Mix of Sketches (Update 18. May)

[Robolus]

These are sketches from my recent Sketchbook.
The guy in the middle with just one eye is a Selfportrait and above left is a caricature from Peter Jackson :-)

http://www.freire-design.de/mix.jpg

[Lukias]

Super slick stuff man. Talk about large array of subjects.
Very clean and smooth, prim & proper.

Nice studies, they have alot of pop and Peter is class A.

"More I say!" ..and the crowds did nod in agreement.

[MindCandyMan]

Awesome stuff man! I love the one of peter jackson that is hilarious hahah. Definitely post more.

[Severith]

Awesome.

Echo: Awesomeeee

Btw the arm and the leg above and under Peter, is somehow odd. Looks mechanical...

But still Awesome :)

[LEN]

how do you get those fantastic hatching lines on the leg?

[egerie]

Really varried and very cool !
Why don't you have a website ??? I'm going in withdrawal already ;)

[Robolus]

Hey thanks a lot!
Here´s more...

Sorry egerie, but Istill have no website (not enough time - have to sketch:-)

http://www.freire-design.de/mixb.jpg

[Robolus]

http://www.freire-design.de/mixc.jpg

[franz]

Very, very nice.. We need more pencil works around here, keep posting please :)

[Robolus]

http://www.freire-design.de/mixd.jpg

[LEN]

I must know how you get those beautiful hatching lines. Please tell. Particularly those on the muscle study.

[getata]

the sketches are cool ! i like those muscle studies =)


I love pencil drawing and yours look good and clean, mine are mostly mess hehe

[reeves]

I notice some Bridgman Constructive anatomy, or am I wrong?

All in all, nice work!

[poly_cube]

awesome cross hatching dude- guess the only thing i'm gona crit is the strong man on the first pic lower right hand corner (his bulging muscle is rather odd) but other than that it all looks sweet.

[Gunbu]

Very very nice studies. What book/books are you using for reference? Do tell. My favorite is the guy with the big lips in the first post. Just wanna kiss 'em!... Well, maybe not :).
Your drawings show a very solid foundation, like someone who knows their anatomy. Which you obviously do. Great stuff. Please post some finished illustrations as well when you get a chance.

[Robolus]

Len: I try to follow with every stroke the form and the muscle direction. It´s hard to explain with my poor english, but it´s just practice!

getata & poly: Thanks, man!

reeves & Gunbu: Yes, I use Bridgman and (my favourite) Gottfried Bammes, and Muscle Mags :), and Gunbu, no, my knowledge of anatomy is still VERY poor, I just copy a lot to learn more. But I feel that I´m improving and that motivates me.

Here are new sketches:

http://www.freire-design.de/mixe.jpg

[egerie]

Baahhaa! That Bavarian (?) is great :D Looks like it got lost in your sketches.. or is it a "before" and "after" thing to show the effects of fine beer ? ;)

[Robolus]

egerie: :D

New Sketches! Ref: Gottfied Bammes again and John Singer Sargent!

http://www.freire-design.de/mixf.jpg

[Robolus]

Ref for the man in the left corner:
Charles Lebrun (1619-1690)

http://www.freire-design.de/mixg.jpg

[Robolus]

http://www.freire-design.de/h.jpg

http://www.freire-design.de/h1.jpg

http://www.freire-design.de/h2.jpg

http://www.freire-design.de/h3.jpg

http://www.freire-design.de/h4.jpg

http://www.freire-design.de/h5.jpg

[MindCandyMan]

Robulus you are an inspiration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look at all those studies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it. It takes me like 20 minutes just to draw one of those arms...you are awesome keep going!

[Robolus]

Thanks a lot, MindCandyMan, and by the way...
HAPPY EASTER!

Quick Lifedrawings:

http://www.freire-design.de/i1.jpg

http://www.freire-design.de/i2.jpg

[geckonia]

*gasps* what a great thread! I love the look of your work, very refined and confident. I'd like to see some dynamic poses to see how you handle foreshortening. I'm interested in seeing how you would keep the form flowing in the depths of space. Keep up the excellent work!

