Apollo's SketchBook [[01-19-2006]]back from a long break

[ApolloNuevo]

Not for the faint of heart...

I have been wanting to do one of these for awhile now and since i'm starting to tackle gouache it seemed like a good time to do it. I've used gouache sparingly in the past but never as the principal medium...so here goes to learning to paint anything and everything :^^;:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/May042005.jpg

[IanE]

Looks good!

First one kind of loses points from me since it's got that brown outline.. maybe if it wasn't such a hard line, you know?

Keep 'em coming!

Ian

[ApolloNuevo]

May 05 2005

ok, so i got a little overexuberant about this and went out and bought a sweet little watercolour sketchbook today to keep a physical version of this online sketchbook :D

a little sketch of my fav toy...the 30GB MP3 player :) who needs friends when you've got 9 days of music and a bag of combos? :nohope:

so i'm happy w/ the texture of the piece, but i wish i woulda used a slightly lighter orange/yellow for my highlights. happy w/ the form though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/May052005.jpg

no idea what the vertical stripes are...hope it's not the scanner, just got it...grrr.

[ApolloNuevo]

Hey all, long time no update...not that too many people are watching this sketchbook in eager anticipation of my newest doodles and belabored studies. been drawing for a proj like 5 hours today and i'm burnt out- so i did some feet sketches to relax while watching Seinfeld...nothing better. :}

just 10% prismacolor marker (warm grey) and graphite on top.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/feets.jpg

[ApolloNuevo]

June 14, 2005

finally got the groove back after being off since the weekend. quick diddy to loosen up today before some other work. man do i love drawing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/coffeeboy.jpg

here's some sketches (a tad old) from a football illo i recently finished...just conceptual

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/footballs.jpg

slowly but surely, building this online sketchbook :wink:

-dan

[deez]

love your cartoonish style, but now i'm curious to see some realistic stuff
build up build up

[flip the master]

its ok

[theartguy]

nice style.

it reminds me of the comics in the old boys life mags i used to get as a boyscout back in tha day.

know what i'm sayin? ...gettin old i guess

ha, keep it up

-Seth

[ApolloNuevo]

got home from work and couldn't stop thinking about the coffeeboy sketch i did earlier, so i pasted it onto some other paper and started drawing all around it...i'm pretty pleased thus far!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/coffeegeekcopy.jpg
Inspirational music provided by: Coldplay - X&Y

-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

a little anatomy fun...from various books i've got sitting around for ref...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/studies01.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/studies02.jpg

mmm...the more i study anatomy, the better my toons become :)

-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/soccerboy.jpg

[Quinster]

Hey, nice little cartoons! I like the style, it looks good, keep it up!

[Crystalline_Blue]

Wow, I really love your style, Really liking your anatomy studies as well.

Edit - would like to see some more realism as well :)

[ApolloNuevo]

quicky gouache sketch

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/jesus.jpg

looks...shiny :\
-dan

[cretin]

I do love that coffee kid. The football boy is cute, too! ^^ Can't wait to see more!

[oasis]

dude i love the style that your working with its so awsome. thats the kind of style that im looking for keepit up. :)

[ApolloNuevo]

some old gestures/studies i found laying around for portfolio...composited together on one page w/ PS
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/gesturews01.jpg

-dan

[Pichuerca]

Apolo nice sketches! I like the men who is sitted and seems to jesucrist.

Keep that anatomy studys and keep posting.

Pich

[Fellah.]

Sweet stuff here dude!
Cool style and those anatomystudies are really nice!

[Darktwin]

yeah I second Fellah, keep posting, like your style, very fun, keep posting

[ApolloNuevo]

taking a break from real work for some relaxing animal studies. well...i was relaxed, not necessarily the animals. here ya go...i'm gonna go see batman now. let me hear what you think!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/deercamel.jpg
-dan

[Surfgod69a]

Great stuff dude your art is amazing! WHere did you go to school? How did u learn how to draw so well.

[ApolloNuevo]

surfgod> how did i learn to draw so well? honestly...by just doing it all the time. i've gone through so many sketchbooks it's silly. i am CONSTANTLY researching art...finding artists i like, reading art theory books...

as for where i went to school, Indiana Wesleyan University. absolutely an amazing art dept...and getting stronger. it's a small private school...but quality over quantity in this case. after i complete my master's work i'm really hoping to teach there...but we'll see what happens...

thanks for all the props guys! i'll keep em coming
-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

quickie prismas and white-out pen.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/tarzan.jpg

-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/Contenderunderdrawing.jpg
yay for prisma markers! ( alittle gouache stuck in to help correct some values...but mostly marker.)

-dan

[soaps]

Lovin' your style man. Were those last few straight to pen, or in pencil first? Either way they're looking great. I like the one of the Jesus-ish fella. Reminds me of the Buddy Christ from the movie Dogma. Keep it up.

- Dan

[Gregory Wohlwend]

you have a wonderful collection here, playful and skilled drawings that utilize an expert economy. great stuff.

however, I'm not quite sure what to critique, where do you want to take your drawings? do you need help in making them 'finished pieces' or do you want to explore different styles? i guess i just need more direction on what kind of critiques you want because it looks like your technique and your style is pretty solid.

[ApolloNuevo]

soaps> i work straight into markers at 10%, then whittle the form down a bit w/ a slightly darker shade, rough in the form then either ink the edges w/ 50% or graphite sometimes if i want really 'loose' lines...moving away from graphite though...served me well in the past but markers are much more painterly

greg> wow, thanks for the compliment. i don't know what i'm looking for either...except to become more skilled and to pull in more freelance gigs :bashful: so i just draw and draw, and anything people see that i need help w/ i'm more than willing to listen to...most of all i prob need to work on environments (ugh, and vehicles...i SUCK at vehicles_...but i'm doing a bunch of architectural renderings right now and i'm sick of perspective...maybe in the future i'll post some enviros.

