XIA's OLD

[xia]

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[thomasaurus]

great stuff, I like your gestural studies

[xia]

Thanks Jnorish. Gestures are always fun and challenging to do. I personally have a hard time to nail them down the way I wanted. Just gotta keep going and going and going.
Some day I will get lucky.

[endregan]

Wow!! As us here on CA inspire you you do us the same...
your line work is superb. honestly really clean and definite and I like that :).

welcome to the daily sketch crew I hope you enjoy your stay! :)

[RAMÓN]

nice concepts. I'm guessing you used some battle chaser's as reference and morphed it into something more original. No offence intended, for it's good to get inspired.

I like the direct use of lines on the bodies. I'm pretty fond of drawing in such a way myself.

Keep it up.

[xia]

Yeah, I am a big Joe Mad fan myself...
Those four pencil sketches on the first post are influence big time by his design.

:D It's all good. Often I would find my influence in many of my fav comic book artists like Campbell, Bachalo, Huges...

My fav line work that I really admire most is Mucha. He is the master of all the clean line. Love his stuff.

Thanks:chug:

[metaphysiks]

hey man. good stuff. the figures and gestures are your nicest work. the ball point figures rock. i also really like the dwarf. nice design. as far as teh rest goes, the line work is really nice but it seems too much like Joe Mad for me. i would try to push your own personal style. keep it up and ill check often.
meta

[metalwinds]

i agree with everythin meta said. i do like how your last pic started moving away from the joe mad style. i think your color work is difficult to look at. i would suggest using a combination of the airbrush tool and the paintbrush to produce your pictures. not much left to critique but i ll check back when you update again.

peace

[metaphysiks]

good update. as for the first, i think that this is a better personal style. i was going to comment on the anatomy but when u said they were older i figured that that was why is wasnt as on point as your gestures. so i know your anatomy is better than that.
the third pic is solid man, i dont really have any crits about it. i think the lines are nice and the design is cool. maybe some pencil rendering or some paints would spark your interest in it again.
i think your frustration in the fourth one lies in your ability to manipulate the program. the underlying drawing is fine but u should keep painting. eventually you will learn to manage the colors and tools so that you get the right effect.
the next one we see the return of the joe mad style. its all good if that is what you want to do. the painting job is nice but she is a little stiff. i agree that the composition could be better. but i do like the rendering although i think it displays a mood that doesnt work for that piece.
the last one had some neat things going on in it. the design is very art noveau. it reminds me of mucha which is a good things, and the painting style compliments it i think. the only problems i have with the figure is that her sshoulders are kinda broad and her open mouth freaks me out. other than that i would say that you have something to work with.
realize that these crits are said only with the intention of helping you out. they are the kind of crits that i always long for. i think you have mad talent as i think your gestures rock ass. keep drawing and i will look.
meta

[StephenC]

:beer: :D

[xia]

:D :chug:

[ac_osorio]

XIA excellent work. You got me hooked.
Nice figure dynamics...nice work, very nice work.

[endregan]

well youve been quite busy! considering youre starting from scratch your paintings are awesome.. i need to do more colour studies myself :)

[metalwinds]

your color work seems to be improving. nice gestures. keep em comin

peace

[OneBigCelt]

man that doodle is awesome

you should color that in photo shop

[Robolus]

Wow, finish your "doodle"!
It will be great! :eek:

[I.was.ink]

These are some nice sketches. I like your quick gestures the most.

Gestures are so beautiful:flower:

[xia]

OneBigCelt: Thanks Man! I try... :D And I will try to color it sometime soon.

Robolus: I will finish it, but I don't know if it will be awesome though.

I.was.ink: thanks, You are so nice. People often call me names ( like rookie beeyach!) here at work, and tell me that I suck and all that. They are mean.
:chug: :D

[Iiori]

I serioulsy am in loved with your life drawings, v. Great.

