Retep sketchbook-------> 1/11/10

**guggemmaneuver** · September 11th, 2006, 12:31 PM

dude you are burning this thread up---> subscribing. way to go... we're going to be doing the CATL thing really soon! can't wait to see what you're up to this schoool year! what will we do without Special-K around?!?

j

**RETEP** · September 16th, 2006, 05:27 PM

gugg-the K-man will be back next quarter, he will be missed till then...

been moving into my dorms and school, so i havent had access to a scanner etc. etc. wont let this keep me down this year though. i should be posting normally again soon.....
heres a digi i have been playing around with on my friends comp, i would love some crits for it. i dont know how far i am going to take it, but theres still alot to be done.....

later.

**Smash** · September 16th, 2006, 06:04 PM

Stars FTW.

**guggemmaneuver** · September 16th, 2006, 06:07 PM

retep:

hell yeah man--> looking good! here are a few crits on the awesome dino/reptilian dragon thing:
a couple of minor compositional things:

seems like the trees that frame the composition are a little bit predictable and stylized.... Potentially they could give you a really nice art nouveau kind of framing effect, but right now that they're mirrored is really, really distracting to me.
the dragon aspet..looks great compositionally. I'd say leave it as is and continue to rock it.
the middle ground with the robe wearing guys i dunno... i wish the eye level were closer to the groiund... maybe at head level with the snakes or SLIGHTLY above... not as much perspective.
tuft of leaves in the lower right??? seems like a haphazard compositional element.

k... hope that helps. thanks for the info about HHH, i wanted to call him but last time i kinda woke him up or something

looks good mang--> somehow we gotta get together for some drawring. will be calllin you up.

gugg

**RETEP** · September 16th, 2006, 06:13 PM

hey gugg,

thanks for the crit man! i should be working on the piece again soon. i was actually thinking about bringing the lizard guys up to eye level a little more. yeah, those foreground leaves were really bothering me. the lizard gu up front should be enough, but i might just take him out as well. dunno.

im in the process of getting a new number for my cell, ill give you a call as soon as i get it.

later.

**guggemmaneuver** · September 17th, 2006, 02:41 AM

cool man... it's just, the lizard hunchback guys have so much potential i think. really if you played them up it would intensify the overall impact of that gigantic a$$ dragon in the background. also... i was thinking that a change of perspective on that burning cauldron would help things immensely... what if in looking into this scene we could see burning embers lighting out into the congregated reptilian group? that would cast some ed wood style b-movie shadow upward lighting onto the visage of the dragon, which would be a little difficult to execute, but would be so impressive to see done right

Yeah... give me a call. actually tonight while i was driving i called your old number and some dude answered, that didn't sound like you:
"hey, ahh, is retep there?"
"uhh... ok. He doesn't have this number anymore."
"ahh... alrighty. thanks!"
click.

hehe
gugg

**Spats** · September 17th, 2006, 02:46 AM

This is great stuff mate!

Why no stars?

edit:nevermind about the stars hehe

**HugeHarHar** · September 17th, 2006, 04:12 AM

I'm jealous of your stars.

**Listing** · September 17th, 2006, 07:47 PM

Nice work. Good, various study. Keep widening it.

**guggemmaneuver** · October 1st, 2006, 06:36 AM

Originally Posted by retep-peter

i should be posting normally again soon.....

update, punk.

hey we're going to go to this ancient rome thing @ fernbank later this month. send me yr cell # when you get all that straightened out, k?

gug

**Smash** · October 10th, 2006, 12:30 AM

Retep still doesn't have a cell because he is a gigantic choad-monger.

**armando** · October 10th, 2006, 01:03 AM

Reactions to dragon composition: The lines of sight are all pointing to that fire, plus it's the only warm element in the comp so it becomes the focal point, but I would assume that dragon they seem to be worshipping should be the focus. Get rid of the symetrical trees and leaf that's supposed to balance the guy on the left, put another guy there instead. The guy's head peaking out at the bottom doesn't seem to be doing anything either. Do some studies of churches and temples, laying on the steps doesn't seem fitting for a dragon god. Light between trees should be toned down.

