Digital Cameras: Recording Progress on Drawing in One Day

[zoobyshoe]

I like your work, zooby. Root Stem looks strikingly like a neuron to me -- the first time I saw it and still just now.

Now that you mention it, "root system" is extremely suggestive of a neuron, yes. Total coincidence, strangely enough.

You captured something in Wolf Robe that reminds me of my grandfather -- it makes me feel like I'm in the presence of a great man. Oh, I know -- it reminds me of this picture too: http://utopia.utexas.edu/project/portraits/f.douglas.jpg

Yeah, I see it.

There was a painter named George Catlin who once saw a group of Indian dignitaries walking down the streets of Philadelphia, (like, 1830's) visiting from their homeland in the still relatively white-free west. He was amazed at their sense of presence, how self possessed they seemed: not wild indians, but great men, as you say. Eventually he chucked his little portrait business and went on a long journey to the west visiting tribes all over the place to paint portraits of them, and record their environment and lifestyle.

He wasn't really such a great painter, but his notebooks of the trip, still available in a two volume set, are wonderful reading if you're into Native Americana.

(And am I the only one who sees a resemblance between Beethoven and your avatar?)

Yeah, the zoobies of his day frequently mistook him for a zoobie. He'd wander out of the town everyday into the countryside singing aloud to himself, his hair flying all over the place. Later in life he didn't bother to get dressed when alone at home, forgot about this and greeted visitors buck naked sometimes. He used to like to pour bowls of water over his head for some reason, and ruined a lot of floors. He holds some record for the number of times he was evicted. There's probably 50 addresses in Vienna that can authentically boast that Beethoven once lived there. He woulda been happier in a brush shelter.

 

[tribdog]

pastels are pure pigment. They are what is mixed with other mediums to create all the colors of paints and pencils. There are thousands of colors of pastels and you can quickly spend your years salary on them, but you can't beat them for vibrant color. If you can find a color of pencil or paint I promise there are at least 25 or 30 shades of it in pastel. I always thought pigments were like chalk, but when you pick up a stick you realize how solid and heavy they are. Yeah, they smudge, but if you are careful they can't be beat for pure color. Especially for something like your abstract work.

 

[zoobyshoe]

"Miss Violet Takes A Trip"

"Miss Violet" is a very funny little girl (well, 17) who used to come in and sit and doodle with me at this cafe. She was a strange mix of hardened street person/goth and social butterfly. All the regulars who hung out there knew her. She was hilarious and constantly cracked me up. When she saw the drawing of old Einstein (posted earlier in this thread) she said "Oh! It's Albert Frankenstein!"

This (above) was her favorite drawing of mine, and she was always telling me to show this one to people. "Oh! Show them that really trippy one I like!"

 

[zoobyshoe]

The Anguish Of The Spikey, Green Porcipine

 

[zoobyshoe]

Quetzalcoatl

 

[Ivan Seeking]

No, but I named a drawing after you. After I started this thread I finally finished a drawing I'd started 'bout a year ago and named it after you, but I don't have it photographed and web-ready yet: "Ivan Seeking Searches The Astral Lost And Found". One of my best titles yet. The drawing came out really well, too.

I can't wait to see it...I think...

Btw, a cousin of mine [actually, a second semi-cousin thrice removed] just opened an art studio in San Diego.

 

[GregA]

Ah...the sheer amount of concentration, time, and pencil shavings it takes to render these type of illustrations...You have my complete and total respect Zoobyshoe. You can't beat the humble pencil and I always love to see the work of great artists...Top stuff

 

[CosminaPrisma]

Beautiful work Zoob. Would be great to see some more of it.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I can't wait to see it...I think...

It's a good one. (Remember, though, these drawing are just named after people, like memorial highways or navy ships. If you look at it and wonder what the heck it has to do with you, it doesn't.)

Btw, a cousin of mine [actually, a second semi-cousin thrice removed] just opened an art studio in San Diego.

A studio, or did you mean a gallery? Either way, it's not a great city for art, being all military and high tech. I'm really only here for the weather.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

A studio, or did you mean a gallery? Either way, it's not a great city for art, being all military and high tech. I'm really only here for the weather.

Apparently he impressed some big art dealer so much that he was given the money to open a studio...at least that's as well as I understand the story right now. He is just a kid too - I think he's about 22 - so he must be pretty good. He does sculptures.

 

[Evo]

MIH got two drawings named after her.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I am petitioning for a painting:
Evo - Empress of the Universe

 

[zoobyshoe]

Ah...the sheer amount of concentration, time, and pencil shavings it takes to render these type of illustrations...You have my complete and total respect Zoobyshoe. You can't beat the humble pencil and I always love to see the work of great artists...Top stuff

Yes, the potter comes home covered in clay, and the pencilist come home covered in pencil shavings. I can tell by your mention of it you've been there.

Beautiful work Zoob. Would be great to see some more of it.

Thanks, Cosmina. I'm glad you like it, cause you're one of my favorite new people. I think I'm past the halfway mark of finished stuff that's worth posting, but there's still more.

 

[Math Is Hard]

MIH got two drawings named after her.

oh, that reminds me.. Zooby, thanks for the Teddy Ruxpin you sent. He's soooo adorable!





heh hehe

 

[zoobyshoe]

oh, that reminds me.. Zooby, thanks for the Teddy Ruxpin you sent. He's soooo adorable!





heh hehe

You are pure eeeeeevillll, little plastic Barbi girl!

http://hollywoodcostumesandparty.com/austinpowers/evilpinkyb.jpg

 

[zoobyshoe]

MIH got two drawings named after her.

She's not the only one. Einstein got two.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Apparently he impressed some big art dealer so much that he was given the money to open a studio...at least that's as well as I understand the story right now. He is just a kid too - I think he's about 22 - so he must be pretty good. He does sculptures.

That's an unbelievably sweet deal, and the guy probably is a super sculptor to have gotten it. The old patronage system for art still exists but instead of Lords and Princes people seek galleries as their protectors, I think.

 

[Math Is Hard]

You are pure eeeeeevillll, little plastic Barbi girl!

who? moi?

 

[zoobyshoe]

who? moi?

Heheheheheheh! Yes, YOU, blonde princess of mischief! They should have had an award for Mischief Guru!

 

[Evo]

oh, that reminds me.. Zooby, thanks for the Teddy Ruxpin you sent. He's soooo adorable!heh hehe

But wait! What's this box? Why is there strange purple slime all over it?

:!) :!) The Valentine Hippos have arrived!:!) :!) :!) :!)

I LOVE THEM!:!) <snif> :!)

I'm naming the stuffed one zooby.

Awww, zooby, you're the best, these are the first Valentine's gifts I've ever gotten. <snif>

 

[zoobyshoe]

But wait! What's this box? Why is there strange purple slime all over it?

:!) :!) The Valentine Hippos have arrived!:!) :!) :!) :!)

I LOVE THEM!:!) <snif> :!)

I'm naming the stuffed one zooby.

Awww, zooby, you're the best, these are the first Valentine's gifts I've ever gotten. <snif>

Saved by the Hippos!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Sorry about the purple slime. Those jellyfish get into everthing.[/size]

Yeah, I liked that big stuffed one. It has hippo integrity. You're naming it after me? Oh, I wipe a soft, mushy zoobie tear...

 

[zoobyshoe]

OK, here it is:

"Ivan Seeking Searches The Astral Lost And Found"

 

[zoobyshoe]

"Illustration For The Cover Of JellumElectroDynamics (J.E.D.) by Richard P. Chineyman"

 

[zoobyshoe]

This is a portrait of a neighbor I had a few years back. I've cropped it to focus on her face, and it should more or less show up on your screens the actual size of the drawing in real life (I like the way the gleams in her eyes came out):

 

[tribdog]

now you can't tell me that the Ivan picture isn't pornographic.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

OK, here it is:

"Ivan Seeking Searches The Astral Lost And Found"

Very cool Zooby!

Where is my nose?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Where is my nose?

Try x = 18.5 cm y=10 cm.

If that doesn't remind you of your nose, then I have probably posted it upside down. It's frequently not clear to me whch way they go and testing all four ways doesn't clarify anything.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Dave wanted to see more. Here's a portrait of Thomas Edison:

 

[Artman]

Zooby, sorry I am sooo late commenting on these. I just found this thread by looking back at the General Discussion Classics thread. I had no idea you did art work! It is all quite good.

Your portraits are life-like and hold a very good likeness to the subject. The drawings are well balanced and fit the page nicely. You have a good sense of how light or dark to draw to match the photo, but I sense that you also have a good feel for how light and dark to make it to suit the drawing.

I like your sculpture too. Very interesting use of reality and invention (in the skull).

Your color works have a personal style to them, very similar to Futurism and the work of Umberto Boccioni:

http://www.artcopy-munich.com/bildo/13006.jpg"

Good work Zoob

 

[zoobyshoe]

Good work Zoob

Thanks, Artman.

Your color works have a personal style to them, very similar to Futurism and the work of Umberto Boccioni:

http://www.artcopy-munich.com/bildo/13006.jpg"

Personal style, maybe, but that guy's got a sense of rhythm I envy.