antquinonez sketch log

[antquinonez]

something from yesterday. I swiped the mouth and nose from John Byrne's Generations. I just couldn't get it.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/superman.jpg

[Dri]

That expression looks awkward because the mouth doesn't fit with what's going on with the eyes. Looks like an actor called Jeffrey Meek. Here's a trick. Cover his mouth and look at his eyes. That'll give you an idea as to what his mouth should be doing.

[antquinonez]

Superman smiles like I smile. Not very well. I do a good frown, which is how this started off.

I feel jipped, by the way. When I was groing up, I felt like I was promised an inker, someone who would tidy up my drawings. Turns out, I have to do it. That aint right.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/flash.jpg

[antquinonez]

Some more sleestak action. I think I'm beginning to like this monster stuff.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/sleestak.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/sleestak2.jpg

[I'mAWheel]

I really love that Flash. He's crackling with energy, and I dig the side-of-the-pencil action a lot.

[dfbovey]

Nice job with the sleestacks. I loved that show.

[antquinonez]

Attitude Witch
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/witch2-1.jpg

Funky Witch
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/witch3.jpg

Sexy Witch
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/witch-1.jpg

[antquinonez]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/sexy1.jpg

[antquinonez]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/portrait.jpg

[Repo Man]

I like that "smokey" style you have going on. What kind of pencil are you using?

[antquinonez]

i think i've settled between using a 2b and 4b. i think what you're seeing is the broadside of the pencil at fast speeds and varying pressures.

[antquinonez]

recent drawings:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/witch-pumpkin.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/minotaur4.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/mermaid.jpg

[antquinonez]

Still can't get Halloween out of me.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/sexy_pumpkins_conte.jpg

[antquinonez]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/g2.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/girl.jpg

[antquinonez]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/backside.jpg

[antquinonez]

day of drawing dumb stuff

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/astronaut.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/vulture-girl.jpg

[antquinonez]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/another-witch.jpg

[antquinonez]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/supes-doomsday.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/spoofy.jpg

[antquinonez]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/chunli_clean.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/cammy2.jpg

[ThreeEyesWorm]

the minataur rocks.

[antquinonez]

thanks, threeyesworm
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/hellcat.jpg

[xadrian]

It's nice to see these, I still have a holiday swap piece from you hanging above my art table. Glad you're still drawing.

[Bruce Lee]

thanks, threeyesworm
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/hellcat.jpg


I dig this one!

Loston

[antquinonez]

That's high praise, Xadrian. Been drawing a bit more, past few weeks, now that it's Fall and spending more time indoors.

Glad you like it, Loston.

[spidey976]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/supes-doomsday.jpg

Being totally honest with you m8 ... if you bring his kind of energy to he Death of Supes drawoff ... I am going to have to seriously up my energy level.

[antquinonez]

Being totally honest with you m8 ... if you bring his kind of energy to he Death of Supes drawoff ... I am going to have to seriously up my energy level.

bring it, spidey. :)

[spidey976]

bring it, spidey. :)

LOL ... m8 ... I don't know how to do it any other way ... lol

[antquinonez]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/chunli_crawling.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/wonder_woman_of_the_sea.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/sf-sketch.jpg

... been drawing a lot.

[bindlestitch]

Your stuff has a lot of energy, man. I like it and I like how you draw women with some meat on their bones.
Good stuff.

[Keith]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/chunli_crawling.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/wonder_woman_of_the_sea.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/sf-sketch.jpg

... been drawing a lot.

Very nice dude! That fight scene is begging to be finished.

[antquinonez]

thanks for the comments guys. here's a rendering -- a dead end, in my opinion -- until i get better at this sort of thing.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/chun_li_lighting.jpg

[shoryukenmaster]

I've really been digging your output lately. The standalone sf girls aren't really your best work, but the rest is great. I really like the motion that most of the figures have.

--Brian

[Dri]

thanks for the comments guys. here's a rendering -- a dead end, in my opinion -- until i get better at this sort of thing.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/chun_li_lighting.jpg


I think hatching works on the basis that it will be inked. There's some pencilers here don't have the inker in mind and use the tonal method of a heavy outline of the figure and a mid tone for shading. That said, shade intuitively rather than by numbers. This rendering feels a little technical compared to your livelier work.

You are at your best when you use lumograph pencils. There's a freedom and fluidity that you seem to get when you use that medium. It's definitely the various line stroke/width and tone you get when using it and i'm hoping that you adopt that approach for the SF draw off.

As shoryuken said, good output.

