HA HA! Dangly Parts!

[Kaffinated]

I've been a long time lurker for awhile and finally worked up the nerve to start a sketchbook on here after watching the Marko Djurdjevic DVD(very inspiring btw). Feel free to be brutally honest with your critiques. I would like any and all input you guys would have for me. Lastly i will do my best to make sure this is updated daily.

[Kaffinated]

more updates. included some of my anatomy practice sketches. plz comment away.

[Radio24]

cool stuff, i like the first post with the character ideation sketches. I haven't seen the DVD, but those look really cool. I'd just say to watch proportions, and keep practicing/studying. Be very aware of what you are drawing. Also, pay as much attention to the head and face as the rest of the body, in terms of placement and proportion. Nice work so far, I'd like to see more. And happy first post!

[Kaffinated]

Here is some of my anatomy sketches. Workin at it. Plz comment away.

[Kaffinated]

more updates:) one of these days i shall get another comment :tihi:

[StarbonesCoffin]

A little touch on anatomy, you'll be good !

[Kaffinated]

Sorry about the past 2 days lack of updates. here is somthing for you guys out there in tv land.

[Kaffinated]

snipe away with the c&c plz.

[Bartovan]

Hi, nice start man. Your proportions are still off (definitely in the females). Also try to improve your linework: try to describe volumes with your lines. Make them thicker in the foreground and thinner as they go away etc. Keep going!

[Razorb]

yea i agree with the above comment! you have some nice ideas flowing just get some nice hardcore anatomy praccy in and u will be good ta go :)

[Kaffinated]

Radio24, StarbonesCoffin, Bartovan,and Razorb thanks for the c&c. now only if i was as smart as my eyes...i guess thats why hogarth decided to make great books. let me know if there is anything else i can pick up to work on my anatomy. Already taking a life drawing class in school and out also. Marko DVD inspired me to be all i can be <3

[iMaiM]

Great start and welcome :) Also, nice sn! <3's coffee.

Can't really say anything that hasn't been said, just keep it up.

[Kaffinated]

further workings on this shamen/witch doctor/ maybe a WOD toon. I'll soon start on the out pour of anatomy studies for some input. Tell me what you think design wise on this guy. What do you take from the img?

[Kaffinated]

anatomy study.

[Fishspawn]

Your ideas are looking great but as you know proportions are off. I don't know how much preliminary sketching you're doing but it definitely helps to draw the simplified skeleton first - make sure its in balance and the proportions and angles match up - then draw muscles over it. It looks to me like you're doing that but maybe rushing it. Anyway, keep up the hard work, you're making progress!

[The Curehead]

great stuuf,man but your proportions really need work.
your torso seems to get very narrow around the waist in alot of them.
em maybe buying bridgemans book on anotomy might help.
great ideals though,and keep it up

[Kaffinated]

Sorry for lack of updates! Scanner decided to go out on me. Now that situation is fixed here are some head studies. Want to hear what you have to think! <3

[Cryoxzonomony]

cool already

[Kaffinated]

My Hogarth studies. Would love feedback!! :bashful:

[Dan Valkar]

nice last studies...u r headin' in the right way...very interesting concepts by the way..keep workin'!!
cheers!!

[iMaiM]

I'd offer crits but I can't really see anything to point out... you're practicing what you need to and improving. And ahead of me as it is! heh.

Awesome account name by the by...I'm a coffee addict :(

[Kaffinated]

some alien concepts that i put down on paper. these guys have been floating around my head for awhile. Feedback as always much loved :teeth:

Dan Valkar thanks for the feedback

[iMaiM]

I like the face floating in front of the head...would that be an organic projection of some sort, or some kind of tech? Would be cool if it was a projection based on whatever race they're speaking to in order to be more...friendly? I dunno, haha. Cool stuff though :) thanks for stopping by my sb!

[Kaffinated]

Arm studies

[guesswho]

Nice Work Keep Going Dude

[Kaffinated]

sunday brunch life drawing.

[Kaffinated]

more studies after talking to texahol for words of wisdom. thx.

[Texahol]

studies are looking better.

a word on hogarth studies. He tends to make his anatomy very 'bubbly'

If you're going to study anatomy from drawings, I'd suggest really switching up your source material so you can get a wide range of information, and choose who does what things best. Hogarth usually has really good information on organic form. beware of symmetrical curves ( ) <-like that. they generally don't happen in organic forms in real life.
loomis and bridgeman aand villpu other popular artists with 'blah blah how to draw human figure books' and they all have good information and individual shortcomings.
Although it is good to study how other people are seeing things, It's also important to see for yourself.
don't be afraid to spend lots of time on your studies, and finish them (don't balk out on the feet!)

something else I'm noticing, is you're squishing information onto the page. Don't squish, just draw off the page and learn how to size it properly next time.

[Kaffinated]

Two 11x14 anatomy and random joe mad inspired sketch that i have to paint for school (darkened the lines on the last sketch).

[devbot]

improving already. i like your lines they are very confident. id liek t see some more character/monster/enivro ideation from you!

[Kaffinated]

painting and stuff

[MeTaL-Mike]

cool sb. maybe the spartan thread in the Community activity would be a nice thing for you. check it out when you have a chance.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108443

[Kaffinated]

WOW orc study for friends comic idea. Attempting to notice distinguishing shapes in there body's. Oh and orc legs are a son of a bish IMO.

[jedininjaman]

wow intense pic up there^
I love the energy and the comic styling you are incorporating in your pics, very cool.
keep it up and stop by my sketchbook sometime, I would love to hear what you think
-jedininja :)

[Kaffinated]

MeTaL-Mike: Thanks for stopin' by!
jedininjaman:Thanks for the C&C. I Stopped by your sb and liked it alot!

WOW orc head shots!

