JailHouse: Matt's SketchBook(UPDATED Jan 12, I'M BACK!!!)

[JailHouseRock2]

{I'm lovin' these guys too!

Thanks so much everyone!

Sorry, again this is a quick update, in a hurry again.

The CHOW poll is up, take a look at the great entries, and as always any votes my way would be really appreciated!
VOTE HERE!

some sketches from imagination, (so no reff)



And a self portrait, lol, done in the back of a CD as I couldn't find a mirror

And a Failed still life, photoshop crashed after an hours work, ho hum.

Thanks for looking everyone!
Replies later!
matt

[hp]

the first 3 sketches are awesome! not that the others aren't but these really catch my eye

that sucks about photoshop! the power in my house goes out fairly often so i know how you feel

[Black Spot]

I like the gestures without reference - it shows you're thinking and developing. Shame about the crash as the still life is looking good.

[BlackDelphin]

I so love all the pretty reflections in your digital still life!!
Really nice traditional out of the blue portraits too!

Nice seeing you update once more Matt.

[My57]

HEY! haven't been here for awhile. I like the burger king jouster. Will check more of the images i missed before when i get the time.

And my have i noticed that your SketchBook has a huge amount of people posting in it >.>

I feel bad posting now and wasting the page with my congrats >.<

So let me make a crit and make my post worth a little more ^_^ :

that right leg on the burger king girl is a little wonky, not a lot but its enough to either make me think either A) She is in a uncomfortable position or B) its dislocated some how. You could probably just fix it a bit by taking the bend out of it a tad. Not a lot or its stiff.

Thats my only little crit i have.

[kelly x]

I see you changed her here, I voted for you my friend, nice job!!! Bugger K!!!!
go to EOW and see my piece ok ?!?!?!?!

[VirgL]

another kid whos gettin too good . that sp is rockin !

[JailHouseRock2]

(un-replyed comments from the last page first)

p sage- Cool man thanks, glad you dig and thanks for the crit!

Alm0st- Hay Frank thanks, good crit to, thanks man!

hp- Oh Emily thank you! Very wise crit, your right about everything, I rushed this one, and I paid for it. Thank you so much for your honest advice! And yes, I'm a huge fan of Adam Hughes!

Benjie- Cheers Ben, appreciated man!

GweNdZ- Haya Gwen, no sweat, thanks for dropping by!

bharat- Thanks man!

Kelly x- Great Crits Kelly, thanks a bunch!!

Krato- Blah, I know aye man, never mind, I'l struggle though

miycko- Thanks miycko!

TASmith- Thanks man, good idea, will do!

Sorknes- Hay thanks a bunch Sorknes!

Giorge- Thanks for the tip man! Cheers for the visit bro!

Nellin- Thanks Nellin!

:~:

hp- Thank you so much again hp, I love your work, and so truly appreciate your comments And the power often goes in your place? That sucks.

Black Spot- Thanks Black Spot! Yeah it's a shame, but oh well

BlackDelphin- Thanks a bunch Cristina! SO pleased you like, and I'll get some more Bridgman pages scanned soon, but I'm so busy atm

kelly x- Thank you again kelly, cheers for the vote, and I'll see yours next!

WhiteC- Thanks man, appreciate it!
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Value study from this morning, may go back and render it out.

But bloodly photoshops playing up again, if it contiunes I don't know what I'm going to do

Thanks everyone!
matt

[p sage]

Matt I really liked your comment

"A self portrait, lol, "

Don't know why. It's like 'lol' has become its own little word, lol.

Oh and the drawings you've done have been good too

[hp]

have you tried optimizing it? there are a lot of things you can do to make it run smoother.

Click "dl" to get pdf
http://agnidevi.deviantart.com/art/P...-Tips-81070799

Mostly if anything you can clear out the functions you don't use, clean out your brush/pattern folder, don't run things in the background, etc.

Or it might be time for you to buy new parts ^^

i think you could work a little on the part b/w the spine and the butt in the last value study.

