Bortzy's Sketch Book

[Ethevion]

Your drawings never cease to amaze me.

 

[DinohScene]

Hey guys, I know this section doesn't get alot of love, so im posting some of my sketches here. The black and whites are uh, ones that ive taken more time with and end up looking a bit more professional. The color ones are from my IDGAF (i dont give a fuck) notebook. I plan to do alot more of those.

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Omg he's
Please do more <3

 

[Orc]

Good stuff. Makes me want to pick up a pencil and draw again.

 

[BORTZ]

Your drawings never cease to amaze me.

Good stuff. Makes me want to pick up a pencil and draw again.

Wow... Thanks guys ill post more as they happen, i promise. Come back soon

 

[Castiel]

That's some great artwork you have there. I look forward to seeing more as you post it

 

[chavosaur]

Bortzy needs to buy colors 3D! I bet you could do some really cool stuff on there!

 

[Densetsu]

Damn Bortz, these are amazing.

*follows thread*

 

[Gahars]

Draw me like one of your French girls, Bortz!

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Seriously, though, these are pretty great. As someone who can't draw for his life, consider me envious.

 

[BORTZ]

Wow, uh. Thanks guys

I really really appreciate all of your kind words , more drawings soon.

 

[BORTZ]

Shapeshifter foxie girl from the IDGAF diaries.

Im also drawing the monsters from Dragon Quest Monsters and characters with monster inspired weapons and armor.

Bad Business Owl.

 

[BORTZ]

 

[AlanJohn]

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My god those are terrible.

 

[ouch123]

I'm going to make a guess here but... I am assuming you normally draw from life, right? Judging from what you've uploaded, this appears to be the case. If so, then I'd like to note that when drawing, you shouldn't think about what you're drawing as shapes or forms (or even objects). Instead, think of them as sources of reflections and sources of light. I know this probably sounds a little strange, but getting into this mode of thinking early on in your drawing career can be extremely helpful later on, when you find that you're capable of capturing forms very accurately, but feel that something is 'missing' from what you're drawing (or painting or what have you). Incidentally, speed sketching is a great way to practice this mindset, since it ensures that you won't be able to capture the form of what you're drawing, and forces you to focus on its essence instead. Go ahead and give it a shot (the mindset, not necessarily the speed sketching, though I do recommend trying it at least once) and please post back what you come up with. I look forward to seeing your work.

 

[BORTZ]

While i appreciate your words, these are mostly from my idgaf notebook (I dont give a fuck) they are exercises to get me simply to draw again. Maybe I will have time to practice some of your thoeries sometime, but right now i have a full time job and i just want to keep myself drawing after college.

 

[ouch123]

? I hope I didn't accidentally imply that your work is bad, as that wasn't my intent. I was mostly noticing that you have good technical skill (such as with that owl drawing above) but that the drawings you do that are less realistic / technical (I'm guessing from your IDGAF book) feel like the lighting is oversimplified. In particular, it looks like you're lighting each object individually instead of considering them as a whole or their interactions with each other. It's an issue similar to how many artists can draw the human form very well from life, but don't understand the underlying anatomy, which makes drawing from the imagination much more difficult, except with light instead of mass. Anyway, I do enjoy seeing your work (that's why I said I'd be looking forward to seeing more of it!) and I hope you keep drawing - art is a wonderful thing to have as a part of your life, even if only a small part.

Incidentally, here's a good video discussing thinking about painting (though this applies to any medium) in terms of light instead of mass, if you're interested:

 

[BORTZ]

Naw dude its cool I appreciate it.
I know my stuff isnt realistic looking. Ive taken alot of time to make sure it doesnt. Btw i hate painting lol But ill keep drawing.

 

[BORTZ]

The IGBT gate drivers I was testing last night started passing... So that gave me time to draw this.

Sometimes I like to imagine what class my friends would be if we were all in a tactics game. This one? Soul collector. Weapon class: sythe. Skill tree: soul control

 

[Ethevion]

His iPod screen is broken!
Whenever I draw characters like this and give them weapons and skills and such I always think how I should have went into game design. I could have made the coolest game ever full of loose ends and probably a terrible story lol. Do you ever think like that?

 

[BORTZ]

His iPod screen is broken!
Whenever I draw characters like this and give them weapons and skills and such I always think how I should have went into game design. I could have made the coolest game ever full of loose ends and probably a terrible story lol. Do you ever think like that?

EVERY. DAMN. TIME.

 

[Ethevion]

EVERY. DAMN. TIME.

And all this time I thought I was the only one.

Oh I also forgot to say what a great pic that is.