Jar's Sketchbook! UPDATED!!!

[jar]

Hey gang. Its been a very long time since i've last posted on this forum. My art has taken a huge hit, and I want to go back to essentials as much as I can. So i'll try to update this badboy daily, and with some colour sketches as well.

Ok, so here we go...

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook001.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook002.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook003.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook004.jpg

[gmags]

Hey Jar, what's up? Nice start on your sb! I like these sketches bro. Nice job on the portrait piece. Look forward to seeing more of your stuff! Welcome back! :rendered:

[jar]

gmags - Thanks alot man! I'm really trying to get back into the flow of things.


Hey gang. Here is today's batch. I really need to get back into bridgeman...

First one here was a blind drawing. I saw another forum sketchbook where they did this, looked fun :)
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook005.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook006.jpg

These next two were done at work off the top of my head.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook007.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook008.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook009.jpg

[jar]

Here is today's batch!


Just a couple of quick warmups off the top of my head. The 2nd page has little dudes on it, and I made a finalized version on page 3.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook010.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook011.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/junther.jpg

Some Bridgeman proportion studies;
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook012.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook013.jpg

Some heads;
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook014.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook015.jpg

Then lastly, this one was a real quick doodle, where you sort of scribble around on the page, then make something of it. Really fun thing to do.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook016.jpg

[jar]

Hey gang! A lite post this time! Tomorrow's will be better. The first is a quick paint over of a previous post. I'm trying some new things around in photoshop. I don't think I like the preset brushes. Maybe i'll thinker around more, or just stick to painter.

And the second is a panel from the comic i'm working on. Cheers!

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/junther_colour.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/mweperspective.jpg

[jar]

Did some more today when I woke up.

Another scribble turned into something.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook017.jpg

These are quicks from Bridgman.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook018.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook019.jpg

Trying to use Bridgman's break down on people from a magazine.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook020.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook021.jpg

[rodrigo!]

love the city scape! good to see you back again, hope you can stay for longer this time eh eh!
a suggestion with the females, make their waists longer, essentially i think it might help to group the external oblique with the waist to make the lower part softer and wider. also make sure the rib cages arent too big but be sure to keep it at roughly 1.5 head lengths.
look more into the pelvis too- have a go at drWing the bone structure un-simplified and try get access to a skeleton if you can its immensly helpful for figuring out how to place the legs and the muscles...you definitly have the riht simple shapes its good to see the waist as a rectangular box wider at the front- keep that up! cheers :)

[jar]

Thanks Rod! I too plan on being here for a little while :D

Been a while since I last updated this bad boy :) Been really busy, found some time to colour this. Cheers!

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/fenixreturn.jpg

[jar]

I thought I would start this post off with some colour! The guy beneath this is Trace from Metroid Prime Hunters. Not sure how many of you are familiar with this guy, but none the less, he's sweet. Just a quick drawing and colouring job. I may do some more in the future :)

After that is some sketchbook stuff, followed by a design for the comic I'm working on. The design is for the Sin known as Sloth in his demon form.

Until next time! Keep creating! And keep it FRESH!

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/trace.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook022.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook023.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook024.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook025.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook026.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook027.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sloth01.jpg

[jar]

'Nother day...'nother post :)

Oh and the show 24 owns you!

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook028.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook029.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook030.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook031.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook032.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook033.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook034.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook035.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook036.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook037.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/sketchbook038.jpg

[jar]

Been WAY to long. Fell out of the loop here, and was lost in work :D

I'm also working on a new site. Should be up sometime soon. I'll keep you all posted on that.

Here we go again! Just some older stuff until I scan current work.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/city02.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/grom02.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/grom01.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/nika004.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/nika003.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/nika005.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/wolvie.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/issue3_pg024.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/9-PillboxBunker.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/12-Interiorldingbay.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/12-Interiorldingbay3.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/14-MGTower3.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/15-DestroyedSPECIALGarage.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/15-DestroyedSPECIALGarage5.jpg

Trying to learn to paint better in photoshop.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/colourtest01.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/facepaint.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/masker.jpg

[jar]

Here is today's batch. I'm looking over K.Chen's work again, trying to apply it. Having fun at having troubles understanding it all :)

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/heads001.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/heads002.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/bridgeman001.jpg


This one was kindda fun. I was at work, and was about to start drawing, when one of the girls I work with said to do a characture of the guy on the cover. I'm not very good at doing charactures, but what the hey :D

After I did the pencils, we photocopied like 10 copies, and posted them all over the employees rooms and washrooms. Each had funny messages attached to them. Great fun!
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/doctortayfor.jpg

[Spats]

What's up mate!

Lovely sb you have here. Very fluid charas and awesome designs :D

How big is that perspective drawing in life? Looks frikking cool.

[jar]

Ha ha thanks man!

Actually, its on normal printer paper turned side ways. I do all my stuff (except comic pages) on printer paper. So smooth :)

[Bard]

Holey Crap, Jar!!


Awesome works, best I've seen from you.
I love how you can work those rendering hatches. And those cities are devine!

Nice to see you cranking up stuff and going back to basics.;)
I'm kinda doing the same as well.:(

Good Luck to you and your buddy(caanan) and to your comics!

[camilografix]

welcome back Jar. You got some nice figures going here. I really like your pen andink drawings. keep postings

[jar]

Bard - Ha ha thanks! Yeah, Caanan and I are trying to improve, and of course there is nothing wrong with that :) I hope to see more of your stuff around, and thanks for stopping by!

camilografix - Thanks muchos man!


Hey guys! Today's post is a little small. Something to update, just for the sake of updating :D

The first picture is from a panel of comic page I finished yesterday, and the other 2 are the cover for Kord & Harley issue 2. It'll be coming out sometime, and i'll keep you posted! (Note: I didn't ink or colour the 2nd version)

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/khpanel.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/cover2.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/cover2-2.jpg

[Lee W]

cool stuff :)

[jar]

OldNoobie - Thanks for stopping by!

Hey gang, another small concept update :) I hope to have some more colour and life drawing/anatomy sketches with the next update! Hope you enjoy!

