GreenSock's Sketchbook Diarrhea

[SirGreenSock]

New Stuff on the Bottom.

Hi everyone.

Been lurking for a long time now with few posts in-between, so I've finally decided to start posting regularly.
I am a highschool student here in Toronto, Canada, working towards a career in concept art/illustration. After looking through the sketchbook threads here, I've been inspired and have been making myself draw in my sketchbook for at least 90 minutes every day. This thread will hopefully motivate me to work faster and improve myself more.
Comments and critiques are most welcome!

Here's a quick dump of some of the recent work I've done in my sketchbook.

some sketches
http://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/sketch.jpg
contour study of sleeping classmate
http://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/sketch1.jpg
sketch of my eye in watercolour
http://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/sketch2.jpg http://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/sketch3.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/sketch4.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/hat.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/sketch5.jpg
Some concepts. Used references to get ideas for armor
http://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/soldier.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/soldier2.jpg
quick gesture/sketch in ballpoint pen
http://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/sketch6.jpg
Lots more to come
Thanks for looking :)

[SirGreenSock]

http://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/sketch7.jpg
Self-Portrait
http://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/sketch8.jpg
Self-portrait done with gouache
http://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/portrait.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/sketch9.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/sketch10.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/girl.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/girl2.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/fight.jpg
Concept I had some fun with
http://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/sketch11.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/sketch12.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/sketch13.jpg

[SirGreenSock]

These next two were done using ink refill cartridges from my old inkjet printer
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch14.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch15.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/glad.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch16.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch17.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch18.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch19.jpg
These two were inspired by Marko Djurdjevic
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/mask.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/bandit.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch20.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch21.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch22.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch23.jpg
These ones were done using El Coro's technique. I didn't have access to alcohol-based ink, so I had to use water-based which ruined the grain :(
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/coro.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/coro2.jpg
this one is another self-portrait, turned out skewed since I moved too much while drawing. :\
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/corosp.jpg
sketches from life and photos
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch26.jpg

http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/dissonance.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/demon.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/astronaut.jpg
Thats all. Sorry about the huge dump, had a lot of work I wanted to share :)
Once again, comments and crits are very much welcome!
Thanks for looking.

[incognito]

You seem to be progressing rather well, I recommend you just practice more anatomy/proportions. Everything seems good, nice and loose.

Not much else to say, just keep practicing.

[SirGreenSock]

Thanks for the comments incognito. :)
I was actually planning on doing a couple of studies based on some of the anatomy books I have, just as soon as a friend of mine returns them.

I don't think I'll have enough time to draw today, too many projects due next week, so I'll post some stuff from my life-drawing class that my teacher returned (she keeps most of our stuff until the end of the year for some reason :\)

a 20 minute study:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/abc-001.jpg
I think these were 30 second gestures:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/gestures.jpg
10 minute clothed proportion study:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/christian.jpg
A series of 15 minute clothed studies from different angles:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/christian2.jpg
And a skeleton study on which I seriously messed up the proporitons:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/skeleton1.jpg

[SirGreenSock]

Here's a quick painting I did while playing around with brushes in Painter.
http://www.projectsole.ca/gallery/albums/userpics/hick.jpg

[Morbid]

I like your loose lines. Nice expressive style!

Btw. Why do I end up in Brokencows SB when I click the link in your sig.? :P

[SirGreenSock]

Thanks for the comments :)

I fixed the sig, I copied the wrong address into it before :tihi:

[IanE]

That deformed skeleton actually looks really cool! Almost like a Gulf War Syndrome Baby's skeleton...

Good 30 second gestures, gestures are always a big help, along with drawing dime-sized figures! Really helps you to get the proportions right because at that size it's all proportion, no detail! Keep working hard on the portraits and anatomy studies, they're both coming along.

The only critique I had was that there are too many jagged and stray lines on your sketches. I did this too, but the way I got past it was to think about the lines and shapes, visualize them in my head, before I put them down on paper.

Keep it up and you've got an insanely strong start to your sketchbook!

Ian

[SirGreenSock]

Thanks a lot for the comments and crits IanE. :)

Yeah, 30sec gestures and small studies are really helpful, I have a bunch more of them that I drew during some of my classes, I'll post them up once I actually find them.

And I agree with you on my linework, its something that I've trying to work on for a while. I'm planning on doing a couple of pages of sketches just in pen, that way I'm forced to get the correct lines and forms the first time. :)

I think I'll have some more work posted either tonight or tomorrow morning.

[SirGreenSock]

I really need to start practicing anatomy. :\


Couple of studies
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch27.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch28.jpg

Practicing somewhat less boring poses
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/gun.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/spear.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/spell.jpg

Most of these were done in pen, to practice making more precise lines.

[SirGreenSock]

Studies of animal heads, done from photos:

http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/animals1.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/animals.jpg

Crappy attempt of drawing a person in perspective, and other doodles
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch29.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch30.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch31.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/soldier3.jpg

Any critiques or comments are helpful.
Thanks for looking.

[SirGreenSock]

More stuff for today:
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch33.jpg
Some gouache, watercolour and ink sketches, the one on the right is another self-portrait. These were fun since was the first time using gouache and watercolour without a preliminary pencil sketch
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch32.jpg

[SirGreenSock]

200+ views and 3 people replied? :(

Another update, took a bit more time with these ones.

http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch34.jpg

Practice at rendering, it turned out pretty good, but I still need practice. Any advice or crits on this one are very welcome!
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/distraction.jpg
Thanks for looking! :)

[SirGreenSock]

274 views and still no new replies? :blah: :nohope:

Didn't have a lot of time to draw yesterday, but I did do a couple of gouache and watercolour studies/sketches/experiments
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch35.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch36.jpg

This is a work in progress picture I'm working on for art class. I'm doing three in this series in Painter, then printing them as mini-posters.
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/wip.JPG

[hurricane]

very nice stuff !

but one thing i noticed is that you are very uneven in your art, the result can vary too much some times.. almost looks like 2 artists.. one suggestion would be maybe to think of tightening it up alittle bit ? 2 cents, take em or throw em away :P


cheers !

[SirGreenSock]

Thanks a lot for the reply! :)

I agree with you on the "uneven-ness" and looseness in my work. It's something I still have to work on.
My main problem right now is slowing down and taking my time with my work rather than trying to finish too fast and miss on the details. :)
I'm actually starting to do a couple of master study paintings for my history class, so maybe that will help me tighten up.

[SirGreenSock]

Another update, haven't had time to do any studies yet, too many due dates.
I did do some sketches, they'll do for now.

http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch37.jpg
I'm going to come back to this one later to fix his anatomy and give him some armor or something.
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch38.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch39.jpg
No model in life drawing class today...So I drew some classmates and other doodles:
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch40.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch41.jpg


I have already started a couple of the aforementioned master studies, but I don't want to post them until they reach a semi-decent state.
Thanks for looking :)

[SirGreenSock]

A bit more for tonight. Did some studies instead of working on school stuff. :D

A cruddy-looking gouache experiment:
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch42.jpg

And a gouache study of Android's self-portrait (May 22, 2003)
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch43.jpg

[3bleadpencil]

Hey Sir Green Sock....I can notice a progression in your work. You're starting to notice proportion is vital and would be intersting to see where this would this would lead you in the next few months of sketching....keep it up:)

CHeers
3B

[SirGreenSock]

Small update:
Madonna and Child by Bellini
Painting I'm working on for history class, acrylic on canvas. I plan on finishing it by the end of next week.

http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/madonna.jpg

[razuel]

You have some great sketches here; I especially like the watercolor eye. Keep up the good work, looking forward to seeing more master studies (I'm an art history buff).

[SirGreenSock]

Thanks for the comments razuel. :)

I'm glad you like the eye, its one of my favorite sketches here.
And you'll be seeing more master studies, since I have to do 5 more Madonna studies for history class. :D

I'll have another update tomorrow, been doing some anatomy studies that I'll scan in the morning.

[SirGreenSock]

Here's the update for today:

Loomis Anatomy studies. Didn't turn out too well, I still need a lot of practice.
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch44.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch45.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch46.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch47.jpg

And some studies/sketches I did before going to sleep:
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch48.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch49.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch50.jpg

Thanks for looking! :)

[SirGreenSock]

Here's some sketches I did over the weekend and today. I'm going to do more anatomy sketches either tonight or tomorrow.

Playing with exaggerated movement:
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch51.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch52.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch53.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch54.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch55.jpg
Drawings of classmates and teachers (mostly)
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch56.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch57.jpg

Thanks for looking, comments appreciated. :)

[Nike]

Hi
Nice stuff! Good studies, and I really like your ink doodles and you drawings of classmates - drawing from life is a great way to learn, I think :)
Keep them coming!

[draw]

Great Progress on the sketches. In terms of your colour studies I think they have a tendency to look very muddy and no gradation in tones. Keep up the good work

[SirGreenSock]

Thanks for the comments Nike and Draw.

In terms of colour studies, I think you're right Draw. Working with colour is a problematic area for me. I plan on starting to play with oil and digital studies to improve on my colour work.

[SirGreenSock]

Sorry for the long delay, I've been busy lately with school projects.
I didn't have time to really sit down and draw that much, mostly doodles and sketches. Here's some of the less-crappy stuff:

http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch65.jpg
Colour study/failed self-portrait
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch58.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch59.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch60.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch61.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch62.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch64.jpg

Thanks for looking. :)

[SirGreenSock]

Wow, long time no update

Been in a bit of a creative slump and overwhelmed with schoolwork for a while, but I still managed to fill up an entire sketchbook since the last update.
Most of it is boring stuff while I was in the slump, I'll just post the stuff worth looking at and spare some bandwith
Thanks to everyone for the support and help to far, this community has really inspired me to work harder and improve. I've recently come out my slump, and drawing seems to be more fun than ever now. Lots more stuff to come, only 2.5 weeks of school left!!
Here are the pics, sorry if there are too many, had a lot to share...

2 Value studies referenced from domai
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch66.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch68.jpg
Self-portrait. Was playing with holding pencil sideways, since then, thats my favorite way to render.
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch67.jpg
Torso sketches from photos, paintings and imagination:
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch69.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch70.jpg
Study of Velazquez's Pope Innocent X
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch71.jpg
Some stuff done for my Graphic Arts project
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch72.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch73.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch74.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch75.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch84.jpg
Self-portrait using two-mirror setup
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch76.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch77.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch78.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch80.jpg
done from reference:
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch79.jpg
unfinished stuff inspired by various people's sketchbooks:
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch81.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch82.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch83.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch85.jpg
Self-portrait
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch87.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch86.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch88.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch89.jpg
A marker self-portrait, and some stuff I plan on finishing:
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch91.jpghttp://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch90.jpg
http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch92.jpg

As always, critiques and comments are welcome.

[Nifelfang]

Cool stuff dude!
I liked the torso studies the most, they look kinda freaky without arms and legs ;)
Good anatomy alltrough most of the pics.
Post more! :teeth:

peace

[nmcleod]

hey man. good stuff. i like your style a lot
the way you render is really nice.
i think that first SP and those torso sketches are my favorite for this update.

i cant really find too much to crit. the only suggestion i have is that you try to get away from things you're comfortable with doing. it seems like you do a lot of portraits and figure work, but pretty much no still lifes. would probably be really helpful just to challenge yourself more.

keep up the good work
-nate

[Prehistoric]

what's up greensock?

you've got some really nice stuff here. i really like how you keep your pencils/inks really loose. it really shows not just your work, but how you work.

i really like the self portrait/color study from april 10th. i know you put it down as a failed attempt, but i disagree. you may think it failed because it doesn't look exactly like you, but i think it shows a real understanding of the act of painting.

keep up the good work, i'll keep checking in.

[~Faust~]

Hey, thanks for seeing through my stuff :)

Your drawings look great! I can't criticize very much on them, only look at them and learn something! :rendered:

[SirGreenSock]

Wow, thanks for all the replies everyone. :)

Nifelfang, ~Faust~, Prehistoric thanks for the kind words.

nmcleod I agree with you completely. I've noticed that I've been focusing on the figure and portraits a bit too much. I'm gonna start doing more still life, perspective and animal drawings. Thanks.

