Death at the Chapel

[Gleeson]

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Hello Conceptart. Im an art student attending Massey University in New Zealand. Please comment upon
my sketch's, be as critical as you want, talk about anything that has anything to do with my art or art in general. Since im in the Southern Hemisphere we have just started our summer break which last for four months and i want to improve dramtically in that space and any comment or critique is gonna help loads and loads and loads.


http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/boygirl.jpg
this one is done with black biro on paper. My attempt at a dark cartoon couple

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/Chi.jpg
i dont realy know what this one is. a nun i spose

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/ahh.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/cassie.jpg
this is an illustration for a friends poem done with .5mm tech pencil, paper and photoshop

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/rec.jpg
this is also an illustration for a friends poem. My go at trying to play round with textures and graphite drawings

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/sophie.jpg
this was my first attempt at painting using my wacom which i did over a year ago

[Immortal]

I'm diggin' the poem illustration, but the nun is also very good. I would say something more constructive at this point; however, from what it seems, you're ahead of me :)

Draw 'em like ya feel 'em.

[Gleeson]

thanks man. yeah those poem illustrations are obviously what i posted around, the nuns a bummy paint i did about a month ago, i am in the thick of university at the moment and i havent been able to draw in a long time. cant wait summers round the corner (im from New Zealand so summers from November to march you see)

[Gleeson]

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/sophiewalks.jpg
yes she has clown boots on, i know. huge feet

[Gleeson]

this is a water colour painting i did of a robot. he's meant to be a low class robot, resembleing a garbage can, been kicked around a bit.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/watercolourrobot.jpg

[Gleeson]

small update

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/nose.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/gutted.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/missprintedlove.jpg

[Koh]

Interesting style of artwork, I like it reminds me of the "scary stories" series of books from when I was a kid. Pretty neat.

[Gleeson]

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/la.jpg

um these sketch's are concepts for a vodoo doll, as is the next.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/el.jpg

I sketched these for a uni assignment. Whats do you think of the aesthetic? to proportions, what does it remind you of, how could i improve them?

[JERI]

Hey there fellow Kiwi.

I don't know which direction you're going with the aesthetics, I can tell you though that I personally find the overall shape and shading in these two visually appealing.

Proportions in the first one looks fine. With the second one I think his (her?) eyes are a bit too far apart.

I don't think they remind me of Voodoo dolls very well. I don't know the exact criteria you have for your assignment but you might wanna exaggerate and draw attention to the stuffs associated with voodoo dolls. Maybe have him/her holding a giant spike (instead of tiny needles). You might wanna make your character look less human and resembling a doll more (textile skin, button eyes, vacant eyes, etc) - just to make sure people can easily tell what it is.

Just my two cents - hope that's relevant.

[Gleeson]

thanks jeri. sorry i didnt go into detail about those last two. We had to illustrate a short lymric which had this vooodo girl charactor as the central protagonist. However the story was a metaphorical one and its underlying story was about how this girl could not love anyone because as soon as she held them close voodoo needles in her heart would be plunged into her deeper.. well its a bit long winded to explain but basicaly we were meant to make our charactors implicit and not to be overt about the metaphorical appropriation of the voodo girl charactor to represent the lovestruck girl. in other words our charactors were meant to be inbetween'ers

[Gleeson]

sorry if this is a bit repeatitive but i thought i should post my poem illustrations with out any digital reworking on them just because the detailing of my drawings are easier to see and my drawing style can be seen more clearly, hopefully for more crits

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/ddss.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/detailing.jpg

[Chiko]

man nice style! I love your work. The paper bag girl is really nice. Post more !!

[JERI]

thanks jeri. sorry i didnt go into detail about those last two. We had to illustrate a short lymric which had this vooodo girl charactor as the central protagonist. However the story was a metaphorical one and its underlying story was about how this girl could not love anyone because as soon as she held them close voodoo needles in her heart would be plunged into her deeper.. well its a bit long winded to explain but basicaly we were meant to make our charactors implicit and not to be overt about the metaphorical appropriation of the voodo girl charactor to represent the lovestruck girl. in other words our charactors were meant to be inbetween'ers

Lymric as in limerick or a typo of lyric?

