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[Badger]

This is fun!
Dirty_c's vast range of colours used in his sketches are actually inspired by the colour of his piss, this is due to his constant drinking of sunny D and sticking his thing in a variety of colourful places all day long.

Tenelaus is actually a Wizard, he's the padawan of Imery, LOOK AT THE BEARDS.

Poshspice is actually a man

Matt Dixon's real art power comes from his unholy affinity with the knights templar, whom charge him in stoats per art piece. The stoats must be magenta and resistant to beta radiation.

Duddlebug is really a superhero named smuggler bug and is used by the police as a wire on their under cover police operatives trying to stop the illegal smuggling of lost series 2 in pommegranites.

RES and WARHEAD's names are in capitals because they can only communicate through shouting, this is of course because their combined height is 7.3cm.

-B-

[sleep]

well i totally missed today. dunno if i coulda come anyway, seeing as friday's i'm usually knackered from school and such. oh well~ post your results. is there a chance that the first post of the whole thread (mollys) could be edited regularly with updates on upcoming & past meets? because i found it a little hard sifting through all the posts to find where and when the meet is at

[Molly]

...well, I must say, mightly impressed with Sketchlings work mates; Olivier - fucking gorgeous!!! :):):) please please paleeeeease get him out again..charming, cute, sexy..*sigh* Im going to kidnap him as soon as!!!
Sunhil/Warhead good to catch up again;
Trev - about time mate, you been gone too long;
Sketchling again - fantastic to see wot you get uo to at work, meeting Seung Ho Henrickson was cool too, not wot I espected, nonetheless - cute too!
Koshime - always a pleasure;
DC - ALWAYS a pleasure - ur a cheeky fucker!
Asgardian - good to meet you and I hope you attend more London meets;
Cartoonfox - I hope your enjoying London as much as we are! hope you got home ok too...its like 3am, and Ive just got home!!!!

anyway, good to catch up again with you fellas, lets do this again sometime!!!

Mollyx
(ooooh, french guy!)

[Summer Pudding]

Am I the only one here who remembers art college being wall to wall totty? Molly's got her eye candy, where's ours?! I know Kim and Christian have a certain girly charm, but it's not quite the same. :)

PS: DC, you calling me a fruito?

Spuddles

[Hybridstar]

Alas dear pudd Concept art seems to be predominantly a playground for us lads. Art college was joyous, those girls on the graphic design, fashion and fine art courses. Yum, Yum. Sigh, those were the days, student parties and the variety they afforded.

[Molly]

..hehe Spud, yeah got me some eye candy....there werent much of that at college you see...:)
Click here for the worst portrait of me... (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/oneclick/comedy/turneroct05/5.shtml) Done by Danny Robins of Radio 1 blaah...

Mx

[young paddy1]

looks like a pirate thats done a few rounds with a broken bottle, sorry if that's in any way offensive, but it sure as hell aint you.

[sketchling]

Yeah... :) good memories. heres a pic of a bunch of us from my years leaving party ...http://www.sketchling.com/photos/stellies/pages/2002_1210_125637AA.htm

Yeah... 22 girls to 4 guys... very nice odds!!!

[Hybridstar]

Those are golden odds sketchling!!!!!!. Probably 50-50 on my illustration course. Now we're all really curious as to what your work mates look like. :wink: Lets see what makes Molly go weak at the knees. LOL.

[Summer Pudding]

Yeah... :) good memories. heres a pic of a bunch of us from my years leaving party ...http://www.sketchling.com/photos/stellies/pages/2002_1210_125637AA.htm

Yeah... 22 girls to 4 guys... very nice odds!!!

Hubba Hubba. There's at least two there I'd do. Most of the girls at my college were too neurotic or too busy humping the lecturers to notice the suave debonaire mystery man in the corner.

EDIT: yeah, me.

:)

Pud'

[Molly]

Kim, looks like a Fruit-Of-The-Loom advert, you lucky boy...and yeah, I think you should post a pic of Oliviyeah smiling, with his hair all wispy..;)

Hybrid, I was mightily impressed with the lack of resemblence...
EDIT: just realised ^ this reply was actually for Youngpaddy1...I should read slower...

Mx

[Hybridstar]

Lack of resemblance?

[Badger]

Phew, what a hard day at art college, with all those art girls to speak to and a cheap bar and etching all day, yeah i know! it's a hard life, but some of us have to suffer for our work.
-B-

[Hybridstar]

Ah ha, thought so. Love to know how you got your portrait painted by a radio 1 dj Molly, and your avatar looks remarkably like you :wink: . Nice pic.

[yAdam]

Hey everyone. All the meets everyone's had have sounded cool, so i'll try and join in on the fun! Would be good to finally meet and have a drink with people from the forum.....even though I havent exactly been here that long.

[Dirty C]

Hubba Hubba. There's at least two there I'd do. Most of the girls at my college were too neurotic or too busy humping the lecturers to notice the suave debonaire mystery man in the corner.

EDIT: yeah, me.

:)

Pud'
Kim and who else...?

[Haynes]

Hi Guys,

I'm from the uk too, London in fact. New to the forum so just thought I would pop in. I have just created a quick online portfolio of my work and would welcome any feedback you guys may have.

the address is http://c-haynes.atspace.com

[Dirty C]

Hi Haynes! yAdam!

Haynes: I like Nakia hehe. looking around, I like your inks more than the coloured stuff. Do you have Painter or Photoshop? I think you should start attacking the stuff digitally, as the colours done with the traditional media are lacking a breadth of palette which you can get from the infinitely flexible digital medium.

Also, stay away from the bevel tool in photoshop - it's one of those things everyone plays with at first that they soon learn not to once they get their arse kicked :P

Cool
DC

[Badger]

Haynes Hey man, welcome. I think your work could do with some life studies. I lot of it doesn't look that solid. Have a look at perspective and how detail changes lessons into the background. Not saying mine is much better, but i'm not trying to break into freelancing.
-B-

[sketchling]

The Bevel tool? ... oh... the bevel layer effect that pretty much textured every dino in my dino program for me.... i like that tool. :D (But I do agree that its best to use it sparingly as it can look very forced in a painting!)

WelcomeHaynes & yAdam!!! :)


I am finally gettin my arse in gear and entering the environment of the week.... thanks to david attenborough i really like fungus... !??? Tell me what ya think guys. gotta come up with a back story for it still though. http://www.sketchling.com/artwork/2005/fungustunnel3.jpg


P.S. Pud...im flattered. :P

[Dirty C]

Kim that's hella nice dude. You know I can't say shit to you about environments, so I'm gonna let you go :)

I really should enter that EOW thing, purely to do something a bit different. Actually, I should just get off my arse and DRAW.

[Clive Smith]

check out the jobs listing forum
cheers
Clive

[koshime]

Job listing's forum?

Kim - love your painting style. here's my meagre EOW wip entry (now if i can only torture the brush how to texture surfaces..and lighting.....)
my painting hand/head cant paint any further...sob! alas, the limitations....dammit!

http://www.medievalfx.com/concept2/EOW5-1_008-5_005.jpg

[Dirty C]

Hey kids, how's it going? Bored over here in Paris again..

[Molly]

Koshime, the job listing Forunm is located near the bottom of the Main Forum page...you never been there?????:)

Kim - beautiful, very nice angle, and colors too
DC - what time you getting to the studio today?

There will be a life drawing class this Saturday, from 1.30pm - 6.30pm. I have boked a model, her name is Holly, shes lovely. £15 each -i know its a bit much, but we must pay for heating now its winter, and its freezing at the Academy... If you can come please text me on 07932907779 or call.
Address 201 UNION STREET LONDON SE1 0LN, nearest tube Southwark Jubilee.

Please let me know if your going to be late, but try not be, as this disrupts the class. Bring your own paper and materials too (materials at the Academy are for students only). Wear warm clothing too, cos the heating is JUST FOR THE MODEL! boohoo!

Taa
Mollyx

Mollyx

[Dirty C]

Babe, we need to send you on a sales training course hahaha

Guys, it ain't that bad in the building, I was in there the other night pretty late and while the 5th floor is warmer than the 4th, it'll be daytime. Also, for any of you not picking the ball up after Prague (I'm talking about me here) this is a good way to meet up with everyone again and get a bit enthusiastic. Imery, pity it's not a weeknight for you, I guess, given MPCtraz and Yogatraz let you two out on leave on weekends :) That is unless Jen wanted to come hold that Scorpion pose for us - now that I'd pay extra for haha

Molly, I should be there around 7.30, all things going well. Is the model coming?

[Molly]

...no model tonight, sorry. The one I wanted to book, is working the evening class :( So, it looks like sculptures and still life tonight me thinks...

Ok ok, I exagerate the temperature; cos I got bad circulation, and am wrapped up in 2 layers of clothing.....:nohope:

Mx

[Aly Fell]

Wibble.... does anyone know what keeps going bozwonk with the forums? Up down... This way and that... BTW Molly, I love your new avatar!

[ANARKY]

Aaaah, Darn it. Its been a week since I was in here. Knew I'd forget.

Ooooh, you do life drawing! I will have to get me along to one of them! Its been WAY too long since I did proper Life Drawing with a Model and stuff. No substitute for it really.

