SEX! Heterosexual Faggotry. Massive paperupdate! [25 July]

[Diphallia]

Check the latest page (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=105049&page=99) for new art!

C&C needed.

LFM (looking for mentor).

FYI, I have a Wacom Graphire 4 XL tablet.
And use Corel Painter X most of the time.


Clickytyclick the little symbols to contact me (never online on skype though).

I have a deviantart, too.
http://diphallia.deviantart.com/
Comment and tell me how awesome I am.

VIWIP (very important work in progress).
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/Tree.jpg

[Dile_]

Nice of you to start a sketchbook! :) I'm sure we can expect great stuff from you in the future... Just be the best you can be hehe. I'm sure you can do that :)

Nice start, its a bit basic... Maybe checking out Min Yum's ( Bumskee ) (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46487&page=82) thread on Photoshop-painting... its here. (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47859)

Now go practice :wink:

[Diphallia]

Dile_: Thank you, and I hope i can get good too. Gotta read that thread for real sometday, bumskee is great, that is for sure.

Thought i'd just post an update on that WIP before i go to bed.
And it's still a wip, remember that.
And about the ugly sky, i will draw an own sky there, but as it is right now;
I suck att colours, as you might see.

And i must say it to myself: I love this guy's feet. Or atleast his left foot.

[Diphallia]

And i'm finished! Horay!
In my opinion it's actually kind of decent.
Don't know what you guys think, tell me.

[Diphallia]

I didn't like the look of my skeetchbook very much, it was just black.
Clean but nothing personal.

So i thought that i'd just pimp it.
And so i did.
Ofc I'm stupid enoguh to make the stencil on paper.
(don't have any plastic :( )
The first image is taken at night, wich explains the high noise.
(my fantastic camera can go so high as ISO 400. You heard it fourhundred.)
And the second image shows how bad it went, the paper failed to slim against the SB properly
(I did put stones on it, but that didn't help so very much, it's raining so that might have fucked up the paper).

Now i like it more, even if my sketches inside blows.

[Diphallia]

Made some ConceptArt today.
Enjoy. (I never bothered to adjust the colors when i was "done").

[Diphallia]

Hello fellas I made some conceptart today.
It's a ronin (female :O) samurai.
And the face got fucked up, so i leaved it fucked up.
Way too bad in my opinion.
But I'm trying to improve! (though it's seems like i fail).

[Diphallia]

Sorry for not posting any art this time, but I just wanted to share this text.
It's written in about twenty minutes at school (It's linch right now, but I'm skipping that today).

It might not be a very sharp text, but I just wanted to share my thoughts about culture (hence the name).
And you will probably spot a lots of spelling errors here and there.
But I'm from Sweden, so english isn't our main language, in addition to that I'm only fourteen.

So. Um, enjoy! Though I'm positive that you wont.

Culture Thoughts.
My view on today’s culture, including pop-culture.

First of all I want to say that I’m kind of cultural.
It might be hard to spot when you see me in my silly t-shirts and baggy jeans.
But I’m not that kind of person.
I don’t listen to hip hop or techno.
My musical library consists of Alternative Metal/rock, new age/wave death/heavy metal and sometimes symphonies (like Peer Gynt, which is absolutely amazing).
I’m no artist, no matter what people say about it.
But I’m going to be, someday.
Right now I’m only working on Indie projects (non-profit so far) so I’m not getting cash for it.
But it’s a great experience that I can include in my portfolio, which will help me in the future.
And on top of all, it’s a great fun.
Sometimes I get yelled at for sitting in front of the computer rendering different projects.
When it comes to music, I only I can’t play a single tone, never bothered to learn.
But I do have a guitar at home, but it’s just standing somewhere gathering dust.
Most of my money go to the computer, art supplies and occasionally on different musical events.
Back to art, I’m going to be honest here, I’m not that very good. Not yet, but I can be.
I honestly think I have a future as a concept artist (making artwork for games and movies,).
And in a short period I was attending to an art course, we didn’t learn very much at all.
It was more like “sit here, draw anything” and maybe some short critics after that, nothing more.
So I don’t think that helped me very much.
So I’m basically self learned.
I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not.
But hey “whatever floats your boat” as I use to say.
When it comes to abstract and modern art I’m not a great fan.
Some things can be great, like some of Picasso’s work (but some of them are just gibberish).
I like the more modern approach to art, didn’t I say that I hate that? No I didn’t.
The art that classifies as Modern Art (like a shoe with umbrellas as shoelaces) is just garbage, I’m talking about the digital art.
And that edgy style (which I’m not going to adopt) which features in many comic books (not Donald duck, I’m talking about frank miller’s graphic novels or Gentleman orpse).
I’m not telling you that it’s correct to draw like that, I honestly don’t care about being very correct (as you probably can tell when reading this shit).
To have the audience in mind when creating any art (even music) is a huge obstacle.
You shouldn’t have the audience in mind (not too much, a bit can be healthy, especially when creating concept art) it’s just blocking the creative workflow which can ruin your artwork (yeah, I have had many artworks ruined because of that).
Pop-culture is a good thing, because without it the stupid teenagers (yes I just called myself stupid, but I am) wouldn’t pick up any culture, at all.
So MTV is a great invention, but YouTube isn’t.
Hope you get what I mean.
It might not be very logical, but I don’t strive to be understood (just want to understand myself :P meh).
That’s about it, have a fuckin’ awesome day, because I certainly will! (or at least try).
Sayonara (that’s Japanese, so don’t you bite me!), Au Revoir all of you!

And I'd just like to say that this might not be my opinion at all, I just wrote what I thought was great.
Didn't planned this in anyway, it just came out of my brain.
A brainfart if you would like to call it that.



Sebastian Dráb// Stupid Teenager

[D@niel]

Hey, that last one is great, maybe not from a concept art point of view, but from a fine art perspective its color and composition as a whole are actualy quite appealing:)

[Jacob Kobryn]

I'm 14 too. It's a good start to a sketchbook. Keep at it,
Jake

[Doomgriever]

more contrast in your pictures would improve much!! darker shadows (not blacker) and stronger lights (not whiter) and then some 2nd lightening :D and it will be all good :)

Nice cloud training btw! keep on doing trainings like that and you'll get even better ;)

[Diphallia]

D@aniel: Thank you very much (the composition is based from a ref, and when i say based i mean that i've done quite a lot of tweaks to it) :D
angus127258: That's awesome! Thank you, keeps me motivated. :)
Doomgriever: A cookie for you!

Yeah, i'm gonna try out some more lightsources, just gonna doodle around some more and, no.
I'll try it right away, today.
And about the contrast; Yeah, I kinda leave my "artworks" 'done' when i'm done with the shapes values and shit, I often don't care very much about contrast and moods and that.
But I'll try to add som contrast (probably with levels, because I'm a lazy tard).

I made a Gun Concept today (sorry for the shitty artwork), maybe some more stuff to show you, later.

[Jacob Kobryn]

focus more on your lighting and highlighting/shading. You seem to be simply blocking out in solid colors but your pictures lack depth. Do some life drawings.
Jake

[Diphallia]

angus147258: Hmm yeah.

Tried out a limited palette in painter (and i never use painter),
Jake: with a motif from life.
Next to my screen it is :D
Among with the cactuses and the extra keyboard.
How 'bout that?