[Kaffinated]

havin fun in painter. i would [portal] some input :)

[Texahol]

on your graphic style demon thing:

try to think more about the form in lightsource. I'm pretty sure that the effect you are shooting for 'a la hellboy' has the shadows in black, and then the parts in light in color. you have inconsistent lightsources, and blacks just thrown around everywhere. Try to break down the form into large shapes of light and shadow keeping in mind your light source.

on the orc faces:

you are a nerd. I know nothing about wow.

environment:

when I am drawing things on the computer, what I will usually do is after the initial planning [line drawing] I will put down [on a new layer] a 50% grey layer set to multiply [so you can keep your lines] then work on a new layer on top of that to carve out the lights and darks. If you're starting without line, I'd just lay down a 50% grey before you even start. it helps speed things up, and will allow for a better value range. Also, environments are usually more interesting in a horizontal format [because we see in horizontal format. 16:9 is usually reall good [because we've been conditioned by movies at that ratio]. I find working in a square to be very challenging compositionally.
now I'm not sure if this was intentional [and please forgive me!] but the branch thing in the lower left is like a penis, and the hole in the tree thing is like a vagina. maybe i'm just being a perv.

[Doggy]

Looking better and better by each post!
Try to find a book on anatomy and a bunch of bodybuilder mags, use the mags as reference to draw from. Keep the anatomybook at hand to give you some help with how the muscles connect etc. I do this all the time, and then i just disregard the whole thing and make everything bigger=)

[Kaffinated]

sketchbook fun :tihi:

[RandAlThor]

Cool concepts, anatomy is progressing nicely. Excellent last image (enviro) keep up the practice and post more :-)

[Kaffinated]

i will get to the replying of the comments soon! for now more arts... :}

[Kaffinated]

about to paint over this one. trying to see what colors fit.

[Alex Baer]

nice, i like your creatures, you've come up with some interesting ideas with the more mutilated, half-robot/elemental demons. right now i'd say watch the waists and the legs on some of your figures because they look a little thin, but i can see your doing your figure studies so you'll probably overcome that issue soon. keep it up man, i would like to see what other diabolical creations lurk in your head.

[Kaffinated]

i swear i'll get to the comments soon. im just super busy atm. here is some practice pics from the Christian Loren Scheurer DVD series.

[Kaffinated]

WIP- would love any feedback you would have for this digi matte painting in progress.

[Kaffinated]

2 more sketchs. Drawing from life a bit...then the orcs came. Last img was me just me having some fun messing around with some new brushes.

[Kaffinated]

stuffs

[iMaiM]

Woot! Updates :)

Liking the digi-matte's and landscape concepts. Cool stuffs!

[Kaffinated]

i kinda slack on my anat on these... but otherwise just having fun in my subconsciousness.

[Sirio_Brozzi]

hey kaffinated, this is a good start so far. I agree with texahol on his earlier comments about hogarth. Its nice to see that you're dabbling in envo work among other things, so keep experimenting. I liked the head studies in page 1, your school sketch, among things. Try to keep the studies coming at a consistent rate, the theory you get from that stuff will help you branch out at a later stage with much more ease. Keep it up!

[Kaffinated]

Fresh off the cookie sheet....NEW SKETCHES :jawdrop: C&C most welcome!

[Ashrumm]

wow, at the pace you are going to be fine. Definitely agree with Siro Brozzi, he hits some main points on doing studies i definitely need to do some more of those keep up the good work!!

[Kaffinated]

Fun Parts

[Kaffinated]

working on anat again....more studies to be posted soon. my drawing 3 sketchbook is coming home to be photographed and uploaded.

[Kaffinated]

1st attempt at speed painting. what do you all think?

[Kaffinated]

ashrumm: Thank you, checked your sb out and was very impressed. how long did it take you to get where you are on anatomy?
Sirio_Brozzi Thanks for the input on here and in IRC. I shall have those studies comming at a constant rate soon. right now i have to deal with a bat shit crazy contemperary art teacher atm.
iMaiMAs always thank you for stopping by and the kind words.
Dabaers It seems you have some wild ideas in your head after taking a look at your sketch book. I'll do my damnedist to watch my proportions in future work. thanks for the C&C.
RandAlThoryou keep up you excellent progress too!
Doggy Thanks, im starting to build up a beefy visual ref guide.

Texahol as always i try my my best to make those improvments :hugsmile: thanks for all your input! and much !sex for you good sir.

[Kaffinated]

just some ideas flating around in my head.

[Kaffinated]

pose mania!

[Kaffinated]

More studies!! Massive as hell update to boot.

[Kaffinated]

more time spent on posemaniacs. the last two pics where from the prior set. i wanted to see what i could put on paper from my head after the prior exersize.

[Texahol]

with posemaniacs, it might be better to focus on gesture work at first, and make sure to mix that up with LONG anatomy studies. and you'll start being able to do really fast anatomy/gesture studies :P

lets see some nice long studies from joo mang.

[Kaffinated]

quick sketch to see how my progress in proportions is coming along.

[Kaffinated]

More fun. Idea i had involving a enslaved giant.

[Kaffinated]

soooooooo tired..........must update tho:oneye:

[Kaffinated]

! bleh. My progress seems to be crawling atm.

[ajvenema]

woa!
those last markers are great!
thats NOT crawling:P

[Doggy]

I agree! Trying out different stuff and mediums is NOT crawling=)

[Texahol]

if you feel your progress is crawling, it's probably due to being at the end of your rope as far as your visual memory goes. Do some nice long studies from life/ reference, and make them as good as you can. I've found that doing long term studies not only helps upgrade my visual memory, but gets my brain back into gear, and ideas come abound.

[Kaffinated]

Trying for more interesting poses. would refine more, but i have drawing class to goto. let me know how it looks plz.

