(UPDATE June 29th) I can has crits now?

[Shmaba]

*UPDATE* Link to my live show, critique me WHILE I work!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/shmaba%27s-picture-shows
EVERY NIGHT AT 11 P.M.


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This is my first post.
Hi, I'm Shaun. I'm 18 and I, of course, want to be a Concept Artist like the billion other people who sign up...

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[Shmaba]

This was a 30 minute charcoal drawing :/
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[naomiful]

Great line weight and quality in that self portrait! I'm guessing it is a self portrait at least hehe... nice start, let's see mooorrreee :)

With the figure watch out with shading along the edges, it will make it look more flat! With studies, you'll see the basic shapes and with squinting, see the overall light hierarchy ! blah I'm bad with explaining, but keep it up!

[Shmaba]

This thread needs more update
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[Connie Cane]

Looks great! I love the shading and the self portrait.
Keep it up! =)

[Shmaba]

Oils of some christmas bells i hug up on my very blue bulletin board
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[Carbono]

Nice rendering on the bells! And the other paintings look nice too!
Keep it up!

[Shmaba]

Wanted to make a picture by layering paper over each other, used markers as well
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[Mischeviouslittleelf]

hey dude! Nice stuff you got here, keep posting and keep pushing your style!

[Shmaba]

my digital painting skillz are as unacceptable as my posting habits...
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[Xerotin]

Nice stuff you got here mate :D Keep it up want to se more

[ShaunLey]

Hi nice stuff just post everything

[satori]

cool
I like the stil life a lot
must have taken for ever to do
great effort

[Dan Valkar]

really interesting stuff in here..the monkey god its really cool...keep it up!

[Shmaba]

A page of my sketchbook when i was bored.
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[Shmaba]

A sketchy idea for the Teen Challenge "Sky City" going on right now. still WIP.
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[Shmaba]

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[Shmaba]

After looking through MindCandyMan's sketchbook. I'm posting whatever pictures i make everyday, regardless of how bad they are.
Tear my art apart; i want to be critiqued, not praised. :yayca:
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[Shmaba]

I found some pages of Bridgman's "Constructive Anatomy" online...
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[darkwolfb87]

Hey Shaun,

Nice efforts so far. I look forward to meeting you at the next sketch-group. I love to critique so the more you update your SB, the more I will respond :)

~ Stephen

[Shmaba]

I've missed a few days :(
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[Jamie Romoser]

keep it up!

[Shmaba]

Another Teen Challenge WIP I don't think I'll get to finishing :P
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[MarkWinters]

Great angle on the dragon! let that gold color bounce onto the creature. Differentiate the colors of the environment near the viewer and the parts farther away. Finish this one!

[TLL]

Come on just finish the dragon. You've got some hours left.
I really like the composition. I think it is one of the best compositions in this TC round ! Just create a nice rendering and my vote is yours ;)

[Blaz]

Hi there!
Love those charcoal (am I right?) still lifes and other studies!
As for painting, its going along nicely! Just try to avoid unintentional smudgy edges, try to sharpen it a bit. :)

Oh and as for dragon: Same what MarkWinters told you!

:teeth:

[petitemistress]

hey there fellow SSG-er! :yayca: I dig how youfind shapes thru color in that last WIP, its too bad if you dont finish it... :(

Compositionally speaking, I like how the tail's arc resonates with the direction of the wings, I think personally I would tilt the head upward on the dragon to give it more... oompf? also, I second Mark on the reflected light comment, and I'd tone down the yellow in the foreground a notch, to draw attention/saturation to the main subject; the Dragon. :)

[Shmaba]

Sketching a study from picture in PS and tried out a few new brushes. I should get something serious done :P

[MarkWinters]

Brushes in PS is teh kewl! Keep going buddy!

[Shmaba]

I was a bit bored so I decided to practice using texture in a picture. :geekg:

[petitemistress]

I like your texture attempt, wt creature is this?

[Blaz]

Nice texture practice! Although you might watch out for that animal anatomy. The head seems strange.

Keep updating! :)

[MarkWinters]

Hey buddy - nice texturing! Now, lets see some MOAR!!!! :)

[sfa]

Hi Shmaba,

Great work in here. I love what you've done with the still lifes in the beginning of your sketchbook. Your last post, of the textured horse, has an affecting and mysterious quality to it. I feel like I can smell ancient history. I'd like to see this one explored more. Keep it up.

