JoNnY's SkEtChBoOk/MoLeSkInE- PlEaSe CoMmEnT!

[jonny t]

Hey I'm 18 and I'm starting university in September I wanted to show you guys some of my drawings I know their not up to much at the moment and I hope you guys can give me some advice on how to improve and what I should be working on. thanks.

[corza334]

Some decent sketches, I'd like to see more :)

[Jamie Romoser]

Awsome start for your sketchbook man!

[Demo]

Hay welcome to CA, those SB pages are a great start just keep at it and pay attention to what your doing proportion wise and make sure your committing to memory exactly what your taking in, every thing will fall in place with practice so have fun with it.

[Leonor]

Welcome! :) What would you like to draw better? It's easier to offer advice if we know your goals. Book studies might help. Are you familiar with Loomis and other anatomy masters yet?

[jonny t]

thanks for all the advice, yes I am familiar with some of those guys I think I may have made a mistake by trying to study from Burne Hogarth first, maybe I need to focus of Loomis to start with.

[patrickdeza]

Nice SB!
If you want to study anatomy, I'd suggest to study Bammes.
The anatomy in that book is realistic and detailed, it's made for artists.

-Paddy

[jonny t]

These are two Burne Hogarth studies iv'e just done now could anyone tell me how to actually study anatomy? is there any method? or is just developed by constant studies?

[jonny t]

This is an Andrew Lewis study tell me what you think thanks.

[Bergulf]

I take it you mean Andrew Loomis? I have one of his books. They are very good. If you are looking for methods to study anatomy then there are lots of good books with instructions. Generally though I think you are right when you said it develops by constant study, provided that the studies one is doing are correct and thorough. There are no real shortcuts.

Looking at your drawings I would say that you are definitely on the right track.

[jonny t]

Thanks for the reply Bergulf I did mean Andrew Loomis lol, Well iv'e got most of the summer free so I'm going to concentrate on anatomy and life studies as much as possible and try update daily.

[jonny t]

This is some more work that ive been up to recently. Tell me what you think.

[zeeinajar]

I really like the Schiele study and the Lucozade collage :)

[Elz]

Im 18 too, you're putting me to shame, haha XD
Nice studies, keep at it :)

[jonny t]

thanks for the comments guys, I don't know about that Elz iv'e just looked at your sketchbook its awesome.

[jonny t]

more pages

[Euphemism]

Great stuff! Your lines are nice and tight, and you've got your own style going. Just brilliant.

One thing I want to point out is watch out for some of your figures sliding off to one side, be aware of the centre of gravity in standing figures.

[jonny t]

Thanks for pointing that out Euphemism I will try to watch out for this when I do figure drawing. These next pieces are from a recent college project in which I tried to portray an exaggeration of a queue. Its actually on a 30ft strip of paper.

[jonny t]

These are just some doodles from my imagination I am trying to improve drawing from my head by using what Iv'e been learning from observation.

[amarryth]

yay!!! another moleskine!

love the variety in here.. great to see lots of traditional media use..

i saw someone else comment on the balance of the standing figures. it looks like you have everyone leaning towards the right.. try to watch that :)

[H4DI]

Nice sketchbook you run here. I love the characters and figures in post #18,
So artistic, so great...

[jonny t]

Thanks a lot guys for the nice comments! some more sketches tell me what you think!

[jonny t]

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[jonny t]

more sketches

[jonny t]

This is just another weird drawing that I did earlier

[YihyoungLi]

I really enjoy your mixed media pieces. Especially the 3rd one in post #12 with all the interesting textures, and the super cool 30 ft project.

As far as studying anatomy, I believe starting from the skeleton out would be most beneficial. Think of the rib cage as an oval, the tibia/fibula/radius/ulna as curved lines, the hip bone as a box etc. while focusing on how they link together (ball/socket vs. hinge, etc.) and their proportions. Then study the muscles and how they interact with each other/bones.

And then when you want to draw the figure, all you have to do is: 1) find where the skeleton is located by recognizing where the joints are 2) connect the joints and 3) lay the muscle masses on top.

At least that's how I do it haha. Hope that helps.

[jonny t]

Thanks Yihyoungli I'm really glad you like some of the more experimental pieces because those are the ones that I feel most unsure about. I will definitely try to use the figure drawing method you spoke about.

[jonny t]

This is a piece that Iv'e just done I don't really like it I may have done too much to it and I don't really think it works.

[jonny t]

another sketch, any advice criticism??

[jonny t]

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[jonny t]

some more pages, fairly random drawings not sure what I think about them

[jonny t]

A few pages I've done recently been really busy lately working on large scale pieces I will try to upload those.

[jonny t]

..........tell me what you think. Sorry for the quality of the images.

[jigje]

Hey jonny t. I hope Im never behind you in a long queue (post #12, image 12). I really liked the 30ft spread (queues again) and your moleskin is so interesting. Thanks man, I look forward to more. You are a little bit strange but thats a good thing. :)

[jonny t]

Been really busy lately not had much time to upload anything but here's my summer project which I have to do for uni before I even start. Its supposed to represent a continuous 12 hour period of time. Sorry for the quality of the photograph.

[jonny t]

I haven't posted anything for ages and I thought I'd show you some of my recent stuff, Most of this stuff is pretty experimental. Sorry about the photo quality.

[jonny t]

Some new stuff based on Rasputin, sorry for the quality but Iv'e not got a scanner at the moment. thanks

[jonny t]

Just some more stuff from my imagination, I don't know what to think of them. I'd really appreciate some feedback.

Thanks.

[jonny t]

Forgot about these. Just some life drawings from a weeks ago.

[strange1900]

Damn! this is great :D especially your nose-bleed monster :P. And it's not just the lose work you're doing either, the traditional life drawings you just posted are looking really strong. It'd be really great to see one of those life drawings attacked with the same expression you have in your personal work and sketches; it'd be beautiful. Anyway, keep it up :)

[jonny t]

Don't really have a clue what's going on with this image, My work seems to be getting really dark recently. I really need a scanner.

[Mose]

I really like some of these! Very experimental. But that's a good thing!
I'd love to see some really finished work, if you have any. Like a painting or something?

[jonny t]

Thanks Mose, Iv'e actually been trying to do a really finished piece recently but one of my problems is that the longer I spend on a piece the worst it gets. It seems to lose it's energy. I'll see what I can do.

[Chr. Steam]

Oh, man, like thats wonderful dirty manner!!

[jonny t]

These two are both 30 minute life drawings. I struggled a bit with both poses and therefore some parts are off. I screwed up on positioning the figure on the paper aswell, also sorry about the image quality.

[jonny t]

Another life drawing..

[papervampire]

Oh man this book is really interesting, quite a surprise and quite a change from most stuff on here. those last few figures are looking really nice! I like the subtle, clean treatment. keep it up!