a humble sketchbook - NOV 12 update

**Alex Baer** · January 30th, 2008, 11:50 AM

excellent figure work man, the evil genie is awesome, too bad it wasn't supposed to be male or else you'd definitely have my vote.

**Kerberos** · January 30th, 2008, 03:58 PM

Dude I love you artwork. The proportions in the figures are addicting to look at.

**AmontilladoAg** · January 30th, 2008, 07:02 PM

Genie of the spraycan for the win!

Luv the concept

Nice, nice stuff, sir 8) Carry on -- and keep branchin' out! Enviros, still life, bodypaintin'

, life-drawing... you got the skillz: go, man, go!

Cheers

**MONGOSMASH!** · February 6th, 2008, 04:31 PM

I like how you combine areas of texture with smooth surfaces. Very inspiring.

**Tydal** · February 6th, 2008, 04:53 PM

You're art has far deeper concepts and beautiful rendering, which makes you and your art unique. I have to say you're one of my fav artists here on concept, neverstop

!!

**Kfeeras** · February 7th, 2008, 06:09 PM

man, great stuff all around, but the chow dakal is really amazing and athmospheric!!! more (plz?)

cheers

**The Legendary Left** · February 7th, 2008, 07:02 PM

One of my favorite pages.... I love the last CHOW with the spray paint, i did graffiti for years so its great to see graff incorporated anytime... I really have nothing much to say about this page except that all the images are amazing and you are a truly talented individual...Keep it up ill be passing by this sketchbook soon...

**seba_boi** · February 8th, 2008, 06:01 AM

Makes me wonder why that final piece of your Evil Genie didn't get in... Maybe due to the lack of "evilness" but all in all the final outcome is fantastic!...

BTW, you got a really nice style...

**daestwen** · February 8th, 2008, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by seba_boi

Makes me wonder why that final piece of your Evil Genie didn't get in... Maybe due to the lack of "evilness" but all in all the final outcome is fantastic!...

Or because it was supposed to be female.

I gotta say though, man, you've got some really nice stuff in here, and it's a shame that oreg couldn't take the genie to poll. I'm also really liking your amaterasu.

**DeKal** · February 8th, 2008, 12:00 PM

mongosmash - thanks man, unity in variety..you just gotta pull it off right
tydal - theres no way i can appreciate that enough.
kfeeras - thanks bro, just keep checkin back..i update every now and then
left - thanks man..ive drawn forever but graffiti in high school gave me a real reason for it...now i guess ive left it behind for this stuff...i like incorporating graff affiliated imagery whenever i can though.
seba - yea..dont feel like typing the reason again..just go to the post where i posted the image and read what i wrote..thanks though man.
daestwen - thanks man...its cool about the genie..i knew what the deal was..i just really liked where the piece was going so i finished it..i like your amaterasu too!

the first bunch are self portraits inpired by looking at andrew jones 1000...though ive barely gotten though looking at half of them...never realized he posted each individual portrait in that forum..a nice late surprise. the rest are just personal stuff and an album cover i did for these cats..enjoy! thanks again everyone for the interest...probly wouldnt have posted if yall didnt comment

**algenpfleger** · February 8th, 2008, 03:23 PM

Aaaawesome update, really, really good colors on those digis, but that pencil girl blows me away. Loving her expression.

**thesadpencil** · February 8th, 2008, 05:21 PM

wow great stuff. i love your lineart for your pencils and the colors for ur paintings are awesome. keep it up i wanna see more.

**AphexTweak** · February 8th, 2008, 06:42 PM

You have some really nice work here. Really enjoyed the back stabbing one from the first post, as well as your Medusa CHOW entry and the figure drawing of the girl with the black eye. Thanks for sharing... looking forward to future updates.

**Ignominious** · February 8th, 2008, 06:46 PM

whoa man, this skecthbook is so badass!
i'm loving post #60!

**seba_boi** · February 9th, 2008, 01:51 AM

Originally Posted by daestwen

Or because it was supposed to be female.

Ah, I see...

Originally Posted by DeKal

seba - yea..dont feel like typing the reason again..just go to the post where i posted the image and read what i wrote..thanks though man.

I guess we both have the same case of not reading everything that's written out in front of us...

