Seattle Sketch Group: Friday, Oct 8, 7 pm Caffe Vita, Capitol Hill

[Jason Manley]

Keeping the Seattle groove going...next meet up will be at Capitol Hill's Caffe Vita,
Friday, Oct. 8 at 7 pm til close for meet/greet, throw down some graphite perhaps battle for fun/group vote/critique for winners.

RSVP if you're interested. Need at least 6 people to make it fun.

Best,
D aka redehlert

[gasmask]

hey seattle, im down to kick it!

[jetpack42]

Seattle!!

[_JRandall_]

seattle/bremerton, how bout hanging out at sam?

[nova]

me too!

sam's nice.. at least for a meeting place

[jetpack42]

We should get a sketch night thing going...

[_JRandall_]

gimmie a where and when and I'll say if I can make it.
heh the lusty ladys right next to sam. life drawing anyone?
:p

[nova]

yes let's dooit.. how about next weekend or the next? if we met at sam, we have to be there before 5, since it closes then.

[mtw]

I've never hung out with other artists, so a meet would be fun. Looks like I'll need to start brushing up on my drawing skills.

[jetpack42]

I can meet up on most any weeknight (after 7 or so).

What days/times are good for everyone else?

[_JRandall_]

evenings wed are good but I am open to anything to get this started up. sketch night would rule. just the location is my concern.

[nova]

weekday evenings after 7. weekends are best, though. umm i work on the eastside, so i can make it to the city pretty easily.

[liquidwerx]

Damn, I used to live on Vashon Island, now I'm back in Arizona. Looks like there's a lot more folks in the Seattle area wanting to get together for some sketchin' than down here in the AZ. Sucks for me...


~Malachi

[prostate sunrise]

so is something going down that i should know about?

[nova]

not yet, i don't think..

i propose something! i'm itching to get together and draw.. how about sometime next week, say.. friday?

[jetpack42]

if I'm not working, I'm there. just give a time and place.

[steveb]

seattle based

[nova]

hey everyone,

i have an idea, how about this friday, at the trabant chai lounge (http://www.trabantchailounge.com/) at 8:00?

just a casual thing, i think we could just bring our sketchbooks and see what happens. i see the other groups around the world have begun to organize mini-sessions and whatnot, i figure we could start by getting acquainted and then maybe discuss something.

i'll be there, and bring my buddy kristen from work. i will wear a bright green shirt.

hope to see you all!

[mtw]

I won't have any time until later in June to meet up, but I'm looking forward to it.

[_JRandall_]

way to far north of seattle for me to get to <-- bremerton.
wish i could make it.

[jetpack42]

nuts! i just got back from work (9:12) and now saw the message! I'd have drove over if i knew about it before...

[nova]

it's ok, kristen and i ended up getting lost finding the place [ends up there's the same street address on the other side of the freeway, heh] and getting there ~45 minutes late :)

we're going to try this again real soon, though.

- l

[jetpack42]

just post the time and place...i think it should be as close to downtown as possible, thats the most central location

a few days warning, and hopefully i see and check. if i'm not working, i'm there.

also, i'd be driving from Kent...i could maybe give a ride and whatnot, depending on how far out of the way...

[steveb]

Keep me informed I would be interested

[nova]

if anything's going to be happening, i'll post it here.

it seems like friday nights could be good night for this kind of thing. how does that work with everyone? around 8:00 like this time around?

any other ideas?

[Sapphire]

I normally am closer to Seattle in summer (Bothell), but right now I'm up at WWU, in Bellingham, and gots no car... so I don't think I could just make it someplace on a whim. If anybody's in that area though, perhaps. I'm shooting for this summer though! I'd love to get together.

[jetpack42]

friday works if i'm not working. 10+ hour days are seeming to become more and more typical....

[prostate sunrise]

fridays seems good, couldnt make this round, crunch time and all. didnt get home till 10 o'clock. just post a time and a place, i will see if i can make it.

[jetpack42]

Nothing doing?

Are we a bunch of chickens with our heads cut off without nova to boss us around?

[Sok N. Wett]

Yeah it's hard getting something started when most people are busy certain days.....but it's a nice idea. I won't be able to join the group for awhile until I get some things settle, but once it is i'm down for some sketching.:)

Nova: I use to live up in Bothell last year while working at Circuit City in Lynnwood before moving back down to Tacoma.

[redehlert]

When I met my bud, Nathan Campbell (http://www.conceptart.org/artist/nathan-campbell/), it was at Bauhaus Books and Music in Capitol Hill. Lot's of artists go to draw at coffee shops and it's also a location where Nate has found possible job prospects. We also went to Caffe Vita on 1005 E. Pike (also Pill Hill) which has an upstairs area with lots of big tables and if you smoke, you can. No smokey treats at Bauhaus...got nixed a while back. But the coffee is smash-your-face-wide-open-good and the treats are bueno.
At any rate, certain evenings may work for me on a monthly basis but Friday evenings will be my best.

Peace.
Dave

[steveb]

Count me in at any Friday. It would be great to meet up and chat.

[Undertow]

I'm up in Whidbey but I travel down to Seattle at least once or twice a month for business meetings.. if we can arrange something to bring sketchbooks and draw or just talk shop that'd be cool.

-Mike

[Sok N. Wett]

Damn alot of Washington talent we have here....I'm up for a sketching night. Friday night sounds good, but I'll have to get a car first.

[Undertow]

I'll only be able to make it if we're doing it on a Saturday. I'm full time military monday-friday and occasionally on the weekends as well.. with the massive amount of concept art and art direction I'm doing on the side right now I don't have much free time.
-Mike

[redehlert]

I totally understand, undertow.
Okay...so how about this, let's say that the second Friday of the month is an evening gathering. The third Saturday of the month is also a gathering of which time is to be determined. That way, if you cannot make it one time, you can hopefully hit the other time. No need to go ballistic with meeting every week...we do have other committments it seems. But this would be enough to get people together and get the ball rolling.

So...if we plan this correctly, we can have the first meeting be the third Saturday of June (the 19th) and then all that needs to be considered is the time and location.

Any takers? If so, start suggesting locations and times. Majority vote? Straws? One person picks and then next time someone else picks? Ideas are welcome.

Peace.
d

[nova]

redehlert ~ that's funny, a group of us hung out with nathan a couple times, he introduced me to the bauhaus. it's a great place, only problem is its very packed there sat nights and there's been a few times i tried to find parking and gave up.

its good to know you have taken over my planning duties :D

that sounds good, having two meetings a month, since everyone sounds moderately busy. i can't promise to make it until the workshop is over, my spare time is sucked up by working on a few projects for my portfolio.

the trabant ended up being a nice spot, though it was more of an inside place, and a little sparse. a great spot is the aurifice cafe. it's an industrial theme with RED walls. http://www.aurafice.com/. on tuesday nights they have live ambient music... inviting, artsy atmosphere, and easy to get to.

[Sapphire]

I would totally love to be in on this, but I don't have a car. Is there anybody in Bothell who's going, who might be able to give me a ride?

EDIT: Actually, I might be able to get a ride, since I visit my dad on those weekends... that would be very convenient.

[nova]

i'm in bothell.. i drive everywhere, and could give ya a ride

[jetpack42]

so are we meeting this friday?

[Sapphire]

Ooh, cool! Well, I guess I'll just wait for people to figure out when and where we're meeting, and try to make sure I'm free for that.

[S.C. Watson]

You know, living on an island is really cool, except when you want to and hang with the local branch of of the CA crew.

It's a hell of a haul out to Seattle, and that's just the hour ferry ride...:mad:

Feelin' some serious sour grapes right now....

Arg.
~Oreg.

[redehlert]

Hey all,

This friday - no go for me....i'm getting cultured seeing "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the PNB. I was toying with next Saturday being the first attempt...not trying to step on toes, Nova. : ) Bauhaus is cool, but crowded as all get out as you have stated. Cafe Vita is a nice place. I'm totally digging Aurafice...let's do that place as long as there is drawing space.
Hey Oregano, feel your pain. Nice stuff, btw. You'd like my buddy, Don Barnett's work. Check out http://www.donbarnett.com he's a blast to have as a mentor. Hope you can make it out sometime.
So...next Saturday, June 19th do we make a go of this at Aurafice? Evening? Heck, they're open until 2 am....
If it doesn't work out because some peeps are going to the killer Austin workshops, then we'll shoot for July 9 (Friday).

