Dana's Etcha-Sketches - critiques welcome

[Danuh]

Go to last page for newest update and watch me improve!

11/11/08 - Rararar

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12/10/07
These first few images are from a pseudo cd-cover someone commissioned from me a few months back.
http://fc71.deviantart.com/fs20/i/2007/301/0/7/City_Boy_by_crouching_kitty.jpg

[l.sheridan]

Love the style, would like to see more.

[Danuh]

Here are just some things from my sketchbook.

Included are character sketches for a story I'm trying to pile together as well as whatever I felt like drawing in class. I know one thing I have to start doing is more observational sketches. Those never thrill me =_=;

I'll be trying to update this thing at least once a week... Hehe.

[RaistlinTheDark]

dude wow very nice lov the first 1!!!!!!

[UnSharpened]

Great manga style and line work! These are definitely beautiful illustrations.
Will I see more to come? I am really looking forward to it.

Nice job!<3

[Tigermilk]

great stuff man, can't wait to see more :)

[Danuh]

Just getting all my scans & whatever done for the day before I get started on a few projects I've put on hold.

The Siege of Mars was done for a CA Teen Challenge. Loads of fun >o> I'm going to be trying to do a challenge a week for improvement purposes.
And the undead carriage is something for Industrial design for the week. Hope I can finish it before the deadline~
The last one I just like because I was screwin around with some textures and the results weren't bad. : D

And thanks for the feedback, everyone ;0;

[JFierce]

First one is my fav :)

I like the crazy effects doing on with the color in the first and last one
I dont know what it is haha, but I like it

[JARhead]

Woohoo baby! Totally dig your first post man, love your sektches as well. Keep it up brotha! Post post post!

[Blaz]

Hey man,
Very interesting sketchbook you have here.
I love you attention to details and the clean linework, although somehow i prefer your "sketchy" drawings, before you clean them up.

Some wicked concepts you have here,that undead carriage for an instance. And I also like textures in last piece.

Keep updating, Id like to see more of those figure studies. They are going along very nicely. :teeth:

[Danuh]

JFierce - Thanks, dude xD
Jarhead - Haha I'll try. I'm a chick though : D
Blaz - Thanks~ I've seen you sketchbook as well. The detailed city-scape really caught my eye. I'll totally try to do more of those studies. Maybe next time with different species and what-not.

[Danuh]

Just spent the afternoon coloring some figures I've been doodling. The coloring took about 40 minutes or so on each character, screwin with color schemes or whatever. Trying to depict fashion in each different region for a personal project I'm working on. *refuses to give out anymore on that*
There was one more but there was some trouble lining him :davi: , so I'll fix him up later.

[Enydimon]

Really digging the stuff you got here. Especially the designs of everything. Definitely going to subscribe to this one.

Mind checking out my sketchbook?

[SEVANS]

Nice SB so far. Some very cool pencil work.
The painted image actually would benefit from some of that linework, so get in there with a sharper brush and basically add some coloured lines. The images would be alot stronger IMO with some sharper edges.

[Icon]

hell yeah! these are awesome!

Your pencils and concepts are really top notch! Just tweak your colors and your golden!!

[ajvenema]

hi there!
nice sketchbook, please dont let this one die, and feed us with art:P

[Danuh]

Work in Progress for a commission.
It's snowing outside ~ :D

Thanks for the 2-cents guys, I'll definitely start working more on my colors.

[lennon]

The technique that you used in your first drawing and others after, is awesome. Congratulations. Strangely as I scrolled down, I was not as much amused. Didn't like the mars one for example.

[Danuh]

The images with the gray backs and random characters are just some sketch commissions I whored myself out to to get some extra cash for holiday shopping. There'll be more of those >_>
The other two or just little things from my actual sketchbook. :0
I should start... Working on something for my own benefit ~sigh~

[zou]

hi

I'm digging your style, especially the poses you've done. The character you've done are 'just' cool. You make me want to sit drawing all the bizarre things in my mind

The red head girl is a little weird. Do u use some reference at least when you start working for money :P

good sketchbook, keep it

[kveye]

Nice sketches. I think adding some thought of lineweight here and there will make them even better.

Keep posting!

[Radio24]

wow- great work in here. I love th first piece with the smoker. There some great intricate design work in your costumes. Also, I lovoe the carriage and want to see it developed!

[Victor B]

Hey,Danuh, just wanted to thank you for the C&C on my sketchbook So I thought I'd stop by. You have some lovely concepts I really like the concepts in post #12. Hope you continue to post regularly .

[Danuh]

I just wanted this to be a post for itself to say: Dear god someone crit me with colors/skin tones/coloring the human body because as seen below this can be described as a bucket of failure. A big bucket. :davi:
I don't mean to be so hard on myself.... Well... Yes I do because that's the only way to improve, eh? Anyways, HELP. CRIT. ADVICE. Anything and everything is appreciated. <3

(I'll be posting more later today)

[Danuh]

Happy New Years~!

Another dump of sketchbook junk. I've been doing alot of face/human body studies lately. Its fun and all but it gives me the shaky feeling that the more I work on this stuff the more rusty I get on my environments. And I've rusty to begin with.

I wish there were more hours in the day. :lifedrawing:

[ped454]

What's there to say. Your stuff is sick. I'm in love with the very very last image with the 2 of them splitting apart.

I think the one thing you're missing is angular shots. Try some very weird perspective stuff. You'd probably rock it and give your mind a workout!

peace

[ik0r]

Awesome! But I wold try to add in some more cool colors, not just blues and all that, but muted colors. Hmm.. it does depend on lighting, and I guess I'd have to show you myself or something. xD Idk. But yar - :P you're getting better with poses! Very quick and lively.

