...absent minded digi's... (updated TODAY 11-11-09!!!;)

[palladium]

Well, ummm... I really don't know what to say here. I guess the only thing I can say is that I need to improve...lots. I need to go back to basics and work on anatomy and value, then color and so on. I'll try and update everyday, or every other day, mainly with digital pieces because I really have to practice with that, but there will be pencil stuff as well. But for now, here are a few digis from the past couple of days.
Any comments and such are welcome.
These are all reffed from photo.

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Quick master study from a Sargent self portrait. Actually learned some things from doing this one. I will have to do a longer study and see if I can learn some new techniques on brush work. And I definitely need to work on that. lol

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Thought I would do a quick self portrait before my show comes on.

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I know I'm going to regret posting this WIP. There are lots of issues with proportions, but so far, the values are getting there slowly. I'll be posting some progression shots of this one after I fix the proportion issues. Thx for viewing.

[Sirkenneth]

Yo man! Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook! I cant believe no one has posted on this yet! You have some killer work. The first old feller is awesome. Keep up on the Sargent study. He is the man-one of the best painters to ever live.
On this last drawing-make sure all the proportions are right and also make sure all the tones are in the right key. I like to set my lightest light and darkest dark in before working on the form. Its easy to rush into things though. My worst fault by far. Keep up the good work! Ie vill be vvatchiing you!

[palladium]

Sirkenneth: Thx, I'll remember that when I start to work on that one more. I agree, Sargent is the man.

Here are a couple of photo studies, one of a landscape, the other a waterscape. Both quickies. If I don't do some finished work soon, I'll never learn. So look forward to some finished pieces coming through here.

[Alvaradolol]

Eric!!

Raw work, my man.

[palladium]

Alvaradolol: Thx Alex....I think...lol

Sorry for the lack of updates. Here's another quickie, cliche quickie at that.

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Here are some marker sketches. Been doing a lot of these recently.

[Randis]

looks great! Good job!
I like the old man in the first post :)

[Metal Fingers]

Really digging those first couple o' digi's. As randis said, the old man in the first post rocks.

[palladium]

Randis: Thx alot. Great sketchbook you have.
Metal: Thx

Trying to crank a few finished pieces out at the moment. Will post progress shots as soon as I finish. Hopefully with some studies as well. Cheers.

[NickyBeats]

great stuff in here man!! really digging those marker silhouettes! great job, keep it up.

-Nick

[InkInkInk]

I see you just began this but there's clearly a lot of cool stuff to come, ill keep my eyes open

[Divine Oblivion]

Awesome stuff in here! I'm really diggin' the old guy in the first post. (And the pencil self portrait.)

Keep it comin'! C:

[palladium]

Nicky: Thx, more to come.
Ink: Thx, you've got some good stuff over in your sketchbook as well.
A'mihisss:Thx. The pencil portrait isn't a self-portrait. But thx nonetheless. lol

Here's a dumb sketch I drew today at work. Figured it would be good to post something while I work up some finished pieces. Hope yall likesees. lol

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Photo study from this morning...

The photo can be found here
http://atistatplay.deviantart.com/art/The-magical-hat-44836388

[007-r0b3r7]

great stuff! both digital and pencil
love the sargeant study. what do you mean by "master study" though?

[palladium]

Hey 007, master study is a term a lot of artists use to describe a study done after an artist who was a master of his craft. Sargent was one of those, Bouguereau and Zorn were two others. Here is a good site to look at many Master's works.
http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/contents.asp

[Sunny]

Nicky: Here's a dumb sketch I drew today at work. Figured it would be good to post something while I work up some finished pieces. Hope yall likesees. lol

Dont call them dumb. That degrading and a bad perception to have. Its a gift to have the ability to create images so its far from dumb even if its the most arbitrary of ideas. Each one is a step closer to knowing more about yourself, so again, not dumb.

Sketchbook looks great though. I like your studies and those silhouette characters look great. I want to do more of those myself. I look forward to what you create next. :sungod:

[palladium]

Sunny- Thx for the enthusiastic reply. I will no longer think of my sketches in such a way again. lol. You've got a pretty good sketchbook yourself. Keep up the good work.

Thinking of turning this into a finished piece. 20 min. so far. Let me know what you guys think. Cheers.

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Quick enviro. Really need to work on my brush stroke economy.

[Zorcron]

looking very nice, i am really wanting to see some more play with light and shadow the temperature of the color

IE: warm light/cool shadow : : : cool light/ warm shadow

looking forward to more !

[palladium]

Thx Zorcron, I will give that a shot the next time. Good work on your end.

Quick landscape. Looked at my last landscape and tried to think what I did wrong with it. Like working too fast, not thinking where to lay the brush strokes. So on this one I tried to think more about the layout and construction and I think it turned out a lot better. Will post a few more today. C&C always welcome. Cheers.

