cotron's visual buffet || 3.19 || procrastuhnation/mastuhbation

[cotron]

click this to goto the last page (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=6194)







been a while since i posted stuff..been drawing a lot, just havent felt my stuff looked worthy of postage... just gonna start posting my sketches in here..

did all these tonight while watching "the good, the bad, and the ugly"

http://codymiles.com/images/dailysketches/42603.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/dailysketches/42603_2.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/dailysketches/42703.jpg
i like halloween

[sin]

wow dude i really like all this a lot, post some more!

[cotron]

thanks sin, much appreciated

http://codymiles.com/images/dailysketches/42703_2.jpg
http://codymiles.com/images/dailysketches/42703_3.jpg

and it may go without saying, but i'm really inspired by the way el coro inks his sketches, it's just such a fun way to work.

[dilation]

nice work... vcu?

[cotron]

more...

http://codymiles.com/images/dailysketches/42803.jpg

in a rut.

[Vader]

This site is really great and has great talent, nice work.

[cotron]

i got a little loopy as 5 am started rolling around...

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/43003.jpg

[cotron]

haven't been posting anythign in a long while... 9/9/03
http://codymiles.com/blog/august/images/sketchbook/baron1.jpg
http://codymiles.com/blog/august/images/sketchbook/ekawater.jpg
http://codymiles.com/blog/august/images/sketchbook/ekatron.jpg
http://codymiles.com/blog/august/images/sketchbook/manseated.jpg
http://codymiles.com/blog/august/images/sketchbook/flowers.jpg
http://codymiles.com/blog/august/images/sketchbook/53003.jpg
http://codymiles.com/blog/august/images/sketchbook/ambulance.jpg

[steak-tron]

very nice work, it's very graphic (dare I say) I lika' da' bold inks.

[cotron]

10/7/03 more stuff.. comments more than welcome!

photoshop:
http://codymiles.com/blog/august/images/sketchbook/jonescrop.jpg

oil crayon:
http://codymiles.com/blog/august/images/sketchbook/fuschiamonk.jpg

watercolor:
http://codymiles.com/blog/august/images/sketchbook/geisha.jpg

oil crayon:
http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/100703a.jpg

pencil/crayon:
http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/100703b.jpg

plain ol pencil:
http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/100703c.jpg

[cotron]

newest first.. trying to learn how to oil paint on top of everything else...

http://codymiles.com/blog/august/images/sketchbook/oilportrait.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/august/images/sketchbook/swordstudies.jpg

[cotron]

zombies, because zombies are fun.

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/zombies.jpg

[metaphysiks]

really nice variety here man. i can see some slight improvements especially in the color work. the portrait from your previous update is nice, wish i could do that. keep it up man.
meta

[cotron]

5-06-04

I haven't updated this thing in too long, seeing everyone's sketchbooks is so inspiring...

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/4404.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/4404a.gif

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/colorizedgirl_web.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/redpepperweb.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/nightmare.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/august/images/sketchbook/figures/9.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/layoutweb.gif

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/oldmen.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/bigbooby.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/girlink.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/hands.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/sarah.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/sleepyetron.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/weirdo.jpg

[JackalAnubis]

man, missed another one. great work, although you should definitately post more often. I especially like your ink work, very nice, my fav page is the one with the old man w/ glasses.

[cotron]

Pages from a comic based off "Born of Man and Woman" by Richard Matheson... they're kind of shitty but I am behind schedule with everything. (they're out of order, too, so it doesn't make sense)

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/page2.gif

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/page6.gif

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/page8.gif

Jackal: Thanks man, I appreciate it a lot. I'll try to post more often.

[flex mathews]

great comics, i like your oils too. keep posting.

[cotron]

More stuff from today:

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51104/oldman.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51104/ghettobooty.gif

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51104/handsucks.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51104/nose.gif

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51104/reading.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51104/warrior.gif

[Yina]

those two old men in ink(?) look really good. i like how you created the values with lines!

[cotron]

@Yina- Thanks

More stuff, I was up all night last night getting a "portfolio" together, so the sketches are lacking. I'm trying to get a better handle on pencil rendering, so any suggestions would be cool.

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51304/hatgirl.jpg

playing with distortion:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51304/joe.gif

playing more with distortion:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51304/joedistort.gif

thumbnail page:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51304/thumbs.gif

I really just wanted to fuck up her face:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51304/uglee.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51304/whodis.gif

thanks for lookin

[Nadim]

Nice varied work cotron .
9-9-03 post is my fav.

Keep it up

[metalwinds]

hey man, great work you got goin here. i really like the comic pages. .. the strong contrast really helps with the mood. ..ever thought of going back in with a white gell pen in places (just a thought)? your pen work is nice as well, the two older men being my favorite. in your pen and ink sketches, i think the super bold ink outline detracts from you nice and subtle line quality. ...have you tried using a dry brush ink technique? that might lend well to your pen sketches. as far as your pencil sketches go, it looks like you are forcing the pencil in some of the rendering.. . .just let it flow. also, try not to retrace your lines. .. your line quality gets lost when you put a dark stroke over your previous lines. .. .try to go a little darker right off the bat, but still keep the sensitivity of the stroke. anyway, great work man, im excited to see more.

ps - i saw a couple of your paintings in bob fosters room (guy with a hat and a bald black guy). . .theyre lookin pretty good.. . .DO MORE.

peace bro

[cotron]

update- 5/17

lots of doodley stuff, went out and sketched at the mall on friday...

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51704/baby.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51704/fountaindude.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51704/frappucino.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51704/fukdapolice.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51704/lunch.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51704/reclining.jpg

my friend's dog...who was in heat...ew.
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51704/dawg.jpg

I drew this old man in a diner after pulling an allnighter... I was delirious.
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51704/oldman.jpg

messy sketch of a guy eating lunch:
http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/51704/dude.jpg

Caricature of a girl I work with:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/51704/tamara.jpg

-metalwinds, thanks, what you said made a lotta sense.

-king, thanks man

and thanks everyone for looking!

[elboy]

nice stuff. I especially like your pen and ink drawings. that girl you work w/ has a nice smile. ^^

[obid619]

dang how'd i miss this? there is some great stuff going on here. Keep it up :)

[cotron]

obid- gracias :)

elboy- thanks, her smile is 60% gum and 100% scary!

Open model session tonight, here's what i got...

quick poses:
http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/51904/quick1.jpg

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/51904/quick2.jpg

longer pose:
http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/51904/fuschia.jpg

better drawing of it:
http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/51904/betterpose.jpg

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/51904/profile.jpg

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/51904/feets.jpg

Cool guy and future illustration superstar Eric Seat:
http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/51904/seatu.jpg
check out his website @ www.ericseat.com

wonky-ass hand
http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/51904/wonkyhand.jpg

tanks everyone

[character]

awesome stuff! love the style. i don't know what it is but it brings out a certain emotion for me, kind of like what happens when i look at Tony DiTerllizi's stuff. can't wait to see more =)

[SEAT]

Cotron was nice enough to stay still for many hours as I rendered this portrait of him:
http://www.ericseat.com/temp/cody1.gif

[Jens]

I enjoyed going through your sketchbook

[cotron]

jens, character- thanks a lot guys... i really appreciate it.

seat- holy crap, that likeness is DEAD ON bruddah!!

more junk..

drawing of my girlfriend sleeping... there are others but this the only one i'm allowed to show :inlove:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52004/ekasleep.jpg

randomness
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52004/roses.jpg

[roger]

very nice drawings cotron. About the pencil rendering I'd stay away from crosshatching as much as possible, but that's just my taste...

[cotron]

thanks roger, i'll keep that in mind about the hatching... i'm so used to pen and ink stuff.

stuff from this afternoon/night:

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52004/CROW.JPG

rockwell study:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52004/ROCKWELL.JPG

model drawing tonight with blankslatejoe, SEAT, and metalwinds:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52004/PENCIL1.JPG

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52004/PENCIL2.JPG

weirdness
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52004/BRUSHPEN.JPG

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52004/BRUSH2.JPG

[blankslatejoe]

dang cotron, you waste no time. That was literally like... two hours ago. Anyway, good work. I think I may get a sketchbook going too, dialup be damned.

By the way, the this last update of stuff is remarkable!! I'm starting to really feel dusted by all you guys.

[cotron]

thanks joe, you're growing too, don't forget it. your shit's getting really good, sorry you're a bit down on it. this is certainly not an overnight thing. you da mang, mang!

my buddy scout
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52104/scoutyboy.jpg

concepts...?
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52104/mancat.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52104/gurl.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52104/christobal.jpg

crap..
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52104/crapjoe.jpg

[cotron]

been kinda down on myself the past few days artwise... gotta fight through the slump.

oldest to newest...

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52504/cartoon.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52504/baffroom.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52504/nate.jpg

model session tonight... hot as balls (in more ways than one :D)

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52504/colorpencil.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52504/elongated.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52504/mancrotch.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52504/contour.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52504/pen.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/52504/wtfstandup.jpg

craptastic.

oh yeah, I'm in the process of moving apartments, then the illustration academy will rock my balls off...it may be a bit before i can update this thing again...

[blankslatejoe]

dont be sad cody, I think you're the best you've ever been; you're attitude, dedication and progress is remarkable.

That last standing pic of larry looks dead on while still maintaining that gestural feel that you've been working with. I dig the forshortening on the reclining larry as well.

keep them coming, bro! You've got to ramp up for the coming academy workload.

Also, if you 're needing help moving, gimmi a holler.

[cotron]

Joe: Thanks man, it be a rough road to travel. I'm lucky to have good friends who support and encourage these habits...

only a few sketches to show, I haven't had time to draw, only to move my material possessions to and from different apartments. When you own too many things, they begin to own you.

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/52904/handmontage.gif

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/52904/roomiechris.jpg

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/52904/joeyjoejoe.jpg

goddamn moving!!

[blankslatejoe]

Hey man, you're done now though! ....now to unpack....



I think there are more pictures of me in your sketchbook here than there are of erika..... how odd...



just kiddin, your work's looking good; rest a bit this weekend and goodluck with the academy!

[van]

:chug:

[cotron]

lunchtime doodles at work...not much to see

van: :D

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/53004/lunchgirl.jpg

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/53004/lori.jpg

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/53004/turtell.jpg

[blankslatejoe]

nice cody, the drawing of "lori" has an interesting life to it


EDIT: and snappy rules.

[cotron]

Illustration academy stuff, sorry for not posting in so long, it's crazy busy! Life is real good though.

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/sitting.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/6804standing.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/6804back.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/front.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/jason.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/meena.jpg

Seeya guys in Austin, hope to meet some new faces!

[van]

Excellent stuff!

[metaphysiks]

damn cody, i can tell that you are having fun and learning a lot at the academy. that last quick sketch is awesome, i really like the confidence in the lines, the forms are really solid. really really nice drawing. the color (pastel?) drawings are nice too. i am really interested to hear about the stuff you are doing over there, i can tell that it is helping you a lot. keep up the work man, hope to hang soon.
meta

[Yina]

great stuff! i like those coloured life studies, shows good values and understanding! :chug:

[metalwinds]

hey bud, thanks for showing me around the academy. you and pratt have inspired me to try those pastel exercises. ..they look very helpful. meeting sterling was super sweet as well. this last post is nice. ..i wanna see a bunch more of those pastel studies from you.. .they look real nice. that second pen drawing is killer. ..i just picked up a new pen today, so im gonna get working on my lines and confidence as well. hopefully i ll run into you again and check out what else youve been up to.

cant wait till austin

[Groover McNab]

Hey man, for some reason I've never seen this book til today. Good stuff! I really like that bird drawing, as well as all the life drawing stuff.

[cotron]

metal- thanks man, I'm glad I got to show you around... everyone seemed pretty impressed with your book :)

meta-yeah man, the academy is whipping me into shape... I'll be seein ya wednesday.

yina, van, groover: I appreciate all the kind words, it means a lot.

pen stuff/doodles:

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/61404/barryback.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/61404/ian.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/61404/jesse.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/61404/gary.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/61404/jessie.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/61404/seat.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/61404/sub.jpg

and my first "finished" piece for the academy, a portrait of ty cobb for a mock postage stamp:

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/61404/tycobb.jpg

see everyone in texas!!

[metalwinds]

the pen sketches are real nice.. .i can tell that you are really seeing your subject. it looks like you are still fighting with the pencil, but youll get it. i want to see more faces in your work. ..it looks like, for the most part.. you just fudge it in real quick. the painting looks pretty good, but i think you are too timid with your application of color and value. i am dying to see a hot highlight on his nose. also, the structure of his jaw is almost nonexistant. under the cheaks, i see almost no influence of muscle or bone. definitely not a bad painting, though.


also, gary is leet.

[cotron]

hey metal, thanks for the honest crit- you brought up a lot of points about the portrait that I was struggling with, I think I was relying a little heavily on the ref and not enough on the idea of building forms...thanks for pointing that out, i'll keep these things in mind. and as far as the pencil sketches go, those things are done in less than a minute...so if it looks like i'm struggling, i am :)

thanks again, i'm gonna be calling you and chris tomorrow so we can figure out the details of wed night.

[van]

Yep, facial anatomy is what I see, too. Metalwinds always catches the good stuff. The last painting looks pretty darn good, except for the lack of highlights and the cheeks. They look to prominent and pointed.

Excellent sketches and awesome update! Give us MORE!

[cotron]

thanks van, appreciate it... I'll prolly touch up the portrait sooner or later and resolve some issues

last post before austin, thought I'd sneak in some more pastels...

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/615-1.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/615-2.jpg

http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/615-3.jpg

can't wait to meet everyone.

[van]

You are grasping light and shadow better all the time. Have fun in Austin!

[cotron]

GODDAMMMMMMMMMMN! austin was great! here's a bit of my sketchbook, i'll post more tomorrow after some sleep.

van-oh i did, i did.

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/1.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/2.jpg

metaphysiks, the K makes it street:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/3.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/4.jpg

oblio's one awesome dude:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/5.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/6.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/7.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/8.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/9.jpg

fuck 'em up conduct, fuck em up:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/10.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/11.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/12.jpg

blankslatejoe:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/13.jpg

bruce almighty:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/14.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/15.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/16.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/17.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62304/18.jpg

:::much love to the muthafuckin LA QUINTA CREW:::

[Groover McNab]

Cool Austin Sketches man. HOO-LEEE ROOO-LLEEEERS!!! hehe

I'll be posting my shit after I get some sleep. Later dude.

[Yina]

hey man thats a whole load of stuff!!

seems like everyone had fun at the workshop

[metaphysiks]

the k does make it street bitch. i rule. peace out. oh yeah, i do enjoy your sketches, especially the ones of people drawing. gimme a call i need your help with somethin.
meta

[fukifino]

Damn...your ink sketches are the bizzzomb! It was a blast hangin' with ya!

[strych9ine]

Nice book, dude, I'm gonna be here a lot more often. To cuddle.

On a side note, meeting you in Austin was the shit. You, sir, are a cool motherfucker. It's the Cody factor, I'm tellin ya...

[elboy]

secret agent cotron banks. nice stuff. I can see that you're the one who inspired metaldannywinds to do those pastel pics. hail yea. I like what you're doing, working w/ pen, sticking w/ your original lines to build confidence in your initial strokes. I started drawing like that the last couple days of the workshop, inspired by the coro. I'm sure you heard him, but he also suggested working small. I find that my proportions, and hence my gestures too, are better when I work smaller. I still really like the 'fewd' drawing of dannywinds w/ the single line for his nose and mouth. Rock it H.O.T. style, richmond VA.

[van]

Awesome work! Glad you had a blast in Austin. :)

[metalwinds]

shwingin dude. i really like the first one. ..i want to see you do more stuff in that manner. ..itll be good for you. your pen sketches are mad nice, as usual. now, break out those oil paints and rock the house. .. .i wanna see what you can do.

im about to start using oils as well, lets see how this goes.. .

next time a workshop rolls around, the richmond boys gotta room together. ..along with joe. ..it was definitely good times for all.

peace bro and good luck in the illustration academy

[maldrin]

cotron - really good stuff all around! I saw most of it in person and that makes it even that much cooler!!!

your pen work really is stellar - you capture things really quickly but you have a good sense of the scene. some of your quick sketches end up having a really nice composition - I'd love to see what happens if you really concentrate on layout, because you seem to have a good sense of it. Sometimes when I "try" it just takes the life out of it cuz I go all overkill.

you were sooo way cool to hang with!

Oh, and heather mentioned that she'd like to get an image of the sketch you did of me if you've still got it.

Oh, and I meant to say earler... "POOP!"

