Forrest's Sketchbook of Wondercanes and Dreamsicles.

[ShinOkami]

Crrrrrrrrrrrazy stuff over here, very nice studies and results :o

I agree with Renato, go out on some walks or just do something you never did otherwise i guess you'll just be forcing yourself which is not good :s

Overall, keep up the good stuff ! : )

[Forrestimel]

RenatoCaria Thanks a lot Renato :) yeah I'm starting to notice I feel a bit happier with my work when I take the time to doodle some stupid stuff that isn't so finished and serious ha

ShinOkami Thanks :) And I always make time for walks ;)

So here's what I did today! I wanna make more time in my day to apply studies not just to finished images but to doodles as well, I feel like it'll help me really seal that knowledge in. Also I want to make sure to make more time to start the day with doodling either in my sketchbook or in photoshop so that I don't become so reliant on studies for my imagination stuff. Taking it slow and enjoying my stuff more today than last week :)

P.S. I also did some asian facial studies and some head angle studies on paper but it's not enough to really post yet but maybe tomorrow :D

[Adam Lina]

I've been following your stuff for a while but never commented. Cant really crit you on anything, just wanted to say you're awesome :)

[Forrestimel]

Hypnagogic_Haze thank you very much :)

Didn't do too many studies today, gonna make up for that tomorrow and try to get a lot of work done before I go hang out with some friends and... "socialize."

[Forrestimel]

So here's a bit of an art dump. Was a really slow week. Been kinda paranoid about if the art I'm doing is the art I really enjoy doing or just art I think I like to do due to over saturation of it in the jobs I want to pursue or the artists I look up to and admire. So I took a little step back in the middle of the week to collect my thoughts and make a bit of a plan of action for the next couple months or so, working out a series of things that I think I truly have an interest in but will also help me appeal to companies I want to work for. At the moment I'm kind of doing my own redesigns of commonly depicted fantasy races. So orcs, elves, dwarves, dark elves, and I'm thinking of just doing a human race as well to throw in to the bunch but we will see.

Fantasy creatures and races were probably the very first things that I can remember I sincerely thought were cool that truly inspired and motivated me without someone else being there to persuade my decision on how much I like something. So for now that is something I'm going with. That and I'm deciding to start painting what I feel like painting more. Sometimes I'll have a sudden urge to paint a random ass thing like an animal or like a Japanese city street or something and I've always neglected to take those urges a step further and do something about it. Even if it's not necessarily pertaining to what I'm trying to paint professionally or personally I want to take that inspiration for something and go somewhere with it. So here's to hopefully making some positive changes and steps forward with my own development <3

[Forrestimel]

Streaming more orcs :D

>>STREAMING<<

[Forrestimel]

Sorry I haven't been posting as much, been kinda weird lately. Trying to just draw what I feel like drawing and not do as many studies. Starting the day with a doodle from imagination and junk. Just see what naturally comes to em and what makes me smile when working on :)

[StardustLarva]

That value study of the ape is pretty solid.

[BenFlores]

Nice dude! Wish my portraits were even close to that good :D

[HarbingerofIllRepute]

You've got some pretty strong studies going on here, and I ain't f-f-f-f-foolin'!

[Forrestimel]

StardustLarva Thanks :)

BenFlores thank you :)

Harbinger Awww quit foolin.

Man it's been awhile since I've posted, just kinda taking it easy right now. Also working on some client stuff as well which I'm gonna do some studies for tomorrow so maybe I'll post that tomorrow. Maybe. I don't know. Possibly. Ok bye.

[Forrestimel]

So here's another week in an art shell that I forgot to post on here yesterday. And the rest is all from today. Just doodles and some quick studies for some client work :)

[ImSkeptical]

Just wanted to mention the amount of work you do always pushes me to do more :D. Keep working hard and improving man.

[RenatoCaria]

yeah, i agree with this person here ^

The fact that you keep pushing yourself and you sketchbook is always on the top page because of how often you post is definitely an inspiration Forrest, so keep it up!

[Janos]

hey Forrest great Sketchbook!!!

your studies are really cool keep this up!!!

[iCi]

Holy cow, a lot of hard work, keep it up! Don't forget to light the forms properly before you go into rendering, you are skipping that part, and on most of the stuff I'm missing that \3d\ feel of the form. Just try to model every single lets say facial feature, like you're sculpting in clay. Hope this helps out :)
That knight is awesome!

[Forrestimel]

ImSkeptical I'm glad I could help you ha

RenatoCaria thank you :)

Janos thanks :)

iCi thanks man I'll work on that :D

So wow, haven't posted in a week. But I have a good reason! I was busy! :D

This week was crazy with tons of family coming in for my sister's Bat Mitzvah which was also this weekend, as well as my birthday. So lots of dinners, driving around to places, and preparing for the Bat Mitzvah. But the craziness is finally dying down and I can start getting back to art, but it was nice to have a little break for a while.

But anyway, here is what I did get done this week, not much but still something.

http://forrestimel.deviantart.com/art/In...-477873443

[Forrestimel]

Sorry I've been bad about posting. I might be getting worse at it here soon, or better, not sure yet. So I may have gotten a studio gig, I'm not sure how much I can say exactly so I won't say what studio I've been hired by. But I'm doing a test week for them starting tomorrow to see if I can match the style they need. If I can then I'll be hired on to the project they're working on for about 4 weeks or so. This is huge for me, I've never had an opportunity like this and I'm really happy and excited about it. It's definitely not the perfect job, it's nowhere near the kind of stuff I like to paint and it's certainly not in the style I like to paint, but this is opening up so many opportunities for me for future work and for work experience. This means I'll only have about 4 spare hours every day for painting/chores/girlfriend time (excluding weekends, weekends are open). If I did my math correctly I'll roughly have around 40 hours or so still available if I make time for the studio work, sleep, and social time with girlfriend/friends. As long as I stay focused I can still get a lot of stuff done in that amount of time. So, wish me luck :p

For now here's some stuff:

[Janos]

good luck!

[Forrestimel]

Thanks Janos!

Here's some junk from today!