[behemot5]

:bow: like your works.....good job

[Robolus]

Thanks a lot, geckonia and behemot 5!

These are new sketches I did the last two days (I try to sketch at least one ore two hours every day).

http://www.freire-design.de/j1.jpg

http://www.freire-design.de/j2.jpg

http://www.freire-design.de/j3.jpg

http://www.freire-design.de/j4.jpg

Quote: SKETCHING

"Sketch quickly with light strokes on your pad
(which you should always have with you),
and when it is full, start another, never rubbing
out but keeping all carefully, because the forms
and motions of the bodies are so infinitely
various that they cannot possibly be retained in
the memory. Therefore preserve your sketches, for
they are your assistants and your masters."

-Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519

[egerie]

I never get tired to check this thread once in a while. We're even spoiled with great quotes now. yay.

[mommieweb]

Hola Robolus! This is my very first post, and I just had to say (well, type) :) I love your sketches! keep up the good work! and thanks for the lovely quotes.:D


:rolleyes: MommieWeb :rolleyes:

[viZual]

:clapping1

oh my.

Robulus, you've done two things to me in the past 5 minutes reading through this thread.

a) make me register here just to write this post

b) inspire me to get off my butt and sketch more, and definately devote more time toward specific studies.

mind blowing. cheers mate! :chug:

[Robolus]

Your feedback helps me staying motivated and sketching at night instead of watching TV! Thanks a lot!

mommieweb and viZual: WELCOME!!!

http://www.freire-design.de/k1.jpg

Quote: HUMAN ANATOMY

"Study muscles so that you know the nature of what you see...
Anatomy is a tool like good brushes."

-Robert Henri 1865-1929

[neeno]

can we see some of your completed work? your sketches are so amazing i couldn't even imagine how well some complete works are.

[Payback]

Holy shit, these are great. These sketches makes me wanna buy 100 anatomy-books and just start studying, which is really what I should've done a long time ago. Good job, Robolus.

[Robolus]

neeno: Maybe you will be a little disapointed if you see the work I normally do. I mostly do "funny Stuff" for ad agencies (illustrations for ads, concepts for toys and premiumsand so on). I´ve posted some covers that I have done for the german MAD magazine here in Sketches and Doodles in the Toon Creatures Thread.

Payback: Thank´s a lot man!

Here are new sketches, above left is a fast selfportrait (I was really tired).

http://www.freire-design.de/l1.jpg

Quote: Quality & Perfection

"A good artist ought never to allow impatience to overcome his sense of the main end of art - perfection."

-Michelangelo Buonarotti 1475-1564

[embee]

Hey man, you are really awesome!

[Anto]

nothing much else to say but to compliment you on MASTERING drawing the human figure
your sketching is a joy to take in, never stop.

is there a source for all the great quotes? where are you finding them?

[2cool]

RESPECT !!! What else can I say ... :eek: Awesome !

[Luke Mrozek]

Robolus, you're a sketching genius!!!

These are way awesome!!

Keep them commin'

Luke.

[AmadorL]

dude these are very insperational..love all the studies you did.
A

[NaTe J]

OMG

Dude these are freakin awesome. Everything is so great. Great job

[Robolus]

Oh, my old buried thread does live again!?? :eek: :D

Anto, 2 cool, Luke Mrozek, AmadorL, NaTe J: 1001 x THANKS!

Anto: The quotes are from THIS LITTLE BOOK! (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0943097045/qid=1067583992/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-4604801-9238527?v=glance&s=books) It has hundreds of cool artist quotes.

Quote: The Nude

"And who is so barbarous as not to understand that the foot of a man is nobler than his shoe, and his skin nobler than that of sheep which he is clothed."

-Michelangelo Buonarotti 1475-1564

[daybolis]

how do I post a my work?