Demo's Digital Damsels

[Demo]

!!!GO to the last post your life almost depends on it!!!
Feed the EGO ! NOMNOMN NOMNOM :ag::am::ay:
Thank you for stopping by!!!!!

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[Weetbix]

Looking good so far man.

You might want to look for a tutorial on drawing faces ( Just google it I guess ). It will help you get the proportions correct when your drawing faces.
For example: http://www.rabbitprince.com/tutorials_art/face.html
Though there are probably better diagrams/tutorials than that but that gives you the basic proportions.

Keep it coming :D

[Demo]

thanks for the tips on figures thats a good sit i started on some faces and figures ill post probly tomorrow.

[Demo]

Heres a little update for today a skull done in charcole its not my best but not that bad. btw im working on figure drawing and faces at the moment and could use a lot of help if any one has any use full tips it would be much appreciated.




iifhttp://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/SkullCharcole.jpg

[FlipMcgee]

You have skill in rendering. I like how you got the tones for the halo drawings.

You were asking about how I did the grids in my sketchbook. I used the perspective tool in Manga Studio to make them. Of course you can do the same in Photoshop especially with the path line tools.

Keep practicing and posting :teeth:

[Weetbix]

Hey man, I'm really glad your interested in improving :)

You can download the Loomis drawing books in PDF format, they are free :D Get them here:
http://acid.noobgrinder.com/Loomis/

Theres one on figure drawing and another one that seems to be on heads and hands. Check them out. The Loomis books are used heaps here.

Good luck!

[Demo]

Ok heres what iv been working on insted of homework today, thanks to weetbix i have made vast improvements in drawing heads
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Skulls.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Heads2.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Heads1.jpg

[Darren_1989]

Thanks for checking out my book. I guess you are doing the same stuff :) Good to see, in your first posts faces definitely seemed to a be a much weaker point, while your rendering looks great. Keep at it!

[Demo]

Heres an update since iv been busy lately some COWs and IDWS not sure which sorry.
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Skullcollectorsketch.jpg

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Skeletoncarriage2copy.jpg


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o and btw im currently looking for a mentor so if u know some one or want to be one check out the mentor area and look for my post

[Demo]

Ok i havent updated this thing in like 4 months so i thought id get on it. lots of good stuff here in the SB section sometimes a little intimidating so if this stuff looks like crap tell me but its not my fault im scared to draw becaues of all ur guys good talent. o yah theirs like no order here.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/womanfiguredrw1.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Wasp.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Animals.jpg

[Demo]

ok Heres another update form today while at school
i know they need a lot of work

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/10secfiguredraw.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Blocks.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Couch.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/FigurestudyDJ.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Escherhomage.jpg

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Leaf.jpg

[Demo]

kk from seeing this i need a lot of help umm think im gona doo some digital painting now so i get some exp. soo send me suggestions

[AmbientChroma]

Thanks for dropping by my SB :), you asked me about digital painting but I don't think you should focus on it yet. For now your problem lies in the construction of your figures, heads, etc. It's good to see you've got the loomis books so go through Figure Drawing For All Its Worth first then move onto Drawing The Head and Hands afterwards. Also picking up the Vilppu drawing manual wouldn't be a bad idea either, it'll focus on using primitive 3D shapes as means of a base construction. Also, when working from the loomis stuff, etc. REALLY TAKE IT IN, don't just copy it or you're gonna be wasting your time :) I started doing Figure drawing for all its worth when I was 16-17 and I can tell you that I wasted my time a lot because I just copied the muscles without thinking about how they are as a mass and possibly how they function individually. Also do you have a tablet? If you do and you want to do a little digital painting, read the 'how to digi paint in photoshop' threads, etc. for a basic idea for now. Also, there are no real 'techniques' or anything, heck I pretty much only use 2 brushes in Painter IX which is what I use to digi paint. But anyways man just draw as much as possible and keep at it and you'll get to where you wanna go :) Some cool stuff here also heheh :D

[Demo]

Now in Black and white

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/GirlBlackandwhite.jpg

[koshime]

The trick with these practices is to start from dark to light. And greyscale to colour. Big to small.

[Demo]

Kk well if i can find my camera ill post some pics of some of my fine art stuff "actull its not that fine" but o well ull get to see for ur self :( :)

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Picture001.jpg

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Picture002.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Picture003.jpg

ok ok i know that the portrit is really crappy but i did it when i was like 13 i know it sucks plzz dont laugh :::)

[ItalianHorsey]

Hm...For that photo referenced drawing - spend more time with the line and get it as exact as possible before you do any shading otherwise it wont look good no matter how much shading or color you use. On the eyes try using a horizontal guide line to get them facing the same way and be on the same level. Just keep drawin!!

[Demo]

Heres some more stuff tryin to get it all down that way i can start postin new stuff
some of these are supposed to b refrences to MC Escher and theirs a painting to my dad in their he likes planes i think...
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Escherhomage.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Inkhandsandface.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Warplanes.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Escherguys.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Escherstudy.jpg

[Demo]

Kk addin todays digital painting attempt going to enter this in a competition tomorrow idk just for sum fun but got to finish it first ill get it done by tonight ...(i hope)..
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Abby.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/AbbySketchcopycolor2.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/AbbySketchcolourblur.jpg

[Demo]

kk heres the final i think i need help deciding wether to keep all the triangles and all that or if they dont really add that much to the composition.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/finalburningabby.jpg

[lewisaurus]

Keep practicing your digital painting but I think your main focus should be on basic anatomy and rendering. I know it's boring but any work you put into it now will pay off big time later.

BTW I really think you pencil shading looks great!


Just DRAW!

[Maidith]

Great to see how productive you are! That's the best way to improve, and your work is looking good. Keep it up :D

[EvilBunny]

You have some nice stuff in here, and your heads are improving. Going along with what EtherRain and lewisaurus said, practice your anatomy, but don't just copy the muscles. I find The Human Machine by George Bridgeman a really good book for that. It talks about how the muscles work, and I think you should look into it. Once you have the foundations down, it'll easily translate onto the digital medium.

[Demo]

Thanks lewisaurous, evilbunny , maidith, the general concinsus im getting is that working on figure drawing and atom=nomy will pay off a lot and i think im gona take that advice iv been doing more loomis reading and studing peoples figures at school hope it pays off
And also heres the final pic of abby i sent in for the contest. enjoy :yayca:
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/AbbyHeart-1.jpg

If i have time to finish this painting for my GF ill post the final immage here later thanks for every thing. :yayca:

[Demo]

K well i finished my painting II project for this smester its a painting for my Gf birthday hope she enjoys any crits would be nice o btw its not supposed to be too realistic or any thing so i know it dosnt exactly look perfect. :)
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/PaigesFlowers.jpg

[Demo]

Happy Easter all hope every ones being more productive then i am dont think ill have an up update today :( but mabey a little bit later if i find my SB :(

[Demo]

Kk well nothing toospectacular to post thats new so i think ill treat u to somethin a little old only like 3 mounths kk. it of the side of this old theater we have around here.
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/ArtCraft.jpg

[algenpfleger]

hey man thanks for dropping by my book, i gotta say i love how you practice so much, that's definitely the way to go. about your digitals, i suggest to stay away from that a little longer, you can only paint what you can understand, so it would be better to learn about all the underlying structure first, you know, face anatomy and things like that. once you got that down, you know what you need to look for and everything will be much easier. keep it up :)

[Brighteyes]

YO

Herron art rocked

I will post, eventually.

but anyway... I like your postings. And the stuff you made recently. Post that stuff, it's really good.

[Xinga]

Wasai, you are good at drawing helmets - I love it!

But as other mentioned - keep practicing anatomy, one tip is to mark out places before you actually begin to draw for real (Hope you understand what I mean) :) It's easier to draw a picture with a right proportion.