And Dile_: It works pretty well in B/W too :P

[Don-key]

hey bro good idea to start a sketchbook.

my advice to you would be to focus on traditional media at the moment, especially pencil. practice truely SEEING. draw what you see NOT what you think you see.

drawing from imagination is hard enough but without the foundation of good observational skills its damn near impossible.
so i suggest figure drawing...if you cant make it to any classes, go to the library and look for Bridgeman, Loomis and Hogarth.

and dont stress about it either dude, you are 14! you have loads of time to practice and learn. enjoy learning because if it beomes a chore, its easy to give up.


its a good idea to draw anything around you, its alot harder than people realise. to actualy draw what you see will surprise you. dont get caught up drawing what you think you see.

Finaly, while you are young, try not to focus too heavily on concept art. if it becomes your single source of inspiration then your work will suffer I promise you. look at all types of art, even the stuff you hate. you dont need to come to any conclusions just yet, just look as much as you can.


and keep drawing! though you may not be happy with what you do sometimes, niether is anyone else. no artist or designer ever sits back and says "yeah....im really happy with that, not a single thing wrong with it"


keep at it dude :confident

[bloodbrush]

not bad for a 14 year-old. i can see that you are having fun exploring the different programs such as painter. but you really should learn how to draw first before trying to render something. you have to learn how to draw properly in 3D space, else your drawings and paintings look flat.

if you want to improve fast, i suggest you to get the vilppu dvds and books.
here are some online articles of him:
http://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.3/3.3pages/3.3vilppudrawing.html
http://www2.awn.com/mag/issue3.5/3.5pages/3.5villpu.html
http://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.7/3.7pages/3.7vilppu.html

keep working dood

[motives]

Hey kid! Thanks for posting in my Sb!
You seems to have some great things going on here, I mean starting a sketchbook and all. Just keep drawing ever day..okay not every day, but so much you can, and it will pay off big time later on!
I wonder, do you have a wacom-board or do you draw with the mouse?
Anyhow there are some great tutorials how to use the brushes and things to think about. Just keep posting and I'll follow..
Enjoy the wonder way of art!
Lycka till hesten;)

And by the way, you got some great feedback from Don-key!

[Diphallia]

Don-key: Thank you! :D I know i gotta do much more analogue art!
My art teacher keeps telling me, and just today I went to my father's work (he's a glazier) and made myself a mirror (yes, I did it by myself).
But I like concept art :( Ohwell, I'm not gonna let that take all of my precioussss time. (sorry 'bout that worthless joke).

bloodbrush:Yeah, I'm constantly being told that my digitals look flat, gotta draw more from life!

Motives: Yeah, I did get som great feedback from don-key!
I actually own a wacom tablet (but it was damn cheap! 130 euro! 1230 svenska riksdaler, and I bought it completely new).
But I can draw with mouse, preetty decent, but as it is right now, I don't ever use them to draw with (unless I'm in school).
But I'm gonna draw one next time my cats come home with one!

Sorry 'bout drawing this stupid concept, but I just felt that I had to do it.
Ohwell, there's nothing special about it.
Next time my update will be analogue (as I call it :P).
Cheers! (It feels waaaay to mature to say that :))

[Gilead]

Well you've made a nice physical sketchbook, but all the sketches on this thread are on your computer.
My personal and, of course, expert opinion is that you should carry that paper sketchbook with you everywhere and draw everything you see. Draw rocks, trees, cars, people, houses, whatever. This is how you will learn.
You have some good ideas, the imagination is there, keep it up.

[The Curehead]

hey,as others have said youshould probably stick to traditional methods for awhile.
just pencil and paper,youll learn alot more that way.
try drawing some apples/oranges,and see how light reflects off them,it will help you improve depth.
keep it up.

[spudstudios]

good start. be nice to see some non digi work here..Get scanning!! :-)

Thanks for dropping in.

[Diphallia]

Gilead: Thank you! I'm just to lazy to carry around the neat thing... :(

The Curehead: Yeah, prolly should. So I drew some weird fruit that I can't name right now.
As it is right now, we have more cats than fruits at the home, so maybe I'll just try to draw the cute little fellas instead :D.

spudstudios: Thank you! Yeah, I can't scan. Both my scanners broke about a week ago.
(No physical errors as far as I can see), so I'll have to use my crappy camera.

PaperUpdate!
It's a 7-10 minute sketch, but it's the only fruit drawing I can show right now.
Less CA, more drawing!
But I'm not so very artistic when it comes to fruits, I'd rather eat them.
So it's pretty hard to draw them when parts of them just keep dissapearing.

[deadred]

i wish i knew of CA when i was 14 hehe i envy you :)

What i'd suggest is do studies to expand your "mental image library" so to speak, that your imaginative works have a base to work from, kinda like how you can't build a robot if you don't know anything about robotics, or something like that hehe.. keep drawing from life or reference until you learn enough to be creative with it. Also, take it one step at a time, learn shapes first, then only start with rendering/coloring.

no crits from me so far, as you've only just started out, but i think whether you choose to use digital or traditional medium to do your art should not matter that much, use whatever feels comfortable for you to experiment and learn with :)

[dhilipsomesh]

your creative dude start learing more techni..........


my sketchbook (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=72098&page=7)

[Diphallia]

deadred: Haha, thank you! I'm right at it! :D
dhilipsomesh: Thank you. Yeah, I gotta learn the perspectives and shit properly.

Paperupdate! These are from history class today.
just doodling down my fella students poses (an the teachers too), think it might help, somehow.
I also drew one of the damn uncomfortable chairs.
There might be another update later today :)

Made on regular 80gr A4 copypaper, photographed with my crappy camera.
Gotta buy a Canoscan, uhh. :O

[Diphallia]

Moar concepts!
Sorry 'bout that...

[The Curehead]

hey man great job on the fruit bowl.
maybe try a detailed drawing of an individual fruit next,again its great practise for shapes and rendering.
don't be afraid to take your time,alot of them look alittle rough.
keep it up and you'll be great in no time.

[D@niel]

You have a unique a pproach to things(wich is a good thing) keep practicing:)

[motives]

Lovely doodles! Do theese anytime and anywhere and you will get a sharp eye that never let you down;)

About the design of the bike (or car); I like the sketch but I have some trouble reading the form of it. Maybe you could draw in some lines that fallows the shape, like the equator on earth. Hope I was clear enough:)

[Diphallia]

The Curehead: I don't like to consume my time :(, I always want to finish stuff fast!
But I do realize that I need to.

D@niel: Haha :) thank you! It might be because of my stupidity :P.

motives: I've just started to doodle a bit more! But I suppose that I only have time at history class :D
0,5 mm HB shaker pen, approx 15 min.
Thanks for the line idea, I'm gonna use that in my concepts from now on! :D

Doodling at school, again! This time I didn't bother to draw my classmates as they would take notice on that.
So I emptied my pockets and drew various things from them (keys and these earphones).

(parenthesis)
No, I'm not a spoiled brat! I'm actually pretty economical,:confident
I almost only by clothes on sale, the same applies to electronical shit.
Actually bought an iPod mini, and got this (Nano v2) on the guarantee when it decided to give up on me.
(end of parenthesis)

Page two, next!

