tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417363356158758662024-03-05T05:59:32.388-05:00David Sweck Art BlogDavid Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-80954717065353197472010-09-14T21:16:00.005-04:002011-05-14T16:40:58.434-04:00"Don't call it a comeback, I been here for years, Rockin my peers and puttin suckas in fear!"So I had a one of those jobs for the past year that most of us have had at one point. A job that is so bad that you routinely rest your head on your car steering wheel every day and swear your tits off before you go in and wish you still had a raging hangover in order to dull the whole experience. Anyway, I had a lot of downtime during this where I wasn't allowed to do anything but look 'busy', so I managed to sneak in some sketching on the back of receipts when big brother wasn't watching. Took me back to my childhood and kinda got really it so I thought I'd share a few!<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4r_lKuZL6QcI8LkRcK87XpnwsDp2TX_OFSBPuqL1Mq3mko2pqBTmeF6rWCkZFtSkSNW4bZFQ_TPD5QNbaVFySRIJO7pr590Eh9wccWtLMRb4maYh938yAhDPzaizl3Nuvm1EIvpkTqwuK/s1600/2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516934960626451266" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 150px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4r_lKuZL6QcI8LkRcK87XpnwsDp2TX_OFSBPuqL1Mq3mko2pqBTmeF6rWCkZFtSkSNW4bZFQ_TPD5QNbaVFySRIJO7pr590Eh9wccWtLMRb4maYh938yAhDPzaizl3Nuvm1EIvpkTqwuK/s320/2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VqsyEXNwYxXf4sXOcnwmbQKr2-y9es-zWg8mHwc9qPwlu9IGrFIyGP4lqfyI0BzUfojCTFoGvSU3RBUhmi24FiQs5wef4s7KBB8Hzbf1nW8BW2xvronqNl-YBNi6QYRpe7SrqTGzj8jG/s1600/1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516934953937077394" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; height: 122px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzrkqvd-PIifHHiP8DFuIH30iegpsowyc9moxnQwloBG-wHhc7oPuZSZNQ4NqIKzV73pNxWrZOtYlU3vQds84s1u08tr11x5Dbywy9t2c_fR4tQfwoU9IAy5YqfkjzSaOUixDithG9V1P/s320/7.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Whoaaa, thank god I quit that job...<br /><br />Some older stuff: </p><p><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;" >*Edit: previous image deleted by request </span></p><p><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518664410867940594" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 310px; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5SgTW7JIHVOZVjmM5xJ6-_hrDDT0qSgyl4k3Dg25Qoku1XIDqhTw2gb47ZTeBe8CJSbq6sSxNKqBoN2m4Z2Dt8o3jP4NWmMHHbURWvpbWn-yRe1E_Avx0hwP73vveK1Cev52v-9affcp/s320/train.jpg" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNz04NNizmI9VDZ8U2nayeJXEozHXKVnS608_Pt8OcmIl3xa_rrqzjg4NAkpCauPNzkhyphenhyphen6KZEFan0R4pXi2oJgJeP9o1ZbsR788Gr-QqdnxawF4GEHHMbJvF5VOW2-w7wC7mqy5W8Iva9h/s1600-h/shirt2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394829689860184082" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 309px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNz04NNizmI9VDZ8U2nayeJXEozHXKVnS608_Pt8OcmIl3xa_rrqzjg4NAkpCauPNzkhyphenhyphen6KZEFan0R4pXi2oJgJeP9o1ZbsR788Gr-QqdnxawF4GEHHMbJvF5VOW2-w7wC7mqy5W8Iva9h/s400/shirt2.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-8897670673900762072009-07-28T10:42:00.000-04:002009-07-28T10:43:00.347-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgJp9V-vXLJlCsOXTC0_b6mSitmcv9DDJXc7tdw2ergd1KSmjoY6maacrt4CzZENJMhoK31cDcbA_636oB6ggkoDIT6P-Jwwd9nI9IpHqw9WefMdWkKijBZIaqpfW10mgIcKucIJniQvc/s1600-h/autumn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgJp9V-vXLJlCsOXTC0_b6mSitmcv9DDJXc7tdw2ergd1KSmjoY6maacrt4CzZENJMhoK31cDcbA_636oB6ggkoDIT6P-Jwwd9nI9IpHqw9WefMdWkKijBZIaqpfW10mgIcKucIJniQvc/s400/autumn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363521536477882466" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBXA9lIJBWQyP5hNR7NSZrakQet7A4SqlpEVzHYORFYG66AkEUUViHHjfgDnX61S288EIgpYsJEkammHJwjounBpEs5fFIRB0H2Y_xP3GufN61XNJHWTzCAP8sdUtUX5NWkZwVPRGKhJBq/s1600-h/indian.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiKnr0gMIP26BgxETn6xHnzd1fw41q50wgowrLKIh7ISNeRyeirzpn5ak5qeNMKF4KNxCSiNbeYcOGZsMt546kb6cNSLtD7-3hg1y4bAvcCRMN7ZSdkkjdI87Rapk6SYMsk5TF8KTO-y5x/s320/7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298785804353466306" border="0" /></a>David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-75037762042874154982009-01-28T13:48:00.005-05:002009-02-13T12:36:31.974-05:00Determined<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0DblL3pXlxoPOCEI13XwjTVfaNbGReOANTeNUCgaOGriFHgAXXo7t7SvDRNwBcDAaf9pi4qTql-n6vtSyuRS_wam-imUcLPXSpOJukn7LSTJh-XN6OzQmpap6Bn6z-Ie7WscoOEz6K6kO/s1600-h/6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0DblL3pXlxoPOCEI13XwjTVfaNbGReOANTeNUCgaOGriFHgAXXo7t7SvDRNwBcDAaf9pi4qTql-n6vtSyuRS_wam-imUcLPXSpOJukn7LSTJh-XN6OzQmpap6Bn6z-Ie7WscoOEz6K6kO/s320/6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296418413288726530" border="0" /></a><br />Just a small update. Been focusing a lot on anatomy studies as of late and will continue to do so as I feel that this is where I need to improve drastically<span style="font-style: italic;"> first</span>, before I start tackling other things. I want to have a much more intuitive understanding of the