I've seen you made some good practice, but I would like to see them in use :)

Keep it up!

[Demo]

Heres some stuff i just got back from my school should have rememberd to take photos befor being sent away :)
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/100_0752-1.jpg

And this is one im working on right now trying something new with the acrylics by washing a thin layer on after blocking in some color to give it smoother gradiations WIP
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/100_0753.jpg


O sorry these photos suck so much

[KarylGilbertson]

Hey dude, I think you could use to keep up with the studies.. your sense of style and colour are pretty good, and once you start to get the structure right underneath everything you will improve leaps and bounds. Keep on truckin!

[Demo]

umm i really wana relearn anatonomy but i need better books, anyone know any good downloadable or any good sites/links to basic proportions of faces and other human parts... and i already have loomis but its kind of too complex to just practice its more for like a prolonged study

[Diego]

Hey man, i took a quick look to your book. You have plenty of stuff going on, that's great. I saw your studying loomis, that's something you should keep at it, definitely. Learn the planes, and how to use the basic shapes to construct your forms and figures, so you'll find more easy to resolve the different angles and positions of the head, like the one above.

About the anatomy books, i guess loomis is great for proportions, anatomy, basic shapes, but you can complement it with gottfried bammes which i guess is way more complex than loomis, paul richer for anatomy plates or maybe Burne Hogarth. You should give it a try and see what you can learn.
from what you have in your hands.

[Demo]

Ok well iv been doing a ton of anatomy work so ill get better at figure work but i left it all in the car so ill up load it tomorrow os ill just add a drawing for an AP class and maby some paintings. and hope fully since their still WIP's i can get some crits befor i finish them soo post away.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/car.jpg
This is one of my final projects thats due befor school starts but umm im being lazy and waiting till the last min i know if i get some crits on it maby ill work on it more i know thats bad

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/FinalBurningCivilWarcopy.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Fishcopy.jpg

[Demo]

Ok heres the anatonomy studies thats been long overdue and more is on the way. PEACE
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/setingupproportions.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Pastor.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Figures.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Bones.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Thembones.jpg

[Jussi Tarvainen]

Absolutely great stuff here Demo! So much different stuff. Good life studies and drawings from your mind. Your pencil rendering skills is your strong point. So now get to work on those weak areas and do more anatomy and life drawing.

Here's link for Loomis books: http://acid.noobgrinder.com/Loomis/

[Demo]

Heres my wip for Chow #119 unicorn hunters
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Unicornkillers2.jpg

[Demo]

some one teach my how to paint fur

[SoufMeng]

some one teach me how to paint fur

Lol, No one is actually able to teach u that, except yourself!


The fur in ur last painting is way to hard-edged!!

I know that when u look at a cat for instance u see billions of little hard edged hairs but as an artist u've got to bow down to nature and try to synthesize what u see to make it recognizable to the viewer as best as u can!

Try to paint fur from life or photo (http://www.dalkeithcattery.co.uk/uploads/images/articles/15.jpg) and im sure ull learn alot.
Also, looking at how other artists u like do it, is a very good thing.
For instance look at how D.Sillustration rendered that teddy bear (http://www.conceptart.org/?artist=DSillustration).


The paintings from imagination are the result of creativity having fun with the different "files" u have in ur visual library.
Obviously if ur library is empty, then painting from imagination will hardly be succesful for u.

[Demo]

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Unicornkillers3.jpg

[humanNature6115]

You have a good imagination, but your weakness lies your foundations.

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

[TOOLED!]

alright demo here it is. first of all, good effort. i forget who said it but it goes something like this, in your life as an artist you'll probably have a thousand bad pieces but the key to becoming a great artist depends on you getting those pieces out of your system. i have lived by this over the past couple of years. esentially it comes to practice, practice like you there's no tomorrow. all this stuff will snap into place and one day you'll be like "damn, i have grown so much as an artist".

as for a crit, lots of your stuff has potential, but lacks experience and technical ability =more studies and more drawing. when you do studies *don't stop looking at what you drawing*. you can see it the easiest in the painting you did of that girl in the photo. i can see where you weren't looking and where you were. painting in gray scale might help to, it's pretty hard to be focusing on ten things like painting color composition etc etc at once so why not minimize it. and also do some master studies they will help so much with colors. now to leave on a good note, the car study you did is great. lighting is good and the minimalist rendering is very accomplished. gj. later, and i hope this helps.

[Misplacedhippos]

Your bone studies look neat. Do more.

[risingfromashes]

It would be foolish to restate what has already been said...so...just keep pushing...things are already looking better...I like the colors that you chose for the graphic work in#35...and the two acrylics are looking good..keep it up

[Peetaer]

your work shows A LOT of promise. i can tell you like digging in and working on details. thats always a good thing. however, you need to work more on developing good forms, some of them look awkward. a good way to go: general to particular. in other words, basic forms to super details...without to within.

the best practice is drawing from life. just keep drawing.

rock on dude!

[Demo]

Tooled yah Iv heard that befor but i dont consider all my earlier pieces as bad, their kind of just stepping stones twordes better pieces but i still love every piece that i do. but i totally get what your saying and theirs allways more to learn and more detail you can add to something
thanks for posting
()nionwell of cours dont plan on ending any time soon thanks for the post
risingfromashes yep acrylics are a very diverse medium and im just starting to delve into what you can do with them thanks
PeetaerThanks its always good to hear and yah somtimes rather we like to hear it or not basics is something that can always make or break a piece

Well iv been to lazy on my AP work and all iv done today is work on my CHOW so if any one else could help heres the 2 directions im going
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/UnicornHunters2-1.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Unicornkillers4-1.jpg
Now post

[a la bapsi]

awesome rendering skills with the pencil. You're not afraid to go dark, which is a great thing. :]
I like that painting of the flowers on the first page, tells me that you have a good eye for color and know how to paint [well!]
I suggest to keep those anatomy studies up, you're doing great. :D

[Demo]

More Bones
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Pressuredskulls.jpg

[Demo]

56 chevy sorry the pic is reall bad i had to scan it 2 times because its too big and then try to edit them together.
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Comcar56.jpg

[Demo]

2 out of 4 done another bad pic becaus of small scaner
its kind of a tribuit to my GFs car ill probably add some finishing touches to it befor i turn it in o well 2 more 1 more week
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Thevoyageofsolance.jpg

O btw im kind of having problems with this piece after looking at it it kind of seems like it looses focouse between the girl and the car and the captians wheel i think one of these needs to be darker to help emphisis the others but which??? help please

[Xinga]

Well I think it depends on which one you would like us to focus on, I would have made the girl darker in your case :)

Nice going! definetly improving! :D

[Demo]

Horray for having my internet back and with it comes an up date bones, studies of Durer, and a studie...sort of...of a piece by andrew jones and iv started a portrate of the day so ill post some of them but their not too good yet but with pratcice.......
here it goes
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Muscles.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Durer.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Horse.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/OX.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Paige2.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Muscles2.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Atlasandmytnotes.jpg

more will come with time

now for some portrits
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/MindJudgement.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Aug15paige.jpg

[Demo]

o cant forget this i just started this for a school project and i used kind of the same mood as Marcos COW entry so props to him and his colors the projects ofver one of the greek gods so tell me which you think it looks like
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/075b4c7f.jpg

[Kurjuus]

Awesome anatomy studies! I've learned quite a lot from them myself.
I don't really have anything to crit except maybe that you should use some harder transitions on your digital faces here and there, the volume isn't quite defined sometimes, especially when it's all blurry.

