The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 7626/10,000

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RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4317/10,000 - JakeB - 04-24-2014

Crackedskull - Oh man, you're totally right, I'd learn a ton from something like that. Gonna try and push this piece to a finish, but maybe after that. I really need to just knuckle down and see how far I can push something, a mega-master study would be a good way to do that :). Good shout.

Studies
Lizards
[Image: 23rd-April-Studies---Lizards.jpg]

[Image: 23rd-April-Studies---Lizards.jpg]

Armour stuff
[Image: 23rd-April-Studies.jpg]

And took another pass over this.
[Image: Dragon-Dude.jpg]

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4317/10,000 - pnate - 04-24-2014

Jake! Good to see this one being pushed to finish, with all the studies and everything. I've always felt like I learn the most after doing the finished stuff, but I totally know the feeling you describe.
I know it's still in the early stages, but if I could offer a couple crits on that last piece: I think if you moved the dragon's head more to the right so we can see more of it, it would help with the composition; he feels a little hidden behind the knight. Also I think if you made the knight a darker value, it would help him stand out more from the dragon and help the value read. Again, apologies if the crits are a little premature, I know it's still a WIP. Keep pushin it! You're almost at the halfway point woooooooooo

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4317/10,000 - denikina - 04-24-2014

I think today was the first time I spend more time going through pages of your sketchbook and let me say again, that I am truly amazed at your progress. Looking up to such dedicated humans.

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4332/10,000 - JakeB - 04-26-2014

pnate - Not at all man, thanks :) I've changed it up a fair bit since that image. Worked underneath some lines and changed the lighting, just gotta work into it now. I think moving the dragon's head definitely helped, the values definitely still need some work though. Cheers dude :)

denikina - Ah, thank you. It means a lot :)

Studies for some other stuff
[Image: 24th-April-Studies---Planes.jpg]

[Image: 24th-April-Studies---Planes.jpg]

And some more work on that dragon dude. Couple of steps below. Not that interesting, but I've been experimenting with the 'Find Edges' filter in photoshop (number 2) as a way to quickly create a line drawing from a sketch. Then you can set it the filtered layer to multiply and work underneath. It's not ideal, and it's definitely not a great line drawing, but its a nice shortcut. Only started using it recently and not sure if I'll stick with it, but thought I'd mention it in case it's useful for anyone :).

[Image: Dragon-Dude---steps.jpg]

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4332/10,000 - BenFlores - 04-26-2014

that knight piece is great man, it pops right out. are you done with it? if not id say you can add some mist/clouds and maybe repeated rocks that vanish into the back to add some depth, all just personal opinions though.

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4349/10,000 - JakeB - 04-28-2014

BenFlores - Cheers man. Kept working on it and those tips came in handy. I tried to work a few more rocks, and get some more mist in there. Maybe it worked? Not sure lol.

Studies for other stuff
[Image: 24th-April-Studies---Planes.jpg]

And, I think this is finished. Open to any crits or whatever though, if you spot something :)

[Image: Dragon-Dude.jpg]

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4349/10,000 - Jonas Jerde - 04-28-2014

Flip the last image.

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4356/10,000 - JakeB - 04-29-2014

JJ Aaron - Yeah, I was working on it the other way round for a while, but then I worried his sword would be on the wrong side. Maybe I flip it and he's left handed lol?

Study
[Image: 28th-April-Study.jpg]

And whatever this is. My sketching's ugly as shit.
[Image: Character.jpg]

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4403/10,000 - JakeB - 05-06-2014

Passed 4400 Hours Here

Not a lot to show. Having some trouble with some client work, but pushing through. Back to personal stuff soon hopefully :)

Studies
[Image: 4th-May-Study.jpg]

Character thing that I totally ballsed up
[Image: Character.jpg]

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4403/10,000 - denikina - 05-06-2014

The one with the light beam looks great - was it just a study or some idea of your added? Anyway it's very interesting.

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4446/10,000 - JakeB - 05-12-2014

denikina - Ah, it was a study. It's cool looking though right? Found it browsing black and white photography on pinterest - Really good source for reference, especially for composition :)

Studies
[Image: Sargeant-distant-figure-study.jpg]

[Image: Sargeant-distant-figure-study.jpg]

Sketches

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4462/10,000 - JakeB - 05-14-2014

Some more sketches
[Image: Steps-5.jpg]

Pushed some of the sketches a little further, into line drawings
[Image: Portrait-8-1.jpg]

And some studies
[Image: Studies.jpg]

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4473/10,000 - JakeB - 05-16-2014

Practice stuff, not super happy with either of these.. Figured some stuff out though, all helps :)

[Image: Portrait-8.jpg]

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4473/10,000 - Othrandir - 05-30-2014

Holy crapazoid! You're getting soo good man! :O Haven't been here in a while, so yeah. Your work with colors is really enjoyable! I'd suggest busting out a bit more hand studies, though. Hogarth is really good about that :)

Keep it up man! :)

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4543/10,000 - JakeB - 06-01-2014

Passed 4500 Hours Here

Othrandir - Haha, cheers man. Yeah I end up bullshitting hands so often. I'll try and do some intensive study once I get a bit more free time again :)

So, been a while. Got a fair amount of client work on atm, plus had a rush graphic design thing to do recently. Busy... Still alive though. :)

Hand Study, working on planes
[Image: Hand-Study.jpg]

Sketch thing
[Image: Horse-River.jpg]

Character

Couple of still life warm up things. Pretty quick, just playing around with process and stuff.

[Image: Key-Still-Life.jpg]

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4543/10,000 - Othrandir - 06-01-2014

Damn those colors, so good! :D Loving the still lives man! Egh, I gotta do some of those as well. Thanks for reminding me! :)

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4543/10,000 - crackedskull - 06-01-2014

Grats on passing 4500h!
500h more and you're half way there, geez that goal is just huge man :D
Still waiting on those master studies.
Heres a link to hi res master images, some really nice Rembrandt stuff in there. http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online?tabname=artist-maker-culture

Also if you check the departments section in the link you can find armor and costumes from history, which gives a ton of useful refs.
Keep it up man.

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4543/10,000 - JakeB - 06-13-2014

Passed 4600 Hours Here

Othrandir - Cheers man :)

crackedskull - Yeah, you're right lol. I so wanna do master studies again, totally swamped atm though. I'll try and make some time in a few weeks/next month I think. Cheers for the link :)

Not a lot to show for the last 100 hours (shiiiiit), working on NDA stuff mostly. I'll get back into personal work soon hopefully :)

Just Studies

[Image: Book-Study.jpg]

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4543/10,000 - Kaffer - 06-14-2014

I love how you introduced painterly vibrant stuff in your recent paintings!

RE: The 10000 Hour Rule - Art Edition - 4543/10,000 - Craig Paton - 06-14-2014

Always following your progress on Tumblr. Nice to see you nearing the half-way mile stone.

Do you often look back at the progress you've made in your 10,000 hour quest? The difference between page 1 and page 36 is inspiring.