Im with the others when they say you should color that one picture.:D

[metalwinds]

i really like the 20 min pose

peace

[xia]

Iiori: Thanks, for the first time...someone love my stuff and not my money (kidding) :inlove: Everyone used to hate it (including me)
You Make my day. :D
*Back to the drawing board and do more doodle*

Metalwind: Thanks dude
:beer:

[Rusty]

Im really liking those life drawings Xia,specially the quick gestural studys...
force yourself to draw looser when doing them,common mistake is to be to carefull when doing quick drawings,using the side of the pencil/charcoal is perfect for 30 sec-1 min poses.

that last one reminds me to much of Garrison ;P


Rusty

[xia]

Yo! Rusty! Thanks for the tip! You are right. I will try to loosen up more. That's one of my BIGGEST problem. I am a control freak when it comes to line.
BTW: I am a fan of your stuff, they are great! Very inspiring! :chug:

[scumble fish]

Your gesture drawings are nice....I only wish I'd see a little more graphite at times, You can push it with a smuge tool for volume when needed. The red colored pencil is such a tight tool for fig drawing. It looks like your using painter in a life drawing session.

http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/xia/painting005.jpg


Must be a laptop? Suddenly you go from line to full volume with color. Takes a little practice. Try starting off with your ground value more neutral. Pick a view with stronger shadows and work out your light values. Keep it low res for fast tablet response. Unless your using a mouse in which case leave it at home. Keep up the good work!

[xia]

Scumble Fish: First of all, Thanks:D I haven't used graphite or chacoal in life drawing in the past year because I was always smearing and making unnecessary stuff onto the image. I was always focusing on making clean line (So I force myself to use just Pen, Color Pencil, and China Marker or Market). But now, I guess I could switch back to graphite or chacoal again as you suggested. I, too, want to know what they would turn out to be. Hopefully, it will not suck.
And Yep, you are right, Painter8. :D Just start to focus on painting for real. (It pretty convenience for me at the time, and cheaper than real painting. When I get better and richer, I would go full launch real oil and canvast.) I totally agree with you on that feedback on the painting. I need more contrast and more define value all that.
Your feedback is pretty valuable, keep posting.

Your color stuffs is pretty damn good, gotta give me some more tip.

Thanks:chug:

[endregan]

holy crap dood your amazing. lots of nice gestures and your colouring is getting better and better... awesome work!

[Iiori]

Haha Im still in love with your sketches, Your studies are really really well done. I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but how many years have you been doing art? Also how many studies do you think you have done all together. :D

Sorry for Q and A but, Im interested.:cool:

[kenchan]

good stuff buddy,
keep up the good work

[ac_osorio]

Man you are doing great! THose are awesome gestures studies. Very nice, very nice stuff.

[xia]

Endragon: Holy Crap! Thanks :D I took a peak at your stuff, you are too getting better. Keep it up!

Iiori: Hee hee, Thanks :electric: I still havn't start coloring that girl you were talking about (soon I hope, hopefully it will come out like I want.)
Anyway, to answer your question (It's a long story) ...I start being serious about it three or four years ago (Since I got into College). Then I was hired as a 2D character animator for Video Game. (But I was the least expirience one that the time) so I have to be even more serious about getting gesture and figure down quick (Well, they are still kinda suck.) As for going to life drawing seriously is probably about two to three years. I usually go about twice session per week (it's also depend how busy I am at the time being too.)
*I feel like a job interview or something (just kidding).*
Anyway, now I am a 3D artist for another Video Game company (Concept Art wanna be) so I have to learn and studie traditional and digital painting more.
Hopefully, it will work out. Some day. :chug:
LIFE DRAWing is good for you.

YukonChum: Thanks dude! Why do you use "kenchan", I like "YokunChum" better.

AC_osorio: Thanks man! Your stuff is coming along great too.

[endregan]

hey man nice. you say this was live? how did you do a computer painting with a live modeL? cool :P

anyhow some suggestions. your painting is mainly midton i see and youre slowly getting there but the first thing i dont see is the dark darks of the hues and a really light hue! try it, it may pop out your figures more!


try going over it and trying that and refine the face by going in and possibly add details if u want :)

good stuff man

[xia]

Endregan: I use my Laptop for life-painting (It's a lot more convenience for me, personally). Agree on your critique, I will try to work on that. Everyone seems to be saying that to me. :D

I was trying to post some more stuff, but angelfire suspended my site because I exceed their bandwidth allowance. I guess, it's time to find another good host.

Any Suggestion?

