Random practice

bug

Did not work on a big piece last week but have started something this week.  In the meantime I am still practicing.  One thing that is becoming obvious is that my linework in traditional is way ahead of the tablet. Something to think about. 

Repairs

Repairs

Been working on this on and off for the last few weeks. 

The inspiration came from this image  by Ferdinand Bol.  He worked in Rembrandts studio.  Just wanted to try and catch some emotion.  I tried to polish as much as possible but ran out of steam. 

More ink

Mountains 

Frog

Frog guy

 My time available to do this work was reduced considerably in the past few weeks.  Working in ink was a great alternative as I could stop and start conveniently. Not very good at imaginative landscapes but it was very easy to work on this one.  The frog is a study from a photograph and then something from imagination to get some of it to stick.  Still working digitally just nothing to a finished level yet. 
 Its getting towards the end of the year and a little bit of reflection is inevitable.  I think I have tried a lot of new things this year , some more successful than others  and I have started thinking about next year.  I would like to put a bit more focus on training and putting together a portfolio to get some work. More to follow. 

Materials study 1

Materials study 1 

Found a post by Jarrod Hasenjager on Artstation where he modeled materials in 3d and put them in environments.  Thought some of the images would be useful to do some 2d material studies.  The oxidised one was the most fun.  

Foresty Guy

Foresty Guy

What was interesting about this was the palette.  Used some photo textures to get started and they set the palette and the value range. 

Step Over

Step over

After all the pen and ink work I have the digital work from the last month but my computer is complaining so will keep it short for now.

Inktober Week 4

24 One Dozen

25 Tired

26 Box

27 Creepy

28 Burn

29 Surprise

30 Wreck

31 Friend

All done.  Just as well as my pen which I used throughout is almost out of ink. First time attempting inktober in its entirety and happy I tried.  Stripping everything down to one pen was worthwhile.  I have been sketching at lunchtime using just a pen for the best part of a year and I think it helped here.  Will keep working in ink and may well move to the next level incorporating line weight.