[Kaffinated]

ajvenema Thanks for the kind words and stopping by my sketchbook.
Doggy Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook...i guess i was be to overcritical :geekg:
Texahol I found a life drawing sessions i can join. Its only 7 bucks a week! i think it shall be full of massive win.

as of late i couldnt update due to me finding out im the proud owner of kidney stones :)

[Kaffinated]

Here is some of the stuff i have been workin whilst dealing with kidney stones :(
Let me know what you think.

[Kaffinated]

thank the gods i think the kidney stones/UTI i had have passed cuse i can sit down and draw longer than 10 mins due to not having to pee every 5 :-D also the horrible pain is mostly gone!

Here is some more updates!

[Kaffinated]

rough sketches need moar :lifedrawing:

[daveskogstad]

Hey man some really nice stuff going on here. One crit i have is to have a look at some refernces for the torso the abdominals in #62 look abit off
cheers dave

[Texahol]

studies!

I want to see some studies with a focus in value and edges!

[Kaffinated]

daveskogstad I didnt notice it (insert a big DOH! here) thanks for pointing it out. Also thank you for stoping by, and cheers back at you.

Texahol starting studies. need to push the pencil a bit further eh? as always !sex texahol.

[Kaffinated]

merry xmas all

[S!R]

Whats up Joe!! Nice sb, ill be keeping an eye on yer updates!

Feel free to drop me a line any time.
Cheers

[Kaffinated]

smaller file size. sorry about that

[oyowzas]

I really like your work, especially your marker work. What kind of markers do you use? Also what kind of techniques do you use? Thanks.

[Kaffinated]

oyowzas: Thanks man. I currently have been using a French gray set from Prismacolor. As for techniques its alot of trial and error. I also got the DVD from featuring Feng Zhu. But the bulk of it is just playing with it so you can workout the processes in your head. If you need any more explaining/ help feel free to pm me, msg me on my SB, or IM me.

S!R: It was a fuckin blast! You are one cool cat. Thanks for the watchful eye.


Here is some more work to look at. Please feel free to critique or constructively nit pick...i have tough skin.

[Kaffinated]

More of the previous post. working on my tonality in drawing abit :mittenbop:

[Kaffinated]

Huge dump! hope you enjoy!

[Kaffinated]

Issues i will come back to on this one but its only sketch phase.

[thesadpencil]

hey man thanks for dropping by my sb. you've got some good concepts here, and can see much improvement now over your first stuff. keep up w/ the anatomy studies, maybe trying utilizing your lines a bit more w/ longer flowing lines and more use of weighted line. i'd also suggest in your digis work more on the contrast to help the images appear less flat. keep it up.

[Kaffinated]

thesadpencil: NP on stopping by. Keep up the work! Yeah i have been fighting with breaking the habit of being to sketch with my lines or just going over and reassessing them. Thanks for the input on the Digi's. I do need to start posting more of em.

Here is a lil something...

[Kaffinated]

Here is some randomness from my pocket SB i keep on me. It pretty much a personal documentation of daily events/thoughts. Hope you enjoy. As always C&C welcome and loved :rocker:

[Kaffinated]

He is some of the stuff i have been working on...and its digital too! im quite surprised myself. The first post in a head portrait in progress for Don's class over at CG society.

[thesadpencil]

haha the wrestler teddy made me lol. these last enviros are looking good, in the one w/ the building try darkening up the lines along w/ upping the contrast in the image, because the building seems to get lost in the background. keep it up.

[Kaffinated]

thesadpencil: as always thanks for the input! well post some more enviros with better contrast soon.

This is a head study done for Don Seegmiller's Digi Face&Figure painting. My only crit atm is i need more life drawing practice due to the fact i was painting using photo ref and caught myself spending too much eye time on the painting and not on the photo. It taught me to keep pushing myself to paint it with my eyes and not my head.

[Kaffinated]

Here is a color portrait done for Don Seegmillers class. I had to make the flesh tones myself from a b&w photo. I will come back for more refinement...but right now i would just overwork the crap outta it. Hope you enjoy!

[Smarty]

I think its way to orange and yellow at the moment, its reminding me of a Simpsons character. It needs for the majority to be less saturated, also you need to start introducing some cooler shadows.

[Kaffinated]

smartkyle: thanks for stopping b and pointing the overly orange tones. I think i may of fixed the orange tone and will come back and touch up the shadows. For now im to the point I'll overwork the wrong areas.

Here are some more random pocket sb updates and a update to the color portrait paint.

:lifedrawing:

[Kaffinated]

pencils

[Kaffinated]

More work done for my CGS class

[sjuskadur]

Lots of cool stuff here recommend you practice on the human face. Your anatomy pictures are real nice though :)

keep it up mate! :)

[Kaffinated]

More practice on digi portrait painting. im going with i need more values.

[Kaffinated]

sjuskadur: Thanks for stopping by. I am currently in a portrait and figure painting class to get that xp from practicing the human face.

He is a first attempt at digital glazing

[thesadpencil]

getting much better man. keep up w/ the all the studies. and also try using harder brushes when painting digitally. other than that keep it up.

[FedDark]

red monster on 2 page is rulez! try to keep drawing in this style

[Kaffinated]

this one frustrated the holy hell outta me... 2nd attempt at digital glazing.

[Quinn Simoes]

Hey Kaffinated,

Nice work on those portraits! Keep practicing.

Quinn

[Kaffinated]

Quick Thumbs for a magic invoker. Running with the idea of such a proficient magic user he has crafted a new body using a serious lvl of magic. running with the forms of his body attached to his familiar or his old body meshed with his new body.

I shall give it some further pencil treatment then take it into PS for gray scale colors.

Will get to replying on comments soon. I need some sleep atm.

