escape2mars sketchbook

[escape2mars]

well, since I'll be going to this Insomnia Workshop I probably should post a sketchbook and get to know you peeps :bashful:

[escape2mars]

old stuff

[walnut]

HI there. Not a bad way to start off a SB thread by a long shot. My fav's the colour portrait (oils?) Not so hot on the robotic dog thing, looks too convoluted (if that's the word.)

[Zarett]

Nice mechanical stuff and the painting is very pretty.

I like the Lara Croft one even thought it's unfinished, cause you downsized her boobs substantially, and she looks like an actual (although badass) person! Woo.

[Uziel]

Welcome, nice works love the painting Self Portrait, girlfriend, model?
have fun @ the workshop.

[jcaffoe]

that's an absolutely gorgeous painting, and the lara croft piece has a fantastic softness to the rendering. I also really like seeing how you worked through the robotic piece in layers.

keep it up man! The workshop will be a blast for you.

[escape2mars]

Thanks everyone for the comments. I haven't figured out how to put comments under each image...grrr. The painting above is 8x10 oil on panel study of a girl I was able to bribe into sitting for me. The Lara Croft drawing is really old and has gotten quite damaged over the years.

Below are some more recent life drawing/painting from 10 & 20 minute poses plus a copy after zorn:

[escape2mars]

Some sculpture concept sketches in waterclay or supersculpey, about an hour each plus an abandoned bust of Anthony Hopkins in Chavant NSP clay. I posted some of these b4 under my brother's account.

[steen]

Good stuff man. That's the first I've seen of your painting. I particularly like the Zorn copy. It has beautiful soft feel to it.

[steen]

Woah, you posted sculpts while I was replying. Awesome. Creepy fetus monster. Anthony Hopkins is nice.

[escape2mars]

Thanks Steen.
The sculpts are from 4 years ago...damn I miss sculpting. My entire stash of clay have all dried on me, except the WED Clay which is awesome stuff (stands for Walter E. Disney clay).

Do you recognize the first painting above - Girl named Alex from Eckerd figuredrawing?

-alex

[steen]

She's not ringing a bell at the moment. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled next time.

Hey, can I ride in your suitcase to insomnia?

[hp]

hehe just wanted to bump your sketchbook, you crazy fool :) post insomania stuff!

anyways, great to hang out with you in san fran :)

[escape2mars]

Thanks HP. It was fun hanging out with u too. I can't wait til the next workshop. In fact I wanna move to SF now.

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Weird, attachments aren't working the same way as in the Insomania pics thread so the captions don't work.

Below are A couple sketches from Insomania I was happy with:
2 min sketch of Kevin Llewellyn, sketch of model.

I just made myself a 6x8 paintbox so I have something small to take to the next workshop :)

I'm so broke from Insomania I can't buy any gifts so I'm giving art.
Christmas presents:
chloe, lucy, diego, alex, jaylee.

[Idiot Apathy]

Wow, these are really great! Why didn't I meet you at the workshop? Real nice sketch of Puddn'Head.

[TomCardin]

gorgeous work! Sculpture, drawing and painting all awesome. Would love to hear more about insomania and your techniques.

[JustinBeckett]

woah sweet book dude! love the sculpts and the latest post!

[dtran]

the man-crush is mutual!! I see you're keeping it real with the old school traditional way of things. MUCHO REPSECT!!!! thanks for commenting in my SB and introducing me to yours!

will be back!

-d

[saa]

that stuff is INSANE,

you captured so much personality in your portraits, unbelievable.
5 stars.

[narch_jinx]

What great art you have. I think your oil abilities have come a long way. As welll as your figure drawing. Keep it up and keep inspired. Your Bro, S

[Elnady]

Really great stuff :)
i love your sculptures
keep it up

[Alexandr Pascenko]

wow man , the lifedrawing and sculptures are kickass.

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46368&stc=1&d=1162935752
on this one the inks i don´t like i theres a huge difference between the left ones and the greyscaled head in the right , do more of these;) , reminds me a bit of neon genesis but still looks great ! keep it updated

[Wafflehouseninja]

haynow! thats some nice sketch work. i like the puddenhead one aswell. Man thank you for stop lurcking this SB is hot.

[steen]

Hey man, nice work. Can't wait to get together and get the lowdown on your insomnia experience.

[Blue Severin]

yes, great likeness on Kevin, cool stuff, good to meet you. Freaking awesome sculptures.

[Alcian]

Love the mech stuff and life paints, great start; look forward to seeing more.

