The Junkyard :Warning...Stinky Material!!!

[Trashy]

psssst...go to the last pages...this stuff...is...uh...old...newer works posted...

Well, my last sketchbook in 2006 never really got off the ground and I wanted to start off with a clean slate. So, I'll post more stuff in this.

Oh, by the way...if I lag behind ever do feel free to leave bashful comments to get me off my lazy butt. This thread hopefully won't be making many pit stops though :bashful:

Okay, first couple of things are digi pieces. Trying a different look.

[Smoke]

Nice images to start 2007 :)

That teddy looks a bit miffed, is he angry?

[Kitsushika]

Hmmm, interesting rendering style,
the toys do look a bit angry.

[willism21]

Nice style trashy, I want to see some of your figure drawing studies :), add more!

[Olof]

I guess style would come up to discussion, but how about using some bigger brushes for blocking out shapes?
I like your hard-thin brushes in most of your uploaded works, but I can't say it's working every time.

take care

.peace

[Trashy]

Kitsushika, willism21, Smokey186, MorteM, thanks guys for stopping by.

The bear actually is very freaky in person. I dunno how old it is. It's made out of a very heavy metal though.

Okay, some very quick wash figure studies for class. Used references from magazine that you can see above. Still need alot of work...some okay...some bad:[.

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Umm...just doing real fast work in in photoshop. Just very random.

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Okay, two tree studies. Think I'm going to do alot more of these. The last one I blocked in with black at first. I never tried working this way and it was pretty neat.

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[Trashy]

Figures studies from class. Quality got alittle hammered from the camera. Ink and wash...

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[Trashy]

Whooohooo....yay...update! More stuff from college and stuff I did here.

First up, are are some potraits studies. I'm feeling alittle more confidant working on people now. Still as always need alittle tweaking but I'm really liking the results with conte.

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Weekly activites here. First is the current enviroment of the week. Re-creating Rapunzels Tower. I'm posting the steps for it also. I'm learning that starting everything in black&white helps alot.

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Second piece is for the current character of the week. First one is the wip. I was playing around with different colors that I didn't really end up using. I used some textures over at mayangs textures and some of my own. What a amazing resource for textures. Thanks Mayang! Check the link here- http://mayang.com/textures/

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[Trashy]

Okay, time to really update this thread. Well, I'm starting to check out some atanomy books. I also picked up a massive tome of a book on Da Vinci so I'm going to do some studies from his old drawings. The book is absolutely massive though.

Okay, some skull studies first-

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I found a cool area at my campus couple of weeks back that has these really cool tree's. I'm doing some studies on them lately. Tree's are so cool! I think I need to draw them more.

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WARNING: OLD STUFF!!!
Going through some of my old stuff yesterday and thought maybe you guys would like seeing it.

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[Dile_]

Hi and thanks for you comment ^^

This is one of the coolest sketchbook around , not in the typical "concept-way" but the style and artwork in general, some of this is stuff I'd like to have on my walls! However, you should really work from reference and from life cause I belive that your observation skills are not up to par with your imaginary drawing skills, just a thought though.

Keep at it!

~Dile

[Trashy]

Hey Dile,

Thanks man for stopping by. No prob for the comment. Your very talented for your age!

You really are right about doing more life studies and from ref. I'm trying hard to force myself to do these more. I know they will help me alot in the long run.

Speaking of which, more bones and some muscle studies from ref. I noticed I had a red bottle of ink and had some fun with it. More B&W coming soon though.

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[PeGGO]

Hey dude...!!!

I recently can view your gallery again.. I don't remember why the before time I wasn't post you..!! :\ and well.. I love your style..!! lol sure, that isn't nothing new thing..!!! but well.. it's true..!!

PS: ah.. and I'm changing my designs to Sketchbooks section..!! so, I'm start to learn little to little about that system

[robmorfin]

Trashy, thanks for stopping by at my Sketchbook and fro you nice comments and good advice, I posted there some advice on perspectives for you, may not be the best way but that's how I think about perspective and looks like it works fine.

Nice sketchbook, I really like your digital painting style, and I don't draw figures, I have but I'm not good, in my plans I will learn, so please don't get offended, I'm sure you had to do really quick watercolor sketches, but I think for what I've seen that the anatomy is off in ome of those paintings, I really liked your old Illustrations, also your tree studies are great (all), nice going with the DaVinci studies, I like the pen shading you are doing a lot, I really liked your environment also.

Well, good work, keep posting more!

[mentler]

This is fun and interesting stuff

[Trashy]

PeGGO- Thanks man and it's good to see you around here.
robmorfin- Hey robmorfin, thanks a lot for also stopping by. Yeah, anatomy has always been a sore spot for me...I just gotta keep hammering at it basically. Honestly I've just got done reading tons of art book and concluded...none of them are going to truly help me. In order to get better I just need to get out there and draw, draw, draw and practice, practice, practice. I appreciate your thoughts man a lot...never would get offended by ones advice. I'll check that perspective stuff also.
mentler- Speaking of anatomy...your like the god of drawing that stuff. I feel honored and happy that you stopped by. I'll keep the work coming from now on sir :yayca:


...By the way...I gotta run to your sketchbook.

I feel like suck a lazy bum for not updating more often here. Dunno...just been trying so many different looks and styles and just...well...experimenting a whole lot...and giving myself some serious headaches in the process. I think maybe I finally found my niche...or more like it found me. Feel a lot more confident in myself lately. So anyway, less babbling and more updating this place....WHOOOP!

So first here are some pieces I did at a park. I'm making it a point to walk down just about everyday now in the morning and do studies of the people. I take my dog with me also. Never tried drawing moving people before...it's pretty cool actually.

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wip and two bot doodles.
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Very recent digital work
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[Yautja892]

Hey Trashy, very cool and interesting style you have. Keep pushing with the studies. I really like the tree studies, very awesome. What are some of things your wantingto do with your art? Wanting to do concept art?,Illustration? etc. Also cool to see someone else from AZ around here. :)

[Nkristian]

thanks for dropping by my sktechbook, you got some good sketches around here keep em coming

[Trashy]

little update here. Some heads and I decided to take one of those bot sketches further. Should spend more time on the next batch of heads I do.

[Listing]

Some nice work. There's a pretty universal flatness though, draw more from life.

[Trashy]

Yautja892- Thanks for stopping by. I'm definitely into doing both illustration and concept art. Right now though I'm going for a degree illustration.
Good to see someone else from AZ. Keep cool man, I know it's supposed to be about 108 degrees outside today...itleast where I am :^^;:

Nkristian- will do, thanks for coming by.

Listing- Thanks for dropping by. I hear you about the flatness in a lot of my stuff. I'll keep working on it.

More studies from the park and cloth study

[Shard]

that's some wicked stuff man!! I love those trees and the rapunzel tower!!
keep em coming!! :)

[Trashy]

-here are some older eow,and cow pieces. Have no idea why I haven't posted them here before.

[Trashy]

here is the recent cow90# I did "summer plaque"

[Trashy]

Big update here. I had a pretty major independent project to do in college. It involved me doing a full-size poster illustration for a theater play also at the college. The illustration is based off the the storybook called the "BFG" also known as "The Big Friendly giant". Their really happy with the illustration so I can take a big deep sigh of relief. Originally I wanted a more cartoon look but the staff wanted a more realistic human-like giant.

So here are all the concepts and steps leading to the final illustration. First time I ever did something like this before. Was a real blast!

[grae]

You have some really nice painting skills developing here! I love the color especially in the orange and green horse digi... If I may offer a piece of advice: Check out Burne Hogarth's Dynamic Anatomy. He gives you simple ratios for the relationships between different parts of the body that make proportions easier and are really helpful. I say this because your last painting is beautiful for the most part, but the incorrect proportions of the man make it seem a bit off.

Good stuff! Keep it up.

[Piranha Clan]

On the crit side, I agree with Dile...more life/anatomy studies. Your imagination definately needs no help.

On the pro side, I dig the architect's house and the green tree in post #6, very nice color choices, quite pleasing to look at. I wouldn't mind hanging that one in my home.

SPOOOOOOOOON!!!

[Trashy]

grae Thanks for you comment man. I've been reading into some Loomis but I'll check Hogarth out as well The giant really does need more work to him. I'm gonna try fixing him up...he is way too stiff right now. Thanks again!

Piranha Clan- I agree with Dile and with you. Thanks for coming by.

Gesture drawings, eyes, noses, and value study over at the Spartan Training Camp. Check it out in the community activities section.

[Trashy]

Huge smoke cloud,

Got the idea for the piece from a WW2 book. Took some refs from there. Started as a b&w and colored it.

[kovah]

Lovely studies.

The trees are especially striking, great job cant wait to see more.

[Trashy]

kovah Hey there,

Thanks for dropping by. Yeah, I think my tree's are waaaaay better then my people right now. Tree's rock! Thanks again for coming by. I'll keep it coming!

Sketch from a older CHOW and wip on a face, album cover design also.

[Eric Cartman]

hey,i like a lot your work,really,gesture and inks looks pretty good.