Cheers,
Dave

[jetpack42]

the 19th I'll be workshoppin in Austin.
Nova is too.

Anybody else?

[Undertow]

Next Saturday is no go for me, I'm getting all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed. I wont be up for doing much of anything until the last weekend of June.

Oregano what island do you live on? I'm up in Oak Harbor on Whidbey so I've got one hell of a commute to Seattle myself if you're in my neck of the woods I might be able to give you a lift if I can convince my wife to let me go for the day;]
-Mike

[S.C. Watson]

Hey Mike,

Thanks for the offer, but I'm on Orcas, just North of you. It still takes an hour to get to Anacortes with all the stops at the other islands. Plus the fare back onto the island is almost $50.

It's really too bad, too, because I used to live down in Freeland before my wife and I decided to move up here.

Ohwell, such is life sometimes :D

Are you Navy? I've got a friend stationed on the George Washington right now. Last I heard he was out around India, but that was about two months ago or so...

Cheers,
~Oreg.

PS- I've done the wisdom tooth thing too. Had four impacted ones. No fun. :eek: My sympathies.

[Undertow]

yes I am Navy=] My little brother is an IS2 (intelligence specialist 2nd class) stationed on the GW as ships company, one of the guys from my shop is out on the GW right now as well. I used to work down in Renton for WotC (wizards of the coast) and was laid off in 99.. Had a great lead for doing character design for Microsoft X-Box titles but i got sick of waiting for the phone call and the unemployment was running out. After some soul searching I decided to pursue my original career choice of being a pilot after spending a year unemployed in the WA job market. I've since changed my mind as a member of active duty and have started working back in the game industry on my off time updating my portfolio and building new bridges to make my transition back to civilian life an easy one. Yeah, the fare for the ferry is rediculous during peak season.. hell, gas up here isn't any cheaper either $2.30+/gallon is frigging rediculous, I get decent gas milage in the Ranger but $35 to fill up the tank blows. Hell, if you feel like coming down this way sometime during the summer drop me a line and we can hang out somewhere around here. I like your work, great stuff! I wish I could do the stuff in painter that you do=/ I'm learning the digital medium very slowly and didn't pay much attention in painting class in college:P In the mean time I'm doing lots of marker stuff, gray scale with washes, and leaving color work to other artists that I hire on. If you check out my little site I have WIP pencil art for the book cover I'm working on posted up there now. I should finish it this weekend.. in the mean time I'm fighting off this cold and adjusting to military life again after 24 days of leave. If you ever feel like doing a collab piece let me know!

-Mike

p.s. 3 of them are impacted, only one has ruptured (upper right). I should have had my mother in law pull them for me while I was on leave... I hate the navy dentists. In the words of Dane Cook "you need to brush more do you see the blood coming off your gums" "Yes I see the blood.. did you ever think that that's happening because you're fishing around in my mouth with SHARP OBJECTS?!!! AAAAAAAAH!!!"

[redehlert]

Hey Undertow,

By chance, did you know a Jon Schindehette at WotC? He's my new Creative Manager at the UW where I'm full time as their biomedical illustration. Just curious since he was there as well.
Good luck with the teeth. Perhaps you could have a cap of poison you could crack and breathe onto the dentist as they are working on you so they don't hit you with those blood letters. As you get foggy with the drugs, you must Remember the tooth...the tooth....the toooooth. (heheehee....gotta love Dune).


Cheers,
Dave

ps. Something is up with your web site...couldn't get in.

[Undertow]

yeah.. I remember John. I ran into him a few times at The Keg and around the office but I never really talked to him. Actually, if I remember correctly he was the art director for Magic back in 98. If that's correct the first time I met him and talked to him was at the San Diego Comic Con in 98, I ended up talking to him about doing some artwork but I never followed through on it. I got my job working at the corporate office in March of 99 working in the tech department and did some graphic design for the retail stores gaming network and some concept art for a new concept store in Everett. I was attempting to start doing artwork full time for WotC as a part of the IP Development group until we were laid off. I had a friend who was the VP of the department who got laid off the same time so that never worked out. Right now I'm working on an RPG called CthulhuTech as the lead concept artist/art director. If everything works out with our start up I'll be set up for full time work after I get out of the Navy, either way I'll have a pretty decent portfolio together to market to various game development studios.

-Mike

p.s. try the site again, it's working all right for me.. then again it's a temporary site that I set up to just throw up some artwork with verizon, and not all of the mysite.verizon.net sites work for everyone:P

[Gonzo]

First post in this thread...I'll be up for meetings at those times when I get back from Dallas/Austin in early July.

Depending on the distance, I can drive people home or pick them up.

[Undertow]

back on topic.. July 9th.. when and where? Another quick question, why on a weekday, am I the only person that works a normal M-F 06:30-16:30 schedule?:(

-mike

p.s. redhlert did you find out from Jon whether that info was right.. I don't remember what he did. I'm good with faces, horrible with matching them to names though.. it might have been Paul Hanchette that was the MtG art director.. it's been 5 years I don't remember this stuff:P

[redehlert]

Hey Undertow,

Send me a PM with your last name...he knows many 'Mikes' so he apologized for not recollecting you on a FNB.
As for the weekday gathering - well, it's a Friday and it would be after hours (e.g. evening, not midday). I'm working FT from 8 to 5, so the earliest I can do is 6:30-ish.

Cheers!
Dave

[gasmask]

hey guys, i want in to!...and red and nova..lol i know nathan too that crazy mutha f****, we still talk on aim sometimes, but yeah lets meet, usually im open at nights, week nights work best for me but usually fri and sat night i party with friends, and hey prostate, come kick it too man.

[redehlert]

Sweet! The more the merrier! Nate sends me the oddest tripe via email still. Hey Gasmask...ask Nate: "Who taught you how to do blue line prior to pencil and ink?" Let's see if he says that I did....it's my only claim to fame on that guys coattails.

Cheers,
D

[Sapphire]

So July 9th is what people were thinking for the first gettogether, or are people also doing another one for that Saturday?

[redehlert]

I'm fine for July 9. Arifice in Capitol Hill for the location? Time to meet?


Cheers!
Dave

[prostate sunrise]

let's do it! post the place and time and if its do-able i'll try my best to be there!

[gasmask]

for sure, hey prostate, ur name isnt kekai is it?

[prostate sunrise]

yep, kekai it is. thats how i got my other nick-name cake-eye (they're pronouced almost the same) so, how do you know me? did you go to AIS?

[Undertow]

we should start our own art forum.. can we do that in here or would it get bumped over to the other areas?

-Mike

[gasmask]

yeah kekai, i was like first quarter when u graduated, you have really came along with ur art, hows things going in seattle for you anyways? do you still talk to levi?

[Archie]

I think its great there are other artists on the forum who live in Washington. I go to school at the Art Institute of Seattle, but i live down in Lacey. near Olympia. Do any other artists in the forum live in this area, and if so can we get something going down here?

[redehlert]

Hey Local Crew,

Archie's comment about the Art Institute of Seattle brought up a recent wish to take some more illustration classes. Sure, having a Master degree in medical illustration sounds like I should be bad ass, but straightup, I have a lot to learn and am open to thoughts (even AIS if it is good, Archie) from yoos guys out there. I'd like to keep it to Seattle or the surrounding cities (e.g. Kirkland, Bellevue) if at all possible.
One last thing - this new interface threw me for a complete loop...didn't think I was in Kansas anymore.

Peas.
D

[xia]

Yeay!!! :clapping1 Let's doodle and scribble. ( I don't know what I am talking about.) How could I never seen this thread...?

[Archie]

Yeay!!! :clapping1 Let's doodle and scribble. ( I don't know what I am talking about.) How could I never seen this thread...?


Xia, doodles and scribbles? Your recent work on your site is more than just doodles and scribbles. By the way, how and where do you create your "scribbles"? Are they all paint or are they digital paint in a program? I really like the way it looks, and i want to try new things. My drawings are mostly in pencil, and im sort of getting into Prismacolor markers. I dont have the talent for color as you do. You and Bengal have some amazing talent with color, and mixing paint. (Or digitally mixing paint is probably a little easier..?) Please reply.

