More Sketches from the sketch group and randomness

Ive been really getting into it now. The sketch group on sat was awesome. We went from the Noho subway station to Union station, sketching along the way. Happened to create a bit of commotion, many people were watching us try to draw other people. Had no idea it would be so entertaining. Then we walked around Olivera street for a while, drawing people here and there, had some awesome mexican food, and more drawing. Also, I know my main focus is going to be environment conception, but I've been drawn to (pardon the pun) the human figure much more lately. I think knowing how to draw people will help me draw better environments... if that makes sense. I guess, dimensions, and relationships, and shading technique... So I've been doing a lot of that lately. Its hard to see the subtle differences of shading in and around the cheek bones, and around the eyes. I'm still sorta generalizing it, but I've decided it'd help to convert the images to black and white, then crank the curves, so really clearly see whats darker and whats brighter. Anyway, here's some of the recent stuff from my sketchbook. =)

Creepy Kid - 10 minute quickness

Just woke up and wanted to spill out something. So I remembered this Creepy Kid competition from Bobby Chiu, so here is a quick version of it =).

Chiustream - Cheshire Cat

Hey! We had an hour to draw up a cheshire cat concept, but due to other tasks in the office, I only really had about 20 minutes. But whatever, here is my result. My first time ever trying to draw a cat, and without ref photos, lol. Yeah I know, whatever. =)

Heads will... sit there

I tried drawing up this interior room of a black crystal tower yesterday night, and failed on two different attempts. Needless to say, I was frustrated, and I didn't want to go to work today hanging onto that, and I didn't want to leave the last thing I drew as something I really was disappointed about. So I drew some weird heads, at least I don't hate these lol. I can feel good about looking forward to drawing when I get home again tonight =)

Some more random drawings

Some of these are just for fun, some are for a Tower Defense game I wanted to make. Or at least concept art for a short animated feature on tower defense. I'm still working on this one.

Some drawings while in meetings at work

Very quick doodles, super random ideas. Trying to concentrate on rocks mostly.

Been doin some Drawin

Hey, I've been doing a lot of traditional drawing lately, I know a far cry from my 3d work, but it's something I truely enjoy and I'm trying to get better at it. I've never had any formal art training, and I'm a far cry from one of those naturally talented people who can just do it. So I need my practice, and LOTS of it. Here are some of my more recent additions. I've also started a blog about a book I'm reading, and drawing the images that I see while I'm reading. Coldfire Trilogy Blog.