kenny's sketchbook

[makoa]

what's up guys!

i've had a bunch of sketches piling up over the past few months and i wanted to share them with you all. most of them were done at work when no one was looking, so most of them are quick and dirty! i have a bit more time so hopefully i'll be able to get in more finished concepts in the near future. thanks and enjoy!

locations:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/scenez.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/offworld_kkong.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/kongscity.jpg

mechanical crap:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/organomechanics_kkong.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/robotz_kkong.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/antlergod_kkong.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/mechanopartz.jpg

peep-ohs:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/jumpinjackz.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/oracledrumzzz.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/beautynbeast.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/facez.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/techloungin.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/skullface_kkong.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/waterdragon_kkong.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/pewpew_kkong.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/collaboportrait_kkong.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/megahops_kkong.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/samuraimonkey_kkong.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/bootjaw_kkong.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/sinkingfeeling_kkong.jpg

[TryForce]

wow, you're a genious ._. .... awesome stuff.... Awesome..

[Japhir]

some very nice stuff in there! love the composition of all of them!

[Dario]

some really lovely sketches!
all of them are worth to take more than one look at, but especially the first environment-sketches stood out for me. thanks for showing - make me want to grab a pencil and sketch some cityviews too.

[EricElwell]

nice stuff! I dig the cowboy (pew! pew! ... i say that all the time actually), beauty'n'beast page, and the girl face nearer the bottom is cool. It has a quality of motion, and nice form w/o shading, which I can dig!

Cool stuff! post more often!

[bb0x]

I just love the peep oh's. xD

Seriously nice work man. Your style is nice and loose which makes it looks dynamic. Awesome stuff.. keep us posted.

[Frozan]

nice work. spew them out as much as u can. :)

[East]

Lovely stuff. There's so much movement in your style even in your still pieces that it makes it look alive. Definitely envy your skill. But more than anything, I'd love to be able to put Ken Kong on my business card. That's just awesome.

[makoa]

tryforce - haha, thanks but i'm definitely not a genius.

japhir - thanks man!

dario - thanks bro! your work is mad inspiring as well! yea i was looking at a lot of akira illustrations at the time i think...it was pretty inspiring.

ericelwell - thanks dude! i'm glad you got a kick out of the pew!pew! cowboy, this dude at work kept saying it and it melted into my subconscious.

bb0x - thank you sir! yea man, keeping it loose, that's what life's all about!

frozan - haha thanks dude, i'm trying!

east - hahaha! yea, just don't get me around any barrels or bananas...haha, thanks for the kind words!

here's a few more:

city spire:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/spire.jpg

some sloppy animal studies:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/buffalo.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/elephant.jpg

throw!:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/throw-1.jpg

[BoBo_the_seal]

nice work! I love those animal studies.

- BoBo

[makoa]

thanks bobo! appreciate it!

more sketchbook pieces that have piled up:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/handjabz.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/evabot.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/gravity.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/japaneseboy.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/japanesefashion.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/posin.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/japaneseboyz.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/femmes.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/japanesegirlz.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/shhheadz.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/punkrockrobot.jpg

[Mind Traveler]

Just randomly came across this man. Fire. - Anwar BT

[David79]

great scketches mate really enjoy the city spire and hte meka !
keep it up coming :D

[makoa]

daaaaaang can i get this started again?

http://www.kensofresh.com/images/31.jpg

[Max Schulz]

face looks kinda weird and too tiny to me, but your colours are awesome!!!!

[Step]

pretty cool works

[Amethyst]

:) Awesome drawing skills. I love the variety you choose.:thumb:

[geeshin]

I dig that cityspire you got in one of your earlier posts. You should paint that one! It feels like it can fit within one of Miyazaki's worlds.

[makoa]

thanks yall!

geeshin - no doubt, i've been meaning to paint that one for a while, but i feel like i need to sharpen these skills a little more before i do so :o

today's study -- too $hort:
http://www.kensofresh.com/images/32.jpg

[grimdc13]

Your cityspire reminds me of Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle and Naruto's creator Masashi Kishimoto.

I love it all the style is cool and alot of variety.

[makoa]

grimdc - thanks! those are definitely a couple influences of mine. glad you like it.

more studies --

http://www.kensofresh.com/images/33.jpg

http://www.kensofresh.com/images/34.jpg

[Rayph]

Really nice studies man. Try playing with the brush hardness sometime and get a lil softer blend in your gradients to get some more 'butter' in your painting and this shizzle will be poppin....ok I can't talk cool but you know that :P

[makoa]

been a looong time, but tryna post more...

http://www.kensofresh.com/images/92.jpg

venom!

[David79]

this is nice venom ! digital and tradicional??