Weeks' digital sketchbook & "lab" !

[SCP]

Amazing Weeks!!!:eek::eek::eek::eek::):):):):)

[mannafig]

Superb Weeks:):)

[chinapete]

Weeks, a few general comments on your thread, if I may add my voice to the chorus of those who admire all that you are doing …

For the mental effort it takes to document and explain your techniques, thank you
For your willingness to respect the tradition, and carry it forward, but not be enslaved by it, many thanks
For your careful study of fundamentals, and attention to detail, I’m not sure who to thank
For your sense of form and drama, we can thank unnamed higher powers
For your outsized talents … well, you can thank your parents :)

[silvy]

Great thread Weeks:):)

[EB]

Really good paintings



Earle

[Weeks]

Pat1940, thank you. Yes it's true, i like textures so much, because of the flat digital field and the option to increase "materiality" of each painting with "digital fesh". A lot to say about that.

Hi Ceasar, thank man for your great comments. Well, with Velazquez there is a lot to learn and specially with digital tools like Artrage and Painter.
Usually, i don't like to mix up different softs, but in that case, the juice and the grid are very powerful with Painter. In progress...

Coops, thank you very much for your support and comments. I like to focus on details. You know what i'm talking about. :)

Lima, thank you so much :o

SCP, thank you, :o:o

Thank you Mannafig :)

Chinapete, whaouu :o:o:o very nice and encouraging comment. I appreciate so much. Thanks.

Thank you Silvy :)

Thank you Earle for the words...

Here is another shot, exploring these inexhaustible tools and textures...
The subject, not sure what it talks about... :D
100 % AR3


Best,

Weeks

[mannafig]

Fabulous dear Weeks:):)

[Alexandra]

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW! How beautiful and inspirational Weeks!

[Caesar]

You're able to turn any sticker type into a magical wand to produce stunning and unique artpieces, dear Weeks. You mentally see in advance and in depth what a pattern may eventually provide as a gorgeous outcome, I guess.

[screenpainter]

Well you make such great compositions. In the hands of the right musician the violin does play so sweetly. And so it is with the artrage I guess. wonderful stuff. I love the figure you did in beta of the man. I loved the green version of the man with hat.

[Weeks]

Screenpainter, thank you. What a nice comment. I agree with you, i like the "green" version and the first rough too. The last one is more "conventional", and for that, i'm looking for other styles, other forms. Not easy at all. :)

Dear Ceasar, every time a nice word, a nice comment for everyone. Thank you and thank you for being yourself a great painter.
I'll try to "art pack" few of my brushes, soon :) but i use a lot from others out there.

Thank you Alexandra :o your work is very inspirational too.

Thank you so much Mannafig :):)

Have you hear about Al.chemy ? (no offense Artrage :D )
Very interesting to "deconstruct" the forms.

Here is a try.

Best,

Weeks

[Weeks]

Few shots... :p

I like this chaos :D:eek::D

Best,

Weeks

[coops]

Great works Weeks, I really like the last one as my eye sees so many things in it. Well done:)

[gxhpainter]

weeks... wow what a range... love all your explorations to extract form in unique and creative ways... this last bit with the red and black and transparent gradients... very FRESH!....:):):cool::cool::cool:

[Belvrog]

Hi Weeks, brilliant additions, the Velasquez, as well as Idlan. Great texture that you've produced in the latter. I also really like that third alchemy shot.:)

[SCP]

Hey Weeks great stuff! I enjoyed using alchemy a while back I have a image in my Gallery that was imported into ArtRage from alchemy http://www2.ambientdesign.com/gallery/files/5/9/6/2/destruction_sm.jpg (http://www2.ambientdesign.com/forums/../gallery/files/5/9/6/2/destruction_sm.jpg)

You have inspired me to open it up again.;)
Keep up the great work!:):):)

[Caesar]

Fascinating images.
Without some noise and chaos we would be deprived of our creativity able to see some order, pattern and complex rule intuitively, thus also to be able to perceive and react in a natural environment.

[D Akey]

Impressions of the big bang.

[Weeks]

Hi Ceasar, may be we have to look for something new. I don't know what but for me, it's this constant round trip between the past and the future.
These tools helps us to improve this goal. Anyway, thank you for the words.

SCP, i've seen yours and i like it. Thank you.

Belvrog, thank you. The third is much more construct, but the tools is very difficult to manage.

Gxhpainter, thank you. Yes, my attempt to explore these forms is fascinating but hard to...