[endregan]

freaking awesome as usual man. these are great. hehe technology these days!! id like to see some traditional painting of yours too thatd be awesome!!

for suggestions just experiment and dont be afraid to do something different youll learn from it. i know its hard, i struggle with this a lot myself!


keep it up your life drawing and painting are great

[rubygenesis]

very nice thread here xia, those doodles are awesome! and the last 2 posted, facial expressions bang on good stuff. keep'em coming ^_^

[xia]

RubyGenesis: Thanks Ruby :D
I need to do more quicky sketch out of my head. It seems like I forgot how to draw from my imagination...I will do more face stuff again tonight or some other thing..

BTW: Your stuff rock! I love them.:chug:

[Fipse]

Just want to tell you I like your faces so much I saved them to my HD. You´ve got a good feeling for expressions without getting too cartoony.

Nice work overall, esp. the gestures!

Fipse

[buffaloe]

wow, I really like all of your work, but my favorites are the gestural studies! You capture so much with so few lines... I think that's one thing that kind of bothers me about your digital paintings... you seem to overwork them in comparison to your gestures. Are these speed paintings done digitally also? I'm guessing no.... I like the speed paintings more, as there seems to be a greater variation in strokes, and simpler lines. I hope all of that made sense :) Great work, and I can't wait to see more!

[Robolus]

Your Sketchbook is getting better and better! Are the Painter sketches done with a laptop at a life drawing class? In 20 min??? Wow! :thumb:

[endregan]

ooo so much and all so very good :)

keep it up

[morbidhumor]

Wow those last two are very good. Your gesture drawings are wonerful as well.

[ac_osorio]

My God XIA, you are doing a find job, those gestures and facial expresions are working your skills out loud!
Kudos to you!
Nice, nice job!

[metalwinds]

damn xia. .you are getting better really quick. your life drawings are ownage and the colored pieces look to be evolving nicely. keep it up

peace

[xia]

Robolus> Thanks. Yep twenty min on laptop. (I massed up a lot of them though).

Ac_Osoro> Thanks, I try...and I will try to do more sketch on faces...I feel like I am kinda weak on that at the moment.

Endregan> Thanks. There are more to come, but dunno if it will be good.

Metalwind> Thanks, I am trying to figure out what I really want still...it's really hard for me.


:chug:

[God-Of-Zilla]

hey XIA

Matthew from Sijun here, lovely work as usual and I really like those 20 minutes observations.
A good tip too with your 1 minute gestures and poses, I haven´t tried out ink with quick poses but that is someting I definetely have to try out. :)

Keep up your good work
Matthew

[rubygenesis]

very nice, one minute gestures were my favorite in school.

[Rusty]

whoa,those quick sketches r great,i dont know how you get them so perfect with so few strokes,its quite mind bogling and frustrating since i rake into the paper like a mad man.lol...youve captured the essence of each pose with ease by the looks of those..

welldone
Rusty

[morbidhumor]

Nice gesture work. I love the styleized(sp) faces at the bottom.

[metaphysiks]

wow. really nice. i also think that ink helps loosen up on gesture drawings. good stuff man very clean and expressive. the face experiments are gorgeous. keep it up man.
meta

[metalwinds]

your life drawings and gestures are really nice.. . .and um ...i second what everyone else said

peace

[ac_osorio]

Less is more! I love your work without a doubt!:D :D
That first girl's face is to much too handle.

[AfroLaxMan]

your figure studies are really showing through in your concepts. good stuff!

[roger]

I'm definitely not tired of those gesture sketches, they're great! I specially like the twenty minute figure drawings and the face studies you've posted.

[Iiori]

Great face studies. Those are really cool!

Gesters are great as always, though your speed paintings are steadly improving. Your inspiring me to do some.

[endregan]

great colourings!!

noones posting in my thread anymore since foster and you got here ;)

[endregan]

stop youre too good :)

[endregan]

I like those poses and the paintings are great :)

[ac_osorio]

:chug: :beer: :chug:

[endregan]

do you always do digital paintings of your life drawings or is it just easier so you do it that way. id be careful you might get too attached to your tablet and when you see a brush get confused!

cool stuff though definitly...

[endregan]

i like the expression. and you got the bengal colours down pretty good.

nice

[Duracel]

Wow, especially those 30sec-1minute sketches are impressive.

