Bag of Tricks ~ A Sketchbook ~ May 14

[The Whistler]

Double post, AGAIN. Sorry, CA's running wild tonight...

[Kristoff]

-_______- such a sad comic, but I really liked it, good composition in it.
I can advise you to work more on your lines in those sketches from life.
Cheers! Update more, and make those updates better and better xD i'll try too, thow my colors and values need more effort.

[Pixie Trick]

BlackDelphin: Here you go! Look down. :D I tried taking three of the ps gestures and making them into real people but they really, really sucked. :(

The Whistler: Thanks! Probably one of the most sad stories out there. And to think I left out the part about Calum Ruadh killing a man who kicked the dog!

Kristoff: Thanks. :)

Some more people. The stuff on the portrait orientation pages is from imagination, and a little of the landscape ones too. Sooooo messy! Mostly from magazines though. I really cannot get into sketching in Ps. I have no idea why. :ore: I like sketching in pencil crayon though!!!!!! :D

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[LtPlissken]

Great new studies. You are definitely improving with your figure drawings. Every visit to your pages is followed with a pleasant surprise. You gave us a perfect example, how progress is being made by strong will.

[BlackDelphin]

I wouldn't say they suck!

I particularly liked the page before the last one. It has some nice shapes, but some proportions are off, making the shapes less lady like.
Folds n overall clothes are looking fine on the other hand!

Can't wait n see what you'll update next time! :D

[Pixie Trick]

LtPlissken: Thank you very much!1 :)

Blacky: :hugsmile:

A quick sketch. Messy and needs lots of work, but an update none the less.

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And if you haven't taken a peek yet, here's a pysanka and a necklace. :)

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[BlackDelphin]

Well why not see wips like this!!!??? :D:D I really like the sky colour scheme.
So far so good :)
Ooh! Just..hm, perhaps those front legs of the horse look a bit to short for his body.

Have a good one pix.

[Kristoff]

I really really really liked that warrior here - http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=954278&d=1271110689

Pleeeease do him as a finised piece. The sketch is awesome!!!

[jskotte]

great updates, the figures studies of arm legs look really good, but if you want to do the manikin (stick figure), then I would suggest looking at the Loomis ones, since at the moment the first ones don't have any hips and the legs seem a bit short on some of them.
And thank you so much for taking time to do a paintover of my image, you are right about the contrast, I really need to work on that.

[Zorcron]

whoa wicked jewelry

i know NSCAD has a pretty awesome Jewelry program ^ ^ haha

keep up the good work ! :)

[Pixie Trick]

Blacky: Thanks! I fixed the legs a bit. I need to do some ref work etc. Meh.... :P

Kristoff: Hmmm..... what sort of setting? I personally think he's a bit bland. I like the gal next to him. she looks like she's going to poison someone or something like that!

jskotte: No prob. Thanks for the tip! :)

Zorcron: Thanks!

More work on this. I've toned down the random colours a bit and now that I've been looking at it for a while, and I think the clouds are unbalancing it a bit. The guy's also blending in too so I think I'm going to have to add some green into this cloak thingie.

[BlackDelphin]

Well what are you waiting for in that case!!!!!!!??? UPDATE!! I want to see it!
Don't update without showing pix! :D

[luffie]

I love your paintings, it has a nice design element into it, especially the tree.

And who doesn't love comics anyway?:steph: Keep it coming!

[Pixie Trick]

Oh Pooo!!!!!!! The attachment didn't work! Oh well, here it is! And some sketchpages too. There's bits I somewhat like on both and there's some I hate, so.... meh

Black: :geekg:

luffie: Thanks. :sungod:

*Prays to attachment manager gods as second attempt starts...*

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[DK_sketch]

Nice update Pixie :)
you´re pencil skills are getting really good, though ofcourse looking back you have improved dramatically overall :).
Just noticed. The horse´s legs are a bit short
Keep em comming !.

[LtPlissken]

Ditto for the short and awkward horse legs.
I really feel a 2nd level here, when I look at your last pencil sketches.

[BlackDelphin]

Oooh snap!! :D Lovely figures and sketches you have here pix. Finally an update!! tehehe :teeth:

The wip is looking good too, but i hope you were thinking of changing the composition a bit..
the cloth he is wearing for example makes one go outside the frame.

I may be wrong and i may have done a crappy job, but i just wanted to help.
Sorry if you didn't want any paint over jobs either.
I am trying to understand composition myself, so if i'm wrong, please be harsh n tell me why :)

[strings]

Well done Pixie, the sketches are superb. And the new piece is looking very epic.

[Pixie Trick]

DK_sketch: Thank you. Legs noted! :)

LtPlissken: Thanks. Legs noted again! :) hehe.... Those legs....

Blacky: I think you're right. I'm not the greatest a composition either. :\ I tried it anyway!

strings: You live! Thanks.

A wip for teen challenge. And more work on horse guy.

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[Pixie Trick]

The final. I'm quite happy with this one. I think keeping it simple, allowed me to get it done before I was bored. Some brainless sketches as well.

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[hunchback]

hey man nice work on the teen challenge this week.

gotta a great volume of work here, keep it up :sungod:

[LtPlissken]

Hey, the pink girl is beautiful, as you said with its simplicity.
You are my hero.

[Pixie Trick]

hunchback: Thanks! Not bad work yourself. :)

LtPlissken: Do you go out of your way to make me blush. Really? I mean, I'm pretty close to getting sunburn here. You could be a little more conscientious. :P

I'm amused that no one has commented on how she has two of the same feet. I am sometimes very oblivious

Here's two little wips.

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[DK_sketch]

Awsome water tab I had to do a double take at first cause i wasn´t sure if i had seen it right :).
the fountain looks great as well, it´s a bit bright all over but since it´s a wip i guess you´ll fix that later.
keep working hard:)

[knoxie]

hey pixie trick! still at it, good to see! The more we draw, the better we get! :D

[BlackDelphin]

The sketches from the other page look good.
Glad to see you finishing your 'Love' peace too. It is good to finish more complex work :)

I am looking forward to see that other wip being finished too.

And from what i see, you're doing fine, but a bit more figure flow and all around figure studies would be great. :D

[Cacodaemonia]

Haha, oh wow, I just noticed the matching feet on that girl! Scary! XD

I'm intrigued by the last image you posted. It looks like a design for some kind of elaborate, fantasy sink fixture. Am I right?

For the horse guy, be careful of the horse's anatomy. It looks to me like its neck is longer than its legs, and the legs seem a bit bow-legged.

[Pixie Trick]

DK_Sketch: Thanks. I don't think I'll finish that wip anytime soon. Toooooo much going on!!!!

knoxie: Very true. :)

Blacky: Thanks.

Cacodaemonia: 'Tis the tap for the tub of Mad King Yves who loved swans too much. :P That horse is going to get major anatomical overhaul when I manage to find spare time.

IDW final. It's not as finished as I would like, but I ran out of time.

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Some fun and a sketch. Learned a lot from the green ps sketch.

