Lung's Chazzwazzers: [+17] return of the crud / feb 24

[Diego]

hey boy!!
Glad to see you're updating more often. Your new stuff rocks. Those boxes you drew on top of the page are for compositing studies?

-Diego

[Ladyviv]

Such inspiration Lung..... I have been reviewing your thread for the past 3 days. Since then, I have upped my drawing time from 3-4 hours a day, to 6-7. Not nearly as much as most, but I am much happier now. After studying many of your drawings, I have a better idea of value, which has been a huge road block for me. Many thanks for this thread. Please, never stop, you have an undeniable talent that will touch many more.

I am now one of the rest that is in need of your posts. <3 :wink:

Looking forward to more.

[Lung_bug]

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/angry.jpg

i was amazingly pissed off when i did this so don't mind the crudeness. just needed to vent.

will post more stuff and reply to all your kind response tomorrow

cheers

[jetpack42]

Lung, you familiar with the island of Vis? I guess half of my family (my grandpa's generation) is from there, and I have an uncle who spends 6 months of the year there with the other distant half of our family...

anyway, great drawings. I'm glad you're updating more regularly...I watch, but seldom say anything. Keep it up, Another silent admirerererer.... :confident

[obid619]

lol. you musta been extremely pissed off lol. good stuff lung. how'd you get that red effect on that last one

[elihanselman]

I just wanted to compliment your work, Very inspiring. Keep it up. I am sure you will get the breaks you deserve soon :) .

[maxetormer]

Getting comfortable with traditional media eh?
nice job man. :confident

[Denart]

dude! that last piece of art is amazing!

Your anger really shows through! The picture has such an expressive quality to it! I love the energy going on here. ooooh the anger was well spent! ooh
:teeth:

Damn man! Your entire sketchbook inspires and INSPIRES me. Thank you Lung! :)

[brkofdon]

im in awe of your drawing ability! love your style and technique! i really like how you write your thoughts down as you sketch! you could easily bound these sketches together to make a book! (which im sure you'll end up doing)
your compositions and poses are very dynamic, your forms are very streamline, and your painting skills are top notch! sheesh!

no crits here...its hard to find anything to crit! DANG! need to sharpen my eye... <3

please keep going! you are the king of the daily sketch books...so many dang views and replies

[obid619]

hey lung i found this somewhere when i was looking for art. it looks like its yours and stuff (if you want me to take it out, just say so). hope you dont mind me postin this
http://digitalart.org/artwork.jpeg.php?ID=2771

[arghmisfit]

hey lung i found this somewhere when i was looking for art. it looks like its yours and stuff (if you want me to take it out, just say so). hope you dont mind me postin this
http://digitalart.org/artwork.jpeg.php?ID=2771


Whoa thats tight, never seen that one b4! it has his signature so it for surely is his.

[Eew]

Lung post plz ... you kinda the reason that makes me wanna keep going cause i get jealous when i see your stuff and realize that you are same age... ps i was reading about you go for university again ? i think there is a good reason for you not posting busy ,away .... just post some stuff so we all see that you still alive :muscle:

[Burning Eyes]

I agree with Eew, I would also like to see something new! You are the reason I finally joined CA, I looked through your whole thread in one night and I was amazed, your the reason I started taking drawing seriously again, and im glad too, because im still in high school and I think its good im startin young... again.

[Red_Rook]

lung... you have no excuse.


acctually you probably do but thats besideds the point :blah:

update your freekin sketchbook Ò_Ò or else...


i havent thought of that yet but ill let ya know when i do :P

[Eew]

should we black mail him ??? just a thought tho ...... 8) lol im realy srry for spaming this thread but i realy hate it to see lungs thread off the first page.... yes im weird btw that kinda weirdness has its own name and its called someone who needs more sleep

[Cocofuppa]

Lungs work is incredible... FACT! BUT, why is so many people here on ca pressurising him into posting artwork so often? Give the guy a break, I mean hes probably got a lot of things on his mind, out-with art related stuff and trying to meet demands of folk on here demanding instant inspiration. Art is a personal thing after all, its not something a person can just rush out quickly, especially if u got lots of things buzzin in your head.

Basically, I just wanted to say take as long as u want Lung :D

Peace

[Jokisalo]

first of all, because of you i started doing my lifestudys second, because of you im doing a lot more art in my sketchbook, every kind of, and im not afraid of trying stuff out, as i used to be before.
keep your stuff up man!
and for the end if you just have time could you check out my sketchbook and give some good advices and critics. thanks man!! :x

[maxetormer]

I agree to all this :D
take you time, 8)

Lungs work is incredible... FACT! BUT, why is so many people here on ca pressurising him into posting artwork so often? Give the guy a break, I mean hes probably got a lot of things on his mind, out-with art related stuff and trying to meet demands of folk on here demanding instant inspiration. Art is a personal thing after all, its not something a person can just rush out quickly, especially if u got lots of things buzzin in your head.

Basically, I just wanted to say take as long as u want Lung :D

Peace

[Angela]

OMG LUNG WE LOVE YOU!

well i know i love you!! omg your work is so inspiring! YOU BETTER UPDATE SOON!

[obid619]

Dude Lung is probbly out saving to world with his bone crushing art skills. In the day he might be known as Tonci, but at night he is known as Lung Bug! and watch out evil-doers, cuz he will bust out some pencils and stick it to where the sun dont shine haha. any way lung, would you know of any good comics that have good art, and story. i was thinking of buying watchmen, batman: the dark knight returns (frank miller), or Kingdome Come (art by Alex Ross). which one is a good choice?

[Lung_bug]

you guys brought a smile on my face...

jetpack42: yeah, vis is some 300-ish km from here, never been there, but i hear it's a nice place. did you know we have 1085 islands?

obid619: gouache. water. put the two together :)

elihanselman: thanks

maxetormer: traditional may be harder but it's much more fun...

denart: you're welcome :)

brkofdon: you could easily bound these sketches together to make a book! (which im sure you'll end up doing)
- making one, it's called "ink soup". you'll hear more about it when (and if) it's finished. 50-ish pages planned, ink stuff mostly, hence the title.

obid619: yeah, it's mine. old and crappy. shocking to see that i still make the same mistakes

arghmisfit: tight in all the wrong places

eew: don't worry about me, i draw. not as much as i should, but with more attention at least. and yes, occupied with other things that require time. got exams in two weeks so i'll have to give more time to chemistry and math. art is slightly affected by it but bleh. ramblin...

burning eyes: glad you started drawing again, but i'm sure there's other sources of inspiration too... a lot of fine threads floating around these days

red_rook: you do that :)

eew: i was actually watching it sink. wondered if anyone would bump it, heh

cocofuppa: thanks for defending me buddy, tho it's not that i feel that much pressured, but rather don't have much interesting stuff to share atm. most of the stuff i do is random stuff from life... not as interesting as robots... or boobs

jokisalo: another convert! yay! i'll check out your thread right away

maxetormer: :)

angela: i'll update soon. promise

obid619: damn, i have been unmasked! oh well. comics with good art and story are hm, kinda rare imho. there's always something that people don't like. frank miller kicks mad ass storywise, but people usually don't like his style of drawing. sin city is a nice series with a gritty, noir story and very graphic art (fantastic bit with rain); stylized and it's one of those love/hate things. i recommend looking it up online to check out a few pages. dark knight returns is a fantastic bit of read but again, the art isn't all that spectacular. it's not bad either, but same thing with sin city. watchmen is very old school, gibbons totally nails it down and moore does insane stuff on the script level. a legendary comic, and even though art doesn't look kickass on the first glance, it's the only style that fits the story. kingdom come is great if you like alex ross. for me it was "wow" for the first 20 seconds. gets kinda boring after a while... sure he's great and everything but sometimes lacks, dunno, expression. *shrug* out of the bunch, i'd recommend dark knight. all of them are good, and watchmen and DK are a must read. kingdom come is ok, but not as important as the other two.

my personal faves would be 100 bullets, where you have azzarello and risso, both kickass- risso is one of my dearest comic book artists, somewhere inbetween mignola and miller. pick up an issue and check it out. very addictive. also by these two guys, batman: broken city.

hellboy...

