Im glad you like itQuote:
Originally Posted by Magnetos_II
I need to improve my drawing skills for the university, so I think I should draw more stuff rather than coloring those
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Im glad you like itQuote:
Originally Posted by Magnetos_II
I need to improve my drawing skills for the university, so I think I should draw more stuff rather than coloring those
yes arikb thats a good idea perhaps this link may help a little
http://www.saveloomis.org/FigureDrawing/figure.htm
scroll trough the paqes very usefull stuff \
and while i'm here i'll post something
here is it an old one of mine plus "cano" the red beast that eats people for breakfast :)
http://www.paintek.com/doodles/warrior4.jpg
Here are some colored pencillings I did recently...
http://tahnee.org/images/aliensmall.jpg
http://tahnee.org/images/greekguybig.jpg
http://tahnee.org/images/racoonbig.jpg
http://tahnee.org/images/slugroncooksmall.jpg
http://tahnee.org/images/purplebirdsmall.jpg
The last one, the Suction-Footed Tweep, is something I'm working on for another interactive Flash CrEture (yes I'm obsessed with them! gah!) but... hope y'all like the others as well :D
Magnetos, looking good-- once again, REFLECTED LIGHT!!! I'd just have to say that even though things do look good, they look a liiiittle bit like they were hit with the "bevel" in Photoshop-- very stark shading around the edges; that's mostly like... in the back of the arm and the head... otherwise wow, your textures are great-- and the detailed veins in the hand are awesome!
arikb, I like the frog and the dragon the most... cool drawings though!
Nice drawings E-Tahn. That dragon is great, nice handling of light.
Here's a painting of me and a drawing of Einstein, one is very anatomical and the other isn’t. I spent a LOT of time over summer memorizing human anatomy. I'm not to the point where I can draw full figures from memory, but I’m getting there. I'd show you all my attempts, but there to embarrassing. I'm in awe at what Burne Hogarth could do.
Also, I just got nominated for the macromedia student innovation award, I'd appreciate your vote if you have time. There's a link to the site in my footer.
http://www.geocities.com/michaelgioffredi/enstine.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/michaelgioffredi/me_orange.gif
wow guys, great stuff since I last came here.
@magnetos - man your drawings are improving day by day. your last three are almost prolevel. maybe some issues with the drawing, but perfect coloring.great work mang.
@tahnee - i'm impressed when I think about your evolution from the first page of this thread and that last portrait. you guys are growing up ( artistically of course ;) ) :thumbsup:
@olly - wow, you've developed your own style to such a high level I could distinguish one of your drawings from miles away. just get grip of it ( I think you're already there) and when you're done move on.
@yojo - i'm loving that last one dude. a lot.
some of my latest stuff.
fish - wood sculpture:
http://digitalismo.net/archivo/2005v...s/woodfish.jpg
http://digitalismo.net/archivo/2005v.../woodfish2.jpg
http://digitalismo.net/archivo/2005v.../woodfish3.jpg
http://digitalismo.net/archivo/2005v.../woodfish4.jpg
Hey melmann, I just wanted to say you are an excellent artist with major talent, but you probably already knew that.
Edit: wow there are so many, I just saw more and a lot of you are incredible, I am in awe of all of your works here, all of you.
hey all I have posted here in years! Glad to see everyone still postin away. I just started back to skool ( learnin animation woot! ) and want to get back to doin more sketchin. ( want to animate old skool one day ) any ways heres some doodles I did at work this week.
http://melmade.com/v4/blogImages/AUG29headsLG.jpg
and
http://melmade.com/v4/blogImages/monsterfaces400.jpg
See ya guys around!
X_Piper_X--thanks for the compliment!
lol, you`re welcome, it`s more of an obvious undeniable fact then a complement though, you are a true artist. (courtseys) Have a good one man.Quote:
Originally Posted by melmann
wow melman, they are incredible. I hope i can someday draw something like that.
