~::Unia Sagithia Nessraugh by Azeira::~ updated 02/29

[Azeira]

ok, i had some trouble with the scanner, but now everything turned out right. These posted so far are on various things.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/Scan0009.jpg

"Bio-Mechanoid".

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/Scan0004.jpg

"Interdimensional Growth"

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/Scan0003.jpg

"Other"

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/Scan0002.jpg

"No title"

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/Scan0006.jpg

"Armored Dark One Concept"

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/Scan0007.jpg

"Hathr from side concept, for the comic "Bulle' Red"

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/Scan0005.jpg

"Geigeresque Alien"

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/Scan0008.jpg

"No title"

i have to say now, before the critics reveal their jaws, that i am a fan of the abstract and of the weird. i love using immense detail where i feel it is best, and have a passion for negative space and the effects of dark on white and color in the right places. with that said, i look forward to any advice that you guys can give with the progress of this sketchbook.
:)
Woodruff

[Eriboss]

hey man, nice start to your sketchbook - It definately has that abstract feel, but some of the little details are nice.
Ats always hard to critique more abstract stuff - it really depends what direction you want to go it, and what you want to achieve as an artist.
You seem to have a good idea of what you are trying to create, I would only maybe say, work on tightening up your lines, really push the use of negative space - maybe try it the other way round, with a black page and just some white details.
Just keep on drawing!
Cheers

Eri

[Azeira]

thanks eriboss. i do have a black paged sketch book, actually, and think i will put up a few with my next additions, which should be by monday or tuesday of next week, if not sooner.

:hatsoff:

Woodruff

[Flaskpost]

Exciting stuff here! No crits man, just post! :D

[Mr_S_14]

Hello, Your drawings are brilliant, I haven't a clue what any of them really are (maybe it's just me) I like teh first no title one it's like clouds and claws almost(what I imagine), It's all amazing, maybe I aught to post some of my abstracts.... ?

~Mr_S_14
(and thanks for posting in my sketchbook Azeira)

[madplanet]

Wow! What an eyeful. The first thing that I thought of was that you definitly have your own voice and that 's good. I agree that your line work needs some variation, such as thickness, and such. Very interesting, so far.

[Azeira]

Flackpost: thanks for the post.

Mr_S_14: thanks alot sean. updates on teh way in an hour or so.

madplanet: thanks for the advice guy. well, its pretty easy to ignore the interest in line variation when you have an image you want to put down, and i fall to hatching lines more than i do changing them, actually. but its a good point, and ive been working on it sense i posted last.

Woodruff

[Azeira]

Second update for this sketchbook. a few peices, new and old


http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/3.jpg

"Dragon Concept"

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/4.jpg

"Envora Scalioathaugh"

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/2.jpg

"The Shape Shifter"

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/6.jpg

"Concept peice for "The City" in Morbus Gravis"

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/8.jpg

"Handlaugh the Twain-Eye"

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/7.jpg

"Un Named"

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/9.jpg

"Un Named"

Next Update: i plan on showing the work ive been up to lately, with the comic book "Bulle' Red". This will include concept peices as well as the story boards for the first issue to come. :muscle:

Woodruff

[Azeira]

ok, i know i said the next update would be with the comic, but i think i might as well put these up here from previous threads in the sketch forum so as to have one mass thread here for my sketchwork.

enjoy

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/84324.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/83704.jpg

Woodruff

[EVIL]

NOOOOOOOOO!!! not teh lensflare!!!

rule no 1, never use lensflares
rule no 2, never use lensflares
rule no 3, never use lensflares
rule no 4, ahh what the heck, make sure you don't use lensflares, they are SATAN!!!

have a nice day :D *waves*

[Azeira]

NOOOOOOOOO!!! not teh lensflare!!!

rule no 1, never use lensflares
rule no 2, never use lensflares
rule no 3, never use lensflares
rule no 4, ahh what the heck, make sure you don't use lensflares, they are SATAN!!!

have a nice day :D *waves*

lol, thanks for the post EVIL. yeah, the lensflare seems to be bothering alot of people, but i still think it works for what i wanted. hey, sometimes you just have to stick to your guns.

Woodruff

[masterpug]

You've got an almost "Dali" sensibility with the mind of HR Geiger. These are really neat. They have a kind of twisted persona to them; like you are drawing what is in side the evil creature rather than what we see (deep I know). Keep up those sketches! And thanks for dropping by my humble sketchbook.

[Azeira]

ok guys, here are the story sheets for the first issue of Bulle' Red. This is what ive been up to as far as projects go. Im the writer and current pincilar/inker/colorist for the comic, looking to have this first issue done sometime by early next year. i just got back from a long summer of traveling, so now the time is on me. :confident: enjoy.

During the early ages of mans expansion, the southern edge of the known world was in chaos. Hubariaus's, mighty warlords, each ruled one of 27 states and waged war upon one another for the ambition of ultimate control over the region. This conflict seemed to be endless, and for more than 40 years, the fledgling region knew only barbarism and dismay. Then rose to power the Hubariaus, Hauthr the Terrible, whose lust for blood and power was unmatched by men of that time, and he proclaimed the world his own, judging by kill, that no one was equal or greater then he. He crowned himself with the horns of the best Obthalious sios, and led his armies to horrendous victory, laying all opposition to waste.

