Moooo. A noob's 'sketchbook'

[Ehren]

Getting closer...

[Bob Martin]

Has a touch of Howard Pyle too. Nice job

[Ehren]

Wyeth was instructed by Pyle. apologies if you knew that. Pretty amazing lineage there...

[harry3125]

Hey Ehren!

Wow, nice work i bumped over your Sketchbook while want uploading some of my work. But i read it complete, never did that before! So good to see you make such that Huge steps forward! Not as your first works looks bad, they are all good!

Keep up working, your sketchbook is now one of my favourite sites, so i'll be back soon!

-Felix, with best regards from Germany!

[SwampGhost]

The pose is looking really nice!

I have yet to visit the Brandywine Museum, but have been wanting to for a while. At one time the plan was to hit the Frazetta Museum on the same trip but, unfortunately, that's no longer an option. Last I heard, Robert Rodriguez was looking to reestablish Frazetta's museum somewhere in Texas, which is more than a couple days' road trip from where I am. Maybe one year I'll hit the Fantastic Fest film festival down in Austin and make time for Frazetta, IF Rodriguez ever gets that up and running.

It would have been appropriate to see those two collections one after the other, because: a) I think there are some similarities in their respective styles (no doubt FF had some influence from NCW), Frazetta being, in many ways, sort of a more pulpy version of Wyeth to my mind, and b) I find that the older I get, the more Wyeth takes over from Frazetta as sort of the "alpha" illustrator in my own personal canon. I still love Frazetta to bits, and he came first for me, but I have much more appreciation for the "grounded in reality" feel of Wyeth's work these days, along with his more disciplined and classical style.

A couple of contemporary artists along the same lines as Wyeth that I like are Gary Gianni and Greg Manchess. I wouldn't be surprised if you already know them.

@Bob Martin--I like Pyle quite a bit, too, though I'm somewhat less familiar.

Anyway, always a thrill when someone plays a number I know and love, so to speak. Myself, I've been thinking of what artist tributes I might want to do in ZB. I might do a couple of Frazetta's that I haven't already seen as statues/toys. Maybe one of his inks. It's funny, because on one level I think it's kind of silly to have this impulse to turn 2D art into sculpture, because the brush/pen strokes that went into the original are a huge part of what makes a great piece of art so, but I have always had this obsessive fascination with models, statues and miniatures, and I can't deny that anything I love given such a treatment is like catnip to me.

The day I get my first 3D print of one of my own original ZB sculpts is going to be pure nirvana. It's sort of the goal I'm working toward, in fact.

How far do you intend to take this particular piece, Ehren? Or is that something you're deciding as you go?

Terry

Edit: Wow. After posting, I realized how much I had written. Apologies for taking up so much space in your thread with my babbling, Ehren.

[Ehren]

Calling this finished. Might tweak a few minor things. I 'm gonna try to get it printed. I really gotta suck it up and learn more about rendering. I know next to nothing about it. I just wanna sculpt. On to the next project...

[SwampGhost]

Awesome. If the print ends up happening, please share pics.

[O/MI]

wow this pirate looks great man!... love it!

[Arinavar]

Man, awesome progress! as someone said if the print is happening share it with us, I always love to see prints of sculpts. The minotaur is just incredible

[Ehren]

Thanks guys. I'll definitely post pics.

[Ehren]

My brother and I are collaborating on this. He did the concept drawing. Here's a teaser - Think turn of the century, Dr Moreau, Dr Frankenstein, and zombie...

[slord]

hmm, interesting.

[SwampGhost]

The gore feels nice and visceral without overstating. Looking forward to seeing the whole thing!

[Ehren]

hahaha

[lucaswschmidt]

Wow man just looked through this thread. Stop being so rough on yourself you're picking up this program like a champ. It's super complicated but the secret is just to do as much work as possible. Don't hold onto any pet projects until you really feel like you're ready to finish something. You learn so much more by working through a dozen quick problems than by slamming your head against the same project for 12 weeks.