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Finally

admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:01:50 +0000

Hey! I finally got some better pictures of the two last drawings I did before the end of this semester. So without further ado…

Finished second cast:

Animated process:

Finished figure drawing:

edit: Forgot that i had two illustrations I did a while ago..

Heres some cover art for the awesome game GLORG made by my awesome friend Bengan, http://www.grapefrukt.com, ill be sure to post a link to the game once it’s finished, its reeeally cool!

I also did an illustration for my two friends Per & Jenny. They needed some art for their travel blog, http://www.unattended.se

School stuff in progress

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:52:12 +0000

Heyo, here are two charcoal drawings I’m working on at school. They are not finished yet but will be by the end of may. Can’t wait, been working on them for a long time.

Anyways, heres a little sneak preview, ill post the finished drawings sooon! And sorry for the crappy quality, i’ll be sure to use a real camera once they’re finished.

Big update!

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:31:17 +0000

Sorry for not updating more regularly. Heres a huge pile of the stuff i’ve been doing lately, the good, the bad, the ugly..

Finished my first cast a few weeks ago:

This is what i’m working on at the moment, i still have miles to go. It’s a pretty huge leap from the nose, but it’s pretty cool!

1,5h charcoal pose

1,5h pencil pose

20 minute poses. We are not allowed to shade or anything, just get the overall proportions down.

Forgot to post this one, my last bargue copy done in charcoal.

And heres something completely different that I did at home..

A tiny update..

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:52:13 +0000

Sorry for not posting more regularly, it’s not like i’ve not been drawing. Quite the opposite, I’m drawing 8-12 hours a day. So obviously theres a huge pile of stuff just waiting to be scanned and uploaded.

I even took a bunch of pictures of some figure drawings I did (they’re a3, so cant scan) but they turned out muddy, so I’m gonna make sure my light setup is better and take some new pics..

Anyhoo, heres two drawings I did for kicks, trying out some new techniques inspired by Veronique Magnaud. I Usually noodle a bit on them during lunch and while having my morning coffee

Chow 190, Kitsune

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:09:09 +0000

Did this sketch yesterday, i’ll see if I have time to work a bit more on it tomorrow night after school. Really needs some more lovin’.

Atelier work

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:05:38 +0000

Here’s some of the stuff i’ve been doing lately at the Atelier. I finished my third and final pencil bargue drawing and started doing one in charcoal this week.

Finished third bargue, the belvedere torso.

Some bargue figures, these are pretty fast, like 0,5 – 1,5h and they don’t have to be as accurate as the other bargue copies i’ve been doing.

And some life drawings, not too proud about them but atleast I can look back on them when I get better

Finished CHOW

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:46:01 +0000

Blergh, im too tired to write.. but anyways, i’ve been drawing alot lately, sketchbooks are filled but it takes so much time to scan and upload. Time I could spend drawing instead But as usual I never make a post without an image so heres the finished character of the week concept I did.. Wish I didnt have to rush it in the end, but given the amount of time I spent on it I think it turned out okay.

Second bargue complete and a chow sketch!

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:40:53 +0000

Heyo! Sorry I havent posted anything for a few days, I’ve been kind of busy, was working the entire weekend and didn’t have any time to draw. But anyway, here’s my second bargue drawing completed. Took nearly a week to do it, and I’m glad its over Started on my third one on monday, its waaay harder, i’ll post some progress pics later.

bargue copy (crappy iphoney cam)

A gladiator sketch for this weeks character of the week. Not sure if I’ll go with this one, just exploring some ideas.

heres a sketch a did a couple of days a go I forgot to scan..

Some stuff from my sketchbook..

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:29:50 +0000

I was flipping through my current sketchbook and found some stuff that I that was fun and that I wanted to share. I haven’t shared any traditional stuff for quite a while and I thought some of you might like em.

These are just random doodles and not very refined I guess… I usually draw stuff like this while watching/listening to the TV.. enjoy -.-v

First Bargue drawing done!

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:27:07 +0000

.. Well my teacher is going to take a final look at it on monday and see if something needs correcting, but should be minor things he said. And since I already picked my next one and taped it to my drawing board I’m calling this one finished I did however notice some things when I looked at it now, but I don’t know if they will need to be corrected in order for me to proceed, but if I must, its fine.

And btw, if you guys don’t know what it means to do bargue studies, the objective is to copy the original drawing within fractions of a millimeter, every line, shadow, form etc. should be exactly like in the original. We’re supposed to be a human copy machine using our eyes, and a plumb line (a string attached to a weight) as tools.

It looks like a really simple drawing, but its really hard (for me atleast ) to get it exactly like the original. Hell i’ve spent more time on this drawing than I do on most of my character of the week entries

Anyway, here is where I was yesterday afternoon. (sorry for the crappy quality, I took the pictures with my phone)

And this is the “finished” one: