new book!

[Isric]

Hey all, more sketchbook stuff. Just trying to keep sharp during the summer.

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook17.jpg

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/inkandpaint.jpg

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook15.jpg

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/nude1.jpg

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/nude2.jpg

[undergroundkg]

nice work

[sumtinsumtin]

very very good,
great sense of structure
and weight, even without the values on the
figures they have a great feelin of volume.

good work

oh and i just checked out your site
solid work man

peace

[darkcult]

Brilliant. Very nice stuff !
I think only problem is with the last two: girl's head somehow doesn’t go well with her body which is less cartoony than the face itself .
That’s just my opinion ;) .

P.S.-- 2nd one 's my favourite.

[I.was.ink]

Great stuff! Did you use refs btw?

[Clodhopper]

i think the last two are my favorite. very dynamic poses, well proportioned. looked at everything on yer website, very inspiring stuff.

[siskol p]

tight stuff man, you've really got your own flavor, i definatly dig how you capture a believeable likeness (so i think) while still making it look illustrative. do you work as a caricature artist during the summer?? if not you should check it out, i really think you'd fit the bill

keep up the good work man

[Cinsev]

me likey!! very confident line work......and i love the variety of faces! only complaint...there isn't more stuff here :D

thanks!

[Guild Navigator]

If your art were to take some sort of physical manifestation it would be a huge arse kicking nuclear powered robot with a bigger than god railgun and a ghetto blaster.

[Cinsev]

Guild nav: don't forget the oreo cookie and milk dispenser, no arse whooping robot is complete without one, *especially* if he has a ghetto blaster.

[Jaku]

Cool!
Those have gone directly to the "isric" folder i´ve since sinjun times... :D

i see something wrong in left leg of the last one. it should be pushing the muscles of the right leg since they´re crossing together...

And in the above´s one ribcage looks to small to me, but they´re all nice..

just toughts.
well done

[Tedsuo]

Very nice. Your drawings are clear, full of emotion, and have a good sense of rhythm.


I've enjoyed your art for a while, but had no idea you posted here! :chug:

[koro]

Isric,

Tight as always man. Love the first two, and the last two. You have a great attention to like, and the scale of your figures are as great as the expressions.

Keep postin' :D

[ShawnYe]

Your are able to capture the expression, personality of the characters really well. I really admire your line work, its very clean and confident. Been to your site, nice works!

[Rhomb]

I like them a lot as usually. Very expressive. It's nice to see something more towards realism from you for a change, meaning the last two nudes. As a crit for them I would say that the hands aren't as succesful and eloquent as e.g. in the first two sketches. Thanks for sharing.

Ville

[behemot5]

:chug:

[BluePencilArtist]

nice drawings....
I like your females....
:chug:

[bizarde]

Awesome stuff Isric, I love your comic like style it's just soo "fat" =)

[TJ Verhagen]

Oh thats so good.. Hmm.. Lovely.
Your style reminds me somewhat of how Disney's Atlantis was done.

Very very nice. be sure to post more when ye got em:D

[ChadTHX1138]

Lovely! Your characters are fun to look at, Please keep posting Matt.

[Grooveholmes]

Very Inspiring! You've got some extremely confident linework. I'm a fan of long necks too...

[Rusty]

how the hell did i miss this thread!!!.Very noice stuff there Isric,as a classical animator i love looking at this style of drawing...

welldone,...keep em comin.
Rusty

[jwo]

print-print-print

[davi]

fantastic Isric

i really enjoy the character shown in the faces

[poly_cube]

@_____@ that is some really hot drawings man. Love'em all!

[el linxo]

great!!
I'm really digging your style!!!
:cool:

[kimchee]

Splendid as ever, Matt. Has Disney been sending you bribes of platinum Mickey Mouse necklaces and solid gold Simba statues yet?

Please post more often.

[Isric]

thanks for the feedback and compliments everyone. really appreciated.

