my sketches and junk
 

hey all, been lurking around here a while so here's my first post. these are just some of the better pages from a couple sketchbooks. i think we'll start off with some color:









enjoy!!

Some of the best stuff I have ever seen on these forums.

Excellent work dude.

Wow. Nice pieces of art you have there. :D

wow thanks guys!!!

Pfft. "Junk" my ass... You've got talent.

Wow those are some exotic colors and drawings. You freestyle or trace and then color in?

Those are amazing, nice work.

thanks guys. they're all freehand
here's a couple of anatomy studies:

That is some VERY good stuff!

WOAH!
Those are all amazing!
Definately proffesional looking.

WOW u r awesome!! 8D!!

damn good art you got going on there...i rarely use this word on anyone but those sketches/drawings are superb

thanks a bunch everybody!!!
here's a portrait series i did a couple years ago:

apart from the Goya-esque drawings you had in your original post, is your main inspiration taken from the Italian Renaissance period?

oh yeah in regards to anatomy and the modeling of light the Italian Renaissance would definitely be my main influence, but mostly because that was the tradition that has been passed down and which my mentor passed onto me; however, I would say that my biggest influence from the Renaissance would be the northerners, particularly the Germans because although their approach to anatomy was flawed, they just had so much more style than the Italians.

The people sketches look like photographs, frickin awesome!

I love the shading you did, it makes the people look mysterious in a way.
And the hair is mega good ^_^

Waaay better than what I can do

Like Albrecht Dürer?
His portaits are stunning. His self portrait is one of my favorites. its so awesome due to the fact that he pretty much painted himself facing the audience like with some soft lighting...like Jesus...

Exaclty like Albrecht Dürer!!! He's probably my favorite artist of all time. I also heard that when he finished that particular portrait his dog freaked out and started barking at it because it thought it was him. And as you can see here I've clearly been ripping off his signature

and adopting it as my own :P

wow i did not know that about his dog...lol...i know that it took a lot of guts to present his portrait like that...i true maverick he is...hes one of my favorites too (Knight, Death, & the Devil is my fave...so symbolic)

as for your signature, that pretty badass. his was pretty distinct...not like some ordinary initials or a unlegible scrawling...awesome!

Very impressive, you've got huge talent. What did you use to colour the ones you posted first? (The "dark" ones)
Your portraits are amazing! The hair is so realistic.
Josie

I really enjoyed your stuff. The best I've seen in a really long time. :cool:

thanks those were painted with acrylic paint. the backgrounds were just a thin wash of raw umber

Omg Those Are Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;) :d

haha thank you, but omg the gif in your signature is gonna give me nightmares lol

enjoy

omg! u guys r so good!

I agree with most of the other people on this thread--you definitely have a gift for this. I haven't seen drawing like this in a long time. Very impressive.

Wow. Your work is among the best traditional work I've ever seen. I'm very impressed!

I agree with everybody on here. You got some definate talent and I truly am impressed.

wow, you really are talented!! best work i've seen lately!!!
really awesome work! love it! haha now i see that i have some work to do, to draw something like this..lol..^^:vsign:

Do you sell your work? if so, for how much? just curious.

wow. That's really all I can say.