[young paddy1]

looking through this page and I'm really impressed by the progress you've made, compared to the work at the top the stuff at the bottom has far more fluidity and confidence in the strokes.

coupl'a things you seem to draw legs a bit short and necks a bit long, oh yeah and horses don't moo. :rendered:

[arghmisfit]

hey man, awesome progress. nothing is popping out at me that needs critting, other than wat has been already said


are u gunna go to sheridan after highschool?


keep up the good work man

[SirGreenSock]

Thanks for the replies. :)

young paddy1 - lol, thanks, I agree that I need to work on proportions, necks and legs are something I still need to study more. Horses also don't wear suits or have opposable thumbs. :)

arghmisfit - Thanks, and yeah, I am hoping to get into Sheridan for illustration after HS.


Here's another portrait I dug up and forgot to post. I also coloured it today using Painter. I think its one of my better colouring jobs. :D
http://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/portret.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/sketchbook/ca/portait.jpg

Hope you guys like.

[~Faust~]

Very nice painting, hell you look bored :P

[Frank the Ninja]

Awesome! Your stuff is really cool. Keep it up.

BTW, I go to Polykarbon too.

[SirGreenSock]

Faust - Thanks, I guess I was pretty bored. It was a slow day. :P

Frank - Thanks, I haven't been to PK in a long time. Should probably stop by and say hi. :)

[SirGreenSock]

Oh wow, I can't believe I haven't posted since MAY! I really have no excuse.
I haven't been doing any "real" complete work, been mostly practicing and experimenting especially over the summer. Anyway, my school starts again today so I'll try and get back into the habit of posting here.

So without more delay, some more work for your enjoyment. :)
As always crits and comments are appreciated.

Marker experiment with a touch of gouache.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/scan%20029.jpg
Portrait of my little brother, done with inkjet printer ink and water, and some more experimentation with the medium.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/scan%20037.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/scan%20039.jpg
Drawings of objects around my house:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_scan%20035.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_scan%20032.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/plant-study.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/plant-study2.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/chair.jpg
Pen studies of skulls done from reference:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/scan%20033.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/scan%20034.jpg
Self-portrait with dumb expression:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_scan%20036.jpg
Some life drawing stuff I finally got back from my teacher:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/scan%20024.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/scan%20018.jpg
And lastly, some master studies I did, including the Madonna painting that i posted a while ago, finally finished.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/scan%20012.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/scan%20004.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/scan%20008.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/scan%20031.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/scan%20044.jpg

Thats it for now. Those were the ones I felt were worth showing. Over the next couple of days, I plan on doing more still life and similar drawings.

Thanks for looking!

[CBS]

Hey man wonfull progression through the past 6months it will great to see where it goes in another 6 months. Also i love the values in the picutre of the bust of costanza bonarelli . Keep up the good work

[Onir]

wow I love your style, and I must say looking through all the things posted in this thread you've progressed extremely well; really rather inspirational. also gotta say I love the way you do faces and coloring, they all look so unique and cool. keep up the great work, man.

[SirGreenSock]

Onir and CBS - Thanks a lot for the kind words. I appreciate it.


Here's some more work I've done since the last update. Been trying to stay away from photographic reference (except one pic). Also did some more experimentation with different techniques.

Lamps outside my house
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/01.jpg
Life Drawing assignment
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/02.jpg
Gas Mask, used reference
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/13.jpg
Another Life drawing in-class assignment
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10.jpg
Study of a Rockwell painting
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/06.jpg
Self Portait done in pen.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/03.jpg
These next few are jusr playing around with pencil, pen, ink and watercolour
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/08.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/09.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/12.jpg
And finally, some studies from Anatomy for the Artist, I plan on doing more soon.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/04.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/05.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/07.jpg
Thats it for now. Crits welcome! :)

[faxmaster]

Wow man, you're just crusing along. Every post is better and better.

Really enjoying those bizzare creatures in that last update of yours, the expresion on the girl-squid at the bus-stop is priceless.

[SirGreenSock]

Faxmaster - Thanks, the bizarre ones were really fun to draw. :)

Here's more work I thought would be worth sharing:
Drawing of classmate I thought turned out pretty well
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/smoke.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/boomstick.jpg
In lifedrawing we were suppose to draw a classmate and make him bald. :\
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/bald.jpg
These next two are from reference photos. I felt I needed to start drawing more nudes in my sketchbook.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/domainude.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/sknude.jpg
And lastly, a 45 minute Photoshop self-portrait. I'm going to try to get into the habit of doing one PS sketch at least every other night. This is at actual size, first time working that small in PS.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/closedeyes.jpg

Thanks for looking! :}

[Dan1989]

Your sketchbook is showing some good progress, I gotta admit I really admire your watercolor stuff, it's very expressive in terms of color. It looks like you're on the right track, keep us updated.

[Deimos]

this is a great sketchbook you have here
some of your recent life drawing sketches are really amazing, beautiful stuff

keep up the great work! ill be keeping an eye on this thread ;)

[SirGreenSock]

Thanks for the replies everyone!
Dan1989 - Thanks for the kind words. Up until recently I really hated watercolour, but now I love em since I loosened up a bit.
The Fat Kid & Deimos - Thanks for the compliments. :)

More work, been sick and mostly bored.
I got an ISP for my life drawing class though (my topic is the mechanics of the human arm), so I'll be doing a lot more anatomical studies of the arm. Does anyone have any suggestions on good books to look into? Currently I'll be using Loomis, Grey's Anatomy, Anatomy for the Artist and Dynamic Anatomy. Any others that would be useful?

Anyway, unto the work:
Some Rembrandt studies, didnt like the second one, left it unfinished
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/Rembrandtsp.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/Rembrandtpl.jpg
Self portait with acrylics. Been experimenting with ways of rendering skin tone. This one is alright I guess.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/acrylsp.jpg
Two studies from photos:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oldeyes.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/llama.jpg
Another self portait, with marker this time. Messed up one of the eyes though.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/markersp.jpg
Some studies from life:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/pots.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/artsupplies.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/teacup.jpg

Subway sketches. I really gotta try and make it to the Toronto subway sketch group one of these days...
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/subway.jpg
Mostly sketches and messing around:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/eyessp.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/tipsy.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/faces.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/pants.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/eye%7E0.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/weee.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/markerface.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/crackbaby.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/tarboy.jpg

Thanks for looking! :)

[Mr.Blonde]

Hey! as i began to scroll through this (http://www.projectsole.ca/sketchbook/ca/sketch.jpg) caught my eye from the start. It looks as if you spent a lot of time on the face, and really sorta tried to just "suggest" the rest of the body. I do this a lot too, and it fails more times than it works (at least for me). I have come to the realization that I have gotten too caught up in the folds and seams of cloth to really concentrate on the form of the body and the clothing. If you think of the contours and shape and emphasize the form THEN add the folds, the folds add to the form and allow the eye to read them more easily. Simply a suggestion, and of course you can take this as you will. Keep up the good work.

[Nutter]

It looks like you have made some huge progress since you started this sketchbook. great work.

[Kane702]

You seem to have a unique style; it's pretty cool. One thing though, do you have trouble with hands? I saw many were scribbles and scratches. Some of them that you did draw were a little small. I am just asking. I was just an observation. Your stuff still looks better than mine!

I saw that you were in SBG Lite. I you get a chance check out mine (I need motovation.)

[SirGreenSock]

Wow, Thanks for all the comments everyone!

Nutter & The Fat Kid - Thanks a lot for the kind words!

Mr. Blonde - You're perfectly right with your comment on form. It's actually on of the areas I planned on exploring next. I found that especially recently, I have had a lot of trouble with figuring out the figure beneath the clothes.

Kane - Thanks, and yeah, I do seem to have trouble with hands. I've been looking at a lot of anatomy books, now I'm going to have to start doing more hand studies to help me with the form.

Here's the stuff from this week. Not a lot, nor is there anything great in this update, I spent most of my time scribbling and experimenting.

Some thumbnail gestures:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/thumbs.jpg
A few subway sketches I did on the way to an art store:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/subwee.jpg
Self Portrait, experimenting with stencils. First one, it was fun to cut.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/stencilself.jpg
Got a bigger mirror, so did some quick sketches
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/two.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/reach.jpg
Watercolour self-portrait. I rushed, then it got all muddy :(
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/wc.jpg
Got my hands on an animal anatomy book, I plan on doing more sketches from it.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/rawr.jpg
Just some sketches done in class to fight boredom. Mostly doodles and classmates
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dribble.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/paulio.jpg
I found a site that has lots of photos of death masks. Decided to draw couple of them. I'll do some more next week.
James Joyce
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/joyce.jpg
William Shakespeare
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/BillyS.jpg
Nikola Tesla
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/tesla.jpg
And, the crappiest drawing of the bunch, Julius Caesar
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/caesar.jpg
Last one is a self portrait done with willow charcoal. First time using it, really love the way it behaves. Probably one of my better self-portraits!
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/charme.jpg

Thats it for this week. Im also working on some paintings, but I'll scan those once they're dry. :)

[Farvus]

I like this lion head study. Very dynamic and detailed at the same time.
Great progress.

[SirGreenSock]

Farvus - Thanks, the lion was an interesting study. I plan on doing more soon!

That Fat Kid - Thanks, yeah I agree that everyone's sketchbooks are probably more interesting to see in person. That stencil self-portrait I did is actually the cover of my newest sketchbook. :)

Here's some stuff for today. Was bored and ended up doing a lot of sketches and experiments:

http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/hat.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/sittingpants.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/twack.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/cowboy.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/hanginaround.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/cowboy2.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/mannequin.jpg
This last one was an interesting experiment. Black pencil crayon and Watercolour on gessoed paper.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/cowboy3.jpg

[SirGreenSock]

Ok, I'm really sorry for the lack of updates for like a month now, school really caught up to me with way too many projects, so I had no time at all to scan. I did get a lot of drawing done, however most of it is just experimentation and drawings of classmates in school.
Things are slowing back down, so I SHOULD have time to scan my sketches more often and upload daily again, i hope.
Here's the batch of recent stuff:

Watercolour on primed paper experiment that turned out way too messy to be finished, as well as a redo of it about a month later, which turned out better:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/wctest.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-02.jpg
Vermeer study:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-03.jpg
Lots of sketches from Anatomy for the Artist:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/a4artist.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/a4artist2.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-03.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-07.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-08.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-04.jpg
Marker on primed paper sketches:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/markertest.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-02.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-22.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-26.jpg
Figure sketches from imagination:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-01.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-17.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-18.jpg
A huge batch of classmates:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-05.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-06.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-11%7E0.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-13.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-23.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-24.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-25.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-27.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-28.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-29.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-31.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-32.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-12.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-13.jpg

[SirGreenSock]

And a couple more:
Stenciled portraits of friends:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-09.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-10.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-12.jpg
I did another self-portrait with willow charcoal since the previous one was crap. This one turned out way better:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-33.jpg
This self portrait was interesting to do. I took a photo of myself, but I shook the camera to cause a sort of double image, then I drew myself from the photo. Also trying out Magic Man's powdered graphite and pencil technique. Its harder than he makes it look.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-10.jpg
My first ever scenery drawing, the view from a library window:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-11.jpg
And some various sketches from life and/or imagination:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-14.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-15.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-16.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-19.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-20.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/oct-21.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-01.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-04.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-07.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-08.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-09.jpg

Phew, ok, thats just about everything since the last update. As always, crits and comments welcome

[johnny78]

I can clearly see a progress from the beginning of your sketchbook to now. You´re getting better with faces!

One suggestions: You used a grid for the Madonna copy. Try to see the shapes... in an abstract way and try to translate them without the grid. That way you´lle get more self confident with life drawings as well. I practicde that with watercolors. Get down the shapes/planes without an underdrwaing and you´ll notice the difference. It isn´t easy, I know, but I think that it could help you :)

[SirGreenSock]

Johnny78 - Thanks a lot. You're perfectly right about working with shapes and planes more. I've actually been trying to do that recently, but so far nothing good came out. But, hey, at least im practicing! :)

Here's more stuff from yesterday, went on a field trip to the Agriculture fair, and got to draw lots of animals. They moved a lot, so theyre mostly gestures, but it was a great experience nonetheless!

Watercolour sketch
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-14.jpg
People on subway
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-15.jpg
Cows, farmers and a pickup gestures
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-16.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-17.jpg
Sheep
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-18.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-19.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-20.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-21.jpg
Two slightly longer studies, since they were both half-asleep. The sheep were wearing these funny looking cloaks and hoods.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-22.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-23.jpg
More gestures
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-24.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-25.jpg
Pigs
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-26.jpg
More cow
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-27.jpg
Horses
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-28.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-29.jpg

After that I did some value studies in watercolour, focused more on overall value rather than details.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-30.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-31.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-32.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-33.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-34.jpg

Thats it for now.
Crit away! :)

[spacemanchris]

I love your work, it's all very strong and dynamic. Very expressive stuff, especially the really sketchy stuff, I like that stuff the most.