;)

maldrin

[cotron]

sorry for the double post, but I wanted to keep my book current:

illustration academy project..blurry picture..lost some colors too :( :
http://codymiles.com/blog/images/uploads/headholeweb.jpg

i have sketchbook pages too but I can't scan right now...

maldrin-i shall post that sketch! thanks for the kind words, bruddah

metalwinds-how dem oils coming?

van-keep it up, I like your book a lot

groover, strych, fukifino, elboy, meta- you guys are the shit!

yina-thanks!

[maldrin]

DUDE!
That frickin rocks! That's one of the best things I've seen on these threads in a while, and I ain't lyin....it's right up my alley!

Is this oil or digital or something else? Mixed media, I suppose? Reminds me somewhat of the artwork inside NIN's the downward spiral album, albiet less abstract, which is good. Nice nice nice. What were the requirements of the project?

I'd love a big scan or shot of this for my wallpaper at work to scare all the corporate goons I have to deal with each day!

I'm gonna go thru the rest of the day grinnin and thinkin about how awesome this is.

More!

maldrin

[Dahsramu]

codytron - i really like this last piece. You dont post enough finished work, in my opinion. When you do, though its really fun to look at.

Your quick gestures are awesome to look at too, though. Ever seen the video for Zero 7 - Destiny? They have a similar animated looseness feel to them - almost like the lines are moving. really cool.

Anyways, you are definitely one ofthe funniest and coolest people i met in Austin. I've never seen someone say so many homoerotic things but still not come off as gay :)

talk to u later, gater

-Umar

[cotron]

umar- thanks man, I know for a fact i don't do enough finished pieces... I'm trying to change that. It was fun hanging out, later this summer we should cheel up north... til then I'm putting this .4 to good use :) Lemme know where to send the .3, I'll mail it off to ya.

maldrin: thanks! it means a lot to me that you actually want it for something :) it's still got a bit to tinker with, I'm gonna paint a bit more on it tonight... it's oils w/ an acrylic underpainting... I've been having fun with it. I'll scan up a highrez version for you when it's done. Here's that sketch I did of you at IHOP:

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62804/maldrin.jpg

more sketches, some I've forgotten to post:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62804/forehead.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62804/10.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62804/11.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62804/2.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62804/3.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62804/4.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62804/5.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62804/6.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62804/7.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62804/8.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/62804/9.jpg

[metalwinds]

cody! nice work bro. that painting looks good. ..im still very new at painting (ive only done one, and that was yesterday), but i have a couple of crits. first, anatomyically, there should be a highlight on his right pectoral. ..not a very pronounced highlight, but there should be one. also, id like to see some highlights put on the stitches. the ribs are off, but they dont really bother me. ..they just look abstracted. i wanna see this painting in person dammit. .. then i will give you a better crit and more praise.

the pen work is definitely improving.. . .i really like how youre starting to render some of them.. .definitely good for you. i love the picture with the 3 people sitting (the 3rd image). .. very nicely done. this update makes me want to lifedraw. .. .time for another self portrait.

btw, OILS FUCKING OWN! me and chris are each about to start a 20 x 30" painting. ..may as well jump right into it. ..should be a very good learning experience. now, i need to find a really good reference...

[steak-tron]

what up fellow "tron". It was cool hanging out with you and the rest of the posse in Texass. I'll always remember drolling over the hot models alongside the cotron.

nice sketches man, i think the one of maldrin in my favorite, but the oblio/ninja sketch is pretty dead on.

i also see that a pic of my mug has been posted... some how i knew that after you took it.

keep it real on the streets. -steak

[metaphysiks]

cody, good to see some stuff man. the sketches are fun especially the pen sketches from life. the painting is really fun to look at. i just noticed what danny said but i was going to say that when i first looked at it i noticed that his right pec needs a hint of light. thats all. otherwise it is a lot of fun, i really like the color. aight man
meta

[dakoscwash]

Hey man, nice work. I really enjoy looking at your pen sketches. The maldrin and oblio drawings are great as well. Keep up the good work.

[van]

Awesome stuff! Very inspiring. :clapping2

[blankslatejoe]

great stuff cody, you're improvement with each post is awesome. YOu also seem to be a lot closer to finding that balance between refinement and looseness that you were looking for.

Goodluck with the last half of the academy!

Oh, and where did those ninja words from oblio come from? It wasn't you who wrote it.... it wasn't oblio.... it must be a mystery.....hrrrrmmmmmmmm.

[cotron]

First off, a more finished version of the painting above...the picture still funks it up, but it's hard to scan with the 3d nails on the piece..

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/7204/ninweb.jpg

sketches:

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/7204/andrea.jpg

doing a portrait of joe strummer, just playing with sketches for likeness (which i dont have yet :doh: ):

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/7204/strummer1.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/7204/strummer2.jpg

joe- it IS a mystery! thanks for the comments... hope NoVA is treating you well.

van- your thread is inspiring as well, thanks.

dako- thank you

steak- word bee, texas was good times... and if you have blackmail pics of me, you can post em :) keep up the drawlings bro, theyre sick!

meta- yo bish, you better keep posting!!

metal- thx for the crit, I noticed what you were saying too, hopefully the piece is a little better now. I wanna see some paintings from you! we'll go out landscape painting later on this summer.

thanks for stopping by, everyone :hearts:

[metalwinds]

hope you dont mind, but i did a quick paintover in PS to show you what i meant:

http://img64.photobucket.com/albums/v195/artistdannny/headholeweb.jpg

the way you have the lighting on his shoulder and chest (in the painting you just posted), there would have to be another light source above his head. ..shining only on his shoulder and the top part of his chest. .which is somewhat confusing because those are the only 2 areas that the lightsource is illuminating, and that source seems random and unnecessary because there is another lightsource (the one shining below and onto his torso). anyway, hope this helps some.

ive been painting, but i dont have a digital camera, so i ll have to borrow chriss and then post what ive done so far. ive done one still life painting and im working on a referenced piece of a woman right now

peace buddy

[cotron]

ahhhh thanks man i didn't even see that... thats what happens when you look at something too long.

[maldrin]

Cotron - this is great stuff, and like I said, the goons at work don't get it. They asked me to put my Naomi Watts wallpaper back. She's hot to look at, but she's also my wallpaper at home - so my work peeps have to deal some NIN inspired fun. If they don't like it, welll..... :machinegu

thanks for posting the sketch of me. the wife got a kick out of seeing it again, and I'd not seen it. One might think my hair wasn't that f'd up - but it really was. ;)

your other work is coming along nicely - the life drawing stuff really paying off. your hatching is nice, and when you try you really seem to "nail" things.

Try take a bit more time with some of your drawings even more often than you are and try to really see - especially with pen work...you may feel stilted sometimes, and it will take time to find the right mix of "free" and "tight" drawing (god knows I haven't found it) but you'll benefit from it, I think.

Keep up the good work!

maldrin

[cotron]

maldrin- hey, glad you like the wallpaper :) that's really flattering. and thanks for the comments, I'm trying to spend more time on my sketches...

I just did this piece for shits and giggles, a "Slice of Life" of Richmond, my current hometown, pretty much el coro's method but with an oil wash at the end to change things up for myself:

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/70904/pissrichmond.jpg

I just noticed how jacked this composition is.. oh well.

Here's a bunch from the life drawing @ the academy, each in the range of 5-10 secs to about 2-5 minutes a piece...George Pratt's method, which is like bootcamp, but really turns on the intuitive side of drawing.

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/70904/1.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/70904/2.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/70904/3.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/70904/4.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/70904/5.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/70904/6.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/70904/7.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/70904/8.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/70904/9.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/70904/10.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/70904/11.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/70904/13.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/70904/14.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/70904/15.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/70904/12.jpg

there's more pen stuff in my sketchbook too, but I'll save it for next post..

thanks for lookin, sorry I havent had time to comment on everyone's sketchbooks, i haven't had time to be on the computer much...but the threads in the DS section are all so awesome.

[nmcleod]

nice man, i like that top picture a lot, the graffiti on the wall looks really good..

i like your style a lot, the loose look to your sketches is nice.

- nate

[Kazz]

damn cody there are really nice ones in here.. the pissing guy cracks me up. Feels like he's really aiming his piss at something. hahaha. I'll hang on to the sketch of yours in my SB just in case you get big someday.

I especially like the contour studies. Rock on bud

[jetpack42]

awesome stuff bro. I'm glad I met you in austin, you're one funny guy. I was laughing the other day when I was thinking about you teasing meta. Great sketch work. The coro technique is coming a long way, i think its pretty decent. pump out 50 more and you'll be doing it smoothly.

