Mostly sketches and unfinisheds

[groteske]

I'll join, altho mine are definitely not Pokemon-related. I could never keep the patience for digital art..

Charcoal 15-minute kitteh as a Dec 24 "oh crap, I should probably get Grandmother something for Christmas"

freehand nonsense

more

4 different Sharpies and oil pastels. I'd give it a shadow or something but I can't find the original.

I stopped clocking after 7 hours and it's still not done (maybe 9cm square)

favorite of the lot, currently painting it

finally, really terrible image of an unfinished drawing of Boyfriend. Yep, I'm a creep

 

[saint paxton]

You've got some really great stuff. I envy people who can draw animals well. (That being said, feel free to disregard anything i say about animal anatomy, as it is probably incorrect. xD)
I love the sharpie/pastel horse, though the legs seem a little short. I love the coloring, though. It's beautiful.
The charcoal kitty is radical. The body details are a little confusing and hard to make out. That may have been the intention, though. I dig it anyway.

 

[groteske]

Thanks for the comments, Paxton! I had just eyeballed the ref for the Sharpie horse, so you may very well be correct on the leg length.. I know all four cannons are slightly different lengths, ech. I'll doublecheck it, thanks for bringing that to my attention.

Most of the cat's detail (esp. facial) is skewed because the image is so small - the original is something like 16x20 - but then I didn't make it super-detailed as it was just a charcoal sketch.


Here's one I really need help on, if anyone feels like critiquing.. I can critique backgrounds all day but I'm terrible at coming up with them myself. Messed up on the composition from the get-go and now I need a way to make it work without resorting to cutting claybord..

I forget what all media I've used on this, it's nearly a year old. 5x7 on claybord

(I really hate the muzzle/mouth but it'd be such a huge bother to fix it at this point)

 

[GraphicNinja]

Wow there awesome i love the sharpies oil pastels one well done :).

 

[groteske]

New venture.. sculpting. Unfinished yet

Based off this sketch:

Same stage of work, different lighting. He'll get ears & hair eventually

 

[groteske]

What? Horse plaque is evolving!

Not quite finished. Will be cast in polyurethane resin and released for preorders on Sunday, but it costs real mun-yehs.

 

[BlackRay]

Woah.

This stuff is amazing. Seriously.
I envy you, i'm to impatient to learn how to use traditional tools. :p
How loooong have you been drawing?

 

[Watertownronin]

I good way to finish images is if you start out your illustration by using a series of thumbnails. This will help you flesh out the composition of the images and at the same time deal with the problem of having just a figure sitting in a sea of negative space.

 

[Azumi]

Holy crap, this is awesome. Your horses and people look extremely realistic, something I can't do to save my life :C I assume you practise tons to get to this level?

 

[Aorio]

Your art is absolutely fantastic. I've never been able to achieve such accurate realism on paper. What can I say, you got skills! :D

 

[groteske]

I good way to finish images is if you start out your illustration by using a series of thumbnails. This will help you flesh out the composition of the images and at the same time deal with the problem of having just a figure sitting in a sea of negative space.

I haven't done a formal drawing in years, these posted were all just practice/informal bits - but your thumbnail tip is a good way to go about planning a composition.

Woah.

This stuff is amazing. Seriously.
I envy you, i'm to impatient to learn how to use traditional tools. :p
How loooong have you been drawing?

Holy crap, this is awesome. Your horses and people look extremely realistic, something I can't do to save my life :C I assume you practise tons to get to this level?

Thanks, I've been drawing horses since I could pick up a pencil. I studied & drew from photos for years - once developed, the observational habits carry over for any subject you draw/paint/etc. The graphite of the man is the first human I've drawn in god knows how many years, seven at least.

Your art is absolutely fantastic. I've never been able to achieve such accurate realism on paper. What can I say, you got skills! :D

Thanks for the compliment!