Here's some of my stuff.....

Anduril

Normally, i keep my drawings to myself, but i thought this was pretty cool to have a place dedicated so here goes....

i'm not that creative, so its just my fav people, most from 10 years ago when i was 16......

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/08-15-2005081636PM.jpg this is my friend, creative here i guess (bored at work to, its from 1998
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/577354d0.jpg 1994 - i was 14 when i did this
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/BLACK.jpg 1994 all that could be salvaged. the words are wrong too :(
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/Ed6.jpg 1995
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/08-15-2005081258PM.jpg 1996
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/08-15-2005081350PM.jpg 1999
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/c5edba2c.jpg Oct 2004 began it after carpal tunnel surgery in july. unfinished and a little pissed about it....
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/95369bbd.jpg began last week...unfinished, to replace the above one

I hope the links work, havent done this before

jammergurl

Anduril wrote:

Normally, i keep my drawings to myself, but i thought this was pretty cool to have a place dedicated so here goes....

i'm not that creative, so its just my fav people, most from 10 years ago when i was 16......

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/08-15-2005081636PM.jpg this is my friend, creative here i guess (bored at work to, its from 1998
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/577354d0.jpg 1994 - i was 13 when i did this
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/BLACK.jpg 1994 all that could be salvaged :(
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/Ed6.jpg 1995
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/08-15-2005081258PM.jpg 1996
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/08-15-2005081350PM.jpg 1999
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/c5edba2c.jpg Oct 2004 began it after carpal tunnel surgery in july. unfinished and a little pissed about it....
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/95369bbd.jpg began last week...unfinished, to replace the above one

I hope the links work, havent done this before

Links work fine....you've got some talent there girl!!!! Really like that picture of your friend....very nice!

Anduril

strange thing is, i have more drawing of eddie than any other piece. the only catch is I cannot finish them. I have about 5 others in addition, same thing. not a single completed one, since 1993....dont know why. :(

Thanks alot!!!

chiquimonkey

that's not creative???? :eek: you are high haha damn those are wonderful! please, keep sharing!! i love the ones of kurt. and hell the unfinished one, i love how you did the collar, very nice!

ISN

wrong place.....

Anduril

i put in request to move it. Sorry!! :(

ISN

it's okay......I jus bin blanket responding to all this.....and, anyway, it's okay.....wrong place, wrong time, wrong face.....bad rhyme.....

Anduril

these images are not as clear as i thought they would be. i dont know if i did something wrong in the link or what, but they are blurry or splotchy

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/DSC01591.jpg 1990 or b4....how cheesy!!
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/DSC01594.jpg b4 1998
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/DSC01593.jpg right after his death (year??) brandon lee
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/DSC01597.jpg another unfinished....started it in 1992 eddie...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/DSC01596.jpg this is just a close up of the shirt in the other link. i will finish this one. i actually messed it up pretty bad and got mad so i quit. i made the first button, it goes over way too far and doesnt look right. i have to erase that entire part and redo it. blah.

chiquimonkey

cool! actually the 2nd to last one you posted, the unfinished one of ed? i sorta like it as is, has a more abstracted feel to it!

i really like how you did the colllar, nice color. keep it up!!

pearlmutt

i'm sorry i didn't post about this earlier. i am glad to see you've put some of your stuff here.

i was wondering if you ever would after you posted about doing tats on some other thread somewhere

these are amazing.

i'll tell you

when i'm all down and out i'll do one of about ten things

and looking at joyful art is one of them, like a little bitty matisse exhibit we've got here.

thanks so much. it makes me feel smiley.

Nothingbetter

Pretty cool. The pic of your friend brings out her beauty...she looks so serene and happy.

Anduril

pearlmutt wrote:

i'm sorry i didn't post about this earlier. i am glad to see you've put some of your stuff here.

i was wondering if you ever would after you posted about doing tats on some other thread somewhere

thanks alot guys for all the great comments. it makes me feel sooo much better about some of this work.

these are the tat ideas i had....i also was thinking about BLACK - using the calligraphy title in the other link. i still like the idea of black - it means alot of things to me. You have a great memory, that was ages ago we talked about it!!!

