Austens Sketch Pad - August 31st 2012

[AustenFM]

Hey guys, I'm Austen,

-2010 update-
When I started my CA sketchbook I was 19, now I'm 22, I've learned a lot since I've been here, and I hope to learn a whole lot more ( cause I'm surely not getting anything beneficial from my school...) each day I'm here. So take a look and see how things progress and by all means, drop a critique or two, I would greatly appreciate it.

(EDIT!)
To whom it concerns, I moved all my drawings from this post to my second post.

[M-Croft]

Oh, man, something wicked is going on here.The shark page is particularly cool. I'd like to see more non-comic book-esque anatomy- slightly podgy, lanky, fat, etc. Also, I'd like to see some more female forms.

These are awesome, and you're makin' me jealous, man.

[DaStreets]

Wow, the sketches are great and the pen work is gorgeous. I like your character, they are interesting. Keep posting, comment me if u like, thanks

[jackpot_anjr90]

I really like your illustrative style and your crosshatching. Keep it up I'd love to see some complete works from you and something more realistic.

[AustenFM]

Thanks guys, I'll be working on more finished pieces asap.

in the mean time, here's a sketch up of my new logo, and a little card board stand up i made for my old room mate.

[AustenFM]

A 3 step inking process, not that you care, but its pretty neat.

Its Gibby Haynes from The Butthole Surfers, hopefully gonna turn this into something bigger.

[AustenFM]

A few recent pages from my sketchbook, I finally repaired my old Loomis book and began studying it, im amazed how off on heads i was!

here are a few pages of creating heads in a loomis like fashion, most are my own, a couple copied. Also a random doodle page for a project idea. Let me know what you think

gonna get back to work now, whee!

[M-Croft]

Swell stuff! You can already see the improvement. Try some big environments with dynamic perspective, and lots and lots of little characters, ala Where's Waldo style.

[Ankh]

Nice work, man. Very stylised.

Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook, too. Look forward to seeing more work from you.

[PieMonster]

Thanks for visiting my sketchbook!

Cool stuff here, really liking the randomness of the stuff you draw, and the style.

Keep working!

[AustenFM]

Thanks guys, here are a few more pages from my sketchbook. Mostly head studies. There's also some more sketches of Gibby Haynes for my poster idea, and also a sketch of Obama that I'm doing as a gift.

enjoy!

[M-Croft]

Megatard makes me mega happy. You're gettin' really awesome with the faces. I like the drawings with red, it shows all the steps you took and looks neat.

[Raoul Duke]

You have some good old fashioned low brow talent. keep up the hard work and study, it's paying off.

[AustenFM]

I'm making some stickers with my logo thingy to use at my discretion when i visit San Fran. Hopefully I'll have some worthwhile updates soon

[AustenFM]

Mini Update, some sketchbook pages and a drawing of Brooklyn Supreme, the woilds biggest horse!

[Troubadour]

Hey Austen thanks for the kind words.

I dig your sketchbook! love the studies and your use in value

[Hyptosis]

Killer stuff man, the picture of the drunk and the baby about made me bust my gut. Also digging the chick hugging the skeleton pilot looking dude, it's all good though. Lets keep in touch man, maybe sometime we could collab on something. Love your lines.

[George Abraham]

Nice style.

[AustenFM]

Howdy out there, here's a few new things for you guys to look over. Nothing fantastic, I'm just trying to keep my hand moving so I don't fall into a rut again!

[DaStreets]

Wow, awsome work. Ur pensmenship is beautiful. From the studies, to the faces and sketchs ur work is flawless. Love the sketch book. Comment back, thanks

[FAST ART]

you got a great dynamic in your lines.. and you got really nice ideas.. its very inspiring to watch your stuff.. keep drawing

[towy]

i like your sketchbook, continue :]

[AustenFM]

Thanks guys! Glad you all approve. Here are a couple more scans. The first page is a lot of junk, mainly showing my practice with using nibs. the second page I'm going ink with nibs. just wanted to show a before and after. Stay tuned!

[AustenFM]

Here you go folks, Its the same as the last picture in my last post, only inked with nibs! This was my first time really using nibs, i think it turned out ok, but i wanna get better!

by the way, I LOVE Flapjack.

[Zeus12]

Hot Damn! you got style kid, Keep it up no pie.
Definitely some legit business.

Post more, and I reckon you will be mighty popular.

[AustenFM]

Hey Fellas, Just unloading some stuff for you to mull over.

First off, I need to draw more often, a whole lot more often, Second, I'm going to be putting up some crappier stuff as well so you guys can pick out my weaknesses better . So let me know what you think! In the mean time, im gonna finish these last few pages of my sketchbook.

[Ankh]

I knew it was a good idea to subscribe to your thread. Every time I come back, more beautiful work. Keep it up, dude. Diggin it.

[skullsquid]

Wow rocking it.

You're amazing man.

Sorry I can't provide with critiques because I like what you're doing and it seems that you are already on your way to somewhere cool.

[AustenFM]

Hey, thanks guys! That's awesome to hear, makes me feel a lot more confident about my stuff! Here's some more for you guys to take a look over, I think im figuring out the body pretty well so far. I need to go sit in on some life drawing classes though. That would surely be benificial.

Anyhoo, enjoy!

[Mane]

this is relevant to my interests, please proceed.

Under statement of the year! I love your stuff
Chris