On Papyrus I Sing

Characters

2012-01-19T16:52:00.000-08:00

We're thinking about doing a 3D animated music video, so I came up with some quick concepts for style choice. I was going for somewhat TF2 inspired.

Christmas Ale

2011-11-20T23:08:00.000-08:00

Mmmm....happy holidays. I know it's a bit early, but it's so delicious that I decided to do a quick sketch of a magical glass of Great Lakes Christmas Ale.

Lil' Pumpkin

2011-09-28T13:49:00.000-07:00

Cafe sketch of a little pumpkin on my table.

Kimbra

2011-09-28T10:51:00.001-07:00

Can't stop listening to this girl lately. I'd highly recommend you check her out; super classy and jazzy, but quite poppy.

Quick sketch, used a reference but no tracing involved.

Girl in Grass

2011-09-13T18:35:00.000-07:00

Had some time on the flight over to see my brother, decided to pull this one out and color it.

Ginger in a Cafe

2011-08-16T11:04:00.000-07:00

Coffee makes me want to try new things. Like drawing gingers.

Underwater Woofers

2011-08-09T10:19:00.000-07:00

Not quite happy with this one, but I'm still messing with it.

This is what I think of when I hear soft dubstep.

Tri-Lit

2011-06-30T09:35:00.000-07:00

Something I've been working on lately.

I'm really not happy with the dark one at all. My proportions are all off (nose too small, face is too thin in places) and it should be smaller and very slightly more bottom oriented so it offsets the looking up one; I believe I'll have to redo it because it's dang near impossible to erase that white pencil... I'm so used to being able to marquee and move things in Photoshop that I forget to give much thought over placement when doing traditional.

The other ones need some final rendering too, but I'm happier with those.
Used reference photos taken in the different lightings.

Ms. Leslie

2011-06-10T18:47:00.001-07:00

This doesn't do my lovely girlfriend justice, but I'm still getting used to colored pencils...

Me Gusta

2011-06-07T11:00:00.001-07:00

He's lovin it.

Oh Mushroom Mushroom (no snake)

2011-06-01T13:39:00.000-07:00

Tried some straight up painting with the CS5 brushes, I'm getting there. No reference other than a quick look through google images so I could remember what a mushroom looked like exactly.

I also found a nice tip online: once you have the painting more or less how you want it, duplicate it, emboss the new layer one pixel high with maximum amount, desaturate, set to overlay. Makes the strokes look much more realistic.

Freerunner

2011-05-17T19:37:00.001-07:00

Something I've been working on as of late.
I've been working with the new brushes in CS5, starting to get the hang of them a little more.
The secret lies in the mixer brush tool; laying down colors with the new brushes feels okay as far as how real it feels, but blending them together with the mixer brush...you can almost smell the oil.
As you can see I'm painting under linework, but once I get a little more comfortable with the brushes hopefully I'll do some stuff with brushes alone.

Cafe Sketches 5/5/11

2011-05-05T13:08:00.000-07:00

It's fun packing sketches close together and then connecting them somehow.

Cloth Practice

2011-04-18T09:44:00.000-07:00

Couple cafe doodles, shoe, pants, attempt at generating cloth.

Fabric

2011-04-14T18:43:00.001-07:00

Fabric practice...IN PEN, LIKE A BOSS.

Don't mind the non-fabric drawings down there.

Cardinal Comes to Visit

2011-04-14T09:14:00.001-07:00

Here's the story; me and my roommates were taking some band photos down by the reservoir and had headed back to the van. We had left the sliding door and passenger door open out of sheer laziness and weren't walking far enough to worry about someone stealing it. I was the first to get in the passenger side door, and immediately after sitting down, something red came flying up from the floor onto my side of the car. I'm not sure what I said, but it was something akin to "Freaking holy cardinal" because he scared the daylights out of me being all red and flappy. I sat stunned for several moments before Lee said, "Orie....you're holding a camera", at which point I started snapping. He was a bit confused at first and kept pecking at the glass, I didn't really think about him pecking me, just that I felt like I should try and help him off the window and so I gently tried to ease him off the window. He just climbed on my hand and sat for a bit, which was even more incredible, so Lee took the camera and snapped off a couple. Eventually he figured out the whole impenetrable glass thing, and he flew off into a nearby bush, chirped a couple times and flew off.

All in all, an incredible experience to say the least. I've always loved watching cardinals, but seeing one so close and having him rest on my hand was very near spiritual.

Thank you cardinal, thank you nature, thank you Father.

