Howie's Sketchbook (August 30th)

[Howie]

Hi guys, I'm 19 and currently taking classes at Temple University but I hope to transfer to University of the Arts in Philadelphia. I really want to practice more and I think this thread will help keep me motivated as well as help me progress.

I go to a life drawing class once a week, which is most of what i have here, and I've been trying understand gesture and how to draw through the figure more. These drawings range from 5 min to 20 min.
(oldest to newest)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/watergun-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/hand4.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/hand3.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/hand2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/shoes2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/shoes1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig8.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig7.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig6.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig4.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig3.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig1.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig12.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig11.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig10.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig9.png

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/5683/fig19mf3.png
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/4271/fig18hu3.png
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/530/fig17ja1.png
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/6833/fig16xj7.png
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/4331/fig15lm1.png
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/4177/fig14mq2.png
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/7955/fig13fo2.png

can't wait to get some feedback :yayca:
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[Claire D]

Some really great lifedrawing. You gave a lot of life to some bland poses. I always found lifedrawing really liberating and endlessly beneficial to my sence of composition and spacial design.

Just for the sake of it, when presenting your work online it might be an idea to consider the drawing as it is on the page, rather than just the drawing. Maybe not crop the image too much and lose the original composition. Though it's just my personal taste losing the tops of heads and feet can really take away from a piece.

[iceman478]

i like some of ur shading very cool keep up the good work...

[Howie]

@ Claire D: Thanks, my scanner is pretty small so i try and get as much of the drawing scanned as i can, but I'm going to try using a camera next time.
@iceman478: thanks

Here are some environments done in photoshop; working on value and composition mostly
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/alienthing.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/forestman.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/valley.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/mountainman.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/spiral.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/greyrocks.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/greyrocks2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/rocks3.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/pointymountians.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/bigtree.png

and after watching Bob Kato's Drawing the Adult Male Head gnomon DVD
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/face.png

[iceman478]

thanks for leaving a positive comment on my sketchbook....
i love the new landscape drawings very cool there is a lot of depth in them............keep up the kick ass work!

[Howie]

sorry some of the pictures are crappy, I'll try and get better lighting next time.
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/5868/fig20qk9.png
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/9199/fig21kp7.png
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1967/fig22jx4.png
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1769/fig23qv3.png
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/9141/fig24gx7.png
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4028/fig25tp0.png
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2761/fig26lh6.png
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3927/fig27qv2.png

[Howie]

some more digital stuff, ill have more life drawings for tomorrow
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/value1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/lazers.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/pose.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/scribble2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/weirdman.png

[throtailer]

Very nice digital art, like iceman said, great depth feeling. Nice lightning and shading. About pencil works, i think you have great anatomy, and i dont think that gnomon tutorial helped you alot :)

[ACRO]

i really enjoy looking at your environments very inspiring
after all these poses amd not done work
are you gonna drop a final pieces? just a thought

[Howie]

@ throtailer: Thanks
@ ACRO: Thanks, I'll try and get some of my more finished pieces up later but they aren't as recent

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/1671/fig28wi5.png
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/411/fig40vv2.png
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/1725/fig39jd8.png
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/8736/fig38ir2.png
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/8637/fig37jh7.png
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/2598/fig36ru2.png
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/6494/fig35xq7.png
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/4614/fig34ga8.png
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7909/fig33fp2.png
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4360/fig32el7.png
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/816/fig31hx0.png
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7664/fig30jj0.png
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8467/fig29yy5.png

and these are just some paint overs of previous poses that i thought were weak
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/1295/overpaint6cp0.png
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/117/overpaint5qb7.png
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/8223/overpaint4qn5.png
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/8966/overpaint3dx8.png
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/1118/overpaint2yl9.png
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5336/overpaint1io2.png

[Howie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/value2.jpg
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/58/head7my7.png
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/6407/headcolorvd3.png

[Inkin]

It's good that you don't care about the general aspect of your drawings, keep them loose..all you have to worry about is to launch yourself with some more of those brave lines ahead. The rest will come with great practice.

Cheers!

[Howie]

Thanks Inkin

got the poses from http://www.posemaniacs.com/
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/9342/fig43cq4.png
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/3008/fig41kb9.png
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/6973/fig42jx0.png

[alesoun]

Keep goiing, Howie! I like what I see so far. More, please.....