Wish I had more to say than that, but that pretty much covers it. Hope to have more sketches to post soon

[Landmate]

I like the more realistic faces your doing on the figure pieces, the super stylized stuff is ok for animations, but as far as illustration goes, you should keep exploring the stuff your doing on those last 2 pieces.

[Groover McNab]

Very nice. Looks like you've really found your style. Very confident looking drawings.

[Irate Customer]

I really like the feet on the last one especially. I like line drawing, and love good line drawing. This is great stuff. I would really like to see more full figure work to go along with all of the busts.

Thanks for sharing!

Irate

[Vader]

Great work:beer:

[Sketch]

Very slick and clean! Nice stuff. I love the animation look. How bout some more figure work? I'd love to see the bodys for all those faces.

[Isric]

Hey all, two new pages from the old sketchbook (that's actually a lie, it's a composite of a few images taken from loose computer paper, I just say sketchbook cause it's easier).

These are the last burst of people before I start practicing on environments again.

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook18.jpg

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook19.jpg

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook22.jpg

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook21.jpg

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook20.jpg

[maldrin]

hey

new here, been taking it all in, you're close to the top, so you get my first comment in this forum.

i love your style. i could look at your work all day long. your

lines are so clean
designs are so economic
figures are so nice
faces are so emotive
hands and feet are phenomenal

- i'd love to see some WIP's from you, have you posted any? your process and development intrigue me.

thanks for sharing...your website rocks.

i agree with the previous poster, send more
figures

(or as they say in RotLD: send more paramedics)

maldrin

[Rusty]

crap,absolute crap :P..

I dont know how you do it man,these r funtastico.
You have a suberb ability to capture expressions.you can stop showing of now,you know you da man..:)

Rusty

[Lukias]

Yep, you be the master of expression alright and the mustard doesn't get cut any better than with the tightness with which your construct your chars.

Your leisure is my pleasure.

[Cinsev]

why!? why must you torture me! now i have to go draw furiously! you are a harsh taskmaster my friend......

:D don;t ever stop, like i did. now i suck

[brasshorsekiller]

The girl at the bottom-centre of page#2 is seriously amazing. Like, awe-inspiringly wonderful in the way that you can capture so much feeling and life in such a small, quick sketch. You have the greatest lineart style to grace this ugly planet, and I wanna thank you for making things less ugly.


Mmmmmm...the sweet smell of asskissing.

[Ant4d]

god damn! stop updating. I had enough last time! I hate you!


:)

[Isric]

Well a big thanks to all the nice remarks. They're really appreciated. I won't adress every response, but I just wanted people to know I'm grateful.

darkcult - those sorts of incongruencies have always plagued me. My love of the animated sometimes battles with the nesseccity of realism.

I.was.ink - I used reference for the nudes, yes. I can't seem to find the pictures I used though, otherwise I would post them (not that I want to, people would begin to understand just how liberal I can get)

siskol p - that would be fun. I've gone down to the park downtown to draw people, but for the most part they don't know it.

Cinsev - I'll see what I can do about that serious issue

Guild Navigator - now THAT is a comment. Thanks a lot, that should go in the book (not that I have a book, something would seem subtly wrong about that)

Jaku - thanks for the advice, that makes a lot of sense. One thing I've started trying to do is leave the reference behind and start drawing stuff people know should be there (or that they want to know should be there). That would really work. And that's freakin cool that you have an Isric folder.

Koro - good to see a somewhat familiar face. Thanks

Rhomb - thanks, I've been trying to slowly develope a more realistic style for whatever projects require it. I'll always be an animation style guy, but I think it's valuable to be able to pull realism out of my arse once in a while.

Grooveholmes - you just cannot get enough long necks. glad to oblige

Rusty - my distinct pleasure. as a non-animator that wants to draw like an animator, your compliments are like gold.