[designboot]

Wow! incredible stuff ;) esspecially sculpture!

[Dosadi]

Hey man! Nice stuff you got here. I seem to remember seeing your sketchbook open somewhere at the workshop. Wonderful sculptures.

I've got a couple of crits for you at the moment.

Pay close attention to basic 3 dimensional forms. Your portraits and renderings have a good feel and likeness to them but they lack some depth.

For painting my favorite quote is this one "Every mark has perspective" meaning every brush stroke should build the form of the object. The direction, length, and width of each stroke matter. Try looking and thinking about each stroke 10 times as long as it takes to put it down. Try to accomplish as much as possible with each stroke. How can I use one stroke instead of 10 to convey my ideas? Each stroke has a purpose and should be charged with meaning. Take another look at Hussar's stuff. Every stroke and every shape in his Alla Primas serve a purpose (and they all relate to eachother on top, that guy is sick!).

I'm a pallete dork so I'd like to know what the theory behind yours is if you don't mind. I noticed one of your drawings is from Art Center. Are you a student there?

That doggy is bad ass. By far my favorite!

Keep it up! I'm so happy to see another Oil Painter on here!

[4rt-r41d]

hey, wtf....
dude, this is mental!
amazing stuff. please show me more :D

[Darktwin]

wow great work all around really like your last post, lots of really good portraits. I'm really feeling that portriat of the girl on the tone paper. Very nice. Keep posting please.

[dtran]

E2M!!! sooo waiting for you to update :)

[escape2mars]

I find myself in the lowly position to apologize for not updating more frequently. Surely that was not how I intended this sketchbook to go. I have works ready to post, but just haven't photographed them...mostly sketches that I want to bring to more of a finished version. Work has been killing me lately (no I don't work in the art industry...yet), and getting up at 4AM every morning really saps up my creative energy. Not much of an excuse, but it's what ails me right now.
Dtran-You inspire me, bro. I will post more.

[Mr Man]

Bloody hell roomy those paintings are great! I should have picked your brains while I had the chance. Those sculpts are coming along nicley too.
I dont know much about sculpting but do you use a armature (that the right word?) It might help give some of your characters more structure. Hope you keep us up to date :)

[escape2mars]

Rich, concerning armature: I hate it! Most of my sculpts (at least the concept ones) are done in earth clay. It is very fast. In fact the longest one took me three hours. I cannot use armature with earth clays, because they'll crack as they dry around the armature. That's why you only see me sculpting busts in earthclay (white earthenwhere to be exact). The best earth clay to use is WED clay, but the shipping costs more than the clay itself!

The SuperSculpey sculpture (the only sculpt in pink) does have an armature. I used an air-hardening water based clay for the armature. Then I used wire for the arms which were epoxied into place before sculpting over them. If you look closely, you can see that over time, the supersculpey has begun to crack around the massive armature beneath. If I could, I would never use armature as I change my mind a lot as I sculpt. But let's be realistic. For full body sculpts with arms and legs, using an armature is inevitable. I'll be posting a new sculpt soon. It's a bust again in water clay...no armature of course

[escape2mars]

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clay sculpt-this was a lot of fun, but took me longer to finish due to work exhaustion.


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supersculpey dog-this one's only about 2 1/2" tall.

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comics

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character concepts

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portrait of my niece-graphite and white pencil on toned paper.

[escape2mars]

Dosadi, I've been meaning to reply to you coz I'm a palette freak too :) I'm pretty new to oil paint so I'm still trying to figure out my palette. Currently my palette is broken down to a (1) gamut palette of brilliant warm & cool primaries, (2) convenience colors, and (3) premixed colors which are mixed from the "gamut" and "convenience" pigments as needed.

Gamut: CadYellowPale, CadYellowDeep, CadRed, PermanentRose, UltramarineDeep, and CeruleanBlue.

Convenience: YellowOchrePale, TransparentOxideRed, and Viridian.

Premixed: "RawUmber", "TeraRosa/VenetianRed", "Alizarin", and "IvoryBlack".

When plein air painting I'll replace CadYellowPale with CadLemon and CeruleanBlue with PhthaloBlue.

I typically arrange them in hue as in this pic.
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I usually treat my "RawUmber" and "IvoryBlack" as warm and cool greys. I try to use only 2 or 3 'pigments' for any mixture. This can be visualized on the palette as lines or triangles. It helps me recognize which mixtures I use a lot.

Hope some of that was of some use.

-alex

[escape2mars]

a couple drawings of the same girl, first is from a photo, second is from life:
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character concept:
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-alex

[JoeEffect]

i like your s.b you've many quallity stuff here.