Might be after Xmas before I have a free Weekend though *Grumble*. :\

Heres a Portrait of my Girlfriend I did recently. I'll post this in finally Finished some time soon when I have more stuff to post.
Click Here! (http://premium1.uploadit.org/anarkyman//L-s.jpg)

I hope to see you all soon!

Dont know whats up with the Site Aly. I click on it, hoping to waste time at work, and find I have to go back to work as the sites down, most disappointing!;)

[Dirty C]

i dunno, but try editing an old post - it's all changed round.

[ANARKY]

Ooooh, thats clever!

[sketchling]

ooooh... The ninja's have been coding. coool

[Hybridstar]

Hey illustrious uk'ers. Know you had a uk project running a little while ago but i was wondering what everyone thought about starting something similar up. No limits, start with characters, draw what you want then go from there. What do you guys reckon, kinda like a uk free form concept project, real organic like.:bashful:

[Badger]

anyone else noticed that random members of the forums have lost that annoying gladiator rank thing, cool!
Yeah i've been trying to get some compunity Uk thing to happen for a while, but in the run up to christmas and all the other art stuff on the calender it seems everyone is busy.
Anyone seen young dixon recently? i hope he's well....
-B-

[Eriboss]

hello, Eriboss checking in *salutes*

I went to the zoo woooooo, forgot sketchbook tho aww well, and i got sad when i saw the gorillas.
anyway, i hope all is well with everyone and you are all enjoying this wonderful onslaught of witery weathery goodness, I know i am.

cheers

Eri :evilmustache:

ps, Badger get your ass on skype!

[WARHEAD]

Evenin' all - just got back from Iceland - goddamn that place is expensive ! :$

Miss Molly - when you doing a life class next ?? (ps nice avatar :P)

[cartoonfox]

hey all, its my birthday tomorrow, woo!!!
(actually in about 40 minutes, i was born at 10 past midnight i think...)

im gonna be 20!! ugh i dun wonna be old!!


... oh and eriboss, i'll send you the magical pencil soon, i just need to get off my ass and do it! i sprayed it with my own home made magic juice too...


peace :7up:

[Hazamataz]

Heeloo Ukers, Specifically laandaners.

Me and two other Conceptartorgian friends (Drafonkin and Iobie) Shall be invading your city shortly. Please prepare the finest wines and ladies.

Well were in London on a "Cultural Studies" trip from Wednesday 23rd to friday the 25th. So were exploring every aspect of london life, THAT MEENS YOU :P

Anyone wanna meet up, at any time?

Can anyone suggest anything really really worth seeing in london at the mo?

Cheers!

[cartoonfox]

hey hazamataz, i might be able to meet up with you guys, i dunno though i dont have much (if any) money right now, we'll see. im sure some of the other londoners will meet up too.

as for what to see, theres a rubens exibition at the national gallery that i MUST see. i recomend you guys go see it too. its open till january 15th.


peace :7up:

[ANARKY]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARTOONFOX!!!:party: :yayca:

Did you guys have the Art Meet on Saturday then? How did it go?

[Hybridstar]

Come on guys, free-form concept project. :yayca: Oh and happy birthday c fox.

[Dirty C]

hey all, its my birthday tomorrow, woo!!!
(actually in about 40 minutes, i was born at 10 past midnight i think...)

im gonna be 20!! ugh i dun wonna be old!!


... oh and eriboss, i'll send you the magical pencil soon, i just need to get off my ass and do it! i sprayed it with my own home made magic juice too...


peace :7up:
The imagery is astounding.

Please go back to tentacle monsters.

But yes, we should all go see Rubens.

And about the City project - yeah, it was somehting I cooked up back when I used to actually *think* about stuff instead of randomly blatting out line art like I have the last few months. I do like the idea of sinking my teeth back into something, I must admit. I don't know about the random organic thing, as it would basically be a lot like it is already, and without momentum I'm not quite sure what would happen.

Hm.

So what about another age of the City? That was always what Badger was trying to get us to do - round off the old one, accept where we were at and move on. It could change quite a lot - doesn't have to be the same City, could just be someone's take on the idea, a completely new city. But I don't want just generic designs that we would have done anyway, I'd like some words and some THINKING like Imery is always trying to make me do haha

What do people think? We could actually kinda tie the COW, EOW etc into it if we really wanted. They could just be a background design principle for stuff we're doing anyway...

[trev]

Cartoon - Umm happy birthday...magic...juice? o.o

dirty_c - I like the idea of working in the COW and EOW for the city project, though I have a feeling it might make our lives difficult. Perhpas it would be easier if ran the city project in a similar fashion: One week our aim is to work on an enviroment (town square, shrine etc), the next on the inhabitants and then just move on to different parts of the city from there.

Also I had an idea for a meet - what if we theme one of our meets around a movie? We get together, watch the film and then spend the evening making artwork inspired by the film? Im up for offering my place as a venue, but it will only take about 6 people - any more and well need someone else to voulenteer thier place. Whos up for it? :)

[ANARKY]

I like the idea of the city thing, but I think it should be kept seperate from EOW and COW.
So how does this work? Are we designing a City of our own or something?
We should set 1 or 2 week tasks and then choose the best out of those submitted or some such.

Movie Night sounds fun Trev.

[Dirty C]

TO be honest, we found that giving people extra workload hardly ever works. The point behind letting COW and EOW contribute to it was supposed to mean that work you were already doing could contribute to the whole thing. So the idea is, someone thinks for a bit, we talk about it, then they post a synopsis like I did last time. From there, we can develop characters conforming to that world's ideas, environments conforming to it yada yada.

If we try to place a second workload on people, I just think it'll fall over. It always has.

[ANARKY]

Aaah, OK. Sounds good to me.:teeth:

[Dirty C]

And yeah, I'm off to Prague tomorrow!! After I come back we should plan for Rubens..

[trev]

dirty C - Ah I get ya - thought you meant doing the COW and EOW in addition to the city project.

[sketchling]

Guys.
http://www.bonsaikitten.com/bkgallery.html
have look at this website and tell me it IM being A hartless bastard by thinking its some idiot stuffing his cat in a cookie jar for a photo and some shock value...(i got this in an OUTRAGED chain mail) im guessin someone been watching too much happy happy tree friends!!! Sick joke though.

read the descriptions of the methods too...bullshit doth the sane mind confuzzle. jeez.

the first thing that got me wondering was were would all the poo go?

[trev]

lol its blatently a wind up. As for the poop he recomends using superglue before putting the kitty in the jar...yes i read the 'method' section...though say you don't have any glue, ya think a cork would work ok? ;0)

[Eriboss]

haha so the pairings for Last man Standing Round 4 are up... and it appears that I'm against you summer Pud :S

Oh dear, congratulations in advance dood, look foward to losing to you :)

*me hides in a cupboard til this whole thing blows over*

Cheers

Eri :evilmustache:

[Badger]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MoP!!
our favourite Scotish polycounter
Have a great day man :teeth:

sketchling Ha ha, man thats still going round?? it's like 5yrs old! - yes it's a fake.

DC Move the city on!! too the next age, i'd love to do multiple enviroments like schools, markets, rivers and stuff. Go think and write scribbly notes which used to over run your sketchbook!

-B-

[Molly]

Happy Birthday to ALL the Berfday folks!!!!!!! :)

Righteeoo,

Just thought to share my goings on today; I had a drawing class with Phil Hale today, and I must say.... it was fucking awesome!
There was about 7 in the class, and it was the regular Friday drawing that the students at the Academy do. Each week a different tutor comes in and they learn new techniques. Today was Phils first time 'teaching' and it was very inspiring indeed. He wanted us to get away from doing fancy, pretty drawings; and actually convert from what our brain sees to the paper. Not drawing what we see exactly infront of us, but show the expression/dynamism and the language that figure is offering us.
As usual, starting off drawing from life, you are always inclinded to produce a pretty picture to the end. We concentrate so much on values, and proportion, we forget that the figure is one great mass, and every bit of it should be treated as fairly as the next. We all have favourites we are good at; the arm, torso, head or hands, that we forget the siloutte of the figure which makes the thing as a whole.
Today we where looking for the simple lines that explain so much in just one stroke. That certain shapes can explain how the muscle is sitting on the bone how it tenses as its stretched, how it relaxes when it rests. Phil sees 'sketching/life drawing' as a tool to a bigger means. Why bother spending hours drawing small intricate details; cross-hatching the shaded area; spending so much time differenciating the darks and lights- all you end up with is a mannequin of the human form which is boringf and flat, when all you need is a good simple line to express the dynamism.
Dynamic poses were not used, but simple relaxed gestures that showed the figure at its best. The technique is almost like line/contour drawing. Starting off with simple lines and following the contour of the body, every now and then putting in lines to show the muscles that are under the skin, you begin to work out how in simple form to express the relationship of one body mass to the other. Stretching, bending, pulling, leaning, arching...This simple but effective techinque really helps you look and observe more....
I really do hope Im making sense, cos I tell ya what, I spent a good 2hrs in the pub chatting nuthin but Phils class and goin over the exercises in my head to better understand the nature and purpose of the way Phil works on his drawing through to painting. A very modest man, he drew with us all and gave each student an individual critique on their path to drawing dynamism and energy; this has proved invaluble and inspiring.
I am fairly drunk, and happy. I need to scan my drawings in and post. Please please please do not quote me on Phils teaching; he is a very humble and modest guy, and my interpretation of todays class may be totally different to those who attended; we have all come away with at least 20 or so energetic drawings, its hard to explain unless your sitting infront of me...

