October Figure Drawings

Recent Figure drawings Faber Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils on layout bond. I also got to try Kirk's buttery red chalk pencils on some of these. I noticed a slight difference in my drawings just by switching to something other than the usual Conte and newsprint combo.

For a while I enjoyed smooth newsprint surface, now I kind of like the slightly rougher surfaces like layout bond. Interestingly the cost for 500 sheets of newsprint is about the same as 50 sheet of layout bond. I wonder if the huge bond rolls might be a cheaper alternative, although I don't like paper in rolls.

The Simpsons Street Fighter

September 2009 Sketches

Some selections from the new sketchbook.

Illustrator Again

I'm still lost, I've been exposed to so many different kind of art lately that I don't know what I want to do anymore. I'm getting very ANGRY (in a peaceful manner).

Monks On A Scooter

Illustrator homework using livetrace/livepaint.

No Content, No Problem

Girl in the Yellow Raincoat

Expecting some t's and a's? Sorry, not today, maybe tomorrow.

Another Ninja

Mumra

April Figure Drawings

Here are some recent figure drawings.

Completely Inaccurate Bird Skulls

Orilly, another update so soon? Yes.

In the past few days I have been fascinated by bird skulls, so naturally I just HAD TO crank it out. What do you guys think? Work on it some more or call it done?

Is Fine Art Not "Ok"?

Is it something... or is it nothing?

Figure Drawing March 2009

Slowly getting back into figure drawing, still very far from being solid. These are some of the ones I did in today's workshop. 1-5 min poses, although some I went back and add stuff on. Faber Castell Pitt Pastel pencil works pretty well on newsprint, this could be the end for Conte.

Dr. Lecter's Corridor

Sketches

Some of the sketches I did today.

Oil Study

I avoided oil painting for as long as I could, but it's inevitable once I enter the illustration major. It took me the entire 5-hour class to get to this stage. The tough part was getting the flesh tones right and making the light to emerge using only the primaries plus white. The hair, ear, and neck could've been better but I ran out of time. I think this is the only decent improvement I had during the past six weeks of class. It's looking pretty generic "Hey, look at me, I'm going to Art Center" kind of painting at this point. I need to work on capturing personality next time.

Constipation

The point is: always bring good reading material when you take a dump.

Drachula

My name is... Fabio Drachula.

O0o... Dragon

Blah.

It's Back! With More Craziness!

A sketch I did today. Unfortunately, a lot of fine lines and details faded in the scan. I got frustrated and lost my patience trying to paint over it, so I took the easy way out and mess it up like a 3-year-old.