[troymcoy]

Really nice lines

[hito]

sweet set of updates cody. Love the one on the lower right on the orange paper. The lines that define her profile, beginning of her back, and shoulder are damn near perfect.

[metaphysiks]

cody, dont ever stop. i have seen so much improvement in the last couple months. between the workshop and the academy your brain must be kickin real hard. keep this up and youll be great. oh and the richmond piece had me on the floor. how true it is.
meta

[metalwinds]

i second everything chris said

:rock:

[Groover McNab]

Oh man, that painting of the pissing dude is great! The texture of that door is awesome, with the graf and rust, really well done. Some nitpicky crits, the bricks perspective seems to be off a little bit and some parts of the wall looks a little bright. But man, that's a cool painting.

I love these quick drawings too, especially the one on yellow paper, really confident lines.

[steak-tron]

cody, I'm liking that last batch of figures. I think the first is my favorite. Curved lines make the ladies look sensual. I like that painting with the nails too, but i think the marks are a little soft (if this makes sense) dont be affraid to make some jagged edges, more like you did in the pissing painting. Also the teet (pec) to our left seems like it could be stretched more,since the arm is thrown back, bringing the nipple up.
keep rocking the cradle, great work.

[cotron]

thanks so much guys, it really means a lot to me to get such positive feedback and crits... I only want to work harder :)

my girl and my cat:

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/71004/1.jpg

random inclass shit:

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/71004/2.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/71004/3.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/71004/4.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/71004/5.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/71004/6.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/71004/7.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/71004/8.jpg

[cotron]

7-21-04 Update

comments I neglected from before :)

nmcleod- thanks, the graffiti in it was the most fun to do, actually..

kazz- haha yeah hang on to that sketch, you might run out of t.p. sometime... but thanks for the comments, I appreciate it :)

jetpack- thanks, this technique'll be played with more... it's super fun. glad I met you too.

troy- thx

hito- thanks man! i really don't know what i'm doin, these thigns just happen sometimes :fruit:

groooooover- thanks, yeah the perspective suffered from my lack of patience... I just threw the shit down, and it looked all funky after I finished, good lesson on taking a little bit of extra time..

meta, metal- thanks so much guys, it really keeps me going to hear that.

steak- yeah, the nailed painting is lacking a certain something, edge variance/texture is probably what it is... and yeah, my lack of anatomy knowledge is apparent :drool:

so- for an update... I been trying to turn my doodles into little compositions, putting down a few boxes in my sketchbook, then drawing in them when I go out... plus some random stuff from the last week of the academy:

(crappy one..in the car)
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72104/1.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72104/2.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72104/3.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72104/4.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72104/5.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72104/6.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72104/7.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72104/8.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72104/9.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72104/10.jpg

and a painting I'm currently working on, gots a bit to go on it:

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72104/gunslinger.jpg

word bee! thanks for lookin!

[cotron]

got bored, did a speed paint of one the small sketches, trying color palettes out... nothing great but I just wanted to put off sleep a lil more.

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72104/quickpaint.jpg

[jetpack42]

wowowowow. That painting is awesome, sir. :clapping1 wow. i did oil for the first time yesterday, so my respect for anyone who can make anything look like something has increased about 100milliontimesover. :chug: keep working on the inks. when you're good, you're really good. now to just be consistant. can't find anything too smart to tell you.

here, have some encouragement: rock your sketchbook some more!

[metaphysiks]

i like the update dude. the pen stuff is really nice, we need to go drawing on rooftops in richmond. the painting of the cowboy fellow, also looking promising. i really like the painting of the small sketch. the palette is nice and it reminds me of bengal. keep up all of your hardwork.
meta
p.s. me and danny are dying over this site shit man

[Dahsramu]

code, noice updates man ... the fluidity and motion of some of those loose pen sketches remind me of looking at reflections in calm water. lots of fun to look at!

my favorite pages from your recent post have to be the third one from the top and the slice of life in richmond one. I'm digging that composition technique you did (with drawing the boxes around the images) ... its a neat way of bringing a bunch of smaller scribble/studies together into a coherent whole. you should fiddle around with that a bit more, cuz its goin places.

I'm also feelin the drawings of that nerdy dude in the fifth page down and that portrait of barry. It looks like youve been bustin out the brush pen a lot more recently (unless its just ink and brush) - i like it a lot. what kind are you using?

and did i mention that painting is TOIGHT!! great composition. though something about his left shoulder dont seem right - right now his left arm looks a bit short but i think that might change once you flesh out and define his left shoulder area more. ever read stephen king's dark tower books? the dude reminds me a bit of a character named "the gunslinger"...

and i gotta say that the loose coloring technique you used in your speed paint really goes well with your line style. and the colors complementary colors work well too. comp colors never hurt noone, na'mean? (looks like someone <3's eeeeriiikaaaa..... heheh)

and finally - i've said this before but im'a say it again - lets see more "finished" pieces - i.e. pieces you spent more than an hour on!

aite b, i gots biznass to take care of an u kno dem biznatches dont be givin me mah moneys so i best be out. catch ya when i catch ya, ya feelin me, b?

werd to the moms.

-Umar

[Groover McNab]

new paintings are looking good mang!

edit: haha, oh shit. meta's avatar made me laugh.

[maldrin]

Cotron:a!: - man, I was gone for a bit and while I was out you were doing some amazing stuff. Maybe I should leave more often. :)
I think your semi-sequential works are interesting (especially Erika), but the real bang is in your single-shot portraits. Barry, the geeky kid, slice of life in richmond, and of course this speedpaint bit - all of them are really nice.
you're getting good with basic anatomy and are able to play around with it some, accentuating characteristics of your subjects. I'd continue trying to maintain that creative edge while focusing on value (get more mid tones in the pen work) and linear qualities, especially having the lines define the forms a bit more.
the bold brush or brush pen strokes really kick ass. you use them well!

Keep up the good work, and post some more of it!

maldrin ^^; ^^; ^^;

[imglue]

CODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we have to get the iHOP crew back, sketchin with all of you guys was sweeet!!! cant wait to see more man. your pens simply are the coolest and the most soulful ive seen. keep working on life drawin, your gestures are lookin pretty tight.

drop me a line.

[cotron]

jetpack-thanks! yeah man, the oils are super tricky, but you start to get the hang of them with time... working from thin to opaque and limiting your colors really helps.

meta- where the fuzz were you the other night? you guys got shame!!!

umar!- hey! yeah the painting is actually based off of that, loosely.. i thought it would make an interesting image. the books are cool too, I just started reading em. as far as the brush pen goes.. I have a kaimei pen like coro uses, I also have a cheap one where you squeeze it to get the ink out... dont remember the brand off hand. there'll be some more finished stuff sooner or later, I promise man! woid

groover: thanks, yeah i have my doubts on meta's sexuality :canadian:

maldrin- hey man, I appreciate the kind words and crits... you keep the hope alive!

miguel- i'm flattered, thanks man. yeah, the IHOP crew definitely has to get in effect.


on to the sketches:

random collection, went to downtown richmond and drew some stuff:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72704/sketchassemblage.jpg

model session on tues:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72704/crumplefoot.jpg

more:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72704/1.jpg

model session from tonight, 1 minute gestures:

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72704/2.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72704/3.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72704/4.jpg

goauche painting from the model, about... 45 minutes? kinda janky

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72704/9.jpg

color pencil and ink:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72704/10.jpg

thanks for looking, hard to update with my work schedule >:{

[blankslatejoe]

NICE stuff cody. I saved a bunch of these pics to a "cotron" folder in my 'Inspirational' folder.

I'm liking the mood behind that quick from-life painting. Painting from life is really intimidating, at least to me.

I like the cityscketches too, lots of character and life to them. I need to get out and draw them environments more too.

[hito]

Wootwoot, update.

good stuff cody. the life gestures are great, you're working hard on nailing the lines down the first time. Something I need to do more.

I never painted model with gouache, maybe tomorrow night. From the couple still lifes I've done with gouache, I feel like its easier to lay the paint down on the dry side. It dries quicker, and your next layer doesn't pick up the bottom layer as fast. If you want to pickup the bottom layer and mix the colors on the paper, just make the brusher a little on the wet side. if the paint runs down the palette slowly, its on the wet side, if it doesn't run, its about right. If it runs down really fast, its too thin. At least that's what I've been feeling like. I could be way wrong.

the white of the page is probably skewing the overall value range on the gouache painting also.

anyway I'm blabbering. Keep on updating.