[Demo]

Horray my painter X finally came and heres some stuff that iv tried so far yah i know these are bad but its my first time on painter and my first enviroment so dont be too harsh
And Kurjuus thanks for the kind words and i kind of understand the blurry part im still learning this digital painting thing but it helps realize part of the problem
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Tiger.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Env1practice.jpg

[Demo]

heres my latest attempt at painter im comming to the conclusion that im going to need mentoring or something and a little more effort that and iv been working on eyes and other features of the face
o well if you have any painter tips or trix leave emm here
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Untitled-2-1.jpg

[Demo]

updates are comming but something happend to my scaner so heres more of my greek god project :

ok heres an up date on my Gods and heros project almost done with it
and tomorrow my cintiq 12wx comes so expect a whole lot more digital work
and now ill get back to my bone and anatonomy studies
PEACE

[Demo]

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/KGB.jpgsorry heres the pic it wasnt working

[l0stinth0ughts]

hey demo, really good sketches and postes youve got here.
the paintings remind me just a little like van goh, with the visible brush strokes, keep it up.
the digital stuff is great, it seems like your just now getting familiar with it, pretty soon, youll be fooling everyones eyes. art just an illusion.
best of luck :rocker: l0stinth0ughts

[Demo]

Heres an update to anyone out their whos actully paying attention not that u need to its more about the pretty pictures
well heres the "completed" part of my legendes and myth project
nose and eye studies ar on their way once i get my scanner working.....cough ....lazy..cough cough
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Hadesfinal.jpg

[Demo]

i was playing around with the new cintiq 12wx lastnight befor i went to bed and this is pretty much all i did befor i fell asleep i know its not that good but it was fun to play with the airbrushes
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Dailydoodles.jpg

[Demo]

I found my book at the bottom of the SB pile dont let it happen again people post away. do u know how far that thing goes down

[Demo]

Scanners still broken but i tried using the schools but i think i broke that 2 and only after 2 scans o well
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/ofJ4.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Scan08-09-151543.jpg

[katinki]

welcome to our small but nice sketchbooksupportgroup! keep updating and practising continously and become great!

i *really* like the painting of the old theatre, the colours are rich and beautiful!
for your other studies it's great to see that you started to look at the underlying structures more! keep that up! those noses look really good!

for my taste your digi paintings rely to much on fancy effects, how about trying to paint with a good ole' round pressure sensitive brush only for one piece. just to try out if you can pull of a good picture without using fx.

show us more!

[Envisor]

Hello fellow SSG member. Keep doing those studies and you will improve quickly. It seems you have trouble with structure, so just keep at the studies and do lots more.

[Trefle]

hi there! welcome to our SSG :)
hopefully we'll grow and be better artists together ^^

your art is great, I love the colours and the shading, and based from what I see, progress were already made. Keep the studies on! :)

[FearSelf]

This is a bit late, but welcome to SSG 50!
You have very strong shading, and I see you are improving, very nice. I agree with Katinki, don't rely on special effect stuff, I didn't quite understand the purpose of it in your post 20, I thought the portrait by itself without the special effect was nice. I liked post 19 better.

[Demo]

SSG 50: hay their to every one
updates the only thing id have to add besides that is
to Far Cry lol sorry but 19 is the ref pic and i get what u mean about the triangles and stuff but their just so fun to play around with its like a guilty pleasure i try to stay away but they just keep comming, and idk i dont consider it to be a cop out its just a screen layer its not like im using Lens Flare but i under stand
IDW and some Ears
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Ears.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/IdwAstroideMiner.jpg

[Asatira]

You've got some great studies on this page. Ears, ears are tricky. Your IDW concept is off to a cool start; I like how you're breaking it down as well as looking at the whole. Just got a question: what's the grate thing for?

[Envisor]

Nice ear studies. The directional hatching gives them form. I would like to see more.

[Demo]

Oh the great thing was one of the 4 different revolver position that one was for either cutting the astroid up into smaller pieces to be examined, or mabey to hold 3-4 different teams to inspect the astroid for drilling conditions
ill post some modles in a minute
Hears a digital painting wip im recording it so i can put in into youtube because thes kid drawing anima challenged me to do better
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/P1.jpg

[katinki]

your flesh colours look really nice!
do you work froma photo or from imagination? if you have ref - could you post it next to it? and watch out for the neck's muscle structure - it's off. the eyes aren't symmetrical: the right eye is too far up and too near to the nose.

i look forward to see it finished!

[Envisor]

I like it. Nice colors for the skin tone. I agree with katinki about the neck and eyes. Keep working on it. See where it takes you.

[Demo]

yah its from a ref ill post it its of my Gf in her prom dress
thanks Katanki itill help alot i think the eye thing is just because
i dont really work on the same part too long i kind of jump around through out the whole thing so sometimes i throw a part off a little.
Sorry i dont have any thing for tonight working on APstudio stuff
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/PAG.jpg

[Black Sun]

It's great to see how well your improving since your first post. Your shading is good and you have an good instinct for color. keep working on those studies, you have great potential. :)

[Demo]

Well i got a little done today not too much a few sketch and some digital crap
heres the later
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/PAigesdresscopy.jpg

[Envisor]

Its really interesting, yet I cant really critique it.

[Demo]

i wasnt really putting this up as a finished piece or anything just playing in PS

[Asatira]

Yeah, can't really critique it. The patterns throw me off. Were you playing with gesture a bit? If so, that I get.

[FearSelf]

Only thing I can say, add some more value.

[Demo]

Ok i got an update im sorry all SSG iv been kind of lazy and havent ben posting everynight that and iv been really busey finishing a lot of AP studio art stuff so i got a lot to add ill have to find a camera card befor i can add some of the bigger stuff i tried scanning a pencile drawing but i had to stitch it together in PS
Enjoy
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Grasshoppers.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Hands.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Eyes.jpg

[Asatira]

Big picture!:yum: Lots of work and detail into the grasshoppers. I like the reflection in the eye. In the future, if you have to stitch multiple scans together, take some time to adjust the levels or brightness or whatever. One way that I've found is to adjust the transparency of a layer a little so you get things lined up, then return to normal and make the other adjustments. How big was this?

Very good hands. I like the cross-hatching. The eyes are good overall, good construction. But that last set comes off stylized and close together. (of course, if stylized is the goal, forget what I say.)

[Demo]

More Hands but their really crappy
sorry some turned out good though.
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Hands2.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Hands3.jpg

[Asatira]

I think it's an even mix of good and could be better. I think the weakest are the top right and second left in the first set. The fingers seem disjointed, like they aren't connected at the knuckles. If you can, come back to that one again and see if you get any improvement.

[katinki]

hey! great to see you working!
your hatching looks really good! but on the last hand sheets i get the impression that it covers anatomical and structural problems. i would recommend to do some hands without excessive hatching, concentrating on form and structure.

keep it up!

[DigitallyDumbfounded]

Hi. Your studies are getting better. Don't worry, sometimes things just go wrong like with that hand but that can be helpful too. Your industrial design is looking really good and all of the "single parts" (ears, noses etc) are great.
Seems to be getting iffy if you put the pieces together though. :)
But maybe more gesture drawing of whole figures will help to understand how these parts relate to each other.
Hope that makes sense. (Great pencils btw.) :)

[Envisor]

Very good studies Demo. No critiques at the moment, just keep up with the studies.

[Demo]

Hi there i havent posted in a while so i need to get back on the ball
heres a mural iv started on this one is basically done and i know its terriable but its really what they wanted and they said keep it simple so owell maybe illl be able to fix it 1 out of 5 done
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/MuralMeditationcopy.jpg

[FearSelf]

I do like the simplicity, it looks almost tribal. Can't really critique it, although I don't think the shins of the legs should be cut out. But it doesn't really matter.

[Trefle]

Hi there! sorry for not replying for a long time
I see a lot of improvement here! Love the hand studies (albeit...the wrist and the knuckles are too short or the fingers are too long, but that's what studies are for, right? :) )

And there's a lot of interesting design! ^^

keep studying and good luck!

[Asatira]

I really, really like the mural. I can't critique on how to improve it because it is so abstract, but there's still the recognizable human shape in it. And it's what your clients wanted, so that's a bonus.

