Kristina's adventures (Bye-bye, Florence!) - updated January 11th

[Maidith]

Check the last page's bottom for new stuff! :)
('cause the stuff on the first page here is old crap. seriously.)


Hi everyone! I'm Kristina, 19 years old, from Germany, and I have to practice more. Bobby Chiu said the greatest motivation for a painter is to envision what you will have after painting and practicing, and he is so right!

I can't do any finished stuff right now, but I feel so inspired by people and their art everywhere. Solution: lots of speedpaints :D

I painted those in December, using Photoshop and my wacom tablet. I set myself an 1 hour time limit for each of those.

Creepy Green Dude
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/4040/greendudebm9.jpg

Madame Anne
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/9712/madameanneko3.jpg

Lost War
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2748/lostwarmk5.jpg

The Catamite
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/3760/catamitedq8.jpg

Celin
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6858/celinxw8.jpg

More to follow. Have a Happy New Year everyone!
:yayca:

[algenpfleger]

Ooh, nice to see you becoming active here as well :D
As usual loving your color schemes... wait, i saw all of those already :D
And yeah, do some anatomy studies, it really helps... i hope.

[Spocksleftball]

I'm struck by how the thumbnail of the last work looks different than the larger pic. In fact, the thumb has a completely different and interesting emotion.

[Maidith]

algenpfleger, thank you! :D
Spocksleftball - perhaps that's because of the real close cropping? I don't know xD

Making drawings after old master paintings... I so wish I had a life drawing class now, but for now, copying will have to suffice.
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4964/pencil1nw7.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil2.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil3.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil4.jpg


And this is a portrait of Braimaki from a novel by Nikos Kazantzakis. Don't know yet exactly what the story is about, but I like that guy already xD
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/braimaki.jpg
(PS7, wacom tablet, 1 hour)

[Peter Berkovski]

First of all Happy New Year,nice sketchbook so far,I like last sketches (single line is just beauty, I can't do that yet but the time will help me) and especially last portrait, keep em coming Kristina! :)

[Maidith]

First of all Happy New Year,nice sketchbook so far,I like last sketches (single line is just beauty, I can't do that yet but the time will help me) and especially last portrait, keep em coming Kristina! :)

Thank you! :D What do you mean by "single line"? sketches without shading?

[Maidith]

More practicing. PS7, 1 hour each.

Cesare (he's supposed to be about 10-12 years old in this one)
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/cesare.jpg

Agrippina
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/agrippina.jpg

Pencil sketches from the work of Nicolas Poussin
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil1.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil5.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil6.jpg

[zaimless]

I really enjoy your style, looking forward to more in the future.

[Maidith]

Thank you zaimless! (I so totally agree with your signature) :D

[Maidith]

More stuff from December.

Bleeding Skies (SAI, 20 minutes). I was aiming for something "meditative" here.
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6418/bleedingskieskj8.jpg

Lorien Lost (PS7, 45 minutes)
http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/489/lorienlost45minbw8.jpg

Piano Playing Ghost (PS7, 25 min)
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/6731/pianoghostmz2.jpg

[Maidith]

More practice stuff :D Hope you like ^_^

The Dream of Yunus Emre (PS7, 1h)
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9278/dreamofyunusemreop2.jpg

closeup 100% original size
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/8887/dreamofyunusemrecloseupwu9.jpg

All is Lost
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/531/allislostgs5.jpg

[Maidith]

New piece - PS7, 1 hour.

Kostantiniye
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/Kostantiniye.jpg

Kostantiniye closeup (100% original size)
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6878/kostantiniyecloseupec2.jpg

[Maidith]

Sultan Mehmet's Mother - Hüma Hatun Valide (PS7, 1 h) I wanted to paint an old woman.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/huma_hatun_valide.jpg

More studies after Nicolas Poussin
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/chalk1.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/chalk2.jpg

[Maidith]

New piece: Eleonora
(PS7, 1 h)
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/Eleonora.jpg

Close-ups (100%)
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/Eleonora_closeup1.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/Eleonora_closeup2.jpg

[Merlkir]

Lovely SB! I really like your portraits as well as the body studies. Really impressive for 1 hour works! I think I couldn't make them so nicely in 4 hours :D

[Maidith]

Thank you Merlkir! Your sketchbook is really nice too, especially your traditional media work :)

Still life, painted from life, it's a little older though ^^; Oil paints used.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/CA1.jpg

I'm a wannabe forger :D Eric Hebborn is my idol XD
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/CA6.jpg

[Camara]

Hi!You have a cool classic style in your line work that is very attractive!I like it a lot.Your use of color is great in some of the pictures too!
Keep posting!