[johnny78]

I think you are on the right track with the values.

And the sleeping pig is just too cute :)
I know that it´s very challenging to draw animals, as most won´t keep the same position for more than a few seconds.... So: cool stuff.

[SirGreenSock]

Spacemanchris - Thanks a lot for the compliments. I like the rougher work, too.

Johnny78 - Thanks, I enjoyed doing the value studies. The pigs were really cute, until some annoying kids started making noise until they woke them up, so they got all grumpy :(
I really loved drawing those animals, I'm gonna have to come back there when I can.
This Thursday Im actually going to see the Body Worlds 2 (http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/) show at the science centre. That'll be fun to draw, too!

Here's some stuff I did today

No model in life drawing, so we did a sketch of one of the classmates. I focused on the value of the face and the likeness, and am happy with it.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-35.jpg

These two were quick self-portraits. I like the first one, it has good value. The second one was too rushed, so I messed the proportions. Gotta learn to slow down once in a while.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-36.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-37.jpg

Thanks for all the comments and critiques so far everyone, it really encourages me to work more!

[HEROIC]

BASTARDDDD !!!!!!!


;p Heyy man ,, wasup??
DOnT MAke Me DO AN UpDate For MY SKEtCbooK TOo ><



Yooo, i liked the self portraits so much, its always my fav.


ANd See u AT THe Science Centre Tmr



AMir

[SirGreenSock]

That Fat Kid - Thanks for the kind words.

HEROIC - Hey man, what ahve you been up to? Not updating, thats for sure. You better not make me make you update your sketchbook, cause I will! ;)

Here, just for you, more sketches from today, including another self-portrait :)

Library
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-38.jpg
Random sketch
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-39.jpg
History Class again
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-40.jpg
Painting Class
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-41.jpg
Another sketch
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-42.jpg
Another self-portrait
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-43.jpg
And a hand sketch
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-44.jpg
Thanks for looking!

[Coinpurse]

I just wanted to say that your very productive. These look great, and i already notice improvements. Keep it up bro!

[SirGreenSock]

That Fat Kid - Thanks, recently I've been using HB pencils exclusively, but I've noticed that different brands of pencil create different looks and effects. Right now I'm mainly using KohiNoor pencils, both regular graphite and the woodless progresso pencils, they layer lighter than staedtler but can still achieve the same darkness. The paper is just a regular cheapo Canson sketchbook.
I like the gestural lines, too. They often look better than the final rendered drawing because they are so loose.

thejester - Thanks, sometimes I think I may draw a bit too much. I tend to go through a 100 page sketchbook every 2-4 weeks :\


Unto today's stuff!

BodyWorlds 2 was freaking awesome! I have to come back there again, since this time we had an assignment mostly involving gestures...
There was some really interesting stuff, and no time to draw it all. Here is most of the work, I didnt include some of the really rough crappy gestures, just the decent to good stuff.

http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-45.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-46.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-47.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-48.jpg This next one is a page of sketches of people blocking my view from drawing the above figure. That'll teach em! :)
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-49.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-50.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-51.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-52.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-53.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-54.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-55.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-56.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-57.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-58.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-59.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-60.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-61.jpg
This last one was an experiment I did at home after the show. I did a light, rough selfportrait, then using an anatomy book, a mirror, and by feeling the bones of my face created the bone structure. The parts I feel are most accurate are the jaw, teeth and eye areas.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-62.jpg

And thats all for today folks! Thanks for looking!

[SirGreenSock]

Haha, you're right about the skeleton looking like Calvin! Now I can't stop noticing it. :)

I actually do post almost all of my sketchbook drawings. The only ones I skip are the odd stray doodles that don't represent the work that I do and that I strive for, and have faults that I'm aware of. Basically, its only the really really crappy work that I don't post, since all this work is in my online gallery.

I had a lot of trouble with getting proportions to look right in these studies actually. Partially because I'm not use to drawing these kinds of poses, partially since I needed to do them fairly quickly so I could move on. Didnt have time to touch up details. I plan on going there again sometime this or next month, and doing fewer studies so I can do a better job.
Thanks for constantly coming back to look, comment and critique man, I really really appreciate it. :)

[armando]

You seem to notice all the problems you need to work on, that's an important skill. What I think you should do is, in any drawing where you notice problems, do another drawing of the same thing and fix those problems. The main issue I'm noticing is proportion, the first division to memorize is between upper body and lower, which is just to split them in half. The pubis is the halfway point. Practice dividing a line in half by eye, and for figures in perspective it's just the familiar dividing a rectangle in half. Also remember hands are about the size of the face.
A drawing that's particularly successful is on Nov. 8, the hand that's inked and pinkish watercolored. Play around with that technique some more.

[arghmisfit]

damn dood you are really working hard :O its pretty inspiring! i need to catch up now :P

man i wish that i could goto that show.. :(

[shyamshriram]

Nice sb man...i like that rose plant sketch and ur self portait (dumb exp.) :P

keep working dude...i can see the progress here :yayca:

[mir]

You surely draw a lot.This is good :).I like those flowers on the first page.
Maybe in some drawings you could push the lights and darks - to avoid drawing the whole picture in half tone.
And I like that you are brave to experiment with different mediums :)

M.

[SirGreenSock]

Thanks for all the comments everyone!

Armando - Thanks, I agree that I have trouble with proportion. Especially with legs, I should dedicate some attention specifically to that area. That watercolour hand was interesting to do, I was painting the sepia straight into the pinkish tones. I'll try and play with it more.

arghmisfit - Thanks for the kind words. You should really try and check out the show if you can make it. I'm definitely coming back when I have spare time.

shyamshriram - Thanks a lot man, thats one of my fav self-portraits, too. :p
I noticed I dont do enough nature drawings. I plan to rectify this ASAP.

heartbeat - Thank you. I have been using the HB a bit too much, should probably move up a notch to push the values more. I've partially been experimenting with using lighter, flatter shadows, but I should go back in to stronger value. I'm glad you like the medium experiments, its always fun to just sit down and play around with different ways of making marks on a surface.

Okay, a few more pages for today. Since that fat kid asked for it, I'm going to post everything, including some rougher work. We'll see how that goes. :)

Just some general sketches in art class. We were eating mandarins, I had some fun drawing the skin all coiled up. The figure in the top left is actually a memory exersise. Before class I was watching a person holding up a tape recorder, then attempted to redraw it later from memory.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-63.jpg
People and things in animation class
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-64.jpg
No model in life drawing, drew classmates again
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-65.jpg
Fairly quick sketch of the spray bottle I use when painting with acrylic
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-66.jpg
Hands
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-67.jpg
Quick figure sketches, trying to figure out pose for later drawing.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-68.jpg
And finally, a study of a horse from an animal anatomy book I took from the library.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-69.jpg

If weather and homework permits, tomorrow Im going down to a park to draw, so I should have some perspective and nature drawings. On sunday I'm hoping to go downtown to draw the St. James Cathedral. Should be challenging.

[HEROIC]

Niceeee,,

I love the portrait of urs that is leaning toward the mirror. ANd ABout the Science Centre i like the baby, the body standing with ink. ADn really like that experiment of urs man,, AWESOME. i love that one


I really enjoyed the end last page ,, FIGURES,, GREAT *YUM YUM FIGURES*

POOPEX :p

[SirGreenSock]

Heroic - Thanks. I do many experiments dude, which one do you like. :P

That Fat Kid - Thanks, I plan on doing a LOT more memory exercises, theyre fun and very helpful. I know what you mean about the spray bottle, I'm gonna start going in with darker pencils from now on to push the values more. Thanks for coming back again :)

More stuff from today, went for a walk, stopped by local park and went around a construction yard. Here are the sketches I did:

people in park
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-70.jpg
Tree
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-71.jpg
More park
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-72.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-76.jpg
Construction equipment
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-73.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-75.jpg
Attempt at freehand perspective. I need a lot more practice. Couldn't finish this one, hand went numb in the cold :\
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-74.jpg
I'm gonna do more sketching tonight, now its unto homework!

[Interceptor]

You're an ANIMAL! great book.

[Alday.J]

Man, I can't understand HOW I can miss this thread ! It's simply awesome, I love your studies: the sports ones are simply amazing ! IMPRESSIVE ! <3
Cheers man, I'll comin' back, for sure !
J.

[HEROIC]

yoo, ,thoes construction equipments as u say are real awesome..

U BASTARD didnt tell me about goin out dRAwinG,, KILL U
;p


ohh, by the way, u did a squirrel too? ;p that looks pretty fast and good
Nice works man, ,yaaah,, love ur lines

[brokk]

hey, nice sketches! Sketching from life is really cool, and the construction equipment is my favorite here : )

Well I know sketchbooks are for sketches, but the only crit (or not really a crit, just a wish) is to see more finished stuff, like the horse study. Also try to push the values more, make the darks darker and the lights lighter.
EDIT: or, you can change that by adjusting the brightness/contrast in an image editing program like photoshop.

Cheers, keep posting!

[SirGreenSock]

Wow, lotsa replies! Thanks everyone, you're all very encouraging!

That fat Kid - Thanks, those sketches were fun to do. I'm going to be doing a lot more similar work, I feel ive become more confident with doing sketches like that.

Interceptor - If I'm an animal, you're some kind of indescribable beast! Thanks!

Alday.J - Thanks a lot. By sports ones, I assume you mean the ones at the bodyworks show, those were probably my favorite, too.

HEROIC - Hehe, sorry for not telling you, i wasn't planning on because of the weather, but this was a last-minute decision since I had to go to the library to return all my anatomy books :D

bRØk3n_sPiRiT - Thank you, I do intend on doing more finished work, especially now that I have to get a portfolio prepared. There have been a lot of crits on me needing to do darker value, meaning I DEFINITELY need to get to work on that now. :)

These are sketches I did last night, but didnt get around to scanning:
Self Portrait I tried to do without lifting pen from the page. Messed up proportioons:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-77.jpg
Value study of a bottle of turpentine. Pushed the darks a little but, but could do it more :\
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-78.jpg
Nude study from photo reference. I think I got the proportions right for once.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-79.jpg
Watercolour skintone study from reference. Overall, pretty messed up, but the skintones themselves are good.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-80.jpg
And finally, a chalk pastel self-portrait. I'll try and do a better one later.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-81.jpg

[HEROIC]

wow man, , really like the contour lines of ur first self portrait,
The last portrait, , u look abit, FLAT :S, cheek mostly and lower lip

Looks good thought, ;)

[Farvus]

I like your sketches with construction equipment and perspective. They're very quick but give lots of information about the object/place. The last ones are nice too.
Keep posting :).

[Alday.J]

Alday.J - Thanks a lot. By sports ones, I assume you mean the ones at the bodyworks show, those were probably my favorite, too.

Yeah, exactly what I mean... or try to say. My english is "off" sometimes, so forgive me for that kind of imprecision/mistake. Well there's a lot of new stuff, you're an animal, Interceptor is right on that point. I really need to do more studies like you did. You blow my eyes with your stuff ! Keep posting the good stuff, my friend ! :teeth:

[Mr.Blonde]

Hello sir, nice to see you're doing lots and lots of studies. They kinda show up a little bit grey... try adjusting levels in photoshop to make your marks more clear in the digital world? I love that sheep with the funny cloak. Keep it up!

[mir]

Hey , those gestures from the park are very nice.I think the line quality is better than in the older once.I should also try to do some.
:)

[SirGreenSock]

Thank you everyone!

Heroic - Hey man, I know what you mean about the flatness. I'll do a better one soon.

Farvus - Thanks, I enjoyed drawing the construction equipment. Gonna go back to the site the next warm day and try to do longer/closer studies.

Alday.J - Thanks a lot for the compliments!

Heartbeat - Thank you, I've been trying to improve my line quality lately, I still think its too messy with too many useless lines.

Stuff from today and yesterday. Updates will be probably be erratic for a while now, almost the end of the term, lotsa stuff due! >_<

Bought a new fountain/nib pen, been having fun with it.
Subway sketches
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-82.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-83.jpg
Went downtown with Heroic to the St. James cathedral. I did two very quick sketches, it was waaay too cold that day. I didnt notice the skewing until I scanned it :\
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-84.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-85.jpg

More sketchery
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-86.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-87.jpg
Figuring some stuff out
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-88.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-89.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-90.jpg
Experimenting with rendering, aside from a few annoyances, i think it turned out well
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-91.jpg
More classmates. I must seem like the creepiest guy, just sitting there sketching people :)
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-92.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-93.jpg

[armando]

The naked asian guy #88 wierded me out when I first saw it, I thought they were having you draw freshmen in lifedrawing class, I assume your in highschool which you may have said already. The lifedrawings are excellent, screwy proportions and all.

[legacy]

you are a god damned machine. . . . love this stuff - keep it coming man :)

[Alday.J]

In a general way the stance of your characters is very good ! Bravo, SirGreenSock ! :bashful:

[Azeira]

when i look from beginning to the present, id say that this sketchbook has undergone quite an evolution. your style has only gotten better, as has your skill. its something to be admired, the way you work, as it seems your commitment to drawing is absolute. with out question. i enjoy you graphites and some of the inks, but the colored peices are really something. youll only become greater with every finished page. dont stop the work.

the very best to you,

Woodruff

[SirGreenSock]

Thank you everyone, your encouragement pushes me to work more dilingently. In the past few weeks I've found myself having lots of fun drawing constantly. I use to have to make myself sit down and sketch, but now I just sit down and sketch without hesitation.

armando - Haha, my brother thought the same thing! :bashful: The asian guy is actually from a hi-res photo I found on 3d.sk. I liked the values and decided to draw him, but I guess he turned out looking really young. :)

legacy - Thanks for the compliment, will do.

Alday.J - Thank you! I've recently been working to improve on whole figure work, instead of constantly focusing on the head and hands, right now I'm keeping busy mainly with torsoes.

That fat kid - Thanks, I've really become immersed in just sitting around and drawing whenever I get the chance. The best way to learn is to make drawing fun!

Azeira - Thanks a lot for the compliments! I'm glad you like the coloured work, its an area where I still have trouble, mainly because I don't do it enough.

More work! :D

A photoshop sketch for an assignment for english class. I had forgotten just how fun it is to sketch in PS. I gotta start working with figuring out custom brushes.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-94.jpg
Pencil portraits, Im quite happy with the likeness, but I didnt have enough time to really develop the values.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-95.jpg
Still figuring out figures :). I need so start looking at references of backs, Im having trouble with figuring out how everything looks from these angles.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-96.jpg
Pen sketches, trying to clean up my lines more
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-97.jpg
Random doodles and gestures
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-98.jpg http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-99.jpg

Thats it for today as well! Tomorrow Im hopefully do some traditional and digital painting, I'm wondering how oil would look in a sketchbook.

[Alday.J]

I've recently been working to improve on whole figure work, instead of constantly focusing on the head and hands, right now I'm keeping busy mainly with torsoes.

Yeah, I got the same problem. I focus too much on faces. Nice set of pic here, I dig the first one a lot, very energic and I like the way you put "quickly" your colors. Sober, expressive and efficient. Hope to see some more in that way from time to time !
Cheers, Sir ! :yayca:

[That fat kid]

hey sock, don't sweat it if you don't fully render a picture, according to mentler it takes about 15 thousand drawings to get to it, so just draw all the time and you'll end up being even better....you got a lot of confidence in your lines, and your 'touch' at drawing is getting better....

the fat kid

[mitch]

SirGreenSock- WOW!! awesome self portraits and watercolors, and I cant believe you are still in high school too!, thats amazing.

[legacy]

wow good update man. I love the first photoshop sketch - the colors are nice :)
keep em coming!

[SirGreenSock]

Thanks for dropping by everyone!


Alday J -Thanks a lot man, I am definitely gonna do more Photoshop work.

That fat kid - Thank you. I've actually surprised myself last night when I flipped through the sketchbooks I did since september, Just goes to show how important practice is. Gotta get back to work, got something like 14800 more sketches to go!

mitch & legacy- Thanks for the compliments!

Didn't have time to scan yesterday, went to sleep right after sketching/painting, so here's stuff from last night and today:

Study of a skull done in lifedrawing.

http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-100.jpg

sketches/experiments
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-101.jpg

History teacher marking tests
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-102.jpg

gestures of classmates focusing on torso
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-103.jpg

self-portrait doodle done with a whiteout pen
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-104.jpg

My first ever finished oil painting (have first one still in the works :)) Colours came out pretty nice, if a bit too pastel, but the likeness is crap. I also used waaaay too much quick-drying medium (since its in my sketchbook), which made it really really shiny.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-105.jpg

Gestural thumbnails/storyboard for a 6 second flash animation for class.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-106.jpg

sketches of class
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-107.jpg

more sketches
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-108.jpg

study of kettle, didnt realize it was THAT skewed until scanning. I will do a more accurate underlying sketch next time. :(
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-109.jpg

Selfportrait, trying to do somewhat more finished stuff :)
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-110.jpg

and finally, jsut a couple of pen doodles
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-111.jpg

Tomorrow im going downtown to some lifedrawing place to sketch! Probably gonna be real fun! :D

[shyamshriram]

Nice update Sir ! :)

[SirGreenSock]

Thank you shyamshriram! :)
Have a lot of work to upload today. Did lots of sketches, plus I went down to the Toronto school of art to an open life drawing session for 3 hours! Twas really fun!

Loose drawing of my school library from where I was sitting
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-112.jpg
Sketches in library
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-113.jpg
Portrait of a friend
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-114.jpg
Sketches on the subway
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-115.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-116.jpg
Now unto the life drawing stuff
1 minute gestures
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-117.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-118.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-119.jpg
5 minute sketches
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-120.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-121.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-122.jpg
10 minute sketches
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-123.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-124.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-125.jpg
15 minute sketches
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-126.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-127.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-128.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-129.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-130.jpg

And finally, subway sketches from the way home
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-131.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-132.jpg

[Alday.J]

Awake since 24 hours, and it's a pleasure to ending my art journey with such wonderfull set ! You're a drawing machine, man ! Bravo !
See ya soon, Sir !

[Zord]

People like to live one moment at a time, but you, sir, like to live one huge dump at a time. I really enjoy the loose line work; cool how you lay down loosies, and then tie them up for a nice, technical render. And if I may add one crit, althought it might be too late, the last figure sketch you have, [the 15 mins one], the guy's head seems a little bit too big. But it may be just me. Either way, this thread shows me how much work I should be doing. Cheers!

[hamb6960]

I really dig your loose pencil work. Your whole SB just looks great. I can't wait to see you take it to the next level, I can already see your improvement.

[armando]

Wow, you can move fast, got the whole body in one minute. Did you feel like you were rushing when you did those? Oddly your 1 minute drawings have better proportion than the longer poses. Portrait of your friend is very well done.

[HEROIC]

yaaaaa man, The drawings u did at the life drawing stuff are great. i liked the marker one, and second last 15 minutes drawing . ALso the 1 minute drawing were great ;)

SUb drawings. well of cuz i do look good in that last page, just a bitt :S :/.. :p

But yoo, we had a great time yesterday, first drawing at skool, then sub, then life drawing for 3 hrs. then sub. Likeee oh yaaah, that was awesome

from the last itme ive seen ur shadowings, its gettin better and better, MORE REALISTIC. the 15 minutes poses really digged through it.

Keep It up :)

*CHOP CHOP*

AMiR :^^:

[legacy]

great update man. thats cool that u got to go to an open life drawing session. I wish we had stuff like that where I live :P

I like the 15 min sketches, and the 1 min gestures are nice - where are the multitude of them *wink wink*

:D

[Yina]

im seeing improvement throughout this thread! keep it going good...

[mitch]

very nice life drawings.

[SirGreenSock]

Alday J - Thank you! Hope you've had a fun journey :)

Zord - Haha, thanks, "living one huge dump at a time", I like that. :)
And yeah, you're right, the head is waay too big. I originally wanted to just focus on the head, so I had no gesture layed out for the proportions :\

hamb6960 - Thank you!

armando - Thanks! I didn't feel like I was rushing the sketches, its just a different method, trying to get as much information down about the pose with fewer strokes. The reason why the one-minute ones are probably more porportionate is since I didnt focus on a single area to render, but rather the pose as a whole, I'm still learning on applying this to lnoger studies.

HEROIC - heeey man! Life drawing was real fun, can't wait to go again tomorrow. You did some sweet work, too, now go UPLOAD it :D

legacy - Thanks, the open life drawing session I went to is at a local art school, try calling up some schools/colleges and see if they have similar things organized, most art schools should.

Mitch and Yina - Thanks a lot for the compliments!

Stuff for today, tried to go out again to sketch, but it was really freaking cold, so i didn't do any long studies.

http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-133.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-134.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-135.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-136.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-137.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-138.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-139.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-140.jpg

I'll have lots more tomorrow, I'm gonna try and bust out some PS sketches, and on top of that Im going to another open life drawing session tomorrow morning before going to OCAD for national portfolio day!

[mentler]

Your work has a very strange quality I can't quite put my finger on <> but I see a strange distortion in much of your work that at first just appears wrong <> however when I look deeper I sense the this is a truthful part of your visual experience <> there is something going on here that is very unique and interesting.

[HEROIC]

Woooooh, Torsoo thumbs,, O_= nice.
really like that sink, SInK, SInK GOOD SInk
good life studies man, i wish i could do those lil thumbs u did, like portrait and mouthes. i mean i didnT HAvE tiME, I WaS WoRkinG O_O

do more oF the mouth Studies, ANd u might wanna DO some diff emotions ??
theres one mouth with the tooth,, that looks real good, drawing each teeth is always hard, and i have trouble with. :)

CHOPP MOREE,, and YAAAAAhh,, TMR , national portfolio DAy, and liFe drawing sessions.. OOOOH yaaa
MonDay ENGliSH assignment :S :dead:
lol

see u around dude

[Alday.J]

Hi, man ! Yeah, it was a good trip to finish with your sketchbook. Great stuff, as always. Can't wait to see your PS stuff, he ! he ! And good luck for your portfolio day (Heu... what is exactly ?)! Cheers, SirGreenSock, see ya soon !

[SirGreenSock]

Thanks for all the replies!

Mentler - Thank you so much! I'm glad you like my work!

Heroic- Haha, thanks, glad you like the sink. I'm actually planning on doing some work with more expressions, the mouth/lip sketches are parts of that. Chop Chop!

Alday J. - Thanks, I'm still not done with the PS stuff, I'll post it when I do some more work on it. National portfolio day is a day when students go down to art colleges to have their work critiqued by professors and see if it is fitting for the program they're applying for.

Highlight of today was going back to the open life drawing session, did some work Im happy with! National portfolio day at OCAD was OK, didn't really learn anything I didn't know before. It was funny/sad to see just how many students put anime-style work into their portfolio (sheridan strictly states they dont want any anime work in student portfolios), they were all whining when the professors told them that work is not accepted... :)

Anyway, unto today's work, I only did the open life drawing stuff and a page while waiting in line at OCAD, been doing homework the rest of the day :\

Some 1 minute studies, I tried to focus more on volume this time around. It was interesting to do, the model was very "classically" built.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-141.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-142.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-143.jpg
5 minute sketches
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-144.jpg
Made the legs too short again! :upset:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-145.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-146.jpg
10 minute studies, some are good, some are overworked.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-147.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-148.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-149.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-150.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-151.jpg
two 15 minute studies. Drawing a face upside-down is freaking hard! :teeth:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-152.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-153.jpg
Finally, a full page of people waiting in line to have their portfolios looked at. Most of these are parents waiting with their kids.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-154.jpg
(the angry-looking guy wasnt there though :))

I'm still trying to figure out efficent methods of rendering volume when time is of the essence, right now I quickly flesh out using side of the pencil, then come in for smaller details with hatching. Any tips?

[Main Loop]

good loose penwork, work on using less lines in them and they'll be tight..

[HEROIC]

wow man, really liked the works u did in drawing session today, ur lines, are great, its inspiring for me sometimes, *JUST SOMETIMES :p*

i really liked the 10 mins, the face one, and those quick gestures. THOSE ARE GREAT> I ENVY :p

i just noticed how u simplifies some parts in ur drawings, like hands, hair, feet, and i think its because u cant get that kindda body in home, and photos, ur capturing that , putting ur time on that, and that is really great, i rmbr on some of my quick drawing, i did focus on hands alot, which is a lil bad, cause i missed the pose.

yoo, our pose was great today. Great workin with ya man..
Except that PoRtfolio GUY :( i liked the other things we did today.


EDIT pAge 3, CONGRATZZZ :p


2nd EDIT **CHOP CHOP**

[PetePARKER]

you're 17 you Mo'Fo!

i hate you!





......so you wanna OC again? ;-)

[BAKI]

hey you got some good studies going on
nice charcol work
looks great, keep at it

[jtheanswer]

I like how you use those loose lines in your sketches. Your effort and progress is amazing and inspiring. Maybe you have some trouble with proportions, I do as well. I got "Anatomy for the artist" by Sarah Simblet, but I havent had time to use it yet. (I saw one of the pics from the book).

Cheers!

[spacemanchris]

love the 5 min sketches, the first one especially. I love your faces, you capture a lot of character and personality in them.

