Cam is chillin'

[Cam Sykes]

Cygear: Thanks alot. Yeah I get Freelance Illustration work at the moment but it's not the kind of work I really want to be doing, although it's fun.

I really want to get into movies and videogames but illustrations for things like wizards of coast and book covers would be cool. Also I'm trying to get good to the point where I feel confident with any project that might come my way so that there would be alot of freedom with things.

My main goals are listed on the right side of my latest schedule.
I've been drawing throughout my life but only really studying and focusing on improving over the last 2 years.

I used to do graffiti and just sketch random crap, without ever realising the importance of foundational study of things like anatomy and all that until a few years ago.

I did an Illustration course but felt it stifled my progress, not that I didnt learn alot but it was very slow compared to what I couldve been learning with my current schedule.

Anyway thanks alot and I wish you all the best with your own endevours.

[matty_mcmullen]

i must say that you have inspired me your work ethic is amazing, i stole your masterplan im gonna print it out and stick it on my wall. altho its a bit much for me currently with work being incredibly busy but in a month i should be right to get into it. i'm pretty much gonna do my best to come to the sketchmeet im pretty excited about it now. never been to one. wooop!

[Cam Sykes]

Matty: Yeah it's about whatever works for you, so hope you can gain something from it. I had a look at your sketchbook, I like the studies you're doing.

Playing with ink





Some Still lifes



self-portrait


And some enviro stuff. Feeling too tired to do the rest of the tasks today.

[zepheenia]

I really like your ink studies, especially the lady with the scarf, I just think she has a really lovely amount of light and shade.
Also as said by matty mccullum, your work ethic has inspired me. I joined conceptart.org to be inspired and actually get my butt kicked into gear, so thanks for helping out with that

[Mag-Neo]

---WOW........... it's seems you've been working so hard & keeping busy all this days by self... It's amazing, you are practicing on everything around... & was really great to see in to your schedule board... GOOD LUCK ON YOUR STUDYING & PRACTICING, BRO.........

.........................................../btw: sorry about my English...........................

[matty_mcmullen]

that bible rules!

[Cam Sykes]

My old back pain has crept back on me, so I havent been doing as much drawing. It's getting better now, I just wasn't taking enough breaks.


zepheenia: Thanks yeah CA.org really got me me taking this art stuff seriously too.
Mag-neo: Thanks, I see you're doing alot of studies too, so keep that up.
matty mcmullen: Yeah it means alot to me so I tried to show that in the painting, thanks.


So it's getting late and I got a bunch of stuff to scan from yesterday, but instead I'll just post a couple of things from today. I got a new laptop so was spending a bunch of time preparing that, plus getting some freelance work done. The laptop will be good and allow me to do more outdoor observational digi stuff. heh I feel bad when I don't get heaps of studies done but it's all good, can't win 'em all.

Some sketchy middle east dude studies


Work in progress too tired to finish it right now

[oren90]

holy shit loved the stillife of the mango, apoon and the bible they look really good mate, a little tip about the ink is try to do a varient of differnt strokes, there are a lot of thick strokes in there but very few thin and quick ones to balance it out. great stuff, keep up the great pieces of work

[Cam Sykes]

oren90: Thanks. Thanks for the tip about the ink. I'll try different size brushes and stuff in futures.

some things

I got a laptop so I got to have some fun and do some master studies form life at the gallery. Kills my back though without a table. Then got to use it at life drawing too, pity longest pose was 45 mins, not really long enough.








After Tadema, Cleopatra





after Frederick Leighton, work in progress

[ccp85]

Your work is simply fantastic! Really persistance man, I like it. I'll follow you and comment more when I can. Thanks for sharing this works and good luck!
Peace.

[oren90]

you did a great job on those landscapes and the dogs, the figures also look fantastic.
congrats on the laptop btw i enjoy using mine a lot for these stuff.

[DazDaryl]

nice to see some updates, Great Progress Cam!

[Cam Sykes]

ccp85: Thanks man, yeah I'm a bit inconsistent unfortunately, although I draw everyday I get a bit slack with the schedule some days.
Oren90: thanks always for the kind words, I really appreciate it. I just noticed you live in Israel, what's it like living there?
Daz: thanks.

Ok so I've been reading alot and had my mind on other things apart from Art just to gather some thoughts. Also been researching different markets and companies that're out there so that I can tailor my portfolio accordingly. Plus freelance work, so that's why lack of updates, but here's some stuff. Should be more regular now that I've got some things out of the way.







watercolours, from life

then attempted on laptop

The baby on the left is my 7 month old nephew, he's really active, so hard to draw


from life drawing, done on laptop

progress on leighton study

[Cam Sykes]

Remembered I still needed to finish these so went and made progress on them

[Cam Sykes]

Bit more progress before bed.

[Nemome]

You haven't fixed her boobs yet
Boobs a bit more up and in perspective.
Also do you want that her trousers are so long up?