figure.David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-64111121811214087122009-01-21T23:37:00.001-05:002009-01-21T23:40:19.175-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6qQqsUqXAqEgkpzsft1dYyMHQ6RjrOkhzJ0hNN3rR0x-ZnkZ3c5EncTIa0UudhaO4nPRDFURW9zHXfcUzltgTG1sVTDNg9ACMsOsRHgEBswAmQoUDcQpxVWV9nrnvdjrsyUqCjUbFrti_/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6qQqsUqXAqEgkpzsft1dYyMHQ6RjrOkhzJ0hNN3rR0x-ZnkZ3c5EncTIa0UudhaO4nPRDFURW9zHXfcUzltgTG1sVTDNg9ACMsOsRHgEBswAmQoUDcQpxVWV9nrnvdjrsyUqCjUbFrti_/s320/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293972973973056322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0WrsCN0-xgqcFmIdV-m2YIfUCScnVVe34429tsugSE3_EAJ9hxmiu8qBluFN29u4g0xKB0jBRSVMCwG8N4xOO3Mbw3rUtrRbFMk6dNTJteZDyaKTFAzkgSM_WENoFNtFlWAstNqdBXbg/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0WrsCN0-xgqcFmIdV-m2YIfUCScnVVe34429tsugSE3_EAJ9hxmiu8qBluFN29u4g0xKB0jBRSVMCwG8N4xOO3Mbw3rUtrRbFMk6dNTJteZDyaKTFAzkgSM_WENoFNtFlWAstNqdBXbg/s320/4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293972981080920098" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUridyYaVh2eVAwWV7x44LnKi2qIq8EmJvSeE8XYz8W-C7AgAIieaxDbCWpvNSvzqMR6dbFFaY3wg-AdwnsTM4y6H6iE_PEUpm1HEUEjiozie2nkYPWk5BUzE2v2ZcSmh4AIvm-HfphyKn/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUridyYaVh2eVAwWV7x44LnKi2qIq8EmJvSeE8XYz8W-C7AgAIieaxDbCWpvNSvzqMR6dbFFaY3wg-AdwnsTM4y6H6iE_PEUpm1HEUEjiozie2nkYPWk5BUzE2v2ZcSmh4AIvm-HfphyKn/s320/5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293972985258030098" border="0" /></a>David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-84795110813323482002009-01-10T19:15:00.000-05:002009-01-10T19:16:25.653-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4LZm1jJ8Ox-zRjOrVNovu5CafINNhbJsoo2bDH7eNFMh_snNbLezn9WiQgwhIyaqsq7MrZTOhFUWgbnNGriQmUIa2DSb4SW7norKyhoBwk_7LiakJATcD_i7_Y0erKlIo1Vb6DurL0nU/s1600-h/0110099.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4LZm1jJ8Ox-zRjOrVNovu5CafINNhbJsoo2bDH7eNFMh_snNbLezn9WiQgwhIyaqsq7MrZTOhFUWgbnNGriQmUIa2DSb4SW7norKyhoBwk_7LiakJATcD_i7_Y0erKlIo1Vb6DurL0nU/s320/0110099.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289823340895357154" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGuOui2E6cOB90P__oAuaKpkQcYYTkqZycYtVe2gppwZiBI743_SsTJRO5Ei83yGDeLhTCWTKNXIhBbLfbyCUJUsnX1xRG4Rn08JUBrUZkM2_ZZrv6ZWrjLNjpYjSFxq8klr7BiNm8csh/s1600-h/011009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGuOui2E6cOB90P__oAuaKpkQcYYTkqZycYtVe2gppwZiBI743_SsTJRO5Ei83yGDeLhTCWTKNXIhBbLfbyCUJUsnX1xRG4Rn08JUBrUZkM2_ZZrv6ZWrjLNjpYjSFxq8klr7BiNm8csh/s320/011009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289823342129243506" border="0" /></a>David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-6559720854417732442009-01-08T02:49:00.009-05:002009-01-08T17:33:11.355-05:00Good Morning!! ;) x<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtlicCjmLRI5wMFDuWUPaWaOJXyMFNR9KWQHcH4FBJP-xWq5PYm3yCKTcTLsE8RDCIW8sbldb6BsWHAlPHPEx_68abR6YDWGMvf042kubCVWg3kBE2uhlAAbQvZWlaxGxM1l4Bd5Emvoa6/s1600-h/GenWinfieldScott1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtlicCjmLRI5wMFDuWUPaWaOJXyMFNR9KWQHcH4FBJP-xWq5PYm3yCKTcTLsE8RDCIW8sbldb6BsWHAlPHPEx_68abR6YDWGMvf042kubCVWg3kBE2uhlAAbQvZWlaxGxM1l4Bd5Emvoa6/s400/GenWinfieldScott1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288834461270654354" border="0" /></a><br />Appx. 2hrs max.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"The only time 'success' comes before 'work' is in the dictionary."</span><br />Really wanted to go to bed last night after work, but decided to get something done. It's usually not that difficult to know what we <span style="font-style: italic;">should</span> be doing and it's not really a matter of forcing yourself to do it. It's more about coming up with a good enough excuse to <span style="font-style: italic;">want</span> to do it. Lying down in a big comfy bed when you're tired seems to have immediate payoffs, whereas a blank canvas or sheet of paper can look uncertain or even scary<span style="font-style: italic;"></span>. But often, we're just getting ahead of ourselves.<br /><br />I'm definitely one who has had to struggle with fear and laziness. As students, I think some of us, like myself, get caught up in this sort of 'end goal' or vision of success that we want to see for ourselves. It's of course smart to have goals, but sometimes I find myself dwelling on it.<br />Thinking to yourself things like "ugh, look at my stuff, I have such a long way to go" or "It'll take me years to get that good! My work is so crappy right now" ....and I could go on and on. You get the idea. Thoughts like that can hinder you from even starting something.<br /><br />Endurance is key, but thinking of all this 'becoming an artist' stuff as a <span style="font-style: italic;">race</span> implies that your trying to get somewhere, or that there is a final result. There is no final result or point. You can keep learning until the day your 100 years old. The <span style="font-style: italic;">process </span>that your going through at the <span style="font-style: italic;">present moment</span> while you work on each new piece is what is important. The past and future don't even exist. Learning to savor each moment and not thinking about all your fear of the future, whether it's:<br />"Will this piece be any good?"<br />or<br />"How old will I be before I become a professional?", I believe these thoughts will only slow you down in the end. Instead, if we were more mindful of the present and turned these into:<br />"How can I make this better?"<br />or<br />"If I do another illustration right now, I'll get better right now." ...well then we'd be keeping that snowball effect going and we would keep getting better and learning more (and faster).<br /><br />Anyways, this is what I'm going to try and keep mindful of in 2009.