[motives]

Pretty damn good! You have catched the earphones shape and "feeling" (out of words) :P
I see that you have tried some highlights on the cord(sladd) which I think maybe are too bright. Its hard to say but it looks strange some what.
(-Jävligt- svårt att teckna mörka sladdar när de kastar relativt mörka skuggor)
If you have the opportunity I think you should take a picture at your earphones, open it in photoshop, convert it to greyscale and increase the contrast a bit. Then you can analyse the values of each part, especially the cord :)

[Diphallia]

Motives: I didn't try to highlight, I'm just too lazy to draw the cord properly.
The "sladd" is actually grey, but I drew the outlines too hard (easily done with a mech pencil), so I drew the rest of the cord ("sladd") that way to not make it look like it shouldn't.
I don't need to analyze the values, it's alredy black and white :P.
Ok, maybe I need to, but I'm not gonna. Too lazy.
And the shadows wasn't really dark, but my pencil wouldn't allow me to draw them lighter.
Thank You!

Watched "Schindler's List" today.
And I'm actually half-Pole half-Czech, so I'd be dead.
And I do think that my grandfather (on my mother's side, since she's the pole), sat in a concentration camp, I do believe that the camp was Auschwitz.
Umm, anyways.
Might not update more than this today.

[Diphallia]

Apple.
Approx 45 min. On real paper (not that shitty SB paper).
(180gr canson drawing).
A bit sketchy though.

[D@niel]

Congrats on page 2!!! nice updates:)

[Diphallia]

D@aniel: Thank you, I'm on my third update today.
2nd if you don't count schindler.

This time it's my bathroom.
Yeah I can hear you "art, in a fuckin bathroom?!".
Sorta, fiberoptics and a starry sky.
Some astrologer maybe can point out the different constellations!
It's connected to a dimmer so you can adjust the brightness.
From a more romantic light to a brighter starlight.
(when you sit in the jacuzzi, which was exchanged from a container (we had a container (a rusty one), and traded that for a jacuzzi (a nice one))!

We also have a trebuchet (which dad and I built in about 2.5 hours), but it's not beautiful enough to show.

[The Curehead]

the apple looks nice,keep it up

[Cup of Joe]

Hey man, you're definitely off to a good start. This is probably going to be both a tough and an easy stage. Tough because beyond a few basic crits, most of what you learn will be from practice and experimentation, but easy because your progress will be much more evident.
First of all, when doing a still life, try and squint a bit. Not much, just enough so your eyelashes cross over your eyes. This will blur the image just enough so you can focus on the big picture and not get caught up in details, but remember, squint at the subject, NOT at your drawing.
Also, it may just be the picture, but that drawing of the apple looks a bit small. Try and fill up whatever space you're using.

Keep it up man!

[Call0ps]

totaly agree with Cup_of_Joe, just enjoy the process matte, draw every time u can ;) keep it up

[Diphallia]

The Curehead: Thank you!
Cup of Joe: Great tips. It is like one half A5, thank you.
Call0ps: Yeah, will do.

Umm, I didn't draw anything. Or well, techniqally I did.
I made a flash, approx. 45 min.

Mad Sword Skills (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/401757)

[archipelago]

hejsvejs!

good start for a sketchbook dude!
My tip to you is to do one self portrait a day and you will literally see improvement on a daily basis. Doing self portraits is one of the best ways to learn as a beginner in my opinion.

cheers

[motives]

I'll second what archipelago said. Self portraits is the grej!
Btw nice apple! I think you captured the shape of it really good:)
The cast shadow should be darker IMO, specially at the bottom where the apple touches the surface.
Haha nice flash. Too short but still nice:)

[Diphallia]

archipelago: Tjenare! Thank you, I started yesterday, but I'm not gonna show you.
Because they look awful. So I'll just practise more on that and well, yeah.
Hopefully I can become anywhere close to good.

motives: Self Potraits is the grej, men inte om man har dålig självkänsla :tihi:.
Jag oooorkade inte göra mer på äpplet, tack!
Haha, jaa. Det var "Madness Day" på NG och jag upptäckte det ungefär kl 11, så jag skyndade mig och gjorde den. :D

Umm, I'm aware that you guys don't like the fact that I do concept art.
But I'm gonna do it anyway.

Following the same theme as on the "bike", but a different vehicle.
With some lines to clearify the image.

Copyright belongs to me and Stasisbreak software
(I've been told to say that from now on :D).

[motives]

"Copyright belongs to me and Stasisbreak software
(I've been told to say that from now on )"
haha, who said that?

I know what you mean about the sp's but if you start in a small scale. Maybe you could just draw a little doodle infront of the mirror and then if you dont like it, fine no big deal. I swear it's actually quite fun!

I think its great that you do some concepts if you think its funny. Some tips for the background though. With that grainy texture it feels like the drawing is really flat, like it's resting on a road or something. A "classic" thing they use in design drawings are a black square behind the object. Often where the lightest part is. I'll do a quick paintover to show what I mean:

Kinda shitty paintover with mouse but I hope it illustrates what I mean

[Diphallia]

Motives:
The Stasisbreak guy told me ;)
That "rough" texture is actually my crappy SB paper :( .
Thanks for the tips! That looks soo much better! :D
Okay, looks like you took more time on the paintover than I actually took on the original concept!

Okay, here's some SP's and two (actually three) drawings of a cat (from life).
Painted somewhere around 01:00 A.M. so I was a bit tired.
But that's no good excuse, gotta practise more.
Duh...

the two top on the left is done on about 45-60 s each.
The one to the right of those two is done with two pencils, in one hand.
The one where I look like some kind of freak got very wrong (not so very much, actually. looks "wronger" than it is.).

Also, I bought myself three moleskines, but I'm not gonna use them. Yet.
But I only bought regular notebooks, no sketchbooks.
But is it really that huge difference?

[Diphallia]

photographiv update on my new and un-used moleskine.

[Seer]

Here are some basic technique tips to get you on your way:

*Try to lift your pencil/pen as little as possible while drawing. Be decisive even if it goes to 'ell. Don't scribble.

*Paint with bigger brushes.
Actually, a good process when drawing/painting is to start with big shapes and to work your way into details.

*When painting, do it in b/w in order to learn the use of values. This is the most important part of painting.

When studying values it's a good idea to limit yourself to a set number of values and to paint without any transparency.

[ODISAP]

several tips

Try drawing shapes as an outline first, like an oval for a human head.

Work on proportions

Work on a sketchbook

Nice value :) and colors

My sketchbook
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107485

[armetage]

Hey man, svenska va?
Draw draw draw :) keep it going and flowing we need more art inhere!
You are starting strong keep it going!

[ikuru]

Hej dude. good start here.
I would say Its a good thing to start now and study anatomy.
go google 10 images with people on them, and then u start drawing from that.

Forget about color and light and that. focus on the shapes.
for example put an alarm clock on so that you know when ur time is up.
first you go 5 min, then ten then 20.
When drawing the shapes try different things... For example dont look at the arm and say that is a arm. Look at the angles of it... is it going left or right? than learn to look at the Negative shapes.
for example it a man is standing right up, the negative space is the Air in between hes legs, what does that shape really look like etc etc.

the important thing is to undestand why you do this...

You do a couple of these every day and make sure to have fun with it will reasault in you beeing a kick ass artist in no time.

Btw it doesnt have that much to do with age...
Ive seen teenagers here (look for greentopaz (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=57365) art for example) that Kick my ass tenfold any day).

[motives]

Hey mate! You're recieving very good tips here, which is great!
I like the fact that you are up to do some selfportraits know. I should really get starting with theese too! Just keep drawing. I can see that you are going some where with this! Kladda på!!

[Diphallia]

Never thought I'd do this. Only replies here.

Seer: Yeah, I really need to practise more on values.
But to not lift the pen/pencil? I think that that is just a matter of taste.
Big shapes. yes. Scribble, hmm, gonna think about it.

