I know its not June yet. But the other one was getting full.
But heres the link to it.
http://emptees.com/posts/3003-may-08-sketches-and-illustrations-nsfw
enjoy.
I know its not June yet. But the other one was getting full.
But heres the link to it.
http://emptees.com/posts/3003-may-08-sketches-and-illustrations-nsfw
enjoy.
177 Comments
ThinkBaker said 4 months ago
Thanks for the help on this on guys.
Heres the final sketch:

And... A color comp I did with some good old Prismacolor Markers.

The final will be painted with Guache.
a killer wombat said 4 months ago
looks sick man! I love guache... although I do love real oil paints quache is so much less work when your done.
ThinkBaker said 4 months ago
Thanks duder.
I know.. Im still kinda getting used to them, But I love how quick they dry and the control over them.. kinda like watercolors but you can still opaque them.
And yes... clean-up time is the only thing that keeps me from painting more in oils.
MickyMays said 4 months ago
this is killer! i like what you ended up doing with it
ThinkBaker said 4 months ago
Thanks! that is just a quick marker color comp.. thus the sloppy strokes.
I think The final will Kill!
heavyprints said 4 months ago
I thought someone might be interested to see, so I put up the process on the moleman Illy. Pretty much goes like this:
Pencil -> Scan -> Photoshop for more sketching -> Illustrator for lines -> Photoshop for color and detail
Cole said 4 months ago
holy shit heavy
that rules!!!
heavyprints said 4 months ago
Thanks cole. Ive been practicing. lol
Randomentity said 4 months ago
why you trying to cop my moleman style?
haha
nate gonz said 4 months ago
i really need a tablet.
Beadler said 4 months ago
So I am being a little slow with this one but here
are some updates...
sittingduck said 4 months ago
hopefully ghostmaker will be using this as his myspace header.
Beadler said 4 months ago
oh nice looks great man
sittingduck said 4 months ago
thanks beadler.
quakerninja said 4 months ago
I like to get my face real close the the page and make really repetitive small marks when I draw, when I paint I like to work sloopy wet and fast, sometimes Ill just dip my rag in paint and do the whole surface in one go, other times I prefer to draw with my paint useing really small brushes and almost inking them. here are a few.

1) one I used reflective bike saftey tape.
2) painted on the back of the canvas so that its framed. negative spaceness happening.
3) The Doors
4) only one string? yes and I play it like a mother fucker.
sittingduck said 4 months ago
you killed the thread quaker you douche.
Kolby said 4 months ago
quaker the back of that guitar is awesome.
Randomentity said 4 months ago
haha hopefully Ill have some stuff to put in here this month!
heavyprints said 4 months ago
Racism - The first sign of intelligence. Sweet.
quakerninja said 4 months ago
Thanks it glows in the dark to.
sittingduck said 4 months ago
adolf, im only a true asshole to you. quakers a cool kid and he knows im joking. I dont joke about you being a dumbass though. hang around awhile and youll notice Im usually a sarcastic person but I never mean any harm, the people that have been here long enough know this and usually join in the fun. im aIso quite helpful if you let me be. I can also take criticism and use it to my advantage. i will continue to consider you to be a douche till you show me a reason to think otherwise.
jimiyo said 4 months ago
Randomentity said 4 months ago
go to hell
derekdeal said 4 months ago
INTENSE!
anthonyBEARryan said 4 months ago
so how long till we find a way to ban this douche?
hes starting to remind me of I came from nothing, before nothing went to reform school and calmed down.
serious michaelhitler, if you got a problem with someone, email it, quit starting shit on the boards.
MykeCatastrophic said 4 months ago
+100
Damn man, you really need to chill out. Were a community here, and we joke around. Theres no need to bring race into any of this. If you look at his portfolio, youll see that he is a good designer and knows what hes doing. Hes only being an ass to you because youre giving him a good reason to.
So take some advice, and stop trying to start shit. Youre not going to get work from people if they see that youre being an ass to other people in the industry, and no one is ever going to want to reccommend you to a client, no matter how well your style might fit in with them. There are THOUSANDS of different people that come to this site every day and look through the site. You really dont want to be saying things like that if you want to be accepted here or anywhere else for that matter.
volatile v said 4 months ago
mediocre doodles ftw
Terror said 4 months ago
im either gonna fatten the legs up or cut off everything from the waist down.
ThinkBaker said 4 months ago
cut them off and add robot legs.
Terror said 4 months ago
hahahah definitely a possibility.
i shall call him RoboSloth.
basil said 4 months ago
I fucked up on the eyes and lip
Beadler said 4 months ago
Not done yet but an update non-the-less
Randomentity said 4 months ago
nate gonz said 4 months ago
i really like this
do more stuff like this lol
Cole said 4 months ago
something i have been tossing around in my head that finally made it to the computer
ThinkBaker said 4 months ago
Here is what Im doing at work right now. They need a 6'x10' matte painting for a convention next week. Here is what I got so far.
Its no Dylan Cole thats fer shure! It still needs a TON of work ... just figured Id throw it up here.
enjoy.
Simply Complicated said 4 months ago
ur painting skills are plain ridunkulous dude lol
ThinkBaker said 4 months ago
Thanks...... I think?
Beadler said 4 months ago
all done
nate gonz said 4 months ago
OhioLeslie said 4 months ago
so we should expect to see some weiners from you next time?
derekdeal said 4 months ago
me n' shantz are workin on somethin
Beadler said 4 months ago
Oh wow man this is rad. cant wait to see the fruits
nate gonz said 4 months ago
deal and shantz?!
wow i cant wait to see this
nils said 4 months ago
... american apparel shirt template. PSD file, anyone?
http://uploaded.to/?id=f4arzf
ThinkBaker said 4 months ago
Oh shit... this is sweet... It actually looks like the shanty pants.

