I’ve neglected posting on this place far too much lately. School has been putting me through the ringer for sure. Finally had time to upload my latest batch of paintings. I wouldn’t call them finished yet, but they’re in complete enough state that I’m willing to let people take a look.

Let me know what you think. Or lurk creepily in the dark as we seem to mostly do here.

You won’t fool me into posting with reverse psychology! I don’t have much to say. Loving the colors of these (on the first one especially).

The 3rd one I believe is the most successful, but they all look very nice together as a set.

Loving all of these, esp. the second one. I also love the insanity these paintings proyect, great work!

These are awesome, the third especially. Love the blue in that one. Fourth is nice as well. Nose on number one is sweet. They look pretty damn big.

Xion: Each is 3′ x 4′.

Anyways, I’ve been hella busy with my final painting for my class, amongst some other things, but this is all I unfortunately have to show for today.
This took about a month to finish I’d say. 5′ x 7′

Aaaand some detail shots, because this image doesn’t do full justice:

Kesas, ****.

Damn dude! O_O

Yeah I concur really goddamn amazing. I would pay good money for this if I had any!

How big is it by the way?

Thanks guys!

Viktor: 5 feet by 7 feet. Essentially the size of a king size bed, if not a little bigger.

Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawhoa. That’s so beautiful, really neat idea for subject matter considering it seems like most people avoid painting water all together, and the distortion with the ripples is really well done.

I hope you’re really stoked on that one.

might as well join in:

damn dude. props.

any last.fm’ers out there?

http://www.last.fm/user/staplefish

let’s be friends.

I got one a bit ago. Only just got a media player with scrobbling a few minutes ago!

http://www.last.fm/user/mawilekun

http://www.last.fm/user/FourbitFriday

just got done

http://www.last.fm/user/gnard

http://www.last.fm/user/potemkhris

I’ve just added all of you!

ALSO: Xion, you should definitely ****ing catch WHY? live if you can. Saw ‘em when they went through Houston lately and it was great! Too bad they didn’t play The Hollows, though.

Oh, and the supporting act AU was amazing.

I’ve already added the lot of you but here’s my profile anyway

http://www.lastfm.de/user/miascugh

Also, as I can’t find the facebook thread anymore, I’m posting it here. I go there by Mia Scugh and I’d be surprised if more than one result shows up if you search me

cheers

oh ****. going to these guys on fri. http://www.myspace.com/sceneofthejoker

and also, check out the latest track by my flatmate (a new theory):

http://www.myspace.com/resonantsounds

Jokers of the Scene seem pretty groovy/solid.

I don’t keep up with it much, but it’s there.

http://www.last.fm/user/Blick

And I like The xx a lot.

the xx’s album is really nice. it’s fresh. I love crystalised. and the intro.

http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb

lives sets by zero 7 and simian mobile disco. yum

2/13 bassnectar is playing with stanton warriors, nosaj thing, beats antique, andmore… in LA… **** yeah. **** YEAH.

So effing delicious at 1:20.

cool song, xion. ben gibbard is alright with me. which reminds me, owl city needs to die like now

http://www.myspace.com/lorenzornj

daninreallifesample is doooooooooooooooppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeee

http://www.last.fm/user/HiDorsa

http://www.myspace.com/fantasybags thank nuuro. like holy shit.

my brain’s about to pop

[url=

http://open.spotify.com/user/stoirling/playlist/5G0Bn70zwGUru3nYGXe4xo

Small spotify playlist of “nice” music I put together. Other spotify users should share their playlists.

A Trak’s Dirty South Dance 2 mixtape was recently released. It is pretty wicked.

Oh, and it’s free.

and lyrics: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=29522404&blogId=400251973

I dont feel the need to post all the work I posted in the previous sketchbook thread.

I’ve missed you so much, Punaji.

Everything looks tip top to me, but the hatching you’ve implemented, the squigglyness, and the feet stand out as particularly nice. Really like that type of hatching.

I like how you draw by using rough lines to suggest forms, good stuff.

loose forms are fun and easy

really liking your feet, very curvy. most feet come out looking like blobs with me. nice work

your faces are getting better, i especially like that one on the right in the last one. I would like to see less scribbling, more concentrated sketches though : )

I’m digging the chaos and flow, I’d like to see more stronger work like this

maybe stronger realism that isn’t very sketched, mixed with these crazy squiggles and lines.. maybe it might fuel inspiration for other neat designs?

glad you’re keeping the scene alive!