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/12-Interiorldingbay5.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/12-Interiorldingbay4.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/13-DestWareDoor2.jpg

[evildisco]

Very lovely linework.
Awesome, keep at it.

[jar]

evildisco - Hey thanks! I'm trying to work at better quality line work. Especially Line Weight.

Hey gang. Just a quick paint job before I get started working! I'm trying hard to learn how to paint "painterly" I guess you could call it. I've seen multiple people start a painting with the pencils, shaded and rendered, then in photoshop they greyscale paint everything, and colour over top or something? I'm trying to learn this technique, but I find it hard as heck!

Anywho, here is my first attempt;

MONOK
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/monok.jpg

[jar]

Thought I would sneak another one in. Still trying to hack away at learning.

Bald Messiah
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/jonathan_rector/bald_massiah.jpg

[jar]

Hey fallas and ladies :)

This update is rather weak. I need to breathe some life into it! I'll be posting again later today. More life drawing and studies me thinks.

Anywho, I would love to hear from you guys! Thanks again for your time.

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook040.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook041.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook042.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook043.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook044.jpg

[character]

man, nice sketchbook. keep on updating this shnizzle. you've got some dope lines and the color work is definitely up there. keep at it!

[thesmokeking]

dang man, you have a lot of work in here lol. I like this a lot. man...I'm a little speechless about now.

[jar]

Hey gang. Just a quick paint thrown up here.

I really need to get better.

http://angelaroy.ca/jar/paint001.jpg

[Lee W]

better than what I can do with paint :) I'm terrible with colors

[jar]

character - Thanks, and I appreciate the comments. Seriously, thanks for the encouragement though.

thesmokeking - Ha ha, thanks!

OldNoobie - Much appreciated, but I'm still very new at this.


Today's update is rather small. Just some drawings from K.Chen and Bridgman. The things I like most from thier work is that they break things down to the most simplest shapes. The hard part, is learning how to apply these to real things. The concepts and techniques are there, they just take some applying.

Also, still trying some things out with painting in Photoshop. Today's was a greyscale one that I read from BrokenCow. It's a great read, and I will continue to do them. The one I did was from reference, then I added a colour layer overtop of the greys.

Anyways! Until next post my friends!

http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook045.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook046.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook047.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook048.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/head004.jpg

[Bard]

Great going Jar! Nice to see you practice that Kevin Chen!
Did you see some more of his notes on Character Design.org?
I also find Gottfried Bammes anatomy book useful, thanks to a guy named Taxman.

I love the last girls eyes.

Study man, I can just see you making it big. Like canaan, butch told me he went to marvel?
You guys are awesome!
Is that a self portrait or the 40 year old virgin guy?

[Lee W]

nah I think you ahead of me in painting .. what attempts in paiinting, both traditionally or digitally, are the ones you see in my sb :)

as for your last painting, the face is too angular and the sharp shadows doesn't look good on a woman's face :)

[jar]

Bard - Thanks for stopping by! Kevin is a great artist, and his work is helping me alot. I have old drawings that he did before, but thanks for that site. I actually have that bookmarked, and i'll have to take another look through it :)

I'll keep busy, you know that! Caanan? He has a book with the Dable Bros. and they got picked up by Marvel. So yup! He's officially published under Marvel now, so congrats to him! And finally, yes that's the cat from the 40 year old virgin. Ha ha, i'm surprised you recognized him!

OldNoobie - Thanks for the critic. As for the shadows, I drew it from ref and there were heavy shadows. I thought that would add some sort of dramatic punch to the pic. Better luck next time on my end :)


Hey friends! Today's post is a decent one. Did some life drawing and found a wonderful tutorial online for drawing, and thought I would try it out. It's something I'm going to try out more often for sure.

Also, some of you may have seen on another forum that there is a torso workshop. Draw/paint 50 torso's in a month. So I'm trying that as well.

Finally, I new painting with a new technique I tried out. Let me know what you think! Thanks again for stopping by!

http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook049.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook050.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook051.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook052.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/torso001.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/critter.jpg

[Lee W]

yah .. this one is nicely done :) now just throw on some stronger highlights and its golden

oh and nice torso too :)

[jar]

OldNoobie - Thanks man!


Ok, today's a rather quick one. A few life doodles and a torso. Once I'm done work tonight, i'll work on another torso to post up tomarow.

I'm also working on a painting from reference. I have to stop now to go to work, but I thought I would share it anyways. I have to adjust the levels and the hue/sat pretty soon as her skin is looking more yellow then it should.

I also midly screwed up and didn't put in dark enough shadows! Cheers!

http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook053.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook054.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/torso002.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/cindy01.jpg

[Mikko Voipio]

Oh man I love this thread. You are doing just the things that I should be doing. (studying the anatomy) I have a lot to learn from this thread. Thanks for keeping those form studies "simple". You have a beautiful way of using the contour line. It's something that I can't do myself.

[Kan Muftić]

Lovely stuff. I do like your pencils better then paintings, maybe you should do those just as much. I also prefer staying monochrome and penciled whenever i can, but lately, i found that painting without drawing helps A LOT.
Cool works here!
Cheers,

[jar]

Placeboast - I appreciate that mate! I should really stop doing it though ha ha. Start doing some more solid sketches...instead of good ol' contour!

Chupacabra - Yeah bro, painting is helping tons!


Heya gang! Been a few days since I updated, so sorry :) I'm really trying to get better at this whole life drawing jazz. I've been reflecting alot on my art, and where I want to go with it, and what I want IT to do for ME. This also means what I NEED to do for IT.

Ok. So. We start off with some life doodles, and 2 concepts that some of you may have already seen for the Kord and Harley comic book project that I'm working on. These two are 2 demons from the book. Greed and Envy. I hope you enjoy them, as PRIDE is next! Can't wait!!!

Love ya!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook055.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook056.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook057.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook058.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook059.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook060.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook061.jpg

GREED
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/greed03.jpg

ENVY
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/envy03.jpg

[Lee W]

life drawings looking really good :) and those two paintings are great :teeth: though they can use a little bit stronger highlights IMO

[Bartovan]

I like the way how you construct your figures - great sence of form. Keep on going.

