JUSTIN'S sketchbook!

**JustinS** · February 12th, 2012, 03:33 PM

Hey, pretty new to this whole conceptart.org thing, but thought this would be a good way to initiate myself into the community. I'll be posting things like exercises, sketches, and playing around in photoshop stuff.

These first things are some concepts for an environment class i'm in, and the figure is just some stuff from a recent figure drawing session.

**JustinS** · February 12th, 2012, 06:22 PM

The first set of thumbnails are environment studies from the movie "9"

**Thyname** · February 12th, 2012, 06:41 PM

Really nice comps. I don't know if they are studies or not. but the values are clear and if you squint they hold together well.

On your figures, I didn't see any structure to how you were building up your figures. if you are drawing from reference, this means you training your eye but you aren't doing in exercise in how something fits together and this can hurt your imaginative drawing later on.

Keep it up. focus on your strengths and keep working on your weaknesses.

There is no Plan B,
-e

**JustinS** · February 21st, 2012, 04:26 AM

Thanks, Thyname! I love the constructive feedback. The environments were thumbnails drawn from imagination, and assisted by reference. For my figures, i was focusing on gesture that night, but your completely right in keeping mind the structure; I can see why they are kind of falling apart in the longer poses.

Here's some more stuff.
First stuff: classwork in photoshop
Next stuff: Studies from my actual sketchbook. Playing around with my new brush/ink pens.
Last thing, 15 min photoshop sketch of my goldfish.

I went to an awesome workshop with Anthony Jones today and it really inspired me. I realize i need to focus on drawing each line/stroke more deliberately and be really clear in what i'm painting. That's my nuclear goal for my artwork right now. Focusing on values and really giving each line/stroke a purpose. No more noodling!

**JustinS** · February 22nd, 2012, 12:49 AM

Bloody Orange Study. Experimenting with different brushes. Spent significantly longer on the first one. second two about 10 min each, tops.

**JustinS** · April 15th, 2012, 01:25 AM

Trying out Painter for the first time...

**JustinS** · February 10th, 2013, 02:57 AM

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Ice Study....
Time to get back in the studies outside of school!!

**JustinS** · February 21st, 2013, 07:27 PM

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Sargent copy...gotta get better color!!

**JustinS** · February 21st, 2013, 08:29 PM

**JustinS** · February 22nd, 2013, 01:08 AM

Another Sargent copy to top the night. I know these color studies are pretty horrible so far, I just want to keep posting and to hold myself accountable to do more studies outside of classwork.
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