Faxtar's Sketchbook

[Faxtar]

Lets do this thing...

[Wolfbane]

le me be the first one to say..

...AWESOME!!

[kaktuzlime]

Very good use of values, shadows and lights. A wonderful display of anatomical skills, although I feel the queen/princess has a face that is not the same quality as the rest of your work. I love the cloth. More plz.

[Faxtar]

Heres one from last nights life drawin'...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/sigma9000/YarkaWoman2.jpg
Wolfbane: Thanks!

Kaktuzlime: Thanks, yeah her face had some problems, I eventually turned it into a digital painting and I needed to transform and distort it all around.

[aprat]

Jebus christ. Your drawing technique isn't just good, it's interesting as well. Mind telling me what medium you used on that last sketch, or is it just photoshop?

[Ahim]

FAxtar, you weak are not!

[Faxtar]

miguelslo: Thanks!

aprat: Its this pastel-type stuff called "Yarka Sauce" They sell it in these wood boxes, with 10 assorted values in nuetral earthy tones. They're very soft and buttery. All are done on cheap newsprint, building the vaules from dark to light overtop of eachother. here are 3 more done in the same way...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/sigma9000/000_0795.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/sigma9000/100_0007.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/sigma9000/000_0794.jpg

[gigglepixie]

Good stuff - I need to find me a life drawing class!

[J.Peckham]

That first piece is priceless, man. Wish i could see the full res.

[darkelement]

well as my first post I got to say HI "el salam O'alikom"
well ... I cannot say anything but awesome and way to go.

but I got a comment about this one

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/sigma9000/scan0015.jpg

if she's pregnet this wow .... "thumbs up dude"
if not ... then she should be more chubby than so...

but I adore your work man ... way to go

[Cigaro]

i'm lovin what i'm seeing here:D
the first drawing in the first post rocks;) moooore

[softocean]

love the cross hatching stuff it seems to define the forms very well

[Goodbye..fromthevoid]

You have pretty good technique, so that gets my approval.

But. You. Need. To. Stop. Drawing. Naked. People.

(and yes I plan to complain about this in every single thread on Concept Art)

[ArtZealot]

beautiful figures dude. well, not all of them are necessarily beautiful, in the case of the severly overweight lady near one of your first posts but they're beautifully rendered. keep it up.

[Faxtar]

gigglepixie: Do it, nothing better than drawing naked people. 8)
J.Peckham: Thanks! I uploaded a higher-res version.
darkelement:Hey, thanks yeah thats was a weird pose some things are probly way off.
Cigaro:Thanks dude!
softocean: Yeah, I love me some crosshatching. I went to the Met in NYC recently and saw some rembrandt etchings with hatching that made me :xpld:
Goodbye..fromthevoid: Haha no way, how are you supposed to learn the anatomy or correct proportions with all that fabric in the way?
ArtZealot: Thanks man, and yeah shes pretty big but its nice to learn how to draw different body types.

[orionterron99]

very kew stuff. LOVE the first one... and the various monsters. The people are fantastic. it's nice to see LD's of more than just anorexic females, or even females in general!

[Faxtar]

orionterron99: Thanks, here are some more females in general from lifedrawing.

[Jesus Food]

nice work dude, u got that lady figure down pat! good use of shadin too brutha

[Banshax]

Value feast ahoy! Im saving a few, really like how you work.
for example this one, impressive how you discribe form with such flat
strokes. http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=18232&stc=1&d=1157145073

[Faxtar]

Jesus Food:Thanks!
Banshax: Yeah just using the side of a pastel stick is a good way of getting some quick value into a gesture drawing.

here are the results form last nights weekly life drawing.

[rblitz7]

You have some spectacular figure drawings here!! like this one
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/sigma9000/000_0794.jpg
what medium is it?
Great job! This is cool too!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16810&stc=1&d=1156826162

[Faxtar]

rblitz7: That one is nupastel on rough newsprint along with this pastel-like stuff called Yarka Sauce http://www.dick-blick.com/items/200/11/20011-0000-1ww.jpg Working from dark to light, only using about 5 colors.

Here is this weeks stuff...

[Fishspawn]

Great stuff. I love your monster designs in the first image and in post 15. You have an excellent control over value with your figures, sometimes harsh and sometimes delicate. I can't crit you, so just keep drawing! I look forward to more.

[Uziel]

Great stuff man, nice renders, good figure studies.
Keep posting man.

Cheers

[Bartovan]

Great work - especially your rendering skills. Sometimes proportions are a bit off, mainly in the more complicated poses. But still amazing work.

[Faxtar]

here some more stuff, some of it is old, some is from last night.

In order...


1 hour long pose from last week
30 min
1 hour long pose from last night
cast drawing in carcoal I did about 6 months ago
cast drawing detail
old oil self-portrait just for kicks
Oil portait from life that I did last spring
portait of an old man I copied from a painting by Sir James Guthrie

[Faxtar]

Here is all new stuff...

[Faxtar]

More stuff...