I agree with Zach. You’ve got the mileage down, now try to really put some concentrated effort into these little pages. Beautiful stuff, your extremely talented for your age.

Please indulge my scribble kick I’ve had little patience but to do quick studies

Duuude.
That new one is so awesome. I love the depth. Foreshortening has always been a weakness of mine. Great blanket, too.

The middlest knuckle looks weird, though. And tbh, I’m not fond of the scribbly. What’s he holding?

damn man, your ability to capture realism is getting that much better each time. i really dig this one for the depth and contrast. the cloth to his right looks great too

it looks to me like you’re rushing and being unforgiving with mistakes

Xion: Thanks, hes holding a cup.

Gnarf: Thanks.

Zach: I agree.
Doodle from a trip to the museum.

the floral in the top left is sweet
though I still see no structure in the drawings..

yeah that is the worst part of the otherwise fun scribbling

study for a painting

This ones got a bit more structure to it, nice stuff. Reminds me of a Picasso self portrait.

I don’t see what any of you mean by his things lacking structure. Messy? Yes. Lacking structure? Not really.

Also new one is fantastical.

Im pretty sure what zach and forgettenfigure mean is that the two dimensional scribbles are incongruent with t he three dimensional forms- they’re flat

I think it works pretty well with some of your stuff, like in the top two on this: [url=http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc223/Retro_Nym/001-1.jpg] Maybe not so well in the more volumetric ones but I’d rather see better integration (3-dimensional scribbling? ) rather than you ditching it entirely…

dont worry i cant unlearn- ill apply it when i think it will work

im always working on a couple different concepts at once, i try to let things grow naturally

this is a terrible page but im postnig it to force myself to examine why

Hmm, the bottom right figure dosent seem to have enough contast in value

the guy on the bottom right is really the only thing that gets to me, could just be an issue of contrast. the arms look great though, so much flow and definition with so little lines

yeah i used some .05 cent trash pencil or something and juxtaposed it with an real pencil bad idea. also bad likeness anyways

I know these arent the most interesting pages, but all I can think of right now is to fall back on quick figure drawings of people around me it loosens my mind

your lines are fluid.. but I don’t think they follow form and gesture all too correctly yet, maybe work more carefully? it seems like most people have a problem with being too picky with lines and whatnot.. maybe you’re the opposite of the spectrum

i dont think i understand what your trying to say can you please elaborate this sounds important

(caveat if your refering to proportions of the girl on right: shes like 14, her proportions are strange Im not saying its a perfect rendering but this wasnt a full grown woman I just messed up completely)

(but you seem to be targeting something more general anyways)

hmm.. basicly what I’m trying to say is go back to working with shapes and take a break from just scribbling what you think you see

for instance.. the girl on the right is leaning far too backwards.. and her legs are bending awkwardly.. and I don’t really understand what’s going on with the feet

If you see anything generally cool and/or awesome and/or intriguing, please do share.

(can we embed youtubes? let’s find out)
…
(edit: it seems not!)

http://www.blublu.org/sito/video/muto.htm

Wow, that Phonographantasmascope video was amazing.

Oh wow, Orgesticulanismus was incredible

Youtube videos are now auto embedded, just throw the raw http link and bbpress will do the rest

You can pretty much ignore the video, but I’m addicted to the song (that is to say to The Knife in general). Get a quality version of it, if you like it..

My fetching gosh – I just watched Dr Horrible and that was the best 45 minutes of my life.

here’s the trailer:

Ha, Dr. Horrible was sweet.

A friend of mine who’s active in the demo-scene just showed me this. Holy.

http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=51144

This could easily be a Gobelins graduation project, I wonder what background the people have who made it.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/735317/

best full body tattoos i’ve seen in a minute

have any of you guys heard of kinetic typography. look up those two terms on youtube, and behold. i’m currently learning the ways of adobe after effects in hopes of doing something like that.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kinetic+typography&search_type=&aq=0&oq=kinetic+typ

this video down here (fight club chemical burn) was done by my buddy sebastian, really a cool ass graphic designer.

oi

and don’t know who did this, but it’s pretty funny…and oi

The movie Vacancy had this sort of thing for its opening credits.

mad good half hour set i like the part at 17 min in a lot but the whole thing is tops

haha, yes

naked people rock

oh, and holy ****

copy/paste

A friend of mine started a fun little project to kill some time when bored on the net and he asked me to spread the word. Anybody’s welcome to give it a shot, and upload one or two too.

http://whatthemovie.com/

yesh, I am really enjoying this one, too bad I know so few movies .

btw great idea of your friend.

i only knew 45 of 132.

