Sajad's Comic Book Art

[PaulGanguly]

Oh man...

I just came across this thread and I've gotta say your style looks like you've been working in the field for years. How far along are you in college? Like, when you say 'too late to change majors' does that mean you're a senior? I mean, you can change majors pretty late in the game, and no thave to backtrack too much.

Anyway, I'm sure you've heard it all before.

Your images are phemomenal. The fifth one down in your first post is my, IMO, the best one in the thread. I love using a ball point pen. It helps giev you an idea of what lines really matter, and which one's you can leave out.

Just wanted to say I love your work, and I look forward to seeing more.

[sajad126]

thanks again for the nice words....in regards to how far along i am in my education? this is actually my last semester so im pretty sure it wouldnt be worth it to switch majors now, lol. and thanks for noticing the ball point pen picture, i was trying to do something from the matrix. that piece prolly took me the longest of all of em, not cuz of the drawing itself which i think is bull dooky but the leather outfit. it kinda came out the way i wanted it to which is good i guess! so, glad you liked it !!
about anatomy? nawh i havent really studied it which is why in some of my stuff its really wrong if you look at it for a while. ive got to improve on it and hopefully one day ill be happy with it. i basically got all my anatomy from comic books and real life, kinda mixed em both. what i need to improve on the most is background stuff and i think womens anatomy. ill be working on as soon as im outta school ! ! woohoooo !!! im almost out i see the freaking LIGHT! !!!!! anyways sorry i dont have anything to post but there letting me work overtime at my job and hey i need the flo, i will hopefully have something soon enough though ! ! thanks again to everyone who posted and let me know what they thought, and any advice is much appreciated ! ! see you guys friday when i will have something to post !! PIZZOW!!

[Jarons20]

Man, you should do up a portfolio and do the Convention circuit, get some pro advice and make contacts. Electrical engineering is great but it is also something to have while you try to break in to a field or you could make some money and then journey to New Jersey for a Joe Kubert Education at his sequential arts school

[spok]

gives us more!!!! i'm one of your biggest fan!!! and Jarons20 is right, it is good to have electrical engineering but you should really look into the comic thing!!!

[the drunken bunny]

You are a great artist, your drawings are great rendered and show depth........but all the stuff you've shown are only pin-up drawings, you gotta show some sequential drawings (comic strip panels), draw 2 or 3 comic page layouts.

By the way..Keep up the great work.

[sajad126]

hey guys, sorry havent been around busy at work, they lettin us work overtime...gotta make that paypah !! anyways, these are the only things i was able to sketch out.....

just doodling......


this is actually a base idea for a character that a friend wants....its pretty simple right now but im expanding on it.......

[teyekanik]

hey Saj.. I dont doubt your ability.. you have a great grasp of anatomy and comp and structure.. but the thing that bugs me about your stuff.. and something I feel I myself am lacking; a lack of variety in expression. Most all of your drawings have the same intent stare. It'd be nice to see something different in the emotional range. But as it goes now great sketches. Can you color?

[sajad126]

hey teyenik, ur on to something i gotta do something bout that n i will work on it, thanks for the advice....my power just came on after about a day without it due to hurricane francis.....anyways drew some stuff here it is.....first pic is for a friend who had been on my ass for a while, lol, its cool and the 2nd one is a sketch of my front porch while sittin there, thas where i was sittin while sketchin....

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[maxetormer]

Your caracter pics are very good
as usual your weak point is more
related to enviromets, I would
suggest doing more of those,
last one needs more work
and the perspective Vanishing points
lines are a bit off too,
you need to get to make
more drawing form life man!!

Do more drawing form life and you
will see that your library of images get bigger
and your images will be more rich.

keep updating the thread too man!

[sajad126]

yeah that is def one of my many weaknesses but sooner or later with some practice i will hope to be where i wanna be......thanks for the advice and ill post some stuff when i got it ! thanks..

[JVaughan]

Looked through all of your characters, must say you have some nice work here. Now you have to do the same thing I did I few years back. Start using color, take your knowledge of form and then apply it to other things. The only thing that makes some of your drawings week is it seems like you draw a great character then fall asleep when its time to do a background. I am anxious to see you improve, you have a lot of raw talent...

[sajad126]

sorry guys, the hurricane has kept me busy with other shit, helping neighbors and preparing for other hurricanes.....thanks for everyones advice and i will take it and hopefully put it to help myself become better, i definately have to improve on all the things you guys have mentioned.... oh and for anyone who cares, i was taking shutters off from my house after the hurricanes and i fell and i tore my GODDAM ACL (major ligament in my knee), it freakin requires arthroscopic knee surgery which i havent decided when to have.....anyways, lemme stop before i continue to ramble ! later !

[Dementist]

... I hate you for making me momentarily think that the Thundercats were cool.

HATE!

