The7Sketchbook7 - TombRaider fanart+YouTube Monkey!

**The7Artist7** · June 28th, 2011, 06:44 PM

Thanks for dropping by and the kind words guys - you're all awesome! And that portrait is great Partisan!! Thank you !! RRRRRoooCCkkin! haha!

**The7Artist7** · July 22nd, 2011, 04:21 PM

Hey peoples! I'm not dead just going thru a bit of a tough time and also very skint (low on cash for those who don't know what that means lol!)

so here's a few daft toons I did recently

describing in picture form how useless my legs were after a 20mile ride through a very rooted woodland trail:
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AwesomeSauce:
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The effect of AwesomeSauce:
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No it's not another name for anything 'real' - just Awesomeness!

**BlightedArt** · July 26th, 2011, 07:14 AM

Still as humorous as ever I see!!!

**SMILEFACE** · July 27th, 2011, 03:30 AM

AWESOME YER STILL RRoOOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK STRONG are ya still doing DE CHALLENGES? XDXDXD

**Vaejoun** · July 27th, 2011, 03:35 AM

Fun to read through your SB. I like the graphical stuff for the client too.

**The7Artist7** · July 28th, 2011, 04:53 PM

Ya'lllll ROOOOOCCCKKK!!

haha Granny's back and I can't help catching a bit of the madnesss! Cheers Captain SmileFace - I am gearing up to do some more of the Dynamic Energy Challenges - soon bro!

Thanks Blighty and Vaejoun too! It's great to hear my art makes others happy / inspired

**The7Artist7** · August 9th, 2011, 05:25 AM

Image lineart done for client who decided on a different idea in the end.

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**spoonfruit** · August 10th, 2011, 01:24 AM

HELLOOOOO!!!!

Haven't dropped by in a REALLY long time!!!

First things first, I noticed the second I came on here that your toons and portraits have loosened up in a good way...they feel more free. Also there's some more personality in them these days.

I'm likin all your doin, man. Keep it up!!

**Velocity Kendall** · August 10th, 2011, 01:50 AM

im absolutely not an expert on this, but for my money the only lines you want to be showing on a chicks face are the ones in her eyelids.
see what you think anyway

**The7Artist7** · August 11th, 2011, 04:17 PM

Hey guys - thanks for dropping by!

MrSpoon! Hey hey I have a new 'bro' it seems Praise The Lord! and thanks for your comments great to hear

Thanks VK

- yeah I had the niggling feeling about that too so have already been working on it! cheers for the paintover (whoa haha you gave her HUGE eyes!) here's my latest version - haha have spent waay too many hours on it - great practice though and for a good buddy so it's all ok!

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**Velocity Kendall** · August 11th, 2011, 07:44 PM

haha youre right i fucked up her eyes pretty bad haha. hows it looking now?

**The7Artist7** · August 14th, 2011, 09:14 AM

Hey VK - that version in my last post will probably be the final... for now at least! - I also did a version with just the bride before and really simplified that one

one sec.. *rummage rummage* aha here it is!

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**Velocity Kendall** · August 16th, 2011, 12:46 PM

the trouble i have with it, and one of the things i tried to combat in my admitedly shitty paint over, is her expression seems to be one of mild discomfort, like shes holding in a fart. not very flattering for a bride on her wedding day..
also shes almost invisible in the latest version, and my monitor is expensive and correctly calibrated.

**The7Artist7** · August 17th, 2011, 03:18 PM

Hey VK,

Haha no that's not the most desirable vibe! the thing is in the ref photo they have expressions as if they're trying not to burst out laughing - particularly her! I love the fun this puts into the scene X) - I'm calling this finished now - showed it to my mate (from the pic) and he loves it!

The one of just the bride is intended to be very minimal - there is no skin tone at all - just white so the only 'colours' are the hair and dress and then obviously her features. When I have some spare time I may edit that one to match her expression in this latest version of them both.

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**SMILEFACE** · August 19th, 2011, 03:39 AM

FReAK'N AAAAWWWWWWEEESSSSSOOOOOMMMEEEEE WERK BROTHER ITS ADORABLE XDXDXD YOU RRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!

**The7Artist7** · August 20th, 2011, 06:37 AM

Hahaha Thanks mr EpicSmileyFace!!!

**Angel Intheuk** · August 23rd, 2011, 08:31 AM

Eh up there Mr Artist

Hope the tough times have smoothed out a bit? Nice work on the wedding picture

i love the graphical shapes it works very well especially on their hair and his jacket, are you adding colour? His flower and her lips could be very slightly pinkified, I don't know just an idea.

Keep up the good work

Ooh, I'm still not any nearer to illustrator but I did find an Alberto Ruiz tutorial on Youtube that is just so full of awesomeness I had to share it, you've probably seen it anyway but it's worth checking out for inspiration if you haven't, he makes the pen tool seem less scary

**The7Artist7** · September 5th, 2011, 05:17 PM

Hey Angel! Thanks!

Not planning on doing more with the portrait as my buddy likes it and would rather do new work now (you know how it can be when you spend waaay more time on something then you plan to lol!) good practice though

Yeah the pen tool is ace once you learn the basics - it's actually easy to use but one of those 'powerful' tools as with a bit o practice you can get some great results! My fave has to be a well set up brush though - fired up the screen recording option in quicktime today and did a random make it up as I go stickman scribble! sorry the quality is a bit low - I think I'll do some more of these and upload with better resolution

**The7Artist7** · October 10th, 2011, 11:46 PM

Another scribble jam vid - no plan just draw as I go!

Got a better screen capture program (HD!) - let me know what you think - would you like to see more of these?

The final of another jam I did just before the one in the vid - recorded it but forgot it had text all over the screen as I hadn't registered it yet so no good to use - doh!

**The7Artist7** · October 11th, 2011, 02:13 PM

Batman scribble ink and some colouir for my latest Dynamic Energy Challenge - Still time to join in the fun people! Doesn't have to be crazy epic just fun and pushing the limits of dynamic!