Manu looking bored (sketches)

[carina_gino20]

Thought I'd share another product of my offseason boredom. Well, Manu looks bored in the first one (a picture taken during a press conference).

The second one is from the Lakers series, hence, the sad look. And his hair looks like plastic bristles that I stuck to his head. :p:

I hope you like them. :toast

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/6876/manu9xc1.jpg

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/3953/manu5rz9.jpg

[Sense]

Nice job...

you're going places lady

[midgetonadonkey]

Were those taken from screen shots of him during the WCF?

[Guajalote]

Great job on the hands. Hands and fingers have always given me problems (not that I'm anywhere as good as you are). Looks great.

[duncan228]

Great stuff carina. Thanks for sharing. I think your Manu sketches are your best (but your Duncan's are great too. :))

[carina_gino20]

Were those taken from screen shots of him during the WCF?

The second one was from a Yahoo pic during the Lakers series.

The first one was from a press conference in Argentina this summer.

Thanks for the comments. :)

[carina_gino20]

Great stuff carina. Thanks for sharing. I think your Manu sketches are your best (but your Duncan's are great too. :))

Haha. I think some of my faves are also Duncan ones. The first Manu pic was probably the quickest close-up sketch I've done so far.:lol

[ShirleyloveSpurs]

I like the first one,good job!

[E20]

Wow you're obsessed.

[Manufan909]

With a badass player!!! First sketch is awesome. Keep it up.

And quick question, you do sketches of players in action?

[Brutalis]

Haha at the first one. Looks like him making such a silly face! Great job.

[carina_gino20]

With a badass player!!! First sketch is awesome. Keep it up.

And quick question, you do sketches of players in action?

Thanks. :) I've done players in action, but I'm very picky. I did some last playoffs: http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93901, and a couple more manu sketches in action that I haven't posted here.

[Sissiborgo]

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[lurker23]

Great stuff, I always love seeing your sketches. :tu :toast

Manu always looks bored when he's on the bench. I often wonder what he's going to do after he retires from basketball...he has such a non-stop motor that he seems out of place when he's not on the court.

[Duncanoypi]

Wow! Carina...way to go Pinoys!

[mrspurs]

if i wanna see sketches, ill goto market square....unlike most of your readers, i dont believe you did them

[Kori Ellis]

Wow you're obsessed.

Says the guy in love with Slyvester Stallone.

[Kori Ellis]

if i wanna see sketches, ill goto market square....unlike most of your readers, i dont believe you did them

No reason to be a jerk. Carina has done a lot of sketches and posts them here from time to time. If you don't like them, that's fine but no reason to call carina a liar.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

if i wanna see sketches, ill goto market square....unlike most of your readers, i dont believe you did them

I don't believe you passed the 3rd grade.

[deadratsam]

Are you committed to that style with the thick lines? I know it's just a sketch, but I was wondering if you'd consider drawing him wearing less eyeliner.

[duncan228]

if i wanna see sketches, ill goto market square....unlike most of your readers, i dont believe you did them

Why would you do this? Like Kori said, it's fine if you don't like them but there's no reason to call carina a liar. Don't you know that if you can't say something nice you shouldn't say anything at all? On second thought, it's obvious you don't know that. You haven't posted a positive thought since you got here.

[mytespurs]

Carina,
Your drawings are wonderful.....KEEP THEM COMING!!! :toast

Thanks for sharing! :)

[saxman]

I agree. Great job.

I wish I could somehow learn how to draw. I'm terrible at it! I'm so embarrased at my drawing skills that I don't even try to draw in private.

Ha!

[LakerHater]

Nice detail!! Don't listen to those haters!!
How long did it take to do the 1st one?

[remingtonbo2001]

Nice drawing Carina.

Hopefully Mrs. Purs will remove the stick shoved up her butt before returning.

[Sissiborgo]

Anyway good sketchess!:d

[VaSpursFan]

if i wanna see sketches, ill goto market square....unlike most of your readers, i dont believe you did them

dude, carina posts her sketches all the time and it's awesome artwork. far better than the stick figures i can draw. secondly...if you really pay close attention you can see her signature and date on the artwork...so it's her work.

don't hate if you don't like. just ignore and move along.

[E20]

wow, mrspurs is a bitch. what an ass.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

if i wanna see sketches, ill goto market square....unlike most of your readers, i dont believe you did them

pfff... as if anybody gives a crap what you think. Tell you what, next time you feel the urge to post something like this... fight it! jackass

[Fernando TD21]

Nice job Carina. You could record while you're drawing them and make a "speed painting" video and post on youtube.