[Howie]

thanks alesoun

more figures, a few are from Michael Mentler's sketches
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/8899/fig44la4.png
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8717/fig45ac4.png
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9913/fig46ay8.png
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/5521/fig47ob5.png
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/3585/fig48vp3.png
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/7295/fig49pn6.png
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/5862/fig50nc4.png
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/7093/fig51pg8.png
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/1946/fig52gk6.png

[Howie]

more digital stuff
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/head8-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/redscape.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/head8.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/greycave.png

[Howie]

Its been a while, here are some value studies and other digital stuff
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/skull-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/valuestudy.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/graycomp-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/grayland.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/head-1.png

[AztcFireFlower]

Hey Howie,

Looking at your studies and see alot of analyses in your drawings.
Good construction and symmetry (did I spell that right?) and I can see that proportions will follow soon as you gain experience. Nice block ins with the manakin concept.
Keep going!

[Howie]

Thanks AztcFireFlower :teeth:
here's more stuff using images off the internet for reference

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig9-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig8-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig7-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig6-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig5.png
[ihttp://img234.imageshack.us/img234/7932/fig4yq1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig3-1.png
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/8820/fig2rw7.png
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4015/fig1ve1.png

sorry some of the picture quality sucks

[ccsears]

Hey Howie,

Thanks for looking at my sketchbook and leaving some feedback--not too many people bother leaving comments.

I'm just going to list a couple of ideas here for you to think about with your figure drawing--5-20min stuff, if i remember right.

1) you've done a good job with the approach you have. you now draw through the figure like the hamstrings and back of the legs here. http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4360/fig32el7.png you also do a decent job looking for rhythmical ways to interconnect limbs and torso, etc. Now that you've experienced drawing around, and drawing through, you should try to combine the two and draw linearly with the idea of correctly identifying overlapping forms. this can be tricky. not every overlapped form needs a line to show it, sometimes it's better to not use a line and suggest it with tone. a good generic example would be the biceps muscle--if you draw the outline of the whole thing, it looks like a balloon floating in space.

2) look at chromosome's work. you draw very "roundly." start pushing yourself the other way and use only straight lines. this will force you to learn other kinds of relationships between forms and to capture only the most important aspects of curves.

3) i don't know what lighting arrangement you have during life drawing, but start doing very simple tonal stuff. by simple, i mean 2-tones. one light, one shadow. use your line work (softly or with broken-line) to show the core shadows and the turning of the planes. use your drawing-through knowledge to get shadows to lie on top of the form correctly. Just be sure you use some middle-ish tones for these. too dark in the shadows will be too hard to control at first. leave space in your tonal range darker than your shadows so you can still see your line work. maybe experiment with pen hatching too. Again, see chromosome's work.

4) if you want to improve your composition, treat the figure like you do your environment studies. only draw inside of a box. learn to make the figure placement interesting. avoid repeating generic proportions in how you divide the picture frame. (there's a decent page or two of this in my sketchbook).

Anyway, this is all unsolicited advice, i know, but think about some of these things and change up your game a little. I think it will help you progress more rapidly and help push you through a few plateaus that might be coming up.

keep drawing.
every
day

ccs

[MeTaL-Mike]

hey man. nice studies. you should join the Spartan thread. that's a great excercise for drawing gestures. check it out. there's a new assignment every week.

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=106497

[Howie]

@ccsears- Thank you very much. I really appreciate the advice. These are the kind of comments i was hoping to get out of this thread. With these sketches i tried to keep them more linear and clean but i still feel i have to put some loose sketchy lines down first just so i know where the clean lines go. Its hard for me to put down a confident clean line right off the bat. I made one attempt at a 2 tone sketch but I'm definitely going to try and do more. Anyway thanks again.

@Metal-Mike- Thanks for the link. I missed this week but ill try and summit for the next week.

These are some poses using Loomis's stick figure manikin guy. Some are from my head and others are from photo reference. Just trying too focus on weight, balance, and proportions.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig16.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig15.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig14-1.png

and the rest are photo ref
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig17.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig13.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig12-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig10-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig11-1.png

and here's some digital stuff
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/scribble-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/scape.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/colorstudy-1.png

[Windmaker]

Hello:) Great figure drawings! I really like your use of line. Very clean.
Definitely try using more tone on your figures. When you draw features and muscles try to just draw the shadow shape they create, instead of outlining the whole thing. You can see what I mean in my lifedrawings. Also, a good exercise is to draw only the shadow shapes of the figure (or any subject for that matter...). If done correctly, the eye will just imagine the missing contours. This'll give you a better understanding of shadows, and thus, it will improve your rendering.

