October, 2009: Grave Digger

[sketchtheatre]

Ahhh... Fall is upon us, even here in LA. The weather has cooled and our favorite holiday is just a few weeks away. Of course, October has to have an appropriate theme... Grave Digger!

If you're looking for some good inspiration, we highly recommend checking out 'Cannibal Flesh Riot' directed by the ever so talented Gris Grimley: an offbeat movie about a couple ghouls looking to dig up some fresh corpses. Good times!

good luck everyone!

Winners announced!

http://forums.sketchtheatre.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=355&stc=1&d=1257453327

-ST

[artina]

Hey everyone,

I thought I might start this off with a sketch I did this morning. I hope you like it. It was made with a ballpoint pen on smooth bristol paper.

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn301/artinaart/DaGravediggah.jpg

[stephen fedewa]

I took a darker appoch. i think i could have done better.

http://forums.sketchtheatre.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=327&d=1254953471

[stephen fedewa]

Hey everyone,

I thought I might start this off with a sketch I did this morning. I hope you like it. It was made with a ballpoint pen on smooth bristol paper.

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn301/artinaart/DaGravediggah.jpg
this is a very clean peice.....it look awsome and has great disign.

[dusthead23]

hi artina,
very nice sketch you did! maybe you can add a black background with bats and a moon...

[palermo166]

hi ,im new on sketch theatre, i imagine a very weird Grave Digger working for free the fish souls...i use an old marker to do the sketch...
i hope you enjoy! its my first participation on this forum..
here is the link
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/5783/gravedigger.jpg

[stephen fedewa]

there aren't alot of sketches

[FOODBRAWL]

this theme is EPIC!!! i will sketch somethin' fo sho!

[GrayHulk]

Whewie! I have a long, long list of pardon requests on this one, but I'll let it stand as is without further commentary, other than to say it was made with a mechanical pencil, Tombo ABT N15 (one of those dual brush/pen things), and a Pigma Micron 005 on a sketch pad. Oh, I also used Citadel Colour Skull White (paint I normally use on fantasy/sci-fi miniatures) to cover up a f-up on the pants. OK, shutting up now.

http://www.community3d.com/stuff/gaveDigger_small.jpg
http://www.community3d.com/stuff/graveDigger_small.jpg
Larger version here: http://www.community3d.com/stuff/gaveDigger_large.jpg
Thanks, and good luck!

Alec

[Transgression]

My prelim idea :) should have it done sometime soon... as long as i can get more than 5 minutes to myself... :P all in all pretty pleased with the concept of it so far. lemme know what you think of the comp and concept

[GrayHulk]

Hey Transgression. I like the character idea. He's pretty original. For his originality, though, his setting is rather mundane, as is his activity. To me, a 4-armed wood-headed creature should be in an equally interesting setting. The open hole doesn't do it for me. Is he the grave digger for a regular cemetery, or something special? If it's special, then what is it? Is he the grave digger for animals that die in the forest? Maybe he's an intergalactic gravedigger sent to make the entirety of earth one big grave for the many planets who need to have additional burial plots....anyway, his setting should be dictated by thoughts like this.

Keep it up! I can't wait to see the finished piece.

Alec

[Transgression]

Hey Transgression. I like the character idea. He's pretty original. For his originality, though, his setting is rather mundane, as is his activity. To me, a 4-armed wood-headed creature should be in an equally interesting setting. The open hole doesn't do it for me. Is he the grave digger for a regular cemetery, or something special? If it's special, then what is it? Is he the grave digger for animals that die in the forest? Maybe he's an intergalactic gravedigger sent to make the entirety of earth one big grave for the many planets who need to have additional burial plots....anyway, his setting should be dictated by thoughts like this.

Keep it up! I can't wait to see the finished piece.

Alec
True that Man and I Completely agree with you I'm still on the fence with what to actually do for the composition... I'm thankful for the comments and the ideas a whole lot and cant wait to show you the finished image :)

-BONEZ

[Edinstein]

Hello Sketch theatre! This is my entry for the October Sketch To Win Contest.


It depicts an Isolated, deformed Grave Digger working in his shed, he contemplates night after night of how he will reap his vengeance on the world for banning him from society. He sits on his chair, antagonized, waiting for an idea.

let me know what you think!

