**draw** · May 12th, 2004, 12:30 AM

Long time admirer of the work here.
I think it's time I set about posting my progress to keep me focused. Here's my first self portrait in oil

**draw** · May 12th, 2004, 12:39 AM

tablet girl referenced from photo by Hegre

**draw** · May 12th, 2004, 12:52 AM

an older one

More of where i'm at now

**draw** · May 13th, 2004, 04:26 AM

**JackalAnubis** · May 13th, 2004, 04:31 AM

nice start to your book. I really like that skull you just did, all the planes and the forms are rendered very nicely. keep going!

**draw** · May 14th, 2004, 12:31 AM

**Main Loop** · May 14th, 2004, 12:54 AM

those rendered studies are pretty damn nice.. one crit, get rid of the heavy outline around things.. are you treating it sort of like a shaded contour drawing? if so, vary the line wieght so that the lightest and thinnest line is in the light area, instead of vice versa.. after enough enough practice you wont even need that..

**draw** · May 17th, 2004, 04:12 AM

JackalAnubis - Thanks mate. Love your work

MainLoop - Thanks for the advice. yeah I'm still learning, Checked out your stuff its tops

**draw** · May 17th, 2004, 04:49 AM

pastel on black paper

oil on canvas

pencil sketch of my kitchen

plein air pencil sketch of fruit tree

:flamig: :flamig: :flamig: :flamig:

**Farin** · May 17th, 2004, 07:15 AM

really nice rendered drawings ... the profileshot of the woman is my favorite piece!

**jook** · May 17th, 2004, 07:16 AM

love the way that tree turned out there.... good stuff, keep them coming...

**draw** · May 19th, 2004, 09:19 PM

this is my first go at a still life in oils

here's some el coro inspired paint tubes

love the way that tree turned out there - jook

Thankyou. put it down on paper

the profileshot of the woman is my favorite piece! -
Farin

Thanks Farin

**mogando25** · May 19th, 2004, 10:15 PM

Wow dude, I love the way you render stuff!

Especially the arm

Wow!

**draw** · May 24th, 2004, 12:13 AM

**draw** · May 24th, 2004, 10:31 PM

Should finish this

**draw** · May 25th, 2004, 03:43 AM

ref studies

**TheUbermind** · May 25th, 2004, 04:58 PM

YOU SHOULD FINISH THAT PIECE ABOVE! ITS FOXY oh yeah- you look like my neightbor(self portriat) :evilbat:

**draw** · May 29th, 2004, 09:22 PM

**draw** · June 1st, 2004, 07:10 PM

Anatomy studies (beginnings)

**draw** · June 10th, 2004, 10:04 PM

Here's a start on two characters I'm developing devil man and cool chick

This is an older completely naive one

**draw** · June 13th, 2004, 01:13 AM

**SeraphSword** · June 13th, 2004, 01:44 AM

Nice stuff, really like the studies. On the Michaelangelo one though, I don't think he's quite that bulky is he? I don't have a picture of it so I can't be sure. Then again, I guess it takes a little time to work up to the Michaelangelo level huh?

**draw** · June 13th, 2004, 02:30 AM

Thanks for the crit SeraphSword.

Yea my Michaelangelo study was bad proprtions from the start,
but it was fun

Man...
it would take me more than my lifetime to work up to Michaelangelo.

But I do hope to improve and am stoked you commented.

**draw** · June 14th, 2004, 01:51 AM

More work on my girl character (New to this type of drawing)
I'm very impatient with my imagination and find it difficult to push through to an end.

I find when drawing from life I have much better patience

**waronmars** · June 14th, 2004, 08:46 AM

It looks like you have a similar problem to me, my friend. Drawings from life= awesome(in your case) alright (in my case), Drawing of the top of your head= your's ordinary, craptastic in my case. I would recommend using references for your chick, and look at proportions more. But seriously..those hand drawings, the paint tubes and the pear+fag lighter....Shiiiit! You've got some talent there boy!