Dear Sir/Madam, i can draw, hire me please!

[a_mckeown]

Hi guys, I just finished a uni degree majoring in illustration and graphic design. I am more interested in illustration (particularly concept art). I havn't been drawing long (a little over 2 years now) and my skills obviously arent good enough to make a career out of drawing yet.
I have decided to attack this problem head-on and have purchased myself 500 sheets of A3 paper, and have started to get cracking on drawing!!!
This thread is for me to keep track of my studies, while also, hopefully some of you talented people will offer me some critiques/advice etc.

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4938-1.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4937.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4936.jpg

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http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4934.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4933.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4932.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4928.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4929.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4930.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4931.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4940.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4941.jpg

Cheers for looking. CRITS WELCOME!973538

[a_mckeown]

Pic i did this arvo

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/img029.jpg

And an illustration im working on

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/img028.jpg

[a_mckeown]

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/img032.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/img033.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/img030.jpg

[Twan]

hey it's a great goal! Your drawings are really good, are they all with reference ?
go on doing good stuff like these!

[a_mckeown]

Cheers mate. Hopefully get through all 500 in the next few months!

Most of these are referenced (besides the sketchy doodles). I'm not confident enough to draw entirely from imagination yet.

[a_mckeown]

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/img033colour.jpg

Doodles from today

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/img0341.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/img034.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/img040-1.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/img035.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/img037.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/img038.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/img041.jpg

[PaintMyBrain]

alot of nice art here :) Love your style!

[a_mckeown]

Cheers PaintMyBrain
I don't know if i have style 'yet' though :)

Colour study of one of my pencil sketches. I've been reading up on the American cival war lately (just out of interest) and decided to do a paint.

WIP so far

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/Untitled-1.jpg

[a_mckeown]

Hi folks. Havn;t got around to scanning my sketches from the last few days, so thought i'd just post this piece i finished last night
Crits welcome.

http://i47.tinypic.com/2qm3jmg.jpg

[a_mckeown]

Hi people

Got up early this morning and did some drawings.

This one is of an Australian politician Peter Garrett, with Kevin Rudd hiding behind his back.
I was going to draw press mics in front of him, but the idea came around a little late. I'd like to develop this further into a type of editorial illustration

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/img043.jpg

Studies practicing women
Actress Linda Darnell, pretty lady from the 1940's

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/img044.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/img046.jpg

[a_mckeown]

The light in my room is very poor at night. Calling it quits for tonight.

EDIT: Should mention, not my design. I'm doing a colour study of one of Peter Dribens pieces (http://i46.tinypic.com/2wnn0c8.jpg)
http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4978.jpg

also some other shiz ive been doing

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4965.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4967.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4969.jpg

Neil Diamond! * i think thats the best hand i've drawn (except for the ring on his small finger)

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4971.jpg

CRITS WELCOME

[Traveler]

Looks like you've got yourself into gear so congrats on that. Now you've just got to keep moving forward. It's a long haul but the payoff is worth it. Keep doing those studies.

Study, practice, post, repeat = recipe to success. :painting

[a_mckeown]

Cheers for the encouragement mate!

Update of painting

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/103_4988.jpg

[a_mckeown]

http://i49.tinypic.com/ngdnuu.jpg

[a_mckeown]

finished!

AGAIN: REMINDER THIS IS A COLOUR STUDY WITH OILS TRYING TO RE-CREATE ONE OF
Peter Dribens pieces (http://i46.tinypic.com/2wnn0c8.jpg)
http://i48.tinypic.com/2n821c6.jpg

[zerdron]

Girls are the best, keep it up. May more sketches to come!

[a_mckeown]

Girls are the best

I agree. Girls are awesome! :)

Environment study i did the other day. Focussing oncombining photo texture into the image. The composition is poor, but i think i've blended the the texture and painted areas pretty ok.

http://i48.tinypic.com/2zdrwn9.jpg

[a_mckeown]

update of my environment thingy

http://i41.tinypic.com/kdjq7s.jpg

portrait study - WIP

http://i40.tinypic.com/mvtf81.jpg

quick little acrylic painting

http://i39.tinypic.com/d6sux.jpg

[Blondebeard]

Nice sb! Looking forward to seeing more =).