-Edinstein

[MarkMorbidity]

Here you go :] my 1st ever entry for ST :]

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k21/gokudoman3000/random%20stuff/124_0001.jpg

[KazamiRain]

OK! http://pic.pbsrc.com/spacer.gifI love how this contest tries to make a pure prejudice of all gravediggers everywhere.

http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/ww339/SJk64/GraveLife.jpg?t=1255302559

[brianl]

First time posting, so, Hi! Sorry about the crappy image, I don't really have access to a scanner anymore.=(

[MarkMorbidity]

First time posting, so, Hi! Sorry about the crappy image, I don't really have access to a scanner anymore.=(
Same here man i feel ya i have no scanner :/ like your pic rad :]

[brianl]

Thanks, MarkMorbidity! Like your pic too.

If I may, I was looking at your image and thinking that it might benefit from some highlights on the outline gravediggers body and also on at least the nearest headstone. Given the size and stage of the moon, there should be some good highlights and shadows helping things pop out a bit more. Hope I'm not being too critical for a sketch :)

[PARPOLE]

TOOLS OF THE TRADE: PENCIL

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[MarkMorbidity]

Thanks, MarkMorbidity! Like your pic too.

If I may, I was looking at your image and thinking that it might benefit from some highlights on the outline gravediggers body and also on at least the nearest headstone. Given the size and stage of the moon, there should be some good highlights and shadows helping things pop out a bit more. Hope I'm not being too critical for a sketch :)
nah man its all good :] without criticism there would never improvement :]
thank you

[MarkMorbidity]

TOOLS OF THE TRADE: PENCIL

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Man i like your drawing :D
love the moon looks kool :}

[brianl]

MarkMorbidity: Good. It's always a "try and see" thing when it comes to comments and crits. Some folks like it (like you and me) and some folks get defensive. Btw, take the things I say about the work here with a grain of salt, I mostly draw little cartoon dogs, etc instead of the work of the pros in the videos.

PARPOLE: Nice one. Very imaginative! :)

[Brittany_Poquis]

Ohhh nice. I'll try and enter in this one. :)

[PARPOLE]

Markmorbidity - thnx mate, im glad u have an awesome entry for this month. Cheers*

brianl - thank u sir.

[MarkMorbidity]

Ohhh nice. I'll try and enter in this one. :)
u should :]

[stephen fedewa]

I took a darker appoch. i think i could have done better.

http://forums.sketchtheatre.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=327&d=1254953471
i was going for more of a wetsern or older movie look

[brianl]

stephen fedewa: you did succeed in evoking the feel of an old west type of scene. ;)

I'm not trying to insult you and I hope no one thinks I'm overstepping my bounds within this forum, but to be brutally honest, you need some work on your general anatomy skills and other areas of drawing. Try searching for the books that were written by Andrew Loomis. These books are old and out of print, but they are some of the best books that you could read. You might be able to find a pdf or some images of the pages out here on interwebs. I think Barnes & Noble has some sort of reprints available that aren't expensive... or go purchase some of the Gnomon videos on drawing :cool:

I found all those things to be helpful to me, so I hope they will be helpful to you too.

[Lomien]

Not dead yet... but it doesn't care.

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk107/Picyoureyes/Gravedigger.jpg

[brianl]

Lomien: Nice work on the figure in the grave and on all the hands. :) A few less wrinkles in the gravedigger's robe might make it look a bit more natural.

[Lomien]

Lomien: Nice work on the figure in the grave and on all the hands. :) A few less wrinkles in the gravedigger's robe might make it look a bit more natural.

Thanks for the nice feedback :) Yeah I know it's a bit much (looks like the rope is attached somewhere unter his arm) but we are talking about something supernatural here :cool: :D

(btw I pretty much just started learning how wrinkles and anatomy work so I am eager to learn more. Tried to ignore that for way too many years, but that's another story.) Thank you again.

[brianl]

Lomien: I understand all too well. If you could see the stuff I thought was ok from about 10 years ago, well ya know. :) If you don't mind my saying about the digger's anatomy, he looks a little over twisted where I'm guessing his torso and hips are ? Kinda hard to tell under the robe ;)

[questionmark_man]

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll145/valfoxes/gravedigger.jpg

hey everybody... really great posts this month!!! so this is my approach for the gravedigger. free for your interpretation. GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF US :)

www.valeriovolpi.com

[Brittany_Poquis]

u should :]

thanksss. :) And thank you for the add on my art page. <3

[PARPOLE]

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll145/valfoxes/gravedigger.jpg

hey everybody... Really great posts this month!!! So this is my approach for the gravedigger. Free for your interpretation. Good luck to all of us :)

www.valeriovolpi.com (http://www.valeriovolpi.com)

kick-ass, character is great and the shading is good. It would be really nice to see some details in the background though.