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[BlackDelphin]

These weekly challenges, really do challenge one to get the job done, fast and well. :)
you did a great job not turning the IDW in a envo. I really llike the design and the clean mood those colours give.
I think the perspective is a bit wonky though.

I can see you playing in your 2nd and 3rd drawings :D
Will you work some more on the last one? It's an interesting idea.

See you pix!!
And thank you for the mega comment on my sb, i'm going to read it now. :hugsmile:

[DK_sketch]

Great update pixie the tub is awsome really gives the impression of someone extremely eccentric:)
the girl with the green background is looking good as, well there is a nice balance with the green eyes that makes her sit well in the image.
keep it up:)

[Pixie Trick]

Blacky: Yeah, I used orthogonal perspective on the tub (parallelism) and then tried it on the floor but it just looked even wonkier. I had gotten too much of the tub done to do any quick fixes so it's stuck the way it is. :(

DK_sketch: Thank you! :)

Just one study for you guys. Gotta scan some pencils later. It took a ridiculous amount of time for how polished it is. Soooo many mistakes from the original, but artistic license let's say! :P Overall I'm happy. Made a nice freckle brush too.

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[BlackDelphin]

I really like how it turned out pixie! :D
The freckles look really good, and that nose has some confident strokes.

You should have spent a bit more time refining the hair a bit too!
It doesn't seem to match the light source to well as it is..

[jskotte]

Really nice face in the last post and also the bathtub further up the page looks really good.

[Pixie Trick]

Blakcy: Thanks. The ref photos had a bit of excessive adjustments in ps so most of the hair is black and you can't tell what's going on. I fixed it a bit.

jskotte: Thanks. :)

Basicly just touchups. A little ps sketch or two, and some fun with love girl from the previous page. And proof that I fixed the foot. In no particular order. :P

Must scan pencils.... but so tired. :(

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[BlackDelphin]

More, More!! :cheerleader:

You're doing it!!

[Pixie Trick]

Black Delphin: :)

The pencils. I cut out the more boring stuff. I quite like making little critters.

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[Pixie Trick]

Two portraits. You know you're cool when you have knives on your hat.

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[Doom-Breath]

Love the portraits there, and all those studies!

Is that king's bath-tub supposed to be tilted like that?

[Exon-Ion]

Those creatures you've drawn in pencil are great and so are those portraits in your latest piece, keep working hard girl!

[BlackDelphin]

Overall great job pix! :teeth:
I really like those arm and leg studies. Real life i presume? :meow:

Characters and creatures look fun, value studies as well.
Try posting like this more often!!

[jskotte]

Arms and legs look good, specially the shading on the arm you shades. Animal stuff is great, so much inspiration from animals. Also the portraits look good, specially the right one, the nose looks a little weird on the left one.

[Nlete]

Hey Pixie Trick,
It was great to run through your sketchbook. You are talented and very creative. I like your style and that you try everything, crafting, egg-painting, mosaic stuff, etc. Keep up the good work! :)

[Justyna]

Hi,
thanks for visiting my SB :)

I went through all your thread and I really liked it, especially the way you paint animals and it looks like you've got a lot of imagination :)

Your doing great!

[mike butkus]

You certainly have talent, and the portrait in post # 284 is extraordinary, keep up the brilliant work!

[Pixie Trick]

My goodness! So many people. :)

Doom-Breath: Thanks! Ummm... no the tub's not supposed to be tilted. I used a combo of orthogonal (parallelism) and two point perspective and it makes it look a bit wonky.

Exon-Ion: Thank you. :)

Blacky: Yep, real life. The legs are too, except for the small ones at the bottom. Ha, I would post like that more often if I had time! It was a long weekend and I had no homework. :P Now I'm starting exam review and life is getting super busy again.

jskotte: Thanks. He just has a very large and beaky nose.

Nlete: Thanks. :)

Justyana: You're welcome. Thank you.

mike butkus: Thanks! :)

Some heads. I got more and more bored therefore creative as I went along as you can tell. I also did an enviro forest study that I seem to have misplaced. I really wanted crits on it too. Pooo. :( Enviros are killer.

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[DK_sketch]

Looking good pixie. The pencils looks nice and clean, good confident strokes:)
the greyscales could use more value intensity to give it more depth but that´s pretty much all the crit i can give:).
keep up the hard work:D

[MyioDeSopsia]

I love the different heads you've drawn, they've got such personality and I like the animals and the outfits you come up with in your pencil drawings. Also, that swan faucet looks amazing.
All I can recommend is it'd be cool to see more observational studies from you. keep it up.

[jskotte]

Yeah, some faces are just a bit weird :)
New stuff looks great, good to see so many different expression. Nice line work.

[BlackDelphin]

I see you varying gender and age, that is good.
I wish you luck with your upcoming exams pix, and come back with more studies! :D

[LtPlissken]

I did not posted for a long time here. Sorry about that.
I just wanted you to know that I am still following and that your progress is wonderful.
My latest favorite is this one:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=981731&d=1274404725

[Pixie Trick]

DK_Sketch: Thanks. I'll keep that in mind for sure. :)

MyioDeSopsia: Thank you. :)

jskotte: Ya, some of them are pretty creepy in some ways. The second from the left on the bottom row is the one that especially strikes me as funky, as well as the stunned looking guy. The girl on the far left bottom was supposed to be a guy too, hence the haircut. :P

Blacky: hehehe... At this very moment I should be studying! ...but I'm not. :anime: Thank you for the support. :)

LtPlissken: Don't worry about it! Everyone gets busy. That one is one of my faves too. :)

Some very quick photostudies. All three together took about 1h -1h15 for an idea of time frame. Updates are going to be getting fewer and farther between for a little bit now. As mentioned..... the dreaded exams are coming up. :(

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[Yor]

sweet photo studies!

[LtPlissken]

I definitely love the graveyard. I feel the cold winter air and it gets the chill in my bones.

[DK_sketch]

great quick studies:). I agree with LtPlisken that the second on has a great atmosphere and the saturation change from foreground to background gives the image a nice sence of depth.
Keep em coming:)

[DefiledVisions]

Hey! just looked at your latest pages, your studies are looking good! keep at it!
there was one sketch I liked in page 10, some creature with stripes, sweet design :)

[MyioDeSopsia]

Wow, brilliant stuff. The last one looks so awesome.

[BlackDelphin]

Well GET GOING ALREADY!! STUDYYYYY!!!!!

Although i must say, a little 1.5h break for some studies like this now n then won't kil you either, heh :meow:
The first one could have better values i think, thus helping the overall mood..2nd and 3rd are great! :D
I particularly like the 2nd one..love those branches!

[iven]

How nice stuff here, I like the GIRL faces.

[Janos]

Whats up in here? nothing new?
I like the composition and atmosphere in the last painting. I would love seeing you work some more on that!

[Pixie Trick]

Yor: Thanks. :)

LtPlissken: Thanks weird. I personally dislike it the most out of the three. However, the reference was very pretty so maybe a bit of that showed through. :\

DkSketch: Two votes for that one?! Alrighie then. :P

DefiledVisions: Thank you! I like him too.

