mindless for 40 minutes

i think it's called "being on hiatus"...

2011-05-24T17:30:00.004Z

whew.. it got dusty in here...
anyway, i tried myself at drawing faces again.
(And since i didn't manage to unexpectedly sprout a talent for portraits in the meantime, i think i will keep calling it : "drawing faces")

ah, well,
i will drop by again in a year or so...
o_0

2010-02-14T18:16:00.001Z

2010-02-13T00:18:00.000Z

aah.. that was fun :D

between 40 and 60 minutes for each of four parts

2010-02-11T23:25:00.007Z

10 hours 0.0

no reference photos used

it's somewhat finished

(-_-) whew..

and it's been nearly a month since the last post .. How the hell did that happen?.. 0.0;

Surely, it can't be THAT peacefull...

2010-01-19T22:44:00.002Z

I forgot to start the timer, but i guess it took several hours... maybe 3 ?

purple talk

2010-01-18T16:03:00.002Z

80 minutes

hiatus? It tastes like chicken!

2010-01-17T03:17:00.004Z

40 minutes

Ninja are an important part of every ecosystem

2010-01-10T00:00:00.001Z

over an hour?

I've read Basilisk lately.

It's story revolves around a completely pointless war between two ninja clans.

I was quite taken aback by the senselessness of the main storyline and the utter lack of survivors o_0;

Still, it was a suprisingly captivating reading, that filled my head with ruthless but fascinating ninja folk.

I got infected with shinobi virus

2010-01-09T20:47:00.002Z

1 hour

coolest flu EVER! \(^,^)/

there is this big empty place in my head...

2010-01-08T02:05:00.000Z

40 minutes

and currently the ninja are invading it

too cute to stay sketchy

2010-01-05T02:52:00.003Z

approximately 2 hours

autumn cat

2010-01-04T23:07:00.003Z

40 minutes

still experimenting with brushes :)

another generic one

2010-01-03T01:56:00.001Z

40 minutes

Well, i had my fun with all the special effects i kept throwing at this one after drawing first few lines. I especially like the water stains. They were supposed to be cigarettes burns at first, but I couldn't really remember how those are supposed to look like :/ so i went with water stains.. I'm feeling very lazy lately -__- ;
he he
-____-

Immortal classic ;D

2010-01-02T03:23:00.003Z

50 minutes

Look at that!
It's an apparently-not-so-innocent-little-girl-holding-a-big-badass-knife.
An immortal classic indeed.
IMHO everybody has to draw one of these at least once ;)

New Year's break

2009-12-29T03:27:00.000Z

-__-

2009-12-28T02:14:00.000Z

?-|

the what?..

sufficient

2009-12-27T02:09:00.004Z

Took me three hours -__-;
mostly because of the multiple characters stage
as seen here:

And the three things he's refering to are: two hands and the brain :/
Yeah.. well... whatever -_-;

Drawing all the faces and hands was a lot of fun nontheless :D

Christmass

2009-12-23T02:53:00.000Z

..and a christmass break for mindless 440

Dogfight :3

2009-12-22T01:12:00.000Z

45 minutes

aaaaaaaannnd.... ACTION!!!

Story time #2

2009-12-21T21:01:00.000Z

50 minutes

angry ant

2009-12-20T02:22:00.001Z

50 minutes

Story time

2009-12-19T23:27:00.004Z

90 minutes

it's.. peachy! :]

santa #5

2009-12-19T02:00:00.002Z

around 9,5 hours?

I seriously have enough of this santa ;__;

I can't stand the unfinishable bastard! >=[

santa #4

2009-12-17T22:45:00.003Z

over six hours maybe?

it's weird, how long it is taking, and how slow it goes, after the first hour or so :/

santa #3

2009-12-14T02:02:00.001Z

60+70+60 minutes

santa #2

2009-12-13T21:01:00.000Z

60+70 minutes

comic page

2009-12-12T00:33:00.004Z

Just for fun.