-dan

[Pixeldragoon]

Cool, cool stuff. I like thems feet at the top, very Quadratoe-ish.

[Farvus]

You have nice cartoony style and some pose studies are very dynamic. I'd like to see more of your pencil sketches. Keep posting :^^:

[tokidokizenzen]

Your June 17th page is awesome, very nice gestures.

[ApolloNuevo]

WOO HOO! my 200th post :) i'll post some more sketches here tomorrow morning...but i saw my 200th coming and wanted to use it here...kinda like an odometer of art...sheesh, i need a life :bashful:

-dan

[bengonzalez]

This is some nice work in here your anatomy is solid.

The only thing that I saw that needs work is the way the bottom of the chin is drawn in the gesture/anatomy studies they read very awkward. The heads are maybe a bit to flat and long you may need to use less lines and round it off more. Maybe draw the whole head as it lies behind the arm.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/june18.jpg

The Cartoon style is solid and you have made it your own. I would like to see you try at animating these especially the animals. It may be a good test on how consistent you are with the motion and anatomy.

What I like and I don't see enough of is the realistic illustrations. There is a nice relaxed feel to them.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/gesturews01.jpg

[ApolloNuevo]

here are a few prismacolor pencil sketches from photo ref(national geo, fashion mags, etc) i did about 2 months ago for an interview (realized going in that i didn't have any current life drawing so i whipped these out real fast :nohope: )...all the studies are between 20-30 minutes

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/life01.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/life02.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/life03.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/life04.jpg

hope you like!
-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

crappy dig pic of charcoal and acrylics...photo ref used
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/nudestudyapollonuevo.jpg
-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/june22.jpg
ugh, stupid scanner...sometimes it makes that line on the right hand side...no idea why. anyhow, a few sketches put together in photoshop so they fit on one page.

-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/supes02.jpg
there...fixed the face/neck...i can sleep now. :upset:
-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

i don't do much color in markers...wow, those are vivid...makes the rest of the stuff look really dull...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/june23.jpg
c&c welcome as always!
-dan

[Main Loop]

cool.. good to try painting in your sketchbook.. try using toned paper, or getting some tria inks to tone it any color you want.. its fun to work from soethign other than white..

[ApolloNuevo]

quick sketch...i don't draw my girls pretty enough, i def need more practice...pose loosley based off of some artist i found on the net several days ago...just trying to find the rhythm to girls...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/june24.jpg
C&C welcome
-dan

[glikster]

well, there's something I can at least see you need to work (of course, you know that too...)

Look around the forum... I know Phuzion is known for his girls.. among others here...

I think you're on the right track, though. They need a rhythm.

Oh, and everything else is tops!!

[bobthedinosaur]

solid work, you can always just tell when someone understands what they see in how they draw it :painting:

dynamic stuff that conveys a sense of depth and form well.

I need to work on my non-organic stuff as well :nohope:

[ApolloNuevo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/CoffeeGeekcolor.jpg
finally got time to color this...i'm pretty happy w/ it...all photoshop 7 brushes and some textures i made w/ acrylic paint and rubbing alcohol.

-dan

UPDATE: check out the finished illo at:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=517992#post517992

[ApolloNuevo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/june28.jpg
today's daily crap. i almost like her eyes...still looks too stoned
-dan

[MasonStudios]

APOLLO!

They eyes aren't bad, starting to look a little more girlish.

I thought of something you could draw to get you inspired. What about a Mole(ish) Wizard??? Man that is a good idea :teeth:

(sorry everyone, inside joke)

-TOm

[Xenethyl]

Some pretty cool stuff here Apollo. I especially like the way you are able to convey expressions in your characters. I'm also one for cartoon characters, which seems to be a large part of your style. I don't really have any comments beyond what the others have said already, so just keep it up! :^^:

[ApolloNuevo]

...and we're back. thanks for hanging w/ us. i got a comission that was due friday (haha, for the first time i got done BEFORE deadline...as opposed to dead on ;) so i haven't had a lot of time to sit and sketch. took the gf to a medical center today, she has crazy bad poison ivy :$ anyhoo..there was an irritating fishing program on while i was sitting there and it inspired me to sketch a bit...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/july16.jpg
more to come my friends, more to come.

-dan

[Azrael]

I like your style. I find it more intriging to see a new world on paper. I believe any somwhat talented artist can imitate life.

The only crit I would give is the one that you have already given yourself. Environment to set the scene and anatomy and shading to bring to life.

Good work. :wink:

[ApolloNuevo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/july21.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/july21b.jpg
sketches based off of models from Alloy catalogue the gf is letting me borrow :) i'm really happy w/ the lips :bashful:

-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

a few weekends ago i was on a trip to chicago and spent my time in the back of the van doing gestures of vehicles as we sped past them...wow, i learned a TON. really was able to get down to the core of what their forms were about. i'll spare you the indecipherable scribbles from the 20 pages or so i filled...but today i took a break to try and draw a SUV. it was going well so i decided to thow some gouache on as well. only problem is...almost all of my gestures are from the back! :$ welp, one thing at a time right?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/july22.jpg
-dan

[britt]

Nice cartoon style you have there, and good job with the gouache painting with the SUV study. I see a Hallmark quality to your work that is very marketable. Keep it up.... hangin', to the side, whatever...

[berf]

What an awsome style. Wow, really I love the comic stuff. Makes me smile!

[ApolloNuevo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/june27.jpg
quickie gouache and pen brush w/ white out pen before work.

-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

graphite...sketches for a personal proj i'll probably never finish. it's a Bible illo based off of the Jesus gouache sketch up higher in this sketchbook.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/july27B.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/july27C.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/july27D.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/july27E.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/july27F.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/july27G.jpg
-dan

[clutchyourideas]

love your style! I especially like some of the colored stuff like the crazy bird sitting on the egg. I'd like to see more work w/ color :) Sweet stuff all around, though.

