Burl's book - 24th May 2012

[B u r l]

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8997/hippobluerabbit.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3568/poohz.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/5660/ponyridinjoan3.jpg

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/3186/89212927454507037236657.jpg

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/8776/041009c.jpg

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7328/dunolo.jpg

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/4465/051009.jpg

[Teowli]

Thanks for posting a close-up of the caveman's face. When I looked at the full-sized image, I assumed all of the features of the face (particularly the bridge of the nose and the cheek) were blurred together. Looking at it now I can see the highlights standing out much more clearly. :)

[B u r l]

teowil; thanks. yeah i was worried the face didnt read well. gonna do some more concepts of that guy i think and try and clear it up.

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3844/061009.jpg

[.:WoLf:.]

lovely work!

want to se moreeeee

[rlove]

I like the bears alot, these characters are fun...keep going, maybe some figure studies too?

-love

[B u r l]

WoLf: thanks!
rlove: thankyou. :] i will probably get round to figure studies soon i think

[B u r l]

15 hours drawing today and now i'm waiting around for the chiu stream but i am so worn out dsgfsgfdgsdg

[Teowli]

The way you color really makes his garb look fluffy. The lighting on the upper torso is really nice, too. But his lower half looks a little too dark to me. Is the light source pointing upward, or downward?

Sorry if they're lame critiques. I'm just now getting into critiquing again so I'm kind of learning as I go. If what I'm saying isn't hitting right or doesn't make sense please tell me. xD I won't mind.

[Bendragon]

Nice work man! I guess you could apply the same render though out the piece, I think that will be great. And maybe some more dramatic lighting (or more intensity in there).
Whooooo! Another guy following the Chiu stream! Theyre amazing!!!!!!! <3 But alas I'll need to be up at 5am to catch them live :(

[Ricardo Robles]

Cool characters, nice expressions.
I like your use of color but I think it needs more contrast sometimes.
cheers

[B u r l]

teowli; cheers man. i know what you mean about the dark legs, but i was aiming to have the upper part stand out and have the rest receding kinda into the background. could still use more work though! the light source is supposed to be upper left

bendragon; thanks! yes the chiu stream is awesome. but being in england sucks! i missed it live last night. i made it to 3am but i was so tired and worn out it felt like i wouldn't get much out of it, so i went to bed. but at least they're recorded.

ricardo, thank you. yeah, man, i'm really weak with colour. it's something i need to focus more on!

[B u r l]

trying out a new buildup approach i read from this blog - http://adamscreation.blogspot.com/2009/08/its-depressing-being-second-tier-street.html

seems to make a huge difference. looking forward to playing around with it more because i messed a few things in this experiment. feels quite flat at the moment

[overcontrast]

looking good man! Totally digging your cartoony style. Keep it up!

[B u r l]

hey thanks man. let's see what tomorrow brings!

[luciole]

Oooh I love your work!
And oh dear the pooh cartoon made me giggle..

[B u r l]

@luciole; thanks! :)

just a sketch for today of some odd characters i saw at the bus station...

[B u r l]

dayum it's been too long for an update. ive been drawing but everything coming out has been poo. here is a shark boxer concept sketch.

[Brun]

Verry funny concepts man, keep it up !!!

[towy]

nice work!, care more the anatomy
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=797408&stc=1&d=1254967710
for this one example quite strange

[NickyBeats]

that winnie the pooh with diabetes thing just made my day! sooo funny. you should do one with eeyore (sp?) the donkey trying to kill himself, hes too depressed. or tigger snootin some blow. ok sorry, did i take it too far? great work btw.

[B u r l]

@brun: thanks!
@towy: thankyou! yes indeed. im gonna do more bridgemen studies n stuff along with my random concepts
@nickybeats: haha awesome! i think elwell mentioned tigger having ADHD. ive thought about drawing up characters and even an animation but thats mostly been fluffy head thoughts, so who knows =D apparently that image has made it's way to 4ch =o

just a standard bridgeman study to show for today

[B u r l]

I'm working on a piece with a bunch of knights having a round of intense Jenga. Still getting an idea of the values first before getting jiggy with colour.

Composition is based roughly on Rembrandt's The Feast of Belshazzar (http://www.shafe.co.uk/crystal/images/lshafe/Rembrandt_van_Rijn_The_Feast_of_Belshazzar_c1635.j pg)

[B u r l]

xmas illustration. i also forgot to post - my entry for the self portrait day. done in oils over 2 days, alla prima over the top of an underpainting.

[Krato]

nice update what media is that? acrylic ?

[Bummer6]

Love your self portrait, it looks very traditional. :)

[Killer Napkins]

haha this is some great work man. i love it.