Jeep, I gotta get watching some more movies!

funky forest
best thing i’ve seen in a long time
try and watch the dvd

and

paula rice

hahaha that was awesome.

http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/11/22/the-colorful-art-of-mehndi

Stuff like this:

And another short animation:

http://www.lifeisabeach.fr/

This reminds me of adventure games.

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v9108904NzqQs8e

travis, that was fantastic. the lack of “press start” is rather disappointing though. i would love to have played through that video instead. awesome link.

Take away shows. Concerts by unique musicians in unconventional locations. Really cool stuff.

Man Man

Yeasayer

Check these out, really worth a chance. Theres more of this kinda stuff here: http://www.blogotheque.net/-Concerts-a-emporter-

Some pretty well known bands

holy hell, i haven’t logged on here in a while. sorry to have missed so much, my work keeps me away from computers entirely. i dont even have time to play many games anymore other than my psp on the bus. hope you are all doing well, belated happy birthdays all around, and scott, i live in ottawa. we shall jam, soon.

http://soundcloud.com/mekha/phon-action-sequence

If anyone is interested

yuh I’m liking that song Miguel kind of sounds like GOTH-TRAD but more chilled. Not overly keen on the strings in the second half but myeh. Nice dub eager to hear some more

i am thankful for my family and my friends that are as close as family. i am thankful for second chances, understanding, and the idea of ‘finally coming out on top’.

I got a laptop today. woo black friday.

How much and where?

$400 @ best buy (most of the places online I see list the model I got at $650-700+)

howdy all. been gone long time. need to work my ass off to get into a gd art school before the fees go up. h8 ma lyfe

sup bittah

I’m downloading Graphics Gale.. yes i want to crank some ****ing pixels, it’s been like.. 4-5 years now?

Also.. does anyone can recommend a good engine to create a game? In the past i’ve used Multimedia Fusion.. but after some years writing javascript code and a bit of php im not scared to move to something that will let me to create more complex stuff.

Game Maker seems cool.. does anyone here recommend it?

Thanks Xion for the inspiration!

So I’ve been thinking about doing a shmup.. I am a ****ing hardcore fan of Otomo robots.. and it wouldn’t be that difficult to come up with a nice cyberpunkish story inspired by something like akira, or spriggan.

Yeah, and i’d love to crank some futuristic wipeout3 inspired ships with dodonpanchi style shading.

This is ****ing exciting.

Miguel: I’ve used game maker quite a bit, and I am no coding wizard. It works well, it’s got a nice system for coding by hand, and I think a lot of robust functions.

It uses its own coding language, but as far as I know it’s one of the easier ones to pick up. Hell, if I could do it, someone with knowledge of Java and stuff should have no problem.

I’ve heard Unity is pretty powerful as well, but I think that platform is geared towards 3d games. I haven’t fully looked into it myself yet, but I definitely want to.

Check them out I guess and go for it dude!

got some friends making a Karian X Cross like game for droid and iphone; asked me to make all the sprites and animation frames… really just visually make the entire game. i want to but im not sure ive got the time if anyone is interested here theyve offered a job when its done and some portion of sales profits. i could get you in contact and send you detailed information, far as i know theve got a solid business plan w/e that means.

in unrelated notes, i got to see bonobo (with band) on sat. in san fran. so damn awesome. then today i found a benji Franklin in a gutter full of leaves on a walk.

did you take home the dog?

Canada just got bu******ed by a snowstorm. Awesome!

All of it? Wow Canada’s smaller than I thought.

I should’ve been more specific: London Ontario just got bu******ed by a snowstorm. They have now cancelled class both days. It’s still going. I think we’re up past 60cm now (23+ inches for all you yanks)

Alex: I’ll be in Ottawa sometime January, I’ll let you know and we should catch up eh.

Who lives in NYC? Josh? Drink? Tattoo?

