genosgrande's sketchbook

[genosgrande]

Hi, I am an aspiring illustrator and am doing my best to improve in every way possible. I'm currently a third year in college and just switched to industrial design. I will be posting all of my finished pieces and a few of my studies and doodles so be prepared for a random range of quality. 

I'm reposting most of my other sketchbook for my first post so be prepared to scroll. All tips and critiques are welcome!

Some Star Wars drawings.



Random samurai oc.


Crappy Rambo Watercolor.


Still lives. I suck at watercolor if you couldn't tell.



Start of my digital painting and landscape studies.




Some texture studies.


One of my products from "50 years in the future" for Industrial Design Studio.


At the time, an incredibly challenging poster I did for a contest which took my forever. Drew the face from reference but from at a different angle. I consider it a milestone even though it isn't great.


Bleach parody of Juha Bach/Yhwach. 


Still life and two studies. I think I was seeing improvement in these studies.




Another piece that took me forever. I though it was alright but I know everything about the color, light, and values are off. I remember painting this while listening to Dave's podcast about pushing through the difficult points to improve lol.


Some figure studies.




Another still life.


This is my Bleach tribute for the last chapter. It go on as the last page in the fanart section of the chapter which was awesome! http://mangastream.com/r/bleach/686/3613/29 


A face study I did which I was pretty proud of. I kept each step on a different layer so I could try out this gif.




Leyendecker study.


Some posemaniac sketches.


The idea of this character was just someone who was kind of obsessed with the 80's but in a kind of non ironic way. Kind of almost looks like a generic 80's high school bully or something. I also gave him a generic name like Josh. Took me a long time to draw and paint and I'm still not completely satisfied but I don't think I can push it much further with my current skills. Had to repaint it a lot. I think I should pick an asymmetrical pose so I don't have to deal with trying to make everything even -.-


More studies. I didn't zoom in at all this time for the walkman so a lot of the edges are wonky :S



Another illustration of Josh.


A quick study.


Class doodles and skull study.




I really like the dark blue/purple sky over the ocean so I did a quick study of it.


Medium close-up of Josh.


And you've made it to the end of the start of my sketchbook here. I hope to continually improve and become a professional artist in the future!