[That fat kid]

hey sock, i'm jealous, i never got to do any nudes from life when I was 17...good work on them, you've improved a lot....you're drawings have a lot of energy in them, giving them vitality and movement...some of the proportions look a bit wonky, but that doesn't detract from a good drawing if they aren't absurdly weird...the old masters didn't even get anatomy right all the time.....as for volume when time is short, you seem to be able to do that fairly efficiently already, look at those 5 minute drawings....or the 1 minute ones...don't forget that line variation can indicate volume, depth, and mass too....great stuff, keep it up!!

the fat kid

[armando]

Laughed my ass off reading the random word groupings from #116. Great new life drawings, the proportions look pretty accurate too.

[Zebz]

Sir! Really, really great thread! I love your more gestural pencil drawings the most. Especially some foe earlier stuff on page 2. You're really comin' into your own! And you can tell, like my stuff, when you spend more time and actually draw and drawing well and than there's the rushed stuff. I have a similar problem. I feel like I'm just hacking and sqiping at the page at times, y'know? But seriously, bro... these are really beautiful. I've got my eye on this thread!

As for figure tips... you don't have to render everything for it to be a great drawing... sometimes you can just create focal points or just render the parts that are closer to the viewer, etc. As far as rendering tho, try to wrap your hatches and strokes around the figure/form. Sculpt the drawing on paper. Like you're brushing your hand along the surface of the form... lay your line strokes down like that. Hope that helps... always note that high light, core shadow, reflected light, and cast shadow as well. Just like those spheres that simply shows how value flows, remembe rthat light works that way on all forms.

Great thread, bro. I'm really glad I made my way in!!

[2ma2]

Couldn't see much more than the first dozen or so, being on a dialup.. ..nad then the last dozen or so in the reply page :)

Nice stuff, sure the material is uneven but whose isn't.. when you relax, you have a very expressful style, I reaslly like that ballpointpen sketch.

Also, you show GREAT improvement on the lifedrawings, those last are top notch. Makes me want to take up a class again.

[Profil]

sorry for not replying, Im a bag of douche.
Nice work man:) Just work a bit on line quality.

[D.Labruyere]

hi greensock :)

firstly, thanks for checking out my sketchbook, yes it was the fencing guy :) glad that you recognised him. (I saw that you had drawn him also :) )

I really like your stuff, you draw lots of people. really a lot, and I really like them but wouldn't it be fun to draw a landscape for once, I think it would look amazing :) :D

[Mikko Voipio]

Whoa man. You must go the toilet with your sketchbook. How do you find the time to do all this. Great stuff though. No reducing on the quality even though drawn fast. You have certainly progressed a lot since you've started this thread. Keep practicing as much an you'll be reaching the moon by the same time next year. See you again soon.

[SirGreenSock]

Ok so I said updates will be weird, but didnt mean for them to stop. :)
First term of school is over, finished all current projects, so I can get back into scanning my work every day.
Ive still been drawing, a bit too much maybe, but its become a habit now and I can't stop :p.
Lots of replies! Thank you everyone!

Main Loop - Thanks a lot! I'll work on my pen work, tighten more!

HEROIC - heeey man! Glad you like the studies. I tend to simplify a lot of areas in my life drawings to save time, i worry more about getting the form in rather than minute details.

PetePARKER - Hey Pete! Sorry if my age bugs you, I'll try and work on that. :p OC was goddamn fun, gotta do it more often!

BAKI - Thanks for the kind words!

jtheanswer - Thanks, Anatomy for the Artist is a great book, I would put it to even more use but I have to keep taking it out from the library, cant find a local store that sells it :\

spacemanchris - Thank you! I love doing the 5 minute ones, theyre probably my favorite, too. Glad you like my faces, now I gotta move on to the rest of the figure :)

That fat kid - Hey fat kid! Thanks for the kind words! I'm still practising figuring out proportion in drawing, i think im getting better, except for the goddamned legs, gotta study more! You're right about line variation, i gotta pay more attention to that!

armando - Thanks, hehe. The word groupings was just me trying to figure out an acronym for my site name when a friend asked me what it meant. :)

ZebzFree - Thanks for looking at my sb! Really like your stuff. I'll keep your figure tips in mind next life drawing session! Thanks!

2ma2 - Sorry if I killed your dialup, I try to compress my pics as much as possible, but I guess they tend to add up. :p GLad you like my work, life drawing is really fun!

Profil - Heh, dont worry about it. I'll try to work on my line quality!

Haldor - Thanks, I really really want to draw landscape, but that requires going out of the city or into one of the bigger parks, both of which i have no intention of doing in this cold :p. Landscape will have to wait until spring. However I wanna do some perspective, architecture and interior stuff here in the city, too. Do urban landscapes count? :)

Placeboast - haha, i think the toilet is like the one and only place where I dont carry my sketchbook! Thanks for the compliments!

Aah! Huge dump of work from the last week! My site's bandwith is dying, so Im gonna have to revert to removing some of the really horrible work to save bandwith. Out of this batch, I scanned a bit over 60, and tossed about 9-10 which were crap.

Ok here goes, probably gonna have to upload in two dumps :o
Everything here is either life or imagination!

Self Portrait done in OC. Was fun to experiment a while. If anyone is interested in the .wpe, send me an email, or pm or whatever and I'll send it to you (its like 800KB)
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-155.jpg
Hand study
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-157.jpg
People in the library, classroom, hallway etc... I have become that creepy guy sketching in the corner :^^;:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-158.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-159.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-160.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-165.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-198.jpg
Subway Sketches! Met up with the Toronto sketch group on Sunday! It was freaking awesome! So many talented people there!
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-178.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-179.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-180.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-176.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-177.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-209.jpg
Life drawing!
Gestures
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-161.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-162.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-163.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-181.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-182.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-183.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-190.jpg
Studies
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-184.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-185.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-171.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-173.jpg

[SirGreenSock]

Update continued!

http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-187.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-188.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-189.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-191.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-192.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-193.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-194.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-195.jpg
Some foreshortening studies
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-164.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-169.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-170.jpg
Sketchery - Playing around with pencil, pen and brushpen techniques
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-175.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-186.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-166.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-167.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-196.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-197.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-199.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-201.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-202.jpghttp://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-203.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-204.jpg
Ballpoint pen self-portrait. Also the 200th drawing Ive uploaded/posted this month!
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-200.jpg
Went to the Art Gallery of Ontario today to see the Catherine the Great show. Since it was for history i didn't get too much time to draw, pulled off 4 15 minute sketches. I wanna go back there so i can continue pushing the darks and midtones more, everything is too light :o
Stuck to the busts since they were the least crowded
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-205.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-206.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-207.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/nov-208.jpg

Holy crap, that was bigger than I expected!

[Alday.J]

Wow, it's christmas ! So many good stuff, bravo, SirGS ! :yayca: I dig the sb made with ballpen a lot ! But I REALLY fall in love for the "CK" piece ! Send me this one if you have time (and if you want !).
Keep posting the good stuff, my friend !

[B-Man]

You draw great faces! You got the right feel for expression and layout. Inspiering! Nice!
Defenetly worth rating high! :)
I'll be back! Cheers! :^^:

[That fat kid]

hey sock, congrats on the rating! your values getting better and your marks are more and more interesting.....the proportions still end up a bit goofy, but you'll work that out in no time...

the fat kid

[SirGreenSock]

Oh wow! 4 Stars! Thanks everyone!

Alday J - Thanks, when I went to the toronto subway sketchgroup, all the artists were using ballpoint, so now I've been playing with it a lot, its quite fun. Glad you like the CK piece, I'll send it to you as soon as I get a hi-res scan of it (so either tonight or tomorrow!)

B-Man - Thanks for the compliments and the rating!

That fat kid - Thanks! I've been paying more attention to proportions in the past few days, so hopefully i'll get the hang of it soon. :)

Busy day today, did a whole lot of drawing. Been really playing around with ballpoint pen. Heres the stuff from yesterday and today:
My shoe
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-01.jpg
Messing around with gouache. Still need lots of practice with the medium
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-02.jpg
Sketches in the library. There were only like three people there, so I let my mind wander :P
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-03.jpg
History class!
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-04.jpg
Sketches on the subway
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-05.jpg
Back to life drawing! This batch is a lot less polished/rendered, tried to spend a lot more time just observing the model before putting any marks down.

1 minute gestures, trying to show more weight
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-06.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-07.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-08.jpg

5 minute sketches. I think my proportions are improving, but heads are still on the large side :\
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-09.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-10.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-11.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-12.jpg

10 minute sketches. Tried to force myself to slow down.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-13.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-14.jpg
This one was drawn in pen at a snail's pace, focused on the relation of the shapes next to each other
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-15.jpg

15 minute sketches, used ballpoint pen for some of these, was very fun to do.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-16.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-17.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-18.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-19.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-20.jpg

There we are! More on the way! Crits/comments welcome as usual! :D

[Zord]

You sir, are a damn posting machine! Nice life studies, good to see a lot of'em. The observations of peeps from class and subway and etc. are on point too. Improvement has hit you like ice hits a penguin. Congrats on the stars too! They're definitely well deserved.

[arghmisfit]

awesome stuff greensosock.. u hh i mean sir

this last batch of life drawings are dope.. lots of inprovement showing, i like the pen ones the best.. last batch was cool too

keep it up bro

[D.Labruyere]

very nice update, your figures are still looking good :) and yes, ofcourse do urban landscapes count, I think that a landscape drawings is just a drawing who doesn't focus on animals and humans and that sort of stuff, but that focus on the mood which is set outdoor :) capture that, (which you already do in your figures, really liking them a lot) and you'll be awesome :)

oh yeah, I really like your selfportrait a lot :)

[That fat kid]

hey sock, i've always enjoyed your life drawings...especially your subways life, keep working!

the fat kid

[HEROIC]

hey d00d,
this last time was the best,, i loved it. :)

i really like ur quick drawing, u control ur lines really good.. :/ i suck
and the portraits wereee sooo GREAT. those portraits were soo f*** great, d00d ur scanner really suck, u know that.??

it was amazing how u would very relaxed make ur proportion lines, then draw and get a perfect shape out of it ;)
good luck bro, *skeTch FaCtroY *

AMirali

[ApolloNuevo]

wow, some really great improvements, Sir. keep posting and kudos for all your hard work here!

-apollo

[Farvus]

I see you work hard and do lots of life drawings. That's really motivating.
I dig your fast sketches from subway.
Keep it up!

Farv

[SirGreenSock]

Zord & arghmisfit- Thanks!

Haldor - Alright, I'll do some urban drawings soon!

That fat kid - Thanks for the kind words!

HEROIC - Yeah life drawing was awesome! And dude, don't diss my scanner, I've had it before I even started drawing (seriously!)

Apollo & Farvus - Thanks alot!

Woo, went to subway sketch group again. So much fun. Also have some experiments and life drawings to show! No PS stuff yet, I PROMISE I'll have some tomorrow! :D

Experimenting with handling brush and ink
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-21.jpg
Watercolour sp
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-22.jpg
Experimenting with watercolour
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-23.jpg
Subway sketches. Really starting to fall in love with this ballpoint pen!
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-24.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-25.jpg
More experimentation! Tried doing a self portrait while drawing with both my left hand and my right hand at the same time! Blue lines are left hand, red are right hand. Drawing with two hands at the same time was freaking hard, I spent most time keeping track of my left hand, so most of the stuff with the right hand is blind contour.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-26.jpg
And lastly some random sketching!
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-27.jpg

[armando]

The proportions on #139 are a lot better than #135, but in only 3 days I don't know how much can be retained, so just keep working at that. Are you using any specific method for the subway sketches, I'm always impressed with those.

[SirGreenSock]

Armando - Thanks, we'll wait and see how the proportions are retained in later studies. I'm glad you like the subway sketches, they are always the most fun to do. I don't really do anything special, just go right into sketching with ballpoint pen, but do it faster than I would normally, my pen rarely leaves the paper until the sketch is done.


Work for today, 2 PS sketches, library sketch and some hand sketches.

Here are the PS sketches. I was experimenting with using only sharp edged brushes at 100% opacity.
Ketchup bottle
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-28.jpg
Self Portrait
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-29.jpg

hand sketches
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-30.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-31.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-32.jpg

Sketches in library
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-33.jpg

thanks for looking! :D

[Odds]

raaaaaaaaad. :)
your dedication + choice of studies to do = fast progression. keep it up, man. i'd also like to see some more finished works.

[That fat kid]

hey sock, your life sketches are looking better and better....and I always did dig a good old fashioned self portrait....keep it up!

the fat kid

[Alday.J]

Wow, your two PS drawing are great, SirGreenSock ! The SP my favorite, so, tell us about the feeling you had with it. It was different from your sketches and studies ? Or not ?
Keep posting the good stuff (digi or not !), my friend !
J.

