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[Ted]

Toast

[AnarchyAo2]

Huh? No replies yet. Well, I think that your work is real nice. The women (or woman) have a lot of depth to them and your shaing is nice too. Keep posting.

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[empty]

i really like your sketches. nice sense of value and draftmenship, as well as facial anatomy. that building is a great study also.

[xia]

Great solid work!:chug:

[Main Loop]

very nice! its a shame they're getting slept on.. i guess thats what happens if you'd rather not draw some futuristic knight girl standing atop a pile of alien corpses..

[Lukias]

Great work!! Tis obvious you have put in the effort for those well trained observation skills.. nice subtleties and values.
Is the work on your site ref'd??.

More work, definitley, yes, definitley.

[Dan Milligan]

Hey Ted,

These are wonderful, love to see more.

Peace
Dan

[kinokuniya]

fantastic shading ted

[flex mathews]

great work,,, great understanding of value

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[Robolus]

Wonderful sketches!!! 5 Stars +++

[steak-tron]

excellent work, great variety of subject and elegant treatement.
guy with no eyes is creepy in that subtle sorta' way
eager to check back

[PeggyChung]

hey Ted, great stuff, love how you are patient and careful with your shading or atleast it seems so. have any fast sketched drawings?

[davidheijl]

hey Ted,

lovely work... but why not show some more of the wonderful stuff in the book you showed at the workshop this weekend?
or is that in other threads? because it's really stunning, some of the best work i saw at the workshop, really...

[killing.people]

oh badass man. i remember the times i would draw people in the mall. your sketchbook is inspiring, i have to get back to drawing from life and get into it as much as you do - these sketches are awesome.

man i need some training with my art. it would make things easier - either way im going to learn it .. im going to go draw now :p

keep kicking the couch's ass. (that doesnt mean anything, im slightly intoxicated.)

[metaphysiks]

these sketches are very nice, rendered really well. i notice some problems with the eyes on some of them but that can be easily remedied.
keep up the good work.btw, what kind of pencil do you use?

meta

[Dan.v.D.]

sup mister "grade A killer"?

it was nice to meat you and i just love your work. hope you´ll have some great time in paris and update this thread.

i wish you some nice quality mocca :p

[Ra Havok]

Hey there Ted!!

Glad to see you post.
Wonderful sketches, but I (and a whole lot of others) already told you that, aye? ;)

* * * * (I'm rating this four stars)

[Groover McNab]

Awesome stuff! I especially enjoy the portraits.

[TheDirtSyndicate]

very nice. wow. good to see this style. i like it.

[JackalAnubis]

wow great life studies! your use of value is amazing.

[MindCandyMan]

awesome...very very nice

[obid619]

very, wait, VERY good. I love the different techniques. The crosshatching really brings out the picture. You rock!

[Jamaludin]

I dig the way you render, very good sketches, they look very life like and natural. Keep it up, good luck to ya !

[Erik]

Hi Ted,

Good to see your work in a more relaxed way now. The life drawings are really good! The other stuff is great too

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[Jeff Jaws]

hey ted,
I love your way of drawing.I saw your sketchbook in amsterdam @the pub (remember sitting with Ra Havok, me and alot of others in there?) and you had so well done pieces in it.. wow - I even took a photo of your life drawing @the academy, cause I found it so nicely done. You have great skills, I'm always checking your sketchbook in here, but I think, I'm not in the postion as to criticise your work. Just keep 'em coming, mate.
Hope you enjoy your time in rome, will you be there for a long time yet?
feel free to give some crits in my sketchbook;)
greetings from germany.

Jj.

[Vader]

I love your work and it has a style that is like my own. Your faces are really well structured.

[brev87]

WOW!! Everything just works right. The shading, the light source, the contrast. I wanna see more!!

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[Red_Rook]

wow amasing amounts of awesomeness


i pity anyone who didnt see his sketchbook in amsterdam, truely amazing :D

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[kasap]

good stuff indeed, you got the values under your skin :)

[sperm]

i like the whole collage feel of ur sketches, it makes for intriging visuals :) great sense of light also

[insane visions]

good stuff

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[stiocray]

NIce stuff! The flower studies in particular caught my eye, i like how you shaded them.

[PeggyChung]

Hey Ted, just curious, what does it say in that last sheet of drawing?

[Bojee]

Nice work and Nice pages too, I don't think i saw any single subject matter but I bet you have a good sense of composition cause everything fits nicely on the page. More please. :D

[Oddo]

Yep, Italians usually rule at art. Haven't seen so far an Italian artist who was less then great when it came to figure drawing :). Good work Ted. How much to these take usually ?

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[Atmospheria]

Put more "darks" to your works or i will curse you!

nice sketches

[Bojee]

lol :D .

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[Red_Rook]

woah cool:eek:

[Rimshot]

I love that your portraits and figures never have an outline...the form and shape is created through the use of shades alone, which is something i myself need to work on. Keep posting!

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[abyss]

yeap, an artist..damn good if you ask me
(now that should mean something :)
you make most of us cry
i hope youre kinda 80 and working 15 hours a day
for say 70 years
you dont ever say much tho
(snob.)
kidding.

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[obid619]

beautiful just flat out beautiful. Do you paint by anychance, cuz I would definetely love to see some. Also I know its no big deal but...you don't talk to often lol.

[merd]

Ted, it's so amazing to see your stuff! I remember looking over your shoulder in amsterdam, that was a blast!!!
Keep 'em coming!
:chug:

[Oddo]

So.. when are you going to break the silence and lay a few words to accompany your good sketchin' ? :).

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[-The Swift-]

ted, your art speaks for itself. beautiful

[Bojee]

Originally posted by -The Swift-
ted, your art speaks for itself. beautiful

Agreed, and that's all that should matter.:)

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[MindCandyMan]

these are beautiful!

[Red_Rook]

NOICE!!!1

i love the silloughet one :)

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[Yina]

wow.. fantastic pencil rendering!

[Chris J. Anderson!]

Great renderings. I'd like to know who that girl is you drew a few times in that first image. You captured her personality very well.