Leslie Inspired Texture

2011-04-11T13:30:00.000-07:00

Leslie did a fun texture type design on my skateboard, so I gave it a go.

Leefus McInsex

2011-03-01T12:16:00.000-08:00

My dear friend Lee, sketching away at Mcdonalds.

I Hate My Voice

2011-02-24T22:48:00.000-08:00

Another super quick, non-planned, sketch. This may be one of my favorites.
Quick color for kicks.

Also, do you think he should be sitting or dancing? I drew it as sitting but I kind of like the dance in a way.

Cafe Sketches

2011-02-20T20:58:00.000-08:00

I enjoy drawing over a nice cup of espresso.

This an attempted return to that sketching style of no-planning and lines that go down exactly one second before I think them through.

Drawing #1: You know you want to wear that
#2: Whatever happened to catch my eye out the window of the cafe (except for my hand of course)
#3: My view from the cafe window
#4: My cup of inspiration. First purely colored pencil drawing ever.

All coloring courtesy of the lovely Leslie Malkemus and her gift of colored pencils.

Geisha Finished

2010-12-14T22:00:00.001-08:00

Here she is.

To elaborate, it's a wallpaper for our new card game we're coming out with.

Geisha

2010-12-14T13:35:00.001-08:00

This isn't quite done, but it's getting there.

8-Bit Glory

2010-11-10T22:58:00.000-08:00

Our band is making a video game, that is all.

Coffee House Sketch

2010-09-30T22:23:00.000-07:00

Did this one as a quicky at a coffee house.

Crappy quality for the win.

Watercolor Sketches

2010-08-15T08:52:00.000-07:00

A guy asked me to sketch up some t-shirt design ideas, here they are. They were based on a quote he wanted in the design,"When thy fingers grasp the paintbrush,it is as if thou wert at prayer in the temple", which I thought was pretty sweet.

Kamakura

2010-06-25T14:03:00.001-07:00

A couple things I'm working on for a card game I invented and am working on with some peeps!

St. Sound Update

2010-06-11T13:33:00.001-07:00

Threw some colored pencils on that geetar.

St. Sound

2010-06-11T09:11:00.000-07:00

A piece I am currently constructing. I'll probably ink the guitar because it seems pencil is too light against the wood burning. The frame is just slices of 2 x 4 and the backing is some random wood I found.

Real Painting

2010-05-19T13:21:00.000-07:00

Busted out the oils since I've been home.

More Sketchezzzzz

2010-05-12T19:14:00.001-07:00

Another round of sketches, still done fairly fast. The last one of the old man took some time only because of all the dark patches, but overall fairly fast.

Also, here is a hipster chimp.

A Sort of Freedom

2010-05-09T23:59:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure why I never did it before...it's a sort of fear I propose, of mine anyway, a fear of drawing something that looks so horrible and incoherent to true anatomy or physical objects.

Today I went on a scribble spree, I made lines, pen constantly laying down ink in scuffs, and when the dust cleared I found I liked what I saw better than my normal sketches or studies. However, it doesn't seem to work yet with drawing from things I can physically see, I do best in this style if I'm drawing from my mind.

Most of these took from 10-45 seconds with no initial layout pass.

Also, here is a hipster bear.

Crispy Soggy Pebbles

2010-04-08T22:26:00.000-07:00

My cereal box for digital illustration. I pulled the name "Crispy Soggy Pebbles".

William Knows

2010-03-09T21:56:00.000-08:00

A new illustration I'm working on, it's entitled William Knows. Oh, and a big fail on that drawing a day thing, maybe some other time..

I've been faithfuuuuuuul

2010-03-05T07:37:00.000-08:00

I swear I've been doing a drawing a day, they just haven't been digital. Here's the thing...I no longer have photoshop on my comp, and I need to buy a copy from the school...let the real physical drawings begin! I'll post them soon enough.

Color Sketches

2010-03-02T22:08:00.001-08:00

I think this might be exactly what I need. I've been putting it off for so long for a couple reasons: 1. I really don't like working directly from reference, and I always feel like I'm wasting my time when all I feel like I made is a duplicate of the photo.
2. I'm not that great at lighting most of the time and therefore I don't really like doing it.

These past artistic guests have inspired me however, and I've decided that I'll give it a shot. Both of these are pictures of friends that I have taken, I'll do some building and landscape ones next. These took from 7-10 minutes. And yes, he was making a pretty bizarre face.

Daily...Sort of

2010-03-01T08:59:00.001-08:00

So I guess I'm starting on Monday...haha.