[cotron]

hito- sup man! yeah, gouache is a double edged sword.. always reworkable, but easy to muddy up. I'm still trying to figure out what works best for me, so thanks for the tips. thanks for commenting, I appreciate it!

joeeeee- yeah man! painting from life IS intimidating, that's why i'm trying to do it more. my opinion is- if it scares me, i should do it...(at least in the art sense) :perv: You keep my folder alongside your nude "reference" folder, right? Just kidding, that's too flattering man. Hope I can hang out with you soon.

not too proud of this set of sketches, I've been working outside in the humid stank, makes me feel like doing nothing but sleep when i get home from work... but I'm still trying to get as much in as I can, no matter how bad it turns out:

model sessions, I've been toning my paper with the tria inks before I go out

color pencil/ink
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/8104/1.jpg

wiped this one out, kinda liked how it looked.. gouache
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/8104/2.jpg

random sketches
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/8104/3.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/8104/4.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/8104/5.jpg

thanks for looking, hopefully I can kick my ass and do better next time

[strych9ine]

Waddap dude, there is some great work in here. I think you excel most when you get to color, some of these paintings on this page are fantastic. Have you tried drawing your figures a little tighter with ink? I like the gestural quality of your drawings but I think they might benefit from being a little tighter. Great stuff though, Code2.

[Sikkness]

the sketch of Tamara, haha that's great man. I really like the mood of the first painting on your newest post. And those 1 min gestures with the blue pencil are solid



Work sucks :teeth:

[cotron]

strych- yo man! I like color, i'm still trying to figure out stuff with it, but I have a lot of fun playing with it. as to the tightness of my drawings, yeah, I do want to do some tighter sketches, but right now my life drawing consists of people in the cafeteria at work... so i only get quick sketches out of em. I'm pretty sloppy on the longer stuff too, but I've been trying to find a balance in my gestures/refined line drawings. I'll try some longer pose stuff in ink, since you suggested it. thanks bud!

sikk- work DOES suck. :) thanks for checkin in mang.

just a quick, ps color of an even quicker pen/composition study... focusing on rhythm in value and color temperature... and another reason not to sleep enough :)

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/8104/pscolor.jpg

[rollb82]

I like the more recent sketches and post you have been diong with color. I think i enjoy it a lot because i am try to get better with color and value myself. Ok, i will more than likely be at this thursdays drawing session. I didn't make it to the last two on the count of my car acting crazy and me having to take it to a shop. well, keep up the awsome work and i am sure i will see you thursday.

[flex mathews]

i really like those ink toned sketches from life. thats a real great idea, toning them beforehand. keep em coming.

[van]

I love that last one. Great style to it.

[cotron]

chris- yeah man, you should come out and drawl, we havent hung out in a while. color is grood. sorry your car went nutso.

flex-thanks! the tones really help speed up the process.

van-thanks as always :)

pen/ink shiz:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/8304/1.jpg

model session tonight, really fucking weird model, made me uncomfortable the whole time....if anyone in richmond wants a personal life model, he's willing to work for 4 dollars an hour, and can be reached within 2 hours notice. :grandpa:

gestures, 1 min:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/8304/2.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/8304/3.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/8304/4.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/8304/5.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/8304/6.jpg

pen/color pencil on toned paper:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/8304/7.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/8304/8.jpg

[jetpack42]

man, you're really making me want to throw down with some color. great update!

ps-you should draw meta swinging from the smiling ballsack

pps- meta, plz don't hurt me.

[metaphysiks]

im damn jealous of you being able to make the figure sessions. now that class is over i can start coming again. it will be good for me to get back into that. good update, the figures and gestures are getting better. hit the anatomy books and the two in conjunction will elevate your skills. keep up the drawings. the smiling nutsack is great. you should have drawn me swinging from it. damn good idea jetpack. i wont hurt you.
meta

[van]

Another wonderful update! Man, he had some wierd freakin poses.

[cotron]

jetpack- hey, thanks man. I think that's the best way to do color...just throw it down :) it's too easy to be timid with it, in my opinion.

meta- yeah you know my achille's heel... I feel kinda stupid for putting off anatomy stuff til now, but I just ordered the bridgman book, and I've been doing a few studies here and there as well. I gotta get on a program like danny, that's the way to learn it. when we hangin out man??

van- hell yeah, the dude was a freakin weirdo! very enthusiastic about his job though... even though he was terrible at it.

doodles- nothin much:

skeleton!
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81104/1.jpg

my dawg:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81104/2.jpg

got a lil bored with doing the box sketches, so I made random compositions out of stuff I saw during the day:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81104/3.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81104/4.jpg

and a skullbat/thing:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81104/5.jpg

kinda sparse post, gotta draw more and play doom3 less :perv:

[rollb82]

I just wanted to say that the gesture drawings you had on your recent post were awsome. I think it is my favorite out of all the stuff i have seen you put out. You are really getting a sense for creating motion with your line. Congrats to the code dawg for making my day. If you are going drawing downtown in richmond or anywhere in the area give me a call. Practice makes perfect and i am not perfect.

[metaphysiks]

nice update. the dawg sketch is my fav,really nice quality to it. keep this up.
meta
p.s. work has been hectic, trying to make as much as i can before cutting down for class. i have been meaning to call and will as soon as i have a moment.

[dakoscwash]

Awesome figure drawings cody. Lmao at the poses. Those ink sketches are nice as well. Your dawg is my fav. Keep up the good work man.

[maxetormer]

i like the skull flying thingy he he :rendered:
youv got a very personal line work
and thats good, keep updating.

[cotron]

chris (rollb82)- hey man, thanks... it's a struggle, but it's fun :) only time I've been hanging out and drawing lately is at the sessions.. but I'd like to hang out soon tho.

chris (meta)- call me baby, I'm waiting... :groupie2:

dako- yeah his poses were great, they were pretty fun to draw... except it's hard not to laugh when the dude's balls are dripping sweat on the floor, fuckin nasty..

max- my personal line is only my lack of hand control :) but thanks, i appreciate it

late night hangin out at 4th street diner:

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81204/4.jpg

random head from inside my head:

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81204/5.jpg

model session tonight:

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81204/6.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81204/7.jpg

[Sikkness]

nice updates man, totally forgot about the drawing session tonite! >:{ but at least i got some studies done. all this recent stuff is really great man, the figures are nice and loose. tues i'll make it out to pollock

[van]

Rock on with another great update. The guy dozin is my fav.

[maldrin]

Love it, Cotron. Glad to see an update.

gee, who's inked-up arm is that I see? ;)

your from-life work has a great spontaneous nature to it, and I love the impromptu backdrop (and life sized pistol) you added ... great shading, too.

keep working those compositions!

maldrin

[Mike Frank]

Really digging your lines dude. That little sketch of richmond (the one with the bridge) caught my eye. That's right off 95 right?

[blankslatejoe]

nice work cody.. those gestures really are some nice stuff! And i've already told you that i dig that long pose one.

[fukifino]

Your inks are just way too tasty for me. They give me cavities. :O And roflmao at the smiley nut sack! >:D

[jetpack42]

aw man, i agree, those inks are tasty. i do loves me some boobs, thanks! you do a pretty good job on those gestures too, workin the lines. maybe try and push the movement a little further. awesome.

[cotron]

sikkness- hey man, fun drawing with you tonight
van- thanks, that guy was great, just completely zonked out in public
maldrin- thanks man! hah and that arm belongs to my good friend nate, we started getting tattooed around the same time together, he's got a few more than me :)
some guy- yeah I think it's either 95 or 195, down in shockoe bottom in richmond.. lots of architecture and trains to draw.
joe- stromboli!
fuk- youre too nice, thanks man.
jet- thanks too bud

not a great post, I warn ye-

some crap out of my head, I have a bit to learn before I can excel at inventing my own stuff... :perv:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81804/outofhead.jpg

lunch break-
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81804/workguy.jpg

model session, my heart wasn't into it tonight :^^;:-
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81804/gestures.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81804/9.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81804/10.jpg

win some, lose some... but man do i love these new ca.org smilies :cheerleader: :pirate: :nerd: :coke:

[blankslatejoe]

nice stuff cody, i really like these gestures, and don't be so hard on yourself about the non ref stuff, I think they came out good. but but but...whyfor nomore painting stuff?


-meatball.

[hito]

rocking man! THe pen page is great.

