Algenpfleger learns to draw (He really does!) Sep 14th - Final Update

[algenpfleger]

new stuff on the last page! :D


Hello, happy people of conceptart.org :)
I'm, umm, new here. My name's Hannes, 19 years old, male, from Germany. I've been lurking around this place for quite some time and finally found the courage to join :)

While i always did a bit of sketching in and for school, the common stuff like doodling on your books, and a bit of manga-style crap, it wasn't until July of 2007 that I started taking art seriously. Around that time, someone showed me the world of Digital Painting, and i was off the hook, beholding the vast mass of inspiration.

So i spent the last five months learning to paint, and working with light and color.
Well, I found out that all of this is completely useless without basics, and I saw that anatomy is what I have to learn. So today i put my tablet aside, said to myself "Dude, you need to get better, start over", took my pencils and started studying some serious stuff.
That's why i came here, I'm sure that conceptart is the place to go to when you want to evolve as an artist. I really want to improve my skills and will be thankful for every hint and critique i can get. I'd also love to participate in some activities.

I won't post anything that's older than 24 hours. (Edit: Or maybe I will D: )

So here's the stuff I did today. I started with 60 poses from posemaniacs, 60 seconds each. I have a lot of trouble seeing the important forms and the essence of the pose, but i will keep practising that.
The next thing is some Bammes studies, i apologize for the crappyness of my lines and the bad scan, but please bear with me, as I'm freaking motivated right now.
Last are a life drawing of my cat and some non-reffed faces, also with a lot of issues regarding anatomy but ah well, I'll practise, I promise.

I hope I'll be able to update daily with at least as much stuff as today, I'm highly inspired by all the great artists here, I hope I did the attachment stuff right, and thanks in advance.
Cheers :yayca:

[ped454]

Elloe. Good job with the first post.

60 second poses are great for warming up. In fact I recommend that's all you should use em for.

Once you're fairly lose move up to 5 minute ones. Then 10. then 30 or howeveer you feel comforetable.

You seem to have a pretty good understanding of depth and know how to manipulate perspective. Your faces look rather geometric and unnatural so I would recommend that you spend a day practicing just them. In fact spend a lot of time practicing one thing at a time. It is the one crucial thing that has worked for me. The more you do one aspect the better you get

Other than that I recommend looking @ some anatomy books and seeing how the body can be formed down into geometric shapes. it helps understanding more.

Remember...success lies in the power of will. Never give up...and learn to enjoy frustration. Cause once you kick it's ass it will feel so good haha.

Hope to see more ~ peace

[Zeitwolf]

Welcome to CA, olle Alge!
Nice sketches - I wouldn't have the patience in 1000 years, you know. Looking forward your future stuff!

[hmanafi]

practice,practice And just Practice.
and post your value studies too.
keep it up

[algenpfleger]

ped454, thank you so much! So much advice. Okay, I'll practice more faces. You're right, they look weird. I need to seriously study Loomis, I'm afraid.
And i got an anatomy book, but i still didn't find out how to break the body down into usable chunks. I hope that will come with time.

Zeitwolf, hello again ;) Thanks for stopping by.

hmanafi, thanks. Value studies. I seriously hadn't thought of that before. But I did some today, thanks to you :)

So, today I did some more poses, then moved on to studying Bammes again, bones of the arm, blargh. Then some eyes, some after Bammes, some with ref, some from head.
Some random faces...
The last two are from life, i did them after reading hmanafi's post and thought "OMG value studies", first is a drapery study (yay! :D ), just a towel hanging over a chair, second is a fairly crappy self portrait which took about 50 minutes.

My scanner should actually be delivering better results :-/
And does anyone know how to put those attachments directly into the post?

[algenpfleger]

Woot, i found out how to scan properly :D
Some poses and value studies, some from life.

Hmm, i feel like i really should do anatomy and faces instead :-/

[Carbono]

Nice poses man, i really need to start doing this. Loving the shading of the pencil on the last picture, very nice.

If you feel like doing anatomy, will not try to mix it with the poses? Draw the pose and then try to define the muscles with the help of anatomy books.

Keep it up man!

[Flakari Leader]

Wow, so much work each day. This really inspired me to just sit down and draw. Definitely keep this up. b"b

[Flaskpost]

Haha, i´m just as impressed with your amount of studies! Keep them coming! Looks great so far!

[algenpfleger]

Carbono, thank you! Great idea, combining poses with muscles. I'll give it a try tomorrow! :D

Flakari Leader, glad to hear. But how could i not be motivated, beholding these great forums with all those awesome artists? :yayca:

Flaskpost, thanks! I hope I'll be able to keep it up :)


So here's, with my newly found scanning ability, more stuff from this afternoon, making the second update today :D

Some Bammes studies, then some random faces, some of them with ref. Then some more poses - 149 in 3 days :D
Last for today are two value studies, some toy horse from my little sister, and a roll of adhesive tape which creative some interesting caustics, i failed to render them though, gotta try again soon :-/

And I still need to find out how to put attachments directly into the post :D

[algenpfleger]

Didnt get around to do much today... some 60 second poses, some 5 minute ones, then anatomy studies after Bammes, and finally some faces.

[algenpfleger]

Didn't get much done today either, for obvious reasons. And yay! It's 2008. Which means my I-won't-do-digital-for-a-while is over now.
Note how the second random faces page looks better as i drew it while listening to other music and hanging out in the living room.

[theblueroom]

man i like your art much. i love the expressions of the faces.

[Gadbury]

Some of those quick studies are really great, and like someone else already said, nice facial expressions on those quick ones too. I agree, music can make a big impact on the work, it does with me anyway, its almost become an essential thing to have good music while I draw !

[algenpfleger]

theblueroom, thanks! I gotta say that one of my goals for this year is to really learn a wide variety of expressions, so i can give life to my pictures.
Mr. Gadbury, thank you :) And yes, music is an input just as important as inspiration through other people's awesome art :D

So today was the first day of 2008, and also the end of my Non-digital-period, which i decided on to be able to focus on studying anatomy.

Here's what i did today, some random girl, a few enviros (last two with ref), highly inspired by bumskee, a 20 minute apple study and a bit of Bammes. No poses today D:

[Jakers]

Tons of effort here, just wanted to drop some more encouragement. The face of the last girl looks great. Don't get tooo caught up in those textured brushes, keep up on those value studies :) maybe try some black and whites from reference if you want a change of pace? All around your doing the right stuff.

I agree with the comment that sticking with one thing at a time will faster show improvement, though I myself don't end up doing that!

[algenpfleger]

Jakers, thank you! Encouragement is something everybody needs, and I must admit that all the stuides can get exhausting. But I'll keep going!

So here's today's stuff, bammes studies, a value study from a newspaper photograph, some poses and a quick 40 minute doodle.

[kischi]

Hey great stuff. Your faces coming allong very nice. Your hard work i really paying off.
Thx for reminding me how lazy I am ;)

[Maidith]

Gotcha :D Finally found your sketchbook ^^
Great stuff, all of those. It inspires me to practice anatomy and drawing people more...

[algenpfleger]

kischi, thank you for the nice words :) i think that work always pays off, if you put your heart into it.

maidith, wonderful to see you here!


here's today's stuff.

[Flakari Leader]

I love the colored pieces you do, they're nice, clean, and well rendered. Keep up the other studies too, I think your dedication is wearing off on me. xD

[algenpfleger]

Flakari Leader, thanks :) Yeah, i enjoy working with color more than just penciling... it's so rewarding %D

Today's stuff! I'm happy because i reached one of my goals, which was to draw 300 Sixty-Second-Poses.

[algenpfleger]

One more quickie before going to bed! 1 hour, single layer.

[algenpfleger]

Almost nothing today :-/ Had to do quite a lot for University and also help out my parents D:

[UnSharpened]

Oh! I envy the progress you got:blahblah:!!
Those two environment with strong light from sky are my favorite among your sketch:D, though I can see your digital portrait is getting better. Maybe soon I'll fall in love with them.:P. Your work has gave me some idea of improving myself,

so

Keep updating, man!!

[Zeitwolf]

Are you getting cleaner? Or is it just the scans :D
The hand studies are great. I really like them. Good that you're heeding my advice with the eyebrows, the bottommost face looks a lot more feminine, now. Now work on the right proportions of the face on the skull (it's all a bit small in this painting. The width of lips is in general nearly the leght of the nose and thus the eyes are too small too). And get some reference of the pinna, you know you can't help it.

[algenpfleger]

UnSharpened, thanks! 'll try to do more of this stuff :)
Zeitwolf, thank you. No, it's just the scans :D I see you have a point there with the skull and face proportions, thanks, I'll remember it :)


More Stuff!

[algenpfleger]

Today's stuff! Didn't have much time because of university starting again an everything, but here's what i did. Some anatomy, and then I moved on to poses, but this time only 30 seconds, which is freaking hard.
Nothing digital today, but I'm gonna work on my WIP a bit more.

[algenpfleger]

Just some cubes and a bunch of hands today x_X I'm tired. Motivate me, people.

[Zeitwolf]

*sends shiny waves of motivation*
You have done lot more than me today.
Bring a sketchbook to your lectures and draw.

[iceman478]

post 15 is really cool

[algenpfleger]

Aaah i fail! Didn't do anything yesterday, although the title says updated daily. Just worked on that WIP.

Zeitwolf, iceman478, thank you :D


So today nothing digital, just some hand studies after Bammes and then a whole bunch of drapery studies from life. On the last two pages I used some document liner which has an awesome feel to it, I'll use that thing more often.

[Carbono]

Wow, hands! I think the ones holding things are your best! Keep practicing, looking promising!

[algenpfleger]

Carbono, thank you!

