Combust Deficit's sketchbook

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I want to become good enough to get a full-time job in the commercial art world. I'm interested in concept art, graphic design, illustration, motion graphics, comics and animation. Drawing is my strongest field, color and lighting arguably weakest, which I'm going to improve wth determination. Feedback would be great.

Edit: New works

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Haven't updated for a while, so here's some sketches and studies (also in my blog):

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My oil painting teacher encouraged me to show some of my sketchbook contents to people instead of keeping them in the drawer, so to speak. Most were done last year. Anatomy studies, old master studies, referenced from classic works by Barcsay, Szunyoghy, and others like Imagine FX Anatomy issue.

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Here's some moleskine spreads that I have not shown elsewhere. Style studies, my own original imagination works, thumbnails and anatomy memorization practices. The last spread is done in oil color, prepared with two layers of gesso (studies of Phil Hale's and Joshua Reynold's techniques).

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Some works since last time. This batch contains observational drawings from life study course and natural history museum. Plus some anatomy studies and master copies.

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So, since last post I've studied a year at university, graphic design again. I spent much my spare time practicing traditional and digital, figurative art skills, drawing over a thousand of anatomy studies, drawing and painting figures at least once a week and studying old masters (see my art blog for more, contains some nudity if that bothers someone). Some selected, latest sketches:

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Nice stuff You have here!

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^^Thank you.

I scanned and compiled some older 2010-2011 sketchbook pages just for the sake of reflection. Some from the animal anatomy workshop of Imagine FX magazine.

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More of the same. Marshall Vandruff workshop and anatomy studies of Andrea del Sarto, del Piambo and José M Parrámon.

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More sketchbook nostalgy. Anatomy practices, photo analysis, old master studies (da Vinci, Annbale Carracci, Jacopo Pontormo), hasty sketches in Louvre and imagination or memory practices.

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Sketches from last year when I was seriously learning anatomy, as one may notice the Bridgman and Loomis approaches, plus a Mignola study and some randomness.

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A bit more diverse studies from various sources, film stills and photos as well as brainstorming, also from last year. I'll post some newer works later. My cheap scanner is not working correctly so here's photos.

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Using colored pencil and sharp charcoal pencil gets one nicely into the right mood for anatomy practicing.

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Here's a portrait practice I did two weeks a go. Painter 11. Sketched live, then grisaille and finally colors.

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I want more experience with industrial design and concepting, so here's a sci-fi motorcycle design. Oils on illlustration board.

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A drawing and painting course assignment: copy some painting. I chose The Valpincon Bather by Ingres. Oil on canvas, 80 x 120 cm. Flemish layer painting technique. Process stages documented.

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Grayscale work. "Dodo aristocrat". Brainstorming with open mind. Focusing on the idea, the design.

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Environment concepting.

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Scifi vehicle doodle.