Thesinfulsaint's working sketchbook/Portfolio

[thesinfulsaint]

Hello everyone! As of right now, I'm entering my senior year in high school. I'm *hoping* to be a Computer Animation major at Ringling School of Art and Design in the fall of 2007, but we'll see how the acceptance/funding goes. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/2The_GRAMMINATOR_by_thesinfulsaint.jpg
This is one of my pride and joy portfolio pieces. Prisma colors on Cold press watercolor paper, 18" x 24".

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/corey.jpg
Another one of my pride and joy portfolio pieces. Graphite on regular sketchbook paper, and I can't remember the size...but it's pretty big.

Here are a few life drawings I did at the Columbus College of Art and Design Summer Preview program. (They're in chronological order)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/nakedlady1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/nekkedlady2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/nakers3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/nakeywakey4.jpg

Then, finally, here are a couple of poor photos of a series of self portraits I'm working on for my portfolio. In the end, there will be three. All three will be done with oil.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/redblurrymeee.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/cuteblurrymeee.jpg
(Please keep in mind that these are still VERY rough)

Aaaand here are just a couple of random pages out of my sketchbook.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/asian.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/mike.jpg

I know that I don't have any cartoony-type work posted here, but I talked to Eric from Ringling, and he told me on my visit that it was best to not even let them know that I could do that yet. So... yep. I've been focusing on realism. :)

[Wolfbane]

really enjoyable work in here ma'm! thos life drawings are really cool, but my
favourite is the huge portrait, the proportions of the face is really well
mastered! keep the good work UP, i want to see more from you :)

[thesinfulsaint]

really enjoyable work in here ma'm! thos life drawings are really cool, but my
favourite is the huge portrait, the proportions of the face is really well
mastered! keep the good work UP, i want to see more from you :)

Thank you very much!

[rblitz7]

wow wow wee wah! really great stuff here! My favorite are the first two pieces and the figure drawings are good too, maby show more construction lines in them though. Keep it up!;)

[thesinfulsaint]

Yeah, I tend to erase my plumb lines when I'm doing figure drawing. I'll be sure to leave more of them there next time, thanks! Thanks for stopping by. :)

[Goodbye..fromthevoid]

Your best pieces are really masterful. Keep working and soon even just your normal pieces will be as good as the best stuff you can do now. Maybe you should try different subject matter to test yourself.

[evildisco]

Quite good, I say, I like the second picture you posted.
In any case, best of luck with your plans for Ringling.

[thesinfulsaint]

Your best pieces are really masterful. Keep working and soon even just your normal pieces will be as good as the best stuff you can do now. Maybe you should try different subject matter to test yourself.
Thank you! Yes, I plan to try many different subject matter and media in my portfolio. I need to get around to setting up an interesting still life to paint or draw!

Quite good, I say, I like the second picture you posted.
In any case, best of luck with your plans for Ringling.
Thank you very much! I appreciate your good thoughts. :)

[Gbertek]

just dropping by. some really sweet stuff happening here. i recommed googling master drawings example. "davincis drawings" it shows their approach to the importance of delineating form with contour line work. and mentler counts too his thread is a gold mind

[maxetormer]

NICE stuff, I really like this one
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/corey.jpg
KEEP working, it seems your gonna rock any school you decide to enter!!

[thesinfulsaint]

it seems your gonna rock any school you decide to enter!!
Wow... thanks a lot! That feels good to hear. :)

[rblitz7]

Hey! how many still lifes are you gona put in your portfolio?

[thesinfulsaint]

I'm not really sure yet--probably one or two. I don't think I'm going to really make my still life a typical still life, though. I'll probably do something weird with it like change the scales all around. :)

[rblitz7]

Ok thats cool, do you have an AIM screen name so I wont have to ask questions like this in your sketchbook?

[thesinfulsaint]

Yeah, I do. It's bauerpower8813, but I warn you--I'm not online very much. :P You can just e-mail me at bauerpower8813@yahoo.com if you want to talk about anything urgent. :) I check that a lot more often.

[artmessiah]

Wow, nice stuff. That portrait rendering of the guy with toothpick or straw is the best. Good work and hope to see you at Ringling next year.