Here's stuff. First are some characters, then some arms. Those ugly faces are from life, drawn on the bus. Can't draw a straight line with our bumpy roads.
The girl with the torch is the current status of a WIP of mine... don't know how to push it further, and think i lost interest. Any kind of critique would be appreciated.
Those poses are 30 seconds and they suck :-/

[Trashy]

Hey algenpfleger,

Thanks for coming by my sb. I think you got alot of great things happening here. Really good studies and those arm studies are great also. Hmm...I need to do some of those.

About the wip your working, it looks pretty good so far. You got a great sense of color and nice strokes. I think it just needs little tiny touches to finish it up really. You could possibly add sparks to the torch to give it a slight effect. I dunno...I can't really critique it too much. The legs could use alittle more smoothing. If you want to get heavy critiques you might want to put it in the critique forum.

In anycase I'll be keeping a lookout. Great work!

[Maidith]

Improvement! :D

It's so great to watch your progress :) More please <333

[algenpfleger]

Trashy, thank you!! I started doing those studies only recently, but it really seems to help :O Glad you like the painting and thanks for the tip with the sparks!

Maidith, your wish is my order :D

Here's stuff. If you need a drink, feel free to call that little annoying robot.

[algenpfleger]

Pathetic how little I got done today :-/

[Sedig]

Your dedication is great. You will make lots of progress. Drawing so much can almost be work, but it pays off.

I only have one critique, which may be the fault of the scanner: some of your pencil work seems to need good healthy black. In some places, you employ your darks very well, but in others your renders are slightly weakened due to the lack of a nice dark. Maybe try to think particularly hard about darks in a few drawings. If you like the result, keep it up. If not, don't.

If the lack of darks is due to the scanner, feel free to ignore.

[Farin]

nice sb. as sedig already mentioned: great dedication!
i really like the robot. the concept, the colors and the character of it.

you r from germany?! which town?

[Xaya]

Alpenpfleger??? Netter Username... ;)

Well, first of all, you are on the right track! Study anatomy is essential if you wanna improve in figurative drawing and painting.
It is also great that you do imaginary stuff here and there, in your stage i would recommend to work with reference, especially with paintings, colored stuff.
The thing is that you just have to know how to create realistic skin, distance,
textures, color relation etc. In between imaginary stuff should be done to use your knowledge from reference stuff and other studies (anatomy) and see what you really learned from them.

So keep it up!

Xaya

[algenpfleger]

Sedig: Thanks, i hope so :D And you're right about the darks, saw this stuff on another monitor today and it kinda looked... wierd. I think I just got to calibrate mine so i can adjust the scans properly.

Farin: Thanks dude! I'm from Chemnitz, Saxony. In the deep east...

Xaya: Almost ;) It's al<G>enpfleger, with g :D Thanks for the advice, I'll use more reference!

Here's what i did today... anatomy, sketches on the bus and some poses.

[algenpfleger]

Stuff!
Hand studies after Bammes, 1 hour digi doodle without ref, and train sketches.

[algenpfleger]

Train sketches and non-reffed digi doodle. Seems like while I improve at some things, I get worse at some other :-/

[algenpfleger]

Stuff~
My 30 second poses suck.

[algenpfleger]

Where has my motivation gone. Fuck this, I won't give up!!
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[algenpfleger]

Bammes and Vanderpoel studies.
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First time working with charcoal, feels incredible, I really want to do some life drawing, I need to find a course :O
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[algenpfleger]

Blargh.
Random doodles...
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Charcoal drapery studies from life, about 20 minutes each...
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And what the hell is this. 55 minutes wasted on this one. But I'm glad i did. I learned a lot about charcoal, and that i need to focus more on anatomy.
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One day, I'm gonna be an awesome artist. I'm dead serious. I'll just keep practicing until then.

[algenpfleger]

I need to draw moooore~

Random doodles:
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Vanderpoel studies:
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Charcoal stuff:
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[algenpfleger]

Lalala, daily stuff :D
Train/Bus sketches, crappy lines because of crappy streets:
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Vanderpoel studies:
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[algenpfleger]

Lalala~

First, some Vanderpoel:
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Refless digital doodle, 1 hour:
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45 Minutes:
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Animexx DSG #55: "Mirror", 30 Minutes:
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Refless faces, about 20-40 min each:
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[RandAlThor]

Cool stuff algen, i like your shading technique in pencil, reminds me to stop broswing and go practice..lol keep posting dude..

[Jakers]

Wow im impressed with how good some of your digital is, to me it feels like its ahead of your pencils.

What I don't see in the drawings is more solid rendering..even though they are fast. I do like the overall style of how you do it, and its getting MUCH better as seen in post # 50...but it seems you dont have as much focus when it comes to describing the forms.

If your going to try the cross-hatch style of quick shading, might I suggest that you further alternate and think about your angles a bit more (going 90 degress and making a checkboard pattern is kind of flat to me), it can be pretty powerful and descriptive if you stroke in the direction the form flows...might need to make your lines closer together so its more consistent.

Otherwise your new eye studies are pretty dead on, and your great at the non referenced faces at this stage!

[algenpfleger]

RandAlThor, thanks dude!
Jakers, thank you for coming back! About the digis, well I lack foundations in basically everything, but the the second half of the last year I worked almost only digital, so maybe that's the reason. Thanks for the advice regarding the pencil stuff! It's true, I LOVE the way cross hatching looks, I wanna learn that too, so your tips are most valuable, thanks! :)


Here's today's stuff, first, Vanderpoel studies:
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And then, to test out and strengthen what I learned, non-reffed digi faces:
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[Novbert]

Great sketchbook here, very inspirational.
Your digitals and your pencils are also improving nicely.
And the amount of work you're doing is jaw-dropping.
I hope you will draw more full renderings with pencil and not just anatomy studies.
I think you're on the good way to become a great artist. Keep up the good work!

Btw: Could you recommend some good anatomy books? (Is that Bammes book you often mention available in electronic format?) I already have that Loomis book Figure drawing for all it worth, but it focuses on the overall shape of the body and not on the body parts. So I could really use some recommendations.

[eskanto]

your digital pieces have got a lot of potential!!! i've been trying to learn how to paint digitally for the past few months and its not easy. if you keep at this pace you'll improve greatly. ...and was that the LAUGHING MAN i saw in one of your sketches? A Ghost in the Shell fan!

[algenpfleger]

Novbert, thank you so much! Interesting thoughts about the pencil renderings, I agree, I have to do more work in that direction. And thanks, a good artist is exactly what I want to become :D
The most awesome anatomy book I know is The Human Figure by John H. Vanderpoel. Bammes' stuff is also extremely good, but very, umm, technical, not related to drawing... ah, I'll write you a PM :D

eskanto, thanks! Haha fuck yeah Ghost in the Shell = WIN!!

Here's some sketches done mostly in the bus. Didn't get around to do much, exams are coming up next week :-/
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[LEvans]

Awesome quick studies there!

I adore those non-reffed faces, particularly the profile of the man on the right.... lovely. :) Excellent use of cross-hatching.

[Puck]

Great pencil and pen sketches - especially the train sketches. Great to see all the studies and poses as well - they're gonna pay big dividends. Keep up the good work

[algenpfleger]

LEvans, thank you! naomiful is a big inspiration, her hatching is so beautiful... *drools*

Puck, thanks, I will!



Holy shit, exams are coming up. Been doing a lot of math today, didn't have much time to draw, but here are some sketches done at University, the girl is from head, the rest partly from life, partly from imagination:
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And some half-assed Vanderpoel studies. My lines suck. Are there any specific exercises to improve that, or does it just come with practice?
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[DeKal]

thanks for that comment, for real...your stuff is real cool too...i like the digital portraits a lot...just keep up the anatomy studies and the life drawing! and experiment more with mark making..your on the right track

[algenpfleger]

DeKal, thanks dude! Yeah, I will.
Aaah can't take days without drawing, although i really REALLY have to prepare for my exams, here's some doodles.

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[The Pariano]

Thanks for checkin in on my sb!
Really liking those arm studies on page 2 man! You seem to use hatching alot in your sketches, I think it would be beneficial if you started to use the lines to follow the forms of what youre shading. Its amazing to see the difference of lines that follow the forms and ones that dont. Im actually working on a charcoal piece in class and theres a part of a form that is almost completely pitch black, but but making the strokes follow the form its easily seperated from the flat background strokes.
Line exercises?
Id say do lots of contour drawings. Dont lift your pencil up at all; one long fluid line. work with pressure and line variation aswell and in no time you will have really strong lines : D

[algenpfleger]

Almighty Chris, wow, thanks for the advice! As soon as my exams are over, I shall definitely practise that!
Daaaaamn i wanna draaaaaaaaw but instead i have to study :-/


But here's some digital refless doodles from today.
openCanvas 1.1, 1 hour:
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openCanvas 1.1, 20 minutes:
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openCanvas 1.1, 25 minutes:
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SAI, 1 hour:
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[algenpfleger]

More digital crap! All in openCanvas and without ref, except the fruit stuff, which is from life.

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[algenpfleger]

More digi stuff!
Lol, seems oC doesn't like layers when saving as .jpg :D

Some movie trailer screenshots, about 20 minutes each:
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And a refless doodle.
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I have yet to find out how to effectively use openCanvas.

[algenpfleger]

Some perspective practice after discovering Form's Environmentoring :D

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[eskanto]

i like your black and white digi paintings, good values going on in there and the last one above me is good too. i have a hard time with landscapes, good effort!

[algenpfleger]

eskanto, thanks mate :D

photo studies and landscape for the environmentoring section!

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[Earendil]

Good luck getting into the Environmentoring Class 2, but I think you'll get in. :)

Keep it up!

[Jakers]

Great looseness in the last enviornment...I like how it is held togethere by the atmosphere and nice color choices. It really shows how important the base sctrucutre you work from is. I think it got foggy a little fast, maybe preference though.

I see those movie studies as being very benificial for lighting and color, and that you've kept the time frame for each short to support that. great.

