Sketchbook Thread of evan

[evanfotis]

shotophop doodle:http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/SITE%20IMAGES/EvanSamples/Cartoons/fallingman.jpg

[evanfotis]

pen+watercolours on paper: (http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/SITE%20IMAGES/EvanSamples/Illustration/B&W%20Monster.jpg)
linked cause I dunno why it won't load...

the same, on thick paper:
http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/SITE%20IMAGES/EvanSamples/Cartoons/Greece_banks_1.jpg

quick sketch on paper
http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/SITE%20IMAGES/EvanSamples/Cartoons/footballplayers.jpg

[Rebeccak]

Heya Evan! Great to see you putting up a Sketchbook! :) I'm excited to see what kind of work you'll be doing - hopefully you can participate in the OFDWs!

Looking forward to seeing more of your work. :)

[SylvanMist]

Welcome Evanfotis :)

Haha I get jealous all the time around here, there's so many great artists. But the good thing is is that it pushes you to get better.
I really like your picture with the tourist guy and the banks, it's drawn really well!

[evanfotis]

Heya Evan! Great to see you putting up a Sketchbook! :) I'm excited to see what kind of work you'll be doing - hopefully you can participate in the OFDWs!

Looking forward to seeing more of your work. :)
Thanks Rebecca! so kind, always encouraging struggling artists:scream: ..
BTW aexcuse my ignorance but what's the "OFDWs"?

Hi Maura, thanks!
I had a quick look @ ya portfolio, especially liked the sculptey dragon and the Blender/Zbrush 3heads...

[anandpg]

Hi Evan! great start!:thumbsup: Hope you have lots of fun!

as for OFDWs, here is a sample:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=199&t=437456

[Mu]

hi evan,


looking forward to what you will come up with in this thread...

just browsed through your portfolio and must say I got stuck on this one...

http://evanfotis.cgsociety.org/gallery/325533/

beautiful and strange... which is good!

[evanfotis]

Murat and Anand, thanks for the feedback.
As for the OFDWs, I don't think I have the time this period for smthng like that.. maybe summertime, or after May, when I should have been done with a book I'm writting & illustrating. Lets see...

Expression vector xperiment:
http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/SITE%20IMAGES/EvanSamples/Caricatures/man1.jpg

3dsmax5 face play:
http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/SITE%20IMAGES/EvanSamples/Caricatures/3D%20sculpt.jpg

[evanfotis]

Painter play:
http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/SITE%20IMAGES/EvanSamples/illustration/Horse-man.jpg

[evanfotis]

Pen & Ink:
http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/SITE%20IMAGES/EvanSamples/illustration/man-monster%20gray.JPG

[evanfotis]

afterhours unwinding with P9
http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/DOWNLOAD_PAGES/CG/P9-02-07.jpg

[anandpg]

Hey Evan!... How're you doing? ... really sweet paintings.... love the colors... That pen and ink sketch is great... can you post some more of your figure-sketches/studies?

[NR43]

whoa

wish I had a strong imagination like you...
fun thread you have here :)

[evanfotis]

Thanks mates.
Nice portfolio and studies you have NR43 Like ya logo too!
Here's some pen and pencils work on request :-):
http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/DOWNLOAD_PAGES/CG/Livanos-Pen-web.jpg

http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/DOWNLOAD_PAGES/CG/Giannakou.P__resize.jpg

http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/DOWNLOAD_PAGES/CG/George%20Clooney_34_resize.jpg

[Intervain]

Aw! Love the head studies! Nice hatching! you have quite a distinctive style in your painted works too:thumbsup: keep it coming :bounce:

[SylvanMist]

Ou I really like that last pencil sketch of the man. Looks really realistic. Did you copy those from drawings or draw them from photos or something, or how?

[Rebeccak]

Really strong pen studies - love the volume that you have achieved with these, and the fact that you've put your own personality into them as well. :) Would love to see this translated a bit more into the digital work, some of which I think needs just a bit more structure and form to make things pop. There is something in this (http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/SITE%20IMAGES/EvanSamples/illustration/man-monster%20gray.JPG) sketch that I really enjoy in terms of line quality and motion, check out ytresu's drawings in his sketchbook, they're wonderful. :)

Cheers!

[evanfotis]

Thanks all for ya comments.
@ Roja: these last ones are from photos because they are specific personalities, polititians, actors etc.
@ Rebekka:
thanks for you kind words.
As you might see, the linearts are more concentrated "work", whereas the digital doodles are just... doodles, playing around to unload...
It is true however, I'm far more comfortable in sketching traditionally than digitally.
I haven't got a cintiq yet, but just don't have the control as I have with pencil.
Don't have the luxury of practicing long hours for that, so to be time efficient, I pencil sketch, scan in and continue digitally. (and get an original left too as a bonus)

Painting however is I would dare say quite the opposite. Digitally one can mix up styles, brushes etc undo, have the sketch layered, whereas traditionally if you mess up a tone and analogy, you start from scratch.

[evanfotis]

Since I see the pen hatching is popular, here are some inked caricatures from my site, and a pencil at the end:

http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/SITE%20IMAGES/CARICATURES/LARGE/YeltsinCAR-XL.gifhttp://www.fotisinternationalart.com/SITE%20IMAGES/CARICATURES/LARGE/CookCAR-XL.gif
http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/SITE%20IMAGES/CARICATURES/LARGE/Reagan.gifhttp://www.fotisinternationalart.com/SITE%20IMAGES/CARICATURES/LARGE/Brezniev.gif
http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/SITE%20IMAGES/CARICATURES/LARGE/Nelson%20Mandela.gifhttp://www.fotisinternationalart.com/SITE%20IMAGES/CARICATURES/LARGE/Paula%20%20Jones.PNG

[NR43]

Lol great caricatures

I really like the first head in post nr 15. as well... Shows the planes really well.

[evanfotis]

some warmup figures
http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/DOWNLOAD_PAGES/CG/figures.jpg
painter outline from magazine photo
http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/DOWNLOAD_PAGES/CG/VS-cover.jpg

[evanfotis]

Illustrator vector head wip:
http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/DOWNLOAD_PAGES/CG/Blair%202.jpg

[evanfotis]

zbrush fiddling, must definetely get to learn this one, seems so powerfull, but dunno, the interface and "logic" somehow "block" me for now..http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/DOWNLOAD_PAGES/CG/ZBrush01.jpg

[evanfotis]

back to my good ole Painter:
http://www.fotisinternationalart.com/DOWNLOAD_PAGES/CG/P9-manstrokes_2.jpg

[Mu]

Hi Evan,

there are quite a few ZBrush experts around.

You might ask Glenn for advice as he was rather new to ZBRush just a few months ago and made some nice progress with the support of a few forum members.

In fact, I showed him the first steps via skype, but I don't have the trial version anymore. I am sure Glenn will gladly give you starting hints...:)

[evanfotis]

thanx murat, but I'm been chased by the all-time villain 'TIME', or lack of time thereforth..
In fact, right now, that I'm posting this stuff, I was supposed to be working on a deadline, which I dunno how i will be able to meet, and instead I'm slacking off posting doodles :-{
But Zbrush is certainly in my must list...
a combination of 2d/3d paintery-sculpting sound really exciting...

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