Bretton's sketchbook *the update you didn't know you were supposed to be waiting for*

[Bretton]

Im starting this sketchbook to motivate myself to draw everyday and to get some good feedback from the great artists here so that i may improve.

My name is Bretton. Im gonna start by everyday drawing a character out of mother goose nursery rhymes because yesterday i found my mother goose book..

today it is humpty dumpty:

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the kings horses and all the kings men
Couldnt put Mr.Dumpty together again

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/humptydumpty.jpg

this is my first today.. maybe my last... depends on if i want to spend hours trying to get a decent egg shape again :]

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/humptydumpty2.jpg

heres some more.. i reused the egg shape from the first one for the bigger one

edit: if you reply (which ya should) dont forget that I am lookin for critiques.

[Bretton]

day #2 man in the moon

Im sure i'll do more later.. I'm not completely satisfied with th is concept.

still waiting for comment/criticism/feedback please

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/maninmoon.jpg

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/maninmoon3.jpg

the moon man inquiring the way to Norwich. I like the looks of this moon man a bit better... the better version is in my biology notes scribbled in ballpoint... drawing is a bit akward with my mouse

any comments at all?

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/kingsmen.jpg

all the king men couldn't put humpty together again...
and i didnt draw them very well either..

im a little dissapointed in these to tell the truth.. they feel a bit unoriginal and uninspired to me... i couldn't do anything with a knights lower half that looked decent. I'm getting tired of drawing with my mouse. I might redo the knights another day..

if you are wondering about my plans for all the concepts i will do i have decided that i will most likely bring them all into some kind of nursery rhyme composition with mother goose as the focal point.. im thinking maybe mixed media.. ink.. watercolors... colored pencils? any tips on working with these medias together?

feedback anyone?

[Bretton]

these don't have anything to do with mother goose but i just thought i'd show some stuff i've done in the past because this seems like the place to do it...

not really anything finished... i don't have a scanner and i can't stand doing anything more than a sketch on my mouse.

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/futurenoirbots.jpg
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/khepri.jpg

these are for thunderdome.. i was not allowed to shade at all for the color peice
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/sketchpage.jpg
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/finalillu.jpg
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/comicpage.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/000fd9e9.jpg
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/gargoyle.jpg
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/595766b0.jpg

a comic i did for globalcomicjam.com and for the scriptjam (i worked from a script)
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/scriptjam.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/fattycowboy.jpg
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/robobear.jpg
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/rockeater.jpg
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/pumpkincutecolor.jpg
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/skullhead.jpg

a toon self portrait
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/toonsportrait.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/fetishsuitvictorian.jpg

a self portrait
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/selfportrait.jpg

[Neireth]

Strange that no one has commented these yet. Great stuff. The self portrait is amazing.
Keep them coming!

[S.C. Watson]

Hey Bretton,

I really like your stuff. You've got this creepy stylistic thing going on with your characters - that's good. They stand out from the run o' the mill stuff. The enlongated limbs and insect heads, Mr. Moon, et all. They have a whimsical fairytail essence about them that reminds me of those reall wild children's books I still remember as an adult. Very surreal and dark, and very good.

thanks,
~Oregano.

[Bretton]

wow thanks a lot guys :D 100 something views and no replies at all and then two in one day? That makes me real happy.

spellshaper: thanks for the comment. I like the self portrait too.. probably the only thing int his thread that I consider finished.

Oregano: thanks for the comment! I'm glad you like my style.. I appreciate style over quality... so knowing that I have a good style makes me feel good. Your welcome for whatever you are thanking me for :]

[S.C. Watson]

Heya Bretton, I'm thanking you for doing some cool works, guy. And style, done well, *is* quality. You don't have style unless it's quality work.

So there ya go.

~oreg.

[Bretton]

oregano: well in that case your very welcome :). I'm glad you think my works are cool. You have a point with the style/quality thing.

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/threeblindmice.jpg

"Three blind mice,
Three blind mice
See how they run,
See how they run!

