Andrew Ley Sketches

**Erilaz** · August 16th, 2005, 11:45 PM

Andrew, I just went back and looked at your first Daily sketch on cgtalk (Number 61), and I'm amazed at how far you've come in such a short time. What clicked for you?

The latest sketch is spectacular. The subtle lighting makes it look modelled.

**m00ftak** · August 17th, 2005, 12:01 AM

The progress you've made over the last 5 pages is amazing and totally inspiring. You are amazingly skilled and judging by the progression, seem to have an excellent sense for work. I love it!

I will be following this one. you are officially bookmarked.

**AndrewLey** · August 17th, 2005, 03:34 PM

Erilaz - Cheers bud. Not sure anything clicked. Just been working really hard

m00ftak - Thanks a lot man!

Just tweaked a couple of things that were bugging me on this one.

**Gloominati** · August 17th, 2005, 03:52 PM

whow this one is fuckin badass! Simply amazing dude. Sorry I can't say anything intelligent right now

**glikster** · August 17th, 2005, 03:55 PM

ok, I'll bite. Is that painted or modelled?
anyway, it's pretty damn sweeet.

**Eytan** · August 17th, 2005, 04:03 PM

man that's friggin awesome. How did you get some awesome texture effects?

**AndrewLey** · August 18th, 2005, 12:11 AM

Cheers guys!! - Its a painting

Here's another

EDIT: just fixed a few things

**aesir** · August 18th, 2005, 12:19 AM

Im really enjoying your use of overlays. They seem to be used fairly rarely in most digi paints, but as seen in yours can produce a pretty dramatic effect and feeling of realism. The idea that someone could actually use that armour is rather debatable, but it sure as hell looks like it kicks ass

**Diego** · August 18th, 2005, 12:24 AM

BADASS.
The last two are cool cool as hell, they look like 3d models. Great pose, great textures.
Awesome work man.
Keep postin'.

Cheers

**I.was.ink** · August 18th, 2005, 01:07 AM

Damn!
Those last two are so well done. Would you happen to have process pics of them? If not could you show us some whenever you make the next one?

Thx
-ink

**chris ocampo** · August 18th, 2005, 01:08 AM

i'm diggin your sketchbook. there's a lot of different things in here too..which is always fun. peace.

**systemshock** · August 18th, 2005, 07:51 AM

a couple of your lines speak for much more than a ton of mine! ))
you're a god, man!
absolutely dig your stuff!

[gone practising]

**mentler** · August 18th, 2005, 07:53 AM

Very impressive <> no flys on this puppy

**csteingart** · August 18th, 2005, 04:23 PM

Man those last 2 are off da hook!

How the heck did you make those? Care to give any steps?

c

**robinchyo** · August 18th, 2005, 04:37 PM

Wow! I realllllly like what I'm seeing. Great stuff, sir!

**young paddy1** · August 18th, 2005, 06:40 PM

jesus these paintings are amazing I thought I iked rust textures a lot, as Bernard Matthews would say boo'iful, love your doodles too great swinging curves, been told to try that myself, I'm way too scratchy.

**AndrewLey** · August 18th, 2005, 09:25 PM

Thanks guys - glad you like them. I'll be putting up tutorials when my site is ready. At the moment the only free time I have for this stuff is after midnight - thats why all my posts are around 2-4am.

Anyway just a quick painter sketch for now, but I might do a full render of this later.

**mentler** · August 19th, 2005, 02:28 AM

Great to see how you get into these puppies <> looks so simple <> of course the proof is in the pudding as they say!!

Top o the morning to you!

**xephon** · August 19th, 2005, 02:49 AM

Stunning work, man, simply stunning...

**mentler** · August 19th, 2005, 09:08 AM

This post seemed looser before <> my eyes must not have been in focus yet <> or maybe some elves worked on it in the wee hours <> I go back and re post it the same place all the time <> glad to see someone else do it LOL <> anyway great refinements

**GUYJIN** · August 19th, 2005, 09:38 AM

Very very impressive and inspiring! Thanx for sharing!

**mull77** · August 19th, 2005, 10:11 AM

This thread is shows the best and worst of CA.

The best because it shows what dedication and imagination can achive and the worst because it makes the rest of us look bad

Some really great dynamic peices in here.

You north or south manchester?

**Summer Pudding** · August 19th, 2005, 10:25 AM

That robot is 5 star rad. Did it start life as a 3D model?

Pud'

**Calle_** · August 19th, 2005, 10:44 AM

awesome work. id loooove to see some more organic stuff =)

**AndrewLey** · August 19th, 2005, 02:11 PM

mentler - yeah - fixed some perspective issues.

xephon - Thanks man!

GUYJIN - no problem

mull77 - Cheers - I'm in the Northwest of Manchester

Summer Pudding - Thanks man! No 3d was used

Calle - Here ya go...

Was looking at Dan Milligan's awesome drawings and was struck by the way he captures the forms of the face with such elegant lines and shapes.

So I had a go myself - they pale in comparison of course

**tgfx** · August 19th, 2005, 02:22 PM

Very impressive stuff man...I like your work alot.

**Zebz** · August 19th, 2005, 02:29 PM

Whoa, nice paintings, dude. That texture is ridiculous. I'd be interested to see some step by steps of that. Great stuff. Bring on s'more!

**Sketch** · August 19th, 2005, 04:02 PM

Those latest robot paintings are fucking insane! Both in design and technique. I'm pretty impressed by the range of your work, you seem to be able to handle organic and machine elements with the same flare. Nice work.

**Liquidspider** · August 19th, 2005, 04:24 PM

Your stuff is Re-donk-ulous.. yes... i said 'donk'.

I hate you soooo much... HATE!!

and by hate.. i mean love... and by you... i mean your stuff..

why arent you rich yet?

**Onir** · August 20th, 2005, 01:00 PM

woooow amazing pieces you've got man! must say I love the way you do your faces, not to mention your overall style. wish I had seen this thread sooner! lol anyway great stuff, keep it up!

/cheer

**Gloominati** · August 20th, 2005, 03:47 PM

Dude, yesterdays piece is amazing. I love it!!
This portraits are really grear, keep up th egreat work man!

**AndrewLey** · August 20th, 2005, 05:55 PM

Cheers guys!!!

Ok - just some more doodling for now - these were fun to do

**AndrewLey** · August 20th, 2005, 06:50 PM

did a few more

**libor** · August 20th, 2005, 07:01 PM

the last head studies simply rocks!! I like your style a lot...

**cateaic** · August 20th, 2005, 07:05 PM

Those studies are looking awesome! I like that loose charcoal style..good for lighting and expression. Ive been looking at youre work in earlier posts and its very professional stuff. Im loving this thread!!

**Diego** · August 20th, 2005, 08:13 PM

Awesome dude, you're a very talented artist not just with the ID stuff.
Keep up the good work.

Cheers

**csteingart** · August 20th, 2005, 09:03 PM

Dude, it's like everything you touch turns to gold.

Very enjoyable.

c

**AndrewLey** · August 20th, 2005, 09:51 PM

Thanks again guys - just for few more quick ones - could do these all day - lots of fun

**Eytan** · August 20th, 2005, 11:37 PM

Dude these are amazing. On the last ones, are they charcoal or just digital?
Anyway man, excellent faces and stuff, show us more!

**AndrewLey** · August 21st, 2005, 02:00 PM

Here ya go Quick_Sketch - they are just done in Painter9

**buzzz3d** · August 21st, 2005, 03:33 PM

You really have a way of 'feeling the forms' if you know what I mean.
Great shapes in those quick sketches.
I really like how you handle the shapes of the eyelids and how the light and shadow affects them.
One of the most inspiring threads at the moment.
Thanks for the crits in my sketchbook by the way, I will try

**CGMonkey** · August 21st, 2005, 05:34 PM

Okey, you're now officially too good, expect the guys in black suits to come and knock on your door.

**Darkside** · August 21st, 2005, 06:10 PM

wow man, those loose sketches are just great, really pleasing to look at

can you tell something about your learning progress, how you approached anatomy etc?
keep up the dope shit

**Magic Man** · August 22nd, 2005, 12:00 PM

Ah yeah, some of these just look too damn cool. Great ID work too.

**IllustriousHarry** · August 22nd, 2005, 12:15 PM

Your armour is really very cool,
I can just hear the SCREETCH's it would make from that texture.

Nice to have some one with real talent representing manchester

Pass by the UK lounge thread if you havn't already and say hi, others would love to see your sketchbook.

Also theres talk of organising a UK meet up north in the future and getting all those southerners up here

**Slybones** · August 22nd, 2005, 12:55 PM

Hey man, been following your work on cgtalk and this sketchbook. Very inspirational stuff. Your quick sketches have incredible designs. I'm already starting to see some lesser people trying to rip off your style, that means you are doing well.

Congrats with the success, now hurry up and get hired by a game company so I can play a game with these designs hehe.

**AndrewLey** · August 29th, 2005, 01:45 PM

buzzz3d - Thanks man

CgMonkey - lol

Darkside - I just break down the forms into basic shapes then build on top of them

Magic Man, IllustriousHarry - thanks guys

Slybones - damn really? oh well - glad you like my stuff

Been crazy busy recently so not much time for painting

Just did this lame gif in Painter to unwind

**Dallas** · August 29th, 2005, 02:07 PM

OMGF!!!1121

Very inspiring stuff!!!! I gotta work harder.
Every once in a while you find something that's truly inspiring in a way that totally surprises you. Your stuff does that for me. That's rare, thanks

-Dallas

**vigostar** · August 29th, 2005, 04:47 PM

andrew... that giff rocks...!!!!

**mentler** · August 29th, 2005, 04:53 PM

The painter figure works roc ‡ mine do not look like that ‡ maybe you could give me some pointers some time

**Calle_** · August 29th, 2005, 05:24 PM

crazyness. i dont even know what to say.

**1-thought** · August 29th, 2005, 07:01 PM

wowowow, absolutely insane work.

LOVE LOVE your style.

**bumskee** · August 29th, 2005, 07:15 PM

damn dude.. these are awsome.. haven't checked out in a while, the quick sketches are wicked. Loved the expressions, superb..

the animated gif, hehe that's a good one.. awsome stuff..

**Azrael** · August 29th, 2005, 08:33 PM

AAAAAAAHHHH-SOME! Great work man! I just want to step into some of the images that you create. The world that you paint is incredible. keep it and and do feed us more!

**chris ocampo** · August 30th, 2005, 01:45 AM

that animated GIF is cool.
i think your mechanical stuff is a lot stronger than your figurative work. the ID stuff has more flavor and gesture than your organic drawings. i can't quite describe it. not that your figures aren't good, they are good. I just think that your ID stuff feels more direct and confident. anyways, you are a very skilled artist and your sketchbook is awesome.

**Groover McNab** · August 30th, 2005, 02:02 AM

Really cool stuff. I love those rusty robots.

**Eytan** · August 30th, 2005, 02:54 AM

wow thats a slick animation, I would definately recommend getting flash if you havent already, its a great tool to use for animation, and many people are looking for skilled animators.

Thanks a bunch for dedicating a sketch to me, i feel so honored. Thank you! you rock.

we gonna see some more delicious sketches?

**Sinix** · August 30th, 2005, 02:57 AM

Those robots are amazing, I love your mechanical stuff... well, all your stuff.

**AndrewLey** · August 30th, 2005, 06:14 AM

Thanks everyone!

Here's a few more sketches - I left one unfinished so hopefully you can see the process a little - I dunno is that any help?

**duddlebug** · August 30th, 2005, 07:32 AM

I love the mark making in these sketches... are they Painter too?

There's some fantastic stuff in the last few pages. I like the face sketches you keep posting.

(And your a manchester fella!)