a french comic by le tendre and loisel - La quęte de l'oiseau du temps

moebius' l'incal noir (black incal)... don't mix this one up with Incal. that one's drawn by janjetov (cool guy, but he's not moebius)

enki bilal's the nikopol trilogy - strange and also either you love it or hate it. i liked it a lot, had a weird vibe

reading the losers atm, similar to 100 bullets. the covers themselves kick ass... anyone familiar with them? also vertigo pop:bangkok covers are verrr nice. i'll try and get em online

man can i ramble, eh? :)
following, the most random bunch i ever posted:

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/inktwo.jpg

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/shazampg.jpg

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/pad_05.jpg

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/pad_06.jpg

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/someheads.jpg http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/moheads.jpg

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/wurmkind.jpg

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/blestuffs.jpg

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/life!.gif

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/beach.jpg

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/life010.jpg

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/life010b.jpg

http://lungbug.ice.org/~sideways/020.jpg

:nohope:

[Eew]

yes !!!!!! lol .. finaly !!
cool update ! like the buildings and that monster kid ... there are five red x !!!! fix it !!! .. plz ..? lol what you mean with exams math and whats so ever ?? you are not aplying to art anymore or ...??? lol wats up with that ?

edit : ohhh red x's are gone ... :D

[Syrogen]

hooooooray! the lung update is here! your environment sketches rock :D keep em updates coming

[AmadorL]

OH MAN WHAT A TREAT .. Good Looking out Lung

-A

[Lung_bug]

fixed, refreshed, two replies heh. kickass.

4 more off the desktop, forgot to upload:

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/ascension_03.jpg

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/buk23int.jpg

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/thumbsfuck2.jpg
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/thumbsfuck.jpg

[Eew]

nice carachter .. but that chick in dark with white eyes !!! :$ ... hmm .... why i dont breath .. weird ......

edit : im loading up some pics to my sketchbook .. check it out .. if ya have some time .. maybe give me some pointers ...

[clogik]

great stuff you got going.. keep it up!!

[Elastic]

This is just great. Your work is really precise and elegant(and correct).
dedicated, I like <3

[Snookums]

I just looked over this thread again. And I have to say, the "ninjas always practice" one still gets me. I love that one.

[Cyrus]

Excellent stuff as usual, that reference to Fiddler on the Roof made me laugh, hah.

[Burning Eyes]

WOW, I come home today and look at your thread and BAM, not one, but 2 updates!... More amazing art, but what the hell else do we expect from you!

[Calle_]

wow, i'l bang my head to that \m/{><}

keep it up.
Peace


Calle.

[obid619]

wow lung, i never guessed i'd get that long a response. i guess it just shows you know your comics. Actually i've been thinking about 100 bullets as well. i heard some stuff about the story, and it was kinda intriguing. perhaps i'll buy some frank miller's books and kingdom come (if there is hardcover available). i'm actually thinking of maybe collecting comics as they are a kind of literature, only with pic's. anyway thanks man! and i'll continue drawing !

[Angela]

i swear! kill me now! OMG these new updates rock!!!!!!!!

YOU ROCK LUNG~

[steak-tron]

I'm going to agree with Marko. You have a firm hold on how you like to draw and what interests you for subject matter. Also, you are constantly pushing your limits and broadening your horizons; something people have a terrible time with all too often. If you go to a large art-school they will, for the most part, try to break you, especially if you are just doing a drawing or painting focus and not something applied like illustration (which is still fraught with vagaries). Art is such a broad thing in this crazy modern world of ours, pretentious artist are in overabundance. For the most part, they are convinced that such things as nothing resembling anything is something and that everything else is "juvenile" - especially the dreaded "comics".

Art-school is also half class and half surrounding. You go to be surrounded by artists and work in an environment conducive to creation (or so the idea goes). getting started is the hardest part and you have such a great handle already. You'll have no trouble being surrounded by other artists, especially if you get out to one of these workshops. I guess my point is you have the option of not going to school. You are so productive and brilliant already, there is not telling what that will lead to. But if your worried about resources or contacts or what not - do it through CA.

Anyways this latest stuff is killer, now I have to go draw.
thanks Lung.

[Eew]

agree ..i so agree ..... i'm going to different school from september .. art school .. i chose for fina art class in that realy small building are 500 students ! and the coolest thing that fine art has a limit of 14 students ! so i think it would pretty cool for me as a beginner to hang out with all those artists ...yeh and it be for me 50% environement for sure !
Lung ... what were you saying about studiing math en whatsoever ....? you are going to an art school or university .. right ????

[kinnas]

My world revolves around your art. You inspired me to pick up the pencil and start drawing with dedication. I would probably never have taken art as seriously as I take it now if it weren't for your Chazzwazzers. I thank you

[liam.c]

wow lol lung your soo good allredy it makes me want to cry haha
or slap my moma :P
keep going i think your amazing .. and ill bet your driveing
alot of people to get to work and draw more :)

[arghmisfit]

:bow: great stuff as usual lung! post more often :}

[Josef K.]

U Killer!!!!

[Strang]

awesome sketchbook...

could you please talk to us about those storyboard/sequentials you have in your last post? looks like an interesting story...

-Steven

[maxetormer]

This one here is reeeeeeaaaalllyyy good
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/blestuffs.jpg

perspective applied with good expresion and
acurate anatomy, thats fine stuff man:D


RESPECT! :D good update

:hatsoff: :hatsoff: :hatsoff:

[dakoscwash]

One question, I'm not sure if it's been asked before but I'm lazy. What type of pen did you use for those environment sketches so I can go out and get them? Your anatomy and life work is looking so good man... It's really amazing. I'm not sure how the college thing is going but it looks like you can do as good as any teacher. I fuckin love your notes, so helpful. Keep it up man you've inspired me.

[nor]

my personal faves would be 100 bullets, where you have azzarello and risso, both kickass- risso is one of my dearest comic book artists, somewhere inbetween mignola and miller. pick up an issue and check it out. very addictive. also by these two guys, batman: broken city.

YES!! Azzarello and Risso have to be my favorite comic team, they're perfect for each other (in the comic sense, of course...)

[azmanayob]

lung, these are great stuff! thanks for sharing.
i need to practice more.

[afklamer]

omg
youre so incredible motivating
It hurts every time I pass by

[corky13]

Ahhhh nice :)
Well if you call all this stuff here "Sketches" than i dont want to see your finished stuff :$ ...bwah..i need some antidepressiva now... :D

well keep it up. Art is leading us all and we shall not leave that path ! :D

[WillSchnevel]

reading the losers atm, similar to 100 bullets. the covers themselves kick ass... anyone familiar with them? also vertigo pop:bangkok covers are verrr nice. i'll try and get em online


Dood! I love that book, Jock's art is sooooo rad. The covers totally kick ass, as soon as I saw issue 1's cover, I knew I was getting that book. Now I get all sad sometimes when a new issue is released and I find out that he didn't do the interiors. :( But the latest one with Ale Garza is sooooooo great.

BTW, amazing update! You make me want to sit around and draw all hours of the day. :teeth:

[no skillz]

please tell me that you are making piles upon piles of cash for your art
coz you should be, its frickin great! i mean fantastic!
:) :) :) post more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
excuse i must go get my sketchbook to try and get to your skill level by the time im 16,,,,, :bashful:

[spok]

wow....i want to sketch with you so much....

[obid619]

hey lung. me again. i ordered dark knight and 100 bullets book 2 (cuz i got book 1 already, and it was a pretty good book.) I just wanted to critique you (yes, CRITIQUE). I'd say the area that you need major attention on would definitly have to be in the area of inking. Although i see improvements, I know that you can do better. simply, your skill in inking does not match your other skills. i aint dissing you or anything (that'd be the last thing i'd want to do to an awesome artist like you), but just saying improve. Try looking at other comic books and learn inkin techniques. I bet your doing that already though. Also remember that time you were thinking of making a book. If you do decide to do that in the future, you should definetely make a book on how to draw comic books. I'm telling you man, many of your notes along with your art would be a dramatic impact on young artists. I'm imagining like a 200-some odd page book that just basically teaches people about how to draw and stuff like that. maybe it can cover anatomy, some of your techniqeues and stuff. but yea, i'm blabbering. i'll talk some time later. dude, you gotta go on AIM man. :^^:

[liam.c]

haha was telling some one the same thing talkign about lung .. he need to make a book or be teach :) imo he drives the dailys .. eveyr time he posts you see a few days later eveyr one kikiing out some great stuff :)
ok now that the world is on your sholders .. do a couple laps lung :)

[Icey]

now i'm subscribed to this great thread :)

[The Iconoclast]

obid: the key is, as i said many times before, to have fun. it might seem hard to throw fun into a femur study but it is possible. draw funny stuff around it. draw skeleton sex. whatever. when i do these anatomical studies, i try to set up my pose (not the default one from the book) and then fill in the muscles, using the book. that way it goes through the cognitive centers in the brain, instead of just going through the visual part.