A watercolor quickie..... I printed a drawing I already did and just painted it on my lunch break.
sittingduck said 4 months ago
dawn of the dead 2? nice illy baker... heres one Im working on to pitch to pyknic.
deepee said 4 months ago
Wow really nice man.
sittingduck said 4 months ago
thanks! welcome to emptees?
MickyMays said 4 months ago
that is sweet! it will pop super hard with color
sittingduck said 4 months ago
yea, Im kinda wondering right now what colors I should go for ... I was thinking a lemon lime soda can (to keep it clean for the kiddies), a root beer bottle on the right, and an orange drink box on the left .... not sure though?
MickyMays said 4 months ago
i think it would look sweet with an orange juice box, grape soda can, and lemon lime bottle. nice, bright sexy colors. thats just me though
sittingduck said 4 months ago
ooooo grape, good idea dude!
deepee said 4 months ago
You could say that. Haha. Been here for a while, no one really knows me though, since I havent uploaded anything. I really have to learn how to draw better.
You sketch this, or draw it digitally.
sittingduck said 4 months ago
all done in photoshop with a wacom bamboo tablet.
deepee said 4 months ago
Yea. All my work, (well doodles so far) are done in MS, Painter X, or PS and IL, so there is a bit of variation. However, I do prefer MS. I use a Wacom Graphire (I know, bottom of the range) but I have to save up. Im actually beginning to think the tablet size is hindering my performance ... but after seeing some of stuff people do with the same tablet ...
sittingduck said 4 months ago
bamboo is tiny dude, its just under 6x4 i think ... cost me 100 bucks. its all about zooming in and being patient with details.
deepee said 4 months ago
Yea true. I know, Im not using it as an excuse tho. Did you go to school?
sittingduck said 4 months ago
umm, graduated from high school ... but no nothing after that ... even got kicked out of the highschools commercial art class .... its a senior only program that i got in to as a freshman ... I got kinda bored with 4 years of the same curriculum so I just did all my artwork in the summer and wrote notes to chicks during the school year... my teacher finally figured it out, i didnt understand the big deal, I turned in all my work.
deepee said 4 months ago
Haha. Sounds like a bit of a douche. Maybe it worked out for the best. Ive go no inspiration or direction tho, and feel like a colab. You up?
sittingduck said 4 months ago
hmm, Ill be home all day on thursday, I gotta wake up in 5 hours for work ... all I gotta do thursday is change a design for a client from supercock to liqorbrand ... (same company, jus different logos) ... so Ill have most of the day.
deepee said 4 months ago
Kool. Ill ink if you like?
sittingduck said 4 months ago
hmmmmm ... aight, I was thinking more of a character based collab ... like Ill put a character up, then you make one interacting with it somehow, then I do the same for yours, eventually well have a ton of characters in one piece, itll be awesome.
deepee said 4 months ago
True. But my drawing skills probably wont suffice. I like my inking better. Although, we can try that if you like. I dont mind. Umm, and about thursday, I go to school Monday-Friday I just took the day off today. Im in high school so yea. Im guessing your in America. If so, you might have to wait until Saturday to get something back.
drewB said 4 months ago
An illustration Im working on.....
Im going to add a ton of different elements around this center piece almost like a collage...hopefully it comes out well

sittingduck said 4 months ago
sounds good to me bro. make an avatar so I dont gotta read your name on here to figure out who you are!
deepee said 4 months ago
Haha. Ok ill try haha.
Beadler said 4 months ago
new shirt idea I just sketched out while watching Flight Of The Concords
dsprad said 4 months ago
Watercolor/micron pen. My first time working with either of those mediums. Im trying to do more hand drawn stuff.