[gmags]

Hey JaR,
Lookin good here!! Those are some sweet comic pages!! Really like your colored pieces and the anatomy studies!! Keep it up bro!! :rendered:

[jar]

Sweet GRAVY! I went into hibernation. And then the Wii came out, along with Zelda....

I'M BACK THOUGH! So expect some decent updates!

I'll start this off with some sketches from different sources. There's some Loomis, Bridgeman, Frazetta and muscle mag stuff in here. Also, some fun doodles at the bottom...and what the hell! Lets start this shin-dig off with a BANG!

Here's a double pager I did for the comic!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/issue2_pg022_23.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook062.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook063.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook064.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook065.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook066.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook067.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook068.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook069.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/catwoman.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/juggs.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/arsenal.jpg

[DannySketch]

holy hot dam, how did this update go without an ass pat?!

a very well done to you, love how devoted you are to your studys, is impressive, and that double pager in the latest update is very swish!

keep at it :)

[jar]

Another LATE update :(

SHAMES!!!


Here's some of today's work, and I'm trying colouring again...sorry for how dark it is. I had some table lamps while colouring, and forgot about them :D

http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook070.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook071.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook072.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook073.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/thor.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/jessie.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/hook1.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/hook2.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/bannana_shoulders.jpg

[Lee W]

hey how ya doing, long time no see :) good to see ya back at it and the stuff still looks great. These two sketches reminds me of the artwork by Neal Adams:
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/catwoman.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/arsenal.jpg

[Qxzi]

Hey,

wow nice drawings here, i really like the last couple of posts, your comic style is sooo cool!! Nice studies as well, carry on with them! This one is super duper !!! http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/issue2_pg022_23.jpg, excellent, good work so far. I can see your improving from your last post :)

Qxzi 8)

[jar]

OldNoobie - Wow! What a compliment! Much appreciated!

Qxzi - Thanks for stopping by!


Hey gang. I have something to confess. The main reason why my art has taken such a drastic hit, and the lack of post is a stupid, and shamefull reason. World of Warcraft. I have been literally ADDICTED to this piece of crap for too long. I am no longer letting it control my time (as sad as this sounds, it's true.)

One positive thing has happened from this experience though. My art appetite has increased 5000%.

Thanks to those who stayed with me, and I hope to share more, quicker, and better!

http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook074.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook075.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook076.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook077.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook078.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook079.jpg

And something fun and silly!
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/el_philip.jpg

[TheGnoll]

maaan1
its a pity i've discovered this SB only now...the figures look really great, love the anatomy simplification and the comic book pencils...i'd love to see more, so keep posting!

ciao

[rodrigo!]

yweah dude youve just gotta give that game up if you want to progress, because it sounds pretty serious! if you cant use it for just an hour or so a day then yeah its not worth it! but anyways, keep up with the figure studies they are looking good! get down to some life drawing if you can!
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/thor.jpg
that one is one of my favs!

[Lee W]

great anatomy studies :) and stay away from World of Warcraft, that game is evil, evil I tell you :D

[maxetormer]

Your doing some really nice work, keep working, stop playing and
listen to Rodrigo, cause hes the man! :D see ya later I'm glad I found
your skb.

[jar]

Thanks tons guys! I've already uninstalled Warcraft :)

Also, a Life Drawing class has finally opened, so there will be some serious updates with that coming soon!

[JERI]

Whoa you're definitely one hard working learner Jar.

I'm enjoying your sketchbook so far, I personally think you have a talent for comic drawing.

I guess one general suggestion I'd make is for you to try your hand at portraying more characters with different build, height and weight.

[jar]

JERI - Thanks mate! That's actually something I plan on trying real soon. Hopefully the life drawing class I'm taking now can help me with this.

Well, today I had off from work, so I'm tinkering around with colouring! All but the last one are line works from Blizzard, and I coloured over them. Till next update!

I've been hacking away, trying to understand this starting a painting in greyscale, then adding colour jazz.

Anywho, I didn't draw these, I'm sure these are Blizzard concept drawings, I just wanted something cool and fun to paintover. Please let me know what you think!


FIRST BATCH
Little rough. I like the rough-ness of it though;
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/blizzard_paintover.jpg

Same as above, just blended further.
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/blizzard_paintover2.jpg

Something else I didn't take to completion.
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/blizzard_paintoverA.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/emo_ftl.jpg

[TheGnoll]

yay!
a gnoll!

coloring is a bit too dark and messy, but it just takes patience and practice...i'm no expert of color anyway :D

keep 'em comin i'll keep watching

(damn WoW, it almost got me too, that thing is pure EVIL)


ciao

[jar]

Thanks for coming and enjoying Gnoll!

[Lee W]

painting is hard :( but what you can try on those is push the highlights more, right now they seem kind of on the dark side. It is only a suggestion, I am by no means a decent painter :bashful: so I am probably wrong in the approach.

[designboot]

Cool sketches ;)

[jar]

OldNoobie - Consider it DONE!

designboot - Thanks much!


Okay! So life drawing class was AWESOME! I forgot how fun, challenging and important it really was. So, I was stiff as all hell, and alot of the drawings are outta wack! Much to improve upon, but overall, I like the results! Thanks for looking!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing001.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing002.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing003.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing004.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing005.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing006.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing007.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing008.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing009.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing010.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing011.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing012.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing013.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing014.jpg

[Lee W]

is this all in one session??

seems like you are getting back into it fairly well :)

[TheGnoll]

jeeeeeeeez now thats a cool update...very cool drawings, loove the loose style and confident lines as usual...keep this up and posted.

here are some stars ;)

ciao

[jar]

OldNoobie - Thanks mang! Yup, I did these on Monday. It was a 3 hour class, with breaks here and there.

TheGnoll - Gracious! I'm thinking of trying to be tighter next Monday. Maybe try pencil instead of charcoal. Much appreciated none the less!

Also!!! There's will be another update laters today :)

[kischi]

yah great figure drawings an anatomy studies ! very nice sb, keep up the good work!

