The Illustration Blog - Carl Knox

Selfie

2012-01-16T19:57:00.004+11:00

Got this one finished up a week or so back, just letting the digital paint dry before I posted it.

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fashion scribbles

2011-10-10T09:57:00.003+11:00

quick scribbles in photoshop

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speedpaint

2011-09-29T07:54:00.002+10:00

1 hour speedpaint in photoshop.

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2011-09-23T13:20:00.003+10:00

Meet Chiyo. He sleeps with the window open to hear the rain and loves watching romantic comedies

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Master Study

2011-09-23T13:16:00.002+10:00

After Zorn.

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figure study

2011-09-23T13:09:00.004+10:00

Photoshop for this one playing with those juicy subtle colours in the skin.

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3 hour study

2011-06-15T14:43:00.004+10:00

Quick colour study that I finished up this morning.

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Brrr.... Winter updates.

2011-06-05T09:06:00.005+10:00

Another quick page of gestural sketches from imagination and a piece inspired by the Grey Man of Merrick.

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Personal Work

2011-05-22T01:21:00.008+10:00

Dump! Links may be broken for some for some of them, so head on over to here for highres.

Colour Studies

2011-03-21T10:40:00.003+11:00

Study study study....

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3 ... 2.... 1..... happy new year!

2011-01-02T21:11:00.007+11:00

It's been a great start to the new year already with my pen scribbling away like mad. Enjoy!

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Start your engines

2010-12-28T11:51:00.002+11:00

Fun sketch i did today after seeing a smashed up engine on the road near my house.

(PS: I'm in the process of updating my webhosting, so if images are broken I'll get it fixed ASAP. )

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narcissus much?

2010-11-23T17:04:00.004+11:00

Hey y'all! I'm currently doing some hardcore studies.. all in the pursuit of awesomeness. So I must apologize for the lack of posts. But rest assured I'm charging up for something big. :)

here's a quick self portrait just for fun:

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feelin' fruity

2010-07-06T22:31:00.005+10:00

Another still life study for y'all. Learnt that orange gets muddy very quickly when you add black... needed to use reds and purples instead.

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the animated gif:

the setup:

2010-06-11T20:35:00.010+10:00

Spent the day doing a digital study of local Fitzoy, Melbourne artist Joseph Zbukvic. He lives 100 meters from me and is just a great bloke and fantastic watercolour master Click here for his website

Joseph if you are reading this, I owe you a beer mate. Learnt a lot from doing this one.

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speed value

2010-06-11T12:51:00.002+10:00

Quick impressionist speed sketch after dinner.

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Colour Scribble

2010-06-09T15:48:00.001+10:00

The King receives his monthly internet bill. :D

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Phew.... busy weekend.

2010-06-07T14:15:00.005+10:00

Apologies for the lack of posts this weekend; I spend the past 2.5days sketching and photo-retouching for Wacom in their booth at the Melbourne Digital Life Expo.

Back now in my comfy chair... more art coming soon! Stay posted.

Oasis

2010-06-04T12:55:00.002+10:00

Having some fun with colours and girls. :D

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it's friday

2010-05-21T17:53:00.003+10:00

On a friday night even the rain can't stop you feelin' good.

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John Singer Sargent Studies

2010-05-20T16:07:00.004+10:00

Spent the last couple of days with my nose in a book of John Singer Sargent's later portraits. Couldn't resist some digital master studies. Hope you enjoy them, I've certainly learnt a lot while painting them.

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and another one

2010-05-11T21:55:00.006+10:00

quick 2.5 hour study tonight. Might finish it.... might move on to the next.

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Enviro Study

2010-05-10T18:55:00.002+10:00

Spent today studying more natural lighting setups. Here's one of the pieces that came out of the session.

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Sleevie Wonder

2010-04-27T01:13:00.004+10:00

Some jacket studies from today; placement of folds, pockets and buttons.

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Drills drills drills

2010-04-24T21:39:00.002+10:00

Get the value down, turn the form and get out! :D Enjoy.

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Sketch and Release

2010-04-10T11:44:00.004+10:00

Seems like ages since I've just drifted off and sketched a huge page of figures in ink. It's been good to take a break, try some new mediums & content, then come back to something familiar. Enjoy.

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Freedom!!!

2010-03-30T17:23:00.001+11:00

That's right! I'm breaking away from the computer and getting some vitamin D. :D Here's some watercolours for you to point and laugh at. Enjoy!

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Value Options

2010-03-26T18:17:00.010+11:00

This blog is meant mostly to showcase my polished work, but there are occasional times where I'll share some jewels of information that I pick up on my life long journey into this thing called art. :D

Here's some rough, rough value sketches I did today after going back and revisiting some books about painting nature and building a strong composition. It's a great quick exercise that'll teach you about some of the options you have when creating a piece.