[Danuh]

Thanks for stopping by, guys xD
I've been wanting to work a little more with super-dynamic poses >3>
Waaaggghhhh so many things I should be working on :^^;:

So here're just some things I've been screwin' with this past week for kicks and giggles.
I've actually started on this week's Teen Challenge but the WIP so far is pretty uhm... Well, not pretty. I'll try to be working more on that later today if I get th time.
*rolls off*

[zaimless]

I must say that if my opinion counts for anything I would say your work is "awesomely cool". Wow, keep it up, I like it - a lot.

[depict]

Hey Dude, thanks for popping by my sketchbook and leaving kind words.
You've got some nice things happening in here, really nice line work, I'm lovin that last piece with the shark, very cool. My suggestion for your skin tones is to create a basic under-painting of your base skin tones and from there start adding opacity washes of reds and blues over that, and remember Shadows generally = cool colors and highlights generally = warm.
Hope this helps, will drop back soon.
Cheers.

[lalovergel]

Very interesting style!

[clueless sketch]

wow your good, im into manga, anime, stuff like dat but i suk at coloring, really good though!

[Coagulated]

I love your style. I wish i could imitate that!

[Té-Can]

Sweet style you got going there! I really love your lines.

[Danuh]

Thanks for stopping by guys, appreciate it x> !

I'm too lazy to actually get out my sketchbook and scan things so here're just a couple things I've finished.
The two with the tree was somewhat therapeutic for me because lately I've felt like balls so I decided to draw something "nice" for myself =o= And speed colored it in about 2.5/3 hours.

The comic is a commission I'm doing for this guy, who's paying me to do a couple pages of his story for him. He tried to cram a bunch of dialog and movement into two pages but I managed to talk him into stretching it out into four pages, so the introduction is nice and smooth rather than being crammed together. This is the first page so... Hence nothing much going on. There were some sepia tones in there but I personally think it looks way better just b&w.

Crit/whatever always welcome, dudes :)

~Peace.

[Coagulated]

I'd like to know how you make your lines like that. Is there a special brush you use? if so, care to share? Thanks.

[Danuh]

coagulated - Nope, no special brushes here. I normally just either use microns or in photoshop the 3/4 px brush, and all the other standard brushes. Hope that helped :>

[sho-nuff]

Hay Danuh i like your stuff bro! Especially your graphic design type pieces. The only thing i would suggest though is that you do as much desaturated stuff as u do saturated. Or at least try and find the right balance by mixing the strong colors with the weaker ones in the same place. Eg. use high saturation or contrasting colors in your focal area and leave everything else less saturated. Im starting to do that on the pieces i've almost finished and it makes a big difference.

Cant wait to see more Danuh - ness.

[Chermilla]

Hi there!

First time I've stumbled across your sketchbook and I must say your style is rather refreshing!

One quick crit...your pencil/sketch work needs some improving in areas, some look a bit 'whispy' and light and unbalanced in comparison to your marvalous ink/line work on the more finished pieces. (for example the sketches in post#3of the dog character).

On the positive side, I'm a massive fan of trying to create interesting fashion ideas for characters so the pictures in post #12 are amazingly beautiful to me! Especially the detail in the girls garments. The bold contrasting colours work so well too.

The album design in post #1 is lovely also. Can't wait to see more, I'll be dropping by again to see updates! :)

Cx

[bakatron]

theres something incredibly sinister about your art.

I LOVE IT :D

[skorpi]

I like your style and how you use colors

[Pseudocognition]

Lulz so you haaaaaaaaaaaaave been posting.
you know what I think. IT'S ALL CRAP D:< GET TO WORK, BETCH.
Naw, ILU. Draw more bug.

[Danuh]

Man I keep forgetting to update this thing. Anyways, thanks for the kind words and crits, guys. Always appreciated and taken into account. I'd reply to everyone but I only have a short time on the compy right now.

Just more junk from the sketchbook and two fanarts for the anime Samurai Champloo.
I feel like I should be drawing more but can never find the time. Man I wish I could join some of those challenge forums but everytime I find one they're always due the next day xD; Oh woe is me.

[Ignominious]

wow man, those sketches are beautiful

[Raqsonu]

His style is very incredible! The way, anatomy!

Reminds me much the manga 'eden' Hiroki Endo!
Much detail and characters and urban!

Really incredible!

[Davio]

These are some really good character studies, I especially like post 28 and the kid in the tree really turned out great also.

[ACRO]

great coloring man sharp and the black lines are clean!
keep up the great work

[TheJester]

wooow!!!! first of all, thnx for stopping by my sketchbook mate

as for your stuff, what to say, your illustrated pieces are very powerful!!!! Mugen caught me right away, (samurai champloo is THE shit, offcourse)

I have to agree with icon, tweaking your colors is where you need to focus, other than that, my only comment is that you sometimes seem to have a "shaky" anatomy, especially in faces. Meaning that you're not stable at your symmetry and propotions. I think it's a matter of being focused, since most of your work is spot on!

Keep up, and don't ever let your manga roots out, they give a great edge to what you do! ;)

[Danuh]

Raqsonu- Thanks, man. Eden, huh? I'll have to check that out~ It looks way interesting. <3

Davio- Thank you ;0; I personally didn't think that particular one came out too well. Its nice to see that someone liked it. xD

TheJester- Thanks for pointing all that out to me. Yeah, my coloring skills aren't "up to par" as of right now because I tend to rush things. And faces have always been a torture for me- I'm trying to solve that problem once and for all by the end of this year.
(And yes, Samurai Champloo is the shit indeed)

[MeTaL-Mike]

hey you've got some cool stuff in here. keep posting.

[Justin.]

Cool stuff =) thanks for stopping by my SB earlier!

