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[ArtZealot]

yeah that was a great update. i like the holy guy too. i like the guy with little hooves poking out his chest more though. i freakin love the grotesqueness of your style in these drawings. not sure if grotesque is really the exactly right word, but it's a cool style. it'd be really cool to see some of those colored in photoshop. keep it up.

[j a k e]

cotron Hey man, I've been making some adjustments just like you said. Thanks for the tips man. Thanks a bunch for coming by, makes me want to try harder.

OleOlsen Thanks mate!

crazy3dmanMore to come don't worry! Thanks for the kind words!

character Hey, thanks bro, too nice :)

TigermilkReally need to get into some more rendering etc. Working on it :) Also need to spend more time on my sketch heh. Thanks for the kind words man.

Justin Oaksford I agree hah. I'm glad you like that stuff man.

JERI Ah! Thats my little brown SB, i'll post a picture for you in this post.

MeatsworthyThanks bro, don't we all love people with funny holes in them?

ArtZealot Thanks alot dude. It's sort of weird how styles change. Influences everywhere! Glad you like it though!

SB pages from school today, and my sketchbook from the outside!

[rodrigo!]

this ones great
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=19692&stc=1&d=1157443449 i love the red with the grey.

[j a k e]

rodrigo! Thanks man. Glad you like it!

Here's some contrast changes with it. Not really sure where to go next. Thinking thinking.

[blanquish]

oh man, great work on the last one.
THis sb always brings a smile to my face!
Lovely

[cakeypigdog]

he he the more i look at your stuff the more i like it. fun and unique mate!

[j a k e]

Thanks a bunch guys. I think my last piece with the black & white will probably be one of my most finished things ever. More SB pages tonight.

[j a k e]

Just a little fun after school today.

[j a k e]

enviro.
(maybe an unconciously inspired by idiot_apathy)
lol.

[rblitz7]

haha your style is kick ass!

[j a k e]

Thanks bro.

And another. 10 minutes.

[Interceptor]

Your sketchbook is a blast, man!!

[carpal]

fun sketchbook. Keep the imagination going as you gain the technical skill and you will be a force to reckon with. I love the guy getting chased by the red shit in the grey-scale world.

keep it up

[j a k e]

Interceptor Thanks man. Thanks for coming by too!

.PZ. I'm glad you like it! I thought it was a fun thing to do. Thanks for the kind words.

And another. During my study break. About 5-10 mins.

[Spade]

yo, those are really nice man. Good to see something different.. keep it up!

[Idiot Apathy]

Nice man, I'm liking you color palette on these (as usual). I've started me many an eviroment with just a color palette - starting to do that a little more again too. Helps keep things harmonious and produces some nice variety, I get stuck in the same palette too often I think.

Looks like you are having some fun with some texture brushes, sweet! I couldn't tell if you were already using them, but the layer modes multiply; overlay, screen and color burn are pretty hand for some quick and dirty shapes and variety.

Don't forget, when working without lines you've added the dimension of various edges to the mix - make sure and use it to your advantages.

Anyways; stole your latest and had some quick fun with it :) Hope you don't mind!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/Ragnarok27/jakesenvirothumb.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/Ragnarok27/jakesenviro.jpg) Clicky!
Hopefully the colors are ok, been having some monitor calibration headaches... :\

[isair]

Hi jake, there's so many interesting ideas in your drawings. Love the last bunch of colors. Beautiful.

[j a k e]

Thanks Spade!

Idiot Apathy Great to have you around again Tom. Yeah, i've started to have some fun with just colours, because i like making pretty things. I was a little confused with all the types of layer modes. Should really get more familiar with that eh? I LOVE what you did with that picture of mine dude. Really awesome, great atmosphere. As usual, you're my colour hero! Oh, and the monsters you did are great!

Isair Thankyou muchly mate. Thankyou for coming around again.

[j a k e]

This afternoons WIP. For a poster.

[Spade]

cool! I like the composition.. love the little cows. cool to see a WIP-keep working hard!

[Groover McNab]

Whoa. Man, lemme say you're way ahead of the game at 16. Enjoyed looking at everything.

[j a k e]

Spade Thanks man. Cows these days eh?

Groover McNab Thanks for coming by! I aim to please. glad you like my drawings.

[j a k e]

COW.
Ethereal Stalker.
Obviously nothing on those COW junkies over there, but hey, Learning is learning right?