[nova]

yep, kekai it is. thats how i got my other nick-name cake-eye (they're pronouced almost the same) so, how do you know me? did you go to AIS?


hey prostate, do you have a website called kekai kentaki or something like that? i met somebody in a pizza place in bellevue who wrote that website on a napkin.

[puffin]

I'm up for some sketching! I'll bring the large herbivores and special treats. I'm in Wallingford so anywhere in Seattle works great for me. Can't wait to meet all the local talent!

[prostate sunrise]

gasmask - ah, i see. yeah i still know levi, i work at the same place with him. i tried to get him to post but he's more reclusive then i am.

nova - yeah, thats propbaly me. kekaikotaki.com ugh, i really need to change it. all that stuff is 2 years old, i like to say i got to a little better then that.

hey redehlert, is july 9 still going on?

[redehlert]

Hey Prostate, et al.
Still on for Friday, July 9.
I liked Nova's location for Aurafice in Capitol Hill. I walked past it and found it to be pretty slick - just like the photos on their web site suggest.
Let's confirm a time that works well for as many as possible.
I'm a distance runner/aspiring triathelete, so I don't stay out late on Fridays due to training events held on the following morning.
That said, I'll probably make myself leave at approx. 11, but will try to be on site at 8-ish. I'll have sketchbook in hand -- something I RARELY carry around with me and will actually attempt being creative. Dare to dream.
Cheers,
D

[jetpack42]

so it starts at 8pm, on the 9th at Aurafice on Capital Hill?

It's going to be a mini-Austin! Woo!!

[redehlert]

Yes, a capital idea on Capitol Hill. Anyone that went to Austin going to this gathering? I'd love to see what you learned and or see any goodies you have returned with.
Cheers,
D

[Gonzo]

I'll try to make it to this one. I get back from Dallas on the 6th but will be helping friends move into their new place all that week.

Look forwards to meetin' some of yall!

[jetpack42]

I went to Austin, I will be there. I'll bring the sketchbook I took with, but not the big Marko drawing I snagged...its too big and...sentimental for me to lug it along.

[nova]

8 is perfect for me

i survived the HEAT

i'm going, rain or shine [rain unlikely]. i'm bringing the small marko drawing i have in my sketchbook. i also took notes from the workshop, they're coming with me as well.

looking foreward to it ;)

[joolz]

Jetpack- thanks for the heads-up. I did meet you in Austin. Nova, too.

I'll try to make it. No promises. My drawing skills are pretty stale but I'm hoping to get back into it. It'd just be cool to meet some of y'all. Summer is a pretty crazy time in these parts, but if we can keep this alive into mid-fall I think we'll start seeing some consistant attendance. And that'd be cool. :D

[Dougbot]

jetpak 42 showed me this (thanks again!). Friggin' coolio. I'll try to be there, but like I told jp 42, I have a new little girl, so might be hard for me to get there. On a side note, both Prsotrate Sunrise and Xia smell, so might be wise to leave them at home (just kidding boys, you know I love you ;) )

[xia]

Xia, doodles and scribbles? Your recent work on your site is more than just doodles and scribbles.

Thanks for your kind words :) I went to AIS about 3 years ago. Sorry, reply a lil late. I am getting into markers myself about a week ago. It's a quick way to learn value and doing thumbs or comp. Now I am currently working with Kakai (AKA Prostate ...) and Levi (AKA Genital Eclipse...) (hate them bastard kids!)
And of course DougBot (AKA Meankid) *he always take my lunch money*

Anyway,
Still on for Friday, July 9. Aurafice in Capitol Hill! 8:00 PM.

I will spread the words around any art session...some kids went to Austin too. Ben somethin....they will be interested to get together.

[nova]

hey guys,

i can't wait and will go sketch tonight at the bauhaus. about 9:00 i think. come one come all?

[xia]

at the bauhaus.

Isn't it pretty dark in there? Havn't been there in quit a long while. Or you talking outside...

[nova]

i perched upstairs last time and it was a little dark. but downstairs is nice.

[xia]

I might stop by...and doodle for a bit if I can. But not sure yet....I'll call Kekai and see if he wants to come too. *He's not at work today, SLACKER* Maybe see you there... But next week, I am down for sure, I think.

[Bojee]

Xia- My brother's in town but it sounds like fun I'll try to be there, thanks for the heads-up.

[nova]

it was a beautiful night out tonight, where where you guys?

maybe i should've made myself more visible. i prefer the shadows and/or far corners. :D

[Imp Head]

What ever happened to the Bellevue sketch group, Nova? One get together and then... nothing.

[nova]

hey imp head,

i know.. i'm sorry. it didn't last past that one meeting. we made it something organized and it was a lot to keep going. it never got less busy at work, or in school, either. kristen was the one holding the contacts, i can never get her to go out these days :)

but it's ok now. we have this thread, and the first meeting's in a few days! you should come, it'll have nothing on draw night :)

[jetpack42]

BRING ALL THE HOMIES ON THE 9th! ITS GONNA BE NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!

[xia]

Yeah, At least seven people I know are going. So it will be something. Spread the words.

[Ben Mauro]

hey guys, just heard about this, sounds great. i live in the bellevue redmond area, near the microsoft campus, i would love to go. anyone up for carpooling? i dont get my car for a month.

[nova]

hey ben,

i work in bellevue, i could take you

[coondoggle]

I'm down for Friday as well. ^_^
Don't let me forget!

[Ben Mauro]

if my friend (who has a car) doesnt come then i will gladly take up your offer nova. thanks

[xia]

Ben>> I thought Allen will take you. Who do you ride with?

[Ben Mauro]

allen lives to far away, chris from the painting sessions.

[one2hit]

wait a second. Is there one event going on here or two? O__o where in Bellevue is this? I actually have a free Friday and would love to go.

[jetpack42]

Friday the 9th at Aurafice on Capital Hill @ 8pm.

If you are under 18, bring a permission slip signed by your parents or legal guardians.

[one2hit]

awesome. I am there. About how many people do you think have commited to going so far? What should I bring?

[Bojee]

Ben>> I thought Allen will take you. Who do you ride with?
It sucks I'm going to be out of town, your going to have to do this again, and invite everybody to the drawing session so we can hang out there too.-A

[jetpack42]

awesome. I am there. About how many people do you think have commited to going so far? What should I bring?

however many people show up.

stuff to draw with.

[xia]

Friday the 9th at Aurafice on Capital Hill @ 8pm.

If you are under 18, bring a permission slip signed by your parents or legal guardians.

Shit!...Dougbot is my boss. Can he sign it for me instead of my parents ? Wait nevermind, I have a fake ID.


Bojee>> Damn! that sucks Bojee. Why u have to go?

Ben>> Chris will come right?...I thought he said so.

[one2hit]

here's info and address:

http://www.aurafice.com/about/about.html
Never been there and it looks kind of like a real small joint O_o
Hope plenty of people show : P while I hide my sketchbook because I suck at drawing

[nova]

it's true, it's a small joint. but not far away is the bauhaus, we can head there if we don't fit.

[Undertow]

I'm going to try my best to be there! It all depends on how tired I am after work and am willing to do the hour and half drive down and back, and whether my wife is willing to hang out on capitol hill for an hour while we sit around and doodle;)

-Mike

[redehlert]

Holy Crow...
Imp Head - I think your work is slick as all get out. Hope you can come out tomorrow eve at Aurafice. It'd be a pleasure to chat it up with you.

Cheers,
D

[Imp Head]

I'll see what I can do. :chug:

[Ben Mauro]

hey nova, do you still think you could give me a ride? my friend bailed.

[nova]

yup, no problem. just tell me where ~

darkpinkwink@yahoo.com

[Ben Mauro]

4275 148th ave NE, bellevue meadows appartments, apt. A206. what time do you want to leave?

[nova]

cool, i should be able to find that. let's leave at 7:45, i'll pick you up then

[Ben Mauro]

thanks, sounds great.

[one2hit]

could we have a thread after the get-together to post all the art we've created? you know, in case we missed a few or whatever. I've got a digicam too so like if no one has a scanner at home...

[nova]

hey we could do that, in the local artist groups or the lounge even.

bring your camera, we could take pics of the sketches while we're there :)

[jetpack42]

we should take pics of the people sketching.

then post 'em in the lounge so everyone can get jealous of how cool we are getting together twice a month to all hang out and sketch.