Greetings, silwynar

[oren90]

the still life manakin looks really good there and you really do a lot of enviros lately any special reason? and for the record i liked the most bottom right one

about you're question I geuss it's like in any other country i get up in the morning go to school and such the political ground is a bit tensed because we have the conflict with the palastinians and also the religion here but other than that nothing special i think someday i'll live abroad maybe in the U.S., the U.K. or Austrelia don't know, first i need to finish college and then the militery

[Nibras]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Your new plan is awesome and your improving fast
Your gonna be burning up so soon, kicking everyone's asses!
I gotta get my self in gear, thanks for the inspiration man!
Keep it up

[Fregy]

Iterestig work paln. I am doing something like this as well, but to be honest its a lot different. Do you really have time to do all the things you have in the list for the curent day? I personally try to draw at least 3 hours a day. It might seem like a short time but sometimes its quiet hard to achieve it. Especially when I have to draw after school. Also, do you think its wise to study so many subject at one time? I mean, from my experience, it takes a whole week to go throught all head parts and proportions. I cant imagine mixing it with all the other things, it would be so confusing. So my plan is kind of sorted to week phases. Each month for a specific area of concept art. This month and the last one was for character design. Anyway, interesting paln again I will read it more carfefully once I get some spare time. Keep up the good work.

[Storylover]

Wow you really are doing great on this! I wish I had the time to do a schedule like yours, but I think I am going to try to fit something similar in.

[Faun]

Hi Cam, very nice work and great progress .. I've recently joined CA , so it's all kinda new to me, love your schedule and considering to start working on one, although its quite difficult to keep following with the school .. btw, I'm studying Illustration at Enmore, I think I've met u be4 couple of times.

Well, I'll be checking on your progress, it's quite inspiring. Good luck

[Cam Sykes]

Silwynar: Thanks for pointing out those problems, noticed how wrong it was after I fixed it. Yeah her trousers are high waist. The scene is supposed to be near-future and I noticed High-waist jeans were becoming popular.

Oren90: Thanks mate. well I have 2 days a week on the schedule now for doing enviros. Plus I feel improvement is about tackling weaknesses.

lilnebo: Thanks Nibras, I see you have been making some big steps lately.

Fregy: Well If I'm at home all day then yeah I get it all done. But lately it's been such good weather that I've been out and about and also doing some freelance work. I still try to focus on the subject of the day at least if I can't do all the tasks.
As for your own plan it's best to tailor it to the amount of time you have. You might get some ideas from my plan but it's really about making a plan that works for your personally.

Storylover: As I mentioned to Fregy just figure something out that works for you and what you want to target. What matters most in the end is just drawing as much as you can.

Faun: Cool, you gonna start a sketchbook?


Ok, so I was down in Canberra for a few days to check out the Parisian Gallery exhibit. It was so busy, had to wait in line for 2 1/2 hours but was all worth it when the first painting I saw was a Sargent piece. Plus seeing the galleries australian artists section was crazy good, they had heaps of Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Hugh Ramsey.
So here's some things... Some of the stuff is from prior to my trip

progress on this thing

prgoress on leighton study

Study of aussie artist, I forget his name...

thumbs of australian countryside from the train window


Sketching people waiting in the queue

And Sargent study from the real thing, La Carmencita, pity they wouldnt let me bring my laptop in.

[oren90]

your studies look fantastic, keep it up man

[witcrack]

Just a reminder, some anatomy in your life sketches are still off. But the other from slower approach is looking okay. I like the color in this one. You are doing great, keep it up.

[Cam Sykes]

oren90: Thanks for the encouragement as always, I really appreciate it.
Witcrack: Thanks for pointing that out, yeah I really gotta stop neglecting my anatomy/figure studies

SO here's some things from today and yesterday, experiments and studies with gouache ink and a brush pen.










I gave up on this thing, I felt I learned alot but it's time to move on, I see heaps of problems with it but I can't be bothered with it anymore.

[oren90]

no problem man we're a community here if we won't support each other who will
about the update, the enviros look awasome as always, liked the urban sceneries and the first ones in water colors I would only suggest that the one with the two boats in it you would do in a wide format like the one above it

cheers

[ryan mcshane]

wooww, crazy studys man!
wheres http://www.lyphorm.com/images/camske...r/country1.jpg these from? sydney? they look sick.
keep it up man!

[Cam Sykes]

oren90: A yeah good point about the format. Yeah, I've been experimenting alot with traditional mediums, and was preparing a bunch of canvases today, really fun.

ryan: They're from the train trip from sydney to canberra. Because the train is moving I was piecing together views that I was seeing, and trying to compose them nicely.


These are from a couple days ago, I got an annual pass to the aquarium which includes entry to a zoo so I get to draw plenty of animals from life. I've done alot of stuff today but will post that next time.

so marine creatures from life at the aquarium


and a tree from life

[oren90]

fantastic studies of fish and other animals, I think I should pay the zoo a little visit too for study puposes also a good thin about certain animals is that you don't need to shout "hold still dammit" at them like with most people haha

[witcrack]

nice marine animals! wow. You drew that from life? You capture them good.