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[MattGamer]

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▌You may hear me speak about God, Jesus, or of working in the church in some of my posts. I believe that Jesus died on the cross and rose again for my sins. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to PM me.

If you do not believe in these things, I have no right to judge you. God loves you no matter what you've done. I believe what the Bible says, that we are all equal sinners in His eyes. Draw, draw, draw and be merry!

Romans 12:18 (NKJV) "If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men."


▌My tutorial on how to fix grey scale export problem in Photoshop. (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2927799&postcount=1671)

A good art exercise:
Originally posted by sourgasm (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=153163)
put you hands together, palm to palm. place them directly in the center of your chest, with your back straight (prayer position). then touch your index fingers to the center of your chest and push your elbows out, moving your wrists out and away from your body. you should feel a burning tension in your wrist tendons. once that kicks in, hold it for 25 seconds. it forces blood through and stretches your tendons out. do that at least once an hour and it makes a huge difference.

▌▌CONTENTS:
Inspiration
Links


▌▌INSPIRATION

Quote from the book Drawn To Life (http://www.amazon.com/Drawn-Life-Classes-Stanchfield-Lectures/dp/0240810961) by Walt Stanchfield:
Don’t be afraid to sketch in public places such as museums, parks restaurants, ect. And don’t let wind, rain, cold or heat deter you – those conditions sometimes yield the best sketching. Let someone else drive while traveling so you can draw. Capturing a scene while moving at high speed will sharpen your eye. But also take time to do a more detailed sketch. First draw a rectangle and work within that to force yourself to make a composition – relating one thing to another and to the borders. If you feel a need for toning the sketches, use cross hatch or carry a couple of gray felt tip pens. Get in the habit of using a pen. It is much more direct and does not rub off like a soft pencil. Sketch at home too. Never sit in front of the TV without a sketchpad on your lap. Sketch faces, figures, and stage settings. If your dog or cat is lying on the floor nearby, sketch them. Sports events are especially fun to sketch – boxing matches, football games, etc.

You may shun landscapes – saying that you are interested only in figures or cartoons, but trees, mountains, rivers, and clouds have gestures that can be beneficial for analyzing action. Mountains stand erect, lean, lie down, sprawl, and spill out onto valleys in alluvial forms. Trees loom, twist in agonized or humorous gestures; they stand erect, stretch, and lean; some are tired, some perky; some bear fruit or flower, which in itself is a gesture. Even the atmosphere of a landscape has a (spatial) gesture.

Vehicles have gestures of their own. Some cars seem to slink along, some move proudly. Some are raised way up on springs – like they’re holding up their skirts so they can cross a stream...

That great teacher and the great guy, T. Hee, told his students to be like a sponge – soak up all the knowledge and information you can. Never allow yourself to get into a self-satisfied or complacent state. He advised never to drive home from work by the same streets twice. Take alternate routes – observe the new houses, trees gardens, etc., and do not just drive by them – look at them, see them.

Whether your heart is set on the fine arts or on animation, quick sketching is the shortest route to training yourself for capturing those spontaneous gestures and poses that are so essential to good drawing. Break on of your bad habits today. Which one? The habit of not sketching...

Also relative to drawing is the sharpening of your sense of dramatics and humor and of science and psychology. What are your reading habits? If they are narrow and limited, make a determined effort to expand them. Read a book on acting. Read a mystery; read a book on the life of Pissarro. Have a few books of The New Yorker cartoons in your library. Read Van Gogh’s Dear Theo. Read a few self-improvement books. Call 244-2816 once in a while.

Listen to some jazz, some symphony, a string quintet, and some country music. Stop everything and just listen. There are some delightful Irish and Scottish recordings. Feel the leaves of a sycamore tree, a wad of cotton, a piece of sandpaper. Pick up a stone from the beach or from the mountains and fondle it. See if it has a message for you. Notice its color and texture – imagine doing a n abstract painting of it, or actually do it. Sharpen your senses in all ways. Life will open up its vistas of adventure and courage and venturesomeness. Then when you make a sketch you will feel and authoritative confidence flow into it. It will have the rhythms of the music you have heard, the drama of the books you have read, and the tactile influence of all the things you have touched.

Sounds like a dream? No way! You have been given all these things, these possibilities, and for the small price of a few new habits…. who knows?

Reply from Sammy (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=96149&page=12):
If your goal is entertainment then there could be no substitute for developing your own sense of design. And this will be mostly up to you, since there is no definition of design ... it's more of a muscle you try to keep bulking with your own thought experiments, theories, writing, brainstorming, meditation, whatever to remain as genuinely inspired as you possibly can.

The bad news is that you have to have a library of stupid material junk at some points in your life..... don't ask, It's just something I've noticed among inspiring folks. A library, not only as in literature but any damn thing the humans can create with their minds or find with their hands. books, movies, games, art, music, science, history, mythology... a person can always strive to be a little more cultured, and all they have to do is follow their passions. We live in a time when you can youtube college lectures from your favorite dead scientists, or listen to a director give away all his/her secrets for two hours in some dvd commentary.
Any artist alive stands on the shoulders of giants all the way back to paintings on cave walls. Biology that creates something from nothing, this gets curiouser curiouser - what exactly do you do with that torch?
Keep the memory of the masters alive, they started this mess

The good news is that it's actually really easy to demonstrate a sense of design in a portfolio. Yea it's vital to have some epic 80 hour polished illustration, but teams also want to see a sense of methodology. Showing the reasons you created the universes you did, that function the way they do. The sketches on the side, the orthographics, the 5 design overlays, the animation keyframes, thumbnails, reference style sheets, anything you can do to give insight into what catalysts you use to come up with the designs you do.

Inspiration from Brad Rigney's (Cryptcrawler (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=137632)) mind and sketchbook:
Originally Posted by TopSecret
Amazingly clean! Im sure you have heard this a thousand times but nontheless your work is incredible, what takes a moment to look at was created through all this hard work and effort, I can feel the effort you put into them.

On another note, id like to know how you went about actually self-learning yourself to this stage? Were you naturally an artist or? Any tips and tricks for us who are doing the same (self-teaching)?

Observation, practice and a willingness to abandon myself to improving.
This is all about time, all about practice and all about being teachable.
You can train yourself to see your work for what it is instead of what you think it looks like, but its not easy and doesnt happen overnight.

It also is something you have to practice on a daily basis and something you very well may not fully master.
I certainly havent but im willing to hurt and try everyday.

Before I (thankfully) became utterly swamped with contract work I did a lot of life-drawing and copying movie-stills for practice. On a low end week I draw 40 hours. On a normal week I draw 65 hours and on a crunch deadline ill work 85+ hours a week.

It boils down to being in love with this and looking for excuses to do it whenever possible instead of making excuses not to.

If you can do that and have 5% talent youll make it, I guarentee you.

But make sure you have a realistic idea of what "making it" means.
Currently im earning sub-poverty level income, but its getting better.

For me "making it" means delivering my absolute best within the timetable ive been given, reguardless of who the client is and for how much.
If I end up being worth a shit then the money will come, im not worried about that.
The art is what matters most.

I wish you all the very best in this, send me a note if you need to, it can get lonely and tough sometimes doing this when your broke, not eating a lot and socializing even less to get better.
Stay on it, you can do it.

▌▌LINKS
NOTE: I am going to log all of my important links; such as reference, books, etc here for my/your leisure.

▌LINK CONTENTS:
Artists & Blogs
Photographers
Interviews
Books
Resource Sites
3D
Tutorials
Music

▌▌Artists & Blogs
Toni Infante (http://moonsbell.blogspot.com) - Graphic Novels
Dmytro Zgonnik (http://zgonnik.blogspot.com/)
Thom Tenery (http://www.labluna.blogspot.com/)
Justin Chin (http://www.giantmonster.tv/giant)
Nate Van Dyke (http://n8vandyke.wordpress.com/)
Greg "Craola" Simkins (http://craola1.blogspot.com/)
James Jean (http://www.jamesjean.com/blog/)
Iain McCaig (http://iainmccaig.blogspot.com/)
Sammy Hall II (http://sammy-art.blogspot.com/)
Dino-art (http://dino-art.blogspot.com/) - Contributors: Jason, Plietz, A. J. Trahan, Mfrank, Sammy
DUNE Blog (http://projectsand.blogspot.com/) - Contributors: Jordan Lamarre-Wan, Sparth, A. J. Trahan, Gorrem, Rolf, WO''DZGN
Sammy
Joel Dos Reis Viegas (http://feerikart.blogspot.com/) (Feerkin)
Sébastien Larroudé (http://rainartblogus.blogspot.com/) (Rainart)
David Levy (http://vyle-art.blogspot.com/) (Vyle)
Thierry Doizon (http://barontieri.blogspot.com/) (BARONTiERi)
Szymon Biernacki (http://lordbiernac.blogspot.com/)
Ryan Yee (http://www.monstergirlz.blogspot.com/)
Jake Gumbleton (http://jakegumbleton.blogspot.com/)
Calum Alexander Watt (http://calumalexanderwatt.blogspot.com/) - <3
Cameron Stewart (http://cameronstewart.blogspot.com/)
Michał Dziekan (http://michaldziekan.blogspot.com/search/label/illustration)
Nick Bertek (http://pogomix.net/) (Pogo)
Ben Newman (http://bennewmanart.blogspot.com/) (NSFW)
James Mahon (http://jamesmahon.com/) - Photographer
David Seeley (http://www.daveseeley.com/)
Cynthia Sheppard (http://www.sheppard-arts.com/) | Blog (http://sheppard-arts.blogspot.com/)
Petar Meseldžija (http://petarmeseldzijaart.freehostia.com/)
Allen Williams (http://ijustdraw.blogspot.com/)
J. C. Lyendecker (http://www.jcleyendecker.blogspot.com/)
Johannes Mücke (http://bbrmuecke.blogspot.com/)
Rad Sechrist (http://radhowto.blogspot.com/)
Dorje Bellbrook (http://dorjebellbrook.blogspot.com)
João Ruas (http://feral-kid.com/)
Scott Hansen (Tycho) (http://blog.iso50.com/)
Carl Knox (http://carlknox.blogspot.com/)
Bengal (http://bengalsarchives.blogspot.com/)
Kyle Hefley (http://sortadone.blogspot.com) - modeler
Thomas Scholes (http://sketchpadofdoom.blogspot.com/) - 2 (http://crayonboxofdoom.blogspot.com)
SIXMOREVODKA (http://sixmorevodkastudio.blogspot.com/)
Jaime Jones (http://www.artpad.org/blog/)
Whit Brachna (http://whitbrachna.blogspot.com/)
Nicolas Bouvier (Sparth) (http://sparthconstruct.blogspot.com/)
Jung Park (http://jungpark.blogspot.com/)
Yun Ling (http://lingy-0.blogspot.com/)
Maciej Kuciara (http://maciejkuciara.blogspot.com/)
Andrew Ley (http://andrewleysketches.blogspot.com/)
Mike Mattesi (http://mikemattesi.blogspot.com/)
artdrop (http://artdrop.tumblr.com/) - tons of inspiring art and links to the artist's blog.

