Sunday, February 27, 2011

Holmes Final




trying to work out of my comfort zone with the color palette, pretty pleased with how it came out.

let me know what ya think

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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Ah, There we go!


finally came up with something i want to try to finish

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Drummer project final



i guess if you're interested, pictured from left to right; Ginger Baker, Bill Bruford, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Charlie Watts, Mitch Mitchell and Ringo Starr.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

figure painting



once again, ref by mjranum-stock on deviantart.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Drummer project progress


You know when you get to a certain point in a project and you realize that you totally underestimated the amount of work said project actually involved, i think I've gotten to that point.

Doing a caricature of a famous person i've never heard of is never fun, especially when it's a chore to find proper reference, especially when you have to do 7 in a row.

this has been the biggest caricature project that i've undertaken ever. I've struggled through multiple likenesses, procrastinated my ass off and fiddled about with the composition endlessly. however, i think all these things can only improve my skills and make me not only a better caricaturist, but better artist.

i may be taking such an optimistic view of things because i'm also at a point where i can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I have it all set compositionaly, i have likenesses that I'm pleased with for all 7 guys and all i have to do now is finish it off.

so, here it is, hopefully i won't procrastinate any longer, and my dad can put it on his wall soon.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

More paint sketching


it appears i have a lot more images of women on my hard drive to paint from than men.

oil on canvas board 5x7
(they were calling me a whiskey painter at class yesterday for using such li'l canvases)

Friday, February 18, 2011

Take II



another try, without reference this time. just going for the general impressions i get.
been watching the show on dvd to get a better sense of him.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Jeremy Brett


...as Sherlock Holmes of course.

this is the first time in a long while i have been spurred to action by one of the many online caricature contests there seem to be now, the latest subject on e-caricatures is Mr Holmes in any one of his film incarnations. As i've already caricatured Robert downey jr. and benedict cumberbatch, that left only one that i had actually seen before.

So, here is my first attempt. there is plenty i'm not satisfied with, but i feel it's on the right track.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Practice, Practice, Practice...




trying some new things technique-wise for portraits. trying some hands(which went better than expected), doing a b+w study, and doing a quick one not worrying about any detail(my eyes hurt after so much squinting)

first two come from deviantart, by mjranum_stock and coi_stock respectively. the last one's from an old hegre-art set i think.

let me know what you think.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Me me me...



been in a bit of an artistic rut for a while, trying to break out of it, just a quick self portrait from today. i;m looking at it now and all i can think is, "i really need to measure more". my portraits are always a little...off.

i'll try to finish my emmy rossum caricature and at least start a new one (probably of Jeremy Brett) by the end of the week.

later