Ummm.....I'm gona go sleep....:)

Mollyx
(again, sorry if I dont make any sense ^_^ ...)

[fishw]

molly, that sounds awesome. i'm tres jealous, was that at the academy?

anyhoo, i'm off to see rubens

[blog]

molly, how nice of you! I wish I were there!!! Wow you were in a room with 7 people drawing as Phil Hale 'taught' you. Too awesome!

Again thanks a lot for sharing!

[Dirty C]

Damn T, that sounds absolutely awesome.

Birthday last night. Back at the Sickle. Had the most amazing time trawling all over these places in Prague. Saw totally new places this time.

Going back to bed.

[mull77]

Hi everyone!

I'm not really new here, but i had no idea that this thread existed until Hazamataz pointed me in the right direction.

Seems like you've got some really interesting stuff going on in here.

[sleep]

@molly: sounds awesome! would love to see some scans

hey, i thought this a good place to post this question: anyone know of any good art colleges around london? universities would be great too

[fishw]

uni's are fairly easy to find out about. for colleges look up heatherleys, lavender hill studios, and the art academy.

[Molly]

Welcome Mull77!

Yo! DC - Welcome back! hope you had a great time in Praha (again) I'm sure ya did! BTW its like a freckin' ice box at the academy, only time its warm is when the sun shines through the window, and thats only on the 2nd floor. End of term is this Friday(yay) and my last day 'working' in the school is this Weds (yay) lets bag ourselves some heaters, store in our space and paint!

@ tie - er... theres also the Princes Drawing School, Camberwell College of Art...cant think of anymore, other than the usual - Slade, St Martins etc etc..tho, they dont do much life drawing...

Mx

[Hybridstar]

Molly, WOW. You took a class with Phil Hale, one of the best contempory artists ever. Envy, pure envy. Any chance on elaborating on what you did? I run a figurative art school but come more from the Watts camp i guess, be great to get an insight into how Phil works. Seems like he works on contour and gesture without taking his pencil off the page. Similar working method to Justin Sweet.

[Dirty C]

Yeah, I'm still not sure about how much life drawing/painting is done at the Slade, as the two week thing I did there was purely that, and that is where the Slade's reputation actually comes from. But I saw some of the recent graduate stuff, and it was complete arse. So bit confusing there.

And, ok, hands up everyone if you've already started trying to integrate what Molly said Phil said in your sketchbook heehee *waves own arm emphatically*

[Midnight]

*waves hand* Yep! It also sounds like something I read recently in one of my Hogarth books.

Though, to be fair, I've spent most of time sulking that all the good stuff happens elsewhere :P

btw, Happy (belated) Birthday dirty_c!

Mid.

[sketchling]

Hey... molly. Sounds like you had a very good lesson there.... Thanks for writing it out for everyone! I hear what yer saying about capturing the essence of something without slavishly adhering to the detail... that sculptor we went to the exhimition was the same... people like craig mulins and the like are onto the same idea. Its presenting the eye with something thats fresh... something that captures the essence of the whole without including the unneccisary details. I think the fact that our brains have to fill in the details and make the rest up.. this makes us get more involved and helps us enjoy it more.

The elegance of describing something in a few well placed marks is very satisfying..and great to look at too. One of my drawing teachers in university said to me that If I only did 4 strokes on the page in an hour thats ok.... as long as I was LOOKING hard the whole time.



Anyways, enough Rambling!!! Happy Birthday late for mr Dirty_C!!! I have an oil based present for ya :)

Spent the weekend In Paris... Pompedeu, musee de Orsay and the Louvre... oh my crap monkey fnibble jam (yes you CAN quote me) the louvre if HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE. I had forgotten! Building is like the best part almost!!! Amazing stuff... and an incredible amount of religious fan-art (sorry, but some of that stuff is so pants) Sculptures rocked too.


and my last word.... I really think we should think of having a meet at the british museum some time... central and full of VERY studyable sculptures and antiquities. Especially vis that there city project that surfaces every now and again.

:) i go work now :D

[Dirty C]

Thanks everyone for the bday wishes. For my latest trick, I have a raging hangover on a Tuesday. I seriously need to examine my priorities.

Yeah, Kim, that's a good idea I reckon. That building's pretty amazing, as well. Maybe if we made a quick synopsis of the city thing and then went there looking for reference it'd be cool. Be pretty straight forward if we wanted to do an egyptian type of culture this time round..

Don't think I'm up to much this weekend except for trying to turn my flat into less of a bomb site. Anyone else good for this weekend maybe? Molly, you available, or tied up in life drawing? I seriously have to get my arse to the studio, I'm in Paris again thurs/fri. I might come in and try to do some of the mr.hale-inspired sketching in paint, actually.

[Shinryu]

thanks for posting your meeting with phil hale molly, great help and happy birthday to all those who had one recently

cheers

[Dirty C]

Guys, I just got sent the following email and maybe one of you fits the bill...


Good morning,
My Cheshire/ South Manchester based client is looking for a graphic designer /3d animator for 3 month+ contract starting next week.
Skills required are -
Photoshop, Illustrator, fireworks the ability to optimise graphics for web use.
My client is looking for someone who has strong 3Danimation skills. They require an individual with 3 years + commercial experience in this.
Please e-mail contact details if you are interested and fit the bill.
Kind regards
Lisa Walklet
www.progressive.co.uk

[Summer Pudding]

Happy birthday DC. How many candles?

Lumme! Phil Hale eh? Yeah, you've gotta post some of the work produced in that session. It all sounds peachy.

Spuddles

[Badger]

Phil Hale to the next CA meet!
Oh and we also ave to invade buxton soon, or atleast derby, those ferret fussing 'more head than beer' drinking grubbers wont stand a chance!!
*ahem*
Sorry i get lonely over here in the west... Maybe i'll go see Eri...
-B-

[trev]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=56992

After a month of some unpleasant creative block I think Im back on track, please let me know what you think - any advice would be great :)

[Dirty C]

Haha, I'm too paranoid to say how old I am round these parts - everyone thinks I'm 16 still don't they??

Anyway I'm probably gonna have drinks somewhere tomorrow (Friday) night if anyone's up for it.

[sleep]

depends where c. and when. and how much drinking :p

[Dirty C]

angel most likely. i'm ill right now, so not really planning on that much, but we'll see.

[sleep]

any more info...?

[Molly]

@ Trev - dude, awesome angle on that painting, really love the concept. I will agree with DSIllustration advice, more color into the city bits, (obviously, you aint finished yet, so ya prolly know this already) I'm loving the pic tho.
I have to say, (hope I dont sound patronising) but this painting is a huge leap from what you did for uni. Keep at it mate, looking forward to seeing it finished...:)

Tonight, tonight is my schools christmas partay, so I wont be able to make...

Also, I had a weird dream, I was in America at some massive bar with a load of yanks and I bumped into an old friend. Being English an all, greetings are usually loud and blasphemous, I shouted out "Jesus Fucking Christ mate!" and upset all the yanks in the bar... This group of ole biddies held hands and prayed, then left the bar...I tried to apologise but they werent having it...I felt so bad...but, what does it all mean? hhm? hhm? The bar was shit anyway, and they complain about us Brits binge drinking? ok, Im going nowhere with this....:nohope:

Mx......

[koshime]

some interesting dream you had there....(one thing I always liked abtou you was teh candidness and unashamed/uncensored use of appropriate language! Lol)

[Hazamataz]

Heh, crazy dream Molly , I wish someone would hurry up and invent something where you can rewatch dreams.

Maybe its a prophecy of a future american concep art meet, when concept art has been and gone everyone's an old biddy.

Woohey!

its that University time of year again, where all you kind UK people might be able to give a little advice on Undergraduate study. :bashful:

There’s nothing new is saying the art world today is insane, especially the UK one.
Deciphering the course descriptions is like trying to work out an ancient text.

Loads of the illustration courses seem to advertise themselves with very abstract work. Theres a “Drawing” course at Camberwell, I sware they name these courses just to trap souls into their courses, Its fine art but focused on drawing with wires and things.

Each to his/her own and everything, But I'd just like to get the best possible traditional teaching. Also I’d really like to study near London.

Do you think Illustration is likely to be best path to this? Also I was considering animation, or some kind of Industrial Design (designing architecture would be awesome, but i’ve heard they constantly have to tackle a lot of regulations, and 7 years is a big commitment).

There’s also a course called “Scenic Arts” at Rose Bruford College in Kent, painting and making scene props, A real theatre-ry place . Its had people working from the “The Corpse bride” and in “Gulliver’s Travels” theme park. I’m extremely excited about this one, my only hesitation is it might not teach me as strong art skills as say illustration.

I wonder if its possible to carry on with the study of art in my own time, life drawing, concept art meets :), studies of free books (loomis the god) , its been going pretty well so far.

Cheers for any thoughts and comments...

[Dirty C]

That wasn't a dream, I was there.