I hope some of this helps:) Keep having fun now:)

[matejkovacic]

Thanks for the visit at my sketchbook! I like your sketchbook.
Some of the croquies are pretty alive.
It's good that you give a lot of effort into figure drawings.
Study also parts of the body - hands, bones, muscles, head...
you will put them easier together when you will understand
them better.

Good luck,

Matej

[Howie]

thanks for the feedback guys

here is some sketches for the spartan camp thread
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig27.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig26.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig25.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig24.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig23.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig22.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig21.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig28.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig29.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig20.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig19.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig18.png

and my latest chow
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5488/chow93howievu2.png

[SeB C BiEn]

hello there!
Your comment in my SB was very appreciated so I'm returning the favor :)
Your life drawings are really looking great, so much life and movement! the enviros are really good too, those from post#4 and #7.
That last chow is nice too. I like the strokes you did to render the tree, but you worked a little less on the feet, one is flat ;) the lighting looks good, maybe more shadows on the right side of the character could be added (I saw from his shadow that the light source was on the left)
Sorry if I don't have nothing very helpful to say except keep going that way, you can only progress :)

[Blaz]

Hey!
The figure studies from life drawings class are really coming along nicely. You will see it will reflect on your future drawings, huge help. I wish we did figure life drawings in school....
Also nice work on digital works, such as that skull.

I got an impression your figure proportions are kinda weird, the legs seem too long on some.

Keep up the good work! :)

[jim b]

hey howie, sweet sketchbook you have here. i see tons of hard work and lots of life in your drawings.

i came across your thread after doing a search for people who lived in the Philadelphia area. a couple friends and i are trying revitalize the local philadelphia sketchgroup that was originaly formed here on conceptart.org.
a few of our regular members have recently moved away so we are trying to get some new people involved.
we meet one night a week in a center city coffee shop. if you are interested send me a pm or drop a line in my sketchbook. we would love to have you

- jim

[Fishspawn]

Hey Howie, thanks for dropping by my book - sorry it took me so long to get back to you :) Its good to see so much life drawing! I see a lot of proportional issues - make sure you're measuring always and looking for new ways to check your accuracy - use negative space and measure angles as well. Also i'd like to see you study some of the anatomy beneath the skin - knowledge of bone and muscle structure will greatly help you place forms correctly. Keep up the good work!

[ajvenema]

yo dude! nice studying in here, hang on! what i would like to see now is some more finishged stuff, try to fill in the life draawings a bit more... push urself to do some harder stuff, and maybe mess it up some times:)

[lennon]

good progression

[Howie]

Wow it has been over a month since I last posted :nohope: I only have digital stuff to put up right now but when I get home from college I will be sure post the results of my intro to painting class.

SeB C BiEn: thank you for the feedback on my CHOW, i definitely agree that the feet look flat.
Blaz: Thanks
jim b: thank you
Fishspawn: thanks, definitely plan on doing some muscle/ bone studies
ajvenema: thank you, i agree I would benefit from more finished drawings
lennon: thanks

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/muscles.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/rocky.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/thing.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/woman.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/shittyscape.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/head3-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/reddots.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/scape2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/greenman-1.png

[Howie]

I have finally taken pictures of the paintings from my into to painting class...

Here is some of the stuff done in the very beginning of the semester. We were only allowed to use a palette knife and black and white paint.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/oilfig5-1.pnghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/oilfig6-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/oilfig2-1.png

Then we moved onto color, still using only a palette knife
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/oilfig19.pnghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/oilfig17.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/oilfig16.pnghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/oilfig15.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/oilfig14.pnghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/oilfig12-1.png

And then we started to use a brush
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/oilfig21.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/oilfig11.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/oilfig13.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/oilfig22.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/oilfig23.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/oilfig18.png
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7618/oilfig10ro2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/oilfig9.png

and finally here's a self portrait
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/self_portrait.png

[Howie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig33.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig34.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig32.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig31.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig30.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/eye.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/hands.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/2heads.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/weird-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/grayface-2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/kindaweird.png

[Howie]

I'm sorry i haven't posted in forever, I'll try and make a stronger effort to post more often

Anyway here is a charcoal drawing from my drawing 2 class
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig35.png
I worked on it for about an hour i think, I'm pretty happy with it but it probably would have benefited from some more time

I've also gone back to Loomis' and Bridgman's books to study the human head.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/heads-2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/heads2-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/ahead-1.png
I have a lot more in my notebooks for school but they're all on lined paper, i should carry a sketchbook around so I don't have to resort to lined notebook paper.