[Blaz]

Amazing work,the improvement is remarkable....i love the comic style going on there...I can see you sent alot time on human figure and anatomy studies which are great!

Keep up!

[jar]

kischi - Thanks! You know I will :)

Blaz - Yeah. Tons of learning still left to do. It really is true how much hard work it takes with all this stuff :)


Today's dump is more of the same. I'll start it off with a paint-over of some line work by someone who posts on this forum. His name is Scott James. You can check his sketchbook over here:

Scott James' Sketchbook (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=83977&highlight=scott+james)

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/scott_james_colourover.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook080.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook081.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook082.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook083.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook084.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook085.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook086.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook087.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook088.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook089.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook090.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook091.jpg

[TheGnoll]

cool collab with Scott, cool lines and cool colors...anatomy skethes are really nice and confident as usual...got any tips about pencil drawing for me?

ciao

[jar]

Thanks man! Hmm...not sure really. What kindda tips you want? :)

[shyamshriram]

Good stuff..there is an energy in ur lines :)

keep up the good work !

[jar]

shyamshriram - Much honor my friend!


Life drawing was great and fun this week (like usual). There is some tragic news however. Apparently, there are not enough people to meet the demand, sothe life drawing class my come to a hault. I am not looking forward to that.

I have been doing some thinking, and I have come to the conclusion that I don't want to pursue my interest in comics. It's a tough business, and I'd rather spend my time getting a concept art job. So expect to see more "wacky" shit.

Here's todays post. First is a warm-up from my MIND!!!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing015.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing016.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing017.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing018.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing019.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing020.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing021.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing022.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing023.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing024.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing025.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing026.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing027.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing028.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing029.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing030.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing031.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing032.jpg

And a quick shot of my dirty work area :)
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/the_office.jpg

[TheGnoll]

hehehe cool update, but missing the superheroes :D

well, any tips could do, 'bout drawing, about materials, and about getting in the industry :D

keep sharing!

ciao

[jar]

TheGnoll - He he, always a pleasure. Not sure about tips, and I especially have NO IDEA about getting in the industry. If you have tips of those, PLEASE fill me in! As for drawing, be lose and sloppy, and always think about shapes! Lame I know....

Thought I would sneak this one in! It's my present to my special lady for the big V DAY!!!
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/angela_valentine.jpg

[jar]

Little lame-o update!

First is one of the main character from the Kord and Harley project I'm working on. Just a little scribble :D

Next is some fun stuff, then we will finish it off with an Iron Man. Till next update!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook092.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook093.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook094.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook095.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook096.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook097.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook098.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/iron_man.jpg

[TheGnoll]

chameleon dude looks really cool dude, excellent foreshortening.Anatmy sketches are rougher than usual...dude pleeeeease do some more color stuff, its your weak point (like it is for me) but we gotta keep pushing.How old are you btw?

keep sharing

[jar]

Thanks! 24. You?

[life on the sofa]

dude your anatomy studies are realy coming on you realy starting to creates cool forms and poses but you should build on those studies you have all the scketches and gestures but no big final pieces, i think you should do a few solid line human drawings of head to toe usuing the knowledge u have from your bridgeman studies. i would liek to see that:D

(P.S mario is greatest video game character ever concieved by the human mind!)

[TGping]

It sems you have corrected this problem, and to make sure you don't do it again I'm gonna point it out-

Your female figures almost always had that ribcage muscle thing, and it really freaked me out, it gave too much of a masculine edge, so be wary, also you seemed to fixed the slightly masculine jawline as well.

That said I enjoyed this SB very much.

[Sopor+Aeternus]

waw, really like your last post, great great stuff! love how you handled your pencil to shade them.
nice anatomy figure sketches too!

[Banshax]

this loose stuff is so cool, the more rigid finished stuff is nice, but those loose lines are just pure funk!
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/life_drawing032.jpg

[JadeDragon]

Great to see another comic style artist around! Really dug looking through your work here. I see a lot of progression from the start to the current batch. I love them 2-pagers with the monsters!

Very good confidence in throwing the dark shadows and renderings. Something I try to do as well. And somebody is studying his Bridgeman! Good man!

I see a bright future for ya! Keep it up and I look forward to seeing a lot lot more!~~~Patrick

[jar]

life on the sofa - Thanks man. I will try to have some tightened/finished works thrown in here. Thanks for stopping by!

TGping - Woah, nice catch!

Sopor+Aeternus - Gracious!

Banshax - Ahh ha haha. I love that. PURE FUNK!

JadeDragon - Much honors mate....much honors.



Oooohkay, so this update is a quickie. I had to deisgn Pride for the Kord and Harley comic, so it took some studies and some trial and error. Love to know what you guys think, and thanks!

P.S. Also included the original in which I couldn't stand. Thought it was way to boring.

Original
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/pride2.jpg
The one I prefer.
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/pride.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook099.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook100.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook101.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook102.jpg


Also, a few friends wanted me to do a rendering type tutorial. Not the best, but here's the link to it with some words;

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/shading_rendering_tutorial.html

And here's the pics for the lazy :D
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/arm01.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/arm02.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/arm03.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/arm04.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/arm05.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/arm06.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/arm07.jpg

[TheGnoll]

cool update dude, i like the arm step by step!

i'm 18 anyway....cool work on the lion guy too!

keep sharing!

ciao

[jar]

Hey kids!

Okay, this first one up was a fun little thing. I was looking up news on the new Pokemon game for the Nintendo DS, and got excited :)

Also, some phone scribbles.

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/jonathan_pokemon.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook103.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook104.jpg

[Haxxxor]

hehe killa stuff in here, i like your comic style!

very cool!

[Bard]

Great Job, Jar!

Life studies are great and your pencils are awesome kinda reminds me of Alex Nino's.
This is the type of pencils I've grown to love growing up...

Keep it up dude...comics will be expecting great things from you..:)

[jar]

Hey gang. It's been a LONG time!

Updating this mofo, and plan on it getting some serious content. I"M DETERMINED!

Ha ha, in all seriousness, lets have some fun!