[oddyti]

Nice sketchbook! I really like the prismacolor one of the car; although the house in the background lacks a feeling of stucture (it kind of sags a bit) the car itself is an impressive rendering of a very shiny/reflective surface.

Of your figure work, I think that the head/portrait is best. Your proportions are pretty good over all, but a lot of the muscles and fat pads feel a little like putty; they look more like they're just stuck on rather than being attatched to/pulling/hanging off of bones and ligaments.

All the same I applaud you! This is some very good work for just having begun to draw nudes. Your use of values is very good! :)

Please post more... Admissions may not want to see your cartoony stuff, but that shouldn't keep you from showing it here!

[thesinfulsaint]

Yes, I agree, the house is a bit weak on the first one. Every Portfolio review I've had at least one person has said the same thing. Fixing the house is on my to-do list--thanks for the crit! :)

Again, thanks for the crits (and compliment :)) on my life drawings!

All right, I guess I will get around to posting some more. I've been pretty lazy with taking photos of my stuff lately. xP

[Mitchell]

great stuff, just keep at it and you'll get into any college you want. I like the rendering on the lips of the second one.

[thesinfulsaint]

Thanks a lot! It feels really really good to hear that. :D

[thesinfulsaint]

All right, here's some new stuff!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/handswip.jpg
This is a new portfolio piece I'm working on. I wouldn't consider anything there done yet--I have a ton of refining to do on the crayons and hand. Not ot mention the rest of the picture. Oy.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0483.jpg
Did that at CCAD's Precollege, but I just got around to photographing it. I'll most likely refine it and include it in my final portfolio.

[oddyti]

Those last two are really nice. Are you using oils or acrylics for these?

[cosmicbeanbag]

awesome work, all the best to you.

[thesinfulsaint]

Those last two are really nice. Are you using oils or acrylics for these?
The first one is acrylic--the second one is oils. I'm planning on doing some refining with colored pencils on the acrylic piece. :)

cosmicbeanbag--Thanks!!

[rblitz7]

Wow! both are really good! Very nice work! what did you paint the oil painting on?

[thesinfulsaint]

Wow! both are really good! Very nice work! what did you paint the oil painting on?
Thanks a lot! The oil painting is just on a little piece of stretched canvas. The acrylic one is on gesso'd cold press watercolor paper.

[Spats]

Impressive stuff. Good job - keep posting!

[Bkschu]

Wow your work is amazing! If I were you I wouldnt worry too much about getting into Ringling with this incredible portfolio you put mine to shame. haha keep up the great artwork and good luck with getting into the CA at Ringling!

[thesinfulsaint]

Thanks a lot, Bkschu! That's always great to hear. :)

[Jmark's]

Hey saint, when are you gonna post some more stuff? I wanna see what you recently finished.:}

[Oni Rem]

wow, nice, i like your artwork. i like the car picture and the portrait they look awsome.

[thesinfulsaint]

Ummm... Someday I'll get around to posting more. haha. I'm almost hesitant to do it, though, because I selfishly want to hold onto my own original ideas. I just finished some stuff that I'm pretty proud of, though, so I may post it... We'll see. :P

Loneshadow-- Thanks a lot! They were both a lot of work. :)

[Jmark's]

oh come on saint,:P nobody else is holding back. We're all in this together.:blahblah: Now you've striggered my curiosity. If you're proud of them, they must be pretty good!:D

[Justin.]

Advice; Force yourself to have something to post before replying. Makes for a more filling sketchbook.

You work great with acryllics, the skin tones on that hand are really nice.

[thesinfulsaint]

All right, taking your advice, Justin.

Here are the three self portraits that I finished up. All three are done in oil and are about 12" by 12". I'm still not completely satisfied with them, but I've been working on them for so long and I think I need to just let some of the details go.