[Red_Rook]

really great stuff man, keep it up, seriously brilliant job :)

[chudzta]

Nice renderings.. keep it up yo - ry

[Ted]

AnarchyAo2 – Thank You.
empty – Thank You.
xia – Thank You.
Main Loop – Thank You.
Lukias – Thank You.
Dan – It’s great to get a complement from such a skilled artist.
Kino Kuniya – Thank You.
flex mathews – Thank You.
Robolus – Thank You. I had such a good time sitting down for dinner with you guys in Amsterdam. Great to meet you.
streak-tron – Thank You.
LadyLioness – Thank You. These are “fast sketched.” The writing is study notes.
davidheijl – Thank You. I might start posting some of that non-observational work.
killing.people – Thank You. I will keep kicking the couch’s ass. That makes me laugh.
metaphysiks – Thank You. Consider it done. It’s a Pentel.
Dan.v.D. – It was nice to meet you as well. Thank You. Paris was great. Wishing me some “nice quality caffe’” is an extremely kind gesture.
Ra Havok – Thank You. It was nice to meet you.
Groover McNab – Thank You.
complete2 – Thank You.
JackalAnubis – Thank You.
Mind Candy Man – Thank You. I saw that dead bird study you posted. Beautiful.
obid619 – Thank You.
Jamaludin – Thank You.
Erik – Thank You.
Jeff Jaws – When you took that picture (with a huge flash) of those whores and they started running out of their whorehouse screaming at you...I was really entertained. Thanks.
Vader – Thank You.
brev87 – Thank You.
Red_Rook – Thanks buddy.
Bojee – Thank You.
MIKECORRIEO – Thank You.
kasap – Thank You.
sperm – Thank You.
insanevisions – Thank You.
stiocray – Thank You.
Oddo – Thank You. Most range from (I think) 15 minutes to no more than an hour. I’ll try to say more.
Atmospherioa – Thank You.
Rimshot – Thank You.
abyss – Thank You. I’m going to try to say more.
merd – Thank You.
-The Swift- Thank You.
Yina – Thank You.
Chris J. Anderson – Thank You. That girl is the best fashion design student to come out of the Los Angeles area as of last year. She is on a full ride scholarship to study at the best fashion design school in Rome. Learning how to make those (hand made couture) thirty-thousand dollar dresses you see on award shows.
Chudzta – Thank You.

[buzzz3d]

Awesome work, you are very good with pencils.

[arghmisfit]

Amazing amount of detail in these sketches

how old are u?

[dakoscwash]

Wow, your work is truly inspiring. The rendering and detail in all of your sketches is amazingly well done. I hope to one day attain your rendering and observational skills. Keep up the great work man.:chug:

[Ted]

I'm gonna get this sketchbook going again. This is a drawing from a workshop that meets once a week courtesy of Michael Hussar.

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[maxetormer]

I am mesmerized to se that this place hasnt been flooded by
posts, the drawings are so dam incredible, the creatures almost look
photografic, and the studies have some much detail,
and your imagination is top noch!
I aspire to be this good some day :D Thanks for sharing.
:hatsoff: :hatsoff:

[flex mathews]

wow,,, those hands are beautiful. very nice work, ted.

[Jeff Jaws]

I'm glad to see you post new - FUCKING AMAZING - artwork of yours. Great pages, your skill is extraordinary.. you're back in the US, finally or what? Would be soo cool to meet you again at the SF workshop - in case you attend. But you have to, man. strong work. 5 billion stars!

Jj.

[Xaya]

INCREDIBILE!

Your eye-hand coordination is awesome!
You are setting another border of quality which i really want to reach some day... or climb over it (oh these fantasies ;) )

there is really nothing to claim about.
I love that beast and the woman some post above..... top-notch!

Xaya

[Rusty]

nice!!!,I feel silly having not discovered this thread sooner,youve got some fantastic pages in here man.
The rendering skillz in that last lot is top stuff.

youve got a new stalker Ted. :ninja:

Jace

[rodrigo!]

wow thats some amazing work man i love it :)

[Eyal]

i remember seeing your stuff at the amsterdam workshop..
your mind is absolutely demented.. this is great stuff :)
keep it up.

[REAU]

that last post was incredible!!!!!!

[AmadorL]

Dude love your work .. how long ago did you find this site? It's the first time i see your work on here and me lubs it.

-A

[Ted]

maxetormer - Thank you for the compliment.
flex mathews - Thanks.
Jeff Jaws - Thanks a lot man. Yeh, I'm living in Hollywood now. It would be fun to go to San Francisco, but I'm going to be visiting a friend who's getting his masters at the New York Figurtive Academy. It would great to meet you again as well, your a cool guy. Keep studying that Loomis book.
Xaya - Thank You.
Rusty - Thanks. Great.
rodrigo! - Thanks.
Eyal - Thank you, I will.
REAU - Thank you.
AmadorL - Sometime last year. Glade you like it.

[Eyal]

beautiful!!!
more more more
go crazy with it all the way man keep going!

[liam.c]

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosupERfly !

[maxetormer]

superb work give us MORE!!! :D
great creaures desing!!!!

[Diego]

Great stuff sir, i can only praise your work......Hope to see you in SF.

[stewart one]

awesome pencils man. i really dig the shading. And not only that, the monster concepts are really cool too. Would be fun to see perhaps some enviroments from you? Keep it up anyway!

[Hyver]

Amazing work with outstanding shading technique. I'd be delighted if you'd post a step-by-step sequence! Also, what size paper do you usually draw on?

cheers!

[Darkside]

amazing rendering and imagination :) nothing to say..

[le capitan]

really great renderings and the statues are very cool. the hairy fella's are pretty neat but i dont like how they're so short. They remind me of centaurs.

[razuel]

What pencils do you use (brand & thickness).. and what size paper?

Love your stuff.

[Eew]

wel .. if you are younger then 25... then i need to throw away my pc,tv,games, balls(basketballs people !!! BASKET balls ) and draw all day every day ..... but besides that great stuff ! i enjoyed watching it :)


Uhm you worked on van helsing and pirates of carabian ????????? just saw it on your site ...