**RETEP** · October 10th, 2006, 01:22 AM

guggenmaneuve- thanks for the crit. i havent really done anything with the dragon image, but i did throw another version together focusing on the lizards. ill post it soon.

Spats- thanks

HugeHarHar-

Listing- thanks

Smash-

armando- thanks for the crit man. the other version i did i applied some of the things your talking about, like the crits about the trees. ill work on it some.

took digital pics instead of scanning to save time, but i might go back and scan them for better quality.

sketches...

SP for class
from life

photo and sketch combo, photoshop and illustrator

live model watercolor

**guggemmaneuver** · October 10th, 2006, 08:51 AM

wow peter, some really impressive stuff you are dropping here! So i put on my 3D glasses and this really jumped off of the page at me. yeah, the digital camera isn't ideal, but at least you are posting stuff.

def the self portrait is the so-called

GLEAMING ZENITH

of this update. seems like the face is dead on, and the rendering is nice and thorough. one crit i'd like to make is that...maybe the background should flatten out a little more. right now the marks that you are making that circle your head are somewhat evident, which ruins the foreground + background depth thing slightly. "ruins slightly" i guess is kind of an oxymoron

, i hope it's not too confounding of a criticism.

AND --> I guess you probably got my email about the CATL Sketch Group trip to fernbank to see the imperial rome exhibit on saturday the 28th--> lemme know if you (maybe even "you guys") are down and i could stop by and pick yall up if you are sans-automobile. Should be a lot of fun, it looks like a lot of new people will be showing up, so we may even break the 20 ARTISTS mark with any luck. Then we'll start a gang and go flip some automobiles at a shopping center, just to get good under-the-car reference views. Lemme know if you're down, k? it promises to be an entire day filled with UNSANE sketching debauchery. maybe even that blue-kollared-rake-brushed-emo-haired-freak from macon will make it up. which... actually he's going to be in town this saturday and several of us are getting together... hopefully we'll all be able to draw together for a little bit

"uhh... are you guys in some kind of class together?"

"I knew someone who drew once"

gugg

pld:

**RETEP** · November 28th, 2006, 04:15 PM

thanks for the support gugg. i see what you mean about the foreground + background relationship, its really bothering me now. when i geTIT back ill flatten it out so its all one value, or have it a bit darker by my shoulders and fade out.
im really disapointed i didnt get to go to any CATL meetings. this last quarter really kicked my ass, next quarter i will hopefully be more prepared and have more extra time. how did that 24-hour sketchbook hoopla go down??

heres an illustration project, human animal mix... didnt have a scanner when i had it so i had to settle with another shyty pic.

close up...

i threw this website together for a project. the first website ive ever made. hopefully i can get a real portfolio site planned out and built over break. some crits would be great.

http://studentpages.scad.edu/~prusse20/

later.

**Ian Mack** · November 28th, 2006, 04:23 PM

Neat idea having the figure on the left in your portfolio...I might put a head and legs on it so that it reads instantly.

As for other crits...depends what you want to do as an artist! Show us the best of what YOU want to do. You could put a few life drawing pieces in there to show your traditional knowledge as well.

**RETEP** · December 6th, 2006, 04:29 PM

ian- thanks for the crit!

figures from life...

sketches

have some more ready to post tomorrow,
later.

**Smash** · December 6th, 2006, 10:17 PM

Stop being a B Peter and send me some lovin.

**RETEP** · December 7th, 2006, 12:43 PM

more...

later.

**Smash** · December 7th, 2006, 03:29 PM

So since you don't have a phone still, hows break treatin ya buddy?

**hito** · December 7th, 2006, 03:32 PM

Great update RETEP; especially dig those watercolor life draws!

**RETEP** · December 14th, 2006, 06:20 PM

kit- breaks going good so far. hope that zelda your working on is coming along.

hito- thanks. i miss life drawing soooo bad, cant wait to get back to some sessions.

some old character sketches for a comic i wanted to throw together...

crap...

later.

