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Posted at January 7, 2005, 9:47 pm:

Hello! Before I post anything, I have a confession to make. . . I'm a working artist, and though I draw every day and practice every night, I've never developed a loose and creative sketch habit of my own. And I've never ever tried to draw seriously in ballpoint pen before. Now I'm trying to do both at the same time, so please be kind

Here are this week's meager efforts. This is sketch chaos, because I don't really know what I want to do yet, or how to do it, and whenever I get uncomfortable on the page I turn the sketchbook around for a better angle. If something doesn't make sense, try looking at it sideways, or upside-down. . . or it never made sense to begin with.

I'm going to try to only post original material here and keep the studies where they belong (at the source), but some of my inspirations might show through. And photo imagery will definitely show up here from time to time - rendering in pen is an interesting challenge for me.

Advice is welcome! I beg for it!











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nice pictures but my good they are heavy for the eye, dont know where ...

Ever tried a brush pen? Was a real challenge for me because it laid th...

Here's last night's effort.

Whoa.

hey.

Just a quickie for this afternoon, I try to take it a little easier on...

Line art there or not, that looks amazing for a rough color job! Can't...

great stuff, and alot easier to read great stuff !! cheers !

Another lite effort for the weekend - spent too much time in the studi...

Very interesting beginning ~~~ more please!

Thanks Mentler! Here you go! Just a few doodles from last night...

Dayum.

Agreed.

More horsin' around with engine stuff.

you have a very refreshing approach to tech .

Here are some doodles from last night.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! Not a red X! Not in here! Dude, you are prob...

Seems I've lost a bit of steam over the past few weeks! Well, work's ...

idiomatic, this stuff looks great.

Yep you defenitly are building up a real knack for mechanics, god! I ...

This is some beautifull stuff.

wah Idiomatic I never really liked tech, machine stuff.

Hello again, everybody! Sorry I haven't been around - things have bee...

Here's a handful more - pretty elementary stuff, working in greyscale ...

Hey idiomatic, those beginning sketchs are tight, and I thoroughly agr...

nice work idiomatic!

Thanks yall, I really appreciate it! There's plenty more where these ...

Great stuff dude!

Very very nice stuff! I like your stile Keep it up

Thanks! Here's a couple more for the weekend.

this is real dope man, i dont feel there's a lot advice i can offer, ...

More fuel for the fire!

And another few.

Great stuff! keep it up.

Man that 5:14 post from yesterday specifically the second one is reall...

Thanks for the advice yall! I definitely intend to explore different ...

I really like these last ones! the hands on that one are great - keep ...

Your earlier sketches remind me of a fresh Masamun Shioro, I think tha...

Color's in the pipe, I promise! Thanks for coming by, guys!

Dude, everything is looking great.

Playin' with color a little bit here.

A little more junk - speed-painting from reference, half hour limit.

Some more junk.

WOWZER!! really nice line work, shapes and character designs.

Thanks a ton, Poise.

You have some talent dude, your line work is very good and Im liking t...

Thanks Nicho! For the kind words and the heads-up on my link.

Finally cleared a piece from work.

wow thats last entry is amazing.

Thanks, Vigostar! That pic ended up full page inside the latest issue...

Here's another interesting automobile and something a little more conc...

And yet another automobile.

Here's something a little different that I started doing this year.

amazing stuff, your tonal knowledge is incredible.

Thanks, Asoir! I'm trying to get a little something posted every few ...

Another warm-up.

O_O How could I miss this.

Great draftmanship going on in those drawings! I really like the car/...

Thanks a lot, evildisco and artguff, I really appreciate it! This i...

Wow, lovely pen work at the start of your sb, you def have your own st...

Thanks for stopping by in my SB! Will visit your SB more often, there'...

More thematic warm-ups, probably the last on this particular subject f...

Here's one more item for today.

Oh goddam this sketchbook is delicious on soo many levels.

really good sketchbook you got going here.

wow, your stuff is really good.

Wow - this is an amazing sb!! I especially love the mood of that last...

Thanks for the compliments, everybody; you're welcome here any time! ...

Dude .

nice book here man, very nice line work and i love that painting of ap...

Thanks for stopping by, tensai and dieoxin.

Here's another speedpainting warm-up, subject taken from ca.

Hey idiomatic this one looks great, bro - your style makes this one.

Your sketches are clean and crisp, detail is sweet.

I happened to notice you looking at my sketchbook and I thought I'd ta...

Great sketchbook man!!! I would love to see more drawings though.

My jaw dropped.

Thanks for stopping by, JenJen, Renier, and SleeperService; I'll be s...

More of the same (I'm having to split some of these pages to get a ful...