[katinki]

cool! does mural mean that you'll paint it at a real wall somewhere? what was your exact task?
the colours look a bit randomly placed. have you had any thoughts behind your choices? i think especially for such abstract stuff compostion and colour theory becomes even more important.
i'm curious how the finished work will look like!

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well the murals are for a hospital kind of retirement thing and they added new wings to the bulding one of which was a better gym/ sports center thing.
they sent me a bunch of simple clip art things but i really didnt like them to much just felt like i was ripping some one off so i abstracted the figures a little bit not too much. when i sat down with the people i showed some sketches and they just kind of told me to do what i want but keepit pretty simple. the Green and purple are the colours of the walls and carpet they wanted the whole thing in those colors but i thought they would blend too much with the walls so i changed them. they werent really excited for me to paint on the walls so i talk about using a digital medium which they took a fancy too because they can move emm around need be and keep backed up copies. thats about it i dont think they covered every thing so any thig else just say so. o yah this is 1 out of 5 the others i think will be like a bycicle, lifter, maby 2 more yoga poses idk any ideas

Update they didnt like how it was broken up so the mead me join emm
i really dont like these keeping things simple is not something im good at

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/MuralMeditationfinalcopy.jpg

something else im working on Masks

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/100_3506.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/100_3505.jpg

[katinki]

the mask has a very cool design, the asymmetry works very well!

the mural sounds like a very interesting project!
i think the current piece suffers from lack of decision! do you want to go really abstract - then go! or do you want to have a comic style figure - then make it really comic-y! or do you want a recognizable human shape? then add some anatomy and make arms not tubes! and whichever route you go - why does the figure wear a helmet? not that a helmet is a bad thing just think *why*!

[Demo]

havnt been as lazy s you guys think to prove it hands lots of emm thanks Giovanni, and loomis
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/scan.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Scan0001.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Scan0002.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Scan0003.jpg
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http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/bonetuumbnail-1.jpg

[Envisor]

Sorry for the absence. Your studies are going nicely, the hands are good, but there are still some proportion issues to be worked out. Really cool mask by the way. How did you make it?

[Asatira]

The studies are paying off. I can see how your hands are improving already.

[Trefle]

Wow. Really, really nice studies.
Still have some proportional problem but you're improving very fast!

And love the Pope/Devil miniaction in that pic. *g*

[FearSelf]

Ah, I love the mask, has a nice design. Keep up the studies. Your hands are looking better.

[Demo]

im back sorry i have also been gone, under a lot of stress and work from school gota keep the teachers happy so i can get in to Harron and then do this for a living :) lots of hands to upload but ill do them tomorrw sorry ull just have to wait. a fake pear studie for tonight did a few but this is the only one i liked and diddnet delete, didnt finis because my wacom moniter was doin somethin weird so i gave it the night off.
Ok sorry for the size this is not the size i painted it and not the size photo buckt is using something weird going on
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Pearstudy1.jpg

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more fruit and hands are comming later tonight this one turned out pretty good and was lots of fun
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Applestudy-1.jpg

[Asatira]

Those are very good still lives of the fruits. I guess the weakest part of the apple is the deepest part of the cast shadow, in that it could be painted more smoothly. But that's a minor critique.

[katinki]

hey - nice to see some still lives from you!
those are a great start! i'd recommend to concentrate on the exact colour picking and conveying volume first and not before finishing those stages start adding texture and details. your textures look great but the base isn't as strong. and try to switch to greyscale from time to time to check your value range - you could use a lot darker darks!

keep 'em comming!

[Demo]

Well this is the first 6 pieces of my studieo art class
1.charcole of an pepper
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/DSC03229.jpg
2. Embroidery of a ear of corn 1st time embroidering it wasnt fun
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/DSC03230.jpg
3. Portrite of me and some pop beads in Prisma colour pencil
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/DSC03231.jpg
4. Cubbist colourd piencil
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/DSC03232.jpg
5. Watercolour with crayola markers their leafs
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/DSC03234.jpg
6. Finally a better version of the grasshoppers
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/DSC03235.jpg
Sorry iv been away CA

[katinki]

woha - great update! mmh, some comments on the single pieces:
- the inside of the pepper looks very detailed and pepper-y! the stick looks weaker and i don't think your framing is very fortunate.
- the embroidery is just soo cool!
- the selfportait's hands look good but the face lacks structure
- the watercolour leaves are amazing! dunno, perhaps the purple background is a bit much
- the grasshoppers are pretty amazing too, i'd never ever have the patience to shade something like this!

and now - more sketches and studies please!

[Demo]

Katinki thanks looking back on some of these their are some things i would change and the stuff your mentioning is definatly along those lines but thats just something about learing and now that iv made those mistakes i will try to not doo em again the face is probably the weakest part of that composition though YUCK.. :( and although the embroirie turned out nice it was like hell on the delicate artisie fingures and trying to do 12 hours of drawing the next few days after it felt horrible. thanks

ok now for that update iv been promising some hands and some doodles i dont think i doodle enough because im always stressed but little doodles like these really is relaxing and fun. so here it is
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Scan0005.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Scan0006.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Scan0007.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Scan0003-1.jpg
http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Scan0004-1.jpg

[katinki]

hey - good to see you keeping at the hands! getting better and better! this time it looks like you imagined them as tubes which is great for getting the basic shape and volume. but don't forget about the bones beneath.
and the comoc-y technical thingies are cool, too!

[Asatira]

Good job on the studies. The hands are coming along, nice to see them from so many angles. As Kat said, try to keep anatomy in mind; may help a bit on tricky poses. The noses are coming along well, but the lips seem a little overly simplified. The second one is really good, but the last two or three rub me.

[Trefle]

Hey! Sorry for not replying for so long..

I like the robot, it's funny.
And nice studies! Your hand drawing are most certainly become better and better....
and the lips were good too, albeit some were looked really seductive..maybe that's your intention?

[Demo]

Thanks sketch group ill just leave a general reply for all now the lips were supposed to be kind of seductive in way i really lack the skill to render pretty women so i should probably try to study that a bit more which is waht the lips were for and the robots were just for a little fun doin too much for skool gets yah depressed and u got to blow off a little steam

heres a portrit sorts working on digi painting in graphic desigin Yha!!!
so were supposed to paint our selfs as super hereos or any thing of the like so i chose Gambit because well because hese BA

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Gambit.jpg

[Asatira]

Is the portrait on-going? It doesn't seem very finished. Right now, the thing that jumps out is the nose; it seems a bit sharp and large along the bridge to the tip. I think it's because of the highlight. But I do like the introspective pose. I hope you keep at it.

[katinki]

hey - great to see you working again! same question as asatira - is he finished or a wip? anyway, i'd suggest to try to refine the basic forms with a few values more before jumping into rendering and details. keep it up, don't let school get you down!

[Demo]

Asatira: yah its still gettin worked on its really the first B/w that iv really suceeded at and am happy with. thanks for the info

Katinki lol i never stopped working but i know what u mean sorry for the absense just a lot to get done to keep the grades up on the home stretch for college. mostly have been working on regular no digital pieces have 6 more from the last 3 weekes to add just waiting till i can get a camera from school to doc them SLRs rule but are sadely to expensive for me

im not sure about the crack down the face and i was thinking about putting rogues dead body in the background im not sure on top a pile of cards o well i turned this one in for a grade but i think ill still keep working it out till i fininsh

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd17/Demo_09/Gambitcopy.jpg

[Asatira]

What is up with the crack? It looks like the kind of crack you'd seen in something hard, like rock. If you're going for more of a scar or cut, maybe look at photo refs of wounds, or similar result, theatrical make-up. The jacket is coming along well. As for putting in a dead Rogue, I would advise against it. This is supposed to be a portrait of you as the character Gambit.