▌▌Photographers
Aaron Feaver (http://feaverishphotography.com) - 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/feaverish)
Bartosz Ludwinski (http://bartoszl.com/works/lovepundit.html)

▌▌Interviews
An interview with Jerad S. Marantz - Part One (http://characterdesignnotes.blogspot.com/2011/03/interview-with-jerad-s-marantz-part-one.html?spref=fb)
Craig Mullins Interview (www.ballisticpublishing.com/articles/craig_mullins/)
Wes Burt Interview (http://ohioauthority.com/articles/arts/modern-mastery)
Kekai Kotaki Interviews - 1 (http://darkwolfsfantasyreviews.blogspot.com/2009/05/fantasy-art-kekai-kotaki.html) | 2 (http://evolve3d.net/feature-interview-kekai-kotaki/) | Q&A (http://www.youtube.com/user/CGMWORKSHOPS#g/c/5B6FA1DB0C3C2973)
Dorje Bellbrook (http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Bungie_Podcast) speaks on Bungie's Podcast Episode XXIV
Alex ChinYu Chu (http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/01/27/feature-making-of-the-cover-halo-reach.aspx
) Interview about Halo Reach's Cover.

▌▌Books
The Complete Famous Artist Course (1960) (http://onanimation.com/?p=2119) - Download link no longer available.
Hundreds of Free Art E-Books (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1279919#poststop)
Andrew Loomis Books (http://www.scribd.com/search?cx=007890693382555206581%3A7fgc6et2hmk&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=andrew+loomis&sa.x=0&sa.y=0#1045) on Scribd
Constructive Anatomy (http://www.archive.org/details/constructiveanat00briduoft) by George Brant Bridgman - Scribd Version (http://www.scribd.com/doc/334333/Constructive-Anatomy)
Glenn Vilppu (http://www.vilppustudio.com/)
Time Management for Creative People (http://www.wishfulthinking.co.uk/2007/12/03/time-management-for-creative-people-free-e-book/) by Mark McGuinness (free ebook)
How To Afford Anything (http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/how-to-afford-anything.htm) by Ken Rockwell

▌▌Resource Sites
Figure Drawing Resource 5 - Glen Vilppu (http://blogschmlog.blogspot.com/2007/03/figure-drawing-resource-5-glenn-vilppu.html) - There are many more good anatomy resources on this blog!
Compfight (http://www.compfight.com/) - Fast Flickr image search engine.
Athletic Body Diversity Reference for Artists (http://ninamatsumoto.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/athletic-body-diversity-reference-for-artists/)
Body Browser (http://bodybrowser.googlelabs.com/) by Google
Things 90s Kids Realize (http://things90skidsrealize.com/) - 90's Pop-culture
MacTex (http://mactex.blogspot.com/) - various random textures taken by David Torno.
All Paintings (http://www.allpaintings.org)
Mjranum-stock (http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/gallery/?loggedin=1) - figures (nude/costumed/etc) by Marcus Ranum (NSFW)
Gesture Drawing Tool (http://www.pixelovely.com/tools/gesture.html) - Draw gestures from photos with a time limit. (NSFW)
Poke-A-Muscle (http://www.anatomyarcade.com/games/PAM/PAM.html) - Muscle memorizing game.
Car Reference (http://www.netcarshow.com/) - Photos of cars by brand.
Fold It (http://fold.it/portal) - Innovative game to take a break with and help the world.
Famous Photoshop Brushset (http://www.pandemoniumart.net/brushes/)
Zfleamarket (http://www.houseoftutorials.net/Zfleamarket/) - Images and other assorted resources for textures, etc.
Victorian Clothing (http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/gentlemans.php)
Bodies In Motion image library (http://www.scott-eaton.com/bodies-in-motion) by Scott Eaton (NSFW)
Scott Eaton - References (http://www.scott-eaton.com/anatomy-and-sculpture-reference-library)
LCD Monitor Test Pages (http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/) - test your monitor and paint better!
Nudist Album (http://imageevent.com/justmeina?n=1) (NSFW)
Sparth's Photos on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sparth/collections/72157622648808951/)
Flickr Search (http://www.flickr.com/search/)
Keep Designing (http://www.keepdesigning.com/page/7/) - Free Vectors and Hi-Res Textures
Defcon-X (http://www.defcon-x.de/c4d/textures) - Free Textures
Pose Manaics (http://www.posemaniacs.com/pose/thirtysecond.html)
Victorias Secret (http://www2.victoriassecret.com) (NSFW)
Character Design's Photosets (http://www.characterdesigns.com/index.php?sitepage=photosets) (NSFW)
Net Carshow (http://www.netcarshow.com/)
UFC Pictures (http://www.ufcpictures.com/)
1775 to 1779 Pennsylvania Maps (High Res) (http://www.mapsofpa.com/antiquemaps27b.htm)
Model Ship World Gallery (http://modelshipworld.com/phpBB2/gallery2.php)
Various Chinese Birds (http://www.pbase.com/peterericsson/china_april_2010)

▌▌3D
Rhonda Forever (http://rhondaforever.com/) (Download (http://rhondaforever.com/download/)) - Beta program you can sketch in 3d.
3D Skin Setup in V-Ray (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?t=87167&page=1&pp=15) - By montyband (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/member.php?u=92645)
Pixologic zClassroom (http://www.pixologic.com/zclassroom/)
Zbrush Rendering Tutorial (http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?p=597908#post597908) - By Bulgarov Vitaly
Eat3d's ZBrush 3.5 - A Comprehensive Introduction (http://eat3d.com/zbrush35_intro) - Instructor: Michael Pavlovich (http://www.halfchunk.com/)
Eat3d's ZBrush 3.5 Character Production - High Res Sculpting, Polypainting, ZPlugins, and more (http://eat3d.com/zbrush35_character) - Instructor: Michael Pavlovich (http://www.halfchunk.com/)

▌▌Tutorials
Digital Figure Scuplture (http://www.pixologic.com/zclassroom/artistinaction/scotteaton/) zClass by Scott Eaton (www.scott-eaton.com)
Scott Eaton - Tutorials (http://www.scott-eaton.com/tutorials) (free PDF downloads)
Trekell's Caring For Your Brushes Tut (https://trekell.3dcartstores.com/Caring-for-your-Brushes_ep_29.html)
Greg Manchess painting Canticle (http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=17263) by Ken Scholes
I Draw Girls 200+ Video Tutorials (http://idrawgirls.blogspot.com/)
Demensions of Color (http://www.huevaluechroma.com/) by David Briggs
Itchy Animation "Light Tutorial" (http://www.itchy-animation.co.uk/tutorials/light01.htm)
Goro "Speedpainting" (http://www.area-56.de/chapter56/2006/11/speedpainting.html)
Sparth "Digital Painting" (http://www.3dtotal.com/team/Tutorials/sparth2/sparths_cwu_01.asp)
Morgan Weistling's Demos: "Bunny" (http://www.morganweistling.com/demos/bunnydemo/index.html), "Pepper" (http://www.morganweistling.com/demos/pepperdemo/index.html), "Dancing Bunny" (http://www.morganweistling.com/demos/dancingbundemo/index.html)
Dollar Bill Ring Tutorial (http://www.phantomstudent.com/dollarrings.html)
Matt Wilson's Demo (http://www.mattwilsonart.com/workprogress.shtml)
Character Design's Tutorials (http://www.characterdesigns.com/index.php?sitepage=tutorials)
CG Tutorials - Digital Painting (http://www.graphic-tutorials.com/digital-painting/)

▌▌Music
Viva Radio (http://www.viva-radio.com/)
Digitally Imported (http://www.di.fm)
Pandora (http://www.pandora.com)
Last.fm (http://www.last.fm)
UO's FREE LSTN DOWNLOADS: #1 (http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/projects/lstn1/) | #2 (http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/projects/lstn_2/) | #3 (http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/projects/lstn_3/) | #4 (http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/projects/lstn_4/)
The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation (http://www.adnoiseam.net/store/the-mount-fuji-doomjazz-corporation-succubus_p1814.html) -yummy music

[Dile_]

Great man! Looking forward to more stuff =)!!

keep it up =)

~Dile

[j a k e]

Matt! New SB how fancy.
The face in the Wood copy is good!
Hope you have a sweet 2007 dude!

[blanquish]

hey Matt, Youve really imporved, its great to see your being influenced by Ashley Wood, the mgs comics are good, although I reckon he overstylised Snake to the point of him losing his character.

I hear your up for OC sometime, Ill add you to msn.

[Razorb]

Happy new year! and good luck with ur new sketchbook :) will be lookin forward to seeing ya updates!

oh love the guys face on the right ... and ur avatar cool too ;)

[Justin.]

Alright... bring on the work, happy new year! =D

[MattGamer]

Dile_: thank you and thanks for stopping by!
j a k e: you too, nice seeing you here. ;]
blanquish: sweet, I'm almost always up for OCing. i love Ashley's Snake, really inspiring though I would love to see another artist do the comics to get a different feel of it. thanks for coming.
Razorb: thank you! the avatar is from my old sketchbook. cheers, and i hope to see you back. ;]
Justin Oaksford: ok, you've given me a challenge. hehe, cheers!

Here's a 15 min quickie of a scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Oh, and a pencil rendering of Batman. Gotta love him. ;]

[j a k e]

Ah batman is great Matt. I like him with longer bat ears though :)

[Coinpurse]

Gotta agree with jake on this,
I dig batman with long bat ears :P
Good stuff in this sketchbook, keep going!

[MattGamer]

j a k e: hehe, as you requested here's the man with long ears. nice to see your checkin' up on me. ;]
Thestjester: thanks mate! glad to see you here.

I did Batman with short ears because he's much cooler that way. Haven't any of you seen Jim Lee's Batman? He's way cool with short ears! *sigh*

EDIT: Battiemannie! :]

[j a k e]

Haha great dude. I like the little bats!

[TomCardin]

Woo New sketchbook!

Love your stuff! I like how you did that speed painting from a scene from Indiana Jones, great economy of form and light.

[blanquish]

hey matt, batman is good.
WHen using pencil, your hatching seems a little too "choppy" to me. Generally its wise to use both soft rendering(going over, and over with a pencil), and hatching. Often the values arent realied enough with hatching, because the concern is with the form.
I respect your targets quote, Jp is one helluvan artist:)

[bhanu]

well I hate jim lees work , its so boring , but I dont mind the short ears, it depends on the artist I guess . I really loved that old sienkiewicz batman . yours is looking cool too man. both of them . you gonna spend more time on them?

[MattGamer]

j a k e: haha thanks, man!
TomCardin: thank you! i love Indiana Jones! and thank you for stopping by ;]
blanquish: i definatly understand what your pointing out and worked on it in today's sketches. thank you very much for the input.
bhanu: i dunno if i'm going to spend more time on them. hehe, maybe. sienkiewicz batman? never seen it. thanks for checkin up on me. ;] ohh... and you just bashed my favorite comic artist of all time, besides Humberto Ramos. i'm gonna have to do something about that! haha, cheers!

A birdy! And a 45 min black and white still of Ocean's Eleven. Yay! GO DRAW!

