The Underground Sketchbook

[Bowlin]

Helllooooooo :)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/sketch_page_6.jpg

[atilla]

do you know of any links to get some info on the Andrew loomis books im looking to pick up a coppy but wana shop around for prices a little bit.

[Bowlin]

yeah, you can find the books scanned online at http://www.fineart.sk/ and if you want to buy the books, you need to just be patient and buy them off of ebay. I spent over a year trying to find and get the best prices on them and have bought them all off of ebay.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/sketch_page_13.jpg

[atilla]

thx for the link sounds good ill just keep a watchfull eye

[Bowlin]

Here's some more sketches from my sketchbook.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/sketch_page_16.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/sketch_page_12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/sketch_page_5.jpg

[Bowlin]

Some older drawings...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/queen.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/bugman.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/seahorse_fairie.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/seahoursepainting4.jpg

[Bowlin]

Again, some more older stuff...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/CARROTHEAD.gif


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/bear.gif

A still life...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/still-life.jpg

Norman Rockwell study...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/sketch_page_8.jpg

[Bowlin]

Some more of the sketchbook...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/sketch_page_9.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/sketch_page_4.jpg

[Darkside]

looking good man, always cool to see somebody progressing :)
one question, what medium did you use to make that color studies in your sketchbook? prismacolors?

[maxetormer]

lovely renders i like your stuff
I really love the way you use your colors dude
make more, and keep posting!!

P. S. the carrot alien is top noch stuff he he.

[Egets]

Hi Bowlin Im quite new here too and loving this place already myself, artist life can be so lonely and isolated and who other understands artist more than another artist, I particularly like the second sketchbook page because you vary more in the lines that sometimes they are more thicker and darker sometimes lighter and also you are moore loosed and expressive not thinking too hard what you are drawing, I think thats important and makes sketches look nice and interesting

[Bowlin]

Darkside - Thanks man, but progressing? hmmmm... hehehe .... and yes that's prismacolors, looks good, but takes a long time for simple studies in a sketch book.

Maxetormer - Thank you.

Egets - Thank you very much for your compliments. :)

[Bowlin]

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/sketch_page_10.jpg

[monkeygrrrl]

I really like the art nouveau bear portrait. Thanks for posting it.

[Bowlin]

Just another old page of life drawing. The first pic on this thread was also a life drawing. It's a chinese brush holder.

[Bowlin]

Tryin to figure out this tablet thang... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/windgirl2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/doodlebat.jpg

[Bowlin]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/windgirl4.jpg

[Interceptor]

This looks like the start of an epic sketchbook. Your life drawings are wonderful. Keep it up :)

[sve]

That's a great and mulisided So much interesting and wonderfully done drawings art, Bowlin! I enjoying it very much.I especially like the faces. Such a truthful expression. You are very skilled.
My favorites are:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/sketch_page_3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/CARROTHEAD.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/bear.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/still-life.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/sketch_page_8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/sketch_page_5.jpg ( I took it, OK?)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/sketch_page_6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/sketch_page_13.jpg

Thank you so much
Sveta dudetta

[vigostar]

good stuff Bowlin.... the last one is interesting although its a bit weird.. im not sure if it was intentional bu, it seems like she doesnt have a neck... keep on drawing brother man,...

[Bowlin]

Thanks Interceptor. Very nice of ya to say. :)

sve... thank ya. I'm not sure what you mean by "i took it, ok?". If you mean saved it to your computer or whatever, sure, feel free too. :)

vigostar.. Thanks for the complements, man. It does look like she has no neck. I was trying to make it look like her shirt was being blown up with wind from her hands, but it was such a quick doodle that i didn't spend time to really analyze it. Proably could have added some details with a different type of shirt to get the effect better, but i was really just tryin to learn what to use to render better in painter. This tablet is sooo difficult for me... need to get a cintiq to have a better "hands on" feel. ..................... P.S. your girlfriend is soooo hot!!! I seriously envie you! You should be drawing that girl all the time. :P

[Bowlin]

Did a study from a Hildebrant brothers painting. Found it way to difficult to try to mimmic actual acrylic in digital, so i just half tried in a lot of areas.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/hildebrandtfinalstudy2.jpg

A link (http://spiderwebart.com/enlarge.asp?image=101407b.jpg) to the original Hildebrandt piece.

An unfinished oil painting from Phil Hale.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/unfinishedphilhalestudy.jpg

And some kind of moon dog/werewolf.... something... kinda thang... heh. Just trying to really figure out these oils, and had the worst time with that rocks... need to start doing some more rock studies.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/moondog2.jpg


Todd

[vigostar]

Hey, Todd... glad to see that your keeping this book alive! I like that enviro study.. im not sure what the original looks like and Im too lazy to click on the link but, what you have there looks good to me... you gotta finish that Hale painting too man... keep on doing the do man!

[Bowlin]

Thanks Rob, the phil hale was just a quick study on the skin tones. I ran out of steam on it and already started something else. Just barely starting to see how to push and pull FORM with paints..... barely. heh

[Bowlin]

Just workin on some little tiny studies...

Tiny oil .. thing
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/demonhead.jpg

A little flesh ball exercise...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/fleshball2.jpg

And a first attempt at watercolor pencils. Proably ought to try some other mediums with it, inks or gouche, etc. for better value contrast.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/watercolorpencilshell.jpg

[maxetormer]

On the Hildebrant copy your clouds look way to regular
rember that clouds are moslty abstract shapes,
if you repeat the same curve angle and posicion to
much it will look false, same goes with the trees,
the colors on the other hand are spot on!! kudos on that;
the P. Hale copy is looking really REALLY GOOD,
and this last ones are nice as well, but the sphere on the
second page look off color wise, remeber that if you put a
pink-brownish object surrounded by a green enviroment
the object will cach some green on the reflected ligths.

