fjgc - misc.

[GriNGo]

iCH - thanks for visiting man! thanks about the crit about the last velasquez - i have to confess i had a hard time with that particular area... he made it kind of difficult to "remake".

maxetormer - gracias hermano, ahi seguiré adelante!

Here's an update from the painting I did a while back - (i¡ll be doing some corrections this week).. two weeks more left to finish the painting course! hope it turns out ok:

first color layer:

[the ANGRY filipino]

Holy Shiite! man, your painting skills are improving fast man!
It took me a while to drop by here, but I'm glad I finally did!
you have inspired me to do some master copies too!

[Brun]

great stuff gringo, great colours to, and good work with the master studies

keep on rocking man

[lennon]

El #234 sigue siendo el mejor Gringo, pero me parece genial esto de que estés haciendo un curso de pintura. Me imagino que vas a empezar a dejar al resto atrás en cualquier segundo (con tu sentido del diseño y una buena base quien sabe lo que puedas llegar a hacer).
Este trhead es fantástico, saludos.

[GriNGo]

the angry filipino - thanks for dropping by mate, I'm glad I inspired you to do the copying.. I can't wait to check out what you come up with!
brun - thanks bro! i will!
lenno - gracias amigo! el curso de pintura lamentablemente ya se acaba pero espeor poder aplicar lo aprendido a obras personales que pienso comenzar a hacer pronto :) gracias por decir eso del thread demas! no me lo merezco!

here's some bat fun, an excercise in composition.. kind of quickie, done in PS.

[GriNGo]

The first one was done all digital. It's the cover for this month's "UIO2", which is an entertainment guide for the city I live in. The other one is called "White Heart". Both are based on the same topic of the month (which was about our cities big team winning the Copa Libertadores, the major football club tournament in south america, for the first time). The latter one was a bit more symbolic in a sense. By the way, it was done with oils, ink, and PS.

:lounge:

[GriNGo]

beggining with some fortuny drawings. this is the first of the bunch... an hour so far.

[yinteck]

Good master studies and great design so far. Keep posting !

[the ANGRY filipino]

that wrinkled paper BG totally rocks man!
all those master copies seem to have energized your hands!
Nice!

[zulu]

hi there, really cool stuf here gringo, so? where are the updates!!!, cheers dude! :D

[Sketch]

Hey GriNGo, love some of your recent work. Those two magazine covers are amazing. Really like that you used traditional media with ps... gave you a nice effect.

[yinteck]

Time to update my friend.

[JL.Alfaro]

Those studies are awesome bro! man Id like to see some more of them!

echale ganas gringo!!

[Ulver]

Great work with those master studies. I like how you work with color and that painting looks good, may be some troubles with face symmetry, not sure. I`d like to see finish result of that figure study, man!

[GriNGo]

yinteck - thanks bro.. master copies all the way!
the Angry Filipino - thanks man! the copies are truly enlighting.
zulu - thanks! i'll try to update more frequently.. hope you come back!
Sketch - thanks bro, my technique is still pretty basic, i hope i can concentrate on it on my future projects (the mixed technique that is)..
yinteck - YEP!
JLALFARO - thanks bro!!! en eso estoy jajaj..
ULVER - thanks my friend! that painting was a useful learning tool - i learned all that I can't do! so now I'm trying to work on my skills in these.

heya people, thanks for commenting! sorry for the lack of updates.. i've been drawing and painting all right, but i haven't found time to update my CA.org site.. i got a full time job (that's almost over!), and freelancing has been keeping me busy. if you have been checking my blog lately, you'll see that i have put some updates every now and then. I'm also getting addicted to photography a bit (due to my brand new Sony Alpha350 - it's rockin!) To check out my latest bunch over at the photomob forums here. (http://www.photographymob.org/forums/showthread.php?p=9542#post9542)

Now for the art - just a small upate of the most recent stuff I have done... I'll make a major moleskine SB update as soon as possible promise!

