Pass the Rum, Lad

[Xamllew]

Hello and welcome to the #1 place in the universe to find drawings and shit.
And now, here are some recent works.





and a pixel art landscape

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Some more recent stuff

Trying out MyPaint with this one


Never been too good with traditional art so I'm trying to do more traditional than digital lately.

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Acrylics


Dwarf done in MyPaint


Once I get a tablet I'll probably learn how to use potatoshop.

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Time to dump!
an axe design

some purdy legs

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various self portraits from the last month



not a self portrait

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[Jesus Food]

really nice first page man, u have skill subscribed

[Xamllew]

Jesus Food, so glad you stopped by. Thank you.


Frederic Remington copy

[Adrianor]

Nice stuff you got there, I like how varied your drawings are as well. The last drawing's my favorite.

[sharks]

I love your pixel art!

[Xamllew]

Thanks you guys.

Another Remington copy, same as last but larger and with ink.

Another pixel landscape

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Some hurrses


Other stuff


Please excuse the poor digital camera quality, I really need to look into a scanner soon.

Thought I'd share this blog also, it's full of beautiful hand-painted Disney movie backgrounds. Good inspirational stuff.
http://animationbackgrounds.blogspot.com/

[QPK]

This is a great start!! nice SB. That acrylic painting of the cowboy is amazing, and I really dig you pixel landscapes they're beautiful

[Syle]

Thanks for dropping by my SB, I appreciate the feedback.

You have a great start to your SB here. That Remington study is AMAZING; the fact that it's in ink just makes it all the more impressive.

Are you studying from any books/classes right now?

[Xamllew]

QPK: So glad you like my 'scapes, they're probably my favorite things to work on because with concept landscapes there's so much freedom to interpret things as you want, no worry about incorrect proportions or bad anatomy.

Syle: Thanks. I'm not in any classes, I occasionally study from Bridgeman or Loomis' figure drawing books though.

A quick 'n' dirty

[JamesSimons]

Nice sketchbook!. Digging the Dwarf and the guy in your last post, cool time period to draw from!

[Xamllew]

Thank you James Simons, glad you stopped by. Indeed, I have been a little obsessed with the pre-20th century themes lately.
More digital

[FightingSeraph]

Damn, your studies are excellent, and the pixel art is just...Mindblowing!

[Xamllew]

Thanks FightingSerpah, for that flattering comment.

Anyway here's some hawse leygs


And greyscapes

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Wip tool sprites

[Xamllew]

A tool a day keeps the artist block away.

More to come

[msafs]

I love the pixel landscapes! The pixel tools really come to life. Excellent job getting them to look so three-dimensional at such a small size. Nice use of contrasting colors, too.

[Lightship69]

Hi matey

You could do with making the tools a bit bigger mate I have a ruddy big monitor and still I'm struggling to see them. The other stuff is coming along nicely though you seem to have a "Last of the Mohicans" era thing going which is good. I like that you are looking at things from history and not painting Orcs and flying saucers! There are loads of them around and I get so sick of them, this SB so far is a breath of fresh air, so keep working, improving and posting your work up here eventually you will pull in a crowd of admirers and top talent to help you on your way, good luck.

Thanks for posting and all the best with the art mate.

[RaphaelLuebke]

great pixel stuff man, oh god i love this kind of oldschool game art, i allways tried to do a pixel-art game like metal slug but i never finshed anything even after hundreds of hours of pixeleffort :/
keep it going man cool stuff!

[Xamllew]

The finished tools and weapons

And sorry about the size, Lightship, this is the downside of pixel art. Here's a 200% scaled version

1 hour pen sketch

[Hellbeard]

Super sweet work in here. Your progression is evident; keep going. The pixel art tools are really good.

[Xamllew]

Thanks Hellbeard, motivating words.




CnC always welcome

[Xamllew]

Decided I'd kill a ballpoint pen.


Dwarf Soldier, scaled up 200%

[Xamllew]

Almost two months since my last post, I must carry on.
This last month has been an unproductive one for me
a WIP figure, walking into a strong gust of wind carrying a large musket

And the finalized figure