ODISAP: Mhm, really need to work on proportions and shapes/values.
Thank you :)

armetage: Mhm. Svenska (förövrigt ett väldigt dumt språk).
I draw waaaay to little :(
Thank you :) (compulsory answer ;))

ikuru: Wow, great tips!
I'm kinda speechless and can't really say anything more than "Thanks!"

motives: reaaally great tips, indeed.
You should.
Det skall jag.


I must be crazy.
I bought a drawing board for 70 bucks (like A0 or something close to that size).
And it takes so much place in my room, can't even open my wardrope now :D

But a sad thing is that sometimes, I'm thinking about giving up on art.
(depression :P)

[motives]

Where the hek did you found that drawing board?? Is it a wacom?
I know what you mean about giving up on art mate but im pretty sure you have other interests. You should once and a while take a break from it. It consumes a lot of your energy and when you feel that a depression is coming up just take small break from it until you feel for drawing again. Its nothing you should be a shame of. Wishes you best of luck!

(engelska är inte direkt min starka sida men jag hoppas du förstår vad jag menar)

[ODISAP]

Remeber, practice makes perfect:teeth:

[Diphallia]

motives: Nope, I think it's a Neolt, I'll just attach a picture on it so you can examine it closer :)
Seriously, THANKS.
You guys keep me going.

ODISAP: I'm gonna practise moar!

(love the lower case and the CAPITALS in this post)

Okay, Here's My drawing board. (oh, excuse the mess. But heck, I'm a teenager.)
The paper taped to it has character designs of me and my brother on it.
I'm the one without beard, any points on these toons? (gonna animate them later this year or perhaps 2008).

SP's
1 :I'm trying to understand the shapes in the face better, I think that I'm improving here.
2: Poser , but it's actually the best SP so far (in my opinion).
3: Egg, Don't ask. The clock was like 01:20 AM when i drew this, and I'm going up at 7 AM.

[Dile_]

If you don't bother ereasing, then at least take your god damn time and get the line right! Try to get it right, what you are doing now is merely an excuse for studying, If you don't get your studies right, how are you supposed to get it
right from your imagination ??

No offense dude, but I know you can do sooo much better.

Keep practicing. :)

[vimmel]

tjena! ja kollade lite i din sb och de ser ut som en nice start och du har fått en massa bra tips. De tips jag har fått mest är väl att jag ska plugga anatomi och sådär, och jag ser att folk har sagt de till dig också. Jag tycker de är skitkul me anatomin nu när jag har börjat förstå hur de funkar och så, i början är de lite lamt :)

Fortsätt att vara kreativ bara så kommer de gå hur bra som helst!

Ha de fint!


just de, fett kul att man ser mer och mer svenskar här på CA!

[Diphallia]

Dile_: Umm, yeah. Tried som eyes, and I erased like 50 times, atleast!

vimmel: mhm, anatomi nästa alltså!
Gött med svenskar!
Ha det fint själv!

Eyes, car thingie and digital eye.
I've been longing so much to do digitals! :D

[Doomgriever]

Thanx for the cookie :) anyways. for what i've seen ur better at photographing at the moment, but keep on drawing, medium doesn't matter for me, pen or computer ur choice, but work more (much more?) on shadows in ur digital o_o varför fan skriver ja på engelska till en svensk -__- aja de kan man ju undra. anywasys. looking forward to watch some more pieces in the near future. *eating cookie*

[ODISAP]

Im interested in seeing your paper sketchbooks

checking back later, be sure to post more and more and more:)

[D@niel]

I think that confidents and clean lines will just come with practice, you are still young, lots of time for that:). Keep em coming!

[Diphallia]

Doomgriever: Should I take that as a "you suck"?
Hehe, det vet inte jag heller, det är väl för att alla skall kunna läsa.
Men jag tror faktiskt att du menar att jag är bättre på redigering än målning.
Perhaps, det suger faktiskt lite.

ODISAP: Ehh... Like photographs on them? Because all the pencils are made on my paper sketchbooks, but I'll post a photo next time.

D@aniel: I'm sure they will, but I'm not so sure that I want to have clean lines.
Ohwell, we'll se about that.


Toonish fellas for an upcoming music-flash.
Original concepts by my seven year old cousin :D.

[zao75231]

Hey there, on your digitals, hit your contrast real hard with the darks and lights and then have an in between value in the middle and blend them slightly adding different colors. Keep at it.

-Rob

[Diphallia]

zao75231: Yeah I think I just failed.
The contrast is OK but I fail at colour mixing. :(

Looks like Im gonna land somewhere around 3000-4000 frames.
And my deadline is in ten days (plus six if I'm gonna cheat NG).

hehe... :nohope:

[Diphallia]

2nd update today.

Trying to learn painter.
It goes to hell.

[Diphallia]

Volcano.

[ODISAP]

Nice Volcano

Oh, you dont have a scanner? Photographing all those pages would be lots of work, so dont waste your time on it

I say invest your time to draw on paper rather than computers, because if you start on digital painting early, you might not be as skilled on the basics(shapes, lines, perspective), but if you do feel like digital painting more than drawing, then digital paint is what you should do

[Rist]

If Digital painting is your thing then you need to atleast invest in creating some custom brushes and also collect a library of textures.

[Diphallia]

ODISAP: I do have one, it's just so bulky to scan things.
Digital isn't really my thing, I draw much more pencil's I just don't bother to show you guys.

Rist: Yeah, probably. I do have a pretty good collection of textures and those things, but as I said, I don't draw that very much digital.

A skull I made under a biological class/lecture (?).

[otsopsanig]

*GASP* Another teenager! Woot!

(Yeah, I know, there are a lot of us here... I just love meeting other artists around my age. ^_^)

So... yeah... :D

[ODISAP]

Nice Skull
Yes it is nice to meet so many around my age
Nice avatar man, you look like you are about to beat me up:nohope:

[m0uS3r]

thanks dude for stoping buy at my sb ...

your sb its kinda cool ... but i havent seen something that you really like ... it seems to me that you can make up your mind .... but .. its ok no rush ... just practice ....

this is all for now ... cheers mouser

P.S. i know i suck at ENVIROS .... but you should give me a tip or something not just say i suck it dose not help me ... but im not upset ;) i admire the fact that you where true to me

thanks

[JellevdVegt]

i dont like it when people say someone's art sucks, while his own art sucks 10 times more. plz be more constructive or else shut the ... up

[Diphallia]

otsopsanig: There is!

ODISAP: I am (no but I've been into a lot trouble recently).

m0uS3r: I don't get the deal with Dile and Gosu groaning on me for saying that your enviroments are weak when compared to your figures (because that's what I actually said.).
But I sent you a PM with some crits (I'm just not enough man to do it in your SB anymore :()
And yeah, I can't make up my mind, but that's nothing that I want to put on your shoulders.
Thanks for being understanding, I know realize that my tone was wrong and I'll try to stop it.
But I'm scared of posting in your SB when Dile's around. (he haaaaates me :P)

Teh Gosu: That's not very kind to say :(
I didn't really say that his art sucked, I only agreed with Mousie about his opinion and said that it does not really suck but it's just weaker that his other so powerful art.
So shut it yourself. :)

Phew, my fingers hurt from explaining this to all of you.

This is old and I remember that Dile didn't like it back then.
But I just feel like for posting something.
(It's from before the time I had a SB).

[Diphallia]

Oh, happy birthday to me!