nate gonz said 4 months ago
i love love love this
MickyMays said 4 months ago
this is solid man! i love the conchords
dsprad said 4 months ago
Thanks, nate!
sittingduck said 4 months ago
hmm, how do you tend to go about that ray? Ive found if it doesnt sell I take an hour to rework it and resell it for more than I wanted in the first place. I would love to get half down, Im just not sure of the most ... umm ... professional way to ask for that.
wyel said 4 months ago
a monster sandwich Im working on ^^

Beadler said 4 months ago
thanks man :)
yeah I have been watching a lot lately... funny shit
jimiyo said 4 months ago
finally getting round to animals in the afterlife
going to have panda, panther, giraffe, octopus, fish, birds... i think...
im sourcing images this round, so it feels like cheating even though im recreating the photo reference.
ThinkBaker said 4 months ago
Dude, If thats cheating then Im Screwed.
jimiyo said 4 months ago
well, im like... you know... tracing? instead of drawing then tracing... i dont know man... im conflicted. take an hour to sketch the photo so theres more of a drawn feeling because of the whack anatomny or angles, or just go straight from photo and pump shit out in 15 minutes? bleh. this round i think its mostly sourced. screw my values.
justgeoff said 4 months ago
preliminary sketch for a shirt. Im not diggin her face but Ill worry about that when Im inking it with my Wacom.

jimiyo said 4 months ago
nice doog.
i found this guys website, i reference it for how to do simplistic face features
http://ockhamsketchbook.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html
edgillustrator said 4 months ago
a shirt design for senses fail that ive been working on:
its in the works, but any critisism will be appreciated!
jimiyo said 4 months ago
looks like thats gonna be hot yo!
crit: i notice that you have alot of heavy black outline in your images. ive actually done this too, but ive started to change the process in which i design. i do the final black outline last. starting with the midtone, ive noticed that the image maintains a better sense of lighting since nothing really has an outline... know what im saying? using the outline last, it should end up being sparse.
theknifefits said 4 months ago
JUSTINCRAVEN said 4 months ago
my style illustration,
chrisrushing said 4 months ago
chicken roolz!
edgillustrator said 4 months ago
i fully understand yah man ill do that to the next illy ill do, ive already outlined that design actually and it doesnt look half bad, im jsut doing the logo now which is gonna be different and swirly which alot of people like nowadays, but thanks for the advice! keep up the good work!
edgillustrator said 4 months ago
definitely gonna keep an eye out on your work, love it!
migz said 4 months ago
doodles for things
kenny g said 4 months ago
whoa is that bull shredding a flying v?
horsebites said 4 months ago
This was late may but I figured I would throw it in. Also, sorry its not a sketch. I have to work really fast with no stopping or I wont finish it. Im also too lazy to put the black and white in. ha

sittingduck said 4 months ago
its cool bro! its sketches AND illustrations ... looks fucking awesome man!
nate gonz said 4 months ago
CHAINSSSSS
justgeoff said 4 months ago
Scrapped the original devil chick and came up with this one. Now I need to do an angel in the same style
kenny g said 4 months ago
i had posted a very messy prelim of this, in last months thread, that im just getting around to cleaning up...
about to start lining.
migz said 4 months ago
ray awesome
kg - totally shreddin the v
explodingtoes said 4 months ago
tentacle thingy i was messing around with. no plans to turn it into anything useful.
explodingtoes said 4 months ago
Foot monster Im gonna end up using for something or other.
Randomentity said 4 months ago
linework for a dino/robot epic piece, so far just the head is done. Waiting on a crit back from Ray with some advice.

edgillustrator said 4 months ago
thats one cool wolf man :]
gotta love the warriors!
quakerninja said 4 months ago
My Made to Order Design. Im kinda stuck on this. Its a raster and so the scaling is an issue and the original is not big enough for a shirt. Id be willing to collab with someone if they want to help. you can tell where I tried to fix the elbow and hair. The rest is ink.
Round one is up at cameesa beta but I want to fix it up.
dougie said 4 months ago
my first two drawings with a tablet, still getting used to it, its a big change!
Edit: Heres another... you may recognise it from a while back (or you may not)
M.Eureka said 4 months ago
first attempt at Manga Studio
Randomentity said 4 months ago
just did my first skull sketch everrrrrr, period.

