hello CA, welcome to my sb!
Im 16, currently taking 3 art classes( score!)
art III, art IV, and ap art: drawing
let me get some old stuff out of the way first
this sketchbook was about june-july
comments+ critique greatly appreciated!
To mastery or bust. 
hello CA, welcome to my sb!
Im 16, currently taking 3 art classes( score!)
art III, art IV, and ap art: drawing
let me get some old stuff out of the way first
this sketchbook was about june-july
comments+ critique greatly appreciated!
Last edited by The Pariano; February 4th, 2013 at 05:11 AM.
vociferate
Level 4 Gladiator: Meridiani
this is really a good sketchbook! i'll find something to crit once you post morei love those hands you did, they're fantatic! i wish i could do them like that
Incessant Doodlings of a Wandering Mind (my sketchbook)
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=96904
"Avoidance of what you can't draw well doesn't stimulate growth." -Cory Trego-Erdner
"Only the mediocre are always at their best."-Jean Giraudoux
To mastery or bust.
-Ignominous: thanks! hah if those hands look good its only becaus e i suck at them and draw them all the time.
heres from stuff from a sketchbook after the first one, still pretty old but im actually kinda sorta proud of some of it( doesnt happen too often)
Just one more sketchbook after this one then its new stuff : D
Sorry if some are a little big, tinypic messed me up.
"A drawing is not necessarily academic because it is thorough, but only because it is dead. Neither is a drawing necessarily academic because it is done in what is called a conventional style, any more than it is good because it is done in an unconventional style. The test is whether it has life and conveys genuine feeling."- Harold Speed
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Level 4 Gladiator: Meridiani
First off, nice work! Might I ask what references, if any, you're using for the anatomy of your works?
Let's see... In post #1, the three headed beastie is something. Have you ever thought of expanding on it more, or coloring it? I found it interesting, and wouldn't mind seeing more work on it.
For the spartan warrior, excellent shading. Any idea on how long it took you? The details like the veins on the arm are nice. Furthermore, the woman's body, with the black swaths covering stratgeic areas, I also like. The red heart in the corner doesn't really fit (color-wise or style-wise) but the rest is wonderful.
Wish I had more constructive criticism to offer, but in my opinion you're doing well with your stuff, so there's not much to say past that.
Oh, one more thing. Could you outline which mediums you used for the different peices? Looks like pencil, ink, and markers for the most part, but I could've missed something or be off the mark.
Keep up the good work, I hope to see more.
--Taven
Disscepolo para sperientia
Level 4 Gladiator: Meridiani
Bad-ass. I love the spartan. The only thing I would recommend is a greater variety in subject matter. Your rendering skills are comendable.
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Level 3 Gladiator: Catervarii
you r PRO!
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Taven: thanks! Most of my anatomy is done from the mind, but there are a couple of pages up there with tidbits drawn from a muscle & fitness mag, heh. Nah, never thought of expanding it, hah i need to flesh things out more. Id say the spartan had maybe 4-5 hours of rendering to it.
Youre pretty much straight on with the materials. colored ink with pen and brush, graphite, sometimes charcoal, and copic markers, sometimes a bit of conte and prismacolor pencil.
Retronym: thanks man! I agree I need more variety, need to get out of my box some. Hah im glad you think that, I dont believe my rendering is good if I can see an artist do better
dtr.aty: Hah! I wish!
Instead of all these old sb pages, I have a little step by step of some experimenting ive done. never really combined these materials like I did in this. I have an idea for a comic, and would like to know your opinion: would you like to see comic pages rendered in this style?
(btw im aware of many of the anatomy flaws, even excepting stylization but you might be able to point some out that I dont know.)
I used yellow ochre and graphite for the underdrawing on comic board that has been gesso'd on the back, with a burnt umber wash, and stretched for a day or two. shadows were built up with washes of burnt umber, and details done with burnt umber and pen, highlights made with white prismacolor pencil and further details and such done with black.
Thanks for stopping by!
"A drawing is not necessarily academic because it is thorough, but only because it is dead. Neither is a drawing necessarily academic because it is done in what is called a conventional style, any more than it is good because it is done in an unconventional style. The test is whether it has life and conveys genuine feeling."- Harold Speed
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Level 12 Gladiator: Laqueatores
Daaaaamn your only 16 and this good?!
I wish my school had that many art courses
My school had no art classes so I fell to the evils of drawing anime when I was younger
Keep up this pace and you'll be one of the greats in no time
To mastery or bust.
Jfierce: Yeah, my school is one of the biggest ones in the state so I think thats a factor to all the art classesthanks alot man!
Here is another drawing step by step I want your opinion. Do you prefer this new rendering style, or the old one?
"A drawing is not necessarily academic because it is thorough, but only because it is dead. Neither is a drawing necessarily academic because it is done in what is called a conventional style, any more than it is good because it is done in an unconventional style. The test is whether it has life and conveys genuine feeling."- Harold Speed
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Gavin Rich
Level 4 Gladiator: Meridiani
id say take the marker instead of the inking hatching stuff. it will keep you in a softer feel and you can block out shapes without them being harsh.
and if you are only 16, you have a pretty sweet head start on the rest of us. i would study the hell out of anatomy now, that was the main thing i was lackin when i started school.
you weren't suppose to read this.
Level 13 Gladiator: Retiarius
You got great stuff going here, definitely on the right track. Awesome to see you're working at getting a grip on the traditional side of things, it will pay off later when you start working more digitally. You've already got a good handle on the basics. Watch the anatomy - if you're intentionally distorting it, make sure it's obvious to the viewer.
You're at a great start for sixteen, way way way further than I was at the time. If you're not counting on art to make you money right now, the question you should always be asking yourself is "How can I learn more." Right now you should be doing and learning and having as much fun as possible before you need to get bogged down in a more professional approach. Turn on the experimentation switch!
Anyways, thanks for stopping by my book,
keep posting!
cheers!
Brendan Noeth
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Level 13 Gladiator: Retiarius
Haha awesome, you're sixteen? The world is open for you, just keep going! Great stuff.
To mastery or bust.
RichKid:imo i've found that markers are TOO soft for me, eveything i draw with them looks like theres nothing too it. Thanks, and anatomy studies are a definate, I do alot, they probably just dont really show
BrendanN: Yeah I really should be doing alot more experimentation and might be able too in the near future. Right now though I really do want to be making some money because im really low on it atm. I cant drive so I cant get a normal job. :/ thanks for the comment!
algenpfleger: thanks man!
UPDATE:
Firstly a wip of a set of 3 paintings. Dont know if anybody really digs abstract stuff or such. This is going to be shown in a little cafe near me.
secondly a watercolor painting and reference used( I took the photo specifically for the painting)
and I wasnt going for strict accuracy here, lots of messups in placement of petals and such. Hopefully I can get a quick $20-$30 from this.
"A drawing is not necessarily academic because it is thorough, but only because it is dead. Neither is a drawing necessarily academic because it is done in what is called a conventional style, any more than it is good because it is done in an unconventional style. The test is whether it has life and conveys genuine feeling."- Harold Speed
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Joe Smith ■■■
Level 11 Gladiator: Essedarii
utterly remarkable.
one of the worst/best feelings is seeing work that makes me think "shit, i wish i did that"
this will be a very exciting sketchbook to follow.
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Grief: Thanks! I get that feeling alot aswell, but i would never think someone would get it from looking at mine!
It's been too long. Got some sb pages to show aswell but for now just two watercolor sketches done on 300 lb rough watercolor paper with a big ol' 14 round brush.
Then a longer study, I'd like your thoughts on this.
"A drawing is not necessarily academic because it is thorough, but only because it is dead. Neither is a drawing necessarily academic because it is done in what is called a conventional style, any more than it is good because it is done in an unconventional style. The test is whether it has life and conveys genuine feeling."- Harold Speed
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To mastery or bust.
A little bumpdate:
working with different processes for oil paintings.
this started with an acrylic wash. Then a charcoal drawing with smudged shadow areas. The drawing was brought up with gesso for the highlights and burnt sienna wash for the shadows. Followed by a block in of the shadows with burnt sienna oil paint, and naples yellow hue for the highlights. Then refine.
"A drawing is not necessarily academic because it is thorough, but only because it is dead. Neither is a drawing necessarily academic because it is done in what is called a conventional style, any more than it is good because it is done in an unconventional style. The test is whether it has life and conveys genuine feeling."- Harold Speed
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Oneday, i might be a bit better...
Level 10 Gladiator: Equites
Hey Chris, excellent sketchbook. As already mentioned keep an eye on the anatomy, its wandering in places. Loving the traditional stuff, you have a good sense of colour and form. I say keep posting dude ;-)
To mastery or bust.
geez i need to be better about updating this.
Here is my first succesful attempt at digipain:
And heres a quick oil study i did, mainly just focusing on the additions to my pallette:
prussian blue and red madder deep.