Trying to get back into photoshop....
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/apple.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/box.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/orcish.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/paint_001.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/silos.jpg

And check out my new site! I have tons of new work on there that's not in the book:

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/main2.html

Thanks guys, and cheers!:xpld:

[jar]

As a side note...I noticed I have 5 stars next to my thread, whats that all about?

[Enydimon]

The 5 stars mean someone or a group of people think your sketch book is 5 star quality, if thats what you meant by it.

Anyway, I -love- your stuff here. The lion guy looks awesome and I love your colour and light drawings. I need to work on that myself.

Would you mind stopping by my sketch book and critiquing it? Its in my signature and I would appreciate it :)

[Cyberdyne]

Great stuff dude! I love the lion guy with the horns and the tentacles.

[wild thing]

Congrats on the five-stars. :)

I dig the pokemon piece, is that a self portrait?

[jar]

Damn...I gotta stay focused. Some new stuff...

Hey gang, did this at work today. I've been in an art slump for some time now, and I'm getting the good feelings back again :)
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/xavier.jpg

Here's some random sketch too...
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/faces.jpg

Some paintings...
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/speed002.jpg

[jar]

Today was Frazetta studies as well as a couple pin-ups i've done. SEE YA!!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook105.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook106.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook107.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook108.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/horror_01.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/train_01.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/d.jpg

[themissinglink]

love the anatomy studies (puts mine to shame) but that zombie page is INCREDIBLE! I agree with the gnoll and work on your color stuff.

[TheGnoll]

good to see you back man, haven't come here for some time...good to see you've been busy, too.The pencils very good lookin as usual, damn i envy thet comic book style a lot.And most of all, i'd really like to handle the planning of black/white before inking, i still haven't understood how the whole thing works yet.Cool tosee you'vebeen practicing painting too, keep at it ;)

ciao!

[Camara]

What a great SB you have here,man!!How did I never see it???Where were you hide?Hahahaaaaa.Keep drawing,man!

[joaKimArt]

You are really good at anatomy. It looks perfect. I like the lion with all the many legs. Would look cool in colour perhaps? Asomely done anyhow. And the big dude with Jesus on his back, haha. Great design.

[jar]

themissinglink - Thanks man! The colour stuff is something I will be working on for a long time I think ha ha. It's SO DAMN HARD.

TheGnoll - Thanks for coming back man. I missed ya :D What do you mean about handling the b&w before inking?

Camara - :D Not sure if I was hiding, so much as not posting ha ha. Threads tend to fall to the bottom when there is nothing in them :D MY BAD!

joaKimArt - Thanks man. I dont feel my anatomy is perfect, but far from. I have tons to do and learn. Thanks for stopping by!


Okay, so today's update is a little more of the same. Some Frazetta studies, some scribbles from my mind, and some NAKED WOMEN!!!! YES!!! Almost forgot how awesome it is finding ref for that :confident

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook109.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook110.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook111.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook112.jpg

[TheGnoll]

well you know, just some clean, pro looking pencils that are ready to ink.I just can't do that.And the whole inking thing, i just dunno howto describe form n stuff with crosshaching (or any other ways of rendering, actually)...but thats my problem.Lovin' those frazettas studies, awesome lines

keep sharinG!

ciao

[Sk3tcher]

toooo coool
i love your style. really great stuff here.

[Eon]

Sweet style you're developing there! Really sweet. Comic book pencilling in your future?

[jar]

Life's been interesting as of late. New opporitunity here, new ones there. GREAT time to be alive I'll tell you that much.

You guys ever get like that? Sometimes things are slow, or even feeling like your making no progress at all, then ONE DAY, things change?

For some reason, you woke up on the right side of the bed and everything feels great? That's how I'm feeling. Let's see if my sketchbook can stay like that ha ha ha!!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/jugs.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sj_concept_005.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sj_concept_006.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sj_concept_003.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sj_concept_002.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sj_concept_001.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/american_express2.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/digi001.jpg

[DanielC]

Looking good man.
nice color choices.
The purple dude is cool !

[spotfrog]

The Trojan dude just strikes me as awesome.

[TheGnoll]

greats stuffs as usual man, cool color practice, and lovely pencils as usal ;)

keep 'em coming!
ciao

[LiquidCannon]

Nice stuff, I'm really lovin the body sketches and that Juggernaut :p

[congojack]

dopenessssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[jar]

RESURECTED FROM TEH GRAVES!!!!

Hey guys! I've been AFK for some time now ha ha. Here's a small update of things i'm working on and the such. Trying to do a new portfolio and hopefully get some employment :) Ahhhh, its everyones dream on this site isn't it? :)

Here's the first bit of something I'll tell more about laters:
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/character_test001.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/character_test002.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/skull_basher003.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/skull_basher003_2.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/skull_basher004.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/skull_basher_final.jpg
And some fun stuff:
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/bettle_go_go.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/blubber_mouth.jpg

[jar]

Quick little update. I was getting lost in steps, and had to completley start over. So I just let my mind go. This is a WIP. A colour pass will come soon.

Also is a pic I forgot to post earlier he he. Its just for fun as well!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/wrinkle_monster01.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/wrinkle_monster02.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/lizard_spaceman2.jpg

[jar]

Okie dokie! Todays update is simple. Added some colour to the previous post, and did a quick head study before going to work. Thanks for stopping by!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/wrinkle_monsterfinal.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/megan_final.jpg

[jar]

Spent about 4-5 hours and did these. Sometimes you get into that groove!

Destination
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/destination.jpg

The Mountain King
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/mountain_king.jpg

Muglock
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/muglock.jpg

Sandcraft
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sandcraft.jpg

[Toffeeliz]

I love the solid and vibrant colours in your work here., especially the Idols of Elements. They are so cute! :D everything reminds me of oldschool ps1 games - keep it up! :D I'll keep checking back for more!

[kikindaface]

Wow, your characters design are really good, and I agree with toffeeliz, it really looks like ps1 old games :)

[jar]

Toffeeliz - Hey thanks! Ha ha ps1 games? I hope thats a good thing :D

Walid Dala - Thanks for stopping by!