[Nyx702]

Your style is very illustrative but in my opinion it lacks some form. I LOVE your attention to details...like the fat in the cheeks...wonderful. I could see something like this in something like a magazine but I think you would benefit more if some of the features weren't just "pasted" on the face.

Maybe? Take it with a grain of salt though.

[j a k e]

Thankyou Nyx702. I will definately work on the things you mentioned about the features etc. Thanks for coming around and taking the time.

My current WIP. and the updated COW.

[Recursive_End]

Vey nice!Nothing to crit, keep the goodies coming :)

[Meatsworthy]

Hey, I was looking through the Art of Monsters Inc, and it reminded me a lot of your stuff. Have you seen it? Some of the early monster designs are really much nicer than the what appeared in the movie.

[j a k e]

Recursive_End Hey bro. Thanks for popping by again, good to have you round!

Meatsworthy Actually I haven't seen it meatsworthy, but thats probably i good idea to check it out. Sounds really interesting though man. Thanks for coming by again, love your support. Always checking out your SB too!

A doodle from this arvo. Along the same line as yesterday's.

[strych9ine]

Dude, jake, these lines are great. Lots of character in these drawings. The style reminds me of a few underground comics I used to flip through a while back... you've got a good look and a hell of a start by doing this at 16. I don't even want to look at the horseshit I did when I was 16.

I would try to experiment with adding a whole range of values and depth behind your lines. I love the graphic, two or three tone color schemes too, but it would be interesting to see you push in that depth and see if it adds a new dimension to your work.

[Piru]

Nice style man! Only thing I notice (critwise) is that you go for solitairy characters, maybe trying a scene would be a challenge?

[Idiot Apathy]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaa that's awesome.

[j a k e]

strych9ine Haha, thanks man, I'm sure you weren't that bad at my age! Thats my current mission at the moment, I'm trying to find something in my process that pulls everything together. Will take your advice and experiment a bit! Thanks for coming by man, really thankful.

Durin/Piru Thanks for coming by. Will try mate, on the top of my to-do list!

Tom Hah, thanks bro. Love you coming round.

[j a k e]

A doodle tonight while i was studying for my exams which begin on Monday!

[Idiot Apathy]

Heheh, add the dotted lines with the scissor icon and it's ready to print.

Something to think about - not sure you're process on these but it might look good to seperate some of the (talking about the one above this one mainly) seperate some of the different shapes even just a little. I was thinking maybe just his mouth and hair, eyes too maybe. This would of course change the entire look, better or worse I dunno. If it's all flattened you might try using a multiply layer overtop for things that will end up darker - try picking the color you think it should be and then going lighter and brighter than that. Tweak it with ctrl+u (hue/saturation palette) as well. For things lighter try Overlay on another layer, this time go lighter and more probably less saturated than what you'd think ( I think, but you always have options with ctrl+u).

Just a thought, Cheers dude.

[j a k e]

So true, thats what i was thinking hah.

I've been trying to experiment with digital lately, not that i;ve had much time. I've always been a little confused with all this layer modes etc. I'm getting a little used to it, trying to incorporate some stuff etc. All comes with practice i suppose. Really enjoy your comments Tom because i can always put them to good use. Very good suggestion and I thank you. Thanks for coming by again dude, thanks for your support.

This mornings doodle before started studying.

[rodrigo!]

great stuff man, you have a perfect style for illustration or design or something!
in this one http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=21865&stc=1&d=1157973290 i think there needs to be a bigger one in the foreground, maybe to the bottom right i dunno just to give it more depth and impact perhaps.
liking it a lot!

[j a k e]

Thankyou muchly Rodrigo. I'll take that stuff into consideration next time i do a piece with the same idea. I've been really getting into digital lately, trying to broaden my horizons. Thanks for popping by bro, good to have some aussie support :)

Teen Challenge: Over-the-top Weapon

"When the new child of Kindergarten class arrived on his first day, they new he didn't really want to "play".

[Tigermilk]

damn jake, you're a machine.. making me feel reeel lacy here.. haha
great stuff

[Idiot Apathy]

Oh noes, he's an unstoppable machine now that he's discovered the layer methods. Umumum, any questions on them let me know; kind of hard just start in on them.

Anyways, liking the increase in detail and the textures help too. Great concept too haha.