But you have to work on your lighting-situations, they need all imho a bit more contrast - miss the right values.

[xia]

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[endregan]

wow man your linework is superb~!

your painting is great as usual. characters really show some definite progress.

keep on going :)

[xia]

Endregan>> Thanks :D

[rubygenesis]

lookin good, little more contrast on the coloured works maybe? the studies are kickin, dont ya hate when the model does the most boring poses?! i had the coolest model back in animation school, she really went to town lol, good sence of humor too ^_^ ~cheers

[ac_osorio]

Coming strong! I love the dog-wolf emperor char!
Love it! Man I got to draw today...:D

[endregan]

sweet life drawings finally in pencils!

[Iiori]

So much character to your charcters. They're great!

[OrangeCatNinja]

awesome work man!

very lively!

[TARGETE]

xIA,

I like what I'm seeing here, keep doing what your doing just keep an eye on muscle structure especially in the arms..tricep area and where the bicep and fore arm meet. I always have problems with joints too they can be tricky.

Hope thats helpful rather then the typical "good job man"

:)

J.P

[OrangeCatNinja]

just gets better and better, i reallylike the color. i'm just starting to get into that, after having a severe bout of "i'll never be good enough" syndrome for a few days, i've gotten a bit back in the groove.

anyhow the name: it all started when i had an orange cat named samurai steve ;)

btw, i know jake, ken and levi. jake's actually the one who told me about all the lifedrawing stuff going on on saturdays, so i'll probably see you there mang!

[endregan]

haha sweet as usual. a bit saturated but i like it :)

[Sammy]

You rock the house! Seeing this I realize I should go work on my human gesture sketches..

Your color is improving - next color you do, don't just use white and black highlights/shadows.. use colored lights to bring out your form (a Professor once told me that there's no such thing as blach shadow and white highlight, and she's absolutely right)

[endregan]

whoa awesome gestures. how long were they?

i did some gestures last week and they were just pure crap. its so hard to get the info down in the amount of time given. but im sure ill progress over time :)

[ac_osorio]

Better and better every day!
The colors are coming way better dude, you can really see improvement along the works.
Keep em coming, this sketchbook is defenetly an insporation driver!
KUDOS!

[endregan]

u so crazy. how many times a day do you life draw?

im jealous ;)

happy for you though, thats a good opportunity!

keep at it man your doing great

[xia]

....

[endregan]

great studies! your bridgman look really good :). so you are working in the industry doing 3d? that sounds cool, whats the work day like :p.

yeah life drawing around here is rare here, but most of them conflict with my martial arts (im cursed they all seem to have classes on the night i take kungfu haha)

these are great :), id like to see your last quickie pushed more it looks like it has potential!

[Fipse]

Hi Xia,

the Quickie is imo really good. Here you could transfer the good readability and liveliness of your gesture-sketches in colour.

Keep up you good work! It´s always fun to stop by at your sketchbook.

Fipse

[TARGETE]

XIA, that last digital nude is fantastic, please continue pushing, looking forward to more.

JP

[roger]

yet more life drawings and gestures ... *drools* :chug:

[xia]

Endregan>> Thanks:D My work day? Um...sitting pretty much all day. I love it though, I am pretty much doing everything from groundcover, plants, props, to characters (Modeling and texturing). Recently, I am doing creatures and characters most of the time. Though I have to say my favorite part of the process is texturing/painting in photoshop. Modeling is fun too, but it's a lot easier to me compare to getting a really kickass textures onto the model. One strange thing I notice is that lots of life drawing helps excellerate my modeling skill for some reason, especially on bipedals and creatures. I love doing 3D though it's hard to find time to really sit down and do a really good drawing or even painting ( I am just doing a quick sketches most of the time and mostly figure.) I want to find more time to go out and do landscape sketches or watercolor.

Flipse>> Long time no see! Thanks. I am glad you notice that. It's exactly what I want to communicate in those paintings :chug: Recently I have been painting more than sketching...I just wanted to get it just the way I want it to look. It keeps coming, but still a long way from where I want to be.

TARGE>> Hey man! Thanks. Lots of people like that one for some reason. I have to figure out why that one works and how to push it further into the right direction.

Roger>> Thanks :chug:

I am slacking today...no painting no drawing nothing.