[KonnA]

You're getting better and better, I'm staying the same. I don't draw. No fair give me your motivation.

[My57]

Hmmm I used to put photoshop into 100% Opacity/Flow and set the brushes opacity control to pressure. Will that help?

I found that setting to be the best for blocking in things as well as refining. I switched to Painter though. That may be your next goal. Its much more comfortable.

[donalfall]

Your SB is getting so good. PS problems, however, put a real dampner on the old artistic spirit. I had CS3 and it just WOULD NOT WORK with the copy of Vista I was using at the time. Had to revert to CS2. Don't know if any program changes might help you?

Love that last paint. Nice.

[JParrilla]

awesome job on the value painting. Your gettin so much better Matt.

[IronFistGoon]

I started at the beginning and got to the end... My Simple thought was WTF! This guy draws a lot and he improves with each one. I really like your drawings that use the straight line shading. Your drawings really pop with that style. I also really like that you have a lot of different styles and you are pushing yourself with all different types of drawings. Your anatomy vastly improved from page one to the end. I am still shaking my head at the amount of art you have. Keep it up.

[Sunseaker]

You mentalist! You must do nothing but practice anatomy, puts me to shame! Right, I gotta get back on the ball, you
make me feel bad.

[Tonks87]

if you don't mind me asking how do you go about doing your "hatching shading" ? for a lack of a better word. your work is really awesome. i'm really curious to learn how to do something like it. thanks

[JailHouseRock2]

p sage- LOl, thanks a bunch man

hp- Oh thanks so much Emily, those really helped, just about fixed now! Thanks for the crits as well

KonnA- Haha, thanks Conner, stick with it!

My57- Thanks Sam, appreciate the help man!

donalfall- Hay thanks man, cheers for the advice! Glad you dig the paint as well

IronFistGoon- Well thanks a lot dude, your to kind. Glad you enjoyed the book tho, thanks for the visit!

Sunseaker- Lol, cheers Sunseaker, appreciated

Tonks87- Thanks Tonks, umm, well my hatching technique isn't anything special, rhythm and repetition a lot with it, just play around, I'm sure you'll come up with something more exciting than mine
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Ahhhggggg!
haha, bloody Internet was down for the whole weekend, but at least photoshop seems to be working alright again, as long as I don't have anything else running in the bg, and I don't use any custom brushes

So here's a still life, spent about 2 days on this on and off, doesn't look like it though, but I guess I'm kinda pleased with it.

Close up's

and progress:

Thanks so much every one, hope your week starts out alright,
matt

[hp]

awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

i have to know, did you actually paint in the photoshop menus?

base of that monitor is great!

[Marlisa]

Argh... I did a still life too in photoshop some time ago, but mine looks so crappy when I see this... -_-'

[sarbro]

great still life.
and three hours? wooohh, awesome

[miycko]

DAMN DUDE THAT IS CRAZY GOOD

and in just three hours

[Quike Garcia]

Man, wonderful still life

Believe it or not, I have this very same model of glasses

[Kan Muftić]

Showing a great deal of progress, bud!

[Peetaer]

The concept drawings in post 1501 are killer!!! Especially the chick (from the bugger I presume) and the darth mask dude. Very cool stuff!

[My57]

geeze i would be to lazy to paint my computer screen >.> To much work thats for sure.

you have the same sharpener as me !!

[IvoM]

What a great still life ! You seem to be pretty balanced in your stuff from imagination and when working from reference, I really need to work on that.

[Jamie Romoser]

Dude! that still life is fuckin sick! great work Matt! always nice dropin by your sketchbook man. One question how do you get those animated picture step by steps ive been wondering.
have a good one
-Jamie

[BlackDelphin]

Ooh value studies!! That is a really nice painting you did, and you gave me this great idea too!

The still life are really nice too, and i love seeing details.

ps. you have quite the tidy desk!!! and don't worry about the scan ins, i'm not done with the one you gave me already so i have what to do

[Project-I]

would you plz give me some helping tips on my sketch book