Maturin's Sketchbook

[maturin]

138484I'm quite new here. I'm 18 years old and I've been drawing for most of those but I lost interest in fine art a few years ago and headed towards comic book style drawings. Now I've decided to go back and improve as much as I can. I'm self taught, but used books to help with my Comic drawings.

I'll skip dumping all the old crap torn out of my sketchbook and start with recent stuff. I did these last night.
http://i5.tinypic.com/6cnny3c.jpg

Actually most of my drawings are done after midnight lol
Here's my first SP in ages.
http://i6.tinypic.com/6g9a26r.jpg

This was from a few weeks ago, it's more comic book as you can see, no referance for this one. http://i4.tinypic.com/4ygdb4n.jpg
C&C please, I'll post regularly, every day if I can.

Thanks ^^

[maturin]

So Im' trying to do at least one drawing a day. That means forcing myself to draw even when I'm totally un-inspired. Here's today's outcomes:

... oh dear.

a line drawing of my shoe (done on the train so some lines are a bit wobbly).

http://i3.tinypic.com/5z3t34z.jpg

And a few sketches, the sleeping man woke up as I was drawing him so I didn't get to finish it :(

http://i1.tinypic.com/4r0j71x.jpg

Crits & Comments please! ^^

[Sanest]

Hey, thanks for checking out my sketchbook. Yea your stuff's looking good, the SP's awesome.

Keep posting!

[Jazz]

Oooh, nice hands!! :D And I love your self-portrait! That scowl is totally convincing! *nervous* Great so far!

[maturin]

Arg!! got 4 fat essays to do for college, i managed to squeeze this attempt at drawing in but i stared around for ages first.

grr I'm not in the mood today, anyway here's some drawings of dragonforce, sorry about the shitness.
http://i4.tinypic.com/646aj49.jpg

i'l do better stuff soon i promise!! :P
x

[maturin]

And thanks for posting guys :) x

[maturin]

Hi again, wow I'm hitting 2 posts a day :P ok here's a quick ink painting i did just now in prep for tomorrows meeting. I didn't use reference but i touched up the positioning a little bit in photoshop. anyway, here's bozzy. http://i16.tinypic.com/54k2vih.jpg C&C plz!! M xxx

[Micaiah Nelson]

great stuff

[Jazz]

Second-last: Hee hee! Mouths open...there seems to be some surprise in their eyes! ;)

Last: That's a cool looking guy!! Swift-moving! I'm thinkin' he has near perfect aim!

[maturin]

Hi, sorry i'm late at updating, I'm still carrying on with the shinkawa style. Heres a pic of Steve McQueen, used photo ref. C&C plz M XXXhttp://i8.tinypic.com/66nc4k0.jpg

[Taiylz]

Nice pic of Steve McQueen although I have no idea who he is haha. How long did that take?

[maturin]

An ink drawing of my girlfriend, done on canvas in black ink with Brush Pens and a brush, Life drawing. c&c plz M xhttp://i19.tinypic.com/4kbxr9f.jpg

[maturin]

Whew! just finished the first comission picture. Here's the result. It's Bozzy for Battle Royale. I'm worried it's a little too much like Shinkawa's work but meh.

http://i2.tinypic.com/4y8467o.jpg

C&C plz ^^ M

[Taiylz]

Nice work dude. I like the last one. Where do you go to get Commission work? 'cause I'de like to start doing stuff like that.

Oh and the pic of your girlfriend is good but there's no definition for her boobs and the right arm looks out of place.

[maturin]

ok heres my first ever digital. its a running joke, don't ask...

http://i15.tinypic.com/4p459jn.jpg

[Taiylz]

It made me laugh. Good first digital too. Arms on Mr Clown (is it Ronald McDonald?) look odd but if it's just a joke pic then it ain't needin' no serious critique.

[maturin]

OK! sorry again for lateness, i've got loads on, looks like I'm eating my words about daily posts! D: well here's some of the drawings I've done since last time. I finally got myself a Pentel Brush Pen!!!!!!
http://i17.tinypic.com/5zgg6et.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/4q5mfea.jpg
http://i17.tinypic.com/66xfhom.jpg
That last one is copied of the back of the MGS3 case.

Comments and Critique please you lovely guys and gals! M xxx

[maturin]

More sketches with pentel
http://i13.tinypic.com/67yyydz.jpg

[maturin]

I'm working on a big piece right now so I've not done much sketching, I'll upload the piece when it's finished tho :)


M x

[Taiylz]

Cool sketches dude, I like that face-sketch of the guy with short hair but the left side of the MGSgirlyguyface is dodgy though. Never heard of one of them pens O.o. interesting though, what they like? I'm waitin' on some Col-erase blue pencils, I don't like grey, it's a boring colour.

Can't wait for the big piece, I'll keep checking back.

[maturin]

http://i13.tinypic.com/68kbuo2.jpg

[Zoroko]

I like your brushwork -alot-. Probably your strongest pieces so far are those. :D

[Taiylz]

I like that, I ain't done no group work before. How long? What with? Gimme the details. =)

Hmm, some of the kids standing up at the back, their heads look a little big. Lmao that bald kid on the left makes me laugh. It looks like a class photo, if not then it does have the look of a class photo. You've got clothes/creases nailed on this. Awesome stuff.

Ta for checkin' in on my SB btw.

PS how do ye get your Sketchbook link to say that? lol =)

Oh and, and the difference is, Col-erase aren't made out of Crayon...I hope not anyway haha, Dunno i just know alot of Comic Book artists and cartoonists use them to draw/sketch.

[loveandasandwich]

Some really nice faces you have here. I love your self portrait especially, very intense looking. The commission piece is really good too. I don't know if I like the big black block behind him though, 'cause he just kind of fades into it.

Real rad stuff though, I can't wait to see more! :D

[Jazz]

Ha! I love that group photo! I notice too about the big-headed ones in the back. That's humorous though, I can't get over how funny they are!! I love the pouting bald one!! (or...blonde, I'm not sure!)

[maturin]

He he thanks everyone, I've been asked to make a few changes/improvements on the class picture, one of which was the bald guy (The actor who it's supposed to be wasn't pleased with his picture lmao)
so I'll post the re-vamped version soon ^^
x

[maturin]

http://i15.tinypic.com/4p0fqmx.jpg

http://i16.tinypic.com/61wy7t0.jpg

[maturin]

anatomy = poor :(

[maturin]

The Logo for Battle Royale UK I designed for Luke. It's going to be the front cover :D

http://i8.tinypic.com/67rmzhh.jpg

[Jazz]

Ahh, the anatomy isn't so bad, actually! The proportions seem pretty good! You have the scribbly pencil going on sometimes, so that takes away from the flow of the sketches! (It's my favourite thing to do. Oh, do I scribble! XD)

For the guy's face, I see some perspective issues, his hairline is one thing to look at. His left side, in fact looks longer than his right. Perspective is a tough thing to work with. I read about it just a little; see it as you might see a building. Have some lines to guide you when you practice! :) Oh, and he looks sad. :( I feel a bit of sorrow for him.

That logo is interesting! While I'm less fond of the fonts, I do love the brush strokes and lines! :D

Good stuff!

[Grimey]

your inks are awesome.
work a bit more on anatomy, its a bit sketchy in places.
lots of improvement though

[Grimey]

ANATOMY HELP (http://www.posemaniacs.com/pose/randomviewer.html)

go here. i command you.

[Grimey]

dont thank me, thank Noe. if you hit the pose button, there are all sorts of poses, male and female.. i don't know of any other sites as of right now.

[Taiylz]

Hahaaa, hey stoner ta for the link woo =)

[maturin]

Hey everyone, sorry I've not posted for a while, I've been so busy with college and work and driving tests argh. Anyway here's a few things I've been up to.

OK so after deciding my anatomy is pretty egregous, I got some books at the library which aren't all that ace but it's a start and I bought an A5 moleskin sketchbook for all my anatomical drawings.

Some of these are terrible, I know there's lots wrong with most of them.

http://i16.tinypic.com/6bohl6e.jpg
http://i14.tinypic.com/4kvb0xc.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/4veh0nm.jpg
http://i15.tinypic.com/4uon6si.jpg
http://i18.tinypic.com/4vpfwxh.jpg
http://i15.tinypic.com/4t6hp9s.jpg
http://i11.tinypic.com/6aiohnq.jpg
And something I started and intend to put right/finish
http://i14.tinypic.com/6c7ez50.jpg

Also here's some designs I've just finished for another conpany logo. The full picture is going onto the side of a van. The logo is underneath.
http://i8.tinypic.com/62pqyh4.jpg
http://i10.tinypic.com/4lorbqx.jpg

Thanks everyone, Maturin x

[loveandasandwich]

Ahhh anatomy's a bitch. I suggest Loomis's book. He explains it the best. Its helped me a lot so far. =)

[Jazz]

Hey!! It's good that you keep trying with the skeleton and other anatomy studies! Keep it up! Oh, and I like that "Probably the Best" writing! :D They look comfortable in that picture! :)

[Taiylz]

Hey man how's it going? I'm glad ye still postin' on here, but as I know sometimes ye just can't seem to get your head down even when ye want too. It's good that ye drawing skeletons (which is what I should do more of). Knowing off the top of your head roughly the shape of the all the major bones is obviously an awesome foundation for figure drawing. I like that guys face, the tones ye used are awesome. What also is really good practice is drawing random stick figure poses, just using circles and ovals for the torso, hips, head etc.

[maturin]

OK, not posted for Ages I know, I'm sorry.

I start my new art course (Foundation degree) tomorrow so I thouhgt it'd be a good time to update before I get into things a bit more seriously.

So here are some sketches and stuff I've done recently.

http://i5.tinypic.com/4umdxmq.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/6286sfc.jpg

http://i16.tinypic.com/5z4igq0.jpg

http://i12.tinypic.com/682oivd.jpg

http://i9.tinypic.com/6czenbn.jpg

http://i9.tinypic.com/63835v4.jpg

http://i5.tinypic.com/660zdib.jpg

http://i17.tinypic.com/4t74pra.jpg

http://i15.tinypic.com/5xe9v7r.jpg

http://i13.tinypic.com/4pxthr7.jpg

http://i10.tinypic.com/5y1oq6u.jpg

The character study's of the teenage girl and the dude with the coat are for a new comic I'm doing with Jamie called 19. So i'll get back with more drawings for that and all my new stuff from college. see you ^^

M x

[maturin]

http://i4.tinypic.com/4m7h81u.jpg Roxanne, halloween

[maturin]

http://i10.tinypic.com/8g8q8o4.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/8ab920h.jpg

http://i19.tinypic.com/85bg9pv.jpg

http://i16.tinypic.com/85kxru0.jpg

http://i12.tinypic.com/6yk3l1s.jpg

http://i19.tinypic.com/6o67txw.jpg

http://i14.tinypic.com/7y53r49.jpg

This next one's a full A3 pic and I only have an A4 scanner and i cba to get out my camera so here's the concentrated area.
http://i10.tinypic.com/86pid5c.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/83287ww.jpg

http://i8.tinypic.com/6l2h1ds.jpg

This dudes face still bugs me beyond belief but you know when you try to correct something and it just gets worse!?
http://i3.tinypic.com/829m15w.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/7y3mpsm.jpg

http://i6.tinypic.com/6yeu3pc.jpg

image for another logo i'm doing:
http://i11.tinypic.com/6jnk3mc.jpg

and the finished logo:
http://i15.tinypic.com/6uhyxqx.jpg

this was for a college poster
http://i2.tinypic.com/71x0cx0.jpg

This is the poster:
http://i4.tinypic.com/72t535k.jpg

http://i10.tinypic.com/87al9gx.jpg

http://i12.tinypic.com/7wopmk6.jpg

Some of this anatomy is well poor
http://i14.tinypic.com/6sjk1gy.jpg

http://i13.tinypic.com/6sqp6hd.jpg

http://i6.tinypic.com/6oq5lbd.jpg

http://i12.tinypic.com/6xkcz04.jpg

That's enough for now, my scanner needs a sit down.