Gravity

illustration for illustration friday's topic gravity...

tonights speedpaint. I'm still trying to be more efficient and economic with my strokes. I still need alot of work. Still trying to figure things out...anyways,couldn't do speedpaints the last little while cuz I've been busy with work and my new anatomy class. I'm learning at basic inquiry from Justin Ogilvie...very talented artist and teacher and really nice guys. If you are in Vancouver Canada,and you want to improve your grasp of anatomy or portraiture,go see him. Check his website at...

www.justinogilvie.com

Finally,Brumski...Wanna know what that means? Go check out keith and the girl...

www.keithandthegirl.com

have a good night y'all

speedpaint for this morning...this girl was pretty and white...now she's ugly and looks a bit asian.
Oh well. Anyways,I'm gonna continue with this 30min speedpainting for a while,then maybe do some 1 hours in the future. If any of you have any tips,crits,feel free e-mail or leave a comment.

peace y'all

fave podcast...
keith and the girl

ughhh...tried some 30 min speedpaints today...so far...terrible,but I'll work on it...

anyways,here they are...I'm gonna try to do another one just to make up for this crap if I don't pass out first...

anyways...

whats that? My favorite podcast...

find it at...
www.keithandthegirl.com

yo yo yo,

here's the speedpaint for today,and a little of the life drawing I've been doing lately. The speedpaint,I'm happier with...It's still not that chunky style that I want,but it's alot better than my previous attempts...at least I think so. Anyways...check it...

speaking of check...check out the best podcast there is...

at...www.keithandthegirl.com
I was listening to the latest episode where keith,chemda,and the bunch went to some food tasting thing...funny stuff...plus I also learned that if you're going to NY,and you wanna go for italian,avoid little italy...hehe,thats where I would have went first for italian...

later...

speedpaint for tonight...finished early...I'm getting used to painting on my tablet...It's such a change from doing art on my cintiq at work...I guess its good practice though. I'll try to do a paint at work to see if theres any difference. Anyways,I'm getting happier with painting,but I'm realizing that my pallette sucks...oh well,I'll work on that...

anyways,go check out the keith and the girl podcast...the episode...spooky is a hoohah...hilarious...almost up to 500 episodes and still going strong. That's gotta tell you something.

Check the show out,buy some of their swag...I got a few hoodies and the baseball shirt with the green sleeves...that ones my fave...

www.keithandthegirl.com

just finished this speedpaint...1 hour. tried some new brushes...still not there,but I'm happier with this one...also did life drawing tonight...gonna post those tomorrow maybe...

go to www.keithandthegirl.com
you have no idea what you're missing out on...the stuff is gold...one listen,I was hooked.

later y'all

speedpaint from yesterday...didn't post yesterday cuz my internet wasn't working....anyways,here it is...I'm trying to do the same pic as the day before...I'll try it again tonight if I can...

anyways....peace y'all

you ever watch Lost,it was cool last night...not the best I've seen,but better than the one before...hopefully it gets crazier...

Finally,regarding Keith and the Girl. I recently got a post asking how many hits I get on my blog from Keith and the Girl. I'm not sure,I don't really know how to check that. I'm not sure if the guy was just curious or wondering if I was doing something shady. I'm definitely not doing anything shady. I'm just a fan of the podcast,and I think they deserve as many fans as they can get.

I could care less if my blog becomes famous. Its just a record of my progress as an artist. I don't even put my good work on this blog...just my experiments...I don't know what else to say,except,I'm still gonna promote Keith and the Girl. When I say,go check out keith and the girl,that's exactly what I mean.

go check out the podcast...
www.keithandthegirl.com
really!

peace

went a bit over on tonights speedpaint...hehe,it kills me that I went over...even though it was 1 min. When I set the 1 hour limit,I can't help but feel I gotta stick to that. Anyway,it was ok. I tried a new brush,not perfect,still gotta find the right brush.

So here it is...getting there slowly

anyways,this girl I know is now hooked on keith and the girl. I'm telling ya,you gotta give it a try...

www.keithandthegirl.com

later y'all

hehe,I turned a beautiful girl ugly with this peice...still I had fun and learned some stuff. One thing I learned,is that I gotta start making some custom brushes. Being lazy and using the default brushes is not working great. I try to do some this weekend...

Also,here are some sketches from the weekend with the sketchgroup...

peace...

