Gina's Totally Awkward Sketches

[otsopsanig]

Hey, just updating... Started this at age fourteen, and now I'm fifteen - soon to be sixteen. There's a portfolio thing at the last page - I'm applying to Alabama School of Fine Arts. Wish me luck!

Yeah, everything for the first couple of pages is pretty old and to be honest I don't update too often, but oh well.

Go to the last page to see some better work! :>

[otsopsanig]

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I lurked about in Central Park in July and drew some folks... Here are a couple of pages...

http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v168/221/10/886640270/n886640270_1819406_7781.jpg

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More random pictures.

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[Matsign]

Good start on this sketchbook, 'subscribed as well, keep posting.

[Smoke]

Nice work on that griffin, and the faces are awesome, that last sideways pose is good.

I'd suggest working on hands and feet.. Do some studies!

[otsopsanig]

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[cellsignalost]

The only thing I can recommend is a better method of taking the pictures. Still even though they were blurry, from what I can see, you've drawn some very cool things. I really dig your animal studies.

[CubicleGangster]

These are all great, personally love the whistling fish.

[cw]

nice looseness to them, but not sloppy, good and neat. :) i like 'em. :)

[spiralking]

i like what you got going here.
keep up the good work!

[otsopsanig]

Thanks, folks! :D

Wow... I really need to figure out how to put this in my signature... lol.

Edit -- Fixed the two broken images, and I put on a signature... Woot!

[Smoke]

The dog is uber cute.

Since you noted my use of cheating brushes I'm going to order you to get some enviroment and hand studies done.

NOW GET TO IT! /me cracks whip

[Smoke]

Well, I've just filled out page 1 of my new 100 leaf A3 pad. I'll be doing at least a page a day in this. So as soon as I can get a camera I'll show you some envriomental practice.

Which reminds me, where's yours?! Don't make me get the whip, the one with spikes and shit.

[otsopsanig]

AAAAAAAAH! Not the SPIKES and shit! Have MERCY on my poor exams-ridden soul. (They're in two weeks. o_O AAACK!)

I'm pretty much screwed if I don't work on mah studies.

I'll try to get 'em done this week, alriiiight? Acrylics. Woo!

[FourTonMantis]

Got some good stuff going on, just keep drawing.

[stoph]

thanks for stopp(h)ing by my SB :P i think someone needs a scanner, the camera-shake hurts teh eyes!

[otsopsanig]

Aaah I know! For Christmas I'll probably get one... :) I'm such a nerd. "MUM, I want a SCANNER for Christmas!" :geekg:

[Peetaer]

You've got good doodles. I'd say you need to elaborate more, show us "what yer made uv". You seem like you've got a lot of potential. I guess school is in the way right now, but whenever you find the time you should draw.

And stoph is right, a scanner would help big time.
Keep it up though. We want to see more!

[Diphallia]

I'm jealous.
Note to self: Draw more.
Damnit, I'm fifteen now.

Nice to see teenagers around. :P

[Alzorath]

Was intrigued by the story in the "Drawing Development in Children (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112510)" Thread - and decided to wander into your sketchbook - I was pleasantly surprised, you have some quality stuff here and a lot of potential (sky's the limit for you if you stick with it).

"MUM, I want a SCANNER for Christmas!"

Heh...I remember asking the exact same thing when I was younger :) (I was 16 or 17 though when I got it :) ) - However I unluckily didn't get serious about training until my early 20s due to various reasons (art education is weak where I lived, I hadn't found any good online art resources until 2003/2004, and my family/educators weren't exactly supportive of my art beyond the superficial level :P)

Doesn't make you a nerd to know what you want to do - and then go for it. Trust me, it'll put you a step ahead of all the people who simply focus on popularity and "what's cool" in junior high / high school (not to mention, drawing/painting tends to have that 'cool' factor when people discover that you can do it well :) - even if they can't see the career options in it ).

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Now on to the artwork.

I have to say the strongest one is This one (http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v155/221/10/886640270/n886640270_1819233_564.jpg) - it demonstrates nice energy and blocking in of major forms, almost looks 'Vilppu-ish'.

The weakest one is probably This one (http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v168/221/10/886640270/n886640270_1819557_9621.jpg) - mainly due to 'petting' the lines (which is less evident, but still present, in a number of the other sketches). Basically this means using short/unsure strokes to restate a line while drawing (it's ok to build-up a line, or do a gesture then correct the line, but try to avoid short strokes as they feel hesitant and harm the overall feel of the image)

Now, the things I notice in your drawings that may need some practice are - as was mentioned before - hands/feet, these are fairly complicated little machines, but can luckily be simplified for study. As you get more comfortable drawing them, they will come off as being a little less 'unsure' when being drawn (which is one of the reasons they tend to be drawn smaller than they'd actually be usually). Be sure to not forget the 'scale' of the hands/feet when comparing to the body proportions.


