Lane's Sketchbook

[alvaromartinlop]

Awesome figure drawings. Love em!

[RandAlThor]

Wow, these studies are awesome mate. I need to get my butt into gear, thanks for the boost ;-)

[Noel-Mana]

great stuff! gonna follow you on instagram!

[motato]

I allowed myself more freedom in this next one. It became more a process of copying than translating. As a result it felt less focused as a study.

I don't fully understand what do you mean the difference between copying and translating? I'm very much interest in doing some bargue studies

[Lane.]

I don't fully understand what do you mean the difference between copying and translating? I'm very much interest in doing some bargue studies

When I read that line I wrote, it's confusing to me too!
In the previous studies I was limiting myself to just the most minimal lines. Therefore I had to "translate" the image into more simplified marks. If I were directly copying something, I would not make the effort to simplify anything. With the later study, I allowed myself to simplify less and copy more. It felt less beneficial as a study because I didn't have to think as much. I must admit the difference between those studies of mine are very minimal.

[motato]

gotcha, is more analysing in order to do less actual work in the piece, but also understanding the construction or something like that.

[Lane.]

Here's another figure drawing. This one has some digital touch-up, but is mostly vine and compressed charcoal.

[Lane.]

This image has sat unfinished for a long time. Originally I was going to render it more tightly, but I will leave it as so.

[fantasyartist]

Great studies Lane! Particularly your paintings are a delight to look at. You´ve got great edge control. Keep it up.

[Roxana Patrasciuc]

This thread is so inspiring!

[Lane.]

Here's a recent cover illustration for a steampunk mystery/romance novel, and a couple of unused sketches for it.

[Lane.]

More figure drawings!

[Lane.]

Digital figure sketch from photo ref.