[Kfeeras]

net schlecht, weitermachen!!

cheers
-antonio

[eminkey2003]

Impressive improvement-- try using less lines in those fast gesture studies. Sometimes gestures can be as minimal as 2 or 3 long lines. Also, I don't think any bitmap programs like Photoshop and OC will save JPEGS with layers. It flattens everything. Keep it up!

[algenpfleger]

Earendil, thanks for the encouragement! I hope so!

Jakers, thanks man. Yeah, it came out foggier than I wanted, guess I don't really have much control. need to paaaint~

Kfeeras, danke mann :D

eminkey2003, thanks for the advice! I will.


Two assignments for environmentoring, and digi doodles. That english kind of castle was inspired by some photos on the net and my journey to scotland a few years ago, bot not reffed.

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[algenpfleger]

Aaaaaand stuff :D

Environmentoring....
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And 60 second poses. Trying to get them down with careful, economic lines and without lifting the pencil... well, the fineliner.
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[algenpfleger]

Been experimenting with a little freeware tool called Artweaver today. Seems cool, like a Photoshop-Painter-Hybrid (I don't have either). The brush system is nice, but new to me, as I've only been using SAI and openCanvas, which don't work spacing-based.
So here's some quick thumbnails, trying to get some brush settings I like:
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Two openCanvas girls:
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This one was slightly reffed, learned a lot about brushes and values:
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And some 60 second poses.
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I wish i would have done more today :-/
But I'll tackle this week's EOW, as it was an environmentoring assignment :D

[ItalianHorsey]

Wow...Figure drawing like crazy. I think you should do some detailed figure drawing. Keep it up man!

[Nistarn]

Great work you have here, specially composition congratulations

[smid]

Nice stuff man! I like your female characters. I would like to see some of them a bit more developed. Keep posting.

[yinteck]

Cool, like your stuff, especially your studies and female character.

[Flutic]

You're stuff is great an you're improvement even greater,
I like you're characters and love the colors in the canyon thing.

Greets,Tom

[algenpfleger]

Wow, so many replies!


ItalianHorsey, thank you, yeah, figures are what i need to improve right now the most besides enviros, and it's fun! Will do some more detailed ones soon.
Nistarn, thanks mate :)
smid, thank you, grils are alway fun to draw, aren't they? :)
yinteck, thanks!
Flutic, thank you very much, I'm always so happy to hear I improve :)


Well the hot phase of my exam period is starting, so I don't really have much time, but here's a chick i managed to throw in when studying assembler programming with my buddies at university, first time drawing with a ballpoint pen too, feels cool, kinda like pencil...
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Also did some Vanderpoel studies today, trying to get my hatching follow the forms, was amazed by how hard it was, it forces you to think a lot about the actual forms, really great, will do that always from now on....
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I actually felt like shit today, having headache and whatnot, but it's better now after drawing and listening to Yoko Kanno and reading the replies to my sketchbook :)

[Loolarge]

Just found your sketchbook because of the funny name :) Cool stuff, you have been doing lots of anatomy studies and you update often. You got it going!

[algenpfleger]

Loolarge, thanks a bunch man :)

Had my exam in machine oriented programming today, it was hell. They asked stuff we weren't taught yet, as it's a third semester's subject, and I am first semester, and 90 minutes were much to little time, and everybody think they failed :D But I at least solved 4 out of 6 tasks and could draw on the way home, so it was alright.

Here's sketches on the bus. I am amazed how easy this follow-the-forms hatching is, how much it improves the workflow, and how much better it looks.
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And vanderpoel studies.
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And poses, 60 seconds. reached 500, yaaay. And I learned something important when doing these today, I start to look for specific aspects of the pose, how the energy flows in the figure. Hard to describe, i shall do more of these. I also feel I begin to understand things about lineweight and emphasis I didn't understand before. Aaah makes me wanna practice so much more.
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[Jakers]

fantastic studies of facial features, them are on my list to do soon!

I think you learned a good deal in this one, it looks quite successful in creating depth
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=299896&d=1202680359

The environmentoring was cool, your just doing it based on the lessons that already happened correct?

[GiantRibot]

this book was perfect for me. i'm going through the same journey myself, and you've given me some hope again.

if i may ask, where did you get all of those references for your figure studies?
you have hundreds of them.

awesome. thanks

[Lotet]

great stuff! i like the studies and i really like the girls too, they are beautifull, keep posting,^^

[skorpi]

I already thougt, I'll find your sketchbook :)

Really nice drawings, don't stop

[Giorge]

Pretty awesome studies and your digital work is making progress . But watch out for the scribbling , it might mess your work up. If its not a sketch.

[algenpfleger]

Jakers, thanks for coming back man! And yeah, that one taught me a lot :) The environmenting was over, so I could just kinda bust thrpough it all in a couple of days but there's a new course starting soon and I hope to get in!
GiantRibot, thanks :) Glad to inspire. The poses are from posemaniacs.com, amazing site :O
Lotet, thanks, I will :)
skorpi, cool, you're there to? Thanks for stopping by!
flamable, thank you. You're right about the scribbling, I have to make my lines a lot cleaner.

So here's some messy sketches done on the bus...
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And some Vanderpoel studies, came out rather... not so good...
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And poses, 30 seconds each this time, I had problems getting more than the torso down. Guess I'll have to get faster :D
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[kischi]

Wow man you are working hard. And it is totally worth it as I can see. Your refless faces are getting better and better!! Really great and motivating sketchbook. Keep em coming

[Reika]

Great values, great perspective. I think a little more attention to detail would help :) otherwise.. keep the studies going

[Maidith]

Dude, so many poses! Your diligence at learning is really inspiring! Keep doing those, soon you'll have over 9000!
And as mentioned, I LOVE those environments. That's seriously good stuff. :asskisser:

[Flutic]

Again great stuff, I'll start my pose marathon today,
I hope it helps it seem to help you!

bye hard working bastard :p. (really it motivates me allot do try harder myself)

Greets,Tom

[algenpfleger]

kischi, thank you so much! A lot of my motivation comes from the lovely feedback here :)
Reika, thanks, and you're right! i shall do more detailed stuff in the future, but basics come first.
Maidith, haha, of course, yours are better, but mine have an advantage in numbers :D
Flutic, yeah it helps, get going! :D And thanks man!



So today! I got up at early, went jogging, then did some warmups like drawing lines and training eye and muscles and coordination and stuff, didn't scan that, would take too long.
Then I did some 30 second sketches:
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And some 60 second sketches:
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And some digi thumbs. Didn't work quite like I wanted, so I fell into a deeeep pit of frustration.
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Which made me doodle with ballpoint pen and brushpen. The first sheet is one with the aforementioned warmup exercises which i learned in the mentoring section, the doodles are refless, and the brushpen is fun, yeah it is :D
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I'm happy with the second page, I think the ballpoint girl in the top left came out good :)

And i received Bridgman's book on hands today. Awesome. Here's the first studies. I. Want. To. Learn. How. To. Draw. Hands!
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Yay! Drawing is fun! Tomorrow I'll be at University again, studying for exams, which means I won't be able to practice as much as today D:

[tensai]

way to go on those 30 second sketches. good gesture and life and energy to them.

[lacadam]

hey nice work, i like the 30 second sketches you do... better than mine... anyway keep it up because we wana see more

[Luckysquid]

Wow, I just joined this site the evening and was planning on browsing through a whole bunch of stuff, but I feel upon your sketchbook instead and just fell in love! All your dedication and hard work is utterly inspiring, and you've improved so much! It's really encouraging to see such astonishing results. :D I can't wait to see more of your art (and start some of those crazy cool pose drawings myself)! Keep up the good work.

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

hey! Just wanted to let you know one little thing. You inspire me and so I will work harder from now on, to be a better and more complete artist. So thank you and If you want to, we could push eatch other to improve:)

I'm Even

[algenpfleger]

tensai, thank you :)
lacadam, cheers mate, i will! :D
Luckysquid, aww, you dont know how heartwarming that is :) Thank you so much for your kind words, im glad i helped to inspire you.
Mischeviouslittleelf, thank you, and yes, i think pushing each other is a good thing :) I'll head over to your sketchbook °O°/

So today, I overslept, then did a lot of lines, circles, and ellipses, and then some Bridgman studies.
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Then I went to my University, studying with friends, but still doodled in the bus.
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Then i did some vanderpoel studies... again, not good, but I learned a lot :D
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And some 30 second poses before going to bed :) These suck, I somehow don't seem to have the right approach right. Everyone else seems to be doing them with lines, while i kinda try to get them down with forms... but shouldn't that actually be the right way? Maybe I just lack experience.
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Good night people :)

[algenpfleger]

Today!

First, line exercises, then Bridgman studies.
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Hadn't done anything with color in a long time, so I just doodle away, without any lines, just blocking in, here's what I had after a bit more than two hours:
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Some more digi stuff from today, all done during the Themed Art Challenges over at deviantArt.
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This is what the Gallery Directors do in their meetings...
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The topic given here was "Fair Exposure".
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And some 30 second poses.
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[kidult]

Good to see so much energy in your works and studies. Great that U are doing so much too - can only help to make u a great artist!

[Gundersen]

Hey man, thanks for dropping by my sketchbook. You got some awesome stuff here. Hope to see you in same class as me soon ;)

[alvukovic]

I see great effort here! Like the anatomy studies and the croquis!

[UnSharpened]

Love it<3!! I am a bit out-of-date, but #51 is my favorite, great style, it reminds me bumskee's work:P. Can you tell me where you get your ref. for 30sec pose study? I would love to do some really quick figure study as well. The recent post is sweet, nice fluid. Nothing can really crit, you're doing a great job:D!!

[Peter Berkovski]

nice update buddy,dig your work,keep it up.
Cheers!