**edit: And harry, hopefully this time around, a few people will be able to help, since there's a few that have started with uni this year. Cai, Badger, any other animal-flavoured creatures?**

[Badger]

Oi oi!
Basically i learn more about drawing from people on CA and my own independant learning. I can then use this in my projects.
University is worth it for other teaching, printing techniques, colour theory, proffesional practise, broadening your artistic horizons and being inspired by other creative people.
Also you get a degree, which gives you the ability to travel to places.
I think GO and look at a lot of courses. You still don't learn a lot about them, i know it's a fair cynical way of looking at it, but it's true. Art education isn't angled at getting you a job easily.
If you have skype, i'm badgerofvengence and i can easily talk to you about some uni's and courses i looked at.
-B-

**EDIT OF DOOM** sketchling or Dirty_C, what was that book on digital painting you recommended at the last meet?

[Crofty]

hi guys just droppin to say i got my sketchbook going, hopefully in my sig, but dont expect much! and am in need of direction/critiques :S

ive just sent off my application to ucas - pretty much forgot to defer entry whoops, - itll be fine :dur: - im going for engineering/architectural courses applying at places like cardiff bath southhampton nottingham, havent visited any, (gamble!)

oop and passed my driving test first time the other day - cashback

wooaaf feel better now

chars

[4rt-r41d]

Oi!
when is teh next meet?
i wanan go, but they dont seem to happen to often,
i leave the counrty again in 2weeks,
anything before then? otherwise ill be back in uk again after the 8th of january.

would be badass if we could arrenge this every month or so,

lemme know,

peace

[Dirty C]

The only book i ever really recommend is Don Seegmiller's Digital Painting and Character Design. The old one was in painter, the newer one is photochop.

[koshime]

i'm free next week fri to sunday

[4rt-r41d]

so am i, fri to sunday,
where?
is all i need to know :D

[acuna_read]

@Hazamataz.

Rose Bruford college is just down the road from me and is very much a performing arts/drama place. I would imagine there are better places to do illustration but may be worth checking out. Central London is 45mins away by train and although it comes under Kent it's pretty much London.

If you wish to go into film work then it may be more beneficial in that sense as you said, worth checking out. Molly is pretty close to it too. Though it would take about an hour to travel to her even though she is closer than central London, go figure.

Some nice places round there to live, or you could get stuck on one of the council estate's like me. Good bit's and bad bits as always, places to avoid places that are fine. Night life locally is fine for pubs etc in Sidcup itslef if fairly limited, a bus ride to Bromley would be better for nightlife. Again travelling into London is what you would do if you wanted a big night out. Wouldnt want to do it often though as the cost's would soon rack up. Not muc greenery about apart from a few small parks that are usually frequented by suspicios people and chav gangs. Plenty of jobs about at places like Bromley shopping centre and BLuewater, if not more locally.

Ask if you need anymore info.

[Dirty C]

Oh, it might be worth mentioning that the film types I know all say that a lot of people seem to get hired from Bournemouth College, though i think this might be pretty heavy on the 3d.

[sketchling]

Um...who has MY copy of don seegmillers character book again? You still have it molly?

Ill be in austria next thurs to monday... :) bringing mah baby... hope I can get in a painting or two of beautiful snowy scenes... through thick insulated windows....

:)

[Dirty C]

Yeah, triple glazing really helps add feeling to a scene which is already 90% titanium white haha

[Hazamataz]

Cheers for the advice everyone, all very interesting and helpful, the only way to decide I guess is to visit these places, OH WELL, more day trips :)

Bournemouth is an option, they've picked up on the old "3D takes drawing skills" as well. The tutors at my college Hiss and Curse at the mention of its name, which has to be a good sign.

theres a postgrad version in scenic art at the OLD VIC bristol as well http://www.oldvic.ac.uk/scenicart.htm, it looks like the bees knees in terms of traditional painting.

[Summer Pudding]

I've just listened to Disturbed: Down with the Sickness, from the Dawn of the Dead soundtrack, and now I feel a bit soiled and fragile.

It's a total teeeeeuwn, but the side effects aren't worth it kids.

;)

Spud \m/

[trev]

Have you listend to the Richard Cheese cover of that song? lol

[Summer Pudding]

Have you listend to the Richard Cheese cover of that song? lol

Yeah, it's a giggle. I love the bit in the movie where it kicks in. "Ohhhhhhhh shit....."

;)

Spud-u-like

[trev]

lol...Burt Renolds ;)

[Summer Pudding]

lol...Burt Renolds ;)

:tihi:

http://www.brian-oshaughnessy.com/living-dead/images/burt-reynolds-zombie.jpg

EDIT: I couldn't find the 'insert image' button. Is anyone else having trouble posting images, or am I a bit of a thicko?

Off to my works Christmas do at Jongleurs. If any of yez want to pub it later, give us a tinkle. 07709936614

[Dirty C]

Right you lot.

The feedback in my sketchbook thread has been so tepid lately I'm now too afraid to even post there haha - so any of you bastiches got any feedback on this piece o shite?

http://toeslikefingers.com/gallery/devil_biatch.jpg

And btw, spud, if you go back about 45 pages, you'll realise we found out you can't post images in the sketch group thread about then :)

[trev]

Nifty :)

Ok there are a couple of things that Ive noticed, the sword is at the wrong angle, the hilt should be more in line with the back of her hand - if she takes a swing at someone holding it like that she'll slap em instead of chop :)

The deamon skull shes wearing could use a bit more definition so that its easier to tell those are eye socketes and the bit around her face are jaws. Perhaps adding a nasal cavity so it looks more like a skull and is easier to recognise?

The back leg looks like its placed too far out...your better than anatomy than I am, so your call.

A sujestion would be to make the gun arm into a flame thrower - you could have a little billowing flame trailing oily black smoke. Oh and perhaps have some flesh stretched over her hip, with more chunks missing by the time its half way down her thigh...yum

Anyway, its wicked - looking forwards to seeing it finnished

[Badger]

This thread has gone TOO quiet!! TOO quiet you hear me!!
Soo...
Who's christmas tree is up?
Anyone got a nice wreath?
Anyone got one of those funy oranges with cocktail sticks stuck in and those have cocktail sticks hav dolly mix and raison on the end. The orange in tern is packed with a small white candle.
Anyone found any elk or caribu? raindeer wont do
Any paper hats?
Any sugar paper and celotape ring hanging line'y things from one corner of the room to the other?
Any elves or other manner of santa based helper? (Hazamataz for example)
Any good christmas Ale? I've had Fuller's Young's and shepard's neame and it's the shepards neame for me this year. Northerners any input?
Have i missed any other type of festive decorum?
-Your favourite lil black and white TB suferer-

[Eriboss]

tree is up, no wreath, no orange cocktail stick supporting cheese and other snakular goods device, i saw a dog does that count? i wore my first paper hat last night and had my first cracker woohoo, you look a little like an elf and i saw you last weekend, been drinking martini and lemonade because im a big girl, ale shopping soon, firsty ferret probably. thats about it. woo.

[Summer Pudding]

Having kids changes your Christmas Eves forever. We'll be leaving Father Christmas his traditional can of Becks and a packet of Barbeque Pringles for Rudolf. ;)

Pud'

[sketchling]

Yeah... kids love it... and I think we love it cause we can enjoy the kids enjoyment... if that makes any sence. :)

Just come back from Vienna... makes englishes christmas tendencies look silly. Londons at least! I got my fill of the austrian christmas spirit (gluwein) and bought some decorations. Dont have no tree. Oh well. ill decorate some coffeecup mould. :P hahaha...that could make a wicked photo.

in 5 days my sister is in town and the christmas spirit will start again, but right now for me work is preventing. Im painting a matte of an icy patagonian landscape and the sleigh in it has rudolf the red nose dog and an inuit daddy-x... (who crashes cause of a car..... viva le commercialism)

[Dirty C]

gluewine? Wow, that shit must hurt in the morning.

We never did have that meeting, you know. On the other hand, I've actually been drawing (!!)

How's all the kids?

[sketchling]

.... yer probably better able to measure it comparitivly than I am :P

For those who dont know what gluwein actually is... its damn fine hot mulled wine. Strong, hot (for about 3 minutes in the -2 air) and spicy. :) love it.

[OxCreative]

Hello UK peeps.

I haven't been on here for a while, been nusy with uni work :-(

Hope you're all well!

Anway, i was wondering whether anyone here has an Acer Travelmate c100 c110 or c102 (basically any Acer with a 10.4" screen) for sale.

I stood on my girlfriends one and broke it but they have been discontinued and i can't find one anywhere. I've asked if she wants a new laptop or different tablet pc but she insists on having an Acer that was the same size as that one.

If you can help me out please pm me and lemme know how much cash you want for it, Cheers

[Badger]

Ooooh! ooooh! the marston's christmas ale is also very nice, i also had a christmas ale from 'robinson's' brewery, were alright, nowt special, can't complain at £2.00 a pint in the pub we were in. Though the marston's was 5.8%, so warms you up nicely!
@pud - I am slowly getting excited about christmas, starwars marathon soon woo!! Oh and of course, EVERYONE needs to watch muppet christmas carol.
-B-

[Aly Fell]

Oh and of course, EVERYONE needs to watch muppet christmas carol.
-B-
I SO agree! The best version of 'A Christmas Carol' since Alistair Sims 'Scrooge'. "The love has gone, the love has gone, I wish you well, but I must leave you now... alone..." Sniff... *sheds tear*

[trev]

bUm!