They all ran after
The farmer's wife
She cut off their tails
With a carving knife
Did you ever see
Such a sight in your life
As three blind mice?"

i dont remember the nursery rhyme being so violent.. but.. oh well. It's not as bad as finding out that "ashes to ashes we all fall down" was a song children sang when they had the bubonic plague.. thats just depressing.

i used some reference.. mostly for the first one...

edit: i just noticed it isnt really too apparent that they don't have eyes.. that is how i decided to (for the most part) depict them as blind... im not really sure what an eye socket looks like when the eye is missing.. so if anyone would like to give me some comments on that or perhaps a paintover (no photographs please o.o;;) that'd be real nice of you and i'd appreciate it

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/gargoylecolor.jpg

[Neireth]

That last one's cute.

I'd like to see some kind of a background on that mice pic. Could be nice, but that's just me.
Keep it up!

[John]

Hi Bretton, good to see you got a sketchbook here. I'll check in regularly, good show. As for the thunderdome image, i thought that concentrating on lineart would be good for pushing the understanding of form and line. I think i learned quite a deal from my entry.
Something i noticed, i think you're really good at drawing faces. I'd like to see you do some portraits in the future.
Btw, are you up for oc tomorrow? If so, just send me a pm when you're on, and then we can jam again :D

[Bretton]

non referenced silhouettes on left.. referenced pic on right...

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/catandfiddle.jpg

hey kitten :D

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/octopusassbeast.jpg

based on mike corrieros thumb.. didn't follow the thumbnail very closely, you can tell because if i did it would be better. Thanks mike.

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/kingcole.jpg

had an oc session with ancient kitten... his is on the bottom
mine are on the top.. two versions because i dont know which i like better, what do you think?

old king cole was a merry old soul
a merry old soul was he
he called for his pipe
he called for his bowl
and he called for his fiddlers three

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/kingcole2.jpg

hm?

[Bretton]

took a break from mother goose because this guy needs concepts for a video game he is making by himself http://void.dragonspyrestudios.com/index.html

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/robotspaceshipconcept.jpg

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/robotspaceshipconcept2.jpg

[Bretton]

Bretton of Hearts

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/brettspcard.jpg

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/dreadnoughtfinished.jpg

[2kre8]

wow these are good keep it up

[Bretton]

hey thanks :D

your sketchbook is real nice too.. i was checking it out yesterday and ill keep stopping in there from time to time

thanks for the comment

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/60779ddf.jpg

a wip.. watch my progress in the wip section if you'd like

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/c0894352.jpg

[evolve]

enjoyed so much these pictures. the playing card was wonderful. you do have such a shadowy style. keep going.....

[Bretton]

thanks for the comment evolve!

its been a while... how have you been?

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/plaguebot.bmp

[afklamer]

thats realy weird stuff but kinda like it

[dakoscwash]

Cool style. Keep it up.:)

[Bretton]

thank you dakoscwash i will try!

nagash, im glad you kind of like it... im glad you think it's wierd. thank you

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/plaguebot2.jpg

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/47ab634f.jpg http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/fcacbcac.jpg http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/32246904.jpg http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/477a28cf.jpg

got to a scanner... sorry for the lined paper.. those are the ones i did during french and biology..

[insane visions]

very eerie style...i like it...keep posting..I hope u post some finished ones.. id love to see them

[Bretton]

thanks insane visions! it is very encouraging to hear that from someone as talented as you.


by the way, if anyone would like to see more of my stuff and some from someone else really talented me and Olsen have a challenge thread in the sketchbook sections

and here is a comic that i did for surface at globalcomicjam.com
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/surfacecomic.jpgSurface

[Bretton]

did three for the dsg today

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/slugbitch.jpg


http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/wormbitch.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/wormbitches.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/wormbitchescol.jpg

[Oddo]

You have well defined aesthetics on your work and that is good. Many of them are more than worth walking that extra mile on them so that they will look more ... tight. Good job. Keep at it :). ( Just my opinion: Lined paper does not help a bit).

[Bretton]

hey thanks for the comment oddo! yeah sorry about the lined paper.. those are just doodles during class that i accidentally took far enough to the point i thought they were worth posting... ive started keeping a4 paper with me in class though..