[ApolloNuevo]

ugh. i got home from work last night and was so frustrated about my development as an artist. it just seems like i can't grow fast enough and i don't have the time to dedicate to painting that i would like. i really look forward to the day when my only job is to do art...not 40 hours a week of something to pay the bills then 20 on top trying to get better at the gifts God has given me. don't get me wrong, i love my job and it is a real blessing in my life...i'm just really anxious to do more art for $$...anyhoo...in my fit of frustration last night i spent 2 hours painting. this is graphite, followed by black india ink, followed by gouache and a little acrylic white on top to help some edges. i'm really happy w/ it...wish i could paint this well all the time, maybe i should get upset more often :nohope:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/aug01.jpg

[ashemoto]

Very cute
something to learn from

keep it coming




Ashemoto

[Eew]

thx for reply dude, i really enjoy your style, looks cool and specialy those character sketches, really nice stuff :)

[ApolloNuevo]

Yay! A break in the schedule so I got to spend some time this morning sketching...I've been inspired by the Dragons Thread (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42312&page=1&pp=60) (check it out, there are some amazing concepts there!)

so here's my dragon. i was thinking about how dragons could be used as beasts of burden and i came up w/ this peice. gouache, graphite, ink, marker, and white out pen.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/aug16.jpg
-dan

[Pesmerga]

I really like your cartoony style. Funny stuff.

One more post and you got yourself a 2nd page :confident

[bengonzalez]

Hey man just giving you a push on over to page 2 :teeth:

I haven't been by enough and missed a lot of nice little gems
My fave
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/nudestudyapollonuevo.jpg

That dragon is cool, but what is he pulling? I'd like to see some strange war machine or a huge farming machine
Style Very nice. I admire the cartoon thing.
No Crit on your use of Gouache paints which I gess is what you used on it I suck at them and never liked working with them. Something about the finished chalky texture didn't please me. Odd hang up but I'm a very tactile person. After seeing what you are doing with them I'm tempted to try them out again.

Post some more I'll make sure to keep up.

[ApolloNuevo]

not enough time to draw...ugh. here's a few quickies...i'm really happy w/ the car...i've never drawn a vehicle that well before. the boy is watercolor pencils, prismacolor pencils, and gouache.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/sept17A.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/sept17B.jpg

i promise i'll post more...9-5 job is exhausting me right now to the point i just wanna sleep when i get home.

-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

Continuing on my vehicles obsession i did this study of a hummer. the challenge i set for myself was to have my reference from one angle, but draw it from another. a fun excercise we did when i was in my undergrad that really helps the understanding of forms in 3D space.

anyhoo...here it is...prismacolor markers, prismacolor pencils, gouache, and acrylics.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/sept20.jpg

an interesting note. i used 2 different kinds of black in this. 1 was gouache and the other was a black marker. when i went to photograph this piece they turned out drastically different. the gouache came out flat and the marker had a sheen to it that made it a dark grey. there you go, you learned something today...apparently ink has specular properties.

-dan

[RedGoblin]

Well I am in no situation to be critiquing anyone....but I will say GOOD WORK!

[hcross]

fresh and so clean...

I like your style - I'll have to start http:\\del.icio.us\hcross\conceptart_faves\ because of you

:^^:

[ApolloNuevo]

i've been wanting to do a frank frazetta-ish piece. but obviously w/ a more fun and animated twist. so here's just graphite sketches that i've been working on the last 2 days. some ref for these, a lot of imagination obviously, but it still gave me the groundwork to start from. i'm really happy w/ the girl, i like her overlapping forms a lot.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/sept25A.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/sept25B.jpg
updates as progress warrants
-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

i don't know....i love it/ i hate it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/sept26.jpg
-dan

[MasonStudios]

Yeah, I really like the girl. Although Katie said she had some major ghetto booty :)

Once you said you were going for Frazetta, I could TOTALLY see that. Great job.

They guy could use a little work. As you said the woman has great overlapping forms, making the guy appear more flat than he might have.

Can't wait to see the big finish.

-TOm

[MasonStudios]

Oh yeah, and I !!!LOVE!!! the way you do kids. Can't wait to see the finished illustration.

[ApolloNuevo]

older sketches i remembered while cleaning. prismacolor markers, graphite and some ink
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/SwartzTinMan.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/SwartzScareCrow.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/SwartzLion.jpg
-dan

[Pootle]

Hey ApolloNuevo,

cool sketchbook, I really like you animals, so expressive.

I hope you're still working on your bible illustration (from pg 1), pretty big project tho! would be great to see more of it, just one comment; your cross legged Jesus looks a bit yogic - I think its the hand position.

[corky13]

That stuff ROCKS :D :D :D such cute critters...especially the lion-doodle ... :)

[shyamshriram]

SWEEET CUTE stuff ! :)
keep them coming !!

Shyam

[SimoSK8]

I really enjoyed your stuff, you can really tell your a natural from your lines. Post more!

[Claymore]

I would say after looking at your work that yes, the more life drawing you take the better things are - and always attack the feet and hands without fear, that's one of the best ways to get better. Also - start playing with Photoshop more. Beyond being the 'way' of the future, its a real time saver and there's nothing to clean up. ;) Best of luck...