[cotron]

joe- thanks man, some painting stuff is going to show up sooner than later, I have an idea for an illustration I wanna knock out this week...
hito- thanks bro!

just anatomy/figure studies I did for about an hour before work, anyone with the bridgman book will recognize these:

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81904/2.jpg
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81904/3.jpg
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81904/4.jpg

quick 5 minute test of what I was learning:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81904/5.jpg

when I got back from work i worked on a drahntime sketch:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/81904/drahntime10.jpg

[nmcleod]

nice stuff buddy, really nice stuff.

looking forward to a painting from you..

peace
-nate

[blankslatejoe]

Awesome no-ref-but-from-anatomy-lesson-drawing of girl

very coool.

[maldrin]

awesome stuff, bro. your anatomy studies rock, and the improvement in your work is immediate. you're growing fast, and I'm loving watching your style become more evident.

I really like the "crank yankers" page - you've got not only some inventive images there, but the composition of the page is pleasing...I can just sit and look at it for a while, it doesn't chase me off.

Great work, dude.

maldrin

[Gahz]

I love your work. It just shows me how much more time I need to spend doing life drawing and working on finding more places for life drawing classes.

Your style reminds me very much of Jeffery Jones. He is one of my favorite artsits from 70s scifi illustration. Keep up the good work and prove to all of us how hard work pays off.

[steak-tron]

great new stuff man.

I really like this one. crisp and fluid.
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/72104/quickpaint.jpg

that "before and after" diagram gave me a laugh. :tihi:

[majinpunisher]

Ddddddddddddddragonforce!

[spork891]

I went through your entire sketchbook, I wish I had something more akin to your loose, confident style. I'm going to try and work on my speed today, just because of you! ;-)

[cotron]

nmcleod- hey, thanks, a painting is comin soon

joe- thanks...but I actually did have ref.. just did it fast 8)

maldrin- hey! good to hear from you, thanks for the support man

gahz- that's probably the nicest thing I've ever heard about my artwork, so incredibly humbling- jones is one of my favorites as well, I hope someday to get somewhere near his level.

steak- thanks bro! your new shit is great, btw

majinpunisher- raaaaaaawwwwwwwwkkkkkkk

spork- thanks, speed is a good and bad thing... my attention span is incredibly bad :rolleyes:

scattered from the past few days or so:

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/82504/1.jpg

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/82504/2.jpg

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/82504/3.jpg

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/82504/4.jpg

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/82504/5.jpg

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/82504/6.jpg

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/82504/7.jpg

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/82504/8.jpg

http://www.codymiles.com/images/sketches/82504/9.jpg

[majinpunisher]

Is that one Alli G?

I dig the crouching poses, and the hand in the box.

[Eew]

wow ! i looked thrue your sketchbook and improvement is huge !! like you pen stuff and that ali G one is funny !

[wes9000]

haha
yo, iz my main man cody, respek


looking good...great line work in that first one
for the value studies i might recommend trying a few where you use as little line as possible...sticking just to value variation to differentiate the forms. it can be good to have areas where you dont need line to show the form...just a change in value. if you try out some where its just value itll help you find a good middle ground of using both value and line in the future
keep it up man

wes

[Vader]

Really nice work mate, your style is really developing nicely. I,d love to see some colour work form you. Oh yeah theres one thing, in one of you figures above theres a seated women with a very odd pair of breasts,lol. #

Good work

Vader

[cotron]

majinandy- yeah I was watching ali g last night... gotdamn that guy is hilarious!

eew- thanks for the praise, I'm tryin, it's a long road to where I want to be.

wes!- hey man, thanks for commenting in my humble little book- I'll try out some lineless sketches in the next few days, thanks for the tip. hope things are good on your end of the country. respek!

vader- haha yeah those gestures are done without thinking, so sometimes body parts get a lil screwy :)

nothing spectacular-
just a quickie color of the sketch from the model session last night-
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/82504/color5.jpg

and I played with some gesso and ink on the cover of my current sketchbook-
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/82504/sketchbookcover.jpg

thanks for the comments everyone!

[bizarre]

cotron is my favorite now.

muey bien, amigo!

i like it, i'll look through all of it later and stuff, and like crit in depth. <3

[imglue]

cody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sup kid!!!!!
i love the directiont hat colored one is in, the colors look very nice and make s the whole piece really interesting. i love the contour stuff, i think its hot and creative, variate your line quality and keeps it up

looking nice

[metalwinds]

cody! hey buddy. youre lookin good man.. .great to see you experimenting. i was thinking the same thing wes said. ...anxious to see what you come up with. keep pushing man

we gotta chill, homie

[Gahz]

Dude the progress just keeps on coming! Keep it up. I just added your site to my links for illustration. I need to keep seeing the positive influences to keep up my own work ethic.

I also noticed your a graffiti writer, I would be interested to see any of you work you have in that style as well.

Keep up the good work man. Stay sharp.

[maldrin]

co - love the colored work, and love the pencils it came from. love the simplicity of some of your recent sketchies - the hand, the cat, the foot, the three nudes. keep working the compositions - I've been studying like you suggested, and hopefully I'm learning some stuff...got ideas that I've completely rethought once I realized how flat and pointless they were.

maldrin

[cotron]

Whoopsies, been a little too long since I updated, my thread's on the third page!!

bizarre- thanks, you weirdo... your sketchbook is CRAZY!

miguel- hey bro, thanks, hope you're doing well.

metaldanny- experimenting is good. we should hang out some more duder

gahz- hey thanks for the link, my site's gonna be redone sooner than later. as far as the graf stuff goes, I haven't been out in a long time, at least a year or two. butttt- here's a couple pieces, just for you- one (http://codymiles.com/jpgs/deafgarage.jpg) two (http://codymiles.com/jpgs/firstdeaf.jpg) three (http://codymiles.com/jpgs/ghoulwall.jpg)

maldrin- thanks man, and don't be discouraged by your "bad ideas", because recognizing them means you're learning. keep on workin, I will too!

not too much in the way of sketches-

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/9504/fat.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/9504/penbuilding.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/9504/pencilsword.jpg

because I've been working on this the past few days.. oils on masonite-


http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/9504/etron2.jpg

[steak-tron]

nice updates code-sta'. I'm seeing a real refinement on your sketches, your developing a really nice economy on your line. My favorite is the coloring you did on the model session.

That painting is looking good too but the hand looks fishy. I'm not reading the fold in the pads on the pinky (since it's curled) and it looks a little large (but i'm not looking at the model/reference). I likes the treatment of the head and cheek structure, nice colors too.

keep it going my home-ay
-steak

[flex mathews]

wow, that painting is looking real nice. i really like the color. i agree with steak about the hand. also take another look at the eye brow. it looks a little out of place.

[maxetormer]

I like the clean lines you
use on you life studies
the last oil portrait has very
nice values but the anatomy
is a bit off (the critics have been
said) I think you did not constructed
the face on perspective thats why it
looks a bit flat. :D

keep it up and keep posting :D
I really enjoyed you scketchs!!!

[buzzz3d]

Cotron, great sketchbook you have.
The pinky and eyebrow aside, I really like that last painting, great colors and I like how you stylized the features.

[cotron]

steakie tron sauce- hey dawgggg! thanks for looking- the painting's still in progress, i accidentally wiped areas out earlier today, so I'm gonna wait a few days and work on it some more...the hand is giving me all sorts of issues, I'll work on it more.

flex- yeah I noticed that too, I made the eyebrow a bit too long I think...

max- thanks for the crits, i'll keep working on it

buzzzzzzzzzzzzz- thanks!

random sketchbook stuff

jeffrey jones tribute page-
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/9804/1.jpg

model session gestures-
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/9804/2.gif

bad drawing of said model-
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/9804/3.gif

-ink wash pages from reference/ i put a beige tone behind them in ps-
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/9804/4.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/9804/5.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/9804/6.jpg

joe strummer (rip)-
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/9804/7.jpg

[metaphysiks]

cody, geez.
hey man, the gestures are looking real nice. the top page from threee posts back is real nice. the pen drawings of the environment is nice too. the mood that is created by the lovely colors of the painting are very nice. i really like it. the ink wash drawings are dope. man i am really excited about your new stuff. keep it up man.
good luck
meta

[cotron]

Gah been too long wihtout an update, AND I don't have much to show for it... I been kinda lazy the past week, but I needed the lounge time I guess. Art slumps suck. Back to drawling..

chris- thanks man, much appreciated.

pen sketches from da beach-
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/91704/1.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/91704/2.gif

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/91704/3.gif

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/91704/4.gif

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/91704/5.gif

and just some ink wash junk from ref-

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/91704/6.jpg

thanks for lookin

[Groover McNab]

Ooooooooh. I really dig the line quality in your inks cotron miles. Especially the hip hop cat lovin pic. The Joe Strummer ink wash is also veeeeeery nice.