[auden100]

I was digging your precise control on the observational studies. Then I got the next page and saw what that vocabulary has allowed you to do. hmm. I think I've found my happy place, and its in this sketchbook forum.

[Ted]

Eyal - Thank you for your compliment. I will do my best to keep going.
liam.c - Something about your response made me check out your sketchbook. Great stuff, your progress is showing.
maxetormer - Thanks.
Diego - Thank you. Wish I could make it too.
stewart one - Thanks. Yeh, I'm going to try to get some strong environs for my games industy portfolio in the future.
Hyver - I might put a step by step technique sequence together in the future, but it would need to be something that hasn't already been demonstrated on this forum. I'll look around and think about it. The paper size is...between 8X10 and 11X13 or something.
Darkside - Thank you.
s.s.nails - Thanks.
razuel - I usually open a junk drawer and grab whatever I can find to draw with. My parents house has some good already sharpened pencils. "Hello kitty" is a pretty good brand. The bigger the paper the more you get to draw from your shoulder.
Eew - Yeh, throw away your pc, tv, games, and balls. Thanks.
auden100 - Thank you. Please do check back.

[obid619]

HAWT DANG ! great job man. I love how your pieces have gotten a lot darker (in contrast and in mood). totally lovely. keep it up. not a crit from me...yet :D

[Nixon]

I love your rendering, especially those creatures...

[flex mathews]

wow, i ve been waiting for an update from you. beautiful drawings. you have expert control of values. the lighting in each really sets the mood. cant wait to see some more.

[auden100]

Nice update. And you're right, "Hello Kitty" brand pencils are really good. Those and also the ones you get at the library card catalog are by far the best.

[thirdeye]

Hi Ted :) When I first saw your sketchbook I just wanted to do something to myself - physicaly, like :frustrated: or tear my eyeballs out or peel of my skin.

Now that I have almost got over this feelings - I have one thing to say - please DON'T EVER STOP POSTING !!!! You are soo good. This thread is incredible - every little sketch is mindblowing.

Please consider doing two things:

- Puting an inspiration overdose warning in thread's title :)

- Making any kind of tutorial, wip or something that will let us see your drawing techniques - sort of master at work thing :)

Seeing this today for the first time really made my day or even a week :)

[sinx]

You have made me actually want to do something in Pencil- my most loathed of mediums. Very talented, an inspiring and talented sketchbook. Good job.

[Rowan]

WOWOWOWOWOW. Dude, your stuff is amazing. I love your rendering skills. Especially on your newer stuff, reminds me of Kevin Llewellyn :D

[Red_Rook]

hahaha, no way, IT LIVES! Brilliant work man, hows it goin? How ya holdin up man? :perv:

[Eyal]

you welcome man
great seeing u posting again, i missed your updats. like many others it seems

i cant see no big and fluffy, cuddly, wacky monster tho ;)

[Ted]

obid619 - Thank you so much for your compliment. I'm trying to scan these pages better so the true contrast of the drawing is demonstrated.
Nixon - Thanks.
flex mathews - Thank you. I'm gonna be updating more often.
auden100 - Yeh, those library pencils are so damn good. If I didn't get caught stealing them I would have more drawings posted.
thirdeye - Your response is out of hand. I don't even know how to reply to that. This forum has to many dynomite artists to talk about me that way, but I'll take it anyhow. Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy my work. I still have to look around and see if there's something new I can present as a tutorial.
sinx - Hey man...just don't give a shit. Make drawing with a pencil exciting. Auden100 and I were just talking about how you can draw with stolen pencils. It's a blast. You still it...and then you try to use it up before you get caught with it. I draw because it's a risk.
Rowan - Thanks. The more recent drawing have been inspired by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867). I was blessed with the opportunity to spend two days in the Louve studying his breathtaking portraits some time ago. I can easily say that seeing the linework and diligent rendering of a focal point by Ingres is some of the most incomparable art I have seen in my life. Kevin and I hung out a while ago, he's a great artist to give a sense of.
Red_Rook - Hey buddy. I saw a picture of you in the recent workshop pics thread. Your making it to every one of those events. I'm doing great. I just did some character design for a major title that is going to be released on the PSP. I am currently doing concepts for a next generation title. I gotta bunch more goin on, but I'll send you that on my next site update. Talk to you later.
Eyal - I'll try to get some more monsters goin. Thank you for your encouragment.

This is a "sleepy time drawing" page. I've gotten into doing self portraits to put me to bed. It helps me calm down. The center portrait is the long hair I had when I started this page. The top right image is skeewed, because of the way I had the book rested on my knee...it's kinda neat. Oh yeah, I'm the feature artist at http://lifeduringwartime.net/gallery.html.

[IanE]

Howdy, Ted!

Man, it's a shame you can't update often, these are fantastic sketches! You do an excellent job with your portraits, the anatomy and proportions are just perfect!

I was really enjoying your sketchbook until I got to your October 18th post... and then I decided that you, sir, are overly talented and skilled. After the 18th your sketches got way better, love the style! Reminds me a lot of Kevin Llewellyn's figure drawings and portraits.

Awesome, awesome stuff, man! Keep posting, please!

Ian

[dadamafia]

these are beautiful man. great work. really.

[vigostar]

I cannot beilieve I have never seen this thread before.... HOLY SCHMOKES!@!!!@ that has to be one of the best inturps of a minator.. Ever!!!! keep oj posting.... you have a new fan!

[Sinix]

Yea, I've never seen this thread before either... it completely rocks. Top notch pencil renderings.

[Rusty]

God damn,we got the real deal here people..

nuthing but praise from me man,what leads do you usually use?