[petitemistress]

Shmaba... where are those updates? :(

[MarkWinters]

Shmaba... where are those updates? :(

Yah, where they be at?

[Chris_Grisham]

Your life drawings are the strongest, I would suggest you do more of those. The environments are a good start, but I would suggest a little more contrast in value in that first one.

Keep it up!

[Mr. Perfect]

Fantastic sketches! I think you would be very good at sketching anime.

[Shmaba]

Hey, sorry guys. I had finals for the past two weeks. Now that I'm graduated from high school I'll try getting my current sketchbook filled before I head off to Ringling for college. :lifedrawing:

[MarkWinters]

Going to Ringling, huh? That's a great opportunity for you! Congrats! As far as the sketches go - maybe tighten them up a bit. Give consideration to the marks you make on the page. Sometimes it looks a little hairy. I really like the bug-dude! Best of luck!

[sfa]

Congratulations on Ringling!

Like MarkWinters said, be bold about your mark making - do less searching and put down lines as confidently as you can. I'm digging the skeleton king in your second image.

Keep postin'!

[lennon]

Hi man, your work is awesome, very promesing.
If you want to get good as sooner as possible, stick to the figure, decompose it in simple forms, and try to draw more confident, with straight lines.
Everything looks great, but remember that painting is way more easier when you can draw as a master.

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

You have great promise, so all you need to do is work up a library of reference and keep working hard. Draw and paint as much as you can and do not give in when you lose inspiration.

-E

[petitemistress]

loving those motorcycle loose sketches, and congrats on Ringling!! :D

[Shmaba]

Sorry guys, this sketchbook has been kinda put on hold because I can't get any sketches on the computer. So all you'll see from me in awhile is digital paintings.

[MarkWinters]

Fun image! Some comments for ya:

Try to keep elements off the edge of the painting. For instance the car is sort of resting on the border. Get the car up there on the page more. Make it look more precariously placed on the bridge to add some tension.

Grab some reference for the sky, road, rocks and car. I think having better informed elements could really help sell this painting.

Since all we get are digis make sure to keep 'em coming dude! Best of luck!

[Shmaba]

I finally have a way to get my images on the computer so I'm back to updating this as often as I can.

This is my computer table
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My shoe and dog. Unfortunately my dog didn't really know what I was doing and kept moving around.
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A painting of a plant in my backyard, then I got bored and played with some paint. (there's some shine on the paint. so some white spots on the plant is really a green or red... :\)
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[Kaffinated]

Trojan man in space should be a finished illustration.

[MarkWinters]

Great studies. I like the dogs the best - get to updating! :)

[petitemistress]

i loved your computer table, very well constructed! shame about your hyper dog tho...

[sfa]

Sorry about not replying for so long.

I really like the breakdown of your dog's head. It's good to see you thinking about simplifying complex structures into basic forms; that will go a long way to help you construct things out of your imagination.

Keep it up, and update when you can.

[Blaz]

Hey, long time no see. :bashful:
I love the studies in the last post. Especially the dog!

Yeah dogs tend to move around much so they can be quite tricky to draw. Thats why I always draw mine when he is asleep. :teeth:

[petitemistress]

update T_T

[Shmaba]

Updated!!
WOW, didn't mean to kill my sketchbook like that. I'm back and I'll try updating this as often as possible, I've already got a lot of college work that I might or might not get around to posting but here's some homework for Contextual Figure that I just finished

We had to take 4 gestures we made and re-draw them, then draw the same pose from a different angle without reference. I labeled them so you know which is what. (sorry for the lousy photo-chopping)

[MarkWinters]

Lookie lookie! The prodigal son has returned! Haha Interesting assignment. I may try that sometime! I think you did a great job with the new views. I probably wouldn't have been able to call which is which (original or new).

Try and focus on your line quality. Don't be afraid to erase out a lot of the sketchy lines and replace them with a single deft stroke. When shading you seem to be indicating where the shadows are as opposed to actually rendering the shadow areas. There's a difference. Start RENDERING the shadows and avoid simply indicating.

You're doing good work dude! Best of luck in school and KEEP POSTING! Haha

[shamandalie]

Whoa Ringling? Congrats dude! I like your PS brushes/texture stuff. Keep it up with those pencil studies! :D:D:D

[Shmaba]

I have risen from the grave yet again, and I bring pictures! Here are some random sketches and studies I've done. It's really hard to update this between work and play, but I'm going to keep trying.