[MattGamer]

I couldn't resist on making my little birdy a little more detailed. ;] I think I'll call him Frank!

[j a k e]

Movie stills are great for colour study etc dude. I want to see more pencil studies and anatomy too :) Frank is a good name for a small bird :P

[bhanu]

oh sorry mate, didnt mean to offend you. But I guess its personal preference. I dont hate Jim lee. I was a fan of him . ANd I still think his knowledge of anatomy and sequential work is top notch. But there are just so many clones out there that every book I pick up looks like a jim lee. rip off. and soemhow I end up getting bored by it. wierd reason but Its true for me. I loved his work on batman hush . his best work by far. you should check out sienkiewicz bat man. Its really good. Its where he started experimenting with his style.
getting back to teh update. Its looks loose and nice(the last one). I like . birdy is too loose I guess. too blurry. Is it intentional? The other one looks blurry by intention. No It would be great if one of these updates are finished and tweaked.
Ncie work man. Its good to come here.

[Idiot Apathy]

WTF?! You didn't tell me you had a new sketchbook... :(
Looking good dude. Here's to Studio 2nd Street!

[Texahol]

hey matt, good new sketchbook, looks like you've turned over a new leaf :)

keep up the good work....DRAW MORE!!

[I want to go to studio2ndstreet too...I got one more year of school and then some debt to get rid of before I make it out there] +5pts emo

[designboot]

Love your batman dude!

[MattGamer]

j a k e: well frank loves you and your work. i like movie stills all around. i also love movies so you will be seeing more of all that good stuff. maybe some anatomy studies, if i feel the urge to scan. blah, scanning takes so long and i could be drawing! nice to see you again! cheers!
bhanu: yes, it can get boring to see the same artistic style being copied all the time. but that is why i love Jim Lee's stuff so much. he changes it little by little in each series he does. yes the Hush series was great. it's what made me a fan on Lee's work. that Sienkiewicz's Batman is really sweet too! thanks for stopping by... you will find no offence here. and i hope i inspire when you do come here. draw draw draw!
Tom Tom: i didn't think you would care much for my new sb. ha! thanks for the support and yes, Studio 2nd Street here we come!
Texahol: oh, man! would be lovely to see you at Studio 2nd Street. get out of that debt. debt is something that should never be taken lightly. keep up the good work! loving those master copies!
designboot: thanks and thank you for stopping by once again! ;]

Things I Learned Today Foo || Never underestimate the powers of procrastination. You may do one thing for 2 minutes and then it goes on for hours. This was my mistake today after getting on MSN for 2 minutes. Terrible. I was going to draw tons of zombies, but instead I wasted my day chatting with people. I feel sad now and will make it up tomorrow.

I want these (http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/preview.php?theid=13-787).

Something that popped in my head and a quick movie still from The Game starring Michael Douglas.

[Ryan DeMita]

hey bro! nice SB started here. you're headed in a good direction. you're setting up good value structures an compositions! maybe spend a little more time on some of your paints and really polish your artwork. very nice overall though. keep posting!

-ryan

[MattGamer]

Ryan DeMita: hi. thanks a lot! i will defiantly be working on paints, once i get my values set. i really want to render landscapes, people, things, aliens, lions and tigers realisticly! but that takes time, so i must get at it. thanks for check the thangs out. ;] cheers!

Here's a girl really inspired by Andrew Ley and Ashley Wood. I love those guys!

[Idiot Apathy]

Mattmatt, change your header it still says Jan3!
Studio2ndStreet's new session starts in February, you coming? ;)

[MattGamer]

Tom Tom: No. I cannot leave in February! I have to save up! Right now I have a good job and need to save, save, save! You going in Feb? If so, you will be like way ahead of me and so much gooder. ;[ AND I UPDATED MY STUPID HEADER!!!!!

Here's a cd and DJ Esther's logo I did for a www.generationtrance.com forums contest. Really great music, they just need a little help with design. ;]

[bradley]

hey matt hows it going, nice design work, i really like post#24

[MattGamer]

brad: Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a great new year! Nice to see you here. ;]

Finally... the quicky explains it all! GO DRAW NOW!

[j a k e]

Hey dude! The design stuff is pretty smooth man, so is Angela :P

I'm getting an Intuos 3 in a couple of weeks! yay!

[seth1]

You lucky bugger... Keep up the good work dude..

[bhanu]

Nice work here dude.
ashley wood hes so fucking good. The angela looks tight . Will you the details? Nice stuff. Keep pushing.

[Andy P]

Word man, I'm totally out of the loop on digital stuff, I haven't heard the difference between the intuos 2 and 3. Well, whatever it is, it suits you, the ninja rocks. Love it when ya keep the shapes simple and let the areas of detail shine through. Like on the Angela piece, too. Also on Frank the bird.
Rock that new tablet!

[Dom jb]

ooooh man! a new sketchbook for matt?! a new TABLET for matt?! nice progression from your old sketchbook to this one. im looking forward to page two on mine :P

im gunna go away, and try to put some color into my work...

[MattGamer]

j a k e: Sweet! Oh, man. You will love your new Wacom. Mine is to die for! Oh, and Frank has dibs on Angela. That's what he just told me. Sorry.
seth1: I saved a year for this tablet! Haha.... finally got around to throwing the money down. Thanks for stopping by! ;]
bhanu: Naw, no details, maybe another few in the same style. I had fun with it. Cheers!
Andy P: Hay man! Yeah, I have heard the difference from my previous model, a Wacom Graphire 2 4x6 size, compaired to my now Wacom Intuos 3 6x8. I'd say, A HUGE DIFFERENCE. Hehe - thanks for stopping by and the kind words!
Dom jb: Yay, go Dom!!! Keep up the good work, mate. Thanks for checking out my page. :]

Here's a master copy I worked on last week from Tom Tom's advertisement of that thread that makes you copy master's works.. Dang, no time to work on it lately. :o

[seth1]

Hey. It's great to see you're trying out the masters.. Theres alot you can learn from them. You're master study is comming along. Watch out on your angles and prespective of the body and face. Your eyes are a little droopy. In the masters she is really alive and full of interest her meek smile really shins through on her try to think like your the master painting the girl get inside it. Her necks a littler long tilt her head to the side a bit and down and angle out the body a little more and it shall start looking prime...

Cheers Seth

[mull77]

Nice skin tones on the masters copy...the eyes are really nice also.

The still from The Game really does it for me. Great capturing of the moment.

[MattGamer]

seth1: Hay, man! Really helpful stuff. Thank you so much... I was going to put off your critique and not finish this piece, but you have changed my mind. I will try to fix it tomorrow when I'm not so tired. Cheers and thank you very much for stopping by!
mull77: Hello and welcome! Thank you for your kind words! I never have seen the Game before, but I really enjoyed the movie. Eventually I had to make something from it. Hehe, come back again when I have good stuff. ;]

Quick 20 min blah blah. The model's name is Michelle.
http://pix.nofrag.com/53/e0/ade3e79f4b114db269354128b173.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/53/e0/ade3e79f4b114db269354128b173.html)
(Stupid CA IMG loader IS NOT LOADING MY IMAGE!!!)

[bhanu]

Nice update man,
but a bit blurry , impressionistic I think. scary too maybe. Take care.

[seth1]

Awesome can't wait// New image looks fairly good but the proportions are off even if it is on purpose I would have some kinda of musscle attachments comming off the shoulders and traps

[MattGamer]

bhanu: Hehe, yes scary! Thanks, mate! ;]
seth1: Oo yeah.. update on that master's copy now.

I hope I can return the favor of the nice critiques you guys have been giving me. Here's the master copy 1 I'm still working on. It's so hard to get things exact and takes SO MUCH TIME!

[hurricane]

hey matt!

things are looking good !

keep on working hard!
cheerS!!

[Idiot Apathy]

She looks sad now :( or sleepy, needs those highlights in her eyes. Crease between nose and eye pit seems a bit harsh now too.

Looking real good though! Feeeenish it!

[MattGamer]

hurri: Thank you! I am... ;]
Tom Tom: Thanks for the critique! I definatly will take those into mind! Cheers!

Blah stuff from today. Had so much fun just drawing and painting today!

[sabe2003]

nice work. I really enjoy the last two painterly women portraits! Keep at it.

[Zaknafain]

I watched this thread the last two weeks.. great stuff... especially that batman drawing. good example for clean and organised planes.

whatever... I should post here way more often.

[seth1]

Keep on studying man.. Push that master study.. It will help you in the long run and you will learn a ton remember to flip it every so often to get a fresh look see whats up...

Seth

[Scott James]

great stuff my fave's are post 24 great negitive space and 34 traditional!!!Kudos!

[Ben_Olson]

I love the robots hate zombies. Great start on yer new SB. :)

[pennington]

hey!... a new sb?!
anyway. much respect matt! great art dude.

[MattGamer]

sabe2003: Thanks, man! Expect more! ;]
Tobi: Yes, you should post more often in your sb! Nice to see that you are keeping tabs on me! ;]
seth1: Thanks for reminding me to flip! I forget all the time, and well now I don't do it because the piece is so huge! Cheers! ;]
Scott James: Hi, thanks for stopping by! Thanks for the kudos! Hehe.
Ben_Olson: Real nice to see you here, thanks! I love zombies and hope to make MORE! ;]
Scott: Thank you! Love you Scott! <3 Hehe!

Here's some stuff that has been made today. And that MASTER COPY #1 is coming SO SLOW! I'm going crazy and soon will give up. ARGG!!! It's not even color and I'm getting so pissed at it, though I'm learning a but load. In all my other art, I relate to my master copy, somehow. It's fun!! Cheers!

[bhanu]

hehe nice update brother, nice sketches , the freedom of lines is good. mini batman not thats funny. Ans the portrait , classic , beautiful you had fun doing these didnt you?

[MattGamer]

bhanu: Mini Batman isn't funny? Or is? Haha. I had tons of fun!

Frank Frazetta is one of my new favorite artists. I saw his work at the bookstore and was like, "Whoa, where did this guy come from?!" I just adore his battle faces and everything he does. Really inspiring, so I had to do a little copy. This was a quick hours work. BATTLE AXE!!! ARGG!

Oh and a quicky fat mans face with a cigar AND A PENGUIN. :]

[MattGamer]

Pencil sketches....

[MattGamer]

Invisibleperson1: Yeah, boy was that a fun time. Thanks for stopping by and check out my sb. Maybe we can chat sometime later.

Invisible person2: Hi! Yeah thanks for coming here... you can have cake if you want.

Here's a 30 min quicky. M-Rated. ;]

[Idiot Apathy]

You see them too? The invisibile people? That's not good matt, you need to sleep more.

Looks like your rendering is coming along dude, Form reads pretty well on this last one. Belly may seem a little big perhaps. Face is a bit creepy at the moment, but It's so hard to a do a figure quickly and not have that happen haha. Faces take too long.

Chairs mate.

[bradley]

all i ever get is those pesky invisible people, but yeah your rendering is coming along at an amzing rate, last one is great for just 30mins

[MattGamer]

Tom Tom:Yes, faces do take a while, but practices makes perfect AND fastness. ;] Thanks for stopping by! Chairs! ;]

Bradley: Haha, yeah, those crazies! Thanks!!

