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

[Laura_H]

Also, could you maybe help me with a link to Imagination and Loomi? I've tried to find it, but it's near impossible. All I get are drug dealers and silver smiths.

http://alexhays.com/loomis/

[Warburton]

Dude, already since i last dropped by you have started showing real progression in your work. The morgan piece is coming along nicely, and that still life is looking great. I don't know how the fuck you painted those cards on top but they look real 0.0. Stay vigilant with your studies, it's clear that your working hard its paying off so make sure you carry on as you are doing ;p

[Veer]

Hey man, nice evolution here! I like your perseverence! And the chicks, too!
Do you do construction when you draw? Because there's a difference between your line drawings and you painting studies, the latter are better. When you have the pencil and the paper, things can get daunting if you don't understand what you're drawing. I know when i started to draw, my line was awful, and everything i drew was out of proportion and flat. After a while i started using simple shapes, like cubes, spheres, cones to simplify what i wanted to draw and it was easier to put them in perspective and shade them to look more belivable. Go ahead and try!
Ah, and this might help you! http://babelab.blogspot.ro/2012/02/seque...31e80223ec

[JakeB]

Warburton - Haha, just a bit of Photoshop trickery for the cards. Made a brush for the pattern, and transformed it on. No way was I going to draw them all. Glad you liked it though man :).

Veer - Yeah, I definitely need to think about my construction more, when I work. Sometimes I just forget and realise I've been doodling without thinking. Oh cool, that post's awesome. Bookmarked. Cheers man.

So, it's been christmas so everythings been a bit more up in the air. Here's what I've got to show.

First and foremost,
Merry Christmas, in January, whatever.


Current progress on Morgan


Initial stuff for Mongol Mordred



Materials


Other Studies








Got some Acylics for Christmas, first time I've really used them. Good fun, looking forward to more.


Just been doodling through the holidays, so, loadsa sketchbook stuff. Studies first.
Biro






Pencil


Marker pen + Biro (this is so much fun)












And some personal stuff.
Markers








Pencil




Marker and biro

[JakeB]

Today's stuff

Markers




Loomis


Working on Mordred

[JakeB]

WAHEY HIT 1000 HOURS HERE, 10% THERE...

Zorn Study


Still life, didn't finish it, light was changing too much.. Still, learnt a bit


Markers








More Stuff for Mordred

[CoreyH]

Oh wow, your persistence is admirable, and the improvement from page one is an inspiration.

Keep it up can't wait too see more

[JakeB]

Corza - Cheers man. Shall do :)

Marker studies


Studying Fur


And playing around with some stuff - Viking dude.

[Jaik]

so much improvement D: great stuff! 1/10th already, congrats :D

[Toxicpanda]

I'm most excited about this sketchbook. There is amazing progress in your paintings and I can't wait to see more :D

[JakeB]

Jaik - Cheers man, yeah hitting the 1000 mark was pretty sweet, not gonna lie.

Toxicpanda - Glad you like it, I'll keep posting, don't worry ;)


More stuff...

Blocky kinda study, trying something a bit different.


Value Study


Marker pen thing


More Mordred work






And I started messing around in sculptris today. Think this could be a fun way to study form, gonna keep going with it :)

[JakeB]

Haven't posted in a couple of days. Got back into a routine though, so should be more consistent again now :).

Recent shit..
Loomis - Started doing these first thing in the morning. Before getting dressed or worrying about anything else, and it's really helped. I can get out of bed much more easily knowing that I'm going to draw straight away :).








Studies














Sketches





Also, I've started doing these daily character things. Couple of hours each, here's 1-5










And finally, progress on Mordred..

[Liberty]

Oh man, great progress and tons of work. I like the mordred dude, his eyes look weird to me tho.

[Lumens]

Your workflow is inspiring, keep it upp!

Liberty: Construction aside, the eyes look good in terms of values. when eyes are in shadow they almost entirely blend in with the face, adding to the realism if thats whats your going for.

[ndhill]

You're work is really tightening up. And you're conscious of your plains. Something I might recommend now would be for you to start analyzing your lines and contours start exploring their emphasis. Right now, they look a little idealized. Also, with faces, Try to describe a bit more with just shadow and see where that gets you before going into further delineation. Look at artists like Jason Chan and Wes Burt and see just how mach they're able to describe with very minimal effort. Don't think you have to draw the whole eye or nose when sometimes most of the information your getting is acquired through shadow shapes and everything else is hinted at.

[JakeB]

Liberty - Thank you. Yeah, I've been struggling with him. We'll see.

Lumens - Thanks man, means a lot. I'll try ;)

ndhill - Thanks for the comments. I'll definitely look into that. I've noticed them doing it in the past, but never sat down and tried to do it myself. Something to consider anyway, cheers :)

So, been crappy and not posting again. Back to regular posts soon.

Loomis














Studies












Sketch stuff
Trying to apply a study and failing miserably




Some gestures in there as well


Some More daily characters
















And I redrew Mordred, starting fresh.
Update with some colours tomorrow :)


Right, back to it :D

[TylerDonnelly]

You have some great line-work! Especially in that last piece. Killer work.

[JakeB]

Tyler - Cheers man. :)

Yesterday's stuff

Sketch


Shitty Character


And some more work on Mordred

[JakeB]

Right, so I've been trawling through old sketchbooks recently, and decided to mix up what I'm working on a bit. I've been doing studies, but I'm not really learning all that much from them, so gonna try and focus more on imagination stuff. Also, going to be applying the studies I do much more literally.


So, stuff from this morning.
Loomis





Sketches




Gestures


And a shitty application of the sargent study from the other day..



Oh, btw, the threads I've been checking out are

Hannes (algenpfleger)
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread....at-is-this

Dave
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread....y-Contact)

And Miles
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread....etchbook-D

If you haven't had a chance to look through them, or you've only flicked through, its definitely worth having a more in depth look. You can kinda see how people learned, and how they picked up new stuff. Pretty interesting, and very inspiring.

[Craig Paton]

Great sketchbook, sir. A lot of good work here. Really like your Loomis stuff. :)