Mr.Thorne's Quest of Awesome [Update--03/30/11]

[Mr.Thorne]

Gasp super awesome quest of awesome

[Jamie Romoser]

nice start for your sketchbook
if you dont already you should get your hands on some Loomis/Bridgemen books theres some free ones on the net if you look around
but other then that just keep studying. study anything that looks cool to you Life,favorite artists,old masters,photos.
looking forward to seeing how you progress
have a good one
-Jamie

[Mr.Thorne]

nice start for your sketchbook
if you dont already you should get your hands on some Loomis/Bridgemen books theres some free ones on the net if you look around
but other then that just keep studying. study anything that looks cool to you Life,favorite artists,old masters,photos.
looking forward to seeing how you progress
have a good one
-Jamie

Thanks i actually just got 3 of Bridgemen's books just need to scan the work on here and post it.

[Mr.Thorne]

Some Design work i do in my school. Also final 2 are bridgeman studies.

Sorry for the shitty quility on the Bridgeman studies I have yet to scan them in the right way. I'll fix that later.

[Mr.Thorne]

Some George B. Bridgman work from Drawing from Life book

[kingkostas]

nice start mate, welcome to CA :)
Keep up working on the anatomy and on improving your lines.All will come as you keep up :)

[Mr.Thorne]

nice start mate, welcome to CA :)
Keep up working on the anatomy and on improving your lines.All will come as you keep up :)

Thanks.

Also what do you mean by the lines. like less of them just all over the place or cleaner or how dark and light they are im sorta confuessed when people say that

[B-Man]

Hi there!
You start right away with studies! That's awesome!
I think what kingkostas mean is to draw the line fewer times. Sometimes you (like everyone else learning to draw) draw the same line a couple of times, to make it fit your idea of the image. Resulting in a hairy looking line. So with more confident lines and fewer strokes you get a cleaner look. The lines dont have to pe perfect and straight they just need to live their life. I hope I make any sense. :) I was king of fuzzy lines so I know its hard to clean up drawing style. :)
Keep it up and work hard! Cheers!
oh and welcome to CA! :D

[Mr.Thorne]

Hi there!
You start right away with studies! That's awesome!
I think what kingkostas mean is to draw the line fewer times. Sometimes you (like everyone else learning to draw) draw the same line a couple of times, to make it fit your idea of the image. Resulting in a hairy looking line. So with more confident lines and fewer strokes you get a cleaner look. The lines dont have to pe perfect and straight they just need to live their life. I hope I make any sense. :) I was king of fuzzy lines so I know its hard to clean up drawing style. :)
Keep it up and work hard! Cheers!
oh and welcome to CA! :D

Thanks i understand fully and will try to be cleaner with my other works

[Mr.Thorne]

Another Update. I know its been like a month and 3 days since my last but i havn't really done anything note worthy.

I'm attempting on doing a collab with a friend but i need any advice on landscape drawing anyone can give me. I know the whole draw from life but i could use some technical advice about it.

[Mr.Thorne]

bump to get someone to look at this

[Mr.Thorne]

Update [3/30/10]

[Mr.Thorne]

So yeah started working again in a hell hole to pay for college. Thats alright though cause now that i've woken up at midnight and have nothing else to do i updated my SB. All of these took like under an hour besides the more polished shaded robot which took like 6 hours and the helicopter that is taking up like 3 days worth of time for just the concept of it that isn't all that great.

[Mr.Thorne]

A 10 min self portrait i did today. You can thank the animator Egoraptor and the webcomic GG Guys for the poop thing. It was the face in Awesome Center that made me make his face and draw it and the comic cup of soup that i put that down there.

Not my best work but again its only 10 mins and it was fun.

[Mr.Thorne]

Update on 9/22/10

[Nick Cato]

nice work man. Your line is a little scratchy though and your shading lacks definition, but keep up the good work and improve as much as you can.

[Mr.Thorne]

nice work man. Your line is a little scratchy though and your shading lacks definition, but keep up the good work and improve as much as you can.

Yeah i'll be working on that a lot in a portrait I'm doing for a friend. Most of these are under 5 mins so as you can imagine i didn't clean them up or anything.

[Mr.Thorne]

Just a quick little update on a request i got from a friend to draw one of there portraits. Good experience since i don't do a lot of drawings of the head really and is holding me back a little bit in my eyes.

[Mr.Thorne]

More Bridgman work. A building and my sketch book looping

[Joce]

thanks for the comment bro. i wana see some work where you spend a couple of hours on. lets see some life studies and more anatomy too. keep digging

[Mr.Thorne]

thanks for the comment bro. i wana see some work where you spend a couple of hours on. lets see some life studies and more anatomy too. keep digging

yeah. Tomorrow i have no classes or work the next day so i will be more than able to work that day on a portrait.

Thanks for stopping by

[AndreRuben]

I second Joce's speech, try to do some more (much more) anatomy studies, as well as life drawings, and try to understand all the forms and relations between the shapes and sizes.. pay atention to contrasts and lighting, etc. the way to do it is practice, nothing else!

keep drawing!

[andres333]

ok man i think you better start studying gestures

[Mr.Thorne]

@AndreRuben - Yeah i do need to spend more time. There is just a lot of drama between me and my family that has just started so its getting hard to have a moment of peace.

@andres333 - I need to do more of everything it seems. Didn't really think of doing gesture studies though so thanks for pointing that out.

[Mr.Thorne]

A quick WIP using Alchemy and Photoshop Cs4. A lot of work to go and i screwed up the line on the right side.

[Augmenton]

Hey, very nice life studies. I'm diggin it. Maybe try to work on your line quality a bit, too? Keep at it :)

[dleoblack]

So, nice studies! As someone sayed before me just start the boring side and start copy books (as I see you've done in firsts posts). I think you've a good hand so work hard!!!
Cheers :)

[Mr.Thorne]

More work on that robot. It is the thing i want to really work on right now to get a handle on digital work before i got back to a million studies

[raminafshari]

good studies , you are doing fine , please make your images smaller . keep them coming .

[knut-]

Nice, keep the studies going. The last WIP is interesting, but indeed you have to upload smaller pics so we can actually see them on fit-screen. Try to draw softer lines and make shading using lines on different directions. In that way you will see how the skatch will be more easy to work on going back and forth. Thanks for stopping nu at my sb man. Keep up and take care.

[Mr.Thorne]

@raminafshari - Thanks, Yeah i keep making that mistake it wont be happening again.

@knut- - Thanks, Yeah i figured that out i just need to break my habits of going all lines and going to dark and adding to much pressure on my pencil.

[Mr.Thorne]

Quick update. Took about an Hour and a Half.

Really didn't improve my line quality but i got more details down than some of my other works.

[Falchion]

Excellent rate of improvement. Keep it up!

[Pixelwalker]

Hey dude!
Thank you for commenting my sketchbook!

You have a great start here and there is only one point i would suggest you to practice: try to make your lines in one turn. Don't do 1000000 lines until there is the correct one.
This will improve your drawings a lot. :)

Greetings, Silwynar

[alexson]

Nice! Keep up the anatomystuff and all that sweet stuff! Great work!

[Mr.Thorne]

@Falchion - Thanks

@Silwynar - It started like that but old habits die really hard. I'll be watching that more though.

@alexson - Thanks. Going to be doing the 100 figures a week thing if i can. School is somewhat getting in the way though.

[LtPlissken]

I just pooped - I like that.
Do a lot, a lot and a lot of studies. And after that,
you do more studies. All kind of studies.

[Mr.Thorne]

@LtPlissken - Thanks. Tomorrow is my first real attempt at drawing for more than 2 hours every so often.

[Mr.Thorne]

OLD WORK, I'm working on anatomy and my lines just taking some of my older work and posting it.

Also posting some pics to make sure there is some quality in this update.

[Mr.Thorne]

This stuff i could use some crits on cause i know there are more screw ups then i could find.

[Naidy]

Good stuff so far!

Just try to keep your lines smoother, they let down some of your observationals.
Just keep practicing, and keep up the good work. :D

[qlotzan]

Nice drawing studies i like your style , you just need some extra focus, hard work, more details and daily practice 2-3 hours .

keep it up mate

have fun


Qlotzan;)

[LtPlissken]

Try drawing human figures and poses on a daily
basis, then you try to do those lines more fluidly
and not like chicken scratches.
Get yourself a good book about perspective
and try reading and drawing from it, if you
have not done that already.

[mrd33ds]

Hey Thorne! I see you like metal gear solid too ;) I would agree with LtPlissken. Its something I need to work on too. chicken scratches that is.. Lol and making more fluid lines instead. I guess its a bad habit ive gotten into or something. anyways, keep drawing!

[Sean McClain]

good job man! just keep at it practice makes perfect.

[Justyna]

Hey,
looks to me like you could use some tips :)

1. Your lines are very shaky. Take for example those last sketches of people - you tend to draw contours many times. Try to draw for example a head with only one or two strokes - no need to repeat the lines and draw again over the contour.
2. I think you would benefit from doing some gesture drawings - that way you will learn to draw with quick and smooth lines and you won't even have time to draw over what you already drew. Here's a great tool: link (http://www.pixelovely.com/tools/gesture.html). Set time for a minute or two and try to capture the movement or pose of a person, do not concentrate on details.
3. Keep sketching, I think it's too early to work with colours without learning some basics first. Do gesture drawings, learn anatomy and proportions from books and watch perspective and I am sure you will improve.

I am beginner myself so I shouldn't probably go around criticizing other people's art but those are the things I think you should work on at this stage. I will stop by again and see how you're doing :)

[Mr.Thorne]

@Naidy Thanks i am making an effort with my current attempts on loomis' work

@qlotzan Thanks i am working harder and harder on daily sketching.

@LtPlissken I am right now. I drew a few people in the subway and though they aren't to good they are showing improvement.

@Sean McClain Thanks

@Justyna That link is so friggen useful. Thanks for it. I am trying to work on my line quality and i am improving on it, just need to slow down cause i sketch really fast most of the time.

[Lang Oulk]

Hey man, basically what everyone is saying, try being more confident with your lines, try to have the direction in your head before you lay down a line, always think when drawing. it comes with time no worries. most of all just keep drawing man and do NOT get discouraged.

[Mr.Thorne]

minor update so i wont change title date.

[Forrest_I]

Your studies are looking good. Just remember that before you move on to the next study try to get it exact. Also, it's very helpful to spend more time on just one single study, like shading and getting the figure just right. Spending more time on it is a good way to keep the figure of it in your head and is a good oppurtunity to practice shading.

[Goldenstripe]

nice sketch in post 18! i like the linework :-) will you colore it somday?
post 4: nice typography study! ^^

a little question in the end: i think it's better to scan the sketches instead of making a photograph of it ;-)

[LtPlissken]

Do more figure studies, more and more
and more and more and more, and more
and more
more
more
.....
and more.

[thePedestrian]

Keep up the good work :) and remember draw MOAARRRR MOAAAAAAAR :P

I'll watch your sketchbook ;)

[Rotor]

Thanks for dropping by my SB! :)
Very nice studies. Especially the perspective ones. It's a really tricky thing to master I think. A good way to practice is drawing simple forms like boxes with one or two vanishing points. This can be combined into a value study if you imagine a primary lightsource and think out how lhe light will behave with the objects. Or doing this with life studies.

I hope this helps, youre doing good.
Keep it up!

[Mr.Thorne]

Thanks everyone. Can't really work on my art right now with so much going on but hopefully I'll have weekly updates soon. [maybe even daily]

[libellchen]

first picture in post 39: sweet! I also like your typography work.
Hope you'll find some time to do more sketches soon.

[Mr.Thorne]

This was the Ashley portrait i did i while ago. Think i improved a lot digitally due to this one but so far it is only a WIP so it must be pushed to be better.

[qlotzan]

the last post looks good for a short time

keep it up

Qlotzan;)

[Kungfoowiz]

Hey bro

Ashley is looking fit! =)

I really liked your self portrait on the first page, as well as that Bridgman stuff, please keep doing that okay. Keep up the good work bro.

[bbwolf]

good to see you doing so many studies. You attracted lots of good advice allready. One from me, to improve your lines and perspective, start using grids when sketching. Just a few low opacity line in the background should help you a lot. Also, use a ruler too occasionally when sketching. Get used to it. IT will come in handy.

[LtPlissken]

You improved, but you have to start
studying values. Take a ball or box or
some object, and try to render it in grayscale.
Try to do more simpler value studies, before
you get to a full face painting.
Cheerz

[oma]

hi.. thanks for ur comment.. i notice in ur study's that ur lines are erm.. how u say it.. not well tought about.. lots of small lines..

try too think more about the line u gonna put on the papper.. remember drawing isn't just putting lines on a paper.. u have too think about them first..

keep it comin..

Rob.

[Ccs]

Your graphic design work and photos are very good. You need more drawing experience though. Try doing more than just copying from Bridgeman and study what he says as well as what other artists say about bones and muscles and how they connect and the planes of the form, etc.

[jbrown67]

nice start to your SB. I'd love to see you do a landscape, I noticed you said you would like some tips on landscapes. It's kinda hard to just list tips out of the blue, try spending at least 2 hours on a landscape then post it and we can give you some tips. Other than that, just keep up the studies!

[Mr.Thorne]

Thanks everyone for the advice and tips. I just started Drawing and Perspective classes and learned some new ways of looking at things. Chances are i wont be active if you havn't noticed by now for a bit though i plan to update and attempt to look at others stuff when i get free time. [just learned how to use Negative and Positive spaces. Sorta lame i didn't know about it]

[LtPlissken]

Glad to hear all those new things happening to you lately.
Hope you will do some joyful studies.
We are waiting patiently for your updates.

[Mr.Thorne]

A show of progress to alert everyone i'm not dead but busy. Starting to work on a gaming project and unlike my other attempt this one has a stronger footing for what i want to do and ideas written down and research started on it. Enjoy the self portrait i did. Lemur head should be bigger and i am going to work on this more and update this with the progress seeing as my face in shadow [the front of my face] Should be darker and the highlights should not be white. Also Lemur is not properly shaded.

[Justyna]

Do some more studies and learn face structure, the portrait is almost flat.
Anyway, I hope you will post some stuff from that gaming project you're working on :)