Crap, dude, that's what I'm going to try for the next month or so of drawing (mixed in with some other fun stuff, of course.) I'm in favor of your "randomly organized" sketching style, so I try not to plan things out and chill with whatever gets into my head. You don't have to reply to this, but ANOTHER MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

You are freakin' mad... :jawdrop: :afroboy:

... :am: :aa: :ad:

[Ladyviv]

My motivation is low Lung. I do hope you post soon :) Hope all is well w/ you too <3

[corky13]

Yup we want more :D
Hope all is alright with u man !

[Lung_bug]

gah, splittin headache, let's make this short. i wrote you all a reply about a week ago and then the board ate it. bleh.

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eew: my net connection is acting real wonky so i'll check it out if it allows me... thanks

chaotic logik: sure will, thanks

elastic: heh. can't really agree on the correct part...

snookums: i should really put that sketch on an auction or something :)

cyrus: fiddler on the roof? weird. had no intention of that, but it could be my subconscious. please elaborate, tho, sounds interesting

burning eyes: um... more often updates?

calle_: \m/

obid: collect good comics, ones you can learn from...

angela: wow, the enthusiasm :)

steak-tron: the surrounds part is what i need. i'd write more but gotta be fast

eew: i'm studying graphic design. for now.

kinnas: music to my ears, bud. keep at it.

liam.c: yeah. i won't be as inspiring when i'm 29 or something. we'll see :)

arghmisfit: thanks.

josef k.: it wasn't me!

strang: heh, it's just thumbnails, brainstorming about a cover. never thought of it as a storyboard...

maxetormer: plenty of errors in there, but thanks for the encouragement

dakoscwash: first of all, it's not about the pen. second, it's a pilot g-tec c4. hpx kindly reccomended it a while ago and it became my favorite tool (pencil excluded). glad you like the notes

nor: AYE!

azmanayob: anytime. thanks

nagasch: :)

corky13: i don't have any finished stuff. sucks. need to get at it

willschnevel: yay jock. about that btw... did you sit around and draw for hours?

no skillz: heh... someday. get the sketchbook! draw draw draw!

spok: going to prague? i might come

obid: CRITIQUE?!?!?! WTF?! ... thanks! you get a cookie for actually saying something constructive. yeah, inking needs work, and i'm working at it slowly. when i get around doing some longer comics, i'll probably work on it 200%, but for now i like to just play (like in these pages below). about the book... imho at least 10 years of experience before writing is a must. book on anatomy? i've never been in a life drawing class, dude!

liam.c: see above about the book. teaching i like, here and there, but i always feel ashamed because i wing a lot of stuff...

icey: lets get them updates rolling then, eh? :)

the iconoclast: HUZZAH! lungbat strikes again

ladiviv: here goes :)

corky13: it's much better than before...

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here's a few from today, just so i don't post without any art stuffs. both just messing with ink, playing with pilots and the white gel-pen... tried some compositional stuff with the second one. both A5 in size.

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/23_01.gif

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/23_02.gif

first person to say "mignola" gets his head kicked in.

*off for analgetics and sleep*

[liam.c]

hahahah a
+! for lung and mr T :P

[Ilja Murometz]

Hey Lung, i really like your work, could you visit my daily sketchbook thread to give me some advice on improving?

[Cyrus]

Have you seen that movie? During the song in the husban's dream, there's a skinny old man who says "mazel tov" in the background.

I'm referring to this image btw.
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/moheads.jpg

Maybe I'm just crazy. :$

[obid619]

Hey lung! those are some great updates dude. Yea man already your inking is getting better i can really tell. OH and the book idea - it really doesnt need to be an anatomy book but rather just a book on how to approach on being a better artist. and its cool that you didn't take figure classes (you can do that in the future), which is what makes you kinda cooler cuz you have non-reference skills - um kinda whatever. :tihi:

i think i'm gonna start critiquing your ass Lung. no one else realy does it so i am MUAHJAHHAHA.
crit - 1st inking pic - i realize you were trying to texterize your pants by drawing many horizontal lines. i'm thinkin you were trying to create a wrinkle effect (you might think different). i'm really not seeing it. if you were lookin at a wrinkle effect why not link up those lines (not a lot but some just so it makes it more wrinkly).

2nd pic - i realize you were going for abnormality on the big guy but the left foot just looks too triangular. try to fix up the spots so the foot looks more like a foot. also on the guy with the lower right (which reminds me of ladytron from wildCATS) the metalic mouth appears a little rough. perhaps it might be because you havent finished it yet? maybe you can creat a texture that resembles metal. I wish i knew but doing mettalic renderings is one of the hardest things for me.

OK! i crit'd you lung. crit me sometimes if you got the time k? we should all attempt to better ourselves through critiquiing. i'm sure that everypost i do from now on shall have crits. :wink:

[Angela]

thanks for updating again lung! you are always an inspiration to me :^^:

[arghmisfit]

awesome an update :D

these look really fly lung.. OI!!! :D

that would kick ass if u made a book someday(SOON! lol) i would be a definate preorder type of guy for that.. lol

lets see some pencils next :D and digi's :)

[nor]

mignola.

[Ra Havok]

Some critique:

I'm not particularly fond of the way you suggested/rendered the clothing folds in the two last pieces. It's hard to stylize such a thing. I'm pretty sure you know how to do it right, but in these particular instances, I'm not won over. Especially the clothing (folds) of the little guy in image 2 is poor.

I don't understand a hatching choice: the stomach of the 'big guy' in the last image seems to be a different 'material' than , say, his skin. Which I suppose it is. You did good with the image above: the way you handled the texture of the pants. It's unmistakebly a different fabric than the other stuff.

image 2: the big guy -> his shoulders suffer from too much spotted blacks. They seem detached. The hands of the little guy that's commanding the big dude are not very good. Okay, it's stylized. But still, the hands don't do it for me. (placement of thumb, left hand / visibilty of fingers - the digit to our left should be less visible)

Can't really say that weapon design floats my boat - image 1. Seems dysfunctional, the barrels have different perspective points?

Go easier on the white outlines. You outline practically EVERYTHING. The point of white outlines is clarity, and too many of 'em do just the opposite.

Just my random thoughts.

[insane visions]

very cool...I like the very first one and I turned it into a desktop...

[danimation2001]

I have to say thank you for this thread. I don't think I've ever learned so much in one thread.

[maxetormer]

Thanks for the inspiration man :D
I hope you are doing all right.
(last one is nice, you are developing
an interesting comic book style, I like the
way you realistcly exagerate the muscles
good work, keep em coming)

[JadeDragon]

Hi Lung Bug,

I'm pretty new around here, so I'm just now starting to scratch the surface of all the impressive artist's sketchbooks...

I come from a comicbook background, so I am really drawn to your stuff (so to speak!). Nice grasp on anatomy and shadows. That Spawn progressive was great! You have a ton of sweet stuff in here, I'll be keeping my eye on you and your updates.