[one2hit]

lol..whatever =p I'll remember to charge it up and bring it. See you guys there...I have no clue who any of you are but :chug:
(make those little beers coffe mocha latte javas instead : P)

[redehlert]

I'll see what I can do. :chug:

Sweet! Happy to hear this, Imp Head. Hope you can make it.

And for everyone else - this is great! Looking forward to meeting all of you and being humbled. It's tough being a medical illustrator and trying to break out into other arenas I have interests in (manga, comic, fantasy, et al).

one2hit -
I like the idea of showing off what we draw, but perhaps this would be better if we came together with our own little thunderdome events (too bad we don't have the King Dome anymore...that name could work....heck, there's the Tacoma Dome....that could work as well). Perhaps this thunderdome idea is something we can get initiated this evening so that we have something to look forward to for future gatherings? Just an idea.

jetpack42
Photos - that sounds like a great idea!

Cheers and see you later.

D

[one2hit]

what is a thunderdome?

[Dougbot]

I can't make it. Forgot that I have people coming in tonight. Take pics and show me. I'll make the next one!

[redehlert]

what is a thunderdome?

Thunderdome is an e-battleground where artists of concept art have taken a concept and battled it out to reign as champion supreme against all, or against another opponent.

Here's a link to see some thunderdome art from the conceptart crew.

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=25

So...we could take an idea or concept, set some parameters for it and then have it. Hope this helps clarify things.

Cheers,
D

[one2hit]

mmmm sweet sweet competition.... I would loose, but that sounds like great fun.

[Imp Head]

I can't make it. Forgot that I have people coming in tonight.

Bring them.

[Blitz]

Ahhh
Fellow Washingtonions
Ill keep my eyes open for a chance to get together with yall.

Nova is a good friend of mine and will drag me there some day. (she is strong)

[prostate sunrise]

yo i great time meeting all you guys! forgive me for having to book so early. also, sorry if i didnt get a chance to mingle and hang out to get know more people. but next time i stay longer!

imp head- thank you for the information and your inslight into anatomy and art.

ben mauro- have fun with abbott! i know i did....
:dead:

everyone else- hopefully i'll meet y'all again and get to hang out more!

peace

ps i didnt do much sketching, but i'll post what i did.

[jetpack42]

Ditto that.

Next meet is next saturday. Same place? Different place? Who's calling the shots?

[nova]

hey guys,

wow, that was pretty neat.. a good way to start off meeting EVERY FRIDAY right? :) anyway it was good meeting you all. what a great group we have, coming from all kinds of backgrounds. that's right, blitz is coming next time. he'll sprinkle some special magic on all our heads. til the next time!

~ n
ps. red bull+coffee = too much caffiene for me tonight..

[Vaghi]

Hey! I saw you guys last night, at Aurafice... I was on the couch with a book. This is a really cool site; jetpack42 turned me on to you guys and it seems really interesting. Art is good. I just moved to Seattle and don't really know anyone at all, much less any other artists, so this looks like a really great opportunity. I'll try and see if I can catch your next shindig!

[one2hit]

We had a pretty good turnout. Thanks very much to everyone who came. I loved it all.

Well, I'll try to show up to everyone we have from now on...usually I work late saturdays so if I caught you guys it would be like at 11, but I would still come for an hour of drawing goodness.

[David York]

I'm the 'not an artist' guy who hung out with you all last night - I was there providing transportation for a friend. I had loads of fun, thanks for making me feel welcome in your scene. You are all so talented!

[one2hit]

here's a few pics:

http://home.comcast.net/~bissett5/aura.JPG

http://home.comcast.net/~bissett5/aura2.JPG
a xia sketch in progress.

http://home.comcast.net/~bissett5/aura3.JPG

and the two things I worked on...
http://home.comcast.net/~bissett5/waworkshop.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~bissett5/waworkshop2.jpg

with my weird off center eyeballs =p

The pics are dark and blury because mr. ruptured gastank doesn't know how to take pictures. haha...it wasn't that dark in there. It was cool that we got a few though! Thanks again all...I had a great time.

not sure why the pics are showing as URLS when they are in IMG tags *scratches head*

[jetpack42]

cooool! David York and Vaghi, good to have you both on board. The more the merrier, I say.

[redehlert]

Hey Everyone,

I'm really glad to have been able to be there to look at a few books and chill with some of you. Nova, Ruptured (name here), JetPack42 -- really enjoyed meeting you and getting to see your work.
Imphead - I wish I could have had an op to meet you - next time, perhaps. I have many questions about your work...all good, I promise!
As for next Saturday...I'm chill with the same spot and time. I'll just need to coordinate the busy schedule with my wife and then go from there.
I'll post my doodle when I finish it -- it's blue line right now.

Cheers,
D!

[Ben Mauro]

hey guys, i had fun, looks like we have a great group going, cant wait till next time, im up for anything.

prostate sunrise- ha, ill try, 5 years is a long time...

[Ruptured GasTank]

Hey all, ish Ruptured and what not, hey, that was great, I really enjoyed it, I would be up for every Friday, the enviroment was nice as well, had a great time, hope to spend some more with you guys and gals sometime...

oh no, I've been Ruptured, will talk later, take care all...

[Sapphire]

I had a really great time meeting everybody, and I'd love to make this a regular thing. I just went out today and bought myself an anatomy book... not the (Bridgeman?) one, but another one.

And nova, we have to exchange some art sometime! I'd love to see your environments and other stuff.

[jetpack42]

I posted 'em out there so all the other CA people could get jealous of how awesome we are!!

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26323 <--Pics

oh! and joolz, after seeing my pics again, i DO remember you from the workshop. I didn't remember your face so well, cause I was sitting behind you after I introduced myself to you (and I met about 15 other people for the first time in that hour), but I listened to you guys talk for a while when I was sketching, and I was thinking "man, that one dude in the green is smart!". You know alot about games and gaming...and...stuff.

[Sok N. Wett]

I'm glad I went. It was time well spent. Next time I'll bring more artwork, and try to fill some of my sketchbook with more artwork. I gotta thank Jetpack42 for bringing me there, not only have I gain some new confidence in my work, I've also gain some new friends. It'll be great if the next one turns out bigger, maybe we'll get more new members out of it. Til then I'll see you guys and gals again.

[joolz]

Hey- it was good to meet a few more of yous. Well, I didn't sketch much so I don't think I'll be posting anything today. I had a good time and I hope to join in again from time to time.

this :jump2: just seems very funny to me.

jetpack- I only know a tiny sliver of the industry, really. The rest is just me BS-ing.

[S.C. Watson]

Hey troops,

I'm envious of the get togethers that I can't go to because I live too far away to make it worthwhile - I'd have to leave almost before I got there haha. It just looks like a lot of fun.

Anyway, to the point: I'm thinking of hosting an overnight pot-luck drawing retreat sort of thing for the Washington crew. Perhaps a Friday/Saturday thing, perhaps mid to late August or early September (we're still unpacking from moving in to our new digs here).

I live up on Orcas Island, and my wife and I have just finished building our house (still doing some finishing work, but hey) - We're on 3 acres in a fairly secluded community. Which means lots of woods and nature and not a whole lot of anything else. Added to that, the lot next door is a wetlands, and there is a larger wetlands down the hill within walking distance. So there's plenty of places to sit and draw and just hang out.

Anyway, lets kick around some ideas on this if anyone is even interested. It's still in the tentative stages at the moment, and I realise that this may not even be a feasible idea, but I'm open to suggestion on this.

Cheers,
~Oreg.

[one2hit]

when is the next get-together? Next saturday or the one after? Also does Saturday fit everyone's schedule well or Friday? just wondering, although it's probably good to change the days so more people have a chance to come.

[Ben Mauro]

oregano.....that would be amazing! i would love to do something like that, it would be a VERY nice break from sitting in my studio and working all day or being near all the city hustle and bustle. i used to be out in the woods all the time back in michigan to draw and paint, but when i moved out here ive been either in a small white room at home or a big white room at school, bleh! but anyway, im definetly up for that, whenever you want to have it, early september would probably be better for me.

one2hit- as far as i know its Saturday this week.

[xia]

Yo! guys!!!
It was nice to meet you all. If anyone up for doodle in the coffeeshop somewhere lemme know anytime. I am always up for doodle!