[Kaffinated]

WIP

more faces to come

[thesadpencil]

nice. i really like this concept it sounds like a crazy idea. i definitely wanna see what it will look like when you've chosen a way it should look and finish it. keep it up man.

[Kaffinated]

soooooooo tierd!

[Kaffinated]

will get to comment very soon! but i have a 16 page brochure to get done. This pic was done using a direct color method and in corel painter.....oh what learning experience.

[Kaffinated]

Sorry for the horrid neglect of my SB. School last week was insane! I shall give this SB some serious post love. Here is more of my work from my cgs class.

[Kaffinated]

So i decided to work on the concepts for http://www.gameartisans.org/dominancewar/ Dominance War 3 to help get more into the concepting groove and to get practice in for next year. I plan on covering all four classes.

Here are the first batch of thumbs for my Stalker/Warlord concept w/ an artifact empowered with darkness/void.

Here is my concept so far.

Stalker/Warlord: He or she is part of a mystic society of Buddhist-like culture. They have recently come into posetion of a ultra powerful artifact known as the Negator. The Negator is the embodiment of the void god Eridanus power left on the mortal realm for his own sadistic glee. The Negator has the power to erase one or hundreds of organisms from the physical realm with a single stoke of its blade.

The Stalker/Warlord is called Ecks Gee. Playing on the word Exegesis which is a Buddhist teaching on the emptiness of persons and phenomena is unique to Buddhism, constituting an important metaphysical critique of theism with profound implications for epistemology and phenomenology.

Ecks hails from the SunYata clan (infusing a bit of Feudal Japan into this) Where they teach everything one encounters in life is empty of absolute identity, permanence, or an in-dwelling 'self'. This is because everything is inter-related and mutually dependent - never wholly self-sufficient or independent. All things are in a state of constant flux where energy and information are forever flowing throughout the natural world giving rise to and themselves undergoing major transformations with the passage of time.
This plays off the Buddhist word Śūnyatā.

The SunYata clan teaches this through their own brand of martial arts. In this I figure Ecks can be a Warlord or a Stalker. If Ecks was a warlord he could use the SunYata teachings to call upon the strength of other living organisms that will allow him...almost taping into a life force unseen. If Ecks was a stalker he would use the same concept to be able to disappear and reappear by willing himself.

Now here are some thumbnails. I need to work on my silhouetting a bit more after doing this. Maybe more thumbnails are needed. Also i shall post thumbnails of the Negator weapon soon.

let me know what one you like the best

cheers

[Kaffinated]

I decide to take some of the thumbs i like a bit further

[Kaffinated]

CGS Classwork. Soon I will check out Kai's Demo.

[Santon]

I like the figure drawing, but the right arm and face look a bit off...the arm for the colours, I think, and the face because the features, the cheek and nose aren't doin' it for me.

But lovely on the back and legs, I think...

Kudos.

[Kaffinated]

Digi paint practice. WIPS

[Lander]

gotcha!
You are impoving fast!

[Kaffinated]

Progress Shot of my WIP

[Kaffinated]

Update on WIP.

[Kaffinated]

thesadpencil: Thanks for stopping by and for the C&C! I gotta get back on that concept work you liked.

Quinn Simoes: Thanks man! i keep em coming!

FedDark: Thanks for commenting!

Santon:Thanks for the input. I think alot of what you commented on is my problem im correcting with trying to keep my eyes on the ref for about 80% of the time and 20% on the painting. So still having that ratio off a bit make some proportions look a lil wonky.

Lander: haha. yeah found me. you are doing quite well in the class yourself! thanks for stopping by.


WEEK 6
CGS class work

[Kaffinated]

more practice.

[Kaffinated]

Drawing a skeleton w/ low back lighting and slight side light from a computer monitor. so trying to get the colors right from dark shadow to bright bone color is interesting. still in WIP stages.

C&C anyone?

[UCT]

post #98 is brilliant, leave it like it is.

[Kaffinated]

Speedy Self Portrait.

[Kaffinated]

WIP...didn't have time to finish tonight.

[Kaffinated]

Speedy environment paint...i think 20 mins.

Cheers

[Kaffinated]

WIP....some kinda water robot hero thing.... haven't quite worked it out in my head yet. Also update on my speed enviro.

[Kaffinated]

Curious on what CA thought on my progress.

[Dorkthrone]

You're definitely improving. I'd do more face studies if I were you.

[Kaffinated]

1 hour enviro practice.

[Kaffinated]

More stuff. Trying to add texture into the environment....i need to finish the backround but im lost on what to put back there atm.

[Valadilene]

Looks good, I think it may need a bit more depth though, some of the rocks look a bit flat

[Kaffinated]

ninjacat11: Thanks for stopping by man! Your spot on with the assessment on my faces. They seem to have this generic like quality.

Valadilene:Thanks love! will work on the lighting to improve that pic.


More stuffs.

[S!R]

Yo Joey Kaffinated! Thanks for gettin me off my can to update my book.

Yours is lookin sicky! I dig the water creature the mostest...

'eres lookin at you kid!
Cheers

[mentler]

Thanks For
Stopping By
And Feeding
The Monkey

Finally Returning
The Favor

You Have A
Good Looking
SB Going Here

[Kaffinated]

S!R: No problem on getting you to update the good book. You seem to be coming along in leaps and bounds! Thanks for stoping by my SB. I gotta put some more time on the water guy... hopefully this weekend.

mentler: Its a honor for having you stop by. Cant really offer and C&C on your work other than HOLY BALLS! that is amazing!

WIP for my CGS class...im surprised on how farm my digital painting has come with this class.

[Kaffinated]

i had a quickie with my wacom and photoshop

[Kaffinated]

Look at me! I got nothing for text atm my brain is fried from graphic design.

[Kaffinated]

more WIP. Burning the midnight oil to finish this.

