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B.J. "The Prodigy" Penn...This one took me a while because I scanned it every step during the process. Its going to be featured in an interview with me soon. I'll post a link when its up.

To3

Alright here's what I got today, Anderson Silva baby!

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Okay, we're back...The greatest of all time, Anderson Silva! He'll be obliterating Demian Maia this Saturday night in Abu Dhabi.

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This was done using ref of a fighter that was on one of the seasons of Ultimate Fighter...I don't know the guy's name. Anyway, it was fun...I tried using the toothbrush as an actual brush for the blood effect on his gloves. Not sure if I like it or not, but experimentation is what this is all about right? This took me about an hour and 15 minutes. I'm totally not sticking to the hour time limit I set at the beginning...So yeah, I suck.

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Hey all, here's mine for today...This one was more difficult than I thought it would be...

Micah17

Fun shapes in this one...

To 2

Here's what I got today, I had a hard time with this one =)

Micah16

Done using photo ref of one of my favorite models, Laetitia Casta. This one was really fun...I'm enjoying using the quill to create texture. Again, I failed the time limit by maybe 15 minutes or so, but I'm getting a little faster with the quill...

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This one took far longer than I intended it to. I wanted to try some of the techniques used by Franklin Booth, whom I greatly admire, but I realized very soon after I started that it was a time consuming process. I couldn't very well rush it, because I had already started with this technique...I think this one took around 2 hours. I need to get it together.

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Okay, so this definitely took me longer than an hour(about 2 1/2 hours total.) I just wanted to experiment with some color stuff, so I decided to do it. All the traditional stuff was done in an hour, with an additional hour and half on the Photoshop work. I'm trying to figure out the direction I want to go in stylistically. Hope you like!

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Kimono chick from ref that I found on Characterdesigns.com Tons of great photos on there!

charlie3 - BEND!

Went with this one today since I kinda regretted missing it when it came around.

Micah12

I missed yesterday...So here's the one I was going to draw yesterday. This guy has crazy hair!

Micah11

Here's mine for today! I don't feel I quite lived up to the quality of the ref...I may take another stab at it one day, maybe with more time to spend on it. There were a lot of subtleties of the lighting that I didn't quite capture to my liking.

charlie2 - WRINKLE!

Wow, Micah!

Here's my humble offering!

MIcah10

Here's my old monk...Awesome ref for today...This guy just has so many wrinkles on his face, and the photo was lit from below...Lots of fun to draw!

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Here's mine! I may have taken a little bit longer than an hour on this...I had to stop in the middle of it for various reasons. Its probably no more than a few minutes over though. The ref we used was so awesome...Its Junior Dos Santos with a devastating body shot on Crocop. JDS is a future heavyweight champ I think...Anyway, hope you like!

charlie1 - PUNCH!

My first contribution to this blog. Looking at the photo against this, the dude on the right was leaning into his punch a lot more.

Micah8

So, technically I didn't get this up on the blog until the next day, so I guess I kinda skipped a day, but there will be another one up tomorrow--promise. This was probably the most difficult time I've had with any of these, which I guess is a good thing. Lots of foreshortening in the photo, and the athlete, Allison Stokke, is built like a brick house...I had a hard time not slimming her down a bit to make her look a little more feminine, but I tried to restrain myself.

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This marks the end of a full week of doing these figure drawings. I'm still enjoying myself but I think I need to find a way of getting a little faster, because I have a lot of other work I'm doing that actually pays me money :) However, I'm not giving up! Hope you guys like.