heads, robots, and other inanimate objects Feb20

[Tigermilk]

holy fuck.
Incredible rendering, badass control, I want more!
Is that wes drawing in the portrait orgie, a bit above the lifedrawings?

I'm of to draw!

[ExeCute]

WHaaaaAAAaaat? Your sketchbook got stolen? That was a really awesome one too...:/ Damn, that makes me sad..

Kemp, you've progressed so much.. I wonder if you even realize how good you are? I'm all tearry eyed over here

Much aloha from fangirl

OH and merry chrimma'

[tullie]

V. impressive work.

[auto_matt]

that stilllife on top of this page blew my mind, so much constrast, these highlights, the rendering

now i m gonna draw a stilllife too

[azghoul]

very lively ! i love your sketches man

[guggemmaneuver]

steak-buddy: n i c e ! can't wait to hang and MAKE you draw in my sketchbook! haha

j

[p4b10]

Hey Kemp, very nice stuff around here. You're improving fast man, I really love your skull drawings and the anatomy studies are great.
Thanks for sharing and keep improving!

btw: I also got recently some animal skulls and bones, but they are not cleaned... yep, it's quite inspiring to see some rotten flesh when you're drawing but... do you know how to clean a skull without damaging it? I thought about boiling it but not sure if it will brake or something...
yeah, creepy question.

pablo

[seth1]

Now when i really look at your art! Your rendering reminds me of Ms escher! Keep up the good work mate! You have been a huge inspo from when i first started...

[m@.]

amazing schtuff! thanks for sharing!

[fooxoo]

Yeah, well I got a ton to learn yet ... sigh ... where s me pencil ?

[Hiipi]

Since there´s nothing I can think of to crit, I will just salute you.

Salute!

I promise I will come back to entertain myself.

[codakromek]

hi,,,, you are so good it eats at me. ,,,,,,and eats at me,,,, Thanks a lot for sharing,,, it is so great to see a mind like yours at work,,,, whew,,,,anyway, sorry about the SB,,, god will strike down the sinner who took it. count on it.

[Bojee]

Great to see what your working on Kemp, always inspirational, thanks for sharing.

[elboy]

it's been a long time, friend of friends. this stuff is rad. you're stuff has always been rad, but now this is radder than your past rad stuff. i see improvements in everything (figs, digi paint, environments - perspective rocks). but this comes as no surprise considering you're paid to do the draws these days. just browsing through comments, what's this I hear about starcraft-a-thon from Janu? watch out for my lurkers. I'll drop them right on your minerals. sheeeit.
I hope you're well, bud. It's seriously been a long time. just one question: how you draw like dat?

[blankslatejoe]

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[Orozc0]

i'm blown away, what can i say....

I love your hatching skills.

I want to be your apprentice.

Goodbye now *walks away in shame*

[Capprotti]

Mannnnn, kemp man... I didn't even finish looking through the pages yet. I had to type this like now. Your sketchbook is my absolute favorite sketchbook. I'm not kidding. You stepped it up allll kinds of notches. I'm so glad you're still progressing so well, and I'm DAMN glad you posted. Keep it up man really and good luck with the career. Jesus really I just looked at the sketches again, I'm so impressed.

[steak-tron]

Here's some more stuff I've been doing in between other garbage. I was really pissed when my SB got stolen that I had to run out and buy another sketchbook to ease the pain. I also didn't realize how much my box of pencils was until I had to buy it all again, them art supplies aint cheap. Especially here in expensive land SF. Hopefully I'll have some paintings soon.

OH I also realized these may be coming out too dark on PC screens since I'm doing the adjusting at MAC gamma. Hopefully these aren't too dark for you pc users.

These first two are older, then the portrait i did from live of my friend over christmas.




these are from my new large moleskin, some of them have the sketches form my thunderdome pic.










This is the raw drawing I worked off of for the TD, you can see it changed quite a bit