Jace

[Icey]

love your drowings! You are better at figures, and i suck at it (i'm better at the rest of the body...)! You have some drowings that i absolutly love! Your shadding is something i want to reach sometime... Hope soon!
I'm subscribed to your thread! Hope for looot of updates!

cheers!,

icey

[Ted]

IanE - Thank you so much for your compliment. Let's see...Oct. 18...On October 18, 1898, American troops fighting the Spanish-American War raised the United States flag in Puerto Rico formalizing U.S. control of the former Spanish colony. So I thought shit, if they can do it than I can do something.
dadamafia - Thanks.
vigostar - I'm glad you appreciate that design. Thank you.
Sinix - Thank you.
Rusty - I usually would prefer a darker lead. A B or 2B lead would give me a greater range of value than an H or HB. A softer lead is going to give you a better mark on the surface depending on how soft are hard you are pushing. I want the desired value as fast as I can get it. A set of pencils with a full range from HB to 6B or whatever would be ideal. Thanks.
Icey - Thanks. Please do get better at drawing from the figure. It's very satisfying to watch you own work grow. Get a stack of figure drawing books going and read/study them. I have a Vanderpoel book that I have carried around for a long time. I am enthralled by his technique and teaching so much that I would say he is one of my top artists of inspiration.

Here is a drawing from a drawing workshop held by Michael Hussar that is now held in a Sushi Resteraunt in Los Feliz. I had a mean headache during this session, but here it is.

[brkofdon]

from you earlier posts you have a nice imagination! and of coures your rendering skills tops it off nicely! i can't crit you right now, my kungfu isn't as strong as yours yet! ***** :$

[jetpack42]

Ted, your drawings have been in my inspiration folder for a long time. appreciate you updating your thread. life drawing with hussar? man! good artists getting together only make each other better...
Thanks!

[bwkeough]

lovely work all the way around, very inspirational. thank-you.

[Morbid]

Man thats inspiring. Your shading is :dead:(good I mean). You kind of look like that portrait of Mozart on the one with long hair.

[killing.people]

excellent sketches in these updates - i love the demon figures.

[Abra]

Hi Ted,
Some awsome stuff you have going on here. The creature drawings have got to be my favorite of them all.
(especially the Folk Lore of the Narrow, Truth of the Flesh one) Can't wait for future updates!

-Abra

[Ted]

brkofdon - Hey, thanks. You can still crit my work. Grandma can look at a design and say "This is wonderful!, but what the hell is that?" I want my artwork to be readable to everyone. Sometimes a part of the illustration can be unreadable and it takes someone besides the pride filled artist to point out the obvious.
jetpack42 - Here's another for you folder...or not. Thanks.
bwkeough - Thank you.
Morbid - You kind of look like that portrait of Mozart on the one with long hair. Best comment on this thread so far...your really looking arn't you.
killing.people - Thank you. I'll try to do some more.
Abra - Thanks.

Here's a rejected concept. Sometimes I know that I am risking an art director's typical acceptance, but I still have to try because I want to grow. If your down with Hesh Metal, here's a url: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/listen/default.htm. Just click on Full Metal Racket. Just think Judd Nelson from Breakfast Club.

[IanE]

Really awesome update since last time, Ted!

That last one is sweet. Why'd it get rejected?

Seeing your portraits inspires me a lot, I'm going to work on those a lot more now!

Going to check back regularly, man. Subscribed!

Keep it up!

Ian

[Icey]

this one is great!

[steak-tron]

Gorgeous work Ted, just checked out the slide show on your site. Wicked stuff man.

[cburt]

your sketchbook pages are really really nice. the pencil rendering is soft yet decisive. i really like your portraits more than anything else though, they're very convincing. awesome stuff
-cburt

[Ted]

IanE - Thanks for being a fan. That previous finished pieces have been solitary figures. The rejected concept obviously isn't. Some art directors take chances, some don't. The replacement piece is coming along just fine.
Icey - Thank you.
steak-tron - Thanks so much. I had a chance to look at some of your work. You have this awsome creature with spider legs and...I can't describe it. I'll try to find it later and comment on it. It's cool though.
cburt - Thanks.

Here's a quick figure study. I started it and then my buddy needed me to help him look for his wallet and then I raced back to try and finish. Sometimes you lose stuff and we gotta band together to fight losing stuff. Cause losing stuff never gives up.

[dadamafia]

damnit man teddy. why are you so awesome? i think its something in ur drink.

[Ted]

dadamafia - Thanks pal. I drink water.

[Ted]

Here's a page of development I did for an RPG company. I don't draw this stuff unless I am paid to, but it's pretty fun to see my personal technique reflected through a different subject matter. Let me know what you think.

[Tigermilk]

Holy crap..!

You working with holywood?

[Jeff Jaws]

hey ted, how'ss it going? I really like your handwriting under some of your sketches, although I cant decipher it. nice style. your drawings are cool, too. ;)

Jj.

[obid619]

pretty cool ted, pretty cool.

[stormeffex]

wow ted, i'm speechless. this is great stuff man. love those life drawing sessions. wicked.

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[Barts]

You draw how i wish i could draw
These are just absolutely beautiful man
keep up tha brilliant work

[Etherial79]

I really luv the rendering technique. I feel like I'll be seeing your work in an instructional drawing book soon...... ?

[Keepiru]

These are beautiful, Ted, holy crap! I have no idea how you have the patience to render the detail that you do, but its great when contrasted with stuff that is mostly white space. It's great to see your develpoment pages and I really admire and appreciate your "but I still have to try because I want to grow" philosophy, particularaly coming from a professional. In the short time that I have been doing illustration, I know that there are sometimes where you either have to compromise yourself or do what you feel was right, and its awesome that you went with the latter.

[Ted]

Here's another figure drawing from the Hussar group.

Tigermilk - Yeh, holy crap. I have been blessed with some great opportunities. I actually live pretty close to underneath the Hollywood sign. What's funny is most of my recent work has been in Burbank or remote, freelance stuff done for companies somewherez in the midwest.

Jeff Jaws - Things are going great. Glad you enjoy the little nuances in my work. I'm gonna respond to your sketchbook as soon as I'm finish posting here. Stay cool.

obid619 - Thank you.

stormeffex - Thanks.