Me too, and I believe Melman could get a job making cartoons for disney.Quote:
Originally Posted by arikb
Ahh amazing work from all!
Good to see you back melmann! I've not posted nearly enough here either, vinyl toys and uni taking over everything!!!
Ah well here are some canvases I painted rectenly, the first one sold for £45 and the second two have a couple of people interested so my hopes are high :)
http://aim2win.bizland.com/okideas/gorgle.jpg
http://aim2win.bizland.com/okideas/triggle.jpg
http://aim2win.bizland.com/okideas/zaphear.jpg
Also here is my design for a new series of collectable vinyl figures called Gwin, which is basically a penguin shape with designs by lots of different artists from around the world! It was featured at SDCC (at the Tower Records both!!!) as a possible design and apparently went down really well so it's gonna be in series 2 or 3! :D
(mine is the turquoise one on the right with and egg on it's head)
http://aim2win.bizland.com/okideas/m...at-comicon.png
Here is a pic of it at the SDCC, I'll let people know when they are on sale (incase ya want one and cos I'll be mega hyped!), will be a while though, series 1 is not released yet! Slight adjustments have been made, but they don't change the design at all just enhance it, full 360 degrees pics when the finished piece is done!
http://www.toeze.com/images/alienafro-print.png
http://www.toeze.com/okkle.htm
Here is a limited edition print I have designed with http://www.toeze.com, you can purchase one there, I've not actuall got my hands on one yet but I trust quality will be good! :)
I have done some designs for ***************, under my new alias of Okkle, go vote for them :P
http://www.***************/?streetteam=Okkle
Oh and btw if you buy anything from threadless it'd be great f you could use that link because that way I get credits towards free t-shirts :D
Aaand finally...www.vinylpulse.com has me as their art focus for this week and a wallpaper sized graphic called 'Triggles' by me that you can have a gander at if you so desire (also under my new alias of Okkle :))
So yeah, been busy!
some great stuff olly! good to see you around!
woahoooo you guys are amazing , welcome back melman i really enjoy your art keep it coming
Olly that stuff looks sweet i love that red devil guy i dooooooooo <see goldmember :)>
naydes oh yes i also love those fishies great sketches and sculpture ,looks like you really like fishes :D
great work you all please post more
ciao
Nice ones Melmann and Olly. Here's a Cathedral sketch.
http://www.geocities.com/michaelgioffredi/cathedral.jpg
You guys still rock.
Melmann still loving ya work.
Olly loving the canvas work
Keep having fun guys :D
nice detailed work yoyo :thumbsup: but i can see some perspective problems there
the top buildings have a different perspective then the big one on the buttom
at least for me
Yep. I didn't plan on finishing it when I started, but I just kept going. I didn’t do any kind of pre planning, just doodled top left to bottom right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magnetos_II
yeah, it looks like the building on the top is falling.... but i'd better shut up, i cant draw something as good as that......Quote:
Originally Posted by Magnetos_II
talking about toys - just started making my own. :)
http://digitalismo.net/archivo/peluches/index.htm
cool toys nayades :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by nayades
but it looks like you filled them with chopped robber ,dont look puffy anough for me try something softer mor puffier :D
Here's my little sponge bob toy that hangs around my computer:
http://www.geocities.com/MichaelGioffredi/spongebob.jpg
I made him with crayola model magic and sculpty glaze.
Here's some watercolor practice of pixar scenes:
http://www.geocities.com/MichaelGioffredi/mi3.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/MichaelGioffredi/mi2.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/MichaelGioffredi/mi.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/MichaelGioffredi/boundin.jpg
hey guys amazinstuff still going on, haven;t posted here for awhile, but need to make the effort!
Olly those canvases are so freakin cool! btw where are u getting ur vinyl toys from, i wanna get into it! :)
Nice one nayades! I agree with Mags they could do with beeing a little more puffy but I don't know how difficult that would be I've never worked with soft toys.