Davi - thanks mate

kimchee - haha, yeah, the disney helictopter just follows me around all day, just dropping stuff on me every now and then. Seriously though, more than anyone else I'm most looking forward to seeing what my relationship with disney will be.

Landmate - thanks, like I said earlier I'm trying to develope a realistic style that I can use every now and then when the need arises. but I'm pretty sure I'll always be more on the stylistic side. Your comment actually encouraged me to start plowing through the life drawing again, so thank you very much

Irate customer - thats a reasonable request, I'll try to add more bodies (I need to anyway, I'm realizing more an more what I CAN'T draw, so it's time to push myself)

maldrin - well that's quite the honor, getting your first post. Thanks. 'Close to the top' is a major compliment too, I don't know if I'd go that far but it's definitely appreciated.

Lukias - good to hear from you, thanks a lot

Cinsev - you agian!? But no, that's cool that my drawings make you want to draw, cause that means they're working on some level, which makes me quite pleased. I know there are a few people here that do the same thing to me, so I understand what a compliment that is,

brasshorsekiller - we meet again. calling my style beautiful makes it all worth while. When I was very young someone once told me (after I had drawn some severed eye with a needle in it) that to draw ugly is easy, beauty is a challenge, and I've been trying to head in that direction ever since. so thank you very much

Ant4d - sorry, I'll stop

[I.was.ink]

They have so much life to em.

You draw womyn beautifully! :)

[rubygenesis]

Yes! very sharp clean lines, just the way i like it. the facial expressions are simply wicked, very nice design work Isric, keep'em coming!

[Glenn K]

I agree, these are great!

very WELL DONE

[cycrincy]

bluerpencilartist everyone loves the girls i mean cmon whats not to love lmao. hey these are great they remind me of some disney style drawings well not the nood woman there out of there leage:D

[cycrincy]

omg tj i just read yours and thats exactly what i was thinking ,lol

[no_abs]

isric! nice as always! i'am always waiting for your next batch of sketches. i love the life you give to your sketches, your lines are really effecient and full of confidence. where do you get your inspirations? i read in one of your posts somewhere that you are a christian?

anyway, mesg me. thanks! wow again! thank you for sharing your beautiful work!

[sepulveda]

Dang it isric!!!, I hate artists like you!!!, you make it look so easy and simple and fresh,
Very cool artwork though...

oh, and I was jus' kidding about hating artists like you....actually it inspires and motivates me to try harder...

[Jimmy Scifi]

More! we want more! I love your work, I hope you don't mind but i'm going to try and study your style so as to brush up on my styialized cartoon figures. excelent stuff, keep it up.

[Isric]

A little bit more.

friend jesse playing guitar, and a piece of my drawing desk.
http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook23.jpg

a bit more loose on this one, more failed attempts (people kept moving). My brother and friend shaun in a clone high sort of style in the bottom
http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook24.jpg

my friend shaun and a couple of bald guys
http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook25.jpg

national geographic reference drawing
http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook26.jpg

[melmann]

BEEEUTIFUL!!:chug: big fan of your work!

[Jimmy Scifi]

You just got totally mad skills man, gotta love it. How long you been drawing for?:thumbsup:

[Isric]

rejoicing in the return of Photoshop. Something quick

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/darkroboknight.jpg

[sparth]

man this is freaking awesome.
i like being myself in real life, but for once, i would have liked to be you and have the experience of drawing with your style and confidence.

sparth ;)

[toma]

Your website says BVandwidth exceeded isric :) But as far as I remember, those drawings were amazing !

[rubygenesis]

aww Krap! Fix it FIX IT i didnt get to see them! ~_~ Isric :inlove:

[Isric]

k, bandwidth has been exceeded for the month, so there'll be more sketches in august.

sorry about that.