[algenpfleger]

kidult, thanks, and yeah, that's what i'm hoping ;)
Gundersen, thanks man! and yeah, we'll see each other in class! :D
alvukovic, thank you :)
UnSharpened, thanks dude. i'm flattered you even mention bumskee. i love his stuff so much. the poses are from posemaniacs.com, ill send you a pm in case you dont read this post :)
atlantik, thanks mate!


so today, i had to study for my exams. next one is on tuesday and things are getting kinda stressful. after that however, ill have all time in the world.

but i still did a digi doodle in between boolean algebra and all those nasty things... tried a new, more "traditional" approach to skintones here, more blocking and less blending, instead developing a richer color scheme... i think it came out rather nice. without ref, as always.
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and a tiny bit of bridgman.
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[Peter Berkovski]

thanks to visiting my sb mate,that last painting is freakin good man, very inspirationa inspirational,keep em um man,I'll watching you! ;P
cu

[Giorge]

Good sketches , and studies , but i think you should try to draw from real life a little bit , to get and idea of the natural human body , because in a study from a book, is how the artist saw the model , you need to draw what your eyes see.

[mellowpurple]

omfg the hands o__O!!
great work, I'm impressed by how much time you actually spend on improving your drawing skills °_°;
I mean- I knew you'd spend a lot of time for that. But so much drawings, so many different poses and stuff ... wow o_o"
keep going <3~

[algenpfleger]

atlantik, thanks mate! :D
flamable, thank you, and yeah, unfortunately you are right. i've been looking for a life drawing class around here ever since i started this thread, without success so far :-/ but ill do self portraits and studies from life, i think that will help as well.
mellowpurple, thanks my dear :D ha. you see. i just cant upload all this shit on animexx ;D


didnt do anything yesterday, because of exams. didnt do much today either, because of more exams. but here's a sketchbook page i did on the bus... haha, my pencils suck.
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and i didnt make it into form's environmenting class. damn it, i should have worked harder. that kinda pulled me down, and i was all emo, for at least two minutes. after that, i started doodling, without any specific purpose... here's what i had after 3 and a half hours.
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[algenpfleger]

Stuff~

Bridgman.
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And my first try at recording a video of my painting process...
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And something which took a little longer... 4-5 hours, tonight, instead of sleeping. No ref.
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[HillZ]

hey

im liking the digi sketches, good job! Also well done on keeping up with all those figure studies, inspiring stuff lol. And i also wish to learn how to draw hands, bit of a weakness of mine, might start when i get home =P

anyway, keep up the awesomeness!

[algenpfleger]

HillZ, thanks mate! :D


Didn't really do anything today except digital doodling...

About 4 hours, SAI, no ref:
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And a small update on this one:
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[Flutic]

Hey, Gosh you're learning fast, and working hard, it really pays of.... ( I'm thinking where does this guy going to end?)
You're digital sketches are improving allot! You inspire me to work harder myself, "thanks :p"

Greets,Tom

[Exquisite Beast]

I may work hard but you sir, are CRAZY. Keep up all the stuff but don't think you can escape ref just yet - it's time to build up the chiaroscuro and start giving your figures real contrast! :D You're still leaps and bounds ahead of me....

[kidult]

Tuff update man - loving these pics! The saturated colours are soo nice! Can see how the hands studies paid off. Skin tones on the 2nd ones face is good too.
Some anatomical offness on the ladies but seems U where more into the faces? Or is that just me....
Anyways keep it up!

[_andreas_]

hei,
i really like the fact that your doing hard work on the color AND anatomy part, very admirable!
your faces look good, its just funny that they are pretty similar (your girlfriend?) and that their lips are always VERY red.

again, great updates and post more!

[Trashy]

Your studies like andreas said are really admirable. Seriously, my hat goes off to you for those hard studies. Your making big progress on your pieces and your colors are sweet. Keep it coming:)

[Fishspawn]

Hey, thanks for dropping by my book. Really like the paintings, they are coming along nicely. Keep studying and working hard. On your 30 second sketches, make sure to draw the feet. Foot placement is extremely important in gestures. Keep it up!

[Peter Berkovski]

lol it seems you've done a hard work here,I love your paintings ,ver very life and dynamic paintings,you rock man!
best wishes my friend!

[XSsithi]

So with your mention of conceptart.org and their sketch forums I figured I would find you here haha. Very nice thread you have going on here and you are making great progress. Not sure if I found that pose page through something on your pages or someone else's but I've been playing with that a lot today. I've never made a sketch thread on here but I think I will start. I've been looking forward to doing art this weekend haha and now I think this might help keep me motivated just by how crazily motivated you are haha.

Keep em coming, I will try to keep up! haha :D

[algenpfleger]

Woot page 5 already!
Aww people I'm sorry, I've been slacking and not been doing anything yesterday. Had another exam, so I was kinda ... studying.

Flutic, thanks man, I'm wondering about that as well, I'll just keep practicing until I'm like mega awesome or anything! Thanks for the nice words!
Exquisite Beast, haha no, I'm not! I'm actually ashamed I didn't do anything yesterday. But thanks!
kidult, thanks man! Well yeah I'm much into faces. But i really wanna do full body stuff! Soon.
andreas, thank you, haha, my imaginative girlfriend? :D But yeah, I'm afraid they're kinda... similar looking. I will definitely do more studies to get some variety in my style.
Trashy, thank you Sir :)
Fishspawn, thanks! Wow, you're right about the feet. Need to practice such stuff.
atlantik, thanks :)
XSsithi, great to see you here! Thanks for stopping by, and way to go with your sketchbook! I'll head over right away!


Haha wait, since it's the first post on the page, better get in a closeup from the last doodle first :D I'm a ... wow awesome conceptart has a wordfilter! I love this place more and more.
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So today! Some Bridgman. Highly inspired by Chromosome's sketchbook, his stuff is way too awesome.
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Well people are right when they're saying my faces look all the same. So here's some photo studies.
God I suck when working with reference...
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And some refless sketches, about 50-60 minutes each, second girl looks like Catherine-Zeta Jones, how is that possible? D:
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[NemesisOnline]

Thanks for you comment in my SB, very useful advice.
Great sketchbook you have. I particularly like your hand studies.

[ceriously]

It's pretty impressing that you've filled up this sketchbook so quickly, without the image quantity per post suffering. I really enjoyed looking through here, all the redheads are great and the quick poses certainly are too. I feel motivated to pick up that habit again having seen yours! Anyway, I can't offer advice unfortunately, so I'll settle for the typical keep it up and a thanks for the inspiration. Good luck! :asspat:

[algenpfleger]

Occidental_Martyr, thanks and welcome!
nolarc, thank you :) Haha, yeah, i like redheads. And freckles. I think they're awesome. The kind of girl that always looks like it's summer outside... i love that *dreams away*.... what? Ah. Thanks for stopping by mate :D


So today I didn't really do anything except practicing skintones! Here's some doodles, all without ref and between 40 and 60 minutes.
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This one's my favorite :)
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Aaand some Bridgman.
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And two quick photostudies.
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[GiantRibot]

that last greyscale is gorgeous!

(note to self, work on skintones)

[Frozenbears]

Man i'm really digging your stuff. I agree with GiantRibot!

[DeKal]

aw man..big improvment since the last time i was here..the spiney beanstalk is really tight..and i really like post 114..both of those are probly my favorites from you...all the gesture scribbles are nice too man...keep the shit up.

[Flaskpost]

Great bridgman hands! lookin fiiine!

[Peter Berkovski]

amazing amazing amazing update man, I wish to steal your brain ;) good job my friend keep that rhythm

[Mark Bot]

wow i really like your face studies. something i've been meaning to do but i keep putting off.
thanks for the motivation!!!

crit: i dunno what it is but some of the 3/4 views look off just a tad, something in the farside eye/jaw/cheek area. Maybe it's just me.... otherwise great stuff!

[catukas]

Conceptart is my second life now :D

I like how you have done those faces, skintones. especially the first one in your last post. Good job.
I'll keep an eye on you :D
Keep up the good work !

[Eux]

Thanks for visiting my SB, Seeing your sketchbook it's really clear what you mean with draw More. You have such an amazing drive It's really awe-inspiring seeing someone work that hard. And the results really show.

Booth your digital and your traditional works are become clearer and preciser and more developed for every page of the book. But your work ethic remains unchanged Keep goign and you will reach the starts.

[Yngling]

Hey hey! You really do alot of studies! That's never a bad thing. Your figures are really dynamic, with all the gestures you've got, but what captures my attention most are the brilliant colours. The skin tones are especially great! I love the redhead on top of this page!

Yngling

[algenpfleger]

Oh my God, so many replies! :D

GiantRibot, thanks man! I kinda prefer doing photostudies in greyscale because most photos have really ugly colors.

Frozenbears, your name is awesome! Thanks! :D

DeKal, thanks for stopping by and for the nice words man! Yeah, I'll keep it up :)

Flaskpost, thank you :)

atlantik, dude, thanks! But my brain ain't cool yet, I'd rather go for a real brain to steal if I was you ;)

GusTheRobot, thanks man. You're right about the 3/4's. Need to work on that.

catukas, thanks! And yeah, ca.org is a good second home. Cause home is where the art is :yayca:

Eux, thank you so much for those beautiful words, I really appreciate it. And I'm glad to be able to inspire someone :)

Yngling, thank you Sir! :D


So today! Some photo studies to warm up and learn a bit about facial features. I do hate photos though. They never show the richness of skintones.
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Also, Bridgman.
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Then the usual refless doodles. These suck, I gotta practice more. God I love Linda Bergkvist. Her finished pieces are awesome, but her sketches are even better. I want to reach her level as soon as possible.
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Also, vanderpoel studies. This is the pelvis bone, although it doesn't look like it :D
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And two more boring digis before going to bed. Not liking these :-/
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[XSsithi]

So really, I have to ask, how many hours a day do you typically spend sketching? and sleeping and whatever else? haha :D I don't know how you get so much art produced in a single night. Loving it all though. Also, I assume you already do this but in case it is a new tip flip your canvas often to notice the mistakes. It always helps me when I am doing 3/4 views. I think it would have helped your final drawing though the rest are pretty good I think.