Also don't be hesitant to 'ruin a good picture' - always try and push yourself a step further, if you fail to hit that mark you can always start over when practicing/sketching (slightly different on commissions, but you're a bit young to be worrying about that). Draw that other eye, try and add that texture you've never done before, push yourself with each drawing to make something just that much better.


As for environments, those are very important to practice, I am a figure artist as well though - and I should take the advice of working on environments before I try and pass that suggestion on to anyone else :).

Best of luck, don't let anyone discourage you from art - you either have talent for learning this stuff, or determination much greater than others your age. Either way, keep moving forward and pushing yourself and you'll be one of those artists the kids are copying in a few years.

[MeTaL-Mike]

nice stuff. like your style

[otsopsanig]

Peetaer- Thanks! And I shall "show ya whut ah'm made uv" over winter break. OHEMGEE I will have access to a SCANNER during that period! (Parents' office is in the town we're going to... :D WOOT!)

Diphallia- Heh. Thanks. The teenage population is steadily growing here, but somehow it hasn't turned into a DA. I'm so proud of CA! :yayca:

Alzorath- Wow, you gave me an incredibly useful reply! I agree about the strengths/weaknesses of those drawings. So, essentially I should be more confident when I'm drawing? I'll give it a shot... :) I tend to forget that there's an eraser at the end of my pencil. Heh.

I've been doing some hand studies... I want to do a few pages and I'll post some. I'll start on the feet, too. And environments. Tonight, maybe I'll try some watercolor landscaping and see how I do with it. I'll work on my perspective, too.

As for the unfinished portraits... funny story... Basically, the 8-year-olds that were swarming me backstage had to go onstage, and I couldn't exactly finish their portraits when they came back, because I had been swarmed by more 8-year-olds. Lol. I did like six other portraits, but they kept 'em. I really wish I could have shown them here. Ah well. :P

Thank you so much for your insight!

Metal-Mike- Danke!

[ciots]

less writing more drawing!

[SEVANS]

Some great sketches here, and you like to draw form life. Easily better than I was at 14 and doing all the basics.

Looking forward to seeing your work improving.

[sweet_sorrow]

Very nice sketches, i'm loving the the animal sketches. Keep it up!

[otsopsanig]

Thanks y'all... And also, I am drawing, don't worry! :P

I've done some hand studies that I'll post when I get home... And I'm working on feet... Okaaaayyyy? :D

[otsopsanig]

Okay, I'm finally getting to update with actual drawings! [OMG, you gasp!]

I've got some of those hand studies and a little bit in the way of foot studies that I've been needing to do... I'll work on them more, though... Then I've got a couple of sketches and three watercolors...

We're doing The Bluebird as our next school play, and I spazzed out and went straight to the drawing board for costumes.. They're not complex designs, just silly little watercolors, because I don't have a ton of time right now. I think I'll audition for the role of the cat, too... Time to find a monologue! :D

Critiques are appreciated on absolutely everything. If it looks wrong freakin' RIP it to SHREDS!

Heh.

A random sketch

http://photos-270.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v151/221/10/886640270/n886640270_1863466_3854.jpg

http://photos-270.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v151/221/10/886640270/n886640270_1863468_4381.jpg

Hands

http://photos-270.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v151/221/10/886640270/n886640270_1863471_5207.jpg

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I love that book... I can't remember the name, but it's like... Uh. A reference book of anatomy? The Human Body on File, I think. They have it at my school's library, along with a ton of medical books. :D It's loooovely.

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Paintings

The spirits of Sugar and the Dog... (unfinished)

http://photos-270.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v151/221/10/886640270/n886640270_1863460_1214.jpg

Madame Night

http://photos-270.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v151/221/10/886640270/n886640270_1863459_963.jpg

The spirits of Water and Fire

http://photos-270.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v151/221/10/886640270/n886640270_1863458_612.jpg


PS: Yeah, I know a lot of it is on notebook paper... It looks too conspicuous to have a sketchbook out in class... <_<

[Smoke]

Hands are looking very good, Feet not so much. They look fat :O

I like the spirit concepts, they have strong personalities.

[otsopsanig]

Thanks, and OH NOOOOZ! Hahah! How can I skinnify them? :D

[Smoke]

Bridgman has the answers :P

[artmakessense]

wow youre really good for 14. or for any age really.