It has been 10 years sense Hathr took the southern wars by the helm...
-

Somewhere. A man; warrior, strong and proud, lies dying on the battlefield. the sky is yellow and orange, stained with great clouds of black smoke. a dark figure apporaches him. The air reaks of burning flesh and the earth is stained with blood. the approaching figure is a mountainous thing. a man of massive size, wearing a helm of two great horns upon his head. a long, thick beard seeps from out the gaurd on his face. He is armored for brute strength and speed, carrying a great black axe in his hand. he looks down upon the dying warrior, and sais in a bellowing deep voice, "did you think you could beat me, child?"
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/s1.jpg
Silece. "well fool? what think you now?". The dying soldier begins to cough and comit blood, intermixed with gagging words, "cough*your the fool*cough*wheeze*". the figure in the horned helmet's eyes go wide in a hatful glare, astounded by the statement. the warrior continues, "you say you are a genocide.*wheeze*but you are nothing...you burn as a man, and only a man. you are love of the flesh*cough*. Man of the south*vomit*it is Bulle' Red who you serve. Entire cities fall to his blades, while you rely on your armies*wheeze*
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/s2.jpg
"in the east does he draw oceans of blood...in the east, where he rules over even you, genocidist!" the helmed figure tightens his grasp on his axe, his gaze firey and hateful. he lifts the great azz and thrusts teh blade at its but into the very face of the warrior, making a loud *splorch* sound. the figure stands alone with the mutilated corpse, then begins to walk back through the feild. he mutters, "no one is greater than me". we see a city burning in the distance.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/s3.jpg
Montaisiaughs. A wide spread city surrounding the loom of a high mountain.
The orgasms raged into the night, but the king showed no care to rellish in the spils of his victory...
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/s4.jpg
he watched from his throne as two servant girls made love with eachother. Something on his mind. he watched closely, as words began to echo in his ears, and frighten him. "innn theee darrrk...Innn Blood....In the Eeeast, he rules you". he rose suddenly from his throne, and screamed STOP! The whole party went silent, the servant girls startled by the volume of his voice in the great hall, and look up at him with curious eyes. He grabed the great black axe which set next to him, and began to approach the two girls. he screamed, "Damn Phantoms! Harsh words of the Cruelest Lies!"
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/s5.jpg
He lifted his axe and slammed its blade into the girl on the top, the girl on the bottom screaming and squrming out just in time. the mangled girl hits the ground with a loud, fleshy thud and a sharp, peircing clank of the axe metal.
The king turned, pulling his axe from the dead girl, and approaches the live girl that was one the bottom. He grabs her face angrily and looks into her fearful, crying eyes. "Call me Master!" he bellows. "I worship you master" is her ghasping reply. He continues to stare at her, unblinking, with the dark eyes of a lion upon its prey. "And who am I!?!", "You are the king of kings". He roars, "And where do I Hail From!!!?!!!", "From the Mountains Above*whimper*"
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/s6.jpg
He throws her to the ground, the quiet congragation standing quietly, watching attintivley. He stands in his hall and roars, his eyes eyes shut beneath his long hair. "Dare it be said that I am vasal to ANYONE!!!"
He turns, facing his congragation. All blood thirsty broots made generals and noblemen. "DARE ME CHALLENGE MY AWESOME POWER AND THEN LIVE ON!!!"
he grabs the servant girl he just threw by the hair, and drags her to the great gate at the far end of the chamber. the congragation watching silently in the torch light as their king retires, with his slave girl.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/s7.jpg
The Chamber doors swing wide open into a massive hall of dark stone, the skins of many persons-bearing teh crest of the king-hang high in the mountain breeze, and the skulls of many persons staked high upon the walls as ornaments. The king was angry...his proud ferocity troubled and in question with in himself..and he expelled his anger, answered his questions as best he could....with women....and peasents....and attempt he did.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/s8.jpg
...and still his mind was plagued...through months and through spies, word reached him of rumorse in the east, and thus fueled his anger even greater. Of terrible tragedy and blood soiled villages. strange dissapearences and sightings beyond description. All revolving about the one figure..Bulle' Red.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/s9.jpg

"So he chose to do what he felt must be done, himself"

"But lord, the nation needs your strength" screams the govoner of the kings domain, "how can we hope to defend ourselves and live with out you?" the king faces the horned helemt on the top of his great chair, thinking intently. "this is something i must do" he sais, "youll watch over my nation..and protect and treat her as i have done". he reaches for the helmet,"What i am to do will protect the best of us...and prove my dominance over the realm.., he slams the helmet down. the small man on the floor is drenched in an overwhelming shadow, and he trembles as words bellow upon him like a thunder storm, "and all the world". the small man bows tothe ground as the towering king stands gret and proud, muttering to himself beneath his helmet and beard, "i am supreme".
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/s10.jpg-

[Azeira]

You've got an almost "Dali" sensibility with the mind of HR Geiger. These are really neat. They have a kind of twisted persona to them; like you are drawing what is in side the evil creature rather than what we see (deep I know). Keep up those sketches! And thanks for dropping by my humble sketchbook.

thanks for the post masterpug. i appreciate your views, and think that youve made quite a comparison with my work and such other names. i cant tell you how difficult it is to get the context of certain peices by, but its the fate of certain concepts, no less. :teeth:

[antquin]

i look at many of your pieces and i think 'joan miro'. i'd suggest a little more color, attention to overall design, and using the rest of the paper. with such a strong deign element, you have to incorporate the whole paper and not just settle on the figure. try working more with the brush.

