Open Sketch Book Society

farewell osbs

2011-01-06T16:26:00.001-05:00

due to inactivity, this is my last post here. keep updated with me at my personal blog

worked on this from about 11 am - 4 pm. all photoshop

peace out y'all

2010-12-31T14:49:00.002-05:00

this blog has become kinda pointless with danielle and i being the only people who still update it.

anyways, 2nd pass on my sketch from the other day. gonna fully render this.

the unknown guest

2010-12-30T12:31:00.002-05:00

late morning speedpaint. about two hours

ice

2010-12-23T22:46:00.000-05:00

unfinished scene from my graphic novel (which i will never ever find the time to make)

crappy-canyon

2010-12-20T01:31:00.001-05:00

speed paint, a little over an hour. will keep on rendering this up if i have the time.

2010-12-18T11:47:00.000-05:00

half hour speedpaint before bed last night.

Day 1

2010-12-16T10:24:00.002-05:00

Day 1: The winner of the auction has called to get her winning prize! I am painting a picture of her daughters horse for christmas. Times Ticking!!

This is the first stage of the painting, generally just blocking in to get paint on the canvas.

hfilm

2010-12-05T21:18:00.001-05:00

a good friend of mine, and incredible 3D animator who just finished up an internship at Disney is directing his MFA thesis film due out this spring, and I'm attached to it as a concept artist. Here's just a sample of what I've been doing... will post more in my own blog within the next few weeks

2010-12-05T21:15:00.000-05:00

rough logo design for a band. posted with permission.

bbking

2010-12-03T15:12:00.002-05:00

this piece is of BB. king. Trying to get more expression and character into the pieces.

zorg

2010-11-28T23:44:00.001-05:00

An hour and a half "sketch" in Photoshop and ZBrush. Neck makes no sense. Still developing this new technique, gonna be doing a series of character designs in this style (once i can pin down the final style).

Nov27.2010

2010-11-27T13:37:00.002-05:00

"CeeLo Green"-Digital

3 hours late

2010-11-24T14:17:00.000-05:00

a spooky house. not done yet, but getting there.

In the works ( celebrities)

2010-11-24T13:36:00.006-05:00

Celebrities in the works.Probably have a hour or 2 left in improving them. I am changing up my medium to the computer(for now) to get my ideas out faster and also get the color I am looking for more immediate to get in that fast rapid gestural groove.

chrisette michele

pink

Paintingss

2010-11-17T14:21:00.004-05:00

Painting study of vanessa. Done in a couple hours yesterday. Going to do a bunch of fast studies like these to get quicker and more gestural.

done with open acyrics in level one with william cochran. Amazing class!

landscape

2010-11-14T10:46:00.003-05:00

Going for the Thomas Wilmer Dewing soft touch approach. Sorry the image is such crap. Hope to have this painting done before Wednesday.

Fish

2010-11-01T16:39:00.002-04:00

Skate!

2010-10-31T22:12:00.000-04:00

http://www.vimeo.com/16379170

10+ hours of animating for 10 seconds of film.

still getting the hang of this.

portrait

2010-10-29T22:55:00.002-04:00

portrait for tonight, took about 2 hours. no reference. gonna try to be doing these more often...

Skate!

2010-10-27T23:33:00.000-04:00

Screens from my first computer animated film (and by film I mean 11 second short). Demonstrates a modified version of the Bloke 1.0 character riding a skateboard. Besides the character base, everything else was done by myself, including modeling, rigging, animating, and recording audio.

This will be online in a few days on my Vimeo page. I'll link to it once up.

recent

2010-10-26T10:15:00.000-04:00

Logo design in the works for vet clinic.

calendar girl sketch

2010-10-21T21:58:00.002-04:00

Miss October -- the lovely and talented Carlie!

bzzzzzz

2010-10-20T00:31:00.001-04:00

work in progress assignment from character "rigging" class (a rig is a virtual skeletal system for all you n00bs). will be a full 10 second animation when done, fully rendered. character rigged by me, environment modeled by me, animated by me, character based off of the bloke 1.0 mesh which was altered by me. maya is fun : )

digital work

2010-10-19T10:26:00.002-04:00

This is a little "filler" for my website... I'm updating the look, and wanted something to create a bit of intrigue (or at least entertainment!) for all those art-hungry Amy followers. Yeah, that's it. So here's "Under Construction" girl!