[Danuh]

This is a work in progress of a project I'm doing for an AP Portfolio class. The mission was to create a "strange environment" so I chose something a little sci-fi and... cute because I fail at life and I wanted to draw a cafe scene.

so this is the lineart done with microns on bristol paper. I'm planning on sticking it in photoshop and playing around with it until I get something worth showing.

[Danuh]

WOAH TWO IN ONE DAY.

Doodles from chem class.
Oooohhh laaawwwddd.

EDIT
And under is the cafe scene colored so far. Not that much but... I don't color backgrounds too often so any kind of pearl of wisdom is welcome.

[Danuh]

More work on the cafe scene.

[dracanta]

love your works on here. I can't really think of any critique so I'll just subscribe to your sketchbook and bask in its awesomeness :D

keep it up~

[Danuh]

dracanta - Thank you :D

More crap from my sketchbook and progress on the cafe.

[Fjooner]

Wow, u have som great, clean lines going on here.
I like how the textures/details turnes out after you colour them, especially the girl in the tree. I think you could push that even further, it would be cool to see those clean lines filled with very detailed textures. Keep it up! :]

edit: or is it a boy? anyways..

[Danuh]

My WIP for this week's COW.

[Flaskpost]

Gotta love Samurai Champloo!
And this last creature is looking awesome!
I wanna see some sweet colors on it. =)

[Ian Mack]

Buddy have no worries about getting into art college...just show them this SB! Liking the progress on the cafe scene too, keep going with it!

Excellent work on the angry kid in the first page...I actually made it my BG. :ca:

[Danuh]

Flaskpost- Thank you : D
Ian Mack- You did? Really? I'm honored xD haha thank you


More work on my COW. Just added some base colors to get an idea of what the hell I'm going to be doing xD;

[D@niel]

Some Great stuff here man!! Dig the detail on your chararcters, and your clean lines:)

[Crimm]

I like the depth in your drawings! Even on the simple sketches. :) Remember to post here somemore. lol! Unless you have another website where you update to, and I would really like to see that one.

[Danuh]

Thanks for the kind words, Cimms :>

So what we have todaaayyy iss.. A few old facial studies, a few redesigned characters I created when I was... seven.... (a habit I resort to whenever I don't know what to draw) and whatever else I felt like scanning today.
Also, I actually finished my first C.O.W. ;A; I'm just happy that I gathered enough balls to submit something. It was fun :D

[Exquisite Beast]

Great update! Your digi looks good - of course, there are places you need to improve (I'll let those who are greater painters crit that!) on but you're coming on leaps and bounds!

[Flaskpost]

I really like that creature design! Mucho nice! The line-art is great.
But he looks like he´s about to fall over on his face, the balance of it looks off.

[ik0r]

Wow.... I've seriously been dead so I've pretty much missed any updates that you've made. ;-;

But these are amazing Dani mah BOIIIII.

You're improving a lot in realism, really fast I admit! :D I so can't wait to see what direction you go with this. :D

[Kozak]

Wow, some good stuff in here.

Keep updating us!

[Danuh]

Small update. Been busy with SAT prep and our english class just started on macbeth- ASDJGHADLGKHADFKLGH.

The red&black pen drawing was a commission for someone on deviantart and the other is an inspiration from Finger Eleven's music video for Paralyzer. LOVE.

Gah, I seriously need to start doing more studies.

[Flaskpost]

Hey girl! Great update! I´m really digging the hands in the one to the left. Looking good!

[iamgale]

i like the way the vein is very visible at the hand at the bottom. hehe XD
very cool concept here. ^_____^

[Danuh]

Haven't updated in a while. Quick dump of all the doodles I've been tossin' out. Haven't done much in photoshop which makes me feel like crap but frankly I don't have time. Too busy with school. Even during the summer I won't be near a computer to practice.
EPIC SLUMP. I need to start finishing my crap.

Comments & crits always welcome

[Danuh]

part II of the sketch dump. I'm going to go hide in a corner now.

[Camara]

Lovely style!!!The one of the girl with hands in her hair is so inspiring!!!!
I´ll take a look at your whole SB!!
Suscribed!

[Danuh]

Camara: Thanks so much~ ;3;

[REAU]

you have a lot of cool stuff in here, keep it up

[a la bapsi]

Hay

U Luk Familiar~

[Pseudocognition]

Lulz Obscurite has BETCH Shewz! I like em.

I'd comment on everything but I'm at work D:
But in summary, even if you don't think you've done much, you have made VAST improvements! Visible, in fact! homg!

I want to draw your dino thingie *w* *snuggles him... is sword'd*

[chuck18mp]

I can't say how I like your style it's very cool!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm in love with your punks they rocks!!!!!!!!! :)

[Danuh]

Random update! Drew this the other day from the "miracle of life" video we were forced to watch in anatomy class... UH. I'm a black and white fiend. I love lines way too much for it to be healthy...
I'll hafta start practicing my colors someday... ;A;

[Danuh]

2 weeks until SUMMER BEGINS.
Of course I always get that itch to start producing crap like craazzyyy once finals start.


-Felt like watercoloring, he went from smoking a cig to smoking a damn firecracker. We had a few laughs about that.
-Birthday present for boyfriend *schoolgirlgiggle* and just a few doodles. For some reason I've been in a real dinosaur kick lately. Especially those cute wittle ceolophysises. Hehe they're chicken-sized.
-Observational sketch of a statue at the Met. Augh I had so much fun drawing all them twisted bodies and muscles. For once I enjoyed working in pencil.
-More doodles from class cause I have nothing else to do (aside from schoolworklol)
-More of my ceolophysis...
-Just something I did while waiting for the bus with colored sharpies and copic pens. It scanned really well for some reason >w<
-And finally something I should really get to inking. A random project created for my own satisfaction. Haven't drawn a chinese dragon since I was 11. It was a nice experiment. Working on matt board (cause that stuffs just so much fun) and this is only about half of everything. It's bigger than what I usually work with.

Bagh I need to start working in color

[Danuh]

Okay I just finished this lineart of a Foo Dog and I disparately want it to be done and finished and colored and pretty. I haven't colored in photoshop in a while (or at all, actually) so at the moment I really can only focus on black and white.

WHAT IM TRYING TO ASK IS...

Any suggestions on how I should go about this? ;A; I'm like, starting from square one again.

[SEVANS]

The quickest way to throw colours under your linework in photoshop is as follows.

Open the file
tweak the levels if needed,
rename the layer (eg: Linework)
set it to multiply (this works like an animation cel-all white is see through).
Place a layer or more under the Linework layer
Start colouring in (on the layers under "linework")

There are other ways to do this too, but I think this ones the simplist.

[liquid cures]

I'd love to see the cafe if you've got it finished. Awesome book, subscribed! .x

[Danuh]

sevans- Thanks for the advice, although I was asking more about the actual color composition... xD; I'll remember to be more specific when asking for advice.

liquid-cure- Thanks~!

[Danuh]

One More Week Of School. Oh Lawd.

[0shade0]

haha "your savior is in another manger" (it's a great animation)
you have an astonishing sketchbook.

[Danuh]

SCHOOL YEAR IS OVER. Finally I have time to sit around and draw instead of sitting around in class to draw.
I haven't been drawing much this week due to finals et misc school projects needing to be finished.

DRAWINGS OF HANDS and random thing I drew on the back of an index card and colored in photoshop.

[Danuh]

lineart done in microns on matte board - colored in photoshop just to see if I could. I wanted to leave the original black and white rather than risk watercolor so...
Random update. I have more lying around/in my sketchbook + people-watching-studies but what I'm really trying to do is find a nearby open studio for figure drawing. Closest one is an hour away by train =__=; nyegh.

[GRMC]

Lovely SB yo, dude. nice nice...............
late posts R sexy

[Nintendo_zombie]

Wow, simply stunning artwork!!! :D

[RyerOrdStar]

Beautiful stuff here, I love your colours. So many people are scared of using colour, haha!

I'm surprised you're aiming for animation, your stuff is sooo illustrative.

[Danuh]

GRMC & Nintendo_Zombie - Thanks so much :D

RyerOrdStar - Thank you for the comments~ I've always considered Illustration to be my back-up if animation didn't work out.

UPDATE -
A few figure studies - Nothing big.

[Danuh]

Made my way down to the Peabody Museum of natural stuff and spent a few hours drawing... Birds.
Why birds? Cause I hate birds. I hate them so hard.

Pencil, pen, and pink and blue highlighters.

[Danuh]

Something I've been slowly working on for the past 2 days. Fanart for possibly the greatest thing I've ever read: Scott Pilgrim. Funny shit. Fo srs.

Lines done in micron on matte board & photoshop'd. I've been afraid to color anything for a while so to kick my ass out of that I'm trying to make everything as blinding and saturated as possible.

Good god I'm in such a slump right now.

[a la bapsi]

cute. ;D

[-Godot-]

just love some works especially the compositions

[jedininjaman]

That last one has nice colors and you did a great job on the guys shirt, the details on his shirt do seem out of place, the texture makes it look like silk because its reflective... I think it is a little to over rendered for the type of paint you are going for, but it is excellently rendered if that makes sense...
but ya sketch studies look good, might want to look at the eyes though they are a little out perspective keep it up though and stop by sometime
-jedininja

[Danuh]

jedininjaman - Thanks for the crit~ I think I understand where you're coming from when you say that the clothes tend to look more like silk. I guess I have to work on my clothing texture a bit more in the future. Thanks for stopping by :>

[kelly x]

your use of zippers = great!

[Danuh]

Last post of past doodles before I head off to the motherland for a month and a half. Haven't been doing much do to a slump but I'm hoping russia will be kind enough to lend me some inspiration.

See you in the school year =A= *not looking forward to being a senior*
Oi but if anyone wants to reach me for any ridiculous reason feel free to contact me at dana_gif@yahoo.com.
I like pretending I have friends :D

[Pseudocognition]

Dana Connecticon is tomorrow and I ARE RONERY. D: D: Thou must defend me from zee nick.

[Pseudocognition]

DANA you lazy turd, you're back from Russkies now post!!!

[Danuh]

Doodles and partially kind of not really finished works from the past two and a half months from my time in the motherland to the present.
Just looking back at the crap I've produced is really sucking me back into my selfloathingyou'llnevergetintocollegewiththatshit phase. =u=

Comments crits and anything helpful is welcome. :D

Ah, I've started figure drawing classes in NYC at SVA so I'll have some of those up after a few weeks. I've only been there for two sessions so far so the most we've done is 20 minutes *can't wait to get into watercolors*.

Note: some of these pictures are either scans of scans or scans of photos of scans and so on and so forth. Sorry for the crap quality D:

[Danuh]

more pics from september till now... Which is still september >_>;

[SaintFuse]

Nice stuff so far!

Ill say what I say to everyone because it also applies to me....

...KEEP GOING! :)

[Pseudocognition]

YAY POSTING <3 I like the ominous Snape-like dude. Fat mer-lady and victorian kitty make me happy. DRAW ME STUFF.

Bluuuh congestion.

[a la bapsi]

YAY FOR BEING BACK FROM RUSSIA <3 <3
i would totally read a webcomic made by you. *__* such neat and clean lines and vibrant colors~

[Jaytea]

Aaaaahah I love your work so much. I recognize you from dA with that... CD cover was it? Anyway, very interesting sketches. :]

[Danuh]

So I threw this together in about 4 hours while I should have been doing homework and studying for tests that will determine whether I get to graduate this year.