....nice shading, though.

[Fantomas]

heres a thought just go to this school. I think its right up your alley. I haven't read all of your posts but it seems you aren't very happy with your schooling. So check this out...the curiculum rocks and I don't have to tell you it looks like the faculty ain't too shabby either! Please for the sake of your art consider this.

http://www.kubertsworld.com/kubertsc...bertSchool.htm

[Sok N. Wett]

Yo Sajad, sorry to hear about the hurricans, I hope your all right, hearing about how man people were hurt or even been killed of it is really scary, kinda worried about you man. Update soon when the storm pass over, let me know that your ok.

[sajad126]

wassup guys, first of all just wanted to tell everyone thanks for the advice i will definately use it and just thought i would let you know all is good as far as the weather is down here in florida now that all the hurricanes have passed eventhough we still have one more month of hurricane season. the only thing botherin me right now is my knee and ive scheduled my surgery to happen in 2 weeks so ill be out of action for a while(no basketball or football for like 7 months, DANG!!)....i guess ill use that time to draw a bunch!! anyways, i did this piece for a friend, its his charcter designs and it was done in pen,anyways thas about it for now, see ya when i see ya! PEACE!

[sajad126]

hey i just got a photoshop cd and installed it on my machine, ive been wanting to color my stuff for a while now!! any good tutorials on how to color ? lemme know if anyone has any advice!! thanks....

[maxetormer]

Hey dude, long time no seeing (ill look up my bookmarks to
see if i have some adresses of digatal cololring tutorials)
i havetn sleept in all nit doing some studies, i just wanted to say
hello and keep the studies coming, and good luck on your
knee surgery.
About the last pic you uped the dragon looks a bit flat you
might wanna work a bit more on the design is looks to convencional
the caracters look awesome, and bw do go to that
Kubert comic school I will probalby will go there and I think
is a good option to get good insigth on how to start
on the comic bussines.

see ya

[teyekanik]

hey sajad, you should really post these in the color book thread... go check it out.. good job as usual.. .

[buZu]

very nice work....very beautifule and a nice style...one thing ...can u tell me how old are u?have u been in an art school?and is this what u do at work?.....i hope i dident disturbed u with my silly questions...........

[sajad126]

hey wassup all, i had surgery on thursday and it went good thank god...im gonna be in crutches for like 3 weeks and then after im gonna need some physical therapy for like 3 months, anyways, thas that....

BUZU: no i havent attended any art schools, i kinda learned through comics and stuff which is why alotta of my stuffisnt quite there yet, i know i got some problems......oh and i just turned 25, yes i do this at work but i dont get paid for art, i wish i did.

Teyekanik: lemme know wassup with the tutorials with photoshop yo ! and your website is pretty sweet....

if anybody esle got any help with photoshop for me....HOLLA ATCHYA BOY !!

oh and heres some characters i did for a friend whoes working on a book, they are the same ones from my last post anyways cant wait till hes done with it cuz its gonna be real good !!

[light]

This is extremely impressive work. You have figures down great man, and your faces are top-notch. Keep up the awesome work.

[ArifQazi]

Are you switching your major?

[inpho]

Very inspiring... some awesome pieces you got here.

[sajad126]

lol, long story short...im not switching my major now cuz its too late, i will however try and go to school to take some photoshop classes......anyways, i should have something to post soon, thanks again for the nice words n see ya guys, later !

[one2hit]

If you penciled a comic book, I would buy it.

[Skureal]

I would buy it, too.

Ok i saw that you are really great in proportions, shading, dynamical motions, compostion, details and outlines. I would say it´s time to do more coloring, to have a 100% comic artwork.
Please correct me if I wrongly lies, but you have not much colored works at this moment (I also locked at your website).

However, i think it makes a lot of fun to give color to some of your sketches. Yes, i would ink and dye some drawings, because they screamed *finish me, immediately* .

[sajad126]

havent posted in a really long time cuz of rehab/work/school n stuff...havent really drawn much either but heres the little of what i have done, nothing much but just something to let u know im alive....lol, both r done while at work cuz thas where i seem to have the time.....the chair is actually from work and so is the desk(got that idea from another member, lungbug who is an awesome talent, props to you bro) and white out and nevermind, ill post again when i can, till then see ya......and oh !! yeah i havent had a chance to work with photoshop yet to color my stuff but ill get on it cuz i really wanna get into it, i will need help though with that...anyways, later.