Oh this is like wakin up to find out it's christmas again.

Ah haha ha! I can't believe you guessed that! I've never seen that s...

Yeah,it's been a guilty pleasure of mine, but have been watchin her fo...

A few more.

Hey these new ones are great! The freeze frame must be a great tool to...

great idea man, ive thought about doing this with DVD's for a while bu...

lovely work! I admire the super-tight industrial drawings the most, b...

Sleeperservice - Thanks a lot for the comments and analysis.

More TV sketching.

Seriously nice work! The painting studies are awesome.

great rendering on those coffee-table items.

Really nice variety of stuff going on, your work is dead on dude.

I remember your work.

nice.

Thanks a lot everyone! I'd like to respond to yall individually, but ...

well sizzle my nizzle! i'm sleepy and just came by to saw wow! wild! a...

Thanks, Red! Sleepy sketchbook browsing is best! Here's a little m...

Your linework is scary! Thats really weird never heard of someone, pr...

Thanks (I think!), afklamer.

One can't scope these and not drop some seriously heavy props.

it's the geico gecko!! that's too damn cool.

the dude looking pissed-off with the cigarette is my fav of the TV ske...

Thanks for stopping in, everybody! And thanks for the tip, bwkeough.

in painter there's a check box: "pick up underlying color" ...

love the style and confidence in your latest sketches- you're definite...

Fantastic.

Thanks for dropping by, everyone! bwkeough - In the two Painters I ...

Reading and writing is for suckers .

looove the motorcycles! you're hitting the overall shape while still ...

Thanks b-dub .

i win my day visiting this thread, man you are a inspiration source ri...

psht! if that's the result you're getting from Painter, you got nothi...

Thanks guys! Here's a big study dump.

Lovely stuff, your figures are fantastic.

I dont know if I asked this before .

SUPERMUNDO! Economy of line is awesome and your color work is a real t...

x2 bro.

excellent! great gestures

No update for a while - WHY??!! I mean, have we done something wrong? ...

whoa its like all you're drawings are pure rhythm.

nice sketches man.

Sorry I've been away everyone! Work has been super-busy for the past ...

Strong Thread

There is awesomeness to be found in every pic you post Bookmarked!

LOVE EM ALL.

Oh great fuckin gods! (stepping away from the computer so I can snap ...

Many, many thanks everyone! I really appreciate all the kind words B...

I really likeing this http://idiomatic.

Great pages! The tech studies are really impressive.

Absolutely awesome stuff dude ! All round strengths in most areas, l...

That rotating dude is PERFECT! Such a strong thread.

those motorcycle sketches are looking hot man.

Nice as hell.

That water glider bug is crazy kool! Shading, style, form, people, th...

some really awesome stuff.

Great sketches.

great set of new images man! that water strider is really strong and ...

wow these are ggggrrrreat! (i'm the voice of tony the tiger.

Hello again everyone! Just got back from the workshop, which was.

You have talent man, keep it up.

Love your draws, and the paintings are good as well

Damn! Damn Damn! I don't think that you can creat a single bad image...

Yummblies in my Tummblies! Great update! Cheers, D

Very nice stuff, I love the pages of camers, helmuts, guns, etc.

Many thanks as always, everyone! WBear, I've thought about experiment...

uhuu, lot of cool stuff again here, yeap is good things to my eyes whe...

fanfuckintastic studies as usual man! Here is an idea I thought of wh...

wow, you really got a nice 5 star thread !!! still your digital dont h...

dude .

Absolutely fantastic.

Amazing.

Excellent work here, love all of it.

Awesome studies! Its great to see artists who really spend the time to...

color & light quality is excellent! I even made an avatar t-shirt...

Idiomatic I love all your drawings on one page, all the different conc...

And it just keeps getting better doesn't it.

A.

dude you have some serious skills man.

Great stuff! The lifestudies are very lively and I like the mechanical...

Wow, thanks a lot everybody! I apparently have the greatest sketchboo...

This thread makes me wanna study all day.

what's the pose book that you're working from?

I've got five total, all Japanese.

your work is both impressive and inspirational.

holy fuck, brilliant work.

Great update! holey crap those eyes are great studies, I should follow...

The gestures are so attractive and elegant.

Brilliant! Thanks for stopping by my sB.

great stuff man, your line work is great and you have an amazingly ste...

Those eyes and figures are so nice .

Wow, I'm blown away and inspired by your artwork.

nice.

is it possible to add more then 5 stars? You my friend, deserve it.

Thank you all very much! I'd thought I'd give everybody a chuckle for...

Hello again, everyone.

ah, I must have missed your fists of drunken fury update your coffee...

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