I have an idea, next time we should do SketchJam! Past the paper around the table. Each one of us have 30 minutes to doodle, then pass it on to the next person until we have everyone's sketchs on the page. The last person on there keep the page. COOL? It takes about a few hours last meeting so...i figure, everyone should doodle.
(Kinda like ComicsJam but not.)

ImpHead>> Thanks for the tip/instruction/inspiration!!! Keep rockin!

OREgano>> I am up for anything, just lemme know before hand.

Love you all, but some more than others. :firedevil (They really should have panda-emocon.)

I have an idea, next time we should do SketchJam! Past the paper around the table. Each one of us have 30 minutes to doodle, then pass it on to the next person until we have everyone's sketchs on the page. The last person on there keep the page. COOL? It takes about a few hours last meeting so...i figure, everyone should doodle.

[one2hit]

cool idea. We need to take a pic of the finished product when we're done. Hrmmm we would have to have some rule to limit the amount of space you draw on. 10 or more people for half an hour on one page would fill up...really fast....

[prostate sunrise]

just use a really big piece of paper.

[Gonzo]

Damn! It looks like yall had a lot of fun. :(

Two good friends of mine just *had* to choose this weekend to move to Seattle. :cry:

I'll be there next time!

[xia]

just use a really big piece of paper.

Yep, 11 x 17 or 11 x 14 seems to be good and portable.

GONZO>> Good luck! maybe we'll see ya around.

[Sapphire]

That's a cool idea! I'd be all for it.

[jetpack42]

Oregano, I'd probably be in, dates depending.

[xia]

cool idea. We need to take a pic of the finished product when we're done.

Yep! Jason Manley demands it himself!
Here!!!
Seattle Sketch Night 7/9 PICS!
(http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26323)

We need doodling thingy!

[Ruptured GasTank]

hey all, now that we have talked a bit more of it, do we have an offical place to meet? is it this firday or Saturday? and at what time?

I cant wait to do this once more...

Infact whould love it...

:firedevil <---by the way this is bad ass, lol...

...The room has been pacified...(sorry, just finshed watching Judge Dredd...)
...and I've been Ruptured...
Cant wait to see everyone at the next sketch an etch an drawing and what nots,

[jetpack42]

same time, same place, on saturday?

[Scuro]

Aye!

My buddy Dave York tipped me off to this. I gotta come check this out, being as I'm local and all.

RedDave - :waves: It would be awesome to see you there at the next one if you're going. We gotta get Spiney back from NJ so he can put us all in our place.

(what was Dr. Seuss saying about too many Daves?)

-dave^3

[redehlert]

I'm planning on being there, Scuro. I just gotta find the actual time frame of the hookup. I got out my sketch from last Friday and painfully began to ink it...ahhahaa. It'd be sweet to get Nate out for some sketchin....
I don't recognize the tag name Scuro, so help me out...where have we hung out and when?

Cheers,
D

[nova]

wow, that all sounds good. i'd love to take advantage of the plural factor and draw something together

Oregano, you're a doll.. that would be rad if we could get together like that. i hope i can make it, i have a couple trips/weddings coming up [weekend of aug 20 and 28th].


it's ruptured gas tank!! glad you registered ;)

hi vaghi, i remember you.. hope you can come next time, it'd be cool to meet you

hey jetpack, how about we do this on friday, it seemed to work out for most people that day? how does that sound everybody? :mohawk:

[Scuro]

Red - I'm Dave Hunt - we went to tokeland long ago and lit off bombs on the 4th of july. Remember Chief Charlie cigs and those fools getting their car stuck in the sand? those were the dayz.

Scuro is one of my characters from an animated film I'm making called ChiaroScuro

http://www.klocktower.com/chiaroscuro

http://www.klocktower.com/chiaroscuro/movies.htm - check out the "You Win" movie. Work in progress, still very rough.

aiiiight. l8

[puffin]

It was great to meet all you fantastic artists last week, can't wait to see the stuff that people produce this Saturday. I went home last friday and was so wired with all the new stuff I learned that I couldn't sleep. Can't wait to get over-stimulated again!

:bow: Xia: Sketch jam sounds like a great idea!

[Sapphire]

Hey, Dave Hunt! This is Sarah... you know, David York's friend? (I'm going to get so mixed up with all of these Daves... how many is that now, three? Four?) It would be very cool if you could come to our next gathering, it was a blast and it would be very fun to meet you.

ImpHead: I learned SO much from you Friday night! I ran out and got an anatomy book (Dynamic Anatomy), and redid that picture that you were helping me with. Now I've gotta put my head down and really learn it. :)

RupturedGasTank: are you gonna show me those crazy monster things you were talking about the other night? You should bring the drawings next time! Maybe if I can make myself go to Kinkos, I could print out some of the digital pictures I've done.

Friday would work for me, but I think so would Saturday. Can't wait!

-Sarah

[Scuro]

Hey Sapphire. Nice to meet you (again, for the first time?) I'll see if I can make it to the meeting so we can meet IRL. (what is real?)

You will be getting a little something in the mail shortly ;)

-S

[Gonzo]

I'll be there this weekend...don't matter if it's Friday or Saturday. If it's Saturday, I get to leave the 100+ person family reunion early but I'll miss Pretty Girls Make Graves at Showbox. If it's on Friday, I get to leave the family reunion early to go to Showbox!

See yall this weekend. :waves:

Edit: I'll try to remember to bring some of my notes from Austin. They are a hard to read, unfortunately. :(

[prostate sunrise]

friday or saturday? both?

[nova]

lets do it saturday, 8:00 :)

[Ben Mauro]

sounds good to me

[jetpack42]

saturday at 8 it is

MICHAEL LOVES TEH SKETCH NIGHT!

[Gonzo]

Booyah!

BTW, we gotta catch up to those UK folks!

[one2hit]

I'll try to roll out after work.

[prostate sunrise]

awesome, im there or im square...what ever thats supposed to mean.

[Ruptured GasTank]

hiya all, glad to be here ^_^ anywho, I will be there this saturday... :firedevil

...This room has been Pacified...
...And I've been Ruptured...

I'll see you all at the draw-a-thon, lol

[redehlert]

Red - I'm Dave Hunt - we went to tokeland long ago and lit off bombs on the 4th of july. Remember Chief Charlie cigs and those fools getting their car stuck in the sand? those were the dayz.
Scuro is one of my characters from an animated film I'm making called ChiaroScuro
aiiiight. l8
Hey Dave, Yes...I totally remember you and the Klocktower stop motion movie you did. I cannot recall how many people I showed that footage too. Some impressive work! I'll check out the newer work today. Scuro is a good name for ya! And yes, I totally remember Chief Charlie and having firework face offs on the beach. That was awesome!

I'll check in with my wife re: getting some sketch time in at 8 on Saturday. We have a pretty busy schedule, but I think it can happen. Hope to see many peeps there!

Cheers!
D

[Imp Head]

Hey all,

Had a GREAT time hanging with you guys and gals. I also wanted to say it freaked the crap out of me when I first got there and started talking and all of you descended on me like a pack of wolves... hehe :chug: I'm glad to hear that my train-of-thought ramblings actually did some good.

Unfortunately, I can't make it this week as I'm trying to get ready for San Diego but in the mean time here's a cool link I found just today for all you anatomy phreeks.

http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/muscle/mustut.htm

Always learning.

[jetpack42]

I'm taking no responsibility for the mobbing. Good luck at the comicon, hopefully we'll catch you next month. Cool anatomy site...

[skrubbles]

well crap... seems like this thing got poplular! Didn't know there were this many cool people around seattle... anyway, I'll have to go to one of these things sometime. Unfortunately I live closer to tacoma then to seattle and I don't have a car. I could take the buses but I'd have to leave earlier to make sure I actually catch a bus back.

I can't wait till I manage to move closer to seattle... I'll definately be up for doing this every week when that happens... till then just save me a seat!

[David York]

Wow, Scuro, cool! Glad to see you might show up. If the meeting is Saturday this time I should be able to make it - I have a lunch date Friday' which may cut too late into the evening. That would be so cool if you and Sapphire could ACTUALLY MEET in person! To think...

[jetpack42]

the meeting IS Saturday. same time, same place.

[tagHeuer]

Sounds fun. I will try and be there.

[eliWolff]

I ran into Xia a couple weeks ago and he mentioned the first meeting to me, but I didn't make it. I'm gonna try to attend this week's meet-up though. Looking forward to meeting some new folks that like to draw!