Shit just got real: I’ve started setting up to apply for Grad school… gulp :S

NYU
CalArts
Yale
Concordia (Montreal)

Those are my 4 I think I’ve decided on… This feels like high school stress all over again.

P.S. Schooling in the US is ****ing EXPENSIVE!

The US is a shit storm my friend, a shit storm.

le sigh. montreal > vancouver for 2 months > then back to berlin or montreal in the spring…
at least i’m not angry/annoyed/stressed anymore and just looking at things as shit that needs to be done.

It’s weird to think you’ll be back in Canada again after this huge excursion out in to the world. Welcome home eh?

it’s so weird, my accent is warped and odd. the welcoming wasn’t too hot with being questioned a the border when driving from nyc, apparently i need to apply for canadian residency and also province-specific residency too. not to mention the apartment i’m in right now doesn’t have gas for showers/cooking/heating. it’s like going back to a really bitchy ex-girlfriend or something.

happy holidaaaays guyssss.

quiet around here.

happy new year you all! we gotta stay so positive for 2011!

I know that some of you have websites, and I want to see them. Post a link and a blurb if you want.

I am not original.
This is my website. I upload art to certain directories of my website, and the index page reads those directories and spits out a list of the art I’ve uploaded. It could probably use previews, and the fact that the oldest stuff is displayed on the front page is an exceptionally poor choice.

ThreesidedPolygon

This is the… 3rd rendition of my site that I’ve done, which was FINALLY finished like a month ago. As of right now, there are only works that I consider to be my best examples, which I hope to add to soon.

Also, if anyone would like me to link to them, I will, the links I have up thus far is just for starters. I’d like to get some more Punajians on there.

my blog

i just started it not too long ago. needs art :[

doesn’t even compare to what you guys have, very slick designs fellas

lolipopsicle
cozy boxy blog

should add my recent art. has seven pages of old stuff though! watch me grow.

theseventyfour
This is me. I wanted to make it into a collaborative blog with my art friends but they are all as lazy and non-committal as me.

Dulcius Ex Asperis

EDIT:

did the new URL and layout and such tonight. go me

http://www.mekha.net/

Still have yet to make a website proper but here.

still working on coding the site, but here is mine as well… art.DanFessler.com

threesidedpolygon|

Just finished revamping the site. Made it more streamlined and simple. I’m happy with the end result. let me know what you kids think

dude,
do you have a hi-res version of this?
would love.

Hey ampersand, yeah I think I do, need to check later on. I can definitely send that your way if I do.

http://www.oakyotl.com

thanks to david for the help with setting it upppp

damnit, scott

i love it

http://infinityphi.blogspot.com/

anyone mind helping me make a really simple flash site with a taste of my portfolio?

I’m willing to pay

So I just got myself some Netflix, and I’ve been all about movies lately. Just wanted to share some gems/steal yours, and write snooty reviews.

Some of the most recently watched:

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Really fantastic movie. The POV gets a little tiring at times, but it’s quite effective. I definitely shed a ton of tears throughout the whole thing. Oh, and it wasn’t until afterwards that I figured out it was based on the true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby. It just made the whole thing so much more intense. 9 stars.

Spellbound – Exciting documentary about the National Spelling Bee, although it seems paradoxical to use the words ‘exciting’ and ‘spelling bee’ in one sentence. The editing was really well-done, and the story was very engaging. Basically, it chronicles the journey of 8 kids who are competing the spelling bee, showing us their study habits, families, environments, etc. 8 stars.

More l8er.
Do share yours.

The diving bell and the butterfly is an excellent movie, the direction is ****ING AMAZING. One of the best movies i have seen in my life. The visual aberrations shown at the beginning of the movie (when he wakes up) were spectacular.

I cried

Smart People – God, this movie was so aggravating. Dennis Quaid badly portrays a grumbly old professor who falls in love with one of his old students. I couldn’t even watch the whole thing; I think I made it through about 45 minutes before I gave up. 0 stars.

I just finished watching Stay. Such a good movie. It really does a great job of sucking you into the story.

stepbrothers

and soon pineapple express

God, I hated Step Brothers; I’m sorry if you liked it and I offended you.

I watched Meet the Robinson’s (again), Bridge to Terabithia, and Underdog yesterday. Wow, Bridge was way depressing. Wasn’t expecting that. Well I kind of was but still. And I (still) like Meet the Robinson’s muchly. Awesome movie.