"Living with no Home"

2010-10-14T13:38:00.002-04:00

New series- "Living with no home"

First piece:sketch

- Have a bunch of paintings lined up for a new series"living with no home"

- A bunch of gorgeous places I have been and seen in my life ,time from all over the world.

This sketch is from elba a small town in Italy. I envision the painting to have a nice range of blues and purples in the sky.

starting to cut and prep boards today!

Sketch: Family

2010-10-14T12:10:00.000-04:00

A post for art jumble.

nottingham lace

2010-10-12T23:39:00.000-04:00

update after working on it, still not done though. Blizzard begins internship applications in november and am trying to get my portfolio as solid as possible before the submissions begin. keeping my fingers crossed : )

This and that

2010-10-12T20:57:00.004-04:00

I am currently working on a few projects at the same time, since I have time on my hands. The top is a page from my sketchbook for the sketchbook project that I'm doing. I urge all of you to join! Last day to sign up is Oct. 31st. The bottom is the last leaf that will be joining a series of leaves that I painted during the summer before my senior year for a client. I hope to have it completely painted by the end of the week. My client decided she wanted one more to balance out the others.

to here knows when

2010-10-12T20:04:00.000-04:00

speedpaint. will probably fully render this.

Sketchbook

2010-10-09T23:32:00.001-04:00

Here's a page from my Sketchbook for the Brooklyn Art Library.

in the works...

2010-09-30T11:16:00.003-04:00

In the works still. worked on it a couple more times. slowly building it up.

any critiques are more then welcomed.

oliver james

2010-09-29T10:36:00.002-04:00

old piece of mine I went back into. worked up the details a bit more, pushed the value, and improved the gesture slightly.

In the works.

2010-09-22T17:27:00.003-04:00

-Rust painting in the works.

almost done

2010-09-20T10:12:00.000-04:00

almost done with this, just need to lay on some more details. planning on constructing this in Maya in due time...

clouds

2010-09-19T20:38:00.003-04:00

My finished oil painting of the photoshop sketch I did last week. I'm in between liking it and not. I painted it for a friend. What do you guys think?

mkay

2010-09-15T23:41:00.002-04:00

Finished.

Rust

2010-09-13T19:40:00.005-04:00

Sketch for the next painting.

Wanted to further explore decomposing textures.

White Lily

2010-09-13T17:15:00.002-04:00

Drawn with a 2h pencil and colored with lightfast prisma colored pencils. This was done while watching 500 Days of Summer and The Pursuit of Happyness. And before that, I was watching the 9/11 documentary. Bed time for me that night (saturday into sunday) was 4:30.

Factory 2

2010-09-13T10:47:00.002-04:00

threw some texture on this. still working it up...

eden prison

2010-09-10T20:00:00.000-04:00

Perspective errors ahoy! Going to fully render this one, but still have a ways to go on it...

Taking a break from Maya until classes start monday, but I'll have plenty more 3D work up soon.

Peace out from (way too hot) Savannah,

-Doug

preliminary color sketch

2010-09-09T20:56:00.002-04:00

A piece that I did in photoshop that was started last night and finished tonight. It may lead to a painting, but I'm not sure if I like it enough. Suggestions?

For My Living Room Wall.

2010-09-09T00:31:00.003-04:00

Abstract painting I started. Mostly done. Just a little more staring at it and adjusting values.

Docking Gates

2010-09-08T19:38:00.000-04:00

Photoshop, still a work in progress. One of several new things I'm working on...

Much much more coming once I get internet at my house next week.

