TheQuickDraw

Stone Henge

2008-08-08T08:47:00.000-07:00

So, this started out as a fun topic to paint, but its too obvious that my final product looks more like poo henge. I definitely learned tons. Enjoy!

Stonehenge

2008-08-08T08:43:00.001-07:00

Elephant Minimalist

2008-08-07T09:23:00.000-07:00

So, we decided to try a different kind of draw today: to try to draw with negative space. I really enjoyed this session. i hope you enjoy this piece!

2008-08-07T09:06:00.001-07:00

Today we practiced using negative space. gah. HARD. X|

Grapes

2008-08-06T13:54:00.000-07:00

So, todays topic was still life. Here is what i came up with. I thought that i would play around with some different brushes in Photoshop. I am aiming for a more painterly feel, like thick oils. This also pushed me to be more bold with my strokes. Enjoy

2008-08-05T12:48:00.000-07:00

"Tree of Life" (from yesterday)

"Mussel Beach" from today

And the Bubble Prince from last week.

Beach

2008-08-05T12:33:00.000-07:00

So, the topic for today was "muscle beach" and I did not know how to incorporate the muscle part into my piece, so i just took it out, sorry. But, i did concentrate on the beach part of the session, and this is what I came up with. Enjoy!

Tree of Life

2008-08-04T13:59:00.000-07:00

Rob, our boss, gave the topic for today, "Tree of Life." This is what I was able to come up with. Enjoy!

monster appliances

2008-07-31T10:55:00.001-07:00

Our topic today was given by Stacey: "Monster Appliances". I really enjoyed this session.

Today's Quick Draw!

2008-07-31T10:39:00.000-07:00

"Appliance monsters"

Construction Animal

2008-07-30T10:05:00.001-07:00

Annnnnd numero dos!

Animal COnstruction Worker

2008-07-30T09:00:00.000-07:00

So, to continue in the tradition of the quick draw, we took the first 30 minutes of work to do another session today. I was responsible for the topic, I chose : animal construction worker. This turned out to be a really fun draw. Enjoy!

Treeman

2008-07-29T08:58:00.000-07:00

voila!

Revival

2008-07-29T08:54:00.000-07:00

So, at work, laura suggested that for the first 30 minutes of work each day we do a "quick draw", for ol' times sake. And i thought, "what the heck?" So, our topic was "tree creatures". Here is what i came up with. Enjoy!

The Brothers Mucham

2007-12-19T13:32:00.000-08:00

So I finally finished my Mucha Emulation from a month ago. Sorry it took so long! I really enjoyed it and had a blast.

Ironically, my older brother Aaron, who is at school at Kennesaw State in Georgia (where I'm from) also chose to do a Mucha emulation for a duotone assignment. Also ironically, we both chose the subject of autumn. Go figure. Aaron did his completely in Illustrator.

New topic: combo madness

2007-11-29T16:49:00.000-08:00

Okay, this one comes to us co/Glenn. Pick one of the following strange words and illustrate :)

Crabtree

Starfish

Ponytail

Turtleneck

Horsefly

Crabtree...haha...geddit?

Happy Thanksgiving and New Topic

2007-11-20T08:51:00.001-08:00

Hey y'all. Hope everybody has a safe and fun week off. Keep working on Mucha if you want, or have some fun with the new topic. We're gonna go with a multi-themed topic to really stretch. Pick a Pilgrim or an Indian and go for it in the style of the great J.C Leyendecker. Here's some inspiration.

Winter

2007-11-15T17:52:00.000-08:00

Still debating whether or not to keep adding to it...the Art Nouveau backgrounds are so complex! This one's inspired by Mucha's piece "Zodiac."

I think I may turn it into a cocoa label for Christmas presents :)

colour

2007-11-15T17:43:00.001-08:00

So I drew a really quick sketch of myself today (well...me-ish) enjoying an almost winter day. Then I looked to mucha for the colour. - (His work is aesthetically marvelous, but he likes to do scantily clad seducers of babylon so I put clothes on me. :) I didn't spend a lot of time on this...my time is a sieve.

Sprite in Spring

2007-11-15T16:44:00.001-08:00

Don't askquestions about the background. I was just too lazy to do anything else...

Autum

2007-11-13T23:40:00.000-08:00

I did this one based off the Mucha painting "Easter Chimes Bring Nature." I liked that one and "Lorenzaccio" the best of his, I think. Amazing artist.

More references

2007-11-11T17:25:00.001-08:00

If you want some more references go to the Art Renewal Center. Good luck everyone!

