Cyrus' Sketchbook of Thought-(May 11)

**Cyrus** · November 18th, 2004, 05:23 PM

Thanks. Figure drawing is probably one of the things I need to work on most right now, and I've really been meaning to get to the museum, but school pops up at the most inopportune times; maybe I'll be able to post some of the results of that once I get a camera.

I'll try to get some sketches up soon.

**steak-tron** · November 18th, 2004, 06:08 PM

Sup Cyrus,

Looking good dude that last page is one of the best so far. Good to hear your going for Graphic Design, I definitely had a great experience in the department. There's a WHOLE LOT of shit you've got to do but it only makes you stronger.

Some of these drawings are really strong, you've got some great studies on alot of different areas. Make sure your portfolio is a knockout and yer shure to get in (which is not an easy task). Even so if you're just a sophmore you can afford to wait. It's kind of good to be done with the rest of your classes before you start in the ARGD studios.

-oh, Kelly and I will look for you outside the gate, I think my seat is 23D.

**Cyrus** · January 1st, 2005, 11:37 PM

Oh, the holidays...here's a few smalls things before the workshop, can't wait to see you all there!

**vantrum** · May 1st, 2005, 02:46 PM

hey thanks for the help cyrus...

those drawings of your hands near the beginning of your thread are awesome... my hands always seem to come out fat looking. love your stuff...

**Cyrus** · June 1st, 2005, 09:01 PM

About time I updated, for myself if nobody else,

changed my sketchbook intro as well. Comments and critiques are welcome as usual(especially critiques).

Some stuff from Bridgman.

Quick self-portrait.

Started doing some nose studies , and then what I think is a robot sneaking up on a bottle of white-out.

**AndrewLey** · June 1st, 2005, 09:42 PM

Nice studies

I suggest trying to make your lines more elegant and confident - they are a bit wobbly and uncertain at the moment. You should know your line before you draw it.

Keep it up!

**Ashrumm** · June 1st, 2005, 10:18 PM

I really like those nose studies alot the shading is really good and i will have to agree with Cyrus on this one you kind of have the same problem i do, you're kind of hesitant to darken the lines because you're not exactly sure if they are in the right place. But your stuff looks good keep drawing!!

**cotron** · June 11th, 2005, 02:45 AM

happy birthday!

**Cyrus** · June 13th, 2005, 03:07 AM

AndreyLey: Good advice, I've been trying to work on my line efficency if that what you ment exactly. Considering what you and Scarletnocturne said, maybe I'm thinking to much in term of lines rather than actual form, I don't practice enough shading as it is. Really enjoy your sketchbook btw.

Ashrumm: Thanks. We'll both keep working on it I hope.

Contron: Cheers!

So here's another self portrait I started doing, focusing more on form/shading with cross-hatching.

**Cyrus** · June 15th, 2005, 04:15 PM

Tried doing a few things from my head. I realize the snake-guy's anatomy is wonky though.

**Hyperblade** · June 15th, 2005, 08:16 PM

Very cool Cyrus, I'm doing the same type of thing as you are, with the anatomy drawing/learning. Glad to see your progress, post more soon.

**Cyrus** · June 17th, 2005, 08:10 PM

Hyperblade: Thanks. Maybe you should start a sketchbook yourself, it's a good insentive to keep practicing.

This is some robo-samurai-ninja-ghost. Still trying to get the basics down before flexing the creativity.

**Cyrus** · June 22nd, 2005, 09:52 PM

Finally got to Wednesday night figure drawing.

**dadu** · June 22nd, 2005, 09:57 PM

wow great stuff man
studies really fucking worked
love your shading skills

**the_allejo05** · June 30th, 2005, 12:30 PM

hmm nice improvement..i like those last figure drawings..very very confident on anatomy..

**Cyrus** · June 30th, 2005, 09:03 PM

Thanks. Not sure how good my anatomy is, but it couldn't hurt to keep working on it, right?

Anyway, here are just some doodles I managed over the week.

**Quinster** · June 30th, 2005, 09:32 PM

Hey, pretty damn good stuff here! I envy your anatomy skills. Keep posting, I'll be watching

**Cyrus** · July 1st, 2005, 01:48 AM

Thanks Quinster.

I decided to do a few eye sketches to compare to my older ones if nothing else. Critiques are welcome as usual...and feel free to ignore the egg.

**Cyrus** · July 3rd, 2005, 09:28 PM

Random stuff again.

**PeggyChung** · July 4th, 2005, 06:05 PM

Hey Cyrus, i love the way you shaded the hands with the side of the pencil

keep up the work and kill that procrastination!

**Pesmerga** · July 4th, 2005, 08:44 PM

Cyrus is a cool name.

Nice gallery so far, keep 'em coming. Did you use a reference for the last figure?

**Cyrus** · July 9th, 2005, 05:19 PM

Started a job this last week, been tired. <--bad excuse

Lady Lioness: I haven't done that lately-maybe I should. Mostly I've been trying mechanical pencils, or just keeping the regular ones sharp and trying my hand at cross hatching.

Pesmerga: I agree

I think I picked up the name from the character in Chrono Trigger(Frog was my favorite character, but don't tell anybody) or maybe it was another character in Bomberman64...As for the figure, yes, it's a copy of From Vesalius by De Facrica.

Anyway, I've come to the seemingly obvious realization that I really need to focus a lot more on "whole" pictures, like actually drawing the whole face-or whole body-rather than keep doing the individual eyes, noses, arms, stuff. So, I've managed to scrounge up a couple attempts in that regard, hopefully you'll see plently more in the near future.(And thanks to Jezebel whose photos I used from the reference section)

Comments encourage me to practice more and critiques help me know what to practice, I could always use both!

**PeggyChung** · July 27th, 2005, 02:01 PM

Hey Cyrus, looks like youre doing fine, id say you have shading done quite nicely which means you can really push your values now, theyre a little light.

**Cyrus** · August 9th, 2005, 12:32 AM

Figured I'd post my Thunderdome entry here for a few critiques. Obviously I could have worked on it more, but I'm fairly happy with what's there(even though it's really cliche).

**Cyrus** · April 6th, 2006, 03:33 AM

I feel stuck.

Not in the sense that I'm not getting better, just that it seems like I can't find any new ways to clearly progress.

And I'll have some much more recent stuff soon, once I get it scanned. I'd just be nice to get some suggestions till then.

**Recursive_End** · April 6th, 2006, 07:55 AM

Good work.
My crit would be to work more on your lines. Right now they pop out a bit too much. Making your drawing a bit flat. Give "rythm" to your lines. Darker on shaded places, and lighter on highlighted places.
Work on that, and keep going with those studies. They look good

Also, exploite what you've learned by doing some imaginative stuff using em.
Keep it up
D.

**Cyrus** · April 14th, 2006, 05:24 PM

Thanks for the suggestions Recursive, I'll certainly keep them in mind.

I've been trying to work on improving my shading technique and values among other thing.

Some self-portraits.

**Cyrus** · April 15th, 2006, 01:59 AM

Playing around with pen.

**Cyrus** · April 23rd, 2006, 12:55 AM

If you haven't seen Idiot Apathy's "Peer Project" thread(which is about color theory), well, here's the link.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=53517

Did a few things just to play around with color and photoshop in general, and I was trying to make some atmosphere in the second one. I don't have much real experience with photoshop, so I'm sure there's something to critique.