Sam's often updated and hopefully improving SKETCHBOOK

**samming** · January 24th, 2013, 12:23 PM

Some pages from my current physical sketchbook. Some bridgman stuff, tiger from Chris Sanders, some stuff from the newer batman comics

**samming** · January 25th, 2013, 02:46 PM

more scans from current sketchbook
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A quick look at the first Bargue plate, only spent like an hour or two on all of these. I am planning on doing some serious Bargue stuff when I get the time.
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And stuff from my life drawing course from last night
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**samming** · January 27th, 2013, 11:33 PM

Pair of Bargue drawings that I am working on for an assignment, though not treated like the actual Bargue drawing class,
we are only supposed to spend about an hour on each drawing and generalize the shadows.
Not very happy with either of these though, but I have a busy week and had to settle, still need to do 4 more plates.

**Medelo** · January 27th, 2013, 11:36 PM

Great body of work, although I really recommend you to slow down, your pencil work looks like you are rushing a lot of things. You should really take some time on those bargues too. You'd learn more doing one perfect plate than 10 rushed ones.

**samming** · January 31st, 2013, 02:37 PM

Medelo - Thanks for the advice. I would really like to sit down and do an actual Bargue study sometime; need to find some time in my schedule.

Rest of life drawing assignment, due today. They came out terribly messy, I will definitely need to look at these plates again later, but my week has been too busy.
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And something from my Digital Imaging class, I don't know if I should post here, but some actual critique might be nice, none of my classes have any sort of serious critique.
Collage done in Photoshop, no reference used for tree or lighting.
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**samming** · February 6th, 2013, 10:30 PM

A very long and frustrating last week and a half.
Super busy for no reason, and nothing is coming out right at all.

Doodles I'm okay with.

**samming** · February 8th, 2013, 03:33 PM

Bargue cast drawing for life drawing class again. 6 hours and 40 minutes with graphite pencils.
I feel like it could be a lot better for the time put in, the values are pretty skewed and I didn't translate
the facial expression properly.

Starting anatomy in that class next week.

**samming** · February 12th, 2013, 02:03 PM

Some quick studies for a digital imaging project
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Bad pictures of work from intro to drawing. Not very good at all.
Pepper grinder is graphite pencils, and the other is a charcoal reduction drawing (only about an hour put in)
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And some stuff from figure drawing last week.
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I need to start using the University's scanners, I think..

**samming** · February 15th, 2013, 07:27 PM

Started basic anatomy in life drawing, so here are some things I liked from the session:

Just like this one

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And felt like I got some idea of power in the back for this one

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Otherwise I am pretty disappointed in myself right now.

**samming** · February 22nd, 2013, 03:25 PM

Might actually have some free time this upcoming week.

Some stuff from figure drawing, gestures with anatomical landmarks

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Pages from physical sketchbook

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And one to two hours spent on some cloth. I like how this came out, but I don't think it is still set up.
Got cut off by the scanner a little bit.

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**samming** · March 1st, 2013, 09:52 PM

Setting some extra-curricular goals:

Get an idea on how to do FACES
Try to get a basic UNDERSTANDING OF HANDS
GENERATE SOME FINISHED WORK

Cloth

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Figure Drawing

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Sketches

Hands referenced from Blacksad drawn by Juanjo Guarnido

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**samming** · March 13th, 2013, 07:48 PM

Sketchbook Junk

**samming** · March 15th, 2013, 12:21 AM

Last few pages to the sketchbook I just finished

**RissaKay** · March 15th, 2013, 12:43 AM

Love this newer stuff! I'd love to see you work on heads and head construction a little more, and I'd love to see some full bodies more often. Keep the work up!

**samming** · March 22nd, 2013, 03:01 PM

Older life drawing stuff, fairly quick poses and some skeleton construction:
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3 hour pose from last class:
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**samming** · March 29th, 2013, 08:03 AM

A crappy 3 hour pose
Then master studies for life drawing (probably 5-6 hours spent on each over 3 or 4 days)

**samming** · April 25th, 2013, 11:20 AM

Damn, it's been a while.
Some stuff from new physical sketchbook, probs a few weeks old now

**samming** · April 27th, 2013, 08:37 AM

Some more scans. Spent about an hour on each pencil drawing; pretty crappy.

**samming** · April 27th, 2013, 07:36 PM

Last batch for now. This is about halfway into my current sketchbook.

**samming** · April 30th, 2013, 11:05 PM

Larger projects from Intro to Drawing this last semester, some badly stitched together,
And some of the final things from Life Drawing

**samming** · May 13th, 2013, 08:21 PM

Finished off my physical sketchbook last week, so this is some bits from that

**PoringMaster** · May 14th, 2013, 01:20 AM

whoa whoa whoa whoa! I love these sketches and studies! I would like to see some of these applied in a finished piece

but keep on posting! those figures and master studies are looking nice!

**samming** · May 18th, 2013, 03:28 PM

PoringMaster - Thanks for the compliments and advice.

I like doing studies; I have a very hard time coming up with ideas for finished pieces sadly.

More sketches and studies below.