[evildisco]

Holey mother of god...

I hate you kid.

I love this one on the other hand.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22746&stc=1&d=1158149795

Keep producing, although I will gradually hate you more and more.

[j a k e]

Tigermilk Thanks man, thanks for the support.

Idiot Apathy yeah i probably will be asking you a few questions soon, need to learn this stuff. I'm glad you like the kid hehe, it was fun.

evildisco Well i'm glad you like what i do :) Hate me as much as you want haha. Love your stuff to man, thanks for popping by.

A quick 5 min doodle of Idiot Apathy's Pear Gremlin. Sorry Tom for killing it haha, just a quickie.

[Idiot Apathy]

HA! That's bloody great man! I love it, much better feel to his design than mine I think.

Layer modes, just shoot questions at me if you want - I just don't know where to start.

[j a k e]

Hey man, thanks! I've been so busy studying lately haven't really had the time to actually put my heart into something. Only one more week though hehe.

I spent 5 minutes on a ball before i had some lunch today. I know its shoddy, but I learned! ( dont hate me!)

[Listing]

Neat stuff. Your style is extremely salable, I think. I'm certain you could get some commissions for literary/news magazines. Try to put yourself out there. Also, keep at your fundamentals, we're only 16: not artists, art students.

[j a k e]

Thankyou Listing. I'll have a go at putting myself out there, I do have a blog, but thats not too much of a help. It all comes in due time though. Thankyou for coming around, and for the support. Kinds words make me happy.

Oh and Tom what version of PS do you use? I use ps7 at the moment and i was going to see if you have any sweet ps7 brushes?

[Idiot Apathy]

:\, CS2 mate, brushes won't work. I hate that so much, you'd think there would be a work around by now.

[Meatsworthy]

Starting to kick some textured ass I see :). Feel free to drop me any brush/texture/layer questions too. I was soooo lost back in the beginning, searching for texture tutorials without success. Should've joined CA way back! ;)

That ball is cool, feels like the shadow should darken as it approaches the base. But I don't know... I'm kinda bad at rounded forms.

[invinciblewombat]

you just keep getting better and better, the stumps for hands had me laughing out loud and the one in #285 is probally my favourite one of yours so far, you should really try your hand at the chow, I would love to see what you could come up with in a more detialed charachter design.

[j a k e]

Idiot Apathy Yeah well you'd hope so haha. I used to have CS2, broke somehow lol. I need to start taking some high res textures of my own too I think.

Meatsworthy Thanks for any help mate. Textures are more fun than i thought.Yeah i think on my next studies I'll make sure the colours are right. I love colours. Thanks for coming by, love having your support.

invinciblewombat The stumps were fun. I don't know how or why i thought of them, but it made me laugh. I've thought about going in the CHOW, probably will in the near future. Thanks for your support wombat, much obliged.

Spent half an hour of my afternoon doing this. It's pretty small. Done with prismacolors, acrylic and markers on Rough newsprint. Fun stuff i say. I LOVE monsters omg omg omg.... lol

[Fellah.]

Loving this stuff, dude(last one dont show). Your confidence and skills are pretty insane considering you are 16... guess you are a freak of nature:wink: Keep making us happy!
Edit -Shows now and nice!

[stine]

hey jake! great monsters. one can never have enough eyes... :) always a pleasure to stop by here. keep them coming!
toodles
stine

[sith]

hooooly shit- i just realized your 16. you're good.

love that t-shirt on the 2nd page btw. mad sexiness.

[vigostar]

nothing but success in your future.. keep up the great work

[j a k e]

Fellah. Thanks Simon. It means alot to me that you came by again :) Always a pleasure.

Stine hehe, thanks for the kind words! Eyes yes, good times indeed.

Sith Hah, thankyou Sith. That shirt actually got printed, I've got 3 shirts left, 1 medium and 2 larges.

VigostarThanks bro. Makes me feel good :)

And the last thing i posted on the 5th page. Just so you dont have to go throught the whole last page to see what it is. (acrylic, ink, prismacolors on Rough newsprint)

[sabe2003]

Oh geez, Loving that last one!

[Idiot Apathy]

???

Happy birthday! When?

[j a k e]

Sabe Thanks for coming by man! Thanks for liking my stuff :)

On Tuesday the 19th of September 1989, two children were born. Twins as they call them. One of them being ME!

