Phantasmagoria : Jason Snair's Sketchbook : Updated TODAY!

**Jason Snair** · September 15th, 2005, 10:02 AM

Hey all

Eric: yeah...I think the mummy will be one of my favorites to actually paint. I'm a big fan ancient egyptian civ. And yeah...wolfy looks a little funny...I just wanted to capture the wolf head aspect that i'm going for.

Here are a few more doodles from my train ride this morning - nothing major though.

**shyamshriram** · September 15th, 2005, 10:07 AM

Neat Stuff.....love the characters. keep up the good work Dude!!

**Jason Snair** · September 20th, 2005, 12:39 PM

Just wanted to post some more drawings from my train ride to work from that past few days.

detail of face

**Jason Snair** · September 20th, 2005, 02:03 PM

Just two more quick ones for the day. I really cant wait until I start doing some digital stuff...just another month or so.

**Ryu** · September 22nd, 2005, 04:53 AM

Hello !

I love your stuff, really good work, love the faces, nice characters...
really nice...

Be sure i'll be looking at this thread for every update

Peace

**Sawa** · September 22nd, 2005, 08:43 AM

great stuff! im really diggin this kind of comic-style you use. keep posting!

sawa

**Yodaah** · September 22nd, 2005, 08:48 AM

Good stuff.
Well done. I like your kind of anatomy. Superman is cool. He somehow looks mature.

Go on!

**Robolus** · September 22nd, 2005, 03:16 PM

Incredidble good stuff Jason. Welcome to my Favorites!

**Art_Addict** · September 22nd, 2005, 03:41 PM

Really nice. I like your poses a lot.
Keep posting!

**solorpower** · September 22nd, 2005, 04:20 PM

Very cool sketches here. You must sketch a lot as you have a refined form of human anatomy. Like your animated facial expressions! Keep posting!

**SEVANS** · September 22nd, 2005, 04:53 PM

Great sketches. Good mix of realism and exagerated cartoon - creates alot of feeling.

Agree with MainLoop - the Monkey images is great. (his colouring was nice too).

Keep it up and keep postin.

**Jason Snair** · September 23rd, 2005, 10:00 AM

Wow.

SEVANS, solorpower, Art_Addict, Robolus, Yodaah, Sawa & Ryu: thanks for the kind words. I'm gonna wander over to your sketch treads today and see what you guys are up to.

Here are some train sketches from the past few days

I'm gonna go back and work on the wings some more

This morning I decided to draw from life, so I started drawing this woman who was reading a newspaper, but she got up and left after five minutes.

After she left, there was no one in front of me on the train, so I went back to drawing from my head. This one took about 25 min. and i now realize it's a bit thin-headed. (please ignore the black smudges near his lip, I think i need to clean my scanner

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**Yodaah** · September 23rd, 2005, 11:08 AM

That's still nice work. I like the first one. The girl is like a character that might fit well for animation. Was she really standing like that in a train?

greetings!
Y.

**Jason Snair** · September 23rd, 2005, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by Yodaah

That's still nice work. I like the first one. The girl is like a character that might fit well for animation. Was she really standing like that in a train?

greetings!
Y.

Hi Yodaah. I think i may have been misleading. The train drawings are just drawings that I do when I'm on the train...99% of which are from my head. The only one that's from life is the girl reading the newspaper. I'll be more clear next time. Glad you liked it though.

**Yodaah** · September 26th, 2005, 11:44 AM

oh, okay I see. This explains the "animation-like" look. But it's cool. That's very interesting. I mean I draw all the time, but I still don't have a sketchbook and a pencil in every situation at hand. Maybe I should do that too. So you draw everywhere at any time ?

cheers!

**JoshuaTheJames** · October 3rd, 2005, 11:29 AM

Very Cool Sketches.

Can't wait for more. I know they will only get better.

-JtJ

**Jason Snair** · October 3rd, 2005, 02:11 PM

hi everyone.

I've started a tonal sketchbook and these are the first two that I did yesterday. The figure is not from my head...it's from a photo out of a illustration photo reference book (just fyi).

just your average brain in a jar floating tenticled arm robot.

I'll post more soon. Thanks for the comments everyone.
j.

**Jason Snair** · October 4th, 2005, 01:41 PM

Just one tonal drawing for the day.

**Ferg** · October 4th, 2005, 02:28 PM

awesome sketchbook. Nothing constructive to add, I'm afraid. Just keep it up and know that you're inspiring me.

**Fellah.** · October 4th, 2005, 04:16 PM

Very sweet stuff going on here man! I dig it!

**Jason Snair** · October 10th, 2005, 10:52 AM

Fellah and Ferg: Thanks for comments. I'm glad you're liking things so far.

Okay...so it was pouring all weekend long and I decided to do some sketching.

That's it for now.

**shyamshriram** · October 15th, 2005, 05:31 AM

cool updates Mate

keep posting !

**Cobi** · October 15th, 2005, 06:00 AM

Hi Jason!! You have some really great stuff here. I like your tone book, I actually just got one myself ! I really like the way the gray makes the white pop. You have an erie fascination with monsters, sweeeeeeet!

It's been about a month now, where are those digipaints at?!

**jacobsteel** · October 15th, 2005, 06:22 AM

Damn. You rock, man!

**ApolloNuevo** · October 16th, 2005, 03:32 PM

haha, this is great. i'm especially jealous of that location near the end and i have to say that i love the girl w/ the very pouty lips. this is great stuff dude! keep on rocking.

-apollo

**Jason Snair** · October 17th, 2005, 12:14 PM

Hey everyone...just a mini update today. Thanks for the 4 star rating to whomever did it.

ApolloNuevo: Glad you liked that local. I really want to do a whole series of that drawings for that tower. Hopefully that will come soon.
jacobsteel: Thanks man.

Cobi Hi: Yeah....those digipaints? My plan was to have a computer by now. You see, I'm looking for a new job and about a month ago, I thought I landed one but in the end it didn't come through. Once I do get a new job, I'll be able to get a iMac (or G5) about a month later...I need to save a little bit first. I can't wait though.

shyamshriram: Thanks...i definitely intend to.

Here's the updates for today.

**Art_Addict** · October 17th, 2005, 12:18 PM

I really like your poses, as I said before. I wish I could make them so dynamic.
Nice sketches man

**Undertow** · October 17th, 2005, 11:17 PM

nice sketchbook, digging the hell out of your work. Are you influenced by James Jean at all?
-Mike V

**masterpug** · October 18th, 2005, 05:11 AM

You have some great style on you. Your characters really seem alive and not just static images. Very impressive. Do you have anything more finished you could post? Maybe something in color or even digital? I know you have the robot-sombie, but that was back in June, just wondering if you were practicin'. Like what I see, nice work!