Mes3's thread of wasted space.

Mes3

In search to become a better artist, I've decided to make my own thread. Here's my most recent crap. From newest to oldest. The fin on the koi was added after the fact because I somehow forgot :?







More crap will be posted later. I might actually get off my ass and do some figure studies!

Mustang

Pretty rad Mes. Your shading almost looks airbrushed.......how in the hell do you do that?

Iruka

Mes, man, you are improving and its great to watch. Keep studying, I think you'll end up a really solid artist with those smooth lines.

earthwormadam

One of the girls I know got a koi fish on her back this weekend, but yours is looking way better than what she got.

I wont tell her.

Mes3

Mustang wrote: »

Pretty rad Mes. Your shading almost looks airbrushed.......how in the hell do you do that?

Thanks!

Its just a lot of controlled smudging. Either with my finger or with one of the paper smudge thingies (I love those things).

Mes3

Iruka wrote:

Mes, man, you are improving and its great to watch. Keep studying, I think you'll end up a really solid artist with those smooth lines.

Thanks!

I appreciate that you usually always give my encouragement. Its definitely not overlooked!

earthwormadam wrote: »

One of the girls I know got a koi fish on her back this weekend, but yours is looking way better than what she got.

I wont tell her.

Ouch. Its good to know though, considering I plan to pick up a tattoo gun at some point (and make it a career before I die).

Mustang

I did think smudging, but I've never been able to get it to look so effective, so naturally I assumed it was some kind of dark art magic.

Mes3

Yeah, its pretty fucking time consuming.

Michelangelo is my favorite artist, so I try to draw like he painted. Its retarded.

Kendeathwalker

Mes3 wrote: »

Yeah, its pretty fucking time consuming.

Michelangelo is my favorite artist, so I try to draw like he painted. Its retarded.

thats really not far off. if you read any writings about him he did not consider himself a "painter" just more of an artist who colored his drawings with paint. There is a direct quote where he flat out says that he is not a painter he just uses paint or some such. Googlefu is failing me and its been a few months since I read that book.

You dont really see him turning form with temperature or giving much thought at all to edges/paint quality etc. so ... attempting to draw in the manner he painted is an achievable goal. I would pick up a charcoal pencil and if you remember any of the atelier related threads that discuss the proper way to use one. You can draw and paint at the same time basically. And also actually work with a full value range. That way if you transition to paint you get used to judging your darks off of actual blacks and not graphite max out shiny.

Mes3

Hmmm. Didn't know that. I have a book on Michelangelo, but I haven't read it all (because its boring as shit). So I have no clue if theres any quotes from him in it.

I have a charcoal pencils and charcoal sticks. I guess I should get to work then, huh?

Mes3

Got bored. Did this in about 10 minutes or so.

Mes3

I eat beef. Don't read into this too much.

F87

Looks cool! You have some really nice line work up in hurr. Keep it up!

Mes3

Some random crap.

Silvestri99

You have some really nice, clean rendering! I especially liked the fish. Keep it up!

The_Glad_Hatter

you've got some great rendering skill. i'd love to see a complete full drawing portrait instead of just wel-rendered bits. I catch myself drawing some floating eyes or mouths a lot, but i think it's just to trick myself.

Mes3

I've been promising a friend that I would draw them something for their house warming/wedding present. So a completed portrait is in the near future (hopefully in the next week or so). I bought some grey paper so I have one less tone to worry about. Plus then I can use a white colored pencil for highlights and shit!

m3nace

Mes3 wrote: »

I've been promising a friend that I would draw them something for their house warming/wedding present. So a completed portrait is in the near future (hopefully in the next week or so). I bought some grey paper so I have one less tone to worry about. Plus then I can use a white colored pencil for highlights and shit!

Shit ain't white.
Apart from that your rendering skills are super smooth!

WoodenHoney

Looks amazing, great detail. I could never get my smudging to come out that clean and polished.

Mes3

Gonna start a collection of feminine/transgender/girlie men. Cause I find it interesting. Here's piece no.1.



This charcoal and ink, btw

Mes3

Outline for Girlie Man no.2



This will be charcoal as well.

winter_combat_knight

You've got some saxy shading skills. That eye a few posts back is wikid!

Mes3

I'm gonna call this finished. Its for my dear little buddy, Noelle. Ink and Charcoal.

Mes3

Watercolor Pencils and Ink.

Mes3

Mustang

As long as I live I'll never be able to read graffiti. It looks like really nice graffiti though Mes.

Mes3

Might make life easier

Jeckal

Is that tagging done with pens, if so I need to learn off you, how to be better.
Because my pensmanship is pewp.

This is what I was getting at, I was tired when I posted orignally

Mes3

Jeckal wrote: »

man i must have really shitty pen skills if i can produce something like that.
puts me to shame

Huh?

Iruka

I'm only okay at reading tags, I couldnt see that one at all. I would have guessed SLW

What pens do you use, mes?

Mes3

Everything I've done here lately is with the new fine point Sharpie pens. I usually use Faber-Castell pens.

earthwormadam

that last one is whiz bang

Really nice interwoven 3D. I can do both of those but never at the same time, it always comes out looking not right. You made it look easy though.

Mes3

Thanks.

Its definitely not easy though. Haha.

Godfather

Writing graffiti is the hardest thing I can think of.

Mes3

Ehh

lyrium

Wow, have you ever tried painting these?

Jeckal

I just think he needs to say wat it say also, cos Im sitting here going..." M?....E?....S???"
And I feel rather silly

Mes3

lyrium wrote: »

Wow, have you ever tried painting these?

I'm not much for painting, really. Could do some cool shit if I did though. Hmm

It says, ME3, btw.

Mes3

Didn't turn out exactly how I wanted, but whatever. Charcoal & ink.

Arden Canelo

That's the first time I've seen charcoal that finely detailed. Good god man. I'd swear it was pencil. In other words "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT GRAPHITE" (butter...whatever)
Ahem yes, thanks for sharing.

Mes3

Arden Canelo wrote: »

That's the first time I've seen charcoal that finely detailed. Good god man. I'd swear it was pencil. In other words "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT GRAPHITE" (butter...whatever)
Ahem yes, thanks for sharing.

Prepare for your mind to explode.

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