Mark's Moleskine and Miscellany :: 7/27

**MarkWinters** · October 19th, 2006, 02:38 AM

From tonight's life drawing session:

Pencils for a piece that I'll be posting in the WIP section:

I hope everyone will comment!
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**Lusvell** · October 19th, 2006, 03:05 AM

You have a very nice feel for the figures, pretty cool.

**armando** · October 19th, 2006, 04:20 AM

It's better to have a bigger pad when doing life drawings, it's easier to see and control marks, however drawing small does have the advantage of being able to see the shapes easier. Your contour lines are okay, and your consistency with the guy's face is excellent. Proportions are a little off, like on the arms. Take some more measurements, either by measuring with the pencil or feeling the distance by moving over your paper more before laying down marks. The toad would benefit from more research, his contour is cartoony in comparison to the more realistic girl.

**hurricane** · October 19th, 2006, 04:23 AM

that last one, it doesnt feel like she's on the frog more like hovering.
maybe plant the knees more and arch her more?

cheers and good looking sketches!

**MattiasA** · October 23rd, 2006, 07:13 AM

hey that's impressive, love your acts, such a clear line

**blacky** · October 23rd, 2006, 09:41 AM

Nicelinework. Lineweight might be more versitile.
Head looks too smal on that one too.
Dig the girl on frog

**MarkWinters** · October 26th, 2006, 01:45 AM

Lusvell - Thanks for commenting! I appreciate it it!

armando - You're absolutely right about using a bigger pad. I 'm definately going to pick one up before my next drawing session. My proportions are crazy wonky. I usually can't see the weirdness until I get it scanned into the 'puter. Good call on the frog. I short-cutted a little on him. I'll dig up some more reference when I get back to it. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!

hurricane - Now that you mention it, she is leaning forward way too much and the legs look half-assed. I'll work on her some more this weekend. Thanks - and I love your sketchbook something fierce!

MattiasA - Thanks dood! I appreciate it!

blacky - Thanks for the comments! I really need to ditch my mechanical pencil! It gives me such a static line. It's just so convienient, ya know? But, no more! The next time I attend a life drawing session I'll look at letting my lines live a little. Thanks again!

I spent the evening photographing more pages from the sketchbook since I don't like the way my pencils scan - the pages get washed out and I end up leveling out a lot of detail in Photoshop. Mayhaps I'll start using a darker lead so I won't have to worry about it so much...

These images all have bright spots from my lamp I was using for lighting so I'm hoping to reshoot these pages sometime this weekend and replace these with new uploads.

**Hyver** · October 26th, 2006, 03:36 AM

nice lifedrawings! you seem to have that down, time for some *bold* experiments as far as techniques go? punch it baby!

**MarkWinters** · October 26th, 2006, 05:00 PM

Hyver - Thanks! You're 100% right and I need to step out of my comfort zone and really cut loose! I'll definitely try shaking it up some.

In the meantime here's a quick paint:

**MarkWinters** · October 27th, 2006, 11:22 AM

I just bought my ticket to INSOMANIA! I'm so stoked!

From my sketchbook:

**smuli** · October 27th, 2006, 11:33 AM

Nice speedpaint! The reflections on the pencil look very realistic. Try to pay attention to the head size, they usually look a bit too small.

Keep up doing the great life drawings!

**MarkWinters** · October 28th, 2006, 01:22 PM

Thanks smuli, I'll keep an eye on the proportions!

**MarkWinters** · October 30th, 2006, 05:25 PM

**Tigermilk** · October 30th, 2006, 05:57 PM

Very neat stuff mark, specially the latest.
thanks for showing.
tiger

**MarkWinters** · November 1st, 2006, 10:18 AM

Tigermilk: Thanks! I appreciate you taking the time to comment!

Quick paint I did last night while passing out candy to all the kiddies.

**MarkWinters** · November 2nd, 2006, 09:24 AM

My contribution to the Nov. 1st self portrait event. A couple hours with Photoshop and a mirror:

**Visceral 619** · November 2nd, 2006, 03:12 PM

Hey Mark,

the Line quality on your life drawings is strong... the first pic on post 12 is great, cool sp too.

**Moai** · November 2nd, 2006, 03:25 PM

Hey, it's a fellow member with an "M" alliterated sketchbook title!

I love your digital painting style. Very lively and luminous. Your life sketches are also very nice, but some of your figures seem out of proportion, specifically the ladies in post number 10. Also, I'd like to see more of your imaginative sketches, such as the fairy on the frog, if you have any.
Nice sketchbook.

**MarkWinters** · November 4th, 2006, 08:04 PM

Warground Zer0: Thanks for looking and posting a comment! I appreciate it!

Moai: Yeah, my proportions are wonky on a lot of the life drawings. I'm going to keep an eye on that in the future. I'll see about getting more of my fantastical stuff up here. In the meantime here's a sketch I slapped color onto:

**masterpug** · November 4th, 2006, 10:09 PM

These are very cool. The studies are very nice and they have great tech. keep it up!

**MarkWinters** · November 21st, 2006, 10:23 AM

masterpug: Thanks for looking and leaving a comment!

Here's a pinup for a comic being produced by APE entertainment. There's going to be text running down the left side - that's why the composition is so right side heavy:

**MarkWinters** · February 12th, 2007, 09:40 AM

A couple of recent speed paints.

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**Blaz** · February 12th, 2007, 11:17 AM

Very nice! Love the life drawings!

**MarkWinters** · February 16th, 2007, 02:35 PM

Blaz - Thanks!

Speedos:

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**MarkWinters** · September 19th, 2007, 01:28 PM

A couple of quickies done recently.

**MarkWinters** · September 29th, 2007, 02:09 AM

A couple Digital Sketch Group doodles.

**chobomaster** · September 29th, 2007, 03:10 AM

hey those speeds really take advantage of the textures.
Nice colors, overall

**Villa** · October 1st, 2007, 05:09 AM

that airship shot in the winter is beautiful man.
really diggin this stuff.

**Flipnastywebby** · October 3rd, 2007, 11:30 PM

really enjoying the landscapes/space ships.
i also like how you are coloring the sketches in your moleskin while leaving the moleskin......if that makes sense

in any case look forward to me stealing that idea.

slainte!

**MarkWinters** · October 26th, 2007, 12:52 PM

chobomaster - Thanks! I appreciate it!

Villa - Thank you! Means a lot coming from a bad-ass like you.

Flipnastywebby - lol - Thanks, steal away! It's all yours!

I have a TON of sketches to scan and get up here, but until then here are some recent ChOWs and misc:

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