Peace out from Savannah,

-Doug

sketch before dinner

2010-09-07T17:50:00.001-04:00

trying to get better at line drawing and the feel of the wacom tablet.

asdf

2010-09-03T13:02:00.000-04:00

Un-rendered Maya practice.

re-hash

2010-09-01T10:55:00.000-04:00

Danielle and I are going to take over this blog. Whether it returns to it's "glory days" or not, I could care less. I'm gonna keep posting in here from time to time, and anybody from UHA, SCAD, or wherever is welcome to join. I'll give any feedback/crits too for anyone who asks.

I haven't posted in a while because I've been too busy with the move to Georgia, and teaching myself Maya (which is hard), but here's a speedpaint I did last night.

I'm without internet at my new house, so I won't be updating as much as I'd like to, but once that gets taken care of in a week or so I'll be back on here.

Peace out from Savannah Georgia,

-Doug

Moving On

2010-08-22T10:16:00.003-04:00

Open Sketch Book society started out with a bang, and had a good run. The idea was to help us all network with each other and keep updated on what everyone was working on, and hopefully continue to challenge ourselves to keep drawing after college.

If anyone would like to take over the open sketch book and lead challenges send me an email to joinsketchsociety@yahoo.com.

Otherwise, the Open Sketch Book Society will be terminated within the next week or so.

Keep in touch!

painting... what

2010-08-03T22:07:00.001-04:00

one more!

2010-08-02T23:41:00.001-04:00

20 minute doodle before bed.

YES.

2010-08-02T23:22:00.001-04:00

quick doodle.

quick sketch: oil pastel

2010-08-01T01:13:00.000-04:00

botched drainage

2010-07-29T00:28:00.000-04:00

60-75 minute doodle before bed...

sketch before sleep

2010-07-24T00:12:00.000-04:00

back from Georgia, quick sketch before bed...

fixed some of the critiques and pushed it further.

2010-07-20T21:57:00.003-04:00

Having some difficultly with the hand, as I always do. any suggestions??

Movies and Oil Paints

2010-07-17T00:40:00.003-04:00

While watching The Hulk, starring Edward Norton and Inkheart, Starring Brendan Fraser, I painted. This is the first time I've painted since I graduated. Silly really. I explain further what this piece represents in my blog, but in short, it portrays the turmoil within me. My frustrations, irritations, worries and so on. I will be going back into it. And perhaps with this little nudge I can start painting again...without dragging my feet this time.

a;lfkj

2010-07-15T22:50:00.000-04:00

2 minute 49 second speedpaint before bed (painted this to a song of that length)

trash king.

2010-07-14T13:48:00.002-04:00

trying to get better at creating things from my head and value.

so heres a value study and a doodle.

another sketch

2010-07-13T18:57:00.000-04:00

did this in photoshop, took about an hour - an hour and a half. Textured, but no ref used. trying to get back in the habit of doing at least one drawing a day.

doodle for tonight

2010-07-12T21:52:00.001-04:00

doodle before bed.

In the process

2010-07-12T15:04:00.002-04:00

meh

2010-07-05T16:59:00.002-04:00

personal piece... more practice with the figure. besides a few details, no reference used.

2010-06-25T15:11:00.002-04:00

Working out a possible idea for a piece on sex trafficking. Totally going to need reference, especially for the shadow, if I go this route.

doofy dragon

2010-06-24T22:24:00.000-04:00

10 minute speedpaint before bed. weeeeeeee!

Apartment Gallery?

2010-06-24T13:56:00.007-04:00

I've been taping up all my recent drawings in the corner of the living room. It's starting to look like this...

Whatever...

After Henri Matisse's The Dinner Table (Harmony in Red). I've always liked the composition of that piece, so I thought it'd be fun to sketch a version of it. I just don't have blues or greens in my palette currently.

New abstracts...

Zombies!

2010-06-20T23:06:00.004-04:00

Okay, so this piece is way over due. I threw some textures on there, not sure about the foreground one. Suggestions?

cyborg ninja chick

2010-06-16T21:53:00.006-04:00

exactly 20 minute speedpaint before bed.