Coops, you're kind. Thank you. :)

Well, a new try... Not easy... :D

Best,

Weeks

[pat1940]

Weeks, just fantastic work, you are on fire:):):):):):)

[SCP]

Weeks these are awesome! Really like the 2nd of the group.Well done!:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::):):):): ):):)

[AT-TA]

Just like flying among the freshly created stars... so much energy and and exsitment one can feel when watching your sketches... wonderful ...

[EB]

Very Nice



Earle

[Weeks]

Hi Earle, happy you like them :)

AT-TA, i'll do my best to have again, your nice comment :)

Hi SCP, i wanted to show a kind of progression. There is a mistake in the publishing order. In this last group, the last one is the first one. Thank you anyway. :)

Pat1940, thank you very much. yeah, i feel something like i'm on fire... Something's happen in the air ;)

Best,

Weeks

[Weeks]

You know what :confused:

I bought a new product : :D
The Cintiq 24 HD ...

Well, fantastic but very disturbing.

A try with it, a composite face.

Best,

Weeks

[Alexandra]

Wow, you are awesome Weeks!

[mannafig]

Utterly fantastic dear Weeks:):)

[Weeks]

Mannagig, always happy to hear from you :)

Alexandra, :o :p Thank you so much.

Let's come back to the fundamentals :

Here is a sketch done with Artrage 2 and some details with AR3 :D

"Good boy, good boy " :D

Best,

Weeks

[gxhpainter]

wow a Cintque 24HD... you must be in heaven...!:eek:..great explorations I love the range of ideas and immediacy.. interesting to see how you develop a face or idea and refine it down...:cool::cool::cool::):):)

[pat1940]

Fantastic works, Weeks, really like your style:):):):)

[Weeks]

Hi Pat1940, thank you buddy, :)
In fact, i would like to embrace all kind of style with my personal "touch", but i have so much to learn and practice !

GxhPainter, yes, :o the cintiq is a great tool. I don't want to show up, but i have to admit that it rocks despite it disturbs me a lot... :cool:

Talking about style :rolleyes:, here is a quick shot i've done, a sort of "stamp" or something, i don't know. Kind of "Jules Verne" portrait...

I used AR3 of course and Al.chemy for the "prophetic" background. ;)

Tell me what you think ?

Best,

Weeks

[coops]

Ohhhhhhh I LIKE!!!!! Love the background, great work Weeks:)

[Belvrog]

Great work as always Weeks. Fantastic additions !!

[limey-g]

Well weeks I sure wish I had your imagination, that is one area where I am sadly lacking. This is really neat.
Geoff

[Weeks]

Geoff, :) thank you for the compliment. I'm not sure about what you say : imagination is a point of view. Maybe it's a place where you can put thing with others and see what you got ? :eek:

Belvrog, thank you so much. I have to get out of my path. Looking for new areas, new ideas... Not so easy ;)

Oh Coops, thank you so much. I knew the background could hit you. Something in the air ;)

For this one, at the start, i just wanted to paint a close up, and you know what, as i went along, it reminded me the head of Yorge, somewhere, from Umberto Eco' Annaud movie :eek:

Best,

Weeks

[screenpainter]

love the chalk portrait of male and the graphic elements of Id1Eb_F.jpg the latest partial portrait study is beautifully drawn. I would love to see it evolved into a whole portrait.

[coops]

Thats brilliant, well done:)

[gxhpainter]

amazing work.. I like the Jules Verne.. the complex background evokes thoughts of a creative genius pulling together bits from his industrial age stock pile... and the beard and chin... I thought was a photo at first then realized it was not.:eek:

[Caesar]

There's nothing less than artful and excellent also in these new experiemnts, drawings and paintings, either abstract or realistic/graphical!
You've got a natural compass for beauty and art!

[Selby]

Lovely updates weeks!! That close up has me peering so close to see the details I'm almost tickled by the moustache it's so real looking;)

[silvy]

I like very much your last updates:):)

[Weeks]

Thank you Silvy :)
Hi Selby, Thank you for the words.
Ceasar, as always, nice words and comments. Thank you.
Gxhpainter, i'm happy you like the "Jules Verne' kind of". It was a try to experiment a futuristic vision with forms and lines and a thematic from the past with references like Jules himself and/or Gustave Eiffel sort of. Thank you anyway. :)
Thank you very much Coops :)
Hi ScreenPainter, thank you. I'm involved in something like trying some of these ideas on real canvas. Maybe... :cool:

This shot, in progress, is 100 % artrage ! Gollum with a pencil/chalk rendering... I'm fascinated about the idea to simulate so far, this technique.

Best,

Weeks

[mannafig]

Fantastic additions dear Weeks and I am really looking forward to seeing Gollum finished:):)

[D Akey]

I think you could go professional any time you want. This is all first rate.