[elsleepycrab]

i really like your work, it has its own sense of flow to it, i would suggest more work with sumi-ink and paint brushes, i belive your best pieces are the ones done in ink, at least they look like there don in ink.

as for you comic i would suggest some more work with the human form, line control, and quality control from frame to frame

keep up the good work

-sleepy

[Moreuvian_lx9]

Thanks for the input on my sketchbook!

As for your stuff? The delicate and free lines might really be complimented with an acrylic feel and hefty abuse of the palette knife tool in Corel Painter. Definitely use dark and warm colors with plenty of light/dark (forget the fancy word for it;)

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By the way ... you're a Ralph Steadman fan, aren't you? It seems almost obvious that you drew influence from his style. And if you haven't heard of Ralph Steadman ... then look him up NOW!!!

[WARHEAD]

Hey Azeira, you've got some cool surrealist stuff going on here. Think a bit more more about composition and let's see some more detail. Really like the BW insect thing.

ha ha - as soon as I saw the lens flair I thought people would come down on you. It's a definite no-no round here :wink: .

[Azeira]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/machine1.jpg
"cyborg"

well, i do like ralph steadman, lol, and more than likely there is at least a hint of inspiration there, as from gaiger and dali. i dont have a proper computer yet, so i have to brood with my pen and paper, the occasional pencil and charcoal, but most of my peices are very large, and its simply impossible to get them on the comp i do have with out the pics coming out terrible in the end. ill try some more to see if i cant get a few of those on here. thanks again for the good advice.

Woodruff

[Azeira]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/einstein.jpg

Some logos that i did between 99-04 for a few bands.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/21747_logo.jpg
Iron Legion
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/newblacktormentlogoreal.jpg
Black Torment
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/7609_logo.gif
Blood Horde
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/30100_logo.jpg
Demonomancy

[Azeira]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/aughblaugh.jpg

[TGping]

Very interesting, I'm really diggin the biomechanoid piece. I'd really like to see the finished version of your comic. keep up the good work :teeth:

[Magic Man]

Some interesting stuff, but I'd say that abstraction befor having a handle on classical foundation such as anatomy, structure, proportion will only hurt your work.

Don't use abstraction as an excuse to be weak at foundation.

[Azeira]

Warhead: thanks for the post. more to come, as always!

TGPing: Im such the procrastinator with this comic. I admit that the pages desplayed are rather shifty in form, and not very good, but their just models that i have. do far im still working on the concept peices for the characters, and will keep this sketchbook updated as i draw closer to the finished volume. thanks again.

Magic Man: i havent been able to update for a few days, but ill be sure to get some more classical peices up here for you guys. truly, its not a question of whether or not i can or cant, but simply i havent had the interest to post anything of such yet. What i have posted so far is what i felt was a good introductory to my work and to my interest, and if it is asked to show the more fundamental skills required, than most certainly am i capable of doing so. thanks for making this point :thinking:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/portrait1.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/window.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/encircle.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/1.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/5.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/055.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/011.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/l1.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/044.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/033.jpg

[antquin]

you just left the world of realist/illustrated/conceptual art/comic art behind. wave. your space is too personal/subjective. come back.

[Azeira]

two quick sketches today. have been in a masters of the unvierse kick lately, so how couldnt i help one or two quickies of skelator. :nerd:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/skeletor1sketch.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/skeletor2sketch.jpg

you just left the world of realist/illustrated/conceptual art/comic art behind. wave. your space is too personal/subjective. come back.

It can't be!! :jawdrop: NOOOOOOOO!!!

[Azeira]

its been awhile sense ive updated, but i havent been drawing much, here are a few that are new, and a two fomr 2004 (so sais the signature).

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/leglamppost.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/drogana.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/1242243.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/1223.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/jambee3.jpg

A few minor problems with the crouching fellow. i could get his right leg right, and his left thigh i fear is a little two thin for what dictates as proper anatomy. also, with the cave man, i think i may have gotten a little to wild with the broadness of his face. the right side seems to be a little wider than the left. But, hey, when you try something new, there are always little glitches to come with. as for the leg lamp oost, i dont know what i was thinking with that one, :shrug:. i guess ive just been up for more practice than my usual,full-on peices. any crit/advice you guys can give is always welcome.

Woodruff

[TGping]

I like the skeletor drawings the most, a little more anatomy practice and you'll be on a roll...

update soon!

[Azeira]

TG PING: thanks man. yeah, hes an old favorite. Ive always favored the masters of the universe concept compared to what theyve used for the cartoon series. im thinking of posting a series of several skelator concepts of my own, so keep an eye for later updates to see.


