My Sketches/Serious Art (1 week or more)

[Asuka]

Nice updates. I like more of your older drawings but some of the new ones still appeal to me.

 

[nofx]

here are some shirts i made for my small business hegemony apparel

 

[nofx]

oopsiesdoops

 

[nofx]

Here are some acrylics I did I was going to do this lomng project but I decided it was best to do one big self portrait:

 

[evil^milk]

that's really awesome, is that you?

 

[TheSomeone]

Great stuff nofx, you're really making progress and I looove to see that.

 

[Hullu]

You look angry. Were you frustrated when you did those? Looks good overall, but your mouth area doesn't quite look natural. I don't what you look like, but it looks like you are pouting or something? I think the second one is the best, and the forehead in the first one looks good.

 

[Hullu]

Is it just me or did your art history thread disappear?

 

[nofx]

Thanks for all the comments in critiques guys it means alot. Ya they are all me, the mouth area is always hard for me because I am not really patient so I rush through the acrlyics not blocking in because I want to finish so damn bad, acrylics also take like 3 - 4 minutes to dry adding to the speed: and why i love acrylics. But I need to try out oils!!

Most of them are me, and the reason it seems like i was pouting is because I want to get more mood into my work somehow but I dont even really know what mood is.

And if I find time Ill try to update the art history thread I bet its in here somewhere and start on the baroque masters or dwelve deeper into N. R.

 

[Crushenator 500]

You might find it easier to finish the face and then draw in the frames of the glasses

 

[nofx]

I usually paint in the frames last or at the same time either way they are still hard...
here is the real self portrait 22 x 30 acrylics and fabric ink.. youll see the fabric ink tomorowo when i finish screening it in

 

[sinkoman]

I'd pay money for that.

 

[ktimekiller]

That is a excellent piece of art.

 

[Shippi]

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[nofx]

thank guys here some closeup right now i am in the process of removing my lazy ass screen print

 

[nofx]

Revised edition:

 

[nofx]

Some shots from my ib sketchbook usually i get to dabbly o well i need to work on my brush work.

 

[ktimekiller]

excellent new artwork you posted, thumbs up

 

[Qonfused]

Wow. This is amazing.

 

[Finger]

Your gesture drawings are my favorite. Thanks for taking the time to upload all of this artwork. It's nice to see the progression. I'll give you the advice that I try to give myself.... be humble, learn from everyone you can, practice as much as possible, and focus on the fundamentals - perspective, composition, anatomy, and values.

I recently ordered a magnificent perspective course - a set of 3 DVDs by one of the greatest art teachers out there, Marshall Vandruff. ( I was lucky enough to see this guy lecture in person, then bought the dvds). They are sort of pricey 130$, but WELL worth the money, if you can swing it. You may not believe it, but 12 hours of perspective lessons can actually be fun and refreshing with the right teacher - go figure. You can find all that here.. www.draw123.com

Cheers

 

[Qonfused]

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[Finger]

Bah.. no. just trying to be helpful.

 

[nofx]

Thanks, for all the replies and words of encouragement.

I take classes at my local community college and we just did perspective, its a really interesting topic. Usually when I want videos I'll ask around for them the last thing I do is buy anything, my library usually has old videos on basic techniques like perspective, painting in watercolors, acrylics and blah. But I'll definately look around for them, its just kind of hard putting down near 50 dollars on a dvd but it seems as if its worth it once you understand and practice the technique. My anatomy needs alot of work and refining but I hope to start taking figure drawing classes soon.

Right now I am working on getting oil painting videos and actual oil paint, its kind of hard because everyones technique in oil painting is kind of different really there is no right path.

Thanks!

 

[nofx]

art class...

art class.. final critique next week i think these are pretty guten

 

[evil^milk]

those are sweet, i wish i had your skills

 

[ktimekiller]

last one caught my eyes

 

[nofx]

Small little nib of obrama

 

[sinkoman]

Small little nib of obrama

Love his lipgloss.

Ace work.

How do you pronounce your name anyway? NahFicks? Is it supposed to be like the band?

 

[ktimekiller]

Awesome

 

[nofx]

some alien thing i was working on gonna change the lower body

 

[Crushenator 500]

Nice ass :naughty: :E

 

[nofx]

haha thanks..
here a freshie

 

[nofx]

This one is my selfportrait done in acrylics I think the size is somewhere around 22 x 30.

Sorry I am not so good with the camera and lighting for art so some of these are eh but these are screenprints inspired by Warhols narrative, mainly his portrait of ten jews. But I just did portraits of three people everyone probably knows just by looking at them. It got kind of sloppy but I LEARNED about printing seriously. I am putting them in the order that I did them so you can kind of see the progress.
The process is simply lay down ink then keep building on it. Mine didn't exactly turn out like Warhols but I am proud of the way they did turn out.

Bush
I was experimenting on how far I could take the ink, how it would react to a paint brush and etc.

Osama
This one didnt turn out too well but I only had 3 illustration boards so its not like I could trash it, but later on in the year when I get back to school and I have more supplies to do with I will definately redo Osama.

Blair

This is the last one I did, I think its the best one the composition is ok the Bush one may be better and keep the views eyes moving but to me this one has the most mood and Blair looks like hes thinking about something.


Sculpture project:

This peice was somewhat inspired by Marisol but the more I dweleved into this more I started to dislike this type of sculpture, but I really enjoy Marisols work. My grandfather is a carpenter so we built this. Then i painted it and we put legs on it. I wanted to look kind of spooky and also like she was stepping into something like a new job or something kooky. Her hands are also behind her back showing this shyness to whatever shes going.

Closeup on face :

Got kind of sloppy but from far away it melts together so I think it works as an interesting effect.

Like I said I tried my best.

 

[Smoke]

That self portrait is awsome

 

[Shippi]

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[nofx]

I think that Blair one would be awesome with just a white background. I don't quite get what those squares of colour are about or the shapes on them. Maybe if they covered the entire thing rather than just having a couple of em.

They are copying Warhols style the way he does his narrative, I would have made them bigger but I was scared of running out of ink.
Here are some of Warhols:

The difference between mine is warhol is a prtty large gap.
warhol had little workshop of people that would help him and better equipment.
i had to this in my room running back and forth
but if you ever get the chance to see any of warhols narrative in real life they are real eye candy

 

[raisethebar]

WOW nice artwork! I love sketching as well ^^

 

[nofx]

so my first time oil painting my friend did the line work
for some reason whenever i am reading to pencil stuff i nevecan think if anyuthing brilliant i call it Dead baby sorry the lighting sucks the paint is still kind of wet and the light is grr

 

[swiss]

I like your stuff - especially your close up pictures of faces - that sinister one baring teeth is great

 

[Asuka]

More weird shit....YES!