[endregan]

we all need to slack sometimes. some of us slack too much sometimes (myself hehe ) but its sometimes necessary!

i was wondering xia, what company do you work for or are you freelance?

:)

[Iiori]

Im liking the first pic on this page a lot. Nice effect you have going there. ^^

You keep getting better and better!

What kind of brush do you use when you paint?

[van]

Xia, I absolutely love your stuff.

[Signature]

Amazing stuff and so much!!
I love the gesture drawings.

Most of the paintings could be defined better.
They are a little blurry and there are not enough sharp edges I think.
Light and shadow isn't as well separated as it could be.
Maybe it's just a matter of preference. I'm not sure.

The concepts are great.

[nmcleod]

I like your mechs a lot, you have a nice clean style but still have lots of detail.

[endregan]

yes i agree nice mechs.

your gestures flat out own as well.

solid stuff

[TheDirtSyndicate]

i'd like to see more of your robotics and vehicle stuff. i love it.

[ac_osorio]

Good stuff and getting better! Inspiration comes to mind!

[xia]

Signature>> Thanks, and yes I agree I will need to push more of hard edge and soft edge. And define more contrast.

nmcleod, endregan,complete2, ac_osorio>> Thanks :chug:
I am trying to find more time to focus on mech for a while.


About 30-40 minutes speedpainting.

[endregan]

great mech again. reminds me of a flying bug of some sort :)

[metalwinds]

your liife drawings kick so much ass. .. especially the gestures. really diggin the mechs too

peace

[Iiori]

Im really impressed with the mechs. I find them impossible to do, but you seem to pull it off with ease. Haha its great!:D

[AmadorL]

I can't see any of your images not even a red X :eek:

[xia]

AmordoL>>Sorry, I am trying to reinvent myself. So I am going to dumb this thread and planing to make a new sketchbook in a couple of weeks. :D

[endregan]

nooo xia!

thats like building up on your skills then stopping and leaving a whole history of progress blank!

oh well im sure it will be cool as usual :P

[xia]

Endregan>> Sorry, though, I could pick some of the not so bad sketches from this thread posted along with the new ones as history of progress. :D

[SirRon]

Please do repost some of the old sketches! I really do like your style. After a couple hundred sketchbooks I have a feeling it'd look similar to yours. Can't wait for the new sketches :)

[xia]

SirRon>> Thanks, and "Yes" I will.

ThunderDome Process:

[endregan]

awesome glad to see something from ya

[cateaic]

absolutely awesome...this is one of the best painted female faces ive seen on this entire site!!! kick ass character...wheres more work? POST MORE.

[xia]

endregan>> Thanks

cateaic>> Thanks for your kind words. I still need lots of practice, trying to find my thing and thing.

[endregan]

woohoo xia is back at it again.

nice to see this. youre still growing too, these latest characters blow me away

[xia]

Endregan>> Woo Hoo! Thanks man!

Here is the same different....I didn't like the result on the first past so I spend couple more hours tweaking it. So it's a little bit better, but still far from what I really want to be.

[lavhoes]

Awesome work on the ladies, but the slight greyish tone you place on their chins makes them look like they have a 5-o'clock shadow instead of a highlight, which is a real shame because it's a little distracting, given the superb quality of the rest of the piece.

[endregan]

:-o awesome!

glad u worked it some more

turned out great

[xia]

lavhoes>>Thanks, I am still learning how to paint skin tone so it still in process. Hopefully I will get it someday.:D

Endregan>> Thanks:chug:

[Hunger_Artist]

like the expression on the face of the previous post..

like the execution of the android...but if shes gonna have such huge heavy feet it seems like it would be a pain for her upper legs to move them all the time (unless they are some modern light alloy).. they should be robotic too

[roger]

Great to see you back! I agree that the skin tones don't look natural though, looks like you just use a darker value for indicating shadows, maybe playing with a colder color (blueish skin for instance) would help? I have the same problem, so don't take what I say too seriously ;).

[xia]

Hunger_Artist>> Thanks, that's a really good thought. I was thinking about that too.

Roger>>Thanks, I am still trying...painting is hard. And your feedback is very valuable so please anything you guys can do to help me out is very welcome. :chug:


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"THANKS"

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