Pencil Drawing

[manticle]

I can draw anything I guess - portraits have never particularly been my strong point but that's as much to do with lack of interest (that said; all these are portraits of a kind).

It's a skill, like any other - fine welding, cooking, soccer, carpentry etc. People may have a natural flair or talent for something but it requires constant practice. Usually I need a subject in front of me and time to draw what I consider well. Drawing things off the top of my head without a reference usually leans towards crud to my eyes (or just basic doodling).

Obviously I could still take various reference points and use them collectively to make a more imaginative drawing but there's so much that's so amazing in biology that there's no way I could ever exhaust what's there.

People may struggle to draw but anyone can learn to draw better.

 

[Katherine]

cheers Manticle. Very clever!

 

[rendo]

Absolutely Katie!

Manticle, absolutely amazing stuff. I WISH......WISH.....that I could draw 1/100th as good as this...(if that makes any sense)....

The next dead funnel web i get is yours. Although they decay REALLY quickly and shed all this sorta gross type hairs...anyway. I kill them rather differently these days....I spray heavy duty surface spray thru a thin red plastic tube (like you get with WD40), stick it all the way down the hole, gas the fk outta em and seal the hole. So I rarely see the buggers anymore, I guess I am getting the numbers down :icon_cheers: . They have been here for thousands, maybe millions of years, so I wont do them any harm. Just dont want then in my backyard. Anyhow, if I do get one, then I will PM ya and get your details.

Rendo

cheers Manticle. Very clever!

 

[Bizier]

Nice stuff Manticle.

 

[raven19]

This lad has some skills! Thanks for sharing.

 

[manticle]

A friend of mine has a potentially fatal illness so I'm making a new piece of work for him. It's not ready to scan/photo yet (and I wouldn't do so anyway till I've given it to him) but doing so made me think I should update this thread with some other stuff.

I miss regular drawing and am looking forward to the end of study so I can get back into it. This one is close to two years old:

Apologies to anyone I've said I'll make work for - it will come but it will take more time. Too much going on.

 

[Newbiebrewer]

Man that is as good as come of the scientific drawings I've seen, could be something to think about.

 

[manticle]

Thanks boss. Would love to do that although so much scientific illustration nowadays relies on photography. Have borrowed some things from live exhibits at Melbourne Museum and they seem to be very interested having seen the results though so who knows what the future holds?

 

[manticle]

Finished the one for my sick friend - coincided with his last days of chemo.

Taken with my phone so some odd shadows. **** it felt nce to draw again after 4 years of stifled study and related procrastination (partially explains my prolific presence on AHB).

My friend was excited that his jeweller friend was making him a silver toe tag so don't be concerned with any potential morbidity. Suits him, suits me.

 

[DangerousDave]

dude that is so awesome its not funny the shadow under the arm of the one for your sick friend is so realistic its scary

as a serious question do you draw while pissed? i had a mate who couldnt draw a straight line while sober but get him half cut and i could literally spend hours watching him draw, it was weird

i have 0 artistic ability and im always amazed at people who can put their thoughts or experiences to paper

p.s. i hope it works out for your mate

 

[manticle]

I often drink while I draw but rarely draw after I've been drinking. Usually I get lost in the act so I forget about my glass. If I'm pissed I tend to stay away from the picture as I know I'll regret it later.

There have been some exceptions but it's a pretty controlled situation.

Cheers

 

[MVZOOM]

Love seeing people with talent, awesome.

 

[JonnyAnchovy]

Cultural materials conservation (specialising in paper) - basically conservation of artworks and other culturally significant material on paper, parchment or vellum (eg old books, scriptures etc).

got my vote for coolest field of study here.....

 

[manticle]

I've been very slack with recent material.

Here's an interview (email/online) about my artwork from last year: http://heritagehilldandenong.wordpress.com...-andrew-hawley/

Or here
https://thehivegreaterdandy.wordpress.com/tag/interviews-with-artists/page/2/ (scroll down)

and here's some more recent, incomplete stuff (seahorse is part of an intended series of 4, spider sloughs were drawn over a number of years and are nearly completed). Spider slough drawing is a detail of the whole thing gathered from an email - I don't have a working scanner.

 

[super_simian]

Those would make sick cover/poster art for a thrash band...or something more intellectual even; have you ever done music related work?

 

[bradsbrew]

Man thats an impressive skill. Interview was interesting too. Hopefully you will share your scuplture work when you get back to it.



Cheers Brad

 

[manticle]

Cheers guys.

Super simian: I have included some of it on the covers of some self released CDR stuff which is ambient industrial. Lecterfan has mentioned to me that he may be interested in getting me to do something/use something of mine for an album cover. The stuff I've heard from him is sludgy metal, vaguely in line with melvins but I know he has fingers in various musical pies.

@brad: Cheers. Will post anything worth posting here, whether 2d or 3d. Just trying to push myself to do a bit more of either on a more regular basis.

 

[Gar]

Amazing stuff, well done!

 

[jyo]

Love it. You talented *******.

 

[Ivan Other One]

They would make AWSOME tattoo.. :icon_cheers:

+ 1,

Gees, Manticle, simply fantastic.