[Reject-D]

love the paints and the hands great job

[Frozenbears]

great hand job

[Ian Mack]

great hand job

LOL

Love that you're producing so much so quickly..it's something that I keep trying to improve on. Time spent drawing that is.

Anyway, I have a suggestion for you that might result in more variety with your faces. Find a subway/bus/streetcar/whatever that you can sit on and study the people that get on.

There is usually a wide demographic of people that get on and if you study them in a sculptural frame of mind, you'll get an idea of the different bone structures. That, in turn, carries over into your ref-less sketches!

[mentler]

! Mega Bones !

[Ethion]

Woa... I found algenpfleger :)

And hey you show more here than on Pixelbrush :)
I like your work and I see you have the same book about hands like me (Bridgman) *g*

I hope my way to CA will help me sketching more....or better showing my sketches :)

[sjuskadur]

Great stuff mate... 2 tips... try to render your paintings more... or clean them up a bit and facial anatomy :) otherwise... keep it up!

[algenpfleger]

Replies, fuck yeah! :D

XSsithi, err, I dunno... a couple of hours? Well I got holidays right now, so i can kinda invest a good amount of time :) And thanks for the crits. Yeah I know, flipping helps, must have missed it. need to practice more, obviously :D

Reject-D, thank you!

Frozenbears, what the fuck does that mean xD Thanks, I guess :D

Ian Mack, thanks. Well I'm kinda motivated at the moment. And public sketching seems like a great idea. Damn, I rarely get outside these days, semester holidays you know. But i will do this as soon and often as possible!

mentler, thank you man. This means so much to me.

Ethion, cheers :D Yeah, I don't show all the studies and pencil things on pixelbrush. Too lazy to upload them twice :D

sjuskadur, thanks! Yeah, you're totally right about the rendering. I totally lack experience, I will definitely do practice this.



So today, I didn't really get much done. Was helping out my dad and had some rehearsal with a band and yeah.
But I did a few eye studies.
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And a self portrait, with a mirror, 1 hour 15 minutes.
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And some Bridgman.
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And a refless, fake-looking goth chick.
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I also made a bet with Maidith that I'd be able to achieve LL (Linda Level) within two years from now. She'll buy me ice cream then, haha. Awesome.

[Clochette]

Great sketchbook, and many different drawings!
I like your self portrait! 1 hour and 15 minutes, it's a very nice result for such a short time! I work too slowly! :)
Keep it up!

[Ridz]

you've got some really nice faces in here!
i like the freckles that you give to a number of them.

[Reject-D]

augh too many at once!! lol great update!! keep it coming! love the eyes

thanks for posting in my SB you should stick around! i hope to have great things come out of there soon!!

[Frozenbears]

...hands great job

Great Hand Jobs.


Seriously though man. Excellent stuff. Where do you get the time and energy to produce so much? What is your secret please share! And as r-idz said the freckles are a nice touch that a lot of people don't seem to incorporate a lot, they were one of the first things i noticed when i looked through your sketchbook.

[Nettle_Mountain]

Damn you are working hard in that digital painting domain, im just so jealous... Those latest portrait heads shows a real improvement. I just tried it and i can say i have a lot still to go, but that waht the practise is there for, eh?

[AsaB]

Thanks for dropping by, much appreciated :)

I wish I'd seen your sb earlier, this is fantastic stuff! Your portrait studies are amazing and inspiring, I actually snatched several in my inspiration folder, if you don't mind :) I really like the loose and sometimes chaotic feel in your paintings, they all have such atmosphere and personality to them. I'd still like some more finished paintings, because I know you can do it! :)

Do you mind me asking what brushes you use? Are these custom or the regular ones in PS? I'm still figuring that basic stuff out, I'm such a newbie when it comes to PS painting, good old pencils are still my favourite medium.

Anyway, I'm going to give you 5 magic stars for this beauty and I will be watching! :D

[Hive_minD]

Really enjoy your stuff!
I will have to enter here again with some critique....
Really like the eye studies. Could you perhaps post me the ref links? :)

Chris

[algenpfleger]

*faints*
So many replies ohmygodohmygod! :D


Clochette, thanks :) Err, about drawing speed, I think Bobby Chiu said it's the ability to put down much information with few strokes. Something I definitely need to improve D:

r-idz, thanks! Aaaayyye I love freckles. I think I overdo it sometimes :D

Reject-D, haha, cheers man :D Yeah, I'll keep an eye on you.

Frozenbears, drop that joke already xDD Thanks man. About the motivation. Hey. it's no secret. I just listened to Bobby Chiu's podcast... and it totally hit me. Makes me believe in myself and work so hard. And once you see it pays off, you work even harder. Check it out people, it's pure love what this man gives the world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJowNFmuul8

Nettle_Mountain, thanks mate! Yeah, I wanna get really good. Like, really, really good. Means I have to practice a lot :D

AsaB, hey thank you :) What, inspiration folder, me? You must be kidding. Thank you. This means so much to me.
Umm, Brushes. Well I don't have Photoshop, don't really have the money, don't have Painter either for the same reason, so what I use is SAI, a japanese tool which is still in development. Actually, I don't feel I'll ever want something else. SAI is so awesome, even though it's still in alpha stadium. It's just beautiful, the brushes are so smooth, it's easy to use and to customize and... well I love it. I think you can get an english translation of the trial version here: Link (http://detstwo.com/pub/saia5-eng/)
And I once did a tutorial on how to use the program: Tutorial (http://algenpfleger.deviantart.com/art/SAI-Tutorial-67196095)
Thanks again :)

Hive_minD, thanks man! Don't really have ref links I'm afraid, I just browse the internet, like flickr, deviantart, there's tons of bodyparts there. Gotta be grateful to the emo kids with their myspace pics I guess :D


So today! I did a few more of the aforementioned studies.
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Then, digital doodling. Wanted to try out new things today with skintones. So here's one where I wanted to have my mids more low key like Marta Dahlig says, but I failed and it's oversaturated and weird.
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Next one... here I tried some "ugly" colors, you see my palette in the corner there. Linda bergkvist seems to be working with such colors, but I can't seem to figure it out yet. Damn, I wanna learn how to paint skin like her.
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[Peter Berkovski]

great portraits as always my friend,you amaze me every day dude,so much work and you didn't make any break.Hard and good work you doing right now - Regards.and you braing going to be for stealing very soon ;)
Cheers mate!

[sketcheth]

I like how you include simple things like freckles in your paintings of women, they really give them a bit more originality and realism. You paint some extremely expressive eyes, I love the studies.

You can completely disregard this, but it may be healthy to try to expand your area of focus from what you do so well, like lips and eyes, and work on other aspects of your portraits, refining them and strengthening your skills there. No matter what you do, your work so far is pretty stellar.

[Flaskpost]

WHOA! You´ve gotten better over night! Tell me the secret! The small studies of mouths, eyes and so on are beautiful! Great brush economy. Every stroke seem to be in the right place!
Lookin great, dude!

[GiantRibot]

eyes and lips.

so awesome i broke my jealousy bone.

the yellow woman is a bit odd, though. seems as though she's emitting light instead of reflecting it.

i would try a multiply layer(in photoshop) to see how the shadows work best before painting it for real(in not photoshop).

[AsaB]

Beautiful update! :D Your lip studies are wonderful and juicy, I see such improvements. I agree with Flaskpost, what is your secret? :D (I think I know it though, sleep-deprivation and practice, yes? ;)) But joking aside, this is amazing.

Ah, you don't use Photoshop? Sorry, shouldn't jump to conclusions like that! But alright, thanks for the info and tutorial, I'll check it out :)

[Peter Berkovski]

we want more,we want more,we want more,sorry for this spam buddy but we want more ;) you have really amazing skills in OC, I should to try it out.
cu around my friend!

[algenpfleger]

Yay!

atlantik, thanks man! But leave me my brain just a little longer, the more will you benefit from stealing it later :D And what's with that double post man, I'm trying to concentrate here xD

sketcheth, thank you, and wow, everyone seems to love the freckles, now I feel bad as i don't have any today.
And hey, your critique is highly appreciated, and actually you are right. the thing is, what I'm focusing on right now is skintones, so I guess my stuff's a little boring right now. I shall do more figure studies to spice it up a little, you're totally right.

Flaskpost, wow, have I? :D Thanks! No secret, just practice and Bobby's podcast.
About the brushstrokes, umm, I don't think my strokes are economic, but I try to make them follow the form so maybe that creates a little effect... well maybe not :)

GiantRibot, oh I'm sorry! I had my jealousy bone removed a while ago so I can enjoy art without hurting all the time :D Thanks for the nice words man.
And yeah that yellow girl looks kinda ... not so well. Um, my software does have layers, but I rarely use em, cause if I don't like something I can always paint over it again, feels more natural to me.

AsaB, thanks my dear :D And you're dead on with the secret. I even overslept today because I was up so long yesterday D: And yeah, Photoshop is way too expensive for me, and apart from that, why should I use photo editing software for painting? Just because veryone else does it? :D

atlantik again, thanks, alright, alright, here's your update :D



Today's stuff is ugly! I was sick, had headache, overslept, and on top of that I tried new things with color schemes! But please bear with me, I think I'm about to figure out how to get skintones working the way I want em to.
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And some quick and dirty studies. I fell in love with the first photo, I believe it was the first time I saw a photo with good colors. So I kinda went and studied them, but my study looks not like the real one :(
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[AsaB]

Hey, you've got a point about PS, it's sometimes a bit odd that program directed at photo editing is used much more as a painting tool. That's why I've often thought of giving Painter (and now Sai!) a better look, the entire program is with painting in mind :) (Oh, and I can't quite say that I paid for Photoshop...:()

Your last update is gorgeous. My favourite is the upside-down one with the good colours. Your sense of colour is, btw, getting better with each update! I envy your dedication, but I guess there's not much else to do but kick my butt and practice :)

Ooh, one more question, if I may? Do you have any tutorials or links to digi painting, something that was maybe useful for you when first starting out? I've got so little experience in it (I'm more of a pencil fan), so it can be very frustrating :(

[Peter Berkovski]

you are the man,man ;) no seriously you are a machine for digital studies buddy,I'm feeling so lazy right now.I do like to see some old people studies from you, this gona be very very interesting.

