enrigo's sketchbook

[enrigo]

I'm pretty new to ConceptArt.org and any other artist community site, and this is my first sketchbook on this site.

Usually I don't post my drawings anywhere (partly because I think it will turn me into a forum junkie and forgot to actually practice drawing)But lately I've been slacking too much and I think starting a sketchbook here would be a good way to force myself into drawing again.

I don't have a scanner but I think photographing would be just fine for now,sorry about the image quality.

Also I'm working on portrait drawing and I find this site very useful http://www.portrait-photos.org/shuffle.phtml

here's some of the recent work




http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h95/enrigo/conceptart%20org/IMG_1834.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h95/enrigo/conceptart%20org/IMG_1835.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h95/enrigo/conceptart%20org/IMG_1836.jpg:rocker:

[enrigo]

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h95/enrigo/conceptart%20org/IMG_1840.jpg

I have a cheap graphic tablet but I can't find a battery for the pen (it uses AAAA size and apparently even the hardware store guys said they never heard of it). Well until then I can't start working on CG painting which I really want to improve.

[enrigo]

Some figure sketch I did today

[enrigo]

I want to draw Lincoln after I watched an episode of Clone High, The cartoon's concept is pretty cool but not so entertaining :[

[HanRa]

hello there. i joined last week. well, i can say that it is a real motivation engine here and youve made the right choice, if you really want competent critique.
there are surely some nice drawings here, but dont you want to try out something more "conceptual"? bring in all that stuff thats in your head, and if its the "super-killer-punk-space-queenbee".

[Viking Raider]

Hi and welcome to CA! Nice start you've got here---first thing is what everyone alsways says---post some more! The more you post the more the amazing collection of artists here can help you grow.

I can't really think of much to crit in your work because I"ve been up since 3 am today at work, but one thing I noticed on your face pieces, if the nose is going to be shown at anything other than straight on perspective, the eyes will not look the same shape. One should be slightly bigger than the other because as the head turns, one eye is closer than the other, and also the shape of the eye changes. Does that make sense?

I think you've got a great start and you've definitely got potential. HanRa's right, let your mind go for a walk and tell us what you find...

[enrigo]

Hi guys and thanks for the comments.
I would sure like to do some of the "conceptual" stuff but I haven't been drawing from imagination for a while and I find it hard to jump right back to that. HanRa I checked out your sketchbook and that's really the kind I like and I would love to be able to draw like that. You're really great with forms that I feel my drawing is too flat.

about the nose and eye angle I think I get the point there and I'll try to lookout for mistakes, I think it is because usually I start with the eyes so maybe I don't see what went wrong until I go further with the nose and etc.

It turns out I have to buy the AAAA battery from Ebay cause it's impossible to find :dead:

[enrigo]

I try to start doing some more imaginative stuff but still with references.
I change the pose of the Fallout armored guy a bit and it get really crooked, especially the shoulder. I need to start learning perspective... stupid rulers :grunt:

[enrigo]

This one is my work for art class at school. It is from a picture from the game "shadow of the colossus", and it is just almost finish. If it's a bit chaotic that's because it has to be done with 4 media about equally. The pencil shades are very faint but the actual one is pretty dark.:\

[Zachro]

I'm really digging that colossus piece! Is that colored pencil on the fur section? If so you have some great skill with it.

Only crit i can give is to spend a little more time on rendering out those portraits right now they seem a little rushed after the lines are done.

Nice job and keep it going!

[enrigo]

Thanks Zachro , the fur is actually in acrylic and it's kind of a happy accident,because I did a bad version of it and paint over and over again a few times and it work together like this.

I really rushed many of my drawings which many times I don't realize that I am rushing it too much. I skipped some steps and to fix it is just too late.
I don't know why I always do that but it really seems like a bad habit.

anyway thanks man !!

[enrigo]

yesterday I was overflown with art homework that I didn't have time to draw. It sure sounds stupid to me. :tihi:

The first sketch has really bad lines compare to the second one, probably because I did the second one while watching a tutorial video and draw following the teacher. This really proves to me that I lack confidence while doing my own drawing, but i guess it's better to know my own weakness though it's not so pleasant.

[enrigo]

Some more figure sketches, the man's torso look kinda awkward but I don't know what went wrong with it. I had an upcoming art project due Tuesday and it's just an open challenge, but I still have no idea what to do for it. :rolleyes:

[enrigo]

I did the shoe for the assignment on Seedling's ConceptArt 101 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=81332) post, and there's another figure sketch.

