sculpting in 2016

Okay, I was trying to prepare for an art show and may still attend  for AMC Siggraph Detroit Chapter. at the art institute in Novi. But I am still working out my process kinks and I found out the amateur mistake- Hi res- hi- polygon count vertices kill the computer so I will have to figure out how to proceed to bake to low  poly-model in Blender- but here are images of progress up to this point- I will get there yet- Here is my sculpts of FX Mulrooney

1. initial sculpt done in Blender 2.77  with dynamic topology enabled (dyntopo)
2. retopology version created using face and edge creation , grease pencil, and B-surface create
3. Final sculpt created at hi res using Multi res Modifier

Scarab club sketching outing 2-birthday adventure

Today was my birthday and what does a single old man do in his late years. Go out dancing in hot steamy clubs, drinking to all hours of the night- No I go to draw nudes at the Scarab club ( downtown Detroit)- had a great model this evening and am now starting to get back to drawing the human figure with a better hand. Still used Sketchbook pro and composited in Photoshop. But I will say it was an all around good evening spent drawing and renewing old hand eye skills- then went  to Fishbones ( also downtown Detroit for a bowl of Gumbo YAYA....creative objective on 50th birthday - achieved. Ps lots of young art talent there- if the next generation coming out of CCS and others stay the path- there will be art stars again in Detroit!!!

Sketching at the Scarab Club Again

I decided after the first convention of 2016- that I would try to remain progressive about my art- so I decided to start making it back to Detroit to go the sketch sessions at the Scarab Club- ( just behind the DIA in downtown Detroit).. They usually have sketch modeling sessions on Thursday, and Saturday... Thursday night is usually Nude Modeling- so I am partial to Thursday- but good grief the usual young pretty lady model was not there- some Dude substituted for her... wow- I should have been pissed,  but I am a sketchy guy who plows through diversity- so I had to sketch this guy.... Now it has been a while since going to the Club- so I figured I was going to be terrible... But out of all the images sketch,  I only dropped two from being displayed- so I will say its a good start back into the mix... My goal is the get better each day so sketching live models will be a good tool that i would recommend to anyone.  So here is what  was drawn....
Oh so I won't forget- these images were created digitally using a Wacom tablet, Sketchbook Pro on my Macbook Pro. They were then assembled for posting in Photoshop CS5

2016 New year post- roughing it

I have been so fixated on creating finished pieces that I forgot the  enjoyment of creating roughs for later use.  It has been noted that my sketchbooks are more interesting than any of my finished pieces.  I also have noted my finished pieces appear too stiff, too forced, while my sketches just pop. So I wanted to start 2016 off fresh by revisiting my rough past- so to speak, to re-kindle that magic that I hope will spill into my finished pieces and also hoping this will prod me on to uncover a desire to animate as well as draw the still image.... I know I am not getting any younger. So if I am inclined to break out of the stagnation, I am in, 2016 should be that year.  So, cheers to all creatives in 2016 desiring to make resolutions ... let sketching guide you forth!!!!

Blender-sculpting today

Just getting off work and I wanted to finish this blender sculpt using multires modifier- I can use this as a start prior to retopology wish me luck

life in general

I am trying to catch a clue- seems like as I try to move my life to  work with my art- life gets in the way to try to stop me- "You have to make more money"- "What I am doing is not good enough, or fast enough ". I suppose I need to lay down the art and go back to non dreaming and work I was not feeling passionate about. I need to get Comics Nextra into reality phase faster instead of developmental phase.... A Side Hustle may be needed to help alleviate these earthly stresses- I Need a plan and a clue....I am glad I tried to get one art piece Done today and may be on to selling a house tomorrow....
Okay- venting - over...
I did this image in @skecthbookPro7

back to where we started

A  a history Note, I was originally into cartoons and strips before I veered into comics- I love the superheroes since being a kid but was also fascinated by Popeye, Mutt and Jeff and Beatle Bailey...I had originally thought getting syndicated was the way to go but had no clue how to work that system. So when I found out about comic books, I felt I had a better option.... I still had a liking for the strip way of life and may still pursue  it but more web based.... Any way my character Jimmy Jokes came about as a way to express how I felt about my love of science and engineering as well as comics and tech back in the day..... I just finished watching a Documentary about comic strip artists on Netflix today  and was inspired to unearth my character once again.....