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    asiJa: Masterd is a strong word, my friend. All will be done in due time.

    Definitely gonna do another sphere before moving onto curves. Probably local light. I decided to include a "process sketch" this time. Guess which one it is.

    Sometimes doing nothing is the most productive way to spend your time.




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    DAME! I used the sphere from yesterday and it STILL took me one hour to do local lighting. My my. The values are a little off because my web storage facilities increase the contrast for effect, but you get the picture. Of course, I could keep rendering this for hours with marginal improvement, but that would be pointless until I get an actual sphere and light it.

    What a productive night it was! You exercise your brain before going to sleep and this is what you get. It gets so excited that it can't stop thinking. Gift and curse. As is everything. Maybe it was the sugar? We will find out tonight.

    Anton, you don't understand what you are capable of. You can't see the movie from the other side. If only you knew!

    Now, onto new horizons and new curved surfaces!!!

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    Seven out of eight done. Five more tomorrow. Something tells me I went too fast to learn as much as I could have.

    I've been re-listening to this podcast and added two more heroes to my altar. Although I'm nowhere near as skilled as them, I can definitely relate to Glen Keane's passion for drawing form and James Baxter's passion for.. movement..

    Mr. Keane was incredibly inspiring because he did exactly what I'm doing now when he was younger (only he was maybe 12). His dad gave him Hogarth's dynamic anatomy, and he had no idea what animation was when he went to Calarts.

    Mr. Baxter's draw to animation was copying and studying action. He was fascinated by ballet, professional sports and other disciplines where efficient motion is honed. I don't want to jump to conclusions here because I could probably extrapolate myself to any famous animator just as easily, but - animation is really the bomb. It's so much more complex, challenging and (therefore) rewarding than any other medium I've had the pleasure of dabbling in.

    I came to film school because I did not know of a better way to combine my two passions: drawing and music. Animation is definitely the road of me.







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    I went to the Society of Illustrators for life drawing yesterday. I believe it was the classiest Thursday evening I've ever had. Definitely gonna get in on the 10th class free card.

    I'm falling more and more in love with animation and life. I feel like Theoden after he's been awakened. Too bad I forget to write down my ideas, otherwise I could have a better metaphor.

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    great studies Isso09! keep going and you will kick ass! =)

    Are you studying industrial design?

    If you have a moment, pop into my sb and say hi heh

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    Magic Man: Thank you, budday. No, I just graduated from film school, and yes I will keep going!

    Boy are you gonna be impressed with my posts tomorrow!

    In Entertainment you do business by regurgitating ideas that have succeeded in the past. In Art you suffer to create something new. However art is just a type of entertainment for people with high brows.

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    Honesty is a luxury. Think of any person outside your family with whom you can really be honest. Of course, you're not one of them either. Enjoy.



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    I'm not ready for recognition yet, even if I were good enough to attain it. Achievement and fame ruins artists, even the ones who don't crave it. So why am I making this movie? It's not what you do, it's how you do it.






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    Commented in your blog earlier. Good work of course. What's the latest you're working on?


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    Mr.Pryminista: Funny you should ask that, because HERE IT IS! (also, thank you for commenting)
    Jarhead is a terrible movie.
    And I got a white "wheat" sandwich. What kind of a day is that?

    Oh, the portfolio piece #2.

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    Hey man your stuff is looking really good. Nice studies, I like how you convey the value ranges so quickly and loosely on those figures, it seems to work well.
    All those rendering studies from the Scott Robertson's DvDs are looking really good, I need to actually sit down and go over those myself.
    Hows your movie going? Also, are you done with the livestream now or do you plan on getting back into them later on?
    The portfolio pieces are looking good too. Are you making them for anything specific? Freelance work maybe?
    No real crits or anything because you seem to be on the right path and know what you need to study, keep it up man, good luck.

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    Untouched24: Hey man, thanks for dropping by. Movie is moving along very slowly. I'm done with livestreaming for now, because I've changed my schedule. My portfolio is for NYC Comic Con in october. Gotta start early, so that I can get good by the time it rolls around.

    Starcraft II has been out for a week and so have I. Time to get back to work, because I feel very much inspired. Expecting a portfolio piece tomorrow and IT WILL BE GOOD.


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    And I only put 2 hours into my portfolio piece. I've got lines and loose values down. I will probably finish it on Saturday. Oh right, I have things to say.

    From all the dubbed American movies and the songs that I heard as a child I don't remember the words, because I didn't speak the language, but I remember the RHYTHM.





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    Live like you have nothing to do and you will get everything done.