Also I'm signing up to find a mentor, I don't really know much about how it works but I did check some of the mentoring thread and I guess that is just what I need. (If I can find a mentor)

[enrigo]

One texture study for the classroom for all

[mikehan!]

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=237074&stc=1&d=1194750757

This looks really good! Keep up the figure drawing!

[Pseudocognition]

Thanks for stopping by my SB :)

That Colossus piece is intense, you got some really beautiful color variation going on in its fur. It makes me want to climb up it and stab it in the head, haha. I agree with Zachro, I think your pencil drawings have the potential to look a lot better with just a little more time spent on them. I love your hatching~ ;)

Keep up the awesome work :]

[enrigo]

The second part of the last shoe drawing, and another work for classroom for all. (I would be terrible with comics, it seems I can't keep the character recognizable each time I draw them)
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by the way this one is a self portrait.

[enrigo]

I'm looking for a way to improve on the line quality (kinda more confident looking lines). These are some attempt that I think didn't really help on what I need.
The quick figure one is some of the few I did from this site. I feel it is not a good practice except for gesture but I might be wrong http://www.posemaniacs.com/pose/thirtysecond.html

And another rush portrait. (just because I thought doing it fast would force me to do some nice confident line but I think the result is the opposite :\.)

Anyone know how to practice on line quality please help me out ! :mod:
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[Senira]

As far as your portraits go, I think you need to make the eyebrows wrap around the skull more. Having them go straight across instead of crooking down at the ends flattens out the skull.

Also, I think you should work on drawing the head at different angles; front-facing heads are difficult to draw, but you get a much better sense of facial planes and bone structure when working at 3/4 or sideways views.

For your figures, I think the length of the legs from knee to ankle needs to be a little longer, and your wrists need to level with the groin. Other than that, it's all just practice.

Keep it up!

[enrigo]

Another portrait for the classroom for all, I'll try to do more different angles like this one.

One more pretty stiff looking figure, I tried to analyze the pose slower than usual and seems like I can't find the balance between being careful and maintaining spontaneity.

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[enrigo]

I'll try to get an anatomy book and do some studies from it along with some figure drawings I'm trying to do everyday.

I have a pretty big project for school coming up which is a ceiling tile painting, there's a lot of these painted tiles by students up in classes, cafeteria and the hallways. I never thought I would have to practice art before a show like a band before a concert, but this one would be seen by many people walking by and there's lots of great ones out there already. I really want to make an outstanding one with my signature on it 8)

Is there a CA smiley pack for download ? there's some cool ones coming up lately. LOL
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[urngedrank]

Very fine work here! You've got a good grasp of anatomy. I've been a little chaotic most of my years so I'm trying to hammer out some stuff like this when I get the chance; just gotta scan it once in a while.

[enrigo]

Some new stuff, I think I'm getting better with the 30 second drawing one, the one with the dragonball guy and the monkey king is a school work about ancient myth, one WIP self-caricature, and a very awful but time consuming cross contour portrait.

I think I need to get use to using the mirror for self portrait (hope it's because I'm not use to working with the mirror not that I'm getting worse.)

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[joaKimArt]

I like the start of the SK, and there is some good doodles the middle. Keep on studying the human anatomy man. And draw, draw, draw. Looking good!

[enrigo]

I've been doing a lot of perspective practices for the classroom for all and starting to work with a mentor, so I'm a bit late on posting. I got some Bridgman books now and I intend to copy down the drawings like many people suggested.

So, here's some of the stuff I got for now. :asspat:
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[enrigo]

I got my copy of Bridgman's Constructive Anatomy and I will copy all the drawings like many people suggest, here's a few of them along with the digital painting practice.

[enrigo]

I just watched Stanley Kubrick's Dr.Strangelove today, it is pretty awesome for a 60's movie. For me, the fun from watching Kubrick's movie comes in two part, one from the movie and the next is from reading the plot summery again in Wikipedia after the movie ends. I would say his movies are just too intelligent for me to understand in one go yet so enjoyable.

[enrigo]

Some more of Bridgman studies; I've been very pissed about the other tenants in the house today, those whiny bitches expect me to clean everything for them and the landlord is on their side. :anime:

[enrigo]

I'm starting on the ceiling tile now, it's a big project and the only way I can make an impressive work, is that I need a "Montage" !!!