Pascal is a man

2010-02-26T00:09:00.000-08:00

Just like the title says. This man has skills, he has completely mastered the art of simplicity and emotion. SO, like everyone else and their mom I'm going to try my hand at some Pascalian sketches. I also think it's humorous that not too long ago I posted that abstract simplicity painting.
15 minutes, I aint as fast as he is. I'm going to TRY, TRY to post a sketch a day, even if it's super sucky. Also, I've found a new simple (but very informational) past time; I'm going to call it light snacking, it's where I open the color dropper window, open a photograph, and sample the lights and darks of different materials to see where they fall in reference to saturation and darkness.

Inspired

2010-02-22T23:21:00.001-08:00

Quick painting. Yes it is.

Medusa's End

2010-02-12T22:39:00.000-08:00

DONE. It's a very large image, so be warned.
Also, here is a quick progress GIF that shows all the images I posted in sequence

Pink Medusa

2010-02-09T15:47:00.000-08:00

I wrote this song which is called Pink Medusa last year for my band; more or less it's about how lust and promiscuity look appetizing but are horrible monsters and can consume you in the end. I always had the idea for an image in my head but I've just now decided to begin it's fabrication. There are some nudsies, so click responsibly. Here is the initial sketch.

Update 1: Cleaned up the linework. Evidently this is what adonihs does before he starts painting, and he is a beast, so I'm going to give it a go. The lack of snakes is due to Photoshop pooping itself after I was close to finishing them...Once again, be prepared for a bit of nudity. BAM.

Update 2: Trying out some different color schemes and I think I've settled on this one; the background obviously isn't done so the color is just so I can better see what I'm working with. Snakes are back, but not very colored. I feel like the texture for the snakes is going to be mind numbingly frustrating, but we'll see if we can make it work. And yep, she's still nude. SHIMMY.

Update 3:Darkened some areas and started to block in some colors for the snakes. I'm thinking I definitely like doing precise lineart first, it helps a lot with detail, and soon I'll be making the lineart invisible and cleaning up just the colors. I kind of like the smoke blowing around her, but I might end up doing something a little more graphic 2D. SHWAMMY.

Update 4: I don't know why I didn't keep it to one post all along...Hid the lineart and cleaned up the color. Still putting off the snakes. Also, does anyone actually read this blog? BOOMP.

Break 1: Took a break from Ms. Medusa to play with the new tablets wrought from the hands of the gods and so graciously given to the Becker lab. These are also known as Cintiqs and are incredible. Quick sketch I did on one.

Update 5: Never again will I color a Medusa....at least not in the next ten years. These snakes are so irritating, and it doesn't help that I've never really drawn snakes before. I tried to do the hair as all one piece of color and make the different snakes by darkening areas...not so much, just didn't look contrasty enough. I've now separated each of the snakes into a different layer so I can manage each of the shadows individually, which is working a bit better. I'm working with 43 layers currently with a handful hidden for various uses.

Update 6: So close to being done! After this I just need to do a little edge cleaning, fix a couple light issues, and add a couple more textures. SHWORP.

Morning

2010-02-03T20:50:00.000-08:00

Tried to keep it loosey goosey and do something more color oriented.

RIGGED

2010-01-20T18:00:00.000-08:00

Finally I got my main character rigged! Still needs a bit of weighting but for now I'm pretty happy to see him move...scratch that, I'm absolutely ecstatic to see him move. The last one made me giggle uncontrollably because it's so dang hot.

More Sketchage

2010-01-16T21:56:00.001-08:00

Decided to get some manly men on.
OH, I had a epiphany while sketching this that may help some of you drawing with a tablet.
It's so very simple, haha, stupidly simple, but it seemed to make the experience much more natural feeling. So there I was, warming up and drawing ellipses, and I was trying to figure out why I couldn't do it as well as I could with physical pen and paper. AND THEN.
I propped up my tablet so it was at about 45 degrees and boom, better ellipses.
I know, stupid simple right?
I think it's because my brain doesn't have to calculate the angle of the screen against the angle of the tablet as much...or something.

Womanly Sketches

2010-01-15T13:48:00.000-08:00

I'm going to start trying to do more practice with my tablet; more or less I've only produced finished pieces with it and I still don't feel like I'm not as comfortable with it as I am with actual physical media. SO, I've decided to loosen up. How scandelous. I'm also digging bizarre color schemes lately.

Chapel Studies

2009-11-09T19:26:00.000-08:00

Here's some body studies I did in chapel. I listen, promise I do, I focus better when I draw. The last one is from the 509, and I know it doesn't look that much like Heath but I gave it a shot; it's really difficult to make a likeness while drawing a moving subject...