[katinki]

much better! i'm not familiar with the character of gamit thsu i can't comment on that... but i'd say spend some more time on the nose and perhaps try out different alternatives for the crack like asatira said.

[Peetaer]

Yo dude. A lot of improvement since I last checked in. Your later more traditional works are looking great. I especially like your self-portrait with the pop heads, there's something psychedelic about it and I really like the colours you used to render it.

Cool fucking mask!!! That's really rad. Haven't seen anybody do masks on here yet. Very cool stuff.

Though you have been doing more anatomy studies, you definitely need to be doing more and more and more. Your digital painting can also use more time. Try painting "slower", try to be more careful, be a little more patient and spend lots of time on it. If a painting has to take up to month for you to think its perfect then you do it! Art is art man, sometimes shit takes long, sometimes not.

Keep rockin it dude!

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Asatira well i needed something to make it more supernatural so i tried to show some of the kenetic energy gambit has flowing up and out of the eyes like u always see, i was going for the too human effect but i had like 2 mins befor i turned it in so yahhh. :(

Katinkithanks sorry i didnt get to your 2s sketchbooks but a lot of art related drama today ill explain later if u guys wana hear.

Peetaer thanks its always good to hear that a little hard work is paying off and i know about the anatomy thing and i really hope i get all this extra work done so i can start back up on it all it dose help u leaps and bounds. and i loved the last comment i really wana do a digi painting that takes like 50 hours and make it look perfect right now i think i wana learn the underlaying structurs more for the body and do a little more practice with fast speedie paintings befor i embark


and with that note an update a little speedie practice around 45mins pleas enjoy
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Heres 6 more from AP studio art from the last 6 weeks
1. charcole of a girl that modeled for our class i had the face really beautiful then at the end i screwed it up.
2. one day ink print with some blue pastel in it.
3. Watercolour of some bones
4. A page of some sketch book like hands, i used a lot of things in mentlers style so i hope i dont offend
5. Some layerd figures, mentler inspired once agin thanks
6. Some stripes with a figure.
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[katinki]

great diverse update! not bad for six weeks!
quick comments on all the pieces:
- the girl's dress is just great! all those folds! but the hands are wrong, the fingers are too long and the palms are too small. and whatch out for the eyes!
- both skeleton studies are beautifully rendered! i love the watercolour texture and the colours you chose. anatomy-wise the scapulas should only go down to about the middle of the ribcage as a rule of thumb.
- the mentler rip-off looks very mentler-y. it's always interesting to try to copy a certain style.
- the abstract one is too busy for me. abstract works need a extra strong composition! lead my eye! (and avoid tangents!)
- the guy on the ladder - wow that's colourful. i can't really look at it for longer but it's interesting for sure!

more plz!

[Demo]

katinki thanks i really had problems with those hands and i really hope i didnt piss u or any one else off with the mentler one i mean i used my own hands for the studdies so i should be ok right ??/ idk
well heres a water colour iv been working on for a church in florida
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and now that i look at it it looks terriable on camera
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[Bagg]

hey your drawings look amazing you have some great illustrations, i really love your mix of painting and design work really inspires me to experiment with different styles. Keep up the great work :)

[Demo]

ok im trying some enviroment painting for comp graphics now and im not gona lie this is probably the best enviroment iv done so far and i really wana get bact to finish it but i also want some tips so leave some knowledge
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[Fraz]

Wow it is HUGE. Looks nice though. The lights are a great addition to the piece, just keep working at it!.

[FearSelf]

Wow lots of new stuff! I advise trying to work with face proportions a bit more, your eyes still look a bit off.
ok for your watercolor church thing, I can't tell where the church ends and the background begins. Oh, I just saw it. I dunno how you decided to show the church confused my eyes. I would like to see a bit more persepctive in there, maybe a little bit of the other side of the church so you have it at an angle. I like your palm trees, pretty interesting and loose.
The environment painting is pretty amazing. I know close to nothing about computer painting, so er good luck?

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[FearSelf]

What's the big shiny thing on the left side? It seems random, and kinda throws me off. Only complaint really. Are you going to work it into the rest of your picture?

[Asatira]

Interesting. The foreground really works well, if a little heavy with the lens flare effect in the left. What's that building in the background? It gets a little lost in the haze.

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its one of the glowing lanturn things ill reply more tomorrow im really tired now thanks for the crit though

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more work on the EOW 1oo!!! EPIC YAHHHH started sketching the second one in and some colour
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Asatira oooo u dont think id really use a preset lensflare..do u really think that less of me :S im jk hopefully i can make the bulding look like atmosphere is acting on it more and not just look like an after thought. thanks for the help

Fearself well its supposed to be the quidditch world cup bulding but its not quite their yet. these are some of my works for EOW 100 EPICNESSSS
thanks for the comment

Frazo thanks sorry i accidently posted the first one 100% i fixed it though. thanks for mozeing on over to my sb hopefully u come on back
:assspank:

More eppicness
o and happy TURKEY DAY
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next enviroment
no.3
grave yard
still B/W
colour probablems are being had
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ok im calling this one done. actully looking at it maybe 95% don. this is the only eow i think ill get finished for big no 100 im pretty happy with it but i whish i had some more exp in Enviroments so i could finish but i got a lot out of this one so here it is.

also i was thinking of using maybe this one or using another digital painting for an Ap studio art portfolio if theirs anysuggestions or info anyone wants to share it would help.
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[Asatira]

You're really showing a lot of progress. My only gripe is the atmosphere perspective for the boat; it's very clear considering the distance. But I've got to say, the environment has a good composition, and it's well painted. Love the texture on the chain.

[Demo]

Well i just rememberd to check how long iv been here and i just relized that I have now been a part of CA for a year. Its been an amazing year being part of ca Iv made a ton of new friends,which i really needed. And learned a lot about art in every aspect.
This markes a new year for me and art and hopefully this year will be even more productive then the last.

Thanks CA and thank every one else that have taken time, criting, posting, cheering, informing, teaching, and being their.
hopefully ill find a way to help give back to every one in the community, and the founders
Truely five star people *****
Random shoutouts, Andrew jones, Davi, Mentler, Elwell, Pao, weetbix, jason manley, Asatira, katinki, Fearself, Envisor, Trefle, seedling, Fozzybear, Yoitisi, Chaosrocks, Bai fan, and anyone else i forgot
well tommorrow is a new day so now i must sleep.

[DauDau]

I wanted to check out your portfolio, after reading your post in the EOW EPIC. Your sea environment is really good. Great atmosphere and I think you did a really good job, with it.

[DauDau]

Thank you very much for the welcome. You are right, that you are the first.

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Still Lifes
graphite
Some Cans
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[Trefle]

Hi there! Long time no see xD;Sorry I haven't been on yours for so long..

I see a lot of improvement on your art, that's great! For the last pic, I like how you drew them, how detailed the laces are, and the can's reflection is well depicted :) The only problem I have is perhaps that the shape looks tilted. But other than that, I think that looks great :D

and I like the coloring for the tentacle. It's great! The lighting looks very pretty and the texture is very detailed. If I have to complain, it would be that the sea looked...bright. Which, seeing the distance between the bottom of the sea and the ship, probably shouldn't. Or maybe the light's too bright, although I can understand it from aesthetic PoV.

I would love to see more of you ^^~ Good luck !

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Trefle
Thanks so much for coming on back I think our little sketch group is kind of fallen apart hopefully it will all work out I kind of miss everybody. :(

Well IV been lazy so back to the updates
Some sketchiness and iv got a lot of Painting Wips
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[Tri_beer_gut]

If your cans where wemon, i would tap than, or maybe ill tap them regardless.

Practice them shapes and just do what you do.

[a la bapsi]

i love the pencil/watercolor sketch of the dude who's all "YEEAAAH".
very neat textures, can't get enough of those.
keep that life drawing up, man. You're headed in the right direction.

