Anatomy Thread of Eurayo

[Rebeccak]

Eurayo,

Welcome! :) You have some lovely work here, and a nice piece from the 50 Portraits Thread I see. Great to see your work - it would be great if you could introduce yourself to the community by telling us a bit about your art training and background.

I also hope you'll participate in the ongoing Workshop:

Anatomy Lesson Series: Body Part 2 - The Torso (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=405198&page=1&pp=15)
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=405198&page=1&pp=15

Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

Cheers,

-Rebeccak

[Cris-Palomino]

Oooooo, Eugene...I love the texturing of the papers...on top of the drawings being so nice.

Welcome aboard.
Cris

[Eurayo]

Thank you for the welcome, Chris and Rebecca.

I'll consider participating in the torso series. Do you think in the future they'll consider including art and artists or even figures from outside of Europe? We're missing out on some beautiful work.

Here's a new one:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/09230601.jpg

I have a BFA in Graphic Design and currently dabble in sci-fi and fantasy art as a hobby. Most of my formal drawing training came as part of an AA degree program. After getting my BFA I was introduced to Elfwood by my friend Perry, and rediscoverd how much I still loved the genres. Soon thereafter, I started drawing and painting again and posting work online, but with a new perspective. I realized that I'd lost interest in emulating my favorites (like Vallejo, Burns, Foss, etc.) and wanted to challenge myself (and my audience) through my choice of subject matter and human anatomy.

In 2003 I was approached by Fleer International and asked to illustrate a series of 32 cards for a new game (Ophidian 2350). I loved that project! They really let me cut loose and have fun. I even had one of my illustrations featured in Scrye. But the fans were so disgusted with my work that I wasn't invited back to work on the second set. A gamer in a forum described one of my cards as "the worst card art in the history of gaming." I've been in hiding ever since. I might even have to change my name if I ever hope to get ccg work again.

The good news is that my work has gotten a lot better since then.

So now, for me it's all about anatomy. I am particularly interested in being able to construct from memory the broadest possible range of body types in addition to mastering formulas and idealized forms. I attend a figure drawing session every week and sketch in public as much as possible, but I feel I still have a long way to go before I feel I can have the confidence to start approaching companies as illustrator.

This year I finally invested in a tablet and started working digitally and even have a renewed interest in superhero comic book illustration after spending time in the HeroTalk forums.

more to come...

[Iridyse]

Hey Eugene! :D

So glad to see you here! The studies are great. It's so cool to see this kind of art from you as well. I'm really looking forward to more. And please, oh please, some creatures too. You're so amazing with them, I really miss those!

Shreya

[Eurayo]

Hi Shreya!

I haven't drawn those in a long time. I should

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/face.jpg
rough self-portrait in PE

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/111306001.jpg
character concept

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/111306005.jpg
Italian Rennaisance female face study

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/111306006.jpg
contemporary Caucasian female face study

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/111306007.jpg
The Specimen™ character head sketches

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/111306008.jpg
Northern European male torso studies from photograph

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/09230601.jpg
female back/torso drawing from life (20min)

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/092306002.jpg
female back study from life (10 min)

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/091606013.jpg
low-angle comic book figure study

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/111306009.jpg
elf child sketch/concept

[Rebeccak]

Eurayo,

Some really solid work here! Really love the variety and experimentation, not to mention the strong sense of expression in your drawings. One minor thing is that the female back/torso drawing from life drawing has a waist which is rather pinched, but it has a great quality to it in terms of the expressiveness of the line. Glad to see more of your work. :)

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi....Eugene...:)

GRAT DRAWINGS....really express emotion nicely....like your style, very loose, but very controlled...:thumbsup:
That little elf child is a show stopper...LOL..:scream: ....LOVE the missing tooth,..really put a smile on my face..:)
REALLY looking forward to seeing more of your work..:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Eurayo]

I've been on a bit of a hiatus from anatomical studies, but here are a few new sketches
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/122906005.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/122906006.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/122906002.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/112706009.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/111306004.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/122906004.jpg

[Eiki]

Wooohoooo!
Very nice sketches! I love them, your
style is so cool! I want to see more, more! :)



Btw: Why can't I post a post (-.- ...) with less then 10 characters,
but you can?

[anandpg]

Hi Eurayo! Awesome work here!! looking forward to more!!:bounce:

Have a Great New Year!!

[Rebeccak]

Very nice update :) - liking the volume on that second piece in particular. Happy New Year!

[Eurayo]

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/01060702.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/010607001.jpg
these two are from last Friday's drawing session. I drew more but some are too big to scan. I'll shoot some after I've had a chance to touch up some of the drawings. This model came to the class to draw and ended up modelling because the model didn't show up. :D

[Eurayo]

More sketches from various sources and my ecorche class from last year.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/010807016.jpghttp://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/010807014.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/010807008.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/010807007.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/010807006.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/010807005.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/010807004.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/010807003.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/010807001.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/010807_comb.jpg

[Mu]

Hi Eugene,

I just saw your thread for the first time and I must say that your drawings instantly conveyed the feeling that here someone expresses himself with a clear and original voice. Very remarkable style.

*subscribed*

[Eurayo]

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/010807023.jpg

This is based on a Da Vinci drawing, and done on paper painted with acrylic mars black with white and pierre noir Conté a Paris® pencils.

[Rebeccak]

Nice work with this last piece, Eurayo - I would love to see more drawings like this by you. :)

[Krylo]

Wow, I really enjoy seeing your work. Your style is so unique. :thumbsup:

[SylvanMist]

Hi Eurayo, really nice sketches..I love your pencil line work, great job! :)

[Eurayo]

Some recent sketches and life drawings. I think it's time to start experimenting with digital painting from scratch...
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/jan7207006.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/jan7207005.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/jan7207004.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/jan7207003.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/jan7207002.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/jan7207001.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/bleedingfeet.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/011507001.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/010807023b.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi...Eurayo...:thumbsup:

I think you really have something nice going with those drawings of that BIG WOMAN..:) ...Anyone of those, would make a great painting, if you decided to scan them into your digital program...just a thought. What do you have anyway for your digital program...Painter or photoshop...just curious..:)
Really nice solid drafsmanship in those life drawings..:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Wongedan]

very good~!, I always like fatty figure to draw/models, its so chalenging!

[NR43]

For some reason, I've not seen your thread any time sooner than today.
Your woork is wonderful and it inspires me to keep studying hard.
Thanks!

[anandpg]

Hi Eugene.. Just spotted your thread... great work, man... your style rocks!:thumbsup:... looking forward to lots more!

[batte812]

Great work! I like the vatiation in your shading - and the effects you achieve with it. Keep going!

[Eurayo]

More drawings from last week's session and the week before. The male was well-defined and musclar, but small. He also resembled Egon Shiele a bit.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04070705.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04070705.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04070704.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04070704.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04070703.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04070703.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04070702.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04070702.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04070701.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04070701.jpg)

[Intervain]

great sketches! Bigger figures are so much more exciting to draw!

[anandpg]

Hi Eugene! great to see you posting again!:thumbsup:

[Eurayo]

Thanks for the encouragement everyone. I decided to explore ballpoint pen and crosshatching at this morning's drawing session. My current focus is developing more confidence with my line work in order to improve my character design.

Ricardo is an especially lean model who posed for our ecorche class last year. The lighting was flat, and I tend to get lost drawing broad areas with little detail, but these came out okay. I enjoy important surface details become visible, allowing me to revist them and cross-reference the forms with the ones I've memorized. Life drawing for me is like being dropped into a familiar patch of woods and finding my way back out again.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04140704.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04140704.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04140703.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04140703.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04140702.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04140702.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04140701.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04140701.jpg)

[Intervain]

impressive exloring there! Sheesh totally couldn't do it with a ballpoint pen :eek: Bravo!

[Eurayo]

Thank you, Intervain.

During last week's drawing session, I tried adding an ink wash to the pen work. I had some success with this approach on a few of the drawings.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04210704.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04210704.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04210703.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04210703.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04210702.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04210702.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04210701.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04210701.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_042107.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/042107.jpg)

[Eurayo]

Last night I experimented with ink wash and an HB pencil.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04270705.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04270705.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04270704.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04270704.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04270703.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04270703.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04270702.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04270702.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_04270701.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/04270701.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_draw_triangle.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/draw_triangle.jpg)

[nelchee]

awesome studies, and I love your mixed media pieces, especially this one: http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/011507001.jpg

[Eurayo]

Thanks! Here are a couple more from this morning.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_05050702.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/05050702.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_05050701.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/05050701.jpg)

[Eurayo]

I've been away for a while, but still practicing. Here's some recent work:

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_06270702b.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/06270702b.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_06270702.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/06270702.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_06270701.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/06270701.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_06250705.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/06250705.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_06250704.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/06250704.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_06250703.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/06250703.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_06250702.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/06250702.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_06250701.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/06250701.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_ex_5_lr.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/ex_5_lr.jpg)
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/deneli.jpg)

[FateBringer]

hi

some awesome work here , great :thumbsup:

Mark

[NR43]

Wow
some serious updates!

it's really good to see these

[Eurayo]

Thanks!!

More skin tone practice:
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/face-1.jpg

[Eurayo]

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/self_portrait_smooth_03_lr.jpg
A recent self-portrait in progress.

[GIST]

Hey Eurayo, outstanding work here.
One thing to watch are your features, I feel they are getting a little exaggerated. Mostly in size, but also you are going a little outliney. The combination of these things in excess tends to give paintings a slightly cartoony effect. If this is a stylistic choice ignore me crits and just read the first line because I do like your work

[Eurayo]

I appreciate the feedback. I've been a fan of your work for quite some time.

After thinking about it a bit I realized that my life drawing studies I'm practicing both line and modelling form on the same pieces. My instructors got me hooked on a loose, gestural and painterly approach years ago and now it just feels sloppy to me. I've been trying to slow down and use a more controlled and "academic" approach with line and cross hatching but the loose stuff keeps creeping back in. This year has been all about discovery and practice for me. Expression is another thing I'll be working on in the near future...

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_11170704.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/11170704.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_11170706.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/11170706.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_11170705.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/11170705.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_11170709.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/11170709.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_11170710.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/11170710.jpg)
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/th_11170702.jpg (http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/11170702.jpg)

[NR43]

I wouldn't worry about it too much...
for others (like me) it's an almost utopian goal to get that same looseness you are talking about in their work. I think this is something that is more visible in our minds than on the drawings themselves.

While you see "sloppyness", I see "schwung" and "life" in your work.

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi...Eugene ..:)

Some really beautiful works in your thread so far..lots of variety ..:thumbsup:
GREAT job on that last selfportrait..:thumbsup:
Those reddish brown conti drawings catch my eye...wouldn't mind seeing more of those...You might check out the technique of using conti crayons by Burne Hogarth..he was a true master in their use..He could get volume and line in one stroke with those crayons,..which really make the figures pop out at you, and gives them that oneness/cohesiveness of form and line...You just use the whole side of the crayon to crete volume and edge within the form, and press down at the tip of the crayon to get your fine line used for accent here and there to strengthen and define certain areas that may need it..all in one stroke.
ANYWAY,...GRAET PLEASURE GOING THRU YOUR THREAD..KEEP POSTING..:thumbsup: :)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

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