[otsopsanig]

Thanks, artmakessense! :)

[polydrawer]

like the studies so far, should do some myself but i just love to do the stuff i shouldnt be drawing yet :P

anyway keep them coming ^^

[FourTonMantis]

Those watercolors are cool.

[Smoke]

Update or I will kill you.

[otsopsanig]

I shall soon, I promise. Just, I've been traveling and stuff. I'm in PA now, and unfortunately am not getting a tablet OR a scanner. ARGGGH. They got me an expensive pair of boots and a Tokidoki tee shirt. The hell?!

Not that I'm ungrateful, they're very nice boots.
And a cute tee.
Valued at the same price as the more useful wishlist. Whatevah.

Still.


At least I'll have access to a scanner tomorrow, so there you go... And I'm going to get up some like, OLD stuff. Like when I was a year old stuff. :) Yay! I had a grand old time going through my keepsakes and finding this stuff...

[otsopsanig]

I have a small update, though... A paint sketch of my fist, done in acrylics. I think I'll post the reworking of the girl with antlers WIP soon, too.

Sorry about all this lack of update. :(

[otsopsanig]

But I got incredibly fed up with it, so I added a face. I don't know what my problem is. It's sort of a crazed pear.

[otsopsanig]

Uh, yeah, I never tried this, so I gave it a go... Done in acrylics, it's of my sister. No preliminary sketches or anything, I just up and painted it, so it's a little awkwardly done. I really need to work on my fabrics. .... Eek... CRITIQUE IT, PLEASE?! DANKE!

PS - It was wet when I took the picture, so there's a bit of a glare... I guess you could try to ignore it. When I find my digital camera (I've been using a webcam) I'll take a better picture.

[toastertoaster]

wow for a 14 year old, pro stuff! already got kids wanting their portraits drawn by you and doing studies too! Pretty good for your first painted portrait, is that from life? nice job on the face, it's nicely lighted. yes the fabric could be better and the hair, but it's still good. should go study some drapes! :P GO FIND YOUR CAMERA. :D

[otsopsanig]

Heheh thanks! Yes, it's from life... My sister was sitting on the computer and I painted her. I'll go do some drape studyin'! I'll post it soon.

[Nuked Tofu]

Yo o:
Man, I never did studies when I was 14. I was just struggling with attempting to draw.
On Glennis's portrait.. I really like her jaw area, like the whole left plane of her face; it looks a bit more finished than the rest of the painting. I think if you'd've sat down for about 3 hours or so it would've turned out really well. It's just screaming for you to sit down and add the details, though I don't think Glennis would be as pleased.
And that pear is amazing. I'm humbled.

[otsopsanig]

Thanks so much! Yeah, I didn't spend a whole lot of time on this... Only an hour... It was really too fast. (I had to finish before dinnertime... Lol!)

I think I will sometime.

Ahahaha! That poor pear. He's kind of psycho. Oh well, thank you. Heh.

[Lege1]

Really tight work. I like the cute sketch of the fish on the first page. Keep doing what you already are. =)

[Arthe Xavier]

Very nice start for a sketchbook, Gina. :) I have to admit that I wasn't even close to your level when I was 14. I really like your hand-studies - they're confident and simply look good. Just keep them up and you'll be drawing photo-realistic hands in no time!

The portraits are showing a lot of promise, too. Really, there's no limit for you if you keep it up, and study. I only recently started to take drawing seriously, and I'm 21 already, so... x)

[doctorb]

nice stuff, i love the acrylic portrait, keep up the good work *bookmarked*

[Sketch]

Hey keep it up! I really like the Spirit characters.

[sjuskadur]

Nice work, keep it up. you have a good eye for forms... my crit is when drawing humans, watch where you place everything on the face, mouth, eyes etc. and remember proportions proportions proportions!

happy new year

[DeKal]

ohhh..im impressed....

[Lege1]

Otsopsanig: I am really glad you're diggin the work no doubt. I am also glad that you respect traditional works outside the computer unlike some other people I know around this cyber joint. I of course wear a respirator when I put in work and thanks for being concerned with my health factor, that's super duper cute and kind. I use it, as annoying as it is, with both spraypaint and airbrush. I don't want to have kids coming out lungless or with like 5 arms. To answer you question about the developement of wildstyle......That's just years put in to the streets and people in them. It's been a long long way for me to get where I am at now and I am still going. You can learn anything you want just be ready to lock down like an inmate in solitary confinement and put in work. Maybe not that extreme but be ready to put in a lot of time. There are many studies and styles to master and the only true power you have in the world of art is the gift of time. Again I am glad you liked my little battle field of photos and feel free to drop a line whenevers. It's an honor that someone subscribed to my thread, I figured it had to happen sometime. Glad it could be you and thanks for keeping it real sweetheart ;)

[Smoke]

Updaggtthheenn!