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[enrigo]

I'm going to start doing life drawing on the start of January, I just realized that the community college nearby also have one too.
Here's some more Bridgman study and 10 male heads for the classroom for all, the current assignment is pretty cool, you should check it out. (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=113029)

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[enrigo]

Female head and bridgman study, I'm trying to get more information on acrylic painting technique but I can't really find a good source for it.

[lennon]

Cheers, great work men, pretty much everything is looking good. Your head studies are looking good, just something: Look how many front shots you have, how many profiles, and how many 3/4. You could use some more 3/4 and perhaps some shots from above and bellow. If you're confortable with them you could try adding some expressions. The same could go for human figures, also you could try to do some movement, as jumping or running, fighting, etc. Always come in handy to know those.

[enrigo]

I have a strong tendency to draw front shots, thanks for pointing that out. :geekg: Here's just some more bridgman stuff.

[enrigo]

Some more bridgman studies here.
I'm thinking of doing some more self portrait again from the mirror and try to get better at observing forms. :lifedrawing:

Lately I've been watching the anime called Eureka Seven, someone recommend me this and says I'll probably like it, but up until now(the first few episodes) I can't see how can it be interesting. I love great manga/anime but for anime series there are too much need to satisfy the majority audience, so all of them ended up following the anime formula in the beginning and get deeper much later in the story. Unfortunately. I'm not the guy who like the formula stuff and the anime "dynamism" that is pretty obnoxious especially when it is over done.
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I would say if it gets half as good as Evangelion I would probably be satisfied,but come to think of it, Evangelion is the only one I consider to be a good anime series.:shrug:

[sjuskadur]

shi*t i wish i could draw those hands! Lots of REALLY nice stuff there, only thing i see you need to work a little more is getting real depth in the portrait pictures, which you have in everything else!

Keep up the good work mate!

[muscat_gummy]

I'm really digging those hand studies!

One thing I think you might try is to rely less on line. It doesn't seem as pronounced in your later drawings, but the first portraits, it was really noticable that everything has a dark black outline. I think this is fine for less realistic stuff, but it's kind of distracting in your portraits. You could maybe try doing mass gesture drawings in which you just draw the mass of the object without any outlines. (Really fast, too.) We did this in my art class at the beginning of the semester, and it was completely weird at first but I think it helped. That doesn't work well with pencil, however, so you may want to buy some charcoal and fairly large sized newsprint paper. (The paper was provided to us in class, so I have no clue how much it'll cost you. It should be cheap, though, I would think.) Another thing you can do for portraits is sketch as many outlines in as you want, lightly, but then define the face and get darker using shading and don't go back over the lines!

That's not to say there's anything wrong with what you're doing; this is just sort of a different approach you could try. I hope it helps at all if you do, and keep up the good work!

[enrigo]

Some figure studies but from photo reference, can't wait for the life drawing class to start !

The Vilppu method probably will be good for understanding form. although, right now I'm still not very use to the process. I see lots of issues with the foot and height, have to work harder on that. :lounge:

[enrigo]

A self-portrait I did today, working from the mirror is surprisingly very different from that with photograph.

Another Bridgman studies. it turns out that I can't draw proper ellipse for a sphere, I'll work more on the basic forms like sphere and cone that I'm not good at. I don't want to draw bulky boxy people like Bridgman when it comes to my own style. ;)

btw, this self-portrait probably has the best likeness compare to the older ones, that is pretty exciting for me !

[Twiggy]

these are some really good studies I see, and your latest portraits are showing some improvement, especially the last one!

I like the way you draw hands

[Crush]

Hey man, thanks for commenting my thread!!

From what I can see here, your weakest point is drawing faces/ heads so do more of that! :D

Really nice Bridgman studies by the way, I need to carry on with that myself..

[enrigo]

Been grinding a lot of basic sphere and forms lately, but I'll post just some example. I heard from Vilppu video about when an artist says he understand something, it doesn't count. It really counts when he demonstrate the idea on paper. Also from another tutorial that says repetition is the key to successful performance.

I added another picture taken at the Christmas party which I think has a pretty interesting color. ;)

[Arthe Xavier]

Very nice start, man. :) I *especially* like the Shadow of the Colossus -piece ( one of my favourite games, actually ).

Your hand-studies are awesome as well, and your portraits are very good. I bookmarked the site you gave - I love drawing from photos ( even though I'm constantly told that I should draw from life more x) ), so it seems to be a great site for getting material.