Hey guys! It's been a little bit, but I have been busy at work. I can't wait to find a new job. Today's batch is a little something different from me. Just trying to play/learn with photoshop some more.

More comic book stuff will be coming soon! Thanks again for stopping by cats!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/nude001.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/nude002.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/nude003.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/nude004.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/nude005.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/nude006.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/refia.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/storm.jpg

[jar]

Just something tonight. Nothing fancy, something just to get it done:

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/color_doodle001.jpg

[jar]

More quick head studies before bed.

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/color_doodle002.jpg

[kidult]

Some nice updates man - Love the mario thumbnail, such a fanboy had to come look!
The ladies are looking sweet!

[jar]

kidult - Thanks for stoppin by!

Hey guys. It's been a little slow in here, and I apologize. I got back into drawing comics, and it has been sponging my life :D That and Too Human...man, awesome game!

So, i'll start off this post with a random page. I can't wait for this series to be done and in print. I hope it gets some attention anyways :)

3 or 4 pics are just MSN/loading screen doodles!

Last pic, is a rough design for a game some friends and I are working on. I'll try to update more soon. Thanks guys!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ish4_pg017.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook113.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook114.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook115.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/tank01.jpg

[jar]

Some stuff for tonight!

First up is something I'm fleshing out. Wanting to get a good design down, then take it to completion. Lots of fun!

Second is something I needed to get out before bed! Thanks for stopping by!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/crusher001.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/crusher002.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/crusher003.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/crusher004.jpg

Magic Mojo
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/magic_mojo.jpg

[Reject-D]

wow dude your work is incredible!! keep it up!

[jar]

Reject-D - Hey thanks so much!

Ok gang! Another updatedsz. I've included a page from ze comic, a quick nude study...and an uber quick Mega Man boss. I originally made a video of it, but once I stopped recording, it crashed. Maybe next time :(

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/nude007.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/cutman.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ish4_pg019.jpg

[Kfeeras]

dude those comic pencils are so freakin awesome! amazing detail. reminds me a little of stephen platt. the cutman reminded me of my megaman 1&2 days.. where games were hard and you had to really practise those levels...

keep up the work. any chance to see those comics colored/inked?

cheers
-antonio

[A tua mãe]

Your comics are just fabulous. You have shown great improvement since the begining.

keep on

[Howie]

Wow great stuff Jar, really like that comic book page ... some great hatching and lines.... Also enjoyed looking through all your outfit designs for the guy a few posts back .... keep up the great work!

[jar]

Kfeeras - Hey thanks alot man! Of course! As soon as I get the green light, there will be tons of colour/ink updates :D

A tua mãe - Thank you. That means alot!

Howie - Thankos!



Tonight was kindda slow. Here's a pic I want to finish, and one I did. A quickie!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/blue_lady.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ice_cream_monsta.jpg

[jar]

Hey gang!

Let me know whatcha think! Just hammering away trying to learn more and more each day. Must...land...job ha ha! Thanks for your time!!

The Face Smasher
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/face_smasher.jpg

Logonia
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/logonia.jpg

Joey the Barbarian
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/joey_barbarian.jpg

The Day That Never Comes
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/the_day_that_never_comes.jpg

The Joke
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/the_joke.jpg

Yay, SWIM!
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/yay_swim.jpg

[TheGnoll]

the comic pages and doodle are really cool as usual, love 'em!

much respect for really getting yourself together and doing all those digi studies!

keep sharinG!

ciao

[jar]

TheGnoll - Hey thanks bro! It's been a while ha ha! I'll shoot over to your SB soon!


Just a quick dump tonight. I've been glued to this computer for TOO long....need to STRETCH!!!!!

Working on this dude...
CHESTAGA
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/chestaga.jpg

Uncharted
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/uncharted.jpg

Bubble Pod
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/bubble_pod.jpg

[jar]

Just a quickie. Also some thumbs for a project!

March of the Migunol
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/march_of_the_migunol.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/fire_thumb001.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/fire_thumb002.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/fire_thumb003.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/fire_thumb004.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/fire_thumb005.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/fire_thumb006.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/fire_thumb007.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/fire_thumb008.jpg

[jar]

"jello!

Ok, so I have some comics pics, and some conceptsz. ENJOY!!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ish4_pg023.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ish4_pg024.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/female_warrior.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/female_warrior_step.jpg

[Senira]

Very interesting treatment of the kid's face in your recent post. I'm assuming that his face is covered with some sort of slime in the non-shadowed areas; combined with his expression, it gives him a sinister, horror-movie feel that I like.

You seem to have a good understanding of light and shadow; it particularly shows in the image of the woman on post #122. Whether you're aiming for comic book illustration or illustration in general, you should do quite well in the long run.

[Jasper_]

wow that portrait of the wet-looking kid is just brilliant, and it looks like you've got a good sense of the figure. lots of potential to get even better.

[jar]

Pyroclasm00 - Thanks! I'm trying to get better every day. Just like everyone else I'm sure ha ha. I just RRREALLY want a full time art job. I'm going to break my nuts getting it!

Senira - Thanks for the kind words. Thank you very much!!


This was for a client. I uploaded a bunch of the thumbnails a few posts back. He wanted to go with this one, except make his hand up instead of a fist. Anywho, had fun doing this, hope you enjoy looking at it!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/fire_finish.jpg

[jar]

Hey gang!

I've been pretty busy with Kord and Harley, so sorry for the lack of content. Today i'm starting two things;

1) Daily 30 second life studies. I'll be doing 30 second gesture drawings. Once in the morning, and one before bed. Keep it FRESH :D

2) Super hero Fridays! These will be digital or pencil. Whatever I feel like doing that day. Todays superhero doesn't count ha ha.

So, with that, I have a few posts. I will be posting again tonight as well. I took one of the 30 second gestures I did, and did a quick paintover. Was kindda fun.

See ya soon!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ld30s_0001.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/madamme_fira.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/twilek.jpg

[jar]

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http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ld30s_0004.jpg

[jar]

Ok, so I scanned some 30 second poses I did over the last few days. I missed a day or two, so I did a little extra today to make up for it.

I've also got a couple sketches from phone-calls/listening/watching movies, and a sketchy Hulk!

