed! Can't wait to see more, keep it up!

[karantina]

vauvvvv great dream world..and great line please more

[Holland]

Awesome! I am envious :D

[Brahimpag]

love ur tree , and the other stuff

how old r u ?

[Zeitwolf]

I like this sketchbook.

[TwistedSpineStudio]

This was a really good sketchbook.

[Finn Diesel]

Thanks for looking at my work and for all the great compliments!

Brahimpag Thanks! (I'm 20).

I created a new blog for my loose observational work:
http://finnclark.blogspot.com/

For other recent updates check my main blog:
http://mr-november.blogspot.com/

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/img336-Copy.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/img335-Copy.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/img351cospy.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/img356-Copy.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/img378-Copy.jpg

'Dawnbreakers' (an unfinished piece)...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Dawnbreakers2010.jpg

Messing with textures and effects etc...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/MetalDetector.jpg

An editorial project for my course...

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Tuna5-Copy.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/img354-Copy.jpg

[Finn Diesel]

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/img366copssy-Copy.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/img364-Copy.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/ANiceLongSleep1.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/ANiceLongSleep2.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o250/Larkin2/Rough.jpg

[dsacc]

I am absolutely in love with all your art, you should definitely add more updates whenever possible! :)

[Ludic]

The last piece is beautiful, you have a great style! :)