[enrigo]

Been doing almost all Bridgman studies right now, I don't feel like drawing anything else for now. Don't know if doing just this is a good idea or not.

Well, probably better than doing nothing at least.:lounge:

[enrigo]

The Bruce Lee drawing is just taking so long and in the end it sucks so bad.:nohope:

At least it reminds me that there's so much things that I need to learn.

[Flakari Leader]

Awesome studies man. Looks like the Bridgman studies are helping since you seem to be more confident in your figures. It's good to see that you got a self-portrait well to your likeness, nice confidence booster. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for letting me be in the SSG.

[enrigo]

Flakari Leader: The Bridgman studies really helps me with line quality, but the anatomy understanding are going to take a lot more time to be noticeable I guess.

I feel like I my figure drawings always looks wrong around the torso area, including this new box figure.

[Derek Gores]

Great discipline to do the bridgman studies. I suggest that after you do 1 or 2 each day, draw the same quantity from your own hands using a mirror if necessary.
Your drawings are approaching an accuracy, a proportional reality, that is a good achievement. The next juicy topic to look into in my opinion, is: can you make them feel alive? This will take you on a journey into markmaking where every touch of your charcoal or pencil captures the essence of the form you are drawing. Not just where it is (accuracy), but how and why it is...
Look to rembrandt, egon schiele, simon bisley, and lots of the looser concept art pros do a good job of it. Try some materials that give you more than just line. Compressed charcoal, add water.... etc.

Great stuff! Keep going, keep documenting.

[iceman478]

nice hand study

[enrigo]

iceman478: thanks man, these are actually studies from Bridgman book . :P

Derek Gores: I check out your work and I love it, and your advice is very helpful. I'll do some drawing of my hand and maybe some more self-portraits.

About the aliveness of the drawing, is it mostly have to do with the gesture ?
That's what I've heard from Vilppu video and Nicolaide book about gesture and feelings.

[iceman478]

you know i was looking at the digital painting and it is a bit "glowy" ..
i like the feeling of it though ...does it distract to much you think?

[thek]

Hello fellow student! Love your work here, your figure drawing is really coming together well. Excellent Bridgman studies they look really well drawn and well proportioned. And even though you don't like your Bruce Lee drawing, I think it captures the likeness which is the most difficult (and most important?) thing to get right in drawing a portrait!

Like you I'm using Vilppu and Bridgman, but I'm leaning more towards Vilppu just because I find Bridgman hard to follow. Seeing your work does inspire me to try harder though :)

[Ignominious]

i'm really digging your stuff. those studies are looking amazing!

[iceman478]

thanks again for the advice i will keep trying to perfect it ...lets see where it leads me ....

[enrigo]

Just can't keep my hand still while drawing it at all.:dead:

I applied to a life drawing class today, but they didn't tell me when it's going to start. I just can't wait to get my hands on it! :lifedrawing:

[Flakari Leader]

Congrats on getting the life drawing class. Hopefully it'll give you the confidence in your figures that Bridgman isn't showing right now.

[breistift]

Those Bridgman studies all look really good. That life drawing class will probably really help you improve because you need to think more about how you're drawing your subject. When drawing from 2d reference most people just copy the lines (which isn't neccessarily a bad thing, it's just not as educational as drawing from life)

[enrigo]

I should start doing my portfolio not sketching crappy, quickie drawings !!
I don't feel like doing longer studies today, I hate it when it is like this...

[enrigo]

Some more shading exercises, I gotta stop goofing around already !
It's so wrong that I was super-motivated about last week, so I try to force as much work on to myself (starting big projects and extra stuff). But when there's so much things need to be done, I just don't want to start any of them. I got loads of school art class projects to be done this month, doing work in mentoring thread, a portfolio to finish and another finished piece for a friend.

Well, I probably going to learn my lesson this time, EVERYTHING IN MODERATION !

Now I got a find a way to motivate myself and get cracking.:lifedrawing:

[Naastika]

Hey, I just popped in to check out your sketchbook...it's awesome how much you've improved. Those hands look awesome. Guess I should be drawing more, myself.:)

[enrigo]

I just done a lot of writing homework, and here's one art homework that is pretty cool. A scratch art of the Angkor Wat; I think the process of this is kind of fun.