MyieoDeSopsia: Oh dear.... blushing. Thank you!

BlackDelphin. Vote #3!?!?!?! The first was done from a photo on a cloudy day so the light was very diffused. I just like the guy's hair! :P

iven: Thanks!

Janos: I unfortunately had exams. They suck. I can't take credit for the comp. of the last- photoref figured it out for me. :D

Well, with exams over this morning, and all my artwork marked from school I was able to bring home the thing's I'd done over the semester. A lot of it is junk, but I decided to show some of the slightly better stuff even though it's at least one-two months old at the earliest. I haven't had a chance to sit down a draw for longer than 10 minutes a day for the last two weeks so I feel rusty. :( On the other hand, I learned how to make linoleum stamps which is fun!

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Dragon-boy here wasn't supposed to be so pink, but the interference paint turned out that way.

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My second oil painting ever!!!!! I don't think it's toooooo bad! :D The closeup is more true to life. I painted this from a black and white printout of an amazing old sketch so the colours are a bit questionable. (And I added the plant if you couldn't guess :P)

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Also, one of my projects for the summer is to make myself some 19c inspired clothing. Probably going to be a jacket (brass buttons!!!!!!!). I'm learning how to make my own patterns and stuff and it's kinda makes my brain hurt, but it's fun in its own way. I did a bunch of sketching for that (an example ->)

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[Mokinzi]

Pretty pretty pink dragonhead and lovely dresses!!! I especially love the dress with all the ribbons downwards the skirt part.
Looking through what you've posted recently (I haven't been here for a while, sorry!), I really like your latest pencil studies.They're good! And the necklace in post #256... Gosh, I want it.
I think you are very good with stylish clothing. Embrace that!

[BlackDelphin]

Pretty pretty pink dragon :teeth:
And the pretty dresses too, yep, very nice.

Nice oil painting too.
Work some more in that medium! Get that confidence out and paint :teeth:

[MyioDeSopsia]

The shininess on the dragon's scales looks really cool, brilliant how that came out. Nice Darwin too the skintones are great. I like the clothes too. Making a coat, hmmm that's not a bad idea. I'd never be able to actually make a coat, but this makes me want to sketch some.

[Pixie Trick]

Mokinzi: Thank you! :) That dress sketch is based off of an illustration from Peterson's magazine from 1960 or 1965. It was white with black ribbon around the neck and for the bows.

BlackDelphin: Very, pink! :D I really liked using oils, but I don't own any myself. I used the school's paints. Unfortunately I live enough in the boondocks that art stores are a good distance away, and also quite expensive. If I find some for a decent price though, I'm getting some for sure!!!!!!!

MiyoDeSopsia: Hehehe... yes it is very pink! I used that interference paint I've mentioned before. It's supposed to shimmer between a metallic leaf green and a metallic pink. It seems to have gotten stuck at pink. :P You never know until you try to make something. Sewing from a pattern isn't that hard at all if you get easier patterns- you find out your measurements, cut out the pattern, and match up the sides. What I'm really worried about it how to line a coat. I've no idea at all how to do that.

Just thought I'd do some advertising for Teen Challenge to start things off. :) T.C. #100 is coming up and there's going to be a special round of either Last Teen Standing or Teem Teen Challenge!!!! Check it out!

Sooo... an "artsy" watercolour and pen sketch, and Teen Challenge of the week- topic Cliche. I chose "girl is all alone in the house and hears a noise in the basement so she goes to check it out." I didn't mean for it to turn out this way, but the girl ended up looking a bit like me in a cartoony way. Oh, and another animated gif for you guys 'cause you seemed to like the other one!

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[BlackDelphin]

We most certainly like pink, and we most certainly like gifs!
Try combining those perhaps? lolz xD

It's really late and my brain is starting to sleep so i'll be quick.
Everything looks good!! :D

[Pixie Trick]

Ha! Give me some time and that might just happen!

I'm working on getting a decent portfolio made up so I'm going back and re-touching some images as well as hopefully making a couple. Here's the cave of rolls of fat in a wip stage (+ closeup). I really would like crits and advice on it. Should I just ditch the dragon-creature and go for a nice-ish enviro, or keep at it? And a little sketch based on the queen from snow white holding up the pig's heart in victory.


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[BlackDelphin]

So far so good i would say. :)
On the first peace check out your values more, and keep working on it! :D

[Emil_J.]

really good mix between studies and imaginative work, digital and traditional. You just keep doing what you are doing :D

[Pixie Trick]

BlackDelphin: Thanks!

Fumble: Thank you!

A self portrait that actually looks like me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[The Violinist]

Very nice portrait :) Looks realistic. Only thing I miss is a sort of texture, especially on the hair. A smaller brush perhaps, or a slight remix in PS would do the trick :) Also, the different aspects of the picture sort of, mold together. The colouring is nice, but I would consider using some sort of contrast element between the main figures. :)

The cave creature looks very nice; I love the use of purple and blue dots in contrast with the brown colours. If I were to comment anything, it would be that the creature merges a bit with the background. Certainly you could make a monochrome illustration, but I think I would have made slightly bigger contrasts between the creature and the cave wall. :)

Nevertheless
Well done! :D

Vio

[BlackDelphin]

Brilliant! More of that!! :teeth:

And try doing more construction on the head next time. It has a little wonky feel to it :)

[MyioDeSopsia]

Wow, I am really impressed. I'm glad you're keeping the dragon in there, and that close up is beautiful. I like the values on the dragons legs, and it might look cool if you highlighted more on his head and neck where the light shines down-- maybe to give it the same quality as the highlighted rocks in the closeup. Nice use of different colors in the rocks too.
In the portrait, my favorite part is the light on your hair and the glimpse of green leaves out the window. brilliant stuff.

[Pixie Trick]

The Violinist: Thank you for the crits! I've done some work on the sp, but it's not noticeable enough to bother posting. (Some bg hue shifting and texturing). There's some updates in the cave critter too which I hope help it a bit. :)

Artpole: What in particular about the head do you think is off? I've flipped it a couple of times and nothing jumps out at me.

Myio: Thanks! I've just cut off 9 inches of hair and the sp was a bit of a celebration of that. :)

Went to another airshow, got overheated and sat in the shade and drew people. It doesn't look amazing but I think I learned quite a bit. (Look at overall shape more, not bodyparts!!!) I also found that if you have a pencil sharpener with a separate lid and container part, you can fill the container with water and use it for water colours! (<- no duh. :P) Haha... not really that brilliant. :D Some pics of the coat mockup. It's about 6 inches high. I ended up having to make my own pattern because all of the ones I could find and made paper mock-ups of from that period had huge bustle covers. I am so glad we don't have to wear bum pads, petticoats and hoops anymore.

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[cgaddict]

Some very strong work here, I'm really impressed on you can handle so many different mediums - is there anything you can't do? :D

Sketches and speedpaints are looking very solid. If there is one thing I would critique is that you can push your vales a bit more,especially with your environments. Try adding some lighter values in the background to help create a sense of depth - regardless if you're using reference or not.

Other than that you're doing great - keep it going!