[stoph]

i think at the moment your analogue skills need to develop a little more before you take the step over into digital. i dont want to flame you, im trying to save your time by telling you now that digital will not make you an android or a marko overnight. nor will it in a week, or a month, perhaps not even a year - some of it comes down to natural ability, but most of it depends on how much you apply yourself in that time, and in what way. digital is a medium, just like oils and charcoal and clay. if anything, it builds upon the skills the user acquires from natural media, and so it is very important to have a strong foundation before you enter the digital realm. i like your enthusiasm, but i think if you are to improve as an artist in general - let alone the digital mediums - youre going to have to stick to plain basics for now. its boring, its tedious, but not everyone was born with a silver stylus in their mouths, myself included.

[Doomgriever]

"Drawfromlife Drawfromlife.
Komigen.
Måla riktiga saker, det är då du lär dig!"

1. Who said it wasn't from life ;)
2. You don't ONLY learn from drawing from life so "komigen" förstå att man kan lära sej på många nivåer
3. Life sucks and is boring shit
4. i paint what i want
5. AND i don't think you draw too much from life either

just a couple of thoughts :)

[Diphallia]

stoph: Don't worry about flaming me.
And yes, I should draw more traditional, but I do draw pretty much alredy.
I just never bother scanning and showing you guys.
But yeah, the time I take at drawing digital could be used better!
And yes again, your words are true.
Thank you very much!

Doomgriever:
1. Hmm. yeah.
2. Not only but it gives you a great foundation to draw fantasy with realism!
3. True.
4. True.
5. Not so very true, I draw pretty much from life, but just never bother to scan or take photos at it. :D

Justa couple of answers :)

WIP, yees I know. Analogue should be a priority.
But it (as my other digials) started out as a pencil sketch.

[Doomgriever]

correction on point 2. i dont draw fantasy, o-o i draw macabre surrealism

[s.ketch]

Im gonna try not to go over whats been said already. The best thing would be to drop the paintbrush and turn off the computer and go all pencil. Go buy a nice mechanical pencil and some sketchbooks and get to work. Draw everything around you, draw things from the park, from school, from your house, draw everybody and everything. Remember all these things to build a mental library of poses and lighting situations. Come back every two weeks or so and scan all that youve done to show us and we can direct you better on the basics. Then once youre ready, you can go and get into painting and color. Good luck.

[yinteck]

Hi Diphallia ! cool , it will be great to see more studies on your human and environment. You need to work on that. Put away your digital medium and do more studies. If you really want to work on digital, at least do more studies on the color cause most of them look flat . Still the best to work on foundation first. Gd luck and have fun. Hope that help !

[D@niel]

Hey Diphallia, nice stuff. I fine this one very interesting http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=235468&stc=1&d=1194542204

[ikuru]

that last one is nice.
hey check this thread out! Idiot is the shit bud! ;)
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=89156

[Doomgriever]

thnx. well i acctually find it not so nice to get spammed with someone who posts the same reply over and over again, if i plan on drawing from life then i do so. thanx for the tip but spamming is not needed. i never complain on what im drawing which mean i dont find a reason to need to progress and progress all the time and by that i dont feel the need to "draw from life" all the time. i rather express myself with the means that i have and progress that way if i feel the need to progress, at the moment i dont feel like progressing anyways

//and yes there is more to come, but my computer krashed (to the floor...:( ) so ive been drawing for hand for a while, and i haven't had a scanner for a while so.. will probably post more after Crap-mas)

[motives]

Hey Dip-boy!
Im glad your still enjoy the arts :)
Things looking better and better. Just as you been told by the others, the
handdrawings are the key.

I did a paintover on the fantasy picture. I really like the concept!

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/1705/fastpaintovertq4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Things to think about. Just some basics:
-Brigther further away do describe depth
-Lesser saturation becouse.. well just becouse physics. The light, the eye etc. Look it up if you are interested!
-Contrast, also do describe depth. Bright background - Dark foreground, for example.

Hope it helps!

Best of luck!
/Motives

[Diphallia]

Doomgriever: Draw from fantasy.

BuckWeisel: I know! And I am, I just don't bother scanning it.

yinteck: Will do :yayca:! Just gonna take photos of m giant SB (a3!)

D@niel: THank youu!!!

ikuru: Thank you! He is, cheers!

Doomgriever: I didn't. I didn't But it's the easiest way.

motives: Thanks for the tips! Awesome overpaint, agaiN!


Here's a fella I drew in paint while having a female (!) friend at my house.
She's right next to me right now. (God, how social I am.)

Totally unreffed!
I do realize that it's off here and there (edit: Everywhere) , but it was made with a mouse and it was pretty much only for fun.

[Call0ps]

hey there :) i just saw your profile and u only 15?! with your age i drew dragon ball stuff and original ( crappy ) characters :P u r pretty mature for your age, try to do some life stuff, i think one of most important things to learn is to understand how the forms and shapes are. to be honest dont think to much about it draw as much u like and enjoy every single stroke, feed your imagination by give it an form ( drawing ), dont forget that u are the GOD of your sketchbook :P keep it up

[Diphallia]

Call0ps: Yup, 15 years and 24 days.
I think I drew dragonball when I was 12 or 11, haha :D
I guess I am pretty mature, thanks for the good words. :)


Girl (I'd rip my eyes out if I found out that it was a guy.)
I think the bewbs got a little big, but it was a playboy model, so that kinda explains it (I hope).
I probably missed some more proportions and such.
Please point out the errors to me.

[Diphallia]

ZBrushed a bit with my friend.
Made with mouse (what a pain).

[Diphallia]

More. :asskisser: on ZBrush.

[MonkeYoakum]

Whats up man, just stoping by. Keep at it, looks like your doing good, just two crits. Pay atention (when drawing, and in life) to what forms overlap what. That whole foreshortening thing. If you have a chance pick up Dynamic figuredrawing by Hogarth and Read it, it will open your eyes. On the girl with the boobies, it looks like she has no ribcage, bending back in that way would push her ribcage forward and get nice definition there. Looks like your Zbrush stuff is coming along. Man I want to mess with that. Keep it up!

[lennon]

Great stuff man!!! The only thing I would say is, in zbrush, use the move tool with lots of zadd, instead of the standard.
g-luck!!!!!!!!!

[Diphallia]

MonkeYoakum: Will check it up and see if I can buy when I have a bit more money.
I don't think she has so much of a ribcage, but I do understand that it probably should show better. Thank you! :D

lennon: Err, what? You mean tweak tool?

Here's some doodle I made in the middle of the night.
I was high and it's unreffed.
edit: LEGAL drugs, chill out dudes.

[ikuru]

that last one is pretty cool Diph.
The colors esp go really well together esp the green and the purple. you have a digital camera Im guessing, I would suggest you try taking a photo of urself in that pose like that for ref, and then go on painting it with the photo next to you, training the eye to trace the folds and anatomy etc..

You where High? you take drugs kid? :wtf:

[Flipnastywebby]

maybe this is a bit too much but....if you want to do this stuff for a living putting it out there the you get high in the middle of the night might hinder your chances of landing that job........but what do i know, eh?


keep working, i like the implied feeling you get with some of you work. it almost appears like you leave alot for the viewer to fill in. push some of you works, like the EOW volcano a lil bit further and they will shine as great pieces.

going back to what i said earlier....you never know who is viewing your work, so be careful on what you put out there.


Slainte!

[MonkeYoakum]

Don't get high. Its not helping you out.

[Diphallia]

ikuru: Yes I should, thank you.
Actually, They are legal drugs.
But it's a meth-like prep I take for my diagnos.
And when I miss to take it on the morning and consume a liot of sugar and caffeine, my mind gets weird.