in manga studio
quakerninja said 4 months ago
Wanted to get some eyes on this. Review copy design element 1
I still have to draw the wings, landscape and...(well youll have to wait)
This is for a client, Need feedback on color over all impression and what to do with those damn legs.
heavyprints said 4 months ago
Newman, that is fucking rad. I cannot wait to see the rest of it.
sittingduck said 4 months ago
made this a tee but nobody noticed cause the thumbnail looks like a quaker ninja shirt (no offense quakerninja!) :D
its a robot doin the robot!
nate gonz said 4 months ago
needs teal.
heavyprints said 4 months ago
I love that robot.
Kolby said 4 months ago
That looks good quaker.
Reilly said 4 months ago
Beadler said 4 months ago
still need to color

bu this is an idea i had based off my idea of a sweet mom tattoo
heavyprints said 4 months ago
Linework looks good man.
Rik said 4 months ago
I love them!
Simply Complicated said 4 months ago
sorry thats my word for amazing ha
sittingduck said 4 months ago
MY robots doing the robot ... soo much better ..... just kidding, haha this is awesome.
Master_Control said 4 months ago
My first photoshop illustration. Theres going to be tentacles coming outof the bottom of the helmet and some stuff in the background but this is the start. I need to play with the outside line work I think to make it match the creature a little more. Really not sure about colors at this point.
Crits?
Ugly color contest!
Master_Control said 4 months ago
Ray! Holy hell man! Those are phenomenal!
SD, your robot is siiiiiick.
sittingduck said 4 months ago
GREAT LINEWORK ...finish the whole pieces linework before you start on colors tho ... and the current colors look like ass and puke. otay! have a nice day!
Master_Control said 4 months ago
haha yeah the colors are pretty nasty.
thanks!
speedyjvw said 4 months ago
jimiyo said 4 months ago
might have a TOTD here... looks like something the community would digg alot
i digg that you have this fascination with the geometric collage of color thing going on. it will be interesting to see how it evolves if you continue.
almost finished with the illustration part.
Master_Control said 4 months ago
Thanks and yours is looking amazing. Love the type treatment.
Kevvbo said 4 months ago
This is friggin awesome. cant wait to see it colored.
drewB said 4 months ago
Some random doodle characters...
gameyy said 4 months ago
More on teh flickr.
(Not for shirt)
justgeoff said 4 months ago
Heres some skulls and roses that I drew on my tablet for an Avenged Sevenfold shirt. My lines get better little by little as I get used to drawing digitally.

Master_Control said 4 months ago
ewwwwwwwwwwwwww...A7X...
i have to go brush my teeth now. eww.
that linework rules though!
Master_Control said 4 months ago
Looks like youre off to a good start. Looks like it would make a killer shirt also, if you changed your mind haha
justgeoff said 4 months ago
Hey, it pays the bills. haha
justgeoff said 4 months ago
Heres another design element that will probably be used for another A7X shirt. Again, drawn with my tablet. Im in love with drawing digitally.

Master_Control said 4 months ago
That looks good. What are you drawing in? PS? Painter? Manga?
gameyy said 4 months ago
Amen to the Undo. The only thing is that now sometimes when Im drawing in my sketchbook and I mess up, my left hand starts to do the ring+middle finger position for ctrl+Z. Pathetic, really.
edgillustrator said 4 months ago
ive had this lying around for ages
anyone got any ideas on how i can spruce up the linework to make it more bolder? or just keep it how it is?
Master_Control said 4 months ago
Thats awesome! I think it looks good how it is. Id like to see it in color.
DCAY said 4 months ago
Great work Edgil! Keep it how it is and just add to the composition. Hope to see you use this in something new soon.
justgeoff said 4 months ago
I love it. With ink and paper you really only have one chance to get it right. With my tablet I have no qualms about trying the same stroke a couple times to get it just right.
justgeoff said 4 months ago
Im drawing in Painter X. Rotating canvas FTW!
ThinkBaker said 4 months ago
bleh....
I know.. it sucks.. THis is before I take into photoshop.... to fix ALOT of stuff....
Randomentity said 4 months ago
beginning color and theres going to be some more elements. anyone know a quick way to do chains? chaaaaaains
quakerninja said 4 months ago
make a symbol brush.
Thats one hot robutt. Here is a Hippo skull... more to come.

quakerninja said 4 months ago
a zoom would be nice. or a click for big view or something.
Acid said 3 months ago
speedyjvw said 3 months ago
moar colors
jimiyo said 3 months ago
excited about this un
skullface said 3 months ago
Im just gonna break your hand off your wrist.
heavyprints said 3 months ago
Thats beautiful.
Beadler said 3 months ago
So this drawing started with a dream of tiger-fish-knuckle people...
also its some what inspired by a David Thoreau quote
hyperhyphen said 3 months ago