Render Doodles #1

No time to twiddle thumbs... DRAW DRAW DRAW!

-M-

Dial 'M' for Murder... [in the docks]

A quick sketch done over the weekend. Haven't yet decided whether to paint it or not... Ps: Yep, she's a big girl = )

'Murder in The Docks'

-M-

SketcHHousE 'POWER HOUR' [Week: #06]

The ONE painting I had time to do during the week [at the very bottom]... Decided to spend a little more time to flesh things out on this one [although it's still really a sketch], since I only had time for one session this week. Really trying to think about the many ways light behaves & interacts with objects;

how & when shadow is cast, the subtle effects of 'bounce light' [& or refractions], using varied tones to generate depth/ distance etc [so much to think about]. There's a lot more going on out there than seems at first glance & it blows my mind just thinking about it!
[Life really is a Blessing]
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Guide sketch

Fill layer

Pin pointing direction of light source

Fleshing out highlights

Adding extra tone for depth

A little bounce-light & secondary light source added... Fin

-M-

Paint Study Time lapse...

A sketch in progression...

 -M-

SketcHHousE 'POWER HOUR' [Week: #05]

OK, so this post comes a few days late due to outside work taking over my life but here's last weeks batch of studies. We've now moved over to shadow & lighting as a theme, which is something I always love to explore & experiment with given the opportunity.

Just to name a few personal sources of inspiration I have on this subject matter: I've always loved the overly dramatic style of lighting found in early Film noir movies & film posters of the 1950's [more & more I find myself leaning towards this direction in personal work]... Also, a few preferred artists [comic mainly] I've long been in awe of for their unique take on lighting contrasts are, Simon Bisley, Frank Frazetta, Mike Mignola & of course Frank Miller... & as I feel the sudden need to yell out, "Yeah yeah, I know, typical"... well 'typically' these were some of the guys who's styles captivated me as a young comic-obsessed teen... what can you say, they did it well.

All in all, I'm looking forward to exploring this topic further over the next few weeks so stick around & let me know what you think.

-M-

SketcHHousE 'POWER HOUR' [Week: #04]

A bit of a rocky start this week, plus generating challenging poses is starting to make my brain hurt...[that's a good thing]... None the less, here's week four's early morning warm-up sketches: 'PERSPECTIVE'... Oh & this is now officially ONE MONTH IN!!! woooooo = ) 

Have a stress-free weekend = )

-M-

SketcHHousE 'POWER HOUR' [Week: #03]

Well here's my lot for week three's early morning warm-up sketches: 'PERSPECTIVE'.

I absolutely love the challenge of drawing in perspective! Throwing myself in the deep end & attempting some insanely warped or just plane difficult angle must be a 'high' for me [the times I get it right that is]... Having to sit there racking your brain, putting memory muscle into overdrive in order to work out how an arm, rib cage, muscle tendons, >buttock< or other body parts would look & react to being stretched/ contracted for a particular pose... I'm pretty sure I've come close to giving myself a nose bleed! [I'm sure this is a good thing]

The 1st image was still 'dynamics' but the rest following on are 'perspective' based. The 1st two days [image #2 especially] were pretty bad but think I started warming up to it by Wednesday's sessions... [see what you think anyways]

 

Enjoy your weekend Folks!

-M-

SketcHHousE 'POWER HOUR' [Week: #02]

Here's week two's batch of early morning warm-up sketches. Really starting to enjoy these exercises & believe it or not, getting up so early isn't as much a battle anymore... A lot of good & helpful feedback is being shared between myself & the guys I'm doing this with so looking forward to seeing improvements as time goes on...

Oh btw, hop over to the blog we've set up for our little online sketch-group! Feel free to 'follow', spread the word & join in even! The more the better... Details & info on what we're doing can be found there [SketcHHousE]. Hope to see you soon- Have a relaxing weekend folks = )

-M-

Loose Paintings #1

Here's one of a few very loose study paintings I'm doing during spare time. Just experimenting with a few different techniques in contrast of how I'd normally work... I call this one, 'The Dancing Girl Harlot'... Yep... I kinda like her.

Hope you's guys dig?

'The Dancing Harlot'

 -M-

SketcHHousE 'POWER HOUR'!!! [Week: #01]

Hey all! Hope everyone's had a nice week? or if not quite nice, hope you have something exciting lined up as a treat for the weekend = )

This week has been great! & no I didn't win the loto [I live a less complicated & happier life than that]; no, I've managed to discipline myself enough to get up SUPER early in the mornings to spend a solid hour sketching to 'warm up' for the day...... of course when I say "super early", I REALLY just mean 7am.......... & when I say "discipline myself", I ACTUALLY mean with the help of two good [fellow artist] friends of mine.

We basically agreed it'd be a good idea for us to meet online each morning [via Skype] & spend an hour sketching together. [The outline] is to give ourselves two to three themes we'll focus on each month [to get the most we can out of them without spreading ourselves too thinly].... This being the inaugural week, we decided to kick things off with a theme of 'Dynamic Poses'... [Join in].

I have to say though, aside from the burning of my eyes getting up as early as that [to sketch!?!?]... it's AWESOME! It's gratifying artistically & from a self discipline standpoint [try it!].... Now I think about it, it's actually really more of a ["support group"] than anything else... I dunno, you decide. Here are a few of my sketches to help formulate your answers:

Have a great weekend people!
-M-

"TERRIBLE, I know"...

I must never again in my life neglect my blog...
I must never again in my life neglect my blog...
I must never again in my life neglect my blog...
I must never again in my life neglect my blog...
I must never again in my life neglect my blog...
I must never again in my life neglect my blog...

x 1000... 00000000000000000000000.......... 0






Wow, so it's been a good few months since I posted.... TERRIBLE, I know. My only excuse... [which now I think about it, really isn't a valid one...... so let me not bother explaining]. Anyhooow, on the UP side, I have actually been keeping up my creative productivity [just haven't blogged about it]. Below are a few doodles, illustrations & digital paintings done over the past few months. Browse through & I hope you like.


As always feel free to comment = )
More to come...
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BELOW: A few caricatures I've done over the past month as part of a weekly 'just for fun' quiz I recently set up for friends of mine on FaceBook... I usually throw it up on Sunday evenings [8pm UK time]. If you're in the neighbourhood, stop by, add me & feel free to join in the fun! Who knows, you may be the lucky winner & receive a FREE caricature of yourself too! It's all good clean fun >= )

BELOW: Line Art...


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BELOW: Some doodles...