Flipnastywebby: Technically I wasn't high, but theoretically one could say that I was.
Anyhow it was fully legal and nothing else than my reputation here on CA and among my friends got hurt.
I will push 'em, the problem is just that I leave them after some hour or two of work and never come back.
And that's not good.

MonkeYoakum: So I've noticed.

But thanks for the caring words!
Say NO to drugs (unless they are legal)!

Merry new year!
http://www.creativityandcognition.com/blogs/yun/wp-content/HappyNewYear.jpg

[catface]

z brush stuff looks cool.

do more from life, photo ref, and other good artists than from memory and you will improve much faster.

[Diphallia]

KanoaRogers: Thank you! Will do!

This is a wip for Teen challenge #40. Post pocalyptic warlord.
But I think that I have failed with the post apocalyptic part :[


http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/S420001721.jpg

[Smoke]

If you're going for the post-apoc look, try to make him look war torn, as if he's been through a lot of crap to get where he is now. details such as scuffed armour, rag tag clothes, scars, scratched gear and weapons, stuff like that.

Keep it up!

[Diphallia]

Smokey186: Ya, That's the hard thing. Thanks!

Started out digitally, in painter.
Almost regretting that I used painter instead of photoshop.

[Mindflaw]

Thanks for dropping by my sketchbook :)

been looking through your sb and I think one good advice for you would be about form. One easy way to get more volume is to follow the form and think about the ellipses.. the example below show this... first just four parallel lines then adding the ellipses following the form gives both volume and a sense of direction.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/Mindflaw/various%20drawings/ellips.gif

[Diphallia]

Mindflaw: I'll keep that in mind. :D
Thank you.

More work in painter on my post apocalyptic teen challenge.
And I think I made it less post apocalyptic :[

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/teen40b.jpg

[Lotet]

and thinkits comming along quite great, u gotta hurry though =P

and ye, it was more postapocalyptic with the buildings behind, and the tank was an awezome idea, take that back =P
another crit whould be the colours, green isnt that post apocalyptic, try making it more dusty.

and tbh, i think your idea is way better then mine, i may have more experience in rendering and such, but that idea with the dude standing on a tank is just awezome^^

keep it up

[Diphallia]

Lotet: Nah, don't want the tank.
So now my idea isn't so very awesome at all :P

Update.

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/Teen40c.jpg

[Diphallia]

Final.

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/PostApoccopy.jpg

[JPC]

now its starting to get that post apocalyptic feel..keep pushing it!

[Nightblue]

It might be a good idea to push the sketch a bit further before going into photoshop. It's essential to have good drawing skills if you are interested in 2D art. The 3D stuff looks really cool!

[bakatron]

i think you should marginally crop the image from the right. ofcourse i havent seen the full breakdown but it'll create a better composition that way.

[Diphallia]

JPC: Thank you!
Nightblue: It might, it is, thanks.
bakatron: Maybe, might even extend it to the left and up.

Think that it was Grief that Mutilated my art.
I lol'd.

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/28389_1200347507.jpg

[m0uS3r]

i thin k you should study more anatomy dude proportions are not god

[Miles_]

I see you are extremely active in the lounge section of this forum yet rarely update this sketchbook. That could mean you are too busy drawing or are just plain lazy, either way update so we can see how you are coming along.

[Donovan V]

Hey Diphallia, Thanks for stoping by my SB. I suppose I'll give the same advice you gave me...

KEEP UPDATING!

:D

D

[Jacob Kobryn]

Hey Diphallia, on that last one the smoke looks like you just pasted an image of smoke into your piece. The amount of technical control, detail, lighting, etc. is ridiculously uneven with the rest of the piece.
My one suggestion: SLOW THE HELL DOWN
A lot of these pieces have some potential but they look like you did them in less than an hour. Put on some music (with noise canceling ear buds/head phones if you have them), turn down the lighting, and just get lost in your work. When you're finished you won't even know where the time went. Drawing is hugely relaxing.
I'd also suggest doing way more drawing from life as I don't think the necessary "rules of art" have been fixed into your head well enough to start drawing from your imagination. And when you do draw from life, don't do a 7-10 min sketch, you're not going to get much out of that, draw for AT LEAST an hour. Go as far as 3 hours if you're willing.
Any way I hope this helps. I haven't fully learned the rules of art either. I hope you didn't take any of this as insulting.

[Diphallia]

m0uS3r: Workin on it.
Miles_: Oh no, I'm just too lazy.
Donovan V: Gotta try to get the pace up! Thank you!
Jake Kobrin: Changed that now. Did them in less than an hour almost :P.
I think that the nly thing you learn from working on a piece for a longer time is rendering, and that's not the important part in an artwork.
Thanks for the tips! :D


Some paper scans from Januari.
And the finished version of my post apocalyptic warlord.

[motives]

Nice to see that youre drawing from life. The studies of your(?) cat looks really good. Keep doing these and be observent in the anatomy as well!
Try to keep your lines to a minimum or draw the first ones really light. As they are now it looks kinda messy and it's hard for the eye to read the form.
And once again: Think of the "rules" about fore and background. I like your apocalyptic drawing but its really hard to see whats back- and foreground. Looks more like a mix of both here and there. Atleast the ground could fade a bit to create a depth-illusion. Also you should decide where the light comes from. It helps alot for the wiever to have a clear lightsource!
Keep posting my friend!
Cheers :)

[Jacob Kobryn]

I'm sorry but... where are the facial features of the warlord?

[Diphallia]

motives: I suck on that thing, you know it!
But I'm gonna try! Thanks!

Jake Kobrin: His head has gotten twisted inside the helmet, so he can't actually see anything.


Watcher and His watchtower.
Made this one in school.

Will scan and post more! Later.

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[gmags]

Hey Bro!! Thankks for stoppin by and checking out my stuff! All I have to say is DON'T STOP BRO and you will be good. :)

[thesadpencil]

study anatomy as much as you can because it will pay off in the long run. when coloring and image especially characters its best to refine the character and develop all the forms of it before rushing into the coloring process. maybe take some life drawing classes or get some books from loomis or brigman both are good for reference. but keep at it, keep studying and you'll get there.

[Jacob Kobryn]

[QUOTE=Diphallia;1639451
Jake Kobrin: His head has gotten twisted inside the helmet, so he can't actually see anything.
[/QUOTE]

Is that a joke? You can at least try. Certainly it's not beyond your ability.

[That fat kid]

Hey Diphallia,

I'm going to go with the age old mantra of "Draw more." Spen way more time working on th individual drawings, like 6-10 hours, figuring out every problem that comes out and trying to work it out visually. This would best be done from life, probably a still life or a self portrait, as they'll hang loose the longest and give you that kind of time to work. These quick little sketches just aren't taking you anywhere, move on and really commit or you're just not going to grow.

~Andrew

[Smoke]

I have to agree with Fat kid, draw more!

Get some more quick poses in and work on the bones and muscles a bit more, it goes a long way.

[Diphallia]

mags: Awww, thank you! I'll have a yell at myself! :ilaekae: :davi:

thesadpencil: The girls in my class somehow don't wanna take of their clothes and stand naked on the tables :(

Jake Kobrin: I was going to do that sometime, but it never happened, and I'm lazy :(.
Thanks for having faith in me!

That fat kid: Yeah, I probably should slap myself :assspank: (thanks to whyatt trash for making these smileys btw) and take more time on my drawings!