OH JOY. OH RAPTURE. Oh shit.

[kiksq]

Time well spent. I did nothing instead of doing homework for a class I am failing.

[Danuh]

UPDATING

Bike and crumpled paper for RIZD, figure studies, and who knows what else!! eue One is actually a "map" thing for a petsite (not unlike neopets) I take commissions for. I feel a little degraded BUT I need muchas dollars for train tickets and such. So haw.

OH YAH. McCain cookies in Grand Central. I JUST HAD TO.

[Clochette]

I'm in love with the blue cat lady from post #104! :D
Very nice coloring you have here!
Nice nice

PS : Maybe you should try to work your outlines. Try to don't make it simply black, but to use the color of the volume.

[Danuh]

Clothette: Thanks for the advice, I'll certainly try that out next time : D

[bluemonika]

you have a cool style :) so much variation and there is so much to see :)

[Wisteria]

Oh bike drawings! looks like you are off to a real good start. I'm a risd freshman, if you have any questions feel free to message me.

[Novack]

Nice Work, man. Liking what I'm seeing.

[Oxy]

your sketches are wonderful. make me chuckle everytime.

[Wisteria]

Thanks for the nice comment in my sketchbook.

hmm, as far as advice about portfolio, I can say the best thing would be to attend national portfolio day and talk to a RISD representative face to face. (check the website for dates near your area). As a veteran of national portfolio days, I can tell you the line for RISD will be about 1 or more hours long X_x. It's good to also go to a bunch of schools that you might not be applying to, but have small lines, and get as much feedback as possible, and then only wait in one or two long lines. (I got some of the best advice from the SMFA folks). Also, I cheated and had my mom wait in the RISD line while I visited other schools.

As for general portfolio tips: they like to see lots of observational work and things drawn from life. Too much in one set "style" can be harmful sometimes. They want to see variety between personal/creative work and foundation/observational stuff. It's a tricky balance. Good luck!

ps. If you are on facebook, check out the group Lucy's Risd Admissions 101. It's very helpful :)

[Danuh]

Wisteria - Thanks for the info! It seems that every time I try to go to one of them fancy portfolio reviews my grandmother breaks her hip or some crisis occurs that prevents me from going TT___TT;;
BUT I SHALL NOT GIVE UP HOPE.


NEW LINEART! Shitty quality - scan of a scan because I fail at life.

You wanna know something funny? This is the simplified version of what I originally sketched xD;

[a la bapsi]

wild! D:

[Danuh]

MY CAMERA IS BROKEN DDDD8> I only had it for like... A little bit. I've been doing 938457834 figure drawings and gesture sketches from the figure class I've been taking in nyc but I won't be able to show it till I get that bad boy up and working again.

SO IN THE MEAN TIME - Doodles and what not and so on. Getting my portfolio ready at the same time so alot of my junk is held up in school.

[Truckerman]

Danuh! :P How have you been.

We have been missing you at the lura boards. Just wondering how your maps are going and i need your paypal of course haha.

Ken

www.lurapets.com/forums

[jedininjaman]

These are way sweet
keep up the great work
I love the Fury complex page
-=jedi=-

[Dannelf]

I just had to go through your sketchie! :) Wonderfull style!
Where do you get your inspiration?

~Dan

[Danuh]

jedininjaman - Thank you!

Truckerman - *totally PMed you*

Dannelf- - Thanks xD I get a lot of my inspiration from the people I met in Russia. The colored character sketch in my last post is actually a version of my friend Goblin who lives there.

[Pseudocognition]

Hi darling,

The lineart you posted on DA is delicious. I kinda want to take that dare and color it, but I need HI REZ GOODNESSSSS and frankly I don't have time so poo. Your patience astounds me sometimes. *sniff* SHE GROWS UP SO FASSSTTT DX

Ah like the zombie baby Eevee squirrels of doom. The one in front looks like he wants to eat my face, but the ickle one on the other's back is adorable. Maybe they only want to eat me when they get older. Lulz.

Stop winning so damn much. And comment on my SB before it fades into the obscurity of page 2. ARrararrararar Are you free this weekend? Drivers ed is done.

THAT IS ALL.

[Grafguy]

crazy sketchbook, such imagination <3
thanks for sharing!
keep up the good work ;)

[Danuh]

Band crew wanted me to do an 11x17 poster for their jazz concert in Dec. Color studies & WIP.

I still have a lot of my other pieces on my camera but that things no where to be found at the moment >_________>;;;

[cout<mecha]

That's a nice one Danuh, read your comments on the animation forum. Your opinion means a lot to me. Your approach to drawing is well suited to animation. Keep it going!

[HunterKiller_]

Hey man.

Got some great stuff going on here.
You definitely seem to be a hard worker, so art school should be no problem for you.

You've got some unique things but also some really cliched things, be careful with those.

Keep drawing, keep studying from life.

[Danuh]

cout<mecha - Thank you!
HunterKiller_ - Thanks for the input. Sometimes the only way to get me out of a slump is for me to draw something completely cliche'd and done 903578934759 times.
But I'll keep an eye out for that kinda stuff in the future nevertheless ;D

[wookiedabo]

that coloured figure further up is nice, and the cluttered image at the top is cool. I guess you could start defining the better ideas in your sketches, picking them out and developing them further, that's a skill that takes a lot of practice, ya know, picking out ya best bits, something I'm shite at. Ah well just a thought, but i likes ya stuff anyway.

