May 4 update!!!!

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i've been meaning to put one of these up for awhile. i figured if i have a sketchbook up here it will get me drawing more. mine's gonna be weekly by the way. new sketches every friday. guaranteed.

hope you enjoy it.

C&C is definitely welcome.

sk1
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk1.jpg
sk2
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk2.jpg
sk3
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk3.jpg

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sk4
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk4.jpg
sk5
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk5.jpg
sk6
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk6.jpg

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this is just one of my doodle pages. this get pretty funny sometimes... lame, yet funny none the less...

sk7
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk7.jpg
sk8
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk8.jpg
sk9
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk9.jpg
sk10
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk10.jpg

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sk11
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk11.jpg
sk12
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk12.jpg
sk13
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk13.jpg
sk14
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk14.jpg

[2kre8]

these are very interesting, are you drawing from life or reference, it seems like your using both. I like them keep it up.

[JackalAnubis]

some nice stuff! it seems like it improves as I scroll down the page, keep it up!

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2kre8-
sk2 is from reference and life. the back is from a yoga book. these are great references for anatomy. i think it's called The Art of Yoga and it's filled with nice big black and white photos. i need to draw from it more.

sk3 has a quick study of a Steve Houston painting called the cement mixer. it's the one on the far right in the middle. the legs are mine in the mirror at a gym.

sk4 is one of my favorite sketches. it's from a photo in a book of portraits of native americans. I'm part native american and i find myself drawn to these books.

sk5 is just another doodle page.

sk6 is a few different things. quick bridgeman necks, my own fist, a quick self portrait on the top left and the rest are no reference.


sk9 has a hand from a crazy photograpy book i have on dimented figures.

sk10 is my friend while driving an rv
sk11 has a drawing of another friend on the top right. the rest of the eyes are from a venderpoehl(sp?) book.

sk12 has another yoga sketch and the face is from a magazine photo.

anything else are no reference and just messing around.

if you notice, sk10 and sk11 are both charcoal and sk12 is a mechanical pencil, the rest are all ball point pen.

thanks for your comment

JackalAnubis~

thanks man. I should have another update this evening so check back. right now i'm just scanning in the two sketchbooks i use. the sketches up now are from the past few months. i'll start getting to more current ones tonight or monday. us Alumni have to represent, right?

[MindCandyMan]

These look great! Thanks for the link...I will be watching this thread ;) :chug:

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well, it's friday and i'm updating... i guaranteed it so i'm off to a good start...

just more random sketches
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk15.jpg

some studies from surfing magazines
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk16.jpg

random sketches and a study of bruce irons at the top
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk17.jpg

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i was at the dentist office and sketched some of their tools... dentist offices and optometrists have some kool stuff to sketch... and on the left is a quick study of a kevin chen figure work.
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk18.jpg

self-portrait of me at the dentist getting a couple cavities filled and another surfer magazine pic.
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk19.jpg


this next group of surfers i actually did without reference and tried to use any knowledge i had gained from those prior studies... trying to see if i could come up with my own realistic poses.
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk20.jpg


anatomy studies from a body building magazine.
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk21.jpg

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this was actually a double page sketch i did for a thunderdome. it was the one that you had to come up with creatures that looked like they belonged in another artist's(i can't remember his name) world, the one that got cancelled.

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk22.jpg

some close ups of this piece...

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk22a.jpg
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk22b.jpg

[MindCandyMan]

These sketches are awesome...I love the surfer ones and that last two page sketch...awesome.

[siskol p]

i think you've got a really nice hand and your value structure in drawings for the most part is very good, and you come out with a nice sense of light, even in unfinished drawings (the thunder dome one) but i think you're taking that bridgeman, "body as geometric forms" school of thought ( sk's 5,7,8, anatomy study) too far. the forms tend to get too geometric and blocky, which starts to lead to abstraction, and all sortsa other things you don't want if you're drawing from life. if you are reading/studying from bridgeman, i'd say to back off of that and (even though it sounds cliche) see if you can find this book called "lessons from michealangelo" its an amazing text.

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I had to do it. Leap Year only comes around four years, so I actually waited until today just to put these up.

Here's a few figure sketches i've had around... i took some pics and decided to put them up in response to siskol p's post.

MCM~
thanks, man. keep coming back cuz i'm gonna keep posting stuff.

siskol p~
you're right. i like bridgeman and his thoughts on anatomy. i spend a lot of time studying from his books. but remember, this is just a sketchbook and most of the ones you're talking about were without reference. as for the anatomy crit, i'm assuming you're talking about the torso at the top. i was working on "gridding" out the anatomy so i could understand it better, so i was working one the geometric forms on purpose. thanks for the comments and for the critique, i'd definitely rather hear people's honest opinion then just praise. you definitely had valid observations...

i'll definitely try and find that book, though.

so without further delay...

empty leap year anatomy sketches

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/fg1.jpg

working with shadow forms here
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/fg2.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/fg3.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/fg4.jpg

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more figure sketches...