This is one of those other peices i posted back in the sketch forum when i first came to concept art. Like the others, im adding it to this sketchbook to have the total of my sketch peices in one big forum.

done with charcoal and cante, with a little color saturation through the comp. the horizon is a little hazy, and ive heard it compared more to a mountain than a tower, but its just me using fantasy subject matter with color, light/dark experimentation. enjoy.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/84322.jpg
"Dark Tower of Seivas"

Woodruff

[NOOB!]

why not study some anatomy photos or faces,i would recommend a book by Andrew Loomis called Figure drawing for all its worth.

[Azeira]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/georvaga.jpg

thanks for the post noob. to be honest, i havent a real interest to study much anatomy. Though i know good and bad anatomy when i see it, remember, i draw what i draw by choice, just like the rest of us.

Woodruff

[Azeira]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/84145.jpg

its been awhile, but i promise some more material in the next few days. just been busy is all.

acrylic paint/charcoal/cante on sanvas.

updates to come soon.

Woodruff

[Qxzi]

interesting stuff here, sometimes your work isnt really obvious, i know it might me abstract, but i think you should just make it a bit more clear what you are trying to express, keep on postin.

[Azeira]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/nickolaiagainstthewolf.jpg
"Nickole and the Wolf"
Graphit/Cante/Charcoal

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/53.jpg
"Bavam, a vicious variation"
Ink(Black/Red)

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/black3.jpg
"Do you know the way to Hatharatharaugh?"
Ink(black)/charcoal

[Hazamataz]

Wow, theres some really nightmarish stuff in here, in a good way I meen.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/011.jpg
I really like the ghostly writhing fine lines in this. Is it Conte in this?, I think it defintly suits your subjects

Maybe you could put some of the creatures you have going here in some of the weird otherwordly places. It might really set off the imagination.

Maybe work out exactly what it is your doing, or you want to do, and take that as far as it can go, to the most it can be.

Very nice/terrifying :)

[TGping]

as of now, your landscape piece is one of my favorites in your sketcbook, specifically "do you know the way to hatharatharaugh

[Azeira]

Hazamataz: thanks for the post. yes, red cante and compressed charcoal were used for the spectral object in the foreground, but the majority of it is graphite.
ive actually already begun experimenting with what you recommend, and will have some examples up soon.

TGping: Thanks ping. Its one of my favorites too, though unfortunatley the pic here gives it little justice. its actually 5 feet tall by 3 feet wide, and i had hoped that the image would come out at a more decent size (12"X7" perhaps). oh well,

Que sera sera...


Woodruff

[brokk]

Some very strange and scary stuff here, good book. If thats the direction you wanna go, then I think you need to find and explore the ways to carry that feeling more effectively. So I agree with what is being said, an incorporation of the formal subjects like figure drawing can't hurt if you use it to your intentions.

I like 84145.jpg

"Que sera sera" do you speak spanish?

[SirGreenSock]

Wow, your work really creeps me out (in a good way). The simplicity of line works well.
It's been said before, but I'd like to see some anatomy and life studies.

[Azeira]

Alright, heres the first update in a looong while, and I have just now gained access to a proper scanner. All here are works in progress, as well as a peice i did one night on photo shop at a friends house. not too impressive, but i like it.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/SWScan0001331331copy.jpg

This is the first in a series of Lovecraft Illustrations ive begun. A work on Nyorlothotep around 1920. My intention is to bring out 6 peices of my favorite Lovecraft subjects, and should be getting those out regularly, now that i have more time on my hands. :^^:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/SWScan00010.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/SWScan0001211copy.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/scano1copy.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/SWScan000112211copy.jpg
here is a quick sketch i just did moments before posting this. the crows-cage is a little bent, and in need of an occupant, but hey, its quick, and like i said, its incomplete.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/photoshoptestwoodruff.jpg
Photoshop. 5 minutes.

I'll try to get things coming in more often, but ive just been so busy latley. Luckly, i now have more time on my hands, and can concentrate on the more important matters in life (drawing, writing, etc...)

Woodruff

[Azeira]

Broken Spirit: thanks for the post. though i know the term i do not speak spanish fluently, but i am working on some more figurative peices, which, though i cant say when, will eventually find their way here, lol. thanks again.
SirGreenSock: hey man, good to see you. lol, glad to see that my work as an affect on people. like i said, more drawings will be coming out on here now that i have more time to work, and thus more time to take on the life studies. :^^: , if it will please the masses, eh, one must make sacrifices.

Remember, if there is no interest, there can be no art.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/10.jpg

(Creature on 11x17, scanned a few month's ago on a tiny...tiny scanner. the butt on the side profile is a little large compared to the view of it on the back profile.)

Woodruff

[marioucci]

Its a mixture of Miro, german surrealism, and giger lol. dont you ever change your twisted mind. i am a fan of your guts and your detachment. Salut!!

Mario

[TGping]

well, I'm glad you updated, I like the creature concept, but like you said you need to work on some stuff. so just keep at it.

