Watch Me - I draw [HUGE UPDATE]

[arvalis]

Why hello, i didnt see you there. Allow me to introduce myself, im Rj, im a first year Academy of Art University Student up in San Francisco. I got on here when i was 16, and im 19 going on 20 now. Im going to try to post my school work on here to show some improvement. As this is my third semester, im taking Intro to Anatomy, Intermediate Figure Drawing, Digital Illustrative Imaging, and Cintiq Clothed figure. So im getting a ton of practice with drawing the figure. Take a gander at what i gots, some of this is old but i liked it so im posting it. Ill try to get updates weekly from here on out. Sorry for the crappy photos, they well all done on 18x24 with charcoal,or conte, and charcoal with a bit of inkwash.


http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/FigureDrawingFinal-1.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/AnatomyWorkshop.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Inkwash3.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/BearHunter.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Cowgirl.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Inkwash2.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Inkwash1.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Inkwash4.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/stilllifefinal.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/SelfPortrait1.jpg Oh hey thats me.

[Steam Monster]

FRIST!!1

[arvalis]

Here is a little of my Cintiq Clothed Figure stuff. The first image is the two best from weeks 1-4, we are now into week 9. The second image is from last week, was in the halloween spirit. The times are noted at the bottom of each image.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Weeks_1-4_CA-1.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/TeethSkirtCA.jpg

[Jamie Romoser]

Awsome start for your sketchbook im looking forward to seeing more designs
really digging the clean characters
keep it up
till next time -Jamie

[arvalis]

Here is some of what i do thats not for school. I did these back in august before this semester started. I came up with these characters a way long time ago, i like to go back roughly every year and redesign them. Initially they were designed for an rpg project i was collaborating with some friends on in highschool. As of now they just serve as my fantasy character outlet. Ill be getting more of my other stuff up sooner or later.



http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Arvalis2009CA.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Corrina2009copyNGCA.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Scarlet2009copyNGCA.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Javelin2009copyNGCA.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Arcus2009copyNGCA.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Spektre20092copyNGCA.jpg
Here is a size comparison i whipped up after i finished them all, i think they look pretty cool together.http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Eternal2009copyNGCA.jpg

[Enydimon]

You got a real eye for design. Those characters look really interesting. Although I can't help but think Final Fantasy as well.

Nice studies as well!

I'll be watchin'.

[Feil Magnus]

Impressive sketchook so far.
You've already got a great level, good job.

[Meralynn]

Wonderful character design! I love all the drawings here. Now, this is a wonderful start to your sketchbook, I want to see even more :)!

Also, welcome fellow academy student.

[Fishspawn]

Good to see you on here man! The proportions on your figures need some work. I also think you over-emphasize a lot with line in areas where you could just suggest the form, so try to work on subtlety. I like how your char lineup turned out, but i think you could push overall shape variety a little more with them. All of them have the same kind of swoopy, spiky, form language. That would be fine if they all came from the same background, but i know a lot of the story so i can be a little more picky ;P Anyway, good stuff, keep it coming.

[arvalis]

@Fishspawn-Im not sure what you mean by "work on my proportions in my figures", could you be more specific Wes? All of these have been looked at by my teachers, they say i have an above average understanding of proportion. As with the line heavy focus, its part of what we have to do in my intermediate figure class. My teacher has been having us focus very strongly on developing our line ability, we just started shading and we are 7 weeks in. He doesnt want us to "paint" with charcoal, he wants us to draw with line. Ill be getting into shading more again next week.

Here are some of perspective homework assignments from over the summer. I still want to color that 2 point lineart.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/2pointLINES.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/1PointLINES.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Isometric-LINES.jpg

[arvalis]

Here are a few things ive done in the past two months or so that i kinda like. Just to give you guys an idea of the kind of stuff you might expect down the line. I dont really do fanart that often, but the pokemon and the rikku ones i had a lot of fun with, so i figured i may as well show them. The others are original designs.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/KimJackcopy.jpg
These were character concepts for a Yoshitaka Amano homage i was planning but never finished.http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/AmanoConceptscopyNG.jpg
yeah i was a pokemon kid, here's to childhood
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Pokemon-2009NG.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/RikkucopyNG.jpg

[ColorExcursion]

Heyyyyy,
LOVE THE PERSPECTIVESSS !! Nice work so far :D

[Pierce9]

Cool stuff man! Those perspectives are intimidating looking forward to that class in Spring. The other art is pretty rad too!