Drawings from Weekend and Today

2010-06-15T22:38:00.002-04:00

Didn't really keep track of what days I worked on these. I'm getting lost in the abstract stuff. It's really fun and helps me think about line, shape, color, and overall composition really. But I made sure to do a little still life to stay grounded in my rendering. The last two are from today.

June Challenge

2010-06-12T09:47:00.002-04:00

Sorry, everyone. This is a bit late, but should still be an okay challenge for the rest of this month. Just do something creative everyday for the rest of this month. Can be anything. Warm up sketches, a piece you're working on, collage, whatever. Just make sure you're doing something everyday. You can post something everyday, or post what you've done at the end of the week. Whatever you want, just get it up here.

Go!

Messin Around

2010-06-11T15:11:00.003-04:00

I was doing a lot of looser stuff today. Experimenting, kinda getting back into some techniques from high school/early college. Kind of my version of advanced doodling, when I just need to get all that creative energy out of my system and don't have time to plan it out. Feels good. Keeping it abstract or stylized helps me think more about composition, too. After attempting a few of these and not liking them, I finally was feeling it with this one.

steampunk girl

2010-06-07T22:20:00.001-04:00

Doodle for tonight. Might develop this further, might not.

Dexter

2010-06-05T19:54:00.000-04:00

Drawn while watching season 4 of Dexter

Preliminary sketches

2010-06-05T19:23:00.001-04:00

Preliminary sketches for a thank you card for my great aunt Alice.

SQUID.

2010-06-01T22:31:00.001-04:00

creature of the day. will probably work more on this tomorrow.

two more figure drawings from miguel

2010-06-01T17:21:00.001-04:00

I'll post my zombie piece later today once it's done

Tudor Zombies

2010-06-01T01:43:00.001-04:00

This turned into quite the ordeal.

stag

2010-05-29T16:44:00.001-04:00

preliminary sketch by Miguel

2010-05-29T08:56:00.002-04:00

Another sketch by Miguel.

"The Invisible Toilet"

2010-05-26T21:55:00.002-04:00

A drawing of a woman sitting on an invisible toilet by Miguel. Crappy cell phone quality, 20-30 minute pose.

doodle

2010-05-25T21:57:00.001-04:00

Hour doodle before bed. Putting more emphasis on a direct light source and form.

gothic city

2010-05-25T19:47:00.001-04:00

Work in progress. Most of my environments are grungy/gross... so I want to do something nice and pretty this time. Need to add people though.

30 minute sketches

2010-05-24T19:52:00.002-04:00

tree in oil= mine
pond and fance in watercolour = miguel

Zombies

2010-05-23T01:53:00.004-04:00

I dislike the notion of the layman zombie; your run of the mill average Joe made undead. I think the prospect of zombie warriors is much more terrifying.

Also, when drawing this I kept thinking "Psh, everyone will expect me to draw zombie Anne Boleyn, I'll show them!" Then I realized how hilarious the prospect could be if not only Anne Boleyn was a zombie, but if she and the other wives Henry deposed of came back to seek revenge.

I hope to have this colored by the end of the month.
And I know he had six wives but two outlived him so they would only be zombies if they were made into zombies.

Sketch/Color comp

2010-05-18T19:05:00.002-04:00

A sketch/ color comp for a commission piece for a hair dresser. I am thinking about doing the finished traditionally.

302

2010-05-18T18:03:00.001-04:00

20 minute digital sketch for figure drawing

301

2010-05-18T17:52:00.001-04:00

20 minute sketch from monday night figure drawing by Miguel, who's without internet at the moment. Crappy cell phone quality, enhanced a bit in photoshop.

Zombie Color

2010-05-18T01:47:00.003-04:00

Just threw down some color in photoshop. I think this is the palette I want to use for this piece.

2010-05-17T20:56:00.001-04:00

thanks for the invite! cant wait to keep this art going.