I need to check about the life drawing class again, they say they are going to notify me via email when the class start. However, on their website it said the class start Jan 7 :wtf:

[breistift]

The scratch art looks pretty cool. Definitely post a pic of the printed version when it's done! I don't know what your reference looks like but the eyes look a little strange (one's white and the other one's black). One thing that helped me when I used that technique was working very slowly. That way the lines look less scraggly and are more precise (which is kind of important since you can't erase).

[enrigo]

It wasn't a printing kind of thing so that the disappointing final product :(
Maybe I chose the much too complex reference picture for a first timer.

I got an art homework to draw a picture that depict a made up Sci-fi legend. So here's some robot doodles, I want to get a bit use to the sci-fi thing before starting this awesome assignment.

Another one is a drawing for my portfolio, it specify the drawing to be of a disorganized container. I don't know if the result looks too boring.


(The ones with the red circles around them are copied from Feng Shu design.)


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[Slav]

great hand studies. keep it up!

[Samantha]

i remenber i see that vidio. that is vrey funny . but i donot know what is name . and i also remenber the most funny scene it that the guy throw up ... and the sex scene. haha !i want to see that again.

[enrigo]

I got some more of the portfolio stuff, I don't know if the second one is good enough. The guideline says arranging a piece of clothing in an environment that tells a story about it, I'm not sure if I got that.:ilaekae:

[enrigo]

I've been putting off posting more drawing because of exam week, portfolio etc.

I hate the self portrait attempt for my portfolio, it is the one where I shaded too much and it turns out to look all brownish. I think I go overboard of the idea that not everything is white. :ore:
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[enrigo]

I hate to guess my way through shading, but I think I need to include one for the portfolio. It's almost just all line drawing right now.
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[enrigo]

Gonna try to do loads of shading practice and continue on Bridgman studies.:muscle:

The portfolio deadline is getting near and there's probably something wrong with my admission (It says requirements incomplete for me while others are getting accepted! ). This is giving me a headache.

[EddTQ]

HiHi!
those hands in the latest post are looking awesome! - very nice drawing skills and your shading really shows off your talent in rendering shapes, in particular the thumb and muscle structure in the palm of the hand, in the first one!
it's looking great!
also those pen drawings you did in post #67 really stand out, your crosshatching is very tight and neat which works well with your pen style!
Really Hot bridgeman studies in page two aswell!

- i wanna see some more pen drawings!
how's that portfolio coming?

[enrigo]

EddTQ: I almost finish the portfolio. there's only one left to go, but it's 30% for just one piece so I'm too nervous to start.>:|

The last few ones are the exercises from Yoitisi's mentoring, I'm hoping to improve on drawing cylinders.

[Ovad]

Nice works and anatomy learning, keep it up.

[enrigo]

Some posemaniac and some doodles before going to sleep. The last one with the portrait was looking good when it was sketchy, but it stinks after some more defining.:ore:

[softocean]

nice renderings and studies. as a suggestion - Try experimenting by drawing figures from your mind and then reference bridgeman or another anatomy book to fill in the details and make corrections.

My sketchbook is here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71080&page=3)

[enrigo]

nice renderings and studies. as a suggestion - Try experimenting by drawing figures from your mind and then reference bridgeman or another anatomy book to fill in the details and make corrections.

My sketchbook is here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71080&page=3)

That sounds like a good idea, I'll try it sometimes since I find it's hard to draw something entirely from imagination (I would love to do it though).


I'm having a lot of trouble with the torso, mainly from it's connection to the hip. I'll try reading and working from Loomis figure drawing book some more to get a good idea of proportion.

[vann12]

love the figure drawings and anatomical drawings

[ExilE]

Nice work. I really like your still life drawings, the one with the water bottle, banana, and apple where you have "drawn through," that is a great excercise. Keep doing those anatomy studies, you are definately improving.

[enrigo]

vann12: thanks mate
ExilE: the "drawing through" seem like a great exercise, but I easily get frustrated about it. Maybe I got too anal about making the line look as neat as possible.

These posemaniac drawings are 90 second per each figure.

[enrigo]

Lots of figure drawing(from photos :() I wish I am in a life drawing class.
I change a bit of the way I do the posemaniac and they seems to look better, at least for the gesture part :drinkup:.

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[Flakari Leader]

Nice figure studies. Maybe there are open studios around you with some models, that could help, if not, that sucks. D:

The apple's awesome, good to see some color on this page.

Keep it up.

[breistift]

I can see some major progress in your work (especially with your figure studies). Keep up the shading practice! I find the amount of sketches you're producing very impressive.