Cheers*

[padhia]

First time posting, so, Hi! Sorry about the crappy image, I don't really have access to a scanner anymore.=(

great sketch, love the pencil technique and how he feels so gigantic.

[questionmark_man]

kick-ass, character is great and the shading is good. It would be really nice to see some details in the background though.

Cheers*

I actualy find that the character is the most important thing. the eye has to lokk at the character... in the end, the background isnt that important.. as long as you get the idea

[brianl]

padhia: Thanks :) I just kinda noodled him out starting with his head... then ran outta paper, so no lower legs, DoH!

questionmark_man: Nice and gruesome. Reminds me a bit of the Hellraiser movies. :D

[gdboston]

Here's mind. I'll take any feedback I can get.

[riot26]

sorry about the color, my scanners not working righthttp://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg28/josh_26_bucket/Photo.jpg

[tryan]

Here is my submission. Great stuff guys!

[brianl]

gdboston: I saw you post that you'd take any feedback... so, I quickly logged in to look at your image. There's nothing I can think of to say that'd be a help to you in any way, other than to tell ya it looks good and creepy. Now I have to go back to my sketch book and come up with something a little bit better ;) At least it's nice to know that I'm not the oldest one posting here now :cool:

riot26: The scanner's color kinda helps your sketch. Gives it a creepier feel. The best advice I can give you is the same that I gave out earlier to stephen fedawa, and that is check out the books by Andrew Loomis if you can find them. The info contained in those books is priceless.

Everyone: Do ya'll mind that I'm trying to comment as much as I can? Should I stop? Don't want to make anyone feel bad or anything like that =)

[DMK]

This is my entry for the October sketch contest.

[traustinn]

Made with a 0.5 Pilot drawing pen..
dirt style :)

[AllyStrange]

here's my final..thing. i took down the first one because it wasnt very good and i wanted to make it a little more original. so here goes :Phttp://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a213/alemcr/scan0001-6.jpg

Those palm trees on the right are what i see every day driving home to LA from Pasadena on the side of the freeway. I thought I'd put it in here to have a little taste of home :) i used chinese ink, charcoals and black fine point pen for this one.

[RedE 2Doodle]

Boys n Girls,

Here is my submission for this month.....this one a lil bit of a struggle but got it done.....my original idea was to do a piece heavy on linework, and not so much rendering but I guess I couldnt help myself but to do a comic book take on it ;P ....a grave digger skulks around the cemetery in the dead of night.......hope you all like.....critiques and comments are very welcome

Cheers,

E

[DKelley]

pencil on paper

[AllyStrange]

i cant wait to see more submissions ^^ g'luck to all :}

[MarkMorbidity]

i cant wait to see more submissions ^^ g'luck to all :}
Same here :D i like yours the red is amazing but the shovel looks kinda crooked like the metal part. but over all amazing :] better than mine XD

[AllyStrange]

Same here :D i like yours the red is amazing but the shovel looks kinda crooked like the metal part. but over all amazing :] better than mine XD


haha! yeah i tried to fix that a little bit, but i guess you can still tell:eek: oh well i've done all i can lol. thank you for the compliment :)i dont have training in art, but i hope im winging it right :p

[JordanLefever]

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o253/GorfMode/TheGravediggercopy.jpg

Sharpie and Pencil,,, cheers!

--Jordan Lefever--

[annndres]

The grave digger got too tired at this age, so he bought a new toy to help him with his job.http://lh5.ggpht.com/_tLLy89DtodM/SuD3Zi-ibzI/AAAAAAAAAMY/XY_pTALeWDw/s512/gravediggertoy.jpg

http://annndres.wordpress.com

[AllyStrange]

The grave digger got too tired at this age, so he bought a new toy to help him with his job.

http://annndres.wordpress.com






:eek:HOLY CRAP, THAT'S AMAZING!!! ^^ :D the man's expression is priceless xD he kinda looks like the gravedigger :P

[plumsmudge]

i like how you made the gravedigger a woman.. when mostly are usually portrayed as men. looks great good luck!

here's my final..thing. i took down the first one because it wasnt very good and i wanted to make it a little more original. so here goes :Phttp://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a213/alemcr/scan0001-6.jpg

Those palm trees on the right are what i see every day driving home to LA from Pasadena on the side of the freeway. I thought I'd put it in here to have a little taste of home :) i used chinese ink, charcoals and black fine point pen for this one.