The photos are really poor--I'll post better ones once it's sunny outside and I can get some better lighting.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_2582.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_2592.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_2599.jpg

[Xenogil]

Nevertheless, they look great! I can't wait to see how this one comes out:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/handswip.jpg

[artmessiah]

Damn Ms Saint - I'm going to start hating on you in a minute. Really nice recent work. I didn't have a lot of color pieces in my portfolio, but I might have to include a few more. Those oils and acrylics are nice. Must go... have to stop procrastinating and work on my portfolio - grumble, grumble ;)

[Jmark's]

Nice work saint, I like the first one best. You must have a lot of time in all those pieces. :teeth: So, what happened to the "original idea pieces" you don't want to shair?:P Still holding out? :tihi: Looking good though, you should be proud!!

[thesinfulsaint]

Xenogil- Thanks! Actually...heh... That one got put on the wayside. I was told at a National Porfolio Review day that it was a little on the boring side, so I decided to spend my time on other pieces. I did finish it...but trust me, it's nothing worth looking at.

artmessiah- Haha... I appreciate that. :D Good luck--keep on working!

Jmark's- Thanks! Yeah... I spent a lot of time on each one... It was starting to drive me crazy. These are the pieces I was talking about up there. ;) They tell a little story, incase you can't tell (my little tribute to caffeine addiction. :D). I have some more original pieces in the making, though--even more creative than this. I'll probably post them when I finish them.

[Onceuponastar]

Your work is amazing, I love the series of self portraits you did. Very creative. Best of Luck with Ringling :-)!

[thesinfulsaint]

Thanks Onceuponastar!

Here's one I just finished. I'm still not sure whether or not I'm going to darken that figure in the background...but oh well.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_7321.jpg

[Jmark's]

Hey saint, looking very good. For some reason I can't view your blog though. Maybe you can help me out? I already tried adjusting my privacy settings.

[thesinfulsaint]

Hey saint, looking very good. For some reason I can't view your blog though. Maybe you can help me out? I already tried adjusting my privacy settings.
Thanks! And that's weird about the blog... I don't know. :( The URL is betsybauer.blogspot.com incase I didn't type it right.

[Ryn]

Hi Saint! I really love your portfolio, I'm sure the admissions folks at Ringling will too. :3

Do you have any quicker work, like sketches or non-portfolio things you've done for fun? Your hyper-rendered stuff is so top notch, I'm really interested to see what your leisurely art is like.

Also, do you have any tips for taking pictures of your art? I just assume you used a camera for yours because of the size, but the quality is really nice. I'm having trouble doing the same with my pictures.

[GeeWesley]

Wow, I love your work. Your building one heck of a portfolio. Keep posting.

[Fish Tank Inc]

You have really nice work.

There is so much to say.

[anubis713]

Wow!
What an amazing and inspiring sketchbook!
And to come from a high school senior!
I am extremely impressed!
Hey, I don't think you will have any problems what so ever when you try to get into any college.
...wow. That is all I can say.
Did you practice a lot with drawing hands or what?
You are a phenominal artist!
Good luck on getting into the school you decide on. (Even though you don't need any.)
I would really like to see what you could produce when drawing animals!
I would love to see that!
Keep this up!
I am totally coming back to this sketchbook!
:meow:

[j a k e]

Really friggin strong stuff! Your paints are very impressive. You've captured your expression in the SPs wonderfully.

*envy*

[Envisor]

Great portfolio pieces here, I too am hoping to get into an art college in the fall of 2007. You are far ahead of me, and I took a year off from school to hone my drawing skills. Keep up the good work.

My Sketchbook- C&C very welcome
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=85772

[thesinfulsaint]

Ryn-- Thank you so much! :) From what I've seen, your portfolio is going to be pretty killer, too. As far as photographing goes, I'd recommend pinning your work to the wall against a black background. Light it very well, but don't point any lights directly at the artwork--that'll create a glare, especially on paint. Put your camera on a tripod, turn off the flash, and photo. :) If you can't pin your work up on the wall, try doing the same method, except on the floor. Stand over your work to photograph it. The only downside to this is that it's easy to distort your images, especially on larger pictures. Finally, if you have good photo editing software, don't be afraid to do a little digital color correction to make sure that your photos truly show your work as it is meant to be seen. :)

GeeWesley-- Thanks for taking a look! I'll be sure to keep posting.