These are all the same scene with 3 main tones shifted about (foreground, midground and background) to give a different mood and highlight to each piece. They are all possible scenarios in reality depending on time of day and lighing.

The top row have the light value in the Background.
The middle row have the light value in the Foreground, with the dark value either in the mid (right image), or background (left image).
The last row has the light value in the mid ground highlighting the bridge element.

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Study study study

2010-03-20T23:18:00.004+11:00

Matte Painting practice with ref

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Industrial Rig Concept

2010-03-04T21:52:00.004+11:00

Had fun with this one.... easy to get lost in the details. Enjoy.

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and for those playing at home:

Returning home.

2010-03-02T20:42:00.003+11:00

Spent a little more time on this one fleshing out the details of the house.

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another speedie

2010-03-01T22:51:00.001+11:00

here's another one... with an Asian influence.

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speed environments.

2010-03-01T13:13:00.003+11:00

Here a couple of speed sketches done under 2 hours each from imagination. These were a lot more free and fun than the character work I'm used to... more to come soon.

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Colour Study

2010-02-20T17:57:00.011+11:00

I've been hiding from the sun these past few days doing this colour study. The boys at Concept Art gave a killer quote the other day; (paraphrasing) "Painting is just fixing one mistake after another until you are sick of looking at it.

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and here's the process for those playing at home:

colour studies

2010-02-16T22:35:00.001+11:00

so..... you know how my life has layers, is some what a-peeling and makes me cry sometimes?.... well here's a colour study to represent that. :P

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Value Passes

2010-02-09T22:31:00.003+11:00

Here's the concepts for the main protagonist. Onto the next phase.

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1st Value Pass

2010-02-05T16:29:00.003+11:00

Here's the first thumbnail polished up to a value standard. I'll do a couple of these, pick a favourite, and do a colour version.

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Red Thumbs

2010-02-04T09:24:00.001+11:00

Here's some more thumbnails developing the character a little more. I'm thinking devil may care biker chick. Enjoy.

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Lil Red.

2010-02-02T23:07:00.006+11:00

So I'm trying my hand at redesigning the well known characters from the Grimm brothers; Red Riding Hood. Yes I know it's been done to death, but I'm going to do it better.

Here's the first stage: Thumbnails. I did dozens of these lil guys, and I really should have done hundreds more; hell I still might, but this marks the pushing off down the river without a paddle. Come join me, the water is great

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dude....

2010-01-27T18:29:00.002+11:00

Quick surfer turnaround.

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Value doodles

2010-01-21T15:15:00.002+11:00

Drifted off and just scribbled today. boo!

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Woof.

2010-01-19T15:17:00.005+11:00

Went to see a girl about a dog.

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Eye Tunes.

2010-01-19T12:22:00.004+11:00

These sculpts are just killer to learn the forms that go into the face. I'm going for a full body sculpt soon!

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Sunday Sketchin

2010-01-17T15:23:00.004+11:00

We had a new fluffy member at the Sunday sketch session.

Ay Muchacho!

2010-01-12T15:13:00.003+11:00

Here's another concept inspired from the studies I've been doing lately.

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Concept

2010-01-08T17:54:00.005+11:00

Finally got around to polishing off an old sketch I did last year.

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Gra-Fight Club 2010 up and running!

2010-01-07T10:13:00.006+11:00

We had a killer turn out for the first Melbourne gra-Fight Club of the year! Amongst some of the peeps to rock up were:

Edward, Georgina, Luke, and all the way from Ireland (although he swears he's from Scotland for some reason) was visiting artist Ken Anderson.

We meet up weekly on Sundays at 11am rain, hail or shine; cnr of Bourke and Elizabeth st (next to the marble purse). Call me on 0408 409 909 if can't find us on the day! See you on Sunday; bring your sunnies, it's going to be a hot one.

Drink Up!!!

2010-01-01T00:34:00.002+11:00

W00t!

Safe and Happy New Year to All

2009-12-31T00:24:00.002+11:00

Lend me your ear.

2009-12-30T00:15:00.003+11:00

Getting ready to so some still life studies tomorrow... spent a couple of hours building an ear from plasticine.

Update: Here's the afternoon's study, will do another one soon.

Asian Concepts

2009-12-15T23:39:00.005+11:00

More concepts... this time of the eastern persu-asian.

Hispanic Male Concepts

2009-12-08T22:31:00.007+11:00

Spent the day painting Juan after another.

Self portrait.... in 150 yrs.