[_^SlayeR^_]

hey there, you know, it's ok to do abstract stuff. i like'm too. but you should have some basics too.. like some anatomy and shading..
all abstract monsters&co will look better if someone looks at them and realises the way they work and the fact that they are built on some logic base.
i hope you get my point here.. i admire your perseverence. keep it up.

[blacky]

Hey, thats some lovely confusing work right there. I think those you did white on black are by far your best. Specially the one you used lenseflare on ;)
Would like to see more of those. Oh, and have you heard of that comic/ manga :
BLAM ? I think you'd like it's morbid/ abstrakt characters.
Thanks for stopping by at my scetchbook, and keem em coming.

[Azeira]

A new update of old and new material.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/chiaganiana.jpg
(Graphite.various, subatomic organisms and macro atomic organisms.)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/aparagano.jpg
(Charcoal/Cante(red)/Graphite)I did this peice a year ago. The girl on her knees is in obvious error. her right leg should be in a different position than it is, while the thigh of her left leg is missing a little of demanded thickness. the size of the feet for the center character are intentionally small, though this may come off unsettling.)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/Dueverassias.jpg
"Auri Seiva Nesrithen Orcgrok"
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/four.jpg
(A 20 minute ink work of an alien landscape. The city is the final fortress of a dying people, under threat always from the chaotic changes of the outer universe)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/five.jpg
(5 min ink sketch, diagram)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/sixxiesix.jpg
(Cante(red)/Charcoal/Graphite)

TGPing:Good to hear from you. yeah, these are just the cleff notes. basic diagram on appearence, anatomy, etc...the finished peice has still yet to be done. I know, im a lazy bastard:teeth:
Marioucci:Thanks for the post, and glad to see you enjoy.
Blacky: I actually own the first volume of the television show for the series, BLAME!, which i think is the same series youve suggested. I agree that it is very morbid, and simply love the lighting they use for the environments. but, i had no idea that there was a comic book,:} so thanks for the word. ill most certainly go and hunt this down, thanks.
Slayer:Thanks for the post. i appreciate your comments, and take note regarding the request for prevential studies as always. Ofcourse, logic has no place in the sensations of passion and interest. TO the interest of one, relativley speaking, logic is exactly his/her own understanding of that work, while outsiders may fail to see the logic. Simply put, some peices are best left to themselves. Once again, i shall say that at no time can the artist make art, less he have the interest in what he makes. It should be quite obvious by now that i have no real interest in normal things. Normal things, so they can be called, are simply the things that we see everyday, time and time again. Ofcourse i appreciate the ability to draw the human figure, as well as the ability to register color and light schemes, but there are things that rightly cannot fall into the various cadigories of artistic study. Im an illustrator, and illustrate thusly the bizarre, strange and unreal. Artistic intuition and artistic appreciation, though, rightly go hand in hand.

Woodruff

[_^SlayeR^_]

beauty lies in simple things, my friend...

[Azeira]

nothing is simple, :wink:

Woodruff

[Azeira]

A sort of self study peice, :) . enjoy.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/seven.jpg

Woodruff

[brokk]

You know, just because people tell you to study anatomy or similar formal subjects doesn't mean you have to, if you don't want to.

This may sound insulting, but the thing is, its really strange for me to see this kind of work in a forum that focuses on concept art. I dont mean you shouldnt post or that this has not a place here, because even though the name of the forum is conceptart, there is also illustration, storyboarding, comics, 3d, etc, so this does have a place. It just strikes me as odd, because its normal that people would tell you to make anatomy studies here. Whereas, in an abstract art (or lovecraftian :P) forum, you could get different kind of criticism, maybe more beneficial.

I guess the question I wanted to ask is, what exactly is it that you are interested in producing?

I think that study of anatomy could be beneficial, but, its not necessesary, it depends on what you want to do. I could just as well suggest composition, but other than that, I'm not sure what to suggest that could be of benefit to the kind of work you're interested in.

I guess the only thing that comes to mind is to say to keep on drawing, or better yet, keep on creating :)
by the way, do you know this site? www.hello-cthulhu.com

Cheers

[Azeira]

Broken Spirit: thank you, as always, my friend. Art always has a concept behind it, and that is naturally what we all wish to express; for interpretation of an idea made visual. I, as a visual artist, come to illustrate my ideas as best i can in accordance to my interests and my mood. What i have put here are, simply put, my ideas. Concepts of various things. I see now that what is needed are proper descriptions, and this is where we have a fault. I have always sought to inspire the imagination. To sow the means for others to bring upon themselves a quiery of reality, and to generate new and incredible ideas for themselves, beyond the confines of normality and apathy. In music, such a concept is known as an ambiance. well, these peices are ambiances, in paper. Their concepts are the oddity, the horror, the alien and the astranged and unreal. All the simpler to post people and faces, cars and buildings, when so much more is so much more interesting and capable of fulfilling the means to generate new and greater imaginative capability, and thus inspire the interest to create concept, and thus the interest to learn to form and to draw in order to express that concept, held in such great fancy of he, the artist. It is important, as artists, that we considar ourselves as role models for the coming generation of illustrators/graphic designers/painters/drawers/photographers,etc..., by showing them that variety is always welcome and always capable to be obtained. Otherwise, the mundanuity of likeness will not allow them the possibility to see that there is, infact, a light at the end of the tunnel. That we, frail and fair midned creatures, can genreate exgraordinary things if we will it to. True originality, no, we cannot do, but by standing upon the shoulders of giants can we hope to get one step closer to the stars, and thus one step higher than those who have come before us, but learning from their works and leaning on their crutches until the time is right for us to walk on our own. Thus is our responsibility, as artists.