Fish Tank Inc-- Thank you so much! And thanks even more for the in-depth critique through e-mail. As I mentioned there, I really appreciate you taking so much interest in my work. :)

anubis713-- Aww, thanks so much. *blush* But really, there are plenty of high school seniors out there with far more talent than me. I do appreciate it, though! And yes, I tend to draw hands a lot, mostly because, well, they're right there and good practice. :D I did actually do a lot of animal paintings earlier in high school. I guess I'll post them.

j a k e-- Thanks! That's what I was going for on the one self portrait--extreme expression. I'm glad you think it came out well.

Envisor-- Thanks for taking a look. I'll be sure to check out your sketchbook!

Here are some OLD animal paintings from Freshman and Sophomore year.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/Snow_kissed_Fox.jpg
Oekaki
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/Lioness_and_Cub.jpg
Oekaki
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/kitty.jpg
Oils

I've been doing a lot of gesture work in my sketchbook lately, and I've also been experimenting with markers. I'm still pretty horrible at both, so please critique intensively! All of these are from the past week-- I'll post them chronologically.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_2655.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_2657.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_2658.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_2661.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_2662.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_2660.jpg
^I know that this one came out far too stylized... I'm really unhappy with it.

I've also been doing some more imaginative work, since I've been bottling up ideas like this for so long.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_2664.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_2659.jpg

[Gbertek]

Yoooooooooo. Nice to see updates. I need to Update myself. Regardless, I think you should do a search for Mentler's sketchbook. He has some awesome stuff on how to relate the figure to an ovid (for the upper body mass, upper torso and back) and how a square relates to the pelvic mass. Just a thought, I'm sure ranglin covers that pretty in-depth.

[Ryn]

Yay, updates!

I really love those last two sketch pages, they're awesome. I bet it felt good to get those ideas out after a bunch of academic type stuff!

[Justin.]

Personal thoughts

Maybe focus more on proportion then on shapes. It seems you are trying really hard to get 'shapes' of things and ignoring perspective and proportion- those 2 combined will really pump your work up.

Good luck!

[flying~high]

OMG! jelousy, jelousy, lol!
You have a beautiful tecnique; I absolutly love the way that your are putting your images down from your mind. Beautiful^.^! Kepp up the work! can't wait to see more!

[Maestro Andres]

Amazing sketchbook. Really dig the paintings, I really envy your skills for your age. I will keep looking forward to great stuff you will be making at college!

[copperfire]

Do you work from photograph or real life when painting? your use of color is AWESOME! Some Nice work here!

[Earendil]

Very inspiring work! Great attention to details. I'd go with that thought of darkening the background figure, it is trying to "compete" so to speak. ;)

[artmessiah]

Hey fellow Ringling soon to be classmate - You need to update this wonderful SB of yours. I'm sure you got great stuff we're not seeing here :)

[Kirsten_Zirngibl]

Woah! Did you have your artwork displayed at the regional Scholastic exhibit in Northeast Ohio? I recognize the work-- the cans, and the guy with the toothpick (I remember bringing my parents over to see it). I had a portfolio displayed right on the other side of the wall from your portrait series with the can... small world! Anyway, I really love your work- seen there and here.

Either that or I'm wrong and just embarassed myself... :S (Pretty sure I'm not though)

[The Crazy Dude SRD]

An awesome sketchbook, you've really pushed the tones and developed a sense of reality with your illusions, I especially liked the glass in the salt shakers (not to mention everything else here) I honestly believe you will have a great career in the arts.

[thesinfulsaint]

And this is what we call procrastination!!! :D :D :D

Gbertek--I've been looking through Mentler's thread off and on lately--it's a great resource! Thanks for the tip.

Ryn--Yeah! It definitely felt good! Thanks!

Justin--I will definitely work on both proportion and perspective. Those are some weaknesses of mine--thanks for the crit!

flying~high--Aww, thanks! :) I'll definitely post more!

armaldon--Thanks a lot, that's really awesome to hear. I'll be sure to stick around!

copperfire-- I used to work only from photo--the earlier work on this thead of my car and of the guy with the sucker are both from photo, as are the animal paintings. Pretty much everything else is from life. I just like working from life better now because of all of the rich detail that can't be captured in photo.