2009-11-27T14:04:00.006+11:00

Y'ar me hearties!!!!

more value life studies

2009-11-24T18:24:00.002+11:00

two more for today.

value life studies

2009-11-23T21:18:00.002+11:00

Today's studies: a couple of hours each frame.

Melb Gra-FIGHT CLUB

2009-11-18T13:07:00.006+11:00

If you are in the Melbourne Area:

First rule of gra-FIGHT CLUB, you do not stop drawing. second rule of gra-FIGHT CLUB, you DO NOT STOP DRAWING! and if this is your first time at gra-FIGHT CLUB, you have to draw.

This sunday, 11am, 22nd of Nov, meet at the corner of Bourke and Elizabeth st on the steps right next to the large Marble Purse and tram stop.

If It's raining we'll meet in Melb Central next to the Shot Tower under the clock.

My phone number is 0408 409 909. sms me.

Looking forward to seeing y'all!

Fashion value study

2009-11-13T11:32:00.008+11:00

Getting some production suitable level-of-detail practice in this week.
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and the wip:

gestural

2009-11-05T02:13:00.006+11:00

Trying some simple lines.

Value study

2009-11-01T12:26:00.005+11:00

Randis Albion did a call out on FB for some value studies offering crits. I put my hat in the ring; there's always more to learn.

Wedding Gift

2009-10-06T16:38:00.005+11:00

This one was just a blast to do. They are such a beautiful couple and they both had great smiles when they saw this one all framed up on their wedding day. Click on the images for larger resolution.

Sorry guys, not much of a WIP on this one.
Got caught up having too much fun.

study study study

2009-09-24T23:45:00.002+10:00

the 3 large masses; the head, chest and pelvis.... drills to master drawing the human form in any pose imaginable.

The Life Aquatic

2009-09-12T23:49:00.003+10:00

Had a lil fun over the weekend doing some water creature concepts. Enjoy.

Art Tests

2009-09-04T10:47:00.004+10:00

Pitching on some studio work recently. Here's some of the art tests they requested; a vehicle and a sunset city scape.

Nekid Ladies

2009-08-06T22:30:00.001+10:00

Some ladies from imagination. Practicing value and different light sources.

Value Studies - Nekid Dudes

2009-07-27T19:06:00.004+10:00

Did the full value range studies a while ago, thought I'd try and break to break down form into 5 tones of value.

silhouettes from imagination

2009-06-20T12:58:00.002+10:00

Yesterdays scribblings for fun!

runway sketches

2009-06-17T23:52:00.004+10:00

Did some fashion studies this afternoon...

Sketches from the weekend

2009-06-09T10:20:00.003+10:00

It's been a little while... i wanted to spend some time pushing features a little further before i painted them up. Nothing polished... just sketches.

Make me One with everything

2009-05-08T17:00:00.006+10:00

This started as a one line joke... then ended up as a polished painting.
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wip:

the 44th.

2009-04-30T02:55:00.006+10:00

Playing with split complimentary colour palates this week.

...walking down the street..... the kind I'd like to meet....

2009-04-21T10:25:00.006+10:00

Here's the first female caricature to grace this blog.

The WIP for those artists out there following along:

B&W

2009-03-30T03:16:00.003+11:00

Page of B&W from imagination to get the creative juices flowing.

and another one:

Clint

2009-03-23T02:11:00.005+11:00

Spent the weekend painting one of my favorite actors.... "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly" is still one of the greatest. (click for larger version).

and the WIP:

Neeeeeeeerd!

2009-03-20T12:26:00.003+11:00

Here's a concept sketch I did for a friend a little while ago. His brief?? ... .. ... make him nerdy. :)

Faces from the world

2009-03-18T23:42:00.004+11:00

I got given a great book by my girlfriend Georgina of "500 faces from around the world". So here's a practice piece just playing around with pushing the features of the skull around a lil bit. Hope you like.

colour studies.

2008-11-28T18:36:00.002+11:00

I spent the week doing some colour studies... nothing too special... but I'll share it anyway.

wonderboy

2008-11-19T01:06:00.002+11:00

The latest caricature value piece. :)

2008-11-13T20:46:00.001+11:00

Some life drawing efforts from tonight.

2008-11-12T01:49:00.004+11:00

some studies in value... doodles mostly... but I thought I'd share them:

troubled

2008-11-09T01:03:00.003+11:00

A rough quickie tonight after dinner.

Monochromatic Elvis

2008-09-26T02:23:00.002+10:00

One colour at a time.

Pavarotti WIP

2008-09-23T11:08:00.007+10:00

Colour to come?

Day One.

2008-09-22T21:10:00.000+10:00

Okies Dokies.... the online chronicles begin!