a humble sketchbook - NOV 12 update

**Blue Star** · January 1st, 2008, 02:08 PM

Nice sketches. I really like the work in the faces. you also have some really nice paintings. I really like the medusa one. It looks awesome and it's a different approach to medusa.

**Vulgar`** · January 2nd, 2008, 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by DeKal

Vulgar` - so much appreciated man.. give me the link to that guys stuff so i can check him out. also i went ahead and posted some stuff on that site. heres the link to the thread: http://www.rapflava.com/forums/best-...ml#post1414100

Thanks for the lightspeed response to my request, Kal. I'm from South Florida too, I live in the Hollywood area.

The second of your newest sketches: the woman lying on the ground with the blackened eye - she could be a tranquilized jaguar in animal form. If you were considering expanding on this, the white space that surrounds her body could be any environment or surrounding. A jungle floor? A man bent over in concentration, or frustration, the blackness of his back visible over the kitchen counter, a woman lies on the bed, her eye bruised, hotel chronicle 1, an illustration of one of the harsh sacrifices of beauty - male aggression. So now that it's evident that you can draw human beings life, personality, a purpose on the canvas, the movement is in motion. Now I know the marauder of the black women's section at Barnes and Noble..

I'll see you on RF, brethren. Thanks again for your presence on there. Is it okay if we have an interview in the art thread while you post more of your work?

Cannibal Ox - A B-Boy's Alpha

Keep doing you

**Lege1** · January 3rd, 2008, 03:34 AM

D, I just wanted to come through and show love and let you know that I love everything that you have up here. I also wanted to let you know that I started a sketch book too. =) I couldn't sleep tonight so I felt like doing something productive. I am gonna have hell to pay tommorow I so know it,lol. I won't be laughing in the morning. My sketch forum is Lege1's Sketch Chamber_001. Aight bro, much love and respect always and thank you for all you do for me.

**Fantasio** · January 3rd, 2008, 03:52 AM

great style and stuff!
even if the start of the thread lets me not think of a sketchbook, but your "sketchy" -style makes it for a good turn then;-)
keep it up!

**ikuru** · January 3rd, 2008, 05:26 AM

hey dude, you got some really nice things going in here. Strong linework too!

**DeKal** · January 3rd, 2008, 12:53 PM

Blue Star - i appreciate all that

Vulgar` - ILL take on that sketch..at that point i really could have taken it anywhere..its actually the sketch for the painting in my first post..shes laying in the middle of a pitcher plant field. her eye isnt blackened in the bruied sense its more like a supernatural type darkened eye..the eyeball itself is blackened, the skin around it is not bruised..but i loved that spin you put on it..and thanks for doin that interview man..

Lege1 - no doubt..i know youd do all the same for me..put a link to your sketchbook in your signature so i can get to it.

Fantasio - thanks man..yea, i like those images so i threw them in there..some are a little old but i still wanted to show them.

ikuru - thanks..ya know i was looking at your medusa..i think i liked your earlier versions a little better than the finished one..but i really like the process you used to get your result..and the composition..i like dynamic stuff like that.

some new digital portriats..i dont know, i've just been into doing these lately..im doin some sketchwork though so ill post those soon..thanks again everyone.

**IamPeter** · January 6th, 2008, 04:33 PM

Wow, great live drawings!

I realy like how you bend the proportions in one of your first pictures.

Keep it up.

**Vulgar`** · January 6th, 2008, 04:41 PM

The aftermath.

**Lege1** · January 7th, 2008, 12:52 AM

Yo thanks for the sketchbook post D. On the "Life's Work." There's nothing wrong with that. We got plenty of space to work on here to do that and you know I like people to see where and what I come from. I don't feel that CA is strictly for repping masterpieces bro. I think it's good that others know where I am coming from so that way they know how to relate to me as I make progress. The other upside is that I don't have a website yet and don't know when I will slow down enough in my life too. Hopefully in the next few years to come especially when I ever get out of college. Anyway this is a great place to have an online portfolio and relate to others as they relate to you. You gotta know where you come from to know where you're going and I could never let the past go cause it won't let go of me. I am gonna continue posting my better work after the highschool years most importantly cause it makes me feel good to see what I've done and the others seem to enjoy it much. Much love bro and keep doing your thing.
-=Lege

**chrishly** · January 7th, 2008, 06:07 AM

some of these girls are absolutely fabulous.