[skrubbles]

I hope Jetpack gives me a ride... if you still wanna, when should i get to the tacoma dome?

yay! I might draw :) ... need to buy a new sketchbook tommorow though, been doing things digitally lately.

[skrubbles]

ben mauro- have fun with abbott! i know i did....

Talkin' about Digipen? guess you went there and prostate's going to? I went there in 2001-2002. Only went a year.... couldn't really afford another LOL... plus I didn't get much out of the instructors then (different ones now... except Abbott's still there) I basically taught myself while going there and I realized I didn't really enjoy the animation part LOL.

Honestly though, I didn't really mind Abbott... filling 50-100 pages a week in my sketchbook was great cause I actually got a break from the 3d stuff. Plus Abbott didn't really yell and hound me about pages when I didn't have 'em all like he did with everyone else.... just because I'm so damn cool.

Anyway, if you weren't talking about Digipen.... well... this post is kinda dumb then

[prostate sunrise]

i wasnt, but dont worry about it. i did something like 100 pages a week for the 3 quarters i had abbott at AIS. 12 to 16 hours of studio life drawing a week, plus any waking minute of my life was spent drawing something.

sigh, those were the days. still trying to recapture it.

[Sapphire]

Uh-oh... something came up for me this Saturday. I am going to be going to see the Seattle Symphony perform the Lord of the Rings at 2 pm this Saturday, and I'm not sure what will be up with me for the rest of the day... I'll probably be with my boyfriend, and since he lives in Puyallup, I'm not sure how long we'll be hanging out, or if he would want to drive me to Seattle. I'll have to call him today and find out what's up, but if I can't make it, I hope everybody has fun! Is it the same place as before?

PS: Got it, Scuro, thanks! ;)

[skrubbles]

AHA! but we were talking about the same abbott... he taught at AIS before he moved over to Digipen... don't know if he still teaches classes there though. Maybe he does both ??

[prostate sunrise]

just digipen i believe, but he did have a outside learning class he did on the side. dont know if he still does that or not.

[Ben Mauro]

digipen is a pretty good school, but im not too into the whole animation thing either, its fun, but i dont wake up every morning thinking 'damn i cant wait to animate!'. im mostly teaching myself also, the instructors arent much different now than when you went.

[dns2k]

hey this SD watts kid is going to be in seattle the 12-15th of aug and is looking to draw!!!! getting dragged to my aunts wedding which happens to be on my birthday. not my ideal location for my birthday but hey... what can i do? so to make a bad weekend a good one i figured if you guys are up we can meet somewhere and hangout and draw.

-dns

ps--- just read through the last couple pages and i am envious... you guys have a good thing going... we are on our second week of the watts people showing up to rons house and sketching. it is so much fun i would love to hang with you guys who went to austin again. i love being around like minded individuals, it pushes me to draw more and get better faster.

[nova]

you envious? i'm envious :D

would be fun to hang out.. you've got friends in seattle

[jetpack42]

hah, talk about great timing dns. we've been planning to meet the 2nd friday and 3rd saturday of each month (though, this is the first month of the experiment). the 2nd friday of august is the 13th! so that will be our next meet after the one today. right when you wanted to come, too....

you lucky guy. :nod:

[dns2k]

awesome... where do you guys meet? so i can see how far it will be from where my kool aunt lives. i cant wait to be around ya guys for my birthday. what more can i want? doing art with friends sounds like good times.

-dns

if its at the aurafice place it wont be a problem... so add one san diego kid to the group :)

[redehlert]

hey guys and gals,

i do believe i'm going to bail on ya this eve. i'm totally in chillin' mode with my wife - a thing we don't do too often due to busy schedules (work, managing our apt. complex, running, biking, seeing friends, you know the score). so....please draw a creature for me and i'll hopefully be seeing everyone next time (whenever that may be).

cheers!
d

[gasmask]

is this thing every sat. night at 8? i was gonna go tonight but i just found out my buddy is throwin a quad-kegger and i wouldnt miss it for the world, so many woman......oh lol anyways i hope i can make it out the next one and draw with you guys, it would be cool to see you again kekai as well, and if anyone wants to, im down to meet in seattle any day of the week to draw cause i dont always have a draw buddy =( well hope to see some of you at the next one, let me know when it is, and how late do you guys draw for?

[Gonzo]

So I just got home and just wanted to say I had a hella fun time tonight being able to put faces to names. I'm sorry I had to bail so early. Sometimes being a morning person gets in the way. :(

We should scan the work we did tonight and post it somewhere: either in this thread or another.

Until next time! :nod:

[prostate sunrise]

i had a great time last night, loads of fun. nice to meet everyone.

[eliWolff]

It was great to meet everyone last night! I'm looking forward to next get together already. All the sketchbooks I saw were really inpspiring to me and I'm full of energy to start drawing a lot more again when I'm not animating stuff in Max.. see you all next time!

[skrubbles]

AWESOME!! I had a blast last night, it was so much fun hanging around with fellow artists and just drawin' and chattin'. I can't wait till the next time we have one of these. Am I the only one that wants this to be a weekly thing instead of just two times a month? I mean it'd be super cool... I'm actually really inspired now and wanna draw more and get better so I can have some "good" stuff in my sketchbook LOL.

Great time... can't wait to see those pix of everyone drawin.

[tagHeuer]

Yeah, this was defiantly a fun event. Everyone was working on great stuff And it’s always fun to meet new local artists.

[Ben Mauro]

yea that was very cool, im definetly up for a weekly one, these sessions are pure motivation, i went home and drew all night, didn't want to let the energy go. if everyone else is up for it ill be there.

[skrubbles]

I totally need to draw more and get better. Everyone was doing awesome stuff, and after seeing people like Kekai and Kristen just draw like mad and whip that shit out in no time was CRAZY COOL INSPIRING!

Seriously though we need to do this weekly. I couldn't stand only doing this twice a month. Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, whatever... I'm down for it. I work the morning shift so I'm always free at night... as long as my buddy Ruptured doesn't mind driving me and SokNwet up.

[Merekat]

Yeah, I must say that was a blast, everyone. It was so cool getting out and mingling with other artists. What you guys pulled out of thin air was inspirational! I'm definitely down for a weekly thing. Sounds like fun! I personally prefer the fridays/saturdays rather than other days of the week.

[skrubbles]

YAY! You finally registered! Now just scan in everything you've ever done and upload it here so I can see more of your kick-ass work... epcially that drawing of me you did in like 10 minutes. Feel free to do that everyweek... you can start a weekly "scribbles of skrubbles" thread LOL.

Anyway, it was cool to meet you... and nova, and mike, and sok, and dave, and kekai, and one2hit, and ben, and and and... gah, i still need to learn some of your real names... I feel kinda dumb refering to you by your screenname. OH WELL.

[prostate sunrise]

awesome, cant wait to some more of your work merekat! just got the tip of the iceberge on saturday.

im down for whenever, but the sat/fri thing works best for me too.

[nova]

yeah, wow. that was really awesome and unreal. thanks for that everybody. man i feel like such a newbie, haven't felt like that in a long time. got my attitude changed around for sure, for the better :)

tagHeuer - i didn't realize you were the one who made the cowboy guy, with the sweet textures. i wish i would've known and could've been a fangirl, hehe..
kekai - it was cool sitting by you and seeing you sketch, and being nosy and pointing out what i liked. hope ya didn't mind
merekat - see what did i tell ya
skrubbles - i'm sure you're not the only one, i thought it was great how we all gawked at the weeks we had to wait until the next one :shocked:
ben - hey, try sending the messages again. i cleaned out my mailbox
eli - get those guys to come next time :]
gasmask - officially it's the third weekend of each month, but it sounds like we might be getting together more frequently. check this thread, there won't be much unsaid



scans of the sketchjam!! [edit: thanks skrubbles]
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v347/darkpink/sketchjam01_sm.jpg
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v347/darkpink/sketchjam02_sm.jpg
i've got larger versions, if you want one give me a pm.

[skrubbles]

you posted the same link twice... here ya go:
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v347/darkpink/sketchjam02_sm.jpg

[skrubbles]

btw, for those who didn't go and are curious... the first sketchjam we each took about 10-15 minutes each. The second one we only got 2 minutes each, but I swear it only seemed like I was sketching for about half a minute.