Here is the first Fortuny mastercopy. in it's finished state.. it took me about 4-5 hours to complete.

http://www.franciscogalarraga.com/arte/1_FORTUNYmastercopyFINAL_xGRINGO.jpg

Next are the SP's i did for Nov 1.. if you passed by the thread over at the FF section, then you maybe saw it.. i was one of the late posters!! Hope you enjoy.. The first is a digital portrait, done in about an hour. I liked the result, and was messing with different overlay layers, transparancies and textures layers (which i picked from my personal collection). The next one is an ink drawing, pretty quick, aobut 30 minutes (i took my time on drawing all those small individual lines)... it was an excercise in figurative abstraction.

[ICH]

Hola Amigo,
the first study is nice. The left hand and the wrist are really really well done! You are improoving a lot every post, man.
I'm not a big fun of textures overlay, but your color portrait are cool, like the drawing under that layers ;-]
And from a designer point of view: nice pixel logo! Really dig it.

[Maestro Andres]

Que dice man,
Liking a lot of the studies, very nice improvement in those and hope to see more. I actually dig the texture overlays on your SP, it quite makes it more interesting. The ink one reminds me to your ink bull piece, but somehow seeing this one next to the other, the ink one looks like an older version of you (it's the glasses! j/k)

Keep it up bro.

[bhanu]

Your portraiture seems on a whole different level then the rest of the stuff , very touching personal stuff and with beautiful haunting expessions.
I like the improvement on the figurtive stuff. i will have to keep my eyes on yer thread.
BEst.

[GriNGo]

ICH - thanks bro.. about the textures, I like to experiment with them, but i'm very concerned when i overuse them. I have to concentrate on proper drawing and form creation rather than utilizing those "gimmicks". thanks again!

Maestro - gracias bro... i'm going to try and limit my use of textures. I feel that I'm guilty of overusing them. ha yeah, the glasses do make me look older than I actually am :D

Bhanu - thanks man I wont disappoint i hope :P

DR MANHATTAN QUICKY.. about 20 minutes.

[GriNGo]

1st - Another copy from the master - enjoy. I did it today in about 4 hours
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, - Pieces for an arts & culture magazine here in Ecuador. The article talks about the last days of the chilean poet Pablo Neruda, and his hobby of collecting stuff. Hope you like them... About the technique, to be concise - it's a mix of pencil ink washs and lines on a nice 250gram textured paper, and then I scanned it & started digital post processing in PS. The entire series took me about 16 hours to complete, not in one sitting.

[Dian3]

hola don Gringo! buenos trabajos se nota el progreso. la ultima mastercopy ta de pelos!

Saludos!

(PD: tengo super varado mi SB acá :S )

[yinteck]

The last post is great, i like the style. and great master study too.
Keep them coming !

[Ricardo Robles]

Hola Gringo!
Esos trabajos con tinta son muy buenos. Me gusta el tratamiento oscuro que le das a los dibujos de estilo épico... y el trabajo de anatomía realmente llamativo, con esa apariencia neblinosa.
Me pasaré por aquí amenudo..Sigue así man. keep it up!

[GriNGo]

Dian3 - gracias bro, seguiré practicando!
Yinteck - Thanks man!
Ricardo Robles - Gracias loco, lindos comentarios! hacen que uno quiera seguir dibujando :)

Well, here is a small update - haven't had the chance to illustrate as much as I would like to in the past month - I have been full of graphic design work. Anways, I had the chance to make an illo for a local band called Vedette - I put a thread up over at the critique center here (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=144012), so go there if you want to check out the progress.

Here is the first drawing I scanned from my big SB, and the second one is the final version. As you can see, it came a far way until it's current status. Hopefully no more changes will be necessary. Hope you like :)

[the ANGRY filipino]

oh I like! I like! the colors you slapped on her just made the piece come alive!
it's a visually active piece but not too much that it hurts the eyes...nicely done!