Those paints are decent, I love the hand holding the brush, reminds me of Pshyco.

[Murmaider]

madame night is my favorite one, great colors.

[otsopsanig]

Whoa, long time no update... I'm soooo swamped right now. I'm kind of in over my head with schoolwork, so I won't be on CA for a while. :( I'm totally bummed about it... I've even been missing from chat. It's insane. D:

So, yeah. S'why I've been MIA for the past week or so, and why I will remain updateless for a while. *wallows in sorrow*

Thanks, by the way, Smokey and Murmaider.

Guess I'll try to be around, but I'll probably talk to all y'all at Spring Break. (Right around the corner, in March, so don't worry. :D)

[otsopsanig]

Wait... Dude, 100th post FTW!

Okay, so now I'm off to write essays and do a phylogeny project. Ah me, oh my!

[Matsign]

art is more important than school! :P

[Smoke]

You know he speaks the truth.

You promised me scans!

[otsopsanig]

I promised Smokey over here some scans, so here is an update. Unfortunately, I don't have any sketchbooks with me on this trip... (I'm in PA while I live in TN...) I sat down and drew some stuff.

Took me long enough, right?

I'll probably update more later this week...

[otsopsanig]

Crits, please! Thanks! :D

[StarbonesCoffin]

Heyya ! \o/ Greetings from Malaysia, looking cool there.Keep it up.

[otsopsanig]

You know you want to critique this... It needs all the help it can get! *bats eyes*

[jdeegz]

pretty sure she should be falling over right now! :-D i enjoy the rendering though

[otsopsanig]

Thanks, Jdeegz! I'll try to remedy that and I guess I'll continue what I'm doing with the rendering... And what not... haha.

[otsopsanig]

After... *sniff* fixing her balance.... I .... *sniff* couldn't help myself! I've fallen into a trendiness trap! *bawls*

Art gods forgive me for I have SINNED!

Hee.

Also, critiques would really be appreciated. Ignore the doodles, bitte...

[otsopsanig]

Thought I'd start learning to do landscapes and environments, seeing as I suck at them... (Note how all my subjects float in their own blank worlds?)

[otsopsanig]

Critiques are appreciated. It's just a practise sort of thing. WIP. Yeah.

[EvilBunny]

On robogirl, it feels as if the front of her leg curves in too much. Other than that, nice to see you doing environment studies. If only I had started on my art career as early as you did...

[otsopsanig]

EvilBunny: Thanks so much for your input! That was kind of the point of the design with the curvy legs... Heh... I know that sounds bad to say "it's my style" but it was just the way I wanted her to be, exaggerated. I think I might to do another robot girl with more realistic proportions, though. Thank you for your support! :D

[Smoke]

With your enviroment studies, spend longer on them. Look at big chunks of value and colour, get them down, then progressivly get smaller as you deal with details.

Helps me, at least.

Looking good though!

[otsopsanig]

Thanks, Smokey -- I'll keep that in mind with my next study! :D

So. I'm doing a little comic-y thing to put on my myspace and facebook instead of profile info and what not, just for fun. So here it is so far. Yeeeup. S'gonna basically outline what I do in my nerdy life over here. By the way, I know the hair doesn't exactly match my avatar's... Just depends on my mood. Most of the time my hair is the way it looks in the cartoon.

[Dished]

Hey dude! Keep at it! only thing i can suggest really is work on lines, less scratchies. but really very nice especially with the progress :D

[Troll Skelking]

Hi,
some crits, if you wish:
post 64, the womans face/head is a bit flat. You need stronger shadows to make the form readable. The head for example is like an egg, so if the light is from above, the area under the chin is pretty dark( of course with reflected light if you wish), so is the area under the nose (simplified the nose is half-pyramidal). Usually the upper lip is darker too, and there is a shadow under the lower lip. If you study the curvatures of the face you can construct decent and almost realistic faces from imagination later.
I also noticed, that your pencil lines are more confident than digital ones. I suggest to set opacity to pressure , too, and make quicker, swooshy lines.

So keep at it, it would be nice to see some finished stuff.
Good luck,
Troll

[otsopsanig]

Dished: Thanks for the support, and I'll definitely work on my line quality!:)

Troll: Ooh thank you so much for this advice! I've been having issues with realistic faces... I think I'm just afraid to shade. Hah. Thanks for your analysis! And also, again, I'll work up my confidence with a tablet... I've noticed that it feels like a pencil when I put a sheet of paper over my tablet and kinda helps so maybe I should start doing that again! Heh. Thanks again!