Whether there are jobs available is another consideration. But your skills are superb.

[gxhpainter]

Weeks... your Gollum is amazing..I love the ears! some incredible drawing skill shown there...:):):):cool::cool::cool:

[Weeks]

Thank you so much Gxhpainter, you know, the idea wasn't to produce "eventually" a good drawing with reference, but to demonstrate the fact that with Artrage, we can and we will be able to draw without any paper scanned and directly with it.
I'm focused right now on this "pencil/pastel" rendering.

D Akey, thank you man, :o heavy pressure from now on :p

Dear Mannafig, thank you so much. Here is a new shot while in progress. :)
Hope you'll like the close up.

Best,

Weeks

[Weeks]

Another try in progress :D

Best,

Weeks

[mannafig]

I love him. He really is fantastic:):)
the other piece is great too:):)

[speggie]

:D:D......Weeks my old friend !!!! hows things matey ? .......the thread boasts more great works than i care to mention .sweet stuff indeed, the old portraits still have it for me and loving the new vader also, take care ..great art indeed :):)

[Caesar]

Gollum's drawing is absolutely impressively and masterfully made (speaking clearly of Your awful talent) and the unfinished legionary is already a superb painting. The background is spectacular (maybe You used also some well-chosen layer blending mode) and the figure shows a progression that leads to amazing results where it approaches a final stage.
Extraordinary again.

[silvy]

Great Gollum:):):):), amazing painting!

[Mule]

Such impressive work. I feel honored to be able to see your processes. Thank you for letting us have some insight into how you create such masterful work. It inspires me to no end.

[SCP]

As always Amazing Art Weeks! Your Gollum drawing is very true to the movie version and great line work.I always enjoy checking in on your work.;):):):):)

[Weeks]

SCP, thank you for Gollum. I know we can now simulate real pencil strokes, playing with the textures of the canvas.

Hi Mule, thank you and welcome. I didn't take the time to welcome you. Well, if my job can help :)

Silvy, thank you my dear :)

:o Thank you dear Caesar for everything. You know what, i was thinking about you and your country :confused: Spain too :confused: and the rest of Europe... Strange moment... Happily, we can spend some time to paint and improve our skills...

Hi Speegie, great to hear from you :p Thank you for the comment.

Thank you Mannafig, it's a real pleasure for me too.

Because i cannot stay without posting (i shouldn't have until the last piece would be finished :rolleyes: ), here is a new masterpiece i like a lot.

And i have to confess the 80 % of this piece was done with another soft i practice since 1993, :mad: because of 2 tools i still miss with AR3. :eek::confused:
For the 20 others %, AR3 and its textures' factory.

Victor Hugo !!! A great french writer.

Best,

Weeks

[gxhpainter]

Weeks :eek::eek::eek:.. a stunning work.. you should be very pleased with this... the reflective shine on the table and book, the dark folds of his suit and impressive face make a great statement of a powerful mind..

[shadowslake]

You have presented his charater well.

[DennyCayman]

Hi Weeks,

I could not end looking through this whole thread I am inspired to work more and more thanks for all you have done.

Denny

[Caesar]

You're going to leave us speechless once more, dear Weeks.

The economical situation in Europe is quite tough for few and simple reason which could be easily removed, even going on to increase balance and market efficiency in our countries.
Main reason is Germany short-sighted and confined policy, who isn't able to change the natural attitude of a great share of its population, so we don't have common Eurobonds, we cannot print more money etc. what would be usual to any country to manage the situation. This allows the speculation of few financial gnomes with their derivatives and the silly analyses of the so called rating agencies (with interest conflicts, but fortunately less and less considered in their evaluations) to put national economies on knees. Also France is progressively at risk and Netherland starts having hiccups.
This happened also because Deutsche Bank speculated heavily on derivatives betting on what actually happened and sold, to earn money, other nation bonds, including those solidly covered by assets and prospects.
We start believing that many European countries, certainly the Southern ones, France, Belgium, Ireland and other Eatern ones will have to rather ask Germany to get out of Euro.
The situation in the various European contries are quite different, so are problems too (Italy has a completely different economical and financial structuire than Spain or Greece for instance), but international anglo-saxon driven finance is usually incompetent and naif on that, even worse they don't care and just pretend to know the picture and the remedies, whilst they're rather a main cause of instability and they were already responsible for the E-bubble in the past and of have triggered this depression. We should rather come to have an international regulation where finance shall have separated tasks and business, no conflicts of interest, shall serve industry and its liquidity and can speculate only at commensurately high risk, for them and their bosses, since they actually mostly don't add value to wealth production and a widely spread entrepreneaurialship and welfare, rather the contrary.
Any monopoly should be broken, including the financial one, the most greedy and detrimental to a truly free and ruled global market where everybody play fairly on the some ground, also for what concerns human rights and sustainability, or just die because of a different, better and more efficient model which is starting in several local areas.