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Just a small up date right now. Did do lots of gesture sketches for around an hour and a half i`ll probably upload those tonight with a few more new paintings. trying to get on the ball and do 1 hour of gestures, 1 portrit, work on school art stuff and then the rest is studying anatomy and sketchieness
heres my portrit for today i wna finish this up it turned out better then i though. its my GF and shes kind of sick right now so if your reading this get better.
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[Asatira]

It looks alright overall. I would be more careful with the eyes, especially the right (her left) one. And, may work for you or not, try working with a large brush then get smaller with details.

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After i got home the portrit i did looks like crap so i tryed again this time from life hopefully it looks better i think i should stick to grayscale for now,
it started out pretty good then i messed it up somewhere along the way...but thats why we practice
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[Asatira]

It's okay, but something jumped right out at me. You may want to take some time and do some digital studies of eyes and mouths. Right now, they look almost cartoonish in the latest portrait.

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lots of gesture drawings i think 45 sec is probably my comfort zone any thing more is time for detail anything less cuts off limbs :o
and i think theirs some sketches in their idk

Asatira: Thanks for the honest truth iv had that problem for a long time, trying to get my sketches to look less cartoonish not that i don't like cartoons but theirs a time and a place and its not for when i want something to look real, any who im ranting thanks. Im picking up the slack and getting rid of this curse and gonna study lips eyes and noses alot
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Just a small update for tonight. didnt get too much art done this weekend iv been slackin. o well close to finishing this painting but still lots more to do if any one has any good color theory books or other art books in general im starting to stock up iv already got a good amount of anatomy books so im covered their.
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[Asatira]

Still got that eye problem. I can't really suggest any color theory books, but Loomis does cover it in one of his books. I think it's the one about illustration. You may want to look through the informative threads, and maybe check out http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com, he goes over a number of topics in his blog.

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Got a little done today worked on color mostly and did some sketches from imagination, ill save the sketches for a little later cause i wana finish them up a little bit.
Color Update
the first is from a thread here on ca i had it under a rainy day color tutorial folder so i have nop clue which i got it from
the last 2 look really bad i painted them at 50% size so i didnt know they were that big.
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Asatirathanks for the link i read it over and learned a little bit and im still workin on the eye thing so dont give up on me

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Horray for snow days well kind of they make me lazy and i get little done but heres a crappy self portrit and some loomis
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Sp update
i can deffinatly see some improvement in this one maybe ill be ready for color soon....maybe not
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[Asatira]

Yeah, that's definitely better than the last portrait, especially in the eyes. Still needs work, but much better. I think you've got to work on overall brushstrokes, but getting better.

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SP of the night once i get a little faster at these im gona spice it up with masks and other sweet stuff just gota work up to it.
:drinkup: heres to getting better
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Todays is my fastest so far and i really think i got a lot of information for a little amount of brush strokes, and changed from the traditional grey
enjoy and crit
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[Asatira]

Good job for attempting an upward angle. Only thing is the jaw doesn't quite seem to match the angle, and the eyes don't either.

[res01ve]

That's a solid amount of work brother.
On your digital paintings, you're doing a bit of over-modelling. try more subtle blends, so there is less of a 3D plastic look.
Great improvement, seriously.

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Asatirayah im getting a little bit better about this self portrait thing seems like im able to understand the face and the head as a hole but still got a long way to go.

res01ve practice makes perfect, and iv heard the plastic thing befor so since im getting multipal coments on it i guess i should look into it..well looks like i know what to work on tomorrow
well i think i slept for over 17hours today so im really drowsey and i think it threw off my proportions

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Tonights SP went over a lot of head tutorials today in my SB ill post the pages over the weekend since those take a little longer to upload
its green
i think the line work on this one was spot on but my painting digitally still lacks so i took the piece downa notch ill post line work over weekend
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Very little done today
but a portrait nonetheless
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Sp No. 9 i think i lost one somewhere o well
this one was kind of inspired by how Mr. Dilicious does
his b/w drawings they were really insperational today while i was board at school
still need to work on these types their totally :rocker: cool
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[Asatira]

The last two are much better. The first is much smoother than earlier ones, and the B&W one just works, I think because the tones are limited and you have to be more clear. Also, can't have waste with too small brushstrokes.

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Working on color kind of simmiler to Algen...'s way of coloring
after looking at his SP's still figuring every thing out
welll night...
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Heres some AP studio work im counting it as my portrait last night its not me its my beautiful GF
so..
and dont worry ill have an update with a few sketches and another portrait later tonight. 588602

its not my best but im practicing so it ill get better

[Asatira]

Woot! I like it.

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lol thanks Asatira but i know theirs a lot of little mistakes just need to have something to hand in tomorrow
iv got a lot of finished stuff for my SB but tonight you only get a SP
and a random character sketche based on Cole eastburns stuff that guys great
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painters been kicking my butt lately so i havent posted 2 thats why theirs
two days unaccounted for...sorrowie but this is about as far as im going to
get in the time frame with the evil painter software

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[a la bapsi]

damn you're painting!
that's a hell of a lot more than what i'm doing right now.
how about a traditional self portrait with a focus on the structure of the face? :D
i like second, fifth, and sixth ones the most.
good lighting/structure.
KEEP IT UP AS;DLJFLK

[Demo]

Uggggghhh i sware painter hates me that and my wacom monitor needs to be color calibrated too...arrrg but A LA im doing tons of traditional stuff at school for ap studio so i feel like im getting both sides pretty equal but im also going to do some in traditional so dont worry its all good

heres 2 steps back
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[Demo]

ugggg i still dont like painter x and this really isnt something im proud off but here it is SP for the night eugggh

well my books are on the way and i got my hogarth figure book so lots of figure work will be coming
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[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Hey man, these self portraits are a good effort, but I think for now you should get a hold of a copy of Hogarths anatomy and do a whole b bunch of head studies^^
-E

[Demo]

Hogarth hes a good guy
and hers some not so good studies
well their not that bad i guess
and heres a smilie:assspank:
and sP will come shortly
-----Forgot also a sketch for Res01ve for our SSg challange
not sure if i like this one or not, not really any story or intresting
desigin element to it
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[Smoke]

Hey Demo, keep working on your selfportraits, andthose anatomy studies.

Your faces seem like you spent more time on the construction lines than the actual portrait, try a few sessions with minimal construction, and instead just paint exactly what you see as you see it. 100% opacity and flow, blend all on one layer. Might help you out.

[Demo]

Hay Smoke im guessing were SSG now
thanks for the crit, the line thing is definatly true
iv done so many bad paintings with crappie line work
befor hand that i think it defintaly held me back so i want to try
to get every thing as good as possible befor puttin any thing fat on
but this one is a little like what you outlined except for the construction thing
ill try tomorrow
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[Smoke]

Improving, and what's this try tommorrow thing? If you have time now, use it! Colour studies from reference, 30/60 second gestures, draw your hands, draw your feet, draw a giant crab fighting an angry bear, anything!

[Demo]

Smoke lol sorry i dont mean ill put off working on what you told me tomorrw
i just mean i already did a selfportrait and its bed time i usually update at night....zzzz but i do need a little motivation sometimes i gettin lazy hopefully youll kick my ass again tomorrow if im not doing anything but i tryed what you said about no construction and 100% opat iv tryed the opacity thing on most of the sp but at the end sometimes it jets blended out
well i like it a little, and i like this smilie even more :assspank:
o im wearing glasses btw this is the only one so far so that i am i didnt wana confuse the regulars all ....one of you
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[purb36]

hey man, i like what you're doing here. cheers for painting so much. to help with form and structure and all, i would suggest painting simple shapes, working your way from cubes (or blocks) up to more complex shapes (spheres) and then on to much more complex, irregular shapes. lots of studies, and i would recommend starting in grayscale. this is all one thing that has reeeeeally helped me. g'luck dude, and keep working hard!!!