[Hive_minD]

oh yea, flex those muscles!
-but don't forget the face ;)

Chris

[Kaffinated]

2 more hours on this thing...coming along nicely IMO.

[Kaffinated]

stuff >><<

[Texahol]

that bodybuilder is coming out nicely. You really copped out on the face though. Just remember to treat the face like the rest of the body, just shapes and values and hues! Dont' think "oh this is a nose" or "this is an eye"

Also, after looking through your stuff, my biggest critique is to slow down and concentrate a bit more. Speedies are okay, but you'll learn a lot more from long studies. Color matching is hard without having a strong sense of values first. Try some greyscale value studies and only concentrate on the values and edges...see where those get you :)

[humanNature6115]

Lookin good here bro.
Come check me out.

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:mittenbop: :mittenbop: :mittenbop: Sketchbook:mittenbop: :mittenbop: :mittenbop:
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120761 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120761)

[Sir_E_Pent]

Dude, your Hogarth is impressive. I have Studied from him twice in a year and a half time. I plan to go for a third to see what happens. I will keep you posted on when they are available.

[Kaffinated]

Greetings from the beach! i will get to saying thanks to the comments and visiting your SBs.

[Kaffinated]

Deep creature

[mellongcreate]

hey cool crab their! Planning to go all out on deep? The underwater Robot hero is worth a colour paint, maybe in a different pose? Maybe photo referencing colours for environments would help a little. I'm not sure if you want to develop your enviro's but really trying to 'see' the correct colours will make enviro's from imagination alot easier. Muscle man study looks good but no nipples lmao!

[Kaffinated]

Dear Jason M,

Can I come to your school and work my ass off in the name of learning art and learning about myself?


Cheers
Kaffinated

As now i have been hit by the haze of sleep.....first i must get to replys.

mellongcreate: Thanks, I do plan on going for the gusto in DEEP. The underwater robo is indeed going to get the paint treatment. Muscle Man was born with no nips :(

SinusAnimus: Thanks, go for more Horgarth and also try some Loomis anatomy studies.

humanNature6115: Thanks, On my way to checking your SB!

Texahol: !sex

Hive_minD: Its now with face!

The above I shall be stopping by your SB's really soon...like after my smoke break in 10 mins.

He is a enviro idea for DEEP.

Cheers
Kaffinated



PS: I need to practice my values asap.

[Kaffinated]

Stuff and things.
Here are some morning quickies i had with Photoshop.

[Texahol]

more reffed stuff dude! Build that imagination up with referenced studies! Your brain demands it!!!! Especially with the blues in your waters...they're just super....blue.

I dunno if I've told you to do this before, but do all these exercises: peer project (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=76955). I expect to see them! Also give this a few reads over, there's good info here on ...stuff: prom's art tut (http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/arttut.html)

drawing from imagination is fun, but you need info up there to work from first ;)

[Shadow Of A Mountain]

quite the world of warcraft fan arn't you ;)

[Kaffinated]

Texahol: Here is a from life ref. Will get to posting the peer project work soon.
Shadow Of A Mountain: More of im surrounded by a group of friends constantly talk about it. So I decided to illustrate their stories instead of setting there lost in the crowed and play wow 24/7. I decided to draw some of the canon of WOW while hopefully getting better in my art skills.

Thanks for stopping by the SB!

Cheers
Kaffinated

[Kaffinated]

Texahol demanded practice AND MUCH NEEDED.

shoulda done this ages ago...

[Lander]

nice colors on that fruit. They look really juicy.

[yoitisi]

Hey Kaffinated,

Cool sketchbook going on here. A little inconsistend, there cool stuff and there's less cool stuff (the bodybuilder image worked out pretty well I think). THere's a couple of things I noticed while thumbing through it:

First of all, and it's a pretty standard thing to say around these parts, but do more anatomy studies. Gestures might help you, but also do some studies of the face as it is your weakest point yet (the bodybuilder piece gets kind of ruined because of it :(). Also, right now I think you tend to use the same muscular upper body on most of your sketches. I suspect this is because it is something you have drawn before, so you don't have to figure new stuff out.

Second, the environments need more work too. They miss some perspective and depth, which has mostly got to do with the use of colors. Doing some studies from pictures might help there.

All in all, keep doing what you do but watch out for tunnel vision. I got the impression you build too much on previous done studies to do sketches from the mind. Might be just me though :D

[Hyptosis]

cool stuff kaff, man, you worked hard on the bodybuilder eh? =]

[Kaffinated]

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My painting from the Chaiten Volcano pic i had.

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part 2

clouds are a pain in the ass...but im learning...so it cant be all bad?

[Sir_E_Pent]

I have not looked through you entire SB. I would not be able to comment on everything anyways. I would like to say this, I have noticed when a person is sketched you can tell what sex they are. I noticed that your sketches of women you have sex organs there and on your male forms just the imagination of sex organs. Think about this, it is your Creation! The shell of a creature is symetrical except when it comes to the male sex organ (God's humor or confusion) it goes to the left or to the right. And this is on all creatures not just humans. Also, the last page here I noticed the Man and then the Beast. You know what I'm talkin about. Keep it up, your on the right track. Peace out.

[Kaffinated]

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[Kaffinated]

I R learn to paints?

[aussiedeza]

Hey mate great sketchbook, i think if you spent more time with the mighty pencil you would get where you want to be allot faster.. just a suggestion, keep up the effort!!!.

[Kaffinated]

Insanity....
i cant paint hair for beans.

cheers
Kaffianted

[iambanana]

Those flesh tones are great! Personally, I just can't get a grip on them. I like the style of the "I like conceptart.org" pic.

[yoitisi]

I like that last study :) Shows some progress over the two pieces above that (probably because you used reference?). I miss the nipples on it though, which are a great tool to explain the form of the body a bit better.