[mentler]

Making Serious
Progress Here

The Correct
Spelling Of Creativity Is

PRODUCTIVITY

Up You Go To The Front Roll

[algenpfleger]

AsaB, haha yeah, and what's more, all the functions you use for painting are found in other programs as well.
And thank you :) Posted a bunch of tutorial links in your sketchbook thread... guess I'll post em in here as well:
Linda Bergkvist's tutorials (http://www.furiae.com/index.php?view=gallery) | ImagineFX workshops (http://imaginefx.com/02287754330326480692/workshops.html) | Itchstudios (http://itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm) | CGtalk thread with lotsa stuff (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=166&t=226083)
Those all helped me a lot.

atlantik, thanks man! Old people, huh? Did one today, maybe more coming up.

mentler, you have no idea how much this means to me. Your nice words really got me up on my feet again when I was about to lose faith in myself. Thank you so much. And I agree about the productivity, I will try to work even harder.


So, today. Some photo studies! Always fun.
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Also, Bridgman.
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Then refless digis... again trying to find new ways...
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And this felt like a breakthrough. Made me really happy.
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[Saskia]

Sehr schöne Arbeiten :) Ich bin gespannt in welche Richtung du dich entwickeln wirst, auf jeden Fall merkt man deinen Bildern die Leidenschaft an, mit der du dich so kreativ betätigst.

[Clochette]

I'm really really impressed by your massive production! How many colored sketches you make in one single day? Are you a machine or something? You never sleep or what?
Seriously, regarding your work, quantity rhymes with quality, so I'm pretty jealous! I feel like a turtle, and you are a speedy jack-rabbit! Anyway, it's not a contest, but your ability to produce more and more is awesome, and have a great consequence : you are improving your art every day!
Just a little crit for the next to last portrait : I think it will be more efficient if you work on some strong edges, for the face strong lines like forehead, arch of the eyebrows, jaws or chin, what are really hard curves of the face. She's a woman, I know, not a GI joe, but it seems a little bit too limp. Maybe some stronger contrast on those transition zones between two different surfaces (neck to jaw for example, or forehead to eye cavity) would make it much better? On her nose it's pretty well rendered, but less on other parts of her face.
The last one is in a very good direction!
Keep it up! And I'm waiting for you for that jam! :)

[kidult]

Great studies as always! Keep it up

[Flaskpost]

Whoa man, you´re improving fast! I love your digi-portraits.
The last one has really beautiful skintones!

[AsaB]

You're like an art machine, you produce more stuff in a day than I do in a month!

But joking aside, your latest update is fantastic. I love the b/w figure drawing, lovely values. And your skintones just keep getting better. Oh, and the old man portrait is so great! Love the expression :D

[UnSharpened]

Sweet colour stuff.
#152 is my favorite in recent post here, though the latest one is awesome as well. I think that's because of the problem whick Clochette has pointed out. So just an additional aspect I would like to mention is the second light source. Though it depends on personal decision, naturally light doesn't come in only one direction. By indicating the reflection of second light in dark side, the edge will come out by itself. Hope this will be helpful:P.

[algenpfleger]

Saskia, wow danke! dein Zeug ist wahnsinnig toll, ich fühl mich grad wirklich geehrt :)

Clochette, thanks :) Ah, not much. I just upload everything, and I put a lot of text in between to make it seem more :'D
Thank you so much for the sweet words, and for the critique. You are totally right about the facial features. I just begin to notice that I need to work on that part much harder. I wanna paint beautiful stuff after all! :D
And yeah we toally need to get down to that session. By the way, what will you play, or will you sing?

kidult, thanks man, I will!

Flaskpost, wow good to hear! thank you!

AsaB, no actually it took me twelve years to do all this stuff and now I'm posting it in just a few days to make it seem like i was devoted :'D Just kidding, thanks a bunch!

UnSharpened, thanks dude! And you're right about the critique... arggh I need to work harder. Can't even show my face anymore after todays update D:


Because today sucked. I felt really crappy and was helping out my dad like the whole day, which resulted in me getting nothing done at all, except some Vanderpoel studies.
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And a few photo studies.
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I hope tomorrow will be better though :)

[Clochette]

Hey, it seems that you've already understood that edge stuff!
You killing me! Keep working!
And for that jam session, I'll sing you some oldies, and you drums? :) Just need a bassist!

[Frozenbears]

Holy wow! i really like the last one of your photostudies!

[enrigo]

Insane progress dude, I love those portrait paintings especially the latest one. :)

[Fishspawn]

Man, you're pumping out a lot of work. These studies are getting a lot better! Keep it up.

[Peter Berkovski]

amazing progress man you gone transfer into pro after few months or quickly,keep rockin my friend
cu!

[Maidith]

Is it just me, or does this sketchbook contain much more stuff than the one at pixelbrush?
anyways... excellent studies :)

[Liam Harvey]

these are beautiful dude, the extreme close ups of the eyes and things are my favourite, they look real but the less focused areas applied with larger "strokes" help in providing focus points to the sharper more detailed areas. the effect is really powerful and down right cool i think.

[~Faust~]

Wow, you are a machine! You will rule us all soon.

[XSsithi]

It is really fun watching your sketchbook I gotta say. It is almost a for sure thing that every day you come back to look at it there will be new stuff. I really like how you are laying down the colors for skin tones and the background contrast. Have you done any painting of hands or feet? there are a lot of skin tone changes on them and it might help your eye for color if you have to deal with some different planes and highlights/shadows.

[AsaB]

Very nice photo studies, man, very inspiring and well done :) Those clouds are fun, the lighting in the first one looks great. Your eye studies are a beauty! Keep it up :D

[Trashy]

Man your awesome! No, I'm quite serious. Very encouraging studies and great improvements all around. Just watch that face in your refless studies. The same recurring face is the one I'm talking about. try to shake that if you can and change the complexion in the ladies faces from time to time.

[algenpfleger]

Holy cow, what's going on in here? So many replies! :D

Clochette, thank you, and I'm terribly sorry, I didn't mean to kill you, honestly D: Hahaha, oldies sound great. What kind of oldies, those which are simply what was cool before we were cool, or those which are really really old? And i know a bassist! Actually I spent most of today with him, that's why I didn't get anything done. But i think he might start to draw! And he'd be totally in for that jam session! I'm excited :D

Frozenbears, thanks mate!

enrigo, wow good to hear, thank you!

Fishspawn, well I'm trying :) Thanks.

atlantik, hey thanks for the motivation, yeah I am aiming for pro level! Thanks a bunch man!

Maidith, yeah because I am too lazy to upload everything twice haha :D Thanks my dear, and let me also add that I look forward to you buying me icecream :D

Gerbil Fetus, thank you so much man!

~Faust~, haha i hope so :]

XSsithi, thank you :) And actually I must admit that to this point i haven't done much studies of hands and especially not feet, as i'm still in the process of studying their anatomy. But i will definitely do that, after all I'm aiming for Linda Level here, and her hands and feet are just insanely good.

AsaB, thanks my dear :)

Trashy, hey thanks, and you're dead right about my recurring faces, i will definitely concentrate harder on getting some variations in there. Until now my only variation was freckles or no freckles i guess xD



Oh my God, I feel so bad about just having such a lazy update when it's the first post on the new page, people will think bad of me. But after feeling like shit for two days in a row, I decided I had to do some anti-artblock-therapy and just doodled a bit.
Some random girl...
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This one was fun, mainly done while on the phone. Inspired by the more than awesome Clochette I gotta say :)
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Another refless, purpose-less digi doodle... At least I tried to paint hands, come on.
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And some Bridgman.
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I'm afraid that's it for today. Tomorrow I shall start working hard again :)

[Piru]

love the looseness of your colors man! seems like you've got their secrets uncovered!

Cheers!

[Clochette]

Wah!!! You did a draw thinking of mines? Huu, I'm embarrassed! I'm not so awesome that you say!...
You're kind! Please show us that one with colors, your colors! :)
And about oldies, hummm... I like Dire Straits, Clapton, Cocker, the Stones, the Doors, the Clash and many others! Does it fit you? :)

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

nice stuff amigo^^Really nice hands there!

[bakatron]

always a fan!
nice to see you here as well herr fleger!

[algenpfleger]

Piru, thanks man! I'm far from uncovering any secrets though D:

Clochette, no really! Your stuff is so cool :) Colors, huh? I'll see :) Thanks!
And wow, that's some real oldies there :D If I at least knew half of it. Guess I'm too young. And here I thought I was really old :'D
But if we can't find any songs that we both know, we'll just go freestyle, right? :D

Mischeviouslittleelf, thank you!

bakatron, you're here? Awesome! Thanks buddy!


Man, I wanted to do really much today, but my flu got so much worse. I actually spent more time on the toilet than drawing.
Just managed to doodle a bit:
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And did a really bad photo study.
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And some Vanderpoel.
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I'm gonna go to bed now and hope it's gone tomorrow.

[Mark Bot]

and the great studies continue!
excellent job keeping up the hard work, even while you're sick to boot!
dedication spells progress, and progress means success. Keep on rockin it man!

[algenpfleger]

GusTheRobot, thanks! Yeah I know, that's why i try to keep going :)


Unfortunately today wasn't much better... I did do some doodling though, and a bit of bridgman.
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[Peter Berkovski]

1st one is very beauty face buddy,nice update,keep em comin!