This is a link that you could find usefull, its got some pretty
asum information on color and on other things as well!!

http://itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm

Keep it UP, I really like the work your are displaying!

[Bowlin]

Thanks for the reply Maxetomer. :) I didn't treally try to hard in replicating that Hildebrandt piece, the thing I was focusing on was mixing oil paints in Painter without using the little selection thing. I was hoping this would help me learn how to mix more subtle colors digitally. (but I don't feel much success, was a pain in the neck!)

Green light reflected on the sphere is not alway neccessary, because it's an image of nothing but the sphere floating in front of a green background. I make a lot of colored balls and then just try some different backgrounds with the idea of the squares used in art classes... where a color changes when surrounded by another... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/greenbrowncolorblock.jpg

And even if there is reflected light, how much and what type of lighting can be whatever you want... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/greenreflectball3.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/greenreflectball2.jpg

My point is when there is nothing in the picture, but a ball and a flat colored background... you can pretty much do whatever want with reflected light... there's no standard or proper approach... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/greenreflectball4.jpg

[Bowlin]

Just some sillyness... I love Idiot Apathy's little landscape studies in his sketchbook and thought I'd try one... His little paintings look like a great way to explore thumbnail ideas for landscapes.

[Bowlin]

Some stuff from paintchat...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/paintchatscreenshotcombo.jpg

[Bowlin]

and yet another update... :scribble:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/bunnyandblob.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/sketchbookpage.jpg

[Cobi]

Gonzo!!

You have some pretty awesome stuff here!! I love the pencil sketches the best. --i really like the norman rockwell. well done!

[Bowlin]

Thanks, Cobi! Yeah Rockwell rules.

[guggemmaneuver]

looking good here friend! the cast light on the ball studies look really nice... keep going!

is this some hint of what your dragon con costume will be? hehe (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/bowlin/CARROTHEAD.gif)

[Bowlin]

(oops, didn't see ya post there, guggen) Thanks man!

[isair]

some awesome studies here. the rendering on the still-life is great. and love the complementary color composition in some coloring works. keep up with it.

[Bowlin]

Thanks man I really appreciate the compliment. I haven't been keeping this sketchbook up to date much, mostly because I'm trying my best to do a lot of anatomy sketches. What I'm doing is just copying the same drawings from out of a book or from this great anatomy statue (http://www.freedom-of-teach.com/products/prod_category.php?sect=products&pid=cat_anatomy) over and over. To clarify, the exact same drawing over and over. It's mind numbing and not very exciting to look at, so I don't bother posting. :)

[Bowlin]

I have no clue why there are stripes when I use my scanner. Sometimes they're there, sometimes they aren't. I've spent too many hours trying to figure it out, and finally just given up. So I hope you like sketches with stripes in them :P . heheh. Also wanted to throw in my thunderdome pieces.

[Bowlin]

Colored an Old sketch.... "Queen"

[maxetormer]

I just love the lighting on this man
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=68584&stc=1&d=1167223893
and I love the way in which you carved the forms on this skull
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=48394&stc=1&d=1163362485
the ideas your cooking this days are great sooo....
UPDATE!!! MORE :painting: ;)

[Pigeonkill]

Nice observations on the color balls, the tints and reflective colors or something I forget myself.

[The Lunatic]

Lol was skimming through your SB and passed the skeleton painting and thought it was a 3d rendering, went back for a closer look and loved it. Kind of morbid :bashful:

[Bowlin]

Wow... I have comments! Thanks for your compliments, Max, Pigeonkill and Lunatic. :) I really appreciate it.

This first one is a speedpaint landscape. And the second one is all Oils that I call, "Red Cave Gaurdian".

[Bowlin]

Small oils, around 3 inches.

[Solon]

eh, nice life drawing and lines... keep posting!

[Bowlin]

small oil plein air 7.5' x 9.5'

[Bowlin]

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[guggemmaneuver]

Thanks again for your contribution to this Fall's Rice on the Other (http://riceontheother.com) Todd, will be getting your copy of the zine into the mail very soon! deadline for winter is 19 january 2008 f.y.i...

great work!

http://riceontheother.com/archive/pages/v01n3-11.jpg

http://riceontheother.com/archive/pages/v01n3-12.jpg

http://riceontheother.com/archive/pages/v01n3-13.jpg

http://riceontheother.com/archive/pages/v01n3-14.jpg

rs

[Bowlin]

Here's an old paper mache sculpture I did.

[Bowlin]

Another old paper mache. Loosely based off of one of Brian Froud's goblins.

[Bowlin]

Did this for a dirtbike plate.

Oils and some acrylic.

[Bowlin]

A study on something blue. Looking to see what this new copyright feature looks like.

[D@niel]

NIce stuff mate!! Dig the studies!!:)

[Bowlin]

Study from an old photo. No clue where it came from. The point was to draw from something small, and bad lighting. Well, that's not a great idea. :P

[Bowlin]

A logo I did for my sister's "Boys and Girls Club".

[spaztastic]

Really sweet stuff in here, thanks for drawing me :D made my day.

[Bowlin]

Heh, no problem.

[Bowlin]

For C.O.W. ... Titan Razorback

[Bowlin]

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[007gameraddict]

Oh my God , some of these are extraordinary , I wish I had so much talent . But like usual some of us are simply watchers of other people's incredible art . Keep it up , guys.

[Bowlin]

Uh, your first post is on my sketchbook?? Thanks, but I'm curious if this someone I know perhaps?