[carina_gino20]

wow...:lol Thanks you guys for sticking up for me. I'm touched, honestly. Well, virtually anyway. :lol

I've posted my artwork here since last year, I think. Sketching is my hobby and since you guys don't seem to mind and some of you say you like my work, I share my new ones when I feel inclined to.

Frankly, mrspurs, I don't care whether you think I did them or not. I've already received the only validation that meant to me from the guy himself. So, up yours, I guess.

[carina_gino20]

Are you committed to that style with the thick lines? I know it's just a sketch, but I was wondering if you'd consider drawing him wearing less eyeliner.

Haha. The last time, someone commented on one of my Manu drawings that he seemed to be wearing lipstick. :lol But yeah, I get what you mean.

No, I'm not committed to the heavy lines, although some of my recent sketches have turned out that way. I don't know why. The thing is, when I roughly finish a sketch, I spend maybe ten or so minutes tweaking things. After that, I just leave it be. I'm not a professional artist, so I've never obsessed about those details. :) Now that two people have pointed it out, I'll try to be more careful next time, thanks.

[carina_gino20]

Nice detail!! Don't listen to those haters!!
How long did it take to do the 1st one?

Thanks. The first one, I think I finished it under an hour, including tweaking stuff. That's probably the fastest Manu sketch I've made. Usually, it takes me so long because I nitpick so much when I draw Manu, not so much with others. :lol

[anakha]

if i wanna see sketches, ill goto market square....unlike most of your readers, i dont believe you did them

In the absence of SD21 and Jayem, you're doing an admirable job of maintaining the required emo quota around here.

[deadratsam]

Haha. The last time, someone commented on one of my Manu drawings that he seemed to be wearing lipstick. :lol But yeah, I get what you mean.

No, I'm not committed to the heavy lines, although some of my recent sketches have turned out that way. I don't know why. The thing is, when I roughly finish a sketch, I spend maybe ten or so minutes tweaking things. After that, I just leave it be. I'm not a professional artist, so I've never obsessed about those details. :) Now that two people have pointed it out, I'll try to be more careful next time, thanks.

It's just that you've got great vision. The lines, shapes and shading clearly depict who it is. For a sketch it's great. Further tweaks would make it a great portrait. But yeah, it's just something to think about.

As for my skills, I struggle to make hands look like anything but inflated latex gloves. So I'm a bit jealous and am reminded that I need to continue practicing.

[jack sommerset]

Worse Spur thread ever

[baseline bum]

Cool sketches. Did you ever do any of him getting the Gold in Athens (with the old-style wreath on his head)? That's prob the coolest non-action Manu photo I've seen.

http://www.dubfrequency.com/blog/archives/ManuGold.jpg

[carina_gino20]

Cool sketches. Did you ever do any of him getting the Gold in Athens (with the old-style wreath on his head)? That's prob the coolest non-action Manu photo I've seen.

http://www.dubfrequency.com/blog/archives/ManuGold.jpg

Nope, I haven't done any from his 2004 Olympics. The closest is this picture taken before the Olympics, I think.

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/9144/manu2bpz4.jpg

Anyway, that photo you posted has been in my laptop for years and I've thought of doing it before. However, one of my biggest pet peeves in sketches are teeth. I don't like drawing photos that have them. I'm horrible when it comes to those so I avoid them as much as possible. But yes, it's a very cool non-action photo of him. :)

[carina_gino20]

It's just that you've got great vision. The lines, shapes and shading clearly depict who it is. For a sketch it's great. Further tweaks would make it a great portrait. But yeah, it's just something to think about.

As for my skills, I struggle to make hands look like anything but inflated latex gloves. So I'm a bit jealous and am reminded that I need to continue practicing.

Thanks very much. When I draw a close-up sketch, details are very important to me. The shape of the eyes, the nose, etc. But when it comes to the tweaking part, I get easily bored and lazy. :lol I'm weird that way.

As for the hands, if you're copying from a picture, just try to pay very close attention to the details. Do a little tweaks, and you'll probably do fine. I have trouble doing hands too, if I don't have anything to copy. That said, I have trouble drawing someone just from imagination. :p: They end up looking like cartoon characters.

[koriwhat]

i'll try my hand at sketching that manu pic sometime this week. i need the practice plus i've been wanting to draw a player from the spurs for a while now. i once tried to sketch duncan and only got the eyes completed and forgot about the sketch soon after.

ps: nice work btw carina. :toast

[koriwhat]

Thanks very much. When I draw a close-up sketch, details are very important to me. The shape of the eyes, the nose, etc. But when it comes to the tweaking part, I get easily bored and lazy. :lol I'm weird that way.