**guggemmaneuver** · December 14th, 2006, 08:16 PM

...Great job on the figure studies... the way that you're choosing a small area of the figure to focus on is particularly impressive... are all these like 10-20 minute poses? anyways inspiring work, thanks for dropping it all here on the SB for us to see!

the USBC06 went well... 518 pages later we felt pretty worn out but it was a great time.

will prolly see you in january at some point.

j

**ChromaticCodex** · January 18th, 2007, 01:43 AM

Peter, quit drawing. You fucking suck at it.

**Smash** · January 18th, 2007, 11:27 PM

Hahahahahaha.

That picture is priceless.

**Smash** · February 6th, 2007, 12:55 AM

Hey Peter ... I have a mohawk.

**RETEP** · February 6th, 2007, 07:55 PM

gugg- thanks for dropping by, your posts are very much appreciated.

chroma- im gonna steal your tablet!

kit- nice, are you gonna keep it this time??

lame sketches... been too lazy recently, but i am going to start a series of oils in the next couple of days.

gouche

can anyone tell me how i can post a link to a PDF???

later.

**Darktwin** · February 7th, 2007, 12:26 AM

I really like your life drawings, can't get enough of them. delicious, mmm mmm good, more please.

**RETEP** · February 7th, 2007, 12:31 AM

darktwin- thanks

forgot to post these...
oil pastel

pip...photo manip-assignment

doodly...

later.

**ChromaticCodex** · February 26th, 2007, 10:55 PM

No more drawing reteP. You should take up a new hobby, like kissing my scrote.

The patterns in that last drawing are completely amazing, btw!

**RETEP** · July 25th, 2007, 04:07 PM

tomtom- you need some lush updates behind those beef curtains

the sketches...

-unfinished- these were only supposed to be the base colors and i was going to paint in gouache over everything, just haven't gotten around to it.

the older stuff i forgot to post...

i tried a little photo-ography

more coming very shortly.

**hito** · July 25th, 2007, 04:27 PM

Awsome update RETEP! I like the townscape one and the page of little faces the most.

**RETEP** · July 25th, 2007, 04:45 PM

hito- thanks!

sketchbook paints...

BIG

SMALL

mo sketches

WONDERFUL new toned sketchbook...

i did a few large scale figure paintings recently, that i will post soon.

later.

**RETEP** · July 26th, 2007, 03:54 PM

large paintings

all 6ft tall, but vary in width...

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

**RETEP** · July 28th, 2007, 01:59 PM

heres a really old SP, i did it because i wasn't happy with the exaggerated/cartoon looking digital SP i did awhile back. i ended up turning in the other one anyways...

some illustrations ive done from topics from illustrationfriday.com ....
Discovery-

Poem-

don't know if i will finish touching this up...

a drawing from the word Stringy...
line drawing-

digital color-

later.

**Smash** · July 29th, 2007, 05:25 PM

Soo ... worked on a creature drawing yet for me Peter?

**_andreas_** · July 29th, 2007, 05:39 PM

wow
i dont remember seeing this SB
i like your variations, the paintings and illustration of the poem.
keep updating!

**ChromaticCodex** · July 29th, 2007, 10:11 PM

Still haven't learned how to draw yet. Peter, get off your ass and go set up a still life with a cow skull, a couple of plastic flowers, some fruit, and a set of old china. then add ->

xoxoxoxoxo

**Smash** · July 30th, 2007, 12:47 AM

More Lense Flare!!!!!

**RETEP** · August 4th, 2007, 03:03 PM

kitten- dont even think about lens flaring me again

andreas-thanks

codex- your my number one aahhh guuyyyyy

topic- believe

sketches...

godawful colors

heres a creature kit...

i wanna work on a colored and fully rendered one soon.

tuo

**Anurizm** · August 4th, 2007, 04:07 PM

great sb and studies, keep it up.

**Smash** · August 5th, 2007, 08:46 PM

OooOoo I'll get crackalackin on the maquette then.

**CTseng** · August 6th, 2007, 12:29 AM

Wow, you have an awesome sketchbook! Was going to name some of my favorites, but there were so many images it was hard to keep track. You have an amazing brain and wonderful concepts. Keep updating!

**Smash** · August 8th, 2007, 07:39 PM

**RETEP** · August 24th, 2007, 03:15 PM

kit- *sigh*

Anurizm- thanks!!

tytseng- thanks for the support

small update...