[a_mckeown]

Neil Diamond Oil painting ive started. blocking it in.

http://i40.tinypic.com/97p5wz.jpg

[LtPlissken]

Hello Anthony.
It is a very good thing that you discovered that you are so much interested in illustration. I see that you are determined and that you could accomplish anything that you decide right now.
Considering that you are drawing for only two years now, your advancement is humongous.
You are most probably eQuipped with a bunch of drawing tutorials and books already, so I will not molest you with the links.
As I going through your sketchbook, I can see that you are mastering very good the correct lines at pencil drawing, and I very much like how you lay the shadows down. Actually , my goal is pretty the same , to learn to put the shadows on pencil drawings like you do. On some of your sketch pages, it is visible that you have an outstanding story telling sense and a great imagination.
On a few drawings there are some anatomy problems, nothing serious, but don't we have all problems with anatomy? Anatomy is something that we all should train and improve all the time in our art careers.
The digital paintings: I am admiring your skills here, you are excelling with the perspective handling and I am not a pro, nor a very good artist, but in my humble opinion I think that you have managed the color combination to lay down pretty well. In one word, your environmental studies are amazing.
Hope you will post more and that you will improve even more here. conceptart.org is just amazing.

[pauloricardo]

Hello,

For someone who spent a long time with no drawing, you rediscovered your form very quickly.... I would to see more works from you in the future....

best regards

[a_mckeown]

Hi fellas, cheers for the encouraging words.

Plissken - Cheers mate - you're right about the anatomy, and although it may not be serious issues, i really need to knock that information into my brain. You should see me try to draw a figure without a reference :) It is aweful. haha.

pauloricardo - cheers dude. Holy crap! Checked your website out. Love your batman image.


Did this today. part of a series of images im doing based on 1920s immigration to the US. I referenced an old photo of the Manhattan skyline from that era. I added a few elements including the roof tops and steam boats in the harbour.

Acrylic and ink on illustration board
loving this stuff more than the digital work ive been doign for so long

http://i40.tinypic.com/15czdyg.jpg

[a_mckeown]

This is a WIP picture im working on the last day or so. It's part of initial ideas for a graphic novel i'm thinking of doing this year. Mainly to practice my storytelling through my illustrations.

http://i43.tinypic.com/34quyab.jpg

[Metal Fingers]

good start to the sketchbook man, lots of juicy pencils. Keep studying that loomis, your structure is getting a lot better. Cheers!

[S.Elena]

You have such a wonderful sketchbook. I just love your drawings. You have great lines.
It's very good that you use different mediums also.
All I can say more is keep drawing / painting and you'll achieve whatever you plan to.

[a_mckeown]

Metal Fingers - Cheers mate. Im glad my anatomy is improving, but i definately need to hit the Loomis books again.

S.Elena - Thanks. Im trying to expose myself to as many mediums as i can. Im really enjoying mixing inks and acrylic at the moment :)

WIP

I'm starting a graphic novel (for fun) and have started inking some images digtially... so i guess its not really inking. You know what i mean :)
These are two of 8 frames from a page spread.

http://i43.tinypic.com/mrpqc4.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/vgsrqq.jpg

Also, decided to call this bad boy quits. My original vision didn't turn out, so i think i'll give it another shot later.

http://i44.tinypic.com/257hbox.jpg

Hi-res clean iamge of the painting posted a few posts back (sorry about v-scroll)

http://i43.tinypic.com/wjastj.jpg

[a_mckeown]

I printed off waht i had started doing digitally onto good quality cartridge paper and inked the rest traditionally. I felt i had more control and didnt need to aim for perfection (like i always feel i have to with digital). Man, inks are freaking awesome.
Critique away. Any areas which dont work, dont show form etc i'd like to hear

http://i39.tinypic.com/zk0bbp.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/10ndm4i.jpg

Dudes, im having trouble with colouring my inks. anyone know of any good tutorials on selecting a colour palette for comics? I know it basically comes down to understanding of colour theory, but many comics use the oddest colours which end up looking natural. Id post my tests, but they are totally shit.

anyway, heres a test thrown together showing my work in order of sequence so far. The white boxes are for narrative text (havn't finished yet) and there will be speach bubbles too.

http://i41.tinypic.com/vgoqcw.jpg

[surrealitycheck]

Hey WCK, good to see you here.

