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[wes9000]

i decided to scan in a handful of things tonight...so i thought id go ahead and post some..
let me know what you think

oh yeah, looking forward to meeting everyone in Austin this weekend !





this is a page from my current sketchbook...pencil and ink jet label stickers with a picture of me printed on them... all stuff out of my head.
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/plantedseed.jpg



another sketchbook page...all out of my head..except for the 2 guys with glasses...they were at the coffee shop that afternoon.
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/brandnewcolony.jpg


drew this last fall... was working out ideas for some larger pieces ive yet to get around to doing.. this ones about 11 x 14
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/horseman.jpg


another sketchbook page...all out of my head
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/comedownnow.jpg



sketchbook page, done from some photographs i took
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/floorland.jpg



nother sketch page...out my head.
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/grenadier.jpg



i finally got around to getting a wacom tablet and painter, since i just got my own computer. so ive been fooling around with painter 8 for the past week...heres one random sketch... eh still need to figure out some more stuff with it.
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/checkeredcolor2.jpg



heres a couple old self portraits from last fall...done from life
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/self1.jpg

http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/self2.jpg


and a sketch i did of my friend last winter...
http://www.wesleyburt.com/imagefiles/carla.jpg









see ya in teh austin.
-wes

[Ninjai]

Great stuff, awesome pencils.

[I0N]

great stuff! love the style. cant pick a favorite. your stuff would be one of the examples I would give when saying how a camera just can't capture moments as beautifully as a great artist.

[Bombesei]

Yo Wes, nice to see some new stuff, awesome as ever.

Sandra says you're coming to town this fall. She and I bumped into Isaac and Jenny last week outside of Forum. The CIA family is strong in New York, hehe.

Have fun in Austin, wish I was going, but there'll be another Water Street surprise.

[wes9000]

ninja- thanks

IOn- thanks alot, i appreciate it

nick- thanks. hope everythings going well in nyc so far this summer. yeah man im thinking about coming for the fall months...we'll see...i dont have any clear plans yet. would be nice though. water street suprise? huh? email me man

[metalwinds]

words simply cannot express how much i love your work. how did you get so damn good. ... .seriously? your ability to render and create such amazing and lifelike characters out of your head boggles my mind. these are all things that im working on, but when i look at your work. .i have no idea how i will reach such a high level of utter sweetness.

also, what are you doing now that you are out of school?

peace man

looking forward to meeting you in austin

:chug:

[lBeans]

wonderful my man....
keep it comim

[Blackarts]

wow those pencils are awesome! Really drives home the importance of a sketchbook, something I've been neglecting for a while. Reminds me of John Foster's work.

[isolation man]

Ooh, your stuff is always so awesome. It's right-click-save-asness is through the roof. Truly inspirational.

[Groover McNab]

Dammit I love all your stuff!!! Hope you'll be bringing some of it in Austin.

[liquidwerx]

Beautiful work.

[Jeff Jaws]

Really outstanding work. those pages are so damn beautiful..
love it, admire it. :bow:

Jj.

[makotierra]

Nice job. I especially like the guy on the horse; it'd be an interesting painting.

[Rathbone]

Hey Wes. I've been a fan of your art for a long time. I've seen your site before and was very impressed. This is my first time commenting on your work. Hopefully you'll be one of the many people I'll have a chance to meet in Austin. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to get to see your skills in action.
Awesome stuff!!!

[James Kei]

Whoa!
stunning work man!, solid draftsmanship, and solid form.
You obviously take drawing very seriously.
Bravo!

[daarken]

awesome stuff as always. see you in austin!

[janni]

excellent. your stuff blows my mind. all the time.
could you please show your process for these sketches if you've some time? i'm so curious how you start your drawings and go on from that.
i'd love to meet ya in austin... won't be there tho. have fun and keep posting dude! :chug:

[Ra Havok]

I had three (3) visual orgasms.

OMG!


Thanks for showing these, Wes. You are one of my greatest inspirations.

[JoshuaTheJames]

Stop leveling up. Your current vessel won't be able to contain the power.

You Will explode.