[Clochette]

Nice update! My favorite is the first one!

[algenpfleger]

atlantik, thanks man!

Clochette, thank you my dear :)


Ah well, here's an official statement: As of tomorrow, the flu will officially be defeated by me, and i'll get cracking again.
Today, a figure study from ref:
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Some non-reffed doodles:
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This one was fun, trying to make some figures interact with each other, with perspective and proportion. Stole the idea from bumskee. That guy rocks. No ref used.
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And the usual Bridgman.
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[Quer]

cool man keep it up...immer weiter so kollege..gez. pUcK

[Clochette]

I like the values on the gray nude figure! Good work my dear too! :)

[Jakers]

Art always wins the war, get crackin! Bold painting style is neat...On the value study I find that a few of the marks jump out and ruin the flowing style of the strokes, make sure it all holds together because its looking great how you were approaching it.

[Peter Berkovski]

even with flu you can kick my fat ass man ;) keep kicking me ;P
I would like to see some pencil sketches (not only studies) if it's possible!
cu my friend!

[bakatron]

pfleger - im totally digging the fact taht youre going all crazy and all out. i love your work man. just one thing - play with thicker pen strokes to compliment the lighter ones and try to build in some opposing curve.

[algenpfleger]

Quer, danke :D

Clochette, thank you kindly :)

Jakers, thanks dude! And you're right... guess I wasn't really paying attention. Need to focus more.

atlantik, thanks :D Well pencils, I don't know. I'm totally into painting right now.

bakatron, thanks! And you are right about lineweight, I need to incorporate that D:



Today was strange. I did two studies:
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And two doodles. I don't even want to show these. On the first one I was playing around with one of Melanie Delon's color schemes:
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Then I realized that my way of painting doesn't work. I spent the rest of the day looking at other peoples', especially Linda's, art. I need to rethink my whole approach, my choice of colors, my use of layers, my blending, everything. Guess this is gonna take me a while.

[Autumnal Dream]

Du haust mich um, alter! xD
Ich dachte Archipelago wär der Meister des schnellen Fortschritts.. aber du machst ihm extrem Konkurrenz :D.
Das motiviert enorm, wenn ich mir deine Produktivität in 2 Monaten anschaue... woah, ich muss viel mehr tun und jeden Tag richtig viel machen.
Hast mich richtig wach gerüttelt ^^. Danke!

- Julian

[Quinn Simoes]

algenpfleger,

Allot of nice artwork here, your portrait studies are excellent. Drawing lots and working hard, great to see!

Quinn

[ilmenhin]

I love your work; reading through your thread really inspires me. :) I love both your colouring technique and your pencilling skills.

[ohomoho]

No realy man what do you do all day long siting infront of the computer drawing?
When you are posting the next update please put how much time did it take for every picture, its intresting to me.

And damn dude you are seriously my hero, i started drawing again becouse of people like you.Bless you.

[Mark Bot]

wow. it keeps getting better! those last few portraits have some rocking colors!
btw: where are you getting all this awesome ref material from? if you don't mind my asking

[Fishspawn]

Studies are showing lots of improvement! Personally I like the way you paint, but it's always good to switch it up and try new things! Keep up the crazy pace~

[Joce]

good job!

[algenpfleger]

Autumnal Dream, danke für die netten Worte Mann! °O°/ Genau sowas gibt mir die Motivation weiterzumachen :)

Quinn Simoes, thank you!

ilmenhin, so nice, thanks!

ohomoho, haha no actually I'm just lying on my bed and eating all sorts of stuff, I trained my cat to draw :'D Man, thanks for the nice words. And yeah, I'll guess I'll write how much time each piece takes, it's the sort of thing that I always want to know when I look at other people's stuff :D

GusTheRobot, thanks a bunch! Well about the ref materials, the aforementioned emo kids which are easily found on the net take tons of pictures of themselves, so you get to see a lot of eyes and lips there, about the nude figures, on deviantArt there's a lot of them, just gotta browse a little and look away from time to time because there's also a lot of weird stuff D:

Fishspawn, thank you! And I know my work is a little boring right now, I'm focussing really hard on improving my colors right now so maybe that's why not much else happens. But you know, once I got the skills I'm looking for I'll have all time in the world to create interesting art, so please bear with me until then :)

Joce, thanks!



So I've been kinda not updating, the reason was that i did only theoretic stuff and spent a lot of time studying other people's artwork. I also practiced mixing and blending of colors which of course is extremely boring to look at so that's why I don't post it.

But here's something that i kinda like, skintone practice with joints and folds. I really need to work on that part, seeing how good Linda is with that stuff.
Those took about 1-2 hours each, the color scheme on the second one is stolen from Linda's IFX tutorial, and I learned a lot about her color choices from just, well, using these :D No references used.
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[Sapphire]

Those arms are crazy and surreal, man! I could almost imagine you doing a whole series of those. I think seeing something like that one somebody's wall would freak me out. :)

Keep on painting! Also, watch the eyes on some of your practices, their size relative to each other feels a little off.

[UnSharpened]

Nice study man!!:D
Didi you mix your colour in Painter or Photoshop? The first one I personal think that really got the essence of how skin tones perform with environment.

Keep it up!

[Amir the night wolf]

cool work`s :)

[monotony]

dude, your sketchbook is a kick in the butt everytime I see it. Huge output and improvement is showing so quickly. you skintones and faces are getting better and better.
love the last studies, they're kinda creepy but so cool. sorry that I can't give you any helpful advice. I just think you could do some more studies from life don't see too many of them in here. they are helping tons.
I'm off to draw now.
btw. keep drawing freckles, just love them

[mellowpurple]

woo~ so much unseen stuff in here!
interesting to see your actual studies... reminds me that I have to practice a lot more °_°;;
great work.

[~Faust~]

Verdammt, sieht so aus, als hättest Du einen Plan um sehr schnell sehr gut zu werden. Zumindest rede ich mir das ein, sonst müsste ich Dir einen Haufen Talent zudichten! :)

[Gloominati]

aaah, Ich seh's erst jetzt, noch mehr Deutsche gesellschaft im Forum, sehr schön :)

Gefällt mir sehr sehr gut alles hier, deine Verbesserung ist definitiv nicht zu leugnen, bin schwer beeindruckt.

Pass ein bisschen auf, dass deine Portraits, die zweifellos alle sehr gut sind, sich nicht zu ähnlich sehen! Was auffällig ist, ist dass du dir da so ne art "comfort-sone" geschaffen hast (dieses typische "püppchen-schema"), was die Gesichtszüge angeht. Sobald du aus dieser versuchst auszubrechen, werden die Gesichter schnell schief und unproportioniert. Bin mir aber sich, dass du das schnell hinbekommst

[algenpfleger]

Replies, replies! :D

Sapphire, thanks! And they are not only fun to paint, but also a great way to practice lighting, perspective, anatomy and especially skintones. Gonna do a lot more of these. You're right about the eyes. Need to practice that stuff more.

UnSharpened, cheers mate! Err, neither nor. I use SAI. Don't have the money for PS or Painter. And I wouldn't trade SAI anyway.

Amir the night wolf, thank you :)

monotony, thanks a bunch! Great to hear. Yeah I guess I should draw more from life. But there's no course anywhere around here, so that sucks :( But as soon as holidays are over I'll be sketching on the bus and during lectures again :)

mellowpurple, thanks my dear! Umm yeah, a lot of this stuff doesn't get posted anywhere else. Too lazy to upload it twice :D

~Faust~, haha, if something like talent exists, then I guess i have none. But you're right, I got a plan! Goes like this: Practice, look at other people's art to see how they do it, practice, practice, practice.

Gloominati, yeah there's actually a lot of Germans here, but I prefer talking english because when someone else talks in a language I don't understand I always feel like left out :D
Thanks dude, great to hear! And you're right about that comfort zone, I really need to break out of those patterns I always use. Need to do more studies, so much stuff to practice :O


So today! Did more of those arms. Skinfolds! They're so much fun. 1 hour on this one, no ref.
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A photostudy from greyscale ref, so the colors are mine. This was fun, because it made me able to practice anatomy and skintones at the same time! :D About 1 hour.
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More arms. Two lightsources in here, kinda difficult :O Like 1 hour 20 minutes, no ref.
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And some Bridgman studies. Damn, my pencil skills are like... not so good.
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I also did some poses but the file got corrupted ;_;

[Gloominati]

yeah, I understand what you mean bout that german-speaking stuff :D

These arms are so coll, but so fucking creepy, I can't even tell! amazing!!

I really dig the figure painting, nothing to crit about that!

[Farin]

haha those studie made me laugh
nice colors!

[algenpfleger]

Gloominati, yeah, just think of it as... practicing English :D And thank you!

Farin, thanks, good to hear :)


Err, today wasn't quite my best day ever...
Some blending... do this as warmup exercise... boring to look at, but I thought I'd just upload it :P
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Another arm... tying to get that studio kind of lighting, guess I failed pretty hard lol. No ref, about 70 minutes?
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Figure study from a greyscale photograph... about 55 minutes, didn't really enjoy it as my palette wasn't working and it looked flat...
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Some scribbles...
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And an arm I lost interest in after 50 minutes or so... I need to stay concentrated, I waste too much time on the internet.
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Some half-assed Bridgman.
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Damn, my attitude crumbles. Kick my butt people, I need it badly D:

[Clochette]

Hey I was just thinking "Humm strange, no new stuff from Hannes, ... maybe is almost dead!" But I saw your sb uploaded right now! I'm glad you're not dead! :)
You need to be kicked in the ass? ... Ok post some mooore!!!
Is it good now? Seriously, even if you're sick, you producing so massively!! Keep it up!

[Sebastian Gromann]

Man, u work so hard that u become something like a rolemodel for me ;D let me see more, and more, dude.