Inbetween huh? Guess I can't be of much help because my knowledge of symbolism is very limited. If the assignment demands a degree of implicitness then I suppose you will be graded on how well you can convey the background of this character subtly right? You probably have to look up on some example of symbolism in romance/voodoo.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

[Gleeson]

JERI-


Lymric as in limerick or a typo of lyric?

Inbetween huh? Guess I can't be of much help because my knowledge of symbolism is very limited. If the assignment demands a degree of implicitness then I suppose you will be graded on how well you can convey the background of this character subtly right? You probably have to look up on some example of symbolism in romance/voodoo.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

Hey i just clicked your from NZ aswell. missed it in your first comment. Thats cool i only know 2 other NZ'ers that are ca memebers

yeah your right jeri symbolism was definitaly key. I actualy canned the assignment option because and my tutor had disagreements with 'how subtle is to subtle' and instead illustrated a different story. but i posted these more because i felt they were a little different from the other images posted and kinda gave a more rounded impression of what i do and what I like to draw.

I had a look at some of your work quickly. wicked stuff man im glad to get some feedback about my work from you.


By the way yes 'lymric' was a typo bcause i cant spell to save myself. I was meant to type limerick ofcorse

-CHIKO

thanks man i just had a look at your sketchbook and you have an awesome style, its cool seeing your imrovement from one end of your thread to the other. Dont know if you've already heard or if you'd be interested but Imagine FX has a comp going where you have to illustrate a situation from Naruto. i think you could do well. If your intested im sure they will hae somthing on thier site about it.

- Gleeson

[Gleeson]

Well this is a drawing i completed about an hour before i made this post. Everything else i have posted is 2 months - 18 months old. So this is realy where im at. So what do you think

P.S I know her hair looks like liqourish straps, what can i say... im working on my blonde hair skills

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/POSTTHISCUT.jpg

[TheGnoll]

nice illustrations here.DOn't worry about posting bigger pics so that we can see them better.Nice pencil technique, but about the proportions, i know it might sound boring but you need to do studies.Loois books are supposed to help n that side.If you want to study muscle masses, than check out Hogart books.Anyway, good start for a sketchbook, keep it up ;)

ciao

[voraz]

nice tart, you've got some interesting works going on, I hope you'll keep posting.
As Gnoll said I wouldn't mind seing some of the stuff a little bigger.
cheers

[Gleeson]

The Gnoll - Thanks man good point, i actualy have no way of doing a nice job on my faces if i am just doing guess work with the muscles structres. i did learn i bit of that like a year ago but unfortunitally i did like 6 months of basicly straight graphic design and no drawing so i kind of got out of practice a bit. will look into those books, thanks

Voraz- HELL yeah i am defintally going to keep on posting. im setting myself a target of 3 hours of drawing a day. and yeah i should just post my images a bit bigger in the first place. i was just making them smallish because i didnt want people to pike out of looking at my sketch book after the first few images had loaded so i tried making them take up as little space as possible without making the images crappy, guess i didnt get that balance right eh

Anyway here is another little wacom paint. Um it is going to be part of a large composition that will be centred around a pied piper charactor but i thought i would just chuck this out there and see what people thought before i go spending ages on the rest of it.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/thestylisedpiper.jpg

P.S.
I used the texture that El Coro posted in the Ca members exclusive forum in the skin,, just subtley but i think it made alot of difference, if anyone reading this hasnt right click saved it yet then i defintally recomend it, its a very versitile texture and defintally helpful

[Gleeson]

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/shankpost.jpg
just a small post. been too busy to do anything substantial. I drew all these charactors from a bunch of gig photos apart from the dude to the right, that was done last from a wes burt drawingbecause i was getting sick of drawing

[Dished]

Hello.

This is pretty awesome work. I really love the ones you did for your friend's poem. These are great! POst more :)

[wareagle]

this stuff is great , i really like your pencil drawings i wish i could render in pencil the way you do, great stuff!

[blanquish]

hey, sorry for taking so long to get back at ya!
Im really digging your technique.
That last page is awesome, dare I say quite inspirational:)
You heard, or a fan of Wesley Burt? Your last one reminds me of him, which is awesome.
If I could crit something it would be that it could be refined more. The last 2 are superb though.
Keep posting, great stuff:)

edit: Oh, and nice to see a Kiwi on the boards:P

[Giricocola]

Hey! i love your work... its the kinda controlled observational stuff that i can only achieve in the right mind set... otherwise my hands just usually settle into a much messier kind of style... i get lazy.. so yes therefore very inspirational!!
i really like ur earlier characters.. the girl. i think you should work with some really different compositions too.. the REC one is really effective..

