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[DStraX]

My name is Tim, 22 Old, live in Norway. Im taking a year to work on my portefolio and go cool places! Always trying to push my skills :yayca:

Best work should be on the last page

Also if you take the time to comment on my sketchbook I will do my best to return the favor, after all thats how this community works :P

[DStraX]

Finaly an uppdate^^
this guy http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=110284& inspired me to start hanging at CA again :)

more comming later today :D stay tuned

[DStraX]

Thise are some older sketches

[DStraX]

some dragonfly chopper concepts

[mAkAm]

hey man, cool start. i would love to ride that last bike from your first post :D. your pencils are nice too. i dunno anything to crit on the vehicles since i'm more from the character/creature fraction. lets see more

[DStraX]

mAkAm: Thanks :D i usualy make more caracter oriented stuff ;)


A quicky I did last night, think ill do more of thise :)

[DStraX]

48 60sec poses:D
posemaniacs ;)

[DStraX]

some color sketches ;) gimme some comments on them if you like

[DStraX]

some cool painting things, hope you like ;)

[P]

Those traditional paintings looks very nice, interesting style! Nice figure poses, got to do some by myself, but just cant force myself to do so, damn...
Anyways good stuff man, keep it up!

[Jofx]

u have skillz, i like

[GetiX]

lol love the dead set picture the bottom one really does look like patrick and you have drawn some really nice poses :) keep posing

[DStraX]

pijus: Thanks :D Ill keep posting

Jofx: So do you :asskisser:

GetiX: Thanks. cool that you saw it was from dead set :)

Big update, some old and some new ;) the first poses are from today, i did 4 pages like this... 10, 15, 30, and 45 sec poses. one A4 for each:) but i wont bore you with all of them ;)

Anyways :) hope you like!

Tim out-

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Wow! Bra greier her! Jeg liker at du kjører på med litt Posemaniacs, ofte lettere om du bruker en stor kritpensel eller noe, det gjør det hele mer dynamisk, men de er godt gjennomførte:)

Når det kommer til malegreiene er det tydelig potensiale, spessielt I de litt forenkla greiene, der tenkinga virker mer tegnerisk enn malerisk. Jeg vil anbefale å gjøre en masse fargestudier, ettersome det hjalp meg masse med å klare å tenke mer malerisk mye raskere:) Uansett så er det flotte greier, og det er bra at du har lagt deg til daglige oppdateringer. Fortsett med det!

Alt i alt er det viktige å aldri være fornøyd, og alltid streve for å bli bedre!

Sees på skolen

-E

[DStraX]

Now for some gun concepts :) think I'll do more stuff like that.
Also some sketches from my little black book :)

Enjoy


Mischeviouslittleelf: skal prøve sånn brush neste gang jeg er på posemaniacs. Skal prøve meg på flere fargestudier, ganske raske med stor brush. virker som en god måte og tenke mer malerisk på :D

takk for tips og sånn :) skal fortsette med dagelige updates ;)

[DStraX]

Ive done a few color sketches today. but remember thise are just color experiments. ;)

the fish is not from ref :O

edit: added some gun concepts.

[DStraX]

Today we where supose to make ittens colorwheel, I finished quicly and started on my private projects :) Time well spent i think.

and some train sketches. id like some comments on them.

Ill uploade some more stuff later today. check back later ;)

-T

[Baggend]

Great stuff. Check out this site and the mag if you can get it. It will really help with the digital painting, it helped me. Keep it up

http://http://www.imaginefx.com/02287754331531816767/original-comic-covers.html (http://www.imaginefx.com/02287754331531816767/original-comic-covers.html)

[DStraX]

Another color exercise. what do you think?

[DStraX]

some more stuff

[DStraX]

Some templars :)
i am actualy trying to record thise things. its a prety good way to learn by watching yourself draw. also timelapses makes anything look awsome^^

all of this is from my mind (obviously) ;)

give me some harsh critisism people, think im getting to full of myself.. :mod:

btw if you havent alredy done so, watch the movie named Arn - Tempelriddaren
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0837106/ it was awsome!

[D@niel]

Cool stuff:)

[DStraX]

D@niel: Thanks for the comment :) love your stuff!

Hi!
I havent had much time to post things up lately, but i will make a huge post some time soon.
Did some poses today on posemaniacs but i wont bore you with those now.

For now heres a little guy im working on, BEAR in mind this is a wip ;)
I also felt like adding this orange chick to, just for funzis, you know^^ haha

[DStraX]

What do you think? this i a wip so i would like to get some comments on it :)

[DStraX]

an update on my templar :D what do you think?
ill try to add more collors later, just have to figure out how....

[Meilin]

Your sketchbook is looking great. The vechicle sketches is really interesting, I would like to see a fully rendered version of one of them sometime.

On your last picture the characters head seems to be a bit too thin, but apart from that it's looking great. Keep up the good work! :drinkup:

[DStraX]

Meilin thanks :D think your right about the head on the templar, ill see to that it gets fixed.

I know thers been a lot of caracters lately, and i know they look booring :P but thats kinda what im working on, Id love some advice on how to bether them!

heres a jungle guy, and i think his shy...
please let me know what can be improved on him.

-Tim

[DStraX]

why the hell do all the pics I upload here get less saturated!?!? Its pretty anoying..

[DStraX]

i said there would be a big uppdate. and there was :)

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Hey man, these later ones are getting better and better! Keep up the good work, I think I can answer the saturation question thing for ya. They do not actually get less saturated, but when you work in PS you might have the fullscreen on, and the contrast of the black against the image makes the rest of the colours pop more. Even so I had that same problem meself.