[JailHouseRock2]

Everything's looking great in here! Love the photo studies, your eye for colours getting better, good stuff.
The traditional works also great to see, that portrait is awesome:)

Keep it up!
matt

[Emil_J.]

Your drawings of the people from the airshow looks good, it seems like you captured the essential. hmm i dont really have any crits, soo just keep on going :)

[RickyS]

I remember that cave environment you were working on around the time I visited your SB and the new version looks awesome! The darker values make it feel more like a cave. My crit is the creature looks kind of like it's part of the environment and blends in since it is similar to the rocks. At first I didn't noticed the creatures body other than the head, then I noticed it later. I'm not sure if you're going for a mysterious look and want it to blend in (if you are then that's cool), but if you want the creature to stand out more then you might want to change the texture and hue so it doesn't look as much like the rocks. By the way, great sketches from life!

[Pixie Trick]

cgaddict: Haha... ummm... I don't like carving any material and I hate knitting? It's more a matter of what do I not like than what I'm good at. :) Thanks for the tip. It's been so humid here so you see a white fog over everything that's 0.5k away or further which really underlines what you said. :P

JailHouseRock2: Thank you. :)

RickyS: I wanted the critter to look like it was camouflaged but I think I might have taken it too far since you're not the only one who's mentioned that to me. Thanks.

I'm not dead, just busy. The further I get into this silly art business, the more I realize I am mildly sucky, so here's to more studies! :drinkup:

IDW, I dunno but I like, and all the rest from national geographic except for the (bad) characters.

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[cgaddict]

Nice updates, great linework and shading, especially with that last image. Keep going!

[jskotte]

You are working hard :) I really like the graveyard photostudy at the top of this page. Also great pencil sketches and the oil painting looks really good.

[Pixie Trick]

cgaddict: Thanks!

jskotte: Thank you. :)

I'm not happy with either of these. A little sketchie in which the pillars are going to have a colour change and I think I need to extend the canvas to the left among more generally issues. (Must learn enviros..... and everything else) The second was for teen challenge topic crown (oh lovely puns... :) ) but I think it's going down the gutter very rapidly. I don't know enough to pull this on off sadly. Also, I"m not being careful enough and it shows very badly.

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[cgaddict]

Nice updates; The composition on the second piece in particular is nicely done, very dynamic. Also I feel you're a bit too hard on yourself; Keep practicing, keep challenging yourself, and you'll always improve.

[Pixie Trick]

cgaddict: Thanks. :sungod: I did like the sketch, but it kinda fell apart. I think I'll take another go at it some time.

A bit of work on that wip above. And stuff.

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[MyioDeSopsia]

I love the focal point, the part of the water reflecting the colum,n and the light on the hills in the background of your wip. Is it from imagination? Not sure if it's something you want to try, but if you desaturate the grass in the background much more than in the foreground you might get more depth out of the piece.
Nice variety of sketches, I see you're really getting those planes down.

[Howie]

Nice sketchbook Pixie Trick, seeing a lot of improvement flipping through each page. I really like the self portrait you did, definitely keep working from life to build a better understanding of light.

[jskotte]

I like that image with the gate/columns (don't know what to call it) and those animal studies look great.

[glaudarien]

I love those last few animal and anatomy studies, and that last wip is looking great so far! Keep it up :)

[The Violinist]

Great update:)

Really like the Aztec portal picture. Beautiful scenery.
Those anatomy sketches as well: Great work! I like the bear with the glasses :P Those hands look very realistic.

Keep up the good work :)

[Kristoff]

WoW!!! Form is getting better and better!!! ^____________________^
Yaaaaay

[Yor]

really like the hand and bear studies! they kick serious monkey butts!

[Pixie Trick]

Ahhh.. finally I have some time to breathe. Hopefully post shall become more frequent now. :) (And hopefully I didn't just jinx it right there :P)

Myio: Thank you very much! I'm going to keep that in mind. :)

Howie: Planning on it!

jskotte: Thank you. :)

glaudarien: Thanks!

The Violinist: Thanks. :)

Kristoff: :hugsmile:

Yor: Thank you.

Some more sutff. Some one has to think of a new word for stuff other than stuff because I use it way to often. :) Back to the subject. I'm out of practice with my drawing, and I'm taking this as an opportunity to rethink how I draw. I'm trying to get more fluidity into there, as well as the always applicable accuracy.

Warmups.

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Went on a sketch/bike ride combo and had some fun. There was this older mare and her yearling colt with her so I drew them! The colt spent most of it's time sleeping and looking dead. :) So cute! Also, I was very smart, and while changing positions, I decided to stick my pencil behind my ear while I held onto things. There is now a very nice charcoal pencil in the ditch of some rural Ontario road, never to be seen again after fifteen minutes of searching.

The page to the top right was done with the dropped pencil and shows how tools really do matter. The other pencil just wouldn't give me the right side of pencil shading.

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Some of you guys probably remember this thingie from a while ago. I made frames for a bunch of my acrylics and this is what ended up going on with this one. Let me tell you, mirrors tell you every single thing you've done wrong with a face. It was put in a local gallery for my class' show, and got a lot of attention however. I think I may try something like this again.

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[Danny_K]

sweet sketches, your horse drawings are way better then mine, last time I went to a farm and tried to draw some horses from life I discovered how hard it is! but it seems you got the hang of the muscles and all.
I really like the feel of your pencil lines, they seem very loose and relaxed something I should work on, it seems I am too intense...
Keep it up!

[jskotte]

Really nice animal sketches :)

[MyioDeSopsia]

The horses look nice loose and accurate. I agree with Danny K about your lines. I'm thinking that the dead-looking colt is in the upper left of your horse drawings, haha I like that one. :)

I agree, mirrors are an honest critic for faces. And for a lot of things too I think. Like if you want to maintain balance in a drawing but you've always favor a certain side, using a mirror--or flipping the canvas horizontal on the computer-- helps a lot to prevent/fix the effect.

Draw more!

[Pixie Trick]

Danny K : Ya, animals are tricky to draw. :) The move around and twitch. You really have to work on not getting caught up in the details and getting the big shape down.

jskotte: Thanks!

Myio: Haha... yep, that's it. It would roll onto it's front for a couple of seconds, and then fall of over again. :) Any of the horse pics that are on the ground is that one.

I'm working on something which involves snow owls right now, so here's some studies of that.

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Some other sketches. :) Nothing too exciting.


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[jskotte]

Looks great, really like the furniture :)

[Pixie Trick]

jskotte: Thank you. :)

An acrylic with some issues I'm not going to get into. The size it is here, is approximately life size. I'm not sure where those owl sketches went, so here's a reload. And the project they were used for. At this point it's needing some final touch ups. The stars in particular are bugging me, but I don't have the patience to go and do every little one. Crits of any sort are welcome! (<- please, please, please pretty please?)

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[cgaddict]

Nice updates! Keep working on form and construction and you'll continue to improve.