And finally here are some environments done in photoshop
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/orangeman-2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/citybush.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/birds.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/cave.jpg
These are really fun and relaxing to do, I'd like to try and work in more textures though

[Howie]

Here are two more charcoal drawings done this week from my drawing class... Next week we start using pastels which should make things a little more interesting.

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3974/fig36df2.png

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/6333/fig37qd9.png

[Howie]

Here is one of my first pastel drawings
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig38.png

some block men
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/100_0937.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/100_0942.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/100_0940.png

doodles
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/100_0934.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/100_0936.png

and some digital stuff
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/abstract.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/post.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/HOT.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/robo-1.png

[Flaskpost]

Been a huge fan of your enviro´s since i first saw them over at eatpoo!
Good looking studies as well! Keep kickin, dude!

[Howie]

thanks flaskpost :)

here some more pastel
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig40.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig39.png

and a self portrait
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/self_portrait2.png

[Flaskpost]

Awesome pastels man! I bought a pack of those last week, but everything i do with them looks like something a five year old drew. Yours don´t. Good stuff man!

[Howie]

thank you Flaskpost

sorry for the lack of updates, here are some more pastel stuff

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig41.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig42.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig44.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig45.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig43.png

[GoldPaw]

Nice figure studies. I like how they retain their fullness and volume even without shading.

[Flaskpost]

The third painting is really great, dude. Alot of depth and "air" to it.
The first has some major proportion issues, the head and the whole upper body seems way too big.

[Fishspawn]

Woah, major improvements all around! Really dig these pastels. Keep doing what you're doing, its making good progress.

[Evergrey]

wow, good work with the pastels, that shit is difficult, but your envos are even better i think.
keep posting as often as possible!

[Howie]

thank you for the replies, very much appreciated :yayca:

here's another bunch
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig46.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig49.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig48.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fig47.png

this was a homework assignment, one portrait had to be very colorful with intense hues and the other had to be more realistic
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/selfcolors1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/selfcolors2.png

[Flaskpost]

Sweet colors, man. The pastels look good! :ore:

[Howie]

thanks Flaskpost i really appreciate the comments

this is kinda of old, but it was a assignment for my intro to computer imaging class. We had to start off with a digital drawing and then manipulate it 6 different times using photoshop and illustrator
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/land1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/land2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/land3.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/land4-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/land5.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/land6.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/land7.png

This was inspired my Andrew Jones' demo
started with this
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/shape.png

and then made a suit of armor
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/suit2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/suit2v2-1.png

thanks for looking

[Fishspawn]

I like the variety of stuff you're doing, and that armor dude is pretty cool. I notice in a lot of your drawings you're cutting off the backs of people's heads. There's a lot of volume behind the ear - pay attention to it! Keep up the good work.

[Howie]

Thanks Fishspawn, i agree about the heads ill try and pay more attention to that

here are some studies from picture references

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/dresshat.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/purpledress.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/redpirate.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/redpirateref.png

and these are from some Sargent paintings

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/sargent.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/art-sargent-madame-x-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/sargent2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/A_Spanish_Woman_Gigia.jpg

I have a question about form/ structure. When i approach a 2d or 3d reference i always break it down into 2 dimensional shapes and simply try and copy the shapes as accurately as possible. I wish i didn't learn to draw/ paint only this way but its what I've been taught in school so far, but next year I'm transferring to a new school and I know they teach things more in terms of the 3 dimensional aspects of the reference.

So my question is, how do i practice my understanding of the 3 dimensional qualities of my references? Is the only way to understand the 3d aspects of the figure through anatomy diagrams, or can photos and master studies provide the information i need also?

I have done several studies from Loomis and Bridgman, as you can see throughout this thread, but i don't really apply this knowledge when I'm using a reference.

