scratchgirl

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dropping by. here's a little doodle
-Justin

[I.was.ink]

hey mr. sweet you haven't been here in a while....I like the girl to the right and the little face on the left.:)
btw I tried visiting your site, but it says that there's an error and it can't be found. what's going on?

[Travis_Bourbeau]

I have to say that seeing your doodles is a pleasure in my opinion i love the way you jot down your lines ! and are so rough at the begining its reading a good book that doesnt have to describe the character or scene you can just see him id love to se more of anything you do thanks !

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thanks cerreto and iwasink-
sure i'll post some more, glad you liked it. i'm a bit of a scrawler with my sketchbook.
iwasink-not sure what's up with the site.
-J

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here's another

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oops. here's the whole

[Jason Manley]

gameboy!....you have so few marks...but I feel like i know exactly what he is doing.

thanks for posting them...it was a joy to scroll down and see them.

Leia liked them as well.


jason

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hey Jason-
by the way, tried to respond to you earlier (what prompted me to post) and my mail bounced back but yeah, i've been waiting for the Sargent show for months.
-J

[wes9000]

wow its wounderful to get to take a look at some of your sketches!
i just love your linework

if you have a chance, it would be great to see a few more!

wes

[JoshuaTheJames]

man...I am completely jealous!...i've only seen one Sargent in real life...

btw you have a beautiful line...

-Joshua

[Travis_Bourbeau]

Thanks Justin nice of you to reply !



(hows the weather in columbus josh its nice and sunny here in florida dont miss my home town at all)

[MindCandyMan]

These look awesome Mr. Sweet. I like the looseness of these sketches and the excitement they exude...I don't think you would get that without the scrawling. Awesome as always.

Hey there is a Sargent show coming to the east coast??? Where and when?

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here's a couple more

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second







(I edited the post to reupload the image. there was a problem with the file. I resaved it as an rgb image and it seems to work)-jason

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hmm..again...

[Jason Manley]

well Im glad we get to see this stuff. thanks.


the sargent show is at the LACMA in Los Angeles.

www.lacma.com is the addy I think.

its a good one too...sargent in italy...my favorite of his stuff.

josh: you should know what my response to that note about only seeing one sargent would be. turn of Akira and go to the museum alright??


thanks justin


jason

[MindCandyMan]

Oh no man that stinks...arghhhh...California is way too far for me to go...guess I will wait till sargent comes in full force to the Philly museum of art...at least we get Degas this year...woohoo.

[Jason Manley]

nice stuff again!


when is the degas show?

i will make the drive for that.

j

[wes9000]

the address is www.lacma.org

man, that sargent painting(Mrs. Ralph Curtis) that they show on the site is right across the street from me here in cleveland. i go and look at it every week or two and have sketched from it many a time...it's one fine painting. and theres a fabulous bouguereau and a couple gerome's in the same room

wish i could get out to LA to see the show...hmm maybe spring break...


justin, thanks for posting more sketches, awesome again

wes

[MindCandyMan]

I can see a very in depth knowledge of the human form in your sketches jsweet. Even in these quick sketches the form of the muscles is very attractive to the eye. Great work.

Hey Jason the exhibition is from February 12th to May 11th. Lemme know what day you want to go...we can go together (if you want that is)...I am gonna try and drag foster down too to come see...maybe if i bait you guys with some free tickets we can all go together ;) . Lemme know though and I will get the tickets...I can get them for a discount cause I work for upenn. But I need to know what weekend fairly soon because these exhibitions usually sell out very quickly.

[Lukias]

! wow I wondered if I'd ever see some more sketches from you. IWD Intro ink works are the first and last sketches I saw from you and JM(Those are one of the biggest inspirations for me).

Magic stuff, so few stokes, so much knowledge.
Really hope to see alot more.

[Kyri]

I must say you're work has been a huge inspiration to me in how I work, as I am sure and know many others. Thank you for posting you're sketch work here and giving us a closer glimpse at how many of you're great works took shape. Fantastic looseness, again just pure inspiration. I hope you post more.

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here's a few more. and thanks for the nice words.
-JS

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i'll try again

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[MindCandyMan]

This last batch is fantastic. That sketch of the little girl has so much life in it. I feel like it doesn't even need anything else...it could be left alone and be a wonderful piece of art. Thanks for posting all these...these are a wonderful source of inspiration. The last sketch is amazing as well. Your rendering ability astounds me...awesome work man. I love your stuff. Post more if you can! hehe :o

[cos]

Awesome to take a look inside your sketchbook, love your work.

Hope you post more!