[mEj]

Wow, really beautiful work. I love your paintings.

[escape2mars]

Thanks everyone for comments.

JoeEffect, hope my few tips on watercolor helped you out.

mEj-thanks for visiting. Hopefully I'll be able to visit your SB, when you put one up.

Darktwin-I just started the toned paper works. You can look forward to more in the coming posts. Thanks for visiting.

Wakazou-hope you liked the new posts. Thanks for visiting.

Mr Man-good to see someone I met at Insomania visiting my SB!

Dtran-yep, I finally posted more stuff. I'm still trying to get my ideas on paper in one sitting...or sleeping. I draw on my bed nowadays. Maybe that's the problem.

[JoeEffect]

yes,thanks for tips,i'm working on it.I know about the materials,but i just testing in bristol paper,you know,experimental stuff,(because watercolor it's difficult tech) and then try with Canson or something.Thnx again.C you around.

[hp]

hey! nice update! the last sculpture looks a bit phallic around his neck to me ^^
i really like the dog...it's cute! you should do those as commissions on DA, i think a lot of ppl would enjoy them.

[escape2mars]

Phallic??? Hp, get your mind outa the gutter! I still don't see it, and I've been staring at it for the last 5 minutes! Perhaps I shall give this sculpture a phallic name. Sheeez! And I wanted to give it a cool name, now he's been sullied! He shall be known henceforth as Darth Fallix....or Dr. Scrotus!

[dtran]

Whoa! a good size update we have here!Loving the graphite and sculpture work...i am going to throw some stars your way man! Keep this going. Always look forward to seeing more of your work.

[BohemianChaos]

hey!! Please excuse me, I probably did meet you at the workshop, but I don't know anyone by their user names!! :^^;: Your sketchbook is seriously nice tho (I love the one of Puddinhead from the workshop!). One word of warning about digital painting... have patience!! It's taken me a month or two to get to where I am now, and trust me, it's been a struggle at times. Thanks for stopping by! ;)

[softocean]

Nice stuff here - I really liked your detailed creatures with mechanical parts. Very cool detailing - do you do studies of pistons and stuff to get that level of detail?

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

[escape2mars]

Thanks everyone for the comments.

bohemianChaos - I'm Alex. No big deal if you don't remember me, we didn't talk that long. You were showing me how you use charcoal so thanks for the tips. I'm hoping to get my first computer by June but it sux waiting when I see so many nice digiworks around here.

softocean - thanks man. I haven't done any studies of mechanical stuff but I think I actually should. But I think that many years of building model kits of planes, cars and motorcycles probably helped me.

[escape2mars]

Happy Valentines everyone.

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supersculpey 1½ inches high.

[buzzz3d]

Wow, very inspiring stuff here.
New subscriber. Love your paints!

[Dark_Artist]

Wow.. amazing stuff.. loved your work. I just recently started into the Sci-Fi scene and your machinery gives me inspiration. ^.^..

[BohemianChaos]

bohemianChaos - I'm Alex. No big deal if you don't remember me, we didn't talk that long. You were showing me how you use charcoal so thanks for the tips. I'm hoping to get my first computer by June but it sux waiting when I see so many nice digiworks around here.

ooh man, I showed you how to use charcoal?? I think I remember... :P I'm much better at faces and art than anything else... you know, a visual person. :) Sorry for being such a ditz. :P You've definately got some great stuff here though.

I hate being w/out my computer now... once you go digital, you'll have a hard time leaving home without it! j/k, but good luck when you get one! :) What kind of computer are you looking into?

[Ashrumm]

Hey great work here your portraits are very strong keep up the good work!!

[Kronos]

WOW dude!

this (http://conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1094091&postcount=8) completely blew my mind, i'd love to see more sculpts. You've got serious skill in other departments too, i love these ones here (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=67423&stc=1&d=1166939686), and here (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=67425&stc=1&d=1166939718).

please keep posting, i want to see more!

[RaistlinTheDark]

freaking badass SB!!!

[DeJakhalz]

Very very nice work! I just cant give critz here! It all just rocks :D

[the_allejo05]

nice work..just keep up the zorn copies...he has beautiful color combinations to teach..

[BohemianChaos]

I don't know about you, but I'm ready for an update... :wink:

[Merlkir]

Very nice SB! :) I like your real life work a lot, especially the color potraits. That one with the woman lit from the side, the radiant light is simply awesome :)

[escape2mars]

So, okay. After almost 2 years of sparse drawing and painting, I have decided to finally start posting again. Two weeks ago, I started drawing again, but this time only digital. I'm still getting used to the wacom, but after I decided to ditch the idea of buying a cintique, I had no choice. No more traditional. Everything is started and finished in the computer. I am also learning painterX as I go along.