<br /><br />Happy New Year to everyone!David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-45375338473532334012008-12-20T22:09:00.002-05:002008-12-20T22:10:17.698-05:0012 - 20 -08<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg091PwlCCxxSZ8hkQeBm3R5JpS8MUXRj7HP6QZHKho1cKjEk8mO0YFn0XnZ08NRP_nWpC8rFLVvmJ532WHcTUb3AR3DZ7cJUdEYJ4z0QcG5BRWvboVxmdAm43ihIrrGYM781k6dVCQYOsK/s1600-h/12-20-08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg091PwlCCxxSZ8hkQeBm3R5JpS8MUXRj7HP6QZHKho1cKjEk8mO0YFn0XnZ08NRP_nWpC8rFLVvmJ532WHcTUb3AR3DZ7cJUdEYJ4z0QcG5BRWvboVxmdAm43ihIrrGYM781k6dVCQYOsK/s400/12-20-08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282075373905415298" border="0" /></a>David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-87807548788503826552008-12-17T11:31:00.010-05:002008-12-20T22:46:27.154-05:00I have a blog?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtphUUAOHURl2oGbMITOQcN3TzQnX4l3eJe2GO9tyKron9eysyKp7bqK7yDMgUTq9p5sc7h4qkZDiA_SuqgbAaVnAPYAxUATkmqFxQ4g7VlOAs5XwxqRSuU3Waay6oOmI0t352v3r3gkWi/s1600-h/port+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtphUUAOHURl2oGbMITOQcN3TzQnX4l3eJe2GO9tyKron9eysyKp7bqK7yDMgUTq9p5sc7h4qkZDiA_SuqgbAaVnAPYAxUATkmqFxQ4g7VlOAs5XwxqRSuU3Waay6oOmI0t352v3r3gkWi/s400/port+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281213317919579970" border="0" /></a><br />Self portrait in oils I did over Thanksgiving weekend. I have a LONG way to go but I'm really encouraged by how far I've come already from my portrait attempts at the Academy. What John English was trying to show me is finally starting to make some sense.<br />Anyways, yeah. It's been a while. Things have been a little tough lately, but like most struggles, if you manage to come out of them on top (and w/a clean pair of underwear) you'll usually end up better for it in the end. That's what I plan on doing. Already, things that once seemed bad have turned out to be blessings in disguise. Along with all that, I'll be getting back to regular postings. Another portrait is in the works. It may very well be of you! :O<br />...no, not really.David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-69719638354566020312008-07-31T23:33:00.018-04:002008-12-21T11:54:51.633-05:00Dangermouse<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6dxRHNtMdRPmIrNmG7D3muqdnKfwxA-OFbuXUxyRHDkKLqugNlAU7qKUWWcgRA38QfbiOhYgsFSflR8uyUx6QX0_XOL4ri1scRvklQyVxto0wr99wRjFjH6u76Gh3KROgMGazC7Ee8AW/s1600-h/dangermouseweb+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229387523302318914" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6dxRHNtMdRPmIrNmG7D3muqdnKfwxA-OFbuXUxyRHDkKLqugNlAU7qKUWWcgRA38QfbiOhYgsFSflR8uyUx6QX0_XOL4ri1scRvklQyVxto0wr99wRjFjH6u76Gh3KROgMGazC7Ee8AW/s400/dangermouseweb+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a>Yeah, I know I've taken forever to post something new. Been dealing with a few things, one of them being me trying to find a day job while having no car (aarggh!!). The above image is the last thing I completed while at the Illustration Academy. We were to do a portrait of a music artist according to a random letter that we were given. I got the letter 'D', so I did an illustration of Dangermouse (one of the guys from Gnarls Barkley). The pieced together records that he's playing was the main concept as he is well known for his 'mash-ups' of different artists such as taking The Beatles '<span style="font-style: italic;">White Album</span>' and mixing it with Jay-Zs '<span style="font-style: italic;">Black Album</span>' to make the famous <span style="font-style: italic;">Grey Album</span>, which went on to be the most illegally downloaded album of all time, which has now made me write one of the worst run-on sentences of all time. Anyways, there's definitely more that could be done to this illustration to make it better, but I'm pretty happy with how much I've improved in such a short time. I can't imagine ever having the initiative of taking something this far when I was still a student at VCU.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9TDhdQdfcVRkt_3oMR-ejc8xPVnHiKNebBEotQbsnsbaj6x-Ce3twaT1XGodrx71u2jE4YIamnoXiSYfytIgph5m8vsrXB25TIUfg1_MqLxogBGGighgABk4dP-cBGGxPk2JrLmda0Ed/s1600-h/prattdemo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229393598843460578" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9TDhdQdfcVRkt_3oMR-ejc8xPVnHiKNebBEotQbsnsbaj6x-Ce3twaT1XGodrx71u2jE4YIamnoXiSYfytIgph5m8vsrXB25TIUfg1_MqLxogBGGighgABk4dP-cBGGxPk2JrLmda0Ed/s320/prattdemo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is a quick oil painting that George Pratt did for a demo during the Academy. I was lucky enough to end up winning this piece at the art give-away on the last day of the Academy. The photo of course doesn't do it justice. It was really amazing to see this guy just <span style="font-style: italic;">play</span> with the paint.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxm9tbOR2LQUe36yWpVr-qm_IRcL-XlWPP1i5p9zPs3uSuE5EBmf_Qj-Lfgd4reQCY76t3o1m_IupnoyYfjK3pX4yrt3L05VGGkp1P0Guu37yiwswB9uwhBESYvZpFxSqe4c13mtWMynDK/s1600-h/Picture+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229397693739051842" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxm9tbOR2LQUe36yWpVr-qm_IRcL-XlWPP1i5p9zPs3uSuE5EBmf_Qj-Lfgd4reQCY76t3o1m_IupnoyYfjK3pX4yrt3L05VGGkp1P0Guu37yiwswB9uwhBESYvZpFxSqe4c13mtWMynDK/s200/Picture+001.jpg" border="0" /></a>I went on a five day trip to Chicago the first week that I got back from Florida so not much has gotten done yet. The above picture sums it up pretty well. I plan on unpacking all the art stuff this weekend. Hopefully I won't go mad living at home for the next few months. I can't wait till I get back to good old Richmond.