[lennon]

Che Gringoloco, te estás yendo al carajo con algunos de estos estudios.
Aunque me parece genial tu approach al figuarativismo, me sigue gustando tu forma de distorcionar las cosas cuando hacés esas ilustraciones geniales, como la saga esa que tenés en el post 270, que es increíble. Los colores de esa saga de dibujos son lúgubres y sombríos. Perfecto manejo de al paleta, y buenas curvas (me encantan los firuletes que le hiciste a las olas). El mejor de esos que te digo, me parece el segundo, donde se ve una zapatilla y un reloj.
El post 256 también me parece que se destacó bastante, y la caricatura al revés tiene algo que me parece muy atractivo.
Me encanta de cualquier forma que estás tomando algunos riesgos, explorando nuevos caminos, no hay nada mejor que eso.
LA mejor de las suertes maestro!

[GriNGo]

angry filipino -thanks for the compliments man, I'm in the process of making a panoramic composition.. i'll post the progress soon enough..

lenno -- gracias por tu comentario. mis "investigaciones" sobre el figurativismo son más que nada para aprender.. de ahi como tu dices, es verdad que me encanta romper las formas. sigo aprendiendo...

hey, CA, long time no see.. i have worked alot in the past months, even participated in a group expo.. so here is a teaser of whats to come. This is the current update of another Mariano fortuny study I'm doing: hope you dig.

[the ANGRY filipino]

Man!!!! it sure took long enough for you to update!
another wonderful master copy from you makes it worth the wait.
( I haven't gotten to doing those master studies myself, i'm ashamed to say..)
Good to have you back!

[ICH]

Hey man! Love to watch your skills increasing!
Dig that last one. Just, some little white strokes can give a lot of benefits in short time, expecially on the quadriceps/knee area. Also, moving a little up the right nipple (in the left of the picture) can give more perspective armony.
Just my two cents.

Nice to ear that you work a lot! Keep posting, buddy!

[GriNGo]

the angry filipino - thanks for the compliments man.. I've been so full of work and shit, it's been hard to find time to post adequately. I have a lot of stuff for you to see and critique. hope i dont dissapoint.

ICH - hey bro, thanks for the tips bro! i'll keep them in mind when doing that study.
__

Hmm here goes something different. For the past month or so I've been doing this personal project of drawing daily CDs.. (which stands for Caras Diarias, or Daily Faces in english), a series of experiments with illustration. This project is nonstop... you can check out the whole series in my blog (http://www.franciscogalarraga.com/blog). Here are some for you to see (these were done at a recent trip i had to the beach). As you can see.. these are all about experimentation. The first two were done with ink on my moleskine, and then scanned and colored in PS. The last of the bunch is actually a photo of a drawing i did in the wet sand. Nothing escapes my drawing wrath. Hope you enjoy!

http://www.franciscogalarraga.com/arte/cd/CarasDiarias_xFranciscoGalarraga_022.jpg
http://www.franciscogalarraga.com/arte/cd/CarasDiarias_xFranciscoGalarraga_023.jpg
http://www.franciscogalarraga.com/arte/cd/CarasDiarias_xFranciscoGalarraga_024.jpg

[GriNGo]

Update - The Fortuny Study #3 is Finished, and a couple of new cds for your enjoyment - Also check out my thread of 3 rejected pieces over a the Finally Finished forum (now with an extra 2 approved pieces): http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2222644

see you around!
:mod:

[GriNGo]

Study Finished! My best one yet i think... what do you say? On to number 5!
10-12 hours on photoshop.

[GriNGo]

Number 5 - it's taken 2 hours so far (maybe a bit less). I think I'm way more advanced than the other ones, cause, in this one i started with a foundation drawing. The other ones were more like blocking in shapes and shadows and lights from the start... let's see if i can finish it in another 2 hours.

[GriNGo]

got interested in coloring today aswell.. a cartoonish SP (from photo), about an hour. in PS.