Earendil--Thanks so much! Good advice--thanks!

artmessiah--Ahh...the laziness of senior year. :) That's what got me. I'll definitely try to post more!

Kirsten--WOW! Yeah, I did!! That's so wild! I think I remember you, actually! Didn't you have the sort of old-school style science fiction illustrations in your portfolio? I really liked yours... it was so different! In fact, your work "Rune Escape" was one of my favorites... I giggled a little inside. :)

Crazy Dude--Wow, thanks a ton! That feels really great to hear.


Now for a MASSIVE sketch dump! It's not as top notch as some of my other work, but I've been working on loosening up, capture more motion and force in my drawings, and just relaxing a bit. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0083.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0063.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0064.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0065.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0066.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0067.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0068.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0070.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0071.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0072.jpg
It's hard to tell what this is... These are all about 10 second gestures of my puppy--they were definitely hard to capture...and VERY frusterating.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0073.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0074.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0075.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0077.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0078.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0080.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0082.jpg
This one really does NOT look like me, but it was a good lesson in the importance of proportions.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0084.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0085.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0086.jpg


And now, some digital work! All of this is done in Corel Painter 8.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/Fat_Man_in_a_Beanie_by_thesinfulsai.jpg
This one is just random... I felt like painting, so I scanned in one of my cleaner sketches and just did a quick paint job. It took around an hour, I think.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/clouds61207.jpg
I was outside one day when I looked up at the clouds and decided that they looked especially pretty, so I pulled out my laptop and tablet and started painting. :) It took around 30 minutes, I think.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/selfportrait61207.jpg
I had been on such a painting streak from the clouds that I decided to do a self portrait. This one took a little longer... 4 hours maybe? I'd like to go in and finish it at some point because the colors are very true to the moment, but I'm not sure if I can recreate it.

[panchosimpson]

very very nice work in here ms. saint, it's been awhile since i've visited this thread, those self portraits are awesome!
In your figure work, my only crit is that you might want to be more systematic when it comes to rendering so that you have consistency throughout your drawing, working with the broad side of the pencil/charcoal would also be helpful to get tones down quickly for short poses

check out Ron Lemen's figure drawing tutorials: http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14035

for more info on what I'm talking about


PS. glad to hear that you got into your dream school!

[Zaxser]

Hey, it's Zaxser from the education thread over here. I felt sorry about whining to you so I'd thought I'd bump your sketchbook thread. What do people mean by graphite? Is it just a normal HB pencil or what? Anyway, you make it look like charcoal. I'm very curious about this.

If you're still have problems doing and using gestures, read, "The Natural Way to Draw" if you haven't already. When I look at the picture of the kids running I can't but think they'd look better if you had drawn a gesture and tried to do a finished piece over it. Just a thought.

Overall, amazing work. Good luck.

[zeitgeist]

Hey saint, thanks for stopping by my sketchbook! I hope to see you guys as well in a years time. you'll know all the tricks and turns and be able to give me pointers (or know when to laugh at all the funny moments).

anyways... amazing stuff! I wish my still lifes were as top-notch as yours.
can't wait to see how much better you'll get after ringling gets a hold of you! ;)

[thesinfulsaint]

pancho--Thanks a lot! I'll have to give that technique a try; I tend to use only a mechanical pencil when I'm in my sketchbook, and I'm sure that that's half of my problem. Very useful link, too. Thanks!

Zaxser-- Aww, don't worry about it. I probably would have reacted the same way. I'm not sure what image you're talking about... My guess is http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/thesinfulsaint/IMG_0085.jpg this one? I wasn't going for a look of running for this one; I was actually going for more of a march, but you're right-- a quick gesture would certainly have helped out a lot. I've heard of "The Natural Way to Draw"--I guess I'll have to give it a read-through. :)

zeitgeist-- Hey, it was my pleasure to stop by your sketchbook! Thanks a lot--I hope to see you there!

[artmessiah]

Draw more! Draw more! Draw more!!!


Did I mention... DRAW MORE ;) :teeth:

(Same could be said about me tho, lol :bashful: )

I'll try and be at the pizza party, but I may need to work. See you later.