[Howie]

These are from some DSG challenges
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/cyclops.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/UNDERSEALAB-1.png

and some random digital stuff
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/landscape-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/greenface.png

[Howie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/orangebluehead.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/weirdrock.png

[shamandalie]

hehe, i see progress! hoping to see moreee!!

[bakatron]

i love the way your construction of form improves with every post. keep it up.

[Flaskpost]

I have done several studies from Loomis and Bridgman, as you can see throughout this thread, but i don't really apply this knowledge when I'm using a reference.

That´s probably not a good idea i think. :)
Bridgman is great, for showing the boxtype volume thingy.
Thinking of the head, ribcage, pelvis as boxes, and learning where the corners are, and how to tilt them in perspective and so on.
I´d recomend alot of bridgman studies, and that you try to think of volume as well as shapes when you do studies.
You should check out Vilppu as well, he´s awesome at that stuff.
Hope this helps in any way.
Oh, and the Sargent studies looks kick-ass. :)
Seeya around man!

[Howie]

thanks for the feedback guys, I've been looking at Hogarth's book again and it's amazing how much more I learn even after reading through it already. I'll try and scan some of those figure studies in for next time. I'll probably move back to Bridgman again though because he simplifies the forms more than Hogarth.

for now here are two more environments, I'm trying to include more man made stuff since all my environments are very organic looking
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/scifigreen-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/tower.png

[Murido]

Woa i like ur anatomy studys sooo much :) quick lines as it should be... nice scetchbook u have here... ;)

[Howie]

Thanks Murido

Sorry its been a little while since i last posted, I've mostly been doing stuff in Photoshop lately.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/grayrock.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/graystatue-2.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/grayrock2.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/scaredycatzombie.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/aquasuit.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/purplevalley.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/ridinghorsething.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/weirdworldscape.png

[Howie]

step by step vehicle drawing
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/futuretransport.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/futuretransport2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/futuretransport3.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/futuretransportfinal.png

A crying Sylvester Stallone
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/Stallonecry-1.png

and some pointless super speed paints
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/Untitled-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/Untitled-2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/Untitled-3.jpg

[Howie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/peasant.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/weirdsuit.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/shitmech-2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/weirdsuit2.png

[Howie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/guy-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/fatguy.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/swordman.png

[Howie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/gunguy.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/lightbuilding.png

[Howie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/colorscape.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/suit3.png

[Howie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/redcave-1.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/shitbot.png

[Howie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/plainv2.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/cavepainting.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/meh-2.png

things are quiet around here

[Zeitwolf]

Amazing use of colour!! ****

[Howie]

thanks Zeitwolf
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/weirdyellow.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/face2-2.png

[zelda_geek]

Hey Howie, thanks for commenting in my sketchbook :)

I like that monochromatic jungle painting, and the structure in the same post. Love the sharp edges, how did you get them so sharp? Did you use polygonal lasso tool and sharpen filter, or is it just brush magic?

Anyway, like the use of colour, but your last portrait really needs more contrast (and eyes:P)

[Trashy]

Hey Howie,

I agree with the other posters. You got some really neat uses of colors and those environments are cool. Really push those values more thoug in some spots. Keep at it and keep it coming:)

[Nerahla]

Howie! Your environments are looking good, you show a good grasp of atmospheric perspective and values, this is really good!

You still need to work on your anatomy and proportions though - but I'm sorry if you hate to hear it, believe me, i've heard it a thousand times, too. But you have good grasp of color and values, and that's actually the HARD stuff -- the drawing will come with practice. Good on ya!

[Howie]

Thanks for the replies

@zelda_geek: yea all I used was the lasso tool, it makes structural things a lot easier to draw
@Trashy: Thanks
@Nerahla: Thank you for your honesty, i definitly agree my anatomy needs work, i've gone back to studing Bridgman lately and when im not too lazy ill post some of those sketches up

anyway i took the advice and pumped up the values on the head, looks a lot better now
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/face2-3.png

and some doodles
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/legs.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/headphones.png

[Howie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/ihavetogotobed.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/cold-1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/smog.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/dumbChar.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/armor.png

[Howie]

some character designs for chow
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/monkfinal.png

didnt get to finish this one
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/smugglerWIP-1.png

and another landscape
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/hotscape.png

[Howie]

a few faces

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/colorface.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/Internalcow/RedGreenFace.jpg