Lane's Sketchbook

[Kungfoowiz]

Great work on the Hope's cover =) Love the last two studies =)

[lionheartGFX]

dude you are TOO GOOD hahaha it bumms me out but fuck it ill work twice as hard, how did you got so good with color? got any recommended reading or a particuar artist you learned alot from? anyhow please keep on sharing your thread inspires the fuck out of me

[KateyParr]

I love your painterly technique. It works very well. As a viewer I can't help staring at all the shapes and textures that make up what is the overall piece, it's sort of like a visual feast of an already made jigsaw puzzle!

Your study of colour theory really pays off. Do you find that you use references for understanding how your colour needs to look when your drawing something from your imagination?

Thanks for posting your works, they're really exquisite.

[Lane.]

Do you find that you use references for understanding how your colour needs to look when your drawing something from your imagination?

It depends on the subject, but yes I find reference when needed. It's usually for some anatomy or texture detail though, not so much for color.

[Lane.]

The is a concept of a sci-fantasy creature that floats in a planet's atmosphere; commonly referred to as "Sky Puffs".

Filled with a gas lighter than air, they are carried around by the wind. While they do have wings, they are only good for stability, not propulsion.

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This is the very beginning of visual development for a personal sci-fantasy story. Much more to come

[Leoz]

Interesting idea, i like it!

[CucumberMan]

Love you, Lane, dude! Amazing stuff!

[KateyParr]

Love the concept so far! They're very cute little sky puffs.

[PeteJ]

Nintendo should hire you for their pokemon designs.

[Lane.]

Thanks guys!

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Here is a barbarian concept for a game of some sort.

[Lane.]

I'm really beginning to doubt the longevity of CA.org. I love this site, but it seems to be cursed with frequent downtime. I miss the good old days...
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As briefly mentioned in a previous post, I have just started work on a personal project, a sci-fi story, which will eventually take the form of a graphic novel. The main purpose of this project is to beef up my portfolio with all sorts of concept art and illustration. If the end product ever materializes, that will simply be a bonus.

I've been studying the art of story telling/structure lately with quite a lot of enjoyment. It has me feeling much more inspired to create art, with the goal of bringing the stories I see in my head to life.



On a dying planet, only the stumps remain of a massive forest which thrived with life nearly a thousand years ago.




Jalopalopes are camel-like creatures that roam the deserts of a distant planet.

[Mila]

Camel goats! I like the goatee

[hücumkedi]

man i really love these.awesomely painted...really relaxing

[Veneq]

Impressive sketchbook! I love that mosquito rider piece.

[raminafshari]

barbarian in post #310 is awesome .

[Lane.]

sketch/study

[skMOP]

Really great palette on your paintings!!

For the last study, is there an adjustment/filer that creates the red/cyan lines or is it just painted in?

[Lane.]

Thanks,

Yes I was experimenting with "chromatic aberration" for the first time. It may be a bit gimmicky, but it seemed a bit more interesting then just plain gray scale.

Basically you duplicate the layer, go into the Blending Options, set one layer with Green & Blue off and one layer with Red off, then you offset the layers slightly.

Use sparingly.

[Lane.]

The Toll

Created for the ArtOrder "Nymph" challenge.
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My sloppy starting sketch:

[kischi]

wow lane your work is amazing! love the painterly style and your colors, damn
they enjoy drowning that poor guy ... ^^

[Metal Fingers]

WOW! This stuff is great! Love your colors and that last art order piece is just so good! Love it. Definitely subscribed.

[I STRaY I]

This is truly an amazing 11 pages of awesomeness.

[skMOP]

it is definitely hella gimmicky. but who cares it makes things look cool haha

kickass on the last painting too man.

[Lane.]

Thanks guys!

Critiques or questions are always welcome.
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In a dystopian future, a lone wanderer finds someone not too different from himself.

[TristanFletcher]

Hello Lane! Do you have any good tips on learning life-drawing? I just started going to 2.5hr sessions on wednesdays and find them extremely challenging. Maybe also some of your favourite resources would be cool to know as well. I love your work and it reminds me alot like Jaime Jones.

[n1frit]

Wonderful render!

[kevinmrn]

Incredible, such looseness, and freaking nice use of colour! You rock

[Lane.]

Do you have any good tips on learning life-drawing? I just started going to 2.5hr sessions on wednesdays and find them extremely challenging. Maybe also some of your favourite resources would be cool to know as well. I love your work and it reminds me alot like Jaime Jones.

I highly value life-drawing sessions. Sadly, my group only meets once every month, so I feel "rusty" every time I draw the figure. It is going to be very challenging if you are trying to capture every detail within the short time period. Try instead to focus on a simple objective. If you are going to draw the entire body, establish the line of action and build off of it. Focus on capturing the model's gesture. Any details that don't contribute to that goal can be left out.

Sometimes I choose to study just a small portion of the body.. head, hands, feet, ears, nose, etc. Life drawing for me isn't about creating a finished work of art, but studying anatomy and gesture so that I can draw better from imagination later.

There's a good episode of Drawn Today podcast on the subject: http://www.drawntoday.com/podcasts/DT_podcast_ep012.mp3
I HIGHLY recommend Henry Yan's book: http://www.amazon.com/Henry-Yans-Fig.../dp/1427610231 preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-hKxBOkcMQ

I have collected a long list of various art resources on my blog here: http://lanebrownart.blogspot.com/p/resources.html
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Here's a few random life drawings of mine.



Figure drawing is almost like an athletic sport. It requires the effort of your whole body in cooperation with your brain, and frequent practice.
I still have much to improve on. Hopefully I can get more frequent drawing sessions sometime in the future.

[Joe777k7]

Awesome! Some traditional Life drawing! Looks good! I really like the painting of the chicks drowning the guy with the sword lol Really creative and full of story Looking forward to seeing more

[viki oh]

Loving your gestural brushstrokes