This is my first post here on NG's been lurking for a while figured its about time to introduce myself.
and how better than by posting a personal art thread since my first animation is nowhere near done...and if i want to be able to talk...people should atleast know something about me....visually....maybe?

anyhow im not sure how strick you guys are about the whole size thing...however resizing most these down made me sad (the width restriction namely since i like using "widescreen" settings...so if people can let me know if i can get away with slightly...wider images id appreciate it.

so ill start this thing off with a few drawings ive done lately and then add more to the thread later if there is any interest in it.

thanks for looking :3

this is an example of sad to have downsized

character thingy girl....ya

At 6/14/10 05:01 PM, theWesley wrote: this is an example of sad to have downsized

You could link to higher resolution!
dA?
NG art portal?

i am he, and im amazed anyone would have my deviantart to pull on me XD

let me grab something that i dont think i put on my DA

a WIP from the dragon sketch may help to prove i am who i am...

At 6/14/10 05:35 PM, ImpendingRiot wrote:

At 6/14/10 05:20 PM, theWesley wrote: i am he, and im amazed anyone would have my deviantart to pull on me XD

let me grab something that i dont think i put on my DA

a WIP from the dragon sketch may help to prove i am who i am...

My apologies for being mistaken.

no need to apologize, im glad there are people out there looking out for me :D

thanks for being watchful

At 6/14/10 05:20 PM, theWesley wrote: i am he, and im amazed anyone would have my deviantart to pull on me XD

let me grab something that i dont think i put on my DA

a WIP from the dragon sketch may help to prove i am who i am...

That dragon is looking tad awesome! I like to see this one when it's done. And welcome to the art forum! I hope you enjoy your stay!

At 6/14/10 11:49 PM, Fifty-50 wrote:

At 6/14/10 05:20 PM, theWesley wrote: i am he, and im amazed anyone would have my deviantart to pull on me XD

let me grab something that i dont think i put on my DA

a WIP from the dragon sketch may help to prove i am who i am...

That dragon is looking tad awesome! I like to see this one when it's done. And welcome to the art forum! I hope you enjoy your stay!

it was posted earlier, though zoomed out and reversed but here is a finished close up of the face, hope you like

The dragon and the dryad,(I think that's what that is), are uber-awesome. Love the textures in both.
Not too sure what I think about the other guy...I think because of his wide nose...but I'm sure you meant for it to be like that.
Great work.

Only 3 pictures in, and this is already a beast of a thread.
Can't wait to see what else you churn out.

thanks for the kind words guys. :D

here is a screen shot of what im sitting around working on, gonna try to picture up the thread a bit more

<3

in my quest to fill this thread with more images i stumbled across this giant jade kitty temple...

or

speed painting for 15 minutes to relax cause fbf animation can drive a man insane

At 6/15/10 03:15 AM, theWesley wrote: in my quest to fill this thread with more images i stumbled across this giant jade kitty temple...

or

speed painting for 15 minutes to relax cause fbf animation can drive a man insane

Wow man, the stuff I've seen so far in this veritable gold-mine of a thread is awesome, I couldn't even imagine myself being able to produce this quailty stuff for a while.

I'm loving that dragon pic man, thats amazing the amount of detail on the face, and, tbh, the only fault I have found so far is your pic of the elf girl? the face seems a little . . . . squat, for lack of a better word.

What you've done on flash is nothing short of remarkable! Youve got some really nice, quality drawings here, keep it up.

thanks everyone for kind words and critiques

i gotta go do some crap today but i will be adding atleast 1 new drawing tonight whenever i get to sit down and finish it

until then here is a shitty portrait of summer glau

and i time lapse of me drawing it for those who enjoy those can be found
HERE

im not sure if i should post wall shots here, so im gonna post a few and see what people think...graffiti on NG yay or nay?

one more for fun

Damn, that graffiti is awesomely done. I'd let you graffiti the side of my house man.

just got home from work, figured id shamelessly bump this with a detail of my robo days WIP

i think i will be sitting down to work on it in an hour or two and will prolly be starting up a stream for anyone who wants to come kick it and keep me company :3

anyhow...picture

I really like your stuff.. :)

Killer graff work and that's a wicked robot.
Great to see you constantly producing.

At 6/17/10 06:35 PM, antiandy wrote: Killer graff work and that's a wicked robot.
Great to see you constantly producing.

:D ty

im still holding back tbh :3 i dont want to spam too many pictures a day :P

At 6/15/10 01:50 AM, theWesley wrote: here is a screen shot of what im sitting around working on, gonna try to picture up the thread a bit more

Please tell me I can see a flash movie by you really soon. There's some incredible work you've got in this thread.