Have fun...oh...and guess what comes out today???

http://www.xgn.nl/images/boxarts/360/big/fable-2.jpg
Ha ha, there goes my weekend :D

See ya guys!


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http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ld30s_0010.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook116.jpg
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http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/hulk.jpg

[jar]

Hey gang.

So, the first pic is a thumbnail. Around the size of your hand stretched out. Basically, I bought this "Drawing Comics" by Stephen Platt. Really awesome artist too. So it all fundimentally boils down to these steps:

Work small. Thumbnail size. Then blow it up via photoshop/photo copier (to the size of comic board), then print her out, somewhat trace it on, and detail that som-bitch up.

So far its really interesting. I'm able to keep alot of energy this way. It's taking me a little longer than normal per/page. But I'm sure that will get fixed!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ish5_pg006_test.jpg

Next up is a few life drawings, as well as a combo of em all. I think I will upload them weekly like this. I like it.

Also, I thought I would throw 2 links out there. One is this awesome site I found that does 30s gestures. If you can't get to a class, or your on the run, I seriously recommend this:

Pose Maniacs (http://www.posemaniacs.com/)

And finally, there is this great book I bought a while back that has helped me as well:

Figure In Motion (http://www.amazon.ca/Figure-Motion-Thomas-Easley/dp/0823016919/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224873480&sr=8-1)

Keep the pencils sharp chiefs!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ld30s_0012.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ld30s_0013.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ld30s_week_001.jpg

[jgwong]

Nice! I like the lights you get on your first pics. You do dodging or something?

[roidvoid]

Hey Jar!
cool to see that Kord and Harley is still coming out. Your pencils stand out amongst your digital stuff. I think that it is because it looks "harder" but we all realize that digital painting takes a lot of work too. I think that the work is paying off for your color pieces. watch your edges, sharpen your color choices and push the details.

good luck.
five stars from me btw- just cuz i love ur comic pages

[Dose206]

nice stuff bro. the comic lines are beautiful and the digis look pretty durn nice themselves. keep it up and keep us posted as you begin the job search.

chris

[jar]

jgwong - Thanks man. Yeah, I'm pretty sure most of the lighting I used a little dodge to help make it "pop"

roidvoid - Hey thanks so much for the kind words mate! And a double thanks for the 5 stars :D :asspat:

Dose206 - Thank you, and will do!!


Getting lazy with the updates, I'll try fix that! Until then, here is last weeks 30second gestures. I'll try to upload a page or two later in the week! Chow guys!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ld30s_week_002.jpg

[jar]

Pages and FUN!!

Hey guys. Quick update. I got 2 new pages up, a quick coloured version of SATAN!!! (In his human form for my comic Kord and Harley), and another pic just messing around! Until next update!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ish5_pg006.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ish5_pg007.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/satan.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sho.jpg

[Redfrog]

Wow! Great thread man!
Your comic stuff rocks!
Big fan!
Awesome work!

[jar]

Redfrog - Hey thanks so much bro! I checked out your blog as well, keep it coming! Real nice work!!!

Love the game, so I did a quick Orc Warrior. The armor and stuff was based off of a World of Warcraft wallpaper I found. Anywho, I'll be throwing up a greyscale, then a colour version in the future. See ya!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/orc_warrior_pencil.jpg

[KingElvis]

great stuff dude. Really like how loosely you draw figures. its very inspiring for me to see yopur improvement and the discipline that stands behind this. Whats your actual job, if i may ask?

[Clochette]

This is a nice sb! :) I like your line art, especially the enviros in the first page.

[TheGnoll]

niiiiiiiiiiiiice as usual man, loving the lines and pages as usual, don't keep disappearing like that hehe

ciao!

[jar]

KingElvis - Thanks bro! My actual job? Ha ha...I work at EB Games...nothing even CLOSE to professional art career...

Clochette - Thanks muchos!

TheGnoll - Yeah I hear that bro! Been drinkin to much invisble potions lol


Hey cats. I recently bought Will Eisners: "Comics and Sequential Art."
So far its been an interesting read. I'm trying to get my storytelling better. Anyways, here's a page, and I really like how it turned out. Hope you enjoy it too!

LATERS!!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ish5_pg010.jpg

[jar]

Had a little bump of work, and some "real life garbage waste of life work" drama to deal with.

ANYWAYS! THE GOODS!!!

First is a World of Warcraft pic. Just trying something new out with the colouring. I like how it turned out personally, but I have had people telling me its garbage ha ha!

And second is a double-page spread for Kord and Harley. Thanks for stopping by!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/thepeach010.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ish5_pg045.jpg

[wookiedabo]

mate, your comics stuff kicks some serious ass. crazy stuff.

[jar]

wookiedabo - Thanks alot hombre!

Hey gang! Just some more stuff for fun! Happy new year!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/Exdeath_10.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/fire_caster.jpg

[jar]

Some more goodies! See ya!

http://angelaroy.ca/jar/spidey_spideyman.jpg
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/new_year09.jpg

[jar]

Some more fun stuff;

http://angelaroy.ca/jar/basher_proud.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ignus_magus.jpg

[jar]

More goodness!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/garbage_mouth.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/fenix_kick01.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/fenix_kick02.jpg

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/fenix_kick03.jpg

[jar]

A panel from today's page. Thought it was kind of funny, so I thought I would post it :D

Have any awesome day everyone!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/hes_getting_away.jpg

[jar]

Been too long no?

Well, I'm back, and lets post some art in here that I have been working on! In about a month or so time, I'm going to be going back to basics (school). I'm going to setup my own class schedule to learn at home. For about six months time.

Anyways, more info soon! Here we gooooo!!!

P.S. Here's an interview for the Joe Biden comic I'm working on:
http://www.jazmaonline.com/interviews/interviews2009.asp?intID=408

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/dr_octopus_com.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/forests.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/wolverine.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/sketchbook118.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/batman_wants_answers.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ish5_pg022_23.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/captainamerica.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/conan.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/vigo_space.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/quickhulk.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/hulk_strongest.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/magneto_playtime.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/hulkaug1709.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/hulk002.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/touche.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/nude001.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/nude003.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/nude005.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/nude006.jpg

[mariusz]

lovly chicks sketches! more plz

[mcunha98]

You have a great talent, congratulations for the quality of your jobs

[RBeek]

wow dude.. incredible stuff :o
Keep them updates comming! :D

[jar]

mariusz - Thank you! I will try to get some more curves on here :)

mcunha98 - Thank you sir!

rogerb - You got it!

