Sealegs- Sketchbook of Learning!

[Sealegs]

:pirate: Ahoy there! Welcome to my sketchbook! My main goal with this is to LEARN… So please post a comment or a critique.

Hey guys, I’m back!!! Been a LOOOONG time, over 2 years since I last posted in my sketchbook!
So I threw up some old stuff as well as some new studies HERE at the bottom of page 4 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=96479&page=4)

[NicoRaven]

Welcome to the site sketchbook section.

i think your shading is good, however some of your lines thus far seem a bit jagged in places where one would think they should be smooth.

keep at it.

[ChillPill]

Welcome Sealegs!!
agree with Nico on what he said, in adiition the mouth on the lower face is too mutch to the left

keep sharing...

[Grim Reaper]

Nice one but it's only 1 pic so show us some more! But good start really:)

[Sealegs]

NicoRaven- Yeah i agree, the pose also looks pretty stiff...i need to loosen up more...
Chillpill-Thanks for the critique!
Grim Reaper- Thanks, yeah there is gonna be alot more to come in the near future.

Thought i might begin this post by posting some stuff from the last couple months... Most of these were assignments for school, the last 2 are some quick "pokemon" designs i did for a sketchgroup the other day.

[th3rd_sin]

Hey nick, OK I am going to stop bugging you about posting the rest of your sketchbook. "I need to loosen up more"? You are very loose nick, but for some reason you only want to post your cleaned up work that is very stiff. Your quick sketches look better than all of this stuff. This is the sketchbook forum, so basically this is where you should post your sketchbook. So why aren't you?

[loner86]

I like what I'm seeing so far here. You have some very interesting character designs. I look forward to your next post!

[Clocks]

Hey! I like your characters a lot. "Edmond" reminds me of Psychonauts for some reason, very cool style! Pretty much all the stylized pieces are really great.

Life drawing needs some work but its getting there. I think whats bugging me is the values, they seem a bit off in certain areas. For example the neck in the side view of the head. (this critique is for the life drawings not the characters)

Keep up the good work I like what I'm seeing!

[NicoRaven]

Edmond reminds me of the animator of bettlejuice from the niities. Cool style and keep it UPPPPPPPPPP!

Later, dude

[Sealegs]

th3rd_sin-I posted these to give visitors a quick background of my art... about keeping it loose... Remember there is a fine line between loose and sloppy... my goal is to keep it loose, and get good lines... if i do a sketch i like, ill useually take the extra few minutes to tighten up the linework.

loner86-Hey! nice of you to drop by, so when you gonna start your sketchbook?

Clocks-Hey thanks man! Yeah my values definently need some work... The "edmond" character, was for an assignment, it is supposed to be in the style of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.

NicoRaven-Haha! Thanks!

Some life drawings from this morning, values are pretty bad :( i kept running out of time...


Random sketches...
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/1.jpg

[SeanAni]

Love your cute characters:)
Especially the crocodile chomper
Is that a kind of weapon?:)

[Sealegs]

SeanAni- Hehe thanks! Yeah the chomper was a weapon for a baboon ninja! :)

Ok its time to start learning!!! I woke up late today and decided to warm up by drawing some heads (which im so weak at) (left) i then realized how much work i have to do....a few months ago i got the Head and Hands Loomis book, i did a few studies on head construction a while ago, i whiped it open today and drew some eyes, from the book and from memory (right)...


IT IS TIME I LEARN TO DRAW A HEAD ACCURATELY! :) So im really gonna be focusing on heads and faces this week! So expect alot of heads soon...

[Wahuh?]

hey man I love your character sketches, they are really fun and full of bounce :D I'm not too keen on the hard line on your anatomy/life studies though but thats just me. keep up the good work man, want to see more heads :)

[Gerbils]

you are an inspiration to us all

[t0eknee]

Hey sealegs, really liking your work. Particularly liked the 'longshot lui...' figures, really nice! Also like the 'edmond' character - kinda reminds me of a public schoolboy i met at uni!!

I can't offer to much crit at the mo as i'm starting up too but keep up the good work! I'll check back and see how your progressing...!

[th3rd_sin]

Nicholas!! Hey man, diggin the heads and eyes, you are deffinately further off on them than me. Howver I noticed that in your 3/4 views in particular you seem to lose a lot of structure. Think planes, try rendering them or just study the skull! Keep up the radness, man!

Your lover,
:heart: Anthony :heart:

[Sealegs]

Wahuh?-Thanks, lots of heads to come :)

Gerbils-lol...well thanks!

t0eknee-hey thanks for dropping by!

th3rd_sin-Yeah, i really am working on the 3/4's, ive got to feel around the form,"see the hidden ear", see the unseen forms...I think ill do some plane studies on the head, i think i saw a plane-breakdown in loomis's book... Thanks for the crit..and for the love...lol

Didnt draw as much as i hoped today, here are some skulls from tonight, and i finally drew from that skull i purchased a while back! :blahblah: Practice Practice Practice!

[bbassir]

Keep it up man! You're kicking my ass!

[destinyapocalypse]

yeaahh great desıgnn :)



me work:http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=87447

[Duque]

Come on Nick!!! More art!!! !!!

(Great job by the way, your faces have a cool style. Have you checked out bridgeman? I believe Loomis has a very functional head structure system but Bridgeman touches the planes of the faces very nicely. Check it out at least, might bring out more stuff out of your art. ) (Which is awesome! So post more!)

[Yautja892]

Hey sealegs interesting stuff in here. Really like your characters especially that rock/plant dude. You have a nice cartoonish animation style that I see going on which is great. :) Also I like your sense of humor you have in some of your stuff,very cool. The only thing I see right now is work on your value and shading, just push your contrast more in areas. That way make you think more about your lighting. Maybe practice the same character under different light sources/direction. Great your working on your anatomy and faces, and doing the studies as well. Keep pushing yourself :)

[Sealegs]

bbassir-lol thanks, you too

destinyapocalypse-thanks for dropping by!

Duque-I know, i was gone most of the week! Much more art will come!

Yautja892-thanks alot for the tips! yeah i really need to work on those values...


I finally got my hands on a toned sketchbook... random stuff from tonight...

[bbassir]

Hey Sealegs great work. If I may offer a brief crit in regards to your pirate character: watch the proportion of your limbs. Her arms in relation to her torso are too short and skinny- either taper the torso drastcally so that we can better understand your stylization or give the arms more realistic proportions. Same thing with the legs, if only to a lesser degree. Also watch where you place the knees- they seem a bit low on the leg. I would also keep in mind the structure of the shoulder girlde. I've seen this in your life drawings as well- you don't allow enough room for the clavicle, humerous and scapula to mesh together. Because there is no joint there their needs to be enough room for the muscle masses to hold the bones in place.

Great work! Keep it up.

[Sealegs]

bbassir-Thanks so much for the crit, you are absolutly right... yeah i need to watch those proportions, and make stylizations look like stylizations and not mistakes...

drawings form today- some pages from imagination, last one from life..

[DoodlinDave]

Hey legs, glad to see you are keeping at it.
I hope we can get that thread started for nightly sketches.
You captured a good charles, however I notice his features are sliding to the left off his face, I think construction lines will help you feel around the head, in this case the back of his head is too stretched.
Good luck sir~

[Jeffaly]

Dang, man; those heads are comin along. I recommend keepin up with the skulls, try drawing different age groups for a nice change of pace; I need to get a toned sketchbook; white paper's getting a little on the ho hum side. Haha :P

[Sealegs]

DoodlinDave-you too,thanks for the crit! i really got to get the nightly sketches goin...

Jeffaly- thanks! yeh your not the first person to say that :), alot of my faces are looking the same...

meant to post this yeasterday

[Diesel Head]

Love your stuff man. Keep up the good work.

~Ed

[Sealegs]

Diesel Head-Thank you

[Sealegs]

Life drawing from this morning, but wait! a bonus punk + magician!

[John T]

Coming along man. Good life drawings, just some very minor proportion issues to consider.
Your imaginary characters also need a little work on proportions, namely the legs are seeming a bit on the short side, maybe this is intentional, but I'm not sure. You should also start thinking about distributing details to strengthen your designs even more, contrasting areas of lower detail with areas of higher detail, I think this could really help take things to the next level. I dig that bunny too...

[TacticallyWacked]

Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook! I am definatly digging your stuff as well. LOVE the floating bunny and carrots!

Your life drawing sketches are very good...how long are you spending on each pose there? Are you taking a drawing class or have a personal model?

[Sealegs]

John T-Thanks for droppin by my sketchbook, your advise is of great value, about the proportions, it wans't intentional...but i also need to work on making stylizations look intentional...lots of drawing i forsee in the near future...:)

TacticallyWacked-Hey np, those were 20's i believe, it is an open model session in seattle.

rapper guy

[TacticallyWacked]

Excellant gesture in the rapper's hands. Where are his other fingers on his right hand though!?

[Shobunkin]

Your figure studies are really nice!

[Sealegs]

TacticallyWacked- Hey thanks, the fingers are lost in the awesome tangent i created with the shirt :nohope:

Shobunkin-Thanks

Martial Artist

[TacticallyWacked]

WOW. I like this alot...you have captured gestured, detail and personality here. =)

[jurffy]

Wow, you really have ur own style going on. I'm really liking Taiji the Tapir! Good to see you're doing anatomical studies, keep goin!

[Sealegs]

:nohope: TacticallyWacked- thanks!

jurffy-Thanks for coming by! Got lots of work to do with the anatomy, this post is very true of that...

here are some zombie killer peoples... lots of problems with these :nohope:

[Saera]

Hey - thanks for stopping by my sketchbook. :)

Liking what I see here, your chars/robos/monsters all have so much character. Keep posting! :)

[Lawvalamp]

Sealegs, I dont know what all these people are talking about, you are a skank. Go paint me some ping pong balls.

[DoodlinDave]

excelente senior!
that little girl is hot with milk.
what are you doing looking at this... RAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW <<(D)

[TacticallyWacked]

Last few are great. I like the angle that your draw the magazine of the gun. When the clips come down at an angle rather than straigh down it just makes it more bad ass for some reason.

[Sealegs]

Saera-Thanks!

Lawvalamp-haha we stilll gotta go cafe' drawing.

DoodlinDave-lol

TacticallyWacked- thanks alot man, glad to see you around!

This was actually just an exercise i did for this Nightly Character Workout (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1345361#post1345361)thread, i started with friend DoodlinDave. If you wanna join us go here (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1345361#post1345361). I thought i would post this here also just becasue it was my first attempt at watercolor, not that i have much experince painting at all, but here it is, it will be fun to laugh at one day....

Im gonna start doing some color tutorials, but my main goal is to work on anatomy and values for the next month or so.

[loveandasandwich]

YEAH. Love the zombie-killin little girl.

[Shobunkin]

You always seem to capture a lot of movement and gesture in your drawings. Sometimes other people's sketches can look so still... like the person has been caught in a snapshot, but yours are full of movement and character.

[Sealegs]

28chelseaslater-Lol thanks!

Shobunkin-I try, but they still need more movement and more character :)

Here are some faces from imagination for tonight.

[Sealegs]

Ive got to post more! Here are some from this week, worked a bit more on the "crazy hair drawing." Doing some self portraits...

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[Shobunkin]

I like subtle hint of white highlights on the first of the new sketches you posted.

[Sealegs]

some quick self protraits (many problems...), then an attept at rendering.

[Shobunkin]

Oh I'm so glad you posted more new ones!! Self-portraits are so hard to do You have a very cool style when you do hair in all your pieces.

[Sealegs]

Hey thanks Snobunkin! I gotta keep doin SP's:^^: ...

Here are some life drawings from this morning...

[bbassir]

Very nice Nick! Really great job with the drapery and hair!

[Sealegs]

Thanks Brian

Alrigtht is July 1st, started this thread 2 months ago...I still have 2 months left of summer, so im gonna try to draw more than ever...
Life drawings from this morning + tried to draw lightning

[kateoo]

I dig the chick with the giant robo gloves, but you probably want to work on the lightning a bit more. It looks like plasma smoke or something.

Also, is she supposed to have like 4 toes on each foot? It's hard to tell, and we can't really see her hands to find out if it's stylistic or not

[ped454]

love your style. your anatomy is near perfect and you just plain have mad skillz. your cartoon characters are my favourite because they remind me of disney films and your comic characters are fantastic. i'd love to see more coloured stuff

[Sealegs]

kateoo- thanks for the crit!, yeah i agreee i like the idea of plasma smoke tho :D the toes weren't on purpose, just my own laziness i guess, but now you got me thinking about making people with 4 fingers and toes :)

ped454- Well thanks so much, my anatomy is getting better, still alot to learn tho, I want to make more cartoon characters soon, and hopefully start some digital painting.

Ill be sure to post some more sketches later...

[NightVision]

You have some very nice work in here. Your characters look good and have a lot of personality !!

If you'd like a crit, I'd say to try to copy smt sometime exactly as it is (life,mastercopy,...) because I see a lot of stylization in your lifedrawings. Your selfportraits come closest for now. Good observational skills help stylized work too, so it's a good skill to have. Try for once to see things as shapes, angled lines, ... and not as building blocks. Then try to combine both.

A second suggestion, is to use value and not lines to draw, with the side of charcoal or watercolor/ink, ... it's a fun excercise. Maybe add some lines afterwards if you like.

You're improving a lot, so take what I say only as a suggestion !

Keep 'em coming !!

[Shobunkin]

I like the poses in the figure drawings. They are interesting. Keep posting and drawing! More more more

[Sealegs]

Im gonna try doing the CHOW#79 this week, A pair of navigators, here is my first attempt, still playing with ideas, so ill probably change stuff...
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/CHOW79_Sealegs_v_1.jpg

[Sleepy_Head]

I thought the rabbit was from Pipkins!

So cool.

Nice work dude!

S

[NightVision]

I forgot to say that I really like your style ! I tried editing my post yesterday, but CA kept acting up.

PS, thanks for your visit in my sketchbook !

[Sealegs]

Nightvision- thanks so much for the crit, i am still experimenting all the time, trying to see what works, so ill be ssure to keep trying shapes and values. I really do need to do some value drawings too.

Shobunkin- Thanks so much for consistantly visiting!

Sleepy_Head-Thanks

So after the fireworks were finally over i dicided to draw some heads, then i did a few drawings from photos i found online. Time for a quick self-portrait... then bedtime! :yawn:

[SeanAni]

Nice pencil practising
Keep work~:)

[Sealegs]

An update on the CHOW for this week

I probably still need to make some changes before i color it, but the girl is gonna have this magical map tattoo on her back.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/nav2.jpg

[Yautja892]

Your improving fast man. Can tell your keeping yourself busy and its paying off. Your anatomy is getting a lot better. Like the poses you give your characters. Keep pushing. :)

[Sealegs]

SeanAni- Thanks

Yautja892-Yeah thanks, there is always so much to learn.

Here is the final CHOW#79! Thanks go to JohnT (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=64254&page=5) for giving me crits on how to make em better.

[Cup of Joe]

Great stuff, I'm loving the crisp lines and flat colors. The faces from photos are good too, but maybe try and go a bit further with the contrast when you shade them.
Keep it coming, and thanks for the comment!

[Asatira]

There are some amazing pieces here. I love your style and shadings in your head studies. Inspiring; definately something I should get back into doing. Keep it up!

[Dose206]

sealegs, do I spot a scarlett johansson up there? methinks i do. and a girl with a map tattooed on her back, have you seen "Waterworld"? Don't worry, I don't think that anybody but me has seen that movie. PLus your map looks way cooler than the movie's map.
Anyhoo, good stuff here, although I hafta agree with Cup of Joe, your faces from ref could use a bit more contrast. But hey, keep posting!

Chris

[bbassir]

Wow. This is your best so far- made even better by the fact you reworked it with J.T.'s advice. Kudos to you man!

[mofongo]

Nice SB! Gotta agree with Yautja, you can definitely see improvement especially with the Johansson pic and the bang up job you did with the Navigator (tho I wouldve liked to see a side profile of the bird). Your studies are coming along nicely too. Muy bien! :)

[gtgauvin]

Everything on this thread is such a delight to look at. I'm especially impressed by your entry for CHOW 79. I can't wait to see more, if for no other reason than to reverse-engineer and steal your technique.

[DIMAGYAN]

nice characters, your chow entry is very good,the colors and poses are very nice.

keep the good work

[watermonster]

Wow, got to say I really like your sketchbook! Especially the life studies of the girls and your people, the way you outline is really fresh and vibrant.

[Eva K]

I had to post to comment on the tapir character design. It was just too cute for me to handle X)
You have some really interesting character designs and goo life drawing to keep it up. I'm really liking it so far ^^

[Sealegs]

Wow, lots of visits! I have been away because i was in middle of moving apartments. The move is almost over, and i finally got my computer hooked back up.

Cup of Joe- Thanks for the crit, yeah i definitely need more contrast!

Asatira- Thanks for looking!

Dose206- Haha, yeah thats her<3

bbassir- Thanks Brian!

mofongo-Thank you!

gtgauvin-Haha, thanks- too bad you lost your file for the CHOW.

DIMAGYAN- Thanks!

Masha-I try thanks so much!

Oscen-Ah yes that little guy..Thanks!

Thanks for commenting everyone! I'll try to post some stuff later, I'm debating if i should do this weeks CHOW...hmmm maybe. Wish i could have started earlier...

[Grimey]

wow.
your portraits are awesome. the figure studies are pretty sweet too.

[muleskinner]

I've looked at your sketchbook a few times now after seeing your navigator posting in CHOW. You have beautifully rendered lines and fine detail work in your postings. Very nice form and dynamic life in your characters/creatures (I have to admit that I also love that Tapir on the first page of your sketchbook too). Hope your apartment move went well (just did that a month ago myself). Anyway, very inspiring sketchbook you have here. I'm anxious to see more.

[archipelago]

cool stuff, that chow piece is real nice, lots of life in the poses!

[Sealegs]

stonercurly- Thanks

muleskinner- The move is finally over, Thanks!

archipelago-Thank you!

Here are some pretty crappy life drawings from this morning, haven't posted in a while so here they are! Hope to post some more stuff soon...

[Shobunkin]

Nice updates since last I stopped by. I'm not sure what Chow stands for, but I like that piece very much. I like seeing your finished products. Keep on posting stuff!

[TacticallyWacked]

Don't sell yourself short. these are not crappy by any means! I enjoy your sketchbook very much! =)

[mono2k5]

Post more, pleasseeeeee

[Sealegs]

Well its been too long...I need to start posting again... I have allowed school to control me and gave my own interests a back seat... I love this community and want to be a part of it. Hopefully i will learn and get better too...and keep it goin this time...

Heres some random crap from the last week or so, life drawings, I'm trying to actually learn and understand what is there... trying to break myself form just drawing the contours and shapes... and a few attempts at digital stuff....

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[bbassir]

He's back! Your life drawings are really getting a sense of volume and weight. Nice job, you're an inspiration. I really like your beast with the red flag. I think his arm is broken or mutated on the far side though. Something to check out, might just be me though.

[Asatira]

Good update. Lots of stuff.

[Maestro Andres]

Hey dude, thanks for stopping by my sketchbook, appreciate the comments and hope you are having fun with the COLORS program. There is a thread about it in the Community Activities section if interested.
On another note, I see you just updated after a while but the update looks promising of nice things to come.

Sealegs
... life drawings, I'm trying to actually learn and understand what is there... trying to break myself form just drawing the contours and shapes

It's interesting that you are mentioning that because lately I have been in the same boat as you. I like how you are breaking apart the figure in the last batch and trying to understanding it. I know there is no right approach, but I have been interesting in learning the approach of Bridgman and Bammes for figure construction. Are you basing yours on anyone at all?

Keep it up!

[Sealegs]

bbassir- Thanks Brian, u are an inspiration...

Asatira-Thanks

Maestro Andres- Hey thanks, yeah, i love Bridgeman and Bammes, Also take a look at people like Kevin Chen, and Glen Villpu, for a structural approach to the figure...

Here is some stuff from last week, A turtle i designed for a team project...

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[John T]

Finally some updates here! Your portrait makes me think you're going to be starring as the lead in an upcoming Final Fantasy game...
Seriously though, you know I like the turtle, but where are the paintings?

[Yautja892]

Hey man nice new updates, figure drawings are looking nice.... nice line weight on some of them. Also the turtle guy is great. Keep up the good work. Update more. :)

[Sealegs]

Some paintings from life past few nights -trying to learn how to paint and do it in PS...

[Sealegs]

A few digital sketches and a few life drawings from this morning on big newsprint. need so much practice

[gtgauvin]

Gorgeous work, as always. No critiques, really, just an exhortation to keep it up. And I'm glad to see you've come back after that little absence. I was worried that somehow we'd lost you forever.

[destinyapocalypse]

creative and clean jobs nice !

[Sealegs]

gtgauvin - Thanks, good to see you. Haha, yeah I havnt been posting.I got to see what you've been up to.

destinyapocalypse- Thanks!

A digital sketch for tonight.

[Sealegs]

Some face skethes, still struggling with them, i know some of my faces look weird, they need more structure and form- a face is NOT flat- they need more life too, i need to study expressions and perspective. -

:dead: Lol -see so many problems after they are on the computer i need to think more of the necks as well!!!

[Sealegs]

Some crappy self portraits and i wanted to make a profile drawing to paint. Hopefully tomorrow...

[Sealegs]

Painting + life drawings. Gotta go paint some more, maybe a 3/4 face next? :S

[Asatira]

I think the painting is pretty good. I like the second life drawing best of the set.

[Sealegs]

Asatira- Thanks, still figuring stuff out...


Painted these rough sketches earlier today. Still kinda trying to do a WWI-ish look for them.

[Benjamen Christ]

hey man you got a lot of cool shit! Where are you from by chance?

christ

[bbassir]

I'm in awe Nick. Keep it up man (as if you'd stop right?).:yum:

[Sealegs]

A Wip

[Sealegs]

:bounce:Hey guys, I’m back!!! Been a LOOOONG time, over 2 years since I last posted in my sketchbook!

Wish I could say I was drawing the entire time...:\

I kind of lost my way, lost the passion for over a year where I was doing little/no art, I forgot why art was fun in the first place...I think part of the problem was that I got a job in the game industry doing UI art, and part of my mind was like “I did it, I got a job! I'm Safe!” so I focused on the job and did nothing for myself or for personal development… This year I started to study again, and do art on my own... I have been inspired by a few friends as well as Dave Raposa and the Crimson Daggers!

I do like my job, but I don't want to do UI forever...

I debated starting a new thread because the absence has been so long...
But I think one of the best aspects of a sketchbook is the progression and being able to track progress! So I’m going to start by posting some VERY OLD stuff. I dont thinks its very good anymore but I feel some of them were significant or breakthrough pieces for me at the time, and belong in this thread...

OLD STUFF:
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/girl.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/turtle.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/armor.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/turtheads.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/weapon.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/prison.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/butcher.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/faces.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/boards.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/buildings.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/FISH2-1.jpg


RECENT STUDIES:
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/cage12.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/femur.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/Image.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/basics3.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/ribcage.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/torso.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/legs2.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/legs3.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/legz.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/Untitled-1.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/Eyes.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/22.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/h1b.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/olivia-1.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/alba2.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/skin.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/pear2.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/color5.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/flower.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/stillLarge.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/ds.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/plant.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/bust30min.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/ostrich.jpg

Anyways its good to be back! I think hopefully this thread will help me to keep learning-and meet some more cool people!

[Vertical]

Wow, That's a lot of improvement! The stuff in your last post looks perfect to me, awesome work!

[theUNKNOWNsketcher]

great return! dig the FISH2-1.jpg :D

[Asatira]

Turtle people!

Glad you're back. I enjoy your studies. Rather inspirational. Fires me up to get back into doing some of my own, and ways to approach it. Your anatomy studies are so clean. I will say that the last two sphere studies are a little rough, namely in the shadows.

[Big Orange]

Beautiful pencile sketches of nudes.

[Sealegs]

Vertical- Hey thanks!
theUNKNOWNsketcher- Glad you like it!
Asatira-Thanks! Yeah those were kinda sloppy:S...
Big Orange- Thanks!

More Studies, trying to practice value:
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/bustvaluel.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/batman.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/figurevalue03-1.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/figurevalue01.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/figurevalue02.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/MiamiHeads.jpg

Some generic character drawings and some beasts, i need to work on my poses, and weight- its hard for me to place the legs in position that look right without reference..
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/charsheet1-1.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/beasts-1.jpg

[Peonso]

Cool stuff man, glad to see u back.

[Vertical]

Amazing values. Good luck making your schedule! I've been following mine today and it's been one of the most productive days I've had all summer so far.

[Sealegs]

Thanks guys!

More studies!
All from life...self portraits were too quick and sloppy:nohope:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/Rex.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/torso-1.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/Sp02.jpg

[karantina]

you are so talented. Anatomy,color all of them is great.. Your sb is one of my fav sb in CA.

[ismo]

Those studies rock. I love all the anatomy stuff. It's so meticulous and nice.

[NickyBeats]

whoa. awesome stuff man!! your studies are just amazing!! and i love your giant fish piece! great stuff man!! 5 stars.

[Angel Intheuk]

Hiya Sealegs! Thanks for stopping by my SB, glad you're back posting work, I love your anatomy studies, they give me incentive to do more myself and your lines and colours are so clean! Especially on the still lifes :D

Keep on truckin!

[Justyna]

Very nice sketchbook! I love the painting with the fish! :)

[Sealegs]

karantina- Thanks so much! Glad you like it
ismo-thank you!!
NickyBeats- Thanks man!
Angel Intheuk- np! Thanks
Justyna- :D

Here are some longer photo studies, around 4hrs each...
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/hair2.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/study.jpg

[p sage]

Love it all so far! Will have to go back and look at your whole thread when there's time.

Those Bammes studies are breathtaking and your use of value and color are really pretty good. You're working from photographs and making the results look volumetric. Kudos. 5 stars, and all that jazz (subscription, etc)

[Yautja892]

Glad to see your back and updating with new works !!!

[Sealegs]

Finished this still life...prolly took 6 or 7hrs total...but i definitely think i learned a few things!:) This is the longest I have spent on a study yet...:bounce:
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/gun.jpg

[n1frit]

Great live painting and anatomy study! I see your good shapes, value and color understanding! Last one just awesome!

[Amara91]

Man you improved like phuk in these past 2 years. Regardless if you lost passion or not, you've been working hard.

[strangedawn]

wow the last still life is just amazing.what a great progress to your work your coloring and studies are good i need to watch you.keep it going mate.take care=)

[MacTire]

My... what a return!!!
Fantastic work man! Beautiful studies in here!!

[agelaos]

Great work in here man. You pretty much nailed those latest studies. Lookin Golden to me.

[GEB]

Wow amazing lines in your old posts, but the new stuff is off the chain! Such rich colours and that sea monster is wicked!

[fudgeloaf]

Had to say again, great still life sea legs 7 hours straight ? daaaamn was this natural light that kept changing then as well ?

[NickyBeats]

damn Sealegs! your attention to details in the last study is really amazing! thats a truly awesome piece man!

[Not_Deadman]

wow! amazing progress! That last still life is so badass! Like, literally, that gun and the wine... it's like you're a secret agent who really likes to draw! For your anatomy studies on page 4, may I ask what your references were? Your work is really getting better with each update! I cant wait to see more!

[Teundeboer]

Sweet studies, and I really like your lines and the way you break up your figures. The only thing I can think of is that you should try to play close attention to your edges. There are some moments in your digital work, mostly with the faster studies that your images could really benefit from a couple of strong hard edges. But also in this last still life, which is great by the way, the top left of the apple has a somewhat fuzzy edge. I'm telling you this because people have been telling it to me. ^^

[Sealegs]

Yautja892 - Thanks man!
n1frit-Thanks!
Amara91- haha, it really feels like i did nothing last year :nohope:, i need to work twice as hard this year!
strangedawn- Thanks- i really feel like i learned some stuff on that last one
MacTire- thanks
agelaos- haha -you look really golden to me!
GEB- Thanks
NickyBeats - Thanks!
fudgeloaf- It was split between a morning and an evening the lighting was just from a desk lamp, i actually put a blanket up on the window to block the natural light, i wanted to keep it simple with one light source
Not_Deadman- many of those were studies from Bammes pdfs i told you about :)
Teundeboer-Thanks- yeah edges are something i've only even been thinking about recently really... still trying to understand them


mostly 2min gestures from past few mornings...
used a pose file book and some stuff on the computer for ref- there a some from imagination mixed in... I've been using ps so much it kinda spoiled me, so im trying to use pencil more...:O

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/fig01.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/fig03.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/fig02.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/fig04.jpg

[Sealegs]

More studies! Feel like im learnin a bunch!:yum: tried to use some of Hannes' technique i learned from his streams:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/bulb.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/apples.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/men.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/sb04.jpg

+ A crappy witch sketch- i need to work on the balance/posing -the legs always give me too much troubles :^^;:
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/witch2.jpg

[agelaos]

Damn awesome studies man. Shining brighttttt. Was about to go to sleep, but now gonna do a still life, fuck.

[Tugelbend]

Your studies are pretty damn awesome

[MacTire]

Fantastic studies matey!
Keep it up!

[vatteh]

Great studies!! Really love the figure work and still life, especially the one with the paint brushes. Very well explanation of light on the metallic surfaces.

[Mike L]

Beautiful work!

[Trefle]

Absolutely breathtaking. Wow.

The still life is just...
...wow. You can get the subtle shading change, and the color, and it actually looked smooth and sharp yet believable.

Wow.

[wreck]

wow man, your color control is ridiculous. very sharp eye you have there! bravo!

[Not_Deadman]

Damn I love those studies! Hopefully with practice, my hand eye coordination will get there too! Keep up the great work!
BTW, how big is the paper you use to make those 2 min studies! They look wonderful! I think I need a larger sketchbook since I use 8 x 11 and I'm having a hard time drawing multiple figures on the same page without running out of room after 2-3 figures

[Loathsome]

Great studies. Makes me want to bust out a still life too!

[NickyBeats]

holy shit dude!! your killing it! love the figure studies!! your getting alot out of doing this! i need to copy this attitude... do or die!

[dU5K]

vvveryy impressive work muh friend. like that armored turtle. keep at it!

[Rustveld]

Great studies and still lifes! Looking forward to see more from you.

[Angel Intheuk]

Wow! Your studies are awesome!!!

[Malakuko]

cool stuff man! On the witch maybe make the legs a little skinnier and closer together. Not just saying because I think skinny legs are hot or something haha, infact I perfer a bit of meat you know :P but yeah, it just seems like there out of place, someone elses legs.

[Tuesday]

Loving your stuff so far, your studies are so clean and gorgeous! Everything looks really professional c8

[Sealegs]

agelaos-lol, your studies are awesome
Partheus- Thanks
MacTire- Thx
vatteh- thanks
Mike L- Glad you like it
Trefle- Thanks man:)
Not_Deadman- most of that was on 8 1/2 x 14 inch copy paper...i did splice a few sheets together in PS after i scanned them tho...
wreck- I dunno my color choices in the beginning are horrible, ill attach a image and show you...my colors slowly get more correct- i want to be able to get it more right early on...
Loathsome- Thanks
NickyBeats- haha yeah I've been really motivated to change my situation lately...
dU5K- Thanks, i like drawing turtles ;)
Rustveld- Thank you!
Angel Intheuk-Thx!
Malakuko- Yeah i think your right, i gotta work on my posing and wieght/balance alot more in my figures...
Tuesday- Thanks man!


Last studies for June Golden Boy-
the first image is about 30-40 min in, the second is about 7-8 hrs in...my colors are way different by the end...:nohope:
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/melonstart.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/melon2c-1.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/construction.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/colors-1.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/Will-1.jpg

[alexson]

Your figures look freakin' awesome, man. Both the lines and the painted ones. And nice work on the still lifes too! Keep up the great work!

[Sealegs]

Disclaimer: [that first study dump i posted(page 4) was NOT from this month, -i just posted it this month because i had just started posting here again, (tho they are all fairly recent)- I was a closet dagger, afraid to come out into the open...i probably appeared more golden than i actually was, so sorry! D:]

I actually got off to a late start this month so i was trying to play catch up... this stuff is more like the last 3 weeks...

Thanks to all the crimson daggers for keepin me goin! I really feel like I learned alot...hope all the months to come are this fun!

I think its all in the right order...:bounce:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/MiamiHeads.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/bustvaluel.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/batman.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/figurevalue03-1.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/figurevalue01.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/figurevalue02.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/Sp02.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/torso-1.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/Rex.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/hair2.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/study.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/gun.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/fig01.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/fig03.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/fig02.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/fig04.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/apples.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/bulb.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/sb04.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/men.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/melon2c-1.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/construction.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/colors-1.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/Will-1.jpg

[Sebastian Gromann]

wow man D: these are killler ! great studies! :D

[surus]

great figure studies! post the upcoming studies in a higher resolution, please!
I love the turtle heads and skeleton studies!

[agelaos]

Beautiful work man! Was secretly voting for you for the golden boy. I got a feeling you are going to absolutely destroy this month!

[dblock]

Cool studies, bro. If you don't mind, please have a look at my SB and leave some critiques.

[Metal Fingers]

great study dump! now push the surfacing on those still lifes! :D

[Phade01]

your study's are really awesome man! Gratz on making the top10 btw! Keep it up :)

[midknight523]

awesome sb

[Fetsch]

dope studies man! now show some imagination awesomeness. :)

[timdegro]

Studies are looking great man! Give us more! :D

[Sealegs]

SnobbyOo- Thanks!
surus- Thanks, maybe- not sure how big to make them before they are annoying lol....
agelaos- Haha,thanks- i thought u woulda won it! lol, ill try- but im already off to a late start- the camping trip was less than productive :O, cant wait to see what youve been up to!
dblock- sure thing! thanks!
Metal Fingers- yeah the surfacing is hard for me! im trying to get more texture in ther now...
Phade01- Thanks!! you too man!!! hope to make it again :)...
midknight523- Thx!
timdegro-Thanks!
Fetsch- Yeah hopefully i can,I need to balance my schedule more for concept & imagination, but i was trying to raise my technical skill a little bit...i really need to apply my studies more!
I have a day job, so its hard to make extra time for art, I will have to cut into study time to work more on personal stuff... But i know i gotta do it- hopefully one day I can draw all day long! :bounce:

Back from vacation!
Just got back from a week long camping trip with the family, i was having technolgy and painting withdrawals-, i tried to do some stuff, but it was almost impossible to be productive, couldn't really find time for myself :\.... but time to get back to normal!

Studies, tryhing to practice skin textures/wrinkles...dint go to well! :nohope:
and a beast I started from imagination...

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/bananas.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/ele.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/turtlehead.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/alien3.jpg

[Danny_K]

great studies here!O especially like your life drawings and the figures looking really good.

[Sealegs]

Danny_K- Thanks man
This weeks cow... Eyeless, Iridescent Phasewalker.
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/phasecopyFIN.jpg

[Me,Myself & Me again]

So adding this to Bookmarks! You've inspired me dude, really kick ass stuff you got here! :)

[MarcSampson]

nice studies really clean and beautiful i added a subcription.. :) take care

[BlackDelphin]

Wonderful studies!
Your still life have such nice natural lighting sense, and your figures are a joy to look at. Nice linework on them. :)

[Sealegs]

Me,Myself & Me again- Thanks man!
MarcSampson Thanks :D
BlackDelphin ty!

This past weeks COW, wanted to spend a little more time on it- woulda posted it earlier but i had planned to comeback to it when i had extra time and resolve a few parts or add a ground plane/shadow, but i think im going to just move on to the next COW instead...

Concept: Skull-Crabby
In this post apocalyptic-world the skull-crabs have mutated out of human remains...because of radiation. They can be quite nasty pests, but a few children have managed to tame them as pets cause cats and dogs are extremely rare...
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/skullcrabby.jpg

[Sealegs]

Heres my studies for July - didn't get nearly enough done- Vacation didn't help :/ I was able to do more personal work tho- and the COWS were fun...

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/banana.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/ele.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/turtlehead.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/birdy.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/tan2.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/Croc.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/rings.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n261/captain_sealegs/skull.jpg

[Aryeh]

beautiful work. nice job dude.

[~Twig]

The texture on that alligator is so sexy. :D

[Lawvalamp]

go chinamen

[Nibras]

Teach me? :( You're painting style is fantastic

[mrd33ds]

beautiful fing work mate

[isso09]

Man you sure know how to put the right colour in the right place! I really hope to see more imagination work from you though.

[Velocity Kendall]

yummy 5*! subbed

[FUSHANDCHUPS]

Whoa, some nice heavy duty work in those studies, good shit ma man.

[Sealegs]

Aryeh- Thanks!
~Twig- Haha
Lawvalamp lol
Nibras - Thanks, your stuff looking good!
mrd33ds - Thx
isso09 - Hopefully ill post some more soon, its hard to find time for everything with a full time job:[- and i want to keep up with the studies too, maybe someday i can get paid to draw:shrug:...
Velocity Kendall- Glad you like it!
FUSHANDCHUPS - Thanks!

Another week, another COW
Hard Shelled Snapper... kinda unfinished, but ran outta time...

[Rob Powell]

Dude, there is just too much awesome! Great studies, and great creature designs!!

[Ludic]

Really awesome still lifes!

[DTP]

So much work D:
Lovely CoW idea

[jaroldsng]

killer studeis mate! and i love your C.O.W entries :D

[Mikko Voipio]

Everything's great here. Especially the studies are marvelous. 5 stars from me too.

[Asatira]

Awesome C.O.W. design.

[yogeshj25]

your work is great sealegs! you have improved soo much in such a short time! Keep it up!

[MacTire]

Fantatsic work as always man!! Good to see the studies are paying off!! Excellent work on that cow. Looking forward to your next update, it's alway a joy to browse this thread!

Keep up the great work!!

[lennon]

Hey Sealegs, amazing work. You mention that for your still painting you were following the process of a guy, I don't remember if his name was Hannes or something like that. Would you mind telling me wich process you talk about?

[Sealegs]

Rob Powell- Glad you like it!
Ludic- Thanks, ill try to post some more soon! Always learn a lot from them...
DTP -Thanks
jaroldsng- thank you!
Placeboast- Thanks man!
Asatira-Thx!
yogeshj25- Thanks, studies are really worht it!
MacTire- Thanks!
lennon- yess hannes http://algenpfleger.blogspot.com- He makes me sick... but he did a few live streams a while back... he works very effectively and cleanly in PS with layers...

Thanks for the comments guys, heres another Cow, kinda unfinished again- but whatever...ill post some studies soon!

Concept: Weeping Blood Demon
This creature disguises itself as a tree to most people, only those under its control can see its true form... it mind controls the cult leader, and requires a daily ritual/feeding of blood...it was once a small creature no bigger than a dog...

[Sealegs]

Another COW
Concept: Useless Toad-beast Assistant
Weighing in at about 10 pounds, this creature is very fearful and timid, its brain is about the size of a pea so it is very forgetful…. It is afraid of anything that moves and is almost completely useless. It likes to have its belly rubbed/polished…. The alchemist has been unable to create another golden pet…looks like he is stuck with this one...

[fudgeloaf]

Last two COW's turned out great, especially the weeping blood demon those hardcore studies are paying off man!

[surus]

figures! figures! figures! post more figures please!

[karantina]

update.....

[Zoriy]

You have some really good drawings and studies. I like them :-) Keep it up!

[mike butkus]

Beautiful work!