[Maidith]

Muchas gracias, Camara :) Tu sketchbook es bastante cool, me especialmente gustan tus dibujos nuevos... así sigue! <3 Saludos de Alemania!

Update:
Lucrezia (PS7, 1 h)
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/Lucrezia.jpg

more sketches after Poussin:
The finding of Moses
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/chalk3.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/chalk4.jpg

[AsaB]

Very impressive studies! Especially those life drawings, I like how few lines you use to establish the form. Keep that up, it'll certainly get you forward :)

As for the digital paintings, they're looking very pro, it's obvious you're getting confident in that area. No crits here really, just keep doing this and you'll improve. Very nice sb!

[Maidith]

AsaB, thank you! I'm honored :hugsmile:

Life drawing, using a pencil and a white pastel pencil:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/CA2.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/CA3.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/CA5.jpg

I don't know how long each one took; somewhere between 30 and 60 minutes.

[Maidith]

Here I set another time limit - 2 hours. Didn't quite manage it - the speedy turned out to look finished already before 2 hours.

Psyche; PS7. Here's how it looked after 1 hour:
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3240/psyche1hxb4.jpg

1 hour 40 minutes:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/psyche_1h40min.jpg

[aspiringpaintre]

Cool stuff Kristina! I really like your pencil and charcoal studies. All of your stuff is very similar, having a soft and almost ethereal feel (which is cool), but I thought maybe it would be cool to see what you could do with a different style. Maybe something more rough and sketchy. I noticed in some of your work that you tend to have some sketchy lines that you put over top of everything at the end, which gives it an interesting contrast, so maybe you could push that even more. I think it could end up leading to something really cool. Anyway, just a thought. Tschüss!

[Trashy]

Your life drawings are top notch and your digital paintings are coming along as well. Pretty good sketchbook! keep up with all the good work. I don't have any really crits for you at the moment. The charcoal pieces are ace!

[Naastika]

I like how everything is so soft and pretty, it gives it a fantasy/dreamy feel. I wish I had the patience to make my art softer. :P

[Maidith]

aspiringpaintre - thank you :) I really need to try different styles! (currently I'm drawing a bitmap picture, will post it here too)

Trashy - thank you, I'm honored <3

Naastika - thank you very much too!

(deleted michelangelo studies)

[Xaya]

wo liegt denn Meerbusch? ;)

Well first of all really nice speed paintings, i think you don´t do wrong to study other artista, especially the old masters.
Nevertheless common study of anatomy and composition/lighting is definitely a must.
From my own experience doing speedpaintings is a great thing, to get the essential on digital paper as quick as possible.
Nevertheless doing finished work is something you should do, because there u learn different things and difficulties which you don´t learn from speedpaintings.
And also u have some "real" work done, which is quite satisfying... for a few days...

So keep going!

Xaya

[sameolesame]

you have some good things going on with the toned paper stuff... ever try scanning these and painting digi?

[Maidith]

Xaya - hallo :) Meerbusch is near Düsseldorf and Cologne ^^ Thank you! Usually I don't do as much speedpaints as I do now, but more finished works. They can be found in my Deviantart gallery (http://maidith.deviantart.com/gallery) or at my portfolio website (http://www.mondhase.com). For now, I'm focusing solely on speedpaints since that's something I should have done much earlier ;)

sameolesame - yes, I should do that more often :D thanks!