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This was started to familiarize myself with the wacom and the program. Don't even remember which brushes I used.
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I started this sketch just for fun, but then decided to colour it with the airbrush tool. Also first time to use layers.

[Blue Severin]

sweet, though I have a lot of fun with tradigital, as my pencil sketches sometimes have more life to em than wacom line work, not to mention scanned textures I use and stuff like that. Even though I like to draw cool shit (i.e. robots, guns, chicks) I've been shown that the best way to learn digi is actually by painting live objects with a wacom. Just stuff to think about. Good to see you're still alive man, been a while, good luck.

[escape2mars]

Here's something I did yesterday. As I was learning the program, I found I was beginning to use too many layers, so this one was done with only one layer for the glowing eyes and...bellybutton.

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[escape2mars]

Here's a steroid fish I did in painter.

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This is a quick sketch of one of the robots from Ice Pirates. Loved the movie when I was a kid.

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[escape2mars]

Loose concept of a future soldier.

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[escape2mars]

Just saw "Dodge Ball" again and decided to have some fun! Love that DVD pause button.

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[escape2mars]

I started this in photoshop, but then something happened to the brush...I'm sure it's something I did...whatever. So I finished in painter. Really liked photoshop's default brush though. Wish I could figure out how to duplicate the brush in painter. Anybody know?

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[escape2mars]

I decided to use reference this time. Here is the start of my painting of Rachel in painterX.

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[escape2mars]

My WIP. Using only chalk.

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[escape2mars]

And now I realize my initial drawing was off the mark. My likeness has gone south! Gonna have to do a lot of subtle fixes.

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[escape2mars]

Some subtle fixes.

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[lilou]

wooooooow!!! your pieces are really stunning!!! especially the first mechastuff!!! I'm such a looser when it comes to those, so I really admire what you did!!!

the other pieces are great as well and I#m happy to see you go into digital painting too!!! looks good so far! on the last piece I think I can give you some advice, (even though you're working on a higher level than me)... the skin tones still look to monochrome.... add some other colours like blues green and reds, very slightly on the skin! this will make the colours mor vivid!!!

and thanks for visiting my sb! I hope to see you there soon and also looking foreward to your next diditals paintings :)

bye
diana

[archipelago]

I like the stuff in here, yes sir I do.

[escape2mars]

This is as far as I want to take it.

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[escape2mars]

Here's something I did just for practice.

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[escape2mars]

Why it not show on previous post?

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[Blue Severin]

sweet, lots more work. stuff's getting better quick.

[escape2mars]

A sketch I did in photoshop.

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[Silvenon]

That's really mad painting, I loved every single one of them. I really hope to see more, you are an amazing artist....

[jedininjaman]

Love the sculptures

[Blue Severin]

I'd throw a multiply layer over the last at a low opacity and re pick out the highlights, would help with the form a bit.

[the ANGRY filipino]

I now exactly how Bob the Bunny feels!
And nice progress on that portrait!

[escape2mars]

I haven't posted in a while, so I decided to do a Mignola style sketch.

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[the ANGRY filipino]

hi escape2mars!
well, you nailed the Mignola "feel" in that last update!
maybe some more highlights on the forehead though? But thats just my opinion dude.

[escape2mars]

Thanks, Angry. I did the Mignola lookalike for lack of anything else. been a bit caught up in drama, so my output is suffering. Just doodling tonight.

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[escape2mars]

Obviously inspired by oldschool Ironman.

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[escape2mars]

Just having fun.

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[escape2mars]

Cripes!!! I haven't posted in a while...hellovalot longer than I realized. Well to remedy that, I've decided to post this tiny sketch I did in photoshop. Don't know why I drew an elephant...just seemed to come to me while I was scribbling.

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[escape2mars]

The first sketch I did on my new Intuos4. Also first time using Corel Sketchpad. Love it, simple to use and excellent for digital graphite sketching.

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The second sketch I did. I like to fish. 'Nuff said.

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[escape2mars]

I had to redo the background 'cause the Corel Sketchpad crashes a lot. I forgot to save. I guess I'll only use this program to sketch very quick stuff, nothing too fancy. Too bad, 'cause I really like sketching in that program.