[Jimmy Scifi]

DOH, look forward to august. :cool:

[TheBlasianOne]

.....wow. i wish i could make my pencil do what yours does. okay, i have to go draw now...:xx:

[metalwinds]

woh.. . ..really amazing stuff here

:chug:

peace

[killing.people]

very awesome sketches. i like the page with the lucky cat being shot at with the gun by the girl on the beach. (on your site)

and i .. what the hell? *points at the ground*

*eats isrics brain.*

[metaphysiks]

...damn....
:chug:
meta

[Lume]

:clapping2 i stand in awe, i want to be an animator in the future and this is godlike

you like triggered something inside me and it's all comming out now (the magic of an image,purely fascinating ...)


thx

[NaTe J]

OMG !!! I love your style. I dont know what else to say.... Simply amazing:eek:

[Wizard of KOZ]

Hey man, I've been a fan of your work since I saw it a while back in the Sijun days.

Awesome to see you posting. Your work continues to grow, and I love the confidence and simplicity in your line work.

Your color work is superb as well and I immensly enjoy when you put up a new color piece. The Nazi mech piece you did a few weeks ago was awesome... I feel the same about this new Robo Knight piece...even if it is a quicky.

Keep posting man! :rock:

[Chris Noeth]

Beautyfull!

There is 'real life' in your sketches and paintings.
I read you are in art school right now. I wish you good luck for your artistic future... and hope to see more of your work here from time to time ;)

Best wishes,

Chris

[Isric]

Man, thanks a lot for all the compliments everyone (again!)

My webpage is up again, so here are some more sketches, as promised.

some Live Action Role Players at the top (I love these people!)
http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook27.jpg

WWII stuff
http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook28.jpg

more 'l.a.r.p.' people at the top
http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook29.jpg

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook30.jpg

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook31.jpg

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook32.jpg

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/sketchbook33.jpg

[Rusty]

Wicked charicature skills you weild there Isric...everything you draw is exactly what i like and what i try to do with my own stuff...
Capturing a persons soul through the face to me is the most important thing to get right in any human/creature based design,and you do it superbly :)

Rusty

[TheBlasianOne]

wow man...you have unparalelled skill in drawing the face and its expressions. ha, and you make it look so easy. how long have you been drawing this way?

[metaphysiks]

clearly sir you are a bastard. i think this is merely the jealousy talking. you rawk my sawks and i think that your thread is a great step away from the stuff i have been taking a look at lately. being interested in animation ( currently in school for it ) i have a deep appreciation for your drawings, not only that but the process and thinking behind these sketches. please keep posting and i promise to remain a faithful fan of yours.
meta

[jwo]

okay thats it.. ive had it... WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DRAWING WITH!?

[Lume]

i think i read somewhere on his site he uses a mechanical pencil?

[Isric]

that's right, mechanical pencil. I got tired of sharpening wood pencils and made the switch a few years ago.

metaphysiks - thank you very much, that means a lot to me

TheBlasianOne - thanks! how long? hmm...depends. I've been drawing 'this' way for about...a year? but I've been running around all over the place since I was 14.

Rusty - as awlays, thank you. It sounds like you and me are on pretty much exactly the same page.

These two are in color, but they're not 'finished' images, so they go here:

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/mrhodes_shogun.jpg

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/mrhodes_sauna.jpg

[jwo]

hot damn

[Loga4]

Wow,this is really awesom work!
Everything is just great,MAtt,
especially girls:)
Success!



:chug:

[Treb]

I think the potato text in mrhodes_shogun.jpg really destroys the image. When I think about the piece alone without the text, I'm able to appreciate it's beauty and style.

I know this was probably just a little sketch made for fun, but I think you had something very beautiful going on there. Until he ran out of potatoes. :D

[Cinsev]

i hate it when i run out of potatoes......

what was the stuff you did for Tad Williams? or am i misunderstanding that point on your site?

oh yeah and always......much goodness on the work done of late times 2 with a bumblebee

[thomasaurus]

your style is beautuful Isric, and your coloring is just as good!