On those landscape studies, the foreground doesn't really match with the background. I suppose it's from ref, but I wonder if the foreground was all that black. There's a lot of lighting going on up there, but nothing happening on ground level. Also, the difference in amount of details in the foreground and the clouds/lightning is a pretty rought transition. Especially the huge brushstrokes in the sky create a separation in style in these studies.

Keep 'em coming though :P

[Texahol]

more studies. They're paying off.

[Kaffinated]

Master copy work. time spent so far < 6.

[UnSharpened]

The progress here is nice:P, just look at your latest post.
Keep working hard, you've got a good understanding in terms of colour I think.

Thanks for dropping by my sb by the way:D.

[Meister Jazz]

i've noticed that smaller brushes when painting hair helps to give it a more realistic look.

I like how your painted studies look

lastly, thanks for the critique and assistance in my sketchbook

[Kaffinated]

comments soon

Some ppl pointed out i need to do a value study or two before i jumped to color.

[Kaffinated]

updates!

[donalfall]

Nice master study. The value work is solid. You have no stars - you deserve to be getting a few ratings by now. So I'ld give you.... 4. Keep up the good shit.

[aussiedeza]

hey mate great job on the master copy,ill take you up on your suggestion and do a few myself see if i learn anything to translate over to my own work,try and remember to not avoid the hands even if you do a crappy job its anther hand closer you will be to being able to draw the next one better also great job on the neck ruffle. ill make sure check back here more often so get working . later.

[The Ham]

keep it up theres blatent improvement in your work.
your anatomy studys are looking great. like Devbot says it would be great to see more creature work and monster work from you. youve got a good sense of muscle structure!

[ebonysmith]

I can't tell if you still do this, as you do a lot more landscapes now, but I noticed on the first page you give everyone narrow heads where women tend to have quite round heads...round off the female bodies a little too as on page 4, the 'squareness' makes them look more masculine and less attractive. Great improvement though

[UnSharpened]

Wow, the latest master study looks awesome<3.
I wonder how long did you take working on the face, the details are brilliant, so as the laces. This practice of values is gonna help you identify the form better I believe, keep it up man:p.

[Kaffinated]

An idea I have been working on. Have plenty more to show soon.

[Kaffinated]

Behold Fetus Arm!!!

I need lost more work on values. Wayyy too much white in this pic.

[eparts]

hey and thanks for dropping by my sketchbook.

I was looking trough your pages here and I want to give you some honest feedback. I like your line art. It is steady and precise. What I noticed, and i've seen you've tried working on this in your latest posts, is that you need to work on values. Values and color behavior.

In order to get them skills you should just keep on study light work a lot on values. Then perhaps take up the colours..

I think value studies will have a great effect on your lineart too - giving you a great understanding to illuminate more mass with lines?

I also saw your stick figures and I thought they were a bit noisy. If you try to abstract the use of line, and concentrate more on each single line and curve, I think they would convey and more interesting behavior.

Keep it up and I hope you take my critiques as love :)

[Blythe]

I think the master study is lovely though I wish you had spent more time on that hand. Poor hand.

Also for the lastest I agree some more values would be great since you were obviously thrying to put some shading in there. The guy definitly needs nipples though, do not fear the nipple! I would love to see this guy in a more dynamic pose.

[Amazing Action Ape]

You've got a great start mate, but you could use a little more help.

Id suggest doing many more hand studies, lots of feet studies, especially from the masters. Practice your tonals and value studies, by doing hands in light/shadow etc. Pay a lot of attention to proportions. Slow things down, and measure out. You'll get faster over time. Just be patient. You'll find youll learn more about contours, and form, as well as light/shadow by doing this bits first. Start in BW and then work into colour.

Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff!

[Kaffinated]

Got some life drawing and some general ideas i had in my head i needed to visualize.

[Kaffinated]

another page of the SB. 2 items i found in china town i drew and random cooler.

[shashank]

very well study of nudes i love to see more

[Amazing Action Ape]

I like the inked stuff on that last page. I think you should maybe try rendering things more in a permanent medium (like ink) as an effort to see things more before drawing them. It might build your confidence up further, and help you describe more with less. Or just draw more in pen. Use your line to describe form more, rather than just straight up and down strokes.

[Kaffinated]

AAA: Thanks for the input. I'll have to give it a go at.

this was a bitch trying to push more values with HB lead. Need to upgrade to 2B.

[Kaffinated]

shashank: Thanks for stopping by!

Another ape study. Now to move on with the markers/pens.

[humanNature6115]

Keep crankin out more of that.
One note to you is work on your 3d space.
Remember, there is no such thing as line,
Only space.

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[Quinn Simoes]

Love those pencil creature designs in post #180, seeing lots of improvement and inspiring ideas in here.

Keep up the great work!

Quinn

[Kaffinated]

Drawing from life. Its almost like photography...when people find out your drawing em they tend to move a ass ton more.

[Matsign]

Nice live drawings. The master study stuff is hi def. Eyes are the weakest rendering in the drawing form life. Maybe, check a few loomis head proportions or eye studies.

If you have done so already, then forget that shi-

Just do more life drawings.

Peace!

[Kaffinated]

Matsign: I gotta get to more loomis studies thanks for the reminder! *tisk tisk* on me! I gotta finish my master study soon... Thanks for stopping by!

More ape studies!

* I gotta crank the volume up to 11 and break the f****n' knob off *

[Lakka]

the end of page 6 had some crazy good stuff, such as the valuestudy and that headmonsterthing done in pencils.

Keep it up!

[RandAlThor]

Cool monster heads on p6 and cool master studies, def keep doing those and keep sharing ;-)

[Gadbury]

Cool sketchbook, loving the characters and creatures, great job on the long studies too, the bodybuilder looks awesome. Thanks for stopping by my SB too, and for the comments - In reply to your question on thumbnails, nah I don't, even though I probably should. Cheers!