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/pope_plague.jpg


self portrait
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/brett.jpg

[Bretton]

some skeletons
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/colorbones.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/skele.bmp

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/batman.jpg

[JackalAnubis]

great stuff, you've got a real dirty expressive and dark style. I esp like the plaque pope.

[Yina]

cool and weird style.. great. keep them coming in!

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/cyborg0001.jpg

thanks jackalanubis and yina! i will keep them coming.

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/alienpage001.jpg

some aliens i doodled in biology and french between assignments

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/comic002.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/comic001.jpg

I wasnt happy with the first color
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/c81c2d0b.jpg

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/cyborggunhead.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/joker002.jpg

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/treasure001.jpg

[Bretton]

I drew The Joker i did today..


If anyone feels like coloring go ahead.
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/clownprince001.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/clownprince001color.jpg

[Bretton]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/clownprince002.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/clownprince002color.jpg


http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/clownprince003.gif

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/clownprince003color.gif


http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/clownprince005.gif

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/clownprince005color.jpg


http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/clownprince006.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/clownprince006color.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/clownprince007.jpg

[Keepiru]

THese are really cool, those jokers are awesome.
I love the stuff you were doing with the Nursery Rhymes, what a fantastic idea. ( I know it was a while back, but its the first time Ive been to the thread) Anyway, all of it is looking cool. Keeps it ups!

[Sean]

This is wonderful stuff. I've said that before, in the jokers thread, but I thought it needed saying again. You're definitely going somewhere.

[van]

You have a cool style going here. :batman:

[Bretton]

thanks for the comments guys! i definately appreciate you stopping by my sketchbook

some wierd lookin guys:
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/amun002.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/amun003.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/amun001.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/amun001color.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/amun004.jpg

some bat freaks:
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/vampmonster002.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/vampmonster002color.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/vampmonster003.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/vampmonster005.jpg

for the dsg: a goblin king
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/goblinking001.jpg

[Bretton]

i figured while i was doing nothing i would show some things here i have not put in this thread for one reason or another including some things from me and Olsen's challenge thread and some dsg's and stuff... they are in order from new to old.. i excluded some older things that i am a bit embarassed of...

batman:
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/batmanold.jpg

olsen challenge: spooky midievil guys
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/brettonsspooky.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/spookydude2.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/spookydude.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/midspook002.jpg

olsen challenge: creature from the black lagoon as a baby
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/cftbl001.jpg

dsg: balrog
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/balrogb.jpg

dsg: dragon king
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/dragonking.jpg

some vamps and werewolves
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/vampi.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/werewolf2.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/werewolf.jpg

olsen challenge: troll
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/trollie.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/canadian_man.jpg

olsen challenge: frankenstein
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/N.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/frank.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/frankenstein.jpg

olsen challenge: spooky old naked guy in a haunted house
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/nakedguy.jpg

olsen challenge: ugly slimy creatures
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/uggyslimy5.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/uggyslimy4.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/696779a7.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/35f60711.jpg

olsen challenge: robinhood and his merry men
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/merrymen1.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/robinhood2.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/robinhood.jpg

[Bretton]

bought Batman: Haunted Knight the other day and drew this pinup for it today... im pretty dissatisfied (to say the least) with the joker... but i redrew him like 5 times and couldnt get him to look the way i wanted... o well. hope ya dig.

comments and criticism please

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/hauntedknightpin001.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/hauntedknightpin001color.jpg

[van]

You have a very fun a loose style, but it seems to lack a certain refinement that I cant put my finger on. I will keep looking for it. :batman:

[insane visions]

very cool bretton..i love your style

[Bretton]

thanks a lot for commenting on my sketchbook from time to time insane visions.

van: thanks for the comment! make sure you tell me when you find my flaw

self portrait
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/selfportbatgrey001.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/selfportbatbw001.jpg

catacomb beasts for dsg:
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/dungeongahfu001.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/dungeongahfu002.jpg

[dakoscwash]

Shit man. The self portrait is fucking awesome. I respect that you have your own crazy style but dont suck at observational skills. Good work man.