We don't have a beer smiley anymore?!?!?! oh well this'll have to do :vodka2:

[blankslatejoe]

that second to last one... definitly strong stuff going on there.

[steak-tron]

haha, hiphop cat lovin' is awesome.

Everything I said before agian, great lines. I like the weight variation with the thin lines. The washes are a nice touch too.

I can easily see your work in a society of illustrators annual in a few years.

-Peace in the Middle East (huh?)

[cotron]

groover, steak, joe- thanks guys

just a quick update so my sketchbook doesnt totally die out.. I have more stuff but I havent had time to scan yet...soon though.

anyway, a cover I just finished drawing for my friend's band... doing the back cover and the text layouts tomorrow. (and yeah, theyre very politically correct) :bashful:

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/92704/preview.jpg

[Mike Frank]

Hahaa nice man that cover is great. You've been rocking man keep it up.

[JackalAnubis]

nice that album cover is sweet looking, simple and graphic and effective

[blankslatejoe]

I'm really digging that cover too, very stong... but, knowing you and your print work, do you have the back half or inserts somewhere for us to looksee, or did they not give you that task?

Anyway, nova is depressing. I miss all you guys at school. How's richmond treating you and the e-tron?

[cotron]

someguy, jackal- thanks guys, I'm glad you like the cover

joe- I'll call you up sometime soon, see what's up with ya. As for the cd, I'm doing the back cover right now.. somewhat less involved, more about the typography and all stuff.. but i'll post it when I'm done. word bee, your 3d stuff is looking cool!

just some sketches:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/92804/4.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/92804/3.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/92804/2.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/92804/1.jpg

[mentler]

Amazing progress ~ you are getting better almost daily!

[cotron]

mentler- it nice to hear someone say that, I don't notice much change at all.. seems like I'm regressing a lot more often :)... thanks, I appreciate it. thanks for the link to the sofa forums, too.

back of that cd from above, just whipped it up tonight:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/93004/back.jpg

model session gestures
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/93004/gestures.jpg

crayon bidness
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/93004/crayon2.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/93004/crayon1.jpg

kids in class
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/93004/class1.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/93004/class2.jpg

some more crayon, on newsprint... trying to focus on tone, composition
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/93004/squish.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/93004/tonal.jpg

[|NTeRN]

very cool Cody, im really digging your gestures. keep it up man

[blankslatejoe]

that cd back is incredible man, seriously, perfect style and look to it.

I also really really like that last model page, the tonal one.. you really captured the gesture of that pose on the left.
Those two stand out the most for me this batch.

I'm not digging the red-buttocks too much... looks like it could have been a fairly big drawing. I heard an interesting trick a while back you might get a kick out of; draw with vine charcoal and draw the entire pose in less than a minute.. shorter/quicker the better. Then, since it's vine, take some napkins and wipe it all off, leaving a ghost of the image. Then, try drawing the image on top of that with whatever your medium is.

I've heard it helps you decided which marks you actually think about, which ones are instinctive, which ones do something, which ones don't and all that jazz... Haven't done that trick in years..but it helped me a lot way back when... hurm... maybe I should go back and give it a try myself..

Anyway, excellent work overall, and thanks for giving them differing file names this time!! Keep it coming, dude!
-joe

[Sikkness]

man, i havent dropped by here in awhile. great stuff dude, you're coming along nicely. i really like those ink washes, they have tons of mood. also the CD cover stuff is awesome. is that who i think it is lying on the beach towel...?

[cotron]

sikkcorey- haha thanks man, and no, it's just some random girl on the beach.. e-tron was in richmond while I was beaching it up.

joeness- thanks, and yeah, I agree the butt one is the weakest in the post.. I guess I'm partial to it because I did it in like 3 minutes, and I can look past the shitty shading...fooling myself, heh :)

mattern- thanks bro

not much, just a pen doodle page, while watching the debate on tv tonight (the world is fucked, fyi):

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/10104/masterdebaters.jpg

[steak-tron]

The world is fucked, feels like we're all up shits creek...

but enough about that.
Your work has a great graphic appeal, this pops out more with each post. I really dig it. It also works well with just tone, like that red crayon pic, especially the foot.

That last page wins man, I've been drawing politicians lately too.
peace,
-steak

[|NTeRN]

HAHAHAHAHAHA, god i love that Kerry portraight with teh freaky eyes and teeth. ahh damn i needed that. keep it up Cody :D

[eliWolff]

That debate doodle page is sweet! I should've had my sketchbook with me when I was watching the debate.. damn it.. I like the rest of your sketch thread also -- great stuff. The life drawings are really good!

[maldrin]

"heroin chick" and the debate doodle rock. You're right, the world -is- f'd up. great pictures of how skerry BOTH candidates are.

your figure work is rocking, but your pens are really kicking ass...

[cotron]

steak- thanks man, I've always been attracted to graphic art...be it design or drawling, I guess it's just showing up in my sketches. politicos are fun to draw, I agree... they tend to stay on screen longer than on the other shows too :) damn short attention span generation

intern- word bee :P

eli- thanks

maldrin- thanks bro, hope you and the wife are doing well

in chronological order:
sketches in my horrible research paper class-
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/10504/randomshit.jpg

drew this in the chinese restaurant while the virginia conceptart kids were waiting to meet up-
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/10504/tickle.jpg

stupid-
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/10504/shitpage.jpg

state fair-
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/10504/redneckfair.jpg

did this tonight while watching starwars, scanned a bit too dark..goauche-
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/10504/goauchey.jpg

[blankslatejoe]

wow cody, excellent couple of pages you've got there.. I never did get to see what it was you were doodling; I was too busy eatin' I guess, but it came out nice looking; in particular that one quick sketch of the guy and his kids at the cashier.


The state fair page looks exceptional as well.


By the way, what did you think of shaun of the dead... did you see what game they were always playing?

[flex mathews]

wow, i really like that last one. i think it s my new favorite from you. very cool to meet you and flip through your sketchbook.

[imglue]

dude watcha talking about bad??/

your a definite influence on line work for me cody, i love the contours and you seem to have a great confindence in each line u make. your color work, needs to push its values more, crayons are a cute touch but you got the drawings better with a thinner line. your rendering is getting very good, you got nice contrasts in there


wooooooop

[Sikkness]

wow dude. that latest goauche is awesome. i love the way you handled the lighting. i agree with flex, that's my new fave too. keep kickin arse! :muscle:

[mentler]

Seems like your in the zone! The kind of floating feeling when you seem to tap your subconscious and good things happen!

[cotron]

joe- thanks bruddah... and shaun of the dead is great! they enjoyed their timesplitters as well.

flex- thanks man, nice to meet you too... next time I'll hang out for more than 15 minutes.

imglue- thanks man, I use the crayons because I have to break up what I'm doing or I'll get tired of just the pen/pencil stuff.. theyre caran dache crayons, not crayola...just a really nice feeling tool to draw with.

sikk- thanks :)

mentler- that's the best, the creative high... the time warp

stuff from sitting in on george pratt's class-
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/101104/prattsclass.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/101104/sitters.jpg

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/101104/hands.jpg

and some coloring fun from the coloring book thread-

line drawing by mull77:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/colorthing.jpg

and fozzybar's drawing:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/fozzycolor.jpg

dsg551- crimson crystal:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/101104/dsg551.jpg

woid bee, bigger update next time (hopefully..)

[strych9ine]

Your figure studies are getting pretty damn exceptional bro... keep rocking this shit like you have been.

[hurricane]

wow... i wish my nude drawing sessions would start... you inspire me man!

kepp on rocking !

[Groover McNab]

That goauche painting fucking rocks. Hit us with more of that goodness! 8)

[cotron]

strych- Hey man! Thanks, you comin to SF? you better!!
hurricane- thanks, that means a lot, especially since there's so much humbling stuff in your thread.
groover- thanks bro

slightly stupid sp- pencil with some ps colors (lovin my wacom these days)
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/101204/sp1011.jpg

[Main Loop]

ima go ahead and agree with the rest that the gouache one is really good.. i like the style you got going for your sketches as well..

[character]

dude. marry me. please? =D xoxoxoxoxo

[strych9ine]

strych- Hey man! Thanks, you comin to SF? you better!!


I'm poor as hell, but there is still time to myself for some cash and hopefully make it...

