Lots of sketches and paintings [Archive]

Bear65

February 2nd, 2006, 04:06 PM

Here are a lot of sketches and paintings done for myself in the past 6 months. Most of what I do for work I can't show, but I think I'm going to try and devote myself a little more to this sketchbook and conceptart.org in general. This site is so great, and I rarely post anything. From now on, that will change!

These are mostly just exercises, time to start actually designing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/chris3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/HITLERKONG.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Horse.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Lifedraw2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/LifedrawingatBlur.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Black_Crane_2_by_bear65.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Black_Crane_4_by_bear65.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Black_Crane_6_by_bear65.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Page5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Ship-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Sketch1-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Tentaclara.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/TigerRatColor.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/15.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/9.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Charcoal1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Charcoal3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Heads.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Gouache1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Lifedraw1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/2.jpg

Recursive_End

February 3rd, 2006, 12:52 AM

Welcome!
You got some great stuff in here.
Just keep posting, and you'll do good :)

seba_boi

February 12th, 2006, 05:49 PM

Great stuff... Love the clearness of your lines... And I like that idea for your drawing club ad... Very nice!... And what's this "CHOW" you're talking about?...

Bear65

February 12th, 2006, 05:55 PM

thank you. the idea was to kind of get all styles, even though it still is kind of similar in style...hmm. oh and CHOW stands for 'character of the week'. its kind of a contest here at concept art.org.

Transitory

February 12th, 2006, 06:29 PM

Wow. Really neat stuff. ^^b

I personally like your drawings picturing daily life like (in the cafe and the kitchen) and your sexy figure studies too! Your inking is also very dynamic and flowing. Keep it up!

Bear65

February 12th, 2006, 07:13 PM

thanks transitory,
i really like your robot on deviantart, but I don't see anymore in your gallery...more robots! the one you have is awesome.

Transitory

February 12th, 2006, 07:17 PM

OT: Well actually I have one more robot in my gallery. and Thanks ^^

IanE

February 12th, 2006, 07:32 PM

Welcome to CA!

Great stuff.... keep workin' with it... that life drawingin the coffee shop, very good... the depth to it looks awesome, and the outlines on the people add something neat... do you plan to do more with that piece or no?

Keep the posts coming! Good work.

Bear65

February 13th, 2006, 06:15 PM

thanks IanE.
I've been here for awhile but never though of posting anything because I don't paint digitally all the time..i primarily just do pencils and inked stuff, with occasional paintings. But I have seen a lot of great traditional artists on here so I decided to start posting and getting feedback. I've primarily been working on getting a job in comics, a very uphill battle...but helps with the draftsmanship.

As far as finishing that coffeeshop sketch, I thought about doing a digital painting over it, but I've moved on. I just don't have to time to sketch for fun anymore because of school.

THanks again!
-Mike

Bear65

February 16th, 2006, 03:00 AM

Drawn from life..painted from head.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/WatercolorTree.jpg

Recursive_End

February 16th, 2006, 03:18 AM

Stars, quick!
Man, i love that tree.
More :)

FoStraight

February 16th, 2006, 04:45 AM

Ha, I didn't know you came here. I keep coming across other SCAD students here and at CGTalk. (This is Ryan from senior project.)

Mikko Voipio

February 16th, 2006, 05:28 AM

Great stuff. The line is very loose and flowing beautifully. My favs would be the ones drawn with pencil and inked outlines. Absolutely five star material.

IanE

February 16th, 2006, 05:32 AM

The tree and the creature design right before it look awesome... I have a feeling this will one day become a very excellent sketchbook. I'll be chekcing back more often for sure.

Bear65

April 16th, 2006, 12:17 AM

This is a drawing from almost two years ago that I've finally go around to coloring. Its just a WIP, but I'll make sure to post it when it's finished.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/MarsWIP.jpg

Danomight

April 16th, 2006, 02:17 AM

Awesome drawings going on in here man. On that last post, I would maybe position his feet a little different in the first and last pic, he has a little bit of a duck walk thing going on.