Smokey186: Quick poses, slow anatomy, just what I've been doing.
Except from the anatomy, which I haven't been doing at all :P


Ok, I made a flash back in december, but never got around to finish it, or submit it for that matter.
So here it is, unfinished and submitted, conceptart is in the credits! :yayca:

NGproject_mixdown (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/426396)
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/426396

[stoph]

hey mate, that vid is heading in the right direction :) one thing that really got me was the lack of movement in the arms. it makes it like theyre doing the Egytian :P their torso's look twisted uncomfortably atop their funky little legs. throw some swinging action into that walk-cycle, so as not to come across as lazy! also, a bit of head bop to the music would give a better effect, too. i really like the transitions between scenes, i've never had the patience to learn enough about flash to get that confident to do that sorta thing

[Diphallia]

stoph: Maybe they are Egyptian?
Yeah, they are kinda twisted, but I'm kinda lazy.
Tried head bopping, but that was to complicated.
Thanks! :D


Last week some people from CA met to much food at a café.
Don't quite remember the names right now.
But we did some collabs for the fun.

[Diphallia]

Playing in Corel Painter with my cheap (and broken) mouse again.

Practising some values this time.

Edit: some fire too.

[Diphallia]

Teen Challenge #42.

Space Pirate.


http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/skanna0001pira2te.jpg

[RandAlThor]

Hey dip, plenty of work here, the only real crit at this stage is to spend sometime on your edges, make some hard and some soft etc, theres a good tut on here somewhere, im sure you'll enjoy it if you find it. keep posting ;-)

[Diphallia]

RandAlThor: Yep, edges is a problem, but not a priority.
Thank you.

Euhm, I've been banned from the computer, soo, no updates here for a while.

[Sebastianrenaissance]

fun man

i like you allready too, also your work. nice and differend

Sebastian

[young paddy1]

You will get better you can't help it.

Keep drawing everyday, grab yourself a book on anatomy and some stuff you can set up as a still life. Practice drawing from the book then from memory, try the still life from odd angles not just the regular along the table view. Maybe get yourself to some life drawing when you feel you'll gain some benefit from it.

cheers for dropping by

[Miles_]

Update damn you! Get out of the lounge and draw!


But seriously, do.

[motives]

Yeah dippy! Updaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate :]

[Diphallia]

Damn, been 2 months since I updated.
That sucks.
But I'm gonna update more often now :)

Sebastianrenaissance: Hehe, thanks!

young paddy1: Yeah, gotta do more lifedrawings.

Miles_: Alredy on it!

motives: I'm on it damnit!

Thanks guys, you keep me going!


Indiana Jones. (from reference) approx. 70 min.

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/indy1small.jpg

Mountains (from reference).

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/mountains.jpg

[Miles_]

Cool stuff man but when you paint start by blocking in much larger areas of colour. All gets a bit muddy and scratchy when you go into smaller brushes too soon. Keep at it.

[Dorkthrone]

What Miles said. Also, I'd recommend tightening up your edges a little.

[Diphallia]

Miles_: Thanks! Will do!

ninjacat11: Yeah, got to. thanks.


Update on Indiana, I think this is my final.
I'm a bit tired on it now :P


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[Jacob Kobryn]

Are you drawing with a mouse? I think I remember you saying that somewhere...

Maybe you should draw a bit more with a pencil then? It's good to have a balance between digi and traditional anyway.

Try to draw everyday too.

[Diphallia]

Jake Kobrin: Nah, I Have a tablet.
I've just drawn some mouse experiments for fun sometimes.
Should draw everyday, should do more traditional, thanks.


Claude Oscar Monet impression(ism).

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/monetcopy.jpg

[Diphallia]

Almost daily updates!!!
That rocks!

SOME SCANS!!
No reference used.



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[Dorkthrone]

I have to say, the eyes look pretty weird on some of those last pictures. I'd recommend brushing up on some Loomis.

[Diphallia]

ninjacat11: Downloading it right now.

3d cheese. A collaboration with Julmust/Fjuzz.

http://c4d.se/files/diphallia_1_time_00_49_542.jpg
http://c4d.se/files/diphallia_2_time_00_08_120.jpg

[Chris_Grisham]

Anatomy studies... you can never get to much of that. Something I should be doing instead of painting spaceships and stuff :)

Great dedication, keep it up you are getting better!

[Diphallia]

Chris_Grisham: You really can't get enough of them, true.
Gotta get a hardcover book on anatomy studies!


Lighting exercise, tried some coloured light sources.

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[Diphallia]

First update for a while.
Gotta update more.
Here's a bunch of digital stuff I've made during the last week.

I didn't model the 3d stuff, I only did the texturing.
(except for the black dude).

flash movie (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/444998)

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/11239_1213643829.jpghttp://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/43488_1213730925.jpghttp://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/52736_1213627998.jpghttp://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/73675_1213716331.jpghttp://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/71447_1214047671.jpghttp://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/50091_1214056611.jpghttp://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/92429_1213794268.jpghttp://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/84004_1213643759.jpghttp://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z76/diphallia/76269_1213731690.jpg

[Clochette]

You got some good ideas and inspiration, but you need more practiiiice!!!!
Practice anatomy
Practice colors
Practice values!

Keep drawing! :P

[Diphallia]

Clochette: Thanks, gotta draw MORE!


Also, I drew the singer of the band "Bloc Party".
Not Finished, plz crit.

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[Benjamen Christ]

Thanks for stopping by! Remember, work out the big shapes first, then the values, after that, color will come easier! study color theory , and draw from life as much as possible! Keep at man!

Benjamen Christ

[Diphallia]

Benjamen Christ: yep, will do. Thanks!


Drawing a penguin from ref.
Just started out.

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[Diphallia]

As requested, pencil on paper.


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[kelly x]

keep up with the guy and sword looking good dude

[Sebastian Gromann]

good improvment in here. go on and practice dude ! loomis, hogarth, brigdman, .. all that shit ! draw !

[Diphallia]

kelly x: thanks, but I'm not gonna do any more work on him.

SnobbyOo: Will see if I can get those books somehow, thanks!


More paperdrawings, scanned these the day after I posted last time.
I'll do some more scanning some day.

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[D@niel]

hey man, good stuff keep at it. "Will see if I can get those books somehow" If you cant buy them then download them :)http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=131117

[Xinga]

Nice going man! :D You've got some intresting posts in your thread, I like it.

IMO I think you should practice some shading and anatomy ^^

Kör på polarn! ;)

[iheartmyself]

id definitely recommend some more solid confidence in your lines
at the minute they are very scribble, "if i draw the line 100 times, one has to be right" attitude
loosen up, dont be afraid to make mistakes..many techniques over the past have been discovered by fucking up
possibly try a continuous line drawing, meaning...do a drawing of something
a hand, a face, a set of keys, aphone, anything, but with one line, not taking the pen off the page...oh using pen, not pencil, so mistakes will show through
another exercise, left hand drawing, draw something with your right, then do it again with your left [or vice versa if your left handed] youll be suprised that the left hand may come out better as you concentrate more on the construction and the line
just a few tips, keep the images coming!
:D

[Diphallia]

D@niel: Awesome, thanks.

Xinga: Will be right at it!

iheartmyself: Tried some one line stuff, gonna post that in a few hours.
But did use a pencil :(
But most of them are heavily stylized though, but it looks cool!


Ok, this is my plan for the most offensive piece of art ever.

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[Farsh]

Oh no, you're not really going to draw that are you?