Ratatouille <3 So cute and clever. Plus I like being able to recognize stuff from work, as I work in a kitchen. Like all the pots and pans that are exactly like the ones I’ve used, the speed racks, the walk in, the hierarchy and duties of each level of it.

And the warping effect with the flashback blew my mind hole.

I got all five seasons of Six Feet Under. I’ve been watching them religiously. Simply fantastic, nothing but good things to say about it. I hope others here have seen it as well.

Ulysses 31 got the box set for christmas.

juno was good

I ****ing love Dexter.

AEN to that!

lol dorsa I couldn’t get over when the guy put his balls on the drum set and made the led zepplin joke about the john bonham and the ocean

full metal jacket.. holy ****ing chrt the beginning scene just sets it off

Dead Leaves: wt? The animation was awesome though, and it was pretty hilarious (I thought), so yeah, good stuff, but…yar.

In Bruges is good.

Human Nature is silly.

3:10 to Yuma no way deserves its 8/10 at imdb.

full metal jacket.. holy ****ing chrt the beginning scene just sets it off

yes

Michael C. Hall (Dexter) is also in Six Feet Under. Watch the ****ing show, now people.

In Bruges looks fantastic, I’ve been meaning to watch it.

Just torrented In Bruges. Hope it’s as good as you guys say it is!

My wife is downloading Six feet under, can’t wait!

Animal Crackers?
Horse Feathers?

Marx brothers are absolute gold.

I can’t remember In Bruges very well, as I saw it months ago on a 15 inch tv that was at the perfect angle for glare from approximately 10 feet away, but the little that I do remember, I liked. The atmosphere was so twisted. Like “Little town of Bruges has a vile underbelly” kind of twisted.

The Lookout, I could have lived without seeing.

So I watched Brick again. Which should be required to view.

just saw brick, it was pretty good i liked it, the dialouge and all seemed like it would be easy for it to be corny, but the actors really sold it for me really well actually, id like to watch it again in a few weeks

in bruges was OK, but very predictable, good movie to get drunk watching but not a good movie at all to smoke weed to or to watch high. the only part about it i really liked was how it had tourism advertisements all throughout it, and as funded on some city money, with key locations being monuments and shit, it was mad cheesy tho

the biggest thing i hated in In Bruges was colin ferrel’s character, way too forced and trite and fake. its a standard token “quirky indie movie OCD character” role, and those roles are some of the most annoying for me. Especially an actor like colin ferrel or like brad pitt or something trying to be all “boo hoo im so unique for the sake of it”, eughck!

JOSH – Marx Bros are the ****ing good actors, hell yea, too funny

Disaster Movie looks good.

progress, colors ****ed courtesy of .gif

I’m trying to get better at this whole ‘not-pixel-art’ dealio. I guess I’ll be practicing on characters+places from this game I want to make some day in the distant future.

The face is a bit flat and the muscles of his left arm are a bit too segmented. The colors are beautiful as I would expect from you, and the rendering is nice and smooth. I’d say for the next one, push the pose A LOT. This guy has a lot of action but his pose is a bit wooden.

Yeah I agree with ff. I would even work from a pixel frame from your animations. Hell, even rescale it up and paint right over it. For some reason your paintings don’t seem to translate the same kind of sophistication of form.

I look forward to seeing more of this from you though!

I agree, the colours are splendid.

Thanks for the feedbizzack guys.

FF: Push pose, will do.

Quark: I feel like if I did that I’d be avoiding the issue rather than addressing it. I don’t wanna end up relying on a frame of animation to make a still image feel dynamic, I should be able to bring an image to that on its own.

I wanna try a location next but places are Really ****ing Hard. Does anyone have any tips or maybe resource suggestions for such?

I don’t think it’s too much of an issue to work from your pixel art. Treat it as a reference so to speak. See what you are and aren’t doing in more traditional mediums and learn from your stronger points.

Also, I don’t know if you are or not, but always try and work from reference. Even the best of the best (Pixar for one) constantly watch or film themselves posing or acting how they want their character to pose. It seems silly or maybe you’re shy and don’t like the thought of that, but the more animated your reference, the more animated your drawing will be. Set up a camera, anything, and just act out what you want your character to do and work from that. As time goes you’ll adapt stylisically and be able to do a good chunk of work without reference.

