Optimus Rodney's Stetchbook

[Optimus_Rodney]

I'm going to start a sketchbook thread here - I do life art once a week (normally). I tend to switch between my tablet and paper - here's a drawing of my friend Minal (I forced her to sit still for 30 mins while she moaned).

She kept on fricking shifting around and then I just decided to draw her with her eyes close because she kept on asking me which guy was 'hot or not'?

I drew this with a 3b on some water colour paper (yeah yeah - its my favourite medium).

http://coraelin.com/artstuff/minnie.jpg

[smuli]

Looking good. My only peice of critique would be that with the right shank going along the floor it seems that the foot should show a bit from behind the left thigh. I really like the free sketching work though.

[Optimus_Rodney]

Looking good. My only peice of critique would be that with the right shank going along the floor it seems that the foot should show a bit from behind the left thigh. I really like the free sketching work though.

i get what you mean smuli - its just that minnie wouldnt stay still after a while so i just decided mid way to reinforce my strokes instead lol.

i did enjoy making this.

[Optimus_Rodney]

allright - i've started to mess with alias sketchbook pro 2.0 nowadays and a tablet. heres a piece i drew and coloured in sketchbook pro- its a fantastic product and dragged me into the digital world. i use a wacom intuos 2 (9x12) for most of my work.

http://coraelin.com/artstuff/the%20new%20americana/the_new_americana_hayase.jpg

http://coraelin.com/artstuff/hayase_colour.jpg

[Optimus_Rodney]

I made this for the Open Figure Drawing session with Hong Ly and Rebecca Kimmel - Kimmel's tutorials are near amazing so i just had to participate in this as soon as i came across with it.

I used Alias Sketchbook Pro 2.0 to colour and draw this. Photoshop was used for cropping. I drew this at approximately 300 dpi.

-a

http://coraelin.com/artstuff/cg%20channel/back_kimmel.jpg

Reference

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a35/rebeccak4/Open%20Figure%20Drawing%20Workshop/characterdesigns005_done.jpg

[zerbetron]

wow i really love the female face, and the colored version posted earlier. Some great lines in that. I would love to see more of your work, keep posting.

[Optimus_Rodney]

thanks for the encouragement zerbetron - i look forward to posting more in the future.

[katsgod]

Very nice sketch work....keep them coming.

[Optimus_Rodney]

Sorry for not posting for a while. Here's some new work.

Eighty-Five
http://www.coraelin.com/artstuff/85.jpg

Children
http://www.coraelin.com/artstuff/children.jpg

The Resurrectionist
http://www.coraelin.com/artstuff/The-Resurrectionist.jpg

Abortion
http://coraelin.com/artstuff/abortion_gfx.jpg

Shahana and Her World of Dreams
http://www.coraelin.com/artstuff/shahana/Shahana_1000.jpg

Thongstar
http://www.coraelin.com/artstuff/Thongstar/Thongstar_lo.jpg

Odyssey of the Whaleships
http://www.coraelin.com/artstuff/whaleships/Whaleships_1000.jpg

[Dreamworker]

Wow very good drawings ! I like your style a lot.
Keep more update , I want to see more of your sketch !
Ciao ;)

[Optimus_Rodney]

thanks dreamworker :)

[shyamshriram]

Nice start Sir ! :D
btw sexy avatar :P LOL

Keep posting..

[Optimus_Rodney]

Here's another one.

This one's a bit of a joke.

[Dreamworker]

bahahah censored a lot...this is Rodney style ehehhe ;)

[gigglepixie]

Great sketches - I really like the clean lines you've got going

[Optimus_Rodney]

I primarily use Alias Sketchbook Pro nowadays.

[Optimus_Rodney]

More Stuff

[Dreamworker]

interesting the sketch in Alias Sketchbook Pro, what tablet do you use?

[Optimus_Rodney]

i've had zero time to draw recently. the video game business has wonderfully long hour so any pleasure drawing is out of the question. i doodled this to warm up as i have not drawn in months.

this is somewhat inspired by frank herbert's dune - it's called 'my skin is not my own'. no background either - i really need to get into the flow of things to get working again.

http://www.bakatron.com/images/Skin/My_Skin_Is_Not_My_Own.jpg

[Optimus_Rodney]

Some more stuff. Just recently spent sometime in Meteora, Greece. They inspired some interesting things lol.

http://www.bakatron.com/art/bakatronland.jpg

[kuroart]

cool stuff man. i do like the style and designs.
keep it up.

[Optimus_Rodney]

http://www.bakatron.com/art/spacestations1000_.jpg

[Optimus_Rodney]

fathership up close
http://www.bakatron.com/art/mothership_1000.jpg

dr flaw

http://www.bakatron.com/art/dr_flaw_1000.jpg

face dancer from dune

http://www.bakatron.com/art/face_dancer_1000.jpg

[DARAF]

I really like the flow and gesture of your lines. The Mech design have a good style and flow also. Keep it up.

[Optimus_Rodney]

thanks daraf.

i tend to blend in a lot of breakdowns and build on them - its an improvisationary method of drawing.

[crazyace31]

your line work is very hypnotic, and start busting into that digital painting, i would really like to see the " Resurectionist" in color. keep it up. and when painting and drawing keep and eye on you light sorce. it will add depth to your pictures.

my skecthbook http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=76333&page=2&highlight=crazyace

[crazyace31]

oww yeah and the environments are pretty sexy.

[Optimus_Rodney]

thanks Crazyace31 :)

heres some more stuff

http://coraelin.com/artstuff/rejects_.jpg

[Pawlack]

Those chicks are seriously hot! You have nice style, line and concepts. Keep it up ;)