Nouveau topic

2007-11-10T21:25:00.000-08:00

Allrighty...time for some good ol' fashioned emulation exercise.
Pick one (or more if you're feeling ambitious) season of the year and and go for it in the style of the amazing Alphonse Mucha.
Here are some examples of his work.

If you've still got a turkey to post, post 'em up! Just because there's a new topic doesn't mean you can't post an old one:)

WANTED: A stylus

2007-11-10T13:34:00.000-08:00

For any and all seniors who want to get rid of their styluses (styli?) before they leave -- I need one and I have monies. Anyone willing to sell?

The Escape

2007-11-09T13:44:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving Night Fever

2007-11-09T12:18:00.000-08:00

What happens when Flashdance, John Travolta, rollerskates, and turkeys meet?

Skating Turkey

2007-11-09T08:20:00.000-08:00

This is my first attempt at this quick draw - so go easy, you vultures :)

The Dead Animal Museum

2007-11-05T17:22:00.000-08:00

Late post, sorry.The Bean Museum is probably the most haunted place on campus besides the testing center. Where else do you get a bunch of dead heads?

New Topic!

2007-11-03T08:58:00.001-07:00

Okey-dokey, artichoke-y new topic is rollerskating turkeys.
Interpret as you will. Good luck!

2007-11-02T15:25:00.000-07:00

K, here's mine!
Very quick cause I ran out of time.
Hope you like!

On the front porch

2007-11-02T11:18:00.000-07:00

Well, kids, here's the house you don't go trick or treating to. Just wanted to try a different style and format so here she is!

If you'd like to see a larger image, please follow this link.

I have no idea why Blogger isn't letting the image expand in a new window, but if you follow the link just click on the image and you'll get a bigger view.

The Great Pumpkin

2007-10-26T16:42:00.000-07:00

Better late then never, right?
I didn't know about this until today and didn't have time to work on it until late so...deal with it. XP
ITS THE GREAT PUMPKIN CHARLIE BROWN!

Haunted House

2007-10-26T06:40:00.000-07:00

And for this week...a landscape! In keeping with the spirit of Halloween, this week the topic is HAUNTED HOUSES! Well, haunted houses are characters too, I suppose...so whatever you feel like interpreting your house as, go for it!

Not again...

2007-10-25T20:21:00.000-07:00

Ohhh... who didn't make the comparison?

The Arrival

2007-10-18T16:55:00.000-07:00

"Tonight the Great Pumpkin will rise out of the pumpkin patch. He flies through the air and brings toys to all the children of the world." ~Linus

The Great Heavenly Pumpkin

2007-10-18T12:52:00.001-07:00

Yup, he has finally come!

New Topic

2007-10-18T08:00:00.000-07:00

Hey, guess what? We are starting again! Wooo!

The topic is............
The Great Pumpkin!

What does the Great Pumpkin from Charlie Brown actually look like?

Start again?

2007-08-13T15:40:00.001-07:00

Can we revive the site? I think there is still good use in this...

Yes?

2007-03-14T14:03:00.000-07:00

I know this is an old theme but...

Apparently Warner Bros announced at a press release yesterday that they will be making "The Life and Times of Kelly Loosli, a tormented soul."

Congrats Kelly! I knew you could do it

Bean Museum happiness

2007-03-13T14:43:00.000-07:00

Can't make it to the zoo? Come see the fabulous wonder of the BYU campus, the Monte L. Bean museum(located in a special spot just behind the bell tower)...hehehe. I work up there, so I had to put in a little bit of an advertisement. Seriously, though, the Bean Museum is one of the best places to study animals, 'cause they conveniently hold real still for you:) These sketches I did were from their African animal exhibit, done with marker and the Pilot Precise V5 in about 20-30 minutes. Cheers.

2007-03-08T21:37:00.000-08:00

Well here it is quick and dirty. These were done with a Pitt Pen from reference. It took me 20 min for the whole page.

African Animals

2007-03-02T19:38:00.000-08:00

OK we are going for quick. Just sketch 1 page of any animal from Africa take 15 min or so. Don't even clean it up, just post it straight from the scanned image.

Some quick "Birds"

2006-11-17T15:07:00.000-08:00

Bats are birds, right? I mean, they have wings, they leave Guano everywhere, they suck peoples blood. They must be birds.

For The Birds

2006-11-09T14:27:00.000-08:00

For the birds

2006-10-09T21:53:00.000-07:00

This one was fun and quick and done as Ty was posting the new theme...last minute. baby :)

birdies!

2006-10-07T11:41:00.000-07:00

Birds:Miah Alcorn (early post)

2006-09-30T11:19:00.001-07:00

Sorry guys, for the huge delay!!!!

Im posting this a couple days early cause i wont be able to do it on sun. or mon. and cause ill probably forget.:)

Doug brought up a great idea, he posted it ...check it out and leave any comments or ideas that you have.

so the theme is to draw a bird or TONs of birds, whatever....if we even spend just a couple miutes on this each week itll help us out a ton as we doin ryans projects...itll also be a great chance to get ready for the upcoming senior pitch.

here is a link to the artist: http://miah-alcorn-interview.blogspot.com/

check it, what

2006-09-26T21:22:00.000-07:00

hey we should do 15 min sketches since time is short these days. sketch the topic and post it up after 15 min, crappy or not. what do you think?

Kelly Lossli Pencil Test

2006-09-04T10:21:00.000-07:00

Buddha Kelli

2006-08-31T15:45:00.000-07:00

Just like the Buddha, I want to rub his belly ...

Kellichu, I choose you!

2006-08-31T15:43:00.000-07:00

1. I dont know how to draw anime.
2. If I am found beaten in a ditch, it might have been because of this post.

The Kelly Lisa...I mean Loosli

2006-08-31T11:59:00.000-07:00

He has no eyebrows

And no one can figure out that smile.

More Kelli Pics

2006-08-30T13:34:00.000-07:00

Here's another picture of him, sorry about the blurryness.

Charicature

2006-08-29T10:25:00.000-07:00

sorry im late again...so we are going to do something pretty fun again. This week, everyone needs to draw kelly Loosli, but in whatever way you want(charicature) have fun wid it. here is the link to a tiny pic http://www.ldsfilm.com/pp/KellyLoosli.jpg ill send you all some others

Frozoe!!!!!

2006-08-26T18:43:00.000-07:00

syndrome!!!!!

2006-08-26T17:21:00.000-07:00

Incredible!

2006-08-25T22:26:00.000-07:00

I even did it all with a mouse during work.

OLD SCHOOL!

2006-08-23T18:42:00.000-07:00

Whoever requested this is craaazy... :)

Well I tried to create the nintendo look because if I tried to do something 3D-looking in paint I would definitely have to get paid or something cuz that would be insane. But isn't it fun going back to cheap graphics for a minute or two?

My vacation is over! And I'll be back in town in a week or two- can't wait to see all your smiling computer-stoned faces hehe...take care!

The Mrs.

2006-08-23T16:36:00.000-07:00

Perhaps my best artwork yet!

microsoft painter:"The Increddibles"

2006-08-21T21:26:00.000-07:00

so we are mixing it up this week. I recieved a request to have a project done in Microsoft Painer(ya, the onld school painting program that we all used when we were kids to draw...well whatever you sick people drew) so the topic will be the movie,"the increddibles". No cheating, just draw and color it in painter(no scanning(im no sure if you can even import into painter) nor can you do it in PS and open it up in painter) yah!!!!

ready...GO!!

VampireOOOOhScary

2006-08-20T21:57:00.000-07:00

uhhh...its sloppy(probably the fastest coloring ive ever done, n i didnt clean up the lines:) ohhh well, its a vampire and in Caldwells "style"(i think)

Wolf Man

2006-08-18T22:57:00.000-07:00

ruff!

medusa

2006-08-18T13:49:00.000-07:00

my last monster

vampire

2006-08-18T12:50:00.000-07:00

frankenstein

2006-08-18T10:13:00.000-07:00

my first drawing

OldSchoolMonster(lookBellow) :BenCaldwell

2006-08-14T12:17:00.000-07:00

so the idea is to do like frankenstein or a vampire or warewolf, something like that. if you have any other ideas for monsters that peeps can do, just write a message to this post:)

Here is Caldwell's site http://www.daredetectives.com/

coppppers

2006-08-13T22:54:00.000-07:00

Police watch

2006-08-13T02:36:00.000-07:00

Blahhh! I was trying some new things with Macromedia Fireworks and Flash

Tribute to the man who hides behind his gun and his badge.

2006-08-09T11:19:00.000-07:00

I hate cops. I got pulled over about 3 weeks ago. The cop said he pulled me over because I only held my blinker on for 1-2 seconds. He said I have to hold it at least 3 seconds. !!! Why are we supporting this crap with our taxes? F-the pigs. Do your civil duty and flip off a provo parking cop.

K. I'm done being a hater for now ... untill next post I guess!

The Iron Maiden

2006-08-08T16:11:00.000-07:00

Couldn't decide on a super heroine, so I made up one. Also, apologies for not following the style: I didn't have too much time to study it. Anyway, the gun is telescopic (extend for sniping or collapse for sawed-off shotgun style) and the blades are being generated out of those mechanical implants. And I made her a simian. Just for fun. Everyone loves purple simians, right?

Supergirl

2006-08-07T16:57:00.001-07:00

Sliding in at the last mintue for this week...here she is!
And by the by... hope you can all come to my wedding...it's this Saturday!
Oh, and a sketch in the same style I was playing around with earlier in the week....I know she's not a hero, but Catwoman is fun anyway.

police officer to whatever style you want:)

2006-08-07T14:38:00.000-07:00

sorry for being a slacker this week, but im SUPER buisy the next couple days with las pinatas stuff, so this week l' be plice officer to whatever style you want ...later

tin man (late, i know)

2006-08-05T20:15:00.000-07:00

i've just started drawing again, after 4 months, so it's been hard getting back into the groove, but i feel like i'm finally starting to break through the barrier. :)

here's a quick sketch

p.s. yeah, i didn't follow the style.... just trying to get something out. ;)

SuperGal

2006-08-05T19:43:00.000-07:00

its the generic, "super space gal"

Elastigirl

2006-08-02T15:50:00.000-07:00

Mrs. Incredible before she was taken by Mr. Incedible.

Tin Man

2006-08-01T09:16:00.000-07:00

It was interesting following Ruano's style...he makes everything but their heads, hands, and feet huge. Kinda opposite from a lot of wild designs I've seen.

The Fab Four

2006-07-31T17:30:00.000-07:00

So here's my rough Oz piece...I had a better one in the works...but it turned out to be too much to accomplish this week. So...yeah...peace and munchkins.

SuperHeroWoman: RobinMitchell

2006-07-31T16:28:00.000-07:00

whoop whoop!!! super hero women are SUPER!!!

go at it chillins, Robin Mitchell is the artist for the week:)

http://robin-mitchell-interview.blogspot.com/ check it!!!!

TinManWack

2006-07-30T23:30:00.000-07:00

i have no idea what i was thinking when i made this tinman,, he's kinda WACK!!!

Glinda the Good Witch of the North

2006-07-29T04:51:00.000-07:00

This is the new and improved Glinda. Ever since I was a kid I thought Glinda made a terrible good witch. If I had to choose between the witch of the North and the witch of the West for a date, I would most definitely pick the Wicked Witch of the West. I guess I'm just a born critic.

Venus!

2006-07-27T19:06:00.000-07:00

The Goddess of Love is Venus and it's my favourite planet too. Sorry this is late! o^_^o

Aquatic

2006-07-25T16:18:00.000-07:00

Yeah, so it's not exactly a scary, creepy, or ugly looking monster, but then again, I didn't mean it to be, and no one said it had to be. Hope you all like it.

WizardOfOZ: Carlos Ruano

2006-07-25T10:13:00.000-07:00

ok i think everyone is back in town, so we are ready for the next topic....

i guess this is a tributr to The Wizard of OZ and well do it to the amazing Carlos Ruano

http://carlos-ruano-interview.blogspot.com/

ya lets see some crazy fun witches, n toto's n flying monkeys:)

2006-07-24T18:04:00.000-07:00

So creepy...in more ways than one...mainly with the hack job I turned out in Painter...man, I gotta get better at this. But so it goes...it's good to mess around with the program...just wish I was more adept.

Mutant Lizard

2006-07-24T09:23:00.000-07:00

Hydra

2006-07-22T10:48:00.000-07:00

My Hydra could take any of your monsters any day of the week. Each head just screams “bring it!”

Grrrrrr(ComiCon)

2006-07-18T21:13:00.000-07:00

I wanted to color itbut no time, comicon is tomorrow!!

Hephaestus

2006-07-17T17:42:00.000-07:00

Hephaestus was the blacksmith/metalsmith/anythingsmith of Mt. Olympus. This drawing's concept turned out differently than I originally envisioned, but I like it nonetheless.

Zeus was always sleeping with various mortal women; understandably Hera got a little jealous of his promiscuity and all the amazing demigods he was spawning like Hercules. She decided to have an affair so she could have her own child to rival Zeus' beautiful offspring. However, the baby was ugly, so she got mad and hurled it off of Mt. Olympus--Godly maternity I think not. However he landed near the ocean so the sea-nymphs took him. Eventually he came back to Olympus and, ironically, married the goddess of beauty, Aphrodite.

