My Sketches/Serious Art (1 week or more)

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Hello, youve probably seen me posting on the forums here recently or in the general forums. My name is Arlando Battle im 15 years old I live in Florida. Im quite a lonesome guy and I like it that way Ive been drawing seriously sense the end of the eight grade, but I've been drawing since I've been a little child to 5th grade. In 5th grade my sisters friend bought me a sketchbook and I filled it up with incompetent doodles. Rigt now im a sophmore in the 7th best school in the US, and Im hoping to graduate with an IB Diploma with a Higher level in art, so when I do goto art school I wont have to take as many liberal art/art history courses. Anyways here to the sketches Ill post them in numerical order from less - less recent to most most recent. Oh ya I have a similar thing on Conceptart.org but there's alot of people there with Sketchbooks and I feel that I'll get better as an artist quicker if people actually could view my work before its pushed off the page by another post.. if you have a CA.org sketchbook youll know what I mean .

 

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Getting better at scanning heres two new ones :
this one isnt really a sketch was a project

quick quick pen work turned into a costume ;d

 

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This took a week but I wasnt really ever satisfied with it, my teacher went on a rage because no one was drawing and gave us all assigned seats and we couldnt choose our own composition. I have another steal life thats a bit better, one of my frist first first first serious drawings.

This i when I got a new sketchbook I pretty much filled the old one up all over.

 

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Here's some recent stuff I've been working on. Just ten pictures I'll explain some of them.

Some oil pastels with hands, they turned out ok I don't really like them but I think oil pastels are kind of cool.

I love sphere kind of dark they came out to be withg my scanner.

More spheres a play on colors.

A hand in oil pastels, I don't like again.

My friend Lane I love his facial expressions, no I'm not gay.

My sister said this seemed sinister I just like it kind of but I wish I rendered the shading better.

Puzzle Peices!

Barcsay anatomy studies (I need to continue lol)

Barcsay muscle studies.

Im trying to get better at getting the form and doing faces from my head but so far I;ve just been drawing each persons face in TIME magazine. Hopefully, Im hoping this will help. Also using Vanderpoels to get thoose eyes to look corrrectly like deep and meaningful.

Thats all /


I did this a few days ago, I was just scribbling and looking at this phootorep in blender mag its not exactly finished but i don t think i'lll ever work on it again.

heres what i kind of wanted to achieve half way through
this kind of composition

ok currently im working on this mannequin hand of thumbs.. hopefully ill finish soon and get it up i think is kind of cool looking.. also ive been working with water colors. I dont have masking paint or gum roll so its kind of eh! But ill get some of them up soon.

 

[CrazyHarij]

Depth.. study and practise depth, perspective, all that. I love some of your pieces but they're all incredibly flat.

 

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I dont like to make excuses but it might be my scanner/ with some of the depth issue.
I agree with the perspective I just always find it soo hard without a teahcer, though ive read books and I get really confused with vanishing points and practicing extreme perspective. Another thing I feel my sketchbook limits me. Im hoping to goto art store one day and buy some huge posters and good charcoal and just start. Perspective is fun

 

[Ennui]

it's not your scanner that messes with the perspective. it just takes a whole lot of practice to make things look right. you're a much better artist than i ever will be anyway

 

[Sparta]

Pretty good stuff for a 15 year old.

 

[Raziaar]

Hey... I think they're fantastic. You will get no 'artistic eye' reviews from me. Because simply put, I don't have any artistic flair to compare those...

So from your average joe, let me tell you those are fantastic, and you are certainly showing a great sense of creativity in your drawings. They can only improve from here! Keep it up, bud.

 

[Hazar]

great stuff coming along

 

[Dr. Freeman]

that is indeed impressive stuff.
something i could only dream of.. anyway yeah if u think going to an art store and getting stuff which helps then go for it and lets see some more nice pieces

 

[Lord Zogbog]

Yar I like what I see.
This is better than what some A level students can produce, I can see you doing very well in any art classes you take.

 

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First time actually doing this cartoony type stuff. Most of my previous art teachers denounce that "evil" anime style, since thats what most teenagers taking art are prone to draw maybe.

Monkey see monkey do.

This idea popped in my head last night, about a cartoon full of sandwich peices that fight fast food restaurants. I guess sandwiches are healthier. This Mr Pickle

Bad water coloring. I seriously need to get professional classes.

Palm tree o palm treee.

Dont think im ever going to finish. I was doing this for a girl but when i worked on the clouds I found out that it dried and my sun looks horrible as well but I DONT THrow away my art work if im displeased, I think all of my art has a soul of its own and if I threw it away its like throwing away myself... Weird I know.
Im working on some other peices expect another post by Thursday or Sunday of this week.

 

[Raziaar]

Good stuff man!

 

[Dr. Freeman]

actually i kinda like the one that u consider "bad water colouring"

 

[ktimekiller]

they are very nice

 

[iyfyoufhl]

like your work, i see you are a hard working guy, i'd recomend, taking month or two and draw nothing but figures and faces from Michelangelo and Da Vinci and other classical artists (it helped me a lot), other wise, good job, keep it up, and good luck with the Art school

 

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Hoy!!!