Barts - I think we all want to draw like someone who may be more advanced in their skill, but don't forget that your expressionism is something that you can only offer to the rest of us. Thank you for the compliment.

Etherial79 - Shit...I don't think so. Unless a teacher can draw and write like Andrew Loomis or John H. Vanderpoel they have no business putting together an instuctional book. Glad you enjoy my technique.

Keepiru - Thanks so much. I find the labor of detail to be very relaxing. It's a joy. I'm glad you like that contrast. I have been so inspired by the drawings of Ingres to Grosz. The contrast of line work with values is great fun. Yeh, I usually do what I want to do and art directors are excited about it. It's good to remember that your working for somebody and you can also do what you want to do at home. I did do another piece as a replacement, so don't think I'm that daring.

[Dwizard2k]

Yo Ted!

Kick ass work dude!.... my fave is page 33.. Keep it up.!!!
I Cudent make it this Tu, The rain was a facter :nohope:


post some more work =)

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[Sinix]

You are quite amazing, sir.

[flaptraps]

cool stuff man

[dadamafia]

i dig

[obid619]

Ted, your a genius

[Odds]

You are quite amazing, sir.

Quite!

[Samburger]

I can't think to say anything more that hasn't been said already, but I really admire the thoughtfulness of your line and your values. It reminds me of some older 50's-60's style ad illustrations in a way. Do you layer your values or use a blending stump at all?

Nice work.

[mentler]

I have noticed that you often have the corners of your eyes alined on a horizontal plane : this is something I see very often even among professionals : remember that the front plane of the face is not flat : it is cylindrical : otherwise you would not see the eyes at all in profile : the corners of the eyes should almost never be in a line in front or three quarter views unless you are trying to do something specific with them.

If you take a look at your drawings you should see what I am talking about.
A minor change should make a major difference!

[johndonahue]

Cool stuff ted.

[Ted]

Sinix - Thank you.
flaptraps - Your sketchbook is great. Had a time taking a look at it. Thanks.
dadamafia - Glad you dig it.
obid619 - No I'm not. Thank you for that strong encouragement though.
Odds - Thanks.
Samburger - I'm in love with the drawings and writings of the American golden age artists (I think that's what you meant). Vanderpoel, Leyendecker...love em. If my work reminds you of the artists of that time and school (in any way) then that is an enormous compliment. Thanks. I do use washes of graphite and pick the midtones out. I use a tissue to blend the entire drawing to develop a receding atmosphere. This is done once or twice, depending on time. Then I just continue to work on the darker midtones and darks to bring the subject foward from the hazy blend of graphite. Hope that makes since. Maybe I do need to do a demo, if there's an interest.
mentler - Your absolutely right. I've been lazy on the other side of the center line. I need to apply what is apparent in my observational drawings to my figure invention. In my future drawings I'll hide the corners of the receding eye with the bone of the nose and the orb of the orbital plane when appropriate. Thanks for the conviction.
johndonahue - Screw you.

[corky13]

:) Very nice rendering :)
dunno what else to say...i dont have something to crit...

[Tigermilk]

How do you do it? The magic.

I bow to you, my friend.

[obid619]

such beautiful pencil skills. you must tell me how you handle your pencil :D

[emilpaun]

incredible...
beautiful...
incredibly beautiful

[Dwizard2k]

Yo Ted..

Love ur compositions on all ur sketchbook pages, impressinve!
haha i recensie the seated pose, from sherons class. good job...

Cya around,

[dakoscwash]

Hey Ted, that last page is amazing. I'm really impressed at how you are able to utilize the full spectrum that a piece of paper and pencil alone provide. That guy on the right of the page is a clear example of what I'm talking about. Your rendering really helps me understand what I'm doing wrong. Thanks for the inspiration man. I hope you continue to treat us with your work.

[johndonahue]

love that small head on the bottom of the last page, very sweet.

and in regards to your reply, anytime pal.

[Ted]

corky13 - Thanks.
Tigermilk - Don't bow to me. Bow to Jesus. It's not magic. Oprah is evil. Thanks for the encouragement.
obid619 - Thank you. I used to always hold my pencil like anyone who writes a love letter, but now I hold it like a paintbrush.
KR33P - Thanks.
Dwizard2k - Thanks pal. I do like how a composition of different sessions will come together on one page of a sketchbook. Yeh, see you later.
dakoscwash - That makes me really happy to think that my drawings might inspire another artist. I have tried to use the full value range in my drawings, if time allows for it, for some time now. I think my earliest (bad) scans don't demonstrate that, but it's more clear now.
johndonahue - HA! HA! Funnytown! Messin with John! Screw you again!

[steak-tron]

Killer drawings Ted. I think some of your figure drawings are hanging in the gallery down the street from my place. On Geary in SF, It was great to see them in person.

-k

[Ted]

steak-tron - None of my work is showing in a gallery in San Francisco. Maybe you can let me know about this place if they are showing the figure drawing technique I demonstrate. I am always looking for another opportunity. It's great when you reply to this thread because it reminds to check out your site and sketchbook. I really like your work. Thanks.

[razuel]

Beautiful as always, your lines are so clean.

[Art_Addict]

never seen this stuff before from you man!
Very nice stuff, excellent drawing skills :)

[obid619]

Very good TEd, Very good. Just one minor complaint. While your pencil skills are really good, I notice some slight shading problems with the women on the last 2 pics. It seems like the shading around the body parts isn't very gradual (like as in not blended). But, it just might be that i'm not seeing something right, meh. Can't wait for another update!. :teeth:

[Zebz]

:O I'm in awe. This thread... it's so darn inspiring... you are skilled my friend... I guess that's what you are getting paid. :er: Keep on posting!

[Icey]

not even "wonderful" doesn't cover my apreciation! :)

[Ted]

razuel - Thanks. So fresh and so clean.
Art_Addict - Thank you. Is it that you haven't seen my work before or is there something specific you haven't seen in this thread. I just want to know if something different is jumping out at you.
obid619 - Yeh, I just wanted to concentrate on the portraits and still include as much of the figure as time would allow. So, that lack of attention to turning forms is left to suggestion ans atmosphere. Just consider the "lack of shading" as your periphial vision and your viewing experience of those pieces will be much better. In fact go ahead and do that to all of my work...there's bound to be something nice to focus on...hopefully.
ZebzFree - I am getting paid! It's fun. I need to remember that. I will keep posting. These comments are very encouraging. Thanks.
Icey - I'm glad you appreciate this. Thanks.