[Badger]

Great too see a post from you again sajad!
Welcome almost back...
Great work! always been a favourite thread because you are honestly doing this because you love it.
Look forward to the Photoshop stuff
-Badger-

[Fawad]

my sajad-related quote:

"I used to be 'The Pakistani Kid Who Could Draw' in junior high school...until billy came along. *grumblemumble*"

Thank you all for confirming what I've been saying for half my life. Sajad is an amazing talent, mashallah and all that. When he truly lets loose he's going to leave a mark on the world that'll be long remembered. And the crazy thing is he's ALWAYS been able to draw good (it's in his blood), and you should SEE him do it. It's instantaneous. Completely at ease, completely untrained, and he does all this just sitting there in a few seconds. AND he's got no ego. I've only seen professional artists have such ease with drawing. For me it's like tearing an arm off, and I can't get anywhere near the same effect. And as the thread shows, he keeps getting better.

i like the chair one, billy.

[mogando25]

Nice to see you back ... but I would argue this isn't your strongest stuff. Anyway, cant wait too see PS stuff, and gettin back in da groove dude.

[sajad126]

wassup guys, thanks for comments but i aint that good ! ! ! ! lol.....i mean its real nice you say those things but there are so many other people on this site alone that are advanced than me it aint even funny. hopefully ill get there soon though ! anyways, just some character im doing for a friend, again i did it while i was at work.......oh, it supposed to be a homeless elve in the modern world........im thining of more ideas and when it gets on paper ill post em......later !

[rodrigogua]

pretty outdated, but it shouldn't be a pain to color lineart i ps if it is lined paper. just go to image>adjustments>levels (Ctrl+L) and select Blue from where it says RGB on top, and slide the triangles until they are not visible anymore, and it's ready for coloring.

[welch99]

You have some very nice work here. You've inspired me to start my own sketchbook thread. All of your pieces have a strong sense of composition. I can see an influence of Charest in your work.

[sajad126]

its awesome that i actually inspired some one, good to know for my sanity. lol, also, rodrigo, thanks as well, and man i cant wait to start learning how to use PS but time is so hard to come by these days with finals, but alas i see the light at the end of the tunnel for this is my last semester for i am going to graduate !!!! THANK GAWD !!!!!!!!! i barely have enough time to doodle while at work to post what i can now, im hoping i will finally have some time to actually do some finish pieces and not just doodles like i mostly have here, anyways, thas wassup..........im at work right now and hopefully ill be able to bust something out ! later.....thanks again to everyone who commented and also those who are viewing.....ph and for those who wanna know, i started my physical therapy and have been doing it for like a month and its going good, i just recently starting walking on my own without the crutches and am looking forward to next month when i actually attempt to jog !

[KodiaK]

Hey Sajad, great pics, i really am trying to draw the comic style bodies in my notebooks all the time, never works out quite so well, especially since i can't shade worth crap, which shows even more with pen.

ONE SUGGESTION. DRAW FEET.

In most of these pics, you cut off the feet, or stop drawing below the feet, or put someone in tall grass, or in water.

Draw feet. ya.

[sajad126]

hahahahahahahhahahaha, i was laffing my ass off when i read the last post, hahaha, i didnt even realize i did that so much, i know my ass is lazy and i try to find shortcuts and stuff, mayB thas why i cut it off? but just for you my next post will definatley have feet!! hahaha, thas some funny shit.....lol.

[dadamafia]

this is some really nice stuff you have here. cool beans to you. i love the way you render with ball point pens. i just met you a couple seconds ago and now that i think about it i do see you drawing all the time when i pass by where you work. i am very impressed. someday ill be good, but not today. for now i look up to ppl like you.

[sajad126]

wassup guys, kodiak! ! my bad bro, i forgot about the feet thing man, i will definately post with feet next time, i just doodled a quick 10 minute sketch while at work and thought i should post it.....lol, also, welch: yeah charest is the fu$#ing MAN ! i check out his website often and alos joined his msn group its pretty phat, u shoudl also check out jim less msn group and adam hughes website!! anyways did this quick 10 minute sketch while on hold with the financial aid office while at school while at work....note to everyone....the people who work at my schools financial aid...SUCK! ! ! oh yeah the hand is messed up and so is his face, i even used bootleg paper. YUCK!!! YELLOW?! ! ! ! but i dun care i pull down everyones underwear ! just wanted something to post, later !

[Sok N. Wett]

Glad to see your cruising once in awhile here, you should really start doing some comic book page layouts, it's a good thing to show to comic book companies to show them what you can bring to the table. If you haven't seen some of JadeDragon's comic book pages, I suggest you do, it's some great shit. Keep posting I'm already missing your stuff.

[awaneesh]

man ,better leave engg and be full time artist...lolzz

[sajad126]

wassup guys, i did some of these while at work this week and just got a chance to post em up...i was looking through the forum and saw some awesome stuff that inspired me and i just wanted to work more on my shading cuz i think i got a lot to learn about light and stuff like that.....anyways, the one of the girl is actually a picture from a jim lee pic....OH AND I GRADUATED !! !! !WOOHOOOOOO ! ! ! ! ! got my bachelors in electrical engineering, cant beleiev i finally finished.....dont know if i should persue my masters now or try and go to school for art? well see what happens......anyways, il see you guys later !