[Dan Valkar]

really good animals pages ....keep it up!

[otsopsanig]

Yeah, like I said, this is gonna go on my social networking sites. It's loooong. Heheheheh. I'm so lame.

[Matsign]

That comic is awesome, go you. My gf doesn't know about any of this stuff... So much good pop culture.

Okay so a crit: Bring more highlights into that mountain and play more with that purple, your mind was onto something there.

[Sketch]

haha, that comic is great!

[Nuked Tofu]

Howdy 8D
The gestures in the comic are very good and very funny 8'D 'Specially the being-flattened-by-an-accordion one.
That face with the orange hair is also really good, though to me it's looking like her head and eye/brow are facing slightly to the right while her nose is facing straight at the viewer.
Perhaps for robogirl, darker shadows here and there to crispify her, and maybe some shinies. Shinies are good 8DD

YOU ARE ON THE PATH TO GREATNESS.
;o;

[Matsign]

happy bday!

[StarbonesCoffin]

Heh,Happy Birthday there.Cool comic lol.

[mysteryofalbesila]

very cool speedpaintings

[otsopsanig]

Okay, this is from life. It's acrylic... I dunno what I'm gonna do, though, since the food I was using is gone. :[ ergh. Ah well. Sorry for not updating. I've been doing this thing called schoolwork... Blahhh.

But, uh, I'll update sooner or later... My photoshop computer is unhooked but I have it on my lap top. I just did an album design, too, and though it isn't the sort of art I usually do, I'll post it later.

[humanNature6115]

Your knowledge of space would make you a great Graphic Designer

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http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120761

[otsopsanig]

Thanks, Humannature! I've done a bit... It's fun. :]

[Eclair]

more! more ! more!

[otsopsanig]

Eeeek. Okay, okay! Gosh! I'm doin' finals right now, and they'll be over in about a week... And then I'll do lots and lots of art. You will be drowned in a downpour... No, a flash flood... of art. You won't be able to haaannnndle it! HA! :]

[krisCrash]

Yummy parsnip :) The robot lady has very lovely legs. Fun comic, looks like you're going to continue it too!

[otsopsanig]

Thanks, man... Yeah, I'm gonna continue it as soon as we hook up the computer it's on again.

For now, I have three light/shadow studies. They are digital, done in photoshop. The first one I attempted (the cube) SUCKS, but the cylinder's alright I think... The sphere, the last I tried so far, I think turned out the best. Lemme know whatcha think. Any tips? Any advice as far as light and shadow goes?

[~Faust~]

hey there, I took a quick look through your scetchbook (It's not so much in there yet, that'll be my first and worst crit, lol)

Anyways, I was returning to those geometry-studies lately as well so I might share some insight I made myself: As far as the values go, I actually like the cube the best, you got a nice range of values there and it shows that you actually attemped to paint that thing by hand. Now just my personal opinion: I think the sphere is pretty boring, mostly becuase it is so apparent that you used a mask in order to et this round form. I know nobody of us will get the perfect circle by hand, bt you will never make decent ellipses unless you try to! Of course, you could always rely on selections, but in the end that will slow you down. Take for instance an illustration with 100s of ellipses! making hundreds of selections won't be an option anymore. Just drawing them like that (You will be able to after practice) will go much faster. Also, you will have a MUCH better sense of ellipses in space, becuase your cylinder shows that you do not yet get the concept. In there the ellipse on top seems way of, mainly because of the edge in the background. Well, i could be read as a table or something, but still the shadow of the cylinder is describing a vanishing point that actually leads to a horizon close to that edge. Thus, you cylinder is not a cylinder anymore. Also, you should do the same diffuse reflection on the cube and the cylinder that you do on the sphere, meaning let that white floor reflect from the downside. I take you made the sphere that way because you saw people doing it that way in various tutorials, like the peer project. But you should always think before putting something down on the canvas. becuase the same rules apply to all of geometry, nd that white splorch on the downside of the sphere is there for a reason.

Anyway, you're on your way to gettign really awesome if you keep this up. And I can tell you, those exercises can get really exciting when you begin to accumulate more than one object, do compositions, different materials and so on. A lot of stuff to play around with!

Take care, I'll be staying inspired by your progress!

[otsopsanig]

Ooh, 'nuther small update... I just did a little practice mountain dealie. (No ref... Eep...) Any suggestions?

[otsopsanig]

Whoa, say, Faust! That was a fast response! Haha! Thanks for the detailed critique.