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[ASVogel]

Of the last three, I like the aviator best. Which is funny, because the thumbnail on Facebook exaggerated the thin-ness of the character and I was going to comment on that until I saw the actual image. He's got great expression and I like the stylization. Would be interested in seeing it taken to paint.

[escape2mars]

Thanks, Alicia! I didn't even notice that facebook made him thinner...hmm. After Reverie, I decided to just draw more and worry about digital painting a little less. I have to sort out my values and proportions first before worrying about colour...not that I'm going to completely ignore it. I'll take the aviator to colour eventually. Thanks for posting.
By the way, remember the discussion we had at Reverie about replies on sketchbooks? I might actually try it just to see, heehee!

[escape2mars]

A sketch I did in SketchBook Express while waiting for a friend to arrive.

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[escape2mars]

My favourite character from "Gen-X Cops". Done from paused DVD....easier than hiring a model.

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[escape2mars]

A certain DC superhero....

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[escape2mars]

Zombie attempt....

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[escape2mars]

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My attempt at Hulk drawn for my nephew who is a big Hulk fan.

[escape2mars]

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My next project: The Punisher! Hated the first film, didn't bother seeing the second. Nevertheless, I like Punisher based on the comics I used to collect. I didn't use any reference for this one which is why I'm having difficulty with......why do I even bother, nobody looks at this sketchbook!

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WIP.....

[meticulous]

yes we do! (look at your sketchbook) :)
I know what you mean though - sometimes it seems like weeks before someone says anything on your work or postings....

Have to say I LOVE your portrait pieces. Great imagination on your character designs too! (and your sculptures are just cool as hell)
*would love to see some more of your portrait work! Really enjoyed looking at those! Keep posting! I'll keep coming to your SB :)

[escape2mars]

Holly effing sh*t!!! Someone actually posted a comment, haha! You just made my day, meticulous. Thank you. Okay, just for you, I will post a new portrait piece soon. In the meantime, I just remembered I did a few "Heroes" portrait sketches a while ago that should be in here, but I'll have to scan them in tomorrow. Thanks again for stopping by!

[escape2mars]

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Jack Nicholson From paused DVD.

[escape2mars]

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A sketch I did of one of my favourite X-men, at least 15 years ago. This is done from memory. I haven't seen this character since I stopped collecting the X-men title. So this is how I remember Havoc 15 years ago.

[Muscari]

you have some great works here man, specially those in the first post and that irom man inspired design. great concept work you do, keep it up

[AlexKrill]

Hey man. Just have to say that the jack nicholson is fantastic. looks real creepy and good! I would get fotoreferance though, more detailed than a paused dvd ;-) Whats up these days? cuming to the italian workshop?

[escape2mars]

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Wow, I haven't posted anything in a while! I'm so tired from work, but I had to do something to put on here. So I did a quick sketch of Cyclops.

[escape2mars]

Muscari: Thanks. I often feel that the first half of my sketchbook is completely different. Truth is I'm still getting used to the digital aspect of things. There's still nothing like having real materials and paints in your hands, but the computer is much faster and less clutter....and CTRL Z, haha! Eventually I'll return to traditional media, but for now I'm still training with digital.

AlexKrill: Hey there, buddy! I haven't tried photoref with digital yet. The reason I use paused DVD is for substitute for life-drawing. I still have to use all the same skills as having a real model posing....but I don't have to pay. I will be using photoref soon though, as my sketches are quite loose and I want to start posting more "finished" stuff. Thanks for the advice, bud.

[ASVogel]

I like the Cyclops piece a lot, I also like the loose almost-watercolor direction.

[escape2mars]

Yeah, so I haven't uploaded pics in a while. Well here's one I did of Wolverine before the movie came out. Don't know why I didn't upload it before. Several more pics to upload later too.
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[ASVogel]

Really like the wolverine piece. I think it captures the essence of the character with the pose and the bloodstrokes.

[escape2mars]

Thanks, Alicia. Like the Cyclops pic, this one started off as a doodle. I didn't plan it out that way, but I try not to get attatched to sketches and erase/change poses. A lot of my experience with Photoshop is still experimental. There's a lot to learn!

[escape2mars]

This is quite old now. Just never uploaded it. Inspired from a bad day at work.
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Fat ravenous zombie, yay!
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Inspired from the movie obviously. And the design of the terminators is amazing! James Cameron rocks!!!
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[hp]

do some more color studies! i think you can go places with those bright colors of yours but you should rein them in in some areas.

here is a good resource for wacky color combos:
http://uponthoufaircat.deviantart.com/

[escape2mars]

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[ASVogel]

Looking good! Love the watercolor effect.