Keep chugging away! Looking forward to more!

~~~JadeDragon

[Denart]

crit - 1st inking pic - i realize you were trying to texterize your pants by drawing many horizontal lines. i'm thinkin you were trying to create a wrinkle effect (you might think different). i'm really not seeing it. if you were lookin at a wrinkle effect why not link up those lines (not a lot but some just so it makes it more wrinkly).


Hey Lung, have you gotten Goad yet?
In Hale's pencil drawings, he does the exact same thing with the little broken lines to depict wrinkles in clothing.

Your balancing of black and white in an image is aesthetically pleasing. And the all the curves in the first image works well together.

[Ladyviv]

<sigh> unfortunatly, I am only able to see those nasty red X's... I will try from home tho. Hopefully tis only my dammed work PC that is being temperamental..... Glad to see you update Lung. :)

[O D T]

I really like the composition on the second one! very well done and thought out!!

[amphex]

i miss lung... :[


P.S.
i cant breath without my lung!
hehehee.

[maxetormer]

yeh i would like to see more of what ya are doing too
lung, but we all know that you will post
when you feel is the right time. no presure :D

keep it up man!! :confident

[Bojee]

More please. :)

[obid619]

Hey ya'll. just a suggestion. if you look at lung's website, and go to static, there are a few images that are not posted here. its kinda interesting, and i wanted ya'll to know. i just noticed while i was saving some pics from his website :)

[sebastianbulow]

lung, I know your busy being brilliant and all, but hey, bump this baby cause I'm starving.

[Lung_bug]

hey folks, i'm not dead.
i moved to the big city here (well, big compared to the town i grew up in) and still getting used to it. having sleep problems, and everything's taking too much time. college (graphic arts) is quite gay, and it seems there's no drawing till next year. *shrug* i'll just keep my old method.

here's something different- i took a short thing my girlfriend wrote few months back and illustrated it. i tried to expand the words a bit and give it more different meanings. not sure if i suceeded, but it was a fair try. twas quite rushed, though (to have it finished by our anniversary), about 20 hours over the course of two days; A3 in size, ink. below the story are all the sketches i did for preparation, for those who care about such stuffs. the story's scanned from photocopies so sorry about the white specks (i did clean them up a bit)

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_02.gif

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_01.gif http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_04.gif
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_05.gif http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_06.gif
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_07.gif http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_08.gif
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_09.gif http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_10.gif
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_11.gif http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_12.gif
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_13.gif http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_14.gif
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_15.gif http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_16.gif
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_17.gif

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_sketch0.gif http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_sketch1.gif
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_sketch2.gif http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/Nero_sketch3.gif

(these last three were done mostly while driving around in streetcars)

tomorrow i'm in venice on the salvador dali exhibition, so if anyone's there (what are the chances?), say hi. when i'm back, i'll be working on a cover i have due in about a week so i'll post some of that cyberpunk stuff.

cheers

[Ilja Murometz]

Simple, but looks cool, i like it. I should try ink myself.

[Shylone_Breath]

Very simple , very clean, very good and your entire stuff is very inspiring for all ..for me too :)
I'm very glad that you are still in life :^^:
You've a unique style , unique mind too . Keep drawing and suprise us again ! :bashful:

[Denart]

You have a great sense of design

Hmm, graphic arts. Learn anything new that you incorporated into these pieces?

[dakoscwash]

Wow that's awesome man. Crazy stuff.. You're a constant source of inspiration. Thanks for posting.

[brkofdon]

You have a great sense of design

Hmm, graphic arts. Learn anything new that you incorporated into these pieces?

very very good design ideas. its always hard to find something to nitpick at since this is all so well thought out before it it finalized. you must keep things coming at a steady pace. seems like you have a pretty good following here, ppl get real antsy when you don't feed them.

[USER777]

wow! the style of your "comic" thing is great! i am a huge fan of simple forms and you managed to achieve a great power by your attempt at this style.. i love your inks combined with those meaningful lyrics..
i would hang these on my walls.. seriously! :D
how much do you spend on arts every day?

[obid619]

Mr. Zonjic. You TRICKED ME! lol. you posted much sooner than you stated. you can eat your heart for making us anticipate lol. anyway nice stuff, as usual. yea school sucks (especially fo meh). anyway enjoy the dali exhibit. make sure you draw lots so you can post em!. anyway i'd love to crit but i'm dumb right now and dont really feel like it :/ . oh watch out for melting clocks. heard they were plenty in the dali exhibit . heh. :perv:

[bonedog]

I was thinking, "hmmm... what is this?." and then I got to the "so I could be egoistic" picture, and then I was like, "oh wow, that's cool!!"

I still don't totally know what it means, but I like it, and think it's powerful and well done.

Keep it up.

-Bonedog

[sebastianbulow]

make my day why don't you, thanks a lot for sharing.
saw some good stuff in the sketches that you didn't implement in the final piece, perhaps just stylistic awareness or shortage of time being the cause?
well executed.

[geki]

Your works are really impressive. You have so much experience while you are still so young... Happy to meet you in CA.org
Keep it up the nice works.

[Icey]

the last concept sketch is great! A great ideea in a verry simple way to show.
love it!

[Egets]

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/bookmark.gif

.

:} that was funny !!!! nice sketch book you have, very illustrative or narrative or something

[maldrin]

lung - i absolutely love it...what an excellent gift. payback for the foster book, maybe? :)

chin up, dude, don't let the city and school get you down.

As "Happy Bunny" says:

"School prepares you for the real world, which also sucks."

It's not about the world not sucking, it's about being happy in it and making it better. your art makes my world better, and your girl makes your world better, and salvador dali makes EVERYONE'S world better. so it's all good. :)

Great work - thanks for sharing.

best wishes,

maldrin

[maxetormer]

Hi
Your work is as sharp as ever lung :D
good to have some new post form ya, thanks for the
inspiration fuel, as far a graphic desing goes
that last sequencial poetry thing is
very nice, it has a very nice flow
and i reads very easily, I migth have gotten
all wrong but i like the idea about that the need
of praise can litelry eat your soul away,
but i the other hand if you dont feed the ego
every once in a while, your end up pretty screwed
up too, life is a funny bag of contradiccions.

(he he yeah I sudied graphic desing and its lots of boring
teory and abstract compostion concepts on the begining
or at least it was on my university, it gets better later on)

[Lung_bug]

glad you peeps liked that. i have some more odd stuff coming sometime soon, and it's encouraging to see such a warm response.

- - -

ilja murometz: you definitely should! ink is the most fun thing ever

shylone_breath: glad you find it inspiring, i'll most certainly keep drawing and, if i can, surprising you guys :)

denart: we didn't learn squat yet. all about mechanics. and physics. and math. and engineering. blah.

dakoscwash: :)

brkofdon: to tell the truth, i tend to overthink things if i have too much time on it, so i tried to keep these quick and spontaneous. not the first thing that pops in my head, but not something i'll lose sleep over for a couple of days. if that makes any sense.

lim: you would? well, i could upload some high resolution scans, and you can print them if you likes. the originals were A3, but i can't scan that big. anyways, i tried to make these 'hangable' :)

obid619: mwahahaha :) guh melting clocks. there weren't much there (i didn't notice any). a lot of stuff i hadn't seen before, even a sketchbook of his (which looked kinda wonky to be honest). the show was quite impressive, though. a nice experience.

bonedog: heh, i'm not sure what it means either. it's rather open so you can build your story around it... ?

sebastianbulow: speed/realization methods. i had some gradients and scribble-textures in mind when i did the thumbs, but it would take ages to do anything in that manner, so i settled for solid blacks (brush + a jar of india ink). and thanks! :D

geki: not as much experience as there could/should be! glad you like it, and glad to meet you too

icey: there's a lot of stuff crammed in that last one... the rib, the head disconnected from the spine. ya know, 'artsy' stuff :)

egets: yeah, "something" nails it