17 today Tom. Good times.

[Idiot Apathy]

:^^;: Congrats dude, hope you have a good one buddy! It's also international talk like a pirate day you know!

[stoph]

oh woot happy bday mate! may all your drawing ambitions come to fruition heh :D really dig your style thats developing here. sort of reminds me of a mix between a cartoon about a small octopus called oscar, with a hot-dog dog called weenie, and that cartoon with the smart blue dog who talks and goes to school with his owner but pretends to be a student and such.. cant remember the name of it, but i think billy crystal does his voice. dont quote me on that. heh. keep churning out those gems!

[j a k e]

Idiot Apathy Oh man that cakes is tits! Good to have a buddy like you here on CA. Yeah i saw the thread in the lounge. Funny stuff. Thanksf or the cake dude. I'm gonna go out and stock up on more canvases, paints, ink etc with my new money. Can't wait.

stoph Thanks bro. I havent seen the first cartoon, but I know the second one, it's so good. Made me blush comparing those to mine dude! Thanks for the support.

A quick birthday monster i doodled.

[isair]

wow, missed a lot here. awesome as always. how comes you have endless ideas? colors are killers. yeah, i hate you too. LOL.

[Lot]

wow, crazy sketches, reminds me when i did varius sketches in one paper¡¡

[Spade]

excellent shiz man! happy birthday and such :) enjoy yourself!

[stine]

happy birthday, jake! don't let that monster eat your cake! can't wait to see what you've got in store for us this next year! cheers!
stine

[ArtZealot]

whats up jake, just checkin up on your sketchbook. I like that last creature you posted. you should color it blue or somethin and enter it in the creature of the week. the creature of the week this week is a "glacier eater" or something like that, and this creature you just posted looks like some kind of glacier eater. it's very cool, very original. keep it up
-artzealot

[asoir]

Happy birthday. And dude! I've found your freaking twin!
http://www.myspace.com/eamo_
Not only is the style similar...he's AUSTRALIAN! WTF! :)

[Dished]

Happy Birthday!

Your sketchbook kicks ass. Your line quality is pretty freaking awesome. Adding line weight to certain areas of the monster doodle to give it a lil more depth would look great! Keep updating man. You work is the sheeiit.

[j a k e]

isair Hmmm I'm not sure haha. My ideas will never run out! Thanks for coming by man!

Lot Thankyou my friend.

Spade Thanks bro. Much obliged.

StineOh this year holds alot of treats. Trust me. I can't wait to get crackin.

ArtZealot Oh yeah? I should enter more of those things. They are really fun... plus it's a good excuse for me to draw monsters and ugly things. Haha. Thanks for coming by bro.

Asoir Like... wow.. Thats some crazy shit right there dude. Thanks for finding him dude, time to add some more to the inspiration folder. Thankyee for popping by mate :)

Dished thanks man! I'm really glad you like my drawings. Like really. Thanks for coming by and for such kind words. Means alot.

Another update tonight i hope chums!

(vote for me in the teen challenge 15 ;P )

[bumskee]

hey jake.. :) how's it being 17!?!! yeah I know it's same as when u were 16.. hahaha..

nice sketchbook, lots and lots of inspiring stuff.. keep going mate! cheers, Min

[Meatsworthy]

Happy birthday! Keep rocking :)

Ahh, to be 17...

[j a k e]

bumskee Thanks man for comin by. Yeah, 17 is pretty much the same as 16. Only difference is now I've got a car :)

Meatsworthy Thanks bro. Us youngins...

Current WIP. Forget the text at the moment, just random fun. (anatomical errors are purposeful, don't hate me :) )I hope it tickles your fancy in one way or another. Didn't go to well in the Teen TD, oh well, there's always more! 2 more exams tomorrow, and my last one is next Tuesday. Wooooo.

[j a k e]

Vote for my shirt design over at Teetonic. "I'd wear it!"

http://www.teetonic.com/rate/everyone_can_play/

[Idiot Apathy]

This last one is pretty fun mate, interesting concept.

I know it's more of a iconic design sort of thing, but just something to think about with your floating octopus herd, a good way to increase depth would be to use many different values - not necessarily a large range, just different values for each octopus showing them all at different distances. A really good way to show depth is with overlap, you have one of them overlapping but if you say had two of pretty different values and sizes overlapping that would really hit it home. (Of course you might have more than just one or two.) Overlap can be used nicely to seperate foreground from middle and back too.

