My latest drawings

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[Jiggles]

Originally Posted by Apex

Cute pig

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It is supposed to be selena gomez...so yeah, her nose does look kind of like that from certain angles. LOL

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Anyone have anything they want me to draw? Post up a pic. Nothing overly complex. I may work on a ninjette drawing...maybe for a wallpaper that can be posted on the site. I have to find something that will work for me.

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Army penguins




Go!

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Another one I titled "girl laying back, head too big".
(nsfw)

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And another. Gotta get the anatomy down before I move to clothes....

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I think it is about time I moved to a larger sketch pad.

[Daks]

Ooooooh more artists.

So nice to see new art.

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This is what got me on working on more figure drawing and finding shapes in the figures...

This girl is GOOD.

Link to original page on YouTube.

[Daks]

I need to keep tighter sketchbooks. I ported much to digital...and my pieces I do get to these days are generally all finished. But I always try to get some life drawings in now and then. At the DMV or anywhere people are still for a bit.

I've grown rusty since I've been out of school. These types of videos always make me feel so lazy! xP

[Apex]

Definitely. I watch that and think "now if I drew EVERY DAY since high school, imagine how good I'd be now?"

That kicks my butt. I hope to work it in more often.

Hard to though. I have projects at home, I'm learning a new instrument, plus my daily stuff. Just a lot on my plate. I think things will open up after Christmas. Until then, I will just work it in as time permits.

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Tried a few different things in this one. The one in the lower right was my first real use of the "peanut" torso layout. I did it wrong, the torso was too short, but you get the idea.

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You see a cropped image below. Click to see the full thing. (nsfw)

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3-minutes. I think I set a record for myself...

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Another quickie



The rest will have to wait for later. LOL

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(edit - rehosted on another acct, won't get deleted. Also added partial thumbnail)
Three poses... (nsfw)

[ChaoSS]

Somebody is reporting your pictures as violating the TOS, might need to find a new host.

[Apex]

I have one, just need to move them over. Photobucket sucks sometimes. lol

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Arms up (nsfw)




Very quick sketch (nsfw)

[Jiggles]

Is your photobucket public? Just switch ur nsfw ones to a private album, you can still link them but they can't be reported

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I'll do that.

[alex.s]

hey mark have you tried sketching motorcycle designs? the ducati sketches kinda remind me of the way most people sketch women

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I have done motorcycles in the past. They were always insanely detailed and took me a long time to do.

However, since I have been working on reducing the details lately, I think I may try again.

[ChaoSS]

You know, if you have to choose between bikes and nude women, you could always pick both... Don't think anyone here would mind.

[Jiggles]

You mean, gasp, nude bikes!?

[Apex]

We just cannot have that!!!!

[Domagoj]

Originally Posted by Apex

3-minutes. I think I set a record for myself...

This is amazing.
Simple and perfect.

I think that the lack of details is great because the one looking at the picture can imagine them. However I have no knowledge of visual arts to be able to confirm my theory.

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Thanks You don't need to know anything about art to know what you like to see.

I think people over analyze things these days. I simply like stuff or don't like it.


As far as drawings go, I think people don't know when to stop with the pencils. I am guilty of this at times. Sometimes less is really more. I get lazy and instead of removing some sketch lines, I cover them up by shading. Like in that drawing you responded to, that one the main focus was the face, so I tried to keep it as clean as possible. I like how it turned out too. Like the lips, instead of drawing a line to define them, I felt it would be "softer" to simply shade it in some. The absence of a hard line there really helps, I also plan on using that a bit more often...

[Daks]

I did a poster-sized painting involving bikes.

Took me 5 months to complete. In all honesty, this was in highschool and I was working with other projects, but believe me, it's the details that hurt! xP

And I'm a total sucker for detail.

[alex.s]

i think apex should draw naked women posing on bikes.

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That is my problem...I get wound up so much in the details. I did a quick sketch of a 250, but I just wasn't into it at the time...it looked totally wrong.

I think if I do the bike thing, I'm going to go into photoshop to do it. I don't think I want to dedicate the time to pencils for a bike drawing. I could always do a rough grid on the paper to just help keep proportions in line...I'll think about it.

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Some very quick sketches in my new ultra small sketchbook (3.5"x5.75"). It is nice to have such a compact form of media available. I still prefer my large pad, easier to get flowing lines, but this is nice to have and is quite convenient.

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You can definitely tell the difference between a quick sketch of mine and something I actually put some effort into.

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Took a bit more time with this one. Not much more, but maybe 2x the time, which still was well under 10-min.



(ugh, the eye on the right side is a tad too far out, maybe two mm...I'll adjust it later...)

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Another couple of quickies...

^nose and lips are off...meh