joe's

Homework cont.

2011-10-21T13:18:00.000-07:00

Ilya Repin

John Singer Sargent

I promised something NEWish, so here it is...more homework. Something ORIGINAL coming soon.

Thanks,

Joe

Outtake

2011-10-06T21:15:00.000-07:00

Here's another sketch from GoS. It's an Atlantis statue concept that didn't fit it's intended space very well, so a simplified version was redesigned in it's place. I'm posting this version because it was more fun to draw :) Anyway, hope to post some NEW material soon.

Thanks,

Joe

Warmin' Up

2011-06-12T23:22:00.000-07:00

Trying to get back into some personal sketches...gotta keep up with the Kwanses. This is an old sketch I decided to warm up with, I'll probably update it as I go along.

-stay tuned

been a while...

2011-05-03T21:17:00.000-07:00

Needed something to keep this thing going. This is for Dave Chow who's keeping it traditional and burning through his sketchbooks! It's a little diddy from costume night at an LBC figure drawing session a while back. Thanks for looking...be back soon....

joe

Happy New Year / Box Art

2011-01-16T00:12:00.000-08:00

Here are early box art sketches that I did for Ghost of Sparta. Obviously these didn't make the cut, but I thought I would share them anyway. The concept of these covers was to keep Kratos mainly in shadow, as if he were an apparition. This plays on his title as Ghost of Sparta. The second part of the concept was to play up his red tattoo which symbolizes the loss of his brother, who appears later in our story...yada yada...

Here is the initial sketch of the final direction.

The work you see on this blog is most of the work I was able to do on this project. I came on pretty late in the game. So, if you really want to see who made it happen, check out the work of these talented brozifs: Steven Wen, Tobi Kwan, Justin Murray, and JJ Shaw.

Also, Happy New Year!!! and thank you so much to everyone who has stopped by this little sketch blog in 2010. I really appreciate your time and comments. Here's to 2011!

Thanks.....stay tuned.

joe

Ghost of Sparta: Atlantis Sketches

2010-11-09T13:22:00.000-08:00

Concept Art: God of War - Ghost of Sparta

2010-11-05T14:33:00.000-07:00

Atlantis color study

Atlantis statue

Spartan civilians

These are a couple of random pieces, I hope to post more in the weeks to come. Thanks.

Warm Ups

2010-06-25T10:27:00.000-07:00

needed to post something new...

Winslow Homer Study

2010-03-03T13:41:00.000-08:00

He's got some inspiring work, I dig his use of bold, graphic shapes.
http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artist.php?artistid=897

Value Study

2010-02-22T14:02:00.001-08:00

A sloppy value study...that's all I got for now. Hope to wrap up some old stuff I've been working on, I'll post it when I do.

Happy New Year

2010-01-09T20:13:00.001-08:00

I figured I should post something for the new year to get this ball rollin'. This is an old studio test that I did about a year ago when I was on the job hunt. I've seen the test posted by a few other artists so I assume it's ok to post.

I want to thank everyone for stopping by and supporting this little sketch blog. I'd like to extend a special thanks to everybody who leaves me some feedback, it's much appreciated. Here's to another year, good luck.

- Joe

Brush Lunch

2009-12-03T14:03:00.001-08:00

I made a few new brushes and messed around at lunch. This doodle is based on the thumbnails that I showed below.

Flying Things

2009-11-22T22:29:00.001-08:00

Here are some rough little sketches done for fun. Exploration, nothing more.

Sketch Update

2009-11-20T14:22:00.001-08:00

Here's a lunch sketch I started a while ago. You can see that it got away from me a bit, and I didn't really stick to the thumbnails at all. I tend to like the thumbs a bit more, so you might see some of them pop up again in the future. Stay tuned.

Homework

2009-10-30T14:03:00.000-07:00

Here's another study. This one is based on the work from Daniel Gerhartz. These studies usually start as morning warm-up sketches and never even get saved because they're so quick or abstract. This one turned into a fun brush/smudge experiment.

Still trying to wrap up the sketches from the last few weeks.

Orange - w i p

2009-10-12T00:56:00.000-07:00

"Orange whip? Orange whip? Three orange whips."

Moon - w i p

2009-10-06T15:16:00.000-07:00

Updated...still in progress.

Homework

2009-08-11T14:09:00.001-07:00

Here's another Burdick study.

Guard

2009-08-01T19:26:00.000-07:00

2009-07-14T14:10:00.000-07:00

Here's another Mucha study from his Slav Epic...maybe still in progress?

Color Study (wip)

2009-06-30T14:23:00.001-07:00

Mucha study

Scott Burdick study

Sketchbook

2009-06-14T23:09:00.000-07:00

Rummage Sketches

2009-04-25T12:05:00.000-07:00

Here are some originals that were later colored, these were done for a project that was ultimately canceled.

Doodle WIPs

2009-04-13T15:03:00.000-07:00

Just keepin' it fresh, trying some new brushes.

-joe

Lestat Sketch

2009-04-04T15:30:00.001-07:00

Airplane Sketches

2009-03-27T12:32:00.000-07:00

Spring

2009-03-21T22:23:00.000-07:00

Here it is......two years of hair......30 minutes with the clippers.

I guess I look like a stooge either way.....

Mischief

2009-03-16T01:41:00.000-07:00

Mustache

2009-03-06T14:51:00.001-08:00

Random

2009-03-01T13:52:00.000-08:00

Traditional

2009-02-21T10:54:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple traditional sketches I've done recently. I was inspired by Nathan Fowkes' landscape sketchbook and decided to take a crack at it. I've never tried these little acrylic sketches before and i haven't touched traditional paints in some time. There not that great, but I'm trying damn it. They're both acrylic, and both were done in my moleskine, so they're pretty small. The top sketch was done first from reference out of a book, and then i quickly did the bottom sketch using the same palette in order to use up all the poorly-mixed paint i had from the first sketch.

Sketchbook

2009-02-16T18:05:00.000-08:00

Here are some pages that i put together from a sketchbook that never seems to be finished. It's never been a primary sketchbook of mine, i pick it up from time to time just to doodle in something different. Thus, the randomness of the subject matter:/

Fresh Start

2009-02-13T14:02:00.000-08:00

This new blog is going to serve as my personal sketch forum. I hope to post often with photos and digital and traditional sketches, mainly to keep me fresh and inspired. I hope you enjoy it. This is the first post/sketch that i did last night. It's based off of a picture that i took here in Chicago. It was entirely done in Photoshop.