maldrin: man, you're such a nice guy! seriously. that post made me smile, and i like things that make me smile. and i'm still standing strong, no worries. :bounce:

maxetormer: it's a nice way of reading it, quite different from mine, but still very interesting (not 'wrong' in any way). as i said, i tried to add more different meanings. i'm glad to see people making their own interpretations (because that means i succeeded at least to some extent). and about college- we don't do even boring theory yet. all math/physics/engineering this year. thanks for the nice words!

- - -

not to be gay and post without art, here's a 'wazzer:
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/greyskull_web.jpg
drawn from someone's photo of a fake skull (can't remember whose, sorry), about two months ago for college. A3 in size (hence the light line in the middle, because i have an A4 scanner), mechanical pencil. 4-5 hours, can't say exactly.

toodle pip!

[dakoscwash]

Wow lung... that's really sweet. Amazing rendering. I'm drawing now.

[flex mathews]

:skull: :skull: :skull: SKULLS!!!:skull: :skull: :skull: i love skulls. very nice rendering. amazing work all around. thanks for the post.

[maldrin]

SKULL WALLPAPER!! My coworkers are gonna hate me.

:)

love it dude. Glad you smiled. Mr. Scull looks happy too. he's all teeth!

maldrin

[dadamafia]

this guy never disappoints.

[The Bear]

Thats a fuckin great skull man! What sort of pencil(s) did you use for it? I always find myself using all my pencils in my set whenever i'm drawing...

[SaiVix]

Your thread is one of the reasons why I am here.... You works are very inspiring, to say the least. Thanks to the people like you, our artistic developments will never cease to be all the better. :}

[obid619]

you bastard! :D you are a friggin good art BASTARD! :D . :tihi: dude, lung, keep updating bra. :)

oh btw. how big is A4 again? lol. me forget. also can you try to get scan another one of those study pages? i dont really care how old, cuz i like the studies. if not, its cool. :tihi:

[Ladyviv]

Your timing could not have been better for this piece.... I am so impressed w/ this Lung.... :) As always, I anticipate your next submission....

[Yoell]

just marking this thread for future reference.

not much more to say that hasnt already been said.

doesnt take a rocket scientist to see where your work is going to take you.

Drew


:android:
:donk:

[WillSchnevel]

Man, what a fantastic render! That would take me like 8000 hours to do that. :O

[Pichuerca]

Cool Story! I admire your amazing skills to ink. Sometimes I have tried to ink some of my drawings but it´s very dificult, If you don´t have careful you have to repeat the drawing entirely. :$

Keep it.

Pich

[Icey]

wow... that skull is so cool! :D

[maxetormer]

Yep you never fail in delivering the goods Lung :D tight shading !!!

[Yiako]

Hey Lung, too long since your last dose! Please, gime me some, man. Just a pic...
BTW. I hope all is right :)

[Abra]

Hey Lung bug. Your sketches and works are amazing and have left me very impressed. I was searching around the pages and got to page 3 and on Aug. 31 u posted some slides of a guy with his hair up in hair bands. He looks very familiar to me! Is his name Andy Izzagary AKA Izzy (sp? on last name)? Is it YOU?

-Abra

[ProjectZeppherv2]

You are a new name on my list of rivals....

I am wishing cancer apon you! ooooo0o0 oOoOooo
CANCER


but seriously though- nice draws man, that sequeantial with the bums in it rocks.

[killing.people]

that's not funny, he actually has cancer... >:|

:P okay, i don't know.

[auden100]

killing.people, you scared the crap out of me. But regardless, Lung's last post does present a rather ominous image. I hope everything is going well for the boy genius.

[nicolas]

Holy Fuck!!!
I just found this thread.....I'm gonna go lock myself in the bathroom and cry.

Lung_bug don't know what to tell you that you haven't already heard.
Your thread made my day, and thats a very good thing at the moment!

Thank you!!!!! <3

cheers,

NIC

[Dan.v.D.]

wow that skull sure owns :rendered:

[Dan.v.D.]

i'm totally loving that shading technique/style.
it´s maybe lacking a bit of form especially the right jaw tho.
but i fear fixing that would be the part that makes some drawings take 50 instead of 5 hours.

[thirdeye]

Hey Lung Bug

How are you doing these days? I miss your art very much. Please, drop in and say what's up - how's the big city and school? :)

Take care :)

[van]

Fucking a! That Nero stuff is tight.

[mentler]

I am a sucker for a well done skull! :::: terrific work ::::

[Lung_bug]

with much delay...

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/xmascard_lrg.gif


more stuff and replies next time i'm on

[Tigermilk]

yey, Lung Bug is back!

Awsome stuff, u got in here.
Keep it flowing!

[obid619]

WASSUP LUNG! hey dude, great progress on the inks. Its quite amazing actually. I can really tell that you have been practicing on it. lookin to more stuffs soon >:D . And yes, I am drawing! BTW: what does the writing say on that last post?

obid :)

[Profil]

I've looked through your thread and the stuff is very good.
I'm in the position that I dont have any nearby life classes. I saw that you also were that. So I wonder if you got any tip to learn the body better.

Oh well keep on drawin.

[maxetormer]

Looking REALLY!!! nice the smile reminded me of the evil clown in spawn,
je je, I like the balance of contrast a lot in this one, and the
expresion is priceless (I would like to know what the text means tho)
I think the hands look a bit wonky, prolly because the mitons hides the
shape of em; that is the only nick pick that I have, aside that, post more
of your suff would ya, :D see ya and, KEEP it UP!! :D

[Taj]

I dont know if you ment for the teeth to come off so Leifield/Mcfarlane-ish but its really bugging me. Sorry, i still like your work and the rest of te peice its just the mouth is...not my taste.

[skip]

Haha! Awesome, Evil Santa Claus!!

[Crash]

long time since i checked this thread out, good to see that your still alive and kicking. It great to see your progression and your progress so fast, thanks to hard work probably.

Something i do miss though is your self portaits.

Anywho, great to see your stuff.

[Ladyviv]

I must agree w/ the previous post. I do enjoy the SP's. However, it is always a joy to see any update. :) Look forward to the next one Lung.

[FunkyFresh]

WOAH!!!Noice stuff 'ere!!! <3
That I am Nero comic was really impressive, I read it through at least 5 times!
Keep it comin'

WAZAAAAA (I've allways wanted to do that...)

The one and only Funkyfresh

[HARNELBE]

No pictures ??
Disappeared ???
:S

[maxetormer]

they are hosted at the server at ice.org and right now the
server is down (it has been a litttle bit unstable now a days)
but i belive ill be back soon (I hope so :S ) :^^:

[Lung_bug]

the return of the random crud... stuffs from my speedbooks, some inking practice in the bottom. dunno. you can thank my gf for making me post. she'll like it :)

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/smsk005.jpg http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/smsk001.gif
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/smsk002.gif http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/smsk003.gif
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/smsk004.gif http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/smsk007.jpg
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/randomcrud2.jpg
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/smsk008.jpg
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/smsk006.jpg
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/randomcrud.jpg
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/snailrider.jpg
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/randomcrud3.jpg
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/folder.jpg
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/brush_1202.jpg
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/brush_2302.gif
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/brush_2302_color.jpg

-

first five who recognize (and pm me) where's this from, get a sketch from me-
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/ogamiitto.gif

too easy.
=)

-

and on another note, thank you all who voted for me in 2004 awards. i just discovered the results the other day and was quite surprised. me- most promising? wes came in second? man!

[Profil]

ah dude finaly:) I've been looking through your thread many times. You are so inspiring, you know that comparing pic you made? The 40 hours then you showed like a 20 mins pic next to it? That made me belive that I can also improve to your skills:)

I got the same problem you have (had?) that it isnt any life drawing classes here. Got some tips how you learned the anatomy of the human body so great?

You are so fucking inspiring to me.

[AmadorL]

dude it's about F@*&$'n time alwas looking out for your updates .
keep up da good work

-A

[Lung_bug]

to learn anatomy, just draw it for hours on end. look to simplify. i know muscles and bones good enough, but rarely there's any need for them. depending on what you want to do, it get's easier/harder. there's too much accent on the anatomy anyways.

[Lung_bug]

nacho got himself a sketch. 4 left...

[nacho]

yay, update!
good stuff and good to see that you still do a lot of studies. i like these head studies a lot..
the ink monster is definitely the awesomest of the bunch, tho i don't like the colored version as much. the cut-the-crap-guy is also very nice.
i guess i' more into your unfinished/loose stuff, problably because i don't ever finish stuff myself..
tell your gf that she has to make you post more!

