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

[Kaffer]

Nice mood & expression.. I probably would either narrow the cutout a bit, or put some elements in, which lead the eye to the character.. about 30% to the sides is just reduntant information.. other than that, awesome stuff! :)

[JakeB]

Kaffer- Cheers man. Yeah I think you're right. The composition doesn't really work. Gonna leave that one and move on for now, but I'll keep that in mind. Thank you :)

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Illustration WIP - Applying this study much more literally than usual, working on the two things in parallel. We'll see how it works out.

[JakeB]

More work on the study


More work on the illustration

[JakeB]

Nearly there, should finish this today I think. If you can see any issues, let me know :)



And a mindless sketch to wind down last night.

[JakeB]

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Finished that illustration :)



On DeviantArt http://fav.me/d6e19qh

Lighting studies


Lighting from imagination


Sketch thing

[JakeB]

New stuff,

Sargent hand study


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Developed one a bit


Studies for that


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[mateusrocha]

Amazing stuff here Jake! I really liked how the tavern guy turned out!

It's awesome that you are focusing on the illustration itself, the character, background, mood and story.. I really shows.

Also, I want to see that guy with the cape in the sun finished :D haha

Keep upp!!

[JakeB]

Mateusrocha - cheers dude. Yeah, I kinda liked the idea for that one, I think I've actually tried it a couple of times, I just can't seem to get it to work. I'll give it another go at some point :)

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Illustration, and process :)





on DA http://jakewbullock.deviantart.com/art/Ascend-387170976

[BenFlores]

that last one is soo good man! and you applied that aragorn study so well. carry on!

[devin]

that last one is really cool! good work dude.

[Rognoll]

Your progress is amazing!

Is that aragorn, there in the tavern?

[JakeB]

BenFlores - Cheers dude. Yeah, the last one was a lot of fun, glad you like it :)

Devin - Thanks man :)

Rognoll - The study is of Aragorn, yeah. I tried to apply the things I learned in the illustration, which made it look kinda similar. Don't think I'll do one that close to the study again, but I learned a lot :)

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Shitty portrait studies. I feel like I'd forgotten how to study lol. So weird


Longer one :) Happier with this


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And some gesture study sword dudes

[astrosim]

Truly inspiring seeing your progression, just goes to show that dedication and time spent does indeed pay off!

[Trevor S.]

Nice work on that Illustration with the guy in the hood. Nice study as well!

[EduardoGaray]

Its been a long time since i came here, since i already see most of your illustrations on facebook haha. I loved that Aragorn illustration you did, its practically flawless!
For the one with knight trapped in that air current, i also like it, but i would love to see more movement. Like that air grip is really moving fast.
Also, cool sketches, keep them coming!

[JakeB]

astrosim - hey, thanks a lot. :) Just gotta keep going :)

Trevor - Cheers man.

Eduardo - Haha, yeah. Facebook's awesome for art now. Gotta love it. Glad you liked them, I know what you mean about the movement though, I have a real hard time keeping the motion from my sketches, in the final illustrations. Definitely something I'm working on.

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Developed one a bit


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Developing another one,


Trying to come up with a solid idea for the next piece. No luck yet.

[Bjulvar]

Heya Jake!
I've totally been lurking around your sketchbook for a long time but I realized that I've never dropped a comment! You're a big inspiration to me, kicking my ego's butt with your killer progression. You did a fantastic job on the Ascend piece, very harmonious palette. Quite interesting to see how you solved rendering the air. It's definitely portfolio worthy.

I'm not sure if this critique is valid, but I think you probably should pay attention to softness and sometimes contrast. Though I do see that you restricted the deeper shadows to the focal point in your tavern piece, it just feels that some objects lose their terminator line. Might be that values are too similar in certain areas due the broadness of your value's progression, making it a bit soft.

Looking forward to seeing your next piece mate.
xoxo 'n stuff

[JakeB]

Bjulvar - Hey man, thank you :). Yeah, very valid critique, you hit on two things that I struggle with a lot lol. I'm gonna try and work on my core shadows, I feel like I just bullshit it too much, so I wanna try and push that. Cheers dude :)

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[JakeB]

Passed 2400 Hours Here

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Unfinished thing


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[JakeB]

Armour study


Portrait study


Unfinished thing


Gonna finish something soon, promise :)

Imagination Portrait