[Kaffinated]

Lakka: Thanks for stopping by!

RandAlThor: Thanks mate! got plenty more on the way!

Mr.Gadbury: Np about stopping by your SB. Thanks for the kind words. Do more thumbnails!

Doing a gift for my god daughter's birthday.

Must draw more from nature.

[Kaffinated]

some roughs atm.

Designing for a 4 year old is interesting to say the least.

[gardenrusalka]

I like your fairy silhouettes! Especially the one where the twigs in her hair come down to outline her face, #4.

[kingkostas]

Hi kaff, the progress from the first post to the last is impressive.As everyone said you made studies in the places you wanted to improve and you improved :D, so i only have to say to keep up studying anatomy first and trying to understand each body part so that you can play easier with it.

Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook :D

[Kaffinated]

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hEllo!

gardenrusalka: Thanks! Yeah i might push that a bit further.

kingkostas: Thanks! Yeah I need to get on to doing more anatomy studies.

Needed to make more fairy sketches better geared toward my 4 year old god daughter

[Smoke]

Hey, thanks for the advice. You're right, I don't look at the source material more than my drawing and it shows. Well, I'll be changing that now.

If you want to best "generic" looking fairy of the bunch, I'd say bottom left has that nailed. Big eyes, dainty body, playful posture and expression.

Good stuff.

[kingkostas]

Cuties. They are suitable for your god daughter now :D

[Kaffinated]

Just a little more....
....Almost there


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Update...

[Blythe]

I really enjoyed the little shaman guy in post #180, he looks like he would be pretty mysterious . . .

Aww, I love faeries (I think that is obvious. I want them to feel lighter somehow. Also for your next area of study I would look at feet, they are feeling a bit socklike right now.

The last is very cute, next time I would plan ahead for the silhoette as parts of her get lost against the wings. You want to try to make sure what you draw is clear even if you only drew the outside shape of it. ^^

Good work (you are better at updating than I am, alas).

[Zombunny27]

Thanks for the welcome! The fairy thumbnails are great. I especially like the ones where you lift them off the ground. Sometimes referencing poses from dancers is a good way to make a fairy seem weightless.

Thanks again.

[Kaffinated]

Hello TV land?

I'd like to thank
Smoke: Np on the advice thing. I'm here to help to the best of my ability's. thanks for stopping by the SB.
kingkostas: Thanks!
Blythe: Feet studies are next after I finish my master study. Update your shit, yo! As always thanks for your Input.
Hadesdream:Thanks for stopping by.

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>>>> random digimon esc thing i doodle for a update.
>>>>Now back to work on the master study.

[S!R]

Yo Joey! *pops out from under a rock*

I dig the ape studies a whole heap!
Keep doing the do!!

fyi fiiinally update my sb, a tiny bit.

Cheers
S1

[Kaffinated]

:rocker:

WIP

[S!R]

Wow, Truly impressed my man.

[kingkostas]

really impressive work.Keep up :D

[Kaffinated]

<> Value Studies <>

scanning in markers dosen't work too well. Then again i could be doing it wrong. Anyone got pointers?

For all who haven't seen this gem...
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[Kaffinated]

More Values

kingkostas: thanks a mucho

[UnSharpened]

Lots of experiments going on here, lovely:P.
I got just one personal opinion is that you can do the value practice with colours more, which I think is the key of performing rich colour schemes.

Thanks for dropping by my sb so often btw:D. Keep the work up!

[Kaffinated]

UnSharpened:Thanks

Update on MasterCopy. More stuff coming soon! 2nd img is me messin around with some color.

[kingkostas]

This basically rocks :D. :rocker:
I want to see it finished.Keep up , nice studies too

[Kaffinated]

Drawing some heads the Loomis way.

kingkostas: thanks

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[kelly x]

good stuff happening here! Dude you rock the apes!! This Master study is looking really good... the ruffles are amazing. A fun place to visit and watch some tube, cool.

[RandAlThor]

Like the fairy thumbs... and that master study is coming along nicely. Keep at it dude :-)

[Kaffinated]

*NSFW Video*
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kelly x: Thanks! I think the apes went better than this post. Hopefully i don't disappoint with the tube links.

RandAlThor: Thanks. I gotta get that thing finished soon.

Faces from ref. Need to keep working on paying more attention to ref :davi:

[Blythe]

I claim animating all week for lack of updates. Sure . . .

I am liking that masterstudy more and more. I am looking forward to it being completely done eh? ^^

Keep up the studies.

[Kaffinated]

I am way too out practice on my digi paint and figure work so... Here comes lots o studies! Also Phelps WIP and Faces. Must sleep....
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[kingkostas]

I like your studies, and those facial expressions are great.Keep them up
(and yes, try to finish the mastercopy) :D
see ya

[Zombunny27]

Yay for great studies. I like the range of expressions in the faces. Nice color in the masterwork, it's lovely.

[Kaffinated]

I shall get to reply's tomorrow!
Here is todays work.
More Digi paint of the Olympic photos.
Along with more Posemaniacs and Loomis Studies.

Todays You Tube
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hahaha!

[IanE]

Your sketchbook told me to check it out.

I'm glad I did.

You've got lots of studies going on, and they will certainly pay off once you put them all to work!

[MM Howard]

Your anatomy studies are awesome and I love your master study.

I hope you never give up the dream either, you're on your way.

[Kaffinated]

Blythe: Been workin on it! you update!
kingkostas: Been slaving away at the master copy among other things soon to be revealed.
Hadesdream: Thanks. Your work is coming along too!
IanE: Imma go check out ure SB. Thanks for stopping by.
MM Howard: Thanks for the kind words and stopping by!

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Click on it!

Got some good stuff on the way. My apologies for not updating for 2 days.

