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Maynardcgribbles · Posted: Thu May 31, 2001 1:17 pm

I'm late. blah!!!

Hippie · Posted: Thu May 31, 2001 1:41 pm

here is my attampt

will have to reread the notes now that I have tried this

Steven Stahlberg · Posted: Thu May 31, 2001 2:46 pm

Better late than never - just had to quit lurking and join in. Spent about 20 minutes. Yes I did read the notes, though it was some time ago. I'm rusty, missed on the likeness... must practise more.

Eudaimic · Posted: Thu May 31, 2001 3:05 pm

Well it seems my picture might well drown in the sea of overly cool pictures here, but what the heck. Great work guys, some amazing work here.

This is my first photrealistic pic ever, I'm pretty pleased with it, I hope you like it.

And Spooge Demon: THANK YOU! This is a really great exercise that I've learned a lot from. Great job

It seems that it only shows up sometimes

. But you can see it here.

UPDATE: Worked a bit more on it...

[ June 01, 2001: Message edited by: Eudaimic ]

Oblagon · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2001 2:02 am

Waldo · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2001 7:48 am

Zoinks. This one was tough. I've only done these in charcoal...

Oblagon · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2001 9:20 am

Joachim · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2001 9:30 am

uh..

Zorglub · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2001 9:40 am

Joachim I love yours! This is exactly what spooge was talking about; getting the basic forms down in as few brush strokes as possible. I still have to get the hang of that; when I think about it there are a lot of things I have get the hang of

micke · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2001 9:41 am

This was fun! I wanna do some more

-Mikael

Oblagon · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2001 2:15 pm

Entreri · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2001 3:44 pm

first post

quaternius · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2001 8:26 pm

valuable practice this...
more finished this one...must more do...
...why am I suddenly talking like yoda?

Oblagon · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2001 11:31 pm

Gambit · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2001 11:37 pm

Another great thread!

Thanks for taking the time to post all your great insight and knowledge, Spooge.

This is a wonderful topic...

Joachim · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2001 7:40 am

well, fun it was, had to do more.
the in-progress went to fast, didn't turn out to look like him.

Oblagon · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2001 12:24 pm

i think i finally got the idea. better late then never.

da_nova · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2001 1:04 pm

i don't know if i got the idea,
but here's my quicky.. done with a mouse

- da_nova

raupe · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2001 5:37 am

I tried to resist. But now you did it. I had to do one too.

I guess it's way too detailed. But once started i couldn't stop and had to add more and more. Anyhow I learned a LOT doing this.

Thank you spooge!!

[Edit: Hmm, seems like my server is down again. Hope this will show up sometime soon.]

[ June 03, 2001: Message edited by: raupe ]

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ChaosArk · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2001 5:47 am

Hi all. I've been lurking here for about a week now. A buddy (jerO) let me know about the forum. Thanks again man! This is way better than sliced bread! It's gotten my creative juices flowing again.

It's been years since I've done any real art (aside from 3d stuff). Even sketching. So, here comes this post by spooge (whose work I've admired for a long time), and I figured I'd have a go at it.

I know I *COMPLETELY* missed the point of the exercise. Maybe it's because this is the first head I've ever tried to draw/paint. Or maybe because I just got my wacom a day ago. Or maybe because I haven't done anything in forever. Or maybe cause I can't follow directions.

Gonna try very hard with the next ones to work at actually doing what I'm supposed to.

Anyhow. /me long winded. This is about 7 or 8 hours worth of work after about 3 hours of getting used to the wacom. Comments and crits are more than welcome.

The full size version is available here And below is a progression of work:

ChaosArk

[ August 02, 2001: Message edited by: ChaosArk ]

Elessil · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2001 6:49 am

Well, shrug. I'm new to this board, although I already checked it out a few times. Anyways, I had a try at this as well, though it's not nearly as good as most of the posted ones here.

Eudaimic · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2001 12:49 pm

Does anyone know where I can find more good b/w pictures for this exercise? The CORBIS logo kinda annoys me

nori · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2001 12:37 pm

eww I suck

ok first one:

I did this one and in the end I felt like all I did was copy the picture. Maybe I just stop concetrating. I wasn't happy at the end.

second one:

I only saved one step because I completely forgot I was saving steps. This one I kinda felt like all I did was copy as well. I was trying to think how I can make it really simple, but yet I still have the feeling like it's just a copy only unfinished. And my values feel screwed.

maybe someone has tips?

TekK · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2001 10:17 pm

S4SB: hey, i know i'm joining late, but i noticed your comment about drawing how it should be instead of what's actually there... don't worry, you're not alone, a lot of us do that, or used to, and i think the tendency still remains even among those who have been drawing or painting for quite a while, at least sometimes... anyways, i'd recommend a great book (it was required reading for my visual literacy course, but it was what really got me into drawing and stuff... it helped a lot, too...):

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, by Betty Edwards

it really gets right down to the basics, but don't shun it just because of that... it's truly an amazing book, and i'm sure many people on this forum will agree...

well, that's my 2 cents, i'm gonna go try out these exercises...

cheers,
teck

S4Sb · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2001 7:42 am

TekK : Thanks. I will definetly check it out. I heard of it before. I know basics are important... but they get fatiguing. I try and work myself through it. Thanks

synj · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2001 8:59 am

mellowsmoothe · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2001 9:19 am

synj has by far captured the essence of the subjects the best...bravo synj!!!

S4Sb · Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2001 10:00 am

eheh <--synj style =)