Footbag art!

Post by **Zac Miley** » 11 Oct 2006 15:22

I consider myself a pretty talented artist for my age, and I figured I'd show one of my drawings.

Everyone should post their own, too.

Zeke · Post by **Zeke** » 11 Oct 2006 15:36

I used a grid, no trace. I've been known to trace for more design heavy work when I just don't have the time to sit and draw it out. Back in certain classes the emphasis was on cranking out effective work that met the tight deadlines. It used to conflict with my ideas of what illustration should be. But I took commercial art, not fine art. A small part of me still feels dirty when I trace.

Post by **Zac Miley** » 11 Oct 2006 15:44

Damn, that blows mine out of the water!

You had black paper and white charcoal pencil, I assume? That's super awesome!

Zeke · Post by **Zeke** » 11 Oct 2006 16:03

Isilwar wrote:You had black paper and white charcoal pencil, I assume? That's super awesome!

Yes, exactly. Have you tried it? It's great for getting to know your values.

Isilwar wrote:Damn, that blows mine out of the water!

Thanks. Footbag and art have several things in common:
-Practice makes perfect
-There's always someone better than you. Try not to compare yourself to them. Instead, see if you have improved from your last piece of art or your last string of tricks.

Post by **Zac Miley** » 11 Oct 2006 17:28

No, I don't have a huge range in mediums. I'll see if my art teacher has any black paper, I know he has white charcoal, because I used it for highlights sometimes in my charcoal drawings. Trying to expand on it now, though. My next art project (about footbag, of course!) is going to include acrylics, charcoal and pastels hopefully.

Thanks for the tips, though.

Zeke · Post by **Zeke** » 11 Oct 2006 19:46

The paper doesn't have to be black, it can be any dark shade of color. That will serve as your midtone. Then use white for the highlights and normal charcoal pencils for darker values. Can't wait to see more stuff.

Post by **Zac Miley** » 12 Oct 2006 13:31

I actually finished the first charcoal drawing for my art project today, it turned out pretty good.

Picture of me doing a whirl, if you were wondering. Maybe take a picture tonight.

Zeke · Post by **Zeke** » 14 Oct 2006 08:51

Cover art to Freestyle Reality. Sam wanted an exciting Manga/Anime type cover. Because it was a style I'm not terribly familiar with I had to get some referance material to get a better feel of what it looked like. I took certain liberties with the costumes in terms of texture and color but I tried to keep it as faithful to the characters as I could. Sam seemed to be very pleased with the outcome. I remember being terribly nervous when I first showed it to him, I was already behind deadline.

My favorite part of this piece is how the character's energy projectiles merge to make a sublte form of a 32 panel footbag. I forget who exactly came up with it, I just remember being frustrated with how to pull it off. I'm very pleased with the final outcome though.

Post by **Zac Miley** » 14 Oct 2006 12:06

I like it a lot man, sweet!

Post by **Zac Miley** » 14 Oct 2006 12:14

There's the one for my project.

The black streaks are going to be a cape, and I'm going to add a faint crown to my head.

King Monkey · Post by **King Monkey** » 15 Oct 2006 07:33

Zeke, your picture above is amazing!! i love how its b/w, it creates some kind of sweet underground mood or something.

Great stuff too Zac, especially the bottom drawing! Awesome!

bluntobj3ct · Post by **bluntobj3ct** » 15 Oct 2006 08:30

woah woah woah hold on a sec

ok that is an AWESOME cover man... extremely well done. you pulled off the 32 panel very very well. fantastic

and nice self-portrait! gotta love the middle finger/cape/crown concept hahaha

jay7 · Post by **jay7** » 17 Oct 2006 12:22

I love how you took the picture where you can still see the erased markings, like the hand having all fingers out, and the extra foot at the bottom...

Now I'm gonna have to draw something, not to that quality, just something...I'm inspired..

ashleyd · Post by **ashleyd** » 18 Oct 2006 17:11

wierd abstraction of stiching

bluntobj3ct · Post by **bluntobj3ct** » 18 Oct 2006 18:30

holy moly ashely thats beautiful....

wow i wanna hang it in my apt!!!!!

gosh

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 19 Oct 2006 16:07

dang, thats really nice...i like how you enlarged the needles and made them really visable, thats cool.

footjam_heger · Post by **footjam_heger** » 21 Oct 2006 09:01

ashleyd wrote:

wierd abstraction of stiching

I'll buy it! lol. how much? just wondering...

ashleyd · Post by **ashleyd** » 21 Oct 2006 17:03

Sorry, not for sale. Heres something I'm working on.

(more art of mine in my blog

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 21 Oct 2006 19:32

hehe, nice, i love your style. its so cool!

footjam_heger · Post by **footjam_heger** » 22 Oct 2006 00:37

can't you make a copy? a similar one ...