[Jedmo]

Hey Faxtar, I was just browsing through here when I realized, "hey I know this guy!". This is James, we had Linda Warner's Portrait class together and I occasionally hit up Life Force meetings. Your work is looking good man, keep it up.

[Faxtar]

Jedmo: Hey James! Good luck with the ConcertArtAtelier! I'm sure you're gonna improve crazy fast, good luck.

More new stuff...
My teacher worked on the last one alittle bit and tightened it up.

[Gleeson]

i think that your painting in particular shows heaps of talent, your choice of where shadow lies and where light sits is spot on. cant wait to get back to uni next year and do as much life drawing as you seem to be doing. Thanks for your sb it was realy nice looking through.

[DeMoon]

superrrrr....you are a very good artist ! you study the anatomy of people very well . It causes respect ... I put you 5 stars ... successes ... continue to draw anymore ...

[Faxtar]

DeMoon-- Thanks DeMoon! I'm trying to study the anatomy as much as I can.

Gleeson-- Thanks for looking through my book! Yeah, lifedrawing seams to help alot, I highly recommend it. If you dont have a live model you can always draw from a mirror.

Small update....

[juicess]

very nice stuff man...:android:

[Bloodstone]

Your figure drawings are incredible!! Good work!!

[Dreamworker]

Very cool stuff! I like your life drawings, and I admir your great control of different media as you shown in this thread, in particular I love your pencils.
Only one critic, if I can permit this hazard, is in your characters without references. Infact like this http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=49494&stc=1&d=1163546588
the figures seems rigid and without energy, instead the energy that you put in your life drawings.
Keep more of this quality works
Ciao

[Faxtar]

juicess- Thanks! :donk:

Bloodstone- Thanks! :nintendo:

Dreamworker- Very good crit! Thats def something I need to work on. Thanks for pointing that out. :360_old:

[Aphex™]

Your a superb artist I love the flow you produce in ur peices. Would love too see more reflections in the eyes, or is the darkness done on purpose ? Either way theyre great.

[kuroart]

brilliant life drawings. awesome sketchbook
keep at it

[Faxtar]

kuroart-- Thanks, I will.

Aphex™-- Thanks, I am usually a little hesitant to play around with the eyes too much I think I'm afraid of messing it up. But you're right I should add little more reflections and definition to the eyes. Maybe I should sit closer to the model to get a clearer look at the eyes. Thanks!

[Faxtar]

More drawings...
(My teacher worked a bit on the last portrait of the group.)

[Dreamworker]

Very nice update, great works like usual.
Keep it up, ciao

[designboot]

Lot's of fine drawings ;) Keep it up!

[bunny]

Wow such elegant life studies :) I really like how you can capture simple form and subtle changes in tonal value... mmm... you use chalk pastel, right? I always find I get that stuff all over my hands and get nasty fingerprints all over my arts.

So... let's see sommore of your concepts eh? :D

[Faxtar]

Dreamworker:: Thanks man.

designboot:: Thanks, will do.

bunny:: I used to use pastel, everything after November 3 is charcoal on smooth newsprint. I usually don't have a problem keeping fingerprints off my arts, keeping it off my face is another story. I def. need more concepts though, good point, thanks!

[Faxtar]

More stuff...

[Jens]

damn, this is one crazy thread :)

[rblitz7]

hoooly! damn! lovely stuff man. Im definitely bookmarking this. Where are you studying man? I know you said you were using charcoal, but what kind? http://www.dickblick.com/categories/charcoal/ I like the look of the charcoal better then my figure drawings in pencil seen in my sketchbook.

[Faxtar]

rblitz7:: Thanks. I'm over here at Watts Atelier. I am using Conte charcoal 1710 B (the black ones with a gold stripe on top) sharped to a long taper on smooth newsprint.
Jens:: Thanks Jens, hopefully things will get crazier.

Small update....

[Faxtar]

Some stuff and a WIP of an orc...

[Fishspawn]

Love your sketchbook, you have quite a way with figures! Love everything, although some more variety wouldn't hurt. Sorry, no useful crits, just keep posting. :)

[AvatarJimmy]

Very nice rendering and technique. A lot of improvement since the beginning too. The structure isn't quite as consistent, keep trying to push that with your line drawings. If you can nail that 3d volume in your line drawings, it'll be that extra little bit to turn good drawings into great ones. Overall, really nice looking SB.

[Zord]

Solid work here. Hope to see the updates to be more regular :). Cheers man.

[Mr.Lyon]

this is all really great work. i must say. i really like your digital paintings your figures kinda remind me of mine. except a more loose? maybe?...not sure. but you are further along then i am thats for sure. drop me a line and tell me what you think.

My Sketches
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=91459

[Faxtar]

Fishspawn:: My school break is coming up in a week and hopefully I can get some more variety in this sketch book. Thanks!
AvatarJimmy:: Thanks for the advice, sometimes I think I am alittle quick to jump into value and skip nailing down the proportions, which is something I need to do. Thanks!
Zord:: Thanks, cheers.
Mr.Lyon:: thanks!




Small up date with an almost finished illustration...

[Faxtar]

Now that I'm on spring break so I should be able to do more drawings of creatures, robots and ninjas.