<br /><br />Enough about me for a second tho. I've been meaning to post something about this for a while now: A couple of weeks ago, I was deeply saddened to learn that comic book artist/creator Michael Turner had recently passed away. Quite a few years back, I was lucky enough to get to meet Michael at Wizard World Philly, and it's true when they say how nice of a guy he was. I remember enjoying his early work on Witchblade, right around the time when I was discovering stuff outside of Marvel. Here's more <a href="http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17475">info.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNczePyv82UyKrFUdN9iDROEn750HdQeNDYevrR7eqsr0g0fmibllgt_iT1V-FWHdD3ratnr5KR-8jLlKck7eJ3umx3VAAcD2YVfUYB-gM0heivfRJ6hlap5Kq7sKU9pGJHA6T4L3YUwqy/s1600-h/MichaelTurner.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229811796723506210" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNczePyv82UyKrFUdN9iDROEn750HdQeNDYevrR7eqsr0g0fmibllgt_iT1V-FWHdD3ratnr5KR-8jLlKck7eJ3umx3VAAcD2YVfUYB-gM0heivfRJ6hlap5Kq7sKU9pGJHA6T4L3YUwqy/s400/MichaelTurner.jpg" border="0" /></a>:*(<br />R.I.P.David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-47984856706287230132008-07-06T00:12:00.009-04:002008-12-08T23:27:08.700-05:00WIPsThis is an in-progress under drawing for this weeks assignment. Going to start adding color washes into it (and I may very well destroy it if I'm not careful). I was having too much fun rendering it was hard to stop. Hopefully some people will recognize who modeled as the cop when I took the reference, heh... :<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAIIViLtImVr1cvOj2QifDR5eTszaptxVJ7Y7cBTL7TvXqJqcxWUv4Mc0oPHC-MpLOGnHYleg3rf2PwIymkRJ9wBqu1SIaDKeJfLhV05VT-EcvI_CiaJRLHftuQzNaI_BxaW7CfgcSr5O/s1600-h/copperweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjAIIViLtImVr1cvOj2QifDR5eTszaptxVJ7Y7cBTL7TvXqJqcxWUv4Mc0oPHC-MpLOGnHYleg3rf2PwIymkRJ9wBqu1SIaDKeJfLhV05VT-EcvI_CiaJRLHftuQzNaI_BxaW7CfgcSr5O/s400/copperweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220081107747848914" border="0" /></a><br />Color study for last weeks assignment that I actually liked as much if not better than the final:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tzJ-SX6Z9RCXNGllBqts42MzYCrdaw9-Vbm0W9FiCn71IyEmI7BYUz7PC152pxhEk4dV_aICXZT33q1qbLXeNrF_0C6791qzuZ9K2yeLJfz43LJEa33VmIACx_OlHtiu0_15zQpqTZPP/s1600-h/hunter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tzJ-SX6Z9RCXNGllBqts42MzYCrdaw9-Vbm0W9FiCn71IyEmI7BYUz7PC152pxhEk4dV_aICXZT33q1qbLXeNrF_0C6791qzuZ9K2yeLJfz43LJEa33VmIACx_OlHtiu0_15zQpqTZPP/s400/hunter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219749240695763106" border="0" /></a>David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-5130348677050579822008-06-29T21:37:00.013-04:002008-12-08T23:27:09.662-05:00Illustration Academy; 4 weeks inFirst of all, everyone seen the new James Jean stuff? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Yeeah</span>.... O_0 <- ? And that's all I can really say about that, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">lol</span>.<br /><br />The Academy is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">frikin</span> amazing, of course. Definitely one of the wisest decisions I ever made. As far as learning goes, it has already been like 2 years of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">VCU</span> compacted into 4 weeks, probably more (not to rag on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">vcu</span>). It's also been pretty intimidating at times since there are a TON of talented students here. Florida humidity really sucks!<br />Here's Barron Storey talking to students after a demonstration. He's the best there is at what he does. And what he does is absolutely insane. As informative as he is entertaining: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGoi7w23WKTA8xsrzdQBxzijXIQK-bUxZeXJAlRhiw3P7GN3gLWW02QUmEqfHzyRkRtDeVV9Iv5z6vbIT8tELT5XEhjPKYHo0twa4cPh1KURH1iDbjx3xHj0AZPXkTl0aMAL91xpUbtbh/s1600-h/barron.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGoi7w23WKTA8xsrzdQBxzijXIQK-bUxZeXJAlRhiw3P7GN3gLWW02QUmEqfHzyRkRtDeVV9Iv5z6vbIT8tELT5XEhjPKYHo0twa4cPh1KURH1iDbjx3xHj0AZPXkTl0aMAL91xpUbtbh/s320/barron.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217487341951020418" border="0" /></a><br />Jon Foster painting Tesla during pink shirt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">wednesday</span>. Definitely one of my heroes and also just a really good guy:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYw-9poB1xZ0FnqLZpvxXG_sO7tICv2Dd2OLpiuVlokOMqxTl4Y6ZzHIHQ8S_N5z2QFNCYdmNg40JQNUGM4eV6JIurVWYa7RHxH9xw4ddkFkAcNt9uJxw_aIv-fdQc-q3SL2cDK1SJHRJ/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYw-9poB1xZ0FnqLZpvxXG_sO7tICv2Dd2OLpiuVlokOMqxTl4Y6ZzHIHQ8S_N5z2QFNCYdmNg40JQNUGM4eV6JIurVWYa7RHxH9xw4ddkFkAcNt9uJxw_aIv-fdQc-q3SL2cDK1SJHRJ/s320/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217489494663376770" border="0" /></a>Mark English demo with instructors Doug <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Chayka</span>, John English and Brent <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Watkinson</span> in the background. We've been learning so much from these guys that it occasionally makes your head