Oh, and fyi I did the coolest thing in both sketchjams... so whatever drawing you think is the coolest... uh, i did it....

LOL! j/k.... maybe next week... or in five years mine'll be the coolest one on the sketchjam

[nova]

skrubbles.. you took like FOREVER on the 2 minute one, it was like 4 MINUTES! :funny: don't worry guy, i believe in you :)

[skrubbles]

actually, I probably did. hehehehehe

[Ruptured GasTank]

oh man I most enjoyed it this weekend...

We need to find a bigger place to gather, I mean, we were busting at the seams at the coffee joint...

The sketch and etch was an awesome idea, I loved it, we need to do more of them...

and for the weekly thing...DEFINETLY! I can do Friday evenings anywhere pratically, just say and I will bring skrubbles and sok...

[Gonzo]

That looks pretty cool guys and gals! Next time I try to get my early-morning-lovin'-ass to stay a little later. :)

I am totally down for the weekly gathering especially if we could find a larger place to chill at.

[nova]

i'll get to researching a larger place :)

[Ben Mauro]

i was also thinking, if you guys were up for it, meeting during the day at some cool urban environments or a park maybe, so we could draw some landscapes or city scenes. maybe once a month out of our meetings do that? maybe plan a trip to a museum, go study the masters for an evening or an afternoon, (im really into that, dont know if anyone else is), just a thought.

[eliWolff]

I'm totally up for an out-door type meeting sometime to draw urban stuff.. especially while it's still summer and the weather is nice. Gasworks park is a nice place I go to sometimes.. good view of the city, lots of people to sketch, and those pipes are fun to study too..

Also, I'd like to go to weekly meetings as well.. if I think of any bigger coffeeshops or other places that would be good, I'll chime in. Friday or Saturday nights are usally good for me right now..

[tagHeuer]

nova: Thanks, I’m glad you liked my guy! If you’re interested here (http://www.bobotheseal.com/temp/WIP/bunny_head.jpg) is a screenshot of the real time fur technique Bobo did that I was telling you about.

[Ben Mauro]

hey eli, didnt get a chance to talk to you at the sketch meet, but that looks great. that cowboy is also amazing!, consider me a fan. what year are you at AIS?(i think thats where your going right?) solid stuff though, keep it up

[skrubbles]

didn't get a chance to you at the sketchgroup last night either, Eli. I saw your cowboy model a lil while ago on beyondunreal.com or someplace similar as a downloadable player model. Awesome work on that btw. I was just curious if that was done for fun or if you're working on a mod for the MSU competition. If its the second then.... oooooo oooo ooo do you have a site for it that I can drool over? I'm actually part of corona leonis entertainment inc... we're working on the Eon game for that competition. If anyones curious, here's a link to the game site:

http://www.coronaleonis.com/eon/

[Ben Mauro]

holy shit! that looks great! what are you doing on the project? i remember seeing those orange guys on cgtalk, very nice.

[skrubbles]

thanks ben. Actually I'm a concept artist/3d artist for the game. Not much of my stuff is in the media section... I've mainly been doing alot of the world object designs and models (which can be seen on my site). Currently I'm texturing those models. Its a great experience working on the game (even for free), I'm learning a lot and getting a shitload of experience... plus all the guys I'm working with are pro level and the game is AWESOME... but ofcourse I'M gonna say that LOL.

[tagHeuer]

Ben Mauro; I’m set to graduate this December. I will be sure and introduce myself next time.

skrubbles; Cool! I saw the big orange guy from this mod on polycount awhile back and I was impressed.

Johnny Magnum was not for a mod, law dogs is already doing the western mod thing. I mainly did this because I wasn’t happy with the way the current crop of western games like red dead revolver and so on looked. I thought it would be fun to do my version of the gun slinger type character.

Anyway I’m drooling over the Eon site, awesome stuff! I will probably have a bunch of questions for you at the next meet about this mod. I’m working on concepting a new unreal player-model and a death match map. Hopefully next sketch group I could show you some of my concepts.

This group just keeps getting more interesting with each new person I meet. I’m defiantly going to try and become a regular at these gatherings from now on.

[one2hit]

Oh man, I had such a wonderul time, being able to see all the great art you guys can produce. It was just a great experience and I was so glad to be there!

Nova> Thanks so much for that sketch you drew. It was awesome, I love it! You would make such a supreme fasion designer! Those outfits...in every one of your sketches are just outrageous, I love your drawings and I can't get enough of it.

Prostate> Thanks so much dude for letting me keep your sketch book away from you for so long. It was amazing. Your art just wants to make my push my imagination. I loved it, it was a total experience just to look at your sketches! It would be great if you could scan some stuff in and start a sketchbook thread. It wouldn't have to be daily, but as long as we could see some stuff once in a while!

Merekat> That's your name right? O.O sorry I forget easily. Thanks so much for the constructive crits, and help on the breast/nipple issue. It was such a great conversation. You have to bring more art with you next time, and I'll make some more stuff, and push myself to create some better sketches for you to check out at the next meet.

Ben> Love your stuff, keep drawing!
Ruptured> Whatever dude I'll see you at work =p

everyone else thanks for coming! I can't wait for the next one, we have to do the sketch jam thing again too! I love looking at all your guys insane inventive art!! I can't get enough of it, thanks for the experience. I'll be offline for a while but should be back before the next meet in August!

:D

[skrubbles]

Yeah the orange beast (the Shepherd) is definately kickass... can't remember if the texture for it is on the CLE site or not, but its a work of art... Barry (Hyper) did an amazing job on that thing... and for the record Aaron St.Goddard (brasshorsekiller) designed the creature. And I'll answer as many questions as I can, but I have to keep my lips sealed about alot of things that'll be in the game... Eon is gonna be a publicly released and free to download and play demo, and will also continue in production adding a shitload more depth to the game... we have a lot of amazingly cool game features that have been designed and have never been seen in any games before, so I can't talk about that kinda stuff... sorry :( but also, that's another reason why I'm working on the game... because I know for a fact that when its released it is gonna make a big impact in the gaming world.

[xia]

YO ho ho!!!
Sorry, couldn't make it. Somethin came up. Heard from Prostate this morning that it was totally cool and you guys have a Blast!. I will definately put the next one on my schedule.

Chao! :rambo:

[skrubbles]

well the sketchgroup definately got me pumped and inspired... working on my anatomy now and trying to fill my sketchbook with some cool pages... hopefully so I can show off LOL

[Ben Mauro]

speaking of which, how about we theme some of our meets, like, for instance, an anatomy night.

[nova]

i think the environment idea is the best idea on earth. we could even move around, spending a set time in each area like in figure drawing [15 mins, 2hrs, etc]

anatomy night sounds fun. how about perspective, painting night or others for that matter? we could even have someone or a few people prepare a demo if they want.

[skrubbles]

perspective + painting = 2 things I totally need to work on.... demo's on both would be super cool, and then after the demo we can practice those techniques or just do our own thing.

As for environment thing sounds cool... but since its during the day I'd have to know about it like 2 weeks beforehand so could request the day off... other than that I always have sundays and mondays off, so if it was on those days you can totally count me in.

[dns2k]

Xia- you gotta go to the aug 13th one cause i will be in town and i would love to check out how you go about your drawings.

i like the themed idea for your sketch nights that is something we have been doing in sandiego at rons house. we have been laying out story boards where each person gets a scene. drawing tech, enviro, and characters. you guys are all inspiring with your comments and many are like what i hear everyone here saying as we are all finish up each night. these things work great and i am glad to be able to stop in and visit your group.

inspiring

-dns

[prostate sunrise]

that sounds awesome. i guess its time to bust out all those references.

[jetpack42]

i had a great time, folks. check it

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=265277#post265277

we can work out some sort of "south side carpool". we've got 3 vehicles between the 5 of us, we dont all need to be driving.

oh, and tagHeuer, you should tell some of the more motivated fellas at the AI (and of course, bruce) about these. For the love of everything sacred though, don't tell the dudes who sit in the lab for 4 hours discussing computer parts and obscure manga... :crosseyed

[Gonzo]

I can do the carpool thing if people need/want rides. Just gotta let me know beforehand.

[Sok N. Wett]

I can't wait for the next one....It was real fun meeting everyone, now I know almost everyone by their first name.


