Gaining Momentum

More of the same, but went 3hrs for the last two since they were going well:

Random Movie Still Studies

Some 2hr time limit with no undoing silliness. I'm a slow worker... trying to get faster.

Another

Another sketch:

And an oil painting... trying out stuff:

Sketch Idea

Planning in Photoshop for an oil painting:

Painted an old sketch

 

Page Test

I've been doing some page tests to help work out a painting method that is consistent for use in a comic/graphic novel. Getting close, but it's still early days.

Green Children of Woolpit

Some Mindless Stuff

Notes to Self

Some Assembly Required

People Lego:

Trying Out Sculptris

Been getting to know the free digital sculpting tool, Sculptris. I hope to start building digital maquettes for characters to use as ref (especially useful for comics).

Imaginary People

Still dealing with left side bias (features on the right squashed):

And here's something a while back from Tumblr I didn't post here yet:

Sometimes, Crazy Happens

Warming up with some mark-making practice. Out of the crazy, nice marks on that open hand!

EDIT: Updated with a higher res (click to zoom)

Sketchy

Wow, I have not used a pencil in a really long time.

Bad day & Better Day

Here's something a bit more revealing. It's a sketch I probably will never finish.

Some days, nothing seems work out. It speaks a lot about talent vs effort, and what happens if one approaches a painting sort of mindlessly with the expectation that things will go well without putting in any effort. At least for me this is true - even if talent exists (something I don't particularly believe in) it's better not to rely on it.

In between, I took a break and thought harder about the bad result all night. I worked over it the next day and the result was much better despite not using any reference. Just more careful thought and effort.