MONSTER; hour's work.

[j a k e]

Ah dude nice monster! The master copy was impressive Matt.
Anatomy is really coming along nicely man,so much progress. Just keep doing what you're doing.

[Fellah.]

Stuff is looking good, mate! Really great to see your progress!! Cheers, bro!

[MattGamer]

Jake: Thank you! When I made the monster and posted it, I thought you would be in here first. Hehe, and you were! Cheers!

Simon: Long time no see fellah. ;] Thank you for keeping an eye on me. It's reassuring. :D

Monster for today! RAWRRR! And I'm learning the contrast of hues. It's really exciting to learn color from my "ITTEN The Elements of Color" book by Faber Birren. :]

[minjarr]

great stuff, I totally get into the loose lines and quickee gestures


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[LauraD]

I love the I miss the red sweater sketch. Oh, and how you do all zombies and scary things, and then a cute little red bird. :P

[Zaknafain]

you're so damn fast...
Also good to see you working with colors now. With your valueskills its about time you start struggling with that.

[pennington]

matt yikes looks like you definitely just leveled-up man. crazy skills i'm jealous. :P
china was nice very friendly and open people.
how's school bro? keep doin what you're doing.

[JustinBeckett]

Good work, keep it up

[MUNIZ]

The New SB Thread rules. you're making Wyoming Proud. Love the new stuff. Keep em coming man.

Cheers

[MattGamer]

St. Peter: Hi, Yeah you rule. Whatever, didn't you give me that $20 gift card to Walmart this Christmas? Thanks again!

minjarr: thanks!! really fun to do stuff like that, glad you stopped by! ;]
LauraD: hehe, yeah i like doing happy stuff and scary stuff. almost like a balance, if i do too much scary stuff i get nightmares. i'd rather dream of the ocean than zombies eating me anyday. though we both know that couldn't happen. anything is a weapon to kill a zombie. i can use friggin' paperclips to kill them! BRING THEM ON!! thanks for lookin!

Tobi: but i feel so un-experienced. i just wish i could be already training in an art center. thanks, mate! i'm glad your posting again too! ;]
Scotty: hay, don't worry! like i say, DONT RATE YOURSELF AGAINST OTHER ARTIST!! don't be jealous! i'm learning daily, but not as much as i hope to be learning. and as for school, i will be going down by San Diego for and atelier called, Studio 2nd Street. real nice place hosted by Ron Lemen and his wife! i can hardly wait! i think we will have 4 other guys going too! ;] keep drawing and doing what you are diong... dont give up! NEVER GIVE UP!
JustinBeckett: thank you for coming by, i will! ;]
MUNIZ: thank you! i will try to make Wyoming proud, though i hate WYO. haha, when I move I will draw better. this place depresses me to no end... i think a nice coast with some beach ladies will make me draw better. hahaha nice to see you again!

OK ok... UPDATE... and remember to draw every second you have got. Don't let up, draw draw draw and when you think you are done, DRAW SOMMORE! And when something inspires you, don't let go of it. Keep ahold of it and let it grasp your fantasies and life, then draw from that pure motivation.

[Zaknafain]

nice update... That spaceship looks quite solid. (planes are getting better and I can see you improved your brusheconomy).
Lasttwo look nice aswell...

[pennington]

wait?! when are you coming down here? dude.

[MattGamer]

Tobi: Thank you kindly for the nice words!! I love critiques from you too... where did they go? Are you very busy?

Scott: I will be coming in October to Studio 2nd Street with 4 other guys (hopefully). It's by the ocean, yes!!!

Some stuff BOO, I'm trying to do a contest thing. Though I don't think I can do it because I have never done a big environment before with stuff in it. This is quite the challenge, and I hope I can get it done by the end of the month! In the mean time, GO DRAW!!! And check out these (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=64&sort=title&order=asc&daysprune=-1) lectures oh and this (http://www.deltainc.nl/) artist. And Hooger Brugge (http://ml.hoogerbrugge.com/) is crazy! HA HA, night!

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Really like the way you use the custom brushes mate, I dug those metal gear comics as well. :1 Post#57 turned out really sweet. Cant wait to see more. :)

[-sideshowbob-]

yay :D that old lady master copy looks like skully from xfiles :D specially her mouth :tihi:
i love homeworld ! :D

pat ur intuos for me will ya ?!

keep em posted !

[OBX]

sweet, i love homeworld. the shipdesigns are soo killer in that game. u just made me want to reinstall it. nice studies and works. your grayscale studies and paints are getting soo good. keep up the hard work, pal.

[maxetormer]

SWEET design mate :D
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=74965&stc=1&d=1168400073

[Zarquino]

Hey, thanx for comment mate. Ill be with anatomy, I have some books over here.

I like that kind of Metal Gear Scene.

[MattGamer]

Sirio_Brozzi:Thanks for stopping by. Too kinds. ;]
-sideshowbob-: Hello, mate! Long time no see... I think the last time you posted my sb was when I started my last one in 2004. Haha, Mulder? Crazy, it does sort of... HAHA! I pet my Intuos 3 everyday, just wish she were read and we could have baby Graphires running around. *sigh* ;] Cheers!
OBX: YES! Install it, I'm playing through it again now and it is such an artistical game. I love it and wish I could create it from concept up again. I bet those artists for the game had so much fun! Thank you for coming by and cheers! ;]
maxetormer: Thank you sir!
Zarquino: Hehe, Metal Gear is awesome, but Solid Snake is awesomer. Yes, do those studies, they help you so much in the long run!! ;]

Metal Gear's Solid Snake CHOW, yes I finished a CHOW! Amazing!! ;D And another enviro from and old photograph.
http://pix.nofrag.com/8f/24/d44374139d5f52c067c8c6912179.jpg (http://pix.nofrag.com/8f/24/d44374139d5f52c067c8c6912179.html)

Keep drawing and never give up, and if some crazy fool comes by and tells you to give up drawing to work for Microsoft, tell him, "SCREW YOU OLD FART!" And keep drawing!

[bhanu]

the scenic update is good, the MGS is update is really good, hmm, ashley wood inspired you? great .

[Don-key]

wow man this stuff is great! cant wait to see more, i love the way you paint.great stuff!
(sorry i cant offer much more right now) :)

[Zaknafain]

wow... that last one has nice colors. Good to see you working on that as well. Is it from live? ref? imagination? Anyway the very simple composition is nice as well. It reminds me of limbolo and I'm not sure if you know him but I'm sure you will like him:
http://www.limbolo.blogspot.com/

I like that mgs piece as well. Reminds me of Rembrandt. Only faces are lit... But take care: your backround has more contrast than the cloth. I think I know why you did that but I'm not sure if it works... Also: don't be afraid to paint eyes. Hiding them in black shadows is easy but not always the best method.

[Razorb]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=80453&stc=1&d=1169362925

love that peice man you got some really nice work in here... lookin forward to next update oh and congrats on the finished chow ;)

[MattGamer]

bhanu: Yes, Ashley is a bit of inspiration. It's always nice to see you stop by. Thank you! ;]
Don-key: Hello! No problem, maybe later you can critique some of my stuff - nice to see you here. ;]
Tobi: You are correct with those critiques. The background sucks... I did it late in the night trying to finish it before the CHOW deadline. And as for the eyes, I was using the Metal Gear Solid 3 manual's images. In there the main artist for MGS sketches the characters with little detail as possible. That was what I was trying to achieve. As for the enviro, I did use reference from a photograph. I do like limbolo, never heard of him before you pointed him out to me. Now he has a new fan. ;] Cheers, Tobi, great to see you're critiquing again! Hehe
Razorb: Thanks! ;] I hate doing images in one day for a deadline, but you gotta do what you gots'ta do. Thanks for coming in to my humble establishment.

I reviewed a lot of my art from before, and well, it sucks. So now I am striving to make everything I do 101% better than what I did in the past. I hope I can do it. Maybe with your guy's help! ;]

Goro Fujita's speedpaint tutorial helped me learn how to do speedpaints! His tutorial (http://www.area-56.de/chapter56/2006/11/speedpainting.html) is awesome and motivates me to get better. Maybe by my 30th speedpaint I will eventually start to grasp what I cannot attain through reading. These environments were done by blurring my eyes and within 30 minutes each. Also I attained the images from Pbase.ca (http://www.pbase.ca/) where the images are watermarked, though still usable for reference work. Draw and do SPEEDPAINTS EVERYONE! Cheers. ;]

Experience makes perfect.

[pennington]

woah matt. nice speedies. finally doing them from ref i see. lol. the values and perspective is great. keep doing them. and tell me more about this moving to socal business.
i haven't been on the internet very much lately so we gotta catchup.

[MattGamer]

Scott: Hehe, I always do art from reference. :D And we'll catch up! Ya!

These speedpaints were suppose to be 30 minutes long, but they were more like 45 to 50 minutes long because of the details. ;/

[NiyanaMae]

Neat work, it looks as though it is coming along. :} Keep posting more!

[Bojee]

Good progress here. :)

[SantaClaus]

good stuff. I really like the master study. and these speedies really seem to be helping. they are nice to look at. the metal gear solid chow is nice. his forarm is too long though. should be 1 and a half head lengths at most. I think it might help you to learn head lengths (the canon of perportions). If you already know this stuff then just ignore me cause I am dumb. :)

[TheGnoll]

very nice ref studies, and i'm diggin the digital stuff ;)

i'm still hungry, keep sharing ;)

ciao

[Zord]

Some geese are punks. Yours however, are not. Keep pumping the speed paints, and don't worry about the time TOO much. That can tend to limit the quality of the painting because of unnecessary pressure. We'll have to chitchat about 2nd street soon. Cheers man!

[Ashab]

there is so much energy in your work and real instinct in the line, really looking forward to seeing more

[pennington]

yeah great progress. i can't wait to see the 30th speedy. keep em comin' bro.

[ATAnderson]

Wicked stuff man, loving these Kushan ship designs.

Look forward to more.

Adam.

[Zaknafain]

the high opacity speedpaints from #81 are great. Every brushstroke has a meaning and your planes are free and simple. The second batch from #83 is not that good. I see you going back to low opacity / soft edges again, which is not a bad idea.
I'm sure you find a way to combine both. Clean shapes and the precision of low opacity brushes.

[Matt Smith]

new sketchbook i see, i like the frazetta, try to do more of those

[dan liimatta]

Really good brush work, or rather I like ~ and the girl portrait on the first page is goodness through and through - & I hope you start posting more concepts/designs again, even if the studies are nice :)

& Ashley Wood makes some really good illustrations and his works have helped me a lot through the last weeks :P

[MattGamer]

NiyanaMae: I will.. thank you. ;]

Bojee: thanks!

SantaClaus: You are totally right and I welcome critiques like this! I do not know what I was doing when I drew this, but hey it's a CHOW and not some life and death contest. Thank you for your consideration and taking the time to write me this! I will defiantly change my ways! ;]

TheGnoll: I will try to feed you. Are you a Zombie? Are you hungry for flesh or fruit? =D

Zordy Dordo: Yes, we all much chat about this amazing opportunity we will have to live by the OCEAN! Thank you for the comments, I like to make it under 30 minutes because if I don't I would try to finish it all in the night and then I would be screwed. Cheers!