So for a few pointers. You should really do some hard core skeletal studies, just to really get to the basics, try also to be more deliberate with your strokes, so that every one has a intentfull direction and emphasis:)

-E

[DStraX]

a tiny frog :D painting from ref.

wohoo! page 2 :D

[DStraX]

acryllic color skech from school, 10 min with a half inch brush.

[DStraX]

2end update today :) this is a quick one.

[DStraX]

third update today!
gassmask guy with a jacket

[Baggend]

Wow you've improved loads and so fast. The quick acrylic painting has a fantastic energy and colour to it. I really like the quick draw skull face man! I think you have a great loose expressive style. Is that what you are going for or you going for a more realistic style?

[DStraX]

Baggend Thanks, thats good to hear :) I actualy wanted the the skull face gun man to look expressive:) sort of a frank miller style, but not black and white :P



another painting of the girl I paint at school. this one I only used cmyk colors on. I think it looks kinda cool^^

I do have more stuff i want to show you, but it will have to wait til i get home.

GIMME SOME COMMENTS! please..

[DStraX]

hi! here's some stuff from my sketchbook! hope you like it;)
I actualy feel like I've been productive lately, and i hope Im getting better..

[DStraX]

This is something i started working on last night, its a steampunk inspired robot i think.

[DStraX]

just a little uppdate, im still working on this steampunk robot majig.
its kinda an experient for me, figuring out how to produce diferent effects and what colors looks right and so on.

So thats why i would realy apreciate some comments :) dont have to be very inteligent, just your opinion ;)

[Sublimus]

Solid improvements! You'll be here sooner than you know if you keep up the work. you've got the eye, just put the work into the studies! :)

[DStraX]

Sublimus thanks :) Ill try to produce more studies today. I feel they help me improve :)

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Bra greier her bud. Masse potensiale i de to siste;)

-E

[DoubleThink]

I really like the yellow girl with the blue background.

There's some really good more abstract stuff in here.
It's nice and contemporary, good job.

[Flaskpost]

bra greier, bra greier! keep up the studies! steady improvement man.

[remmy]

Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook yesterday
You've a real nice sketchbook here man. A real good mix of digital and contemporary pieces, couple of great waters and paints. Couple of things I have noticed you really need to star some anatomy studies... but don't we all :D. Also just quickly when you paint a landscape you should try out the calligraphy brush very handy when your doing things like rocks or planes ect. Love your acrylics or oils I'm not sure what they are... but they are awesome. Your Steam punk robot is coming along nicely to. Get job all round I guess :D.
Keep it up!

[animosapien]

hey tim..
wat an awesome sketchbook..
so much work inside..
i really like the speed paint of the hip hairstyle..
the traditional one..

also the sihouettes of vehicles..
makes me remind of Scott robertson..
im a huge fan of Scott R ..

keep rockin

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Må vell si meg enig med Remmy her, anatomi er nøkkelen til alt godt (ok kanskje ikke til sex, eller brus, men mye annet) så jeg vil anbefale å gjøre noen skikkelige studier, memoriser noen muskler, studer bevisst og bruk den kunnskapen du tilegner deg aktivt, slik at den setter seg i hjernen:)

-E

[DStraX]

hey thanks for the comments everybody :D realy appreciate it!

DoubleThink thanks, Im kind'a trying to get more realistic, but i do like more stylistic stuff :)

Flaskpost Thanks im working on it.

remmy Thanks :) ill try to get up some anatomy studys soon. I have been slacking off on those lately... the paints are acrylic btw ;)

animosapien thanks :) the bike sketches are actualy inspired by Scott robertson. watched the workshop dvd. realy usefull.

Mischeviouslittleelf tahak for første commenten.
Tenker jeg skal gjøre litt anatomi studier nå.

some sketches, hope you like

[jwhg]

The proportions on the second acrylic speed painting are much improved over the first, keep posting those, they're great. Your digital paintings are awesome too, the frog is fantastic.

[DStraX]

jwhg thanks, Ill post some more quick paints soon;)

todays skethes from art history class.

[DStraX]

and now, some quick anatomy studies as requested :) i will post more soon, but now I have to get some sleep..:donk:

[l0stinth0ughts]

AWW hell yea, nice works man. i see your doing gestures and anatomy studies, keep that up, itll improve your perspective and your future artworks :P

Crits: Work on line quality! keep em comin :rocker:

[PieMonster]

Mer anatomistudier! :P

Men seriøst, du trenger ikke studere veldig mye før du ser stor forskjell. Det er bare snakk om å prøve å huske litt av det du har studert når du tegner ting uten ref. Når du da kan se at du har blitt bedre, gjør noen flere studier, og du vil se ting du ikke oppdaget/la merke til første gangen. I hvert fall er det sånn jeg har det, og jeg burde derfor slutte å slække'n og gjøre noen studier, haha.

Nå har jeg i grunn sagt akkurat det samme som Mischevious, men det han sier er sant.

Ellers ser greiene bra ut, fortsett å jobbe! :D

[DStraX]

l0stinth0ughts Thanks:) ill try to work on my lines. just dont know how...