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=57774

[Hybridstar]

Merry (premature!) Christmas all, anyone gonna see the new year in with a spectrum entry?. I am. Bring it on!!!!!:ninja:

[Midnight]

Um... what's 'spectrum'?

Yeah, I know, I'm totally out of the loop.

Mid (barely).

[Ben powis]

http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/about.html

Lots of love,
~ Ben

[Molly]

...hey fellas,

I have a 'spectrum' book, cant remmeber which one and theres a fair few good paintings and some crap (trust me, there can be)
I'd love to enter one of these...maybe next year?

Just got back from Norwich where I spent the weekend eating and drinking with my BF's family, and it snowed so we had an early christmas which was nice....

How is everyone? And wot you guys up to for xmas/newyears?

Mollyx

[Hybridstar]

When do you guys normanlly get together? If its during a daytime i'd love to join in, meet the uk posse and all.:P Evenings would be a problem though.:rolleyes:

[Dirty C]

two more sleeps to go chaps, and i'm outta here for a month. aah, it'll be fun. i'm a little scared, i must say.

check out what my mate's done http://www.bbqatourplace.com/ - i can't believe he registered the domain name just for this hahaha

molly, hope i see you tomorrow still babe

*edit: also, i've just got myself a nice wee network-attached hard disk - half a terabyte of online love, baby!! totally sweet, and quite handy for a few things requiring large downloads etc etc..*

[Dirty C]

Hey how the fuck did my thing get changed to 'three holes filled??'

Eri, how the hell did you do that????

[Hazamataz]

Wooahw it has gone quiet here.

Any elves or other manner of santa based helper? (Hazamataz for example)

Well theres jolly big austrians at the christmas european fair here, who chuckle heartily when you buy their mysterious Fruhstuck and Goulash Soup. The gluhwein is poured in fountains.The brass bands play jingle bells again and again and again...
And talk about fantastic scale, the sausages get a foot longer each year, and the bread gets smaller I sware. Its pure fairy tale.

I'm always looking out for places for possibly"up North" meet Chester is like tokyo but proper old Tudor style. There's a roman ruin underneath "Spud-U-Like"! Roman ruined walls surround the city. A stunning cathedral line with 15th century Concept Art (plenty scultptures of Gryffons, Skulls, Dragons, etc just to name a few)
Theres chester zoo for the life drawing :p. Old quirckly pubs a plenty!

Yes...I work for the North West Uk Tourist board.

Me and a few friends are trying to start up a sketchgroup up here. Also were meeting an ex concept artist from Warthog (Manchester Games developer gone Bust). He's keen to get involved in CA.org when he gets the internet.

Loomis Is my santa and he's bringing me perspective knowledge.

Good Luck with Spectrum anyone whoes going for it, I'd love to be able try for it one day.

Hope father christmas brings you all something special.

Meeerry Christmas :teeth:

[fishw]

listen up London people. I was just looking round the art galleries is the centre (all the posh expensive trendy ones), and went into Thomas Heneage Art Bookshop. Amazing place by the way, if you've never been then you should. anyhoo, they have 5 copies left of the giovanni Boldini catalogue raisonnee for 32 quid. 32 quid! freakin amazing and well worth forgetting a few peoples christmas presents to save the money for it. they've been selling out really quickly apparently, so i'd recommend getting down there.

[Ben powis]

Hazamataz - Sounds like some interesting stuff, i'd be up for a trot up to Chester next year, keep us informed man!

Merry christmas everyone, have a great new year too! See you all on the other side...

~ Ben

[Dirty C]

Right, I'm off to New Zealand in a few hours. Don't let me come back in a month and find you lot haven't been drawing!!

Sorry I missed you yesterday Molly - have sumfing small for you when we catch up.

Merry Christmas!!

[Midnight]

Merry Christmas (a little early, but hey...)!

Erm, Ben? "See you all on the other side..."? I don't know about you, but I'm not heading for the 'other side' just yet!

Mid.

[koshime]

merrrry concept art ho ho ho now....

[Badger]

Merry Christmas!! You bunch of lovable rogues!

Oh and lets not forget the true meaning of christmas!! YES, the winter solstice, or yueltide.

-B-

[Midnight]

Winter Solstice was on the 21st, and duly celebrated!

Mid.

[sketchling]

one day late, but MERRY CHRISTMAS ppls :) Hope ya had great christmasses everyone ;)

K out:yayca:

[SIPaVVn]

Yo, David aka. SIPaVVn here, just mentioning Im a west london-er, living at the end of the Met line... if anyone knows what that is. Well, heres hoping I stick on this forum and improve my skills, and Merry Christmas (bit late) and a Happy New Year to all,

SIPaVVn

[tullie]

I realsied I hadn't posted in here, lots of UK people around :). Hope everyone had a happy christmas.

[Infinitum]

Merry Christmas UK!

[koshime]

anyone wants to meet Friday or over teh heavy snow weekend for apaint session? Car fits 4 for a trip anywhere as long as we dont get snowed in.

[Quicksilver]

Heya, all

What do you do when you all meet up? Summer Pudding invited me last time but I hardly knew anyone so I decided not to go.

I can go as far as Cardiff in the daytime - I doubt my parents would let me go anywhere else on my own.

[Badger]

Quicksilver We art, mostly, lots of art.... and usually, though accidentally end up in the pub...
You talking about snow koshime? We 'aven't got a flake over here atm, the teeny bit we had melted.
Right I'm avoiding drawing, i better go ignore the holiday spirit and whip out the books.
It's my birthday tomorrow!! I'm not gonna be a teenager anymore... arg.
I'm up for any london meets going on, so long as i go get my car taxed.
Hope everyone is well and merry.
-B-

Oh and if Pupil or porgy wana meet up and do some drawing while i'm home, that'd be super. I could ring you, but that's all a bit out going...

[koshime]

Hey. happy b day then! hope you gain loads of wisdom and generally enjoy yoruself onthis improtant day./ what are your plans? it was -7 last night and this morning...abtou 0 degrees where i live...still with fresh snow...

[Quicksilver]

Quicksilver We art, mostly, lots of art.... and usually, though accidentally end up in the pub...
Fair enough. Happy Birthday~! Hope you enjoyed yourself. =)

[tullie]

Happy Bday Badger!!!!

[Ben powis]

Happy Birthday Badger! :)

~ Ben

[Hazamataz]

'Appy Birfday Badgah. Hope you have a great day.

Has anyone got snow?

There was thick mist here, Almost a white christmas...well light greay

Last chance to put "05" on any sketches!

Have a happy new years eve all

Draw responsibly

[Midnight]

Happy Birthday, Badger!

We had snow over here, then the rain last night washed it away...

Mid.

[WARHEAD]

Happy birthday badgerino :party: :cheerleader:

Where's the goddamn snow ??!? Its just crappy rain.....not fair...stoopid london weather.....

anyone meeting up soon...sort of after this week ??

[Eriboss]

h to the a to the p p why to the b to the i to the r etcetc
happy birthday sally. when you heading back brissle way ?

happy new year ukadians, see you on the other side of 5

Eri :evilmustache:

[Badger]

Cheers all, just led a convoy of hatch backs and old studenty cars to the M40 to find their ways home. Had a sit down proper breakfast this morning, ha ha.
Very touched by happy birthday messages, have a good new year!
-Not a teenager anymore-

[koshime]

thats a good one. h bday again and to all a good 2006 of more Concept art!!!!!!

[WARHEAD]

A bit early but...... HAPPY NEW YEAR UK'ers!

[Qxzi]

Like Warhead said, HAPPY NEW YEAR UK'ers :party:

Hope you all have WICKED parties!
:party:

[Eriboss]

HAAAPY NEW YEAR everyone. juss watched the fireworks of 3 entire cities from the barracks of our Castle on the big hill, was great.

Right, enough yibberyabber - onto the wine!

Cheers

Eri :evilmustache:

[Midnight]

Happy New Year everyone!

Mid.

[koshime]

Right. first order of the New year. When..are we all meeting up?>??? And will it be local or a field trip?

[WARHEAD]

Koshime,
Nando's Soho :P

haha, not sure how many people are around at the moment, but sometime soon would be good ie January for a 'local one for local people' and we could arrange a bigger one for a few months time (?) .

[blog]

Hope you all had great holidays and great christmas/new year celebrations! Yeah I want to go to one of these meets finally! Maybe next weekend all us ukay CAyers can meet up?

[koshime]

am off next weekend......for a few weeks. guess it'll be Late or mid jan? Hey Chinese New year is jan 26. perhaps we could meet and celebrate in china town!

[Badger]

I can make London/ Oxford area till the 9th.
Then i'm back to the inky land of Eriboss, aka Bristol.
-smarter than your average bear-

[Ben powis]

Then i'm back to the inky land of Eriboss, aka Bristol.
-smarter than your average bear-

Ill have to make a trip over to meet ya in Bristol sometime Mr B!

~ Ben

[koshime]

Hmm, a S or narf wales meet/sketch day out?