Yojo I love your spongebob figure! Those watercolours are nice too, they remind me off the initial colour tests that Pixar do :)
Xup, thanks man! There's loads of sites you can get vinyl toys from but sometimes it can be expensive so you got to look around. My favourite place is www.tokyotoystore.co.uk, real fast delivery and very friendly people!
www.vinylboutique.co.uk who are good for stuff to collect rather than paint over because they can be more expensive, they specialise in Pete Fowler stuff.
But sometimes for the sake of a little extra wait it's best to go to american websites and abuse the dollar to pound exchange rate :D
www.myplasticheart.com
www.ningyoushi.com
www.kidrobot.com - I wouldn't recommend these guys for anyone out of the usa, their shipping prices are ridiculas! O_O
A nice website for news on the stuff is www.vinylabuse.com :)
And here are a couple of customised toys I have been working on:
Cerebus The Aadrvark:
painted onto an 8" 'Dunny', commissioned
http://aim2win.bizland.com/okideas/o...s/cerebus8.jpg
Stitch:
Also painted onto and 8" 'Dunny', commissioned
http://aim2win.bizland.com/okideas/o...titch/box1.jpg
Swamp Knuckles:
painted onto 2" 'Knuckle Qees'
http://aim2win.bizland.com/okideas/o...swamp-wood.jpg
I did quite a few colour variations of these guys aswell which was fun :)
hey Olly those toys look abso freaking lutly cool especially the cerberus little dude , still dont understand how you make them ,is it plastic? do you mold them yourself ? what's a 8" 'Dunny'??
I think he buys the toys and paints/customizes them. am I right olly?
anyway, what's the technique you use to paint them? spray paint? that doesn't look like a brush's job.
anyway, I think toony wanted to know how to get into designing your own models, contacting the vinyl company, etc, etc.
about the softtoys:
they are quite puffier in fact. it's not chopped rubber but the kind of foam you use in pillows. the problem is that because I push it in by hand it's not easy to keep the same level of puffyness all around, and that makes very subtle different bumps. you can't almost notice them qhen you have them in your hands thou.
Cool nayades you should join the KidRobot.com forums they have people there who make their own plush and soft toys aswell :)
Mags. An 8" Dunny is a plastic(vinyl) model that I buy from one of the links in my last post, I don't make them myself. They come with designs on already by artists such as David Horvath - www.uglydolls.com, Dalek - www.dalekart.com and Gary Baseman, and are printed in limited numbers to make them collectable. They are a basic rabbit-ish shape that different artists can apply their own designs too. KidRobot produces them and occasionally they do a mini 2" series which they invite artists to make designs for which will be produced in large numbers and sold 'blind boxed', so you don't know which ones you will get.
Though lots of people like to paint over them like myself and create our own designs. I use Citadel Miniatures paints, all brushwork, you can get them from Games Workshop and places that sell 'Warhammer', they are specially designed acylic paints to give thin and even coats.
On the Cerbus Dunny I used a two-part epoxy clay called Milliput, really wierd stuff, which I moulded onto the 'Dunny' and then sanded down and painted. The sword is made of milliput aswell.
I hope that makes sense, I guess the best way to understand is to look at the links and visit the forums and stuff. :)
If you are looking at getting your own figures made, which I am, unless you have the money to invest yourself then it's creating an original design and getting yourself noticed by companies like www.wheatywheat.com, www.flyingcat.com and www.adfunture.com. I'm still learning about this bit, best person to ask would be Horvath on the boards here. He's a big name in the vinyl toy industry now!
thanks for the info olly :thumbsup:
now that you said it I can tell the piggy's nose is handmade. but i wouldn't have been able to spot it out without your comments.
hair is seamless though. great work.
I'll have a look at those citadel paints... I thought they worked on miniatures only.
yojo--
crazy awesome suff! I love monsters inc and anythin pixar! Beautiful stuff!
nayades-- lovely toys! I wish I had enough in me to make toys. My office is loaded with em. Maybe one day I will give it a shot. Great stuff!
