Mat Kaminski Sketchybewk

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meat:
Love the zoodoodle and this robo bar set. Nothing really beats building an actual model like that. James Gurney builds a whole lot of models for his paintings too.

About the soul-searching bit, I think it might be a lot harder when one gets older. So definitely good to do early on. Now, even when I soul-search a lot, nothing certain seem to come up. Things come up, but it is always set upon by packs of Doubt, and shredded up within a week, tops.

Thanks... yeah, it was my first real foray into actual 3D. I can't say that it's the easiest thing I've ever done and quite honestly, I thought I was going to be better at it, but that shit is hard! I have a much bigger appreciation for sculptors now than I did before...
Yeah, being close to thirty makes me part of the older folks I'd imagine, but I don't really care and honestly, I don't feel any older at all. Realistically I just want to start working and I think all doubt will shred away. I think that's the main thing. Luckily I have school currently holding me up. One more year to go, and then I'll be figuring out what to do in the long run. Hopefully it will be an easy transition... right?

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30-Minutes of Poses

Title: 30-Minutes of Poses
Date: May 8, 2014
Medium: Photoshop CS3

Notes: I'm going to be using these as warm-ups all summer long. Thirty minutes of what I would consider, pre-workouts. Every time I'm thinking of doing any art, this is what I will start with.

Thursday: Drapery Study

Title: Thursday: Drapery Study
Date: May 8, 2014
Medium: Photoshop CS3
Scale: Original is 1600px x 964px

Notes: Initially this was going to be a full render of a character. But I only wanted to actually be a drapery study. So I thought about what Ashley tells me:
She says, "If you want to do a study, you should really just focus on the area that you want to study. Crop the damn picture and stop wasting your time on all the extrenous stuff. Just paint what is neccessary for the study only."
Wise words... and hilariously enough, ones that I'd never considered.

Ref: http://mizzd-stock.deviantart.com/art/Pi...1-56151411

Thursday: Anatomy - Hands

Title: Thursday: Anatomy - Hands
Date: May 8, 2014
Medium: Photoshop CS3

Notes: Also everyday I will be playing with a different part of the anatomy. Thursday's was hands.

Ref: http://daestock.deviantart.com/

Officially done with the semester... now time for some just chill painting.

For Justice!

Title: For Justice
Date: May 4, 2014
Medium: Photoshop CS3
Scale: Original is 1068px x 1600px

Notes: After seeing so many impressionist renderings this semester, I think I've been getting quite a bit looser with my painting. I think that it will be quite some time before I get to the mastery level that they are, but I think it's fun to try!
Ultimately this summer will be all about going back to the roots, trying out new things, and just trying to all-around get better.

This is the first of MANY for the summer... but I thought I would start it now.

Ref: http://throughel0raseyes.deviantart.com/...-438149913

And I'll try to do one of these each time... Tutorial below.

Comics 2: Duality

Title: Comics 2: Duality
Date: April 25 - 30, 2014
Medium: Graphite
Scale: Each 'page' is 9" x 12"

Notes: There is quite a bit to be said about the resolution. As in, I need a ton more there. BUT, I wanted to make my final foray into comics for awhile be at least a nicely detailed one. I think, just like always, that there are places that need some serious work, but I wanted to try my damnedest to really push it for this one. I've been told in class that I was slacking it pretty hard when it came to my comic work, so I wanted to try and pick it up somewhat at least.
Ultimately I wanted to fully color the cover (which I may do over the summer), but it was lots of fun. If I haven't said it before, I'll say it now: "Comics artists are badasses!" I can't keep up with the amount of work that you guys would have. Pushing it down this fast... I could barely keep a hold of my cards, which was still a ridiculously fast-paced project (more on this next post hopefully).

Anyway, just wanted to share...