Frankenstein

2009-10-16T06:48:00.001-07:00

Some progress-to-final images of the latest DrawerGeeks theme. I was trying to make it look like someone stuck him in a suit and made him pose and he really has no idea what's going on, whether that comes across or not.

Protagonist

2009-10-08T21:46:00.000-07:00

Some rough model renders of the unnamed protagonist of my senior project.

Gone so long...

2009-09-13T15:14:00.001-07:00

Yeah yeah, it's been a while. Here's some concepts that I worked on over the summer in prep for my senior project.

Commission

2009-03-25T18:36:00.000-07:00

Here's something that my brother commissioned me to do for his wife that I've been working on lately. It's going to be an intro to a series of Youtube videos that his wife does promoting holistic living and ways to be green; basically it's going to be the character walking through this sort of environment and then up to the floating title screen, simple as can be.

Classroom Boredom

2009-03-15T23:54:00.000-07:00

It's been a good long while since I've updated...so as a filler until I can post something better, I shall post some doodles that fabricate when class ceases to hold it's death grip on my interest.

Mario vs Bowser

2009-01-16T10:56:00.001-08:00

Donesies. Clickie for biggie

Drawer Geeks: NES

2009-01-09T20:37:00.000-08:00

Aight, here's the pretty much finished sketch of what I'm going to do for Drawergeeks this month. I wanted to make Bowser look a little more intimidating than usual, and I think it comes across pretty well myself. Clickie for biggie.

Pretty Dang Close

2009-01-08T19:55:00.000-08:00

Alright, definitely getting close...still need to work on the hands a little and maybe some other random stuff, but I kind of want to start on a Drawergeeks first. I'm very happy with this, it's my first completely digital work of art that I've been this proud of. Usually I'll sketch or draw something on paper and then scan it in because I simply couldn't get the forms I wanted drawing directly digital. No longer!
Clicky for biggie.

Updated Hoodie

2009-01-07T20:11:00.000-08:00

A much more updated version of my project, it took quite a while to get the buildings behind to look slightly believable. I'm still far from done...the hands need a lot of work and I need to go through and texture everything better. However...REJOICE! One of my favorite artists from deviantart, adonihs, just made his brush set available for download....In-freaking-credible my friends, this will do wonders for me. As always, clickie for biggie.

Hoodie

2009-01-04T17:58:00.000-08:00

It's been a while huh...I was quite unmotivated to do any art over break strangely enough, but I also got a new tablet for Christmas! Evidently Mr. Breadwig helped my dad pick out a wonderful tablet, which I thank him for. Something I started over break but haven't finished yet, a little bit of a character design, a little bit of a self portrait, a little bit of clothing design (cuz I've always wanted a hoodie with a ninja zip up in the front).

Audio Addict

2008-11-19T22:19:00.000-08:00

Rolling with the happy mistake seen in the piece two posts ago, I decided to draw something more music themed to fit the background. I came up with this idea on the fly in class and drew it out in the time period, I then took it into photoshop to color it, and it has since become one of my all time favorites. Definitely going to be a shirt and possibly a CD cover for our band The Brain Brothers! Clicky for biggie.Here's the original, I decided to change the right earphone to a left because it looked more fitting. Exploration sketch in zee corner.

The AIDS!!

2008-11-18T18:17:00.000-08:00

My roommate and I were discussing what AIDS would look like if given a character and referred to as "The AIDS".....I give you character exploration of THE AIDS! Imagine any of these in swarms and you get the general gist. Click for bigger and better.I might like the third the best, borderline cute....

I know you're disturbed...deal with it.

The Hypnophant

2008-11-17T12:40:00.001-08:00

You would do well to do what The Hypnophant asks of you....

This is how the world will be reborn...

2008-11-17T11:17:00.000-08:00

If the world were to end, this is how it would be reborn, with this as it's theme music; seriously, listen to it while you view these, you'll feel like a witness to the birth of a wonderful universe . Doodle orgy done in UCF, the background music textureness is from a hymn on the back of the page, happy happy mistake. Click for detail ya'll.
Here's an alternate color scheme, which I actually think I like better, along with the original.

Witch

2008-11-17T08:49:00.000-08:00

Here is a larger version of my latest Drawer Geeks Jr. submission for "Witch". Nothin too fancy pantsy, just felt like doing a traditional drawing with smoother shading, something I haven't done too much of lately. Click it for UBER HUGE SCREEN FILLING VERSION!