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/08-15-2005081529PM.jpg

chiquimonkey

the flowers on the bottom, did you do those with watercolor? very nice stuff

Anduril

chiquimonkey wrote:

the flowers on the bottom, did you do those with watercolor? very nice stuff

Thanks!! pastels and of course pencil. i also have a tendency to do half pencil, half pastel. i like the way pencil gives pastel a silvery tint when used together. i didnt use much pencil on gavin, except around the nose and eyes. the others have alot of pencil. i was going to make the one of eddie my first portrait 100% pastel, and then the other one in just pencil. i think when i get them finished it will make a nice duo. when....he he

i have yet to learn how to control watercolor! never been good at it.

what are yours with? they look similar to pastel the way they are shaded and blend.

chiquimonkey

Anduril wrote:

Thanks!! pastels and of course pencil. i also have a tendency to do half pencil, half pastel. i like the way pencil gives pastel a silvery tint when used together. i didnt use much pencil on gavin, except around the nose and eyes. the others have alot of pencil. i was going to make the one of eddie my first portrait 100% pastel, and then the other one in just pencil. i think when i get them finished it will make a nice duo. when....he he

i have yet to learn how to control watercolor! never been good at it.

what are yours with? they look similar to pastel the way they are shaded and blend.

cool! i've played around with watercolor, but yeah it's a challenge to control it...i need to keep practicing with it for sure.

all the ones i posted on this page, and most of the others i've done are all color pencil (the stargazer had pen and ink)

Anduril

i have lost my motivation. I need help! can someone tell me how to get my motivation back to finish these pieces?? please or maybe, just tell me how you got your motivation back, and maybe that will encourage me!

THANKS SO MUCH!!!! I really want to finish these pieces. :(

chiquimonkey

Anduril wrote:

i have lost my motivation. I need help! can someone tell me how to get my motivation back to finish these pieces?? please or maybe, just tell me how you got your motivation back, and maybe that will encourage me!

THANKS SO MUCH!!!! I really want to finish these pieces. :(

oh i know how that is, it's so aggravating! it's hard to get back into the vibe of a piece afterwards, at least that's how it is for me....when you do it at the moment you're in that particular headspace.

maybe pick one that you really wanna finish, and set aside an evening which you devote to it. see how that goes

stuckinline

Anduril wrote:

i have lost my motivation. I need help! can someone tell me how to get my motivation back to finish these pieces?? please or maybe, just tell me how you got your motivation back, and maybe that will encourage me!

THANKS SO MUCH!!!! I really want to finish these pieces. :(

i too have a similar problem. put the pieces away for a few hours, days, whatever. then look at one of them (looking at more than one can get overwhelming) and put on some music that gets you rockin. work on that one piece.
good luck
and keep posting!

pacifier

Anduril wrote:

i have lost my motivation. I need help! can someone tell me how to get my motivation back to finish these pieces?? please or maybe, just tell me how you got your motivation back, and maybe that will encourage me!

THANKS SO MUCH!!!! I really want to finish these pieces. :(

I'm not so good at art, but I really enjoy it. Problem is I rarely finish anything!!!! I always feel guilty, like I should be doing something else, but I'm about to start a new artwork tonight! I'm going to make a sculputure out of rolled up newspaper, ever seen van gogh's sorrow (I think that is waht it is called)? It is a drawing of a woman sitting with her head on her knees. Well I am going to attempt to do a life size version of that. will proabably take a few months (that is if I end up finishing it!!!). I did a similar life size sculpture the same way when I was in highschool.

I've noticed a lot of people on here use photo bucket. Is that free? if so how do I join? If I can figure it out I will post a picture of what I am talking about.

Good luck to you.

pacifier

Ok I figured out photo bucket, so I just hope this works now. here are a couple of pictures of the sculpture I made in highschool out of rolled up newspapers, to give an example of what I am going to attempt to do again......

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/shifier/stuff029.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/shifier/stuff030.jpg

pacifier

here is what i am actually going to attempt to build

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/shifier/stuff031.jpg

Anduril

pacifier wrote:

I'm not so good at art, but I really enjoy it. Problem is I rarely finish anything!!!! I always feel guilty, like I should be doing something else, but I'm about to start a new artwork tonight! I'm going to make a sculputure out of rolled up newspaper, ever seen van gogh's sorrow (I think that is waht it is called)? It is a drawing of a woman sitting with her head on her knees. Well I am going to attempt to do a life size version of that. will proabably take a few months (that is if I end up finishing it!!!). I did a similar life size sculpture the same way when I was in highschool.

I've noticed a lot of people on here use photo bucket. Is that free? if so how do I join? If I can figure it out I will post a picture of what I am talking about.