[ApolloNuevo]

claymore

haha, as for playing w/ photoshop...yeah, for awhile there i was going all digital painting. i would do my lines in graphite, scan em in, and then obliterate them w/ photoshop layers and layers and layers....

however...this got old to me

and i could make stuff look exactly as i wanted
clean
crisp
perfect control over every aspect...

but then i realized why...i had lost the emotion to my art...there were no more 'happy accidents.' the emotion was slipping from my illustrations. i had too deep of control of the 'paintings'...hence why i am swinging back into natural media. in my illustrations now i use both. but i'm trying not to rely upon photoshop as a crutch...which is what i was doing when i was younger. i really want to learn the skills in the traditional realm...because when it comes down to it...i miss the tactileness of real media. i like getting my hands dirty, smudging paint, playing w/ different mediums and mixing techniques. it's more challenging to me. so yeah, i can do things much faster and cleaner in PS...but for the time being i'm trying to not over-indulge in the digital realm. it has a time and place that i use extensively for my illustration work and each artist has to discover their own way of doing things...hopefully i'll never stop exploring.

thanks for the great remarks everyone! i'll keep them coming as time allows :bashful:
-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

cleaning house...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct3G.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct3D.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct3F.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct3A.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct3E.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct3C.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct3B.jpg
-dan

[Dreln]

Killer stuff man, I love your toon style. My fave is the pool one with the kids. Great shapes and poses. The side profile pic of the girl on the first page is very cool too. Keep up the good stuff.

[ApolloNuevo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct4A.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct4B.jpg
-dan

[bengonzalez]

Apollo love your stuff as always. I know that dreamworks has to have a spot for you. Anyways enough Asskissing from me.

The last two are fast clear and have nice lighting. The head looks like a take on the Easter Island head statues, don't know why, it just dose. With the pirate there seems to be a lack of planning with all of the space to the right but you ran out of room for the cutlas.

nice work man.

Edit: do you have any comic strips? I would like to see them if you do.

[Hanuka]

your cartoony sketches are very strong, but your life/photo ref-studies are even more interesting. i'd like to see more of that. thanks for dropping by my sb, btw. :]

[Stupidity'sUglyHead]

That's a fun and interesting style you have. It has that classic familiar feel, but somehow its totally original. If you teach art, I'm sure there'll be a new generation of well-inspired artists come out of it.

[ApolloNuevo]

some noses
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct82005A.jpg
and everyone loves pirates...so here's another
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct82005B.jpg
I'm pretty excited about the pirate, all markers underneath, then some gouache on top to make some of the textures and a white out pen to pick out highlights...45mins.
keep on drawing!
-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

sitting last night at the house watching bill cosby's old standup routine from like the 70s (his suit was amazing and the fatest tie ever :teeth: ) while the gf graded papers from her geometry class. markers, markers, and a brush pen.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-9-2005A.jpg
cheers!
-dan

[gibsini]

graet stuff love your style keep the posts comin

[ApolloNuevo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-9-2005B.jpg
i'm in a really good mood :blahblah: i just keep putting out work i'm happy w/
-dan

[Mikko Voipio]

I love your dynamic posing and colours. Really great drawings here.
It's always great to see people doing something different than monsters
and serious stuff. Going to keep following this thread. Four stars from me.

[Adamos]

Yo brutha!

Sweet stuff up in here! Respect for trying different styles man! Big up. I like your life drawings the best, but Isee you're sooner or later gonna be a comic strip genius, aren't you? Seems to me that's the style you dig the most. And it suits you pretty darn well too!

Keep on skribblin mate!

cheers, Adam

[ApolloNuevo]

Stupidity'sUglyHead> thx for the comment! i really want to teach at the collegiate level and that is great encouragement from you!

Placeboast & Adamos> your comments are much appreciated

i just got in my bridgman's drawing from life book, so expect lots of studies from that soon!

keep the faith,
Dan

[ApolloNuevo]

after about 1.5hrs of study of bridgman tonight i finally got one decent sketch. dried out 2 markers in the process though :rolleyes:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-12-2005A.jpg
i really screwed up the left tricep to elbow as well as that left hand...but at least there's a sense of rhythm to this guy...all the others looked drunk... their balance was so poor. :[

-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

more bridgman....graphite this time
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-12-2005B.jpg
-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

i'm too lazy to use PS to composite lately, so the digi-cam w/ quick levels is all you get. i'm having a blast w/ bridgman!! WOOO ANATOMY!! :}
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-12-2005C.jpg
-dan

[Azrael]

Really diggin the block cartoon style. You have made great use of basic shapes and lines to push form. Very creative expressions as well.

To crit I would say to keep up the studies on shading and color. You images have great life, which is the essential foundation (something i am working on). Add some composition, shading to create mood and direct focus and your stuff could be amazing.

Keep up the great work bro!

[ApolloNuevo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-13-2005A.jpg
i'm very happy w/ the rhythm of this one. i'm not happy w/ the other 10 pages i'm NOT posting.
-dan

[neoknocker]

you got an awesome cartoon style. Cant wait to see more of this.

[joiton]

Love your style!
Very fluid characters, cool exaggerations, nice studies.
Those gouaches are coming out really great, love the cars.

Nothing to criticize by the moment, all I can say is keep posting your stuff!

See ya

[bumskee]

:) nice sketchbook dude, you have a nice style. Bridgman!! yeah, we should make a bridgman club or something. :P I recognise some of the poses, we are seeing lot mroe him here on ca recently, all good. :) keep up the nice work dude! cheers

[ApolloNuevo]

markers, ink, gouache and acrylics.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-14-2005A.jpg
have a great weekend everyone!
-dan

[Ink_Monkey]

Sicko fun stuff here.... Im like'N the Bridgman studies ... looking forward to more.

[ApolloNuevo]

bored...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-14-2005B.jpg
-dan

[seth1]

Cool! Your cartoon stuff a blast! Fun to look at! Where do you get the bridgman references from?