[OleOlsen]

wow, i am really impressed.
from what i saw, this is my favorite:
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=472275&stc=1&d=1222220569

[Danuh]

Found my camera so here are a few of many figure studies from the past two months (I'll have more up later) - and an entire collage of gesture drawings. When I submit gestures as a part of my portfolio I don't want just one page with like.. FOUR PEOPLE- I want em all- er- most of em >__>; *had to make some sacrifices*

Under that is a color study; nothing really thought about when I made this I just wanted to test out my gauche skills (I can never remember how to spell that crap). And under THAT is a drawing I did for this freshman I know. It was her birthday and she likes the animemanga like woah so I felt like being nice. hurhur.

Ah, also are some photos of me nd my friend Carlen battle drawing on a white board *I'm not actually in there lolz* aaannnnddd one of the teachers at my school who dressed up as Sarah Palin for halloween. I thought that was pretty great.

I'll feel like scanning my sketchbook someday.

[Danuh]

The rest of the figures I've done w/ my crappy little camera. Sorry, some of the pics here were taken at weird angles because I was in sort of a rush.

My figures still aren't the best (for example I see now that I have the tendency to draw wrists and ankles too thin) but at least I know what to watch out for next time.

OH HAY GUESS WHAT ELSE?
I'm finally getting glasses after I dropped mine in a river HALF A YEAR AGO.

[cout<mecha]

Cool new work Danuh, looks like you are getting busy in the art department. So what do you think about your gestures? Are they letting you draw live models in class?

Congratz on those glasses, I've worn them my whole life. Oh and that picture, I can smell the high school on that chalk board. Hope your having fun!

:carnifex:

[Danuh]

cout<mecha - No naked models in highschool sadly xD I've had fun with em though. Every saturday I spend 30$ on a train ticket to nyc to take a figure drawing class where there ARE live models. We only have 2 more sessions for this semester though ;A; I wish there was one nearby.

I hate to blame my lack of anatomical awareness on this but maybe I'll improve more once I get my vision back xD;;

[Danuh]

Starting on the saxophone details. This is at 50%. *headdesk*

[Danuh]

NO SCHOOL
So here are a few pages from my actual sketchbook. I haven't drawn too much in their lately because of larger projects (such as the band concert poster, RISD requirements, etc.) DD:

Wow at first I didn't think I was improving at all in the past year but looking back at my first few posts on CA at least I got out of that "pseudo-anime-whateverthehell" style that was.

Comments and critiques always welcome

[Pseudocognition]

Hiiiiii I keep saying we're going to get together but it never happens. This friday is all clear for me :>

I WUB UR ARTSIES *droolslobber*

[Danuh]

The fruits of my labor can be seen HERE --->
CLICK ME SO HARD. (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=141587)

Comments, critiques, and everything else. :D
*finally had the balls to post in that forum*

[a la bapsi]

GREAT JOB!
/had to post here too IT'S SO GREAT

[Bahne]

Nice work you got here :)
Some of your characters remind me of the style Miazaki uses in hes drawings.
Keep up the good work, all the best :)

[Enydimon]

This is what I get for not being around CA as much as I should. I'm going to remedy that.

You've seriously grown from the last time I checked up on you. I wish I had as much creativity as you do. I wish I had something to critique upon but I can't think of anything at the moment. Keep it up.

[CavyWolfe]

D/
You are amazing...I'm so jealous >.>
I had a question about your black and white pen pieces...
First, what type of pen and paper do you use?
And second, how long do you usually take on them? So much detail...
Much thanks ^^

[Danuh]

bahne- Thank you! :D

Enydimone- Thank you xD I've been working my ass off this year. Huzzah improvement!

Cavywolf- For almost all of my linework I use copics and microns on either bristol paper or matte board (I love that stuff). I rarely use actual ink just because I have a horrible time with the splatter from the quill xD;;

[Pseudocognition]

The poster is so bright and attention grabbing and nomnomnom stop being awesome.

[Danuh]

Just postin' summor stuff as I swish by the weekend.

Clown face started out as a self portrait but I got bored with the skin tones. About halfway through she looked scarily like Ronald McDonald.

[Pseudocognition]

YOU'RE THE FREAKING JOKERRRRR
rar. Oh and I like the armpit hair.

Update moar.

[Danuh]

stopping by to post a wip
trying a new way to render hair cause i wasn't doin' too good a'fore

just realized now that his eye is wonky. I'll fix that soon.

[Pseudocognition]

HAIR HAS DEPTH.
Now fix his lifeless, colorless skin. >:|
</friendship>

[Danuh]

aw but he's supposed to look like a pale-face lifeless bugger D:>

[Pseudocognition]

Pale (http://api.ning.com/files/DnZ0Vw6zMNgtlBt0-g3aJeF3BsXuP13XYwVz8CE6b4NYAG7D9JSQUU8F2CPh6SmIF7S xeCaFLS3vNhqmVqN7GL1-2BuSt5qo/evan_rachel_wood.jpg) skin still has color :> even if you grey it out. The problem you have is that while your highlight color is correct, your shadow color is seriously desaturated.

[Clochette]

Great stuff hehe! :) I like your doodles like the one where the belly of the girl hurts :D Really fun!

[Danuh]

saturated yes? *doesn't want to make him orange*

clochette - thanks! xD

[Duckiller]

i love your characters. so clear and neat :)

[Pseudocognition]

I fiddled around with him in photoshop to see if I could come up with some better advice for you, and here it is. If you press ctrl+l, you can see the level distribution in your pic. Where all of your values fall, basically. Poor Goblin has all dark and light values, but no midtone :( I think you have a bit of a trick-of-the-eye thing going on with him, and it's not working in your favor. When you see that particular shadow color and highlight color together, your brain comes up with kind of an icky midtone. That's the color the viewer thinks his skin is in less intense light.

What you can try is, on another layer, pick a nice midtone and schmear it all over his face at %50 opacity. Then, at whatever opacity you usually use, redefine all of his features, then reshade and highlight what you've got. LSDfl;jsajfd. I'll just draw you a diagram. That trick helps me a lot when I've gone overboard.