[petitemistress]

hey hey! long time no see :D hows ringling for you?

one crit mainly from me: the forehead (particularly brow bone region) on your greyscale paint portrait in the last post seems too protrudent, like hes got a lump or smthg... also on your first sketch, that neck throws proportion of the character off a little!

looking forward to seeing more of your schoolwork, seems to me like its doing you lotsa good ^^

[Shmaba]

Short update this time. I haven't gotten much work onto my computer, but hope to do so soon.

petitemistress - Hey! It's all right here. Ringling definitely gets you working as much as possible, kinda exhausting but it's still all good.

[Shmaba]

an update. Really hard finding time to be active on CA, but that's only because i'm doing a lot of work. Averaging around 4 hours of sleep each night with my homework and social life conflicting, I hope it's not hurting my artwork.

[MarkWinters]

Dood - i think you are improving like CRAZY! Nice nice!

[Shmaba]

It's been awhile. I've filled so many pages in my sketchbook so far but I haven't been able to get them on my computer. This here is a storyboard project for drawing class and it's all I managed to get on here but look out for more. The semester is ending and break is coming up so I'll try getting more pictures up during that time.

[Shmaba]

Happy Holidays! I'm out of school for the Christmas break and I've finally gotten around to posting some of my final pieces from classes. Most are figure drawing. I'm also working of presents to family (I'm out of money). I've got a big CD rack to make out of spare wood. I have that down there too.

[petitemistress]

Merry Christmas Shmaba!! :D hope all is well! really your scans/photos weren't so blurry, I can tell we were in for a treat... awr well! :sadcheerleader: first and especially second are GORGEOUS! keep it up, I wanna see more of those! :D

[Shmaba]

Some pages from my sketchbook and one for fun picture that won't get past the "rough" stage. I'm sorry I'm not posting as much as I should, I promise that it's because I'm drawing =P

[Shmaba]

quick update, not much here. I'll try to upload more later but I need some sleep now. I have History of Computer Games at 8:30.

[MarkWinters]

History of computer games??? WTF?!? your work is coming along very nicely. Keep up the work and stay focused! :) I'll give crits later, I just wanted to drop by and see what you've been cooking! Best!

[Shmaba]

new pictures, one is a wallpaper 1920x1200 original size inspired from the movie Sunshine. the other is a sketch of myself, i was trying out a different painting look.

[petitemistress]

I'm digging that wallpaper, not so much the colors on that sp...
joker poster in the background is hilarious XD

[MarkWinters]

Draw dood! C'mon! Hit us! Go go go ! :) I hop all is well!

[Shmaba]

:mod: HEY! sorry guys, i've kinda disappeared from this place for a while. Well here's an update with a few pictures I've done!

Currently I've started painting live on UStream every night at 11 to keep me always working on something. If you have the time I'd love to see you guys there!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/shmaba%27s-picture-shows

[bharat]

good.....do daily sketching.

[MarkWinters]

Looking good, man! Try pushing those values more. Develop values first, work on color later. Keep going, dood!

[Shmaba]

oh just a small update this time. I don't have a lot of the thing's i've been doing now that schools out for summer on my computer so here's just a few pictures.

[Shmaba]

here's a few more. some things I've sketched recently.

[Shmaba]

playing with some color.
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Sketch of a turtle creature thingamabob.
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it's a tree! playing with more colors. was trying to think about what colors will make it a more appealing picture.
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[petitemistress]

start with much larger brush strokes, Shmaba! (especially on your last one... btw your tried pulling off the hardest pair of complementaries in that color scheme. the ration of purple to yellow is usually much more purple, localised strong yellow, but thats just how i was taught it, im sure there are other ways to balance the two out.)
careful not to wash out those colors! :D

you're well underway man, friggin awesome! <3

keep it up keep it up!

[Shmaba]

Some sketches of eyes. I find eyes hard to do so I'll probably end up doing a lot more studies of them later.
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Took your advice with this one Petite. I like how it came out but I was doing it late and got too tired to work much father into it.
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I also think I should do machinery and industrial designs a bit more. I don't have very much experience with 'em, so this was just a sketch trying it out.
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[Shmaba]

Here's a few more.

The references came from http://www.characterdesigns.com/

[Shmaba]

I'm currently desiging one of my friends Dungeons and Dragons characters, he plays a Kobold. I'm now working on the final illustration.

[MarkWinters]

Progressing nicely, man! Nice angle on the latest piece. :)

[jaredsalmond]

cool stuff! and it's getting more amazinger!