[kelly x]

these master copies are amazing!!! I like your work better;)

[SMILEFACE]

Really beautifull work the studies are amazing an the life of your own work is wicked' an i remeber the cd cover it turned out great!!! Keep up the goods

[Maestro Andres]

Excelente trabajo loco! Those master studies are paying off. A slight thing to consider is to check your horizontals and verticals once in a while, to get more accurate proportions. Nevertheless, like your style on the last one. Sigue adelante pana.

[GriNGo]

kelly x - thanks for passing by!
Grandmassa Mr. Spect - thanks bro!
Maestro Andres - gracias hermano! las verticales tengo que fijarme un poco más, solo he revisado los horizontales. gracias por el consejo!

Here's an excercise I did.. started with painter, colored pencil, then artists oils.. just playing with the brushed. Then I took it to PS to finish it off. Like the texture that Painter give it, and i like the polished look I can achieve with PS. What do you think about it?

[GriNGo]

:ilaekae:

here is an update of the last fortuny. I worked on it another 2 hours. It's looking good I think: i have to work on the feet some more though. The second colored piece is a study from photo I tried to do in Painter & Ps... it was quick, about an hour. I have an expo on Monday, so I'll be posting more info about that soon. later people...

GRINGO

[GriNGo]

Here is Mariano #5 finished. Hope you like. Next ones will be done in Painter... let's see if I can achieve a more natural look there.

[SMILEFACE]

WOW THE GIRL IS HOT''' an the master copy RRRRRRRROOOOOCCCKSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GriNGo]

thanks grandmassa for the support! :rocker:

Update on the sixth copy. painter is a bitch to control... it just feels like.. traditional tools almost.. I'm going to finish this in PS. So far about 4-5 hours:

[JL.Alfaro]

Great stuff bro!, you know Im a big fan of your style man, that gal with the glowing eyes is fan-fuken-tastic!

tus estudios de maestros estan increibles, sigue adelante.:geekg:

-El Joe

[johanson]

Been away from CA for a while. It's always fun to drop by and see what you've got cookin. Never really know what you're going to get. I'm especially digging this one (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=410882&stc=1&d=1215822171), this one (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=527214&stc=1&d=1227584879), and this one (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=673474&stc=1&d=1242621219).

[johanson]

Oh, and good work rocking the master copies.

[GriNGo]

JOE - A seguir adelante se ha dicho! thanks for the support bro!
JOHANSON - Thanks for stopping by man! I'm glad you liked them (it's an honor from someone who beat me in LMS :) )

:mod:

updates on the fortuny, and a quickie (1 hour), ps study I did today. The original author is named Leon Bonnat (amazing french painter!).

The fortuny study has been harder than I thought. I believe I'm about 4-6 hours into it, and painter has been a BITCH to control. Still, the look of it is very nice, and at least for me, those textures would have been harder to make in PS. In the end, I have decided that I'll put the finishing touches in PS.

The lady study is inspired by a chat with my friend Bushido, and also by the recent Zhanglu vid I got.. very informative! This thread is going to be all about master copies for a long time... I have also made some other illustration stuff that I'll post as soon as I get the respective approval... thanks for passing by!

[Penny Bird]

Hi, thanks for commenting on my sketchbook. I thought I'd come here and return the favour. I really like your style and those studies you've done are great!

[Bushido]

Che culero!!!! Hce esas copias a lapiz!!! Haceme caso!

LAPIZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!! :mod:

Cada vez mejor! Segui asi vas excelente!!!

[GriNGo]

Pennybird - thanks for passing by.. your comments are very encouraging :)
BUSHIDO - jajaj, a lapiz, que pereza, la wacom es todo por el momento :P ya voy a intentar levantar uno, ojalá no se me acalambre los dedos jeje Gracias por tu apoyo, en serio!

Fechin study: done in PS, about 2 hours. Only values and PS brush stroke practice & a bit of experimentation... colors not yet. he's too kick ass.

[GriNGo]

Here is my latest copy.. I think I have one to go in my Fortuny to do list. What do you think?