[Trashy]

Eric Cartman-Thanks man:)

I made it to page 2......WOOOOOOAHHHHHH!!! *does a happy dance*

Ah, today is a good day. Finally got some rain in Tucson and all is right with the world...and I drew a severed arm :D

I did this for the little activity in the community section called Nightmare of the Week .

onward to page 3!!!

[drd]

Now that's interesting. I really dig the textures on the arm there.
Something I'd be freaked out to see.

Thanks for the SB comment =P

[Trashy]

drd no prob and thanks for the compliments also :)

More gestures

[Cloister]

A lot a variation and quality throughout! Just keep em coming! (You seem to be well aware of your weak spots, so, as I would say to myself: Work more on those!) Very interesting sketchbook! :)

[Trashy]

Yay...I'm back.

Yeah, I was on hiatus a little while there. So a new year has begun and I'm pretty excited. Feeling far more confidant in myself. Anyway, one of my resolutions is to update this baby more often so without further ado let the posting begin.

some facial studies. first is a study of a Degas painting.

[HanRa]

very cool. your paintings live through your love to the brushes, am i right? practice the anatomical relations.

your work reminds me to make more use of diffrent kinds of brushes, and how much life paintings can get by giving them texture. thank you for that!

[Trashy]

Cloister- thanks man for coming by. Yeah, itleast I think I'm aware of my weaknesses. I think the main thing is anatomy right now for sure.

HanRa-Hey HanRa! Yeah I love my brushes. I actually cut down though on how many I used to use. I had a set that I made over 100 different brushes and knocked it down to twenty. Custom brushes work best when you use the standard brushes with them. The regular round hard brush is still my fave IMO along with good speckled brushes.

Thanks for you comments and thoughts. I really appreciate it!

Fruit studies-

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The next one is a study of one of my good friends at college. I used a picture of him as a ref to start out. Haha...actually turned him into quite a nasty character. I had a real blast actually working on this one.

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[Trashy]

Just a minor update.

pen work from my new sketchpad I got during Christmas. Just a couple critters to start. More humans...er...people will follow.

[RandAlThor]

Cool update dude, glad your back now post mor... ;-)

[Arbu]

awesome stuff... insane! ehhee

[Ignominious]

hey nice stuff! you've got a good imagination, but you should probably work a little from life more.

i can't quite put my finger on it, but i LOVE your style of painting! they're all amazing but that eaten apple on post#38 and #24 are sooooooo good!

[Don't Panic]

You definitely have a great imagination and really great painting technique. My favorites so far are the trees and Rapunzel’s Tower, which are all really expressive, and my absolute favorite is the green apple.

[Lege1]

Trashy: I am really glad you like my work and no I am not still using a mouse. I think is so funny cause I was on your sketch book at a rndom awhile ago and I was tellin my co-worker how I liked your trees and little oriental house found on your page one about in the middle. Awesome work. You gotta fan here. Expect alot more coming out of my corner,lol. I am just getting started. I got a candy store full of eye candy down to each and every piece.
much love and respect,
-=Lege

[Joey-b]

wow u are really improving, nice work on the apples and the dude with the knife
keep it coming, u got more patience that i do

[Trashy]

@RandAlThor-Thanks man, I got a lot coming this way. Stayed tuned!
@Arbu-Thanks man!
@Ignominious-Indeed, the life studies is a must for me. Yeah, I'm pretty happy with the apple also. Thanks!
@Don't Panic-Thanks for stopping by. I really appreciate it.
@Lege1- no prob man and thanks for coming around to my corner also. You know, I get a lot of comments on those tree's often. I don't do them too often but I tend to get really into them when I do. Thanks again man. Glad you like the works:)
@Joey-b-Thank you!


Alright, some updates here.

First is from the IDW(industrial design of the week) 55 activity. I just couldn't pass up that topic. Way too cool!
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Another life study. This time a B&W value study of a miniature tin can that was lying around. This one drove me insane!!!
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WIP of a portrait I'm working on. Outside of my safe zone again. Gonna do a lot of these. Expect progress this week on this.
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Okay...anatomy studies coming in next post.

[iceman478]

very cool stuff

[serhc]

Nice, you've got a real gift for colors and environments, and your painting skills are great - but echoing a lot of guys who got here before me, work on those figures and line drawings. If you could convey the same volume and energy of your paintings into your sketches, you would be tooooootally awesome :]

[Matsign]

Good to see you sticking with digital. From page one to page two theres a huge leap in confidence and understanding. Nice work! Cool brushes and strokes in your pieces of late.

Do you still draw in ink?

[RipNroaR]

I love your colours! Keep it going!

[yoitisi]

Just dropping in to say I really liked the cutlery set :)

Those life studies seem to come along nicely as well. With the B&W tin can be carefull with the ellipses, as ellipses which are lower in perspective are more circular than ellipses closer to the horizon (not sure that makes perfect sense...).

[Trashy]

@iceman478-Thanks
@serhc- Thanks man and I totally agree with your comment. I just need to loosen up more with my sketches. I suffer from a stiffness spell sometimes.
@Matsign- I feel even more confidant when other people think I'm improving as well. Thanks for saying that! Yup, still use pens. Trying to use some pencils more too.
@RipNroaR-Thank you
@yoitisi-Hey there, thanks for dropping by. I had a blast working on the cutlery. I'm really happy you liked it also. Good catch on the tin can. I started to notice it was off when I finished it(of course). The cylinders bits do get to me. I need to observe those better.

Okay, some figure studies in ink.
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[Farvus]

I went thorough your all sketchbook. You have lots of imagination and interesting ideas, just need to work more on technical skills. I see your're progressing fast so it won't be any problem for you :).
My favourite are some of your diluted ink sketches and this digital painting of tree. I would suggest is to avoid using darkest dark for every shadow. It flattens form instead of of making it 3 dimensional. Use dark color instead.

Keep it up!

[Trashy]

@Farvus Thanks man for coming by and commenting. You're right about the technical side of things. Just gotta keep practicing and practicing.

You know, for a awhile I think was using a computer with bad calibration. It's sorta weird because the colors would look faded on screen so I would push sometimes the levels or curves(I think that was a bad thing to do). More often then not I would adjust everything on other computers calibrated the right way. I could never get that screen to look right. I just very very recently calibrated my new computer correctly and I can see all those harsh dark shadows you're talking about. Hmmm...really counts to have a right calibrated screen. I can't believe the difference I'm seeing now. Darnit...makes me want to do everything over again.

Umm...oh yeah if anybody else is reading this I suggest you check this out if your not sure about your color settings for web images- http://www.aim-dtp.net/aim/evaluation/cdg/cdg.htm

Couple sketches during my fall semester
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[iceman478]

hey ..thanks for the advise..i still dont own a tablet ...and this mouse is really had to control at times...since it isnt even lazer ..but i try my best and i know i will get better ...thanks for stoping by....come back anytime ....all the best !!!

[algenpfleger]

Really loving that last page, very nice hatching and everything. Also good to see you do so much poses, but here I think it would be better to concentrate more on proportions than on shading. Keep it up!

[artmakessense]

i would totally buy some of the cartoon looking stuff and hang it in my bedroom FOR SHOREE.

so yea just keep doing the anatomy/proportion stuff. most of the arms in #52 look really straight and jointless, so i would work on that.

[Trashy]

@iceman478- no prob as far the advise:) Hope it helps.

@algenpfleger- Thanks for the comment man. Yeah, I get caught up with shading a lot. Another bad habit I need to stamp out this year.

@artmakessense Thanks for coming by. Yup...must work on anatomy more.

so arm studies and perspective(cubes) studies coming up in the next post.

I had Corel Painter for awhile but couldn't run it on my previous operating system. Anyway installed it on my new computer and bought a copy of Dons Seegmiller's digital character painting book. Just fooling around and two studies from the book. I think I got a pretty good understanding of how it works now. The brush system is pretty cool.

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Just a update on the portrait. Start working on it next week.

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[thek]

I adore these works! Especially the colour ones, the monochromatic sketches and that amazingly cute tree! Incredible work. Your gestures/quick figure drawings could tighten up slightly, but that will happen anyway if you keep doing those sheets of them. You owe it to yourself to do them though because your other stuff is just so so good

[Trashy]

@thek- Thank you man! Yeah, I think if I get a handle on that I'll be able to do some real cool stuff. Just gotta keep working on it.

Alright, arm studies. Working still on some perspective studies. get those up later this week. I know some of those hands are wonky.
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[Dandilion]

Very interesting stuff indeed!
I'll keep an eye on you mate.. ;)

Cheers!

~Em

[Jakers]

great work you've done in the last posts, nice tree and eye practice for sure. Gosh I would have gone crazy doing all those arms in one go.

Something with the alignment of your nose bridge and right eye bugs me on your portrait. Its fantastic your exploring painter...it can do so much that I haven't begun to dig into myself. Photoshop is great but its all preference, I just think painter can help you achieve more if you have a specific look your aiming for?

[Naastika]

That pen work is nuts! I'd like to see more ink.

[Quicksilver]

Loving the digi stuff, though I think your (trad) lines could do with more confidence. They are getting better though :)

Ones I love in particular are: the tower, [url=http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=151029&d=1181418416]this[/url, the fruit studies and weapons.

Those studies are defo paying off - keep'em coming!!

[Trashy]

@Dandilion- Cheers to you also man and thanks for dropping by:)
@Jakers- Haha, yeah those arm studies were rough. Plenty more to come. You know, there is something awkward in that portrait and it keeps driving me nuts. I think once I start really working on it everything will somehow work out though.Yeah, painter is a great program. I think experimenting with both of them will help me.

@Naastika-Thanks man.

@Quicksilver- Your dead on with the strokes in the traditional work. Just gotta break loose. Thanks for coming by.

Alright, got a portrait done. I decided to tackle this one first before the other one. Couple wip's and then the finished piece. I'm happy with some of the results. It's pretty cool working with both painter and photoshop. I'll get more studies up soon.

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[Yautja892]

Hey Trashy... been a long time since I last visited your book. Really nice updates since I last visited... your doing more studies, more color work, and more of everything since I last visited which is great to see. I really like the spoon/fork painting you did awhile ago, very cool. I'll make sure to keep visiting your book from now on. Cheers. :)

[Trashy]

@Yautja892-Thanks alot man, Yeah I'm really trying to work harder.


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just a small update here. This is a wip for the Bargue Drawing workshop at cgtalk- link (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=199&t=578369&page=1&pp=50)

this is the ref I'm using.
link (http://features-temp.cgsociety.org/gallerycrits/63632/63632_1192876075_large.jpg)

[snubbed]

The variation in your work is really cool to see. From painting to stylized ink renderings to more literal drawings. Overall you do really really good work. You have odd issues with some of the gestures I think - in particular in the way their shoulders pop out from their bodies like they are over developed or dislocated. Obviously they're just gestures so you're drawing fast, but it was something I noticed. I like the hand studies, too. lots of variation in poses. The thumb always seems a little "off", though.

That's about all I can offer for critique. Nice work!

[Trashy]

@snubbed-Thanks man for coming by. Yeah, there just weird proportional problems I gotta work on.


Small little update here. piece that I quickly threw together for the art crusades challenge. This one was alittle rushed :^^;:

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[smid]

Hey man,

good sense of color and stroke you have there. The last piece has a very dynamic feel to it. The only problem that I see in your works is the anatomy. Otherwise good stuff man. Keep drawing !

[Niva.]

Hey Trashy! Nice Junkyard hehehe!

First off I must thank you for leaving a helpful comment for me and I must return the favor with some BUMPage of this thread.

Secondly, I just finished looking through your thread and I must say I really like your style. The way you just throw the burshes and shapes down is really brave, also your colors are cool.

Smid above said anatomy is an issue sometimes... though sometimes I feel you've done it on purpose. Like here for example: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=294076&d=1202004176

I think you should keep up with your style and keep refining it.

I did notice sometimes you tend to paint crooked, I remember one of the skull studies on page 1 was not symmetric left to right... really though I shouldn't speak on this matter because I'm guilty myself of committing such bad moves with my art :)

Anyways, thanks once again, keep posting and cheers to ur junk!

[Trashy]

Hey guys,

so a new semester has started and things were alittle bumpy at first. Worked my hours at my job at the campus so hopefully I can start drawing more now again...woop! First weeks always drive me nuts!!!

@smid- Thanks man for coming by my corner. Yup, anatomy needs working on in alot of areas. I'll keep cranking out stuff.

@n1va - glad you dig my mess :)

Don't you hate it when you finish a drawing and notice it's freaking crooked! yeah, it's painfully noticeable in the skull studies I did on page 1. I think I gotten alittle better but thats also something that needs a working on.

Thanks man for coming by.

Okay...so couple of doodles from class and random things. Tried some vehicle studies in one-point perspective's.

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[algenpfleger]

Loverly colors and textures in your digis, and i like the variety of subjects in your drawings!

[Diginova]

A junkyard full of treasures ! Lovely work so far. I particularly liked the portrait with the shown steps. Go wild! Your style is developing quite nicely.

[brokeneyeball]

You make very cool art!!
I think theres a few weight issues with some of your life drawings. ..just keep drawing more!
You have a great sense of color! Neat stuff : )

[Trashy]

@algenpfleger- Thanks man:)
@Diginova- Hey, thanks for coming by and glad you like the sb.
brokeneyeball- Yeah, just gotta keep on rolling out more work. Thanks for swinging by.

Alittle update here. After spending about two weeks with painter it's starting to really grow on me. Just some more messing around in the program. I'll have quite a few more updates in the next couple of days.


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[Trashy]

Some hand studies and finally making some good progress on the cgtalk workshop. Plenty more left to do on that one.

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[we4er]

great works i like the forest very much:)))

[Joey-b]

Hey Trasher, thanks for ur comment again :D.

Cool handstudies, a bit hard to read with the bad scan

the lady is gettin better and better, although her left (viewer right shoulder) looks a bit wonky, and i think her left knee should be up a bit more

good work, waiting for ur next post

joey-b

[Trashy]

@we4er Thank you:)

Joey-b- No prob Joey-b, I love seeing what you got cooking in your sb. Ah, I should of hit that with some levels first with the hands. I darkened it some so it's clearer now.

I'll take a closer look at that shoulder. Thanks for for the heads up.


Critters and doodles for IDW. Wow...sketching in painter is fun. I was never a big fan of sketching digitally but man...It works bloody well in that program.

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[pbgse]

hey trashy
i see u handle colors well butbutbut i have one word for ya --- proportions --- the portrait is ok but u could just warp it to adjust proportions ;)
thanks for your comments
see ya :)

[RandAlThor]

Hey Trash, nice update. Keep an eye on proportions, and def color up those latest critters, awesome. whats the IDW topic?.... coffee maker, just looked.. cool. ;-)

[Trashy]

@pbgse- Thanks for stopping by. Ay, those proportions need a tweaking. See you around :)

@RandAlThor- Thanks for the comment. Hehe, yeah it's a interesting topic at IDW. Not a lot of entries though :(

Speaking of IDW-some progress on that! Just trying new styles and techniques in painter.

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[Trashy]

Final on the coffee maker...man I'm actually tempted to have some coffee now :P

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[MARMENTIDO]

Hey men, good work!, you have a very original style
i like me so much your paintings.

[Pav]

That creature from 69th post is bad ass, nice free strokes and color gradation from top to bottom in the background.

[Trashy]

MARMENTIDO-Why thank you:)
artistpavel-Thanks man. You were doing some sweet work at IDW also. Gotta swing by you sb as well. Thanks for coming by mine.

More anatomy and IDW work. Think I need to do some faces.

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[Dandilion]

Great updates man!
I really dig the way you are handling those colours in Painter. You inspire me to experiment more with digital colours. Keep it up!
More please! ;)

~Em

[Trashy]

Dandilion- Painter is pretty darn sweet, I'm just starting with it also. I think I did get pretty good results from the last one.

More you say eh? Heres one more from painter I did a couple days back for a assignment.
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[Trashy]

Hello:)

forgot to update last week so heres a whole bunch of sketches and a wip.


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[Delmar]

very good progress, i really love how you're dealing with the colors...only crit from me is the anatomy of some your figures....but as i can see you're getting better and better with this one too....

so just keep on posting!!!:)

[Trashy]

@Delmar- I'll keep it coming. Thanks for coming by:)

update on that...thing...monster dude...

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[Trashy]

More on that monster...

[AsaB]

Hey mate, wanted to thank you for all the nice comments you've left me, they're great help :)

Your sketchbook, on the other hand, is a killer! I'm greatly impressed! Inspiring, that's for sure. Saved a few in my folder of inspiration :) The way you handle texture and colour in your digis blow my mind! It looks like you're using Painter, is that correct? I'm only in PS myself, but from what I've seen here on CA, it would be great fun to practice Painter. If you have any tutorials links laying around, I'd greatly appreciate to see them :)

Otherwise I can't say much more that isn't asspatting already! You're already showing a great range and variety in your work, which is always healthy. Your passion seems to shine through, at least I get the vibe from all of these that you're enjoying yourself tremendousy :) And frankly, that's not too common among artists. At least I don't see it everywhere.

Wait, what did I say about asspatting? Enough already! Well, I'll just be sitting here and waiting for the next batch :)

[Trashy]

@AsaB- aww, your so kind :^^:
Thanks for the comment. Yeah, the last couple of pieces I've been using Painter. I actually use both programs but currently painter I'm learning and loving a lot. In terms of tutorials I would suggest looking at Don Seegmiller's site and I heard Ryan Church Dvd's are awesome. I intend on purchasing them and I own a copy of Seegmiller's book called "Digital Character Design and Painting" the Painter version. The main thing though is just to do studies and practice as you would in Photoshop or any other program.

Check this link-
http://apps.corel.com/painterix/training/tutorials.html

If you go to the homepage Corel has a pretty good newsletter also.

Monster finished!

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[Yngling]

Hey there!
I was just looking through your sketchbook and noticed how good you are with colours and brushes! Many of your works have excellent, warm colours, and interesting textures to them. Sometimes the overall impact is a bit less strong because of anatomy/proportion issues, so there you have something to study! Your more 'abstract' works are the best, like the last one.

Yngling

[Flaskpost]

Great colors on that monster! Nasty textures too. :)

[AmbientChroma]

Awesome stuff man :D Love the feeling you're getting with painter! for that last monster though, I think it would look a hell of a lot better if you pushed the values a bit more, saturated some areas a little more and picked out some specular highlights :) Did a quick paintover, this is what I was talking about, cept it should be executed better hahah :)

[Trashy]

@Yngling- Thanks man. I agree with the abstract working more. I'll keep at it and thanks again for coming by.
@Flaskpost- Thanks:)
@EtherRain-Dude...YOU ROCK! Thanks for that paint over. That actually puts a lot in perspective for me. I knew I was missing something! I'm gonna go right back into it now.

Hey, Happy Saint Patrick's day to you guys and hope you have a good day :hat:

I'm hitting the anatomy books this week. Did a lot of posemanaic studies yesterday and the day before.

tons of 30 second poses...haha...it sorta shows

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black silhouette studies. You know, I forgot how good these studies can be. I think I'm going to do more of these.

[Quinn Simoes]

Hey Trashy, great SB! doing lots of anatomy studies, watch those proportions!

keep at it!

Quinn

[Trashy]

@Quinn Simoes-Thank you Quinn.

Man...I couldn't draw anything yesterday. My head was just killing me and I fell into a weird sleepy spell. Hmm...trying to catch up today.

Trying new things in painter again.

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[Trashy]

Just another update on that last one. Decided to go the disturbing route on this...hehe...I honestly have no idea where this one is heading.

[Trashy]

I think I need to draw and paint happy things now :D

Okay...back to anatomy and other things. Just had to do this first.

[Trashy]

Wip for the next Idw. Hahaha...I had to tweak the face also. Okay...now I think its done :D

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[Trashy]

Onions are fun:)

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[Trashy]

Hey hows everyone doing? Happy Easter to all you guys out there who celebrate it...or not. So couple updates here, first is a robot I did for a school assignment. you might have noticed this was a sketch on another page awhile.
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Okay that now brings me to idw65. You know...I gotta say my linework digitally has stunk awhile now. I'm studying to clean it up and make it nicer. I think I got really good results by exactly doing just that in this. That and I officially loooove painter now. The oil impasto brushes are so freaking awesome!!! Anyway this is going to be the way I'm going to approach more of my pieces now. I'm pretty excited actually. Oh hey, I need to hit the anatomy again...hehe..........I know I keep freaking saying that...I sound like a answering machine sometimes :d
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[Jakers]

my gosh ive always loved that look using the square shaped brushes yet I dont know why...something about it is very pleasing and keeps your eye moving?

The twisted face painting is looking interesting, though I enjoyed some of the more simple elements in this one more http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=327890&stc=1&d=1205903692
the hard line seperating the 2 background textures feels better compositionally to me flipped with him on the right as well. Maybe pop out a focal point even more.

The figures marked 'longer studies' in post #99 are ok, but I feel that they majorly lack the construction stages which is causing proportional problems. you may have been focusing simply on the poses but try and get everything else attention as well. laters!

[Dandilion]

LOVE the flower pots mate!<3
Hugs

~Em

[Trashy]

wahoooo....finally back here again. I got a couple more weeks left and a other semester of college is in the books. I'm honestly getting tired of this semester so it's good thats it's almost over. Good news is itleast I got a sketchgroup finally started at my campus. We are starting to meet every Friday so it's pretty cool.

anyway...I missed this place!

Jakers Man I fall for those square brushes constantly.

It's always interesting flipping the pieces horizontally...it's crazy how much it changes sometimes. You know after looking at the piece more the noise bothers me also. It does need something more to it.

I hear you on those 99 studies...their pretty much lifeless in all respects. It was more or less a study in lines. I really did skimp out on the construction bits. I think I really have been going after anatomy the wrong way.......gah...over complicating sh#t.

Dandilion Thanks :)

Alright, some quick little studies of guns after watching El Coro's dvd on gun concepting. Freaking amazing Video. Coro...you the man!

Hahaha...I should study guns more. Some of these...just...technically wouldn't work :D
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That brings me to a graffiti piece I worked with a good friend at college. Not quite done yet...still need to fade out those lines alittle. Honestly I'm getting pretty inspired by graffiti work lately. Stuff is amazing and I picked up a book called "graffiti World". Highly recommend this book to anyone.
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Last but not least is a "Center for the arts" Poster I did at Pima West college.
It's for the play "1000 Cranes". It's part of a competition I was in last year too. Don't know if this is the one that will be used but it was pretty fun working on it. Waaaaaay totally different my other works. Got to experiment tons with this one and different styles.
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[Sorknes]

Really nice colours going on there Trashy :)

Glad to see you did some anatomy studies, that's the only thing that's been kinda lacking sometimes.

But most of what you do really rocks. Just wanted to have a look, keep going! And I'll note some of that colour use behind my ear, so it was useful to look too ;)

[xinleh]

I like the colours in your paintings and the monster dude thing. :P Keep them coming!

Also, keep those anatomy coming and loosen up those lines. Feel the shape of the figure, do more individual and specific studies and you are sure to improve more. Count me subscribed. :)

[Trashy]

Alright finally got stuff out of the way. I'm going to start updating here every Saturday. I just got done getting some good books on anatomy and perspective...can't believe it but I didn't have any of those kinds of books. Dunno...I'm actually learning that having the materials right in my hands is far better then reading stuff on the computer screen it seems. Anyway..."Strength Training Anatomy"...oh my god that book is amazing!!! Can't wait to stuff diving into this.

I think in terms of anatomy I just need to hit it harder. I'm going to do a study every night before I go sleep. I've been far too sporadic. I need to do this routinely and stay on top of it with all my other works. I'm starting this tonight!


@Sorknes- Hi there:)

Those anatomy are certainly lacking sometimes...if not often. Haha...man I get too caught up with other things. I'm going to be getting rid of that habit this summer. Thank you for coming by.

@xinleh- Thanks man for the comments. I hear you on those lines. Gotta feel the shape and force of the figure.

Alright some posting here.

Pen and ink pieces. I was messing with some thumbnails and made a more finished piece off of them. I love my microns :D

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Yay for randomness! Just doodling in painter and ps and these two guys popped out of nowhere.

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This was part of a school project and contest at my college. It was for a bicycling event held every year in Tucson. Dunno if a winner has been announced. Pretty fun working on this though. Gah...I did that one thigh too big though...eek. Think the child actually came out alright.

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Last but not least some down to basics. Waaaay more of these to come and cones and cubes. I feel good though...resisted the temptation on the elliptical marquee tool this time. Still one side slightly off. I will master the circle!!!!

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[GRMC]

wow great updating mate, like it all keep posting up yo...

[Giorge]

Your "junk" is coming along pretty well men , keep practicing , don't let down ... this is my fav --- (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=381360&d=1212292270)

[Trashy]

@GRMC -Will do man! Thanks for stopping by :)
@flamable-I'll never let down...never give up...never surrender!!!
...hehe..I think I went overboard there lol. Thanks for coming by my corner. Glad you like the plant. I'll keep pushing onward.

Okey dokey...updates for this Saturday.

good ol' basics again.
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-Just took some notes also. Couple I went too fast into. I need to lay down more guidelines as well when working on the alignment of the joints and fingers. I'm gonna hit this book pretty hard Sunday and Monday.
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[staticpen]

Hey man! Thanks for dropping by. I thought I'd have a look at your thread, and I'm really glad I did. I gotta say, I am FEELING you hatching with the pen and ink. I love that. It's my favorite way to use an pen.
Also, your bicycle and asian cloudy lady posters are wicked rad. I really love that sort of uh... loose, almost impressionistic brush play you've got going there. Super color selection, too.
And yeah, keep rocking the Hogarth books. He's a genius. ;)
All in all, you've made a subscriber out of me! Keep it up!

[Vulgar`]

Garbage drop-off planet, remember? You have a lot going for you, Trashy - a funky style and one of the best avatars on the site.

Keep doing you

[Trashy]

@staticpen No prob man. I loved your stuff and thank you for the encouraging and kind words. Man I hear you with cross-hatching. I can never get enough of it with my pens. Thanks again man:)

@Vulgar` Hey how's it going? Man...that was almost a year ago wasn't it? I never linked you to my older sb...jeeeeezzzz. Thanks for coming by and for the words. I'll keep it coming.


Hitting it up with Hogarth again. I re-did some studies and tried to make these more concentrated studies then the last one's. Almost got a chapter done.

...leveled up slightly...maybe... :teeth:
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[Flaskpost]

good hogarth studies! make sure you keep those comin! =)

[staticpen]

Ooh, the first and last sections of hogarth are looking super. "Level up." Hahahaha.

[Quinn Simoes]

I really like your progress shots for the stylized animal challenge in post 112, awesome work on that one!

Keep going with those anatomy studies!

Quinn

[monotony]

Hey Trashy, really nice sketchbook you have here. all the studies will definately pay off.
love the bonsai trees in the floating cups you did. that painterly way of coloring rocks.
and you should take some of the thumbnail scenes you did and blow it up to a colored landscape to try something different.
I'll check back for updates

[koof]

great work! your style really shows! plus the colors were well picked.

[~Faust~]

massive working force! I also love how you tackle the basics, your designsense is developing, too! Overall, great improvement! One thing though, when training hands, the best thing is learning from your own wanking device!

[Trashy]

@Flaskpost- Thank you man! More studies indeed to come.
@staticpen- hehe...still got a long way to get to level 99 :teeth:
Quinn Simoes- Cheers man. I'll definitely include more progress shots for other pieces as well.
@monotony-I like that idea with the thumbnails. I was sorta kicking that idea around. There is a couple that might look pretty sweet painted. Thanks again for coming by and for the comment.
@koof-Thank you:)
@~Faust~- Hey man, thanks for the words. Yeah, studying from the life is one of the bests. I'll get my own wanky hands studies in there for sure :teeth:

I love you guys! Thanks again for your support.

6 more from Hogarth for now. I'll get more up in the coming days. I think every time I go through the chapters I'm going to do studies from my own hands...itleast 10...then ten from mind to see how much I really learned. Might be best for me to tackle this from all three fronts...reference...life..and from mind.

[staticpen]

Looking good, man. And yeah, tackling problems from multiple angles really speeds up the learning process, or at least it does for me.

Can't wait to see the hands from imagination!

[ArtZealot]

Hi, thanks for stopping by my sketchbook. You have some really nice stuff in here, i especially like your pen and ink work, and your quick figure sketches, they are great. The one thing i could critique is maybe to push the painting compositions just a step further. For example, maybe in this one: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=381360&d=1212292270 put some maybe add a lightsource that hits right at the focal point of the image which i think is the plant's face. Or maybe even use the existing light in it but instead of having the lightsource be white, make it yellowish or orange to bring a little bit of saturated color into it. Anyway, that's more of opinion than suggestion, it stands as a good piece as is. thanks again for stopping by. Cheers'

[Trashy]

@staticpen- Thanks man. Yeah, I totally agree with taking it from all angles. I think that way you can also develop your own style further.

@ArtZealot- No prob artzealot and thanks for stopping by. Thanks for your suggestion. I went ahead and messed around with it. It does strengthen the main focal a little better. It's a good opinion.

More Hogarth! Almost got the first chapter done...going to do my own hand studies soon.

[staticpen]

Just curious, how long do these hands take you to do?

[Trashy]

Hi there staticpen. I'm taking my time on them. Averaging I guess 10 minutes per hand. Couple posts awhile back I tried doing fast studies...dunno...they don't seem to work too well with me. It's better for me to really digest what I'm studying and seeing most of the time.

I swear I can never get tired of doing tree's. Love tree's and painting them. Real quick one here...just wanted to change gears very briefly.

[Ash888]

Awesome tree, the line work, color, and variety come together well.
Post again soon.

[staticpen]

Yeah yeah, that's a pretty good tree, man. I really like the little spots of color thrown all over the place. Nice. :)

[crazy3dman]

Very nice sketchbook. Your digital painting looks very nice. I really like the bonsai trees. Keep going on those hand studies. You've got something going there.

[daveskogstad]

cheers for stopping by my sketch book have2 have a good look through yrs.
hogarth hand studies look good

[Trashy]

@Ash888 Thanks man:)
@staticpen I'm gonna do another tree methinks tomorrow. Thanks again for the kind words.
@crazy3dman Hi there and thanks for the comment. I'll keep it coming with those hands.
@daveskogstad You actually posted just before I last posted. Thanks man for the words.

speaking of which....MORE HANDS...YARRRRRRR!!! Hehe...got a chapter done so I'm gonna study from my own hands now. hmm...next week I'm gonna change the pace and hit some bone structures...skeletons and bones :teeth:

[staticpen]

those look tim burton status, man. I suppose it'll only get more intense when the bones start rolling in... @__@

[algenpfleger]

whoah those hands do indeed rock! aim for those bones too, gives things more structure and prevents them from looking wobbly. keep going!

[~Faust~]

Holy shit these hands are the bomb!

[Flaskpost]

nice lookin´ hand studies, man. now draw some from life and keep in mind what you´ve learned!

[enrigo]

A lot of cool digital paintings, and those Hogarth studies sure will help you with adding form to your drawing.

A little nitpicky but I notice that you tend to draw ellipses with very sharp ends. Usually the narrow ends of the ellipses would look more rounded even if it gets really narrow. I hope this helps. ;)

[AsaB]

Hey man, thanks for all the comments in my sb :)

Beautiful hand studies! The fact that you're both learning from Hogarth's book and from life (your own hands), makes it a killer combo. I'm sure you'll improve fast in that area if you keep this up :)

That last tree speedie is eye candy as well. The loose feel it has it great, and the colour combo is so natural and in harmony. Keep at it!

[Reika]

Loving those hands there, got an interesting feel to them. Is the distortion on purpose? :D If it's not, check them perspectives and bones. Keep at it!

[Trashy]

@staticpen- Tim Burton is my hero. haha...yeah it's gonna get bloody in here.
@algenpfleger-Thank you man. Yeah, I'm looking at those bones right now. I think it's actually a good idea to start with the bones structures first too from what I'm learning.
@~Faust~-:)
@Flaskpost- indeed, thanks.
@enrigo -Good catch on those circles. I do often draw them too sharp o the edges. Something else that needs some tweaking. Thanks for coming by.
@AsaB- No prob Asab. Yeah, I think they will help. Gotta do all the other parts too and put it together. Haha...I make it sound alot like a puzzle sometimes.
@Reika- Thanks Reika. Yeah, alot of those hands are from Hogarth and I tried posing my hands in those illustrations and found it insanely difficult. I think some of them are distorted on purpose. Won't be trying to distort my own hand studies though.

Just a tiny update here. Get some more anatomy stuff up in the coming days. I did a quick eye study again. I'm doing some stuff in Don Seegmillers book again. Eh...I do need to practice on the circles again. Might do a other one of these next week. I'm experimenting in 3d modeling now as well. Hehe...rendered a apple...not posting it here...looks like crap. Not as hard as I thought it might be though. Just need to practice more with the software.

[Peter_K]

Very nice stuff here. I really like the fingers on your hand studies. The exaggerated angles really add life to them.

Keep up the good work.

[Hybrid_75]

Hey trashy, your SB looks good, The hands are looking good. I can't say I've ever liked hogarth. I think you should look to make/keep rhythms/curves in your drawings. you have a stylised tower/house on your first pages that has a nice flow to it. I think you could apply that to all your stuff. Keep up the good work.

[Clochette]

I like this piece : http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=352539&d=1208836882
Interesting composition and textures! :)
Your hand studies are cool too, keep up this way!

[Trashy]

@Peter_K Thanks man.

@Hybrid_75 Thanks for coming by Hybrid. It's interesting because after going through the first chapters with Hogarth I noticed he does over exaggerate alot of things. Honestly alot of the hand poses can't be done in real life...I actually tried to pose my hands like those in the book. I'm just taking note of the guidelines he lays down. You touch on a great point with the curves. They tend to appear when I just loosen up on works. I'll keep note of that. Thanks man!

@Clochette Thanks:)

Update for the latest stylized animal challenge

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Been just alittle busy planning a little trip back to the East Coast. Man...really looking forward to going back there for a bit. By the way, I just got back from seeing Pixar's latest "Wall-E"...OMG!!! Look I'm not kidding when I say this movie has changed me...I'm freaking serious. One of the most inspiring and amazing films I have ever seen. Words just can't damn describe it. Goddammit...I'm gonna work for Pixar...that is one of my top goals..period!!! I know my work needs working, I know I'm not up to snub yet but crap...I'm not going to look back and be one of the dudes sitting in a cubicle saying..."well I could of done that" or "I wished I had that job".

...the hell with that shit.

I'm writing down a goal sheet starting tonight...and Pixar is on it.

I know I sound like a raving lunatic right now. I'm honestly just feeling charged and ready to go. Sorta excited actually...hehe.

Anyway, I'm gonna work my butt off real soon...I mean really work my butt off. Oh by the way...see the movie!!!

[Enemy_Within]

Gidday Trashy
You have some very interesting styles and ideas! I love the warped rapunzel tower you did on your first page. Very cool!
Looks like your studies are going well. Those are some seriously evil hands! Keep it up dude.

[Ash888]

nice work with the spaceship, I like the muted colors.
I agree WALL-E was amazing, and Pixar is my dream too,
hopefully I will see you there.

[thek]

It's been a while since I dropped in (since Feb I think) and WOW! I knew you had it in you to create stunning drawings as well as painted works, and I never understood the discrepancy in quality between something you'd blocked in with colour and your line drawings. Now you're putting the effort into the drawing side your art the quality is just getting better and better! Those hands are so well drawn, I'm in awe :)

[Adrian Wilkins]

freakin good anatomy studies and you've renderd the spaceship very well and the tree, could you show us the brush you've used?

great stuff
keep it comin'

[Trashy]

@Enemy_Within- Hey man thanks for the encouraging words. Will do, I'll keep those studies and works coming.
@Ash Thanks! Man, it truly was one hell of a movie. I'll see you there man at Pixar indeed.
@thek Wow...thanks for the seriously cool and kind words.
Hygami Thanks man. Pretty basic brushes I actually used like the round brush and calligraphy brushes on the tree and spaceship. I could get some up though.

Okay, everything is set for my little trip to New York. Woop...can't wait...it's been too long.

Alright back to anatomy studies here. I need to finish up those last hand studies and get em' up.

[Trashy]

Lime study
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[Misplacedhippos]

Your work, and attitude are inspiring. I need to convince someone to go see WALL-E with me.

[staticpen]

Oooh, interesting lime, man. I'm wondering, what sort of texture is that brush using? For the areas around the lime, I mean. Makes it kind of look like you're working on a canvas.
But those anatomy drawings are great, man! I love the red and blue action you've got going on. Almost reminds me of Yoji Shinkawa a bit.

[Trashy]

@()nion Thanks man! Dude...that movie is is too awesome. Haha...I wouldn't convince them...I would drag them to the movie...hehe :D

@staticpen Hey there:)

Yeah the mixture of the red in blue really is fun. I love mixing the different colored inks. Yoji Shinkawa...I need to look him up. Not too familiar with that name.

*edit* *smacks himself in the head* oh yeah the insanely cool artist...that did metal gear solid...one of my favorite games...gah totally forgot his name.

The brush actually is a textured brush with actually a canvas texture in it. Anyway, here is the abr file. It really is a cool brush I liked making. It should work with cs2 and higher, Lower versions might not work.

here is the link to it- http://www.divshare.com/download/4881265-6f4

some examples of it...
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In a nutshell the scale area marked in red increases and decreases the size. of the texture. I slide it back and forth to get different effects out of it.

Here's a little critter and something fun for today.
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[Trashy]

whipping out some environments again. Man...forgot how fun these are to do.
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[staticpen]

Ooh, thanks very much for all the time you put into my question, man. I really appreciate it, and the link, too. Thanks again. ;)

Excellent enviros, man. I'm really feeling this brushwork.

[Hybrid_75]

Your stuff is looking good trashy, you need to watch proportions on the anatmoy studies, and maybe punch up the darks on the Lime study(sometimes the image compression can fuck that up). I wish I had fun doing enviroments like you, just gotta get at it i guess.

[MeTaL-Mike]

hey thanks a lot for the visit dude. appreciate it. love your stuff man, nice style, your work has a very painterly feel to it, i like that a lot.
keep doing those anatomy studies and watch your proportions. cheers.

[Trashy]

@staticpen-No prob:)
Hybrid_75-Thanks man for coming by and for the suggestions. Environments in all honestly is some of my favorites to do...but I don't think I'm doing enough of them most of the time. Yeah, just jump into it is the best I can say. I think you would kick butt in them in no time:)
MeTaL-Mike- No prob man and thanks for swinging by here as well. I'll keep those studies coming.

Alright,

I just wanted to do some more environments again. I'm really liking loosening up with these and sorta just letting shapes fall into place. Might bang out some more before the day is over with.

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[staticpen]

Ooooooh, great piece here! Gorgeous colors and brush variety. Loving what you're doing with the whole impressionist vibe. :)

[Trashy]

One more and possibly another one on the way later :rocker:

Thanks staticpen!

[Hybrid_75]

is this painter x? man i really like this one.

[Trashy]

Hey Hybrid,

All of it was 100% done in ps. Really happy you like it man.

One more for tonight.

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[Trashy]

Another environment for today.

[starzik]

These were really done in PS? Gorgeous works. ^_^ I especially like your environments.

As for crits - It'd be nice to see some more anatomical studies. Which books are you using in order to reference the studies?

[Quinn Simoes]

Great environments Trashy!

Keep at it!

[Hyptosis]

Man, wicked arm studies, great stuff all around. You're leveling up! Keep it up man. =]

[Vulgar`]

Whoa, where'd the environmental mammoth come out of? These are all stellar, but the second to last is really exceptional. Progression in movement, trashy.

[staticpen]

Wow man, you're getting some very painter-esque oil textures in there... I really dig that look. I can see some textured brushes in there, but for the most part are you just using hard brushes (round or palette knife shapes, maybe both?) or... ?

[Niva.]

Hey man, thanks for the kind words in my sb once again. I like where your work is heading, lots of texture in these last few pages. Also thanks for the canvas brush above, I'll try it out later this weekend!

[Trashy]

@starzik- Thanks man! yep, all done in photoshop. I hear you on the anatomy. There will be a update this Sunday on it. As for studying anatomy I'm using a book called "strength Training Anatomy" right now by Frederic-Delavier.
@Quinn Simoes-Will do and thanks.
@Hyptosis- Hahaha...yeah leveling up just a little. Cheers Hyptosis and thanks for coming by.
@Vulgar- Sweet man, really happy you like those last ones.
@staticpen Thanks man! Hahaha...yeah I'm using quite a few things with those last couple of pieces. I honestly was playing around with new techniques. Mainly I'm sticking with the round and as you mentioned it's sorta a palette shape brush for the sharp edges. Ummm...also using the cloner tool in with the finger painting tool to get different effects.
@n1va Kudos man and no prob for the comments. Enjoy the brush:)

little updates here again. So I brought a crap load of art supplies from DickBlick.com recently. I'm getting back into some traditional painting
and watercolors and breaking out the markers while I'm at it and pens and pencils. I'm really excited and I got my first moleskine sketchbooks today in the mail. So more anatomy studies for tomorrow. I'm contemplating getting actual medical anatomy books and atlases. I need more material on bone structures I feel and I'm not seeing that in alot of the art based books. Observation I made couple days ago...I hardly have any portraits...not even drawings of them... So I need to hit that freaking hard. I need to break all safe zones.

Another environment today. This one is based loosely over one of the thumbnails I did in a previous page.
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Here a acrylic painting I did on board...hahaha...no clue what the heck it is but it felt good using real brushes again.
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Last is a concept for the"super stylized Challenge". I'm sorta going for the full comic book cover look. This one is gonna be interesting.
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[Xezor1324]

I love your whimsical yet gritty style. I had lots of fun browsing through your sb. I especialy like some your ealier landscapes :) I look forward to seeing updates!

[loveandasandwich]

ouuuu so texturey. keep it up! i actually like the creature doodle you did a lot a lot. :)

[mysociallink]

I really like the trees.
http://www.mmorpg-guy.com/pics/am.jpg
http://www.mmorpg-guy.com/pics/am1.jpg
http://www.mmorpg-guy.com/pics/am2.jpg

[AA-ron]

Really nice artwork you have here. Keep it up! Ill be watching this thread.

[HunterKiller_]

Hey dude.

I like that rocket ship on the last page, the style really reminds of someone like Shaun Tan.

Your trees and planet life are definitely nice, keep those up.

Keep doing what you're doing.

[Trashy]

Xezor1324, 28chelseaslater, mysociallink, AA-ron, HunterKiller_- Thank you guys:)

Anatomy studies for this week-
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[Vulgar`]

That bicep is may be too small compared in proportion to the muscular shoulder and triceps.

MORE MEAT...

[staticpen]

great stuff coming in, man. I especially like your acrylic piece. I like all that action going on with the background. Lots of transparencies and stuff. Can't wait to see more - especially portraits/figures!

[Trashy]

@Vulgar`- Thanks man for the tips. indeed more meat.

Besides... "How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat? ... If you don’t eatcher meat, you can’t have any pudding!" :D

@staticpen- Hey man, glad you dig the acrylic painting...I was worried for a bit that I got rusty and couldn't handle a real paintbrush. I think I might mess with some gesso in the next painting. Yup...got alot of portraits heading this way. No more stalling in that area.

So I got alot of cool stuff in the mail recently. Lot's of art supplies and paper and sketchpads so I'm ready to roll out lot's of stuff. Got my bags almost fully packed for my little vacation this upcoming week to New York...been almost nine years since I've been there...thats far too long for me. Anyway, once I get back the rest of this year I just really want to nail down a good solid rounded portfolio and finally send my work to studios all around the states...hell...if not the world. I just want to get out there now. My college years are about winding down so I'm looking forward to getting out there. So...hehe...I'll be flying red eye for the first time on a plane...chances are you'll see alot of plane sketches when I come back. I can't sleep on planes lol

So more updates later for this week. Got another environment thing for the time being. This one is really rough but I think I could push it further...sorta has potential.

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[mkat]

trashy your stuff is amazing!! I love the last picture you posted of the head and the first of the bird, im looking forward to seeing more of your artwork! :)

[mkat]

New york? Ive been wanting to go there! I been having a fascination with skyscrapers lately so Ive been wanting to go there & also japan...actually my school is having an week tour of new york...i should check that out haha

[AA-ron]

Very aweseome. New York city is a pretty cool place and pretty busy with everything going on. I live in western NY but was at NYC not too long ago, fun place.

[Trashy]

@mkat-Thank you for the kind words. New York is great! Certainly check out the tour your school is doing, it would be well worth it.

AA-ron Yeah, it's been soooo long since I've been there. Got a couple relatives in the city to so we will be hanging out as well. Gonna be visiting my home town as well in New Jersey. Going to be will fun:)

So...tomorrow I'm am off to the city. See you guys on the flip side. Till then here is a wip of a portrait and another environment.

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[luness]

Cool SB!!!
I like the environments the most.
Hey, thanks for visiting my SB from time to time and for the nice words. I really appreciate that.

Keep up the good work!

Cheers!

[staticpen]

Nice one, sir. The snowy one. It kind of reminds me of this one picture I saw for the Guild Wars: Nightfall thread. Which... is a good thing. haha. ;)

[Trashy]

Hey guys...I'm back!

@luness -Dude your stuff just rocks! No prob, I love you work and thanks for the kind words.
@staticpen-The work from Guild Wars is sooooo awesome. Thanks for the compliments:)

Had a great time back East and got to visit some relatives and old friends. Got to see my old town also in New Jersey. Very nostalgic visiting those places and I had a good time in the city and at the shore. Got to go to the "Metropolitan Museum of Art" which was just jaw dropping. Practically got to see everything thing there. Hands down the best art museum ever that I had went to...EVER!!! I could spent weeks on ends in there staring at the likes of works from Degas, Van Gogh, Monet, Dali, Renoir, Sargent...and oh so many more that the list would go on for pages...hell...that's just scratching the tip of the iceberg...that place would send any archaeologist's head spinning with all the sculptures and artifacts from hundreds of different civilizations in there. Everybody I think should go there it least once or twice.

Really had a awesome time and had some damn fine food and real pizza. I'm going on diet now:)

Got myself a good beach hat also at the shore that I'll probably wear all the time now. I used to wear one a lot when I was alittle kid.
I'm still alittle out of wack with the time zones being back in the West Coast with the three hour time difference. I did some drawings though in my handy little Moleskine book while out there.

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[AA-ron]

Nice sketches and perspective. Sounds like you had a good time.

[staticpen]

Pen sketches form life! The best, man. I particularly enjoy the plane sketch.
But yeah... you can't get better pizza than what you get up there. I was recently visiting my Dad's hometown, Binghamton NY. Sharkey's Speedies for the win!

[Vulgar`]

Keep bringing that trashalicious guano to the table.

[Yautja892]

Hey Trashy, man I've been away for way too long. Nice progress your making. Enjoying the environments. Sounded like you had a blast on your trip, got any interesting pics from the Museum. :)

[Trashy]

@AA-ron Thanks man and yeah I had a real blast.
staticpen- Man I swear I can still taste that sweet pizza in my mouth :D
New York really is great. Got to take the subway also to a couple of spots.

...that flight on the plane was soooooo long.

@Vulgar` I'll keep it coming and I'll also bring along a bag of some tasty and chewy junky chips to the table :D
@Yautja892 Hey there! Thanks for the cool words. It was great to do alittle vacation time. I didn't take photos inside...your not really supposed to...except I did sneak two in of one of the main halls lol-

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Some more progress on that face...haha...I totally changed it.
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[Trashy]

Wrapped up the portrait this morning. I think the results aren't too bad...well...onward to the next of portraits to come.
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[psantha]

Thanks for stopping by Trashy. Your art is very inspiring. It's nice to see how your skills are improving from page to page. Impressive stuff!

[Verehin]

yours enviros inspaire me! thanks

[Zeitwolf]

Nice shading in the ballpen sketches!!

I recommend you to change the link in your signature to the most current page, so people won't see the old stuff ;)

Looking forward to your new portrait!

[Howie]

Really nice stuff Trashy, very nice use of color and value. Your life studies also look great, that's something i need to do more of. Keep going with the anatomy studies, i look forward to seeing more

[Autumnal Dream]

Yeah, like howie said: great digistuff! I really like how you use the brushes and colors. Keep em coming! Anatomystudies are always useful.. so same here ;)

Fantastic sketchbook!! I'll keep an eye on it :P

[anjin]

Nice stuff here. you worked a lot! Maybe you could choose some sketch and make it in more advanced work... I really like the rough, fast environment sketch at #187. Why don't you try to make an illustration with this "style"?

:)

[Lyno]

Nice progress of the portrait Trashy, overall nice use of brushwork here in your sb :).

Looking forward for more.

[Misplacedhippos]

Love the eyes in the last one. The face seems a little flat though?

[Trashy]

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@psantha- Thank you so much for the cool words. I'm really happy that you say I am improving.
@Verehin- Glad you digg the environments. I'll keep them coming more often...think I got a knack for them and didn't realize it.
@Zeitwolf- I just realized how insanely huge and dumb the type was on the first page. I sorta figure some like to see from the beginning so I think it might be good to keep at page 1 now that I think of it. Thanks for the for words and swinging by:)
@Howie-Cheers man. Life studies are the best!
@Autumnal Dream Cool man and thanks for the comments. I'll keep it rolling :yayca:
@anjin-Thanks man. I am thinking of doing one from the recent sketches into a more complete illustration. Which one where you thinking of in 187#. Thanks again for coming by.
@Lyno- Thanks
@()nion I think I got the eyes best. About the face, a good friend at college pointed it out. The left side of the face is missing the values the right side has. I made some corrections to it. Yeah, it was still off some. I should post that up:)]

One more environment for the time being. I'll get alot of time this weekend to post more up.

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[staticpen]

The portrait came out nice, mate. Really liking the washy colors in the lower corners. The enviro looks legit, too! Lots of messy goodness in there, heheh. I've really got to get back on those... @__@

[crazy3dman]

I love the enviros you've been doing lately. Lots of atmosphere.

[AA-ron]

Last one is awesome, so many textures. Love the scene.

[Trashy]

Hey guys,

@staticpenThanks man. Yeah, environments can be a real blast to do if you get into the groove of it.
@crazy3dman- I'm always happy to hear words like that. I'll keep pushing those environments.
@AA-ron-Thanks

little post here. I got another portrait I'm starting on so updates will follow on there. Think some more anatomy studies sounds good too.

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[staticpen]

Oh, gorgeous! I dig it, man. Lots of mood in this one. Actually looks kind of like an enviro I tried the other night... but it was major suckage, so I trashed it, hahaha. You did a great job here, though. About how long would you say this took you?
Looking forward to more portraits and figures!

[Trashy]

@staticpen-Hey man, I'd say I spent roughly 2 hours on that one. I'd love to still see that environment you were working...hehe.

Alright one more environment I had to get out of the way. I really wanted to do the eow so I did this today. Okay...back to the portrait.
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[monotony]

that water enviro is so sexy. still digging the oily look you achieve.
cave2 is great as well. if you added a bit of a watersurface and light scattering through on the top it'd work as an underwater painting as well. looks like floating waterplants on the sides.
and big thanks for your help on my work again, really appreciate it.

[Trashy]

hey monotony,

Haha...your totally right with cave2 almost looking like a water environment. It actually started as one. No prob with the help...dude...your improving like crazy. Cheers man:)

Okay, finally made some decent progress on a new portrait today. Almost done with the face. Gotta do the jacket next. I think once I wrap this up I'm gonna do some Sargent studies. Think I might be getting alittle better now. Man...getting the values correct takes time for me to get right.

[a la bapsi]

i'm loving her face. *_*
since it's the most refined part of the painting so far, it's the first thing my eyes were drawn to, making me think it was a traditional painting on canvas for a second.
by the way, thank you for the help in my sketchbook. :]
i'll get to work on values, and maybe start a painting. :D

[Eclair]

hey. .Trashy...
i like all this stuff... your color style is awesome - enviros look great...

Do you use painter? What kind of brushes?

Keep going...

[Grafguy]

though your anatomy needs some work, your enviorments are pretty good
dig the style and the idea's
cheers!

[Trashy]

@a la bapsi-Thanks man and no prob with the help. I'm looking forward to seeing those paintings from you :D

@ekler-I use photoshop for the most part. Usually the basic round brush is my favorite friend and I do have a couple custom brushes. I believe on the last page I hosted one of my custom brushes so free feel to use it. It's basically a round brush except it has a canvas texture in it.

@Grafguy-thanks:)

Alright...more on that face. That scarf has been pretty interesting tackling...my head hurts just alittle.

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[staticpen]

hey hey hey!! That's pretty great, man. Definitely developing some skillls, haha. I really dig your color scheme here, and that scarf texture is out of control. Well done!

[AA-ron]

I agree about the face, nice job. The texturing on the scarf is pretty cool too.

[Trashy]

@staticpen Thanks man...I tell you that scarf was the trickiest one of them all in this piece.

@AA-ron Thanks:)

Well...it's done. Think I got a lot out of this one so onward to the next. I included a gif animation with this...good god this started rough now that I look back on it.

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[Jakers]

Looks like you've learned a lot! Maybe I can dump some thoughts that I saw looking over it in hopes it helps in the future -

-The face seems to have some foundation flaws you can see in your sketch, most notably the lack of parallel structure between the mouth/nose and the eyes. The perspective of the far eye should 'wrap' a bit more around the head?

- Face could have more dimension through contrast and color variation - more shadow to define the different shapes.

-the scarf details are good, though the different detailing methods really stand out when they are next to each other (cloth texture brush beside soft brush?)

[Farvus]

The environments are really cool. Very painterly texture.

I think you need to work a bit on faces from imagination. There is too much guessing how it looks like. I recommend taking look at Kevin Chen demos on heads - http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1432

Cheers.

[Trashy]

Jakers, and Farvus thanks guys for the feedback and comments. Always appreciated by me.

I differently agree with working from the imagination more.

So it's midnight here in AZ and I'm bored and can't sleep.......so I'm painting some environments from ref. Hmmmm...still not sure on the glacier piece but the other ones came out not bad.

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[crazy3dman]

Good job on the portrait. Thanks for posting the gif too.

[Toxdel]

Toxdel say - here some star for you!

- But seriously awesome envo ref studies you did in that last post. I love how you somehow seemed to really capture the action of the falls in a painting. And don't get me started on the colors!!

[Trashy]

Thanks crazy3dman, and Toxdel:)

Alright just one more....................think I might get some shut eye if I can now :yawn:

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[yoitisi]

The landscape studies look good. i like the boldness of the brushstrokes, but you might want to ease down in the sky department. It looks okay in the last one, but for example in the third on in the earlier post, it seems there is some major AA fire coming from the mountains :P Also, in the last one you seem to use a little less white, which makes it slightly friendlier for the eye. The ground could use a little more depth though, in tone and color.

[Trashy]

Hey yoitisi,

Haha, man I hear you on those skies...I tend to go awol on them sometimes. Must restrain thyself. Maybe I should add some flames to that third one. Your dead right about the grass in the last one. I can't let that one go...not going to have flat grass and hillsides...no way...no sir...at it's current state it looks like green sludge...arghh :frustrated:

Fixed it up :D

Thanks yoitisi

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Gah...I start doing environments and I want to do more and more of them now. It's like I can't resist it. I almost get sucked into it. So today I want to do some more and then back to the Sargent studies and anatomy later this week. I got a bone to pick with...er...bones...

[algenpfleger]

Wow the enviros are awesome man :O Great brushstrokes there, is that Photoshop? I can't really tell haha. Aaaaanyways, I think you rock! :D

[AsaB]

Amazing recent work! That portrait is sweet, you obviously learned tons from it, judging from the earlier WIPs. Good job :)

But the real improvement here is in your enviros. Big, big pat on the back is deserved! Beautiful work, the brushstrokes, depth, values etc, all great. I'd suggest maybe to tone down the saturation a bit sometimes, but that's me being picky. Keep up the amazing work!

[JailHouseRock]

Hi Trashy, thanks so much for dropping by my little sb, and thanks for the advice!
Great improvment from the first couple of posts, love the 'girl in scarf' and [as AsaB said] those enviros are just beautiful, amazing brushstrokes and colour!
Nice work you've got a bloody awesome rendering style.

Keep at it,

matt,

[xinleh]

Way overdue, but thanks for your comment on my sketchbook a million years ago. :D

with my limited knowledge I have to say I love the environments. Very, very nice. Especially the waterfall between the rocks, takes my breath away. That said, in comparison to the portrait from page 7 the girl in scarf is more well done technically but less in terms of mood and appeal... ie not much diff between light and dark, dull colours, etc. You could try to play around with colour and lighting to give the portrait that special boost. :D

[Vulgar`]

Trashy basks in the tundra as it reforms for the next seasonal change.

[smuli]

I like the landscapes and great work with the latest portrait! The details on that scarf are inhuman and yet they don't steal attention in a bad way. I agree with Xinleh about the colours (mainly skintones) looking a bit dull though. The shadows seem grey as a rule which makes the skin look more like plastic. Maybe some ref studies could help carry that vividity you have on the landscapes to the portraits.

Keep them coming, I really admire your painterly use of Photoshop!

[kelly x]

Hi and great study animation, she looks great, do you use both painter and photo shop?? I like the cliffs the best, cool affects. K
Also love this little lump of an avatar you've got.

[Trashy]

@algenpfleger-haha...nah...your the one that rocks dude:D All done in photoshop and thanks for the nice words.
@AsaB-Thank you so much:)
@JailHouseRock- No prob Matt and thank you.
@xinleh- Thank you. I really agree with the lighting with the portrait. I think just alittle more saturation and colors will do it for sure.
@Vulgar` -One day I will live there:)
@smuli -Thanks man and yeah I think doing these landscape studies
might help my colors translate better to the portraits as well if not everything else. I know that portrait needs that extra hit. Thanks man for coming by.
@kelly x-Thanks and right now I'm sticking with just photoshop. Hehe...he is a lumpy fellow isn't he :D

Thanks again guys.

Alright so this weekend I'll really start on those Sargent studies and hit the sketchbooks again. I'm locking away my pens and wanna get down and dirty with the pencils. Anyway, gonna get some shut eye early tonight and get up early tomorrow. Here's two more environments from ref.

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[staticpen]

Wow, how did I miss all the updates? @__@ Great job on that portrait jacket, man! Way to finish strong. Wonderful crop of enviros, too, man. Love these last couple. :D

[agelaos]

hey, those are some nice bgs, good color choices. Good workout on that portrait, keep it up.

[c@s]

nice enviros man, cool stuff

[AA-ron]

Sweet updates, keep it up!

[Misplacedhippos]

Nice smoke environment. When you say from ref, how similar does it look to the actual picture? How much do you change? Or do you use multiple reference images?

[lilou]

you really have some confident brushstrokes :) firstly they are quite impressive but on second thought they come along rather messy and a bit too rough for my tase... mybe you should try to bring in some more controll and keep an eye on the textures... I know this is a sb and stuff in here is not suposed to be finished... hehehehe

however this is good stuff in here and I'll keep watching your progress :)

bye
diana

[xinleh]

Great enviros as always, lovely brushstrokes :) Hope to see more!

[Johann de Venecia]

Woo! Love those enviros, dude. How long did it take you to make one? Looks like it was a speedpaint. I wish I can paint enviros like this, seriously. Did you channel yourself some Bumskee? It has that same epic feel, which I think is awesome.

Keep going. I am inspired by your enviros.

[Kfeeras]

Nice to see your improvement and dedication. I like your pen and ink drawings most, especially the trees from the first page. Also your painting, it has a great illustrative style. no crits ;-) i mean i like giving constructive critisism, and sometimes i look at a sb and know right away what to say, but on yours i'll just go with a "keep up, man"

-antonio

[kelly x]

#210 is my fav + hi lump.

[Eerin]

CRAZY improvement since your first post in the sketchbook! Your environments are gorgeous. Particularly the second one in post #222. They feel very fantastic and dreamlike.

Keep posting!

[Eclair]

wow... niiiice

[Jakers]

Dude I'm pretty impressed with your experimentation with your brushes in your landscape studies - its like a step further than I was willing to take mine...how long do you spend on each one approximately? are you able to paint these without color sampling or do you like to double check your color choices a lot? great :)

[Trashy]

Hey Guys,

staticpen-Always happy hearing from you bud. Thanks man;)
agelaos-will do and I'll keep hammering at it.
c@s-Thanks
AA-ron-Thanks man
()nion- Hello there:) I'm studying from a single photograph for most of the studies. The key thing I'm trying to get from these studies is value and color so I'm not aiming for all the details. I'd say the paintings are a alot looser then the actual photos. Hope that sorta answers your question. thanks man.
lilou- Thanks lilou. Yeah, these are sorta on the loose end of the spectrum. I'll continue to tighten up these pieces for sure as I progress.
xinleh-Thanks
lukavi-Great to hear from you man. Yeah most I guess I would pit in the speed paint area. Most ranged from 1-2 hours at most or less. sometimes they do vary though. Dunno, sometimes I can nail it down fast...other times not so much. Definitely channeling some Bumskee and Idiot Apathy. I love those dudes. Thanks again lukavi for stopping by and hey keep up the great character works.
Kfeeras cheers man and thanks for the cool words.
kelly x lumpy says hi back:)
Eerin- Thanks man
ekler-Thanks
Jakers-Thanks man I appreciate it. I'd say for a estimate 1-2 hours at the most for each. No color sampling as far as the studies. I'm just really eyeballing the images trying to get it right. Thanks again man:)

You guys all rock!

Well, been away for a tiny bit. College started again so I sorta had to get into the swing of that again. I think I'm rebounding now though so I can get back into a painting frenzy. Only got one little update for now but I'm gonna
get into the eow this week. Got some planning and illustrations to do for my portfolio.

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[staticpen]

Wow man, that sky is hot. It's so deep. Those clouds are moving, man. Awesome job with the soft edges around the top of the plumes. I love it!