[Gleeson]

Dished: thanks man, they are a bit old now though

Waregle: cheers for the encouragement

Blanquished: Hey thanks man. Just realised your from Adelaide. bet you your summers started better than mine, wellington weather, horrible. Yip i am a fan of Wesley Burt. Yeah i am just pluging out some drawings, trying to gather momentum and realy get productive but improving upon my refinement is a goal of mine.

Giricocola: Thanks for the nice words. I like the rec one too and im now having a go at more complicated compositions. P.s, is your avatar a photo of you?

just another pencil sketch

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/blackbowtie.jpg

[enthombed]

hey Gleeson thnk for drop in my sketchbook, damnit your pencisl are sick bro, very interesting how you work with this.

Keep posting

Icaro

[Giricocola]

hey gleeson! looks like you've made a substantial improvement even just in the last two pencil sketches... have you been able to get in ur hours of drawing??
i would like to see a bigger more complicated composition surrounding the pied piper character... sort of inspired by the boat one by Wesley Burt? u could come up with something really surreal...

p.s. yes my avatar is me... how come?? ;) :P

[JERI]

I really like how you keep those pencil hatches neat and defined. Man everybody here makes pencil rendering look so easy. What pencil (s) do you use btw?

About that Pied Piper, don't know what the exact criteria is but I can tell you that he looks well-drawn and well-designed. Definitely packs personality. you need to finish up on the eye though.

[Darktwin]

Very nice pencil renderings, really enjoy seeing your ideas from post to post, very creative stuff. Keep it up.

[lefran]

i really like this SB, your designs are very nice- i especially like your more stylised designs like the first biro study of the two characters, and your pencils are also very nice, id like to see some more stylised stuff :)
[bookmark]

Thanks for stopping by my SB
Fran

[Gleeson]

enthombed- thanks man your sb was wicked to look through

Giricocola- Hey Giri! no i havent been able to get in all the art hours iv wanted to, been enjoy my holidays and doing summer work to much but i hope to get some stuff going around christmas. nice update in your sb by the way! i will give a crit soon

JERI- Thanks Jeri. i have spent years being crap at rendering so its been good the last year or two to finally improve and get somewhere, i use a 2b .5mm technical pencil for all of my pencil sketching and nothing else. P.S am working on completin the pied piper scene right now so hope to post it in the next few days

Darktwin- Thnaks for the encouragment man

lefran- Thanks Lefran Ive just started on a project with a firend where i hope to be doing my stylised work.below is how i used those two figures in a mockup gig poster for a New Zealand tour of indie bands.


So this is the poster

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/radioposter.jpg

[Goog]

really sweet poster man, love all the sperm swimmin around :). Post #19 looks real nice, reminds me of wes burt's stuff. You've got a great feeling goin on in all your stuff, keep it up!

[Giricocola]

Hey Gleeson... i definitely agree with Goog.. i get a really cool feeling from your work (its the vibe, marbo).
i really love your poster, the colours are wicked and i especially enjoy the off-white in the centre...
your choice of text is perfect...
i love the way youve made different points of interest... ie heaps going on something u dont notice STRAIGHT off is the little lone sperm who's found the egg.. very cute

[Dirty C]

Hey dude. Really impressed with your stuff, man. I see you too have had a touch of the Burt brush in your influences (damn the day I saw him draw haha). Really interesting stuff all round - sweet deal getting into music art too, that's a great avenue.

Why do none of the kiwis have their location btw?

[EKU_11]

Dig the poster find your very work impressive. I can’t think of much more brain is on holidays. I'll defiantly be looking back to see what other cool thing you produce.

[Djohnston]

It's been so good to have you as a friend:
As sweet and rich as honey-colored sun
Slanting steep across a summer lawn,
Gilding life with all that love can lend.
And now that you yourself have griefs to tend,
I want to be the strong and caring one
To count to you the lovely things you've done
Until these troubles pass and sorrows end.
You are so beautiful in form and soul
That you bring happiness to all you're near:
Just as a sea rose, flowering in mist,
Makes a paradise of some bleak shoal,
Turning truth to something far more clear,
No pain unsoothed or rain-swept cheek unkissed.


Err..