[edge]

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_tLLy89DtodM/SuHo6KnJAgI/AAAAAAAAAM0/xdfKrqE4uG4/s512/gravediggx.jpg

[annndres]

:eek:HOLY CRAP, THAT'S AMAZING!!! ^^ :D the man's expression is priceless xD he kinda looks like the gravedigger :P

Thanks very much Allystrange! About yours, I agree with Plumsmudge, The composition is creative and dramatic! :rolleyes:

[thorn24]

http://forums.sketchtheatre.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=345&stc=1&d=1256383233

[Mavor]

From the woods it crawls
Twisting and scratching with wicked claws
To fool campers nearby
To feast on their bodies as still as they lie
But first it needs a ruse
A body buried, stripped of shirt and shoes
In this its mark is left
Making corpses walk, taking rot and bringing death

-A Poem of the Gravedigger

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc261/Reapthemind/grave.jpghttp://forums.sketchtheatre.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc261/Reapthemind/?action=view&current=grave.jpg%22%20target=%22_blank%22%3E%3Cim g%20src=%22http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc261/Reapthemind/grave.jpg%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22Grave%20Dig ger%22%3E%3C/a%3Ehttp://forums.sketchtheatre.com/%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc261/Reapthemind/grave.jpg%5B/IMG%5Dhttp://%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc261/Reapthemind/grave.jpg%5B/IMG%5D

[palermo166]

i have another sketch..jeje..
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/2585/lastscangc.th.jpg (http://img195.imageshack.us/i/lastscangc.jpg/)

[Aeda]

This is my Grave Digger. The image came to mind as soon as I read the theme - A beautiful woman digging a massive grave with a very tiny shovel. Of course as all drawings do, it evolved while being created. Now she's in the theme of Halloween with even the storm coming to get her, but seems a tad childish with her kids buckets and spades. What's be burying?






I hope you enjoy, and maybe be inspired as I have with other drawings from Sketch Theatre.

Aeda.

[AllyStrange]

This is my Grave Digger. The image came to mind as soon as I read the theme - A beautiful woman digging a massive grave with a very tiny shovel. Of course as all drawings do, it evolved while being created. Now she's in the theme of Halloween with even the storm coming to get her, but seems a tad childish with her kids buckets and spades. What's be burying?






I hope you enjoy, and maybe be inspired as I have with other drawings from Sketch Theatre.

Aeda.



Damn, you put mine to shame ._.

[Slyrad]

Hi all! Here's my first entry at sketch theater! some great sketches going on here and I wanted to be a part of the fun! I'll try to get a better photograph of it, sadly it's too large to scan.

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs248.snc1/9534_309122000561_898535561_9447581_454969_n.jpg

[screamingelf]

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c392/vicmonty/SketchTheatreEntry-Oct-Graveyard1.jpg

My version...

[alexnegrea]

good job guys! here is my version:P hope you like it

[sterone]

Do you know that grave digging used to be a sport ?


http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc48/steroneart/IMG_NEW.jpg

[Chili Pepper Chris]

Graphite pencil and ink. Happy Halloween and good luck to all! Some great entries here.

[Dr. Wishesmoney]

Chilling cries into Godless nights
Wane within a hollow world's end
Then cast is the empty silent blight
Who's eldrich fingers doth extend

Throughout the warped forsaken plain
Corpses pepper the shallow soil
As behemoths decend from stars to reign
They begin their excavationary toil

To feast, to feast
The crop is ripe
To feast, to feast
Through Godless nights
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/DagothSpiegel/scan0003.jpg
http://forums.sketchtheatre.com/Chilling%20cries%20into%20Godless%20nights%20Wane% 20within%20a%20hollow%20world%27s%20end%20Then%20c ast%20is%20the%20empty%20silent%20blight%20Who%27s %20eldrich%20fingers%20doth%20extend%20%20Througho ut%20the%20warped%20forsaken%20plain%20Corpses%20p epper%20the%20shallow%20soil%20As%20behemoths%20de cend%20from%20stars%20to%20reign%20They%20begin%20 their%20excavationary%20toil%20%20To%20feast,%20to %20feast%20The%20crop%20is%20ripe%20To%20feast,%20 to%20feast%20Through%20Godless%20nights%20%20http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/DagothSpiegel/scan0003.jpg

[xtian-kikimuh]

[QUOTE=questionmark_man;2665]http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll145/valfoxes/gravedigger.jpg

nice work!!

