Digital Cameras: Recording Progress on Drawing in One Day

[zoobyshoe]

Wow, how did I miss this thread?
All of them look great, zooby!
( I like the colorful 1s more!)

Glad you like those, Lisa!.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Indians!

"Indian With A Hat":

Chief Joseph:

Wolf Robe-A Cheyenne Chief:

 

[Mk]

OMFG Those are all really amazing! Do you sell them? I like Japan Ascending, Beethoven, and the Skull. And Cheif Joeseph. They look most professional.

 

[Evo]

Incredible work zoob, I've added this thread to General Discussion Classics.

 

[Gale]

wow, the sculptures are really amazing. you're wicked talented zoob. all your stuff is sooo neat! I'm so impressed!

 

[zoobyshoe]

Incredible work zoob, I've added this thread to General Discussion Classics.

That's a great honor, Evo, and I understand it to mean you expect the Teddy Ruxpin AND several pounds of chocolate.

wow, the sculptures are really amazing. you're wicked talented zoob. all your stuff is sooo neat! I'm so impressed!

Thanks Gale. That means a lot since you're one of my favorite people around here. I'm really glad you like them.

 

[Gale]

what do you sculpt out of? i wish i could create stuff like that. I'm like half inspired and half intimidated now. i think I'm just really impatient though. it takes so long to create such beautiful works. you must be pretty disciplined eh?

 

[zoobyshoe]

what do you sculpt out of?

I used to sculpt in plastecine, (oil based clay) then make a flexible mold by painting on layers of liquid latex. You give the latex some body by adding cheese cloth to each layer. With a flexible mold you can make many copies without destroying the mold. The face in "Japan Ascending" was sculpted once, cast three times, and added to the background panels, each copy being painted differently.

i wish i could create stuff like that. I'm like half inspired and half intimidated now. i think I'm just really impatient though. it takes so long to create such beautiful works. you must be pretty disciplined eh?

No, I don't think I'm very disciplined. That implies doing things that have to be done even when you don't feel like it. I did all this stuff cause I wanted to and was probably putting off a lot of stuff I should have been doing if I'd been disciplined. There's a lot of work in all these things, but it's fun work, something like it must be when you make one of your gingerbread villages.

 

[tribdog]

I'm impressed, and that's saying a lot cause everyone knows what I think of you. I would give anything to be an artist. I paint all the time but I really suck at it. You should try pastels, no other medium will give you more vibrant colors. A couple of your paintings are almost pornographic, was that intentional or simply a construct of my own perversions?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Awesome work Zooby!

Can I have your ear?

 

[Mk]

Teddy Ruxpin AND several pounds of chocolate.

Who is this Teddy Ruxpin charachter anyway?

 

[Cyrus]

Teddy Ruxpin is need to know basis my friend.

 

[Mk]

Several pounds of chocolate is need to have basis for me.

 

[honestrosewater]

I just remembered hearing on a show that when Matisse was bedridden, he would cut out pieces of colored paper and direct helpers on where to paste them on the canvas. That sounded like an interesting process, bedridden or not, and I just thought I'd mention it.

I like your work, zooby. Root System looks strikingly like a neuron to me -- the first time I saw it and still just now. I like the presence of the geometric patterns in 63; I think it makes for a great contrast. I just wish I could see Chopin's sadness. He looks creepy disturbed there; I picture him as more sad disturbed -- in fact, deeply sad, as in whatever else he is, it's really just because he's sad. 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 (And am I the only one who sees a resemblance between Beethoven and your avatar?)

Anywho, I hope you'll keep posting them as you have them.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I'm impressed, and that's saying a lot cause everyone knows what I think of you

Hehehe. Glad you can separate one thing from the other.

I would give anything to be an artist. I paint all the time but I really suck at it.

I have tried paint, oil, water color, and acrylic, a few times and also suck at it. It's excruciatingly difficult for me to control. I don't have a paint temperment at all. If they didn't happen to make really excellent colored pencils I would probably not work in color at all.

You should try pastels, no other medium will give you more vibrant colors.

Actually, I'm pretty sure the range and saturation of the Sanford Prismacolor colored pencils exceeds that of pastels, though I haven't experimented much with pastels. They have the disadvantage of being a medium at high risk for smudging. You have to treat your unfinished pastels with great care.

A couple of your paintings are almost pornographic, was that intentional or simply a construct of my own perversions?

Total coincidence, though one other person whose seen them, (not a PF'er) has had the same reaction to some. I plagiarize various dynamics off of natural phenomena like patterns in animal fur, butterfly wings, plant and flower colorization, the patterns waves leave in the beach sand, the way different landscapes look in aerial shots, dripped or spilt things, swirly clouds and liquids, all that kind of cool stuff. The net result is that once in a while you end up with an inadvertantly sexual looking suggestion here or there. Since it's art, I suppose it's valid to wonder if that's intentional.

Awesome work Zooby!

Can I have your ear?

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.

 

[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>