[sajad126]

ah, its real late over here in miami and i was studyin some notes for an interview i got in a week and i needed a break and came up with this on some scrap paper i had layin around....took about 20 minutes....shawn, ill have your pic this week hopefully ! later, im gonna hit the sac..........zzzzzzzSNORTzzzzzzzzzz

[Sok N. Wett]

yzorg - You posted in the wrong section, this is Sajad's thread, you can make your own sketchbook by clicking on the new thread button located in the button of this page http://conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=41 you might also want to delete your post here. I also sent you a pm just in case.

[jca]

Lol.....

[unckledaddie]

I gotta say that everytime I come to Sajad's thread, I'm just blown away. That's why I asked Sajad to help me with some character designs. He's out of this world. I can't wait to see more!!!

Congrats on the graduation!!!

-shawn

[sajad126]

wassup guys, wassup sok !? aint heard form ya in a while, hope everythings going good.........whattup shawn? everything cool? and thanks! anyways, yeah yzorg mayB you wanna put your stuff on another thread, i mean if you really wanna keep it here, its cool, im not gonna go to war with ya, lol....anyways, just doodling parts.....also, shawn, underneath the trench coat you wanna have em wearing normal clothes right ? not elve attire? cuz thas what im figuring, lemme know if anything bro, aight guys later !!! oh !! yeah i forgot about the feet ya !!! ill be working on it for you man! ! !l ol, still laffing, later...

[unckledaddie]

Yo! I think street clothes would be more fitting. Hope you all have a good holiday season!

-shawn

[HEROIC]

hey sajad, these drawings are awsome man, it looks the same as the cartoon pics. Post more drawings in Xmas time too, and give a tutor for drawing a female character too. ...lol
Congrats on the graduation..
its really cool man,, and interesting to see a engineer with such a great drawings. Oh, by the way, whats ur refrences? really great stuff, wish to see more from you, in and after Xmas

[Eric Branston]

yeah these are ok...
KIDDING!!! why are you an engineer student? If you think you arent good enough to make it as an artist....you have some REAL self esteem problems. How about this, on your next engineering test just draw something amazing (anything in your case) and be like "F engineering, it sucks!" hand in the test, and apply to some place that you can take advantage of your godly skills. You being an engineer, would be like Einstein saying he wanted to be a janitor; it just wasnt meant to be.

[sajad126]

wassup guys, was cleaning out a folder and found some sketches from the past semester that i did during lectures, lol, mayB if i was paying attention i woulda gotten better grades.....there aight, some of its pretty blah and theers stuff wrong with alot of em but just felt like posting.......heroic: as far as references i dont really use any, but i know im heavily influenced by comic books which is why you can see alotta my stuff unproportioned ! thanks eric and heroic for the comments......and shawn ill be mailing you the drawing after christmas, i hope ya like bro......u know the deal though, if you dont liky lemme know and ill come up with something else for ya !!!

[Sok N. Wett]

I love this update even though their old they are really good especially the hulk ones. Is that Tom Cruise at on the last page? It's about time you start doing some comic pages man, like Nike said, just do it!

[Grizz]

Man, you've got a sweet comic style. You should seriously look into making art your professional.

[sajad126]

photobucket disabled my direct linking cuz i exceeded my 1500 mb of space.....my ass is too lazy to go back and try and link it again ...anyways, that sucks......mayB ill just relink all my sketchs in my next post......anyone know anything i could do about it ?

[sajad126]

just some stuff i doodled yesterday and today.......see ya all later......gotta go to therapy.....

[IanE]

Hrm... I think the 'it's too late to change majors' bit is silly. With that talent, you could finished college, do it all over again in art school and still make it well off.

You've got quite a gift, and it's a damn shame it's being put to use in electrical engineering class.

Either way, best of luck to you, these sketches are badass.

[Sok N. Wett]

Yo these new ones are great the invisible girl one is the BEST, cause it's looks just like her. Billy you can either make another photobucket account if you want, I have two as well. Did you ever get the doteasy website transfer, it should have been sent, it stays only for a week and then it won't let you complete the form unless I sent out another request let me know if you got it or not, if not i can send you another request and tell me what day you want me to do it, so you'll have a week within that do to complete the info before it expires. Aight man peace out, and keep em coming, would love to see you take on the human torch.

[auden100]

woah. I checked out hiddenscrolls and just had to see your sketchthread too. I'm impressed. You've got a control over value, imo right up there with JoshuatheJames (the value himself). I could go on, but suffice it to say "I likey!!"

Keep em coming.

[rodrigo!]

yea man u got an awesome style thanx for sharing!!!!

[Icey]

hahaha

love the kid with the glasses from your last page!!!!
great work!!