-Joshua

[Fabrys]

I love it, very nice line :)

[Ulysses]

Beautiful stuff Wes that's an amazing sketchbook you have going.

[ozan]

Wow, sweet. Thanks for posting.

[strych9ine]

Dude. :chug:

[nick reynolds]

amazing as always.

[bwkeough]

these rock my socks!

I look forward to seeing more of your finished work.

[Scubasteve]

Fantastic! Great mood, amazingly realistic. :)

[Nostradamus]

amazing! Your rendering is top dollar !

First one has to be my fav :D

[killing.people]

thanks for sharing these. i really wanted to see them.

[Loga4]

Great jop,wes!
Your studies are grat!

[klid]

these are great. the stuff outa yer head is amazing

[pissant]

I'm really fond of the couple in the first and the girl in the fourth: melancholy and grace are two qualities I rarely see in pictures here. Thankyou for posting.

[Madman!]

Amazing stuff your work is truley inspirational. Do you shot your stuff yourself? What type of camera do you use or recommened?

[I.was.ink]

Great to see you update us with your work.

yeah, you can render, and draw, but you know what's one thing I like a lot about your sketchbook pages? your I M A G I N A T I O N & sense of D E S I G N .

You're a great inspiration wes. :)

-Oskar

[Diego]

Man, it's such a pleasure to see your sketchbook pages. Seriously, i would like to use my pencil the way you do.
Keep it up, and looking foward to see more pages.

-D

[Clandestine_IX]

Lots of praise in this thread and not a bit of it you dont deserve, I wish I had some suggestion to make something better but really I have no crits at all. Keep it coming.

[gekitsu]

Originally posted by I.was.ink
yeah, you can render, and draw, but you know what's one thing I like a lot about your sketchbook pages? your I M A G I N A T I O N & sense of D E S I G N .

You're a great inspiration wes. :)

what he said man...
stuff like yours gets my creative juices flowing almost instantly. bravo... i didnt sleep that night, its half past 6am, im tired like shit and want to draw.

i think i finally should build myself something large enough to tape the newsprint sheets i cut recently to... i need to work in larger sizes than a4. :(

[sparky | emily]

wow. those are really good. I love people who draw normal people - even from their imagination. And the facial expressions are very real.

[wes9000]

thanks alot guys i appreciate all the comments


metalwinds- ive just been taking it easy after getting out of school... doing some freelance stuff..commisions etc. i just had a big group show at a gallery here in cleveland last week..so im keeping busy with a variety of things. no clear plans though as of right now..

beans- heh ill certainly try

blackarts- thanks yeah i love fosters stuff

isolation man- thanks alot

groover- ill most certainly have a sketchbook with me in austin....might try to bring a stack of drawings too... i dunno. wanna pack light.

jeffjaws, liquidwerx- thanks guys

makotierra- thanks man, yeah it was pretty much just a sketch for something larger... id like to eventually get around to doing a painting of it

rathbone- thanks man, see you there

james- thanks! i appreciate it, your work gave me a good push last week

daarken- thanks man, see ya this weekend

janni- hmm i guess i generally just start really loose and then refine shapes that i see...unless i have a clear idea of what im doing. i guess if you look at some of the looser outer regions of some of the pages you can see what the whole thing might look like in its early stages

ra havok- haha.. glad to uh.. have pleasured.. you..? heh

josh- haha the vessel evolves to withstand new levels and experience points

fabrys, ulysses, ozan, strych9ine, nick- thanks guys

bwkeough- thanks, i posted a bunch of finished drawings and paintings about a month and a half ago from my bfa show at school... ill see if i can find a link

scubasteve, nostradamus, killing.people, loga, majestyx- thanks

pissant- thanks alot, glad you noticed that...thats something i strive for

madman- thansk, these are all scanned images..

oskar- thanks alot, glad to hear you think that

diego- thanks, im going to try and scan in a couple more things if i get a chance tomorrow..

gekitsu- thanks man, glad to hear i can inspire someone, keep drawing

sparky | emily- thanks alot, yeah thats probably my favorite thing to do

[Chris J. Anderson!]