Hey matt,
You are getting too good dude. Your pencil rendering skills are becoming seriously skilled, I'd love to actually own something like that girl cutting through with the scissors.. I've seen it on your mantel! it looks rad.
I think one day we should do some kinda art trade where we give eachother hardcopys of finished works, I hear thats what all the cool artists do.
I guess the main crit that I could give would be for you just to simply do more finished stuff, not necessarily digi paints but stuff like that chick with the scissors, Stuff that shows off full body anatomy and the fact that you can draw/paint and design really well. I think people give lotsa respect to artists who can draw anatomy credibly and its real important in Illustration, so work which flaunts your talents in those areas is always good.
Although I say that I dont even know what Line of work you plan on getting into after all your schooling is all said and done, perhaps you dont give a shit about the sorta work I was speaking about above.
Anyway, keep on doing what chu do and reply in my schizzle when I update it.. enjoy the poem that I stole from the internets.

[Niva.]

Hey gleeson, you've got a great start on a SB here. I love the one with the guy cutting his way out of the page, great concept there! There isn't anything I can really crit because it's obviously done for style and it looks great. 4 stars from me.

[Kronos]

hey man, i really like you rendering style and most of all your subject matter, real interesting!

this one in particular
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/POSTTHISCUT.jpg

and HOLY FUCK MONKIES!!! your from NZ, awesome to see there are at least a few kiwis (god i hate that nickname) represented on CA....

keep up the killer work

[Gleeson]

Hey sorry i took so long

Goog- thanks man you noticed my style looked a little borrowed... im not a fan boy but i am influenced by wes burt. i like the sperm swiming around too

Giricocola- I am glad you feel the mabo on this one.

DirtyC- Ha ah yeah wes burt, Djohnston actualy introduced me to concept art and wes burt simaltaniously and its changed what i want to do with myself careerwise. Before then i wanted to design gig posters, cd artwork and stuff, which i still wanna include in my plans. I dont know why my locations not up but im from wellington


Mr Big DJ Johnston- your poem is awesome, seriously bro, next time you post in your finished thread i will have somthing special waiting... haha. Yeah we can do a swap. first we have to get that fucking gallery going at popup though. would be rad to get somthing of yours, not that i know what the hell youve done recently because your so secretive about it. Your crit could not be more right, im done just studying the face, fuck the face i know i can draw it well enough to start moving onto other areas like... everything else. Thanks for a v helpful crit

N1va- thanks but ahh, its meant to be a girl wearing a babydoll style dress but i will tske the four stars anyway, ha

EKU_11 - thanks man, im also on holiday

Kronos- yeah, kiwi sounds foreign when another Nz'er calls a Nz'er Kiwi i know what you mean. There are a few Nzers around the place, i know atleast 4 from wellington.. i think. Anyway thanks for the encouragement

K a little bit of FULL charactor creation. looked at wes burts lady with the multiple arms to get pose

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/ijustfuckedyourdayupwithaswitchblad.jpg

[Gleeson]

This is my most recent paint on photoshop

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/LOOKING.jpg

[Dirty C]

The pencil one is really good, dude. Totally good. Good good.

Good.

[blanquish]

hey gleeson, great work, you have some kooky concepts going on, and I totally dig your style, its backed up with some great skills.

Hows NZ doing for you, haha we had a couple near 40 degrees c days here.

keep posting :)

[Gleeson]

thank you dirtyC, thank you blanquish

been a bit slow over christmas, lots of things going on. but heres somthing i finished lastnight. started one year and finished the next.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/miserybottle.jpg

[Tigermilk]

last one is insane man, love the cigarettes. Makes me wanna start smoking again.
Very nice compostition
tiger

[Gleeson]

Thank you TigerMilk

This drawing was started because i wanted to draw a nike airforce one, but half way into the shoe i realised shoes by themselves are not exciting at all. so i decided to put a topless women with tattoo's in there. The womans a study from a wes burt drawing so the two main object are bit of pop culture recontextualised. Also i have included a little tribute to the Wooster Collective's big street art show that was recently shown in NYC.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/everybodyneedsair.jpg

[blanquish]

hey gleeson, just gave you some stars:D
nice one is sweet, but, you must draw more!!
no procrastination
I think you went a little too dark around the eyes on the last one(might be the scan though), but the lips are great.
keep posting

[Gleeson]