[sketchling]

yeah, im keen to meet up : oh, and

:ah: :aa: :ap: :ap: :ay: :an: :ae: :aw: :ay: :ae: :aa: :ar::a!: :a!: :a!:

I was on the seventh floor of a high rise building overlooking the whole of london's collective fireworks... from london eye all the way to gatwick side. Awsome...really awsome!

Im off to rome 6-9th... id say ill only be free after the 11th though. We gotta go do a ruins daytrip soon koshime....it must be so. (ill bring ya pics from rome too!)

Yeah... heres to a ROCKIN YEAR people!!! :yayca:
K

[Matt Dixon]

Slightly belated, but here's to all you sexy fuckers having a wonderful 2006. Love to all.

[koshime]

i'll be leaving for malaysia on the 12th to 21 Jan. SO happi new year you CA guys and gals

[Dirty C]

Yoyoyo my cold bitchen! Just came back from four days sunning my pasty ass on a lovely beach, (looks a bit like this ('http://www.matarangi.co.nz/')) hanging out with ten others drinking faaaantastic local beers and playing stupid games with cards on our foreheads. No room for any of the usual Dirty shennanigans though - bloody five couples!!

Spent New Years wandering round on an amazing pitch black beach bumping into people and looking at the clearest stars I've seen in ten years. Lurvely.

Anyway, miss you all (a bit) and miss you Molly (a lot) and will probably pop up a few more times to torture you all about how much fun I'm having.

Happy New Year and thanks for all the lovely messages from your frozen hearts - Spud wins for most blatant "I'm pissed and I'll call if I wanna" technique :P

Loveloveloveonehundredandeleven
C

[Molly]

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful christmas and new years and I wish you all the best and that your dreams come true!

DC - I miss you too luv - and Im soooooo jealous your out in NZ. The beach in Matarangi looks devine - Im gonna make sure TOm and I get over there this year, wondering on a beach for new years sounds the bees knees - better than dealing with the cold weather and expensive pubs here.

So, resolutions - anyone got any?
- mine is to really and trully try to be a proper, professional, working artist, and to stop wasting my time in jobs I hate;
- eat sensibly, cut down drinking and smoking
- make some money and be HAPPY!

I cant give up chocolate..thats a silly idea.....

Mollyx

[sleep]

resolutions!

. get a girlfriend (thats taken care of already)
. get braces because i have vampire teeth
. love mum more (because i happen to dislike her)

[blog]

New years resolution:

-don't procrastinate!

Hey how many of you guys have 'Skype'? I'd like to get some contacts for it as I don't have that many, if ya don't know what it is http://www.skype.com/helloagain.html download it! K?

[Dirty C]

Only one new years resolution: meditate - being an artist is one thing, but it'd be nice to be able to get your head straight and focus properly on what you should be doing, y'know?

Right, Ima go spend some cash on new zealand music now woohoo!

[sketchling]

Hmmm... Ill go for 1024x576 and 1920x1080...SMACK!!!

eh em. couldnt resist that.

Um...yeah... Join a Gym cause there are no mountains round the corner, and...and... do a martial art.

Oh, and vis artwork... Do more studies and put more thought into the concepts of finished pieces.

And eat more chocolate, less wheat.

And dont hit any hedgehogs.... absolutly none.

:D
K

[Hazamataz]

Only one new years resolution: meditate - being an artist is one thing, but it'd be nice to be able to get your head straight and focus properly on what you should be doing, y'know?



Leonardo Da Vinci used to get ideas meditating / staring at a pile of ashes. And out of that he came up with the helicopter over 5 centuries before anyone else. Ultimate concept artist.
It always a suprise how many people of the past and around now, artists and all, have meditated in one way or another...

DC,Sketchling,Koshime. enjoy all your galavanting off round the world, i'm sure you'll have a right ol larf, good luck.
Molly-Brave decision, sounds like the right one. Even more good luck.

New Years Resolution.. more CA, more Posting, more Sketchtrips, More Games, More Reading, More meeting People, More Carrots. More EVERYTHING

[sleep]

New years resolution:

-don't procrastinate!

Hey how many of you guys have 'Skype'? I'd like to get some contacts for it as I don't have that many, if ya don't know what it is http://www.skype.com/helloagain.html download it! K?

m'skype name is "sean_or_tie". i'm on most nights

[Midnight]

My resolutions? The usual about eating better and exercising more, also working harder to try and move closer to a professional level with my art, dedicating more time to Tai Chi, learning to relax, meeting new people, managing to get to a meetup with you guys and going to the Euro workshop this year.

Hazamataz - never tried it looking at ashes! I also don't often use it to concept, although it sounds like an interesting idea!

Mid.

[Badger]

skype i'm badgerofvengence
Resolutions? Draw more. I know sounds silly. Learn to digitally paint well. Thats the important ones. Makes sure i don't get culled.

Kim, that was actually quite good, he he.
Right my lovelies i'm off back to uni, so i've missed London meet window.
Ben Powis, you should pop over, get MSN, I dunno who else is in the west.
Usually just me and Eriboss and we end up drinking too much and listening to car radio's that turn on as we pass them.
-B-

[blog]

cool I just need to get a mic for my comp to speak on skype, my name is bloginator

[Midnight]

Badger - I'm out west! Ben and I are actually only a 10 min train ride from each other.

Mid.

[Kian]

Hi everyone!
Just found this place. I know I know, after being here for more than two years you'd have thought I'd have stumbled across it.
Anyways I'm currently residing in Huddersfield.
Nice to meet some fellow UK-ites :)

[blog]

Well kian, I reside in the north aswell, as a matter of fact I live in Leeds. Pretty close to Huddersfield, we should meet up some time and sketch!, i saw some of your latest work and its pretty neat! Yeah.

[Kian]

Hi blog. Yeah when I get some free time we'll do that. *Plus get a bit drunk along the way.

[blog]

Cool, not so sure about the drinking hehe, that'd be illegal

[Kian]

lol Yes it would be. But artists are above the law my friend

[Molly]

Only one new years resolution: meditate - being an artist is one thing, but it'd be nice to be able to get your head straight and focus properly on what you should be doing, y'know?

Right, Ima go spend some cash on new zealand music now woohoo!

Yeah man, right there with you...Dude - about the space at the Academy, no-ones asked yet, and Im NOT gonna say anything, (if you get me); besides, I am so skint at the mo, I start painting at the school Mondays and Tues, the rest of the week Im looking for freelance work. I have no income hehe, going back to me roots and being a poor student again! yay!

gonna check out the skype thingy...

Mx

[Quicksilver]

am off next weekend......for a few weeks. guess it'll be Late or mid jan? Hey Chinese New year is jan 26. perhaps we could meet and celebrate in china town!
Eeeeh??

Ah right (just googled Chinese New Year) Yeah, I thought it was on the 29th 'cause that's when I'll be celebrating it with my family. Didn't know it was actually on the 26th, heh. It's the year of the dog, isn't it?

I'm a dragon. >=3

[Dirty C]

Yo Kian (Jon) just checked your site. Some really great stuff there, man. One question - is there much comp'ing involved in any of your environments? I can't tell if the matte painting is a comp or not, though it looks like it might be. The colours are delicious at any rate :P Hit me up on msn when you're online again.

Molly, don't stress on the rent thing, i can cover it if they do ask and you're skint. Tell me when you get skype though. What's painting school? Wish I could join you :(

In Sydney at the moment, peeps, had an absolute blast on Saturday night - got to bed at six and couldn't sleep, argh - gonna be some fookin funny photos from sideways twisted karaoke haha

*edit: PS: Still assuming it was Eri who changed my user title thingy - gonna keep it for now, but still wanna know how??? You remember my password from something else, or are there dark forces at work here???***

[Eriboss]

dood - this is me we are talking about - i did change it.. but quite obviously Dark forces at work... its probably best not to delve any deeper hehe.
Miss you dood, get your ass on Skype!

Cheers

Eri :evilmustache:

[Dirty C]

Haha, cheers Eri

Quicksilver - I'm a Dragon as well - can't really think why you'd wanna be anything else! Only problem there being that it makes me twelve years older than you - erk!!

Hey, is Last Man Standing still running? We should have like a one-night thunderdome when i get back - grease the cogs and have some fun without overkilling everyone :)

[Eriboss]

yer man, last man standing is still awn, deadline is 15th i believe. infact come to think of it I havent heard from pud' for a bit, maybe he forgot alllll about it, thus forfeiting to me Mhwhahahaahaha. probably not tho, shit I should really get on with that crap. when you home DC ?

[Dirty C]

about the 21st. might be keen for something that weekend, before i have to fix my stupid holiday hair hehe

[Badger]

Kian welcome!! nice stuff, from the brief bit i browsed.
DC - stupid holiday hair? he he, i haven't had a hair cut since prague!!
-B-

[Midnight]

Hello, kian!

Badger - that's nothing, I haven't had a haircut for years!

Mid.

[koshime]

Eeeeh??

Ah right (just googled Chinese New Year) Yeah, I thought it was on the 29th 'cause that's when I'll be celebrating it with my family. Didn't know it was actually on the 26th, heh. It's the year of the dog, isn't it?