I'd love to see how you color these, it has a really cool watercolor feel to it, similar to Frezzato (Keepers of the Maser). Was this done in PS?

I'm also a big fan of the inkwork scattered about your book. Can't wait to see more stuff :)

sith

April 16th, 2006, 02:32 AM

I love when i stumble across these awesome new sketchbooks man. You got a nice touch when it comes to shading, and your lines are pretty rockin' too. I actually like this one the most though
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/sk7.jpg
-from life! That's awesome.

metroeast

April 16th, 2006, 09:28 AM

Great thread. You got a lot of really good variety in your work. Good sense of anatomy. Love the submission for CHOW.

ACRO

April 16th, 2006, 10:27 AM

your skills is very good.

i like your style....

when you scan though?

looking through i was wondering
in your digital work how do you get your shit to look black and not pencil like ?

Bear65

April 21st, 2006, 10:45 PM

Danomight: You are so right. I wish I could say I was going to fix it. Thanks for the compliments, I love Frezzetto's work, sooo good. It's colored in PS, just kind layered, like watercolor, and I used some PS texture brushes. I wish I was cool enough to make my own, but I'm not that savy with it yet.
Sith: THanks, yeah I love drawing from life. I try to do it everyday, or at least have my sketchbook with me at all times in case I get bored, which is always bound to happen.
Metroeast:Thanks! I wish I could do more CHOW submissions, after I graduate I think I'll have more time, but we'll see.
Acro:I think a lot of dark lines are from ink. If I'm mistaken then its probably just me messing with the brightness/contrast slider in photoshop.

Bear65

April 21st, 2006, 10:50 PM

20-30 minute Lifedrawing today. Black Prisma. Done at the end of a 3 HOUR workshop on FABRIC FOLDS!! Such a blast....actually, not really. But the guy who lectured and demonstrated for us was the insanely talented and knowledgable Glenn Vilppu. And that was great.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/folds2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/folds1.jpg

Bear65

April 21st, 2006, 10:56 PM

And this is just some comic book stuff. Stuff I've been doing for classes. There are some problems with anatomy due to the fact that its all from my head. And also, the tommy gun is waaaaaay too small. I wish I had the movie Last Man Standing for reference, just saw it last night and it would have been perfect!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Suitcase_of_Fury_by_bear65.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/GhostRpg3web.jpg

Bear65

May 12th, 2008, 12:10 AM

Sketched on location while I was in Rome a few months back. I just wanted to slap some color on it. Really just to mess around. Watercolor and gouache.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/TreviFountainweb.jpg

This is watercolor with a bit of gouache.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/TREEweb.jpg

Transitory

May 12th, 2008, 12:21 AM

The lighting in the tree pic is just sublime.
I also like the Ghost Rider comic page.

You should try to combine the classic comic style with that neat watercolouring of yours (ionno if there'd be smearing :X) would be interesting to see...

Cheers

Bear65

May 12th, 2008, 12:27 AM

Good ol' Wolverine.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Wolviesketchescolor.jpg

ShaunLey

May 12th, 2008, 12:32 AM

awesome stuff, like the water colours and wolverine

Bear65

May 12th, 2008, 11:28 AM

shaunley: thanks!
transitory: I will definitely try combining the two in the future. Will definitely be interesting.

Moftah

May 12th, 2008, 11:44 AM

nice keep it up

Moftah's Sketchbook

Lone Wolf

May 12th, 2008, 11:44 AM

Nice stuff. I like the watercolors.

Nadiamoon

May 15th, 2008, 11:02 AM

I very like the start. Please, keep updating

Suira

May 15th, 2008, 11:53 AM

Wow!I loved all those watercolors + gouache, especially the three with the amazing lightning.

maxetormer

May 22nd, 2008, 05:02 PM

lewiston

May 29th, 2008, 01:59 PM

wow. Great sketchbook. Glad I tumbled across your robot in the FF section!
Show us more!