As for locations, I would say start small and with a central piece. The only environment art I’ve done that’s been successful usually deals with one specific element or focal point.

Again, work from reference. If you need to draw a tree, look at trees. If you are making a building, take a look at some architecture that inspires you.

I hate locations too, they’re probably the hardest part in my opinion, especially as character artists.

Keep it up sir, I miss seeing your work around. Where do you post most frequently?

There is a lot of dope stuff happening but I do see that woodenness- one thing in particular is the face, its straight on but really thats such a rare thing to see isn’t it? There is almost always an angle when you see a face, our internal eyes just normalize it usually.

Thanks Quark, Ret.

Speaking of Pixar, there’s a Pixar show in Oakland that I pretty much need to go to.

And so this isn’t related to LoO at all but I like it too much to put it in Scraps but not enough to make a new topic so **** it.

wip

Next thing will be environment, I swear.

Just lots of random stuff done in the past couple of months, no particular order.

( I made a keyblade )

Holy ****ing hell, that keyblade is like perfect… Screw you you talentful ass you.

Those paintings are damn nice too.

All the images are a little big though, even for my already big screen, so maybe in the future (since this is a huge post) resize them a bit to fit the screen better.

Nothing but jealousy and gay fanboy love.

quark: haha it might LOOK perfect from afar but it looks like shit close up imo, I could do a better one now. I did that one on less than a weeks notice!
haha thanks, yeah after I uploaded them I realized they’re really big, sorry about that any updates will be done with smaller images yes.

the arm on that first one is really…. uhh… bendy

pretty messed up imo, but the rendering is very nice

what’d you make that keyblade out of?
assignment?
you’re getting painterly and it’s really surprising how quick you’re picking it up and painting so effectively

I need to get back into that stuff -_-

zach: I cut out the basic shapes out of wood with a jigsaw and used some sort of paper clay( that stuff is ABSOLUTE SHIT to work with) and if your asking if it was a school assignment, nah it was a burfday present for the kid holding it on the right
Thanks man, although I wouldn’t say im picking it up quick some of these are months old and of course I don’t show any of the disasters that happen even months before that haha.
Yeah, if you can paint every day you should, if not atleast try to make something ok every week. Id really like to do a painting a day but I don’t have the time or any good places for setups unfortunately.

those paintings are quite handsome!

Beautiful .. But why are you painting so small? You are making it so difficult for yourself.

Seth: thanks man : D
Darion: price of big canvas > price of small canvas
price of 150 ml tube of quality paint > price of 37 ml tube of quality paint. I am starting to work on some real large scale stuff though, not just studies. Thankyou :]

A portrait I did as a study and I might end up getting $$$ for it : D
The reference is now in the abyss( my friend[ the model] has a habit of taking off myspace pictures)

That is wonderful. The hair seems a bit unfinished, but overall this is rather stunning. Major props.

That is gorgeous … personally I love the unfinished quality of the hair. What size is this one? … And you are right, being an artist is so ****ing expensive …

dang that is beautiful, makes me want to paint. and what’s that looking at me on the top right.

DancinBoogieMan: Yeah my big focus was on the face( and hair is hard to paint!) so it’s obviously not rendered as tight as the face, also half of my excuse was I was trying to work loose. Thanks man :]

Darion: This one is 9×12, a litttle bigger than the others haha. Thanksies :]

I ordered Richard Schmid’s ” ALLA PRIMA All I know about painting” a couple of days ago, and im hooked. The $55 dollars I spent on it was a fraction compared to how helpful it is. I was inspired to try out some direct painting with his advice and style lodged in my head and i came up with this. I painted it in a measly 55 minutes, its 5×7. I took the pic at an angle to reduce the glare but lots of subtle value and hue shifts are still lost. I also don’t think its QUITE this saturated; photographing wet paintings is a beach.

( the reference picture was also taken by me, haha I felt pretty girly taking it)

It’s impeccable … Oddly, your signature accentuates the mood of the painting. Where did you get this book? I’m kinda intrigued …

Your signature also looks like it says “Painting.” That’d be a pretty rad signature.
Awesome painting, too. And photo.