Olly K--
man those are slick. I want a couple!m Looks like you had a load of fun!
welp had some sketch time at work today so I thought I would post em:
http://melmade.com/v4/blogImages/buffabeast.jpg
http://melmade.com/v4/blogImages/sept12Girls.jpg
http://melmade.com/v4/blogImages/zombieParty.jpg
and a Mr Incredible that did a while a go cleaned him up a bit and rigged ( and lost before I could get some good animations outta him , so remember to save multiple files :( )
http://melmade.com/v4/blogImages/MRIncRigged.jpg
see ya when I lookatcha!
Looking good Mel, just checking out your blog :)
Ah for goodness sake Mel why are you so damn good at drawing people!!! I like the lady with tentacle arms especially. I really got to sit down and do some life drawing properly soon, but I always end up drawing creatures lol. Speaking of which that beast at the top is fantastic!
Nayades, their just a specially thin form of acrylic paints. They are designed for mini figures because normal acrylic fills in all the little details but they will work on anything really :)
I did a mini Dunny for my Dad, tis his birthday today he liked it thankfully! :):
http://aim2win.bizland.com/okideas/o...painterly2.jpg
I made him a little paintbrush by shortening an old messed up one I had and painting it :)
whoa!! those are all amazing works of art. i love ur toys olly, but my favorite so far is the one that looks like a blue fish
melmann, your drawings are awesome. Does your job have anything to do with art?
latest ilustration.
http://digitalismo.net/archivo/2005v...nes/babae1.jpg
Whole image:
COLOR : http://digitalismo.net/archivo/2005v...enes/babae.jpg
PENCIL : http://digitalismo.net/archivo/2005v...babaelapiz.jpg
nice, i like the upside down elephant
here's my latest drawing that i made to practice shading for my drawing class
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...uma/Dragon.jpg
Great work everyone!
Awesome stuff Mel Man.
Pixar fans, check this out!Quote:
I love monsters inc and anythin pixar!
^^ An interview with head Pixar folks on the history of Pixar. clicky clicky!
Here's some recent sketches;
New cathedral sketch using 3 point perspective.
http://www.geocities.com/MichaelGiof...cathedral2.gif
O'Reilly factor (fox news)
http://www.geocities.com/MichaelGioffredi/Oreilly.gif
Monkey
http://www.geocities.com/MichaelGioffredi/monkey.gif
Me pretending like I can act.
http://www.geocities.com/MichaelGioffredi/me.gif
A new friend of mine
http://www.tahnee.org/images/gary.jpg
Random scribbley person
http://www.tahnee.org/images/purple people.jpg
and a drawing on a surfboard for my friend:
http://tahnee.org:16080/snailsurfboard/zoom.jpg
holy cow so much to post on!
Yojo, awesome job with the watercolors! I love the expressions! nice cartoons too-- once again I like the cartoons!
melman, you're my hero-- you never cease to amaze me!! totally great work again. every time I see your stuff I"m like... yes, I can do that, I will!!! I shall be that good!
ollyk, you've got some awesome painted sculptures there! they're so cleanly painted! great job-- painting on 3d things has always been a pain for me! :P
ciao people how y'll doing? here is something i have no name for but it fills my ego :smoov:
keep posting guys :)
http://www.paintek.com/doodles/logo2.jpg
Here's some birthday cards i did for my friends... really rushed the second one, didn't have time to color it properly either (did them both at work btw)
oh they both play in bands, hence the guitar themes :)
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/4...nelcopy6is.jpg
for jess, fold in half to fit in the front of a cd
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/886/stancard2rx.jpg
for stan
I did these this afternoon quicky for a battle against pea. Sorry for the poor image quality. Didnt feel like plugging in my scanner so I used my camera instead.
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/83/bees7ea.jpg