Sketch Pages 679-684 and Sketchbook Cover

I wasn't sure if I would include my latest sketchbook cover.  I've been rather down about my art lately and this cover is personal.  Ah well.  Front and Back.

Sketch Page 124 and 125

I did these pages yesterday but it was eat-a-dead-bird day and I couldn't post them.

Studies of my hand. I'm trying to be more confident with my lines so I tried to do these with

minimal contour lines and shading.

For this page I did two Terryl Whitlach studies (the very top body and the very bottom paws)

and then I drew my own thingies using what I learned.

I like the lizard head on the mid left side.

Sketch Pages 103 and 104- fun with inks and guarlaras

There are so many people who I admire on Conceptart.org

Talk about being ridiculously talented.

There is a sub-forum on CA that lets you post your sketchbook pages.

A lot of the sketchbooks posted there have a serious sense of composition and style and have inspired me to at least try different ways of handling figure studies.

cool times, bro.

more thiiiiings.

A friend pointed out that the wolf's head is coming from that girl's crotch.

um.

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oops

And I copied a sketch of Terryl Whitlach's critter and tried adding new colors to it in colored pencil.

color is so difficult :(

Sketch Page 43- Star warrrrs

Just to make sure this gets out there right away: The images in this post are not mine, I am not selling them; they are simply "master studies".

Now that that is out of the way... A couple days ago I got this bad ass book, "The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide. It has sweet creature drawings illustrated by Terryl Whitlatch. I LOVE her creature designs, they are believable but they also FEEL like they are alive. Her creatures have beautiful expressive lines.

So I couldn't resist sitting down and doing some master copies. <3

My goal was to figure out inner form and line quality and to play with color a little bit.

No seriously, I love this woman lulz. Her, Alan Lee, and Kekai Kotaki are my freaking idols right now. LOOOOOOVE