[ApolloNuevo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-16-2005A.jpg
i know, she doesn't have an arm. gonna go see the new wallace and gromit!!
-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

markers and gouache
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-16-2005B.jpg
-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

markers, graphite, prisma pencils, sharpie white paint pen, gouache and PS 7
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-23-2005.jpg
-dan

[hamb6960]

This is such a great sketchbook! I live your studies. Your chicks are great!

[ApolloNuevo]

graphite, markers, sharpie paint pen
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-24-2005A.jpg
boo.
-dan

[Pootle]

Yeeehah.

You look like you are having sooooo much fun. Fanatastic.

Your castle is great - looks edible, and sweet?

[Cyanid]

hehe nice style, no crits from me.

[dire-musaera]

There's an assuredness in your line work on your toons, that lets on that you know quite a bit about anatomy. some people usually use "cartoony" as an insult, but your cartoon show a lot of skill.

[Mikko Voipio]

Those graphite anatomy drawings are great. Keep em coming. I bet it will be very useful to you to understand the human figure even in the most charicarystic drawings. Still, I like your style on the cartoony stuff, so don't you go and forget to draw them once in a while.

[Ldgree]

ehehhe.. i love your style os cartoon good works here ^^ i will keep watching

[ApolloNuevo]

prisma markers and pencils, sharpie paint pen, brush ink pen.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-25-2005A.jpg
yarrrr.
-dan

[Interceptor]

Woh, geeze, you're not a cartoonist, either, the bridgeman studies are great. And the grasp on color, especially with things like marker and watercolor are great. A real inspiration for me to break out the brushes, man! You-need-to-post-more :D

[ApolloNuevo]

markers, ink brush pen...not as happy w/ this one.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-26-2005A.jpg
i'll suck your blooooooooooooooood.
-dan

[Jaster]

Great studies, and very nice Character Concepts and Inkings. Did you ever draw a complete comic panel? If not - do it!

[ApolloNuevo]

today's monster suggested by Michael Morris, good friend, illustrator and a half way decent cook :teeth:

the birth of the Golem: prisma markers, pencils, ink brush, gouache and a little bit of photoshop to help the glow effect.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-27-2005A.jpg

Go Here for more information on the Golem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem

-dan

[SpaceAce]

cool style man, apollo you've got some choice stuff, like the viking warrior guy, he looks very well designed...rock on chief... >:D

[rubberpheasant]

I love your stuff! Your style is really versatile. Are you familiar with the work of T.S. Sullivant? (There is a really incredible website of his work here (http://www.coconino-world.com/sites_auteurs/sullivant/); some of your work reminds me of him, and I think you would really dig it.) :rendered:

[neoknocker]

some great classics revisited. I like that! Great work.

[ApolloNuevo]

prisma markers & pencils, watercolor pencils, sharpie paint pen.
this was a blast to do. i was gonna do fish swimming around her but i couldn't bring myself to complicate the flow of the form.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-28-2005A.jpg
thingamabobs, whoozits, and what's the word...
-dan

[ATLAS2900]

I feel like I could reach out and hold all your drawings. The shapes you are producing are great. Your Gestures on your first page I really enjoyed. Good stuff.

[Zaknafain]

Nice stuff. I like the comic look of your sketches. I suggest practising line weight. The right use of lineweight would bring your linework to a new level.

[ohdood]

hey apollo.. just happened upon your sketchbook here... some very nice toons you got going on here... i like the construction sketches of your toons showing the basic shapes... i also like the fact that you go back to traditional medea to color your work... i used to do marker stuff a lot... maybe ill break out the design markers again... i've gotta agree with you on the whole tactile sensation of traditional medea... what happens when you're computer is broken! heh.. anyhow i have fun using whatever is available... and i've been having fun checking your work out... keep posting!

[ApolloNuevo]

finally went up to a life drawing session today. good times. only 2 good ones out of the lot though...i won't subject you to the rest of the mindless drivel.
5-min
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-29-2005A.jpg
20-min
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-29-2005B.jpg
-dan

[van]

ANother great sb! Your chars are so cool. "Birth of a Golem" is very nice.

[ApolloNuevo]

a quick VeggieTales sketch I did tonight. Prisma markers & pencils, scanned and painted w/ PS7
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-30-2005A.jpg
obviously these are not my characters, they are BigIdea's...I just wanted to try representing them.
-dan

[thelightshines]

Wheeee for the Veggie Tales! I love your style and am wondering who the "Shiny Guy" in your earlier posts was? Along with that, I like those "Wizard of Oz"-esque designs. Huge fan of the book. I'd like to see some of those Bibley characters you sketched in your earlier post fleshed out. I think those are pretty cool. Thanks for your critique. :bashful:

[bengonzalez]

Apollo your versatility is inspiring. I like how you don't conform to the cartoon specialty. I mean your good at it and apparently enjoy it but your life drawings are solid. The five minute one is my favorite. you have captured the mood and managed to get in some solid lines and values in there. I would like to see how you managed with a Carpenter's Pencil (I think they are called design pencils but I'm not sure) you know the ones with the flat rectangular lead. It may help you get in more values into those 5 min sketches on par with the 20 min ones.

On the VeggieTales. I like how you've handled Larry and the yellow one (forget his name Mr. Lunt?) but bob the tomato is looking awful flat and blurry. Maybe some highlights would help it.

PS: I have Kids and they love those vegetables. My favorite one has been Larryboy Vs. the Rumor Weed.

[ApolloNuevo]

VeggieTales goes on vacation
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/oct-31-2005A.jpg
-dan

[unknown_epiphany]

That is hilarious. Not to sound like a broken record but like everyone else i totally dig your style. I wish i could be as good as you in half the amount of mediums. Thanks for showing that seriousness and silliness can come from the same mind.