[antquinonez]

thanks for the detailed crtique, greendri. yep, the shading was very flat and unrealistic. will work on it.

shoryukenmaster, thanks. i've been trying to get out of my comfort zone and trying to come up with what i thought was a tighter drawing style.

appreciate people looking out for me when I'm falling off. thanks

bindlestitch, thanks for the comment.

an update for my living dead drawing (Strathmore 500 -- takes a beating)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/chunli_3.jpg

[antquinonez]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/cammy_sf.jpg

[spidey976]

Hey antquinonez

Firstly the SF stuff you got going on is really cool ... and i am looking forward to seeing the finished piece. I love to look at an artists process. With that being said I have a couple of quick thinkgs to add.


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/cammy_sf.jpg

I find the pose here to be a little weak. Firstly I am not sure what Cammy is suppose to be doing. Is she hitting someone ... or trying to grapple. From the leg position I would say hit ... but from the hands I would say grapple. I would study some of the Jim Lee videos you can find on You Tube. In one of them he talks specifically about how if really want to show someone in a hitting motion all of the limbs work "counter" to each other (e.g. if the right hand is forward punching the right leg is back and the left arm will be back with the left leg being forward). If you have both hands forward then you should have both legs back a bit. I have found that the advice works to make a fairly strong punch. Also, watch some fo you anatomy ... it sometimes appears to get a bit blobby ... and yeah I know I am working on the same thing, and watch your shading. It sometimes either looks rushed ... or it is bairly there ... some really defined spot blacks may really help to give some of your pieces more depth. Also, watch your hatching ... cross hatching is great for tonal difference ... but sometimes straight blacks is more appropriate. (Update ... cut this a bit short for a crying baby ...... dude I am really looking forward to seeing your finished SF pic ... and the Supes one too ... :D)

Keep up the great work ... look forward to seeing more very soon.

[antquinonez]

thanks, spidey. the spotted blacks is something i'm going to have to get a handle on. it feels awkward to me, to tell you the truth.

finally started to do some Elvgren copy stuff. not straight copies. my laziness has no limits.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/girl-heads.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/girl-heads2.jpg

[antquinonez]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/head.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/head2.jpg

[antquinonez]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/cowgirl.jpg

[antquinonez]

sketchy sketchy -- i have not control. i really have to get back to studying.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/sf.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/android18.jpg

[antquinonez]

elvgren copy

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/elvgren_copy1.jpg

woody
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/woody.jpg

chun li

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/chun_li2.jpg

[antquinonez]

medcalf copy

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/medcalf_copy.jpg

ekman copy
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/ekman_copy.jpg

[antquinonez]

that's it. its late

petty copy

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/petty_copy.jpg

[JimLeeforGod]

Hey antquinonez,
I'm putting you up in the polls for Whimisical Tales Drawoff.
Since no one posted any entries after the original due date :)

By the way nice work on the sketchblog. Lots of goodies here.

[antquinonez]

thanks, jlfg.

some more copies:


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/devorss.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/connoly.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/ballantyne.jpg

[antquinonez]

copy

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/baz.jpg

[antquinonez]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/buell.jpg

[antquinonez]

Doomsday prime for the drawoff.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/doomsday_prime.jpg

[spidey976]

Nice Ant ... I am expecting you to really bring it for this draw off ... :D ... well both of them really

[antquinonez]

elvgren copy
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/elvgren_copy2.jpg

driben copy
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/driben_copy1.jpg

runci copy
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/rinci_copy1.jpg

[shushubag]

Love the different leads, especially the sideway streaks. They add to the picture in such a simple way but says that you know what you want with it.

[antquinonez]

thanks, shushubug. i don't think i have the kind of control over technique that i'd like, but I aim to get better.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/petty_copy1.jpg

[antquinonez]

and the last two for tonight, since its sunday, now. :P
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/elvgren_copy4.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/elvgren_copy3.jpg

[antquinonez]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/willis_copy.jpg

[antquinonez]

entry for the realistic cartoon drawoff:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/futurama.jpg

girl sketch:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/antquinonez/girl2.jpg

[Dri]

Bender has some serious mojo happening. Lela should be handling another metallic shooter ;).

Nice work. Didn't realise you referenced drawings from another artist (Elvgren). I'd like to add that you should explore other facial expressions than women smiling. Not that a woman shouldn't smile but maybe other seductive looks. The two pics above this post is what I mean.

[antquinonez]

greendri, dude, you wouldn't believe what a hard time i have drawing smiles and pursed lips. i'll get some other facial expressions in.