PieMonster Skal lage noen flere anatomi greier ja. takk for og gi meg det inn med teskje :P men er serriøst bra og høre det fra flere parter, da vet man hvertfall at det er noe som stemmer^^

And now! some lanscapes. I realy think I need some advices on this.. so if you feel up to it let me know how to improve :)

[Iddi]

Great stuff, man! but when painting, I'd try using more solid strokes instead of laying thin layers on top of each other to alter the color... I dunno, perhaps that's just what I prefer :P

Anyway, great stuff! And keet it coming :)

[DStraX]

Iddi Thanks :) Im going to think about that when i paint the later.

Some tank concepts. on a mission from the Mischeviouslittleelf^^ :hugsmile:

:edit: just wanted to add this random stuff, testing out some bruhses:)

[DStraX]

late night uppdate. i just had to do some poses before going to sleep...:steph:

[DStraX]

new stuff, bla bla bla. gime some crits, i know you want to :P

[Φ]

hey there! I like what I see here!! really cool Ideas around! you´re on your way

about the enviros you´re doing…I think the biggest problem is the digital painting…you really gotta be into it…because a good enviro-composition is really trrickiii… well, for now It´s probably good to stick to photo-studies (painting from postcards?)

anyway, I am veeery newbie…I´m learning myself……I´ll shut up now…
cheers

[DStraX]

bigfooTrooper hi :) thanks, but i do think i need to keep trying. but maby you are corect about the paiting from ref part. to learn how lanscapes are built. ill look into that:)

Here are some robot designs. think I like the first one best. :)

[DStraX]

hey. a quick paint i started on before the drawing trip today. got a bunch of sketches, so big update coming soon :P
also i am freeekin sick now.. damn winter!!!

[FightingSeraph]

While your actual drawing skills are good, your design skills need some improvement. Then again, that's just my two cents.

[eparts]

heisann. takker for kommentarer i min SB :)

om roboten (med 3 alternativer); er enig at den første så kulest ut. Den pluggen i ansiktet virket liksom solid. Steampunk greia du laget tidligere virket litt kaotisk. Tror du gikk frem helt annerledes der? Mener det er viktig å abstrahere hele formen og så gå inn for detaljer senere. Er lettere da å bare lage noen mindre detaljerte utkast og bestemme seg for en man vil jobbe videre på.

ellers er det sikkert en del som sier anatomi anatomi etc. kjør på da ;) Jeg er en fargefriker så jeg vil se mer eksperimentering med det også.

post #58, jente med briller. wow Skulle sett den helt ferdig.

[DStraX]

FightingSeraph Ill see if i can make you happy :P

eparts hei:) takk for tipsene. stemmer at jeg hadde en annen fremgangsmåte på steampunk tingen. begynte mer som android jones gjør. ville teste om det funka^^

I wanted to do some color study things. but I got carried away :P its not finished.

[must1er]

all your stuff looks great really great studies. i really like that color study on page 3.

[DStraX]

must1er thanks:) glad you like it.

I know its lame, but it's a pink meca thing :P i was actualy planing on painting shades on the ground but it got to complicated. need to learn how to do that :P

[DStraX]

this is a HUGE freekin uppdate, and it tok forever to uppload all those pics, I realy hate the new uploade thing.. it feels like im back on DA.... jeeeezz..

anyways, lots of random stuff, its posted in the wrong order, so the first pics are the newest ones. anyways!!! hope you enjoy some of them, and please let me know if theres anything you think i should do to improve :)

peace! :P -Tim

[photosynthesis]

I really like the shapes your using in those first few pieces on this page, would like to see more, however my computer tells me it can't find the other two pages of yours. keep posting! (hopefully i'll be able to view it) :)

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Good stuff here! Liking the sketchbook pages, but when it comes to the studies, give yourself more time! Work it through and learn the lessons:)

-E

[Iddi]

That looping abstract study thing is really cool, it's kind of 3D but not really. You know?

I second what the Mischievous little elf is saying, give yourself more time! I gotta start doing enviros myself soon, if I wanna catch up to you guys. I hate how I'm not as productive as you two :p

[DStraX]

photosynthesis thanks, the later pages are the best, so hope you get to see it:)

Mischeviouslittleelf thanks, know i need to be more patient... damn..

Iddi thanks:) im quite happy with that one :P and about the productive thing, you just have to keep pushing. draw whenever you get a chance;)

[DStraX]

.....

[DStraX]

a quick lanscape thingy, inspired by the old natzi bunkers close to where i used to live before..

i would realy like some c&c on this one! trying to get some enviro skills here :P

[DStraX]

a quick lanscape thingy, inspired by the old natzi bunkers close to where i used to live before..

i would realy like some c&c on this one! trying to get some enviro skills here :P

[DStraX]

dident actualy plan to post this but it turned out kinda cool :)
study after Jenny seville. i used WAY to long time on it... think I need to find better way to work..
I think painter would be perfect for this kind of work.

[Grief]

that last jenny saville image is aces. lovely color.

some really awesome work in this thread, keep it coming its looking great.

[Jasper_]

Hey man that last one is great. keep up studies like that. eventually you will begin to do them quicker and more accurate.try to limit yourself to not spend more than a few hours on one. Its usually better to just move on to something else by that point, unless your dead set and creating a super clean render or are working on a complex image. Your already doing the right kind of studies. The ones in post 67 look great. Keep it up and you'll improve in no time

[Jamesy]

There's some good stuff here, especially your last creepy portrait image. At this stage I wouldn't worry too much about how long you spend on a painting just as long as you make it right. Gradually you'll get faster because you'll know what to do because you spent time to learn it correctly initially. Wow, that was a terrible sentence...Keep up the good work!!

[towy]

your work is cool!
keep it up ;]
in progress i think too

[DStraX]

Grief thans :) realy love jenny sevilles style!

Pyroclasm00 thanks, im kinda woring on tecniques now, havent realy painted that much before. så im still experimenting :P

Jamesy hehe, you got the point across :P thanks.

Towarlock thanks, i try :P

Now this is what I hope to be the first in a series of self portraits. I spent about 3 hours on this, but its about as good as i can make it. but you know crits are always wellcome, painting from a photo taken with the webcam on my lappy :P

now i think i deserve some gaming time :D
hope you ppl like me^^

[DStraX]

some quick car sketches;)

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

fucking good selfportrait there mate, I like it very much! You might wanna try and use some harder brushes in the layout and then touch over with some softer brushes;)

-E

[eparts]

totally agree with mischevious.. nice! you are on to something. a few more tints and stroke corrections and it would feel very solid and believable.
this jenny painting looks cool but im not really sure if the color or surface of the gory stuff is right. maybe it could have some different kind of reflectiveness.

[DStraX]

just a quick post before i go to bed:)

[DStraX]

eparts and Mischeviouslittleelf thanks guys:D

some sketches from today :)

[Iddi]

That Saville copy is really cool, but what's supergreat is that self portrait there, man! Really looks like you, too :)

[Dazzamataz]

Your sketches have alot of movement and are really cool, i like the hand with the face, teeth and tentacles, awesome

[Petruska]

Nice sketchbook you've got here. I really like your vivid style and that selfportrait is really good. You been a little too fast with the hair but still it's looking good.

[DStraX]

Iddi takker dood :D var egetnlig det som var meningen :P

Dazzamataz thanks :D i used to do that kind of things all the time before^^

Petruska thanks, I try :) glad you like my SB


well time for the daily update again:) I forgot my sketchbook at school today, so ill post whatever sketches i did today. cant remember if there was anything good :P So anyways I was early for the train. so i had to wait for 30 something minutes, and to kill some time i grabed a train departure thingy to draw on.. it kinda worked, right?

Im working on some enviros now, but i dont think ill post them until tomorow.

[DStraX]

sorry about the lack of updats lately, But i have to do finish a text for school this week.. but heres some stuff Ive drawn

[DStraX]

finaly finished the school text thingy, 7 pages of not to interesting stuff about Piero della Francesca... heres a enviro thing i worked on before the assignment :)

[DStraX]

Speedpaint of a robot with a minigun :) i will admit i was inspired by somone ;)

[eparts]

okay that enviro looked kinda weird to be honest. It looks like a miniature model with some toy army men playing around or something :) You need to work on depth and different ways to handle perspective. Some use saturation, some use perspective lines and some use that depth of field camera look. In a typical war scene you could enhance perspective with fog or smoke.
The positive and negative values in the painting are too similar that nothing really suggests depth. Take a look at this (http://picturechina.net/wp-content/myimages/2006/10/China100306_118.jpg)pic and see how those buildings look. It is quite an extreme pic of china, but it illustrates the point.

nice robot sketch :) I like the palette.. a lot of unnecessary strokes?

keep it posting :)

[DStraX]

eparts takk for tipsene ;) skal prøve å tenke på det neste gang jeg plukker malesaker

badaboo update for you!

[DStraX]

this was realy boring..

[DStraX]

some stuff I painted on the buss on my way home for cristmass. i drew lots things, but dont have a scanner here now so digitals for now ;)

and i realy need some comments here..

[DStraX]

some stuff im working on :) :lounge:

[DStraX]

still working on it ;) last post tonight.. ill see if i can get him finished tomorrow. think I can squice some painting time in between the opening pressents and eating cristmass food and watching crap on tv :)

And I REALY want some crits on my stuff people!

[DStraX]

no comments... darn.. well Ill keep posting anyways :P
this is finished unless you tell me otherwise, so speak up folks !!!

one big for details and one small for all your other needs.. and now please let say something.. hehe, no im not that desperate yet :P:rocker:

[DStraX]

>>>>>>>

[DStraX]

submarine project me and even did. almost an entire day^^but its prety cool :)

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Good work today mate, really. There are things here that could be worked on, but those we have to work on in later sessions, for now I think you should be pretty happy with the progress made today;)

[DStraX]

hey! this is all I got time for today.. :(
If you want you can join our sketchsesions ;) almost everyday. just add DStraX on skype.

[Φ]

hey there! cool stuff!
I like the colors in the enviro with the tree and the submarine! the design of it is really cool!
about the last one, it´s kinda "unclear" whats happening there…´specially background…
anyway, keep at it!
cheers

[DStraX]

bigfooTrooper thanks, ill try to work on my bgs in the future.

[paperX]

hey man great progress here! I like the strokes and values in the latest update! also this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2029365&postcount=64) was a really great idea, really awesome exercise in practicing colour and rendering, I think you should do more :)

PS: I like it when you use bigger strokes better :)

[DStraX]

paperX thanks, think ill follow your advice and do some more of those 3d thing :) and ill also see what i can do about using big strokes.

sorry bout the crappy pics, but this is what were dooing at school now, the first two are 20 min and the last one is ca 3 hours. acryllic on some kind of fancy paper i guess

[Jofx]

Omg, il take better pictures for you tomorrow :P
wicked stuff though

[DStraX]

jofx thanks :D apreciated!

and now some spaceships... thumbs that is ;)

[DStraX]

found some fashion pages for refs, its realy awsome :)
hope to get some crits on thise ppl..

[Jofx]

Cool. think i will do the same thing today ^^

[DStraX]

just a clearer pic of one of my life studies ;)

[DStraX]

this is a thingy ill be working on now, so please give me some feedback :)

[Jofx]

Cool. looking forward to seeing more of it. dont have any crit so early on looks nice so far (:
colours?

[Hive_minD]

Last piece looks interesting. Though I'm not to fond of the lineup of the ... spacemarines? It would look more interesting if you changed their poses more. Right now they are lines up pretty much the same.

;)

[DStraX]

jofx thanks :D
Hive_minD ok ill spread them out some more, and add a few more of them to maby ? :P

[DStraX]

co-op with Mischeviouslittleelf :) ca 2 houres. comments people?

[mairuku]

You're coming along quite quickly. Keep up the studies...they can be boring but they pay off.

[DStraX]

testing out a new brush :P

[Oranje Joe]

fashion studies = excellence

i really like the way they are done

as well as the concept in the 'widescreen' armor guy

[DStraX]

Oranje Joe hey, thanks :)

im uploading the latest update on the fashion things, fixed the face on than black chick and starten on a new one. ;)
And also heres some thumbs even kinda forced me to do

[Jofx]

The sex! like how the last model is coming on! good to see the hole body(with legs and feet)
cool bots to (:

[DStraX]

alien warior

[Jofx]

cool. reminds me of a game that i played when i was little

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

UUUUUH cool alien^^ I like that head design:D

-E

[Oranje Joe]

thumbnail number 10 looks really promising

[Iddi]

I'm loving the thumbs, but some of them look a bit stiff, as if the legs and arms don't bend as far as they should, you know?

[DStraX]

Jofx what game? im interested :P
Mischeviouslittleelf <3
Oranje Joe thanks :)
Iddi started with random shapes, so that is why they look stiff ;)

[DStraX]

hi, had a busssy week paitin a robot with acryllic:) ill try to get a decent pic of it next week, so fornow heres a hind chopper i started on just now. gimme some crits on it plz :)

[spudstudios]

dang - you got it going on here - wow

[DStraX]

Stepps of a robot i painted over the last week. made the canvas myself so im kinda proud of it :P acryllic.

spudstudios thanks for the encouragement :) need it nowdays

[DStraX]

kinda changed up the look on my alien soldier ;) critics please!

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Oh dude I love that robot. It really is cool^^ The photos are hoooot man, rawr:P ^^ Keep rocking:)

-E

[DStraX]

some things from today :) sketches comming tomorrow

[eparts]

i appreciate those thumbnails you did. I think it had a great effect on your designs. I saw a lot of cool ones among those 10 :) nice robot painting(!)

[DStraX]

gimme some lovin:)

[DStraX]

the result of a backfiring paint session with jofx XD

[DStraX]

todays project, its not realy finsihed but I dont think ill do more to it.

recorded thisone btw, will be putting up the vid on youtube as soon as its finished rendering..
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[DStraX]

some more aliens or whatever :P

[DStraX]

a few of the thumbs ive been working on :) give me some advidce on how to make them bether if you can :P:rocker:

[Verehin]

nice works!...keep it up

[DStraX]

Verehin thanks :) will do

lots of random crap today, and here you have all of it :D

[DStraX]

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[Mischeviouslittleelf]

OOOH that is one SHLAMMIN design amigo^^

-E

[DStraX]

bom bom some planes!! :mod:

[DStraX]

think thiss will be the theem for this week :O any objections?
no.. dident think so :P

[DStraX]

not new stuff, but maby you wanted to see it? :P

[eparts]

nice gun, looks familiar to this one here (http://fc58.deviantart.com/fs14/f/2007/005/1/8/full_metal_expressionist_by_sc0pe.jpg) ;)

nice of you to do the machines and stuff. looks really great so far :)

[Oranje Joe]

these last plane pics are great

are you using ref photos?

/i like that robot acrylic

[DStraX]

Oranje Joe thanks :D yea im using refs. trying to get a bether understanding of how planes are built.

[DStraX]

a prety quick speedpaint :O damn i need to post here more.. can somone make me feel guilty about not doing so?

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[DStraX]

i will start posting every day again.. no realy.. I will :D

[Jofx]

:D ok
a bit to much white in the beatle thing for my taste, try using lighter colours instead of just white to highlight

[DStraX]

JOFX det var ikke hvitt i photoshop. sverger... hater at fargene forandrer seg litt når man legger det ut :(

[DStraX]

wee :D i painted something :D
This is a SVD Dragunov, my all time fav sniper :)

[DStraX]

a few reflective surfaces i did last night. there not all done yet. but ill finish them today

[DStraX]

some colortests and a face sketch thingy

[DStraX]

damn. i realy have to draw more...

[DStraX]

omg ive been posting every day :D
Im trying to clean up my lines. Id like som more critics on my drawings!!

Some quick train sketches on the way home today. thats my girlfriend on the right :D
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this week we are working on some perspective things at school :O^^
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[DStraX]

trying some new scanner settings :P random crap drawings.. I realy suck at it :(

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[PieMonster]

Masse bra greier her i det siste, liker studiene og greier du gjør! :)

[DStraX]

PieMonster Thanks :D i try :P

some anatomy studies and some FCKN quick thumbs :P

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Oh proper work lad! You have neem keeping busy! now MOAR!

-E

[paperX]

damn dude, you're working hard! you deserve some more comments in here...good studies and sketches, just pump up the contrast a bit more on those pencils and think about planes more when rendering :)

I'll subscribe and will be back :)

[DStraX]

Thanks for all the comments lately guys :D realy apreciate it! makes me push myself even harder ;)
darkend the scanns a little. hope it helps

BIG update today. hope you like som of it :)

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l253/dstrax/sb_13.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l253/dstrax/sb_14.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l253/dstrax/sb_15.jpg
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http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l253/dstrax/sb_18.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l253/dstrax/sb_19.jpg

[DStraX]

Some stuff from today. i realy need to work harder...

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l253/dstrax/sb_20.jpg
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[DStraX]

Collab between Mischeviouslittleelf and meself. About 3 hours of work , a lot of fucking about in the begining. Good stuff, but for now, nuff'sed.

[DStraX]

some Sketchbook things :P'

i have been lazy lately... sry, but you ppl should be nagging me!

[DStraX]

bedtime skethes:)
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[Jofx]

bra bra bra!

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

JAHAHA jeg ser meg selv i sketchbooksidene dine:D Jeg vil påpeke et par ting:

1. Det skrives "surely" ikke "shurley"

2. Flott arbeid her, men gjevn ut med litt digi greier også.

3. Jeg nekter å delta i pollen fordi du vet du utvikler deg, du trenger ikke folk til å patte deg på ræva og fortelle deg det;)

-E

[DStraX]

Yo E :)

1. Did'nt know :/ takk
2. will do.
3. har ikke funnet ut hvordan jeg sletter den enda men om du vet så si ifra nu!

[DStraX]

just some crap from today. feeling uninspired lately... i need some more comments on my stuff ppl!

[DStraX]

just some crap from today. feeling uninspired lately... i need some more comments on my stuff ppl!614725

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[DStraX]

just had time for 2 quick pains today. like how they turned out actualy :)

[PieMonster]

Bra saker siden jeg var innom sist, de siste 2 digi greiene ser bra ut! Du burde fokusere litt mer på form, og bruke litt lenger tid på blyantskissene, mye virker veldig rusha, utenom det som er fra det virkelige liv da, det ser veldig bra ut! :)

[DStraX]

had a lazy day :P heres some stuff i made while watching 12 monkies again :) great movie!

[PieMonster]

For å svare på spørsmålet ditt: Jeg bruker som regel mer enn 1 time per side i skisseblokka, uansett kompleksitet, haha. Har jo også noen som er så ræva at jeg ikke poster de, men det er som regel sånne som tar 15-20 min maks, og er plain dårlige. Pleier ikke følge med så veldig nøye på tida, men bare det å ta seg tid til å få noe til å se bra ut, sånn at du blir fornøyd, (i stedet for å rushe) gjør som regel at resultatet blir bedre. Tiden du bruker er ikke så viktig, så lenge du blir bedre. Jo bedre du blir, jo raskere blir du. :)

[DStraX]

PieMonster oki :) skal prøve å bruke lenger tid. tror kanskje det er litt lurt :P

first of is a chick wit armor :O its a WIP so comments are quite wellcome :D
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and another thing. drawn at school.
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[Mischeviouslittleelf]

OOOOh more stuff going on here. Liking those designs with the thumbs^^

-E

[DStraX]

hey. I got stars :P

[Matsign]

Hey I really like the sketchbook pages. The life drawing and figures and improving steadily! Don't cheat yourself on the rendering. Focus on planes and describe edges from one end of the line to the other within the form. The digital stuff is great! I like guns and medieval stuff too, good to see it here.

Keep doing it!

[a la bapsi]

looked through your sketchbook and saw a lot of improvement!
i really dig your pencil sketches and anatomy studies.
you're going in the right direction--keep studying and working hard!

[lennon]

Hey, the gun looks terrific, and I do think that you're evolving. But perhaps you're doing an awful lot of things at the same time. You should focus instead in crossing parts of the body out of your list.
You ask about anatomy, but you should focus strictly in getting the right proportions and good rythm in you figures first. Decompose the subject into simpler shapes and get the perspective of things right. When one doesn't do so, things, like for example the eyes of a head, seem okward, as they do not really align.
Use construction lines, and make 3d everything, and this will give you the right perspective. You'll notice that every pro out there construct everything in this very way.
I would study the figure as simpler as possible with correct gesture, the head in every position, and hands doing as much as you can think.

[DStraX]

Matsign thanks :) ill work on it.

a la bapsi thankyou. glad that you liked my crap :D

lennon thank you. Greatly apreciate the advice. :D

some colabs with Mischeviouslittleelf.
WIPs, will finish them tomorrow or something.

PS. i have ca 13 pages of posemaniacs things if you are interested? I just dont feel like scanning it if nobody cares :P

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[smuli]

You have a nice range from creatures to industrial designs to anatomy sketches here but not much finished pictures (which I guess is ok since this is a sketchbook). Anatomy seems to be shaping up but the sketches seem kind of impatient. Try refining them until the shapes seem perfect and you'll get an eye for what's off.

I really like the female face and hands here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=612892&d=1236474076) and the new painting in colour. I don't get the murky lighting on the figure though.

You're improving alright, keep it up! :)

[DStraX]

smuli thanks i try to swithch it up :P i dont realy finish much. The ligthening on the guy is not my doing^^

this guy is on my train every day. I finaly got a chance to draw him. I kinda screwed up the jacket :/
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This one started out as a charcole sketch but during lunch i got bored and added some details. also the runny marks are solo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo_(Norwegian_soft_drink)).
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[DStraX]

Legs are crap but im to lazy to do anything about it now.. this is mainly a color thingy
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[NateShaw]

Nice pencil sketches! I really like looking at the page full of drawings. Also, sketching people when they don't know it is so much fun. Trains and libraries are good for that. Keep up the good work!

[Delmar]

Really great pencil stuff and figure studies!
The last b/w piece is top, love the movement in it.

Keep em comin :yayca:

Cheers

Andi

[nightimedweller]

very nice work i love your sketches. i definetly can tell your anatomy is improving as well as everything else.

[DStraX]

NateShaw thanks :) i try to sketch the people on my train every day;)
Delmar thanks, i will do
nightimedweller thankyou. I hope so-


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[Jofx]

wondebaaa

[DStraX]

Jofx ogoagoagoga
hey, to sleepy to wright anything smart now... :(
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[ArtZealot]

i saw in your sketchbook title it says you need pointers on anatomy. I've been brushing up on my anatomy a little lately and have found that one of these (http://www.freedomofteach.com/products/figures/figure_male_2) is indespensable for learning muscles, where they attach and their insertion points. I bought mine a few years ago when they first came out and reference it whenever i have any questions about exterior muscle anatomy.

If you can't get one now, that's fine, but if you ever get a chance to grab one for cheap, it's definitely worth it if you really want to get your anatomy down pat.

[DStraX]

ArtZealot cool, thanks man. cant afford it now but ill get one later maby :)

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[DStraX]

hey:) im trying to do one of thise every day now. and I would love to gett some feedback on them:D!

did thisone while watching the first alien movie^^ ca 3 hours i guess, not wery effective working.
i tried to think of where i putt the lines and making every line be something, but i guess its another thing i have to work more on


I know i love to watch how things are made so i upped some stepps to.
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[DStraX]

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[the_original_sean]

thanks for the resources on anatomy. it does need work. i'm taking an anatomy for artists course. it is A LOT of information. this in combination with the book anatomy for artists by jeano barscay has got me understanding things i didnt before. check out this site for facial structure http://www.artnatomia.net/uk/index.html

i like your sketchbook. lots of varied studies and mediums.

[DStraX]

the_original_sean Thanks :D ill check that link.

sorry no painnting today.. i started on one but it sucked and im to sleepy now so heres some sketches. :) hope you like them. and give me some comments on them. i realy need some feedback!!!

[DStraX]

drew my phone the other day :) the line quality is crap but i dont usualy draw like this :/

[DStraX]

Im kinda disapointed that no ones been yelling at me for not posting the last week.. but hey^^

3 pages people!! somone kick me!!

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[DStraX]

colab sketching with Mischeviouslittleelf while watching the big bang theroy:)
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[Imaginary]

Haha, those robots look really cool! :D Pointers on anatomy... Hmm, just copy stuff outta books, find refs from sites like mmaphotography.com and draw whatever part your studying and then draw the muscles. Or you could just draw whole figures and draw the muscles, more challenging i guess. :P Keep it up! :D

[DStraX]

Imaginary thanks for the link dude :D

aaa andother day of painting :) its been a while since i did this... and it shows :/
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It was a lot harder to pain the pants than it looks :P
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If you have some links to cool refs Id love some links :)
i realy like this page http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

[Iddi]

Ooh, I'm really diggin' the first of the two robot collabs! That looks fantastic methinks :D
Shite, I should join you guys an afternoon and make something epicly awesome with ya :)

[DStraX]

some gun thumbs. done in alchemy, god i luve that program!651587

[DStraX]

Iddi thanks and yea, you should!! lazyboy..

first some sketches. did some hand studies today, they dont look right to me..
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the daily color studies. know they are looking fckn wierd but there mainly for the colors. also i found out that the other screen i usualy use to watch series on while i draw is WAAAY bether than the one on my laptop. :assspank:
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[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Hey mi loco amigo, things are really looking quite well here. loving the handstudies. do effin more man. MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE!

-E

[Philipp Scherer]

you improve very fast, very good improvement!

[vardoburrito]

I always dig colour studies, and paintings, mainly 'cause I can't do myself. hehe.
I like a few silhouettes in here, and some of those guns look fun to flesh out. You should.
[I'm subscribing right now. You're probably the 100,000 I've subscribed to. :P]
Keep churning them out mate. [Back to work] :)

edit: How in the world did you do your sig?
I just noticed the stars and eye catching white. Hypnotizing. :P

[hitnrun]

I think you are improving relatively fast, because from page 1 to page 7, I think there is already an improvement in your work. It looks more confident, cleaner, more controlled.

[DStraX]

thanks everybody :) and dwardo the sig is just a combination of the custom things you can do with the text, try out some of the stuff on the top of the signature thing;)

Today i got up booted my pc and started drawing posemaniacs:) I "got" painter 11, and the real pencil thing is awsome!!!
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I messed up and got a gradient background on some of it:P

[Flashback]

Thank you for helping me!

You have really awesome pencil drawings.

[DStraX]

painting of a hot chick :) i used way to long time on this... and i got lazy on the hands and stuff :/
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[DStraX]

Think this will be the last studie of the Night.. its 00:32 here. so you never know^^

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[DStraX]

color thingy

[a.paul]

that poses helped you on human anatomy and proportions. it was a crazy work but it deserved. try not to let human anatomy away.