Steve

[wi_2]

hey there,

alot of these pic give me the feeling your not really giving hem all you got..
step back and revieuw your pics and be honest and thorough.. look at the parts youlike and don't and do something with them.
also look deeper into the wealth of lineweight, make that what is important and good looking pop out. if your not to good at drawing a particular part.. then do it.. alwaystry. but do it gentel and try not to grip the viewers attention..
always look through their eye's.. they are your magic

in your recent painting.. the 'island' im missing the connection.. the rocks look cut and pasted onto the background.. not part of them
one thing doing that are the highlight on the left that are right on the edge of the rock and water.. and also there is no reflected light vsible on the bottems of them..
also on the rock itsself you going overkill with the highlights.. its making it look really chaotic and not helping the shape at all.. more killing it.

i hope this helps you a bit in your quest to other worlds.... feel free and true. good luck.
thnx,

cheers,
wi2

[Bakanekonei]

yeah i agree with the last comment. of course there's not as much to crit on you as you critted on me, but hey i should repay the favor with coming here and saying this anyhow. you gotta be careful with the white. learning the key places to put white to help out the situation is a tough gig.
http://www.bobtyrrell.com/gallery_portraits.htm that guy is master at this. i know it's a tattoo artist (so am i) but it could help checking out his stuff to get a better idea of what i'm saying.
also, i reeeaaaallly agree with the line weight thing, some of these things you have posted could look so much more finished.
overall, i'm quite jealous with the way you can draw just normal tings and make them look completely awesome. i really dig the ipod one.

[ApolloNuevo]

another set of concept designs...almost didn't get these done today!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/nov-01-2005A.jpg
-dan

[Mikko Voipio]

By looking at your drawings I would have to bet that you are on medication. Nobody can draw so much happy "creatures" without some help from medic kit. :} Cool stuff. My favourite is the fisbowl greenguy. Keep on posting.

[ApolloNuevo]

more life drawing today!! wooooo!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov5-2005C.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov5-2005A.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov5-2005B.jpg
-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

one more
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov5-2005D.jpg
-dan

[pennington]

"we are the pirates who don't do anything/we just stay at home and lie around" cool. your control is amazing! really good stuff in here! thanks for the comment.

[spicy meatballs]

Just wanted to give props to ya bro! Very fun animation style you have. keep it up man!

[osgoon]

wow.. i love veggie tales!.

I LOVE YOUR work.

its so precise and beautiful!!

[winjer]

aww your stuff is adorable i dont have any crits...

[That fat kid]

hey apollo, very cool life drawings, fluid, solid lines with good variations within them....good stuff, keep it up!!

the fat kid

[ApolloNuevo]

sunday night's studies from "force" by Michael D. Mattesi
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-6-2005A.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-6-2005B.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-6-2005C.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-6-2005D.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-6-2005E.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-6-2005F.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-6-2005G.jpg
all china pencil on cheap-o paper
-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

freeze frame studies from IronGiant (directed by brad bird...a great film if you haven't seen it)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-7-2005A.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-7-2005B.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-7-2005D.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-7-2005E.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-7-2005F.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-7-2005C.jpg
cheers!
-dan

[spicy meatballs]

Awesome! Iron Giant studies! You can never go wrong with that film. Thanks for the heads up on that site Apollo, I'll look in to it! Once again, great sketches.
Peace

[ApolloNuevo]

hogarth hand studies :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-8-2005A.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-8-2005B.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-8-2005C.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-8-2005D.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-8-2005E.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-8-2005F.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-8-2005G.jpg
much fun. china marker on paper.
-dan

[SirGreenSock]

Everything looks really great. I love the style in the figure drawings.
The freeze frame studies look great, too. You really captured the characters.
Hogarth studies look good, but personally I think the form and value, which is what his drawings excell at, needs some refining in the first few hands. Nothing really, I'm just desperately trying to find something to nitpick. :)

[bumskee]

oooo. Hogarth studies. :) nice, love the life drawings, watch for those flat lines though, keep it going dude.

[Mikko Voipio]

You've been busy I see. Great anatomical studies. Nothing much to crit here, really just wanted to let you know that I am following your great thread. Btw... Iron giant is one of my favourite animation films.

[Cyanid]

wow you got that anatomics down! really great!
I like the hand study's and the first two of the "force" post the most

[ApolloNuevo]

today's life drawing session
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-12-2005A.jpg
the next one was too big for the scanner so a crappy digipic
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-12-2005B.jpg
and the one i'm really happy with
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-12-2005C.jpg
peace and love,
-dan

[antquin]

i like your loomis (or is that hogarth, or is that just you). for the life studies, do some more planning, roughing in. you can see where you're compressing the figure based on the size of your paper. you may want to abandon some of your 'get it done' techniques when approaching a study. just focus more attention on the model.

in general, see about doing more complex compostions , as opposed to single objects. good stuff.

[max1975]

I'm really happy with the one you're really happy with, too. Those curves are really awesome...I've never seen anything quite like that one.

Thanks for stopping by my book.

[marioucci]

Oh man, amazing to see changes over the 3 pages of your SB.

I love the stylized cartoonish-with-a-twist works but i am also loving the nlatest life-drawings and my personal taste goes with them. The one you are really happy with is my favourite too. You have great talent for life drawings, keep them coming.

Cheers

Mario

[untitleduser]

Nice work, your sketchbook is coming along nice. Keep it up.

[keeganb_2000]

Hey real nice work here and very varied! All your anatomical studies look great and are very loose which is cool!
Your style is quiet distinct from what i've seen but I do think when you draw vehicles they look maybe a bit too cutesy and small in scale(dont know why?) Interesting choice of colours which makews me think about how i go about colouring(thanks) One of my favs is the kid jumping into the water, theres a nice energy to that!