[kingkostas]

Nice creature and nice way to present us your new updates :D.
I think you have trouble with torsos in 3/4(not in all of your chars but in some of them).Try throw some studies in this section.Nice figures :D

keep up

[Saturns Gate]

Hey man,

Some of your environment pencils are really nice pornography wise :) haha!

Your fast gestures are hit and miss, some are bloody brilliant, while some are a tad bit stiff in places, though I cant talk. Good work overall, I love ya pencils the most, your digital stuff looks a bit washed out, probably due to the brush settings, try to block in planes with hard flat colors first? May help ya. I think illd like to see some anatomy studies, but more on the illustrative side so you spend longer looking at various parts instead of speed paintings.

Keep it up man! :)

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[Amazing Action Ape]

Hey Kaff,

I think you should work more on some solid solid construction in your drawing. Paying VERY close attention to proportions, and insertions of muscles, landmarks, etc. Do some excercises where you start with the skeleton (just a block in) then start packing the muscles on. Or work in specific sections, aka the arm, or the chest, or the face, and start from the bone up. Its here, where you can then learn more about planes, and really let your rendering skills shine.

[Kaffinated]

Gents...and Ladies (if there are women on the internetz)

Phil Collins
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kingkostas: Thanks for stopping by as always! Did some torso practice for your viewing.

Saturns Gate:HAHA! Will get to work on those recommendations! Thanks for the input and crit.

Amazing Action Ape: Cool cool as always thanks for the advice! I'll get on it asap.

Here is a little sampling of what i've been playing around with. Color Theory class has me painting a shit ton of Gouache swatches. Just waiting on the D/L from Jason Manly entitled Mantone:color theory done right.

[kingkostas]

Nice, you are doing fine with these torso studies.Your creatures are also interesting and well worked.
Keep up :D

[algenpfleger]

Oh man, those torsos rule o_O And the creatures, or whatever these things are. Awesome :D

[thesadpencil]

hey dude i'm liking all these updates, you're showing great improvement, those last creatures are fucking wicked. keep it up w/ all those studies, and just keep on trucking.

[Zombunny27]

Love the creatures below Phil Collins, especially toward the bottom of the right one. The stretching in the flesh right there reminds me of some amazing tattooes I've seen. It's grimm but reads very well.

[KidApe]

Kaffinated, I'm enjoying your pencils very much! I see your strokes are going with the form, which is excellent and yielding good results. Torso studies looking nice, which book are you studying by the way, I was about to say Giovanni, but not sure,hehe.
Man, I didn't know you live in Austin, we should definelt hit up the sketchgroup sometime. I haven't actually been to one, but I do go to quite a few figure drawing sessions at the Hancock center and the AVAA.

[Kaffinated]

kingkostas:Thanks for stopping by and the kind words, mate!

algenpfleger: Dude, you rock! thanks for stopping by!

thesadpencil: Thanks a bunch! Hope your keeping the progress going on your sb.

Hadesdream: Thanks :hugsmile:

KidApe: Nah don't live in Austin im just a hour south of you. Im down for some figure drawing session in Austin tho! My torso's came from the pose maniacs.

Hahaha! Its a update....been working my way through the constructing anatomy vids w/ Rivan Phionex.

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[kidult]

Cool studies - watch out for making the faces too flat in profile - loomis has the face as a straight gesture line but most people curve in some way.

[Zombunny27]

Yay update! The fangy face looks like someone got a little too cozy with a resident evil licker, very nice.

[pepps]

wow! you sure sketched a lot! xD
i love your line work, it has a really nice feel to me. I also like the way ou characterirez the heads, although some of their faces look a bit flat. Also i noticed but i could be wrong that in some of heads you tended to mark the (flat =p) contour of the faces much more than the actual features. Comparing these to the ones where you actually put some very dark marks in the features areas, the last ones look more alive. Hope this make some sense =)
anyway very good job, keep it up!

ps. thanks for the help on the warlock thingy, and sorry for not stopping by earlier =)

[kingkostas]

These head are very cool :D.And the linework is nice, keep up :D

[Kaffinated]

kidult: Thanks for the heads up!
Hadesdream: Mucho Thanks!
pepps: Thanks for returning the help!
kingkostas: As always thanks for stopping by!

I got in the swing of doing some more oil paints (the pear pics) the 2nd one is on a gesso board which is a pain in the ass.

Here is a real big steaming dump!

[Kaffinated]

I made a lil doodle

need to slow down more when i draw :-/

[S!R]

He said 'Steaming dump' bwaha.

No but really, Whats up Joey K?!

Looking rreal good here bro. I especially like the hand studies! Been doing a few myself. Where are you deriving these studies from? I see some Bridgman, but the others are dope too, Where they coming from??

[KidApe]

sup man, hey I see you are dipping into paint as well, keep it up! Looks like you've been pretty studious with your anatomy lessons, looking good.

[Kaffinated]

S!R: Always a pleasure. Hows tings wit choo? Thanks for the feedback! I'll leave you a myspace msg about where i am doing the studies from.

KidApe:Thanks mang! your stuff is coming along quite well. Yeah the oil paint is a fun but sometimes cruel mistress.


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[lord_regenschirm]

I need a scanner ... :D Keep up your anatomy-sketching. One duty we all share ...

[thesadpencil]

oh shit you're still alive, good to see you posting again. i'm diggin all those faces. just keep it going with all those anatomy studies and push your values just a bit more but other than great to see you back on here, keep up the good work.

[Kaffinated]

lord_regenschirm: go get a scanner!
thesadpencil: Yeah I live. I was just posting in other areas than the SB thread for awhile. I've just been working strictly on anatomy and then I'll get to that exploring values so in efforts to not go crazy.



Here is a fresh one for the carpets!

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A fresh log.....

WIP

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more stuff