This is a mannequin hand I got for free from nintendo I thought it would make a good barque(sp?) so I copied it but I didnt bother doing the barque type efect. Ill probably do the barque effect when Im a little bit older and I need something to draw. Oh ya sccizz00rrs.

Trying to make some depth I think I achieved that on the tail thing. Somewhat..

1 point perspective I think this looks 5x better in real life. Ill do some 2 point perspective and 3 point but I always get confused. Oh ya IS IT OK TO HAVE MORE THAT ONE VANISHING POINT AS LONG AS ITS ON THE SAME HORIZON???

Answer my question please those wary of art.

Still life that proved way to much time and a hassle so I just got some references made some faces.. ya im lazy ass >

Spent a good little while yesterdya drawing this the DARk face took about 30 my face took about 2hours i was up till 3am and the femur/leg took awhile too and its still off.

I need to work on getting more details so I jsut got a styrofoam cup and scribbled away it kind of sucks. ESChers work is really aweing especially hishands the way he gets EVERY single crevice it seems. I just want to eat his drawings lol.

WATER COLORS are fun. Especially when you do a cupz0r. Im trying hard with water color I just love this medium I feel its sooo Expressive besides oil paints. But I never use em so I dont know!!

My Sanctum ie. Sketchbook LOOk for mor stuff soon I promise school is comig fast for me... 15 days so iM Going to draw my heart out before this education system swallows me whole

 

[iyfyoufhl]

don't ever use a ruler

and what are those writinings?

 

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Just quibbles to avoid talking myself out of this place. i have to disagree with the ruler tihng.. if youre planning to make checkboard in perspective youll surely need it

 

[iyfyoufhl]

Just quibbles to avoid talking myself out of this place. i have to disagree with the ruler tihng.. if youre planning to make checkboard in perspective youll surely need it

sorry, just rulers go agaist my whole art phylosophy, and no, you don't need them, rulers are fake because nothing in this nature is "straight" so when you drawing with a ruler u screw yourself, or "fake it" i think so at least

 

[TheSomeone]

Some of them are really good, but some of them (I'm guessing the older ones) lack a bit of structure, especially the portraits.

Nice work!

 

[nofx]

Lick your girlfriend.

Howl, Ive been painting in water colors mostly.

Heres some work. Its late so i wont go into detail mostly water colors/ sketches thanks for all your critiques its really making me a better artist. Oh ya my .3mm RAN out of lead so i had to use my .9mm thats why some of my drawings may seem thicker/darker less control. But all is well I found the lead ;p'

hope you enjoi

 

[Raziaar]

Wow that last one is creepy. What is it of? Is it three faces sort of overlapping each other?

 

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Ya the top two are faces and the bottom thing is an artifact this girl was wearing on her neck. Soon ill do the whole faces its just I dont know my hands wasnt working with me
But ill do the whole portait soon enough and itll be darker.

 

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I didnt really want to update today but my school starts tommorow and I dont know when Ill have more time... so here what ive done since i last updated.

i never got around to the real face and i guess when i tried to do it was like oh screw it

my little neice in the car sleep shes a baby and it was just so innocent i had to do this btw i was going to teh doctors

A man in blackbook and some thumbs having a thumby time.

 

[DoctorWeeTodd]

All around excellent and constant updates.

I think this deserves a showcase.

 

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Im not dead.

Sorry for the wait school has just been so so busy. But I have some work for ye. posted in random order

 

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Ya ive been away from this thread for a while. Particulary bcause I like to get a hefty sum of sketches before I post.

I shud get darker but o well. hoep you like em. I have a couple more but im just gonna save me for next dump

 

[Qonfused]

These are REALLY nice, 1000000000000000000000000x better than anything I can do.

 

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Sorry I havent updated in a while just been so busy, and time has been going quickly. Ive been drawing mcuh as I can/

If you have any questions about the work just post
Oh ya I did this peice for a silen auction for a charity and raised 70 dollars it feels so good.

I also did another peice, here. for this contest reflections.

Basically its about peoples mask and changing faces in different situations. Ill give you symbolism: shirt = changing state of iguana, keylocked inside cabinet = person locked inside themselves, sleeping is when we are most vulnerable. i dont think i did any more intentionally if i did i forgot but here is the picture:

 

[Crushenator 500]

Not bad

Shading's a bit ''liney'', and the proportions are a bit messed up but it looks alright overall

 

[ktimekiller]

looks excellent *votes for showcase*

 

[Jintor]

I like your eyes.

By that i mean i like the eyes that you draw.

 

[Asuka]

Theres some pretty crazy shit here. I love some of these.

 

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Tarry Update

Hello, some of these are really recent and some not not so recent. Ive lost sense of time over th weeks due to finals and what not but I got some free time here and there.

I did this one a few days ago, all from my head.

A peice I collaborated with my friend I did the basic lines and she shaded. I think she did an over rall awesome job minus some flaws in the wrinkles.

Anatomae

Anatomae

Anatomae

A community service I did for my Vice Principal at my school.

From my head.

Freestylin in tempera

Freestylin

My friend rendered in Charcoal

From the head

,My friend Casey. Note Drakes Penis lol

tHE FINal result of the community service peice

 

[Beerdude26]

You rock :O