Good luck to you.

Thanks for all the comments. I plan on working on something tonight.

i did a lifesize sculpture with plaster and casting in high school. it was of a friend sitting almost in the same position you were discussing. i was to the face, which i did seperately, b/c i was going to attach it as a mask, sorta like the phantom of the opera. the body of the damn thing ended up collapsing while drying b/c i did not get the outer 'crust' thick enough nor did i stuff it well enough. you learn from your mistakes. i was cut for time after that and had to do a solid plaster bust instead. we still entered the collapsed faceless body into the art show. it was very abstract, but worked. i liked riding around with it in my car (for some stupid reason)

keep pushing myself.

mookie blaylock 10

Anduril, if you don't mind me saying so, your unfinished piece in your first post is your best. at least it is my favourite. i love it!

as someone else mentioned, you can't force a painting or drawing finished...well sometimes it's forced OUT of you, if you know what i mean...just wait and it always comes back. you'll always figure out how to finish something when you least expect it. i know the feeling of feeling frustrated with a piece, not having finished it...sometimes i start out with a vision and never reach it because the unfinished piece becomes better than what i'd had planned for.
i have a place i go and sit on a bench overlooking the ocean sometimes and i have about a couple of thousand tunes on my computer...that usually gets me motivated to do some work, especially neil young.

anyway, you have some great stuff...just wanted to let you know. slainte!

Anduril

worked on the shading on this piece for over 4 hours today. the pic def shows i need to get it darker but looking closely at the photo, you can see there is more detail than just glancing at it so i tried to emphasize that. i am thinking about making it darker like the pic. we'll see. i'll prob spend another 4+ hours just on the hair. face will be last of course.

i'll try to finish it tomorrow.

sev mos ago:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/95369bbd.jpg

progress made today:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/DSC01976.jpg

sorry its so grainy - i dont know how to fix that. :(

imspinnin

Anduril wrote:

worked on the shading on this piece for over 4 hours today. the pic def shows i need to get it darker but looking closely at the photo, you can see there is more detail than just glancing at it so i tried to emphasize that. i am thinking about making it darker like the pic. we'll see. i'll prob spend another 4+ hours just on the hair. face will be last of course.

i'll try to finish it tomorrow.

sev mos ago:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/95369bbd.jpg

progress made today:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b350/likeanangel521/DSC01976.jpg

sorry its so grainy - i dont know how to fix that. :(

This is your calling, get motivated and continue....it's a gift!!!!

VEDHEAD27

Anduril....you've just taken my breath away. WOW!!!!!!!! :eek: All of your work is just out of this world amazing! imspinnin is right, this is your calling. You have a HUGE gift. I love your shadowing and attention to detail. Incredible!! In all my years of art I never could quite master drawing people...they always ended up looking cartoon like. :rolleyes: You on the other hand, you have this down!! Fantastic work!! And also fantastic progress with your Ed pic...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...1/DSC01976.jpg

Glad you see you motivated again. Don't let this slip away! You really, really have a remarkable gift. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Anduril

its all the detail - its killing me but it has to be PERFECT when i am finished...or...or i will be terribly upset

i'll try to finish it tomorrow and re post when i get home

Thansk so much guys!!! Feeling the pj love!!!!!

Gizmo

Great stuff!! Been a while since you posted this ... did you make any progress on the drawing? I'd really like to see the end result ...

reeferchief

amazing art your truly talented i'm sure you could get some exhibitions with art that good, you really need to push it, you have an amazing gift.

Anduril

Gizmo wrote:

Great stuff!! Been a while since you posted this ... did you make any progress on the drawing? I'd really like to see the end result ...

actually, a year later and i can say i have not touched this piece or any other, nor have i began new projects. i look at this one from time to time, and it's almost as if i dont want to finish it for fear it wont be perfect. i try to stay focused but it is so difficult with the detail. i signed in to the pit, (another thing i have not done lately) to read this post hoping it will help.

the other part is i'm 27 and already had surgery on both wrists for carpel tunnel 2 years ago, so i also get a lot of pain from drawing - still and it makes me feel a bit inadequate. i think that is most of my problem.

enough of my whining - happy friday b/c i'm off work!

thanks for all the wonderful comments!

civ_eng_girl

:eek: it's been exactly one year since you posted your last update....

spooky....

i think it's a sign! get drawing! but gently... be nice to your wrists...