[Maidith]

New speedpaint: Kyralina (PS7, 1h)

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/kyralina.jpg

[Maidith]

Cristiano (PS7, 1 h) I tried to imagine how the main character from my story would look like. He's 15 and darn pretty xD
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/cristiano.jpg

Pond of Oblivion (PS7, forgot about the time). It was supposed to be for the NVart competition at CGtalk but I never managed to finish it so it stays a speedpaint.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pond_of_oblivion.jpg

More Poussin studies:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/chalk6.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/chalk5.jpg

[Maidith]

More old master studies:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/chalk7.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/chalk9.jpg

New speedpaint: Benedictus Qui Venit (PS7, 1 h)
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/Benedictus_Qui_Venit.jpg

[Cepro]

Hey, nice studies. I think you're on the right way. If you can, you should attend some nude life drawing classes.

[Maidith]

Cepro, thank you! I'll hopefully have those classes soon when I'm going to turn into an art student :)

New one:
Porcelain (PS7, 1h)

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/Porcelain.jpg

... and even more studies.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/chalk10.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/chalk11.jpg

[Maidith]

Pompeji (PS7, 1 h)
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pompeji.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/chalk12.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/chalk13.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/chalk14.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/chalk15.jpg

[Maidith]

Here's a sketch for a piece that I've wanted to paint for a long time: Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror entering Constantinople in 1453.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/the_conquest1.jpg
(took me around 1h in PS7)

I need more art books xD So I bought a book about the Nazarene artists last week and here are some studies done after the reproductions.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil1-1.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil2-1.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil3-1.jpg

[Beta_v1]

wow your first page is cool can't wait to see the rest

[Maidith]

Beta_v1, thank you :)

I've now made a speedpaint video, painting this:

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5620/venusdemoqu1.jpg

The video is about 45 minutes long, split in two parts of zipped .avi-files. I apologize for the bad video quality. (at least you can see what I'm doing xD) My computer is slow and I had to paint using only 16bit colors so it wouldn't lag too badly.

Part One - 14mb
http://www.ssj-songoku.de/new/Kristina_SP_Part1.zip

Part Two - 15mb
http://www.ssj-songoku.de/new/Kristina_SP_Part2.zip

[Whitevillage]

Your drawings have a calm and warm feeling, I like how you got influenced by the old masters. Those studies are very well done, keep it up. :)

[Zephony]

Hi Maidith, nice to see your great artwork here on CA (kenne deine Bilder ja bereits von Mexx). I absolutely agree with whitevillage. Your style is special and very beautiful!

Hoffentlich gibts bald noch mehr von dir zu sehen. :) (and sorry for my english *schäm*).

[Maidith]

Whitevillage, thank you :) I'm honored!

Zephony - wie, animexxler auch hier? xD Another step to world domination :D Thanks so much!

Another little update: Black Milk of Daybreak

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/black_milk_of_daybreak.jpg

Pencil studies after Nazarene painters

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil4-1.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil5-1.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil6-1.jpg

[Maidith]

A picture drawn in bitmap mode (only black and white). Even then, you can make great use of spackled brushes to achieve some kind of blending :D

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/contrasts_finished.jpg

Here's an original size closeup of her face:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/contrasts_wip4_closeup.gif

... and a WIP image:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/contrasts_wip4.gif

[Curse]

Hey Maidith, beautiful sketchbook! I agree with the others - all of your paintings have such a calm, dreamy mood to them. One thing I would watch out for though is that the female characters in your speedpaints all have similar looking faces. Doing face studies from photos could help mix it up a bit. :)

I also really like your master studies. In fact, I think I'm gonna try some of those myself now. :P

[Maidith]

Hi Curse, thank you! :) I'm trying to use various references for the faces, thanks for the tip.
Doing studies after master artwork is really great for learning :D

A little update :)

St Sebastian
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/sebastian1h15min.jpg

Pencil studies after Nazarene artists:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil8.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil9.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil10.jpg

[Maidith]

New speedpaint: Ronja
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/Ronja.jpg

Pencil studies:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil7.jpg

Watercolor studies:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/wc1.jpg

[Maidith]

New speedie: Call of Heaven (PS7, 1.5 h)
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/call_of_heaven1h30min.jpg

A friend (algenpfleger) suggested that I try using "binary lines". So I drew a few studies using pen and ink :) Just looking for beauty of line so they aren't very expressive. But I managed to copy the figures straight with the pen, without preliminary pencil drawings xD *is proud* Somewhen I'll try something different with pens.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pen1.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pen2.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pen3.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pen4.jpg