[DefiledVisions]

Cool work! ...purdy :P Really liking the owls, beautiful creatures. In that illustration though I feel the owl is more rendered than the main character. I think distinguishing her from the background would make her more interesting. As it is now she sort of blends with it, as where the owl isn't.

keep it up!

[jskotte]

Those owl sketches are awesome. Maybe try to make some of the stars glow a bit in the pic. Also the woman looks a bit flat.

[Pixie Trick]

cgaddice: Thanks!

DefiledVisions: Yeah, she needs some major work.

jskotte: Thank you very much! She's getting a super duper re-work at the moment.

Ok, so I took sky cape woman over to the crit area of the forums and got some really great feedback! :) A lot of people thought she was floating (which was not my intention), so I extended the canvas and gave her some legs, which I think it helps the whole image compositionally and otherwise. I'm going to be adding some decorations to her parka (owls or polar bear leather cutouts? My mom has one with sled dogs running around the hem), maybe adding some more orange tones, as well as pushing the values on her body more. I moved the side slit down to a more realistic spot, moved the arms a bit, shrunk and moved her head, and shifted her whole body to the right. Phew!!!!!

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[Bleo]

I envy how your studies look so clean with those thin lines. And how everything juts comes into place, meaning your sketches flow easy. Nice and keep up the good work!

[Kristoff]

Yap, I loooooove the lines! And that creature concept works really well =)

[Metal Fingers]

Dang that mirror piece is real artsy! On the last render, watch the folds in her coat you've got a great opportunity to create a lot of motion in them. People I think handle folds particularly well are Nox and Wes Burt. Keep it up though! Those pencil pages look awesome!

[DK_sketch]

it´s really nice to see so many diffrent aspects of you´re art and you are improving on all front´s wich is even more amazing :)
Keep it up

[Lang Oulk]

Really nice work here, I enjoy your studies of animals the most, but it's great to see you tackling all different kinds of arts, keep up the awesome work man!

[PieMonster]

Cool studies! Keep up the good work. (:

[jskotte]

Looking great, really like those last sketches on the last page. In the image with the owl, maybe try to add some different hues in the coat, it looks a bit desaturated at the moment.

[Pixie Trick]

Bleo: Thank you! :) Sharpen your pencil. Seriously, I'm generally too lazy to even do that but it helps a ton.

Kristoff: :hugsmile:

Metal Fingers: Thanks for the advice. :)

DK_sketch: Thanks mate. I'm a believer in learning as much about everything as you can. I think it has an additive effect.

Lang Oulk: Animals are fun!

Pie Monster: Thank you. :)

jskotte: Yeah, someone said she looked like a really weird gingerbread man and I think what you said is part of it.

Not much to show really. Got a new laptop which I've been having fun with :), as well having come down with a throat infection. :( Some more sketches for the COW which I ran out of time with. Pencils in the car, bridgeman, a (ugly)nectarine....

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[jskotte]

Hope you get better soon. And those arms look really great.

[Pixie Trick]

jskotte: Thank you very much. :) I hope I get better soon too. :P

Thought I'd try Chow this week. I've only got until tomorrow to finish it due to holidays, but we'll see how much I get done.

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[DK_sketch]

wow, really nice work on the chow so far, you might wanna work in some more colour though it looks a bit desaturated like you havent picked a color for the lightsource.
anyway good luck on the piece:)

[Pixie Trick]

I have a terrible time starting an image with correct contrast because I get so focused on it I loose sense of proper contrast which leads to rather desaturated images. This time I was aiming for the scattered light from an overcast snowy day which didn't help at all because I overdid it a bit. It's really irritating. :( It also leads to a bunch of Photoshop tweaking at the end.

So here's a bit more work on her. Pretty close to final unless someone has some nice juicy crits for me. :)

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[BlackDelphin]

Wow Pix! This really last work you're working on is really really nice!! :D
I like the mood you're working towards, and i think it will turn out really good! Less details on some parts of the background i should say, and watch out for those heads on the ground! They tend to have a flat feel.

Other thank that..i really like your overall envo and animal studies from the previous pages, and that framed traditional painting i saw a picture of on the other page is really nice! I like the idea!

See you :D

[jskotte]

Really nice colors on this last piece, I like the atmosphere. Personally I would blur the edge in the background a bit and those heads o the ground look a bit flat.

[MyioDeSopsia]

Hey Pixie, nice the bridgemans on the other page, and the owls! I like your chow, the hands look great, and the values on the dress make it look silky. I think there should be more blue in the colors of the faces on the ground.

[Kungfoowiz]

Yip, had a look at those owls, they're super CUTIES. =)

Mmm.. Chow image, it feels a bit muddy sorry to say. You could try whacking up the values on the blue flamey she's putting in that guy's mouth. Then assess the lighting as it comes from this flamey thing.. just an idea to help improve your values maybe, not that I could paint it any better myself, probably worse in fact, unlol. Keep having fun! =)

[8bit]

hey your pencils sketdches are really really great! especially like you animal studies, the bear and the owl. You have a good understanding of flowing lines, itts really nice to see! Do you find that using photo reference is as good as looking at real life or not as good?

[MyioDeSopsia]

update!

[Pixie Trick]

BlackDelphin (what happened to the Artpole?) : Thank you my dear! Heads have been fixed. They weren't just flat, they had terrible construction.

jskotte: Thanks for the advice. :)

Miyo: Thank you. :) And aye aye sir! *snaps off a salute*.

Kungfoowiz: Haha!!! Some of them had the cutest expressions in the photos, and some looks really scary. The entire image has low saturation and you'll notice the blue flamey thingie has a very high saturation to the rest. I think bumping it up would make it look too unnatural in the setting in this case.

8bit: Life, life, life all the way. Photos are great when you can't get to what you need to study such as things in motion or finding out what the heck a ring tallied lemur looks like, or some particular lighting situation, but for improving your drawing skills, life is the way to go. I think Ewell said you have to train your brain into becoming a 3D modeling program instead of a camera. Completely 100% true.

And kittens are the cutest thing on earth ever. :mittenbop:

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[BlackDelphin]

Love the studies, love the kitties! Jeez, i have 3 already, but i wouldn't mind having these adorable little ones too. And i'd take good care of them too :meow:

Figure construction looks good, particularly lower part of the body. But the shoulders- waist part has a strange interlock to it. Try working some more on that rhythm perhaps.

Till next time pix! :D

[MyioDeSopsia]

Holy shizzimSdhfgfdijsbvfd nice post. So, the drawings with the blue muscles showing their movements, what did you study those from, they seem like a really great way to study the muscles? I want to copy you ¬_¬
The figure in the lower left hand corner, niiiice values, and I like how you've separated the light and shadow on some of the legs. I'm a fan of the horse gestures too. You probably already know this, but doing some fast gesturey yet anatomical drawings might complement your studies on anatomy. Gesturey yet anatomical...hmm, I mean gesture drawings of the skeleton.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtX8nswnUKU

[Pixie Trick]

Blacky: They're not mine, but they were so cute I wished they were. :) Meh, figures....

Myio: Ummm.... the blue pencil thing I've seen around once in a while. The muscle positioning and movement was loosely based off of Bridgeman. Go right ahead and try it if you want. :) I get what you mean about the gestural sketchies.