I HAVE A CHALLANGE FOR YOU

Draw a face and you are NOT allowed to use lines for the nostrils or chin

only tone in those areas

GOOOOOOOOO

[a_mckeown]

Surreal - I know what you're getting at. And i know ive said it before, but im trying to get out of the habbit :) i'll post a face as soon as ive done it.
in the meantime, heres a colour test for my graphic novel. Its slowly starting to work

http://i39.tinypic.com/2eocyhc.jpg

[a_mckeown]

Had a break from my comic project and decided to do some studies today

SORRY FOR DODGY QUALITY - My camera sucks.

http://i44.tinypic.com/2q00j7p.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/68shg5.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/3151gle.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/mljgrb.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/wjjh1j.jpg

surreal - heres that face study you asked for :)

http://i43.tinypic.com/zwdkya.jpg

[surrealitycheck]

Looking so much better, but if you just pushed it 1 step further and removed some of those hard lines on the forehead and eyes it would look brilliant!

It's still a huge improvement though.

[a_mckeown]

yesterday was a crappy day for studies. ill post them anyway.

self portrait - tried to avoid using too many sharp lines.
http://i43.tinypic.com/ak8mls.jpg

attempt at drawing Australian politician Kevin Foley
made his eyes too googly, and i didnt really put the effort into the line work, compared to my self portrait
http://i39.tinypic.com/vd2ygw.jpg

Link from Legend of Zelda - too much like a pretty boy/girl :)

http://i42.tinypic.com/34gndc1.jpg

[a_mckeown]

]some dodgy studies from last night

http://i42.tinypic.com/2a51aoz.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/2lkvfia.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/y09bt.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/nla4vc.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/b8wk5u.jpg

second half of the spread for my graphic novel. Tried to use less black to contrast against the other side of the page

http://i44.tinypic.com/bingj4.jpg

coloured. gotta add text boxes next.

http://i39.tinypic.com/2lavgqa.jpg

[a_mckeown]

http://i40.tinypic.com/21ozuic.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/2ikqnhd.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/2wf7br6.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/qstv29.jpg

[a_mckeown]

I've been neglecting this thread this month so thought id post some work

Some of my better studies

the similarities to Michael Jackson are purely coincidental
http://i40.tinypic.com/2wmj8ki.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/9q8mmp.jpg



http://i41.tinypic.com/r77sxz.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/av20y0.jpg

Over the long weekend spent some time doing figure studies as well as longer still lifes. They started off as total shite, but as i kept doing them, i gained a better understanding of implying motion and gesture (something my ppl lack). Listended to an old interview with Jim Lee and he basically said if you understand the human body and gesture, you can draw a person from any angle (almost) without a reference.

anyway studies!!!

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/4.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/5.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/6.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/7.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/8.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/1.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/13.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/2.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/3.jpg

Life shite

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/9.jpg

3+ hours in the kitchen (which isnt the best place to draw while dinner is being cooked around you :)

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/14.jpg

And since i want to get into concept illustration for games/movies, i decided to do some composition studies from film. Trying to gain a better understandning of what makes a good, dynamic shot, and what makes a shite boring shot.

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/10.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/11.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/12.jpg

CHEERS FOR LOOKING

[a_mckeown]

A composition piece im working on atm. you may have seen this as a pencil sketch in this thread before. I decided to render it up in colour. really fun excercise

http://i44.tinypic.com/11ug27a.jpg

and a life piece of my nintendo ds. yes im still playing 2005 model ds! :)

http://i40.tinypic.com/24y4krm.jpg

[PaintMyBrain]

wow love all the western pieces, great work!

/cheers Brain

[Chr. Steam]

Like pencils!

[a_mckeown]

cheers fellas. glad you like!

A pic im working on atm. Crits welcome. Kinda thinking cool, badass 1980's undercover cop.

http://i42.tinypic.com/dbgis.jpg

[PaintMyBrain]

wow very sweet :P

[a_mckeown]

Cheers PaintMyBrain! Glad you like!

heres an update. My bro thought the BG colour wasnt working, and that his jacket was still a little flat looking. So i spiced things up with a warmer bg colour and added more tone to his jacket. again, crits welcome!

http://i39.tinypic.com/vzv40g.jpg

[PaintMyBrain]

Yeah your brother was right. This is actually looking a lot better. Really love this pieace m8, great work. But you have some small things you need to polish, the hand has a bit grey on it, there is still some brown around his hair and on some places around his jacket, also around the gun. If I'm not mistaken you've cut him out of the other picture and some brown came along too hehe. But try to take it off and this will be awesome. Something with the pipe of the gun makes it look a bit flat also, I'm sorry but you might wanna check this out. Cheers
/Brain