[S.C. Watson]

Ted, this is some beautiful work.

~Shane

[legacy]

great stuff in here man.
keep it up :)

[samwell]

Hey Ted. Great work like always. I started one of these babies meself. Seemed like a good idea.

Love,

Me.

[obid619]

:) that last one was fuckin awesome ted. i'll never miss one of your updates! great variety of pencil techniques on the samurai. I especially liked the smoky pencil effect on the hogs.

[Red_Rook]

ted, dude fantastic as usual :D ^___^

[flaptraps]

cool stuff ted!

[T-lapia]

great rendering! i really want to know how to do rendering like you! can you give me some pointers?

[Art_Addict]

Hi , yeah i meant i never came across your sketchbook thread, never seen your work before. It's a real treat ! :)

Keep up the good work !
Tom

[Ted]

Oregano - Thank you.
legacy - Thanks, I will.
samwell - Sammy. I love my coffee black just like my metal. I love my burritos spicy just like my mexicans. I love you too. Your the latin flavor that makes the world go round.
obid619 - I'm really glad you enjoy my work. Thanks so much for your continued response and encouragement.
Red_Rook - Thanks pal. Happy eighteenth birthday.
flaptraps - Thanks.
T-lapia - The best advice I can give is to study a particular technique of an artist or school you admire. Make sure you make it your own by allowing your personal expressionism to come through. Study the progression from David to Ingres to Chasseriau. The strongest skills come from attempting the desired effect you want in your work until you can do it in an instant without any reference or guidance from an instructor. You can't get discouraged. Make it work. The successful artists are extremely determined at the particular moment and for life. Hope those words help...I'm going to try to listen to that advice as well. Thanks for the compliment.
Art_Addict - Thanks so much.

[dakoscwash]

Beautiful.

[HuB]

wow. I'm learning a lot just from looking at your work. some have a very classical look, almost like a cast study but softer.

[Yoonjin]

Ted you are a true inspiration.

I was wondering a little about that school u went to study traditional techniques in Italy. Im soone hopeing to get a schoolarship and mi girlfriend got relatives all over Italy.

Any url?

Thanks alot.

[Ted]

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[Pichuerca]

Good rendering! I like your Japanese's drawings. Where did you catch the references? I would like to do a comic about the samurais but i don´t have enought information and photo references about it: clothes, temples..etc..

keep posting Ted.

Pich

[IanE]

Haven't checked here in months! My bad...

The life drawings are looking great, very well done!

I'd like to see more of the work you've got going on, let's see some more posts!

Ian

[Ted]

Pichuerca - The Japanese stuff is out of my head...I hope it's close enough to the decorations of the restaurant I was in quite awhile ago. Thanks for the compliment.
Ian E - Thank you. I'll try to post more in the future.

[flex mathews]

very cool stuff, as usual. by the way, were you at comic con?

[camilografix]

Love your work man your shading skills are amazing.

[tokidokizenzen]

You've got some solid rendering skill. Love it.

[Alisa]

Your shading is amazing. I love your hand in post number 12. do you draw from photographs ever ? or real life mostly ?

I am astonished at your portraits. You should try painting a version of one of them... I'd love to see that.

[bengonzalez]

Nice work man I'd like to see your take on some of H.P. Lovecraft stuff. You defenitely have the look for it.

[Ted]

flex mathews - Thanks. Yes, I was at the comic-con. Did I meet you? Just checked out your sketchbook and your work is great. Let me know.
camilografix - Thanks.
tokidokizenzen - Thank you. Glad you enjoy it.
Alisa - I find it a very irritating labor to work from photos. I can do it if I'm commissioned, but I try to stengthen the forms of the drawing by adding information and pushing it far beyond just a copy. Working from life or out of my head is a far more pleasing experience...that's all you'll find in this thread. Thanks.
bengonzalez - Thank you.

Here's another like the previous.

[WARHEAD]

Wow, this is one hot sketchbook. Great pencils - something very much to aspire to. No crits, but have you got any stuff in other media ? or creature stuff ?? I espcially like the boars with the samurai girl.

[Tigermilk]

Magnificent.
Keep updating

[GunTrouver]

This is awesome! I love the shadings:)
No critic. I want more :}

[Magic Man]

very beautiful work ted, nothing more to say.

[Ted]

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[codakromek]

you are amazing.

where is the digital at?? hit us up. Also some oils or guaches or acrylics or sidewalk chalk drawings from when you were 3. keep posting plz

[Pierre]

Ted you made a huge progress since I met you the last time. Not sure if you remember but it was in Amsterdam a year ago in an Italian restaurant, where we went as group with some peeps like Robolus for example. Anyways, it was really nice to go through your sketchbook and look at your drawings. Keep up the good work!

Pierre

[mentler]

Great head studies

[Ted]

codakromek - Thanks. Check out the links in my signature for more work...this is really all I can show...the majority of my work is protected by non-disclosure contracts or is sitting on the hard drives of studios.

Pierre - So great to get a response from you. I had a great time in Amsterdam among all my travels...my lady is Dutch so I need to use that as an excuse to go back. Thanks for the encouragement. I'll check out your posts.

mentler - Thank you.

[daqu]

wow isn't this thread getting posts?????
just discovered this one today, this is one the most inspiring sketchbooks i've seen
one of my favorites already
more!

[Ted]

daqu - Thanks for the post. I'm glad these drawings can be an inspiration and I can contribute. This is such a late reply, hope you check back.

Here is an old page of sketches I just scanned to send to a friend (the one with the mustach) I drew in Rome. Figured I'd post it as well.

[JackalAndromeda]

I really adore the statue of Mr. Guidi, the depth is amazing, it really seems to pop off the page. Back a few pages- I love the piggies you drew. <3 I know it's been said a few times in this thread, but this is some super-inspiring art. I wish I had something more constructive to say. Fantastic work, and thank you for sharing it with us.

[GunTrouver]

Yeah updates:)!
Good stuff as always. Great shadings and renderings. Nothing to crit, u r perfect.
Post more:O

[Icey]

Ted!! you're my hero!! :D

cool sketches man!!

[strych9ine]

Beautiful sketches ted, top notch man.

[seth1]

Great work ted! Love the head studyus///

[armando]

I like you're hand writing, like on the siamese triplets at the top of the page. Where'd you learn that?, looks very constitution. Tip: pay more attention to the contours of the bones and muscles around the wrist, the straight lines are hurting otherswise great drawings.
Looked some more: Pay closer attention to the entire contours of the body, particularly in the arms.

[mr. Point]

hell yeah. these are really good. the thing you should try is putting a few empty sheets of paper under the page you're gonna scan so that the sketches under won't be visible. it can really improve the quality of the sketches.. anyways keep it up! :^^:

[Malavon Despana]

Mother of God!!

Awesome sketchbook, Ted, just plain awesome. I love the shadings and values in every picture, the poses are authentic and expressions really striking. You got some real potential, I tell you, which you should know yourself ;) .

These pictures truly make me inspired to draw even more!
Great work, can't really give any kind of crits, for I just can't see anything that much of a wrong here =) .

[blacky]

Finaly.
I've been lounging for an update for ever. Awesome stuff.
What you've been up to in Rome? (Vatican museum's such a treasure trunk...)

[4rt-r41d]

Just, WOW...
this is amazing!
these sketches are fantastic!!

keep it up! ill be watching

peace

[Majofo]

Hey man,
I have to say, I like your art. It's pretty cool. and your website is pretty cool as well.
You have the kind of pencil work that i am aspiring to get too...I am still at the point where my lines are just very eratic and gestural which isn't a bad thing I suppose, i just got to master it.

Anyways,
Good stuff man.

[kinnas]

totally amazing! finally something truly great to look at : D finally some new influences : D

[D0M]

i love it all. thank you.

[mentler]

Always Solid works here Ted

[Ted]

Thanks guys. Here's one of my most recent pages.

[daqu]

YAAAY!
how long do you usually spend on each page...?
and how the heck do you draw hair so well?
YAAAY!

[johndonahue]

hey ted,

great page posted on the 13th. when are we gonna hang out? ya baastad.
:uzi: :kick to the face::uzi2:

:ninja: :moon: :ninja:

[fooxoo]

Neat wrok! Coolest style.

Cheers :^^: Im gonna keep an eye on your Book :teeth:

[Undertow]

I can't believe that I haven't seen this thread until now. Ted, everyone else has already covered the compliments I have about your work. Saying that browsing through your sketch book has been more than a humbling experience. I already knew that I wasn't that good, now I know that I suck. Please, for the love of god, post more when you can.
-Mike V

[Ted]

I wrote replies to you guys, but these forums are messed up so there gone.

Here's a page of sketchy sketches.

[verao]

This stuff is extremely good.

I saw on your site you work(ed) for playstation, on wich games?

[Red_Rook]

dude your alive :D awesome work man, i havent seen you around in ages, maybe im jes not paying enough atention >__< but still, awesome work dude. :)

[brkofdon]

your ideas are a bit eerie to me...thats a good thing!!

[Orozc0]

amazing work you got here! Props for everything you're doing.

[Ted]

vareo - I worked on the Sony PSP Game "The Con." I also just finished work on a Playstation 3 game, but I can't talk about it. Thanks so much for the compliment.

Red_Rook - Hey Ben (I think that's your real name). Yeh, it's probably the rate that this sketchbook thread moves nowadays. Thanks for popping in...I appreaciate it.

brkofdon - Thanks. I don't know if it's a good thing, but I'm glad others might dig it.

Orozc0 - Thanks so much for the props. I'll put them in my purse and save them for a rainy day.

Here's an exploding high-five done with no reference.

[Mort]

your first "lighter" sketches is beutyful. the woman studys are great. they seem so comfortable and you captured them as many cant even do with a camera. very nice things. keep it up.

[archipelago]

I love your head drawings from life, especially of the numerous sleeping people (where do you find them anyway? :P)

[Ted]

Mort - Hi Mort. I think your referring to the post from 1.19.06 or maybe the pages at the beginning of this thread that arn't scanned very well (values arn't as dark as they should be). Either way, thanks for the comment. I will keep it up.

archipelago - Thanks. There are a couple ways to find the sleeping model. I have always had a hard time going to sleep, so I am usually the last to pass-out. I use the advantage of insomnia to either talk without end, spewing diarea, until they send a message to their body to let the muscles that hold the eyelids up to call it a night or I just dress in black pajamas and carry a black sketchbook with a black painted stealth mission pencil (which includes a black eraser and black stained wood) to sneak and draw them in the still of the night.

I learned the later from my study at the Shaolin School of the Fine Arts.

...here's a drawing. Can someone let me know how to change the name of my sketchbook. I used to just edit the title of the first post, but that doesn't care anymore. Please drop some gritty hood-ridden knowledge.

[Icey]

man... what can i say... you rock!!

you should update more often! ;)


best regards

Icey

[liam.c]

hay awsum stuff man !

to change the sb title when you go to edit on the firt post in the thread it pulls up the thread to edit .... at the bottme of the edit box theres some options .. one is <go advanced> click that and it will put you back to the old edit where you can change your title

[Ted]

Icey - Thanks. I'll try.
liam.c -Thanks. I tried your suggestion and the first post gets renamed, but it doesn't change the name of the entire thread. If there are any more suggestions, I'd be glad to hear em. I'll try again right now.

Here's some sketches for the Sony PSP Game "The Con." Figured I post em here since they're sketches...old as shit, but still sketches in a sketchbook. I posted them in "It's Finally Finished" with some production work, but apparently nobody cared that I finally finished these. It's a sad story.