hurt:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqCJnFEMpFN13tfk5aMVrbYTFiTzHmFCw9htvEX1XFLgZMFMN9WOM-S66f941O0jDICWzUDagOs83df8Llux1Hf_FaoPNnpjqhQg26IUYUf2EHVBytomN8oBmLynskTHQp7pwl2gDVI-E/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqCJnFEMpFN13tfk5aMVrbYTFiTzHmFCw9htvEX1XFLgZMFMN9WOM-S66f941O0jDICWzUDagOs83df8Llux1Hf_FaoPNnpjqhQg26IUYUf2EHVBytomN8oBmLynskTHQp7pwl2gDVI-E/s320/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217492122013907314" border="0" /></a><br />Gary Kelley doing a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">monotype (and it looks like Brent is throwing up in a trash can)</span>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZ9bDUxTGSHSPsEKqloqZ6qEzy3uhE-cUYDTQIV_DIpgqlWlDgx6JOWp38kV40Ku2nsu1poyXDIYnLj0daZa-3iRIVIO8vqyV-TtYpqZhyEjmLpf2aWYjhjpx29Xq8J6ZUxo9xyI6047Y/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZ9bDUxTGSHSPsEKqloqZ6qEzy3uhE-cUYDTQIV_DIpgqlWlDgx6JOWp38kV40Ku2nsu1poyXDIYnLj0daZa-3iRIVIO8vqyV-TtYpqZhyEjmLpf2aWYjhjpx29Xq8J6ZUxo9xyI6047Y/s320/4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217496568184803874" border="0" /></a>First assignment. Everyone was limited to flat shapes and color with no rendering. This was so we would focus on assembling an image with the focus on the 'design' of the piece, as to not try and cover a shitty composition with nice drawing and or other 'tricks' (not that that would work anyway). It's simple, but it was actually pretty difficult. We're given the assignment on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">monday</span> and its due the following <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">monday</span> morning where it is critiqued by the new guest artist and faculty. After all the process work, most of us don't start on the final until <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">friday</span> or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">saturday</span>. Done in acrylic and about 95% done:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6CQbxGnWgZ2TFXtt11P1KgHxNPuv9FOSz2RORmv3cBdVAjhy_mmEL68BUef0HSKUwme_MgwdGbm6sbXOTRZggIJUw0NxmCQucd4OHqa0taCjQg10mqIs8GIesbQw9tSPt-8VVCnRpDcr/s1600-h/1stassign.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6CQbxGnWgZ2TFXtt11P1KgHxNPuv9FOSz2RORmv3cBdVAjhy_mmEL68BUef0HSKUwme_MgwdGbm6sbXOTRZggIJUw0NxmCQucd4OHqa0taCjQg10mqIs8GIesbQw9tSPt-8VVCnRpDcr/s320/1stassign.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217499395058183890" border="0" /></a><br />Pratt gave an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">impromptu painting demo today and it was awesome. </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"></span>Sargent study I was doing this week during lecture week:<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmF7rTJMRGgOLJ4dK_pNBEi6VdQDNSq4uM-OAV8d_XifkehiPbeV1MUVKFjXHXhq572oREx6_PC3KPsGPGWtTHmh0vOIyfVLbsMNeA8dhwew16S3i2nYim-Cq8CBpUvthMlzLSxjUV9yf/s1600-h/sargent.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEmF7rTJMRGgOLJ4dK_pNBEi6VdQDNSq4uM-OAV8d_XifkehiPbeV1MUVKFjXHXhq572oREx6_PC3KPsGPGWtTHmh0vOIyfVLbsMNeA8dhwew16S3i2nYim-Cq8CBpUvthMlzLSxjUV9yf/s320/sargent.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217500362192857394" border="0" /></a><br />The assignments start up again tomorrow with Chris Payne. Ta ta for now.David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-91628286675944639452008-05-19T17:22:00.005-04:002008-12-08T23:27:09.756-05:00"if THIS was SPARTA!!!"If this was Sparta, I would cast this crying baby at work into the Spartan pit of death.<br /><br />Alas, I may have only two shifts left(hooray!), but hearing-loss lasts <span style="font-style: italic;">forever</span>. :(<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42KOGkysCdcho7a7BlViAHETEl436JfDIYQa5ZvxHv3CXlgO55d1zSeac6kBs1opHnXog1CT16suuqGNfdaqUUBD7RlPwUrVS3jb7h9E7PowtGxyhxQym1aGYrJeKUiVYCQXg5DlfHq7J/s1600-h/FCJG300-0003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42KOGkysCdcho7a7BlViAHETEl436JfDIYQa5ZvxHv3CXlgO55d1zSeac6kBs1opHnXog1CT16suuqGNfdaqUUBD7RlPwUrVS3jb7h9E7PowtGxyhxQym1aGYrJeKUiVYCQXg5DlfHq7J/s400/FCJG300-0003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202204871181357346" border="0" /></a>David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-48190639437749415942008-05-13T13:26:00.012-04:002008-12-08T23:27:11.192-05:00Update: *I'm done. :OSome exam stuff, or at least what I feel like showing. The first two are from the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Used gouache, acrylic, oils and some digital. Had fun experimenting:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSUSGkw52ozPPZ_lXFVZq4L4qmyup4raA6pXo0eRssQReHH5pyYa4y1_PlYiLCKfuoTW40ptMa-wM4MKHNylQOpQsyStyWBmfnDtPIqgJB8QTZp99MQTOMJKYVicYr9fDdOdnm2Mfq-KF/s1600-h/greeenfinaaaal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSUSGkw52ozPPZ_lXFVZq4L4qmyup4raA6pXo0eRssQReHH5pyYa4y1_PlYiLCKfuoTW40ptMa-wM4MKHNylQOpQsyStyWBmfnDtPIqgJB8QTZp99MQTOMJKYVicYr9fDdOdnm2Mfq-KF/s400/greeenfinaaaal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200313071231455506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxUp-saEdsd7FLwqVgOW9lQIybkSgDwvJJLSPBvsVQCVUmG9eqtK2M5g_l_rB_MlzLxG81QthZmNQ2YoSOzzSCJpvd6KgxFST3uIpRPlMENcRVTdfpfPedqYrI3gnahzBdf0p0bj-MvfE/s1600-h/GreenNightfinal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxUp-saEdsd7FLwqVgOW9lQIybkSgDwvJJLSPBvsVQCVUmG9eqtK2M5g_l_rB_MlzLxG81QthZmNQ2YoSOzzSCJpvd6KgxFST3uIpRPlMENcRVTdfpfPedqYrI3gnahzBdf0p0bj-MvfE/s400/GreenNightfinal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199915872655921186" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpPmYDLgqg5Clx5-dgJ5iAtYvqYtgiREIxjid47l3o6WNyDjYm-3Lbkn0adPWuwft4xPvub-X437pruBvgcUAzhkNAdT2gf3W65PZmCBXABZbWCuFG7HoqyXpXRgBT3iHW-dpEG7-n1Ys/s1600-h/conansketch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpPmYDLgqg5Clx5-dgJ5iAtYvqYtgiREIxjid47l3o6WNyDjYm-3Lbkn0adPWuwft4xPvub-X437pruBvgcUAzhkNAdT2gf3W65PZmCBXABZbWCuFG7HoqyXpXRgBT3iHW-dpEG7-n1Ys/s320/conansketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199916873383301170" border="0" /></a><br />Concept sketch about the Boston priest who was recently in court for stalking Conan O'Brien. Didn't quite nail the likeness. The final had his hair much more exaggerated but overall it didn't really turn out well.