MOON

acrylic painting...

K.race...here you go, ive had it done for a long time just been to lazy to update. look at horses for good muscle reference if you need it with the Marquette.

**HugeHarHar** · November 2nd, 2007, 02:15 AM

Get back on here fool.

**Smash** · February 18th, 2008, 04:25 AM

Hey Peter I just registered for a Constructive Animal Anatomy and Creature Design class, I'll send you the stuff I'm working on so you can look at it and critique.

**Matsign** · March 12th, 2008, 04:37 AM

pretty bad ass stuff dude. The moon illustration is rad, just love it.

**CRAIGGERS** · July 1st, 2008, 09:10 AM

hey retep.....peter
its craig i finally posted some stuff
look up CRAIGGERS and its their

**CRAIGGERS** · October 9th, 2008, 10:22 PM

hey man ill post some new stuff soon

**CRAIGGERS** · October 29th, 2008, 10:06 AM

hey peter check out my lobster giraffe on "its finally finished"

**RETEP** · January 17th, 2009, 02:03 PM

im back!!! its only been like five months since i last posted.

smash- i never got any of those creature designs, still waiting for them...

matsign-thanks

craig- i checked out your lobster giraffe, its awesome. i can't believe thats your first digital piece.

so heres a pitiful update from my toned sketchbook. i have to pick and choose from alot of images(there's honestly not much good to choose from). there will be tons more to come now that i have scanner access again (i have an entire sketchbook i finished since last time i posted). chronology from sketchbook to sketchbook is going to be all out of whack since i work in all of them simultaneously, but as long as i am getting it posted im happy.

begin...

i was looking at way too much Gary baseman

unfortunately one of the only real concept drawings i've done lately

concept for a painting i never completed

working on narrative

fabric study

went to a figure drawing session the other night, i hadn't been in ages. my hands feel like they have rusted over.

thats all from my toned sketchbook.
i will try to update the rest asap.

finish.

**RETEP** · January 21st, 2009, 01:10 PM

Here are some drawings from a very small sketchbook i have, i wanted to experiment alot with different styles and ideas. Again i am picking and choosing from many pages, and i still have more to update from it.

I was looking at too much Renaissance imagery

...more updates coming soon...

**RETEP** · January 23rd, 2009, 06:14 PM

heres some more finishing up the small sketchbook...

never finished this one. there was supposed to be balls of legs in the background, and i was planning on making a larger one.

i posted this color study because it was one of the original color studies that got me playing with color alot more.

painting on sandpaper

more updates as promised, coming soon.

**CRAIGGERS** · January 27th, 2009, 04:43 PM

awesome work man!!!
i love the new style! fresh!!!
ill see if i can post some of my new sketchs soon

aight man
miss you

gay.

craiggy

**RETEP** · January 28th, 2009, 08:53 AM

craig-thanks man, i'm looking forward to an update!

heres just a couple more...

this one has two layers, the image of the three figures is behind this one. the circle in his chest is the cut out.

blah blah

**RETEP** · January 30th, 2009, 06:30 PM

All of these images are from an entirely new and completed sketchbook. i am not scanning the majority of it, actually, the first image i scanned is almost halfway through the sketchbook.

here are a bunch of Don Quixote studies i did, trying to make an illustration...

i decided to make a larger version of this one, which i will post soon.

more from this sketchbook soon...
i swear it gets better.

**RETEP** · January 31st, 2009, 12:20 PM

well, i hope they're better...

heres some more recent figure drawing, i'm feeling a little better about it.
went a little crazy on her neck...

**jedininjaman** · January 31st, 2009, 12:30 PM

so much work man
and consistent quality to boot, thanks for sharing
there are some real gems in the last few likeupdatesthis one for example
keep it up man, you must be drawing like crazy to get this much out
-jedi

**ChromaticCodex** · February 11th, 2009, 06:41 PM

The knight with the cloud stash is amazing :0 Also great girls with no eyeballs and handsome color studies. The composition on that black&white SP is stompin as well. Very fun concepts, keep rocking those large intestine!