[obid619]

YAY! Tonci updated w00t! dude awesome stuff, as usual. But I WANT a sketch :( ...if only i knew what that thing is. oh well, I told ya i'll buy sketches from you one day...yes...one day :D . keep it up, as i know you will. oh those inks are definetely getting better. what did you use for the color ones? besides the col pens. Lookin forward to talking.

edit: the reason people adore your art iz CUZ OF RANDOMNES! you say these sketches are from your speedbook? how long does it take you to do these on average?

[USER777]

yay. you let people wait far too long. new stuff looks great, pure awesomeness!

one thing: POST MORE!!!!

[Red_Rook]

fuhuuuk!!!!


TEH LUNG!
your alive man, unbelievable. Great work man, awesome as always, the gestures are hot ;)

lungs gf: thank you very much for making this guy post, make him do it more often!!!! :perv:

[IanE]

Whoa, glad to see you updating! Always awesome work.

Thank you Lung's GF for making him update! Yay!

Now, make him do this daily.

Ian

[Profil]

oh, I forgot: thank you Lung_bug's girlfriend:)

[S.C. Watson]

LUNG BUG HAS RETURNED!!!

Yay! good things do happen! >sob<

Ahem, good to see you back, Mr. Lung :tihi:

[Denart]

awesome, yeah!
welcome back!

Your sketches are amazing, so much diversity


hmm, what comics are you reading now?

[Diego]

Super post, it's great to have you back.

Cheers

[Zebz]

Mucho niceo update. It's great to have you back. You alway seem like your upset or something though. Like someone dragged a post out of you. Dude, get with it. :wink:

BTW, did I get it right or what?! lol

[jester]

Great to see you back. And great update as well.

Jester

[liam.c]

nice one lung !

[arghmisfit]

woooo hooooo welcome back lung!! :cheerleader: :cheerleader:

whats that folder for?

[Syrogen]

its a miracle. A MIRACLELKFJSDFSDFKLJS:FSD@%#$^#$^!!!!!!!!!
you have no idea how happy it makes me to see an update

[nor]

Yes.

Welcome back, I thank your girlfriend for dragging your ass back here. I'm loving the direction you're going with these sketches, especially the inks.

[Lung_bug]

notice: don't send me any pm's regarding that frame- we got teh winnars: nacho, zebzfree, lim, troymccoy, denart were the sharpest this time... will you be next time? stay tuned, and find out!

cheers

oh, right - the answer was... LONE WOLF AND CUB!

[AndreasM]

What was the answer?

[Ilja]

The last updates rock. PLS VISIT MY THREAD and give me some tips, crits.
Your rendering is just beautiful.

[USER777]

it was a picture from the anime movies "Lone Wolf and Cub"..
i guess it's okay to say so now, isn't it

[troymcoy]

woohoo, thanks lung.

[obid619]

ahh fuck. i knew it was that book. It was either that or ronin, i couldnt guess. i havent read those books, but i knew it would've been one of those oh well. oh, sucks what hapened to your website.

[abyss]

love it.
tho they kinda look sketchy.thought you overgrown it by now..the unfinished studies nall..oh well...
oh, yeah, and that blue womans got a funny between-tit-space, and the batmans but,whats that about, and your female faces still kinda...well look pretty much alike and have that huge jaw and all have the same shape of lips and...and...i dont know, draw more from life.like kevin for ex.
ive got an idea.here, from the top of my head, draw your girfriend. :)
a fine idea isntt it?

[FunkyFresh]

DAMN!!!!!!! If I hadn't been on holiday I would've won a sketch!!! How unfair the world is... Nevermind. Update rules. It was worth the wait. I love the pleasant fantasy in all of them, the technique you used on the guy with the pencil through his cheeks, and the lady with the hat (4th from bottom, to the right) is awesomeness on paper! :wink:
Hope to see another kickass update soon,

The Freshmaker

[BlackMath]

You are by far the most rounded and developed artist here.

Praise is below you. Yet it is only my humble opinion. Truly you're real and honest talent in it's pure form. Your grasp of form, perspective, composition, value, rendering. Everything! is so incredible.! I can't wait to see you expand into oil and other medium. Simply amazing. :D :blahblah: <3 <3 :bomb: :bomb: :bomb: :overhere: :overhere: :cheerleader: :cheerleader: :frustrated: :frustrated: :groupie1: :groupie1: :groupie1: :groupie1: :groupie1: :groupie1: :groupie1: :groupie1: :groupie1:

[Inkfish]

Oh wow...

I just started reading your thread, and couldn't get enough of it. (read it trough like 1,5 times, sorry about the bandwith :) ) really great drawings. I'm speechless.

[digi]

If I was you, I'd just start apply at studios that you'd be interested in working for. I'm sure many people here would agree that you learn much more in a studio environment than in school. Not to hate on art schools or anything but the best way to learn is from learning from the best there is and "the best there is" don't usually teach at schools... they teach in studios, work in studios. You're definitely talented enough to get your foot in the door and you seem extremely mature for your age. I don't see what a school could really do for you that a good studio couldn't do better. I definitely think that you're ready.

Cheers,
Bobby

[Imageproof]

Great Sketchbook!!
Your developement is amazing, you got abstract in the last few posts - that means your really setting your creative potential free!!!
I love the way your drawings look like they were done in no time, but the lines are still in perfect order and very controlled, that lets them look alive and very emotional!
Post more :)

[Crane]

*feeling real sexy in velcro*

I love the slug rider, must be used to slow progress i guess.
and that crazy guy with the pencil thru his mouth, ouch. tribal art kid lol

that creatures prob thinking, oooh a camara, gotta smile... no i'm not gunna eat you!...stop running, come back! i'm so lonely....damn you.. i wanna be a daisy in my next life...

i'll pay ya for ya skill.

[softdrawer]

Hey,

Nice stuff going on here. Really dig those designs.

I was going thru the previous posts and stumbled on your post about you getting the bitch from an art school or something (sorry if its been said before..). Anyhow, i hope things are going well with you. I have many close friends around here too, hoping to get in programs and such and i keep on telling them to not worry about the outcome, it's what you do of your time that counts. So just posting to know what was happening with you now..

alx

[Icey]

that monster is the best drowing of your last update :) I like it verry much!

[FunkyFresh]

I was just reading through this page (again) and noticed a word in digi's post: studio. What are they??? Forgive my noobishness but I have seen the word many a time before and allways deliberately ignored it...

[Majofo]

Okay there are so many of your images that i like but I really like the first one with the two girls. The one that says "Liberate Your Mind" Really good stuff!!

~Matt

[dadamafia]

really nice update bro. good to see your stuff.

[flaptraps]

awesome stuff lung!! keep it coming!

[Sanby]

This stuff is wicked man. You have given me so much inpiration, and the motivation I needed to get back on track with my own stuff.

Thanks, and keep on rockin man.

Sanby

[grand]

I know a lot of people tell you this, your work is so inspiring and great! I have been checking this thread since you started it and it always made my day to see an update. Keep on rocking. Learning anything good in school?

[wi_2]

as always.. ur awesome.. yada yada yada


but then again


:blahblah: :blahblah: :D :D HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! :D :D :blahblah: :blahblah:

[Skureal]

Happy Birthday Lung_bug!!!

Keep up the good work, man. I really like your artwork.

-Sku

[krakel]

updaate puleeez

[Lung_bug]

yeah, i really ought to...

[Carnifex]

oy! he still lives!

[Lung_bug]

kind of... :dead:

[Profil]

Update now:D
Well please.

[Lung_bug]

just got a tight deadline for tomorrow... no can do. but soon.

[thirdeye]

We'll all be waiting patiently here ... drooling :)

[Profil]

So you are doing art for a living now? awesome if that´s the case.

[Carnifex]

ok,we wait for you to post tomorrow :confident
good luck with finishing whatever you're doing.

[Denart]

HEEEeeeeeeeeeeee's BACK! cant wait.
Please update us on what's going on with your life man! school, jobs, and all the goodies. heheh :bashful:

[Syrogen]

ooooooooooooohhhhh i cant wait for an update, lungs my hero

[obid619]

Lung is da shit . Man you gotta update us on what teh ef you been doing haha. anyway update that website too mang! its been years. Dont let it be one of those artist websites that havent been updated in like 3 years lol. Until you post again, peace! :confident

[Lung_bug]

i just wrote a 3000 letter post and the damn board ate it. garrrr.

for the update part- college year drawing to an end, not very happy with it (college, not the year), might transfer to fine arts. i'd rather spend time and nerves doing lithographs than learning chemistry and engineering and whatnot. generally, learning more and drawing less, putting more thought into it. not that i'm trying to make the best drawings in all history... just trying to have less of that 'random guy with a sword' stuff. it's more likely that i'll think 'yeah, i oughtta go draw some draped figures, don't really know how to draw pants properly', and i'll pull out one of those free fashion catalogues (some of which count up to 600 pages- wonderful for studyin not only clothes, but also faces, hands, feet). not that i never sit and doodle, but it doesn't happen as much now that i end up with a page of random heads, or a monster.