About a year ago, I tried drawing a webcomic. I was pretty disappointed with the result, so I let it go. After 8 pages... The sketches for twenty or so pages are still laying in the vincinity of my workspace. I do not own a working scanner and the skethes were very bad anyway, so I just drew a completely new page :D

Took me several hours :/

It probably wasn't worth it :P

The comic is here

Toy pirat

2009-12-11T13:12:00.000Z

about an hour

nearly greyscale

2009-12-10T00:32:00.000Z

40 minutes

hurry up! (try #2)

2009-12-09T17:02:00.000Z

50 minutes

hurry up!

2009-12-08T01:01:00.003Z

1 hour

Flu. Day #8. Maybe?

2009-12-07T17:01:00.003Z

40 minutes+ 3 hours

I'm not feeling well, but I'm also not so sick anymore.

Is it still the flu? o.0

Flu. Day #7. But it's ending! :D

2009-12-06T12:52:00.004Z

40 minutes

Flu. Day #6.

2009-12-05T22:33:00.004Z

70 minutes

Flu. Day #3.

2009-12-02T23:39:00.006Z

I'm thinking about applying for a coloring book artist job. I started preparing a mini-portfolio for this purpose today.

Preliminary sketch took half an hour, which is fairly good.

here it is:

the finished lineart however took over 3 HOURS! O.0

Flu. Day #2.

2009-12-01T23:48:00.003Z

bad, bad fever... -__-

I've caught a flu...

2009-11-30T22:35:00.001Z

Lady in red

2009-11-29T23:15:00.004Z

50 minutes

reference photo used

still not "artsy"... ;__;

The slope

2009-11-28T19:38:00.004Z

I intended to make something loose, expressive, painterly... well, you know: "artsy" stuff :>

It turned out as always though- some dull pseudo-realism -_-;

Tomorrow i'll try again..

(40 minutes,

reference photo used)

face drawing practice #7

2009-11-27T15:33:00.003Z

1 hour

And that concludes the first themed week at mindless440! Yay! \(^o^)/

And probably the last one too! Bacause it was a friggin' disaster! \(^o^)/

I became completely bored halfway >.>

So- no more themed weeks! Ever!

But 3-day-combo-themes are fine. I'll do them instead.

As for the Face drawing practice week:

- every picture was based on a reference photo;

- they are not (and weren't intended to be) portraits- just pictures of faces;

- my personal favourite is #3 :]

face drawing practice #6

2009-11-26T23:38:00.005Z

1 hour

Ugh.. I just hope Santa doesn't really look like this :(

face drawing practice #5

2009-11-25T22:40:00.003Z

70 minutes

face drawing practice #4

2009-11-24T13:39:00.002Z

children are the most difficult to draw, after all.

face drawing practice #3

2009-11-23T01:38:00.007Z

1 h

This time I tried to draw Henry from Sanctuary aaand.... suprise! suprise! - he doesn't look like himself at all. damn >:|

And a funny thing- I never knew he's got any facial hair till I started drawing it :P

edit 10/24 : hm, I guess there is some likeness after all 0.o I am not sure though, if it's the eyes or the expression?

face drawing practice #2

2009-11-22T19:35:00.007Z

1 hour

based on Payton from Pandorum. I messed proportions and he doesn't really resemble Dennis Quaid much :/

But, oh well- that's why I titled it face drawing practice, and not portrait practice- it's good enough, that he looks human at all :3

face drawing practice #1

2009-11-21T22:32:00.006Z

Begging the sun

2009-11-20T22:46:00.004Z

..must be done in a lordly manner! >.<

It isn't supposed to make any sense. I was just doodling around :3

Tarzan's out! Let's party!