Cool stuff. I've never come across any version of the myth where he gets back at his birth mother...that would've been interesting.

Monster:YourOwnStyle

2006-07-17T14:58:00.000-07:00

So...a ton of peeps are going out of town this week so i decided to make the topic broad and there will be no artist to mimic. Go ahead and do what you want!!!

MONSTERS ooooooh!! Grrrrrrr

Artemis and Apollo

2006-07-17T12:40:00.000-07:00

The powerhouse twins...who also had their own little bouts of sibling overprotected-ness. Come to find out Apollo tricked Artemis into killing her own boyfriend because he didn't approve of the match. Anywho...Artemis is goddess of the moon, the hunt, and all virgin girls protectress...while Apollo is god of the sun and various forms of music. Little rough on the linework on my part...if anyone knows any good tricks, let me know.

Hades

2006-07-16T15:25:00.000-07:00

"He is exceedingly disinclined to allow any of his subjects leave."

Would like to spend more time, but work's kicking my butt this week.

Athena

2006-07-15T20:19:00.000-07:00

I original thought Athena was just the Greek goddess of wisdom. Apparently she is also the goddess of the arts, industry, justice, and skill. She was also the favored child of Zeus. I'm not sure why; Zeus swallowed his wife and a short time later he started having all these headaches, so he split his head open and out popped Athena. The headache was caused by all the pounding his wife made while making Athena a helmet and shield.
Moral of the story: swallowing your wife, bad idea.

Icarus

2006-07-15T16:46:00.000-07:00

Here is his story:Icarus was young, and not cautious. When he was locked into the tower in Knossos with his father he was bored and petulant. Daedalus however found a way to make wings for him and Icarus in order to escape from the tower. He told Icarus not to fly too high as the sun would melt the wax and the wings would fall apart. The wings worked and the pair flew away from the tower, and from the island of Crete. However Icarus got so excited by flying that he flew higher and higher until the sun melted the wax, the wings fell apart, and he fell to his death into the sea below.

AProblem!!

2006-07-15T16:44:00.000-07:00

For some reason the side bar "stuff" is at the bottom, if anyone has republished recently please check your post for errors and/or repost.

if anyone knows what might be wrong please let me know...

Ganondorf Dragmire

2006-07-11T10:55:00.000-07:00

Sorry this is late. For those who don't know, this is the villain from The Legend of Zelda (before he turns into the big warthog monstrosity). I tried to follow Watt's style with some of the clothing, but I wasn't too successful. This one was a lot of fun though.

GreekMythology/GreekGod:Sean"Cheeks"Galloway

2006-07-10T23:16:00.000-07:00

sorry i didnt get this posted quick enough but i was out of town untill today (ooops)
so thanks for the patients and here is the next topic...

GreekMythology/GreekGod:Sean"Cheeks"Galloway

here is a link http://gotcheeks.blogspot.com/
he can also be found at the characterdesign blogspot.

Liquid Snake

2006-07-10T10:07:00.000-07:00

In my opinion, "Liquid Snake" from Metal Gear Solid was the ultimate villian. Why? He did what he did for a reason ... he wasn't evil just because. Also, being a transhuman bi-product of a military experiment was just fun :)

The mistress of all evil...that's right

2006-07-09T22:54:00.000-07:00

So, Maleficent...yeah she scared the living daylights out of me as a kid...heck, she still scares the living daylights out of me. Do you know why she's the best villain ever? She doesn't stop when she captures Prince Phillip and has Aurora peacefully sleeping...she lays out the meanest plan ever to Phillip in the dungeon. She's gonna keep him locked up until he's old and craggy and THEN release him...being the good person he is he'll go wake up Aurora, but they can never be happy or together because he's old and craggy. Now THAT'S mean...and she's not even mad at them...she's mad at their parents. So cheers to Maleficent for having the best villainous 'tude ever. It was weird to try and draw her in a more realistic style...and I took some liberties with her character design...but it was fun.

Aku

2006-07-08T19:54:00.000-07:00

Aku master of shape shifting and darkness.

I didn't match the the style this time, I felt like I neede to spend some time in the 3-D lab.

Bad Hair Day

2006-07-08T18:04:00.000-07:00

I didn't get to finish her before I left town, but I thought I'd post it anyway.