I knooow, I used the elipse selection tool... Shame on me... On paper I don't (well, can't anyway,) do that, of course. Haha. I'll try another sphere, hand-painted. Just for the record, it wasn't a tutorial or anything like that... I was reading a book on painting... I understand that it's a reflection! :]

Now that I look at it again, I'll agree, the cylinder is pretty bad... I can't get that shadow quite right. I think I need to redefine where my light's coming from. I'll try it again soon, on paper. (I have done this sort of study in acrylic paint... I guess I'll try it with all my mediums and work with it.)

'Guess I'll keeeeep doin' these studies! That was very helpful, thanks!

[Smoke]

Suggestions? spend more time, use reference. :)

[otsopsanig]

... Well, I know that, silly! :] I only did that as a little dealie at the library while I was waitin' to get picked up! Heh. But yes, I will definitely spend more time and use a ref next time.

[Eclair]

eehhh.. why i spend more time looking on your avatar.. than reading your thread..


Faust saud some nice crit..

only thing i can say - MORE! :)

[otsopsanig]

Lol, thanks, Ekler. :)

Okay, okay, I will post more after finals end.

*edit* Wow, I was gonna post some photos here so my digital photography teacher could get to 'em... Here they are, Ms. Davey!

*edit again* Forgot to put on the tree assignments... The last three are the triptych.

*edit for the third time* Deleted those pictures because they took up waaaay too much room.

[ShaunLey]

cool comic, I like the robot girl keep working on that

[Giorge]

Nice sketchbook , fun to watch :).

[Eclair]

wow!!!
is that magnolia?

such a lovely place..
so beautiful..
last phtos are my fav.

[thesadpencil]

hey nice sb you got here, i really like your style and your lineart. its nice to see someone your age cranking out works like this. i'd suggest continuing on w/ all the anatomy studies, also try to push the values and colors in your paintings a bit more to help bring out more depth and contrast. some of your portraits appear very flat and that can be fixed w/ the added contrast. keep drawing from life and its not a problem to use reference for your work either. just keep it up, don't stop drawing, because you can only go up from here.

one more thing, you have a good taste in movies/music/books. but that is kinda beside the point. keep up the good work.

[otsopsanig]

Lol! Yes, Ekler, that is Magnolia... I live in the south, so they're everywhere. It's really nice. :D Thanks, too... I'll probably take these photos off of my SB soon because they take up a loooot of page space and are a pain to let load.

Thesadpencil: Thanks for your suggestions! Yeah, I agree, I do need to work on my contrast... I'm just afraid to put light and dark next to each other. I tend to overblend, I think. I'm working on that. And when I go to NYC I'm soooo going to sit around in Central Park and draw people again. S'gonna be 10X better this time. Also, thank you! :D Hee hee.

Okay, so I have been shirking my duties and working on a sexy angel thing. I dunno what my problem is. Critiques are really super duper encouraged here. Seeeeriously. Stomp on my art, rip it to shreds! Done in CS3... Work in progress.

[luverly_marie]

I think you need to give this work a theme. Naughty I guess? Well, for starters, I'd change her expression. I like the smile, but the eyes seem sort of weird. Like she's dazed?

Anatomy wise, I'd be careful. Her legs are really long and you have a foot cut off? Overall, could use some more colors in it. Flesh tones have hints of different colors. It's too derivative of one color for each part of the drawing.

[Nuked Tofu]

Howdy D: I promise to be more active from now on.
As for Ms. Angel person, her right leg seems a bit muscular/taut for a woman. Don't forget that women are all blubber down there 8DD .. It's the sorry truth.
But! The pose is very, very good, and I really like the torso action and her left leg as well.

[otsopsanig]

Oof... Long time no update, eh? I've been in the middle of a huge move and I've been travelling everywhere, being my bad jet-setting self. <_<

Here's a little doodle... familiarizing myself with alchemy. I'm really likin' it!

I've been doing a LOT of drawings, studies, etc, but I haven't posted them. Yet. I will pretty soon, once we're completely settled in the house.

[otsopsanig]

More Alchemy doodles... Man, this program is fun!

[Eclair]

wow wow wow...
i really anjoy this doodles.. it is so "funky" like some early nintendo stuff..
cool and funny ! :) i dont know why i like this stuff but i do

[otsopsanig]

Here are some samples...

[otsopsanig]

.....

[otsopsanig]

Foooolks! We bought a scanner todayyy! Sometime soon I'll dedicate a day to scanning... and I'll upload a giant monstrosity of a post. Also, the above two posts were samples for some people who I may do illustrations for.