I'm a dragon. >=3

AH sorry! I typed it/read it wrong. you're right. CNY is 29th January.
What are your plans? I was going to celebrate it with the other half with some friends for a nice meal but was thinking a CArt pre CNY celebration woudl be nice as well

Year of the Dog brings much promise and adventure for most folks involved.
so its a good year!

I'm an Ole rabbit

[Kian]

Hi everyone. Thanks for the warm welcome. Just checked out the thunderdome thread, and yeah! us Brits can kick just as much as ass as those guys and girls across the shores :P

[Quicksilver]

...Quicksilver - I'm a Dragon as well - can't really think why you'd wanna be anything else! Only problem there being that it makes me twelve years older than you - erk!!...
Hahaaaa :P

Whoa, I'm 18 this year. Sooo weird...Still haven't sent off for my provisional liscence yet, lol. Whoops.

AH sorry! I typed it/read it wrong. you're right. CNY is 29th January.
What are your plans? I was going to celebrate it with the other half with some friends for a nice meal but was thinking a CArt pre CNY celebration woudl be nice as well

Year of the Dog brings much promise and adventure for most folks involved.
so its a good year!

I'm an Ole rabbit
I think we're going to make chinese cakes and have lobster. <3 Yuuuuuuum~!! Banh Bao (pork bun with noodles and egg) is my favourite~ That, and rice rolls with soy sauce, but I don't know if mum will be cooking that.

I'd love to come and draw with you guys before CNY but I'm still in college. I'd need someone to take me too since I'm not allowed to go on my own [feels like a baby, lol].

Oh yeah, koshime, I've added you to my MSN list. Dunno if you have it though ^_^; I'm kinda adding people I'm familiarish with. Hope you guys don't mind!

Also, my Skype name is CheeB7

[edit] I just talked to my mum about it and she said she'd take me to London :D So I can make it on Friday 20th January, if any of you guys can make it. She said it would be too busy on the week coming up to CNY so it would be easier to go slightly beforehand. If you can go, could you please post a photo or something so I can spot you, lol. We'll most probably arrive in China Town.

[trev]

Howdy folks, just dropping in to wish you all a very late happy new year! Ive been a bit ill you see, that and trying to pay the bills :)

dirty_c - Ide be up for a one night thunderdome!

[sketchling]

Im a monkey... fitting for sure!

[Eriboss]

The other day I stumbled across photos from the San Fran Workshop 05, and to my surprise I discovered that Dirty_C is actually Toadfish from Neighbours!!
Observe:
http://www.reelfilms.co.uk/images/dctoadie.jpg (http://www.reelfilms.co.uk/images/dcmolly.jpg)

hehehehehe

Eri :evilmustache:

[Ben powis]

Is that your signed photo? Im soooo jealous... ;)

[Kian]

All you UK'ers, feel free to add me to your msn. I don't think I can have enough homegrown artists in my contacts.
Peace

[Badger]

I might put this in my SB, but i thought i'd point out too all those non believers from my pragur pic of how big eriboss is 1 (http://pic.badgertracks.net/albums/Prague-CA-org/DSC01905.jpg) and 2 (http://pic.badgertracks.net/albums/Prague-CA-org/DSC01906.jpg)
That yesterday, while round his castle, i took this pic (http://www.badgertracks.net/random/eri-giant.jpg) of him in comparison too a diet coke can.
UK thunderdome? Something... In Febuary? that or i just go down my local and drink ale.
-B-

[Kian]

I'm well up for Feb! anymore details anyone???

[Midnight]

I'm up for a February Thunderdome.

Mid (who's readying the bandages!).

[sketchling]

Hell yeah... Im Up for feb. iv been silently training my kung fu. :D I wish for a chance to test it in combat:bounce: :overhere: .....:ninja:

[Kian]

lol awesome. I'm pretty sure quicksilvers up for it too.

[tullie]

Nice website kian3001

[Kian]

Thanks tullie :)

[tullie]

Your welcome :). Just incase anyone is interested, there is a Rubens exhibition at the National Gallery in London, it ends this sunday. ;)

[Ben powis]

Hi guys,
Im gona be on London this Thursday, any heads up on any good exhibitions hidden away anywhere?
Just going to miss out on seeing the Degas an Lautrec exhib. in the Britian - shame :(

~ Ben

[yAdam]

Hey! Havent thought to check this thread for ages, so (late) happy new year to everyone..A thunderdome sounds like a great idea... and seeing as I have never met, or even talked to anyone here 8) it would be a great chance to meet some more atists from the Uk...No one at home I know has any interest in art really, so it kind of sucks I have no one to draw with.. or just get face to face feedback about work or talk about art.. etc...:android:

[Kian]

100% the same boat yAdam. You should come to london in Feb man

[Dirty C]

Dirty_C is actually Toadfish from Neighbours!!



You fuck. Jesus, leave you kids alone for one second...

</dc, on his mate's couch, completely unable to sleep at 8 in the frickin morning>

[Eriboss]

You fuck. Jesus, leave you kids alone for one second...

</dc, on Joel from Neighbours couch, completely unable to sleep at 8 in the frickin morning>

that will be Susan and Karl arguing over the road keeping you awake no doubt :nohope:

[tullie]

No one where I live seems to draw either, really sucks.
The British Museum have an exhibition of Michelangelo's drawings from 23 March to 25 June -06. Omg the british museum is such an impossible building to find, put some signs up!

O, and the rubens exhibition was really really good :P.

[Ben powis]

Where is it you reside T-man?

Role call for those in the West Midlands area...how many we got? :)

~ Ben

[Midnight]

Ben - A quick profile check would have told you Tullie's female.

West Mid rolecall? I'm there. Who else?

Anyone else up for that Feb UK TD? Not a whole lot of people interested so far...

Mid.

[Ben powis]

Ben - A quick profile check would have told you Tullie's female.

Oh shut up :)
Its people like you, Miss, with your fancy long flowing locks that confuse my gender recognition!

So basicly, its your fault, everything. ;)

[Quicksilver]

Yeah, I'm up for meeting sometime this Feb as I have half term.

So.....will the meeting place be painfully obvious? Because I don't really know my way round London, lol.

[Dirty C]

For the moment, were we talking about the feb thing being a meeting or a tdome? I thought it was the one-day tdome atm. Though having said that, I'm well up for seeing this Michelangelo exhibition as well. Though organising proper drawing and days out have never gone well, so I think if we do both, they should be considered separately. So are we go for mid/early feb tdome? I was thinking just a weeknight with the topic given at 6pm or something.

[MoP]

Why does London have to be oh-so-far from Dundee? :(

[Kian]

Well I'm up for whatever. Need one of you pros to organize it, seen as I have no idea what to do. Is there a main organizer for these things usually? And yeah dirty c I wouldnt mind seeing a bit of the ol' Michelangelo.

[Hazamataz]

If you decide on a date soon, I might be down for a meet. I'm practically spending the whole of feb . the south of England on UNI open days it seems.

The british museum is the widest building i think i've ever seen.Its really really huge...really. Great place to draw from sculptures.

BRING ON THE BATTLE PENCILS

[tullie]

Ben - lol, Im mainly residing in the south west.

I would be up for a meet, although I have no idea what a tdome is - I need enlightening.
Yeah, the British museum is wide. But its missleading, it looks small on the outside and you go inside and its huge. I def need to spend a day in there next time and get some proper sketches done. The V&A is very good for sculptures as well.

Im def going to the Michelangelo exhibition as well.

[Midnight]

tullie - a thunderdome's a contest, usually with a specific theme, between a number of artists. A time frame and topic are given (usually by the instigator of the 'dome), and the result is decided by either a poll, or by bringing in someone else (typically someone with a lot of experience) to judge.

Just go to the Thunderdome forum to check it out.

btw, the south-west's a cool place to be - wonderful scenery.

Mid.

[sketchling]

British museum is wide yeah....but rome...! I went there for a weekend a couple a weeks ago. Frikken MAD. Mostly ruined, but st peters basilica... OMFG. Iv never seen people that far away INSIDE the same room!!!!! Rome, land of the holy bling!!! And this wierd reflective ball in a courtyard.... had to take a photo and do a study :D Ballthing (http://www.sketchling.com/artwork/2006/Vatican-ball_lores.jpg)

Anyways... I agree with dirty C. Lets do the thunderdome seperate to the outing!!! We just too disorganised to try combine... I also think it could be very good to just go to the brit museum and draw stuff.... there is such wicked sculpture and things. It could make a really good daytrip. :D Iv been meaning to go for ages.

[yAdam]

I'll probably be up for a meet at some point in feb..Will be strange seeing people as I don't know anyone here, and they don't know me, but it looks like kian and tullie are in the same position... So basically as long as i'm not the only one who doesn't know anyone :bashful:

[tullie]

Thanks Midnight for explaining that *goes and checks it out*, yes the south west is very pretty and we have palm trees ^^ and lots of cheese.
Wow sketchling, for a considerably long moment there I thought that study was a photo, nice work! I wanna go to Rome!!

Agreed, I would love to go to the british museum and do some sketching. Yeah not knowing anyone there will be strange :vodka2:

[Dirty C]

Crap, Kim, that study's frickin amazing. Damn, bitch.