<br /><br />Photos from Senior Studio taught by Sterling Hundley. The class was about marketing yourself and how to actually put together your own 'unique' portfolio. Lots of good stuff was learned and even if I'm not ready to make that jump yet, it will all come in handy later. Some of my older work is featured in them:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mNfPT4pm3xFTgxUEqDbrUtYj5s99L1cINf5JY9B_Wpy_5fYNxCHVnW92d6GUGocBPx2S09K9oqRT4E5cd-w4FLcYtoIcv-pzXMHXziG4AFGYcnZ4I-DXe9vWjJJ9oq834jwd2apVsZxL/s1600-h/portfolio2.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mNfPT4pm3xFTgxUEqDbrUtYj5s99L1cINf5JY9B_Wpy_5fYNxCHVnW92d6GUGocBPx2S09K9oqRT4E5cd-w4FLcYtoIcv-pzXMHXziG4AFGYcnZ4I-DXe9vWjJJ9oq834jwd2apVsZxL/s400/portfolio2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200310820668592306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz46PzKVaCQq_ERH9vhjJgi5S1enhEvmCUYUY0d49vZCEIoDS1jfPVK8i0zUu2Oh6arlhXLu_vqfpR3UtDnvi_PjkF8YrfuR0ur1VmTnXU-LzMZAUPtUnJo4GC_TlUczAr4jvOoHSanxCN/s1600-h/portfolio3.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz46PzKVaCQq_ERH9vhjJgi5S1enhEvmCUYUY0d49vZCEIoDS1jfPVK8i0zUu2Oh6arlhXLu_vqfpR3UtDnvi_PjkF8YrfuR0ur1VmTnXU-LzMZAUPtUnJo4GC_TlUczAr4jvOoHSanxCN/s400/portfolio3.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200311890115449026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kKEI0sDHe-_JFkPbF9mP1EWlKpiAPLbEcVcP2kZVrc1JQll6cg-cRHpZ3QRSo8lwUoaPSE1G29hyIbg8TnVCX70c7YNkdXJEhoIYD8MqsDZtSJwIk-R49oyXM_fAehT_j0rOPfQcfWvC/s1600-h/portfolio4.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kKEI0sDHe-_JFkPbF9mP1EWlKpiAPLbEcVcP2kZVrc1JQll6cg-cRHpZ3QRSo8lwUoaPSE1G29hyIbg8TnVCX70c7YNkdXJEhoIYD8MqsDZtSJwIk-R49oyXM_fAehT_j0rOPfQcfWvC/s400/portfolio4.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200311894410416338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUA7Bg-kXRtcQGz0J2qnoRH0tMS0Zx6lu2tdG2HUr-DwgGs-u5Bub-DchGqGZ9akZr7LkNNJwk_t6FBVu7nRoHGqRBoC8DedbImhyphenhyphenoM97xP-xhGiVJbAh4rewIXQL384WPvuUxMdSFeiyl/s1600-h/portfolio5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUA7Bg-kXRtcQGz0J2qnoRH0tMS0Zx6lu2tdG2HUr-DwgGs-u5Bub-DchGqGZ9akZr7LkNNJwk_t6FBVu7nRoHGqRBoC8DedbImhyphenhyphenoM97xP-xhGiVJbAh4rewIXQL384WPvuUxMdSFeiyl/s400/portfolio5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200311898705383650" border="0" /></a><br />And then this, just because it's cool:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJa1HTg6mGD9YmdHZ8uAn89NLWWO5nm-vsMLYVWHuWAoIisiOzh86bpYDFhUtYPfZB3KAboV5KMuy1e0xcgVgmSDPeOX0sSTXvLa3RmcNI7xPzwGA54WBqPJshrlyemzWFZae4r8niOura/s1600-h/1189841563541.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJa1HTg6mGD9YmdHZ8uAn89NLWWO5nm-vsMLYVWHuWAoIisiOzh86bpYDFhUtYPfZB3KAboV5KMuy1e0xcgVgmSDPeOX0sSTXvLa3RmcNI7xPzwGA54WBqPJshrlyemzWFZae4r8niOura/s200/1189841563541.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200312336792047858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxpPmYDLgqg5Clx5-dgJ5iAtYvqYtgiREIxjid47l3o6WNyDjYm-3Lbkn0adPWuwft4xPvub-X437pruBvgcUAzhkNAdT2gf3W65PZmCBXABZbWCuFG7HoqyXpXRgBT3iHW-dpEG7-n1Ys/s1600-h/conansketch.jpg"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></a>David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-17819413717901835662008-05-05T13:38:00.003-04:002008-12-08T23:27:11.369-05:00Comic ReliefExams are kicking my ass. Here's something to help me lighten up. Enjoy:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoo_LW8lOIt1E3L9fA6Q41nyIsUyLkVdrQa-jutYuBgoSzbkrZgWKmpx9w0nvs_wY56-FHsHgjRt2j2IV1mROdz1enTEF1ToAwYy6EV0JXOPsCMD0VDRRQTUMYEaxYhPZwCkU6nbirXeMw/s1600-h/20070202.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoo_LW8lOIt1E3L9fA6Q41nyIsUyLkVdrQa-jutYuBgoSzbkrZgWKmpx9w0nvs_wY56-FHsHgjRt2j2IV1mROdz1enTEF1ToAwYy6EV0JXOPsCMD0VDRRQTUMYEaxYhPZwCkU6nbirXeMw/s400/20070202.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196949979715336626" border="0" /></a><br />This guy is sick and twisted but also very clever. You can see the rest of his stuff here: <a href="http://smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=739#comic">http://smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=739#comic</a>David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-10499914183829569312008-04-21T19:26:00.030-04:002008-04-26T11:38:50.767-04:00Goals<span style="font-size:85%;">Was gonna wait to post this, but what the heck:</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">These are the goals for myself as I enter this post-college and Illustration Academy era in a couple months. It is mostly a place of training and learning while I hone my craft and get to a more professional skill level while friends and family are yelling at me to do something with my life because I have this magical '</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >college degree</span><span style="font-size:100%;">', "oooOooh". It shouldn't be too hard to get a lot done while I'm living in Chicago since I don't really know anyone there.