Walent's sketchbook

[walent]

Thanks Voodoo, that's what I'm planning on, post as much as I can.

Hey Amit, long time indeed. Yep, I'm doing great, actually I don't know if I've ever been better. I did go far into the anatomy, but still need more practice until I can fully stop using references. Or at least not wasting so much time trying to find a leg in a certain position with a certain lighting setup.

Actually I did think about just going for figure drawing, but apparently I crave for design. I have to design something, otherwise I don't feel like there's any sense in all this effort. Yeah, I know you can say the human figure needs designing too, like knowing which pose works for each model and such, but having a design / architecture background myself isn't letting me stay away from designing something. I mean it really feels like I haven't offered all I have if I just do figure drawing.

Steve Houston is one of my favorite artists btw when talking about figure drawing.


Anyway, I've recently seen the process used by John Park for his mechs, and I thought it's brilliant.
Had to try it. Kept me awake. It's 5 a.m. I guess it's working.

Here are some studies/sketches




Some portraits





And here's a robot I've been working on. I'm pretty excited with this one. He's suppose to be a construction / engineer bot. Inspired by a telehandler.