[BubbaGump]

Really great sketchbook you have going here. Your drawings have a nice sense of movement (well, not the shape studies, but you know what I mean). And you're a year younger than me and infinitely better...how could this be? :(

[bakatron]

your work is like furries on crack. which in my book is a great thing!

[bakatron]

are you sure youre 14?

[otsopsanig]

Thanks, folks... Yeah, uh, I'm 15. Not 14. But it's cool. I turned 15 in March and I thought I announced it here, but I guess it's not really that... obvious. I need to put it on the front page. Haha.

Okay, so I got some awesome marker paper and some flesh-toned markers so I can illustrate multicultural kiddies! Yay!

I was just testing out the new paper and markers, getting used to 'em, here.

That other image consists of some little doodles that I really liked... Hahaha...

(July/August haven't been very serious months so far, as far as art goes...)

I have studies and REALLY OLD STUFF to come. By really old I mean as old as 1st-grade work. :)

[Carbono]

Some pretty cool stuff here, i really like they way you sketch the faces, they are very expressive and tight, really professional stuff.
And nice body studies on this last post, cool stuff!

Keep it up!

[Lateman]

hmmmm...

im 19 and some of your lines made me cry :( your damn good ;) keep rockin!

cheers lateman

[otsopsanig]

Okay, so I'm not reeeeeeaaaaalllly supposed to post this but it's vague enough not to hint at the storyline of the book. Tiger designs! :> The quality of the scan isn't tooo great... (no photoshop on this computer to enhance it... feh.)

[Eclair]

your chicks are awesome...
you are definitly dooding(haha fanny word) better than me

[AA-ron]

Cool stuff here! I like your style.

[Sketch]

For fuck sakes... that's one long post. Not sure if their critique is on point though. I do like the part about Andy Dick.
Anyways, haha, you're cartoon girls are looking awesome... they have a nice rough quality to them.

[otsopsanig]

Hahahahaha... Thanks, man. Oh geez do I need to update. S'been too long, eh?

[otsopsanig]

This is a little painting I did when I had extra time in art class... Wolf in sheep's clothing and a sheep! (I asked a classmate what to paint, and she was all, "paint a... uhm... a lamb!" So, y'know. I did what I could.

Critiques are encouraged, most definitely. This was done in gouache, ink, and acrylic on a sort of cotton-fiber-y paper. (Not sure of the brand, but I love the stuff so I neeeeed to ask my art teacher where she gets it.)

[otsopsanig]

Okay, so my school has a young democrats club. I don't consider myself a part of any party, but I support Obama with every fiber of my being. Yeah.

So anyhow, I designed this tee shirt... Hopefully it will be approved. Somebody else told me what they wanted on it, and I went ahead and realized it. :D I am very excited.

[AA-ron]

Nice painting.
Haha I love the caption.

[otsopsanig]

Thanks. :)

[otsopsanig]

For the school paper. Yep.

[Eclair]

finnally !!!

lol! :)

[otsopsanig]

Yep... Hahaha, took long enough, right?

[sketcheth]

Browsing through your sketchbook was quite delightful! You've made some great progress but I think it's sure as hell time you update again, my friend. Hurry up!

[otsopsanig]

I made it past the first round of auditions for Alabama School of Fine Arts, and I'm going in for an in-person portfolio review/audition/interview. I'm psyched. It's on March 7th, and I have a month to pull together a portfolio of 21 pieces. IF ANYONE COULD GIVE ME ADVICE ON WHAT TO PUT INTO THIS PORTFOLIO< I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT!

I'll post what I've got so far soon... For now, though, I'm working on my very first sculpture. Ever. Super sculpey and super sculpey firm... Wooden base and wire armature, with wire mesh, too. It's going pretty well... I've gotta get his hind legs worked out before I start really detailing him... Crits really encouraged!

Oh, and before you see those, I'm also gonna upload a couple of paintings... The first is a monkey king thing, inspired by a painting process I saw here aeons ago. I couldn't remember where to find it so I tried to recall it... It was, too, of a monkey king. *shrug.* I know, his hand's a bit wonky. The admissions folk enjoyed it, though.

The other one is another acrylic piece of Daphne and Apollo. I think I'mma do a larger-scale one with more detail using this as a color study... Maybe in acrylic. Or oil. Dunno. I just got some blending medium for my acrylics the other day, and I am itching to use it! :> (I recently spent about $200 on art supplies... I am not spending anything for a while. I need a job. Geez.)

[PeNcIl ReBeLlIoN]

Haha that monkey rocks!