[mentler]

Headed in the right direction and picking up speed

[jtheanswer]

HEy, I like your sketches from life, theyre cool. For the book, try amazon or ebay or some, it might help.

Keep em coming yo!

[Zord]

Sir, your dedication is most inspiring. I have a question, are you going to the next workshop? It'd be cool to get some mixed sketch action going. And keep up the good work man! Side note: ketchup is delicious when had with other foodstuffs. Cheers!

[SirGreenSock]

Odds - Thanks, more finished works on the way as I get more time to work.

That fat kid - Thanks, as you can probably tell by now, I do quite a few self-portraits. Its a good way to gauge improvement and experiment with new techniques on familiar subject matter

Alday.J - Glad you like em! This self-portrait was different for me, I was focusing more on tehnique than feeling on it, was going for a poster-type look. My brother says that he sees a sad or tired gaze in my eyes though so there might be more to it. It was very different from my usual studies, mostly because I still haven't gotten used to digital painting, so it always feels different, in a good way. Cheers!

mentler - Thanks a lot for the kind words!

jtheanswer - Thanks! I looked at Amazon, they have the books I want, should probably order it there.

Zord - Thanks, ketchup is indeed delicious! As for your question, I am almost definitely going to the workshop if it is in Montreal! I'd be willing to cut cash from my college savings just for this opportunity!

More work today, most of which Im not too happy with, except for 2 or 3 of them.

Self portrait with charcoal pencil. I like the way this one turned out. I look like a really condescending asshole or just plain sleepy.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-34.jpg
Crappy sketch from lifedrawing
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-35.jpg

People in my art class
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-36.jpg
Faces
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-37.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-38.jpg

Brushpen sketches, really starting to dig the medium, wish the one I use came in more colours though!
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-39.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-40.jpg

Drawings of my little brother playing some videogame. Didnt capture the likeness, but I like the expressions though
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-41.jpg

Thats it for tonight! Thanks for looking!

[Zebz]

Bro, you're working entirely too hard. ;) Just kidding. This is great. You make me feel so lazy everytime I enter this freakin' thread. You're really pushing yourself and I admire that. I was going to say, watch your proportion and anatomy but it seems to me that you're doing a pretty good job of that lately. Just continue keeping your eye on those sort of problems and you'll do well. The lines are comin' along well too. Especially those little doodles of people you're lookin' doin' form quick glances and stuff. I really like those. Remember the forms tho. It might help your SP's if you did a planar study of your face (AKA Bridgman has plane studies). It helped me quite a bit. Keep it up, man!! Lookin' really great. You really are experimenting in tons of mediums too!! Nice, nice, nice!!

[Alday.J]

It was very different from my usual studies, mostly because I still haven't gotten used to digital painting, so it always feels different, in a good way.

So, if you feel it in a good way, it's a good thing ! Hope you'll produce many more, man ! And I like your last set of studies. I dig the most that one with your brother playing games, great and fun. :tihi:
Cheers, Sir !

[Ferg]

Well you're practicing a lot and practicing the right things it looks like. Lookin good, if you keep this up you'll be pro in no time :needle:

[Flaskpost]

damn, sweet stuff here!
an honor to oc with ya! :)

[That fat kid]

hey sock, lovin' the pencils, but where'd you go? I haven't noticed you posting lately, hopefully you're still drawing daily and just can't post...

tfk

[SirGreenSock]

Im here and Im alive, just been too busy with drawing and school to scan stuff...
Now I have over 100 pages to scan. I will have an update right after Christmas, now that I have the time to do all this scanning!
Thanks for asking/worrying though :) Dont worry, Ive been drawing and painting daily, possibly even a bit more than before >:)

ZebzFree - Thanks a lot! Ive been practicing everything all over the place lately, there are too many things for me to do! Im gonna focus down on line and form now, look at some Loomis planes and stuff, thanks!

Alday.J - Thanks! I will be producing a lot more, got a better computer now that can actually stand using PS, so I have no excuse for not working anymore!

Flaskpost - Thanks dude, I feel the same way!

Good news, searched my HD and found some stuff I havent posted yet .:)
These are all recent, some of them are unfinished, but thats better than just posting with no update, eh?
So heres a small preview before I get to scanning the other stuff:

Pencil illustration of the slaying of the minotaur done for a friend:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-42.jpg

These next few are the ones I scanned from a series of 11 illustrations from Macbeth done for school. These are finished pencils, but I still plan on working on top of the pencils in PS to polish them up. Some are pretty messy at this stage but you get the idea.
Wyrd Sisters
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-43.jpg
Throne
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-44.jpg
Murder of Duncan
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-45.jpg
Dagger
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-46.jpg
Armor
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-47.jpg
First Apparition
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-48.jpg

Thats all I found, Im gonna start scanning my sketchbook tomorrow. There are over 100 pictures to scan, so I will only post a few select ones, the rest will still be on my site though.

[That fat kid]

hey sock!! holy crap, you've improved! I can't wait to see all the rest! I'm now officially inspired by hardwork!!

tfk

btw, I was a bit concerned, you were posting pretty regularly there. Who knows what happens a few states away?

[killing.people]

you have a very enjoyable collection of sketches here, thanks for sharing.

[SirGreenSock]

Fat Kid - Thanks a lot! You don't need to worry about my, when my posting gets sporadic its usually because schoolwork gets in the way. Im on break now so posting should become regular for a while again.

killing.people - Thanks for the kind words! more on the way

Wow, scanning all this took forever! I scanned around 80-90 new pics, which is way too much to post here. I'm not gonna post the crappier ones, but I have them on my site.

Watercolour
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-50.jpg

Sketching around trying to learn acrylic, still cant figure the medium out though.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-58.jpg
Portrait of my little brother
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-60.jpg
Random creature thing
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-61.jpg
I was priming a sketchbook page to experiment with acylics when I got a random nosebleed...So i went with it and did a self portrait.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-62.jpg
Been doing some work focusing solely on line and not rendering
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-64.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-76.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-77.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-118.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-119.jpg
Subway sketches
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-67.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-69.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-100.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-102.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-120.jpg
Bougerau study
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-71.jpg
Made a small figurine with a kneaded eraser, decided to draw it.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-75.jpg
Quick sketch of a nearby park
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-84.jpg
Life drawing stuff
1 minute gestures
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-86.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-87.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-89.jpg

10-15 minute sketches
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-94.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-96.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-97.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-98.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-99.jpg
More macbeth illustrations
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-105.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-107.jpg
Self Portrait
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-109.jpg

[SirGreenSock]

Been doing a lot more experimentation with watercolour, trying to learn to sketch with the medium. These were fun to do. Used a brushpen with a refillable cartridge so I dont have to carry a water container around with me.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-111.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-112.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-113.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-114.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-116.jpg

Second life drawing session. Did more work with watercolour, Im happy with how these came out.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-121.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-124.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-128.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-129.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-130.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-131.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-132.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-133.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-134.jpg

Just got a new laptop, playing around in PS, also testing and calibrating the monitor, so tell me how the images look on your monitors
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-53.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-54.jpg

Thats it for now! :)

[guggemmaneuver]

greensock!
an impressive amount of improvement from start to present; i must concur with everyone else! I love the momentum--keep up the great work.
probably my favorite thing here is the pages filled with all the gorgeous, tiny clean studies of faces and miscellany! great work!

this sp is particularly impressive as well:
http://www.projectsole.ca/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-29.jpg

i will definitely check back in to see your light-speed progress!
-joel

[That fat kid]

hey sock, well, I wasn't too worried about you, just your drawings and sketches, those need to be around for years...your watercolors are awesome, I always forget that your 17, blows my mind...you oughta start reading up on art schools you want to go to, you're definitely good enough to land some good scholarships if you keep improving at this rate...I really love that still life of what appears to be valve oil for instruments....anyhow, even if it isn't regular, keep it updated!

tfk

[Flaskpost]

damn impressive stuff! and quite impressive amount of drawings and paintings as well! loving your water colours!

[SirGreenSock]

guggenmaneuver - Thanks for the kind words. Those pages of faces are always fun to do, good practice. Glad you like that sp, one of my favorites, too.

That fat kid - hehe, thanks. I try to update regularly, the only thing stopping me is that scanning takes time I might not have. Now that I have a better computer I should be cranking out more digital stuff too=less scanning=more updates?
That watercolour still-life is the one I found to be the most successful in the series. Its actually of inkjet printer refill bottles from my old printer. I like to occasionally try and paint with that ink, has a very weird behavior.
Art school-wise I doubt I can go outside of Toronto, so I'm focusing on getting into Sheridan for the illustration program.

Flaskpost - Thanks a lot! I'm gonna have to keep working with the watercolours, the medium is almost as fun as drawing. :)

Some stuff from today. Trying to get back into sketching digitally.

Experimenting with custom brushes in Photoshop
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/normal_bang.jpg

Still life done in OC. If you wanna get the .wpe contact me.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/shoes.jpg

[That fat kid]

hey sock, awesoem digitals, I guess I'll have to be happy with digital updates since I imagine they'll be more regualr, but I'll miss your traditionals...You shouldn't have any problem with gtting into your program...keep drawing!!

tfk

[Alday.J]

Hi, man ! Good stufff with the digis ! I think that your screen set-up is fine... But you're the best judge ! Compare your traditionals to your screen, it will probably give you a good idea (but it's tricky, be carefull with that). For me it's okay. Anyway, I like the shoes studie (amazing !) and the first portrait -maybe add some clearer values on it, don't sure.
Keep posting the good stuff, SirGreenSock (and alternate digis and tradis !).
Cheers !
Julien.

[SirGreenSock]

That fat kid - Thanks. Don't worry, traditionals will never be replaced for me. This just means I'll be able to do regular updates with digi stuff and just put up the traditional work in batches when I get time to scan.

Alday.J - Hey man! Thanks, good to hear the pics look alright. I was worried about the gamma on my laptop, spent a long time yesterday calibrating it.
The shoe study was really fun to do, the technique is simple but rewarding! By first self-portrait I think you mean the watercolour one in the previous update, right? That one was tricky, it was on glossy paper so the watercolour did not absorb and puddled on the surface. Made blending difficult to do, I'm gonna try and play with the technique more, thanks!

Just finished this, still playing around digitally, experimenting in OC. I've decided that as of January 1st, Im gonna start doing self-portraits on a daily basis, should prove to be a good learning experience.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-136.jpg

[That fat kid]

hey sock...dang, just experimenting? looks like you've pretty much gotten the hang of it...loking forward to when you have time to scan! and glad to hear that you're going to do daily SP's, you're one of the guys who inspired me to do mine!

tfk

[sabe2003]

most impressive. I feel so lazy now.

[Grom]

Wow, lots of progress! I especially like your most recent self portrait, interesting lighting and negative space. Can't wait to see more self-portraits.

[Zord]

Green Sock man, your updates are making me jealous! Wish I could update, more right now than ever. And as Fat Kid, it amazes me you're only 17. I just can't believe it. We should totally all get together for the workshop and sketch it up. I'm really digging the Macbeth works, especially the sisters. That's top notch professional stuff right there! Cheers man!

[SirGreenSock]

That fat kid - Really? I inspired someone? Wow.
The picture was an experiment with a technique, I like it, gonna be chugging out more oc work like that soon. Daily sp's are gonna be fun, definitely gonna have to stick to that routine.

sabe2003 - No need to feel lazy man, your work is damn good. Everyone essentially draws in their spare time and i just happen to have a lot of it :)

Grom - Thanks for the kind words

Zord - Hey Zord, havent seen you in a while, hope you'll be able to update soon, missing your stuff. Personally, I don't think an artist's age matters, what matters is once you start taking your work seriously and becoming intent on improving. Whether you're 5 or 50 really doesnt make much of a difference (although a 5 yearold doing serious drawing would be damned impressive :P)

Heres a mini update, just a sketch of my brother done in OC. I have a couple of sketchbook pages, too. I'll scan them tonight since I intend on doing more sketching anyway. :)

http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/neeerds.jpg

[That fat kid]

hey sock, you've got skills my man! I'm looking forward to the traditional update!

tfk

[Alday.J]

Agree with That fat kid ! Impressive skills, man ! You rock ! A daily basis SP ? Wow ! I'm excitated by this idea. Nice stuff, Sir...
Cheers, man !
J.

[Miau]

incredible improvement in this page! your pencil sketches are very nice.
keep posting

[WARHEAD]

Hey nice sketches. I really like your watercolour stuff. Maybe tighten up on the anatomy studies and I would like to see some more defined studies in watercolour. Cool.