I installed CS5 today and went on a bit of an expiremental painting binge. Oh, and there's a study thown in there for good measure.

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[Abnormally]

I want to draw like you, teach me sensei!

[BlackDelphin]

CS5 already!?!! They really went far with it! I'm still a CS2 and not planning on changing it any time soon.
Nice experimenting. I consider stuff like this the ones that help you discover your art and relax the most :)

[raminafshari]

i love your anatomy sketch's , they are perfect

[strings]

The landscape sketch looks like a good start, lighting is working really well. Happy September, Pixie. How was August? :)

[Pixie Trick]

Abnormally: Shoo, go find someone who actually knows what they're doing! :P The only thing you can do is draw a lot, and think of why you are putting down the lines you do. Don't just fill space.

BlackDelphin: Adobe is just going to keep on making new versions! That's how they make money. :P

raminafshari: I think you are very incorrect, but thank you. :)

srtings: August was good. :) And you?

Ahhh!!! I'm so busy right now! Moved etc.... no longer own a scanner. Here's some TC 100 skeches. I don't know which to choose so opinions are welcome. :)

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[BlackDelphin]

I saw you update on the challenge, so i guess you already chose one?
If you stay with that 2nd one, i think you should go for an interesting lighting idea

Good luck with the challenge, looking good! :)

[Kungfoowiz]

Lol.. those kitties stole my heart.. One of them looks like a Momma Cat! =)

Pencils are looking great, keep in mind the actual length of your horsie legs, they are longer than that, unless they are ponies?

Pen and inks are okay'ish.. try to relax a bit more, don't rush, look more than you draw.

[Pixie Trick]

Blacky: Thanks! Good luck to you as well. I was actually quite surprised by how many people signed up, but it seems that at least 50% if not more couldn't finish or didn't even post a thing.

Kungfoo: :) Yeah, animals are tough. You have to do them half from memory. I guess my memory isn't that great! :P The "pens" are in ps. I have issues with drawing in ps to say the least.

So here's what ended up submitting to TC 100 as well as some bust studies and an octopus in a top hat. None of it is up to what I would like it to be however.

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[Kungfoowiz]

Heya Pixie

Looking good, the painting is fantastic! (= When you're drawing the foreshortened side of faces, try to push it in the opposite direction to how you naturally want to draw it. That's enough picking for the moment. (= Keep well for now. (=

[MyioDeSopsia]

In post 378, I don't know how you went about them, but those sketches look pretty good. I see some similar ones in your post 191. Loose and not liny. I like that shadow and light on the grass, and on the little kid's face looks especially well done.

Experiment more with just using a hard brush to paint an image. Then don't soften edges until you've laid down all the color. I don't think this is a good technique I am recommending but, it might be a worthy experiment just to see what happens next time you want to experiment. I feel your edges are sometimes too too soft on your backgrounds of your paintings.

Also....recently, some popular folks took off from CA, and the reasoning was that CA has deviated far from its original intent to serve users who want to learn to make art. It was made clear point that CA now seems to be about ad revenue and money making. You've been around here a lot longer than I have and seem (from your stats) to have contributed a great a great lot and have improved your own art a lot during the time (whether or not it is a result of being here, I don't know). I was wondering if you think that CA has seen better days and that it's not what it used to be.... I'm just looking for a short answer, as I'm curious what you think....

[BlackDelphin]

I think they got overwhelmed by the awesome results some people got!
I was at some point too, but I don't like unfinished business so I tried harder.
Good luck to you too! Love your interpretation. You detailed the face well.
Perhaps a few more grass straws in the background on the highlighted part. It attracts the eye and it feels like an incomplete viewers resting place.

Bust studies look good. More digi and pencil pls :meow:

[LtPlissken]

Nice to see you staying active all this time and your improvement is more than outstanding.

[Pixie Trick]

Kungfoo: Thanks. :)

Myio: I don't paint enough (*boo*) to really have a set way of starting an image. I fill in with a plain hard round at 80 or 90 opacity and go from there. Pen pressure is on which I think is what is causing any fuzziness- I don't press particularly hard. I'm going to send you a pm in a couple of days for your other questions. :)

Blacky: Thanks dear! :)

LtPlissken: Thank you!

Sorry for the huge gap between posts. :( This is going to be the norm now I think. School is taking up a lot of time. On the good side I do get a couple of drawing assignments a week, so I have enforced drawing time. :)

This week's assignments to draw your breakfast so here's some of the better ones (drawn at 7 or 8am... I'm not awake :P). I have to good fortune to be staying in a house that contains all sorts of interesting thingies including that lovely huge sword in the first pink pen sketch. :D Some other personal thingies as well as pics of a sculpture made for class. This thing was an utter struggle. We had made abstract 10x10 panels and that was turned into a section of an unknown sculpture/model we then had to create.

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Looking great pixie:). The morning sketches are awsome i really like the way that everything is described in a few strokes a great practise for learning linecontrol.
The pencils are good aswell especially the candles great shading.

Keep working hard:)

[jskotte]

Those red pen drawings look really good, I like the perspective in the top one. Also very nice teddy bear :)

From the comment in my SB it sounds like you also have/had tendonitis, it sucks, hope you got over it.

[Pixie Trick]

DK sketch: Pen/marker is definitely the way to go for line control. :)

jskott: I've had some tendonitis from about a year ago but it's almost 100% cleared up now (thank goodness!). Thank you. :)

I have some sketches ... somewhere... but until then here's a little dibblie thingie of yet another single character in a bland environment with little expression and body movement. At least this one is looking to the left. :P Its really just an overworked doodle.

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[JailHouseRock2]

You've come a long way since my last visit m'dear:)

Very nice, now the important thing is not to slow down, and to enjoy and have as much fun with the art as possible:) Which it looks like your doing quite well:)

Keep it up!
matt

[Justyna]

I like your pencil sketches, especially those of animals.
Nice work :)

[LtPlissken]

Just as JailHouseRock said;
do not slow down now.

[BlackDelphin]

Ooh ooh! Loads of awesome drawings from my last visit! Your traditional drawing is coming along nicely! I particularly like the variation in line on your still life!

Digital is getting better too. Keep them coming pix :)

[iven]

I really like your muscle and bone studies, very inspiring.
I love the kittens, I have a little kitten sketch on my last
post.

MeeeeeeeeAOUw

[Kristoff]

Hi! ^_^ wow your values are sure better than mine! (writing myself to get better in that)
Good animals ^_^
The things that are left to study in the meantime are anatomy and color exercises %))
But I think you'll do that in right away)))
Come on, we have to get our dreams))

[Pixie Trick]

JailHouseRock: Thank you very much! Have I mentioned that I love your sig? Makes me giggle every time I read it. :D

Justyna: Thank you m'dear!

LtPlissken: Thank you. :)

BlackDelphin: :hugsmile:

iven: Meow!

Kristoff: Meh... my values aren't anything much. Practice! Anatomy is definitely (and always!) a point to study.