I got a few friends to give keith and the girl a chance...and they liked what they heard...so what does that tell you? Go and get your katg fix yo! shout outs to Ro and Sunny(aka,baruka's agent),glad you gave katg a try...

www.keithandthegirl.com

speedpaint for today...it took just a tiny bit over and hour to do...a few seconds or so...hehe,I was keeping track. Anyways,I don't know...its ok,not the best,just kind of ok...

I met with the vancouver conceptart.org group today...got some sketches done...I'll post them tomorrow if I get a chance to scan.

my favorite podcast?

find it at...
www.keithandthegirl.com

Uhhh,getting better...but still not there. I like working chunky,it's something I wanna develop further...so if you're following my progress(probably not,hehe)then look forward to alot more chunkiness in the future. If you're wondering,I do use photoref for these speedpaints. They're just for practice...just doing em to get better...not for any profits...just straight education

Just give keith and the girl one listen. They're just really great personalities...you'll get hooked.
find em at...www.keithandthegirl.com

peace y'all

another speedpaint...I rarely do any landscapes...so this feels like pretty much a first for me...
I don't know what to think about it...I just want to keep going and hopefully in the future,I can do cool landscapes like Sparth,Dylan Cole,Dusso etc...etc.

gonna try and keep doing speedpaints on a regular basis...

Ah well,I'm off to listen to some keith and the girl...
you can listen to...
just go to...
www.keithandthegirl.com

later

ughhh! I tried to do a bit too much for todays speedpaint. Ah well,what can you do! I did like that the stuff looks a bit chunkier...its something I wanna play with for future pieces.

anyways,thats about it...now go listen to keith and the girl!

www.keithandthegirl.com

speedpaint for today...again,I'm not happy with how it turned out,but thats the way it goes. I'm learning,so thats good.

lost my ipod nano yesterday...kind of sucks cuz I had my keith and the girl shows on it...I guess whoever finds the nano will get hooked on keith and the girl...at least something good came out of this situation...

check it out yourself...
www.keithandthegirl.com


also,saw the new episode of Lost last night...cool,but not as great as I expected. Maybe I expected more. I wasn't totally satisfied,but it was still good to see the show again.

later

speedpaint for this morning. The colors are crap,but stuff is getting easier. I'm still not happy with the outcomes,but it's getting better. I'm starting to look forward to these speedpaints. It loosens me up for my work.

Anyways,peace...

What else is new? Oh,I was listening to keith and the girl today,and its hilarious. Check out the best of's,you'll enjoy it.

Find everything you need at...
www.keithandthegirl.com

peace

speedpaint for today...

give keith and the girl a chance...you won't regret it...

www.keithandthegirl.com

speedpaint #2 done before work...kind of a warm up...

check out...
www.keithandthegirl.com

peace

did some life drawing today...still rusty...didn't look so great(gonna take some classes to help me remedy that)...also met up with the great vancouver conceptart.org group. Did this drawing...looking at my current issue of XXL for ref...

anyways,peace y'all

I'm off to listen to a bit of my favorite podcast...
keith and the girl
check it out,you won't regret it...

later

Long time...new year

Wow...long time no post. I went on a month break from drawing during the Christmas holidays...you know how it is...too much stuff to do...couldn't do any art. Anyways,I be back...been doing art again slowly over the last month. Even now I still feel real rusty.

First art I'm posting in the new year...I'm trying something new...speedpainting. I really wanna get my speed up,especially for my work. This first piece is pretty much my first speed painting ever. It's harder than I thought. I'll try to keep it up though. Then I can look at my work in a years time,and hopefully see myself get progressively better. The piece is very crude and embarassingly bad,but I'm looking at it as a learning experience,so it's all good.

Two artists I recently started liking alot...

First is David Levy...www.vyle-art.com
He was recently featured in the latest issue of ImagineFX(great magazine by the way)
His images are amazing. I can't really describe it,you'll have to go check it out for yourself.

Second,someone you probably already know...
Sparth,at www.sparth.com
Again,he's amazing,his landscapes are unbelievable. I'm working on getting as good as these guys,but it's gonna be a while.

That's about it...

Last,I'd like to promote my fave podcast again(I'm not being payed to say this,their show is just that good.)...Keith and the girl...

find them at...
www.keithandthegirl.com

later y'all
peace
R'john