Darion: Thanks a lot man. I ordered it online here:

http://www.richardschmid.com/alla_prima_book_info.htm

Xion: Haha you’re right! thanks man :]

I am so tempted to buy that … Does it only cover oil pants? And would you say that there is a fair thoroughness explaining the painting process or is it more so an expressive explanation of painting? Because I hate when books tell me to paint with my heart and all that shit.

Darion: It is a book largely tailored to oil painting BUT most of the book is just advice and knowledge that will help with any kind of painting, sometimes even drawing. Oh and he hates that too! He doesn’t like abstractions, he tells you to stop whining when your painting ” doesn’t work” or the colors ” aren’t authentic”, he tries to get you to think in more solid terms” are my edges wrong? is this color too warm or too cool to be in this spot? or is it the wrong value?”

Great, i’m gonna cop that shit, thank you!

So I went against the laws of direct painting and went back and tried to adjust some things, It’s still a bad photo because It was still kinda wet and the medium I used is creating the glare. Hopefully your eyes is pulled more towards the center of the rose now?

16×20
So I was tired and sad as **** when I got home from school, and instead of sleeping it away I tried painting a little bit of it out :] felt good. This was done from life, just some chairs in my backyard. Maybe my pain subsided because it was COLD AS **** OUTSIDE. Once I got to one milestone into the painting I would go inside and let my hands get their feeling back. I would consider this my first real outdoor alla prima painting. I blame any mistakes or shortcomings in this painting to myself, and any successful parts to Richard Schmid’s amazing advice.
Oh and heres a vase. It’s got purdy colors. 6×6

This is really neat FF, Freaking love that portrait.

Miguel: Thanks bro :]

just a skull I did in painter X done from memory.

work larger

Hey guys I need some extra special critique on a painting. I plan on it being a piece in my body of work to possibly be put in a portfolio for scholastics. Any general or specific critique you have to make this a better piece I would be very thankful for.

I started it from life, and now i’m working from imagination- although my cousin, the model will be coming up tomorrow night so I might be able to get some more observation in. here’s the only “reference” I could scrounge up to help you- different model-similar position and placement:

Thanks bunches

damn i really really like the atmosphere of the piece, very warm. you definitely got a lot of flow and you rarely dry brush.

i’d say throw some more paint in that middle left side, as the canvas (?) looks like it’s getting a little worn out and that particular section seems kinda messy compared to the rest of the piece, sorta out of place.

talking about that there ^

i want to see more contrast in some areas, especially around the light. where it hits the wall, in the painting, it doesn’t feel like the central point of the piece, which could be entirely up to you. without the reference tho, i want to say it’s not saturated enough. it almost starts getting into gray tones and flattening out. i know that part’s not finished, tho, and judging by your own judgment and skill of life drawing, you’ll likely hit it spot on.

the chair’s arms look great. i think the top part of the chair could use some really harsh shadows and more curves emerging from toward the wall, as it’s almost flattening out to me. that, or you could have a much darker tone emerging from behind the chair, on the wall.

the face doesn’t look like it’s a part of the piece for some reason. it kinda looks as if the guy is carrying a lion’s head or the perspective is off.

obviouslya lot of this is still rough, and by looking at your previous painting i know you’ll go the best direction with this. i really want to see more before saying anything else. i have a hard time critiquing unfinished pieces because i don’t want to say what the artist is already thinking of doing with it.

but yeah, keep at it for sure, it has a toasty feeling to it.

toast

gnarf: Thankyou so so much, you have no idea how helpful it was just to hear thoughts on the piece different from the ones floating in my head! Haha it seems you have much more confidence that I’ll make this painting good than I do! Your comment about things being rough was especially something that caught me, I was thinking of this piece being very loose but it seems i might have to make some focal points a bit tighter to make things work. The head most likely seems out of place because its actually one of the thinnest parts of the painting- I did it during the first session of the painting and except from a couple highlights I havent touched it since.
Here’s how things are looking now, hopefully I haven’t gone backwards:

I’m really digging it, especially the color of the walls and that nifty little painting. Gnarf is pretty spot-on about the points he made. I again want to emphasize what he said about the face being a little out-of-place; that was pretty much the first thing I noticed was kind of askew. I think it’s mainly in how you painted her hair. It’s not really true to the reference and looks a little odd. It’s just much too large, and the color isn’t doing much to contrast the skin color, or distinguish itself from it. Ah, also, the fabric of her sweatshirt looks a bit unnatural; there are just a few too many ‘rolls’ of the fabric, and you don’t want it to look too ‘fluid’. That’s an area i whch I would try to stick to the reference more, since it’s difficult to improvise how fabric would lay. I would also like to see that picture frame and table on the sides be a little more refined, since when you compare it to something like the hanging painting, it’s definitely not as sharp, but I’m assuming that’s a section that’s still under construction. I also think the lamp could use a little more definition and shading; it’s looking a little flat. But overall, I think it has the makings of a great piece; I really like the ambiance of it, and your palette is quite soothing. Keep it up!

Oh and btw, that skull you posted earlier is killer

Italian Spiderman

Watch the trailer (!= teaser) first!

Uhm, move this please

Kesu Cisto!
Wow. Just plain wow.

Achewood. All of it.

http://achewood.com/

achewood is ****ing fantastic but it doesn’t really hit its groove until 2003 or so. I have a friend that says he always introduces people to the “meet nice pete” storyline, which seems pretty reasonable.

This is part 8 of 8 in a “pixel art tutorial” that’s done in real time, and is narrated with such gems as, “I’m not really too good at, uh, um, highlights on like dark hair.” Oh yeah, it’s about an hour and 20 minutes long. Also, this is related.

Ha ha David, I really enjoyed your “and is narrated with such gems as, “I’m not really too good at, uh, um, highlights on like dark hair.”". There was some real life laugh out loud-age going on. Also, am I the only one who wanted to scream at the artist to use the ****ing fill bucket?

Also, am I the only one who wanted to scream at the artist to use the ****ing fill bucket?

No, not at all. I mean seriously.

I’ve been one-upped majorly.

for some reason i’m DYING for a bread sandwich

O.O

Are you saying that if I consume large amounts of whole grain breads, I’ll become ripped, and sexually attracted the making of said bread?!

thats what i gathered

Laser sound effects will also accompany any act of setting things down.

Maybe Dats Youwr Pwoblem Too
by Jim Hall

All my pwoblems
who knows, maybe evwybody’s pwoblems
is due to da fact, due to da awful twuth
dat I am SPIDERMAN.
I know. I know. All da dumb jokes:
No flies on you, ha ha,
and da ones about what do I do wit all
doze extwa legs in bed. Well, dat’s funny yeah.
But you twy being
SPIDERMAN for a month or two. Go ahead.
You get doze cwazy calls fwom da
Gubbener askin you to twap some booglar who’s
only twying to wip off color T.V. sets.
Now, what do I cawre about T.V. sets?
But I pull on da suit, da stinkin suit,
wit da sucker cups on da fingers,
and get my wopes and wittle bundle of
equipment and den I go flying like cwazy
acwoss da town fwom woof top to woof top.
Till der he is. Some poor dumb color T.V. slob
and I fall on him and we westle a widdle
until I get him all woped. So big deal.
You tink when you SPIDERMAN
der’s sometin big going to happen to you.
Well, I tell you what. It don’t happen dat way.
Nuttin happens. Gubbener calls, I go.
Bwing him to powice, Gubbener calls again,
like dat over and over.
I tink I twy sometin diffunt. I tink I twy
sometin excitin like wacing cawrs. Sometin to make
my heart beat at a difwent wate.
But den you just can’t quit being sometin like
SPIDERMAN.
You SPIDERMAN for life. Fowever. I can’t even
buin my suit. It won’t buin. It’s fwame wesistent.
So maybe dat’s youwr pwoblem too, who knows.
Maybe dat’s da whole pwoblem wif evwytin.
Nobody can buin der suits, dey all fwame wesistent.
Who knows?

hahaha

http://www.deepthoughtsbyjackhandey.com/

http://music.metafilter.com/2380/Punch-Em-In-The-Dick-NSFW-lyrics

I’ve actually known of this for a couple months, no idea why I didn’t post it.

^^got any other links youre holdin out on us cow??

that was pretty fricken good.

no more links, my bookmarks were wiped when I had to format my hard drive for reasons

That’s what happens when you look at too much porn, Cow.

hey I don’t-

well, I may be looking at porn as I post this, but this is not representative!

Yeah, it’s like that.

Awesome.

http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2008/12/09

lmaooooooooo