ArghMisfit's daily sketchbook!

**arghmisfit** · October 7th, 2008, 11:24 AM

Hey thanks jamie, we will have to meet up again at the next North american workshop maybe.

here are some spot illustrations done for school.. they were based off of statistics we were given to choose from such as

"Chance that a briton has bought a book solely to look intelligent" 1:3
"Chance that a british youth reports having been bullied via text message" 1:7
"Chance that an American believes his or her phone has been tapped by the federal government" 1:5
"Chances that a U.S. retiree says that he or she was forced to stop working earlier than planned" 2:5

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also a doodle before i went to sleep and a depth and value study

**el coro** · October 8th, 2008, 05:06 AM

i agree with alot of the comments here. you have made some impressive progress over the years dude. you are light years from what you were doing when i first saw you round theez parts. its inspiring to see man. seriously. it humbles the fuck out of me to see young artists get serious about this shit and come into their own liek you have. now, in looking at your overall skillset, if i were to recommend something i think you could concntrate on is your drawing. i know i sound like a broken record here, but knowing how to draw what you wish, and accurately, is the basis for all successful picture making. i think you are jumping in too fast into your paintings, and not taking the time to work out the actual logistics of the drawing first. even if you are sketching for fun, thats no reason not to follow the process to some degree. if you draw stuff out first, you will find that rendering things is pretty easy. if you want to see improvement, what i recommend is drawing with a fine line ink pen. it will force you to concentrate on line, shape and accuracy. try to draw things in as few lines as possible, and pay attention to the shapes and the logic behind it. concentrate on your draftsmanship. long lines. pay attention. take your time. measure. it will give you the patience that you will need down the road when you really start to understand rendering edge hierarchies, and what a fragile and tedious endeavor that can be.

your color is great. and i think you understand how to depict basic form through value. but there is not enough attention paid to the underpinnings of your paintings, and the end result is not as succesful as it could be. draw draw draw. make that shit ritual. do it A ALOT. i know people say that shit all the time, but if you wanna really get this shit..."". drawing is like art math, and its the hard part where you really have to problem solve and think. but if you spend time, the payoff can be really satisfying. like, way better than jacking off or something like that.

so thats what i got. love the colors on the ocotopus. draw more. dont stop.

c36

**RecklessProvider** · October 9th, 2008, 03:48 PM

great new posts, you learned some new techniques in italy and i think youre applying them well, just keep working and youll grow like a sequoia! ciao

**arghmisfit** · October 13th, 2008, 06:46 PM

coro - thanks for the crits dude, really inspirational!

parker - thanks man, u too

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here is some sketchs and studies, a speed painting from oustide my window(composition is weird but o well), lastly just a doodle painting i did the other night

**Oxy** · October 14th, 2008, 06:41 AM

Your imagination is mind blowing, keep it up.

**RecklessProvider** · October 14th, 2008, 11:31 PM

nice new dump joel, keep up the studies and ill meet you at extra life.

**arghmisfit** · October 15th, 2008, 05:37 PM

thank you doods

heres some ink and acrylic paintings

**RecklessProvider** · October 23rd, 2008, 01:26 PM

nice work, i really like the wolfman... suggestions? maybe you could use dry brushing to get some smaller detailed lines in his hair, otherwise good stuff!

**arghmisfit** · January 9th, 2009, 01:00 AM

havent posted in a while.. so here's a creature ive been working on...

**RecklessProvider** · January 17th, 2009, 03:01 PM

cool character joel, whats up with the character? are you gonna use him for something later? ciao

**arghmisfit** · January 21st, 2009, 02:36 AM

just for fun.. thanks man

here is an update on the monster.. aswell a character i was working on

**Zebz** · January 21st, 2009, 02:44 AM

Lookin' nice in here, Joel. I'm not sure exactly what you're doing with that monster but I'll be interested to see how he looks in action and perhaps in a setting. That creepy bastard above him looks like a creep from Fallout 3! I'm digging those thumbs most of all. I see a lot of potential in some of those! Keep it coming, man!

**arghmisfit** · February 22nd, 2009, 07:06 PM

thanks zebz! i never finished putting the monster into a composition. i guess it lost energy

started to learn Z-brush.. also here is some process work with some finished work included. the gladiator chick could use more work. the "goremet" is acrylics.

**sandeepbarot** · February 22nd, 2009, 07:28 PM

just amazing

**JimahJames** · February 22nd, 2009, 08:11 PM

Excellent work!

have a few questions , do you think you could explain that informal composition to me on the last peice. i've tried it but i am not understanding the line balancing. also what kind of brush pallet do you choose for your digital painting?

**AustenFM** · February 22nd, 2009, 09:07 PM

Hey there! Awesome stuff my friend, i took a look through your old sketchbook as well. Although most of the images were gone. Oh well. what i did see was awesome though, everyone's already said they like your ideas and im gonna have to agree. keep up the killer work

**Zebz** · February 22nd, 2009, 10:48 PM

Argh! You're kickin' my ass, man! Wonderful update, brother! The thumbnails are really clean and terrific. Very readable. Mine are much more sloppy and difficult to tell what the hell is exactly going on. lol The shell gladiator chick is really nice too. Subtle hints of color and stuff. You've really started to come into your own. You're making me feel awfully guilty, man! I need to study harder! I don't know if I've made quite the jumps you've been making. I guess I really need to invest more time into my craft man. Very proud of you. Keep pushing!!!

**shumizu** · February 23rd, 2009, 09:12 AM

Yes yes! Your colors are damn awesome!!!

**arghmisfit** · February 23rd, 2009, 02:06 PM

thanks everyone

JimahJames: In terms of the composition, I really just worked around with it until it felt "right". For informal compositions its always good to make sure your elements are not balanced in 1/2's, so 1/3's is a good rule of thumb. I then subdivided the sketchbook page into 1/4's in order to transfer the drawing over to a larger board. In terms of brushes i normally just use the basic round photoshop brush, some customs of mine and a few of cicinimo's brushes.

hope that answers ur questions
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Here is some costume life drawing.

**Janos** · February 23rd, 2009, 02:24 PM

the Goremet made me smile. I like the creature and character design, but the amazon needs tons of work for me. Values and contrasts are just barely there and the image itself might need some basic rethinking. If its supposed to stand on its own the another element might be needed to add interest.

Nice pics though, really envy your skills with acrylics.

Cheers

**maxetormer** · February 25th, 2009, 03:35 AM

This one is really, really, good
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachm...1&d=1235347581

**Nettle_Mountain** · February 25th, 2009, 06:00 AM

Hello There

I think you are in the same crossroad as i am right now, your digital rendering is getting really good but the not equally good core drawing skills underneath is what is slowing you down.

This is hardest thing to tackle as coro said it, you jump too easily to render few sketches right away because that way we can make them look good and mask our faults in them. The woman gladiator is stiff and isometric, compare the dynamism and realism in that pose to the latest life drawing, difference? and still that is the level we must look forward to in sketches we do only from our heads.

I think you need to make yourself a training schedule in sketching & drawing (if you do not do it allready), try to put reqular hours in drawing every week, make it ritual as coro said it.
My problems are mirror of your problems and this is what i do now to correct it, put 1-3 hours into sketching 5 days a week (and only sketching)

I wish you best, you have potential that need to be trained into forminable art machine, do the right thing

-nettle

**amarryth** · April 13th, 2009, 08:29 PM

hey joel! where'd ya go? love the goremet!

**Swordhand** · April 13th, 2009, 09:18 PM

Wow, I really love your gun silhouettes a few posts ago. Really liking your paintings as well.

**RecklessProvider** · April 24th, 2009, 11:07 AM

Great work man- the composition in "goremet" is nice- amazing man. keep working hard, you're getting better

**arghmisfit** · May 13th, 2009, 12:07 AM

thanks everyone!

janos- good point, kinda weak composition..

nettle mountain- im just starting to try this schedual thing out.. we'll see how it goes..

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started a painting coop for this summer, just painting models and still lifes..
all water soluble oils. need to do some more imaginative stuff soon(missing it)..

large scale self portrait, acrylic, ink, charcoal.
a silly matte painting thing.
and rough landscape, aand random alien landscape, acrylic.

**Dished** · May 13th, 2009, 01:45 AM

heyy man! sweeet update! those trads are pretty awesome, i really like thisone in particular: http://conceptart.org/forums/attachm...1&d=1242187761

also,sweet inks :] looking forward to the next update!

**amarryth** · May 13th, 2009, 09:55 AM

hey.. love the self portrait... where did you get paper so big? you must have done the biggest one of anyone.. i saw mostly paper that was barely bigger than the drawing boards... annnnd, how is the co-op with katherine? is it in dundas? you, emily and steph should come visit me if that's the case.. i live on the escarpment just above that town!

**arghmisfit** · May 13th, 2009, 04:59 PM

dished: thanks!

Amarryth: thanks, i just meshed 4 pieces of the biggest paper i could find together.. The co-op is pretty awesome! really relaxing and i good time to do studies! we are in dundas on tuesdays and wednesdays, ill have to mention that to them, we could go sketching or something

here's another painting and some extra some color and composition(all of which are better than the larger one) studies that i did after with gouache.

**RecklessProvider** · May 16th, 2009, 07:44 PM

great new posts man. i finally got a chance to look at your new stuff. that first full body portrait from kathryn's is amazing dude, your work is looking cleaner. Keep working hard.