[erinel]

holy shit small world. I totally used to watch your deviantart page like, two years ago and I just found your sketchbook by accident.

throwing in a compliment so I don't seem like a creeper, I've always admired how much detail you put into everything

[Danuh]

Last post of this thing for tonight xD
Added some more midtones, I think it looks better now, not great but "better".
(Gah I still like the paley sick version better myself =_=;; Oh wellz for me)
Gonna go read summor Watchmen because I'm obsessed with the irony of EVERYTHING that thing has to offer.
I'm playing the commercial here: Ebay that junk. It's lovely.

lufiamanaelf - Thank you xD Yeah I'm slowly making the transition from dA to cA. :>

[Pseudocognition]

I did a paintover, hope you don't mind. I don't really know what I was trying to demonstrate with this. I just kinda went crazy :\ I do that sometimes. Hopefully it helps?

[Danuh]

Yeah it does help - Thanks again for the advice. Looks like I need to clean up some anatomy screw ups as well.
I'll try to find a happy medium between the skin you gave him and the dramatic effect I'm looking for.

[Pseudocognition]

No prob SISTUH. Keep on postin works in progress so I can rape them. And call me whenever. My mom was pleasantly surprised :0

[Danuh]

Mooore updates on THE FACE

uhm thanks SO MUCH.

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/ckat/comicstuff/120412705868.jpg

[a la bapsi]

looking a lot better :D

[Pseudocognition]

UM UR WELCOME SO MUCH.

She can be taught!!!

[kidult]

Coming along great!

[cout<mecha]

Hey Danuh, really like the first draft on this last one. Did seem real pale but a little dissonance helps. Also the hair is fine.

Really like those sketches you are whipping up. There is good emotion going on but make sure you keep going with the perspective, maybe even draw a bounding box to keep from wandering.

Nice updates and frequency, hope to see more and find some animation studies here sometime. Keep it up!

[Danuh]

lindsey- yeah next thing you should teach me is how not to piddle on the carpet.

[arsanik]

Hey there Mr.s Awesome. >8F *lurks your page*

Guess whooo? :D Had to change acc-GOD you've improved! D: *gets motivated*

I'll seriously critique your works when I have time. xD

[arsanik]

Omg, CK, the boy with the hands. THOSE HANDS.... I think you've got the lighting right since they're closer to our body and extending outwards. Just be sure to either keep the lighting a little darker or lighter on the face so the extension of the hands is clear and visible.
I might be wrong though. ;-; I'm just visualizing this in my head.

[Rustveld]

Nice sketchbook, I can definitely see the improvement. Your last piece is coming along nicely. I do think it lost some dramatic affect that you wanted, maybe darken the eye area some more. Also the eye color doesn't seem natural, they a little too saturated. Keep up the good work.

[Danuh]

The finished thing avec une textures and whathaveyou. Dear lord on wheels I hate cloth shading.

Thanks for the comments!

[cout<mecha]

Hay Dana! Liked what you had before! Very cartooney and saturated. That comes in handy for quick shadows. This look is new for you I guess its good to try new things, just dont hate it! Oh and your SB, WOW!

[Danuh]

I really feel like I'm beginning to fall out of the whole internet community thing. Getting help and crits from crowds of invisible people (no offense intended) is nice and all but speaking to people face to face is so much more impressionable. I think by the time I get to college I'll have removed myself from a lot of the sites I used to frequent, Deviantart, Sheezyart, Conceptart, etc., and just set up my own site or blog and leave it at that.
The internet is good for quick information but that's about it. I'd rather read a clunky dusty text book than a quick page-long article written by whoknowswho. I'm sick of all this pageview competition and fake interwebs publicity bullshit. Though CA isn't nearly as bad as deviantart or youtube (even facebook for that matter. HAY I GOT 489573498 FRIENDS!), I still see a lot of that needy attitude around. I'm no exception but I'm sick of finding myself so anxious over how many people looked at my SB today? Who commented on it today?
Cause guess what?
It doesn't matter anyway


... In other news I'm thinking about moving to England after college. What I'd really like to do is travel around Europe for maybe 10 years or so and see where it takes me. Brush up on all the languages I wanna learn. Only four years ahead, better start saving up.


....OH YEAH I TURNED 18.
And I got a dog and a tattoo.
And I doodled some things.
Here are pictures that you can comment on lolololol!

[Pseudocognition]

I was seriously just thinking about asking you when the last time you drew Mousy was.

DON'T GIVE UP ON THE INTERNET.

[a la bapsi]

KEEP POSTING HEY

such an awesome shark.

[cout<mecha]

:sadcheerleader: um uhhgphf..hey dana! didnt mean to be so generic wit my last comment. Its just nice to have a little word here and there no matter what level you are on :>. Sorry if i made you angry

Your tatoo looks sweet although it is not typical for tatoos. I don't have any myself although a friend of mine was enamored with Escher's repeating lizard and had himself scarred with that.

If that's a puppy he or she has got some really developed feelings to be shunning the photo ops. I'd also have to say that your hand Rocks! I'll have to scan mine although my camera's transfer cable has gone bad. It kind of looks like a gingerbread hand, made out of a cookie cutter clone...

Well, here's to the holidays anyway, :dead: Europe's not a bad idea but school is fun too, even if it's a communal thing in preparation for the big time! Happy B-day stay safe, drink some egg nog!:rocker:

Oh, have you seen this DVD?
http://www.amazon.com/Starchaser-Legend-Orin-Dennis-Alwood/dp/B0007XBKPO/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1230052844&sr=8-1

[Danuh]

a la bapsi: Thanks for the support TT3TT

cout<mecha: No! D:> Nothing you said made me angry, your comments are always so helpful and insightful. It's just a load of different things that have been stressing me out lately and I can't devote myself to the nets anymore or I'll feel like I'm missing out on something.