So... um... no updates for about three months -> :ilaekae: I need one of these in real life to yell at me.

Some random scribble from a range of dates. The girl with the big pig-sticker is a colab between myself and a friend I'm trying to force into starting a sb. (you lurker you- read this and feel the pressure!!!!! :ore:)

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[kiwigarbage]

Grand! I love the elk-headed gentleman and the balloon snake :D .

And those life drawings from the smaller sketchbook are quite lovely as well. There's something sweet about the lines.

I think you could do more portrait studies to learn the proportions of the face, but don't we all?

Great stuff, I really enjoy your imagination :)

[LtPlissken]

Whohoooo!
You are back after two months!
Oh I am so happy about this happening.
I was missing you all the time.
Great, great new drawings and paintings.
This last one is so funny.
Please post as much as you can from now on.

[Pixie Trick]

kiwigarbage: Those two were the result of sketchchallenges- get a friend and tell each other to draw something. Try it- FUN!

LtPlissken: :sungod:

Some more library and National Georaphic sketches as well as inspired comics. Nothing particularly exciting. And my brother attempted to draw me whith emphasis on the nose. :lifedrawing:

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[LtPlissken]

You are awesome.

[kiwigarbage]

Fabulous! Your economy of line is great on those gestures. And your animals are quite lovely too.

I enjoyed your portrait :D

[Zorcron]

Thanks for the crit

Absolutely love the way you have been keeping you're lines loose and confident but thought out well enough they dont seem too general, I think the NGO Animals are looking a little stiff i dont know how large you were working ? I think especially when working off of photos it can be easy to stiffen up and get precious with those lines especially when small, but you definatly have confidence in your lines. I Think all it would take is to be mindfull of that even when you are working small to keep the energy.

I am super interested in that sculpture/design thing on the last page, made with paper i guess ? looks wicked


Would love to see some more new paintings it can be so hard with classes though i know, I would love to see some more acrylics, looks like you're getting a lot more confident with digi. :)

KEEP UP THE GOOD FIGHT!

Hope to see more soon !!!!!

[strangedawn]

Great sketchbook!i love you sketches especially the animals!keep it up i want to see more!=)

[Kristoff]

Wow! love the pencils! ^_^ especially that old man in your sketchbook (3rd page of it) ^_^

[Pixie Trick]

LtPlissken: If I'm awesome you are too. :asspank:

kiwigarbage: Argahh!!! Don't encourage him. :) Thanks.

Zorcron: I agree the animals are stiff- I think I sucked into rendering and accuracy and forget about the basic gesture. The sb size is 9x12 and the sculpture thingie is all paper and foamcore and wellbond.

strangedawn: Thanks. :)

Kristoff: Thank you! That old man was a result of a long, philisophical and overly academic lecture. As you can tell it keeps me riveted to the edge of my seat. :P

I've got some actual real life sketches but here's some really quick ones for TC- Ninja. Deadline's tomorrow so I've got to get cracking!

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[kiwigarbage]

The new tiny-legged character reminds me of the style in Legend of Zelda-Windwaker. Super cute!

An chance you'll smack some color on there?

[Pixie Trick]

I haven't had time for too much drawing other than doodling in my notes (as exemplified by the whale) but I have been learning Rhino and V-Ray as well as doing what a prof likes to call "photo- montages".

Old stuff.

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Animated Gif.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q54/pixie_trick/et-animation.gif

The final images.

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The final panels involving them.

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A render of the landing of the elevator from the show JPod.

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[Zorcron]

3d work is looking absolutely spot on !


Think back to standing at the Portfolio Line-up at OCAD, haha

Your hard work is looking absolutely Fantastic.


thanks for postin !

[LtPlissken]

The digital photo manipulations look cool.
Good job.
Go Pixie Go!

[Vulgar`]

Really cool work.

ninjas!

[vivi]

hey! thanks for the crit! : D
love the sketches on #399
waiting to see your magician! : )

[BlackDelphin]

I see someone's been experimenting a lot since my last visit here. Great job pixi! I really like the creative vibe i'm getting from your sketchbook. More! :D

[Pixie Trick]

Zorcon: Lol, I'm hearing from the new first years over Facebook and the school email setup in my program and it makes me feel old. :)

LtPlissken: Thanks! :sungod:

Vulgar': Midget ninjas! And thanks. :P

vivi: lol, you're welcome. I'm so bad at getting anything completed.

Blacky! It's good to have you back. :hugsmile:

Belghh... I'm sooo lazy!!! I've been doing a lot of jewellery and trying to teach myself html, css and flash as well as other random things but very little drawing. I haven't been posting much other than to keep IDW in line so I'm sorry if I'm neglecting your sketchbooks. :( Here's a few little dribbles... I tend to just doodle and end up with a a head. Oh, and the bicycle station project won third of sixty four in Canada which made me quite happy! On that note, I've bugged my partner for that into starting a sb which can be found here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3189783#post3189783).

An old TC that never ended up finished. A magician, his assistant and an outbreak of rabid, terrified, enchanted rabbits.

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[strangedawn]

ei Great update!I like post 407.the corrupted work is amazing ,you should finish that and the ninjas are really cute i love the flow of the line and the latest update is also looking nice.You should update more.keep it going.take care:)

[LtPlissken]

I just realized that you are back.
Good to see you once again in action.
Those are some nice head paintings.
Keep up with the good stuff.

[who]

Hey (: Thanks so much for commenting on my sketchbook, so I thought I'd come and check yours out, and wow! You're really great.
I particularly like those life sketches you do of people in the library and stuff, I should try that (:
All I can say is keep up the good work! :P Sorry I don't really have any constructive advice to give you since I'm not really in any position to give anyone advice at the moment :P

[Pixie Trick]

strangedawn: Thanks! The matte painting type stuff is fun but not particularly challenging to me so I get bored with it pretty fast.

LtPlissken: Yep, I'm back more or less. :)

who: Hey, no problem! Definitely try drawing people at libraries or wherever. The tricky bit is to draw a person without setting of their "someone is watching me" radar and making them move. :P

Getting back into the swing of things slowly. My linework has gone down the crapper but I think I'm slowly getting it back. The small sb pages are people drawings at a hospital cafeteria (some of whom got unicornified). The big sb pages are family members generally. The cows were reffed from the Atals of Animal Anatomy for Artists then I tried a few from memory. And a ps sketch that didn't get far from a TC ages ago.

If you're in the Ottawa area, tomorrow is the day of a CA sketch meetup (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=225789). COME!!!


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[surfandsnow]

I think your drawing has improved a lot in the last few pages and posts. I definitely like the 3d bike pavilion composites, The matt painting animation was pretty cool too. One thing that may help it that photoshop has a match color tool that helps a lot with composites, think its under edit or adjustments.

I think your rendering needs the most work at the moment. keep it up.

[Pixie Trick]

surfandsnow: Oh neat, thanks for pointing out the match colour thingie! That will definitely come in useful. And yeah, you're right about the rendering.