[maldrin]

dude i am lovin your colors.

i think that squid is the absolute coolest.

and your sp ain't half bad. i hate doin em, so I'm proud of ya !

keep it up man.

maldrin

[cotron]

main loop- thanks, nice to hear
character- haha, sorry I'm taken... but we can have a thing on the side. <3
strych- i hope you can make it, matter of fact, hope I can foot the bill too.
maldrin-thanks bro, colors are something i definitely have to practice more.. and the squid's design is all fozzy's... just some ps shenanigans from me.. the coloring book thread is super fun, you should try it sometime!

stuff from today-

dsg552- teenage demon
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/101204/hihopdemon.jpg

gouache (and a bit of spraypaint) of my ladyfriend asleep..not doing her much justice, overworked some areas and messed up the paper...hence some of the lumpiness :(
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/101204/erikagouache.jpg

[steak-tron]

That daemon is a sensitive thug. He's gotta rep hard on the streets but harbors a sad secret...

Cool mixture on that last one.

"so I don't just like cottage cheese, I also eat.. uh.. other housing type cheeses" :tihi:
ugh that looks even worse typed...

[cotron]

haha, if i'm feeling adventurous I try mobile home cheese.. not during a tornado though...

mitch hedburg rocks

[cotron]

just a thing for the dsg- animal pirate

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/101304/monkeypirate.jpg

[GracefulDv]

I must say, I love all of this. Wonderful work. I can't wait to see more from you. May favorite would have to be the Clint Eastwood thing. Great job on that one man as well as everything else. Keep it up.

[blankslatejoe]

hahahahahahahahahahahaahaa.

nice. My TWO FAVORITE things in ONE image... can't get any better...

[Jeff Jaws]

good job on your last dsg, man. Because of your thread and your work I started to try out pen drawings, and it's so much fun! thanks for the inspiration. hope we'll meet in SF..

Jj.

[f00l]

what can I say?
'love the colours and lines...

[cotron]

GracefulDV- thanks very much
Joe- 2 favorite things? I see no Meatballs, or Stromboli either...
JeffJaws- wow, thanks man, glad I could inspire you to try something new. we'll have to trade sketches in SF.
f00l- thanks!

just some stupid alien thing, played around with coro's method... threw in spraypaint, and touched it up in PS as well. not too happy with it, but it's here for posterity. I'm trying to do more conceptual, imaginative stuff...

http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/101504/stupid.jpg

[cotron]

slug thing... hour or so in ps
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/101504/slugweb.jpg

:perv:

[blankslatejoe]

wow... both of those are very slick cody... nice to see you playing around with some new stuff; technique, medium and subject matter-wise.

[Pichuerca]

Your paintings are really good.. I like the textures that you use.

Keep it

[blankslatejoe]

hey hey who i am? skim by meatball comment till now and shake fist at codyyyyyyyyyyy!!

[maldrin]

great stuff dude...colors are coming along nicely.

The teenage demon is really awesome. very emotive, and freaking AWESOME horns!!

maldrin

[Mike Frank]

Man I dunno what you think is wrong with that alien cuz its fukin awesome. Nice motion going on, looks like hes about to sprint and rip somebody's head off!

[cotron]

pichuerca- thanks! I just use the grainy brushes at the end to bring some texture in
joe- hey hey who i am, STROMBOLI in THREEDEE
maldrin-thanks bro, i'm glad you like it...i think I could have done it better though
some_guy- thanks, i dunno... just gettin down on my stuff lately i guess. the alien's not too original, looks like a bastard cousin of the giger alien :)

hey I got stars! thanks for voting on my thread, whoever did it!

just an sp.. pen/photoshop
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/102004/sp1020.jpg

and a color job on davetheoriginal's lines, just for practice:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/colors/davetheoriginal.jpg

[cotron]

dsg stuff- hellknight

ink and gesso on paper/ colors in ps:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/102004/hellknight.jpg

[donkeyslayer]

cotron, i must admit... it was me!!
you have style dude. i like the looseness. now put some cool rendering on top of it =]

[Sikkness]

Shit Cody, i leave the forums for 2 weeks and you're bustin out all this badass shit. Congrats on the 4 stars man!!!! you deserve em! I can see the Prattness oozing from your work. Keep it up dude! :D

[flex mathews]

i m really liking your digital work. nice pallettes and textures. great stuff.

[blankslatejoe]

I 'm diggint this new batch of digital stuff too, it's got a lot of rawness behind it, a true cotron signature, which I like.

Have you have thought about incorporating pattern into anything? Like pattern to achieve a "noise" or a "detail" to certain areas? to pop out or shoot certain areas back, kinda like you do with the speckle paint/toothbrush spray in certain pieces?

Just curious, I can kinda see you having fun with it.

Anyway, goodstuff dude, how's eng 200?

[cotron]

donkey- thanks jake, i appreciate the "mad ups" yo
sikkness-thanks bud, hope your classes are good
flex- :}
joe- that's a really good idea w/ the pattern... I'll try making my own brushes and trying that out. thanks for the idea! and yeah- english blows... i just draw when i'm in there :)

some stuff from tonight, gouache and ink from a ref photo i took-
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/102204/gouacheporn.jpg

just a thumbnail i liked, blew it up:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/102204/thumb.jpg

getting rusty with my pen stuff, gotta get back on it!
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/102204/natedog.jpg

[flex mathews]

i dont really know what to say about that color piece... too nice. i llove the contrast of the face. i guess my only crit is to put a little reflected light in the darks, just a tiny bit. but itlooks real sweet how it is. i m giving you 5 stars for that last post.

[blankslatejoe]

gouacheporn?

Looks awesome though... I happen to like the high contrast, almost graphic nature of it... but that's the kinda stuff I like too... so maybe flex has a good point.

[Jeff Jaws]

great job on that colored page, man. like your blue selfportraits a lot, too. and, yeah, trading sketches in SF sounds damn cool to me.

Jj.

[Bojee]

Cody- I'm diggin it all but I really like the last "Gwash" piece. :)

[buzzz3d]

Great update. That painting is great and I like the linedrawing too.

[dCepT]

Your gouache stuff kicks ass! I love the shading in the last piece with the katana! I like the monkey pirate as well, you've made it look like a wood carving with colors. Very cool!

d-C

[steak-tron]

wow, these are great posts co-day. that alien at the top is killer.

I like where this is headed.... great work.

[cotron]

wow, lots of nice replies, thanks everyone! this board is full of supportive and talented people, it's awesome.

flex-yeah, i was thinking the same thing too... i was on the fence about the reflective light as i was doing it.. in the end I just kept it the way it was so i wouldnt fuck it all up. right on crit
joe- linguini penne calzone stromboli ravioli
jeffjaws- sweet, look forward to it.
bojee-appreciate it, i love the shit you do with gouache, i'm pretty new to it.
buzzz3d-thanks!
dcept-my stuff tends to have a very "color separated" look... which i'm trying to work to my advantage... woodblocks/pen and ink are great to look at for that
steak-thanks bro, glad you're likin it... great to watch your stuff progress too.


some more gouache madness today, a wonky and goth selfportrait w/ sumi ink:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/102204/sp1022.jpg

and just lookin at a national geographic:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/102304/natlgeo.jpg

[|NTeRN]

very nice Cotron! im diggin the pen and goache stuff. keep it up. :D

[blankslatejoe]

STUNNING cody, that self portrait looks remarkable; the colors are what does it... The other fella looks very cool too, nice job on the lighting and colors there too, but it's not as eye catching as the SP.

[majinpunisher]

dang yo that is the shizznit!!!! for rizzy!!!! word!!!!

[cotron]

intern, joe- thanks
majinpunisher- you don't sound like yourself, man....

just a color job on a sketch I did at work.. just playing around w/ values and color warmth
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/102504/lunchbreak.jpg

[blankslatejoe]

nice cody.... i saw you mention somewhere else on the boards that you've picked up a second job now.... whatcha doing now?

[jetpack42]

you've improved alot since Austin. Hang in there little buddy.

[cotron]

joe- I be working at city hall with andy and chris doing webdesign for the public schools, it seems alright so far..
jetpack- thanks bro, as have you. seeya in a few months mang

stuff from this week...
today @ lunch:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/102804/pen15.jpg

yesterday @ lunch:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/102804/sayhuh.jpg

went to a model drawing session w/ some_guy & metalwinds: (that's some_guy on the left)
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/102804/some_guy.jpg

color pencil stuff on ink toned paper:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/102804/puke.jpg

whiteout is great for highlights:
http://codymiles.com/images/sketches/102804/rose.jpg

must...stop.... playing grand theft auto....

[blankslatejoe]

those color pencil studies