[a_mckeown]

PaintmyBrain - Cheers for the crits! Exactly what i wanted to hear. You're right about the crudeness around the gun. I sloppily used the magic wand tool to select around the character and fill in the blue background. Needs lots of touch-ups!
I'll give it a break for a day i reckon, that way i can look at it with some fresh eyes tomorrow

in the meantime, i've done slight updates on this pic.

http://i43.tinypic.com/102t3d1.jpg

[PaintMyBrain]

Sounds like a good idea. I usually do that myself. This updates looks sweet. The sky looks so peaceful and he looks kind of troubles yet somehow calm. You've done some great work with the folding of his cloths. I would though like some detail in the water, maybe a little bit more reflections from the surrounding trees?

Keep it up! /Brain

[a_mckeown]

I love the guy with the gun, where is this character from??

My own design. Was inspired by 80's cop flicks. The head features are kinda a mix between Eddie Murphy/Michael Jackson (Off the Wall)/Sammy J. The three most badass African Americans in pop culture!
Going to be designing two more characters, one other dude and a cool chick too.

[sombertwin]

I saw your avatar and had to visit your SB. The fro brings back days of yesterday century....I had a fro about twice that size.

A suggestion on folks of color skin tone. First I think the values in the portrait are close and the planes of the face are basically working. I would add highlights to the check facing the light. The same value to lighten the cheek bone area i would use on the forehead then just above the eyebrow I would lighten the value a bit. also at the jaw line..perhaps two values lighter, just a stroke or two.

Might i suggest placing the colors you used in the face next to one another, tweak the values between and then add them to your face. The Mumsel Value System works, white on the scale being 1 and the darkest being 10...

reallly luv the fro..it also needs just a bit more dimension with added values and abstract shapes within the fro.

[a_mckeown]

Sombertwin - cheers for the crits. I havnt really done much black skin tone. Its hard, because looking at references, i notice in black peoples tones, there are a lot of different colours including more purples, reds, and greens. Gotta find the balance somewhere!

Slow day for drawing today. didnt do anything really productive. Did this dodgy sketch tonight for fun while watching the news.
im sure aussie posters will get it.

http://i41.tinypic.com/21eoscn.jpg

[Wilko]

Some good studies here, keep it up! Movie stills studies is a great practice for learning composition plus No Country for Old Men and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? Awesome movies.

[a_mckeown]

I fixed up the background a little, adding detail to the trees. and fixed some of the water and lighting. Going to re-define the dude as his pose is a little off (particularly the placement of his elbows)

http://i41.tinypic.com/11vs32w.jpg

[a_mckeown]

I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

http://i44.tinypic.com/2cn8kg9.jpg

[PaintMyBrain]

very nice :) keep it up! /Brain

[a_mckeown]

A WIP picture im doing in pencil. My computer has been giving me the craps all week with blue screens of death, and not booting up etc. Really annoyng, but a good excuse to stick with traditional studies. This is a test piece before i do my proper version in photoshop. just establishing a solid idea before jumping into digital. The top is chopped off by about 2 cm but you get the idea :)

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/Picture-780.jpg

and two of my more successful studies this week

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/Picture-782.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/Picture-781.jpg

[PaintMyBrain]

oh dude this is very sweet stuf. Amazing :)

[a_mckeown]

just for fun - childrens book cover illustration
starting to render in photoshop now

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/childrens.jpg

[PaintMyBrain]

haha looks nice :)

[a_mckeown]

Work in progress illustrations

Childrens cover illustration -

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/childrens-cover.jpg

Fantasy novel artwork

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/cover.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/Scifi-mystery2.jpg

critique welcome

[a_mckeown]

Acrylic on masonite. Did as a study to get back into painting traditionally

an odd line through the centre because my scanner caused a weird shadow and couldnt be bothered compensating enough room for it.

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/funny-gangster.jpg

[Koh]

Looks like you are making a lot of progress with your painting. The last 3 your posted are great, especially the book covers,

[a_mckeown]

Koh - Cheers mate.

A quick doodle paint of Jimmy Fallon i did last night at 1am. about 10x12cm. Nver really worked small before. But i hope i captured some of his likeness.

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/jimmy-fallon.jpg

[a_mckeown]

hi people, been a while since i posted here so thought id better update before i forget about it.

