Cuz I wanna be a cow-boy bay-beeeee!!!!!

Alright so im probably gonna do a little bit more for the space mechanic piece. Mainly just adding more dirt and such, but for now i needed a break from it and decided to completely revamp a piece people are kind of lukewarm about. So far here is what i got...

I added some more space on the right to give his gaze some breathing room, and worked out the details from his waist up and lightened everything so it can be seen better. The biggest thing so far is the rework of the horse who's just blocked in so far but is a far better representation of a horse then the siamese cat horse in the old version.

The story is that this guy just rode up to this house or barn that is burning which will be the source of the warm light. We cant see the house because its off the frame to the right so i need to add things to show that this is the front yard of some sort of structure that is in fact on fire. Don't know how exactly im going to do that without killing the composition. Im thinking i might also add his trusty dog who is reacting to the fire (probably barking) just to the right of the horse looking in the same direction as the guy.

Anyway, as much as I like the fact that I'm improving my pieces, i really wish i was better last year when i made them so i didn't have to do this. I feel like one year shouldn't have made this much of a difference in ability. If you guys have any input about anything that can help, let me know. I'd love to hear it.

W.I.P- On the Rug

Alright, so I think I might be done with this.
But I'm not sure If I should add some kind of suggestion to the room
with some furniture or a window.
Let me know what you guys think.

Space Mechanic Rework

So after a year of having created this, i went to comic con and got alot of criticism. so i went back and reworked it. Its kind of crazy the difference one year can make in ability. Let me know what you think. The old one's on the left and the new one's on the right.

More Lines Than the GatDang DMV

Dudes, Dudettes, gather 'round, I got a little story to tell ya'll about how I post the FU*K outta this here blog. Anyway swing round to my blog to check out my latest lineworks...they's awesome. But I wanna know what you think.

2 LITER BOTTL'A MOUNTAIN DEW!!!!!!

-J

DR. Sketchy Saturday

Who's in?

http://www.drsketchy.com/

I need me some burlesque.

Tony Ryder workshop

I just attended a 3 day workshop with the awesome Tony Rider.  Here's the portraits I did (sorry for the shitty image quality, my camera broke and my mac's camera ain't too hot)

Definitely NSFW

Wow, how about that, the laziest fucker out all of you with back-to-back posts, ten points please. Anyhow, I didn't come here to gloat about how I'm the most productive, best looking and kindest to animals of all of us, I came to post a link to my new post, it's all about porn so don't check it out at work or church or your grandparents 60th anniversary picnic. It's nothing particularly gross but if you get offended easily I recommend skipping it, I am interested in what you think though even if it's to complain about your virgin eyes being deflowered.
So, ummmmmmmm, here's the link, http://jakemakesdrawing.blogspot.com/2009/08/definitely-nsfw.html

Okay, good talk, meet me at the car in five? Sounds good!

best,

Jake

A lapse in worklessness

finally finished a piece since the end of school and I think the floodgates are finally opening. Anyway, I made a big hullabaloo about it over at my blog, check it out here, http://jakemakesdrawing.blogspot.com/2009/08/holy-fuck-i-got-off-my-lazy-ass-and-did.html, rightcheeer is a sneak preview...that's basically the whole image. Oh and does anyone know a good industrial sized scanning place that's not those vultures over at Duggal?


Howdy strangers,

Mother Nature

Hey guys! Haven't posted here in a while so I wanted to share my latest painting finished for the collective blog my friends and I are doing called Running with Paintbrushes. The project was to do a depiction of mother nature. Thanks! -S.

Sketchy's and WIP

Been taking care of my survival skills for a while, such as driving, moneys, and preparingforthezombieapocalypse so I haven't able to art as much *weep*
But now those have been taken care of, here are some things I did/am doing recently.


I've been going to drawing sessions at Dr. Sketchy's NYC..


And also some BW value studies/thumbnails of environments I'm working on; trying to figure out values and lighting while getting proper ref pictures. For the first time ever.
Which I *will* finish.
Must. be. productive ...