[enrigo]

My friend asked me to try one drawing of a character I use to draw since when I just started getting serious about art. I feel pretty funny and embarrass showing it to anybody. :davi:

[Impaler]

Wow! It´s really fun looking through your sketchbook. You have progressed a lot since the first posts.

Keep'em coming. Looking forward to see more of your work!

//Impaler

[algenpfleger]

holy cow your progress is amazing. look at your shading man it has improved dramatically. great stuff. those poses and figures are also looking great. keep it up!

[enrigo]

Impaler: Thanks for your kind words. It's great to hear that you enjoy looking through these. :rocker:

algenpfleger:Thanks for dropping by, I'll definitely try to keep up with the work. Your sketchbook is very inspiring. :)

The portrait on the right was drawn from a picture of me a couple of years ago, when my mother said I "came out of the closet" to be an artsy guy.
I did some copy drawing of Andrew Loomis' Fun With A Pencil, next I think I should apply some of these methods by doing caricature of my friends.:geekg:

I used some of mjranum's (http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/gallery/#_featured) stock photo as references, he got a huge number of great figure poses.:drinkup:

[enrigo]

Here's the ceiling tile I talked about uh... last year. :P It's a copy of the loading screen of The Greatest Game in The History of Electronics. :lounge: But I didn't get to finish it before the end of art class. :(

Here's the Orginal pic
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h95/enrigo/album_picphp.jpg


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[Eon]

Gotta love the discipline! Keep up the hard work my friend. Visibly paying off!

[enrigo]

The last one is a WIP hopefully for the CHOW, I don't know if I should start with something easier than that because of my lack of digital skills.

[breistift]

What can I say, you're improving with every update. And you update a lot! :)
The samurai seems incredibly rushed but it looks promising. If you work a little more on that one I think the result will be stunning.
The skull totally kicks ass!

[V.I.N]

you´re busy as a bee! and i think its profitable !
what an improvement in your poses and figures.
i´m only bothered by this red ball and its shadows. i think it have to be more behind and do these glowing edges really exist ? But i´m not the specialist in this case.
all things considered i´m very impressed by your skills

[enrigo]

The white outline on the cast shadow was kind of a photoshop bloopers I guess.
Anyway I looked at Briggsy' sphere a bit while doing that one, his is probably very accurate.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=699669&postcount=175

After trying to do the character thing I know that I need a lot more practice with digital painting and color skills in general. I'll focus on that for a while then,:lifedrawing:

[Shydrow]

dude i have that first shoe you drew. thats just scary

[enrigo]

Hey, stay off of my shoe !
I never knew that ninjas wear Nike too. ;)


I tried to be more perfect with the master study but I got bored about half way and rushed things up too much. I can't seems to be able to make one of those perfect-carbon-copy.
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[breistift]

The top part of that last apple looks very good but the lower half lacks quality. If you get the lower part to look right this will be a very powerful painting.

[enrigo]

Some mixture of gesture drawing from imagination and from reference, I think I'm getting familiar with it now.:hugsmile:

[enrigo]

Gah.. I always want to do some awesome self portrait but they are never anywhere near as good as I imagine.

[UnSharpened]

Nice progress:P. And thanks for dropping by my sb.
One thing I noticed that is the shadow appears in your still life painting seems a bit off. I am not sure is that the case of the ref you used, but I think that you can try zoom out once in a while when you do the painting to check the whole image. I hope this can be helpful.

Keep it up:D!!.

[thesadpencil]

hey nice sb you got going here. good pencils. just keep up w/ all the studies, and keep up w/ the anatomy. your digis are coming out nicely i'd suggest putting more emphasis on the values though and push your darks/lights more in them to help bring out more contrast. keep it up.

[breistift]

The problem with your portrait drawings i see is that you think too much in lines. Try to think in volumes and masses instead. A good exercise would be some observational drawings with charcoal or chalk. For your next portrait I suggest that you set up a single light source in order to get some strong shadows.

[Lotet]

thnaks for dropping by at my SB, u got some really great studies here dude, i really like ur faces u use ref for em? (it reminds me ive totaly forgot how to do em xD haha, well, have to make some face studies soon >,<).

anyaway, great work, u have tallent, keep it up

[enrigo]

UnSharpened- Thanks for the suggestion:). I'll be sure to zoom out once in a while, I tend to forget to go back and refine the cast shadow.

thesadpencil- Thanks a lot for your kind words. Value is really my big problem.

breistift- My lamp was just busted a couple of weeks ago so I'm left with the even lighting. I guess doing master copies for now might be good for getting the idea of lighting.