[B u r l]

@Krata: thanks man :) it's done in oil paint.
@Bummer6: thanks!
@Killer Napkins: thank you! :D

[emsr]

Hey dumpling - I've been hanging round this site for a while now, but just had to register so I could tell you that I just love the Santa Sack - made my day I really admire great cartoons for the painting skill as well as the humor - don't know how you think of them.

[B u r l]

@emsr: WOW. i feel honoured you would sign up just for something i did! thankyou! :D

here is street fighter fan art. it's still unfinished. my lack of understanding of muscle structure is starting to hurt

[Memo213]

OMG the weenie the pooh drawing made me literally LOL!

[Royzy]

Wow nice update Burl, you going to colour this Street Fighter piece?

I forgot you were updating on here too - I always have a look every time you put something up on FB.

Let's see some mooooore :D

[Alew]

I have discover your sketchbook!
There are good works on characters.

The one with the princess and her horse is fantastic.
Great job! Keep it up :)

[Pigeonkill]

The winnie the pooh joke cracked me up and the santa sack...ew!

[Jameshughes4789]

Excellent style and i really like your self portrait. Also i was looking at your Christmas piece and chuckled as you do at a ball sac but if an old man came along with his meat and two veg hanging out i wouldn't laugh.. i'd run or possibly cry or maybe even a run and cry combo.

[jordyskateboardy]

Haha santa's sack was really funny. Loved it. You could have improved the pic by adding a good shadow on the balls and only leabing it lit on the sides. Would have increased the depth.
Anyway love your style. It's really funny and original. Enjoyable to look at.

[B u r l]

@Memo213: haha,awesome! thanks
@Royzy: a wild Royzy appears! cheers man! yeah i will be later down the line i should think. :D
@Alew: thankyou! :)
@Pigeonkill: haha :P. cheers
@Jameshughes4789:haha thanks. it seems santa's sack was a little controversial.
@jordyskateboardy. thankyou! i agree, the depth isn't too great on it :)

Just a quick concept sketch for today. I also set up a portfolio website which I hope will help in getting some commissions.

[B u r l]

Venturing into life's unknown... with a sword.

[Royzy]

Hey, Santa's Sack appears to be missing from your portfolio site? haha

It's a nice site you have put together, Sir. Hope you get plenty of work from it.

[B u r l]

Haha, I think it's safer to leave that one out. Thanks I hope it does to. :)

Priminister caricature

[B u r l]

Big 'Bama

[B u r l]

i spent a while thinking of an idea to draw that encapsulates the true spirit of valentines day, so here is a fat kid with a posh bear riding a tricycle real fast.

[NakedZergling]

I am the red cyclone!
Awesome dude. Awesome

[danlucas]

Santa's Sack huh? lmao
Love the humor in this SB
you have a fun sb. Enjoyed it.

[knoxie]

ha! love fat kids! they are teh best fun to draw. great imagination and sense of humour. :P if you are ever in melbourne hit me up and I'll buy you a beer.

[jollygoodfellow]

your characters are nice and distinct

[B u r l]

Hey guys, thanks so much for the comments! It's nice to know you like them.

I don't have a lot to show... just a flying fat pig. And I forgot his back legs because I'm an idiot.

[B u r l]

i was taking part in the last CHOW but it ended before i finished. ah well

[HolyBovine]

Your sketchbook's a breath of fresh air. Shall drop by when I need more oxygen :p

[B u r l]

haha, thanks. do drop by!

[B u r l]

CHOW entry - mystic gunslinger.

[B u r l]

whilst i'm in a cowboy mood i sketched a pint-sized sheriff.

[B u r l]

possessed soldier. feeling a bit bleh today

[B u r l]

just some sketches. i've been hooked onto Lost and it currently has a hold of my life

[Ivan Turcin]

hahahaha lovely characters! Flying pig is my favourite.
Keep it up

[clifFroth]

I love the characters. Your humor is excellent, especially in the knight Jenga piece. Great!

I recognized from the first couple of posts a Chiu influence. These last two seem to have a distinct Silver influence as well.

[B u r l]

Ivan: thanks man!

clifFroth: thanks! yeah the first ones where inspired by Chiu when i was watching his stream. what's Silvers first name? them 2 where inspired after i viewed the blog of Ben Reynolds (http://reynoldsben.blogspot.com/) :)

[B u r l]

Current CHOW - Sergeant Dan and the terrible torture twin.

Still a long way to go. I want it to have an air of style of the old pulp comics but still keep it contemporary... :3

[B u r l]

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/1744/chickenlegs.jpg

Influenced by the chaps at Avalanche Software:

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/5461/chow199wip.jpg

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8577/chow20014.jpg

And a WIP. Bonus points if you can make any of it out.