    Picking dust up from the floor, waiting for the F train and cutting your fingernails are as much a part of life as painting, eating peanut butter ice cream sandwiches and playing Starcraft II.







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    Very nice progress dude! Your dedication is inspiring. Anatomy studies are impressive.

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    Hellbeard: You know what? Your post is inspiring! Thanks for dropping by, dude!

    Just some studies for now. What are the for? I don't know.... Maybe you'll see tomorrow. I nailed my all-star brush line-up today. I can pretty much do anything with the ones I picked. But we'll see.

    Trying to spend less time looking forward to the future and regretting the past.




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    My first plein-air painting, inspired by Dice Tsutsumi. More to come. For some reason the models didn't have skin on their faces today... It's that kind of Wednesday. ugh.

    This is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to all the life drawing i've been doing though. I'm just too lazy to scan it in.










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    Finally when I close my eyes I see pencil lines and not video game characters. I really can't stop drawing because I'm riding such an unexpected wave of getting better. Finally I understand how people can spend so much time doing this. If I weren't going down south on Sunday, I would have probably become the next Michelangelo.

    Do your life drawing, kids. Grayscale = tens, Colours = twenties.






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    I think you're already good. So I'm too late. Those figure paintings are stellar, and the form exercises are great. I'm surprised you don't see more people doing those, given how helpful they are.

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    jcpahl: Thank you for the kind words. I've been doing life drawing/painting on and off for about a year, so at this point I would agree that they are decent. To think what I could have accomplished with my imagination work if I kept up with it consistently during that time!

    The ones I did mid-last summer took about 40 minutes, as far as I remember. The ones I did yesterday took no more than 15.

    Fine, I'll show you my other sketches from yesterday because I'm so proud of them.
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    great studies ! those form and lighting tonal studies up the page are fantastic

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    monsi: Thanks, man! I'm gonna get back to those soon since they helped me out so much.

    Should I keep going with concept art and get better at drawing or make a story portfolio and apply to animation studios for a job? I think the choice is clear..


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    There is nothing remarkable about it, but I was learning until I got tired.


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    I don't want to rise to the top badly enough. My drive is still in infancy. At this stage I still need external influences such as life drawing classes, contests, web activities and such to continue pushing and improving. It'll be tough to start the machine again once I get back from vacation.

    When you get mad at things not going right, or somebody being a dumbass, you're really getting mad at yourself for reacting to external forces in a certain way.

    Your organs, especially your brain could sure use a rest, albeit every once in a while.

    It sure is a little funny how all the terrible content that Disney releases are in part what allows Pixar movies to exist.

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    The title of your thread made me laugh XD! I'll be sure to keep up with your process, keep it up!

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    I like the castle piece, The perspective is very wonky but I LOVE the color scheme...

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    copperfire: Yeah, the title of the sketchbook became better as the art did.

    svanbrunt: Thank you, and yeah the perspective is quite wonky. I'm gonna need to learn sketchup to fix that up in the future

    I'm still afraid of actually rendering and I don't know how to simplify plants and objects...Which is pretty necessary for environments. Stay tuned. Two hours.


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    I wanna be the very best... like no one ever was. But first I need to get values right.

    I'm trying to use too many brushes instead of focusing on the values. I need to stop that.




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    Hey,

    I was drawn in by the title of your sketchbook, heh. First I would like to say that you have some great studies and I really like some of your early sketch work. I also like the Portfolio piece #2 (the wolf jump).

    I study at an atelier and for the first two years the focus is entirely drawing. Nothing but drawing. Then you move to monochromatic painting and finally, lastly, on to color. I suggest if you would like to improve your values to take out the color component for now. Any great piece of art that cannot hold up as a monochromatic piece usually is not a good composition to begin with on the value scale.

    Also...another key factor that may help: SQUINT! Simply look at an object, squint and put down the value patches that you see. It sounds simple, it is simple, and it works wonders.

    It may be beneficial to try some Cast copies (even if you remain digital instead of charcoal or pencil) or try some master copy drawings. These really help train your eyes in value.

    Okay...enough advice for now. Keep up the good work and you will progress and do great. All you need is perseverance.

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    Hey man, nice stuff, keep it up. I still need to get going on those Scott Robertson exercises and blocking in quick values on figures. These past two weeks for me should have been much more productive.

    I think the advice given above is useful, working only with value to really help understand things before moving into color. At least that's what I've been doing and find it helpful. I also think working more with pencil and drawing as opposed to value and color work would help strengthen your basic drawing skills.

    Keep it up brah.

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