[Enydimon]

Loving the line work. In some of the perspective drawings, it looks like some of the characters don't seem like they're standing on the ground. Like they've pasted on. Like in the first one, he doesn't really feel like he's standing on the ground as much as he's just there. In the second one on the right hand side with the people on the balcony, it also has that issue as well. It seems it got better as you went along though, but just thought I'd point it out just in case.

Love the fanart pieces. I actually have a model of Rikku, heh.

Any advice you can give me on your steady line art?

[Fishspawn]

Specifically there are a lot of hands and feet that look a little too big or too small. There are also several faces with strange distances between the features. Some of it may be a strange placement of the core shadow. As far as the lines go, I wasn't suggesting not to use them, but to omit them in certain areas for a more graceful effect. These are both areas I struggle with a lot myself, so I often notice them in other peoples' art as well.

[arvalis]

Here is a glimpse at a couple projects for my Digital Illustrative Imaging class. We had to come up with an environment setting idea and do a couple of quick color comps. I came up with a town made of dirigibles linked together with walkways and ropes, only yesterday however i was told that there is something similar in guild wars 2, no such thing as an original idea i guess. The next one is for our current assignment, we have to make a papercraft figure based on the given template, so i chose to make one of an older original character i have, ive included reference for what he looks like.


http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Picture16-1.pnghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Picture19.pnghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/AzmaalExperimentcopy.jpg

[MydesNobody]

beautiful stuff, I follow you on DA. I always enjoy seeing your stuff in my inbox :)

[Janos]

I like the different styles you've got going. The traditional stuff shows your skills nicely and your rather comicky stuff builds on that strength and really looks great as well.

Cheers

[Virg]

great start, and so young ! every post has something great in it, just keep posting i guess and share your improvement !

[vayne108]

Awesome, I've always enjoyed your work !!! Anyways I fould you though DA !!! I can't wait to see more !!

[jeremygordon89]

The perspective work is phenomenal, and the characters are also really interesting! Can't wait to see more of your work! : ]

[arvalis]

This is whats kept me busy recently. Ive been using painter for the first time, so its taken longer to get done but i love this program now. Also i have no idea how to mark my sketchbook at nsfw, so if anyone could help thatd be appreciated. More school work coming soon.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/naera-pinupCA-1.jpg

[arvalis]

Got the little guy done today, think he looks pretty adorable in this format. I also have the layout to show you what i did. Pretty cool homework assignment.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Picture32-1.pnghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Picture33-1.pnghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Picture34-1.pnghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Picture35-2.pnghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Picture37.png

[arvalis]

Im supposed to do 6 character silhouettes for a character design for homework that have to fit into my dirigible city concept. Here are 30 silhouettes of my proposed 50. Doing some in painter and some in PS. Hopefully by 50 ill hit some real cool ideas. It would be great if you guys could list out your top ten so i might expand upon the concept.


http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Picture43.pnghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Picture42.png

[Steam Monster]

Who's that sexy hunky silhouette circle

[arvalis]

Here is an update from this guy(me). The swamp beast thing is part of an assignment for school. Of those 30 silhouettes i uploaded, the classed picked one that i had to render out. We needed two different versions. The green one is the one i initially had in mind, the second one floats/flies via gassy mushrooms. The other sketches were me playing around with my new and amazing pencil brush. Still getting the hang of it, but its gonna prove very beneficial to my arts. Also, guess which game i just got a platinum trophy for~

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Picture18-1.pnghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Picture22.pnghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Ezio-1.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/GirlFace-1.jpg

[Enydimon]

Haha, Assassin's Creed 2?

I need to grab that game sometime.

[arvalis]

Here is a little bit of my recent school work. I really like drawing backs ive discovered. Oh yeah, i just turned 20 too. Now that im sufficiently old, ive got to draw better.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/SanguineBack.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/portrait.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/ToneGirl.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/layinglady.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/1200.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/sanguineback2.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/hands.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/arms.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/newsprintbacks.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/newsprintback2.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/BlackGuy.jpg
Last we have some master studies of Raphael and Michelangelo
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/MasterCopy3.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/MasterCopy1.jpghttp://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/MasterCopy2.jpg

[Jamie Romoser]

Lookin sweet man beautiful studys and really cool concepts you have going.
have a good one
-Jamie

[Fishspawn]

Nice update dude! Keep working hard on those figures~ :)

[arvalis]

First picture of 2010 guys. Ive got a ton of stuff to post up from the end of the semester, but for now, enjoy this.
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/t-rexGirlNG.jpg

[arvalis]

Another creature concept i did for fun

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/spektre5/Murk-LurkerNG.jpg

[miycko]

Great stuff man :D Really love the characters & creature designs :D

[jadafect]

some amazing things going on here. love it all! angel wings look awesome!