[ApolloNuevo]

20 min speed paint in PS7
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/003.jpg

-dan

[shyamshriram]

Sweet update pal..i missed lots of update...ur colour pallete is yummy :)
sweet characters...its nice that u r wokring on ur Anatomy...i can see the progress here..keep up the spirit :yayca:

[Odds]

cool sp, the proportions look pretty on. ;)
the chin might be positioned a tad too far to the left of the image, but other than that, anatomy looks good. i'd like to see the lighting scheme taken a bit further, so keep workin!

[ApolloNuevo]

highlights from today's life session (prisma marker, gouache and ink brush-pen.)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-19-2005B.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-19-2005A.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-19-2005C.jpg
all 10 min and less if i remember right.
-dan

[Sickbrush]

your anatomy is getting better and better...
keep going my friend, nice update, the curves are sweet... i like the fatties :D

[SirGreenSock]

Life drawing stuff looks good!
What kind of paper and brush pen did you use?

[ApolloNuevo]

SirGreenSock,

The paper is from Borden & Riley. (#840 kraft pad)
The pen is a Faber Castell Black Brush-Pen http://www.faber-castell.com

i really like the brush-pen, i just wish someone made a fatter one.
thx for stopping by!

-apollo

[SirGreenSock]

Cool, thanks. I use the Faber Castell brushpen, too. I also like using a fountain brushpen from Pentel (its called something like Pentel Color Brush), its basically a synthetic fibre brush with an ink catridge, it can make much fatter lines than faber castell.

[unknown_epiphany]

i really like your studies. the life drawing sessions around my house dont start until february but i am looking forward to them. also thanks alot for your help with my acrylic paint issue.

[ApolloNuevo]

sunday night sketches while watching seinfeld...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/nov-20-2005A.jpg
-dan

[unknown_epiphany]

apollo if your still looking for high speed film capture of running and jumping why not check out eadward muybridge? thats all he basically did was take pics of the human form and animals in action.

[Shogun]

Great sketches Apollo

Its nice to see another member who has a bit of a Disney/cartoony style like me =)

And thanks for checking out my sketchook

Keep it up! =)

[ApolloNuevo]

first real oc1.1 sketch. very fun and fluid program. i'm contemplating purchasing...i kinda wish there was an oc section on here. ah well. 20mins or so. a little clean up in PS7 cause i couldn't figure out some of the tools.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/furryflyer.jpg
-dan

[max1975]

That's a neat lookin' thing. What's oc?

[ApolloNuevo]

Max and anyone else who doesn't know, oc is OpenCanvas. A painteresque program.

Check it out at: http://www.portalgraphics.net/en/oc/oc4/products.html

-apollo

[max1975]

> openCanvas4 Plus $ 72,73
> openCanvas4 $ 54,55
> openCanvas4 ?¨ openCanvas4 Plus Upgrade $ 31,82

I hope those commas are supposed to be periods :)

Thanks for the info...may have to check it out.

[CaptainInsano]

great style! these are definately animator quality. Thanks for the advice on profiles too.

[ApolloNuevo]

woo hoo! another sketch in OC. this is really new for me...i usually draw out my undersketch traditionally and then scan and paint...but OC is so darn responsive and easy for me to grasp!! these last 2 i've done entirely in the computer...sure, old hat for some of you...but i'm happy w/ the experience. still not effortless, lots and lots of Ctrl+Z...but here it is:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/spideyOC.jpg
-apollo

[ApolloNuevo]

about 45mins in OC...wow. i'm loving this software!! only 28 more days till my trial expires though :(
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/santaOC.jpg
-dan

[pennington]

hey sweet spiderman! and your old guy is perfect for the season. hohoho.
use that trial for all it's worth i wanna see 280 pictures from it. that's 10 a day so you better get busy. i wish i could try OC but i have a mac ohwell i should probably just stick to photoshop for now. keep it up!

[jtheanswer]

Hey Apollo, nice SB, you got a cool cartoonish style. Spidey is cool. Keep em coming bro.

[SirGreenSock]

Really digging the OC stuff!
Older versions of OC are free, but have less features (plus i think newer versions dont have network sketching!)
The one I use is OC 1.1, which is free, if you want me to send you the zip of it (its pretty small >1meg), just mail or PM me or something.

[ApolloNuevo]

another OC!!!!! 30mins
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/junglegirloc.jpg
i'm having way too much fun w/ this.
-dan

[Recursive_End]

Funny mood! its really nice looking at your stuff, nice work :)
(and thx for droping by my sb)

[Malavon Despana]

Hail there!

You've got a very nice style, very comic-like. The use of colors is very nice and the aspects in most of your work bring a good smile on my face. The vegetables were cool ;) . I don't do comic-style myself so it's sort of hard to give any potential critique to you. But what I would like to see would be more complete works with deeper shading and more subtle lines. That is more likely a request than a critique but...there you have it :) .

Keep on drawing and posting, this is a very positive thread you got here.

[CaptainInsano]

great character designs. I check your sketchbook often!

[ApolloNuevo]

oc sketch and PS quickie colors
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/dec022005A.jpg
-apollo

[ApolloNuevo]

OC underdrawing then PS7 coloring...not the best adding the color, but we'll get there.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/bullOC.jpg
-dan

[SirGreenSock]

You seem to be having lots of fun with the program. :)
You've gotten a good grasp for it, very fun drawings!

[[jbfilion]]

Very cool and fun sketchbook you have there :dur: This pirate is my favorite : oct82005B.jpg I think I'll download the OC trial. Keep upt the good work :yayca:

[ApolloNuevo]

about an hour sketch. i like how sometimes cartoons are put on photographic bgs...i didn't have a plate that i liked, so i built this one all out of elements from google image search. eh, it was fun....def not portfolio stuff
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/gametheory.jpg
-apollo

[Patch]

Man do I love your stuff. It's so solidly fun and light. Your style is infectious and bold. It's interesting to see how your study of one thing transfers to another (ie - anatomy and OC software to your cartoons).