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> Anyh'way, I want to enter a more specific field of illustration. In order for all this to work, I will have to give 200% and really put my heart and soul into it. I will accomplish the following goals somewhere in the time frame of Aug 01 2008 - July 01 2009:<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />1. Stable living/working conditions.<br />(I will need a job that pays the bills and also leaves me the time and energy to come home to something I love. No kitchen jobs where all I want to do when I come home is have a beer and take a nap. Something with benefits is ideal.)<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">2. Enter next year's Spectrum and get in.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">( I know what you're all probably thinking. I definitely realize the odds of getting in aren't all that great at the moment and that everything is OK if I don't get in. But for now, I'm going to keep those thoughts at the very back of my mind just so that I will work my butt off as if my life depends on it. Would it really benefit me to think about it any other way? Would it help me at all to think that there is <span style="font-style: italic;">no way</span> that I could do it? I think thats an easy one. Even if I don't get in, which is likely right now, its mainly just a goal that will motivate me to spend hours on hours of time improving. Either way, its win/win.)<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">3. Promote the hell out of myself on the forums. (ALL of them)<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">4. Get work published in ImagineFX.</span><br />(while submitting to any other publication that could potentially show off my work)<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">5. Website</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">6. Hit the Cons and submit portfolio.</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">(get out to the conventions and submit to all the studios and publishers I want to work for.)<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">7. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Achieve the physique of Jason Stathom.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;">(stop laughing. I know where you live.)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">8. No more 'run-on' sentences.<br /><br />I could get more specific with each of these but I think that will do for now.<br /></span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">and begin...</span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-63435519993612840602008-04-20T19:13:00.005-04:002008-12-08T23:27:11.712-05:00Jeremy VickeryI'm currently watching a Gnomon dvd called Practical Light and Color by Jeremy Vickery. Pretty good overview of lighting and color. This guy works and PIXAR and was charge of the lighting for The Incredibles, Cars, and Ratatouille. These are two quick sketches you watch him do on the dvd. The guy just pulls them out of his ass like it's nothing. Insane.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJC47SR4TdPL-qRF_TMr5Nk_XTKzdmBt-TdusEYUsaUZ_yFUcP5XlHF1i_j-qiLbRIVjJgNWFdQ0LnxDbZfZWIf2r3LXdaMvylkHATMWxlsZ3xAowllCj_o48kEmafU1Jnapzu3WBRdtZi/s1600-h/Mansion_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJC47SR4TdPL-qRF_TMr5Nk_XTKzdmBt-TdusEYUsaUZ_yFUcP5XlHF1i_j-qiLbRIVjJgNWFdQ0LnxDbZfZWIf2r3LXdaMvylkHATMWxlsZ3xAowllCj_o48kEmafU1Jnapzu3WBRdtZi/s320/Mansion_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191470841843981090" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6B-DmaW3y3tS1fv2kbg2ld-3k2U22VuXd2mMYIVPSa-Cnff1ODYzWfSmhHWoTKHjInv3-yLx7XaD_e-QzEGYN01sif17bo-Tgn50isS216a4QKRRuqVDstpxfRTMlKxFEaWiWFUAJAJi8/s1600-h/DuskCityStreet_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6B-DmaW3y3tS1fv2kbg2ld-3k2U22VuXd2mMYIVPSa-Cnff1ODYzWfSmhHWoTKHjInv3-yLx7XaD_e-QzEGYN01sif17bo-Tgn50isS216a4QKRRuqVDstpxfRTMlKxFEaWiWFUAJAJi8/s320/DuskCityStreet_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191470841843981106" border="0" /></a><br />I was amazed and inspired as much as it scared me to death. Somehow I have to eventually get to this level at some point in my life. :O Better keep my nose down and start practicing it all now, cuz you know I'm not gonna learn it in school.<br />(because Biology is apparently more important...)David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-67144132960751594432008-04-18T16:10:00.005-04:002008-04-18T17:06:00.419-04:00Goku has to go off and train with King Kai for awhile... :*(Tis' the season to eat pollen, fa la la la la. My eyes are stinging. Damn yellow napalm.<br />I promise to post everything that I've been doing sometime soon. Coordinating my schedule and getting things done in the most efficient order is proving difficult.<br /><br />And now, the big news:<br />I just found out today that, after I return from the Illustration Academy in July, I will not be returning to Richmond. The cards have been revealed and it looks like I'm heading west to the windy city of Chicago. My talented girlfriend was offered a job with a modern dance company up there and since I'm not held down by anything to stay in any particular place, I've decided to move up there myself. This is definitely a good thing but still very bittersweet since most people who have lived in Richmond for some time know how easy it is to get attached to it. It's gonna be difficult to leave friends and all the places that I love but I hope to return someday. Heck, it could've been Des Moines, Iowa. Hah. :)David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-64995110625051313092008-04-02T16:26:00.004-04:002008-12-08T23:27:12.313-05:00dfadfI so wish I could go to the New York Comic Con this month...