[P]

Hey, guess were on one group now. Wow you are really constant on your SP's, I wish I had that patience to my personal projects. I like #156, #161 the most.
Keep up. Ill be back soon to check ur SB.

pssst, could be i didnt understood our chalange options. MY STINKING ENGLISH SKILLS. we have to draw everyone of our SSG group as some imaginary team members? or so? hm..

[Demo]

Purb yep yep thank u, i plan on keeping things pretty simple for a while gray scale, shapes, simple co,lor scheams that kind of thing hopefully it will pay of i think it has a little

Pijus im trying to keep my studies up a lot more if you wana begreat and get somewhere its time to do it right im not really that paitent sometimes i dont think i would ever have the paitiance to do a fully renderd picec the way i want, but maybe its cause i do all kinds of art things all day now and am getting a little burnt out.
i think we can clear up the SSG challang on facebook easier then on pms ill try to tlk about it tomorrow.

Heres some random crap from tonight tryed doing the cloud tut from ImaginFX a random rocket launcher piece, SP and some hogarth.
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[Demo]

Posting more this is kind of a place holder
All these are wips see anything wrong a littl e info would be nice

Lines for hopefuilly a sucessfull digi piece
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THis is gf isint she beautiful
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this is another artist i know kelsey hopefully i can get her on CA soon
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[Asatira]

Looks like things are coming along well. The first oil painting looks pretty good. A bit early to say about the second one, but be careful with the eyes.

[P]

Nice figure on last one, good anatomy, dont have any crits for that.Yes shes beautiful, in a painting the right eye looks a bit odd, keep the roundness of it. The other portrait is nice too, waiting till you finish it.

[Demo]

Soryy guys i felled off the wagon the road was a little too bumpy just means ill need to hold on tighter.
heres some gestures to get me back on the right path

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[JailHouseRock2]

Really dig the light in the kelsey paint, and nice work on your gf's portrait too, I find it's fucking hard painting/drawing people you know.

Keep up those gestures, do u use posemaniacs? If you dont, take a look-
http://www.posemaniacs.com/blog/pose/

keep it up bro,
matt

[Demo]

Rolllin Rollin Rollin
i like this smilie :assspank: ...a lot
Thumbnails and a Degas color study
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[Asatira]

The thumbnails are good, but your Degas study could be better. Even as a general color study, the squiggly brush strokes tend to break up the figures more than they need to be. It took a moment the first time I saw it to recognize it as the ballerinas and not a bunch of shapes.

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Quick color
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[DHTenshi]

whoa, lots of portraits
the girl painting looks really good, but too lighty compared to the ref =), and check out her nose, seems off
nice gestures, although they can't be read easily, you will get better with teh practice right? :D
i like your thumbs, but don't understand the 3rd one =O.
keep it up!

[Demo]

Umm skin and figure work
tryed to keep as little ref as possible but lookad at a little
posemaniacs, stilll their are areas that are off. and a Pino color study
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theirs more all WIPs 1s close, 1s 70%, ones 30%, one just got started

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[Josef K.]

nice studies man! keep workin hard!

[P]

I like the start of this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=602215&d=1235505661), finished would look nice. Color studies look interesting. Recent WIPs are nice. Dont stop!

[Demo]

this ones done for and so is my camera except not in a good way. ..../cry

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[Asatira]

Very cool. Your eyes have really improved in this piece. And smooth application of color.

[Mitze]

Cool like the painting.

[Demo]

heres an hour of work on the SSg challeng of the week i have all kinds of sketches too but i cant find my cords to the scanner, and i broke a camera
wellheres a digital update

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[P]

Great SSG challange work man! So on! I need to start mine sketch too...

[Trefle]

Wow, I just saw your sketches and I'm only able to say...wow.

You've improved so much, both anatomical and colours, as others have noticed too, has improved greatly :D

And I like the SSG challenge the most. It's so smooth and the lighting's great.

Keep working! :D

[Demo]

Some Sb stuff, update from school
Edit: HORRAY POST 200

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Yah some more work and some stuff for the CHOW.
cars, butts, and blue lights

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[P]

Thats right do tons of those sweet figure studies! Do more studies of the muscles,from where to where it connects and apply those to your figures. Great sketch pages man! Your lines look great.

Go draw man. Cheers.

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Workin on the CHow
some wips
here they are
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Smaller update
just working on Mary and ill update my
figure SB pages from school on Monday
Heerreeesss Mary : WIP working on this straight for the next 2 days
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Heres some steps still workin but slowley :[

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Update on the Chow ....i feel liekiv been working on this so long and getting nothing done
hopefully ill make deadline
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[P]

My advice for CHOW, make that shining ball more visable, looks like it got blured with her dress, I kinda like this, good luck ;)

[Demo]

Thanks pijus i planed on it that was just an update lol
well heres the final with the Chow tags ..u know the pollins up and all that might wana take a mozy over and vote for the one...cough cough..... u like

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now for the next thing
im thinking old sci-fi movie poster

[Joce]

thanks for the encouragement dude. dont stop drawing!!! yeah for some reason moleskine does make ur drawings look nice. might be the color of the paper i dunno lol

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Sketches
horray
thanks joyce
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Horray page 8
oooo.. baracudda
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[P]

good studies man keep it up

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Sorry iv been lazy heres some stuff
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Heres some stuff :sungod:
Right now my goal is to finish a piece with a high enough degree
to get published in exotique 5 its a pretty hefty goal but im giving my self a pretty good amount of time to work and study and theirs really nothing to lose by trying so heres the beginning steps.
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Updates.
sorry their all the same stuff soo
umm yaeh pretty close to painting time on this
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[P]

Hey great studies, keep up with those paintings from life. and a crit: that gal looks a bit too small in that car, and that gun holding hand looks too close to us, if youd fix the size of the girl it should work out beter I guess. Dont stop man. ;)

[Demo]

Thank u Pijus. ur deffinatly right about the girl next time i need to consider the size relationships of the bg and figures before hand more and maybe not draw them as u separate pieces it will be fixed. right now im gona put it on hold and re-evaluate the piece and mybe try think a little differenty
welll heres some stuff

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this was just kind of a crappie cool down for the night kind of quick and dirty
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Im pretty happy seems like im getting to a spot where it seems like imm studying a good amount and staying happy. well heres some hand bones
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[P]

very good studies, especialy the last post, keep doing those! and next time put some muscles on those :)

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Pijus sorry didnt make it to the muscle yet. dont be dissipointed it will come

But Photoshop sucked last night crashed and lost most of the stuff but i managed to take a screen shot of part.

well heres some stuff.

bones
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posemaniacs
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Figures from head hopfully these look decent i think im getting better with figures a lill
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And im not really sure what was going on here.
Super emo and Goth kid. maybe ill revisit this idea
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wow these are terrible
sorry
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School Update
heres another portfolio piece im not sure which to go with though for the final. Help me choose.

Original
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Photoshop stuff.
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I kind of like the goldish tint. Maybe i could doa a more subtle version of that.
Sketch Dump tonight.

[P]

hey, awesome update, stylish, looks intersting. i think the final one should be the second one, becouse its not just simpy black and white. and those environments, they look great, cartoonish sketch. keep up with those good studies too! cheers man! damn why im the only one whos commenting your sketchbook, hm :/

[Demo]

Thank u Pijus, and iv also wondered why only u comment here, i mean i do get out and make my self known on CA i think, O well they will come by force if nessicary MU AH ha ha ha.. cough cough

any way
Perspective
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Enviroment pic and movie pic study NAME THAT MOVIE :assspank:
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umm character crap ....last one is still trying to figure out painter

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And finally Figures....well torsos from head horray i think im getting it
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and heres this its kind of intresting.
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thats the show

[SteFlack]

Great work, love the last lot of figure drawings, all that pratice is really paying off.

[Pigeonkill]

For some of your face studies don't be afraid to blend the tones together. Some of them look really stark. Use the pure white sparely as highlights or looks like it's being hit by a flood light.

Your anatomy studies are coming out great.

[Demo]

Thank you STE

Pigeon
Agreed and thank you iv been workin on eliminating the completly flooded look of light but havent suceeded completly yet.

Sorry lots going on at the end of the school year so iv been somewhat busy heres some stuff and 2 portfolio pages

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Heres two final pieces for AP
first is more of an illiustrated attempt
second is a rather small lino cut

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[Demo]

Im starting self portraits again because when i do one a night it makes me more productive the next day so :lifedrawing:
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[Mitze]

good stuff showing all kind of improvements

[corza334]

Wow showing massive improvements from the first page,
liking the new stuff!
Keep going!

[Demo]

Yeah paintings ....more kans :steph:
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More sketches
I'v got some enviroment stuff laying around too but I cant seem to find it??

Pretty much all just figure work still
Studies from Marta Dahlings pieces which i dont do justice
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very quick SP
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and a character attempt
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[Demo]

Here they are I liked playing around with pretty much the same composition with these just changing up the back and midle ground, although im still pretty lost with the coloring I tryed but got fustrated my what i didnt know soo ill have to work on color alot more.
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[Sorknes]

Very nice stuff, Demo :)

I think maybe some more studies of different faces would do you good though. I like the painting with the can and the last enviros (even though I like them best without colours ;) )

Keep cranking :)

[Demo]

uggh im haveing such a hard time with colors these suck so bad
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*texture...because all the textures on these are terrible
*colors....lots of work here. *helps if the moniters would be clabraited the same
*lines...these probably need help
*space...fix the others this might work better
* time managment...dang u lounge
*overall effect----0

ill post sketches and other stuff tomorrow im to upset to right now.. >:{

[P]

very cool man, geting better, goooood pencils keep those up, I like an sp painting and environs. You say you need to work on textures and lines on environments, on my opinion you should pay more attention to color, COLOR is the primary thing. Try painting only with a big brush on your photo studies, that should keep you away from small details and you would care much more of the colour. Thats for my advices :D dont stop man and ull become awsome, good luck :D

[D@niel]

Great diversity in your art man! And you are really prolific! Cool SB:D

[Demo]

Heres some more color work, i had around 10 Pages of figure work and faces but i lost my SB :sadcheerleader: o well its more about getting something done anyway still though :sadcheerleader:
well
kind of old color studys from WU
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crappie outcome of a still life
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And another more advanced still life iv given up on .....maybe plaid was a bad choice to study right now ....
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And if anyone could help with this im developing a kind of cartoonishh color scheme/ style for this stuff and i honestly don't know why ...probably due to lack of color knowledge please if any one has any pointers

[P]

Keep studying! I think you could try painting less complicated still lifes when ur studying colour. I found that if i have lots of objects to paint in one picture and when i fail with one of that objects i just give up on other ones and want to finish the piece faster. I suggest try sometimes to set a still-life only from one object and some kindof background, that shouldnt mess ur mind so much than a bigger amount of things. For example: Bring a lemon on a blue drapery, and study the shit out of it, try your hardest to mix colours as they are, reflection of the drapery on the lemon, hues, contrasts, lightening, make a very simple picture but realistic.
Thats for my pointers :D I need to go back to school now...

[Demo]

Update .................................................. .................................................. ....

Thank you Pijus ill try to work up from smaller ones in the future thats probably a good idea untill i know what im doing.

Heres some sb pages my feeble attempts to catch up to piju's ammount he gets in an update

mostly figure work from bridgmans
these first 2 are 18x24 sb pages the BIGGINs
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and an attempt to paint those girls like Algenpfleger dose
...yeah i need to study more
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[a la bapsi]

holy shit you've done a hell of a lot since i last checked your sketchbook. haha thanks for making me feel like a slacker. I really dig your AP portfolio. A lot of interesting stuff, some really strong pieces in there.

What I notice a lot in this page is how frustrated you are with your digital still lives. Your traditional still life paintings are really strong and show your sensitivity to color and light. Maybe you should think about what made the trad ones strong and the digital ones not so strong. I have a feeling it's a really simple, fixable problem like you putting too much thought into your digital ones and not getting that flow going, or that you have a limited palette to work with when you're using trad paints. Whatever it is, find out and fix it! You're totally capable of a great looking still life, as we can see in your ap folio and around your sketchbook. Just tap into that skill when you open photoshop. :D


P.S. What kind of sketchbook did you use in the last post? ..Or are those the rings of a MASSIVE 18x24 pad? D:

[P]

goood studies man, bridgmans looks nice. shit, i need to go draw now, theres no way i let you to catch up with my update ammounts :D wanna make a chalange of this? :D

[Demo]

Bapsi Thanks Bapsi thats some great advice right their, i agree its totally fixable so i beter get fixing. thats some of the fun with photoshop and some of the problem its kind of so overwhelming that you have to find that right flow you get with traditional to really get your bearings ...if that makes sense.

Pijus normally i would unconditionally accept your challenge for an update battle..buutttt ill be starting a summer job so let me figure out how much time i need to put in their before we start anything epic but i promise by this Sunday well start going at it.

UPDATE

lots of different stuff
2 portraits first sucks bad the second sucks just a little less
o well one more thing to work on
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Painting my engine... O YEAH :cheerleader:
its a work in progress
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[patrickdeza]

yay it's good to see you studied hogarth, bridgman and bammes :D
you have improved like hell since page 1, it must be a great motivation for you to see that. Keep it up =)

[P]

your faces are geting better, u used to draw unnormally big eyes, in this update its ok(except the first pic). figures is damn good too. keep studying.

[Pigeonkill]

Nice bridgemen studies, I like how you experiment with pencil and inks to mix things up a bit with them.

For the textures on the environ. There's a dirty little secret you can scan in real paint strokes and overlay them over the digital painting. Try to focus on getting the values first then think of color and time of day. Example if sunny outside and the lighting is yellow then in the shadows there would a hint of blue and purple.

Try not to use colors straight out of the tube, it mighttake away from your hard work unless you want o more impressionistic kind of look.

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patrickdezaThanks iv only brushed on what i really need to study but its good to see someones actually seeing improvement in here :asspat:

Pijus...unnormaly big eyes....i had no clue you could have mentioned something earlier :oneye:

PigeonkillThanks thats a lot of solid advice i agree on figuring out values before working on color and time of day and so on. :wip:

Well I feel lazy so I should post what iv worked on so heres some sketchbook pages.
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i Liked this near the befginning it had better form then it became kind of flat
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[P]

Hey Gabe( I really hope Im not mistaken about your real name). Big update dood, very good. I can say ur bridgman studies looks pretty good. Your pencil lines gone awesome man. Keep up working. :)

Now with the eye thing.
Its understandable that you havent noticed your eyes proportions, becouse the smallest fault of proportion measurement makes big differences. You will improve that by practice and it will become natural to make it right in the future. I think the most importantly you need to pay attention that the gap between the eyes is one eye lenght Here Ill try to show you your mistakes,and in the right I tryed to fix things up a bit :D
Picture1 (http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm277/opijus/portrait-failCA-1.jpg)
Picture2 (http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm277/opijus/Finished-portrait-green.jpg)
Though in the Picture2 the mistake is less recognisable i still wanted to make more examples for you.

I truly hope I helped

Sorry for my pour language.

Take care

[SMILEFACE]

DDDAAAAMMMNNNN' posts 134 an 136 are MADD CRAZZY GONZO!!! an im glade i went throught yer whole book soooo many cool things in here !!!!

[Mitze]

Like the bridgman studies. And some very nice still lifes and landscape paintings a few pages back good stuff keep it up.