Comments on: david carradine tribute: a portrait sketch demo

By: jefftung

jefftung — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:54:52 +0000

Very nice tutorial Dom. To answer your question from the SF Zoo Crawl post, I’m still in Boston designing infant & juvenile products. Great blog guys, keep kickin ass.

By: Kingsley Leong

Kingsley Leong — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:59:58 +0000

Now this is a really radical and different approach in portraiture sketching. I think it works really well especially for those who come from a different area of sketching. This does help reinforce perspective and the placement and composition of elements. I should give this technique a shot in a later drawing.

By: harberfront

harberfront — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:44:05 +0000

Well done my friend. This is truly inspiring! I’m so glad…so glad!

By: old guy

old guy — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:13:30 +0000

really nice ,tried and true the old school is forever………..new shool is not so new,we were doing it in high school in the 50 and 60s…….nice wooky

By: alessandrocayetano

alessandrocayetano — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:39:20 +0000

good technique with the background. it’s really crazy to see how basic things as straight lines can transform and absorb into a practically living portrait.

i also like how you can use this technique without completely having to rely on a reference, picture, or model to be able to do the detail work.

this is a good foundation to know and master. it can train anyone at any level. great to see this on this site.

By: shawncordeiro

shawncordeiro — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:16:57 +0000

Well done Dom. Great tutorial as well. The way you organized the page initially into lines and quasi-shapes is really interesting.

By: joncorpuz

joncorpuz — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:02:46 +0000

Dom…you bastard…i hate you because of your perspective and sketching skills…
Sincerely
Jon

PS Frakin awesome job…Carradine is smiling down on you Grasshopper…you should go to his website and leave your sketch on the blog if you haven’t already…what you also gotta do is a pastel and marker demo, like the one you did for me back in the day with the sharpener, but do something cool like….hmmmm Buzz Lightyear?….new project for you!…again F’kn bad ass sketchs as always Brother!

By: domperalta

domperalta — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:46:34 +0000

Awwwww, geeee…thanks Amanda!

By: domperalta

domperalta — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:43:02 +0000

Love the Old School thou! This is classic style, the teacher I had back in the day was trained by masters in Florence…so this style comes directly from him. Its all about roughing it out and progressively working to finer detail.

Dude I hear ya thou! 3 Markers, pad of paper, sitting on the wharf, meeting all kinds of tourist! Sounds like a plan!

By: tim

tim — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:28:03 +0000

why don’t you just draw the person.. ditch the lines and overlays.. that’s old school… new school is whats in.. what you do is grab a few markers and you sit on the sidewalks by the wharf and hook people up with sweet sketches like this in 5 mins for $20

By: Amanda B.

Amanda B. — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:44:47 +0000

I envy you and your perspective skills