**Vulgar`** · January 7th, 2008, 06:29 PM

"I thought you were black..."

Hahah.

Eurayo's Sketchbook is below:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...t=85031&page=2

**otsopsanig** · January 8th, 2008, 09:12 AM

Wow, I really love your style! The way you shade is so cool... and, y'know, edgy... Heh.

**Press X To Draw** · January 8th, 2008, 12:18 PM

nice portraits

**iceman478** · January 8th, 2008, 12:22 PM

i really really like your stuff...it boarders on the hyper realistic but still very much illustration ...love the balance....keep it up man

**marioucci** · January 15th, 2008, 09:28 PM

Dude!!!

Damn it all ta hell! wicked wicked. There are ups and downs, but thats how virtuoses work. when its good its amazing!!!

onwards and upwards!

**DeKal** · January 17th, 2008, 02:06 PM

IamPeter - thanks man

chrishly - some?..haha..just kidding..thanks

otsopsanig - thanks beautiful...your only 14?...shiiiiit.

Press X To Draw - thanks so much

iceman478 - yea man..nice observation..i try

marioucci - thanks bro!!

just some sb stuff
thanks to all of you who take the time to comment my stuff...i really really appreciate it...

**AsaB** · January 17th, 2008, 02:18 PM

Those are some excellent sketches, man. Really liking your style. You seem to have such a good grasp of volume and lighting in them. Love how you sometimes also give them some personal touch, like skewing the faces a bit and such. Great stuff

Also, your CHOW Medusa was a beauty!

**Flipnastywebby** · January 17th, 2008, 02:52 PM

i really am enjoying the work you ve been putting out.
you can tell from the first couple of posts till now you ve just pushing your work further and further.

thanks for sharing, look forward to more.
Slainte!

**TheJester** · January 18th, 2008, 05:49 PM

Man, great great great!!!! I love fuckd up - crooked -weird faces like nothing else!!!! You remind me of Francis Vallejo! (and that's a goood sign)

*favorited

(the chicks rock)

**DeKal** · January 20th, 2008, 01:34 PM

why cant i get images to show up?

**Creatinity** · January 20th, 2008, 01:50 PM

they're upgrading to 4.0...it causes some problems...
Really nice work by the way! fun sketchbook

**perilous** · January 21st, 2008, 12:59 AM

excellent excellent stuff. especially the medusa and the self portrait (that you use as your profile pic) are fantastic. i love the sketches too though, very nice studies.

**toubab** · January 21st, 2008, 04:42 AM

nice portraits here! and great colors!

**Liam Harvey** · January 21st, 2008, 05:14 AM

very nice pencils, nothing to complain about at all

**BohemianChaos** · January 21st, 2008, 10:52 AM

hey, good stuff here... I like how you play with distorting some of your figures, yet seem to have a good handle on anatomy and how the form moves. I'm impressed w/ the spray painted portrait as well. The way the wood grain plays with the skintones is interesting. Keep posting!

**funfetus** · January 21st, 2008, 11:00 AM

Wow, this is all really great stuff. I'd love to crit, but I can't. I love the almost hatched look you have in your digital stuff. That's an interesting technique. It reminds me a bit of Leyendecker. Keep up the great work.

**DeKal** · January 27th, 2008, 10:18 PM

creatinity - ahh gotchuh..thanks
perilous - thansk man..those are a couple of my favorites as well
toubab - thanks!
gerbil fetus-thanks!
bohemian chaos - thansk so much..i really appreciate the observations
funfetus - thanks..never heard of leyendecker though

some digi painting practice and a couple traditional things im working on.

**DeKal** · January 30th, 2008, 02:54 AM

my evil genie finished

**Chermilla** · January 30th, 2008, 09:12 AM

Wow, that finished piece is really great. The expression on the graffiti artists face is wonderful, and the hand gestures also. So tricky to get hands right but you seem to have no worries in that area! Wish I could say the same for myself! Hehe. Is there a deeper meaning behind this painting, or is it just an composition that you thought worked well? I mean the way I see it, it's almost like he's the Genie of the spraycan!

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