UPDATE 2/10

**smokenmirrors** · April 29th, 2008, 12:00 AM

Green-eyed demon: Yeahyeah!

oOHereticOo: glad you like... and I got to hit up some atypical comp'd all out illo's again soon...

heres my chow 115 take:

**Buckster** · April 29th, 2008, 02:43 AM

nice sketch man, I really enjoy the dynamic pose! Only thing I would change is the human leg, it seems to be in the wrong angle.

Nice going

**DeKal** · April 30th, 2008, 02:36 AM

bro your shit is soo dope..i was in here a couple months back. should dropped a line.

**smokenmirrors** · April 30th, 2008, 04:09 AM

DeKal: Appreciate it mang! and shyste (to your response to my comment in your SB) I DO need to start hitting up some finishes vs. just the sketches... just love the initial phase of creating a tad more than the final buffing...

heres a super armored "guardsman" character... as I stroll towards the finished' zone, the engravings and metallic surfaces would really make this pop, but I just concepted out the main forms/armor for this stage....

**ResidentSamurai357** · April 30th, 2008, 01:26 PM

Just wondering, your sketch book says babes.. where are the babes? I love your male characters but lets see some tits and arse.. lol well not nude but a female character in costume would be swell. =]

**phoenicorn** · April 30th, 2008, 01:49 PM

lookin good lovin your work

**smokenmirrors** · May 13th, 2008, 11:46 PM

ResidentSamurai357: yeah... I know.... gunna have to remedy that shortly!

phoenicorn:

alrighty, been awhile.... but that dont mean I havent been keeping the sketch flowin':

heres some selected pics straight from yea ole canson sketchbook... pen and ink and some acrylic action... funny thing is that Ill be flipping through my sketch and as its all ink..... coupled with the nature of a sb and failed experiments and the like.... I now just black em' out and then paint ontop!!! my default is a skull..... death of bad sketch and birth of death sketch!!!

but theres a leyendecker study.... some old dude... then just some mean ole space marineish faces and couple of sm power armor takes....

the last is my lion bodied brosef in the stages of rendering... I put in about a hour on my lunch breaks... been about 3 sessions or so now....

yeah yeah!

**luverly_marie** · May 13th, 2008, 11:52 PM

I love the old man with the pipe, well no, I love all of these sketches. They're truly inspirational.

**carlosranna** · May 14th, 2008, 12:51 AM

Your sketchbook make me wanna quit my dayjob to drawn and paint all day...

**smokenmirrors** · May 23rd, 2008, 07:31 PM

luverly_marie: why thankyou, heres another leyendecker study:

DoInferno: I wish I could quit my day job and draw all day too!

update of last piece... lil refinements... still a long way to go....

**Camara** · May 23rd, 2008, 07:56 PM

mmmm...yummy SB!!!The last one is great so far!!!!!Great anatomy and design!

**KelsM** · May 23rd, 2008, 08:10 PM

Your recent black and whites are looking pretty nice. You have a good sense of tone. You should get brave and start squeezing some color pieces back into your sketchbook. Try to start full color, though, instead of applying color over the grey scale.

**Hive_minD** · May 23rd, 2008, 08:13 PM

you're too good -.-

**Ash888** · May 24th, 2008, 12:33 AM

All of your drawings have such power. It is all Great, but my favorite is the skull. The asymmetry gives it a lot.
Thanks for posting your work, hope to see more.

**Jamie Romoser** · May 24th, 2008, 02:24 AM

such a pleasure looking at your work smokenmirrors. By the way is your name from the band symphony x?

**Borilius** · June 27th, 2008, 09:40 AM

Great sketchbook indeed! 5*

**southparx** · June 27th, 2008, 10:39 AM

hot damn i looove this one... u gotta finish this piece

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/att...1&d=1200903936

**julkillo** · June 27th, 2008, 02:36 PM

Powerful SB,I like very much your sketches and concepts.

**Dan Valkar** · June 27th, 2008, 03:31 PM

cool sb man! toons of good sketches, maybe lack of a finishied piece(mine too so, hehehehe its not a big deal) ur armor studies r very good...the samurai helmets rocks dude! keep it up!

**destinyapocalypse** · June 27th, 2008, 03:39 PM

nice designs i like your paintings

**Grafguy** · June 27th, 2008, 03:45 PM

lovely stuff

**smokenmirrors** · July 16th, 2008, 02:12 AM

camara: why thankyou

KelsM: true true.... but shyste, I love the grayscale...

Hive_minD:

Ash888: skulls are good times always! glad you like!

OmertA: gracias! and no, I just came up with the name from "illusion" type imagery....

Borilius: YEEEEAH! an honor it is to be rewarded by such a praiseworthy peer!

southparx: glad you liked that inquisitor piece.... and yes, I should.

julkillo:

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Dan Valkar: Yup, I do have to start busting out some portfolio worthy finished pieces.... Youll see something in the finished section soon.....

destinyapocalypse: thankyou!

Grafguy:

Been awhile... shyste! no excuses, just distracted with slackerage. I got to get this SB on a regular cycle to start really cranking out the production line as I do indeed want to make a living at it and am getting tired of my lethargic ways foshizzzzz. Any and all help including just a good ole well placed kick in the tookeye will be appreciated!

so heres just a lil bleary eyed J. Connelly sketch w/chalk brush to get warmed up: ~1hr...

**Decepticon217** · July 16th, 2008, 02:57 AM

beautiful work!
Great sketches as well! cant wait to see more!

**SanXavier** · July 16th, 2008, 03:22 AM

Awesome sketches! Great characters and renderings.

**kischi** · July 16th, 2008, 06:23 AM

Man this sketchbook is great! Tons of cool characters and ideas. Your drawings are really kickass. Subscriebed!!

**RokasButkys** · July 16th, 2008, 06:51 AM

Very imaginative sketchbook yumy..and tasty characters.

**smokenmirrors** · July 18th, 2008, 01:09 AM

Decepticon217: I shant keep you waiting.

SanXavier: thanks!

kischi: your praise makes me feel all warm and toasty

DoctorPencil: heres a napkin my friend

just a couple little hell boy tribute sketches.... one digital start to finish, while the other started out w/pen then heaped some messy acrylics... going to continue to tweak that one a bit at lunch tomorrow....

**clanlord** · July 18th, 2008, 08:34 AM

Kick ass drawings! The anatomy of each creature from your SB is well studyed, and the style is just amazing (the style reminds me the Blizzard concepts of Warcraft)! Anyway, try to put enviro on the lone character drawings... just keep pushing I like your SB!

**monotony** · July 18th, 2008, 12:33 PM

great character pieces, man. all your recent black and white portraits are awesome especially hellboy and the leyendecker studies.
looking forward to your finished pieces as well.