As for the hands, if you're copying from a picture, just try to pay very close attention to the details. Do a little tweaks, and you'll probably do fine. I have trouble doing hands too, if I don't have anything to copy. That said, I have trouble drawing someone just from imagination. :p: They end up looking like cartoon characters.

checkout glen vilppu's(i think that's how is last name is spelt) video on drawing hands. everything is easier to draw when you break it down to its simple geometric shapes. back to the basics!

[koriwhat]

not to steal from your thread or anything carina but i thought i'd post my progress on that manu olympic pic. so far it's rough but will get more detailed when i am closer to finishing the piece.

http://a232.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/31/l_319b0b54764183104a100d3f4538b04f.jpg

[carina_gino20]

not to steal from your thread or anything carina but i thought i'd post my progress on that manu olympic pic. so far it's rough but will get more detailed when i am closer to finishing the piece.

http://a232.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/31/l_319b0b54764183104a100d3f4538b04f.jpg

That's cool. I'd love to see it when you're finished. What medium are you using by the way?

[koriwhat]

That's cool. I'd love to see it when you're finished. What medium are you using by the way?

tablet+photoshopCS3+opacityONbrushes

i usually just draw straight in photoshop... no need to waste paper anymore. :)

and yeah i'm gonna try and finish this piece by the end of the week hopefully.

[carina_gino20]

tablet+photoshopCS3+opacityONbrushes

i usually just draw straight in photoshop... no need to waste paper anymore. :)

and yeah i'm gonna try and finish this piece by the end of the week hopefully.

cool. I'm still the pencil-and-paper girl.:lol Hope to see that drawing soon.

[baseline bum]

Cool pics. Thanks carina and koriwhat for sharing.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Nice, Carina.

I really like that second one.

[carina_gino20]

Thanks, EHJ. It's one of my favorite sketches.

Too bad I lost the original. :depressed I drew it on my brother's sketchbook.

[koriwhat]

JUST A LITTLE UPDATE FOR YALL
http://a738.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/86/l_3e38019a7436621ca13cefa88ef2dac1.jpg

[duncan228]

Happy Birthday carina. (Clear out your PM box. :lol)

Nice work koriwhat, thanks for sharing.

[carina_gino20]

Happy Birthday carina. (Clear out your PM box. :lol)

Nice work koriwhat, thanks for sharing.

duncan228, I just deleted a couple. :) thanks for the heads-up.

Koriwhat, I actually broke my fastidious avoidance of pictures with teeth and tried my hand with that picture. I'll post it after you finish yours. :)

[koriwhat]

duncan228, I just deleted a couple. :) thanks for the heads-up.

Koriwhat, I actually broke my fastidious avoidance of pictures with teeth and tried my hand with that picture. I'll post it after you finish yours. :)

go ahead and post it up carina. looks like it's gonna take me a bit longer to finish this piece because i'm a dumbass and forgot to save my photoshop document and well i'm back to how the first pic i posted looks. damn save option on the computer!

lets see that artwork carina!

[bugmenot]

http://www.dubfrequency.com/blog/archives/ManuGold.jpghttp://a738.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/86/l_3e38019a7436621ca13cefa88ef2dac1.jpg


http://www.shipmentoffail.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/tattoo_fail.jpg

[jcrod]

http://www.shipmentoffail.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/tattoo_fail.jpg


He hasn't finished and it looks pretty good so far. Lets see you work since you think you can criticize.

[koriwhat]

http://www.shipmentoffail.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/tattoo_fail.jpg


haha... i've seen that pic before and it never gets old.

but yeah i'm far far far from finished with this ginobili piece. just wait. :toast

[carina_gino20]

haha... i've seen that pic before and it never gets old.

but yeah i'm far far far from finished with this ginobili piece. just wait. :toast

Looking good so far. :) All the haters can just post their own work, and we'll see who's a massive fail. :lol

[carina_gino20]

Here's the sketch:

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1383/manu10e1dt0.jpg

[carina_gino20]

**repeat post**

[koriwhat]

nice work carina! :toast

[carina_gino20]

nice work carina! :toast

thanks. :)

[duncan228]

Wow carina, nice sketch. I don't see any problem with teeth, they look fine.

[carina_gino20]

thanks d228, it surprised me too. and I still would like to avoid them in future sketches. :lol

[koriwhat]

well i'm back up and rollin'... i have had some down-time due to shitty windowsOS and all the bs spam/spyware/malware/etc that is floating around the net so i thought, "what the hell let's go back to the old days", and so i did.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3238/2755841116_8c60ca8885_o.jpg

i have finally got my system up and running exactly how i want it to with my hardware, tablet, and the software i need. bye bye photoshop, hello gimp!

anyhow, look for updates soon enough. oh and BUMP!!!