UPDATE 2/10

[smokenmirrors]

i feel this pose should be what the air jordan logo is, for bruce lee... be a slick tshirt all vectored out and simplified....

[smokenmirrors]

casual explosiveness...

[smokenmirrors]

been doing some color/enviro studies lately... ill post those in a set. But Bruce had to come back on Friday. quick 15 min study

[p sage]

Haha man... what a great sketchbook. You have some sick skillz. Yeah, hard work and all that. Love the manic energy everywhere, the focus, and it comes through that 1 inch square avatar in the form of Bruce

So what's next for you? You really have got the ball rolling, mad skillz... what's next? A book? Vidya games? Graphic novel?

And...

sucks... Friday I had another good life drawing session.... from an old lady whom ironically I previously disliked drawing, as she had a somewhat lumpy body shape and a gigantic mole on her butt... which try as I may... i couldnt ignore.. moley moley moley moley.....

ahhhhh!

from sitting in a Borders... doing battle with a case of the "cantdrawworthashitz" on a nice classic arnold pose..... ... ARRGGGHHH... oh arnold... your muscles were just too much for my wacom today... grrr....

Haha.... WTF???

You're a funny f'er as well. Probably will subscribe to yer blog, in that case.

Would love to see some more of those demons/centaurs/etc like in the first few pages. That was good shite.

[rumpenstiltzkin]

this SB is just to cool not to subscribe to

[smokenmirrors]

shystee cat vomit on the floor again! Seriously, my idiot furball coughing up cats (well i know at least one of them is) and another that for whatever reason decides at seemingly random to squeeze off a steamy duece behind my tv next to my bedroom door....

last night was was working away and I smelled something brewing most foul.... my two male cats are bigguns and i just assumed the stench was wafting up out of the cat box from the furthest point of my apt (from my room), because idiot cat squeezes off his duke and doesnt bury it... super poop picky that one.... But idiot ME, he was playdoughing right next to my door.... grrr.... i think hes going to be an outside night cat now....

alright, nough duke talk: onward to a much delayed update:

p sage: THANKS mang, glad you dig my written swagger and are enjoying the work. Ill do my best to crack wise vs. just provide Crimson Dagger speak.

rumpenstiltzkin: muchas gracias amigo!

so, you can visit my blog for a more detailed accounting of this image: but in short: im finally forcing myself to learn Painter, specifically Painter 12. So far, so gooooood. Its serioulsy a great mark making program! try it!

-ryan

[smokenmirrors]

bruce w/ painter... very fun blending...

[maolaosan]

Nice works!! I love them!

[Nettle_Mountain]

Hi there, your forms are little fuzzy around the edges, but mass is there as it should, you should concentrate little while on edges more carefully

just more

[smokenmirrors]

nother Bruce w/ Painter 12.

maolaosan: thanks

Nettle_Mountain: ill take that under consideration for my sketches, although they are what they are, im not too concerned with doing a full render, just exploring the program...

[blindshot]

Love the Bruce Lee pictures. Maybe I haven't gone back far enough in your post to know, but what brought on the whole Bruce Lee thing?

[smokenmirrors]

blindshot: thanks , just randomly selected Bruce to start drawing and had such a good time trying to capture the vitality and movement that I just kept at it.

heres a snap shot of a piece that I had orginally started for a chow, but then delayed myself in finishing. Now im experimenting with really thinking out my illustration w/ lines before moving forward w/ paint and render.

hopefully this will turn into the first piece of my new portfolio which ive delayed for far too long...

[smokenmirrors]

painter has some great qualities and I realize its going to take me awhile to really fine tune what I can use to enrich my technique, but good ole photoshop is tried and true: nother bruce with my trusty PS.

[smokenmirrors]

got the 24hd Cintiq at work..... such a gorgeous piece of art machinery.... so fresh, so clean... so clutch to my art making: wonderful.

bruce was a cinch on this.

[p sage]

Moar Cintiq!