WORLD WAR Z - thumbnail

2010-05-16T22:31:00.001-04:00

a lone soldier fights for his life against a hoard of zombies. quick thumbnail before I go to sleep.

Zombie Sketch

2010-05-16T15:29:00.002-04:00

I just blocked in the zombies quickly. The drawing is 9 x 12, but my scanner is 8 x 11. I've recently seen the movie Zombie Land. It was so funny, has anyone else seen it?

lkjfadls;kfsa

2010-05-16T03:15:00.003-04:00

Monday night, figure drawing, 15 minutes, 4 toes...

Clean Up

2010-05-12T16:23:00.002-04:00

Hey, guys! As you may have noticed, I spent the afternoon tidying up OSBS. I deleted members who I haven't heard back from, or who haven't posted in a while and don't seem to be interested anymore. Or, you know, too busy or whatever. Anyway, if you have been deleted from the members list, it is not personal. I promise. I am simply trying to keep things organized and updated. If you notice that you have been removed but would like to stay on board, just throw me an email and I'll put you back on. And try to post once in a while so you don't get removed again. Some of you I have talked to already about the technical difficulties you are having, so no worries. Just post when you can.

Also...

Class of 2010! Congratulations! You are all invited to join this blog! Email us if you are interested and tell all your art buddies who don't know.

one more...

2010-05-09T13:24:00.001-04:00

Decided to leave this as just an environment sketch after I couldn't incorporate the figure properly.

evil monk guy

2010-05-09T13:20:00.002-04:00

This was gonna be my entry for the zombie challenge but I didn't like how it was coming so I made it into a monster for my monster a day challenge... I'll have a better zombie drawing done for the end of the month though.

May Challenge and OSBS Update

2010-05-03T09:15:00.003-04:00

Okay guys! We're going to try something new. After emailing with a few people a couple months ago, the idea to do theme challenges came up. We will still have a whole month to do this, but if the turn out is good and we want to move along faster then we can try bi-weekly. But for now it will be whole month.

Also, at the end of this month I will be evaluating this blog again in terms of whether or not it's worth upkeeping. Hopefully, we'll get some new people on board soon, what with the upcoming gradution and all. Anyway, that's where we are at right now. On with the callenge.

May Challenge

Theme: Zombies
Pretty much anything you want to do with them is fine, just draw a zombie. Will it be funny? Scary? Will you turn a celebrity or an already established fictional character into a zombie? It is up to you!

creature of the day

2010-05-03T06:26:00.002-04:00

As a personal challenge, for the month of May I'm going to try to draw one creature/monster/character a day. I won't succede, but if I can get at least 15-20 drawings done I'll be happy. Here's the first.

I'm gonna start posting here again...

Photoshop Brushes

2010-04-24T20:21:00.003-04:00

Hey Everyone,
Here is an easy tutorial for making your own brushes in photoshop.

http://danidraws.com/2007/01/20/make-your-own-photoshop-brushes/

Sketch 1 for April Challenge

2010-04-14T17:30:00.002-04:00

Tree budding at a friend's house.

Drawing in Illustrator for the first time... again.

2010-04-10T16:48:00.002-04:00

It took me a while to figure out the pen tool again. But considering I don't remember much from our class with Doug, I'm pretty happy with my progress. Some stuff I'm figuring out on my own, some of it I have a vague knowledge. Definitely got a ways to go.

Illustrator CS4 Tutorial: Blend Tips

2010-04-08T12:46:00.002-04:00

SO COOL! You really have to watch this!

http://www.layersmagazine.com/adobe-illustrator-blend-tips.html

Frank Frazetta

2010-04-04T14:43:00.004-04:00

Hey everyone, for anyone who doesn't know him you should certainly look at his work if you are a fantasy art fan. Frank Frazetta. Another tip for anyone who hasn't started this already. For inspiration make a folder on your computer for a digital archive of all your favorite works by your favorite artists. Back to Frank Frazetta...

I found a lot of his works off this article:

http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/fantasy/Frank-Frazetta.html