[pat1940]

Weeks, it is a total pleasure to see your works, I enjoy them so much and your talent has no end, thankyou for sharing:):):):):):):):):)

[chinapete]

It's an interesting choice of subject, these days one expects Derrida or Foucault or Levi-Strauss, or even Rimbaud, and not a writer who I suppose largely has been forgotten in the English speaking world, and who once wrote, maybe because he was able to see ahead, "L'Europe ne peut être tranquille tant que la France n'est pas contente" ...
:)

[EB]

Nicely done




Earle

[Weeks]

Earle, nice to see you and dhank you.

Chinapete, great quotation. I know you're a man of letters :)... Thank you anyway.

Pat1940, i share with a great pleasure. Happy you like these shots.

Dear Caesar, i see you know what's happening now. Maybe it's not the place to talk about these things, but it's important to forge an opinion. I could say : wait and see :confused: Otherwise, thank for your nice comment.

DannyCayman, if that helps, i truly so happy. Thank you.

Shadowslake, thank you.

Ghxpainter, i'm happy to read your words. Thank you.

My "Gollum" is still in progress, and it's time to meet colors... :p In progress, in progress...

Best,

Weeks

[silvy]

WOW:cool::cool:it's brilliant!!

[Caesar]

What a terrific Smeagol/ Gollum! :cool: You must have been hit by gamma-rays! :eek: You're .... The Incredible Weeks, endowed with unique paintings superpowers! :D:):):):):):)

[Weeks]

My friend Caesar, always a nice word, for everyone :) Thank you. I don't know if i've been hit but, what i know is the pleasure to push AR3 out of the limit.
But i know something else : i have to enrich my "palette". Ok, i like traditional subject (portrait, etc) but i have to try out new art directions. Here is a new test. I don't have yet all the code but i hope it's a good start...

Thank you Silvy, :) for the compliment. I have for you too.

Best,

Weeks

[Weeks]

New try :rolleyes: in progress :D
It's a "lab" out there :p

Best,

Weeks

[Weeks]

I'm very proud of this one... 100 % Artrage ! This guy never existed.

Best,

Weeks

[Peter Pinckney]

Just looked in again fully prepared to be astounded by your work Weeks my friend..............and you have not let me down.............................................. ..


WONDERFUL!

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[Weeks]

Another figure, another style... In progress :o

Best,

Weeks

[Weeks]

Hi Peter :) :D Nice to see ya...

"Ah Toulouse, Toulouse ;) Hahaha...!

Thank you for the compliment... and the : :) Very comforting

Best,

Weeks

[Weeks]

Who told you that i never finish a shot in progress :p
Here i'm with an old one...
Happy to turn a page.

Best,

Weeks

[silvy]

Wonderful result:D!

[shadowslake]

Love your work. Nicely done.

[coops]

Great work once again Weeks, I love looking through this thread:)

[Alexandra]

Wonderful work Weeks, I love the media and the wonderful tones and colors.

[Strandy]

Looking strong Weeks. I'd say even imperial strong. Much to read in his face...

[Weeks]

Strandy, great comment for me. Thanks

Alexandra, thank you for the compliment, :o

Shadowslake, thank you mate,

Thank you so much Silvy, for your support and comments.

This thread is a sort of lab. A place to try things out. So, here is a new shot, something with colors and textures and a character, not clear about his vocation.

Best,

Weeks

[jibes]

All great stuff!

[Caesar]

I can't guess which brushes You used for the stunning brushwork, especially on his face, but this last painting too is awfully rich and masterfully made!

[Alexandra]

Oooo Weeks, this is so good, and soooo scary.

[Weeks]

Oh Alexandra, i didn't want to scare you. :(
No, ... It's just that "things" are not clear for me and i'm looking, through the painting process, and different studies, sort of explanations about what's real and what's not... :rolleyes:

Dear Caesar, i promise, i'll make an .arpack soon as i can with the brushes and papers i use... This thread is a lab, nothing more. :p Thank you for your support.

Jibes, thank you so much.