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/1172/bearplane.jpg

[B u r l]

Update on the sketch. The idea: One of my old art teachers has a thing going on facebook where people submit artworks containing a certain bear, with artistic reference behind it. I decided to draw the bear on a plane with a few known artists, with some references drawn in to each artist. Most are obvious but for fun I want to include a lot more subtle references or connections.

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/5173/artistsonaplane.jpg

[B u r l]

illustration friday "stargazing" topic. it's too late to develop further for the competition but i quite like it and might work into it more. i was inspired by ron francis' boy on a roof (http://j.imagehost.org/0986/boy_on_a_roof.jpg).

http://j.imagehost.org/0026/stargaze.jpg

also
http://j.imagehost.org/0516/chow_208_burl.jpg

[B u r l]

some guys and a bear drawing a buff michaelangelo david, and other things:
http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/4403/museum.jpg

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/2415/12houfinal.jpg

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/9286/fishqk.jpg

[B u r l]

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/5053/facedraw.jpg

[Metal Fingers]

Very cool style you've got going on in here, lets see some more colors!

[B u r l]

Thanks Metal Fingers :) I'm redrawing the first image above which I'm trying to bring into colour. I neglect it too much D:

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4691/eugensandow.jpg

[B u r l]

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/5292/uniproject1.jpg

Dad n Me fan art:

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/8193/dadnme.jpg

http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/4407/mockupm.jpg

[B u r l]

http://d.imagehost.org/0496/peng.jpg

Captain Clank

http://d.imagehost.org/0687/captain-clank.jpg

[B u r l]

A self portrait I did a few months ago:

http://b.imagehost.org/0038/sp.jpg

[B u r l]

2 life sketches of my bedroom that I did today:

http://d.imagehost.org/0306/books.jpg

http://d.imagehost.org/0101/blinds.jpg

[Royzy]

Always some cool stuff going on in here :D. Though I call bs on the bookshelf from your life sketch being that tidy.

Hope all is good dude!

Btw, the bull from the mystic gunslinger makes a awesome profile pic! I noticed you flaunting it on Twitter too.

[B u r l]

thanks royzy! that bookshelf was tidy, honest :p

quick doodle

http://b.imagehost.org/0572/xmas-dog.jpg

[B u r l]

My first animation project:

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Quick study. Based on an image by Todd Harris

http://i51.tinypic.com/2hpt9ur.jpg

[B u r l]

painting concept

http://i56.tinypic.com/2zfnyih.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/14b3q0m.jpg

[B u r l]

YEEEHAAAAAWWW

http://i56.tinypic.com/r23ntt.jpg

[B u r l]

some crap i never finished.

[B u r l]

Dark.

[B u r l]

Fame catches up

http://i53.tinypic.com/2liwjz8.jpg

[ThomasM]

Im liking the style of this sketchbook, even though its relatively small at the moment there is a clear theme coming through. Good character development and a strong cartoonish style, which is always good. No crits from me, just bring on more characters like captain clank, and a personal favourite of mine the girl riding the crocodile!

Great stuff

[B u r l]

thanks for the kind words thomas.

[B u r l]

i sometimes see an old man with mutton chops in my town, always by himself and wearing the same clothes. he seems so alone.

[B u r l]

loldongs

[B u r l]

2 wip panels of a 6 panel illustration about imagination and bears and stuff.

http://i56.tinypic.com/2hefqqu.jpg

[B u r l]

Still need to work into it with glazes, and fix some edges.

http://i54.tinypic.com/2wqcv0x.jpg

[B u r l]

bump

http://i.imgur.com/suvtj.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/cttLL.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/EuMwT.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/K2Bw2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/9yIE4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0IWfU.jpg

[B u r l]

generic hero

http://i.imgur.com/welVA.jpg

[B u r l]

i had alot of fun drawing this guy. here he is with added colour

http://i.imgur.com/YZcZk.jpg

[B u r l]

http://i.imgur.com/D2u0O.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/k2LOt.jpg

[B u r l]

Hey guys. Here are some work-in-progress illustrations for the story Owl Creek Bridge. Would really appreaciate any crits :D Been really trying to push myself with these in regards to perspectives and compositions, which has been challenging but lots of fun. 7 more pages to draw for tomorrow *shudders*

http://i.imgur.com/CLCau.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/2ybdC.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Al0MA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/oKlUc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/hQ731.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/OQ7dN.jpg

[B u r l]

http://i.imgur.com/tmkMu.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0fYKW.jpg

[Steeliebob]

You have a good sense of humor in your images, wich I like. (well that last storyboard is not humor :P )

[B u r l]

Thanks Steeliebob :)

Here's a pic i'm drawing for a friend

http://i.imgur.com/Cafup.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/MZNa8.jpg