[Diphallia]

Farsh: Probably not for a while :(

Some scans.

Each character made with one single line.
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Clown
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Happy breathmints or toothpaste.
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Doodlery.
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Toy parrot.
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A perfect World.
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Reffed.
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One line.
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[HunterKiller_]

Hey dude.

The drawing-with-one-line exercise is good. Try it with observational drawings.

The colour studies you had earlier were also good. Keep those up.

Draw more from life, anything and everything.

Keep it up.

[Diphallia]

HunterKiller: Thaaanks, Will do.


Okay, Trying out illustrator in school.
The back of an iMac.

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[Diphallia]

Front of the iMac.
Done with a little help from a tutorial this time.

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[thespianmonsalvo]

Your sketches seem really stiff, and that could probably be due to the line quality. Loosen up your lines and vary your line work as well since all your lines are the same weight. Try sketching from life more, too, so you can work on your anatomy.

[Diphallia]

thespianmonsalvo: Bah, line quality is overrated! But yeah, you're right gotta draw more from life.


Vector WIP.

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[Diphallia]

Ok, took all the line weight and shit into mind.
Drew two SP's.
The first one is drew of a live webcam and the other drewn from a still taken from the same webcam.
And I put a lot more time into the second one.

And I'm pretty satisfied.
Hope you see which one is which.
It looks better in real life, as always :(


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[Grafguy]

that second portrait looks so good, hard to believe its yours :o
its so much better then the second, nice job :)

[Diphallia]

Grafguy: Hahah yeah, I was Amazed myself that it could be such a great difference!


ok, I haven't touched Corel Painter for over 3 months.
How do I adjust the flow? so that the opacity doesn't add?


unreffed.

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[Diphallia]

Another unreffed head.
Trying out the new Photoshop.
Another two weeks between updates, I gotta stop updating so seldom.


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[D@niel]

Coming along nicely man!!:)

[stoph]

you got a million little strokes, but they arent telling the form as best they should. try to break your face down into planes, like a low polly 3D model. you can also break it down into 3 parts - shadows, midtones and highlights. use bigger brush strokes to block in, and worry about turning form after you've got your base values reading right :)

[Bagg]

hey man your anatomy studies definitely show you are improving, i would recommend studying somebody like Bridgeman, he has plenty of books on anatomy. When i started to draw his stuff i started to see a large improvement rather quickly.
By the way that illustrator stuff looks great, really photo realistic stuff.
Anyways keep up the great work.

p.s. that is the most disturbing idea for a drawing ever, but imagine the possibilities of fame and fortune by creating the most offensive art ever :)

[Diphallia]

D@aniel: Thanks! :D

stoph: Yeah I know, I tend to think "I'm gonna render that later" and never render anything :( Tried 3 values. Stepped up to six after a while.

Bagg: Thanks! I've downloaded some anatomy books, so I'll read and practise! I'm gonna save that painting and make it in about 5 years. Damn, I'll get famous. And hated.



Soooo, this is actually going great.
That girl had a weird face, but everything's in it's right place for once! :D
I think I'm up at 6 shades of grey (yes, I'm counting the white). Gonna add one shade after another and start rendering it all by doing so.

Uhh, yeah.
Add the picture aswell.

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[Diphallia]

uuupdate!


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[Hampus.]

Mycket fin update lolfag! Keep it up (:

[yinteck]

Keep pushing

[Katzenminze]

id actually liek to see the jesus-picture ;)

[Diphallia]

Hampus: Tackartackar!
inteck: I'll try!
Katzeminze: You really would, wouldn't you?

A study from a picture found on DA. (search for "feed the bird")
I didn't finish it, but I'm kind of satisfied.

Also, I will scan someday. It's just so boring.

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[Diphallia]

I messed around a bit in Zbrush painting a 2d thingie.

Never tried that before so it was a whole new experience for me.

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[Tribune_]

ok,
1. Quit painting in photoshop
2. Get an anatomy book
3. start sketching (Pencil!)

[Giorge]

dude , you really have problems in your art , i don't whant this to sound like a mean thing .

Study anatomy , proportions , draw after model , self portraits , start right now with drawing some still nature , i know it sounds lame and dull , but it will help you more then you can imagine

[Diphallia]

Tribune_: I do draw from anatomy books. It's just so uninspiring that I tend to not draw at all just because of that. And that isn't good, right?

flamable: Most of my drawings are anatomy, proportions, self portraits and all that stuff. It's just that my scanner won't work so I can't show you guys.
And please, I don't want to defend myself in my sketchbook but it feels like I have to.


So, scans will come someday when I figure out how to get the scanner working, alright?

Here's a boring machine I spiced up a bit and some businesscards. My updates come once every 2 or 4 weeks. That sucks :(


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[squidmonk3j]

yoes.

there's a certain...serendipitous naiveté in your rough work that seems to get lost when you attempt to refine it. obviously, studies will improve your technical deficiencies, but i'd as much like to see you just express yourself freely...let yourself go, and just draw.

[(M) Artist]

oh, man ... this is the shit right here

[Diphallia]

squidmonk3: Best fucking comment ever received! Thanks a lot!

(M) Artist: Thank you!


I haven't got a scanner to use so no scans of the drawings from life or anything.
I've drawn this horse and a chicken since the last post. That's about it. Sucks to not be creative.

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[LORD M]

Haha jag älskar dem där korten! Riktigt roliga och cyniska. :D

Bra jobbat med hästen, jag gillar verkligen hur du fick till huvudet.

Fortsätt så!

[Darktwin]

Cool update, try to keep the brush larger than what your comfortable with, this will make you more confident with your mark making over time. Can't wait to see those drawings. Keep working hard. :)

[Diphallia]

LORD M: Tack, jag hade kul när jag gjorde korten. Hästan var faktiskt också ganska rolig att göra trots att jag ogillar hästar!

Darktwin: Yeah, I'm trying to start of big and use those big brushes for a great while and then use smaller when I absolutely have to.


Here's a bunch of traditional drawings and one digital that I've made over the past six months ore so.
Some are lost or stuck in school also.
But it's better than nothing!

Quick headstudies from life.
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Superfast drawing of a cat licking it's fur.
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Quickie hand from life.
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Tried silhouette guns.
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Drawed and inked a shoe.
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Some creatures.
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Some biomechanics.
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Lazy sketch.
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Drew a person on a train. He switched seats out of the discomfort of being drawed.
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Concept or something of a vehicle with legs.
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A quick creature.
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A not so quick study of a female.
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Another not so quick study of a female. This one is unfinished aswell.
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[YihyoungLi]

Your lines are all over the place probably because they're "quick", "superfast", or "lazy". If you want to start improving, you should slow down. Study the subject--look at it carefully--then make a mark, instead of roaming and scribbling around. This applies to your digital "quick study of a female" as well. It looks better than some of your other studies, but the scribbly marks in the background indicate mindless painting--doodling per se. You're not going to improve if you keep doing the same thing over and over.

Perhaps taking the time of doing do all of those sketches and applying it to just one? You can sharpen your observational skills by drawing still life or studying anatomy--ideally with slow and careful marks. I'm sure if you continue to do that, you'll see a vast improvement.

I've got a really short attention span, so I really understand the boredom of sitting still and drawing for a long (15 minutes is looong for me) period. But grab a drink and listen to some music while you draw. That'll help out--just force yourself. You can do it. It can really be enjoyable once you get in the mood.

[Diphallia]

15 minutes is a week for me in concentration.
Especially if it's 15 minutes with slow lines.