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Hey dude, mighy fine stuff here mate. Really liking the posemaniacs, beautifull lines, told you painter was gold^^

-E

[eparts]

thanks for dropping by :) where have you been the last sundays :P hoi, nice robots you are cooking together. btw why is it a bad thing to spend too much time on sketches? :)

[DStraX]

FIRST of, Thanks everybody for posting in my SB :) It means a lottto me <3


Well EP I guess Its not a bad thing to spend time on sketches:P

Just a few poses today, I got some sketches in my sketchbook and ill post them when i get around to scanning them ;)

[ashess]

hey there DStraX really nice poses; and the weapon/vehicle designs rock too.
#215 is really nice and I think it deserves more finish. color or detail either way.

[Hamsta]

I find your methodology interesting, how you choose to make the gestures in color, switching it while working (maybe?) and making these big sheets of poses, which are interesting to see as a whole as much as they may be for each individual pose, if not more.

You also jump from one technique to another, and I'm sure they are leeching into each other, helping define how you illustrate, but it is also making it a little hard to critique you in an attempt to focus you on your more problematic areas.

I'll subscribe and hopefully give you something better next time you post :)

[bharat]

nice...one...!

[DefiledVisions]

Nice studies and posemaniacs.. looking good! keep it up :D would love to see some more imaginative stuff.

[triggersamy]

keep going ahead :)have a look at mine too :)

[maeshanne]

nice sketchbook, I like the robot concepts you made

[DStraX]

ashess hey, thanks maby ill try to fix it some more ;)

Hamsta Thanks dude:) Know i switch alot, but i havent realy settled on a way i like to work yet :( not realy shure if thats a bad thing^^

Thanks to all of you:) Greatfull for all the comments i get!! :D:D:D



Ok Now this is a BIG dump!

first of some sketchbook pages:)

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[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Hey man, good update. Nice to see the cube thing, really nice result:D

-E

[MattGamer]

i'm likin the gesture studies! weee and the girls. :]

check this test (http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/) out to make sure your colors come out right.
i use it on all my lcd monitors. :]

KEEEEEEEEEP DRAWING ;]

[Hamsta]

Take what anyone says with a grain of salt, and if you feel the need to experiment, keep doing it.

What is this thing you are painting? I like the colors, but not the fact that I don't understanding the reasoning behind it, and I think it could use a closer crop.

[`king]

Ahh. Jelous of your poses. They seem to realllly capture it. :D
I love your pencil work. Totally didn't realise the holes on the boxes were painted on lol.
awesome work, man.
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[DStraX]

MattGamer Thanks:D Looks like i needed it^^
Hamsta Well my teacher told me not to paint one spesific thing, cus I always do^^ so Its what you think it is :P

as usual thanks for all the comments :D:D:D i realy get inspired by them, so please keep commenting :)

Ok this will be te first post today, I have another one planed ;) some old and some new

1. 2 pages form yesterday, sorry I dident post them until now:|
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[ajvenema]

yo dude, i like that variety in your work! sketches, paintings, sculptures and 3d stuff! like how the holes work so well on that cubus:)
keep going, and maybe try to be a bit more experimental!

[a.paul]

hey man! you work a lot but it's better to make better quality works ti evolve. It's good to constantly change the work flow and detailing level...have a try!

[nurraymjo]

Hey man, mega thanks for stopping by and commenting on my Sketchbook. You have got some pretty damn incredible work here. Very cool paintings and all, all around awesome sketchbook.

[SMILEFACE]

wow your lines are wicked' so much life in your sketches an such great lighting in your paints really dig your style an' cant wait to see more'

[DStraX]

hey tanks for comments everybody:teeth: i love finding comments on my page :hugsmile:

a.paul will do

ajvenema Ill try

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[SaiVix]

Ahmguh

I love that zombie pic. Will you be touching that pic up, by any chance?

[Hamsta]

I'd like to take sculpture. I'm thinking next summer, along with printmaking, glassblowing, typography. This year it's California for a short visit, and back home :)

Try to block in major shapes before working out the detail, it will be easier to fix and will make things look more uniform

[DStraX]

SaiVix well, maby:P

Hamsta thanks for the advice :) Ill try it tomorrow!

laaame uppdate today:P sorry.. but i cleand my car today, and i made a getto halfpipe in the garage :D I looove summer :D

:edit: woo page 9!

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[Hamsta]

Stop updating, Tim, I don't need the extra work of critting you! ;)

I think when you sketched these your were more concerned with the composition on the page than with each study, which I think misses the point a little.

I think the anatomy studies on the bottom right what you should do more, look to give more fluidity to your figures.

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Keep updating time, youre doing great!¨¨

-E

[DStraX]

Hamsta think your right :D

Mischeviouslittleelf done!



moooar anatomy studies:)

[sevarenge]

nice progres! spend some more tim on thos =) and one question ure not from swe ar you?=)

and shek my sbhttp://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=149972&page=3

[sevarenge]

haha cool rekaniced the buss drawing im from swe =) jag är från sverige studerar du nån stans i norge
=)

[sevarenge]

haha nice! jag plugar på en kunst skola typp en timme från oslo haha är skolan bra du går på?

[DStraX]

One page and one paiting :D will do more chicks :D

[SMILEFACE]

lol'd thats what i like to see A-men brother

[DStraX]

Grandmassa Mr. Spect hehe :P ill do what i can.

2 more today, just quick color studies.

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