Woodruff

[brokk]

Being a fan of bands like Merzbow, The Sisters of Mercy, Faith and the Muse, just to name a few, I'm familiar with the concept of ambience in music :) Which I think is not necessarily the same as "ambiental music".
Hmm... you have me thinking... :thinking:

I have made a few images to try and show what I have in mind, check your private messages.

Basically I've come down to two conclusions. The first one is, I think the more you know about a subject, the more you can use it how you choose. Studying anatomy does not necessarily mean you cannot alter it. It is possible to make altered anatomy without a knowledge of it, but if you have studied it, I believe you can alter it in ways that it would be either hard or very unlikely that someone who has not payed attention to it can do. I also think that this applies to any subject. Someone who has not payed attention or studied the aspects of nature, or at least how we percieve them, such as perspective, lighting, colors, etc, cannot recreat them as if they did. In this state, yes, it is possible to make crazy or abstracted perspective, colors, etc. But someone who can recreate these things as she or he sees them, because they have observed with attention to these things, is not necessarily sentenced to only recreate them, they can be altered.
The second conclusion is that I think your images need more impact, and this relates to what I was saying before. Even though your works have a generally phantomly feel to them, in many you use figurative elements. If these aspects would be pushed further, it would contrast more with the abstract elements you have.
Basically, I think if something is too figurative, it has no abstract elements to constrast with. The same way, if something is too abstract, it has no figurative elements to constrast with. This does not mean that either one is not good, it means that there is a situation of contrast that is not being exploited. Your works have both, and I think that its something that could be pushed even further, to cause a stronger contrast, and a stronger impact. It would be interesting to explore ways to relate them as well. You can rely on many other kinds of contrast, such as contrast of tones, of shapes, of colors, but to contrast figurative elements with abstracts I think is something that would be interesting to explore, and for that, study of both aspects is necessary :)

I the pm I sent I tried to show what I was thinking with this.
Anyways, take all this with a grain of salt, its only my opinon : P

Cheers.

EDIT: Hmm.. forums are being weird. I can't send you private messages, so I sent it in email, let me know if you got it

[Azeira]

Id say that we agree on these matters. Ofcourse, as i have stressed through many of my posts in the forum, that basic studies and advancement in their uses for ones own work are important in order to better suit the ability to go beyond the boundaries of ones initial intintions. Dali was a great painter, but his interests took him to figures and ideas that were not as conventional as he could have, and originally did follow, with out a hitch. It is the study and interest that allows us to progress to greater abilities, and with those abilities no longer having to worry about how something will turn out, but already know what will happen, because of the confidence that we have in our talents, views and growing skills.

Looking at the peices you sent me, i see what you are talking about, and agree that studies can be taken into an abstract manner. In the state of anatomy, let us go back to the first peice of this sketchbook, the "bio-mechanoid". the bio-mechanoid is rightly of its own anatomy, though similar in many ways to the human being. Its hands weighed to its arms, while its feet and legs work with great similarity to the musculatory functions of a human being. Yet, it is the unreal aspect of the creature itself, and of what is given in the peice along with it, that brings that level of surreal, unreal impossibility. Such lovecraftian things as would, in concept, bring terror in the eyes of the ignorant and the obtuse.

But, you have a point with the lack of impact with the peices, and the bio-mechanoide does, infact, lack certain qualities that would allow the impact of its demeanor to be much more stiring and bold. It seems a shame some times to add more to a peice when you have such like for it, and usually we all go through that period where the peices we have produced are too precious to touch. This does not mean that my methods are kept by fear, but rather care in the interest of perfection for the peices themselves. If i see a character to be perfect, then i cannot allow it to be undone, but will make a new character with my other ideas, to see in the new peice where it will go. Sort of a before and after, if you will, or evolution, where we can see the past completion of the idea, and work on the ongoing method of betterment through various other things. Ultimately, its not the image so much as the effect that is being sought after, and not shock value, but the depth of the peice which can inspire the mind to debate and considar new and greater possibilities. here, I see that we agree most assuringly, and im glad that you brought this to my attention, so that i can considar to bring out some more peices that can show these various forms of method in my growing styles and art works for everyone . Also, it is a down side that a large majority of my better works are very large in size, and i have difficulty taking images of them/transfering images of them. however, youll be pleased to know that ive been working on that very thing for the past few weeks, so hopefully if the lighting has been right, the pictures should come out well enough to suit my fancy and thus stand eligable for desplay among my peers.

thank you again, and i look forward to our future corrispondances.