Ashab: I think there is not enough energy, though thank you for seeing something I cannot see. I will try to study more stuff and show my cool friends here on CA! Thanks!

Scott: Thank you! Yes I cannot wait for the 30th one either! :D

ATAnderson: Yes, I love Homeworld, though I always thought the Kushan mothership should have been the Taiidan's mothership. Kushan's one was soo much cooler! Thank you!

Tobi: Thank you for always setting me straight. I will try to be more crisp and not use stupid blur brush anymore. I hate that thing anyways. I must delete it from my brush library! HA! Cheers! ;]

Matt Smith: Yes! I know, Frazetta is a master and I love his stuff. I just don't have good images of his on my PC. I must get more so that I can copy more! Cheers and thanks!

dan liimatta: Yes, I love studying and I love concepts/designs. Though I must get the study down before so that I can make what I want look the way I want them! Cheers and thank you very much for stopping by, mate.

Here are some things that I have worked on. There are tons of sketches in my sketchbook(s), but I hate scanning. Scanning makes me mad and I probably would pay someone to scan my things in for me if I was rich enough.

OH and DRAW YOU DRAWER! Stop SURFING the web and procrastinating, GO DRAW and become great artists! Stupid media today, so much distractions. That is why the master artists were masters. They didn't have Myspace to stop them! Cheers!

[Idiot Apathy]

Yeah dude, levelin up like boss fight #9 homey.
Next step is to spend a little time near the end of these and polish up your edges and brushstrokes, I don't ever want to see a round brushstroke in here again! Ya here? That's just too digital mang. You'd be amazed how much more profession they look with just a little polish.

Love the values on this one;
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=97535&stc=1&d=1172165671

[bradley]

the sky on SP05 is lovely, what idiot said, little bit further and you got some gems. You always remind i dont work hard enough in the slightest. im away to do them head studeis

[evildisco]

Tom is a brushstroke nazi.
I think you have to balance some stroke reading and high render.

The round brush is not necessarily evil, depends on what settings your using it.

Anyway, great work, definetely Power-levelling! :P

[Zaknafain]

have to agree with that idiot: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=97535&stc=1&d=1172165671 is nice...
I also think that that brushstrokenazi is quite right with the brushstroke thing...

The flyer is nice as well, just to close to the borders. Either add space or have it touch the borders somewhere...
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=97532&stc=1&d=1172165660 suffers from the grey underpainting. Its never a good idea to have a grey underpainting. Easy workaround: once you are finished with greyscale make a new adjumentlayer set to "gradientmap" and blending mode to "color". Values won't be harmed and you can get quite interesting basecolours with gradientmap. Works great as underpainting.

[pennington]

oh man matt! that's hot!
... uh, i uh, i mean the paints :/

[Listing]

Like that last portrait. Great progress from the last sketchbook. Let's see more drawings.

[The Artist Fox]

very kool work!

[mentler]

5 Bonez

[Andy P]

Great work on the show poster, awesome patterns. The patterns in the background are lookin pro as a mofo. As far as the blood, I think a lot of times less can be more. And I think the punk elephant thing (punkephant? elepunk? elepunkuhphant?) could use some ears to make it read easier. Very cool poster anyway.
Keep blazing on the enviros, they're lookin great, especially these last B&W ones.

[MattGamer]

Tommy Tom Tom: Yes, I am sorry on this post for not listening to you. I will next time. No roundy stuff. Thanks!
bradley: Good! Those head studies, wooo! Thanks for being my friend. :]
evildisco: Hello, mate! How you been? Thank you for your consideration!
Tobi: I made an update on the flyer, but don't have it now to update (updating at the office). Thank you!! :D
Scott: Hehe thank you!
Listing: More more, yes! Haha, I sketch all the time in sketchbooks but I'm too lazy for scanning.
The Artist Fox: Thank kew!
Mr. Mentler: Hello sir! Glad you stopped by! I love bones, thanks!
Andy: Greetings. Thanks!! :D I always love your stuff!

I love this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saUz2eZ62Y4) drawing.

Alex Kanevsky wip copy and the two speedpaint are with Scott! 20 minutes each yay!

[Zord]

Nice start on the master copy, wierd that I started one myself. Keep up the speedpaints too. Also, how's about some paper sketches? :) Cheers, man.

[Idiot Apathy]

Looking great man, loving the studies and reff'ed work.

[krakel]

wow, dude i havent been around for way too long! its interesting to see the leaps of yours tho.

Soo.. You seem to be on a good way. What happened to drawing though? All I see is digital work. No scanner, camera? Or did you just give up drawing? ;P

Also you might want to try out other brushes. Your digital work alllwaayy screams Photoshop.. Or a photoshop-like-brush-in-painter :D But really for example you could try out "ArtRage" Im sure youve heard of it. Right now things tend to look slighty flat- if you know what i mean..

well well Ill try and comment more you keep on being productive

[MattGamer]

Johnny: Hehe, thanks for motivating me to get some traditional pieces up. i hope to do that tomorrow night. Thanks for the support mate, and I hope to hear many more Zordisms in the future! ;]

Tom: Thanks for stopping by on your huge schedule. :[]

krakel: SCREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM Photoshop. Yeah, I'm not trying to scream anything else but digital. That's why I use paper and a pencil to make traditional art. Digital is digi and pencil is pencil. ;] I do understand what you mean, and I will try to work on polishing off more of my images. Just no time! AH! And I did not give up on drawing. Heck no, it is a big part of my art (probably 90%). The digital is experimentation towards getting better at rendering. Thanks for the support! Cheers.

Doodles and a SP. ;]

[Idiot Apathy]

Lolz what? *pokes you in the eye*
These studies are sweet dude, where you getting the refs?

[enthombed]

hey man nice updates since my last visit here bro, wow you are going to the next level, keep killing bro.

Cheers

[hurricane]

great updates!

cheers

[pennington]

hey man what happened to the video of the last speedy we dueled over? actually now that i think about it you never showed me the finished pic. lol.

SP?! you're a boat? a tug boat. hey mr. tuggy.

[Zaknafain]

like your new doodles... I want my doodles to look like that.
a good excercise: try to draw with less lines...
Makes you faster, your drawings could look better and there are some tricks you can try out that way. For example leaving a part of the drawing empty so there is room for fantasy. Sometimes this is called the "lost line" technique (scott robertson calls it that way in "the skillful huntsman").
Kinda hard to describe... play around with it, see if it works for you and if not, just ignore me...
:)

[chrishly]

looking good :)

[MattGamer]

Scott: SP is SpeedPaint. I do not know anything about boats. Haha and I love tugboats! ;] As for that movie, I forgot I made it and will try to edit it real fast tonight with music. :[] Cheers!

Tobi: I want that book, "The Skillful Huntsman"! Is it good? I heard it was. Thank you for the tips. I will put them into action as soon as possible. And yes, I kind of sketch too much to hide the fact that I'm a terrible artist. You could doodle like that any day! Just doodle all the time! :]

chrishly: Thank you very much and thanks for dropping by! ;]

Here are some sketches from my 2nd black book I call "Chinko". I wish I knew how to paint in it then there would be colors too. But I guess I'm too scared of painting. I DON'T KNOW WHY!

I also go to the library and get their many books of animals, guns, and clothing to sketch. It's so fun to do on my lunch break that I do it ALL the time! ;] AND I go to our cool movie/music/book store that has a Frank Frazetta art book that I love to sketch. One of these is the "Death Dealer", one of Frazetta's many characters. Someday I want to create characters like that. ;]

[matrempit]

Nice man

[MattGamer]

matrempit: thanks mate!

Well, I dug into the world of WATERCOLORS. I want to learn MORE now! :D

[bhanu]

Heh the watercolors look cool,
but I guess you could use more water . And go crazy.Hehe. I am inrigued how you will go about using watercolors?

[pennington]

DUDE (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=104955&stc=1&d=1173370324)
are these from your head? trogg is really cool too! the first watercolor has really nice graphical design to it. it reminds me a ton of this one artist that i really like but i can't find his website anymore. :(

i don't know what to say about the watercolors. maybe getting a set of new brushes would do some good. i know that when i used my friends brushes it really made a difference in quality of brushes. and paper. heavy watercolor paper is really nice :) like 140lbs

[Idiot Apathy]

Hehhe, looks like acrylic mang! More water, MORE MoooOAoR!
*poke poke stab*

[MattGamer]

bhanu: Yeah, these are my FIRST watercolors. I don't know how to paint traditionally, this is all new stuff and way exciting. :] I will defiantly be making more, cheers!

Scott: Hay, thanks for the tips. I'm saving $$ so I won't be buying any new brushes anytime soon. I wish I could. :] And some of those were from my head and some were from Frank Frazetta and the WOW concept art book at my friends house. ;]

Tom: I don't know what acrylic is, I will try it out tonight. Yes, I KNOW MORE WATER! Geesh!

▌A 20 minute speedpaint video here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=janycbGkjPg). Scott (pennington) and I did a bunch of speedpaints this one night. Way fun night. ;]

EDIT: The video's sound crackled so now it's gone. Maybe I'll re do the video again. :/

[pennington]

lol i didn't stop at "time" either. but it's great to see the vid. :)

[Zaknafain]

hmm crits about your paintprocess... never done that before but I think its a good idea to do this now:
in your vid, have a look at what you are doing for the first minute:
drawing lines and then filling them with value with an incredibly small brush.
Why so careful? you are at the very begining of your painting, take a big brush and just lay the shape down with ONE stroke. You will change it later on anyways. Its not only faster, working with a big brush in the beginning gives you the possibility to play with shapes really fast.

Another problem is that you blocked the backroundshape with a darker value than the foreground shape. why? it should be the other way around.

I also think that you are thinking to positive: (now that sounds odd) Why always painting the rocks? paint the sky and whats left are the rocks. Sometimes this works better than the otherway around. Though most of the time I combine both techniques and add paint on some places, take it away again elswhere.
Think about it like this: if you want to paint a black triangle with a round brush you have to possibilities: either the way you painted those rocks, or by painting a big black blob and cutting into it 3 times with white. Believe me, the last method is faster and looks better (clean).

[Idiot Apathy]

Tobi said what I was gunna say dood, do what he says! :)
Good progress mang, was this from ref? I like the composition.

[MattGamer]

Scott, Tobi, and Tom Tom: thank you for the kind words. I completely understand on what you are talking about Tobi and will from now on use big brushes. No one explained to me with such clarity before. Thank you.

As you can see, this guy:
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9885/eviluf3.png
Has been taking over my immune system and has been attack every other system in my body. I couldn't talk for 3 days because my throat was so sore. As of Sunday I have eaten only crackers and drank water. I missed almost two days of work and have had NO desire to draw! Crazy I know, but I hope to get back into it as soon as my mind stops throbbing. ARRGG!!

[MattGamer]

I think you are all scared of my sickness. GOOD! Haha! Just as I planned. And if you are not all gone, maybe my monster will scary you! Do it Billy! Scare them ALL!