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKC7V17gs_ZYDl1ddbgH-7jtCkPrEk7FC0nGVqfK6e_c73hk5PG6TJjqO0Iv2ElI3oDQ12ztYk4NX4R2vZOcJ9Xg6RZP_znA3eeS7KeJRgA3dODL8dDL2wToBFQF3y7SrxycnkYp33nM2/s1600-h/April1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKC7V17gs_ZYDl1ddbgH-7jtCkPrEk7FC0nGVqfK6e_c73hk5PG6TJjqO0Iv2ElI3oDQ12ztYk4NX4R2vZOcJ9Xg6RZP_znA3eeS7KeJRgA3dODL8dDL2wToBFQF3y7SrxycnkYp33nM2/s320/April1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184747165310081074" border="0" /></a><br />School is really killing my love of art... I can't wait to leave.David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-9275348714897884102008-03-31T18:23:00.004-04:002008-12-08T23:27:12.517-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuMw4F487xsaTmOOGjqVb0uqcIxuiZFcqz0xu9aA6TxECMIB7yBH1tWxU9h1_Xofjm-PZ3_ZXw9r_j5MyU6UpNx_FyY7CMf4syTsofTbVbOxiZjCOygV-eVnVS8PYyc57ak0tuk8OCXPY/s1600-h/hands6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimuMw4F487xsaTmOOGjqVb0uqcIxuiZFcqz0xu9aA6TxECMIB7yBH1tWxU9h1_Xofjm-PZ3_ZXw9r_j5MyU6UpNx_FyY7CMf4syTsofTbVbOxiZjCOygV-eVnVS8PYyc57ak0tuk8OCXPY/s320/hands6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184306785133352994" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Really not liking work today. I can't seem to go 10 seconds without having to break concentration, stop what I'm doing, and unlock the doors for people or answer the phone. Then I'm always glancing up every 5 seconds to see if anyone is coming to the door because if I don't press the 'unlock' button before that person tries to open the door and that person is holding on to the door handle, the door will never open even if I hit the button. A 20 second sign language battle will ensue as I try to tell them to let go of the handle. (This paragraph took like 15 minutes to write)<br />And since when did kids in elementary/middle school start drinking coffee? I'm listening to these two little girls talk to each other as they wait for their ride while one says "I hope my Mommy got me Starbucks!" And then she gets a text message from 'Mommy' on <span style="font-style: italic;">her cellphone</span> and is excited cause Mommy <span style="font-style: italic;">did</span> get it for her. I feel old now and I'<a href="javascript:void(0)" tabindex="10" onclick="return false;"><span></span></a></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">m only 23ish.</span><br /></span>David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-88344325503877240392008-03-28T19:26:00.004-04:002008-12-08T23:27:12.862-05:00Hmm...Just practicing some quick gestures that I drew from photos and comic books. Busy day with visitors from out of town then a dance performance at Grace St. Theater, so not as much done today. I know what I have to do now.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XLX6AGddMxxDSI2vrcEzgVm2cMzO9hHRFt4PIb__N8hGMzWLWI1GdbR6Rhmj8FeDg4Bb5QnMFIsRTrlGcwCNYLYowFFOABo3cCWtPD5L8_WDeKbyKKo5jmYBa2jbm_m6cmACqwkTNJTw/s1600-h/gestures0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XLX6AGddMxxDSI2vrcEzgVm2cMzO9hHRFt4PIb__N8hGMzWLWI1GdbR6Rhmj8FeDg4Bb5QnMFIsRTrlGcwCNYLYowFFOABo3cCWtPD5L8_WDeKbyKKo5jmYBa2jbm_m6cmACqwkTNJTw/s320/gestures0.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184306471600740370" border="0" /></a>David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141736335615875866.post-39443857423734516462008-03-27T08:16:00.006-04:002008-12-08T23:27:13.124-05:00"What would the successful version of you be doing right now?" - Bobby ChiuThe painting isn't going very well and I was really frustrated yesterday and this morning. Every thumbnail and composition that I tried to scale up on the final drawing just didn't add up to what I saw in my mind and I didn't know how to fix it. Rather that sulk and curse myself out like usual, I decided to turn on the Bobby Chiu podcasts and just started drawing early this morning. I felt like studying noses.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOe-NFTNZn6oY0rWCrRc7QlXKZk9lGZALUcTqYbA5JfAIARlBshVUsGf1izsWsC1LL5b8gnlAZeY3wCQ4-Il9PSXAhT_fCUVsvCVizcVCY2x6z5hM7gmHXO7UueSGH_lCUhdjSXIJ3fQws/s1600-h/noses.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOe-NFTNZn6oY0rWCrRc7QlXKZk9lGZALUcTqYbA5JfAIARlBshVUsGf1izsWsC1LL5b8gnlAZeY3wCQ4-Il9PSXAhT_fCUVsvCVizcVCY2x6z5hM7gmHXO7UueSGH_lCUhdjSXIJ3fQws/s400/noses.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182481368197978114" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghb6d6gDCk7VNOSbv8DPY5cvj7dLvpruL0blFI_omcB7zN8HqjOvpneLs_ek1G0NroCYcG4pdaL_AWpGxXo-Yx8g2oNNrI-yD-zimqUXPp5gQFDevbQCfER6rGVHQCSR3xRzUFOuDMO-Hz/s1600-h/faces.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghb6d6gDCk7VNOSbv8DPY5cvj7dLvpruL0blFI_omcB7zN8HqjOvpneLs_ek1G0NroCYcG4pdaL_AWpGxXo-Yx8g2oNNrI-yD-zimqUXPp5gQFDevbQCfER6rGVHQCSR3xRzUFOuDMO-Hz/s400/faces.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182481363903010802" border="0" /></a><br />So even though I didn't yet achieve my goal of having a sweet illustration to show everyone today, at least I got something done, and I feel a thousand times better than if I had just said <span style="font-style: italic;">screw it</span> and went back to sleep feeling depressed. It's a lot more obvious to me now where I could be in only <span style="font-style: italic;">one</span> years time if I do this every single morning.David Sweckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07439917879200875370noreply@blogger.com1