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/fg5.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/fg6.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/fg7.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/fg8.jpg

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lst of the leap year anatomy post...

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/fg9.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/fg10.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/fg11.jpg

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well here's some older sketches i came accross at the office... really just doodles but i figured i'd throw them up.

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk23.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk24.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk25.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk26.jpg

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these are more recent... between xmas and now...

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk27.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk29.jpg

my fiance and her friends studying...
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk30.jpg

how i was feeling that day...
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk33.jpg

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http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk34.jpg

if you look in the top left corner you'll see how i felt about my art then... i mean still do. center left is a quick selfportrait.
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk35.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk36.jpg

i was browsing over jon foster's book progressions and did this sketch... you'll recognize the raven from the cover of that book on the top left.
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk37.jpg

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here's more from the art of yoga book i was talking about earlier...

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk38.jpg

more random doodles..
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk39.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk40.jpg

just your average orc...
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk41.jpg

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a sketch from an advertisement in an outdoor magazine and a quick sketch for a cartoon i worked on... and my fiance got me a nice little traveler watercolor set so i tested it out in my sketchbook
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk42.jpg http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk43.jpg

i always see people drawing four armed humanoids and the muscles didn't seem right... they always looked kind of funny... i believe that the back muscles would have to be built for four arms.i tried sketching out what i thought it should look like, but i don't think i pulled it off. this is something i'm gonna come back to later on.
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk44.jpg

it is what it is...
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk45.jpg

i got this guy from and add for dental care... the caption read "this man only has one cavity."
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk46.jpg

[Yiako]

I missed this thread until today and just discovered ANOTHER one to keep an eye on. I like esp. your live drawings, but there's a clear growing week after week. Keep it up!

[MindCandyMan]

awesome man keep em coming!

[steak-tron]

nice work dude, great anatomy. The faces have lots of character too, ink wins.
keep em' a comin'

[Neireth]

I'll definitely keep an eye on this sketchbook. Great stuff!

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hey, thanks to all of you for the comments. sorry i missed friday's update, it was a busy week last week, but i won't bore you with the details.

i changed the name of the sketchbook so it will be more recognizable week after week.

Yiako~
here's another figure drawing from a workshop i attended yesterday.

MCM~
thanks, i'll try to and more often at that.

steak-tron~
thanks, i'm glad all this figure work is paying off a little.

spellshaper~
hopefully i'll be quicker about posting stuff to keep your eyes here.

hope you guys like it. i'll get more sketches up tomorrow or tuesday.

Workshop Mar. 6, 2004
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/fg12.jpg

[JackalAnubis]

great stuff, its nice to see this thread is keeping you motivated to work harder. I like that last figure drawing picture, the enviroment is very developed. how long was that pose?

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Jackal...

thanks, man, i appreciate it. this sketchbook definitely motivates me to keep working. as for the figure drawing it was from 11am - 330pm, minus breaks and lunch. by the way, i'm doing another piece of artwork for the Knights of Pallas for ghq. it's slowly coming around.

here's a new sketchpage from yesterday with a couple detail shots.

used reference from another surfing magazine...

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk47.jpg


http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk47dt1.jpg


http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk47dt2.jpg

[MindCandyMan]

it's all very good but I love the guy with the dreadlocks!

[SebSprek]

You got me thinking about startin a new sketchbook and gettin dedicated to drawing in the dang thang daily!!! Your skills are definantly growing... keep studying...

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hey everyone... sorry for missing my friday update... that is if you even care. my scans were to big to email and got returned back to the office. i actually tried emailing all of them at once, so i'm the idiot....

MCM-
thanks for the comment... the guy with the dreadlocks is actually ziggy marley from an add for his new album.

Mr. SEBSPREK!!!
wow, you grace us with your presence. i thought you abandoned the boards like senor louie. i think you should start a sketchbook, it's actually really motivated me because i feel obligated to keep posting. you can start with that sketch of aiden or maybe even "kool kat". ahahahhaha.
thanks for the comment and i'll try.

without further delay here's my most recent addition.

the first one is just some randomness...
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk48.jpg

this is just a quick character design i did last thursday. i suck at weapons and mech stuff so i'm trying to incorporate more in my sketches just for the practice.
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk49.jpg

this last one is a ninja for the concept challenge that sinix started.
Concept challenge (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19912)

i did this during my lunch and afternoon break at work today. again, not satisfied with the mech arm. actually not really satisfied with the whole thing. i might try and rework this at sometime and really get that arm hashed out.
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk50.jpg

hope you guys like them

[MindCandyMan]

nice sketches man they are both very cool ideas. The guy in the top...his pants feel real...awesome.