[hardsoapscum]

goddamn!! you are f*ckin' good!

[Faxtar]

Here is more stuff...

An arctic un-dead creature for COW
girl portrait in Painter
some unfinished thing
another girl in Painter
two life drawings
My COW sketch
Some textures I made for future use in digital paintings, feel free to use them if you want.
And an unfinished COW 'living trap'
doodle thing, toned the paper with charcoal firsts.

[ptcmia]

amazing stuff

whered you learn to draw?

[Faxtar]

ptcmia:: Right now I am going to Watts Atelier but in the fall I will return to Scad to start my senior year.

[Faxtar]

here are some more drawing and such.

[Faxtar]

and here are some portrait paintings

[Treks]

Faxtar. outstanding work. how many paintings do you do in a day? do you set time limits for any of your works?

well, very interesting pieces, well lit, and emotions well captured.

[Lone Wolf]

Great studies. Your digital portraits are full of emotion. Great work overall!

[softocean]

I think your studies are really good. Very clear understanding of shape, form and lighting. However, I feel that you are very weak in constructing your own figures without reference. Try to practice building your heads from basic shapes as shown in Loomis' figure book. Also, Bridgeman's life drawing may be helpful as well for drawing the body using construction methods.

My sketchbook is here (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71080)

[Faxtar]

Treks: Thanks, no real time limits, most of the oil portraits are 3hrs long just because thats how long the painting class was.

Lone Wolf: Thank you!

softocean: Thanks, drawing the figure from my head is something I have been working on. I have done some Bridgeman studies, I should probably do more though.

Heres some more stuff...

[Faxtar]

more stuff, wips, self portrait, watercolors, life drawings.

[toubab]

impressive work on portraits!:)

[thinairart]

Awesome sketchbook! I really like the figure studies, you a have strong sense for good value design. Keep posting!

[Faxtar]

Hey all, I just made a post in the CC section with some new art, check it out here, http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=121006

Also here is my entry for LMS. Its beauty and the beast, I illustrated this part from the the story "When Belle returns to the Beast's castle late, she finds him dying in his rose garden, his broken heart killing him." (from the wiki entry) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast I figured his castle should be dieing as well, breaking into small pieces that fly into the sky and being over run by fast growing plants. Beast is based on the mythical creature The Manticore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manticore (Edit: Added a concept sketch I did for the beast)

[Cepro]

very good work on the life-drawings/paintings. Do some more and I think your concepts will become better, too.

[RokasButkys]

Theres lots to see and lots to learn from this sb. The portraits are strong in you.

Great job.

[Miles_]

I really love your oils, especially this one (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=217396&stc=1&d=1192237311) . The strokes on the forehead are just flawless. Also I love the way your eye looks in your self portrait. My crit for today would be that on a couple of these you should have spent a tiny bit more time getting the structure perfect before moving into rendering. this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=159437&stc=1&d=1182831396) is a good example where the womans left eye is too low. Just keep up this pace and you'll fast improve. The LMS piece is excellent too.


Oh, an i got you up to 5 stars:D. It would be cool if you could check out my sb sometime also.

[Frank Gressie]

Great sketchbook so far! I really like the watercolors, you should do more of them. Imagine how this thread going to look like with 40 pages more. That allways keeps me going. Anyways, great studies, and keep it up!

cheers
frank

ps.5*

[Faxtar]

Cepro:: Thanks, very true, you can never do enough life drawing.
DoctorPencil:: Thanks, I enjoy doing portraits.
Miles_:: For that peice with the strokes in the forehead I had a lot of help from EM Gist (http://www.erikgist.com/) one of my teachers at Watts Atelier. I worked on that painting in one of his classes for two and a half hours and then he came in with a brush full of turp and made the peice ten times more awesome in about 10 minutes.
Frank:: Thanks, yep just got to keep plugging away.


Here is some more stuff, gray scale style. Hands and feet studies. A character I designed for a story I made up about a detective in a future where computers are capable of reading memories. And a post apocalypse wasteland type environment with and girl and a black cat.

[bakatron]

im envious of this sb thread. i dont think ive come across such diversity before.

[Faxtar]

Some old and new stuff from my portfolio, check out www.matthewstarbuck.com

[Black Spot]

Awesome sketchbook. Love the figures and portraits.

[William b. Hand]

Wow... The portraits and figures are just lovely. Really fucking splendid. Great job!

Also, wow, I didn't much care about the bad wolf in the earlier post, but this latest one has really won me over. Simple, but elegant.

[Faxtar]

Black Spot:: thanks! Rock on.
William b. Hand:: Thank you Mr. Hand, that means alot to me, I really love your stuff and thanks for keeping the DSG going back in the day when I used to enter.

Stuff...

[LtPlissken]

All your art is so amazing!!!!!!!!

[Faxtar]

LtPlissken:: Thanks!

one more...

[seetsy]

cool stuff dude, nice to see the improvement over the pages of ur sb.
that portrait of the older gent is amazing, really nice handle of values

[Faxtar]

ART!



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