Comments!
orcatraz: no thank yoooou..
flaptraps: Thanks bro, come down any time.
maxetormer: np
inkfish: thanks dude
cotron: You are make a very good special friend inside of me
Lukias: Thanks! Damn, you're too kind dude. Your work is muthafukin gorgeous.
Molly: Glad you like the vag Lookin' like sometime mid year is more when I'll get accross the pond. Wish it was sooner.
Shinryu: thanks man.
Phatandy: hehe thanks, yea she's got an intense look in that photo.
one2hit: haha thanks dude.
Benpowis: thanks
bwkeough: haha you got it, they're supposed to be improvised surgical utensils.
guggenjoel: heh, thanks my friend I'll try and bring you more Keats in the near future..
csteingart: well i guess then something good would come out of it.. thanks dude.
mentler: thanks
liam.c: thanks homes.
J: thanks
blog: I've been trying to get more values by going slower and building more tone than line patterns. Just trying to switch it up and get a more realistic approach. The cross hatching thing was a means to an end but I don't want it to be a hard and fast style that sticks to me until the grave. Just part of the process.
OH so you stoll my shit eh? you Muthafuckin' Britt!
vigostar: Thanks man, Poses vary from 2-30 min. generally. Yea the fetish thing is something I've been interested in for a while, it's starting to pop up in my work more and more now. Interesting stuff! Good luck this year to you too man.
flexmathewssss: Thanks Pat, hope you get a chance to come down here sometime soz we can have some drank proper. Hope you're doing well dude.
flakpost: haha or just some stank. thanks man.
johnny78: yea it blows. yep, no one's got a clue
Zebzfree: yea fuck those theives. Damn that sucks man. I had to chuck a portrait sculpture once after working on it for 4 weeks because I fucked up the cast. It's gut wrenching.
strych9ine: Dude I'll wait for you at my place with a showercurtain and a bucket of ky. You're too kind man, the way you talk dirty like that gets me inspired in all sorts of ways..
JeffJaws: Thanks bro.
JackalAnubis: thanks mang, yea that portrait was done a while ago. SB's are for keepin, not losin'.
camilografix: thanks!
jhagen22: thanks!
Marko: Hey my pleasure Next time I see you I'm gonna smash you over the head with my cro magnon club, but you wont feel it since you'll be so sauced with fine vodkas.
Groover: Dude when ever you wanna bring it!! Seriously you gotta teach those guys i work with a lesson, they've been whiping my ass. I'll call you soon.
Icey: good, draw that sheit, thanks.
Main Loop: Thanks Sergio. Yea she's a cool gal. We do that again sometime when life doesn't get in the way Kick ass work you've been doing.
Undertow: Thanks Mike. Sorry I missed you dude.
MagicMan: Thanks!
Tigermilk: No that's Richard Doble I think. Looks a bit like him though. Thanks for the words man.
ExeYas: Thanks Yas, good whateva' but thanks non the less. You've progressed super good since I met you. Now kick ass with them portraits!
tullie: thx
auto_matt:thanks man, good luck with it!
azghoul: thanks!
fatkid: thanks man
guggagain: haha, next time bro.
p4b10: Thanks Pablo, means alot coming from you. Killer work in the thunderdome man. I'm not familiar with cleaning skulls, I got those prepared at the shop.. Boiling might work or just soaking in water. You could just let the flesh dry and keep them like that
seth1: thanks!
m@: thanks man.
fooxoo: grab it and use it!
Hiipi: thanks man.
codakromek: Thanks man, I love your work my good sir. I wonder if God is willing to do me favors
Bojee: thanks Alan! good to hear from you dude. hope yer well.
elboy: Roy!! I'm so sorry I missed you when I went back to GA over christmas. There's never enough time. I just saw some footage from Austin with you and I on that bus. Brought a tear to ma' eye.. Dude you gotta kick some of these guys asses with your SC skills. I'm suckin' big time these days. haha. I'll write you a proper shemail soon. Hope you're doing well bro.
blankslatejoe: Dude that shit is the funniest thing I've ever read.
Orozco: thanks man, hold your head up high man.
Capprotti: Thanks for the compliments bro Hope you're doing well.

[Main Loop]

awesome update, yo're gettin really good with the mechanical stuff.. looks like you've rebounded well from the missing sketchbook..

[guggemmaneuver]

GASP!!!

OOH!!!

!!!

[seth1]

Very nice work man! It's allways nice to see some thing new from you! Makes my day/// I was allso woundering if i could have a page of your sketchbook

[Flaskpost]

whoa!

[Calle_]

OMG is it true??
i love it all! way to rock my night baby
keep it updated maybe? oO
peace

[Matt Smith]

hey steak, kick ass shit dude, i always love looking at your pencil works, they are great.

[daqu]

your life sketches in the last post are some of the best i've ever seen
fucking rad man!
save.

[Undertow]

Those power armor helmets are dooooope! *right click, save* Thanks for the inspirational material and it's great to see more stuff from you, hopefully there will be more soon.
-Mike

[djsos2005]

your preliminary design for the oxygen mask charecter is sweet keep up the good work

[fooxoo]

http://www.kempart.com/posts/jan0603.jpg - great one, love the shading. Where do you get the nice sketchbooks? Cheers

[Lazy]

This is amazing!, i love all your sketches and your PS portrait is simply stunning.
Some beautiful shading going on.

[flex mathews]

holy shit, that guy coming out of the dog is great.