[Danuh]

Got into PRATT (11k scholarship) and SVA (13k scholarship) - still hearing from RISD.

Haven't been arting much =______= mgghh

[Danuh]

SO I'm dedicating this morning entirely to scanning everything from my latest sketchbook (#88) and posting it here. Looking at all my old posts in comparison I can say that taking a break from CA did me worlds of good as far as learning how to work on my own and develop my own style and all that shnazzy stuff.

So this first batch is just some of the old junk I have lying in my folders as I wait for the scanner to heat up (old piece of shit)...

OH YEAH. And I'm definitely going to SVA for animation. 8D I got 'priority waitlisted' for RISD but in truth I was never really keen on going there (I hate Providence =__=).

HERE'S TO A NEW DAY. >8O

(ah, and on the last one I realize that they're missing a bike chain xD; Oops carelessness!)

[Pseudocognition]

OMAHGAWD SHE UPDATED.

I miss you DX

[Danuh]

So as I sporadically update with sketch pages I'll let ya'll know what's been going on.
BASICALLY.. Schoolwork <w<; <-- is not a very interesting person.

EXCEPT I'm now doing capoeira (a brazilian martial art) and I have fell in love with it. The movements, the music, the excitement of the roda WAGH xD For the past 3-4 months I have been training 3-4 days a week and I will continue this into nyc in college.
I even graduated to my first cord (green) after like 2 and a half months ;w;
It's really a wonderful thing and I've met so many interesting people that offer a great source of inspiration when I sit down to draw. Healthy body healthy mind - got me outta my funk.

-- You'll have to forgive me xD I've never been very clean when it comes to piecing together sketch pages.

<b>Lindsey</b> - Likewise ;__;

[Litho]

Some very nice work! lots of love!

Some quick crits for only the last piece - the body language doesn't connect both of the characters and doesn't do that with the situation as well.
The poses aren't adequately dynamic for such an event. :)

[Danuh]

litho - Thank you, I noticed that as well. It's actually a pre-sketch to a bigger thing I was working on and I ended up changing those poses completely.

[Pseudocognition]

HNNNG IT'S TONY STARK.

Dude what are you doing online right now? Oh yeah you have spring break this week. I'm in computer art hur hur hur.

[Danuh]

lindsey - YOU FOOL YOU ANSWERED YOUR OWN QUESTION.

It's funny how whenever I sit down to do observation drawings it always comes out with birds. BIRDS.
Irony = I hate birds.

Oh yah and if no one has noticed yet I am an avid hellboy fan xD

[Danuh]

more more more

[Danuh]

FACE STUDIES
HAND STUDIES
AND MISC.
It's so sunny today I don't wanna be sitting in front of the computer but I'm determined to get these all scanned.

[Danuh]

And that should be it for now. I have to get ready for work at the museum. I'll upload the rest tonight!

[silvestri99]

Great sketchbook, i love all the exploration and studies! Would love to see more character development of the bird-man...

[wookiedabo]

awesome sketches, massive variety of things goin on in them, and some really nice line quality. and yeah, hellboy is excellent, especially lil hellboy.

[Danuh]

silvestri - I plan on it! Thanks for the comment :D
Wookie - Thank you!

[Camara]

I love your imagination!You are improving a lot!!Keep on!!!!!

[comixnut]

Danuh cheers for dropping by my sb! I love your style and it's an awesome sb you got here! Absolutely loved all pages. The only thing, to me, that i could point out is that your outlines sometime detract from the perspective the figure has, but that may be a style thing as well. :D

[mike butkus]

More wonderful drawings i look forward to seeing your next post!

[cout<mecha]

Sound like a lot of good things going on all at the same time for you! Not to mention your sketches look fabulous. I'm sure you'll have no trouble picking up animation at SVA. I look forward to your animation studies!

[Danuh]

cout-mecha- Good to hear from you again! :D Thank you <3
mike- thanks so much :> Your avatar freaks me out to no end xD
comixnut- Thank you for pointing that out! :0 I always have trouble drawing people & perspectives, I don't know why. I'll work harder to improve. :>
camara- Thank you! :D

I decided to start a little portrait challenge, nothing big. Mostly pen sketches and speed paints of my friends from facebook and all that great stuff.
So let's hope I can actually complete this little project of mine.
Each head takes about 10-15 minutes and the speed paint was 45 min (and yes I realize her left eye is out of place a bit).

[a la bapsi]

DANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

YOUR LINES OH GOD I WANT THEM.

you keep posting, dollface.

[Danuh]

Just another set of 6. I'll try to do one set a day so I can finish this ridiculous quest early before I get sick of it.

[Izer]

Im digin' your variety of styles, especially http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=654627&stc=1&d=1240578120 . Great work, keep it up.

[Pseudocognition]

POST MORE and I hope you feel better <3

[Enydimon]

Capoeira~

I think I love you now.

[m0uS3r]

nice work

hard working

its paying of

c ya later

[Asatira]

Amazing sketchbook. Got to say that you have so many styles, or better word would be techniques used, in this sketchbook, even on the same page. Impressive. I especially love the Facebook sketches you're doing. Love the hatching.

[kapowell]

It has been awhile since i've visited your sketchbook and i must say you've improved. Love the image with the octopi in the sky, love your animal studies, and your facial studies are really coming alone!
With the human faces: the way you've been using these studies and/or references (either from friends or faces you find) has really helped you to improve.

My only critique is to work a bit more on the fingers, especially when they curl, try to concentrate on how the lines and shadows shape the finger, see where they overlap & keep the roundness.


Hope the critique helps, Keep up the good work ;)