GreenSock's Sketchbook Diarrhea

**Alday.J** · January 4th, 2006, 05:37 AM

Excellent, Sir ! Keep that one for work on it later... I'm curious to see you push this one later.

**fooxoo** · January 4th, 2006, 06:36 AM

Some really nice anatomy studies, but the half shave is definitely the best

**crazy3dman** · January 4th, 2006, 02:53 PM

Hey Sir, I love looking through your SB. The contour line sketches are really interesting. And I really like that last self portrait.

**SirGreenSock** · January 4th, 2006, 10:53 PM

Placeboast - Thanks, I like the rendering, too. You're right, I should refine it some more.

timpaatkins - Thanks for the kind words

Alday.J - Will do, I'll work on tightening it up more.

fooxoo - hehe, thanks. Half-shave was funny, but didnt last long :p

crazy3dman - Thank you!

hehe, I know I keep repeating it, but I again forgot to scan.

Been doing bridgman studies and other usual work, I'll try and scan tomorrow.

Here's todays self portrait, done in OC. One of my favorites so far.

**Alisa** · January 4th, 2006, 10:56 PM

Wow ! A lot of these digital works are very similar to traditional paintings ! I'm impressed ! I think I like the last one the best as well . Something about the lighting and the colors are very interesting too P: .... half of a mustache ? -confused- ;o

The watercolor is nice , but I think its a little bit too washy ... it really depends on the style you were going for . A nice little excersize might be to try layering contrasting or different colors ! All of these are really interesting ! I enjoyed looking at them .

**jkior** · January 5th, 2006, 10:53 AM

holy mcdamn, dude! when you say 'work and dedication,' you sure know what that means, don't you? hehe. . .fantastic work, man - there's tons I love in just the last two pages but these last two digital sp's are freakin incredible! Just stellar. . .oc rocks, huh?

rock on man

mike

**strych9ine** · January 5th, 2006, 11:18 AM

That last portrait kicks ass, seriously. Nice progression of skill in this thread, you're getting better and better before our eyes.

**WARHEAD** · January 5th, 2006, 06:10 PM

Cool last SP dude ! really like the contrast between the red and green - keep goin'

**Alday.J** · January 5th, 2006, 06:13 PM

Your last SP is superb, mann ! You simply rock !

**Miau** · January 5th, 2006, 06:14 PM

you are quick man!
love the last portraits!

**SirGreenSock** · January 6th, 2006, 03:16 AM

Thanks everyone!

Alisa - Thanks, I try to use the same process when painting with both digital and traditional. I agree with you on the watercolours, I tend to use way to much water, I'll practice with em some more, try to get more control.

jkior - Hey, youre the expert or work and dedication, not me

Thank you, yeah, oc kicks my ass.

strych9ine, WARHEAD, Alday.J, Miau, That fat kid - Thanks for the compliments, youre too kind

Todays update, scanned sketchbook pages, but most of it is senseless junk, couldn't keep my focus on anything this past week (aside from the self portraits)

First of, todays self portrait, this one was a bit rushed, held up a mirror beside a mirror to see my profile. Hand got tired, so I stopped... Done in OC

Did a lot of drawings from life, mostly of my 2 brothers doing stuff.

Also did a lot of these kinds of pages with random stuff thrown about.

Drawing from photograph, continuing to study torsos

Was reading Bridgman yesterday, did some sketches along the way

Got my hand on a car mechanics' book/manual, did some sketches

Thats it, hopefully next time around I'll be able to sit down and focus on one area and get more work done.

**Zord** · January 6th, 2006, 03:22 AM

Hello Sir, that green/red SP is pretty kick ass. These last few pages, although full of random sketches, are full. And I think it was Mentler that said that pages should be completely filled, and you're doing that. The torso sketch is really nice too. Keep it up man.

**Alday.J** · January 6th, 2006, 12:13 PM

Goddam ! You're a drawing machine, Sir ! It's always a good surprise to check your SB. Tons of stuff, wow !
J.

**SirGreenSock** · January 7th, 2006, 03:46 AM

Zord - Thanks! I like the pages that are full, I was just frustrated that I couldnt focus on studying one single thing and did work all over the place.

Alday.J - Thanks a lot dude!

Continuing self portraits, experimenting with colour and value techniques. This one got messy in the end, but was a great learning experience. Done in OC

**jkior** · January 7th, 2006, 11:42 AM

whoaaaaaa. . .fantastic update man! dang, I didn't see that last update. Your pen sketches are always awesome to look at; it'll be interesting to see what happens as you absorb some of the bridgeman material. . .also yay belvedere!

color studies are lookin great. . .the only crit I have is the same one Jon gave me - to really really really really study those transitional edges where light 'turns' around the form into shadow. . .particularly the degree of hardness or softness and the 'suddeness' or degree of value shift. It's these things that will really make a quick sketch pop. . .hehe I think so anyway, I don't have it yet. Anyway keep rockin it man!

mike

**Pixeldragoon** · January 7th, 2006, 10:32 PM

DAMN IT. INSPIRED. THANKS!

Welcome aboard, btw.

**sabe2003** · January 7th, 2006, 11:45 PM

WOw, I love love lvoe the red and green self portrait! The self portraits in general are just amazing man.!

the pencil drawings have been improving also.
Thanks for the inspiration

forgot to mention the pens? reminds me of some David Mack shit. Nice!

**SirGreenSock** · January 8th, 2006, 04:07 AM

Thanks for the comments everyone!

jkior - Thanks a lot for the compliment and great advice. I'll have to pay more attention to edges!

That fat kid - Hehe thanks, dont worry about missing updates, these sketches arent going anywhere anytime soon

Pixeldragoon & sabe2003 - Thanks a lot for the kind words. Inspiration? You flatter me

Wow, spent way too long on this one.

Been trying to pay more attention to edges as per jkior's advice. Still got a long way to go, but I think it looks better.

**Tigermilk** · January 8th, 2006, 05:44 AM

incredible progress and dedication here, SirGreen.
Can't believe allt the drawings you've posted. ^^
I really like all the selfpoirtraits you've done, especially the latesat one, it helps deveploping alot.
Keep hitting the sketchbook, I'm sure you'll go far.

tiger

**dogfood** · January 8th, 2006, 09:54 AM

Very nice work here, Green (though the half-shave freaks me out). It seems like you tend toward small feet on a lot of your works, but overall, a really nice body of work.

Happy Birthday!

**Alday.J** · January 8th, 2006, 10:21 AM

Ho, geez, you're so young ! Er... wait a minute ! So, now you're 18 ! We can't consider you as a teenager anymore ! Ha ! Ha !

I have to tell you Nicolas, that your last SP session is really impressive. I have to do more of this in that way. Thanks for the impulse... and, man...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!

Julien.

**dee** · January 8th, 2006, 10:58 AM

Really Enjoyed Looking Through Your Sketchbook. You Do Brillant Work

**Profil** · January 8th, 2006, 03:14 PM

Happy birthday.
Awesome drawings.

**SirGreenSock** · January 8th, 2006, 05:14 PM

Sweet Statutory! I'm 18!!
Wow, surprising amount of people knew it was my birthday! Ok, who blabbed?!

Thanks everyone!
Tigermilk - Thanks!

dogfood - Hehe, thats why the halfshave didnt last long.

YOure right about the feet, gotta pay attention to that. Thanks!

Alday.J - Thank you dude! Sorry to disappoint, but Im a teenager until I turn 20, Eighteen, nineteen, so dont hold your breath just yet

dee - Thanks, dont know about brilliant, but thanks for the kinds words.

That fat kid - Thanks! Im glad the lighting came through on that one!

Profil - Thanks!

No time for drawing today, heres a quickie semiretarded self portrait for today! Please excuse the mess

**Dan1989** · January 9th, 2006, 01:40 AM

I'm really impressed by the recent SPs. They look really great. You're going in the right direction. Goodluck

**Pixeldragoon** · January 9th, 2006, 08:35 PM

How do you do that? I need to try a digi sp sometime to see how it comes out. That grayish one is nice! Keep it up!

**SirGreenSock** · January 9th, 2006, 09:46 PM

That fat kid - What? Profil blabbed? Gotta get that bastard!

The silly sp was fun, but soo messy, hehe. This next update is all for you man!

Dan1989 - Thanks, Im happy with the way the sps are going. We'll see where they go from here

Pixeldragoon - Try some digi sp's, theyre good practice without worrying about the medium, just painting freely. If you wanna see how I do some of these, I have all the .wpe opencanvas files hosted online http://www.odicart.com/wpe/
if youre interested.
Todays SP is coming tonight, here are some traditionals for now, life drawings done last night. School started today, got a bunch of projects all due soon. I'll have less time to work and scan, sp's should still be daily, but I dont think I'll be scanning traditional work more than once a week.
Anyway, unto the work. Started out pretty messy, was rusty with my life drawings.
Subway sketch

1 minute sketches

5 minute work

Watercolours, still need practice with this medium

Model during break

20 minute study, focusing on proportion

Classmates and people in library

**SirGreenSock** · January 10th, 2006, 12:29 AM

Here's tonights self portrait. Focused almost solely on colour here, ended up messing up some other key areas, but am otherwise happy with it.

**Dan1989** · January 10th, 2006, 12:40 AM

Some of the features (nose in particular) looks misaligned in the last one, but I guess that's understandable since you said you focused on color. All the life drawings look great, I like the subway ones the best.

**Zord** · January 10th, 2006, 05:45 AM

Damn dude, beautiful work as always, no crit from me. That last huge dump you took makes me want to scan so much more... AHHH. But good work man, cheers!