Hi folks, finally got around to finishing these off.
Thought i may as well post them since im done with working on them. They are minor changes from previous post, mainly just bumping out areas creating more contrast. Im pretty happy with the result, but i know i can do shit loads better if i spend more time in the planning stages, developing less stiff poses.

http:///files/Image/068001-069000/68323/126_large.jpg

http:///files/Image/068001-069000/68319/523_large.jpg

http:///files/Image/068001-069000/68320/100_large.jpg

started working on my oil painting of niel diamond again. working mainly on the face. im still not condifent in doing his body, mainly because i dont know how to paint leather.

http://i45.tinypic.com/21lsv9i.jpg

graphite drawing of audrey hepburn im doing for one of my mates. first time using compressed graphite, really enjoying it.

http://i48.tinypic.com/33dwcgl.jpg

[a_mckeown]

Speed oil painting.

http://i49.tinypic.com/2953lgg.jpg

and a quick digital speedy - 15 mins

http://i49.tinypic.com/11i26fm.jpg

[a_mckeown]

Self promotion cover illustration for the Stephen King book Drawing of the Three. Go read Dark Tower series if you havnt!

http://i31.tinypic.com/2r40k01.jpg

http://i29.tinypic.com/263eank.jpg

[a_mckeown]

drawing of tony abbott

http://i29.tinypic.com/14m71c3.jpg

[a_mckeown]

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/girl-science.jpg

[a_mckeown]

Doodle colour

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/effing-about.jpg

and acrylic sketch on paper

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/chcik-forest.jpg

[a_mckeown]

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/michael-jackson-swing2.jpg

[a_mckeown]

drawing of a gundam

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/gundam2.jpg

[a_mckeown]

Finished rocky drawing, and did some other doodles

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/kitchen-man.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/rocky-4.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/hand.jpg

[a_mckeown]

bunch of doodles from last two days

two illustration composition sketches - working from memory

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/skydive.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/marine-chick.jpg

couple of my more successful anatomy practices - using references

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/dude.jpg

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/chicky.jpg

[PaintMyBrain]

looking very nice :)

[a_mckeown]

Paint my Brain - CHeers mate!


sketch of Johnny Ramone ive been working 'on and off' since last thursday. Forced myself to only use HB pencil

scanner is cheap and nasty, so had to digitally edit the values and contrasts in photoshop - resulting in the harsh rough look

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/johnny-ramone-sml.jpg

[a_mckeown]

A few sketches

This one drew from life of a building in the city. Damn, drawing outside is hard, especially when it's cold and windy!

*the drawing is the image on the 'left' :)*

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/gov-house.jpg

And a WIP of a skull. going for ultra detail

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/skull-1.jpg

[a_mckeown]

broke up my pencil studies with an oil painting last night.

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/skull-painting.jpg

[a_mckeown]

Oil painting WIP. Been working on this on and off for about 3 weeks

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/beach-painting-2.jpg

[CRYPT]

nice sketchbook i loved the paintings

[seungy]

I had to post because I saw that drawing of Tony Abbott.. hahaha

Looks like Labor will win the election hey!

Nice drawing of him though lol

In fact this sketchbook is progressing nicely and I see some improvements, keep working hard at it mate!

[a_mckeown]

seungy - cheers for the comment! Glad you can see some improvement.

It does look like labor will win. I'd imagine there will be so many fights between the parties, that we'll be back at voting booths very soon.

[a_mckeown]

First drawing of a spaceship. definately need practice

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/ab57/atm89/spaceship.jpg

[a_mckeown]

Perhaps I should start a new sketchbook, considering I havn't posted in over a year, but meh, this place has enough threads already!

So the last year has been a little over the place - but fantastic. I had an internship at a animation studio in my city, which was FANTASTIC. i learnt so much. And i went on to study 3d modelling and other aspects of game art at my local Tafe.
Below are my best works of the year, and hopefully, i shall continue to post here rather than neglect the many resources available by fellow artists!

http://anthonymckeown.com/images/FBI_agents_a_mckeown.jpg

http://anthonymckeown.com/images/2.jpg

http://anthonymckeown.com/images/3.jpg


http://anthonymckeown.com/images/7.jpg

http://anthonymckeown.com/images/6.jpg

http://anthonymckeown.com/images/Nazi-base.jpg

and a bit of an odd extreme...

http://anthonymckeown.com/images/9.jpg

[mindwrack]

some nice development here!
seems like you're being more ambitious with your compositions which is great, i really like your shading too, those skull studys are excellent! keep it up :)