Just some thoughts, cheers bro.

[JAKE]

Ah alrighty. Ill definately take that into consideration if I'm able to revise it. In my next shirt design i think ill try some overlapping, looks fun :)

Thanks man for the advice. I've got 2 oils in the works, will post WIP pictures of them this afternoon.

I'm on a different account because J a k e isn't working for some reason. Keep an eye out.

[j a k e]

Hey guys. My account finally got working. Yay.

So here are, as i said, three WIPS. All in oils. All 10" x 12".

There's glare on the 3rd one, sorry about that, paint is still wet. The Whale, is a tribute to Henry Lewis & Jesse from Fecalface.com's skywhale.

I will get some SB pages up very soon. GOD I love india ink and a brush.

[tagHeuer]

that whale is rad.

[asoir]

Hey man, get back to studies! Wanna improve? Get drawing, dude!

[vigostar]

your soooooo good for your age.. really are amazing... Your going to conquer the artworld by storm in a couple of years...

[mechp]

I agree with vigostar.

Your style and ability are amazing! Really loving the zombie head :)

[j a k e]

tagHeuer Thanks bro :) much obliged.

AsoirSir yes sir :) but painting is so fun!

vigostar Thankyou man. I'm surprised everyone likes my things so much! Your kind words mean alot to me. Love you guys.

mechp Why thankyou. I'm really glad you like them!

Ok here are my doodles from school today in maths etc.

[Snarfevs]

Heya!

What can I say? I like/love them all. Do you enter the COW? If you don't, you should!

[j a k e]

Hey thanks Snarfevs!

I don't currently enter them, maybe sometime in the future when my skills are up to par! haha.

my current WIP(pretty much done) for another little competition.

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l181/skywhale/taskmaster_jake_cuurent.jpg

[j a k e]

More on the monsters, and another WIP

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l181/skywhale/taskmaster_jake_cuurent-2.jpg

.

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l181/skywhale/discovery_small.jpg

[j a k e]

More WIPness.

[bumskee]

You have the wackiest shit jake.. wacky as...

having said that! I think it will also benefit you if you try some "generic" "stock" standard kinda of drawings too, just to get expand your skill sets. :)

keep it rolling mate! cheers, Min

[j a k e]

Thanks Min! I agree with you on that hehe. Should really be getting down with it. Shall do.

Here's that silly monster, cbf making it into a whole scene. So i just had some fun.

[bumskee]

Oh my god, I can't type for shit.. bleh.. :P
yeah, it's kewl, as long as you are aware, you do have a very interesting wacky kinda of style tho. wack! keep going mate, cheers, Min

[j a k e]

Thanks Min you sly dog you.

5 robots. actual size drawn. Just a 5 min fun.

[Richorb]

You have a great editorial style that i enjoy. reminds me of this crazy japanese artist.... but the name slips me.

oh well good stuff

love
CHORB~!
Chorbs book~! (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=77188)

[Tigermilk]

hey man, what's up! :)
I think I see some very good progress here, colors are definately looking more tigh, with more volume. this one is so great and cute and awesome. :) http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=27981&stc=1&d=1159240876

Post more, cos we wanna see more:P
tiger!

[j a k e]

Richorb Thanks man. Thanks for the kind words!

Tigermilk Hey thanks dude! I'm glad you can see im improving. Yeah that whale is a crazy lil sucker! More to come!

Here's my teen challenge

The Nightmare

[j a k e]

Some crapping around.

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l181/skywhale/textre_wathcing.jpg

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l181/skywhale/steamknight_1_small_sepia.jpg

Oh and I won "piece of the month" over at postmyfolio.net, it's on the front page for a month!

[j a k e]

It seems I'm not very popular around here! :P

Just thought i'd post all the little collabs etc that me and Idiot Apathy have done recently. Sorry if you've seen em!

[rodrigo!]

i really like the latest page. keep exploring things man! good stuff.

[Njord-E55]

That is some nice collabs there. I really like the last one. Also the third one from the bottom is nice. Some really ood watercolor effect there. The first one seems a bit bald compared to the others. I think it could be improved by introducing some warm shadows.

Cheers man and god luck in the TC.