most of my learning is from comics nowadays, and it's been wonderful. and no, not mcfarlane-liefeld-etc kind of comics. old school guys, hardworking people, who took the thing much more seriously (because they had to)... to name a few you can google up- alex toth (as the definite numero uno), noel sickles, milt caniff. yeah, old boring stuff. the old masters of comics. i still mignola, timm, guarnido, and others, don't fear. the medium itself is wonderful and makes a terrific learning device. makes you solve hundreds of small problems that you wouldn't encounter as much if you do pinups or an illustration every two months or so. an average comic page has six panels... that's lotta learning. and if you're serious about it (aiming at pro levels serious), you can't have loose parts. you need to know perspective, composition, how to draw people, cats, dogs, furniture, cars, trees, buildings, trains, streets, giant lizard monsters, whatever. and do it all with equal ease. especially if you have a lunatic writer who sets up a story about (for an example) a hungarian peasant losing a squirrel, his life-long companion, in a zoo. or something that takes place on a town square, with 300 people walking around. as you draw people a lot there, you quickly stop fussing about all the anatomy. clavicle of a man in the background is not necessary. most of the anatomy drops off, even in the main characters. usually they're fully clothed and you just draw hands and the head. and besides, if you have 20 pages to do, i doubt it anyone would go constructing every character from a skeleton. so you derive something outta it all, keep it as realistic as possible, keep the proportions, yet make it fast and versatile, easy to use. and it's amazing how much one learns through all that. just a simple thing like having panel borders makes you learn. you can't start by drawing the head of the character, or a hand, because the chances are- it won't fit in the panel. so you gotta know where the character is in space, what's he/she doing. and by doing that you get more of a feel for proportion, space. and it's great. i could rant about this for days, dunno if it makes any sense to you guys. i'll post some stuff maybe, somewhere in the learning forum. for the work part, i still wouldn't say that i make a living out of it, but certainly making more money from it than before. if i went around and actively looked for work, i'd probably be able to keep a steady income doing illustration, covers, storyboards. that'll probably happen, now i'm just picking up what comes along. did some storyboards, crudely, but learned from it. certainly made me draw things i wouldn't draw usually, like a kindergarten, or clowns, or a classy reception. helped out a comic artist friend, sketched in a panel with a lot of horses, also something i don't draw usually. today gotta finish a book cover, first color thing in months... on a personal plan, still with the best gf in the world, the only person that can handle me in my can't-draw-useless-imaretard-autistic-crisis periods... 17 months and counting. kickass. gotta send around those sketches to you guys... put up site too. had it on the hd for a while, maybe it'll go up next week. no deadlines next week, so it might happen. so much for a long rant. few stuffs i had laying around, didn't post em. oldish. figured better post these, than wait for twenty pics to pile up. will post the cover stuff if it turns out remotely decent.

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/slavateka01web.jpg

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/slavateka02web.jpg

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/marv_web.gif

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/marv_pencil_web.gif

still haven't seen the movie... can't wait. yeah.

cheers

[wi_2]

thank you so much dude,

this is what i like to hear.. your stories, your hows and whys..

this is awesome..
i wish i could give you some critics but im just not worthy :)

thnx alot.. and keep up the amazing work..

[thirdeye]

Hey, Lung. I'm really happy to hear that you're all right now and making your dreams come true. You're very right about learning from comics. I've myself experienced it in my brief comic adventure. Artist drawing comics can have no weaknesess. He has to know it all because there's no time for using refs all the time. I also had my share of lunatic writers - the guy I worked with liked to repeat the same pannels with changing gestures on one guy in the background :) But some time after that i started writing my own story and I understood that the story is the most important thing - I appreciated boring panels too. Anyway - glad you're back. Hope that you'll post something from time to time.

Thanks for sharing. Thanks for letting us all see what would it like to be if Lung Bug drew Sin City :P :)

[Profil]

I don´t really know what to say and awesome that you and your girlfriend been together that long. Well for my age it is a long time.
Keep fighting

[Lung_bug]

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/hboy_web.gif

thirdeye: repeating panels are the devil. many people just copy em on the computer. i resort to lightboxing (i.e. window-lightboxing) lately. but such shots are generally very rarely really needed. usually beginners overdo it. if you look at calvin and hobbes, he never does two equal shots. always rotates for some 5 degrees, just to make it interesting :)

[Lung_bug]

also... how the heck do i change the topic title now? i'm getting old or something.

[Yina]

woa.! back with more great stuff!

and to change the title you go all the way back to your 1st post and edit it. :D

[Lung_bug]

yeah, that used to work, now i get this:
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/dunno.GIF

[John]

Well done Lung, you come back after months and the first thing you do is screw up the inter net.

Good to have you back.

[Denart]

seems like the sites fault to me...
whatever

*ahem*
OH YEAH!
Great to see new work from ya man. Thanks for the update, sorry to hear that you're not cool with your college. (I wouldn't be! chemistry and engineering? wtf)
Just know that Feng Zhu had to attend UC Berkeley first to 'impress' his parents before his parents allowed him to attend Art Center hahaa :D

Good to know you haven't forgotten about the sketches... :tihi:

[Carnifex]

yay you're finally back for real! great to see you post,hear you speak about art learning,and to hear that you're so luckily together with someone.
keep us updated!
and should you have time,drop by my sketchbook aswell and leave a comment.
yeah i'm greedy

[obid619]

AH! would I ever never respond? I dont think so ! great stuff as always TONCH! Keep it up dang you. ...i gotta pick up my sketchbook now that summer is here i suppose heeh! :teeth:

[Gray]

What an Incredible thread this has become. For over two years you've been posting some amazing stuff here. It's really a joy to watch. I hope you'll manage to keep it up.

Excellent work.

Cheers.

[IanE]

Just spent 2 hours going through the entire thread on dial-up, and I managed to save 92 of your works.

Extremely inspiring, I'm in love with what you do and how you carry yourself. You're a real community leader on this board and a huge inspiration to many, I'm sure.

Best wishes and thanks for sharing over the years. Please keep it up, man.

Ian

[Lung_bug]

thanks guys, now i feel bad for not posting more often :)

went to bed around 6 this morning, working on this cover... not that it's that good. now gotta finish it, so i'll post sketches and stuff when it's done (should be tonight, in about 6-7 hours from now i guess).

kitten: yeah, it happens a lot around me, i guess

den: haven't forgotten, just wanna send you guys something cool, rather than a sketch of a random head :)

carnifex: i'll drop by yer sketchbook later today, sure

obid: pick it up now? where's it been? :nohope:

gray: thanks. just realized myself it's been two years now. man. if i had posted a pic for every day, there'd be more than 700 pics. maybe i should try it now...

ian: oh, a dial-up brother. i remember going through speed painting threads on sijun and waiting for 20 minutes to open up a page... on cable now, sorry if i post heavy downloads. someone warn me if it happens, i can't check how it loads on a dial-up anymore. and thanks! will keep posting

[USER777]

ooooohhhhh yeah!
finally another update.. lovin' the upside down freaky head idea. good step for you to go more into comic style.. you are definitely nailing the styles, just go for it.

i am 17 and i especially admire your work under the regard of you being just 1 or 2 (?) years older than me.. sooo... i am mainly doing still life studies, drawing from anatomical casts and so on.. also trying to learn all about anatomy and sorts.. and just constantly draw every day..

what kinda advice would you give me to concentrate most on right now (comparing to what you did that age)?

would be great if you put down some words for me, lung!

only crit: post more!!

ps: just kindly reminding you of that sketch you promised us.. i would feel honored if you took some of your time and send it to us..

cheers,

- Lim

[Sanby]

Yay your back! I expect to see some sketches soon man. :wink:

Keep on rocking, your my biggest source of inspiration.

Sanby

[obid619]

obid: pick it up now? where's it been? :nohope:



Its been in the abyss...um yea. haha. being a computer engineer major (dont ask me why) I barely have enough time to do shat. But summer is cruising so i dont see why i cant chill out and start another book eh?

anyway, i totally gotta buy one of your pieces one day (because your gonna make it big one day). So that'd be awesome. Did you get my e-mail by chance? I was actually talking about this same subject (prices and such) Peace out. :)

[Lung_bug]

a post-and-run, no time to even bitch about this:

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/gdfinal_web.jpg

http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/gdfinal+title_web.jpg

lengthier post soon, got some sketches i did for this to post. and reply you guys.

cheers

[obid619]

lol . 1st one to post bitches! its a good piece but you might need to work on the digi paint stuff . It looks good but perhaps not entirely done yet? eh, what do i know.

[S.C. Watson]

Yo Lung - glad to see you back.

don't know if anyone's answered your question regarding changing the header, you need to edit the title in the very first post of your thread, al the way back on page one, post one.

~O

[Jens]

nice cover, looks good with the text on it too

That white shirt could use some blue reflection light coming from his jacket.
And unless those glasses are pushed in his eye sockets I would give them a drop shadow.

[SirGreenSock]

Neverovatan rad. Drago mi je da si se vratio na Conceptart.

Jedino mi smeta ona narandzasta linija izmedju njihovih nogu. Mislim da smeta compoziciji.
Sve ostalo mi izgleda super! :)

(Hope you don't mind me practicing my Serbo-Croatian. :) What part of Croatia are you from?)

[krakel]

yes- i made him come back...

that cover reminds me of duke nukem

[theartguy]

you have a very unique style bro. i LOVE the fact that you take so much time and trouble to help those of us out that don't know the process.

thank you my friend

-Seth

[Aidan]

Hey, Lungbug.
Just wanted to let you know, that youve always been my main inspiration.
I think this thread is still one of the most interesting ones on the web and so is your process and the character youre showing.
I hope youre gonna let us know where youre way is leading you...and wish you all the best for the future.
Much respect.

/e: Darn, now Ive got to look through the whole topic again.

Oh, and the cover rocks...the plain white and the explosion-fading-to-dark contrast really gets me, so do the sillouettes.

[purb36]

yo lung.

madd rediculous crazy good stuff in here. hope you enjoy the beginning of summer.

the cover...the blond guy's right arm (his own right) looks kinda like its not attached to the body...that was my first thought. you might want to check out his sleeve. i dunno.

peace outside. :ninja:

[CGMonkey]

Hey man..

Just wanted to drop a line to tell you what an inspiration you've been to me for the past 2 years. You got my lazy ass to take up sketching and you still keep me going!

I owe you a couple! cya around!

[Ismail]

Nice, very nice. :x Spent the last day going through this, and woke up at 5a.m the next day to go through the rest. Very inspirational!!! :)

What occured to you last year for the art school thing, my advice. "It's not what happens to us in life that makes us who we are, it's how we react to it."

You're still drawing, which is awesome and inspirational. From my personal experience, some people less skilled than you and intimidated by your age and focus will do their best to interfere in your continued growth, be it subtle or blatant like the admissions folks at the art college. Nonetheless, do your best to focus on your skills and the positive feedback you get off this messageboard. :)

Many skilled and talented people have changed their path due to how they handle rejection, what we do after that (rejection) gets us where we want to be.

Thanks for sharing. :)

__________________________________________________ ______________________
Ismail Matovu Wamala
http://www.imwfactor.com

[Lung_bug]

obid: it's got all sorts of problems indeed, but the deadline was there. when i'm working on something, if i find that i really suck at something (folds, hands, whatever), i tend to stop and go draw that stuff for a few days. that's good and bad. doesn't really work with deadlines, so i didn't do it this time.

oregano: yeah, tried that, doesn't work. thanks

jens: reflection? i forgot to put the buttons on his shirt! and glasses i fixed in the final one, thanks.

sirgreensock: hvala na prijedlogu- tu liniju sam eto eliminirao, ali ova finalna slika ce na internet tek oko petka-subote, kad izadje iz tiska. inace, na studiju u zagrebu, rodom sa delte neretve. pozdrav

krakel: *nod*

theartguy: i wouldn't go and call it unique, but thanks. and helping out colleagues is a given. we're all one big happy family :)

aidan: wow, such nice words. thanks. i'll definitely keep posting, so you'll know what's going on in my head and life. thanks again

purb36: indeed! that arm went through so many revisions that in the end i just said - fuck it. but a valid comment, thanks.

cgmonkey: if i'm ever in sweden, you're buying beer, heh. cheers

ismail: thanks. what happened last year only made me stronger and more focused. and now, after a year on a crappy college, where i didn't learn anything and where lots of nerves were spent on unimportant things, i'm trying to get into one where i'll draw, and worry only over that. no way i'm changing my path, i got it figured out for the next couple of years and it'll be good.

---

that cover through various disproportions. i do have 5-6 more sheets of sketches for this, but that requires tidyin up the room and that's a no can do (yet)
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/gd_02.jpg
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/gd_03finalpencils.jpg

some stuff from school
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/fp.gif
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/croq01.gif http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/croq04.gif
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/croq02.gif http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/croq03.gif
(got a bunch of these,some much better; need to scan)

oold stuff from last year, scanned it couple of days ago, might be interesting still-
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/old01.gif
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/old02.gif
http://lungbug.ice.org/stuff/old03.gif
back when i was still drawing with a g-tec, but no pencil, though. compare with stuff in the new thread.



ok, now due to the forum code being an ass, i can't change the title of the topic. therefore, with much grief, i'm starting a new thread. this one has served me well, nearly 1000 posts, and almost 150000 views, which never stopped baffling me. i thank you all and i hope the new thread will do even better :)

clickity here:
TENTACLE CITY (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=45814)



yesss.

[Jens]

Mayby you already understood what I ment with reflection but anyway.. what I meant with reflection :).. You made the shadows on those white shirts grey. I thought you could have made those shadows a bit on the blue side, as there would be light reflecting from the blue jacket on the white shirt. Not a very big deal since you already declared it's finished.

On a different note.. the girl on the right (lucila?) on that portrait page looks very pretty

Those ink drawings are something to be proud of

[Ladyviv]

you never cease to amaze me. Thank you for the insiration... I only hope to someday get to yer level....

[TIO_MATT]

Realy nice shading in your drawings, Nice studies.
:wink:

[Pixeldragoon]

*is a fan*


*You need to post more or stop becoming a role model you lazy bastard!*


*I mean- Wow ur so kewl i luv u man can i hav sum of ur rt?*

=D j/k

[arghmisfit]

yeahhh.... he still updates his website from time to time

http://lungbug.ice.org/

[shyamshriram]

TOPNOTCH !

Thanx for sharing Sir !

[Reilly]

Cool work, man! I really like your concepts and style and everything! Keep it up!

--Reilly

[maxetormer]

Even after all this months lung still gets up on the main page,
he :^^: , he rules the SKB seccion on CA

[feril]

damn this is hot!!!!

[OBX]

Lung, you are one of my greatest inspirations, if not the greatest. For 2 years i followed your sketchs and drawings on CA.org. But i never had the self esteem to start my own sb. But since then ive finally over come those issues and started my own book. I must say, that wen i found out that u were a year younger than me, and doing such good art i had to suck it up and get moving. So, thanks for the inspiration, a lot. no words or lines could put it right.

but. Ill put it this way. you were a key part in my early starting years of becoming an artist. your work planted seeds. hopefully one day they'll get havested. again thankyou soo much.

[brokencow]

ohh noes! lung bug is dies!

[Lung_bug]

nah... but i'm over at the blog (lungbug.blogspot.com).

cheers

[blacky]

oh....

too bad you don't actually post here anymore
but latest stuff's kick ass

(would be interesting to know what you're up to employment/ education wise)

[Lung_bug]

thanks. well, there's a number of reasons why i stopped posting here, one of the main ones being time. i think it's been nearly two years since the last post?

right now i'm halfway through the three years of art academy here. studying classic animation and new media (video crap). i'm doing this solely because of my parents. otherwise, learning and preparing for doing comics professionally.

[blacky]

OOOOH....
good to know
thx
(timemanagement is a good reason for it's often those that post the most that improve the least (looks at own postcount and faints))
so I don't think people will be mad at you for depriving em of some juicy updates

sry to hear that your parents seemingly are of the "don't cha become a starving artist!"-type.

tacke care

[ucanadam]

i like your drawings very much, and i would like you to look and comment on my sketchbook here (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=88955)

[ThabisoMhlaba]

mmmmm. Great sketchbook mate, I'm 17 so I've got a lotta catching up to do myself.