[GriNGo]

the last fortuny... woah. crits & suggestions welcome...

:yayca:

[GriNGo]

:scribble:

Comenzé un thread de color para los latinos.. ejercicios diarios (idealmente).
Aquí está mis primeros aportes al respecto.. así que si hablas español.. anda pa' lla! http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=163215

[JailHouseRock2]

Looking great mate, the stills are awesome and master copys are cool!

Keep at it man,
matt

[GriNGo]

JailHouseRock2 - Thanks for the support bro!

More studies from the past few weeks. Following that, my NEWBORN piece: called STARCHILD. The last one is a CD cover for an ecuadorian rock band called "Vedette"... Hope you enjoy!

[ICH]

I like it, dude!
Great exercises.

[GriNGo]

ICH - Thanks bro

another excercices from yesterday.. trying out some new brushes, as well as drawing from the imagination..

[GriNGo]

well.. i was trying to draw a guy with a lightsaber.. but it looks more like a ninja sword.. anyway, a small excercise in PS.

[hunchback]

i reaalllly like the studys youve been doin

excellent practice and in photoshop not too easy : P
keep it up ( needs more boobs in here ) ill get some nudity going for yah in my book

those reject pieces have some wicked colour in em lovein it : D

peace G

[jatherip]

yes, just like hunchback said: nudity!!!or get some loomis...
will help you alot!!!
keep studying

[Ian Miles]

Yeah, the human figure have all the problems you´ll need solve in the future, everytime you study the figure, you´ll improve. :)

[Sketch]

I really like some of things happening in that baby/pregnant space woman illustration. Maybe try more like that?!

[vardoburrito]

The username is 'GriNGo' and you're in Quito - Ecuador
(that's funny) I've got a picture of you in chaps and you've an Intuos in
one hand and a MAC Book Pro folded in your arms the other.
You're doing the duck walk, hehehe.

I like the studies and I can't wait to see more of your own creations. Keep up
the motivation and drive as it rubs off on me. Thank you.

The upside down character/composition. Sweet.

[andres333]

The fourth one of post 304 is looking great, nice idea also

por cierto loco ya estoy devuelta en Ecuador!!! por fin pero el cambio de clima me esta matando...

Happy new year to you too

[GriNGo]

long time no see.. with some new stuff, mainly studies. been trying to improve my line. hope you like my new direction.. kind of. The last one I did last night. If you follow my blog, you might have seen this new direction starting a while ago. Tell me what you think!

hunchback- thanks for passing by bro
jatherip - thanks for the tip man!
ian miles - thanks bro
sketch - maybe...
dwardo - u have a pic of me? from where dude... show me :P
andres333 - gracias loco.

[kingkostas]

your studies are very good mate, and i like very much your style in these illustrations, like in this last portrait.Keep up the good work

[jcpahl]

Hey man, great sketches. The master studies on the last page are superb; you should do some in color, too!

[Farvus]

You got here insane amount of master studies. Good job. I personally believe they are good for start. Later it's better to stick more to life drawing.

I really like this piece http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=924311&stc=1&d=1268035788. It has nice flow of lines.

Cheers.

[vardoburrito]

(the picture is available only in my imagination :teeth:)

Post 314 - Pose 3 colors I digs.

;)

[AndreRuben]

i can tell this: lots and lots of improvement if we see all the pages. yet i can still see some influences from the way you drew in the past, but now you use those those kinds of trace in a more evolved way.

muy bien! continua

[batcustard]

Love the third picture in 314. Working on your line in photoshop can be sort of frustrating, I find it's application process great for coloring but like, linework can be a little less graceful in a way. For a lot of fun doing linework, check out calligraphy brushes (those Japanese/chinese ones? Can't remember what they are called, but you can find them pretty easily) and some india ink. It's a fast easy way to really get a firm grip on your lines. Maybe learning in unforgiving mediums without undo helps build careful form?
I've heard that... not 100% if I believe it. Anyways, keep it up bro. Heaps of improvement since your first page.