2009-11-19T11:48:00.001Z

"Hey, guys! I forgot my.. keys.."

about 1 hour

Spotted

2009-11-18T22:54:00.004Z

this took me 90 minutes.
It's still needs a little bit of work :/

Here's the initial (nearly) 40 minutes sketch:

It's a very good sketch, mind you. I know exactly where to go from it. All the limbs are more or less in their place, props too. Composition, light and overall mood are set.
but it's so visually unappealing! :(
I just had to finish it up a little.

:T

The little red riding bug 40+

2009-11-17T23:35:00.005Z

:D

It's the ridiculous bug after additional 2,5 h of work! :]
It's turning out rather fine. The upper body is nearly finished and there is some background emerging ^^
the ... uh.. "legs" are crappy, but I will leave it for another time.
For now- I'm actually a little bit proud :>

The Earth Frog

2009-11-16T11:59:00.002Z

I remember now, why "Verdun" sounded so nice- I already assigned it to another character a long time ago :( As a back-up name, in fact.
I need to think a new name for this guy here.
I would happily exploit Prison Break's T-Bag some more and name him Knepper.
But I would also like to name him after Vincent Price- who had this uncanny ability to make every movie he starred in, classy and awesome *_*
( Well, there was A Cry of Banshee.... but I guess nobody could save it. Ever! o.o )
But neither Vincent nor Leonard seems to go well with Knepper, so I gues I wil just drop it.
For now.

Don't look anymore!

2009-11-15T22:46:00.004Z

"Just run!"

It was supposed to be a sort of continuation for "Look!" , but I kinda forgot to put the flying things in :/

I really wanted to make something with architecture in it, hoping to stumble across some way to improve. It didn't turn out that bad, I guess. It's pretty nonsical and unsteady, but still a lot better than I've expected 8)

You've got to help me, Verdun

2009-11-15T01:14:00.004Z

"I don't really do... helping."

Well, he's appeared here three times already (previously in posts: >_> and :| ), even if he looked "tad" different each time, he surely deserves a name. Verdun has a nice ring to it, so Verdun it is :]
There's this biiiiiiig story about him, I have flying around in my head, and it grows in details and new ideas every time I draw him. Frankly, it became pretty ridiculous by now :/
For the time being I'm looking for the way to make him look antipathetic, hateful even, but not brooding and still showing makings of a hero.

>_>

2009-11-14T20:48:00.003Z

I tried doing an action scene, and failed miserabily :[

messy lineart..

Cultural infiltration at it's best :D

2009-11-13T22:38:00.005Z

Above, Peter Pan is spying on an ancient bedtime story practice.

It's friday the 13 and mindless440 is one month old :)

I didn't thought of anything special for that occasion, so I just ignored the time limit (which BTW I need to change) and spent approximately 2 hours on today's uh.. "sketch".

I'm really bad at drawing anything made of straight lines, so the architecture in this one was a royal pain :/ I like the theme, though :D

The drawing itself needs so much work. Maybe I could start a finish-up weekend tomorrow?

Clearing of the divine wisdom

2009-11-12T23:40:00.004Z

She's reading stone.

Why wouldn't she?

o.o'

:|

2009-11-11T18:35:00.006Z

well.. >.>

whatever..

-__-

No kidding!

2009-11-10T23:59:00.005Z

"You actually thought, I was some kind of a vampire"

(said a guy with a hole in his chest, calmly)

it took me over an hour to make it anything other than a mess of lines and random splahes of color :(

I still find it hideous though -__-

it's Theodore (who may be difficult to recognize- having no face and all) and a bad guy (who supposedly isn't a vampire).

seems like working on the frog prince threw me right back into my usual slowpoke pace..

no kidding...

o.o

5 hours already?

2009-11-09T22:50:00.004Z

and another hour:
(spent mostly on frog, crown, and lower part of the picture)

and yet another hour:

(frog again and the background)

and the fifth hour:a little bit of everything. defining the dress and the hair, which turned out too blond :/ gotta change it later

Princess and the frog

2009-11-08T19:38:00.004Z

I used a reference photo for this, and really tried to capture the likeness- to no avail :(

So I gave it additional hour of work:

And it is a tad bit better. I still have to do something about the eyes- they seem to come from to different "sets". The backround also needs a lot of work. So does the likeness -__-

The ultimate vampire flick!

2009-11-07T22:47:00.003Z

ehehehe
:D
Vampire Bill's and Edward Cullen's look-alikes would have to find enough B rh- blood to save the only girl, they ever loved- Gelena Ilbert ;) From dawn to dusk! :D In California! Aided by Angelus :> And their nemesis would be Nikolai Tesla and someone played by Christopher Heyerdahl >.<

damn!

That would truly be a perfect, cinematic...
... disaster... *__*
I'd definately watch it!

Look!

2009-11-06T11:59:00.004Z

"Just look and listen."

I read Today's Inspiration blog every day and can't get enough of it. I just keep getting more and more depressed though- all those fabulous illustrations, comps and paintings! Done so fast and skillfuly @__@ And there is actually no place for them in today's market :(
Does trying to get on par with their abilities make any sense anymore?
Well, there are still storyboards, comics and drawing portraits on the streets...
-__-

Anyhow, I tried doing something storyboard-ish today, and, frankly I feel a bit silly for trying to close this gap between talents. I'm not up for this kind of challenge...
...just yet!

>=]

Asleep

2009-11-05T22:04:00.004Z

I used a reference photo for this one.

Drawing children is so hard- they have small faces, but their eyes are freakishly big (as are their foreheads), their noses are short and round, their lips are often deep red, but as the whole all these featurea seem very delicate o_0;
how is that even possible?!

You did good

2009-11-04T11:59:00.001Z

".. and now we run."

It's the redhead again! :D
He appeared already once as himself, also several other sketches started out as him.
If he is going to recur like that, I should probably name him *_*
Jack would be good- it's a great name for strong characters with a psychotic streak. Jack the Ripper. Jack of shadows. Jack Torrance. captain Jack Harkness :) Poor T-Bag from prison break wasn't probably epic enough to get this name :T
On the other hand- Theodore is indeed a very nice name, and it would suit the redhead well.
It's also uncommon enough- I can recall only a handful of characters that go by this name and virtually no Theodore, I would've ever meet.

"Theodore and the ghost" :]

I guess "the ghost" needs a name as well, shoot.. -__-;

Layers and their power

2009-11-03T23:50:00.007Z

BEFORE

and

AFTER

meddling with layers properties

I didn't like how it turned out (too bland and chaotic), so I duplicated original layer and played with values. I kinda like the silhouette look with strong splashes of color, but the composition still sucks :/
I wonder if it would be better, if I'd deleted monsters arm?
hmm...

I think I will do a redo/polish-up week sometime soon.
:]

Turn of the century centaur...

2009-11-02T21:42:00.009Z

and ZOMBIES! =D

The zombies took considerably longer than 40 minutes- around 80-90, I'd guess.
(If I'd be only able to draw this in 40 minutes time, one of my goals for this blog would be complete! o.0)

I like them a lot :D
The pink girl in shorts however, is disastrous! :[

Donkeyskin

2009-11-01T21:41:00.005Z

"She trembled in fear, for the dress was indeed
as beautiful as the sun itself."

Donkeyskin is such a twisted story! >.<

The pied piper of Hamelin

2009-10-31T23:59:00.001Z

IT'S ALIVE!
It took me the whole day, but my PC is among the living again! :D
I have even found new drivers for my graphic tablet, so it reads pen pressure levels, at last! - it's like moving from a stone age to bronze era :]

My PC is dead :(

2009-10-30T17:16:00.006Z

Since there is no way I could draw anything today (my computer flatlined completely..), I decided to post one of the vector "sketches" I do at work, when bored. Today was especially boring, which circumstance, in hindsight, seems to be rather lucky- there is a today's sketch, after all!
:D

My brain is sketched out

2009-10-29T23:51:00.005Z

I'm barely awake.
-__-

The little red riding bug

2009-10-28T19:33:00.008Z

Knocked over lamp

2009-10-27T22:58:00.003Z

t
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e
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I'm afraid the patient is braindead...

2009-10-26T20:06:00.007Z

I think I overstrained my right brain hemisphere yesterday.
Today I just picked a photo and drew from it...

And the third one..

2009-10-25T21:32:00.007Z

... is NOT a charm!

...lousy special effects, bleh! >_<

In every second-hand bookstore

2009-10-25T19:21:00.009Z

"...there's a book you shouldn't even touch.
Or bookstore assassin will get you!"

I really like this one :D
I've used a reference photo for the guy in blue.

And there is another one. There was a werewolf theme at Daily Sketch Group , and I just couldn't help it, and drew ferociously :D
Because werewolves are just like zombies- completely absorbing.

were-wolf-bugs are cool too, I guess...
0.o;

"Can you help?"

2009-10-24T18:51:00.005Z

"He sneezed, and then vanished!"

Obsolete

2009-10-23T20:59:00.005Z

" This! And that! And everything else! "

I've never meet any overly pink ladies today.
Lucky me! :D

The Coronation

2009-10-22T20:55:00.005Z

" ...She hesitated. The weight of responsibity seemed unbearable. "

Today I've been listening to P&P&Zombies as well, but I tried to watch the skin tones this time :)

Saddle

2009-10-21T21:19:00.007Z

" Leave it alone, or else..."

At the time of sketching I was listening to "Pride and prejudice and zombies", what may be a tiiiiny justification for his skin tone ...
>_>

Oh, yeah, and I've completely lost track of time- zombies happen to be one of the most absorbing things ever :D

As I walk

2009-10-20T21:50:00.004Z

" ... ? "

Iconic paintings, 20th century illustrators and recently watched 3 seasons of Supernatural must have merged inside my head, giving birth to this abomination, which is probably an outright insult toward all three of them.
o_0;

sorry?

It's alright!

2009-10-19T22:18:00.005Z

"I've found her!"

Yay. I did it.
Today's post.

At least in some time zones it's today's.
I guess.
...zzzz..zzz...

Oh Mighty Owl...

2009-10-18T17:01:00.006Z

" ..aid me in my quest ! "

Back to being mindless: an enormous spotted owl with ears and a bald buisnessman in stripes.
Truly, one's mind follows strange paths when left alone :)

And tomorrow- back to work... -_-

The Creep 2 -- SPECIAL40+ --

2009-10-18T12:26:00.008Z

Retouched

So, I actually took my time, and worked on it some more. Not sure for how long, but rather 400 than 40 minutes.
And it's still not nearly done..
-_-

"Am I really that creepy?"

2009-10-17T17:20:00.004Z

"Dude, seriously, you're a vampire!"

What sad, sad times. Once proud archetypes of the Terrifying Unknown, vampires got degraded to the role of the hottest guy in town\school and or an action movie star :(
Where is the creepiness?!

Oh, right- it stayed in people...
-_-

Moon Watching

2009-10-16T20:04:00.002Z

This morning, as I was walking to work, I spotted this writing and it completely freaked me out.
Now, when I'm not half asleep, I can recall dozens of times, when I pondered over it :D

And 40 minutes is so little time- I think I cheated while drawing this one.. -_-

Life on Mars?!

2009-10-15T21:58:00.001Z

"There isn't supposed to be any!"

Poor bastard. Believing the media was his downfall. :]
(BTW-Ravel,again)

The 5th floor office

2009-10-14T21:33:00.001Z

Done while listening to Harry Dresden audobook.

No! I won't!

2009-10-13T21:38:00.001Z

mindlessly doodling for forty minutes every day..
is not exactly, what I dare to expect from myself :)

i don't even intend to try seriously >_>

still, every mindless sketch made in less than 45 minutes, will end up here.
(There is proably no connection visible, but I was listening to Ravel while sketching that)