[Farvus]

Hey. Your last digital paintings look fantastic.
It looks better and better with every new update.
Cheers.

[tullie]

Your work is seriously impressive. I love your observational drawings on trains and stuff, very dynamic. I should do more of that.

[Profil]

Awesome man:)
Hey, could you send me the link for that .wpe of the still life (the shoes), would be very nice.
Btw, when you do your selfpotraits, do you do any construction lines or?
Oh, how much time a day do you usually spend on drawing? I find that with school, I don't have time for that much drawing:/
Anyway, thank you.

[SirGreenSock]

Woo, lots of replies! Thanks everyone! :)

fat kid - Thanks, update coming up. :)

Alday J- Thanks, glad you're as excited as I am. If Im determined enough I'll try to pull an Android and do 1000 of em :D

Miau -Thanks for the kind words

WARHEAD - Thanks. Anatomy studies coming up!

Farvus - Thanks

Tullie - Thank you, the train studies are always fun. Definitely do some if you get the chance.

Profil - Thanks. I've decided to post up all my recent and future .wpe's on my site for download. Here: http://www.odicart.com/wpe/
Recent self portraits dont use any construction lines. I usually do a light gesture/contour before going in further. If Im painting, I also sketch in the light and shadow shapes before detailing. You can see some of these steps in my oc .wpe's
School is not much of a problem for me drawing-wise, I do as much drawing at school (usually of classmates:) ) as outside. I try and push myself to a bare bone minimum of 2-6 hours of sketching per day, including traditional and digital. Recently I've decided to try and push this farther, artists like Lungbug worked for 10-12 hours a day even during school!


Finally, work I've done today. I've completely neglected my sketchbook since I got my laptop, decided to make it up by doing more work today.

Today's self portrait, watercolour
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-138.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-139.jpg
Obligatory zombies, there was a serious deficency in my sketchbook so far
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-140.jpg
My brother and some friends:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-141.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-142.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-143.jpg

Tomorrow Im gonna try and do a full day of sketching (at least until the evening, new years and all), we'll see how that turns out.

[shyamshriram]

Nice updates Sir ! i like the way u drawn ur brother..is it by pen? try some more with the same technique man..its looking really nice :)

[SirGreenSock]

Shyam - Thanks, yeah thats pen. Technique is similar to what I usually do with pen, but this one was thicker, I like it better. More like it soon.

At that fat kid's request, some photos of me:
I shaved :)
http://www.odicart.com/kingpenis/1.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/kingpenis/3.jpg
Work for today:
Self portrait from photo
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-145.jpg
Sketches, brother watching tv
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-146.jpg
Loomis studies
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-147.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-148.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-149.jpg
Pen sketches
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-150.jpg
Nude studies from photographs. Experimenting with pencil rendering techniques
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-151.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-152.jpg

Happy new year everyone!

[That fat kid]

hey sock, yup, all your self portraits look exactly like you, figured they would...just out of curiosity, are you going to the next workshop? you're pencils are improving at an incredible rate, seems like you've developed a great touch...you're gestures look great too, they have the same feel as wes9000's...i'm digging the figurative work! can't wait for more!

tfk

btw, those pictures rule! you're calling me the sexy beast when you look that good?

[auto_matt]

wow your sps are really good, the look so much like you thats awesome... especially the digital ones

[Dan1989]

I forgot you were in the SSG # 3 :nohope: In general I think maybe you should try to develop a solid understructure in most of the drawings before laying in the final lines, just my opinion. It helps to sketch in geometric forms for the larger masses too. I'll add that studying classical drawing methods helps tremendously alongside more spontaneous stuff. The watercolors are great, btw.

[sydni]

i love the linear sketches, green sock... by far my favorite.
watercolor sp is great too.
keep it coming!

[SirGreenSock]

That fat kid - Thanks, good to know there is a resemblance. I am 99% sure I am going to the Montreal workshop, I'm in Toronto so its damn close to me. Im still saving up money and there is no way I will allow my self to miss this one!
Thanks for the compliment on the pencils. Comparing me to wes is flattering but definitely over-reaching to anything I can do. He is one of my influences, maybe that shows up :)

auto_matt - Thanks, digital ones are probably best since I can tweak them as much as I want.

Dan1989 - Dont worry about it man :) Thanks for the critiques though, very helpful. I agree that Ive completely neglected the more technical side of drawing, I will begin to force myself to do at least one page of those types of studies on top of regular work, build it into my habit.

sydni - Thanks a lot, I've really been trying to improve my linework rather than hiding bad lines with rendering :)

Bad drawing day for me... Had a headache and wasnt really in the mood to work. Only thing worth showing was this quickie self portrait in Painter.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/010106.jpg

Gonna get my ass back into gear and have a real update for tomorrow, I swear!

[shyamshriram]

Cool updates..and that pic. LOL :P
thanx :D

[SirGreenSock]

Shyam - Thanks!

Heres today's self portrait. I'll scan the traditional stuff in the morning!
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/010205.jpg

[arghmisfit]

hey man seeing lots of improvement!!

your water colors are so cool

id like to see you posting more concept/illustration stuff like the zombies.. altho if u dont its cool cuz u can do w/e u want :)

dont really know what to crit on right now.. :P is that board game one for the sheridan folio???

-argh

[Steinmetz]

MAn you sure like your self portraits, I have to say that I like the way you've shaded your figure studies they've got volume.
cheers,
Metz.

[Alday.J]

Hey ! Nice to see that you start do some SP, it's an interesting exercice, I think ! Keep posting, bro !

[SirGreenSock]

Arghmisfit - Hey, thanks dude! Sure, i should do more stuff like the zombies. I have so many different things I wanna study and draw that I keep getting sidetracked. :) The board game sketch itself isnt for the sheridan folio, it was practice for it. Trying to get better at doing those kinds of fast sketches from life.

Steinmetz - Hehe, yeah I do. I find them to be a fun and rewarding. Its always good to practice and experiment with familiar subject matter. Glad you like the figure studies, I've been trying to improve my treatment of volume.

Alday J - Cheers dude! Glad you like the sp's. They are an interesting exercise. Personally, I can't wait to see where this exercise takes me.

Still haven't gotten around to scanning, sorry. :( Here's todays self portrait, playing with open canvas. Different expression was fun. .wpe was uploaded with others to http://www.odicart.com/wpe
This one was probably most fun to do of the others so far. Could use more polish, but my face started to hurt :)
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/010306.jpg

[Mikko Voipio]

Hey there. I would have to say that I really like that style you've used with this last sp of yours. It has a kind of artsy feeling to it. Maybe some refining around the eyes and you've got yourself a masterpiece. I also like the way you render those pencil drawings. Keep up the with the hard work.

[timpaatkins]

Great SB, the improvements are great, very uplifting to see! And 100 pages in 2-4 weeks, man I should get my thumb out...
Keep it up!

Cheers Tim

[Alday.J]

Excellent, Sir ! Keep that one for work on it later... I'm curious to see you push this one later.

[fooxoo]

Some really nice anatomy studies, but the half shave is definitely the best :P

[crazy3dman]

Hey Sir, I love looking through your SB. The contour line sketches are really interesting. And I really like that last self portrait.

[SirGreenSock]

Placeboast - Thanks, I like the rendering, too. You're right, I should refine it some more.

timpaatkins - Thanks for the kind words

Alday.J - Will do, I'll work on tightening it up more.

fooxoo - hehe, thanks. Half-shave was funny, but didnt last long :p

crazy3dman - Thank you!

hehe, I know I keep repeating it, but I again forgot to scan. :S
Been doing bridgman studies and other usual work, I'll try and scan tomorrow.

Here's todays self portrait, done in OC. One of my favorites so far.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/010406.jpg

[Alisa]

Wow ! A lot of these digital works are very similar to traditional paintings ! I'm impressed ! I think I like the last one the best as well . Something about the lighting and the colors are very interesting too P: .... half of a mustache ? -confused- ;o

The watercolor is nice , but I think its a little bit too washy ... it really depends on the style you were going for . A nice little excersize might be to try layering contrasting or different colors ! All of these are really interesting ! I enjoyed looking at them .

[jkior]

holy mcdamn, dude! when you say 'work and dedication,' you sure know what that means, don't you? hehe. . .fantastic work, man - there's tons I love in just the last two pages but these last two digital sp's are freakin incredible! Just stellar. . .oc rocks, huh?

rock on man

mike

[strych9ine]

That last portrait kicks ass, seriously. Nice progression of skill in this thread, you're getting better and better before our eyes.

[WARHEAD]

Cool last SP dude ! really like the contrast between the red and green - keep goin'

[Alday.J]

Your last SP is superb, mann ! You simply rock !

[Miau]

you are quick man!
love the last portraits!

[That fat kid]

hey sock, awesome selfportraits, this last one's my favorite too!

tfk

[SirGreenSock]

Thanks everyone!

Alisa - Thanks, I try to use the same process when painting with both digital and traditional. I agree with you on the watercolours, I tend to use way to much water, I'll practice with em some more, try to get more control.

jkior - Hey, youre the expert or work and dedication, not me :) Thank you, yeah, oc kicks my ass.

strych9ine, WARHEAD, Alday.J, Miau, That fat kid - Thanks for the compliments, youre too kind :)

Todays update, scanned sketchbook pages, but most of it is senseless junk, couldn't keep my focus on anything this past week (aside from the self portraits)

First of, todays self portrait, this one was a bit rushed, held up a mirror beside a mirror to see my profile. Hand got tired, so I stopped... Done in OC
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/010506.jpg

Did a lot of drawings from life, mostly of my 2 brothers doing stuff.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-154.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-157.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-161.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-162.jpg
Also did a lot of these kinds of pages with random stuff thrown about.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-155.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-158.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-159.jpg
Drawing from photograph, continuing to study torsos
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-160.jpg
Was reading Bridgman yesterday, did some sketches along the way
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-156.jpg
Got my hand on a car mechanics' book/manual, did some sketches
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-163.jpg

Thats it, hopefully next time around I'll be able to sit down and focus on one area and get more work done. :)

[Zord]

Hello Sir, that green/red SP is pretty kick ass. These last few pages, although full of random sketches, are full. And I think it was Mentler that said that pages should be completely filled, and you're doing that. The torso sketch is really nice too. Keep it up man.

[Alday.J]

Goddam ! You're a drawing machine, Sir ! It's always a good surprise to check your SB. Tons of stuff, wow !
J.

[SirGreenSock]

Zord - Thanks! I like the pages that are full, I was just frustrated that I couldnt focus on studying one single thing and did work all over the place.

Alday.J - Thanks a lot dude!

Continuing self portraits, experimenting with colour and value techniques. This one got messy in the end, but was a great learning experience. Done in OC
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/010606.jpg

[jkior]

whoaaaaaa. . .fantastic update man! dang, I didn't see that last update. Your pen sketches are always awesome to look at; it'll be interesting to see what happens as you absorb some of the bridgeman material. . .also yay belvedere!

color studies are lookin great. . .the only crit I have is the same one Jon gave me - to really really really really study those transitional edges where light 'turns' around the form into shadow. . .particularly the degree of hardness or softness and the 'suddeness' or degree of value shift. It's these things that will really make a quick sketch pop. . .hehe I think so anyway, I don't have it yet. Anyway keep rockin it man!

mike

[That fat kid]

hey sock, you floor me, I love the traditional pen and pencils most, I missed browsing through those...anyhow keep drawing! and make the most of every drawing or sketch!

tfk

[Pixeldragoon]

DAMN IT. INSPIRED. THANKS!

Welcome aboard, btw.

[sabe2003]

WOw, I love love lvoe the red and green self portrait! The self portraits in general are just amazing man.!

the pencil drawings have been improving also.
Thanks for the inspiration

forgot to mention the pens? reminds me of some David Mack shit. Nice!

[SirGreenSock]

Thanks for the comments everyone!

jkior - Thanks a lot for the compliment and great advice. I'll have to pay more attention to edges!

That fat kid - Hehe thanks, dont worry about missing updates, these sketches arent going anywhere anytime soon :)

Pixeldragoon & sabe2003 - Thanks a lot for the kind words. Inspiration? You flatter me :bashful:

Wow, spent way too long on this one. :confident Been trying to pay more attention to edges as per jkior's advice. Still got a long way to go, but I think it looks better.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/010706.jpg

[Tigermilk]

incredible progress and dedication here, SirGreen.
Can't believe allt the drawings you've posted. ^^
I really like all the selfpoirtraits you've done, especially the latesat one, it helps deveploping alot.
Keep hitting the sketchbook, I'm sure you'll go far. :)

tiger

[dogfood]

Very nice work here, Green (though the half-shave freaks me out). It seems like you tend toward small feet on a lot of your works, but overall, a really nice body of work.