Been a while!

Had some free time today, so I did a quick hour or so of this guy!
Enjoy everyone!

I've also been doing some 30 second gestures which I will post every Friday, should be BALLS of fun :D

Rotex, son of Hamod, the Hermit Dwarf
http://angelaroy.ca/jar/hermitdwarfcolour.jpg

[Vatsel]

Yeah man killer update!

[jar]

Hey gang!

Small update today!

I've been going to posemaniacs.com every day, and just doing some quick30 second gestures. Here's all of em from the week!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/fullweek01.jpg

[Diarum]

lol you have not updated in a long time :O

[jar]

Wowzers! Been WAY to long my friends!

Well, I have to get back to work, so I'm only going to toss on a couple drawings, and a couple sample videos from my new internet shows!

The first is my Youtube channel called "Scribbles with Jonathan!", so check that out!

http://www.youtube.com/jonathanrector

Secondly, is my UStream channel called "LIVE Scribbles with Jonathan" which is every Monday & Wednesday at 10:30AM EST

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/9769258

Again, thanks for stopping by, and I'll be nuking this page with new art next week! See ya guys!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/magma_rhino.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/raph_tmnt_ink_col.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/panel0014.jpg

[jar]

Hope you guys dig this!

You can buy this drawing here! (http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ws/store.html)
And, you can also watch me draw this from today's LIVE! Scribbles with Jonathan show! (http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10031375)

http://angelaroy.ca/jar/migthy_mustache001.jpg

[davebeaty]

I really like a lot of your stuff posted here. I think that Spiderman piece is pretty strong and could make a nice portfolio sample. And could be stronger with a flat rendered cityscape behind him. If you use the black, grey, white theory. The cityscape should be grey to white. You might have to put a bit of light on the spiders so they don't get lost. Would really emphasis the idea that's he's hanging upside down. Like your stuff, keep it up.

[jar]

Well, this was a fun little project!

I just finished up doing a pinup for Jamie Gambell's project, "The Hero Code."

Here are the pencils, inks and colours :)

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/hero_code_cover.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/hero_code_cover_inks.jpg
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/hero_code_cover_final.jpg

Also, while I have you guys! I'm having a contest on my blog where you can win a free signed comic I worked on called "The Standard."

You can click here for the blog post detailing the rules and I've included a video to help describe it as well. Contest ends October 31st! So best of luck to all those who enter! (http://jonathanrectorart.blogspot.com/2010/09/standard-comic-contest.html)

[Fallenangel]

Great sketchbook! Never knew that you've got a sketchbook on CA.

Alex.

[Vertical]

Awesome work! Your pencil work is amazing!

[cgaddict]

Your pencils and line work is insanely good!

[jar]

Just making a nice LONG awaited update!

I'll get back to replying to the previous posts asap! Talk to you soon you guys!

So a quick little back story to these. I've been doing some pretty solid client work as of late, and it's keeping me super busy. I came to the realization over the last few weeks that I have not been posting sketches, or any content really.

So to remedy this, I'm going to draw a Hero a day (to the best of my ability. Might be every other day). So instead of posting a new thread all the time ha ha, I figure I'll drop them in this thread.

So, here's to plenty of drawlings!

OH, I should mention some rules as well. No drawing can be more than an hour, unless it's on a weekend ha ha! And these drawing are all digital unless otherwise stated.

Here we go!

DAY 1:
SPIDER-MAN
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/spider_man_05122011.jpg
This one was fun. The hour came up real close, so that's why Spidey here is missing the classic webbing on his costume.

DAY 2:
THE HULK
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/hulk_05132011.jpg
Not terribly fond of this one. Again, the hour came up quick, and left little time for shading and rendering. Ends up looking very flat.

DAY 3:
THE SILVER SURFER
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ssurfer_05142011.jpg
This was fun. Learned some stuff today that will affect my workflow. Took a little over an hour, hell, it's Saturday right? :)

DAY 4:
GHOST RIDER
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/ssurfer_05142011.jpg
I was able to stream this drawing on the UStream this morning, which was great! If you were there while the show was live, thanks once again for watching!

I took suggestions from the room, and we went with Ghost Rider. I got a chance to add those cheesy smoke effects! Either way, had a blast.
http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/grider_05162011.jpg

[jar]

Hero of the Day: Black Cat
This one took a little longer than the hour today. Was juggling emails and business chats. Had fun with this though!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/blackcat_05172011.jpg

[RBeek]

loving the pencils and all the other stuff you put up here!! .. its appreciated! :)

keep it up mister!

[jar]

Thanks so much RBeek!

Hero of the Day: Rorschach

Not sure how I feel about this one. Was having problems with it from the start. I think I may have "saved" it by cheating. Throwing down inks and light rendering.

There's always tomorrow!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/rorschach_05182011.jpg

[towy]

really nice, i think you can work for Marvel if u don't again

[jar]

towy - That would be wonderful! I have not worked for either of the big two yet. One day I would very much like to!


Hero of the Day: Black Panther

This little guy took a little longer than I had scheduled. I got lost in having fun with the shadows. Need to be more disciplined, and not try to add all the "bells & whistles" if time runs out.

See you later!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/black_panther_05192011.jpg

[Leo_7]

awesome sketchbook, your super hero drawings look amazing!

[jar]

LEO 7 - Thanks my friend!



Hero of the Day: Superman

For some reason, whenever I draw Supes, I get scared. He's such an iconic character, that I always feel like I'll mess him up somehow! I rushed the "inks" on this one, as the hour ran up. Good practice!

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/superman_05202011.jpg

[jar]

Hero of the Day: Colossus

Ran out of time again with this guy. I think this week, to fit in more time, I'll stick to traditional means. See what happens :)

http://www.angelaroy.ca/jar/colossus_05222011.jpg