Robert Liberace

"Antaeus", red chalk on paper, 14" by 18"

Astounding. Check Robert Liberace out.

Year 3 Feb 2007 Life Drawing Portfolio

here is the first of two portfolios for gerry. the next seven weeks i'll focus on the structure and anatomy of the head, and keep trying (keyword trying) to master clothing and character :) hope you like the portfolio! please leave your thoughts!

an overdue slice of life

a bunch of recent lifedrawings. taking from gerry zeldin, i've been focussing more on shape and the graphicness of the pose... and now slowly integrating line back into my stuff.

Year 3 Semester 1 Final Portfolio

Big Smelly Life Drawing Dump

so i started doing the "smudging" thing.. it's coming along... something new and pretty exciting to explore at xlife! :)

Lifedrawings: Georgina

Here are some drawings of Georgina (as per Lettie's request :P). She's very rare to get during extra life and she's also very good!

Lifedrawings Oct 2006

a 2 and a 3 from the end of last month. i was drawing pretty well that night. this year i've hardly been going to lifedrawing to draw for myself (i've pretty much only been going to tutor)... we'll see how next semester goes.

- cliff

Stefan

hey everyone!

so here is a digital painting of my boyfriend Stefan! i made it for him in celebration of our three years together so far.

done in painter9. took a long time, but i have no idea how many hours....

cliff

Rusty Joiner

hey, so here is a copy of a photo of model Rusty Joiner done in painter9. took forever to get his face right (i never drew him out first or anything, i just painted and changed as i went :S.. not the best idea LOL). i don't know how long this took, maybe like 20+ hours.

please critique!

cliff

Copy of Donato Giancola's "Under Pressure"

so here is another copy of a Giancola painting, Under Pressure (13" x 20", Oil on Paper on Panel). just the man from it. this one was much harder to do; not sure why, i think the colour changes are much more subtle than the other one, and i'm not as happy with the end result.

what do you guys think?

Copy of Donato Giancola's "Roberto Benedicto"

so here is a copy (of the man) in donato giancola's roberto benedicto(22.5" x 15", Oil on Paper on Panel). i did this just to explore what kind of colours one could use in painting flesh (which is why nothing else is copied.. aside from the fact that there's so much detail!)

done in painter9.

cliff

Inspirations

hey guys,

just a notice that i added some links on the right-hand side to artists that i admire.

*jeff george is a coloured pencil artist. you'll be amazed at how realistic his stuff looks and what can be done with coloured pencil.

*donato giancola is a fantasy illustrator who works in oils. his stuff is unreal; his flesh is really well painted as well as all the sci-fi machinery.

*todd lockwood is a fantasy illustrator. he used to work in oils; now he works in painter. his style has translated really well, keeping the lush look of his art.

*dermot power is a concept designer. he's done concept work for all four harry potter movies, batman begins and charlie and the chocolate factory. check out his "film visuals", they're amazing.

*ryan wurmser is a painter. i love his portrait and figure work.

that's it for now. i'll add to the list as i think of more artists i look up to.

cliff

NBC: The Office

Oh man, this is one of the best shows i've ever seen. it's like a real-life family guy, only it's serial so you don't get sick of it after watching 2 episodes.

i have yet to watch the BBC version but the american one is great. you guys should definitely check it out!

cliff

CARS

so CARS was pretty good. i went in with very high expectations, and i came away pretty happy with what i saw. the story is more kiddish than pixar's usual, but the movie is worth paying for even for just the visuals. it's a very beautiful movie to look at.

cliff

Painter 9 doodle...

here is something i did in painter9 out of boredom... it's wallpaper-sized so if you're crazy enough to want it for a background then go for it.

cliff