**anticasper** · February 9th, 2008, 05:07 AM

bleedgirl is awesome =)

**Tydal** · February 9th, 2008, 05:50 PM

WOWW!! Everytime your gonna update this SB I'm just gonna get more jelous

lol. horrifying, mysterious and ofcourse beautiful

Oh and thanks again for the big ass C&C on my crart (crap+art=crart

) really appreciate it. I aim to get my art to your level when I hit 18 (i'm 14 now

) but like that will ever happen...lol

**GeistDel** · February 10th, 2008, 01:54 PM

You do really great work man. I really love your style, its really unique to you. One question. Are you self taught or have you studied or taken classes for your artwork? Also I really love the work you have been doin in the CHOW. You always suprise me with your takes on the different topics. Keep on doin what you are doin man.

**t11** · February 12th, 2008, 03:09 AM

That's for stoppin' by man, drawing without ref is a bitch ain't it?

You seem to be doin' alright with it. It helps if you manage to somehow sponge all the information around you or supplied by bridgeman/hogarth/whoever (which i am still yet to do) and just knowing how you want shit to go. closing my eyes n' visualizing for a while seems to help more in the long run as well than just going in cold.

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/att...1&d=1200596617 LOL!!!!!!!

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/att...1&d=1200596626 this is what i think of everytime i see your screenname... ha

those big paintings look like they're gonna be sick. advice? Ditch the carpet. dust/particle/vermin magnet that'll end up in your paintings.

big ups

**Joey-b** · February 13th, 2008, 12:03 PM

Ow man, u get 5 stars from me, this just keeps gettin better

btw, u still draw for Erth Chronicles?

**enthombed** · February 13th, 2008, 12:38 PM

Hey dekal you kick ass bro, you have the skills and inspire just to se your works.

i will watch your stuff alot now.

keep posting

**The Legendary Left** · February 13th, 2008, 04:34 PM

Once again, amazing job i really like the girl with the blood, it came out awesome.

**Samuel Gray** · February 13th, 2008, 04:37 PM

That girl coming out of the bathtub is intense.. She is huge upper body so it seems weird how the rest of her body would fit in that tub. The portraits are awesome by the way.

**JudoJoe** · February 13th, 2008, 04:48 PM

you have a very defined style. very influentially aesthetic. great work! don't die on us!

**DeKal** · February 13th, 2008, 08:28 PM

algenpfleger - thanks man. i really like how that one came out too..thats why i posted it.

thesadpencil
AphexTweak
Ignominious
anticasper - - thanks to you all!

seba_boi - it was at the time where ca was down and couldnt see the entire thread

Tydal - 14?!! o jeez..if your on ca and using photoshop now, you have nothing to worry about. i didnt even start getting serious about drawing til i was like 17...youll be fine.

GeistDel - ive been drawing since elementary school..i went to college and majored in studio art but by no means was my school an art school..my teachers were whatever...id say i did a good 70% of my learning on the internet and in my room. but thanks for the comment about my CHOWS..super appreciated.

TroyWilkerson - ha..yea its a bitch when im tryin to make my no ref work look like it was reffed..but if im just goin for my trippy weirdo characters its fun..ive got a bridgman book and have been doin anatomy copying for a little bit now..still lots more work though

Joey-b - thanks bro..na. i just did that one illustration for the dude. he doesnt wanna break bread.

enthombed
The Legendary Left - thank you both!

1337 - thanks. yea, i guess the perspective is just a tiny bit off..im ok with it though

JudoJoe - ha ha ha..thanks man..its a ruff world..ill do my best!

heres an update..a bunch of real sketchbook stuff. some reffed, some not, and some life drawing.. i was getting another tattoo the other day and drew this while waiting. i think it came out dope.
also, jumping on the bandwagon with some bridgeman stuff.
and the last CHOW, with some wips...thanks again everyone! enjoy

**algenpfleger** · February 14th, 2008, 04:34 PM

this must really be my favorite sketchbook right now. lines and expressions are great in those sketchbook pages, and your anatomy studies rock. got that bridgman today, i think i gotta study this stuff as much as possible.

**Maidith** · February 15th, 2008, 03:09 PM

Your work kicks some serious ass! Great sketchbook, indeed.

**Aly Fell** · February 16th, 2008, 03:55 PM

There's some great work going on here deKal. Hadn't visited your sketchbook before. Love the sketches and the very creepy girl in the bath! Love it all!