Thanks Blanquish
yeah the eyes look ok infront of me but on the computer they look like the lady's had a brain hemorage or somthin, ha. yep i have to draw more, yes i do procrastinate

heres one i wipped up real quick, may do some more character development on him later

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/deadair.jpg


here is a montage i put together of my more recent sketches for various purposes

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/montage.jpg

[Gleeson]

ok i am terrible with colour on my wacom. when painting with real paints its somthing ive been avoiding for ages. i quickly sketched up the female figure below and it took me a ridiculous amount of time to render her. I also tried a different approach pianting over a previous drawing. i am realy struggling. does anyone have any advice coz i almost feel like raming my wacom through my computer screen, i am that stuck.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/unevenass.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/colourofdeadair.jpg

[Dished]

Hey man. AWesome update! http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/miserybottle.jpg
This is great!

Ive got some tutorials downloaded and I can send em to you if you want. Most of em are from the forums but you kinda have to dig em out. Bumksee's photoshop thread is pretty damn good. (Digital Painting In PS - Bumskee (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47859))
Also, if you could pick up an ImagineFX mag, I suggest that, or you can go check out their site theyve got some in PDF format.

[Gleeson]

oi thanks for that Dished

that bumskee thread is soo good. im gonna go through all of the exercises and post them. Tutorials are something ive been meaning to get into but i just keep on wanting to complete any idea i come up with. But maybe i should start at the basics eh? I would realy like those tutorials bro!

ok just before you posted that link i had a half an hour go at frantically jotting down a no ref paint on Photoshop, trying to be more fluid and considered with my brush strokes, no day dreaming. It came out crap.
So I will try again, and maybe the next one wont be soo bad.

[Gleeson]

i decided to tidy up this drawing a bit and change the figures context to try and see how it could change the image. i think this background is supportive of the qualities of the figure

[Envisor]

Got a great style here. cant wait for more. I was wondering how long does it take to finish ine of your pieces. Keep up the good work.

My Sketchbook- C&C very welcome
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=85772

[vigostar]

You have some excellent works in here... Really great SB.. Lots of imagination and raw artistic quality.. Going to keep an eye on this

[Gleeson]

as i said here is my apple from the bumskee ps paintl thread, real helpful exersize

[bhanu]

what else to sy other than subscibed , beautiful work here mate.

[Scott James]

sweet stuff love the pencil work!!!!Kudos!

[hurricane]

nice stuff! good renders and compositions!

cheers and keep on sharing!

[Gleeson]

bhanu - thanks for the compliment man

Scott James - Thanks dude, it my favourite medium

Hurricane - woah thats definitaly a compliment coming from you. thanks for that

I havent posted in like nearly a month because i have been doing a heap of stuff like designing posters and company logos and going to music festivals and generally enjoying my summer. so heres another drawing i just finished


http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/oiimchattintoyou.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/detail.jpg
the little ladys face breathing out smoke was a study from a wes burt drawing

[designboot]

i like your drawings
esspecially this:
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/montage.jpg

it's is not only a reception of nature, this is some pice of real art!
keep posting

[destinyapocalypse]

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[undergroundsean]

amazing style !

[naomiful]

although some images look like a few of wes burt's sketches, they look pretty nice as studies. keep up the good work and anatomy studies ! especially from life.

:)

[Quicksilver]

Heya! You work is very strong and iconic, and your pencil renderings are ace too. Yeah, using a pen tablet takes time to get used to....why don't you try out cel-shading? Where one colour jumps to another - no blending.
Really love the album covers/posters. Your style suits it really well.

Cheers for stopping by my SB :) Keep on sharing!

[Gleeson]

Designboot - thank you for the compliment. though your favourite is actualy just a montage of all the pencil drawings i had recently done at that stage

destin apocolypse- thank you

undergroundsean - thank you

Naomiful - thank you heaps for your comment. yes i copy wes Burts Style, no im not subtle about it. I do draw from life alot. I am Taking Life Drawing Two at Design School and i am also doing a paper that is very much the same only it deals with architecture rather than the human form. I need to post some of that. I think im starting to work some of my own mannerisms into my drawings which are under the wesley burt style but i think i need alot more time to try different things and learn different styles before i develop my own.

Quicksilver - Cheers. Yeah my wacom skills are not coming to me naturaly at all. i am prepared to put in the work, first I might try to get oil painting down and then move on to i digital medium. i am taking digital illustration next simester so hopfully i can use that time to realy study.