[Travis_Bourbeau]

Man your a nice guy posting all these like this! I was wondering how much detail you add to a pic beofre you paint or if you start from a sketch at all for a typical pic I have seen one or two of your step by steps but i was just curious

[JoshuaTheJames]

Originally posted by Jason Manley
well Im glad we get to see this stuff. thanks.


the sargent show is at the LACMA in Los Angeles.

www.lacma.com is the addy I think.

its a good one too...sargent in italy...my favorite of his stuff.

josh: you should know what my response to that note about only seeing one sargent would be. turn of Akira and go to the museum alright??


thanks justin


jason

Jason,

It takes sooo much to not respond to your nonsense. You strive to be like the old masters yet you are becoming more and more of an old B@stard...

-Joshua ... your dueling foe... ;P

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Thanks for the response folks. Cerreto, I'll try to give you a response to your question shortly.
-J

[gekitsu]

thank you mr. sweet.

it is so great to see how much a genius can say with next to nothing.

[jrr]

wonderful artwork, justin, i'm a huge fan, actually i think this forum thing was a trick let some of us fan boys to meet some of the more experienced artists and big name gurus out there....

is the sargent show the same one that was in the national gallery?
anyone in the ny area checkin out the leonardo show at the met?

btw, justin, update that site of yours!! post haste!

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thanks JRR.
site almost done. just need to clip about a hundred preview thumbnails from images.
-J

[clayrodery v.03]

wow, those drawings are so beautiful, thats the way i want to be able to draw like one day. very inspirational


clay

[MindCandyMan]

Alright!!!! 100 images in the new update. I can't wait to look at them. That's awesome.

[JoshuaTheJames]

sheesh justin!

thanks a lot for this thread!

-Joshua

[Chonkie]

Hi Sweet


What is the paper you are using? and are you using regular pencil? it looks really nice..

i don't know if it's the paper and pencil
or
your skills :)

[DaveGFX]

Just wanted to add to the chorus of thanks. It's really great to see you posting these sketches. They provide a nice glimpse into your process.

I know you've already addressed it, but it'll be great to see the site updated.

[DachBleddyn]

Wow. This is some beautiful, beautiful stuff you got here. I can't wait to see more of it. Keep posting!

[I.was.ink]

I love the simplicity of them too! but yet so finished. Truly a great inspiration

btw Chonkie: im pretty sure its the skills, I bet u this man can kick our a$$ with a box of crayons!:p

[ELWOOD]

Hey Mr.sweet thanks for posting the skatches. It is nice to see inside your sketchbook,and how you think. I loved to see all the flowing lines you incorpate around your life drawings.And all figure anatomy studies I do the same thing but the thing is i am looking at a book and you are doing them from memory.

Thanks for posting

ELWOOD

[Atmospheria]

a little amount of people can tell lots of things in a quick sketch...one of them is you Mr.Sweet. Please post more!

[MindCandyMan]

I come back to this thread often to remind myself how a pencil is supposed to be used

[thomasaurus]

I just discovered this thread, how old is it?

I wanna see more!

[AndreasM]

Theese sketches rocks. As said earlier: The lines are simple, but show great knowledge. I was at your site, and the diffrent artworks there was amazing. Thanks for sharing:chug:

[I.was.ink]

MindCandyMan said it when he said:

I come back to this thread often to remind myself how a pencil is supposed to be used

I agree!

We just need an update.

[incognito]

I just wanna know, are those kids in your sketchs just some random kids you see, family, or just your imagination? Wow, I am not gonna add any more "you're so greats", cuz I think you've gotten your fill for the year. Though I will say you are a good artist from what I have seen.

[davi]

Justin some of your linework reminds me of menglef( http://menglef.org/ )

thanks for posting

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snooping around here and found my thread reborn. here's a few that are on hand, i'll try to scan and post more.

the kids are my kids. i have 8 and 5 year old boys, and a 4 year old girl.

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another

[I.was.ink]

And the man lives.....

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watercolorindianboy

[I.was.ink]

These look so great Justin.

They're so gestural and incredibly loose. :D

Thanks!

P.S Are you going to be/have a booth at the comic-con this year?

[EVIL]

Awsome work.. you put lost a detail into those few lines and my imagination just fills everything up. I totally love the little girl and the sandcastle. awsome!

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another post

[I.was.ink]

THanks!

[fell]

the children ones are the best, so many info in such fast and fluid ways, really impressive. now i must know how you ended up drawing like this, where did you study, with who... etc. thank you for sharing those, pure inspiration.

[cybermonkey]

that watercolor stuff is truly amazing.

[Ant4d]

I cannot comment it.! all the words has been sayd !
But I needed to post so I could give the 5 stars.

Anton

[MattGamer]

beautifully inspiring!