Jetpack(Michael): Love your portraits man, you'll be awesome in no time.
Skrubbles(Lou): Glad to finally meet ya, and we gots to talk more about that Eon game your involved in.
Ruptured(Dave): You the shizznit!! Thanks for the ride. Keep me updated on your game as well.
Nova(Laura): 2 meetings and I haven't gotten to see your sketchbook, next meeting that'll be the first thing I'll do.
MereKat(Kristen): Thanks for your anatomy lessons, I learned alot from it. If you have any other suggestions my ears will be open. Keep acting young and you'll never look older than you really are.
Ben: It was good to see your environment design, gave me inspiration to start practicing those stuff as well.
Xia(???): I hope you'll be at the next one.
One2Hit(Nat): Man you crazy, You cracked me up so much, it was good having you. That boob discussion was the highlight of the moment. Draw as much as you can.
Eli (There was two of em): Both of you guys were kew, can't wait to see more of your work. That cowboy model is nice, and you talking about Bobo the Seal?? The other Eli I sat close to: I love your fast sketch of your characters, it's a good thing your getting back into drawing, it's well worth it now.
Brian: You were there for a bit and had to go but nice to meet ya, hope to see you again.
Travis: Man I love your figure drawings. You gonna rock pretty soon.
Kekai: Take me as your disciple...please...lol, Man your younger than me and our birthday is so close to each other, mines on the 17th of January, yet your a year younger than me and kicking my ass in drawing.
Anyone else I forgot I'm sorry, I'm thinking really hard, but it's hurting me brain....lol

Yeah a weekly thing will work out so much better. Friday/Saturdays are the best for my schedule as well. Next meet I should bring some FINISHED ARTWORK, go head and bring yours to share as well. Until then Make mine Conceptart.org Seattle Sketch Nights.

[Merekat]

Oh I do look forward to the next time we all get together. But do we have to wait until next month? :} Why not a weekly thing and people make it to those they can?

Geez, I have to get scanning. Gotta get that pic up for Lou...

Oh and thank you for the wonderful crits and comments you guys gave about my sketches. It was so great meeting you all! There was so much I learned!

[puffin]

I'm totally up for the weekly sketchgroup idea. Maybe we should just make it every Friday or Saturday at the Auriface? I learn so much just by watching all you guys, and the inspiration alone is enough to keep me going for a couple days with new ideas. Can't wait for the next session! :shocked:

[skrubbles]

ok, since practically everyone is saying fri/sat... how about we have it every sat at 8? I don't know about other people, but I have a different work week (tuesday-saturday)... so if we have it friday night and i get home at 3, I gotta wake up in 3 hours for work... which I don't mind doing if I have to... because I've been a zombie at work before LOL.

Don't know where we're gonna have the next meet at though... that coffee shop we were at last time is a lil small for us. Any ideas?

Kristen- you're gonna scan in the pic for me? YAYAY! :)

[xia]

Xia- you gotta go to the aug 13th one cause i will be in town and i would love to check out how you go about your drawings.
-dns
I will make it on Aug13. How I go about my drawing?...Um...usually I have other people do them for me. I just sit back, relax, and drinking away my day.


Xia(???): I hope you'll be at the next one.
Xia = Xia Yeah...see ya there.

About the theme, it sound fun. I have a thought though...can we do something like concept theme also.

[Gonzo]

I agree. We should try a weekly meeting and just have people show up if they can make it. If we want to start with a themed meeting, we can use ideas from DSG to springboard from.

Hope to see yall soon!

P.S. We're catching up to UK! :jump2:

[jetpack42]

if its gonna be weekly, we could always just continue to alternate fri/sat, that way people less flexible can catch a sketch night every other week.

[nova]

i agree.

1st week ~ sat
2nd week ~ fri
3rd week ~ sat
4th week ~ fri?
that's how we have it now, i added two more weeks. this friday the 23rd, next week the 31st, aug 7th, aug 13.

jetpack and i were talking about moving our meeting to the bauhaus cafe, since there are more seats there, and it's two floors. how about our next meeting take place there? lets also try a topic, how does that sound? :)

[Ruptured GasTank]

hey, I would love do this every week, LOVE TO! so, how are we going to get to Bau...err, (insert name here of the place) are we just going to meet at Aurafice at 8 then leave at 9 or something? :fruit:

[Ben Mauro]

sounds great.....is it just me or did everyone elses CA background change to this brownish looking thing?....wierd

[nova]

hey gastank,

well the bauhaus cafe is a few blocks downhill on bellevue and pine [map (http://seattle.citysearch.com/map?mode=geo&id=10798083&map_lat=476150&map_lon=-1223277&fid=2&cslink=profile_map_noncust&ulink=profile_2_vitalinfo_1___map__1)]. [aurafice was here (http://seattle.citysearch.com/map?mode=geo&id=11435241&map_lat=476153&map_lon=-1223242&fid=2&cslink=profile_map_noncust&ulink=profile_2_vitalinfo_1___map__1) ]. if we get there at 8 or so, street parking shouldn't be too bad but it gets really busy later on.

let's try this one. if it turns out, it turns out.. if not i have another bright idea :)

[xia]

i agree.

1st week ~ sat
2nd week ~ fri
3rd week ~ sat
4th week ~ fri?
that's how we have it now, i added two more weeks. this friday the 23rd, next week the 31st, aug 7th, aug 13.

jetpack and i were talking about moving our meeting to the bauhaus cafe, how does that sound? :)

YES!
So it's Sat again this coming weekend?

[prostate sunrise]

this coming friday xia. time to draw more panda's buddy!!

[jetpack42]

friday, 8pm, bauhaus?

[skrubbles]

Friday at 8? I'm definately going... I'll just be dead at work LOL

sounds great.....is it just me or did everyone elses CA background change to this brownish looking thing?....wierd

yeah, the site's finally been updated... its better than before, but I'm not a big fan. Then again I never did come here for the forum colors... mainly for the artwork ;)

[Gonzo]

93.73% chance of showing up Friday at least for a little while.

Until then! :chug:

[nova]

this friday at 8! bauhaus! be there!

[jetpack42]

I won't know until tomorrow if I can pick up some of you guys, or even go to the sketch night. I've been asked by a friend to do some work over the weekend at his company. I'll let you guys know whats up when i find out...

[eliWolff]

Well, I can't make it this Friday.. but hopefully next week I'll be able to show up again!

[gasmask]

i can only make it on saturdays then unless any of you guys are down to meet during the week ever, im down to meet almost any day even if its just one of you! so let me know guys/girls if ur interested.

[Ben Mauro]

im so there

[Sok N. Wett]

Jetpack: Gastank is willing to give us a ride, so we'll be fine.
Gastank: If Skrubbles is going then I'll go, give me a call on friday to let me know if it's going down. Usually Jetpack arrives at my house around 7:10 or so to pick us up.
Skrubbles: You remember where my house is right?? If not Gastank got my address. So try to get to my house around 6:30 p.m.

I'm up for whenever friday or saturday, sometimes I wish I lived closer to seattle, just for these meetings.

[redehlert]

since i didn't show you guys any of my work at the first gathering, i opted to put together a small smattering of work of olde and new to share with you. true, true - it's mostly med illus, but that's what i do.

http://staff.washington.edu/dehlert/index.html

or you can just go see some work at http://www.cognitionstudio.com - but this is stuff that you may see in the above link. my wife and i are currently getting images together to update the cognition studio web site.

peace!
d

[puffin]

Woohooo! I'll see you guys on Friday! :trippy: I'm also up for a concept theme, maybe what would happen when good superheroes go bad, or we could just throw some words around, like teenage mutant ninja cupcakes.

[joolz]

rats! Missed one, and I'll miss another! Friday I'm going to watch the Mariners LOSE. Last weekend I was in 'summer wedding madness' which will continue for a few more weeks. I haven't forgotten about yous... I've been drawing lots of spaceships.

[Sapphire]

Hey Nova,

I was wondering if it would be possible if you might be able to pick me up, if you're going to sketch night? If you couldn't, that's fine, but I don't know if I have a ride.

-Sarah :fish: (fish are cool)

[nova]

yup, i think that can be done. where are you at in bothell [towards kirkland, towards everett?]?

[xia]

yup, i think that can be done. where are you at in bothell [towards kirkland, towards everett?]?

You are so nice! Proud of you, kid! :) :machinegu