Progression Sessions................................"I have quite simply been trying"

**adraude** · April 9th, 2007, 09:01 AM

woa, this sb of yours is rad stalsby. i like your working with cans as well. your enviroment-studies are really good, man. thanks for sharing this stuff.

**matejkovacic** · April 9th, 2007, 05:26 PM

Nice! Very inspiring sketchbook!

**SantaClaus** · April 9th, 2007, 05:31 PM

hi

some real nice stuff. I like your speed paints.

**stalsby** · April 9th, 2007, 11:43 PM

Adraude, Matejkovacic, and Santaclaus - thank you very much! glad I could inspire someone!

**stalsby** · April 9th, 2007, 11:44 PM

some rusty doodles.

**weggebrecht** · April 21st, 2007, 11:36 AM

Great stuff.. Love the sketches. Keep up the great work..

**stalsby** · April 24th, 2007, 01:20 AM

Had some time for sketching the other night.

**stalsby** · April 24th, 2007, 01:43 AM

here's some more creatures and things.

**Cold** · May 2nd, 2007, 10:53 AM

your poses arent far from dynamic neither, especially in the last sketch, that thing standing on the side. Classic.

**stalsby** · May 8th, 2007, 01:27 PM

Cold - Thanks for the comment!! I really want to start getting more dynamic with my poses! creatures and human figures as well! I need to get one of those dynamic figure drawing books from half price or something!

Here's a quick sketch I did today at work during lunch!

**Unbreakable** · May 8th, 2007, 05:14 PM

nice stuff Ryan it would be nice to see a finished environment.

**stalsby** · June 19th, 2007, 02:06 PM

Thanks Brian! I've been trying to get to doing one! I'll hook you up soon! Have you hit up Zbrush 3 yet? It's amazing!

**the_allejo05** · June 19th, 2007, 02:36 PM

nice..

**N1ck** · June 20th, 2007, 07:18 AM

Wow, cool drawings and paintings. I wish I could paint as good with my tablet as you you with a mouse.
I also like the lifedrawings and creatures.
Nice stuff!

**stalsby** · June 29th, 2007, 04:31 PM

the allejo - Thank you!

n1ck - Thank you sir, very humbling!

I don't know what my deal with stilts is lately but here we go!

**Jasonwclark** · August 1st, 2007, 06:12 PM

These are great. I followed the Zdzislaw quote thinking "at least we share similar interests right."

Anyhow, just wanted to chime in and say 'nice job.'
Some very impressive sketch work you have here man.

**stalsby** · August 18th, 2007, 09:43 PM

Thanks Jason! Yea Zdzislaw is sick hahaa!

**Camara** · August 18th, 2007, 10:05 PM

Nice SB!Great landscapes!

**SMILEFACE** · August 19th, 2007, 12:21 AM

i like the creaters on crutches interesting

**stalsby** · November 4th, 2007, 12:39 AM

Thanks guys! I will be updating soon!

**stalsby** · November 4th, 2007, 12:42 AM

Here's some fairly recent 3d work!

**stalsby** · November 18th, 2007, 05:54 PM

this is ancient, be lenient ha

**stalsby** · November 18th, 2007, 06:11 PM

Here are some thumbnails, not that good but you get the idea, feel free to use them for any ideas you might have!

**stalsby** · November 18th, 2007, 06:15 PM

Native American sketch, no reference was used.

**Meli Hitchcock** · November 20th, 2007, 10:55 AM

Those thumbnails of the environments are nice! Especially the pier winding into the horizon, great sense of depth! One thing I noticed is that your line work can be a messy at times (like the last one in post 128 ). But your last two uploads have fairly controlled strokes. Still, looks awesome all around!

**Euthyphro** · November 20th, 2007, 11:45 AM

Very nice book here. I especially like the "post apocalypse" from page four.

On the zBrush Anatomy studies are you building a poly mesh outside or do you create the mesh and everything in zBrush.

Anywho, great work.

Vale-

**Kai Black** · November 20th, 2007, 12:22 PM

Hey man, nice work. I figured the picture of the girl was a photo as well, but I caught on because you didn't bother to shade the nose. You own me...

**stalsby** · November 20th, 2007, 12:47 PM

Melihitchcock- Thanks a lot! I know my line work can tend to be messy a lot! I sketch fast at times and fill in a lot of area quick. I really need to slow down and create clean lines where I can go back in and shade precisely and keep it controlled more. Thanks again!

Euthyphro- Hey man thanks bro! check out www.beksinski.pl if you liked that! haa. As for the zbrush stuff. I usually build a lowpoly cage in max so I can control my mesh a lot more in early stages and really block in the basic figure and shape. I experiment with zspheres as well though because you can model really quick that way and you can also use symmetry, then always go back and retopologize later! With the release of Zbrush 3 there has been a lot of new things to improve modeling within zbrush, I don't think zspheres have changed much but they are still a powerful tool for modeling and getting things done quick! From my knowledge most industry pros model in an external package then import into zbrush. Hope this helps ;]

Kai Black- Thanks! I'm glad you like!

**stalsby** · November 22nd, 2007, 01:45 AM

Here are some new fllicks! The portrait painting is acrylics and I just started it the other day! I still have a lot of work to do on it so Ill keep you updated when I finish it! Right now it's just a basic block in!