Here is some stuff i did receintly for an assignment for school

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/tap.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/photooffinal.jpg

i thought i may aswell chuck this in here aswell since no ones told me to stop putting in my gig posters


http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/poster.jpg

[AlexC]

Im digging the last poster a lot!
Great compositions as always:)

[motives]

Crazy! i really like your illustrative style. got me very inspired! thank you:]

[Gleeson]

Thank you for the encouragment AlexC and motives

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/bod2.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/bode1.jpg

[SEVANS]

A great mix of Design and illustration. No real crits to add as all anatomy comments have already been made.

Keep updating the sketchbook, looks good so far!

[Gleeson]

cheers sevans

some crude life drawing

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/P3301013.jpg
20 minutes - while talkin to my tutor

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/P3301015.jpg
15 minutes

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/P3301012.jpg
7 minutes

[bhanu]

cool stuff man, really liking the unique style you have here.

[Gleeson]

Thanks bhanu.

So this is somthing i did for a fecalface free fridayz competition but my email didnt go through when i thouht it did and i missed the deadline which sucks
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/Matt_Gleeson.jpg

[Envisor]

Great updates, more partial to your pencils myself, but youve got to try new things, otherwise you dont improve and learn. Cant wait for more.

[Gleeson]

Envisor: yeah i am also more partial to my sketch's but ive decided i cant just concertrate on one little facet of artistic skill while everything else falls behind so im concertrating on my paints, digital and hand done. So yeah trying to grow, trying new things, its been frustrating because i suck at painting but its been fun

This is a quick tesselating pattern i made for ideas and development for an ep i am bout to design for This City Sunrise.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/ineedahaircut.jpg

[lefran]

oh i like the tessalating image- you have a strong graphicy kind of style which is great! its a shame that you didnt get the digi paint in on time, but the right arm seems a bit dodgy, and i think you could work some more into the umbrella
nice update though
Fran

[designboot]

nice drawings and illustrations :D

[NicoRaven]

Interesting stuff. Its interesting to seeyour art form develop but where your style is going is what really has be thinking. I'll try to stay tuned.

[Gleeson]

LeFran - thanks for the kind words. To be honest im horrible at painting, i quickly give up and i loose control of shapes and stuff. The paint was rushed so the umbrella was 'stylized/made black to save time, i would have liked to give it some creepy highlights but ohwell

Designboot - thanks dude

Nicorave - Thanks. My style isnt realy 'developed' its more ive had to do graphicy stuff for projects so my pencil and papers have been sidlened. i was also freaking out that i was hiding behind one facet of artistic skill [drawing] and after having a go at a go with a wode range of styles i realized i was hiding behind that, but for now im comfortable with that. will learn over time

this is not the best update iver ever done but hey there is more coming soon.
this is a snippet of a character that appears in a strip im doing for a project
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/grillpost.jpg

this is a painting i did on wood that i got from the dump store, its a terrible photo

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/paigepanting.jpg

and this is a painting i did of iggy pop, i tried making him look all raveged and zombie like, hense the green skin and the clouded eyes. i suck at using acrylics so this was a challenge for me
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/iggyzombie.jpg

[naomiful]

Wow your design is crucially nice.. http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/photooffinal.jpg this is my fav, haha. I also love the way you're handling your figure studies in a unique way, they're all stylized cool n stuff w/ the colors. Great progress ~!

[sabe2003]

cool variety of work here!

[Gleeson]

Naomiful: Thanks heaps for the encouragement, id like to think im making progress

Sabe2003: Thanks

ok this is the first pencil drawing i have done in a while. Its a self portrait, its a bit rusty. Ive never realy done an expensive self portrait before so it was an interesting experience

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/selfportrait.jpg

These two are just a couple of quick paints from my life drawing class using inks. If you notice my anatomy is horrible heres a reason for that: we are painting 'in an attitude'where we have to distort the figure in some way. The first ones un touched but because of the shitty quality of the second one i had a play around with the colours.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/lifedrawingone.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/lifedrawingtwo.jpg

[vimmel]

Some wicked stuff you got here man. I really enjoyed this lil collection of drawings so far.

Keep it up!

[Flaskpost]

Love your sense of design and your conceps! Awesome! Five stars for sure.

[Gleeson]

woah this is ridiculous im not 5 star material.