Happy Birthday!

[Alday.J]

Ho, geez, you're so young ! Er... wait a minute ! So, now you're 18 ! We can't consider you as a teenager anymore ! Ha ! Ha ! ;) I have to tell you Nicolas, that your last SP session is really impressive. I have to do more of this in that way. Thanks for the impulse... and, man...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! :bashful:
Julien.

[dee]

Really Enjoyed Looking Through Your Sketchbook. You Do Brillant Work

[That fat kid]

hey sock, Happy Birthday! great sense of light in the last SP, you've really been improving fast!

tfk

[Profil]

Happy birthday.
Awesome drawings.

[SirGreenSock]

Sweet Statutory! I'm 18!!
Wow, surprising amount of people knew it was my birthday! Ok, who blabbed?! :P

Thanks everyone!
Tigermilk - Thanks!

dogfood - Hehe, thats why the halfshave didnt last long. :P YOure right about the feet, gotta pay attention to that. Thanks!

Alday.J - Thank you dude! Sorry to disappoint, but Im a teenager until I turn 20, Eighteen, nineteen, so dont hold your breath just yet :P :D

dee - Thanks, dont know about brilliant, but thanks for the kinds words.

That fat kid - Thanks! Im glad the lighting came through on that one!

Profil - Thanks!

No time for drawing today, heres a quickie semiretarded self portrait for today! Please excuse the mess :P
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/01%2008%2006.jpg

[That fat kid]

hey sock, your profile blabbed, that's who...don't worry about the weird SP, its time to party! or something, lol...anyhow, looking forward to more a traditional filled update!

tfk

[Dan1989]

I'm really impressed by the recent SPs. They look really great. You're going in the right direction. Goodluck

[Pixeldragoon]

How do you do that? I need to try a digi sp sometime to see how it comes out. That grayish one is nice! Keep it up! :D

[SirGreenSock]

That fat kid - What? Profil blabbed? Gotta get that bastard! http://www.odicart.com/shakesfist.gif :P The silly sp was fun, but soo messy, hehe. This next update is all for you man!

Dan1989 - Thanks, Im happy with the way the sps are going. We'll see where they go from here :)

Pixeldragoon - Try some digi sp's, theyre good practice without worrying about the medium, just painting freely. If you wanna see how I do some of these, I have all the .wpe opencanvas files hosted online http://www.odicart.com/wpe/
if youre interested.
Todays SP is coming tonight, here are some traditionals for now, life drawings done last night. School started today, got a bunch of projects all due soon. I'll have less time to work and scan, sp's should still be daily, but I dont think I'll be scanning traditional work more than once a week.
Anyway, unto the work. Started out pretty messy, was rusty with my life drawings.
Subway sketch
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-165.jpg
1 minute sketches
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-166.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-167.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-168.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-169.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-170.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-171.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-172.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-181.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-182.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-183.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-184.jpg
5 minute work
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-173.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-174.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-175.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-185.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-186.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-187.jpg
Watercolours, still need practice with this medium
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-176.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-177.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-178.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-179.jpg
Model during break :)
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-180.jpg
20 minute study, focusing on proportion
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-188.jpg
Classmates and people in library
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-189.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-190.jpg

[SirGreenSock]

Here's tonights self portrait. Focused almost solely on colour here, ended up messing up some other key areas, but am otherwise happy with it.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/010906.jpg

[Dan1989]

Some of the features (nose in particular) looks misaligned in the last one, but I guess that's understandable since you said you focused on color. All the life drawings look great, I like the subway ones the best. :hatsoff:

[Zord]

Damn dude, beautiful work as always, no crit from me. That last huge dump you took makes me want to scan so much more... AHHH. But good work man, cheers!

[PHATandy]

Really nice stuff man, your life drawings are really cool. Love the renderig on your more detailed life drawings.

Youve got some great anatomy stuff etc. Would be really cool to see how this transfers to non ref work or more concepty stuff :teeth: :teeth: (ive got a fetish for stuff like that )

Good job tho man, real good stuff keep it up.

[SirGreenSock]

Dan1989 - Thanks, youre right about the features. It may be understandable, but not forgivable. I should be able to do these properly, whether Im focusing on proportion or colour or whatever.

Zord - Thanks man, hope you'll be back into scanning soon!

PHATandy - Thanks for the kind words. Concepty stuff will have to wait until this week is over, way too much school work at the moment. I'll see if I can whip up some good stuff by the beginning of next week.

Todays self portrait. I didnt spend any time on this one, I have a lot of work tomorrow and need to get rest. I guess when school is in question, the quality of these will deviate depending on how much time I have. But hey, doing one every single day is good practice, even when they dont turn out.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/011006.jpg

[Zord]

I just wanted to give big ups on the daily SP's. It's totally understandable given the time constraint, and your SP's have given me inspiration to do dailies myself. And even if certain ones aren't as good as others, they give you that fine touch into the finger's memory.. or something like that. It's like sharpening a knife until it's a Hatori Hanzo. Yea, similes and metaphors are where it's at. :)

[guggemmaneuver]

sir green sock green sir!
http://www.projectsole.ca/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-152.jpg -- you say that this is an expiremental rendering style? looks really, really great to be rendered in pencil. on http://www.projectsole.ca/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-185.jpg the guy in the background is a little bit out of scale (lol)... just kidding ... the stuff from this last figure session is looking pretty good...i like all the one minute ones--looks like she was doing some nice improvisational poses. if pressed into a corner and forced to critique with the threat of blunt head trauma, i'd probably shriek that http://www.projectsole.ca/gallery/albums/userpics/dec-188.jpg 's support chair or stool, whatever it is. doesn't seem to work somehow...like it should extend farther to under her butt a little.
great Self portraits by the way. seems like you are learning a lot about color!

joel

[SirGreenSock]

Thanks guys!
Zord - Thanks, hope to see some of your dailies, too. This activity seems to be addictive eh? GOnna have to spread it throughout ca! I know what you mean about sharpening and stuff, even if they individually might not be as good as others, its still good practice.
guggenmaneuver - Thanks! That first one was experimental since I never tried combining crosshatching with smudging before, it really helps with using various types of edges. Glad you like the figure work, the one minute ones are always the most fun and rewarding to do. THis model was interesting to draw, too. I agree on the stool crit, Im not sure, but I think her butt may have actually been off the edge, in which case the error is with the weight distribution, either way, something is off. Thanks!
Todays self portrait was also done for school, art class is doing a semi-conceptual project involving wrapping. THis particular exercise was to take any body part (no, youre not a pervert, that was my first though, too) and wrap it in a material, then draw it. I chose to wrap my face in cling wrap, and do it in Photoshop, since I finished my current sketchbook and dont have a new one yet :D
Im actually quite happy with this one, despite the looseness. How does the cling wrap look? It was difficult to work on two layers, looking at the skin, while doing the plastic on top.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/011106.jpg

[JustinBeckett]

Major improvement here, especially in the digi's, keep at it.

[SirGreenSock]

Thanks Justin!

Todays self portrait was another good experiment with mediocre results. Experimented with using Turner's palette from 1799. Interesting to try, messed up a whole lot of areas of the face though :\
Gonna try more colour experiments like this in the future though.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/011206.jpg

[That fat kid]

hey sock, I'm loving the experimentation, the expression, and the overall looseness...but, just out of morbid curiosity, what would it be like if you tightened up and did a carefully rendered drawing or SP? just for fun?

tfk

[Janus]

very impressive improvement.
keep going

[FuT]

very very big improvement!just keep doing what you do.

[guggemmaneuver]

http://www.projectsole.ca/gallery/albums/userpics/011106.jpg
wow that's really freaking scary looking... might be good to use in some fantastic character or monster concept. the texture that you've rendered seems totally implausible, but in the way that it works it's amazing. I could tell who AND what was going on without having to read the description. very nice; but VERY disturbing. is this something you actually did? wow. the life-threatening dedication is impressive!

Oh dang...this new "turner's 1799 palette" self portrait is REALLY nice, although like you mentioned there are some anatomy issues. One of the very best of your self portraits in terms of color scheme and light...you should consider doing another in this style. I think if you spent just a LITTLe more time on it it would look fantastic!

oh and i'm sending you more ref photos. this time, abandoned places (700+!)

keep :android:THE PORTRAITS:android: BURNINATIN friend

-joel

[SirGreenSock]

That fat kid - Thanks! I do fully intend on doing tightened up sustained self portraits, but at the moment I do these after other work and before sleep, so long studies will only happen when I have a lot more spare time!

Janus & Fut - Thanks a lot!

guggenmaneuver - Hey man! Thanks, cant wait to get the new pic set! hehe glad you like that sp. I actually did wrap cellophane around my face and painted it from life, so I had it on for almost an hour! Dont worry though, i managed to cut breathing holes before I asphyxiated myself. :D
The Turner pallette one was almost strictly a focus on studying how turner used his pallette and composition, although I agree there are a lot of areas to improve. I am gonna do way more of this style as I go on, there are a lot of artists, both old masters and contemporary, whose palettes I wanna study and try out.

Big time update for tonight, and hopefully there will be another huge one by Sunday!
First off some digi sketches of classmates
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan01.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan02.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan03.jpg

Interesting assignment from life drawing class, drew the model from behind a plastic sheet
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan04.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan05.jpg

Library, class and subway sketches:
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan06.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan07.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan26.jpg

1 minute gestures
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan08.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan09.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan10.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan11.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan12.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan13.jpg
5 minute sketches
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan14.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan15.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan16.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan17.jpg

10 minute sketches
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan18.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan19.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan20.jpg
15 minute sketches
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan21.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan22.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan23.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan24.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan25.jpg

And Finally, tonights self portrait. Went the traditional route, trying to figure out vine charcoal.
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan27.jpg

[Alday.J]

Nice stuff, Nicolas ! Glad to see how good looks your digis. Do you feel more comfortable with a wacom ? Nice done, anyway. Keep posting, dude !
J.

[PHATandy]

Great stuff man, i love the gestures and the watercolours are really improving aswell, excellent colours.

Im really excited about my life drawing now (im starting on monday :) ), it looks real fun, and your defintly improving from it, they look ace.

Keep it up man.

[spacemanchris]

Great expressive gestures man! You've done a good amount of self-portraits, and they are really hard to get right, but this latest, is my favorite I think you've really nailed it.

[SirGreenSock]

Alday.J - Thanks! Yeah, I feel very comfortable with my wacom, not as much as with a pencil, but definitely more than with a brush. :)

PHATandy - Thanks, good luck with your life drawing! Cant wait to see what you come up with!

spacemanchris - Thanks, the vine charcoal just seemed to cooperate on that self portrait. Its also the most technical of the recent ones i think.

Sorry for no update yesterday, was pretty sick, hardly even managed to do that day's self portrait.
Another traditional update today!

First off, two ok-looking self portraits
goauche and ink on the cover of my sketchbook
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan29.jpg
pencil
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan30.jpg

Subway Sketches! This was a good session, did some good sketches, and even sold one sketch to a guy on the subway!
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan31.jpg
My favorite of the batch, the guy was still for a while
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan32.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan33.jpg
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan34.jpg
The one on the right is way too light, he just started drawing so I thought I had time for a render, but he moved before I even finished the gesture >_<
http://www.odicart.com/gallery/albums/userpics/jan35.jpg

[Mr.Blonde]

hey! it's great to see your subway/class/library sketches, I think that they are some of your best work. Keep on drawing, reading, and learning!

[Alday.J]

Nice stuff, man ! The first one is beautyfull. Cheers, dude !:bashful:
J.

[mentler]

Love your SB location sketches are great and really think you have a great feel of the short figure studies as well

[fooxoo]

Those quick studies are really nice. Good work! Keep it up :teeth:

[Shylone_Breath]

Your thread is very nice , i like your gesture, i think that I will be inspired by those.

[tullie]

Hello sir greensock! That last self portrait you did looks really good. I tried doing a self portraight, but it gave me a headache.
The subway sketches are really inspirational. I did some drawing from life when I went to london recently and realised how fun it was, but Im scared to draw people - partly cos I know I will mess it up haha. Only drawing will improve that.
Some of your life drawings look a little off. I don't know if you do this already, look at the negative spaces more, it might help to improve the placement of arms and legs.

[mitch]

greensock, totally diggin the SP's, especially the painted ones. your gesture drawing are really good also, i am really liking the first page of teh subway sketches. keep it up dude.

[jtheanswer]

Nice job man, just one quick question, how do you get the proportions right on your 5 or 10 min sketches? And do you clean the rough lines when you have the final lines?

Thx!