And yAdam, etc, it's no big deal, we constantly have those that appear once and never again, or become new fixtures, so don't stress about not knowing anybody, we're all friendly. Well, except me, I'm usually hungover and sarcastic, as Kim will attest.

Where's Cai these days, btw?

[Hazamataz]

Ballthing (http://www.sketchling.com/artwork/2006/Vatican-ball_lores.jpg)


woah!!, that thing hummmmms.. I'd love to see something like that in some concept painting.

[sketchling]

Hehe... I agree. But yer warm and fuzzy at heart I know it ;)

Cai... and Molly... wheres she at?

Hazmataz: Yeah... its that ole concept thing im struggling with. I can render photos I take and other things as exercises but coming up with something from scratch and FINISHING it i seem to struggle with. Workin on it. And perspective... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG

[acuna_read]

we constantly have those that appear once and never again
Yes, we do, I blame him above for assault with a frisbee, and I havent drawn much. I've restarted though and would like to get things going again so may turn up depending on date and lack of outdoor activities.:nohope:

[sketchling]

no no no... twas you that failed to dodge!!! :P

[acuna_read]

Something like that.:bashful:

Got rid of some hair so I can see better now too.:rendered: :confident

Re-assault?

[koshime]

kim - put me down for a motion tablet ( you'll need to suss me some memory for it) . i'm coming home to grab one...

cant find a darn thing here except healing for me self

[Kian]

Lovin the sphere sketchling :)

So how many exactly are up for london? Just need to know so we can sort out a date, and I can book my train tickets 'fore the price flys through the roof.

[Hazamataz]

I know exactly what you meen sketchling, Making a Concept Painting can sometimes feel like the work for 10 brains, I just gotta remind myself to break it all down,

I guess everyone has problems and strengths. Thats what makes life interesting! :P. But if you were able to make that sphere, I'm sure with practice you could be a concepting MACHINE.

Oh btw I'm well into my perspective studies now since your advice, cheers . It really does make everything FAR simpler. Drawing is just like lego... but you get to make your own shapes.

I might be in London around the 7th of feb and maybe some other dates. Well even if i'm not there for the meet, i'll go and see that michaelangelo exhibition hopefully.

[Molly]

Wow - hey fellas, havent been here for a while..

Eriboss - yes, DC does resemble the Toadie! and omg Paul Robinsons back in the street (~dont it make you feel good~)...

A meet in February would be cool fellas, I got half term from 13th - 17th Feb...
If you guys n gals wanna meet, when would it be suitable for you all? Weekend, during the week etc etc...
Im up for museums, galleries etc, been to a few recently to study some painting techniques, and learnt a hell of a lot from that...

Harry - if you wana crash at mine again no worries, let me know...:)

DC, Ivan asked for us to pay for 1 months rent. I've moved your stuff, and will keep a very close eye on it - so no worries. Painting at the school is going very very well, I have surprised myself hehe...

Sketchling - god damn, I thought it was a photo!!! Awesome work dude...:)

Come, lets meet up. Theres new folk who need a meet, and I miss all you guys!

Mollyx
(poor, happy student!)

[Badger]

Wooo! Mum is back! he he, hey T!!
Right well i'm back in london able are on 27th-29th jan i think.
Any London meets then?
**EDIT CAUSE I'M BLOND**
Bristol meet for the Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday? thats 31st jan or 1st, 2nd of feb.
Safe as!
Sketchling Wow nice piece man!! i need to learn to get that type of finsh.
-B-

[Midnight]

Badger - Er... the 1st's on Wed, the 2nd on Thursday. It'd be easier if it's not a Wed, but I can make either.

Sketchling - excellent piece!

Mid.

[lefran]

Hey im really new to this i was introduced to it by the awesome Quicksilver so im just saying hey and i should be coming along to the meeting in London with her!

[Kian]

:) Welcome. Have fun, coz this is the best site on the entire net!

[Quicksilver]

Heya, Fran, welcome to the forums~ ^_^

Fran and I have half term at the same time as Molly: 13th-17th Feb. I know I'll definately be free from mon 13th - thu 16th 'cause I don't work those days.

[young paddy1]

love that study sketchling, thought the reflections were a bit crazy until I realized what it was, it's one of Arnaldo Pomodoro's Sfere* thingies innit he put one in Trinity college Dublin as well, I saw it last year, I think he's done 6 or 7 of them.


* I ain't thick that's how he spells sphere :p

[lefran]

hey ive just added a sketchbook to my profile its really bad but i just want to improve coz i know im bad and i cant improve unless i see whats going wrong so often lol
feel free to comment/ criticise/ bitch about it im here to learn ^_^

[Kian]

Ok. I really dont want to be a dickhead, but I've got to seriously ask for a date. The longer i wait the more my train ticket price shoots through the roof. So sometime in the holidays?
Sorry about insistin, but I am a student, which means i'm poor :P

[Hazamataz]

Ok time to throw in a date

What do people think about the 14th or the 16th of Feb?

[Quicksilver]

...What do people think about the 14th or the 16th of Feb?
Those are fine with me.

[Kian]

I'm up for the 16th :) have a lecture on the Tuesday

[sketchling]

im up for the 16th

Its a thursday... everyone cool with a weekday? If we do a weekend we can meet for lunch and carry on till dinner. So though I can make the 16th it makes sence to do a day out on the 18th or so. What do people think?

[ourobouros]

Hi guys,
I'm looking for a life drawing school in london,
here's the thread:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=59702

I've been told to come here to find most londiners.
maybe we can create a list of the nicest and cheapest!
cheers
marco

[yAdam]

I'm pretty sure I can make either day..

[Kian]

yeah a saturday's cool with me man.

[Molly]

woohoo!
Ya, I can do Thurs 16th Feb, no worries.
Any other day in the week is cool too if anyones up for it.
Belated welcome to: lefran; yadam, kian300, Quicksilver & tullie!!!

@ ourobouros! life drawing schools in London:
The Art Academy (where I work and attend classes) Check website for summer term evening classes, spring is full
The Princes Drawing School - in Shorditch, very, very good reputation, 10 week courses, specifically for drawing..
Lavender Hill Studios - Clapham google it;
Heatherleys - West London give it a google too...

If your living in Central London, and interested in Saturday life drawing between the hours of 1pm - 6pm (sometimes till 8pm) this could be for you. I used to run them last year at the Art Academy, and wish to start again in February. Its an untutored class, with one or two poses all day. . Cost is £15, but can be less if more people attend. YOU MUST provide your own materials. Easels will be provided. Maximum in the class is around 8 - 10 people, any more and it can get too crowded. Theres a common room with tea/coffe making facilities and microwaves. It can get pretty cold there so I do suggest 2 layers or so.

If your interested, please PM me.

Im so happy to be a student again:)

Mx

[koshime]

how about an evening meet on thursday 16th and a day out on 18th?

[Kian]

I can only come down to london for one day. But I think i'd be able to have a drink wi you lot, as my train leaves at about half 11 i think

[cartoonfox]

damn looks like i missed the two meets. im back in london after my holiday to chile, so any meet ups let me know : ]

peace :7up:

[sketchling]

haha... right decisive thing. On the 16th lets meet up for a social eve with sketchbooks and stuff. (maybe set a project for sat or something if inspired)

On the SAT 18th... lets get together maybe at the brit museum cause its big and full of old stuff, and draw/paint and adlib the rest of the day. :D

K

P.S DA FOX IS BAAAAAAACK! :) Hope ya enjoyed chile! :D

[Quicksilver]

So we're only meeting on thu evening? That's a shame as I won't be able to make it for the sat outing. :( Was looking forward to it.

[blog]

Hey why not the saturday? That'd be better wouldn't it? Molly can you not make it for Sat though? I plan on not missing this onebut if its a Thursday I might just have to.

[Molly]

The Saturday thing I mentioned is an on-going class, not just a meet for the UK peeps here, but others from my school turn up & those dedicated.
^This isnt an official uk meet, just a class if ur extremely interested...

Im happy to meet folks DURING the day on Thursday 16th Feb, or Weds, or Friday, tho it can depend on work. I find Saturday gallery/museum roaming can be very busy. But, a Saturday meet I can do too.

Quicksilver, if you guys up north wana meet during the day, holler back!

Mollyx


(all you others, when was the last time you threw a well deserved sickie? go one, you know you want to...)

[Kian]

Hi Molly.
Yeah Id hope for a day job. If im gonna get myself down to london, Id prefer a whole day. I was hoping for a day of drawing, then a stint in the ol' pub drawing some funstuff. I'm new to this, so i'm not 100% on what goes on.

[cartoonfox]

OOHH... i thought you all ment 16th and 18th of january, not february!! : ]

ok cool, i can go to both!
i look forward to it. looks like there loads of new peeps here to meet ^___^


peace :7up:

[Quicksilver]

Oooooookay, I've asked my manager if I could have every other Saturday off to attend life drawing classes, sooo if all works out, I should have Sat 11th Feb off. Fran and I are thinking about staying the night too, so we could go out again on Sunday.

What do you think? It would be great to set a date pretty soon so I can book sunday off as well if I have to.

Molly: Cool! Sure thing. ^_^

[koshime]

well - I'm definately free on saturday 11 post - on call. plus i have a tablet to play with. weeee