[Zord]

Yo a sickness named Billy is just plainwhacksilly. ;) Hope you're feeling better dude, keep drawering, drawz s'morez!!!

[xbert]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=84638&stc=1&d=1170055940

this one is really great - i love the style!

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=84141&stc=1&d=1169953519
nice lightning effects on this one!!

[pennington]

hey bro, funny i've been sick with a sore throat and throbbing head this week too, tho not as bad as yours it seems. hope you feel better and draw, be blessed.

[ArtZealot]

this sketchpage is exceptionally nice: http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=104955&stc=1&d=1173370324
and this digi looks very nice too: http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=97533&stc=1&d=1172165666
if i were to crit anything i'd just say that some of the sketches in here look a little rushed, like they could be awesome if they were taken a little further like the drawings i just mentioned. then again though, this is a sketchbook. anyway, i like what i'm seein, keep it up.

[MattGamer]

Johnny: Thank you, mate! I am getting better and will be drawing MUCH more. Cheers! ;]
xbert: Thank you! I'm glad you like 'em, thanks for stopping by! ;]
Scott: Thank you for your kind words! I am feeling better already!
ArtZealot: Thanks for checking my sb out. I have seen your sb, but I don't remember if I got around to commenting on it. Anyways, real nice art you have. Keep it up! :] Thank you for your critique. I will try not to rush some of my stuff from now on. You are correct in saying that they are rushed. I tend to get too excited and want to post things before they are finish. This is probably why I get depressed and why my stuff looks like crap most of the time. Thanks again, cheers! ;]

I have seen 300 twice. I own the soundtrack. I love every bit of that movie. I want to be in King Leonidas' army. I will be making mucho fanart because I love it so much. Cheers.

[enthombed]

Niccceeeeee :x , i like this a lot man, hahaha, keep posting.
Cheers

Invisibleperson1: Yeah, boy was that a fun time. Thanks for stopping by and check out my sb. Maybe we can chat sometime later.

Invisible person2: Hi! Yeah thanks for coming here... you can have cake if you want.

Here's a 30 min quicky. M-Rated. ;]

[pennington]

hot dang matt :) nice values and metal feel. but what's this? (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=113040&stc=1&d=1174804222) it's crazy :D

[MattGamer]

enthombed: Thanks for stopping by, mate! I will. ;]
Scott: Thank you! Haha, I seriously forget drawing it and thought it looked cool and posted it. Ha

Here is a 2 hour paint from some fashion photos Loren gave me. Thank you Loren! ;] Really amazing stuff this designer does. Also, the video is on its way.

[Bojee]

The last one reminds me of an artist named Fritz Scholder. ;)

[seth1]

Personitly I don't like it and think you could of done a way better job. It's to confusing I can't tell if it a she or he or even where the clothes end or begin it's the first 15 minutes that count if you dont have the pose and fondation down your not going go any where with it. It's not the time you took to do it but the knowledge behind the drawing that makes it work you can't paint with out knowing how light and color works well you can but not as good as you would with that knowledge of it and anatomy, form, prespective i would go back to your basics and life drawing and draw draw draw.

[Dile_]

Wow matt, your work is getting really strong!! I just checked your vid on you tube :) thanks for sharing!

As for the last one.. I must agree with seth, its hard to tell if its a man or if its a woman behind that stuff ;) I belive its a girl, but then you should soften the facials up some!

Keep the great improvement up!

~Dile

[MattGamer]

Bojee: Cool, thanks! At least I look like some artist and not just crap all the time. Hehe
seth1: Haha. It's not finished! This is my sketchbook, not the Finished Pieces of MattGamer book. Thank you for the critique! I may start over with this and do as you say, think before I draw. With this piece I just threw down colors to lineart (as you can see in the video coming soon). I am always working "back to [the] basics" everyday. Thank you for stopping by! Cheers!
Dile_: Thank you kindly for watching my videos and stopping by! ;]

[enthombed]

Nice fashion painting. ahahah you have the skills.
CHeers

[MattGamer]

enthombed: Dear sir, thank you ever so kindly. Though as Seth stated, I need to learn the lighting procedures and other important painting skills. Practice makes perfect. Thanks for stopping by, mate!

Ok, I was snowed in at my aunts house for 3 days. I made several cityscape sketches within my boredom. Great excuse to just draw, being snowed in. :] I also conquered Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest for the PSP. Ha, suck game but fun to watch the cut-scenes. Ta-ta!

[Bojee]

A Cityscape will always peak my interest and the bottom right is pretty nice too. :)

[pennington]

oo i love the cityscape :) really well done. squeaky clean.

[Zord]

The cityscape looks nice as rice! Any chance of adding some color to it? Reminds me of Tensai's work. Moar?

[MattGamer]

Bojee: Hello. Real nice to see you come back so many times. Really inspirational! Thanks, your compliments are appreciated.
Scott: Thank you, mate. Took me forever though. I didn't know I had that sort of patiences!
Johnny: Haha. YES, that is where I got the idea of doing the cityscapes! Tensai was a great motivator. Really enjoy his sketchbook. I'm not sure about color, but maybe since you asked. ;] Oh, yes. I have moar. ;]

I don't like a-p-r-i-l f-o-o-l-s. That's it. No lecture, no ranting, no nothing. It is just a lame holiday for kids to get out of school, unless it is on Sunday. Then they it doesn't matter in the slightest so I don't know why I am complaining.

Oh and for some randomness from me. Those a-pril f-ools. They just run up trees like those foxes could kill them. But in all reality, all they want are the babies. Can someone get me a MILK!? Geesh, there is no time for running uphill , though downhill is a different story. I see you at the bottom of the barrel of monkies. Can monkies really be the greatest poo flingers ever? I would think so. They have fingers on their feet! Heck, if I had fingers for feet I would fling my poo too. Cheers or chairs? Connotation or monogram? Filmography or Bruce Springsteene? Just a little random for the random people inside CA. I know you love those pickles in my car. Get them out before my NEW CAR scent is gone. Goobie cookie? Rookie.

Also, I changed my sb name to "I don't believe in mankeymankeymankeymankeymankey mankeymankeymankeymankeymankey" and it changed to "I don't believe in a.p.r.i.l f.o.o.l.s." Sweet!

I got so pissed at this King Leonidas paint. Had to redo his face so many times and still I am not done. Must spend more hours on it. Fling the phoo. :/ Bears.

[MattGamer]

.....

[tensai]

haha - you did do one. cool. i like the 'cough' above a lot actually. i'm a sucker for big and phat, combined with thin and delicate. sweet!

[krakel]

wow the cough one is amazing... ! Your helmet guy still needs some contrast adjustments and i wish the city scape was drawn with an even smaller pen oor just bigger.. of course that wouldve taken more time but now its too stuffed with black for such an intricate drawing. the designs are neat too.

[MattGamer]

tensaiiiiiiiiii: Thank you for visiting, mate. Yes, cityscapes are so fun!
krakel: Cool. I will try to adjust my "helmet guy". Thanks for the comments!

I love it when the scribble pops out at you. So fun to see!

[designboot]

This rocks for me:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=113040&stc=1&d=1174804222

[bradley]

great stuff matt, really like this http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=116783&stc=1&d=1175497243

watched 300 last night, i nearly died with excitemennt, giggled like a school girl throughout

[pennington]

matt you're improving soo much :) it's great to see you working so hard
you better keep bustin' it up man. cheers, haha.

[Ryan DeMita]

hey bro, i looked through your SB and everything seems to be dead on track. just keep practicing and working hard. in a year you'll be brosive as all hell. im loving you're exploration of style. i'd say draw as much as you possibly can, style usually creeps out with the more hand sketching you do. try to commit to a couple hours a day. everything is looking great man, keep rocking!

-ryan

[Texahol]

your reffed stuff is looking good, how about some self portraits and still lifes?

your penwork is looking really slick.

time to work harder, and be less emo chop chop *claps*

;)

[Andy P]

This (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=116783&stc=1&d=1175497243) is seriously wicked man, great motion and gesture. Great line quality, all of your line stuff has been lookin great. And the painting's blowin up too, Leonidas (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=113042&stc=1&d=1174804309) in particular. Seems like it's all comin together bro! Word!

[Zaknafain]

that cityscape is amazing... best sketch on this page imho...

fat man is nice as well..
though the way you rendered his pants makes it look flat. I also don't think that his left arm is placed the best way possible. Good job on the face and costume btw..

[Farvus]

Hey. Thanks for visiting my SB. I also like this city sketch. Great feeling of space.

Cheers.

[Ian Mack]

I remember that Itten book! An excellent resource packed into a very transportable book...hm...I should pick up a copy for my trip up north this summer.Excellent works throughout your sketchbook...I will have to do drawings that are immediatly inspired by other artists...seems to work for you, might for me!

[MattGamer]

Where have I been for a month? Gee, I have been lazy. Naughty, Matt. Did you know my name can be "matte" or "mattack". Sweet huh, pretty freakin sweet.

Ian Mack: Yes, Itten!! The best! Thank you very much... I am glad I inspired for one. ;]

Farvus: Np, mate! I should visit your sb more often to get me excited for art.

Zaknafain: Thanks, mate! ;] You are right about the left hand. BOO TO MATT!

Andy P: Worrrrd. ;]

Texahol: No NO NO!!! NO SP! YUCK! Maybe some still life's of my broffer. ;] Thanks, hobbit!

Ryan DeMita: 'ello brother. Thanks for stopping by! I really enjoy your sb, the colors are spot on! Cheers! Aie, couple hours a day keeps the bad lazy monster away!

Scott: Boo, not improving, getting lazier. Thanks... you are the one improving!!

Brad: Thank you! Now you need to update 203940239 times more than me! Go go go! Oh yes, 300 is the best!

designboot: Aie... glad eye pleased ya.

I was at the office and created THE BONE CREATURE THINGYMAJIG with my Wacom Graphire II. After using the Intuos 3, there's no turning back. This thing (Graphire II) sucks to artz digitally.

Fun fun fun in the sun sun sun.

[bradley]

i know what you mean i still got my graphire in a drawer and use it at friends places, it cant beat my A3 intous 3. What you been up to?

[Dile_]

now where are my inks!

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=115887&stc=1&d=1175305415

This one rocks!

[Konstruktion]

Dig the cityskape that Dile linked to! Keep up the good work. Damnit I wish I was snowed in or even better, if my computer collapsed every second week. A timetrap is what it is, I'm telling you!

[pennington]

matt post!! anything.

[Sorknes]

I like that virus.... :p

Anyway... You have some great stuff going on here. You're clearly improving, but even though this sounds clichè, I kinda miss some clear lines. It's not that you don't have them, it's more that some of them are lacking........ It's good stuff though!

I wish I could say something clearer than that, the worst critic is the one that can pinpoint what it's criticising.... I know... *hides*

[MattGamer]

bradley: Yes. I use my small Graphire everywhere. I have been busy and away from the PC for a while. Finally updated. Thanks for stopping by mate. Always a pleasure!
Dile_: THANKS! They might come. ;]
Sarcophagus: YES! Haha, crazy stuff. You can, just power off your PC and draw, draw, draw! :] Thanks!
Scott: Lol. Ok.
Sorknes: Thanks, mate. Very nice!