[liam.c]

omg lol i love every one of them hahahha i cant tell why but damn all are great

[Bretton]

thanks for the comments guys!

here is some more i did this week
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/cyborgcircus001.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/cyborgcircus001color.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/penguin.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/theflash001.jpg

[insane visions]

love your style..

[Entropy_Now]

You are heck of talented. Glad to see some cyborgs without mowhawks or visors. Keep up the great work.

[Bretton]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/twoface001.jpg

[Bretton]

Just some ball-point pen sketches done in my high school art class while i had nothing else to do. The witch is actually less of a witch and more someone who seems like they would be accused of witchery and burned at the stake. We watched The Crucible in my English class.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/witch001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/penguin003.jpg

I might color one of these later.

[dadamafia]

cool thread man. keep workin at it.

[cburt]

this thread is awesome, those joker drawings and the portraits that followed...woww...why hasnt there been an update in so long???? haha, please post more..SOON
-cburt

[Bretton]

Ah! Sorry, been busy with school and stuff... and other excuses... to make up for it here is a smalldump of good (in my opinion) things I have done recently:

This weeks C.O.W (the others aren't that good.. you can go to the C.O.W. threads of you really want to see something mediocre)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/poisonbird002.jpg

Robot Pilot, there is a thread in the helpful critiques section somewhere with some colored versons if you are interested
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/robopilo001.jpg

Self-Portrait, I was a bit chubbier when i did this, i have since then started smoking again and stopped eating
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/selfportscribble003.jpg

my thunderdome 8 entry: Beetlejuice
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/beetlejuice666.jpg

on second thought I'll post this C.O.W. as well, it is not that good but I like it still.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/donttouchthat.jpg

this self-portrait isn't great but it is sentimental as it is the first semi-decent one to come from a mirror
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/selfport003.jpg

There will be a larger dump when the school year is over and I bring all my stuff home (I think maybe a 20 picture dump? assuming I feel all of them are worth showing... probably around 15 pictures....)

edit: also i remembered i am doing a short comic for my own amusement and experience right now, im thinking it will be around 15 pages? I have them all planned out but I havent really counted so 15 pages is a guess from how holding the little notepad of scribble feels. I'm not sure when or if it will be done but if/when it is it will be posted here.

replies!

dadamafia: thanks a lot for the encouragement, i will try.

cburt: Im sorry for the wait, i didn't know anyone still followed my thread, so I let it die, but it's back, thanks for posting.

[King Odessa]

I love your style and the way you handle mark making. Your self portraits stand out to me. They show more of your personality and the contrast you use is right on more please!

[Abra]

hola, i love your style man. very unique and twisted feeling. I like your colored peices as well.. keep it up!

-Abra

(personally the 1st self portrait is my favorite)

[Bretton]

thanks for the comments Abra and King Odessa!

here is a new... monkey-man holding a robot-goat skull... reference from a national geographic

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v16/bretton/monkeyvsrobot001.jpg

[Dan1989]

Twisted drawings. Really cool style you have going on. Keep up the good work.

[Sems]

I love all of them they all have this weird quirky ness to them. Your self portrait looked so much like the picture you took it from and some of the characters reminded me of the mad hatter from American mcgees alice. But my favorite would be the bretton of hearts. ^_^ looks great I'd love to see more!

[Bretton]

thanks guys! im still doing art and stuff but my scanner is broken so i cant put anything up for a while. but look forward to a dump later

[Monny]

heya bretton, followed your sketchbook link here from another post :)
i like quite a few aspects of what you have here, seeing the progression from your earlier work to the later is pretty cool too, watching your style develope.

the expressions on your characters are great, thier very quirky so i really dig them alot. :)
on the crit side~ would love to see you do some live figure drawings of people and creatures, you might find it helps with body proportions and possitions, sometimes notice you seem to be a little off what your aiming for :). im sure with what youve shown us you could translate any new learnings into your work while keeping the nice style you have.

keep up the good work :D
Monny