[xtian-kikimuh]

[QUOTE=annndres;2695]The grave digger got too tired at this age, so he bought a new toy to help him with his job.http://lh5.ggpht.com/_tLLy89DtodM/SuD3Zi-ibzI/AAAAAAAAAMY/XY_pTALeWDw/s512/gravediggertoy.jpg

H E L L Y E A H!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JuNbuG]

This is my first post on this site. I like the submitted work. Great jobs! :)

http://nakita3.webs.com/Gravedigger2.jpg

[Sven360]

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p30/steve360x/P1000186.jpg
This was really for the "halloween" contest but I was too late as it would seem. So, i hastily sketched and coloured a body. Not my best work but oh, well. ENJOY!

[rigorousmonotony]

We'll ALL have iphones

[xXfossilXx]

Hello,

I am new to sketch theater my name is xXfossilXx. This is a really cool art website and I couldn't wait to sketch something up for the Gravedigger. Hope you like it.

fossil

[Dhamael]

http://tasmus.hypertech.net/gravedigger.jpg

F and HB lead, mechanical pencils, pink pearl eraser on 20# copy paper.

[stephen fedewa]

stephen fedewa: you did succeed in evoking the feel of an old west type of scene. ;)

I'm not trying to insult you and I hope no one thinks I'm overstepping my bounds within this forum, but to be brutally honest, you need some work on your general anatomy skills and other areas of drawing. Try searching for the books that were written by Andrew Loomis. These books are old and out of print, but they are some of the best books that you could read. You might be able to find a pdf or some images of the pages out here on interwebs. I think Barnes & Noble has some sort of reprints available that aren't expensive... or go purchase some of the Gnomon videos on drawing :cool:

I found all those things to be helpful to me, so I hope they will be helpful to you too.

yeah i saw that straght from the beggining of this peace when i started it.I dont take what you said in a insulting manner.I really wish i wouldnt of poster the first thing i drew.

[prrrszalony]

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4544/scan10182.jpg

[ideografo]

Hi everyone there!.
This is my first time in the forum. Hope you like my sketch.
Here is my digger. Diferent aproach.

[sterone]

We'll ALL have iphones

Nice to see that you're still here !


www.ster1.com

[sambob777]

http://tasmus.hypertech.net/gravedigger.jpg

F and HB lead, mechanical pencils, pink pearl eraser on 20# copy paper.

luv this approach..

[screamingelf]

Well good work everyone! This might be my second entry on an ST contest (see entry posted already). I hope everyone had as much fun as I did. I went a little further with the thought process of designing my entry than I thought I would. It is, however, completed. Well at least completed to the level I had in mind. Points for anyone who can tell me what my entry is a parady of. This was an accomplishment for me, because I always start working on entries, but I always chicken out. Let this be a learning experience for all so that we all can walk away better artist. If you didn't learn something new about your skill level by doing your entries, shame on you. Drawing is not a mindless activity. It's the most joyfull problem solving practice. God bless!

[screamingelf]

When will the winners be announced? I thought it was usually by the 4th. I'm on the edge of my seat!

[stephen fedewa]

same here, there alot of great drawing, i wonder who will get first.

[sketchtheatre]

Hey everone... Here are the winners for October! Lots of cool stuff this month. Thanks to all for participating, and we hope you all had a wonderfully creepy Halloween!

http://forums.sketchtheatre.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=355&stc=1&d=1257453327

-ST

[artina]

Thanks sketchtheatre for W. I had fun working on this piece. Congratz to all the winners. Some great entries this month. Hope to see you all next month. Later.

[screamingelf]

Congrats winners! I have a question. Do the winners get to pick their DVD's or are they picked for them?

[Mavor]

Congrats all!

[riot26]

what....???
everyone keeps saying congrats.
who are the winners??

[PARPOLE]

Cheers* :)

[brianl]

Congratulations to the winners! There were a lot of great looking entries and I certainly would not have wanted to be the one to make this month's decision :)

[annndres]

Congratulations! To everyone it's been a honor to get that nice 2nd! I hope to have time for november contest =)

[JuNbuG]

Thumbs Up!:)

[D.Hiepe]

I have this done, had a great time with the sketch,,,now waiting for the camera battery to charge so I can pospt it.

[scously09]

yeah PM Hobby has a few most are in the back. I have thought about doing a Grave Digger build before but its nt on the top of my list.

[Sane]

Hi all! Here's my first entry at sketch theater! some great sketches going on here and I wanted to be a part of the fun! I'll try to get a better photograph of it, sadly it's too large to scan.

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs248.snc1/9534_309122000561_898535561_9447581_454969_n.jpg

by far my fav... out of this month

[gendragon]

Nice sketch!

[shicledlela]

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[brianwhitskey24]

very nice thread and amazing art work to display

[Aragone]

wow!!!
I love sketch.