Phat drawings. I feel the intimidation. My hands are shaking. Could that be arthritis, or fear? Great works. :chug:

[jetpack42]

A winnar was me!

Thanks for sharing, your stuff is AWESOME.
See you in TX

[Mon]

It's a true pleasure seeing your drawings, looks like you had a lot of fun making them. thanks for sharing these.

[Summer Pudding]

Oh man. The quality. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Aerythes]

Absolutely fabulous drawings. They have this unusual charm to them :) The close-eyed girl in the first pic, the running girl in the dress, and the girl on the floor looking at the camera... all these are just so lovely...

[Oblio]

Fear me in Austin - i'll be watching you :evilbat:
and your sketchbook for sure :)
kick-a$$ - can't wait to see you all! :chug:

Oblio

[joseph_hyde]

the digital picture, you say you've only had a WACOM tablet for a week?!? Unbelievale, but I believe you as your work is so good. (Just wondering did you draw the whole image in painter, or import a scan?)

Much respect

[brkofdon]

great drawing skills, and rendering. great style you have some pretty fresh ideas! good imagination, and composition of your pages. very very strong work! i can understand why your a former thunderdome champ

this made me very happy! cool work thanks for sharing:chug:

[andres_pad]

ummmmmmmm what can i say but;
"WWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW"
Dude i love all of this, and to be honest, i think u just became my hero. i am in shock a bit because of the amazing quality of your work. i love it all. i especially love the man in the suit on the horse. i love the way it seems cold and harsh, like a hangover or something. that kind of BANG in your face feeling is just amazing. Please keep up your work so that i can be inspired by it. this stuff is FUGGIN awesome. ok, sorry, im gonna shutup now, im still in shock.

keep it up ;)

[Jon Hodgson]

Really solid drawing: I'm very impressed by the commitment shown in those pages and find myself totally wanting by comparision! Inspirational stuff.

[Josef K.]

YEEEAH! WES is back! Finally! Missed ur drawings a lot :D

Dont let us wait too long for more of superinspirational stuff :beer:

[hurricane]

hi wes ! if its you that drew in Pchat with me some years ago ... killer stuff man ! how long does a page take you? for me it looks like it takes a long time... do you think before you draw or is it straight mind juice? love em all, keep on posting!

[AmadorL]

A TREAT AS ALWAYS WES.
nice yo see you posting again:chug:

Amador

[bRyaN]

Wes, great stuff man....

lookin forward to hanging wit you in Austin...

[TIM]

rEALLY rEALLY nICE...

~t

[andres_pad]

just thought u should know, i have come back here at least 15 times in the last 24 hours, just to marvel and drool at all your work. i'm a bit freaked out by the first piece because it looks SO much like my girlfriend and i, even the expressions on our faces apparently. anyway, thanks heaps man. i love this stuff, and please please please keep posting. i'd love to talk to u if u have msn or some thing, cos u are my hero :P. if u want, add me, andres_pad@hotmail.com anyway, catchya later, thanks heaps again, and please, keep it up

[freakedintheface]

one word

DAMN!!!!!!!!

[endregan]

wow have been waiting for an update from you for a while...these are all awesome.

Now you have a wacom too, youll be a machine!!

sweetttt

[winjer]

Whats the key to drawing awesome like that with no ref? Anything special to learn or just lots of experience?

[jmascho]

wes, you're an animal. Definitely paint over some more of those sketches...so nice.

I think the best pages are the ones that you maybe spent a little more time on, with more dark areas than others.

[Cocofuppa]

Absolutley effin amazing, very inspiring! Your pencil drawings are so raw and deep its just fantastic. Yet another member on CA who is going to be very popular I predict :P

Nice work, more plz! :D

[krayz]

3 words - awesome awesome awesome

[HugeHarHar]

I always love your stuff man. It's always the greatness.

[3bleadpencil]

...wes....I gotta say ...how does it feel to be famous?

Regards
Carlo

[carterartist]

wow

[Supercolor]

you are truely great...i will look forward to seeing somthing new

[kapturowski]

you are truely great...i will look forward to seeing somthing new

What's up with the gravedigging? These posts are old. Tho I wouldn't mind seeing some new stuff ;).

