Friday, September 11, 2009

Chicken scratch

Went to figure drawing for the first time in months.  I need to go more often, I learn so much about observation and structure every time, even when the process is frustrating.

44 comments:

Kuzey said...

Stunning work...great stuff!!

Vito. said...

amazing!

Cafeine said...

Wow! Wonderful! Beautiful light and beautiful colours! I love your blog, Sam! :)
Congratulations from Italy!

Jeff Solway said...
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Jeff Solway said...

Great job! I love when girls wear their hair like that

John 'Roc' Upchurch said...

Fantastic. love your stuff...makes me wanna be better...in an envious/jealous/why am i so untalented, self-loathing kinda way. know what i'm sayin?

Adam Temple said...

Sooo nice. Inspirational man.

Tayete said...

I like those edges. It is funny because some of them seem to work against the common rules ("soften in shadow, sharpen in light...") and work perfectly.
Have I told you lately I love your work?

Jeremy Elder said...

The reflected light in the bikini top is a very nice touch!

CEREAL KILLER said...

love it....really amazing!!!

Jose Ramos said...

Amazing Work Sam , as always!.
.My kingdom for one of your brushes! hahaha. Keep that level dude.

Denis Zilber said...

Wow!

elephantmarchblog said...
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elephantmarchblog said...

Curse you, your amazing!!

karooble said...

So do you bring home your real-media sketches and work them up digitally, or do you find some way to bring digital painting to the model? :O

Sam Nielson said...

Thanks for the comments everyone!

Karooble: I bring a laptop and wacom tablet to the figure drawing session.

Damion009 said...

the coloring is amazing man!!! great job! the arm looks funny.

Sam Nielson said...

Damion009: Yes, as it did in real life. I have no idea how girls bend their arms like that.

Katie De Sousa said...

Really really beautiful, your figure paintings are always so dreamy!

I wonder have you ever thought about livestreaming? I would definitely watch! :D

Tibo3D said...

Oh Boy!Nice light and great color!i like it!!

Sam Nielson said...

Katie: Pardon my ignorance, but I don't even know what livestreaming is. I'd be willing to try though.

Brandon Cuellar said...
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Brandon Cuellar said...

beautiful work, love your lighting and colors

jesse winchester said...

OMG!
I love it! Beautifully observed, wonderfully realized.

VHS said...

Holy bajolians, beautiful!!

Tooninator said...

the colours are stunning. The one arm looks a bit broken, but I love this piece.

Anonymous said...

oh yes, my daughter bends her arm like this (maybe not so extremly) and I always think, if I draw it like that, everybody will tell my: anatomy needs work :D
I love esp. how you did the light!

Rita Ria

supertav08 said...

i absolutely love this one

damon said...

super good

Felipe Domingos said...

awesome work! love the light and the colors!
congratulations!

Jonathan Hoffman said...

Sam, your work never ceases to amaze me! Dannng - you've got both the painting skills and the amazing ability for design. Sigh... one day I'll grow up to be like you man

Ln said...

what a strange arm O_O

david puerta said...

Stunning colours, almost look real :D

DeAnna Marie Johnson said...
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DeAnna Marie Johnson said...

Your attention to light is simply gorgeous!

How did you get into digital painting? I can never seem to do it right...

Sam Nielson said...

DeAnna: I got into it way back when the first versions of Painter and Photoshop were out, mostly because of the people I worked with back then.

Mimi Cortazar said...

Very cool art :)

mike clark said...

Love your work Sam. I keep coming back to this blog for inspiration. Ive been wondering...do you add the bathing suits yourself or is that what the models wear? Ive been to quite a few open workshops and the models are always nude.

Sam Nielson said...

Mike: Several people at our studio have pushed for nude models but our studio managers have shot the idea down again and again. I'm not skilled enough at figure drawing to really notice the difference so I don't care either way.

Ameer Magdy said...

Awesome♥

You are really amazing!!!

it's eaither you made my life harder, or just pushed me to do more and I hope it's the second one :)
Do you have any books released?

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