[rimwalker]

Well hello. How did I miss this thread before? Heh, now I know how your site was exceeding its bandwidth... ;)

As usual Matt, I am greatly impressed by your sketches. I find I love to look at other artists sketches almost more so than their finished work just because you can see a little more of the process in them.

If I remember correctly... Are you still working on that Wizard of Oz retelling, or was that just a phase?

Thanks for posting. :)

[Kortez]

This is exactly why I wan't to learn how to draw. This is just everything I want to be able to do! B E A U T I F U L ! ! Love your work!!! :D :D

If you aren't, you should be working for Disney!

Holy cow! TEACH ME ! ;)

[metaphysiks]

i figured it out
god=isric
meta

p.s. nobody will be working for disney shortly, i know its sad

[Rellik]

Your stuff is awesome. You are definately NOT one of those artists who draws the same face with different hair for all their characters.

Can you draw some less... normal stuff? Like creatures, aliens, cyborgs, etc... That would be really cool if you could post some.

[Isric]

thank you so much everyone. your encouragement is gold and your crits are fire under my ass.

Most of these have been posted in the illustrious sijun speed painting thread (blessed be it under God), so if you've seen them there already...um....my apologies

These three are from Tad William's novel 'Otherland'. I had the pleasure of working with Tad shortly after graduating from high school, and i've always loved drawing his characters.

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/tadwilliams_otherland_dread.jpg
http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/tadwilliams_otherland_finnyandmullet.jpg http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/tadwilliams_otherland_mrjingos.jpg

and some other random stuff

http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/reddress.jpg
http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/space-drama.jpg
http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/cowboyinthepool.jpg
http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/rosepetals.jpg
http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/batman2.jpg

[Faxtar]

Cowboy cartoon = Genius

Keep up the great work. :thumbsup:

[metalwinds]

awesome stuff once again.. . .i really dig your photoshop work.

peace

[kenchan]

your work has always been nice, i've linked you to my site. its a style well seen, but you still keep it fresh, thats hard to do. congrats, and looking forward to seeing more.

[foster]

love the confidence in your drawings. the characters beam with individuality and personality.

jon

[Isric]

I can't say thank enough. the encouragement I get here helps me keep motivated to push myself.

Well, i finished the summer sketchbook. I'll go back and scan a few of the better pages (and the good crappy pages) to post later. For now, these are a couple selections from my new book. there are about....5 more pages or so, but i'll upload them tomorrow.

I drew this one the day after I looked through Joy Ang's sketchbook at school (i'll get a link for you soon, angelofjoy.com seems to be down). It just blew me away. She brings new meaning to 'clean linework', and her ability to render the human body made me realize....holy crap, i've just been drawing heads. So yeah, this is my attempt to redeem myself a little bit.
http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/s-35.jpg

Inspired by music. The kids on the top were 'Where is my mind' by the pixies, and the guy on the bottom left was 'Don't let money change ya' by Blackalicious.
http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/s-36.jpg

Another attempt at redeeming myself. I drew the head (at random), and realized I was coping out again so i forced myself to draw a body. I used my body for reference, reflected in a glass cabnet at work. After the pencil was done i went back in with some prismacolor greys.
http://rhodes.design-culture.net/images/s-34.jpg

[PencilPunx]

What, or who, must I sacrifice to appease you and your awesome might? Just say the word...

[rimwalker]

Awesome stuff, as always.

I find myself often getting into the trap of only drawing heads. Your effort to go beyond that has encouraged me to do the same.

[jwo]

i dont wanna bring up the disney thing like others have, but dude draw Maleficent that would be the dog's bollocks.

whoot!
http://www.shadowmarch.com/world/gallery.asp
www.shadowmarch.com

[xia]

Damn! I sware I've seen your stuff somewhere before!
:D How did I miss this Thread!
Great great work! Love your clean line and everything!
More more more!

[USER777]

i want to see that stuff..
but i cant. :upset:

:redx: :redx: