Contour Drawings

So in honor of my birthday today, we all showed up at my house and did giant contour drawings. The idea was that one of us would start by drawing an image, and the next person to draw would have to fit part of their drawing into the contour of the previous drawings. After a while, you start getting some really interesting shapes and some really interesting drawings crammed into those shapes. These are both about 4' wide. Thumbnailed due to large amounts of objectionable material that some prudes may find offensive.

Ninja's post from his sketchbook

working on light and shadows

peek a boo..

Why hello there. Looks like you guys are improving a lot, at least the lot of you that show your stuff in here. Hope you guys have some new and exciting things going with your artwork. I've been damn busy, but its been the best time of my life. Everybody is so passionate about art, and video games. The talent is overwhelming, but hey it makes you that much better! This is just the tip of the iceberg, something I did in my freetime a few days ago. I actually dont get around to doing a lot of personal digital stuff, it's mostly just been sketching in my book, and little brush tests here and there, this peice started out as a brush test, also a little inspired by Rembrandts paintings and the way he uses light and colors. Anyway, hope you are all doing well, and still drawing like mad men.

Steamy Sketch Dump

Not to be outdone by my contemporaries, here's some drawings from our meetings, along with selections from my sketchbook. On a somewhat related note, I took advice from James (who has yet to show off his skills here) and did a study on some of my favorite artists at the moment. By looking closely at their drawings and copying some cool pieces exactly, your brain seems to absorb some of the artist's power, the lawful equivalent of devouring their heart. No joke, I took a few of Jamie Hewlett (Tank Girl, Gorrilaz) and Mike Mignola (Hellboy) and virtually traced their drawings, and the next day, my drawings improved. I highly recommend this exercise, it made me a true believer, true believers. Also, I completely forgot to bring those CD's with pictures from our trip to Comic Con to our last meeting. I'll be sure to get those to you guys as soon as possible. Ninja claims to have more, so there will possibly be a different version of the CD coming. A 2.0 version.

BLEEEEEEEAAARGGGHHH!!!!!

Gross!

Bucket of Links

Some links I've been meaning to post. Mostly comics related, and others are there to inspire and awe. You can decide which does what. Enter Void From the FAQ page:"EnterVOID.com: the first in online sequential art battles." Our goal is to provide an environment for prospective comic artists to sharpen their artistic and story-telling abilities through sequential art (or comics). Our site provides what has been dubbed at times an "arena" or "battle ground" for up and coming young talent to display their skills and refine their art. Comics are the heart of VOID. There are two basic types of comics featured on the site. The first, and most popular, have been known for years simply as "Battles," where artists challenge each other with predetermined guidelines and do battle. The second type of comic featured predominantly on VOID is known as a "Beyond Battle." In this type of sequential, artists are able to depict their character's stories further, without being confined by the rules of being in a formal "battle." Gig Posters From the FAQ page:This site is dedicated to the artists, designers and musicians who create amazing gig posters to advertise shows and events. The art of gig posters, flyers, and handbills showcases the talent of many designers who see little to no profit for creating gig posters. I am pleased to host this site for the world to see all of the amazing art and dedication to promote the music scene. Zuda Comics A monthly online comic competition. Winners receive a publishing deal. There's a lot of inspiring stuff here. Comic Space Think of it as myspace for comic book fans and creators. Blue Vertigo Huge directory for graphic designers. Has numerable links to free stock photography, fonts, logos, Photoshop brushes, etc. Jenny Everywhere An open source comic character with reality shifting powers. She is completely free to use anywhere in anything. If I think of any more, I'll post them up.

Some excerpts from McThrill's sketchbook

I've been working on some anatomy and figure studies. Nudity ahoy, so be careful and don't get fired.

Backs are pretty sexy, it turns out.

I like her hair, and stomach. I think they turned out well. Not so crazy about the fade-to-nothing crotch, though.

I hate the shading on her face, but I think her hair looks pretty neat. I like her posture as well.

I swear to god, the reference I used for this was a female, and looked very feminine in the photograph.Something went wrong, though.

This is my favorite. I did this today.