This new shot is not a new one, but a complex background of a painting i did, earlier in this topic. Now, i miss the foreground.. Soon. :p

Best,

Weeks

[Caesar]

This last one too, as apparently abstract as it may look, is a mine of evocations, dear Weeks.
I'm already so grateful to You for the lessons and inspiration I may obtain from Your experiments (all successful ones and not even a blast from Your chemistry!:eek:;)) that I coudln't even imagine the possibility to get also Your .arpack and your amazing tools to play with. Anyway pls don't feel neither obliged or in a hurry to keep Your promise. :) At Your best convenience and take Your time. My moral debt towards You would otherwise rise to bankruptcy. :eek:LOL

[Weeks]

Dear Caesar,

Thank you my friend. This last shot is an evocation of chaos. Chaos in the background, maybe a metaphor or an anticipation of our real world.
But i'm working on the foreground. Not easy, and i'm still hesitating between two options :confused:

For the rest, well, it's a place to try things out : ideas, but brushes, noise and colors and to see what's happening then. To be honest, i'm not completely happy about what i get, but i still work on it.

In the meantime, here is a rough portrait i begun time ago...

Best,

Weeks

[Weeks]

Well, this is a "pre" paint i did from a BW portrait i posted lately.
Maybe i'll do a real one from this shot ? Don't know :rolleyes:

Best,

Weeks

[chinapete]

... un Jésuite a Paris? ... I used something like that shade in my portrait of self after a battle :)...

[coops]

Its always a delight to view your wonderful work, well done Weeks:)

[Weeks]

Hello Coops, Thank you for the kind comments always...

ChinaPete, "Homme de culture" you are :cool: aren't you. We would have a lot of things to say about these subject :rolleyes:

I'm working on different shot, difficult, but in the meantime, here is a little rock portrait... Pastel option In progress :p

Best,

Weeks

[chinapete]

haha, I think Weeks is extremely cultured, I'm just struggling to understand ... :):)
... is that Elton John? ... :):)

[Caesar]

Dear Weeks, also Your unfinished or explorative pieces are great lessons and artistically valuable.
Your unsatisfaction and strive for perfection even such impressively valuable works do indicate that Your talent is such that You would be able improve and widen over and over Your skills and art endlessly ...
I obviously like very much what You furtherly added and I can see the amazing mastery shown by these latest WIPs.
Dear Chinapete, at this stage and partial hint, the rock star may also be John Lennon (or Yoko Ono if I look to the glasses:D).

[Weeks]

Hi Caesar, great comment as usual. :o Thank you so much for everything : kind support and attention to the work.
But you know what ?
I'm not so happy with these shots. It would be difficult to explain but sometimes, i would like to re start all i've done through the thread. :confused:

Chinapete, thank you man :o It's not Elton... :p

An old minimalist portrait i did.

Best,

Weeks

[Weeks]

And now it's time to destroy it :mad:

(i said : "it's a lab")

Best,

Weeks

[Weeks]

A LAB :confused:

Before and after.

Best,

Weeks

[coops]

More great and most enjoyable paintings Weeks:)

[silvy]

Love your LAB;)
There is always something to learn

[Weeks]

Silvy, :o thank you my dear. Happy to help as much as i can.

Oh Coops, thank you so much for your kind support. I like your work too. :)

Best,

Weeks

[Alexandra]

You are amazing!

[Caesar]

Dear Weeks the Incredible, I see You're cooking up quite a few new recipes of what will eventually become another volley of stunning artpieces!

[screenpainter]

somewhat speechless. what a fantastic art gallery this is! you never fail to amaze... with each visit. superb.

[Weeks]

Hi ScreenPainter, you're too kind :o Thank you so much.

Hello Caesar, thank you mate, thank you so much. Here is a try, a mix :p a sort of tonal "study" painting with lot of refs. In progress

Thank you very much Alexandra, you are amazing too :eek:

Best,

Weeks

[Weeks]

Another new "composition" study, from scratch. :rolleyes:

Best,

Weeks

[Chaseart]

Weeks, your art is so powerful even if it may not be totally completed. Amazing talent.

[Caesar]

In the last two You sketched impressively well a couple of quite complex scenes! I'm most admired again!

[Weeks]

Caesar, my friend, i feel something like i would like to explore a chaotic graphic world, mirroring our own world. The worst is i'm not completely happy with that. I'm about to find out, but not yet.

Thank you Chaseart, for the words. The purpose of this thread is to start things without any special rules, but i could finishing off, one day. It's a lab :o

"Home sweet home" - Where is Charlie ? :p

It's just a try with a lot of noise and about composition, in progress.

Best,

Weeks

[pat1940]

Weeks you artwork is fantastic, really enjoy viewing them, waiting for more

[Alexandra]

Weeks, you are fantastic!

[MSIE]

I love your lab!! :) you're so inventive, it's a joy :)