[Rickert]

pfff, so nice SO nice!

It's a little bit the kind of sketchy style I'm dreaming of...

:) wonderful

[Xpose]

Agreed, all the threads being dug up are great but.. i mean come on people some of them are 1, 2 or 3 years old

I know damn it! I was thinking "sweet maybe some new work from Wes" but nooo. Wishful thinking I suppose. Did something happen or does he just hate it on here?

[dogfood]

What... a... tease.

Now my art balls are blue.

[Jho]

More!

[arumeo]

Supercolor, stop bumping.

[waronmars]

Heh...it's so old, it's kind of like it's new.

[koroshiya001]

If I havent seen it, its new to me.

Awesome stuff.

[Tyranx]

If I havent seen it, its new to me.

lol :P

[Barts]

hahah got me all excited but yeah :(

[Jason Manley]

I wish mb could show what wes has done on a professional level here..it will be some months yet. he is one of the top character artists in the industry now. hands down. few can step that way as he has learned to do...speed..accuracy...design...character...mood.. .individual structures of the faces and body structures that help support inner depth of character...you name it..it goes in there...beautiful stuff.

how far you have come man...it is impressive.

[Mandryk]

Thanks for posting these Wes, they're all beautiful.

[Denart]

I wanna see Wes take on Ian McCaig, Thunderdome style

[Gryphon]

Your sketch pages are absolutely stunning - I wish I could pull people half that good out of my head! They're all individuals, which I really admire; the characters on your pages beat generic ideal people any day.

Fantastic stuff, man.

[wicktone]

Aw, man. I nearly jumped off my chair when I thought wes posted some new stuff. Oh, the pain and disappointment of zombie threads...

[Snowsfall]

bah!
:(

[Interceptor]

Awe, supercolor, you spoony bard. I literally spilled schezuan noodles all over my keyboard when I saw this thread, because of you :)
In anycase, it's still work that I had'nt re-downloaded after the big format. So i forgive you.

[michel]

beautyful as usual. :wink:
do you have some more color-stuff to post?
thanks for sharing wes.

now i see the date, me blind :lol: !

michel

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[bhanu]

You know that just one less 'o' in good makes it god.
You get my drift.dont you? Mr.WES

[Pixeldragoon]

I'm sure he would if he checked the boards more often ;D

[Kman.]

Woooow.

I think you've got to be my favorite artist on CA. Awesome stuff!!

[arumeo]

Can everyone who decides to post in this thread please check the date on the first post?

[Mr. Visions]

WHAT KINDA SICK TWISTED JOKE IS THIS! I come in this forum, see Wes at the top of the list of awesomeness, thinking I'll see something new, thinking that Sir Wesley has returned, and what do I find. GRAVEDIGGING! Just a bunch of Gravedigging. DON'T MESS WITH MY EMOTIONS LIKE THAT! The Wes subject is a very sensitive one. (Tear) Oh, he's never coming back. Thanks for opening this wound mister. How 'bout you just pick up the handful of salt and lemon juice and dump it in. GO AHEAD!

Tear, tear, tear...

Cry, cry, cry...

Wes, post something dang it!

- Visions

[Inkfish]

thanks for necroing the thread and getting my hopes up for an update :(...
you bastards

[SamiJo46168]

awsome work. hope i'll get that good soon.

[EVIL]

How did I miss this? can someone tell me?

fucking love your sketchpages man, its crammed with detail

[document]

Very impressive stuff! The emotion in the faces you draw is really amazing.
How do you keep your pencil lines from smudging in your sketchbook?

[AmishCommy]

can the admins please change all the titles of Wes' threads to include the date when they were last updated with new art.

I'm all for newbies discovering old great threads (allows for the rest of us to refresh our memories) but its a huge let down when you realise that it was last updated 2 years ago.

[Main Loop]

if you wanna find other people's old threads just run an advanced search, "find threads started by user" and type that user's name in.. because this is pretty annoying

[twoheaded]

I have always admired your collage pages, seems like its impromptu but there is a real composition path in it.