Welcome to my World O_o - my first sketchbook

[White_Giant]

Hello i'am a new member of this community and just entered in order to improve
my skills in drawing / painting ; I think there is much space to improve them >:|

the following images were a result of testing my new ( and first ) graphictablet and the features / brushes of the programs i used . so i only show pieces which are quite new ; please take that in mind during watching them :X

actually i cant show my real images because i own no scanner... anyway ;I am open to criticism and Hints ,they are also desired because i show my images in the first place to improve my skills and not to embarras myself

dont expect that much x-X

PS: sorry for my English :X

http://freenet-homepage.de/White_Giant/Art/study3_2.jpghttp://freenet-homepage.de/White_Giant/Art/study2_2.jpg
http://freenet-homepage.de/White_Giant/Art/study4_2.JPG
http://freenet-homepage.de/White_Giant/Art/study5_2.jpghttp://freenet-homepage.de/White_Giant/Art/headshot_2.jpg
http://freenet-homepage.de/White_Giant/Art/sunset_bak_2.jpg


http://freenet-homepage.de/White_Giant/Art/alterknacker.jpg

http://freenet-homepage.de/White_Giant/Art/DDKGaarajpg.jpg

this is a sketch of my current work Its supposed to be kinda Death Knight .
The blue lines are the second layer -and shows how the armor looks like
i want the armor to look bronze-Red(shiny) / black-gray(beamless/dull) , but its quite hard for me ,each time i start with the colour it dont looks like it's supposed to be - any way seems there is no other way then practise or try it over and over again

[White_Giant]

this is my a new one ; i tryed to draw a female portrait so i googled around a bit and put my impressions in that image



http://freenet-homepage.de/White_Giant/Art/Femaleportraitstep1.JPG procces
http://freenet-homepage.de/White_Giant/Art/Femaleportraitstep2.JPG procces

http://freenet-homepage.de/White_Giant/Art/porttrait.jpg finished image ( didnt post it again , its at end of my 1st post )

criticisms / hints are welcome

[Stoat]

For your portraits, try picking ref images with a strong light source. Or, even better, draw yourself in the mirror with your desk light trained on one side of your face. The shape of the shadows and highlights will help you see and render the shapes and volumes of the face more easily.

Heh. Is that dude blowing crows out his cranium? I like the concept! (And the execution is the strongest one here).

[White_Giant]

Thx for tips - i guess its one of my weaknesses ,
well the grandpa was just a bit scrible around
but in the female portrait i put all my knowledge in it . but even if it does not look that bad the result isnt what i imagined - as you can see in the procces images - i tryed to cover/hide value-mistakes with the hair >:{

and yes actually they are supposed to be craws . i saw something like this on aT-shirt with sombody dissolving into butterflys , i thought way cooler / more evil with ravens / suicide :O

[White_Giant]

well it is quite a while ago since posted my last entry in my sketchbook . I practiced a bit on canvas but overall i was quite lazy ( i guess because of school-stress ) past months here my latest work with painter to get started again

feedback is welcome http://freenet-homepage.de/White_Giant/Art/headstudy.jpg

i hope i can keep up my patience and studiousness ; no pain , no gain :\