I did it on smooth clayboard panel. the lack of tooth makes it very difficult for me. not something id prefer.
Last edited by The Pariano; April 13th, 2008 at 02:17 AM.
"A drawing is not necessarily academic because it is thorough, but only because it is dead. Neither is a drawing necessarily academic because it is done in what is called a conventional style, any more than it is good because it is done in an unconventional style. The test is whether it has life and conveys genuine feeling."- Harold Speed
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**Me @nD My P3n ar3 0n3**
Level 1 Gladiator: Andabatae
Yo chris whats Good man Its Mike Logan funny finding you in a place like this but anyway as always I love your work (even though I ve seen it all before). But keep it up man.
P.S. love the painter studies.
Artist hidden in the shadows
To mastery or bust.
hahaha Mikeeeee, yeah ive actually been pretty productive over spring break ill have some stuff to show tommorow. You need to hurry up and post a sketchbook here so I can be a dick over the internet!
"A drawing is not necessarily academic because it is thorough, but only because it is dead. Neither is a drawing necessarily academic because it is done in what is called a conventional style, any more than it is good because it is done in an unconventional style. The test is whether it has life and conveys genuine feeling."- Harold Speed
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To mastery or bust.
Heres some new shiz:
A commissioned painting of an airplane of a WWII vet. Yeah I kinda fucked up the left wing but other than that im proud of it for what it is.
The last page is mostly from Mentler's book of bones.
"A drawing is not necessarily academic because it is thorough, but only because it is dead. Neither is a drawing necessarily academic because it is done in what is called a conventional style, any more than it is good because it is done in an unconventional style. The test is whether it has life and conveys genuine feeling."- Harold Speed
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Level 2 Gladiator: Ordinarii
Wow, I must say you are quite exceptional! Especially as young as you are, you have a mighty fine grasp of how this should be done. You have my awe! A+ Anatomy and knowledge of highlights and shading. In your latest post, may I ask what kind of book is that with the lovely shaded paper? Looks like newsprint?
To mastery or bust.
Junck: Thanks alot man! Actually its called Earthbound. Its 100% recycled paper. Its not as heavy as normal drawing paper but much heavier than newsprint which is good; its also really cheap!
"A drawing is not necessarily academic because it is thorough, but only because it is dead. Neither is a drawing necessarily academic because it is done in what is called a conventional style, any more than it is good because it is done in an unconventional style. The test is whether it has life and conveys genuine feeling."- Harold Speed
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Rogue
Level 13 Gladiator: Retiarius
nice works your very talented keep it up!
sketchbook updated October 6th
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...04#post3332204
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Level 2 Gladiator: Ordinarii
very cool, I like the eye thing your doing.
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Level 2 Gladiator: Ordinarii
Thanks! I'll have to look into that. Looking forward to seeing more from you~Originally Posted by Almighty Chris
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Level 6 Gladiator: Provocator
These are SWEEEET bro!!! Thanx for stoppin by my sb!! Really enjoy going through this sb. Like those anatomy sketches! Wish I started @ your age bro. Keep puttin up more eyecandy man!!
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OmertA: Thanks, will do!
ShaunLey: Thanks :]
Gmags: Thanks man glad you enjoyed it.
I need to get better at portraiture. My focus for the next long while will be anatomy as well as facial features and likeness.
More:
just messin around with watercolor and inks. Gum Arabic is a watercolor medium that increases transparency and gloss; also changes lots of other factors. Im going to but it in affect on a full fledged painting and see how it compares. I used it only in some places in this piece.
"A drawing is not necessarily academic because it is thorough, but only because it is dead. Neither is a drawing necessarily academic because it is done in what is called a conventional style, any more than it is good because it is done in an unconventional style. The test is whether it has life and conveys genuine feeling."- Harold Speed
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Rogue
Level 13 Gladiator: Retiarius
i really like that approach you do for making the figure through those thin washes and build your way up gona have to give that a try sometime.
sketchbook updated October 6th
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...04#post3332204
[email protected]
To mastery or bust.
OmertA: Thanks :] Yeah when you really get into it it can be very time consuming but very rewarding.
Im thinking ill try and update this daily:
"A drawing is not necessarily academic because it is thorough, but only because it is dead. Neither is a drawing necessarily academic because it is done in what is called a conventional style, any more than it is good because it is done in an unconventional style. The test is whether it has life and conveys genuine feeling."- Harold Speed
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