Working on this Chel photo, and her face NEVER COMES OUT RIGHT! I have re-done the face about 3-4 times, spending half and hour to an hour each time. It is really pissing me off and I may give up soon. Cheers!

[Olof]

Sup babe?

You've improved alot since last time I saw your stuff! Lot's of studies or just talent? :)

Like the looseness of the first one in the last pose. Try pointing out some more details or perhaps a full bodyshot. Like the last one too, really nice. Try exagerating her pose more instead of rendering. There's a stiffness in your piece as opposed to the reference, it makes her look more like an old lady. Her legs are greath though :)


keep working

.cheers

[MattGamer]

MorteM: Hi, oh just this pinch in my ribs by my heart. Really annoying and has been with me for 3 days. Thank you for the critiques!!! Uhm, I think it is not talent or studies, just pure luck or blessing from God that I can draw somewhat good. But still, I stuckicecreamcones badly and I need to get into my studies more and more these days. I do not want her to be an old lady, thank you for the tips! I will definitely take them into consideration and hope you hang out here more often. ;] Support is always welcomed in this sketchbook!

Here are some things I have really wanted to draw, but never had time for.
1: ME in pajamas (that I wish I had) and some wolverine claws coming out of my hand (that I wish I had too).
2: A quick portrait of my friend Taelor.
3: A guy inspired by Jens (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=60577) and Robin (http://www.robin-chyo.com/)'s art. I do not like the little guy, he looks poopy.

[bradley]

hey matt, happy belated birthday, love wolverine matt! that bone, donosaur one is great. dont give up on the chel one, keep on trucking

[mihir_J_upadhyaya]

hi

this is realy good style.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=95326

[pennington]

DUDE it's great to see some art from you again. haha when i look at the wolverine one of you i can't help but see is robin. holy shiny cat claws batman!
or maybe the hardy boys lol. nice bone dragon man. and the chel one will be a great accomplishment if you get it done. it looks to me like the nose and mouth are too big a bit. and be cause of the cropping of the photo you flattened her head or moved her cranium back.

[MattGamer]

bradley: Thank you for the support! I won't.

mihir_J_upadhyaya: Hi, yeah?

Scott: Robin? Haha, Hardy Boys, I love those dudes! Thanks for the tips! I will definitely WORK ON THAT STUFF! I need to fix her head. ;]

▌Two NEW YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/mattgamer) videos here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFZMe0kiv_E) and here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yQLAvtSdMM). The following are two of the images from the videos. I need to paint more. It is so fun! Cheers! <3

[bradley]

great update, thats how you should be doing it everytime, great lighting on that first one

[DanielC]

:(... it's been too long since my last visit in here.
Very good work matt !
The brushwork and values are getting way better.
Do you use construction lines when starting digis ?

[MattGamer]

bradley: Thanks! I will try to make more videos. Cheers!

Dan: I occasionally use foundation lines, but only in my sketch book. Now I try to start with a blob and work my way to the final piece. Instead of filling the lines in with color, I erase the blob and it seems to be a little faster. Thank you for stopping by! Hope to see you more often! :]

Here is a little something from the CA IRC chat. John mentioned Pitfall and we were going to do a TD, but I have yet to see his image. DRAW, DRAW, DRAW!

[DanielC]

Nice one monsieur !
I'd add some of the character's highlight on the background too, but just a tiny bit (on the left).
You're getting pretty good at those speedies ! keep it up :)

[kischi]

I very much enjoyed looking through your sketchbook! Great studies and paintings.

[MattGamer]

DanielC: Thanks mate!

kischi: Thank you. I am glad you like it. ;]

[pennington]

spaceman biff gots a belly. great render matt. the arms a bit short and poses is dramatic, but kinda awkward. still cool though.

[bradley]

hey matt, finally got back into to ca, must of been something blocking me from getting in but all well now.

may 18th post os looking great, are you carrying on with it? just bump up the highlights on it and slap some colour over

[MattGamer]

Scott: Haha, yea. Thanks, mate! I just noticed the arms were short the morning after and am to lazy to fix stuff like that.

Brad: :] Maybe. Haha, I hate it when CA is blocked or you cannot get it. It is like I lose a part of myself when that happens. Thanks!

Wow, it has been several weeks. Here's a guy I did real quick last night finally after fixing my PC. I lost all my old files in my second Maxtor internal hard drive. So no more old stuff, all new. It is a new beginning for me. Suck though, lost all my songs, all my image files, all my life. Thank God I had some of it backed up on my external hard drive. Cheers everyone!

[bradley]

hello stranger, maybe the new start is what your looking for sometimes, this last image certianly seems like your off to a good new start anyway, nice bulk to the arms. dont leave it so long in future, i keep checking in like some stalker and nothings going on.

[NightMare28]

i like the consistency of your work so far.

[Andy P]

Hey man, good work with the new digis, this (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=143149&stc=1&d=1179988892) is one is really hot. Love all those mushy soft edges in there, you're really good at that.
Sucks that you lost all of your old stuff on your hard drive. I just had a hard drive of mine crap out and was able to salvage everything off of it with a program called Data Rescue II. You can buy it from their website or can acquire it by other means *cough* bittorent *ahem*
Anyway, keep up with the regular postin, you're getting some really fun stuff.

[Idiot Apathy]

Hmmmmm, what's this? Smooth transitions with your paint! No ways! Looking good.

[deadred]

kickass stuff matt! i like the girl and the ducky in post 171, and that monstah in post 146 really appeals to me, something about the strokes and texture, mmm and post 116 is just perfect! i feel guilty i've not visited your sb before. some days, the forum refuse to load and takes me ages to try view stuff, but i'm extra stubborn today :P

moar updates pls!

[MattGamer]

Note: Gah, sorry guys. I should have updated more. I will put stuff down that I have done in the past two months I have been away in little spurts. Nothing much, though. I feel that I am getting more terrible at art as the days go by that I do not draw. Now I am waking up, and drawing 2 hours a night to get back into the mood.

bradley: Thanks, mate. Yes, I left too long and now I am going to attempt to be here more often.
NightMare28: Thank you.
Andy P: Wish I knew about Data Rescue before. Though it is o.k. Now I have almost a terabyte of hard drive space and it is all mostly reliable. I also am backing up everything every time I change something. I have music in two places. lulz Thanks!
Tom: I did not understand a word you said. "Smooth transactions" are alien to me. Thanks, though. <3
deadred: Aw! You visited my sketchbook. Thank you, red! I will hopefully get those updates to the "moar" status. ;)

Explanation: Here are a few of the "good" pages in my moleskin. I love Frank Frazetta's art. I love copying it too. I also love Fellah's art and will be copying his stuff to. This helps and motivates me to draw more on my own in my own little way(s).

[ccsears]

i like this last batch of moleskine sketches a lot. just my opinion, but i think you draw more naturally there than with the digital stuff. anyway, they have a nice feel to them...more unified, I guess.

nice job.

[DanielC]

Very nice pages matt !
the experiments are pretty good, keep working !

[mitrandil20]

woah man very nice works here!

[Zebz]

Matt!!! Lovely updates, man!! Your stuff is really hitting some huge strides! I've gotta come back through for a longer browse when I get some free time. Really impressed tho, dude. Keep it up, brotha!

[Duq]

I love your moleskine stuff! Need moar!

[Miles_]

You're on the right track man. Keep up those moleskin studies and master your pencils. It should help with your painting (I hope it works with mine). You're definately improving.

[Chermilla]

Ahh some really interesting double page spreads there! Lovely!! :)

Cx

[bradley]

great solid lines Matt, good to have you back. keep up with this and you will be rocking harder in no time at all. Be positive. Maybe ill pull my finger out and scan some stuff in and finally update.

[krakel]

yay- new work from you. Interesting sketches youve got there. Looking at those thumbnails Id recommend some compositional studies. See what you can find about composition around here and the rest of the interweb. One essential point is to always keep the focus from the middle of your picture. So if you have a path or a mountain or a tower or face or anything in your picture thats clearly dominant- dont put it into the middle.. Im sure youve heard about this though. Id love to see some color from you again..

[MattGamer]

ccsears: Yes. I haven't been drawing digitally for very long. Only about 3 years digitally and all my life traditionally, so yeah. Thanks for stopping by! Hope to see you again!
DanielC: Thanks for dropping in, and thanks. ;)
mitrandil20: Gratz.
Zebz: Aw, man. Not really. I need to practice a whole bunch more than I hang out with friends. It's the social withdrawals that I cannot handle.
Duq: Nice to see you. This post is for you. :)
spazazo: I have been using only pen in my moleskin and pencil in other sketchbooks. Thanks for checking me out!
Chermilla: Hi, thank you very much so. Thanks for coming in.
bradley: Yes, you better update more than me. You motivate me more than I motivate you anyday. :)
krakel: Hi! I love your posts because you point out what I need. Yes, those landscape ones were just playing around. I will definitely take your word to good use. Thanks, mate!

Explanation: Here are some sketch pages from that mole book; oldest to new.

[alti]

i'm sensing some flying spagetti monster influence ??
great sketchbook lots of different ideas floating around. i'd like to see more gestural work. and some colours.

-alti

[deadred]

those last two update bunches are great! i especially like the spontaneity of the blocky critters (2007-08-15_sb3.jpg), and moon tentacles is just lolz :}

[Dose206]

wow, looking nice in here. be glad you have a molebook for they are too much moneys for me. anyhoo, keep it up and maybe some more digis soon?

[Idiot Apathy]

yeahhhhhhh buddy.

[MattGamer]

alti: Nope. No spagetti monster influence. Just pure crazy http://www.fecalface.com/SF/ influence. :)
Michele: Thank you! He he, I'm getting weird and not going in the path I was. Now I am studying and drawing crazy. Crazy makes me feel good. Thanks for stopping by Michele!
Dose206: You can afford a moleskin. Save money from not eating a lunch or dinner. You will have a moleskin in no time. Thanks, mate! Keep artsing! :)
Tom: Yeaaaaaahhh Tommy! <3 Missed you man!

Explanation: Ok, someone mentioned that I needed to put some colors in my stuff. This post is for you. Har har. YES I COPY SIMON FELLAH'S ART! IT'S TOO COOL NOT TO! :meow:

[DanielC]

Nice colors..... >_>
solid pages monsieur, keep on having fun !!

[MattGamer]

DanielC: Ha ha. Glad you liked them. :) I don't do colors much because I am just learning with them. Thanks for checking me out always. You are too nice!

Description: Blah a face in an hour. Really boo. I must learn lighting. :/

[Fellah.]

Hehe, nice copies, Matt:) I have to say i really love those moleskin pages and all the different styles. there are some real gems in there. A pleasure to view! Thanks for the nice words, man!:rendered:

[Maestro Andres]

Very solid sketchbook mate, I like the moleskin pages as well. The spreads and ink/pen drawing are nice. Keep looking forward for more!