Thank you flagpost and vimmel

heres a paint over with acrylics and inks of my self portrait, its not done i have colour adjusted and put it through layer masking and i want to do a bit ofdigitial paint on top.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/selfpaint.jpg

[archipelago]

I know this has been mentioned before but... seems like you are getting a bit too inspired by wes burt... this one inperticular http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/everybodyneedsair.jpg ... actually inspiriation is one thing but downright copying one one of his sketches and then not even mentioning his name is art theft in my opinion.

You seem to have talent though, so why throw that away by copying other peoples work?

[Ermac]

nice sketchbook, really like your gig poster with secert knives. Waiting to see more.

[Gleeson]

Archipelago- fair enough. Im not embarrised about copying a study from an artist, just as i wanst embarrised when i was 10, copying dc charactors. About 8 months ago i went on a bit of a mission to sit down and realy sort out how i draw and how i can make better decisions as i am observing and taking down information. Studying some of wesley burts work has helped me alot, im realy happy with how far my pencilwork has come. In the drawing you pointed out the lady is a wes burt study, recontexturalised, but a study of his work none the less. As for crediting him you have made a fair point and ive now put a more lengthy description next to the drawings concerned.

Ermac - Cheers

[Gleeson]

This is a progress shot of a digital paint im doing. The idea is that im creating a cover to the graphic novel of Children of men. My anatomy is realy idealized at the moment but i am just shoving stuff down i will sort that out

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/childrenofmen.jpg

Here is some artwork i did for http://www.myspace.com/thiscitysunrise for thier self titled ep

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/finalbookletpanel.jpg

[Gleeson]

This is an exersize i had to do in class. It involved choosing an artist that pre dated 1945, choosing a piece of thiers, cropping a swatch out of that piece and then copying it as best you can in a 2 hour time frame, i broke the time by a little bit.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/Johnsingerserantswatch.jpg



This is a scene i had to create for class. I had to illustrate the point where the castle comes into view in Stokers book: Dracula. I had alot of fun playing with colour with this one
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/finalimagepost.jpg

and this is a drawing of a dog i did, it has a little bit of colour and highlights added in digitaly
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/doggydrawing.jpg

[Dished]

hiya!

That head study excercise from your class is cool. Just a suggestion though, you could tweak the colors a bit so its a little more lively --the colors are a bit less vivid, But awesome work anyway!
Those inks are great, too! What did you use for those?

[Gleeson]

Dished - um it depens on what inks your talking about but i think your probly talking about the ink over of that building. I used metalic inks, just cheap ones, winsor & Newton. They are awesome because they give you such a vivid wash of colour.

Heres some self portrait stuff

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/selfportrait2.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/selfportrait4.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/selfportrait3.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/processs.jpg

This one below was sposed to use some of Muchas characeristic styles and conventions or what =ever, i dont think it turned out that sucsessful, it definitaly does not look like what i had im my head but oh well, i learned stuff from the process
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/my-mucha-background.jpg

and here is a concept sketch of the charactor RUmpled Stiltskin

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/rumple.jpg

[funfetus]

Wow -- very nice drawings, and the acrylics look really good. That Iggy Pop is great, but I don't think he looks haggard enough. :)

[Gleeson]

Yeah iggy pop is pretty old now, his skin should be falling off by now from all the drug use

heres a drawing a did the other day
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/princess-sketch.jpg

then i added some real rough crappy crappy colour to it
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/princess.jpg

[Gleeson]

this is some stuff I have recently completed for school

[Gleeson]

below is a rough comic layout I did, then below that is a series of 2 - 5 minute sketchs with a brush and ink that i have dressed up a bit using halftone and spot colour

[destinyapocalypse]

hmm cool you have great designs ı lıke your draws and paints works


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





take care

[Gleeson]

i havent posted in ages, i have heaps of stuff i could post but none of its on the computer im using, apart from this one

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n301/matthewkierangleeson/nightlight.jpg

[Gleeson]

this is a drawing I've had a play with in photoshop, i printed it off and gave it to my friend for her 21st. Im planing to enlarge it, light box it and make a painting out of it. Very James Jean Inspired. Im getting really behind in the subject this drawing is meant for: sequential art - basicaly comic book writing, ive got ambitious plans, will post more.

Cant do home work now, spent all last night finishing a website assignment: html is a wanker