So, I met hunchback (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=136203), AndrewSonea (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=176480&page=9999) and Trisquel (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=203449) over the weekend which was super awesome. We ended up spending the first half of the afternoon drawing dinosaurs and the second half wandering and drawing prehistoric mammals. The mammals were the sorts of critters that you would look at and say "I think you should reference more existing animal anatomy when you design that thing". Anyway, I think I might have started Andrew into a marker addiction and he made me realize how pathetic my pencil rendering is.

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[Trisquel]

<3 this. I don't know how, but I found that I've gotten worse at life drawing and at drawing in general while everyone else seems to only get better...? Your rendering looks fine.

[Kristoff]

You're doing some really cool 3Ds!
And lines are as awesome as always!)

Keep it up my friend!

[Pixie Trick]

Trisquel: You'll be fine. :) Just go out and have fun. Practice. It'll all work out.

Kristoff: Thank you, thank you. :) You keep at it too!

Went out to the library again with the lovely jje1000 and drew the old people that seem to be the majority of customers there. Then we got bored and gave each other topics (I got hypno-toad and devilishly dainty). Then drew old peeps again. And quite possibly the most boring, cliche and muddy landscape ever (it used to have a city where the burning teddy is, and seriously, if there's one tree, generally there's more), then I added the burning teddy which made me happier. :D ... and another head.

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[andres333]

enjoy!
If you haven't been to the site yet, you should totally check it out!

www.ctrlpaint.com (http://www.ctrlpaint.com/)

http://mattkohr.squarespace.com/storage/ca/ctrlPaint_julyScreens.jpg

[Pixie Trick]

Thanks for the link andres333!

Some more calming heads (I do draw men!) and a crop of a larger piece. I'm trying to keep the lighting the way it is but currently it looks like she's going to sneeze and you don't have a good idea of what on earth she's holding that's glowing. Crits and/or suggestions?

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[DK_sketch]

Looking good pixie the 3D renders are great.
atm it looks like she´s holding a pendant of sorts, I doubt i matters as her hand is covering it, as long as the chain is visible anyway:)
it looks a bit unfocused though. Might wanna work some sharp edges in there
keep it up:)

[BlackDelphin]

Figure stuff and sketches are looking better! I really like how your vale stuff are coming along. Better and better! Your sketching digitally and traditionally, good variation.
More pixie, more. We want more! :D

and by the way, what was it with that www.ctrlpaint.com site; i can't make the link work

[e-nat]

Awesome sketchbook!

You're on the right track from what I see. There is good range in your sketchbook, from figure drawing to animals, values, digital and traditional!
My favorite part would be the life drawings (especially #422). A suggestion would be to spend a bit more time on defining shapes, like what you did with the sandals in that post.That would definitely make you progress faster.

Keep up the good work :D

[qlotzan]

nice sketches

keep it up

[strangedawn]

Nice updates.i like the girl touching the necklace it looks like there is a story behind it.=)

[iven]

I really like how you said this, I went over my SB and I thought dammit they
look as if somebody would stop the time, so I will slow down now and I already
have some sketches not scanned yet, but other updates on my SB.

I think you have lots of life and vibrancy in you line work

Thank you very much, I love the library sketches and the girl with the light,

[Pixie Trick]

DK_sketch: Well, at least its reading alright apparently. Still not done, but I will work on my rendering at some point.

BlackDelphin: Thanks!

e-nat. Thank you. :) I'll try.

qlotzan: Thank you!

strangedawn: Not much of one to tell you the truth. Its pretty much your typical teen-ish girl wanders into graveyard with magical talisman and important book of some sort type story that you can pull from any book.

iven: Thanks! :) Hey, keep at it, ok. Practice and practice is all it is.

Here's the miniscule stuff that's in the works. As usual its all done for therapeutic procrastinating (or a TC). Soooo... mostly comfort zone girls. Depressing but at least its something. And thankfully I seem to be moving away from purely portraits, so we'll she where that goes/how long that lasts.

More fuzzy edges... sorry DK :(
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(I know she looks electrocuted... I'm not sure if I'll stick with it or not.)

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[strings]

Perhaps if other features of the girl, like the front hairs can appear to be lifting as well, it may solve this issue of looking like she's electrocuted.

Hypno toad is awesome.

[strangedawn]

Very nice update pix!yaa i get what you mean.but everytime i look at an image i always imagine a scenes on the drawings and i really find it really good art because its attractive to me plus you add some bg it looks really much more amazing now.i also like the vampire painting and the last one drawing the rendereing is really great.keep on going.take care=)

[Jacky-Boy]

I've just zipped through your SB and it's very nice. You've improved alot, and these last couple a digital paintings have a cool style to them with nice lighting and tone to em. :)

[iven]

I really like the girl with the light in her hand very powerful,
maybe I could say I like the spirit of it.

Thanks for showing how you painted the girl in PS, that helps
me to understand how you do that, love it when I see stuff
like this in a SB, it makes me come back and check !

[LtPlissken]

You thought that I have forgot about you.
But I did not.
I came to see what's up, and I realized
how happy I am when you draw and paint
vampires and graveyards. Your digital skills
are going up quality vise.
A few more pages and everyone will be jealous.

[Vulgar`]

Nice character improvements.

[Izene]

Happy new year!
I'm really enjoying your sb!Great stuff!
Keep it up :)

[TFsean]

Your compositions in your pieces are great, storytelling is right through them. Your studies have great line, especially those last foot studies, I have a thing about feet and really making them seem weighted to the ground that you have :)

[Justyna]

I like the piece for a teen challenge - you did a good job with light and colors.

[Pixie Trick]

strings: That's a good suggestion! ...and just don't lick the toad and you'll be fine.

strangedawn: Thanks. I completely get what you mean. :)

Jacky-Boy: Thank you!

iven: Always glad to be of some sort of help.

LtPlissken: Thanks!

Vulgar': Thank you. :)

Izene: Very, very belated new years to you too. :drinkup:

TFsean: Thank you!

Justyna: Thanks. :)


I somehow managed to get a job in New York for a few months. Sadly I didn't draw much simply because I didn't have much time, but I tried to pull out the sb on the subway once or twice. People can be pretty weird if they think you're drawing them- I had a few people literally move to the other end of the car to make sure I didn't. :rolleyes: I've got a new arch portfolio put together which you can get to at the link in my sig if for whatever reason you're vaguely interested. Anyway, here's a few little bits from the sb- the girl with bot is vaguely inspired by the current chow, the other PS thing a wip which, once again, who knows how far it will get. I obviously have no idea how to draw leaves.. x|

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Some minimal work on the girl. Her anatomy still needs work and I got sucked into details as you can see. Chin issues... I'm also contemplating killing off/shrinking/moving the cat.

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[strings]

The girl looks pretty comfortable with heights, judging from how her left arm is rested and by her smile. I don't know about the cat though, does not look very friendly to me. For anatomy, the left leg seem extend too far out of the suggested pelvis location. Although It seems that by swapping how the legs are situated will give a very relaxed look overall. It's got the right feel for sure, with the lighting and composition.

Good work girl on getting stuff DONE, and welcome back to the real world (that is concept art!) and not one that involves cubicles.