[the lying prophet]

you're a pro!!! i like the drawings you did on inks. superb. makes me wanna sketch rapidographs pens instead of pencils... just even for a day... haha nice sb. i'll be looking at your sb again and again

[MattGamer]

Simon: Thanks, mate. I want to thank you for your presence in this forum. It's a joy to see your work everyday.
armaldon: I will. Thank you!
the lying prophet: Yes, draw in pens, pencils, charcoal, anything you can get your hands on. Draw so well that the tools you use do not matter, but your art does. Thanks for stopping by, mate. ;)

Description: More moleskin fun. I need to dig deeper into studies. I really enjoy drawing with pen because I have to think before I draw. Actually see on paper what is there before I draw it.

[Nerahla]

hiyas Matt :)

I really like the graphic quality of your pen work in your moleskine. Very clean lines and bold designs. I like the man's torso, but oops! The arms are too short. The elbow comes in at the waist and the hands fall just below where the pubic bone is, like - mid hand to pubic bone. Great muscles though :)

[deadred]

slurp (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=189495&stc=1&d=1187736067)
hehe your lil random critters are begging to be colored :) nice anatomy studies btw, keep it up

[mitrandil20]

niiiiiiice update man!! i like your pen works

[voxelfog]

Those moleskine updates are tight. Very nice penwork. :)

[MattGamer]

Nerahla: Yes, I know this anatomy stuff. I was not thinking because I was copying from reference which I should not have been doing. I should have been viewing the image in my own eyes. Thank you for stopping in and taking the time to critique! I enjoy it.
deadred: He he. Yes, they want to be colored by YOU! Thank you, sweetie.
mitrandil20: Thank you! Yes, sadly only pen work is what I am talented in. Though I am challenging myself to learn more mediums!
voxelfog: Thank you for stopping in, mate.

Description: Old and new digital art. I totally suck at self portraits. Har har, but I'm learning!

[DanielC]

Looking good matt.
That gameboy and those selfportraits (?) are particularly nice.
Keep working !

[Cookiedough]

Lots of improvements from the beginning of this thread, Matt. Keep going, you're doing great.

I like the shapes in Zorg.

[bradley]

hey matt, that maximus one is great. your understanding light alot better these days, keep it up

[MattGamer]

DanielC: Thank you. I plan on working on more self-portraits, though they are a pain at this moment.
Cookiedough: Zorg loves you for stopping by and commenting. <3
bradley: I am learning just like you. You keep it up too, mate! Thanks!

Inspiration: Calvin & Hobbes (http://www.marcellosendos.ch/comics/ch/index.html) (from 1985 to 1996), FRUiTS (http://www.fruits-mg.com/), and Travis Millard & Mel Kadel studio visit (http://www.fecalface.com/SF/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=758&Itemid=102) (27 Minutes).

Description: Moleskin stuff. I need to use this moleskin for more serious stuff and do studies someplace else. Though everything I do in my moleskin is exciting for me to see the day after. I enjoy it and that is all that matters now.

[MattGamer]

Description: Something of my monsters for DeadRed to chew on.

[StarbonesCoffin]

Awesome, i totally love that maximus guy ! Awesome, more !

[Dile_]

Sorry my msn is bugging' so i say it here too.

I just too me the time to go through your thread.. and yeah, I see some really nice developement here, in many areas of art. The creative site and your imagination stuff is certainly improving, so must your observation sense do!

I'm really impressed by your progression! Keep doing what you doing, because it seems to work :)

[MattGamer]

StarbonesCoffin: Thanks. There will be more. Don't worry. :)
Dile_: Thank you very much, mate. You encourage me more than you know. I am now working on working harder at my art. Doing more studies everyday and keeping in the progress mode. I am also giving up many things and limiting myself on other things (ie. games, movies, etc.). Cheers!

Description: :upset: Poop from my brain. Stupid studies in which I attempt to play with brushes and layers. I scoff at my own indignity. I still cannot draw feet for the life of me. John Singer Sargent has officially motivated me to give up my life for the sake of art. As of today, bye bye old world and hello new one.

[Texahol]

I'd like to see your concentrate on breaking down more solid planes of value. right now, you have a lot of strokes, which give and uneven and 'muddy' tone. Ashley wood does this really well. Also, when thinking in larger planes, it will help with brush stroke econonmy. Some people I look up to in brushtroke economy are prometheus|anj and hurricane. On the same note, I think it's also important to think about when you should have soft and hard edges, as right now because everything has a large build up of strokes, you get all soft edges, and then some random hard edges in the middle of forms.
your pen stuff is really quite nice, I'd love to see more of that :D

chairs mate

[pennington]

Hey matt!! I love your moleskine stuff!! more.
oh and thanks for the inspiration :)

[MattGamer]

Devine: Thank you very much for this critique and comment. I wish more were like this. Very nice and informational. :)
Scott: You are welcome. Thanks for coming!

Description: Attempting to study James Singer Sargent. Ha! I love art and Painter IX now.

[Yautja892]

A lot of progress going through this book :) Been watching your book for awhile just never commented. Keep pushing, enjoying everything in here.

[MattGamer]

Yautja892: Thanks! I love comments and if you can spare the time, please critique my work. I learn so much more this way! Hope to see you again.

Description: First acrylics evar. I thought it was a lot of werk to get my paints out and paint. And I was right. Though it is so worth it once it's done. I know I learned a bunch today for the future. So exciting!

The one with the girl is a John Singer Sargent study from his image Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose (1885-86). Really calming piece that I was totally inspired to study. Moar acrylics from a few pages in my moleskin. It sucks, but I am learning!! And when I mess up, I can just paint over it with moar PAINTZ!

[roidvoid]

great object studies. apply that same eye to your illustrations and concepts and your art will improve ten fold. give each piece the time it needs to become fully realized.

[MattGamer]

roidvoid: You are correct. I will do this. I think I rush too many of my artz and this is why the quality is not in there. Though I do get bored of the mundane crosshatching and I know this (tedious detail) is a necessity. Thanks for your words!

Description: :} Whorkin' on the studies. THANKS SIMON! Really inspiring to have drawn 10+ quick self portraits of myself. The moleskin always has fun inside now days. :) Now go listen to MOAR Dethklok (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dethklok) and DRAW!! >:{

[Dile_]

Wow.. another HOLY SHIT update here on CA : D!!

I can't come with much to critique, your lines are getting very solid, the foot studies are amazing, the way you fill pages makes it look art-book'ish and I want to buy : D

Really solid stuff Matt! Keep it up, thats the least I can say haha. I'm impressed!

[bradley]

you got a great hold of that pen, great line. particulary like the 'stupid feet' page. keep it up Matt

[Duq]

Expressions and feet! Mortal enemies of any artist ^^

Good to see that Simon got you to tackle those :D
And lovely moleskine pages as well :o

Keep it up Matt! And pro's in a year? HELL YEAH!

[deadred]

aaa i love your moleskin stuff, cool studies and even cooler imaginative works :}

[Sean Vaul]

i really like your journal pages. makes me miss my old high school art teacher that much more.

[MattGamer]

Dile: Ha ha, someday I will make a little booklet and publish it every month for people to purchase. A little zine, but until then, I keep on trucking and you should too. See you in CS & thanks! :D
Brad: Thanks, mate! Glad to see you here. <3
Stephan: We will be de best. Thanks for being my encourager everyday and tell your girlfriend she is hot. :p
Michele: Aw, it is lovely to hear you say that. Or see you type that text. Either or pither? Wha-? I want to see moar from you! Dew© Moar®!
Sean: Thanks for stopping by. I'm not in school (yet!). Thanks for the kind comment. :)

Description: "Holy moly skins, Batman!" I lub my moleskin. By the way, this one is called "Sir Bur". You should really name your sketchbooks as well.

[MattGamer]

Had some time to do some self-portraits. Though I'd upload from the big sketchbook. Cheers!

[jdeegz]

nice stuff man, reminds me that i;ve got to do some feet studies too, they suck =\

[Fishspawn]

Hey just looked through your whole book. Good to see your lots of study start to lots of pay off. I'd tell you to take more time on something and really refine it but thats what everyone tells me and I never do... Anyway, keep rocking!

[AnthonyFoti]

wow, I really like all of your pencil sketches, and it would fun to see some of those digital works more fleshed out.

[grae]

Your pen sketches are great and have a lot of confidence, you also shown some good progress in getting more solid planes of value in your digi-paints. Have you ever thought about doing some full-opacity paints to force yourself to be deliberate about how you lay down color and value... sometimes that helps me when I feel my stuff is too busy for it's own good. Your drawings are so good and it would be great to see their confidence translate into your paints.

Keep grindin', you've got some good stuff going here!!!

[MattGamer]

jdeegz: Feet studies, ahoy! :D Nice to see you here.
Fishspawn: Thank you for the visit. I will definitely study everything.
AnthonyFoti: Digis are hard, but practice makes perfect. Thanks.
grae: Full opacity is fun, but scary. I will try this next time I digi paint. Thank you for stopping by.

Studying is good for the brain, though bad for your stomach if you do not take a break every once in a while! Inspirational azn art (http://www.startdrawing.org/)! Chairs!

[Yautja892]

Wow, really nice updates since I last visited. Sorry about not leaving a crit last time.... Really great studies you are doing, and looking at your portraits the proportions seem really well placed. I think you should spend some more time on your shading, and get a large value range in some of your sketches. Seems you like to work quick , I think maybe spend some more time on a piece, and really polished it up to help balance with all of the quick studies, and sketches. Overall though your doing the right stuff. Great to see you mixing up the subjects. (something I'm trying to do myself) Keep up the good work .:) I'll make sure to watch your progress.

[MattGamer]

Yautja892: Thank you for your considerate reply. I will definitely take what you said into view. Studies are a real help (I learned now). Cheers!

Here's some poo for yoo to see, hoot hoot!

[jozulus]

really tasty update, some chips with some alian pals. good mix. And now the first thing i will do, to cry over some metal gear solid episode...

[Alex Baer]

cool sketches man, i like how you fill every space of the paper in your sketchbook.. good practice, gets you lots of ideas.

[MattGamer]

jozulus: Thanks. I lub MGS.
Dabaers: Yes practice makes perfect. Though these sketches were only over a few months which should have been days. If I filled up several pages everyday, I wouldn't be complaining on how terrible I draw. Thanks!

Did a flier for a show in town. Birdies! Also a sketch page from my SMALL moleskine called JP1.

[Duq]

I need to check this out more often :O

Awesome progress Matt!

[pennington]

dang! I just wrote you a few words and got logged off and didn't get to post them. but I think your stuffs pretty amazing. nice birds. hot moleskines bro. I think you're rushing your paints though. and the opacity is splotchy? love the guys paint though.

[spudstudios]

very hot updates Matt!!

[MattGamer]

Stephan: yes you do. :)
Scott: thanks and I know. :/
spudstudios: thank you very much.

Ya ya zanzan (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=102797) is having an effect on me, though I suckorz. It's still fun to fling around ideas with 3 characters a page. JP1 is quite a small moleskineto sketch on. Digis coming soon! Comments and critiques are welcomed.

[chr!z]

hey matt
I have watched your stuff ealier but u dont know what to post because I dont felt good enough. I only want to say you stuff makes damn much fun to look at!

[ChaoticKnight]

Cool sb man! Nice amount of work per post you got going on.
That gray fox dude reminds me of mgs' ninja.