[SebSprek]

Yeah... eventually you have to stop being lazy as hell!!!

I just don't know how much I'm not doing CONCEPT ART anymore!

[DavidCousens]

You've got some lovely pencil work in here mate. You're definitely going to keep me motivated on our versus thread!

Keep it up. :cool:

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well, i know it's saturday and not friday, but i'm still up on friday night so this counts...

MCM~
thanks, man. i'm happy with that alien character, just not with his rifle. like i said, one of my week points. that's why i'm trying to work on firearms and mechanical stuff more.

Mr. Sebsprek...
we meet again. was that a racial statement... calling me lazy and all. just kidding. man, don't worry about concept art... just start a sketchbook to drawer, man. i knows you know how to draw. thanks for them comments.

DTO~
thanks for compliment. i'm going to enjoy tha vs. thread just cuz it's going with someone else's idea nad running with it. a little artistic problem solving is good practice.

well, here's my new updates...

first, a quick hashing out of the ninja arm i did for the concept challenge.
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk50b.jpg

next is just a random sketch page...
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk51.jpg

close up of the light bulb head guy....
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk51b.jpg

and finally a figure drawing from this evening. i did this on a crumpled up paper bag that i ripped up. i kind of like the effect it had.
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/fg13.jpg

peace,
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[JackalAnubis]

oooh I like the paper bag! you mentioned that you were gonna do a design for ghq? I'd love to see some conceptial ideas for your project in your sketchinbouok!

[steak-tron]

nice works empty. Your sketches remind me of mine alot (of course they're different, but similar). Light bulb head is great and dem figures is sexy. If you want to learn mecha look at sammy's threads (if you have'nt already) and the honda robot Asimo - helped me alot.:chug:

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jackal~
thanks, man... the paper bag was just a spur of the moment decision. we were drinking wine during the workshop and i grabbed a bag that one of the bottles was in. i like the way it came out, too.
i'm still working on the project for GHQ. send me a PM with your email and i'll send you an example of what i'm working on. i really don't want to post it on the boards.

Steak-tron~
thanks for the comments and thoughts on where to look for mech. i've actually been trying to find more construction vehicles. i like the idea of really heavy duty machinary. i checked out your website and i can see a few similarities with a few sketches.

peace,
empty

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Hey all, long time no post...

here's some new stuff...

these first two are quicksketches for the concept challenge post... first sketches for the my 'new old west' topic... i don't feel like i captured the idea just yet...
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk52.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk53.jpg

this next is bailey taking a test...
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk54.jpg

these are quick airport portraits from my trip last weekend...
and a couple of Mariachis at the bottom
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk55.jpg

page o' faces...
some from reference and some not..
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk56.jpg

hope you like... peace,
empty...

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HAHA!!!

had to keep it current... will be posting more stuff tomorrow night.

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hey all, or none, as it appears that noone is checking out my sketchbook. guess it's cuz i haven't been posting a lot recently. this wedding stuff has been killing all my free time. anyway, here's a few sketches and my Gladiator for the Concepting Challenge (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=205927#post205927) .

here you go...
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk57.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk58.jpg

here's thumbnails sketches then my final for the gladiator robot
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/cc_rob1.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/cc_rob2.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/cc_robotM.jpg

peace,
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[insane visions]

cool stuff man..

[MindCandyMan]

these sketches are awesome...great job man very cool

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Insane and MCM...
thanks for the coments, my friends.

some quick sketches for the Concept Challenge thread...

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk59.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk59_cc.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/cc_delta.jpg

[Jeff Gran]

nice stuff. Can't really critique anything. I was impressed with the page of faces-- oh the patience!

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I'M BACK.....

Jeff... thanks, man. Those face did take awhile... i feel like it was beneficial. i feel like my portraits are improving and character faces are more believable... I tried doing the same with hands this time, but i got kind of bored. i'm sure you can tell when you look at those sketches.

here's the new stuff...
some trial and error color stuff. it should say "el phib's pocket sketchbook". bought it the other day and wanted to break it in.
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk61a.jpg

more stuff from the pocket sketchbook... no reference except for the girl.
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk60a.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk61b.jpg

some sketches from the coffee shop around the corner...
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk60.jpg

and the hands...
http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk61.jpg

[JackalAnubis]

great hand studies man! I also like the concept with the boring device arm.

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DAMN!!!! relegated to page 3. i must be slacking on my updates.

hey, jackal. thanks, man. i need to do more studies like those hands. i'm gonna build that robot in maya and see if i can get an animation on it sometime. good stuff in your daily also.

here's the update. mostly just quick little sketches.

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk62.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk62a.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk63.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk64.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk65.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk66.jpg

http://home.san.rr.com/emptyart/images/sketchbook/sk66a.jpg