At 6/17/10 06:41 PM, Makeshift wrote:

At 6/15/10 01:50 AM, theWesley wrote: here is a screen shot of what im sitting around working on, gonna try to picture up the thread a bit more

Please tell me I can see a flash movie by you really soon. There's some incredible work you've got in this thread.

really soon...sorry but im not sure thats possible, im...very nooby when it comes to flash and im just now finishing up my animatics and keyframe layout/timing etc for my first project...which is about 3 minutes of non stop fbf action sequences...soooooo i have a feeling it will be a long time till i get all wrapped up

however...and this is for anyone who reads this thread, i would like to work with a writer on some kind of series, or even a collab movie (not just a compilation of clips but a full out project) that would be able to come out much faster...but this is all just thoughts and what not...

It's like 4 am...i didnt notice the time getting so late tonight...i was cranking old school NES soundtracks (ff3 and mega man in praticular) whilest drawins the pixel thingy stuff that people be the drawing and what nots......

anyhow this picture is a....prelude...a begining that will....rapidly evolve over the course of this weekend

had a crew meeting (graffiti thing)

doing a production starting tomorrow (the graffiti version of a collab) for a business here in town

anyhow, the title of the production is "8bit Icons" and this is just some doodling ive been doing...plans for what i will paint

anyhow i hope you enjoy...im going to go get that...sleep thing people keep talking about i hear its the bees knees!!

duhhhnnnnduhnduhnduhnnnnduhhhhhhnnnn duuuuhnn duhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn(zelda theme playing here)

when your me...just living as a child was an art form....

or thats my excuse for posting this picture right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

me circa 1989

You've got style, color, details and composition down really well! I love seeing someone handle colors with style. What bugs me in these pictures are the disoriented shapes. This is a classic graffiti-problem, haha.
Am I right when I guess you start working with details before you've defined shapes and light? Excuse me if Im just jumping conclusions.
Your stuff (except the jade kitty temple) has an slight flat feeling to it, and thats a shame. Do you have any still life-drawings you can show?

Also, dont hold back, spam too many pictures a day! :D

At 6/18/10 07:23 AM, LaserKarl wrote: You've got style, color, details and composition down really well! I love seeing someone handle colors with style. What bugs me in these pictures are the disoriented shapes. This is a classic graffiti-problem, haha.
Am I right when I guess you start working with details before you've defined shapes and light? Excuse me if Im just jumping conclusions.
Your stuff (except the jade kitty temple) has an slight flat feeling to it, and thats a shame. Do you have any still life-drawings you can show?

Also, dont hold back, spam too many pictures a day! :D

no need to be excused, im glad for everything you said...something tells me this conversation may...leak secrets of finally figuring out what im doing wrong...

i dont start with details first, i generally start with large color fields or siloettes and then start crafting up from there. but i believe that i overwork areas, and basically get rid of everything i started with in the end. but to be honest. i dont know that i have a process yet. so many have been different, as this type of thing artistically is a new thing for me

graffiti ruins art lives

:3

serious though, ive used it as a crutch for far too long. its allowed me to ignore basics and fundementals up until now to have everything i do written off as "style" which works, and i could sit here and try to say it now, and prolly make a good case of it, but the fact is, that eventually id hope i could leave it behind. or at very least leave it in its place and keep it out of my art :3

that flat feeling is another biproduct of graffiti im afraid...it was a specific look i aimed for when doing my letter work...i wasnt a fan of the super 3-d looks like a sculpture kind of graffiti, though i also didnt enjoy painting traditionally, so i figured a way to get the visual impact of a flat image with the techniques of a 3-d painter. I've noticed this problem lately and been trying to fix it.
i find the only time i truely get the depth i want in an image is when doing enviroments. but i believe it may be because i have more practice with them.

as it stands now, i only have about 6-7 months under my belt in the trying to draw....the way im drawing now, my first portrait ever was done january this year, also the first time i opened an anatomy book and rushed out to buy a tablet...

as for still lifes...i dont think i will find any on my hard drive, not that ive never done them, i just...never cared for them as anything more than warm ups to get my painting muscles all warmed up and what nots. though i will look for some in my old canvas stacks and sketch books and see what i cant find.

gahhhh i rambled

ty for the kind words and the critique, please feel....encouraged to tear apart anything you see from me in here, i welcome it ...and in fact am very pleased that you said something about it :D

now im going to post a drawing...since drawings>me rambling

narrrrrr

more wesley comics

guhhhhhhhh spent all day yesterday painting out the background to do a mural today....

wake up

pouring rain....

god hates me

so i guess my 8bit mural will be on hold for a week :(

sad day