Bear65

October 29th, 2008, 03:00 AM

massive update, up top!

Bear65

November 4th, 2008, 04:10 AM

I'm hoping to refine and paint these guys in the future, using PS and Sketchbook pro.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Monster1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/SnakeEyesCover.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/chris13.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/chris14-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/chris16.jpg

Bear65

November 20th, 2008, 12:19 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/IllustrationA2B.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/IllustrationA.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Illustrationcolorsketch.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/MonsterSuitA.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/DreadWarriorA.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Monster1-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Fig1.jpg

Bear65

November 21st, 2008, 01:25 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Forester_by_bear65.jpg

Dan Valkar

November 21st, 2008, 09:27 AM

the wolverine its freakin' cool...and ur watecolor stuff rocks too..nice stroke

keep it up!!

Bear65

November 22nd, 2008, 05:21 AM

thanks dan!

i'll have to try a watercolor wolverine one of these days!

Lotet

December 6th, 2008, 07:12 AM

dude, reaally sweet watercolors u got there, that monster Vs girl is pretty cool too.

Ricardo Robles

December 6th, 2008, 09:35 AM

God! Awesome SB, I like your style so much. "IllustrationA2B" rocks a lot man, very original.
First lined illustration you posted are so beautiful too.
Cheers!!

Bear65

May 1st, 2009, 01:00 PM

This is probably way too much stuff, but I haven't posted here in a long time.

Updates: I got a job with Rockstar New England as a concept artist. It's my first job as a professional concept artist and I'm loving it and learning a lot!

All of these sketches are done for fun as studies. I have some GI Joe art in there from a freelance job I had while I was looking for work as a concept artist.

I'll try to update more regularly! Most of these are gouache. The moleskine sketches are done with Tombo markers. And the last guy was done with PS and Alias Sketchbook Pro.

-Mike

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/10.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/11.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/12.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/3-19-09.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/8-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/AstroDino.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Fishndinosweb.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Gouchebk1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Gouchebk2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Gouchebk3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Robothead.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/WolvieGouacheweb.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Gouache_Sketch1_by_bear65.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Gouache_Sketch2_by_bear65.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Travel_Sketches2_by_bear65.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Travel_Sketches3_by_bear65.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Travel_Sketches4_by_bear65.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Travel_Sketches5_by_bear65.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/mike3.jpg

Bear65

May 13th, 2009, 12:04 AM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Demonsaweb.jpg

It's nice to see all that experimentation pay off a bit. This is a pencil drawing, with ink wash, and gouache. Plus, I cheated a bit in Photoshop with some levels adjustments and some really loose dodging and burning.

Done at starbucks and while eating dinner at home... do I have a life? Not so much right now.

Bear65

May 19th, 2009, 12:13 PM

More random sketches!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Giantman_by_bear65.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Giant_by_bear65.jpg

Bear65

May 22nd, 2009, 06:29 PM

Any crits would be greatly appreciated guys! I guess I better spread the love around :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Warm_up_5_21_09_by_bear65.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/5-21-09a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Batman_Book_Cover_Sketch_by_bear65.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Matthew_Bellamy_by_bear65.jpg

Bear65

May 22nd, 2009, 06:37 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Land_Bat_by_bear65.jpg

I keep posting things and then touching them up when I learn more. I'm not sure whether it's a good thing or not, but at least for my digital work I find it to be fun to see the progress of an image, even if it's a year later.

Bear65

May 23rd, 2009, 01:53 AM

I know I'm not super connected to anyone at CA, but I keep on tryin'. I've spent a lot more of my time over the years posting at deviantart, primarily because it was easier to organize and look at work, but also because it's where I started out.

Here, it's a bit too tough to figure out where all the great art is. Maybe I just need to commit a little bit more time to navigating it.