Lotet- The head studies was sort of a self portrait but none of them looks anywhere close to me. :(



I'm trying to do a lot more sketch from imagination. It's something I've been putting off for a while because of the fear of the scary white paper in front of me while my head is blank.I'm still doing badly though.

[mrpank]

Some more of Bridgman studies; I've been very pissed about the other tenants in the house today, those whiny bitches expect me to clean everything for them and the landlord is on their side.

don't give up!!
stand up and beat these asses ;) haha...

seriously
great progress, keep working
cheers

[enrigo]

don't give up!!
stand up and beat these asses ;) haha...

seriously
great progress, keep working
cheers

lol, that made my day, I'll keep working though the house situation didn't get much better. :(



A little stuff from the mentoring thread.

[MyOrangeHat]

Wow really nice eyes in post #102!

Keep up the hard work :)

[enrigo]

MyOrangeHat- Hey thanks dude, that one was just a study off of a drawing book though. ;)

Been doing more of a quick doodles and studies lately. I find that I remember the anatomy studies better when I get to do a bunch of quick revisit of them continuously in a day. I'll try to do more digital stuff next time though before I loose the little proficiency I got.

I want to be able to sketch in a similar way to myalias (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=90445) awesome sketchbook pages, so I'm trying to do more gesture (but the one posed here are mostly from Vilppu book though).

[enrigo]

Been doing pretty much just Vilppu studies with a pen.
I want to do more digital paintings but reaching for the keyboard gives me a backache, so I can do just a bit at a time. Also I just noticed the bad angle of the breast, not zooming out is a bad habit. :(

[enrigo]

I got the portfolio results back, man I suck.

The pen portrait was fun to draw, but the nose was screwed up again.

[enrigo]

Quite a while since last update, I've been doing a lot of Loomis head drawings. Even the better ones that I decide to upload looks pretty underwhelming...

I'll go back to do some more head drawings:lifedrawing:

[enrigo]

Getting a bit sloppy and it shows in the drawings...

[sakateka]

Great stuff man , keep it up. and you right Fallout is the best :P cheers !http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/8135/nukacolasw5.jpg

[enrigo]

sakateka hey thanks for stopping by dude.

The self portrait are pretty embarrassing to be shown, but I guess I gotta start somewhere.

[Lakka]

Nice work on the studies!

Your selfportraits are all starting to resemble the same person (havnt seen a photo of you so I can't say if they look like you! :P ) so it is definately a good sign.

Keep pumping them selfportraits out :)

Maybe try simplyfying it, trying to catch the main things about you, and then doing a more compicated one?

Keep it up, I see you are working hard as we speak!

[enrigo]

Lakka: Thanks for stopping by, and simplifying the face is a great idea. I'll try to focus on shadow shapes and see where it goes from there.


I've been refraining from taking photos and posting recently. I'm going to start doing color studies to get better with digital painting since that's sort of my goal.

[enrigo]

Damn ! It's already a month since my last post. I was having this feeling that what I'm drawing is not good enough to post, so I didn't keep track of what I do and didn't photograph them. So here's some stuff that I've saved.

[enrigo]

I feel quite good about this portrait, though it still got that annoying "too much emphasis on the line work" :lifedrawing:

[Ash888]

Very nice studies, it is great watching you progress as an artist.

[Trashy]

Man...thats some real hard studying right there. Nice going with those pieces. Keep up with those fruit studies as well. That last apple looks good!

[enrigo]

I've been away for so long !! I went back to Thailand during summer and I don't have my laptop with me. Anyway now I'm starting the school year at Sheridan and been doing mostly life drawing. Here is some of the ones I like.


mmmmmm... life drawing.....:yum:

[enrigo]

Finally a self portrait after a long while. :lifedrawing:

I need to do more of these... just noticed the wrong placements after I'm done with it. :assspank:

[xobgob]

wow great Sketch book great improvement. And if even i can see it than it is more than OBVIOUS :) keep posting. Also the hands pencil works are off the hook! :yum:

[enrigo]

Been too long since I post anything in here, I'll try to get back into using this awesome site again:mod:

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h95/enrigo/3-1.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h95/enrigo/31-3-09s.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h95/enrigo/Untitled-1.jpg

[bharat]

good.