[Mikko Voipio]

Your drawings are simply amazing. The shading awesome and so is the anatomy. Would maybe like to see you push your faces to more a realistic style. Sometimes the eyes seem a bit off (too far from the nose) to me but I'm usually an idiot so I could be wrong there. Great job.

[Ted]

Placeboast - Thanks for the response. Glad you like the pictures. I feel the same way about this stuff. I've always preferred the wide-set eyes on certain fashion models and seem to exaggerate that in my work. One of the things most figure drawing books agree on is the fact that eyes need to be one eye width apart...but once you start studying the portraits in the world around you (the public person, figure models and the measurments in realist paintings) that is a very general rule. I still need to get more picky with feature placement in my figure invention.

This is a study from a model session that was celebrating Fat Tuesday.

[Ted]

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[Unbreakable]

your rendering skills are amazing.

[ndp]

I saved some of your pics to study from, great work!

[Recursive_End]

I've never seen this thread before and i pretty much alot regret :(
Beautiful rendering ! can't wait to see more :)

[Summer Pudding]

Three amazing new sketchbooks in as many minutes. You've got that whole gorgeous tones, and great eye for design thing going on.

thanks for sharing

Pud'

[cakeypigdog]

real fun: you have cheered me up lots: really lovely tonal work!
off to practice!

[Setherial]

impressive

I can't get enough of those demons though, do you have more of those ??

[Jeff Jaws]

always a pleasure too see new works from you, ted. the sitting nude with the hat + glasses is absolutely gorgeuos. thanks for the inspiration.
Jj.

[Ted]

Unbreakable - Thanks.
Jarri - That's quite a compliment. I do want to inspire like others inspire me, but please do focus your attention on the masters.
Recursive_End - The sketchbook section is quite a market of threads...makes me wish someone would make a "best of" for this section alone. Who knows how many great sketchbooks we're missing out on. Thanks.
Summer Pudding - Thanks for the compliment. I'm used to seeing your posts on this forum...you've got some great work.
cakeypigdog - Glad to spread some cheer. Don't let things get you down...fight sadness...take a bite out of the ass of life.
Setherial - Thanks. I do have more spooky monster designs, but I'm hesitant to post them. We'll see.
Jeff Jaws - Hey pal! I'll check out your book and reply...your improvement was outstanding the last time I looked. Thanks for being a familiar character in this thread.

[FuT]

you have very good pencil control, rendering and something that i dont have :teeth: . very cool stuff here, ill sure to come back again here.

keep it up.

[Tigermilk]

Incredible, last one's very expressive and beautiful.
So would be nice hearing what you've been up to lately, what kinda projekts you're working on, etc. The drawing is working out nice for you?
Truly inspiring, keep us updated!

[Benga]

I'm new to the community.....and i must say...damn, your drawing is freaking increadible man....and your style of shading is absolutely stunning....your human drawing looks most like he are photographic images....

[foggle]

your work has a wonderfull solid feel to it, when i draw my people still look relatively flat, so im worki ng on getting them up to this sort of standard (veeery slowly mind)

[sleeperservice]

Oh my goodness! Where and how did you learn to draw like that?

[Ted]

FuT - Thanks. Hope to get another response from you.
Tigermilk - Thanks for all of your encouragement and compliments. I've been freelancing (painting on a computer all day) and persuing my personal expression through fine-art (drawing and painting traditionally whenever life lets me...which has been more and more often, nights, weekends). It's all I do. I got an X-Box 360 for Christmas and have only played it once or twice. I'm sure most of you know how you need to focus and let the labor take over. I just love to paint, but I'm not going to show any of it until I feels right. If you want to see more of my commercial work, I've been doing stuff for Wizards of the Coast. I did work on the Dungeons and Dragons Complete Psionic book. One of my paintings is the splash when you roll your cursor over the D&D icon on the Wizards web page. It's the female warrior with the crossbow. Here's a link to a wallpaper: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20060410a. All of my other freelance is a blurr, except that I have been working full-time for a filmographer based in San Diego (he's done work for Tony Hawk). It's lots of storyboards and cut-away work. I'll have a better recount of what I've been up to when my new website is up. Hope that's a good enough answer. Glad to inspire.
Benga - Welcome. Thanks.
foggle - Thanks. Just keep pushing.
sleeperservice - I attended the Shaolin School of Fine Arts.

Here's a spooky monster (old drawing) to start page #5.

[Ashrumm]

Hey Ted Great work, you are an awesome renderer, but one suggestion, with your skill you know what would be awesome. Drawing some individuals with crazy expressions. For example a warrior who is bloodlusting or a girl crying that would push you in an even higher category.

[Brall]

All these portraits are truely great bro...I'm definatly going to keep an eye on this thread from now on. You have some mad skills with a pencil, I'll look at your images and try to decipher your secrets!

[ArcoNL]

Great sketchbook, wonderfull rendering. Thanks a lot for having me to pick up my jaw from the floor everytime! :)

Cheers,
Arco

[Ted]

Ashrumm - Thanks. I know your just saying that I need to put more emotion into these figures, but the examples you gave are not the sort of general description people should have in their head when they are trying to convey an expression. I don't think that would help me, or anyone else who is reading for advice, rise to some sort of higher catagory. It's a mistake that peeps make when they are acting for the first time. I've found that I get my best results when I think far more complex than that. Your suggestion does make me take more time to consider the gap between my understanding of character complexity in a story and how much that comes through in my characters face, but a simple change of content isn't going to help anyone get better.

Brall - Thanks. No secrets here...study away. Hope it helps.

ArcoNL - Thanks so much.

Here's a less than 2 hr. study.

[sith]

awesome work ted- your faces are wonderful- hopefully i can learn something from them.

[ArcoNL]

Beautiful study man! Looking at this, I start to realise a misstake I apparently make. You spent 2 hours making this; if I try to make a study like this, I tend to spend something like 30 minutes on it. Conclusion: I work too fast..
Something to work on for me...

Cheers,
Arco