Keep up the good work!

[mull77]

Yo dude, those hand studies you did are awesome. Really, really nice. Are they loomis or did you ref from somewhere else? Your figure studies have really nice lines as well.

Good to see you go crazy in OC though :)

[gmags]

I'm really digging your cartoons dude. They are very inspiring. Keep postin. :)

[bengonzalez]

Dude you're kicking butt. The one comment I have about the OC stuff is that it looks blurry. I would try and get crisper with it and increase the darkness and tonal range on them. Nice work by the way. wish they had OC for Mac, but not yet.

Keep it up man.

[MattGamer]

I see you have Dynamic Anatomy by Hogarth. I love his stuff, but someone reffered me to Loomis. Check out some of his books here (http://www.saveloomis.org/index.html).

Your stuff is awesome and I love the characters you have as well. Those Veggie Tales pics you did were sweet. And as for the Spidey you did... I'd like to see him deplicted in a real comic book someday that way.

Which medium do you enjoy the best to use? Digital or traditional? I myself am enjoying digital medium nowdays because of the ease and fluidness of it. But I know I must get used to traditional methods as well.
Keep up the good work and I'll be back when you update!!!

[blacky]

Very nice stuff. Last one's very interesting. And those two before are hilarious.
I'm not sure how much it will pay off doing too much cartoonish stuff though.
...hmm, on the other hand your latest lifedrawings might not have turned out that expressive and lifely, as they did, otherwise.
Keep it up. This is definatelly a fun and interesing thread to browse through.

[jermainevl]

This is the first time I checked your sketchbook, but I'll do it again! Nice to see your doing life drawings as well. The handstudies you posted last month are great. Your cartoonstyle is really funny.. it makes me feel all giggly... hihi

[blkn]

awesome stuff.. very nice hand studies especially.

[spicy meatballs]

Love the oc sketches! I tried it out not so long ago and loved the fluidity of it! It's just getting used to all the shortcut keys, especially after working on photoshop for so long. Hope to see more oc sketches from ya!

[ApolloNuevo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/elfwarrior.jpg
oc, ps7.
-dan

[Azeira]

very cartoonie stuff. Rather satyrical in its taste, it seems, but with intent on being exagerated in the anatomy and the mood desplayed. Your lifestudies i like very much, and i think that you simply have alot to grow on, and probably will continue growing like all the rest of us. A good sketchbook, full of color and promise. Sorry i didnt stop by much earlier.

Woodruff

[ApolloNuevo]

Been awhile since I've posted, wrapped up this sketch this morn.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/HappyBearChef.jpg
prisma french markers, gouache, ps7 and illustrator
-dan

[ApolloNuevo]

Gestures from tuesday. i was able to sit in on an illustration class and draw w/ them. we drew track athletes stretching and such. we were on an elevated track which was great for practicing different perspecitves. all china marker on cheapo paper.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/jan19a.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/jan19b.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/jan19c.jpg
and my favorite...she was taking pictures of the runners
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/daily%20sketchbook/jan19d.jpg
-dan

[pennington]

thanks a lot for pushing me to work some more, i just get so bored looking at bridgman. tho i know it's good for me.

peace and grace bro :teeth:

[Serpian]

Nice sketches, goos to see you cand do those too! ;)
Much good stuff here since I looked last time!

[pennington]

hey where you been?

[ApolloNuevo]

Sorry guys, i've been busy

jtheanswer, recurseive, ParkerD: thanks a lot and thanks for stopping by! i don't get in as much as i would like to but that's life. hopefully i'll have more time to post more!

Patch: thanks man, you're right...good anatomy studying is what i credit so so much of my growth to. it teaches so much about form, rendering, weight...it's really the most important aspect of studying art as far as i'm concerned

mull77:hand studies are from hogarth

bengonzalez:yeah, OC is way blurry and i really haven't taken the time to play with it. now after a couple months i'm back into markers which really are that smooth tactile effortless feeling that i need when sketching...OC was just a nice distraction but ultimately seperated me too far from my art.

blacky: i've been doing this for awhile but if you don't mind, please don't discourage other artists by telling them 'i don't know how much BLANK will pay off'...no good. encourage them in their aspirations and dreams...who knows how far talent and hard work can take them!

spicy: good to see you stopping by my man. you need to post more in your book too!

pennington: here i am. and here's some newer work...maybe i'll scan some recent studies and post them if i have time.

recent work:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/SwartzBeanstalk.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/SwartzBarn.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/SwartzBamboo.jpg
and a sketch i did to try and get an upcoming gig...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/danielswartz21/Swartzbiblegirlsketch.jpg
-dan

[pennington]

hey glad you're back! i love your gestures. and your style is so clean it's refreshing.

[pennington]

wow! thanks! :] lotsa help. i'll try and ask my self those questions when i'm drawing from now on. and i'll checkout that book too.

oh and which drawing do i need to loosen up on? cause i mean some of them aren't supposed to be loose. are they?

[Car2nist]

always impressin me man, very nice

[Dutton]

Hey Dan, yeah it's been a while since I've seen your name around. Maybe we're just missing each other on the boards. Your last few updates are looking really good. I'm especially taken with the gesture drawings! Well, glad to hear you're busy, just hope it's with things you like being busy with. :)

[El Diablangel2883]

ApolloNuevo Dame i thought i was good but you threw me all the way to the grownd. And to think that mine were a little scarry man yours kik my ass for good. And thinking that i was going to get help. Hum! Hum! Hum!. I gues i am not going to get help here. See ya latter guyes.

[Miticis]

I really enjoy the fun, animatied feeling of your characters. You're quickly developing some clean works here. Keep on keepin' on.

[Mokuu]

Your work got so hot, it attracks Viagrabots like nuts.

Just joking, where have you been bro?