Woodruff

[Azeira]

OK, i tried this in the IT'S FINALLY FINISHED forum, but the link wouldnt work, so here it is for the sketchbook. This was done about a year ago for a transformers contest. The website I designed for it's information/concept description is posted at the bottom. Enjoy :^^:

Alpha Omegatron

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/alpha_megatron.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/megatron.jpg

(Ink/Acrylic on paper.)

http://www.geocities.com/nesrithen/alpha-omegatron.html

Woodruff

[mentler]

You are very inventive <> this is in a whole different zone

[timpaatkins]

Hi there Aziera, thansk for posting in my Sb! I hadnt even seen that my pics had a leaning tendency, now I do, and I shall try my best to correct it!

I find you Sb very intriguing, and as broken arrow suggested the subtle yet visible leanings towards the Lovecraftian universe. One of my faves is the black background with red mouth entity. You have a nice eye for the line I think, I like how they continue off whatever your creating and cut like a razor through the white empty space, thus giving it equality.

Unfortunatly this seems lost in your comic. I would love to see the same eye doing sequential art, as I think now your layouts are a little too cluttered, and hard to follow. Maybe the same type of razorline could guide the viewer in a more spartan page-landscape? I think this would be very interesting. And maybe a splosh of color here and there. Maybe go from a 2tone to 3tone palette? I think it would def. complement your style!

Nice work!
Cheers Tim

[Azeira]

thanks tampaatkins. glad to hear it! I agree with what you say, regarding the uncomfortable staleness of the comic in desplay. It is a little cluttered and confusing, and it takes you a while to really see this for yourself. sense then ive been working up my style to use in such projects. It struck me just now how much red/black i really use. lol. its not a distate for other colors, but what was suitable at the time for that particular subject. Ill definatley look into some other schemes and see what i can come up with, :).

cheers and thanks again,

Woodruff

[J.Willis]

As many before have said, "Interesting stuff going on here." Others before have commented on what you should and shouldn't do to improve and I will not add further nor take away from the good advice they gave. My only crit is for the times you've done a person or an abstract form of a person, they appear very stiff and weighted wrongly. For instance in post #26, you have Skeletor with weight on both feet standing with locked knees. This has a tendency to make your subjects feel akward and cartoonish with no sense of power or presence.

Otherwise, I can't really crit abstract as so often I do not comprehend abstract.

[Blahm]

thanks for stopping by my sketchbook as well! I like how you let your mind flow onto the paper. I would only suggest doing more studies and such. keep working hard!

[Azeira]

As many before have said, "Interesting stuff going on here." Others before have commented on what you should and shouldn't do to improve and I will not add further nor take away from the good advice they gave. My only crit is for the times you've done a person or an abstract form of a person, they appear very stiff and weighted wrongly. For instance in post #26, you have Skeletor with weight on both feet standing with locked knees. This has a tendency to make your subjects feel akward and cartoonish with no sense of power or presence.

Otherwise, I can't really crit abstract as so often I do not comprehend abstract.

I see what you mean Kentucky, looking back at him. though i feel of the two, the second one has a much more menacing pose than the first, this given to the extreme distictions of the center of his face and its effect on the prodominant black of the cloak and the white of the paper. Also, the angle is very nice. Ill definatley considar going back for some real polished skelator peices, and take your words to mind, as well as keep it under considaration with future endeavors.

BLAHM: Thanks, least i could do. glad to hear you enjoy.

MENTLER: Thanks for stopping by, Mentler, and thank you for your illustrative words, :teeth: .


Update coming in the next few days.

Woodruff

[Azeira]

Heres something ive been working on for the past few days. There are two steps for its current form, but i havent decided whether or not i want there to be a third.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/beneaththylordblackandwhite.jpg
(First form, done in ink/prismacolor black pencil/charcoal)

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/beneaththylordcopy.jpg

(and this is the second form of the peice, put through photo shop and inverted. i am still learning, as some of you know, so this is really just a study in both layers and lighting perfection through brush work.)

ultimately, i qwas strying to create a sort of underwater effect, or rather, beneath the depths where no natrual light can penetrate. the center figure is standing on a seperate pedistal/living entity, before the mighty cyclopean entity, which reigns far into those spoken recesses, and is being changed by the natural fluxuations of the area. i did like using photo shop, and intend on coming up with some other peices in my various studies to perfect and better understand its uses.

Woodruff

[Azeira]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/melian.jpg

This is the latest redesign for subject i created years ago. Its a great machine called the Melian, and is part of a sci fi story that ive been writing on and off. The machine has gone through alot of different forms, but this one so far is the one i like most. I would show the others, but a few are missing, so the sudden gap in style and skill is rather awkward.

Woodruff

[TGping]

Finally! you got to page two!

anyway, I like the latest two drawings a lot.
Only crit- maybe have some planets in front of the ship, even if they are really small, you want to convey size, and I think it would help.

[Azeira]

thanks for the post, Ping! Yeah, it would do well to make a foreground for the peice, but color is what will do that the best. Right now its really just outlines; basic shapes; to give the idea of what it is. Plus, if your reffering to the black smudge as a planetoid, you would be mistaken, lol. The only planetoid is actually the smmall circle with in penviled beam tracking from the Tip of the "tail" into the "Mouth". I should have left in my comments that its actually the remains of another idea that I had started on that page initially.Well, It didnt get vey far before I decided i wanted to do the Melian again, :teeth:.