[Med]

ERIC!!! haha that's so funny that you quoted me in your sig lol.

dude, you've significantly improved man! Your self portrait and the portrait of the girl in the first post sticks out to me the most. Man, there is a drastic improvement. can't wait to sketch with you in person some time again haha :D

alright. as for crit...
you may not have expected what i'm about to say but hear me out:

when i got to art center i realized that concept art is not all about being able to paint portraits and environments really well. there is a huge emphasis on design, which is what I've been lacking lately. what i mean by design is, very well drawn and organized layouts of what you're going to paint. When companies look at your portfolio to hire you, they want to see your design process, they want to see sketches of how you got your final piece to look the way it does. So, since you've accomplished a super awesome status with painting/rendering, stop doing people. (not completely, but from now on, start designing things).

Start collecting mass reference of vehicles, planes, cars, environments, actual armor, weapons, and anything you can think of. Then design your own stuff using the silhouette methods, or by any method you choose. Even speed painting results in some interestingly shaped things. Do tons of sketches and start mastering the technique of doing "draw-throughs". Practice being able to do perfectly straight lines with pen, it comes in handy when doing a quick mock up of your design, be it an environment, vehicle, or whatever. Keep in mind that, in concept art, you have to be able to design something that a 3D artist/builder can make an accurate "version" of whatever is you painted or designed. So, there's my crit for now lol.

If you have any questions as to what to start with just let me know,
keep up the good work sir :)

-Med

[palladium]

Thx Med, I really appreciate the critique and I will definitely follow your advice. Keep it up at ArtCenter dude. Hope we can one day sketch together again.

Will post again soon...:)

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Quick enviro. Critiques are welcome as usual.

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WIP..... Tell me what you guys think. Critiques and comments welcome.

[BabysDevilWare]

I'm just impressed by the old man you did in post 1. The texture you created over his face is really awesome. On the last post you should maybe try playing with different colour patterns. But that just might be a mather of opinion. adding some lightening and shadows in the background may do the trick too.
Good luck further on!

[palladium]

Thx for the crits Baby. I'll remember that.

Update on the WIP. Still needs a lot of work. Crits and comments welcome of course. :D

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Another update on the WIP. Changed the composition again. Slowly getting to where I like it. Also a few sketches from the past couple of days. Some close ups of those sketches as well. Enjoy...:D

[midknight523]

great colors

[palladium]

Thx midknight

Here is a page from my sketchbook that I doodled little drawings on, and then painted in photoshop. I thought it was fun, so I will probably do more of these.

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Another page of doodles that I painted quickly in photoshop.

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Here is a close up of a WIP I'm currently working on. More progress shots soon.;)

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Update on this last WIP. Really liking this one so far. ;)

[sketchibo]

Thanks for the comment in my sketchbook.
There's some super cool stuff going on in here. I love the old guy in the first post. The brushwork is mad good. What kind of brushes are you using?

[Flaskpost]

really cool things in here. i like the way you paint digitally on top of the photos of the sketchbook, very nice!

[Sung-jae Kim]

Hey Eric! Keep forgetting to tell you how much better your colors became :D
Still need tons of work, but getting there! :)

[palladium]

Thx sketchibo, I used a pastel like brush similar to the one's that Jaimie Jones uses.
Thx Flaskpost for the encouraging comment.

Hey thx Sung-jae. If that's not an inspiring comment, I don't know what would be. Thx much. Hope I'll see you again sometime. Maybe I'll have to come to New York and find you:D

Following my friend Med's advice and starting to do some designs. Cheers.:)

[Pigeonkill]

Nice portrait studies.

For your painting style. Do you tend to like to use tiny strokes and build up? For me I like to use board strokes then tiny or a airbrush base. So see your style is interesting to me to see the harder strokes with less blending.

[palladium]

Thx for stopping by Pigeonkill, I don't like too, but it just happens. So I might see where I go with taking that approach, and if it doesn't work, then I'll try it from big to little. For some reason, I don't get into blending as much as I should, but I'll definitely be doing that more often. Thx. :)

Another spread of designs, these are fun.:D

[Pixie Trick]

Really , really nice start to a sb! The designs are looking fab. The one thing I would suggest is to up the brush opacity. I know a couple of folks were doing 100% opacity hard edge studies around here and it was very interesting to see. Layers of lower opacity tend to muddy the form you're trying to create.

Nice start and I'm looking forward to seeing more!

[palladium]

Thx for the critiques Pixie Trick.

Here are the first few sketches from my new sketchbook. :D

[Bartovan]

Good work man! Post some more designs please!

[palladium]

Thx Bartovan, more are on the way:)

Thought I would take another photo of that last post because it was a bad shot.:D

Now that I look at the new shot, it's worse:(