[otsopsanig]

Thanks, Pencil... :)

[Helioth]

Hey, you're stuff's not that awkward :o

Good luck on the application too, can only guess they want to see something that defines you more as a person and less as an artist at such a young age,
i.e your playfulness, willingness to learn, diligence!
I guess if you really wanted to impress them with technique you could do some Bargues or Masterstudies, then again that might backfire, as they might, as other universities I've visited, say: You're too "set" in your ways.

I guess the best thing would be some variety (of approach and subject) which shows promise for learning. Getting out of your comfort zone and establishing it somewhere else is always good for this.

[otsopsanig]

Thanks for your advice, Helioth! Really helpful.

[Nuked Tofu]

Ooh, crap, good luck with that. I'm pretty sure you'll go far, though.

I really, really like that monkey king one. Nice colors, nice and weird and creative, and that white outline really wraps it up.
...and that's all I can give. x: Good luck, though; tell us how it's goin'. 8D

[otsopsanig]

Thanks, Liana! :D I shall keep you posted. I'm totally in the middle of reorganizing my workspace right now, so I can focus. It's an insane catastrophe of a mess.

[otsopsanig]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CRITIQUE ME. I NEED IT SO BADLY!

Also, the first one in the list shall soon be destroyed - rather, gessoed over. I dislike it.

Media in the order of appearance:

Acrylic
Ink and Acrylic
Acrylic
Pastel
Acrylic


D'ya think any of these are suitable for my portfolio?

[~Faust~]

I'd take you :P Maybe make some more pieces of environments or other stuff like trees or whatever drives your fancy. But only if you feel confident about that.

[otsopsanig]

Thanks, Faust - That's a good idea... I have mostly faces in my portfolio as it is, so I should probably expand.

[otsopsanig]

No major critiques? C'mon folks, please, I'm desperate.

[Nuked Tofu]

Personally, I think http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=591499&stc=1&d=1234480142 and http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=591493&stc=1&d=1234479710 are the best of the four.. The former because it shows that you can paint realistic portraits/things and the latter because it shows you have ideas in your head. The other ones are kind of flat and don't show what you can really do, I think.

Buuut that's me! Don't have many credentials. But anyway.

Edit: I also think I'm kind of slow on the uptake. Uh, 'soz, good luck with that!

[otsopsanig]

Thanks for that, Liana. I agree with you for the most part - I'm keeping the pastel of Madeline, but I scrapped that first one... Eeek...

Okay, updates. Updates updates updates.

Firstly, a monstrous lion, painted in oils:

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs017.snc1/2543_135578560270_886640270_6192331_6419096_n.jpg

Secondly, a painting of my father and my dog:

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2670/150/12/589941297/n589941297_1612326_1022225.jpg

Thirdly, a valkyrie-in-progress:

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2670/150/12/589941297/n589941297_1612327_1009768.jpg

Next, a witch mask witchy lady:

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs039.snc1/2670_55508666297_589941297_1612325_4846760_n.jpg

A still life of clay fragments:

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs039.snc1/2670_55508656297_589941297_1612323_3344999_n.jpg

Another still life:

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2670/150/12/589941297/n589941297_1612322_4507597.jpg

Two self-portraits: (they look better in person - awkward photo!)

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2670/150/12/589941297/n589941297_1612318_3518849.jpg


I don't have time to modify really, but critiques for future reference are appreciated. Thanks!

[otsopsanig]

Noooobody? Geez.

[Nuked Tofu]

That's the fun part about doing portfolios at last minute -- all this stuff and no time to fix it. ):

Good strong still life (the second one); same with the self-portraits. The first still life is a bit weaker since there isn't as much contrast, though..

The lion and witch paintings are really cool concepts, but the composition is a bit bland since they're placed directly in the middle. I do it too, and a critique I got (on here, actually) was a good test of the foreground: "...the composition is very static and there's no interesting negative space to speak of. It might work if the figure were part of a larger composition, but if there's just the figure I'd do something with the arms that made for a more interesting silhouette. If you black out the background and white out the subject and the silhouette looks boring, then the composition's probably not so hot."

Nice colors on the one of your dad--lookin' rather young, isn't he?

Keep on goin'! Has this been submitted already?

[otsopsanig]

Oh yeah I submitted this, went to Birmingham, waited a couple weeks and got a letter.... Annnnnd....




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I HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED! M'going next year. Yay.

[Nuked Tofu]

Dude! I heard about that--Congratulations!

[otsopsanig]

Thanks, Liana. :) I am maaaad excited. Yay yay yay.


I have more artwork to post sooner or later but for now I'm writing an essay... blagh.

[otsopsanig]

Erghhhh looking back on this stuff - it all looks so awful augh

I'll post some photos of my recent paintings soon