Woodruff

[ngnorden]

I second mentler, lots of cool stuff in here

9.jpg on pg1 caught my eye, and melian.jpg nice abstracts

[Azeira]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/4727233-R1-040-18b.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/84322.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/4727233-R1-018-7A.jpg

[anymale]

the red tower(so i see) i like most, it gives the viewer freedom in imagination
salute

[blacky]

This one's so cool
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/4727233-R1-040-18b.jpg
sfumato at its very best

am not sure what the red paintover was supposed to do. It killed of most of the very subtle tone-variations, that made the drawing so interesting

Last one was photographed real badly, can't see anything.

Oh, and I like this one a lot:http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/beneaththylordcopy.jpg

keep em coming n so long...

[TGping]

I have to agree with blacky on all points that they made, any more stuff soon?

[Azeira]

thanks for the posts fellas, ;). yes, new stuff is always on the way, but i havent been able to make use of a proper scanner, so its a little on hold. Lately, ive been working up for college, so its been a bit busy.

Now then, For the Dark Tower peice, i must say that, first off, the original photo, which was done on film with a canon rebel, and was transfered on disk during its development, ins not the most impressive picture to me. The flash brought a very lighted affect to it, which reveild the subtle strokes and tones, even though the peice itself is actually quite dark. I have this peice on my wall, and look at it often, and find that, still, this desplayed photo is about as close as it would allow me to get, even though it is still far to bright in comparison to the original. Not that the various tones and strokes are not meant to be there, and not ment to hold effect, but not as prevelant as you might hope, or expect.

Now, the red saturation on the peice is actually the second stage for the peice, as it is an illustration of a place in according color scheme. The place itself is black with a red sky, and to the point of being to heavy as nearly unacceptible, in all aspects. this is the effect and the appeal at the same time, of the landscape illustrated thus. However, the original was done for whole sake of being charcoal and cante', and so i wasnt able to acheive the proper effects of the red sky that i wished to...at least, not in the work setting i was in, anyway.

thank you for your words, once again gentelmen, and i ever look forward to posting another peice for your helpful scrutiny.

Regards,

Woodruff

[Azeira]

I find that this sketchbook is a good oppurtunity to show other portfolio works, not just in the realms of drawing. I also work in amateur photography. Here are some most recent portraits ive taken of a friend for his promo-shots. Photographs were done with a digital Canon in color, then converted to greyscale and enhanced in both gamma and contrast to acheive a rather satisfactory black and white effect. I hope to get some other of my black and whites up for the photography section, in a thread I will call, "Azeira's Journey through a Black and White World".

Cheers and Enjoy.

Woodruff

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/100_0249-1.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/100_0227.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/100_0254.jpg

[Azeira]

This is the majority of what I could capture from a mixed media peice, i.e. Acrylic and Charcoal, on canvas. Peice is a landscape, representation of NesserGrisnuc concept, The High, Black North of the world, untouched by time.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/100_0261.jpg

Woodruff

[blacky]

hmm interesting
might like these
http://www.uncp.edu/home/rwb/friedrich_abbey.jpg
http://www.wga.hu/art/f/friedric/1/105fried.jpg
as you can see, those have perceptual depth to em so one gets invited to
wander around and be absorbed by the space.
Yours is more of an abstract one, but it's too flat anyway I'd say.
Cheers

[Azeira]

thanks for the tip blacky. those two are exscellent representations of fine, open landscapes, with moods both dark and eldritch. always appreciate it.

cheers mate,

Woodruff

[pennington]

very intriging. the mood is very subtle, in many of your pictures. my favorites are http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/Scan0008.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/9.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/Scan0008.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/chiaganiana.jpg and the melian. they fit together so well with "knives in hens" by biosphere. giving the mind a needle point walkway slipping in and out of reality. i have to agree with what broken spirit and timaatkins said on the previous page. your work is good, and with knowledge of subject matter (ie. human beings) it would be so much better b/c the viewer isn't distracted by what their eye is telling them is wrong. i would also love to see a comic done in your style. i have some suggestions if you want to make a comic. having persective perfected is the key. keep it up!

[Azeira]

hey, thanks for coming by pennington. your offer is intriguing, and something that id love to look into. send me an email with your suggestions.

Woodruff

[Azeira]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/SWScan00038.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/SWScan00039.jpg

[TGping]

been a while, eh?

[Azeira]

lol, yes it has been. i hope to pick it up sometime. i went throug ha long streak of not drawing much of anything, but now im working on a few things that i think are sketchbook worthy.

thanks for stopping by,

Woodruff

[masterpug]

Hey, where's the new stuff. I've been keeping tabs since you posted in my book...last year? But now you have been silent for more than 2 month! The style is so interesting...must see more!

[Azeira]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/Azeira/praisesbetoabove.jpg

an experiment with irfan, paint and a cellphone camera, incorporating laser pointer, downtown anchorage setting and 24 degree temperature.

(also posted in the photography section)

Woodruff