Also, another thing that I'm ashamed to admit, I've always been a little intimidated by the type of work here. Being a comic book guy, I was always drawing but not doing a lot of painting. Color was something I had a really hard time jumping into, but I'm so glad I did. And I'm a lot less intimidated now. I feel like now, I can look at the work here and figure out how it was made and take a lot from it. And now that I've matured a bit as an artist, person, and professional I can see that a lot of people here share the same kind of passion about art that I do. And that's awesome to discover.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Diesel-Cafe.jpg

Bear65

February 19th, 2010, 09:36 PM

It's a big, big dump. It's interesting to see the progress, I feel like concept art, to me, covers sooo much information that it feels like this big machine and you have to keep tightening up bolts and things here and there (painting and drawing landscapes, figures, designing, engineering, storytelling, composition, etc..) to get it running properly. The whole time the engine just keeps going, eventually I guess you get get things working properly and maybe you get turbo and nitros oxide and jet engines?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Goliath_Bot_p1_by_bear65.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/11-05-09a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/11-09-09a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/9-23-09.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Random4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Sketchbook3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Snake_Eyes_Speaks_by_bear65.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Untitled-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Untitled-10.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Wips1web.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/oldtimey.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/zombielove.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/7a12.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/7a14.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/2-12-10.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/7a11.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/7a32.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/7a7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/7a8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/1-27-10.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Bigpun.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Crabmech.jpg

Kvick

February 21st, 2010, 07:53 PM

Hai

February 21st, 2010, 07:56 PM

Was really enjoying your sketchbook - glad to see you back! :)

It's also really nice reading your reflections on your art and experiences around it. Keep updating!

Bear65

February 24th, 2010, 11:07 AM

Thanks for the encouragement, Hai! I'll be sure to give this sketchbook some more attention.

Bear65

February 24th, 2010, 11:10 AM

I saw your thread in the ff section and decided this would probably be worth looking at, and it was! i like the mountains with the pig the most cause its all blue and breathy. but yeah wide range of styles too which seems to be something in high demand, you look like you're really working on yourself! im gonna go back to work on me too :P.

Thanks, Kvick. I enjoy painting mountains and atmosphere, probably one of my favorite things to paint. As for the wide range of styles, it's really just experiments, playing around with shapes and colors. It's great to think of it all in terms of basic building blocks, and suddenly styles and genres become a lot easier to experiment with.

alexson

February 24th, 2010, 11:48 AM

Awesome stuff man! Your characters rock, I really liked those two old school boxers :D Keep up the good work man

Bear65

February 27th, 2010, 01:16 AM

A recent life drawing session.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Untitled-6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Untitled-4-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Untitled-10-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/7a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/6a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/4a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/3a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/2a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/1a.jpg

bharat

February 27th, 2010, 01:32 AM

ya man ....it's ....cool ....great work man ....keep up...! come n comment on me...pls...!

Bear65

March 1st, 2010, 12:00 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/7a3r8.jpg

Just continuing to refine the design. It's looking pretty stereotypical now, but oh well, this is just an exercise for now.

AustenFM

March 1st, 2010, 12:09 PM

Hey, super solid work in here, I just wish there was more to look at! Great work on your figures, and you ideas and stylization are a lot of fun too!

I hope you can keep us a little more up to date on your work this year ;) Keep it up!

Bear65

July 1st, 2010, 01:44 AM

Thanks! Yeah, I do need to post more. I have so much to post since last time. I forget how nice the community is here, so much talent and encouragement.

Thanks for the reminder, though, I see I'm a bit late to respond!

Bear65

July 1st, 2010, 11:26 AM

I have a ton of stuff from this past year.

Work has been keeping me busy, but still learning a lot.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/1-29-10.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Gouachesketch1web.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/Blur.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/11-25-09a-1.jpg

Sargent Study
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/11-03-09.jpg
Bierstadt Study
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/bear65/11-02-09.jpg