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Grieverjoe (Jose Alvarez) is NOT a whiny emo as his name would suggest. He's an IT student with a love for art.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Kevin Chen studies, 1

Since I'm trying to lean more towards a stylized-realism style, I figured I should study Kevin Chen, since his figure drawings and face renderings are nothing short of awesome.
For reference, this is what I was trying to emulate.
Need more practice.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Loomis studies 2

Mannequin skeletons this time. Trying to get a sense of action.
The two big ones and the two to the right of those are taken from Loomis' books. All the other ones are drawn from imagination.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Loomis studies 1

In order to get better, I have to reteach myself how to draw, basically. So, what better way than to learn from the master himself, Andrew Loomis?
I'll be studying his books for a bit before I decide to do another 'big' piece, so you'll probably see more of these in the future.
Besides, an artist never stops learning.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Blending exercises

Just a quick little blending exercise I got from ctrl+Paint before bed.
Got my last final tomorrow!

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Posture sketches

Haven't posted anything in a hot minute. Art block and whatnot. Plus, I gotta get ready for finals coming up.

The fine folks over at Posemaniacs have this nifty 30-second-pose app. I decided to give it a shot and found it fun as hell. Informative, too.
They're done in pencil on printer paper (except the third one. I drew that on my old high school sketchbook, hence the dark part, there.)