Grüße :] :moon:

[Peter Berkovski]

untired to work as always,dig the latest stuff buddy,congrats for your work,
some stars from me ;)

[Flutic]

I'm still amazed by the amount of work you put on here.
I like the last skintone studies allot, they look well lid to me.

Keep them coming!

Greets,Tom

[ohomoho]

Id like to see some more men in your work like those old grumpy men who look like they`ve been true all the bad stuff in life . That is because you have a very smooth and gentle style and it looks great on ladys .But i think it would be interesting to see how would you do the men.

And those arms are amazing you realy got the right light and shades and everything.

Thank you for taking the time and looking at my sketchbook.

Cheers!

[AmbientChroma]

Insanely inspirational, you're one crazy monkey! so crazy that I added you on MSN. Loving the skin tone/fold exercises. Keep going man. :)

[Krigbrann]

Those Limbs... Thats insane. Your insane. Insane SB actually. 0_o

[Fishspawn]

Digging these new skin studies. I second ohomoho. You have a very soft and bright style - something i'm trying to learn myself - but I'd like to see you switch it up and try something dark and gritty every once in a while. Keep up the hard work - massive improvement!

[AsaB]

Been a while since I dropped a note! Your studies keep on improving, they absolutely do. Those neverending limbs studies of yours are such fun! But they look great as well, the lighting is especialy something I find nicely executed. Definitely improving. Those figure drawing as well, nice work.

But as has been mentioned, it probably wouldn't hurt you to expand your subjects a little :) I'd love to see you do some older men and women, or maybe children? Also fun to see people of different ethnicity and with different skin colour :)

Anyway. Keep on rocking, I'll be back soon to see your latest batch :D

[algenpfleger]

What's going on in this thread :D

Aurélie, thanks my dear! Nono, I'm not dead yet. Yet. I dunno. maybe I should really take a break from painting that much... I feel a bit worn out... or maybe... AH DAMMIT! I can't give up. Thanks for your nice words :)

SnobbyOo, thanks man! Great to hear :)

atlantik, not as untired as I'd like to be haha :D Thanks mate.

Flutic, thanks!!

ohomoho, you're right! I shall bring some more variation into my work. Right now I'm sick of skintones anyway lol. Thanks for the heads up man! Or whatever that's called.

EtherRain, thank you so much man! This means a lot to me.

Krigbrann, haha guess you're right then :D Thanks!

Fishspawn, thank you! Yeah, I shall do something more... rough. I also wanna tackle this week's CHOW, so maybe that's a good opportunity.

Asa my dear, thanks :) Alright then, guess my work really needs some variation. Aaaah my stuff bores me at the moment. But i wanna be able to paint good skintones. I just don't know. I need to keep going.



Err, today sucked. Anything I started went wrong... but here's some old men, as requested :D
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My colors hated me too :( So, b/w study.
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[Clochette]

I LOVE your old men portraits!!! Especially the first one! Congratulation!

[ohomoho]

Yeah thats what im talking about .The old people are much more fun than the young once .Back to the Color Theory for me now :( .

[algenpfleger]

Clochette, why thank you! :D

ohomoho, haha, you satisfied now, so I can go back to painting girls? ;P Thanks man, and good luck with your color theory!


So, today was strange. Here's a really not so good arm.
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Some Bridgman.
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Some Bammes.
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Some refless doodles.
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Some girl with a jaw I like.
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And a wip of my CHOW.
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[Hive_minD]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=323950&d=1205358220
She is a winner all right!

You've really made some great stuff.. your digitals aren't as bad as you state they are. I actually really like them. Great blending, and creative thinking. Not always to fond about the freckles you draw on all you chicks, but still gorgeous :)
I'll be back

Chris

[Quinn Simoes]

Nice job on those old man studies!

Quinn

[AmbientChroma]

Good stuff man, I think you can stop the skinfold exercises though since you pretty much have it down. Possibly channel that time into studying something else? Also, do you still use MSN? lol Keep at it man.

[loveandasandwich]

your crazy arm and legs studies are really amusing.

and http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=319291&d=1204838433 this is gorgeous. :D

[lennon]

Your colors rock!

[~Faust~]

Damnit, you make me more jealous and jealous! Would you mentor me? I am serious. I need pretty big advice on colour and you seem to grab it so well!

[Xaya]

so finally some reply to my dear Algenpfleger!

First of to your question, yes i am german
born in a small village in middle frankonia,
but i study interior design / interior architecture in Hildesheim (bei Hannover).
To your work: I love this arm bend thing serie, great shading and totally freaky. I searched for some finished work but didn´t find anything in the section. Try do to some, you definitely learn things you don´t do with sketches or speed paintings. Work on the skull, because your skin shading is awesome but without a good structure underneath it doesn´t work that way it could.
Yeah and maybe some boys or men here and there... but I don´t have to say that (...)

cheers

[Kan Muftić]

Nice progress, will keep an eye on you:)

[Flaskpost]

OOH, yeah, i agree with previous speaker. GREAT STUDIES! Keep up with those, not much at all to crit. I think you will fix most of it with time and effort! Just keep kickin it. =)

[algenpfleger]

Replies, replies!! :D

Hive_minD man, thank you!! Hey you don't like freckles or what? Kidding, thanks for the nice words man!

Quinn Simoes, thanks!

EtherRain, thanks mate :) But, no, I won't stop these yet, as i don't do them just for the folds. My main focus is still on colors, and those arms are a good way to practice that. And unfortunately I'm still far from mastering skintones :(

28chelseaslater, thank you :D Your stuff is so awesome.

lennon, thanks :)

~Faust~, sorry, didn't mean to make you jealous :P Kidding man, thanks, I totally appreciate that. Mentoring huh? Hmm sounds interesting, but i don't know much, the only thing I could teach would be digital painting and color theory :( But as that's what you're asking for, we might as well do it! Would be good for me as well, getting back over those basics and stuff. So, yeah, why not :)

Xaya, oh thanks! Hildesheim, huh? That's quite far away from where I live, too bad. Thanks for the comments and critique man, highly appreciated. You're right, I rarely do some "finished" stuff... maybe I should. I always think it would be running before I can walk.
And yeah, you're also right about face structure... I need to work harder on that part. So much to learn! Haha and boys, yeah, you're so right xD Thanks for the feedback man, means a lot to me.

Chupacabra, I'm honored!! Thank you Sir!

Flaskpost, thanks mate! Just for you today, a bunch of new studies :D

But first, some 30 second poses. Haven't done these in ages, thus, I suck.
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Some skintones. Still trying to understand how Linda mixes her colors :(
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Some Bammes studies... fineliner and brushpen.

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And some brushpen/fineliner girl :)
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[Flutic]

Again great studies and digital paintings,
but the posemaniacs you could do better,
I learned allot from this video on youtube, this guy is drawing with a round marker, it makes sure your shapes stay simple.
hope it helps,

Greets,Tom

LINKIE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6htJFzrXYho)

[algenpfleger]

Flutic, thanks, and yeah, I suck with lines, and I'm not good with poses anyway, need to work harder lol.


So today, I decided to rethink my approach to studying anatomy, Cole Eastburn has highly impressed me and yeah, he's awesome, so I decided to do those studies more from mind and memorize the content of the books. No more copying... I hope. Well, actually I had to look in my book very often for these :(
Gotta say, this approach is way more fun.
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More skintone practice! used the same palette on these two and tried to create different moods.
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And doodles.
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Leipziger Buchmesse tomorrow, yay!

[~Faust~]

Anatomy is sweet dude! Watch that portrait, though. You are still stressing the features too much and not the structure.

[Clochette]

Hey the light and shading on your strange telescopic arm is nice!
What is that strange thing, on the very last picture? :D

[AmbientChroma]

Wtf man! I take my eyes off of you for 2 seconds and you update with heaps of awesome stuff :D Really diggin' the anatomy studies and you're really improving with just about everything. Also, maybe try some really strange colours for skin tones? Like blue or green or something? Might be good practise. :)

[Soja]

DUDE!!
Ur sketchbook is killing me!! It's pretty awesome!! Kick ass!!
And kicks my ass a lot!! I have no words too say just god damn i gotta work!!
Really really good!!! f....hell!!
Yeah im from Germany Augsburg!!!
Keep up the good work!! Will come back for some kick ass inspirations!!

[Peter Berkovski]

heh very nice update buddy,like Clochette already say the telescopic arm is reallt nice,I'm glad to see that you have returned to anatomy studies but I think if you want to push your studies better - grab your pencil and put down for a while this tablet!!! pencil is the key :D
good work man,keep updating!
Cheers!

[algenpfleger]

~Faust~, thanks man, and thanks again for the great advice! You're right, I need to concentrate more on structure...

Clochette, oh thanks my dear :) It's, err, it's a creature! Yeah, that's what it is.

EtherRain, haha, I'm sorry, your fault for letting me unsurveillanced :'D Just kidding, thanks a bunch man. About colors, there's actually a lot of greens in there already... but, yeah. I need to move further out of my comfort zone. Sorry about not being online man, it's been a little hectic these days...

Soja, wow awesome, thank you dude! Augsburg huh? That's not far! Not far at all! Maybe we can meet some day?

atlantik, damn you're right, look at today's update, just for you, it's aaaaall pencil :D


Oh. My. God. LBM yesterday was incredible. I met so many amazing artists, and everyone was so nice. We went over to Janaschi's place (she's so cool!) to talk and eat and be happy and it was soooo great, I'm so inspired, I really want to improve now. So that's why I got up this morning and started to draw!!
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Brushpen + Fineliner
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Ballpoint pen :)
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Some hands! I suck at drawing hands. The last three pages are from life, my own hands.
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And that's what I feel like right now.
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[zulu]

you stuff is good, great studies , keep doing like that,want to see more!
Cheers! :)

[~Faust~]

The fineliner-portrait is ace! Oh, and kudos to your experience! I can can imagine it would be quite an inpiration to meet up with other artists!