[Maidith]

Okay, one more piece... heavily inspired by Linda's nice paintings. ("So What?" <-- because that's what her expression looks like to me. PS7, 1h)
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/so_what.jpg

A few more pencil studies after works by Joseph von Führich:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil13.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil14.jpg

[Maidith]

The Oil Lamp (PS7, 1h)
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/4103/theoillamppm8.jpg

A few more studies:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil15.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pencil16.jpg

Life drawing (her name is Anna-Lena):
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/annalena1.jpg

[grenappels]

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/annalena1.jpg
really good for from life, people always move their heads and then distances change and it always looks fucked up when i do it. how long? what's yr secret?

[Maidith]

grenappels :

People won't move if you tell them not to move :) that's what I did. The sitter is a friend of mine who wanted to have her portrait drawn so she was willing to sit there like a statue for 15-25 minutes.

[Maidith]

Lady Macbeth
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/Lady_Macbeth.jpg


Portrait of Akiko, drawn from life
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/6449/akko1ql4.jpg

[Saskia]

Hey Maidith, schön dich auch hier zu sehen mit deinen tollen Bildern :D Ich finde es immer interessant zu sehen wie die Leuts besser werden.
Was mir bei deinen Arbeiten zuerst auffällt sind die Proportionen, da solltest du imo noch stärker dran arbeiten. Oft sind die sind Kopfformen sehr verzerrt, was du vermeiden könntest indem du dir auf jeden Fall ein Grundgerüst des Körpers aufbaust (wenn du das nicht sowieso schon tust) in deiner Vorzeichnung (auch bei den Studien, so wird es für dich einfacher sein nachzuvollziehen, was du da eigentlich studierst ;) ). dazu bräuchtest du natürlich auch ein solides Grundwissen über den Knochenbau, es ist dabei nicht unbedingt nötig jeden einzelnen Knochen benennen zu können. Einfach nur das du weisst wo sich was befindet.
Basiscs sind das A und O.
Es ist auch leichter zu üben wenn du erst mal mit einfachen Formen anfängst, nicht zu sehr ins Detail gehst, sondern dich nur auf die Grundformen konzentrierst. Ich meine von dir auch ein paar Comic Bilder gesehen zu haben, eine solche Grundlage kannst du dir zunutze machen, Comics sind ja letztenendes auch nichts anderes als eine vereinfacht dargestellt Realität (jaja, ich weiß, Standardspruch ;) )
Ansonsten finde ich es gut das du die Lineart Übungen machst, so lernst du stärker zu definieren, deine Farbbilder sind ja meist (bis auf die Gesichter) sehr vage.
Rein von den Farben her habe ich garnichts zu meckern, da machst du schöne Fortschritte :D
Weiter so :mod:

btw. war deine vorherige Domain mondhase.de? Kann es sein das du mal ein Tutorial über die Verwendung von layern bei PS gemacht hast?

[Maidith]

Hi Saskia, great to see you here too! :D Thanks so much for the input, I am quite aware of the fact that I have to improve my anatomy and that I need do do more life drawing.
There's nothing I'd love to do more at the moment. I really, really want to draw the nude figure from life to learn how it "works", and because I have to improve my figure drawing. Since life drawing classes are friggin expensive (speaking from experience) I'll save that money for art school instead.
Not just any art school but that kind of art school where they do lots of life drawing. That kind of art school is the one I want to attend. There aren't any such art academies with a classical-academic approach here in Germany, but they exist everywhere else, and I will do my best to get into one of them in order to draw and paint LOTS from life. I truly want to do that. Those art schools are mostly private institutes of US american artists, and are very, very expensive, but as mentioned, I'm saving my money already and there are art scholarships and scholarships for the disabled. Right now, I have my computer and tablet and will practice digital painting and technique as much as I can. Probably I won't have the time to do that later. :(

Yup, my website was and is mondhase.de and now also mondhase.com :) I don't remember having done a tutorial about using layers in PS, but I have a painting technique tutorial here: http://www.mangarevolution.com/tutorial_display.php?tutorial_id=305

New speedpaints:

Giuliano de' Medici
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/giuliano.jpg

Angel of the Odd
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/angel_of_the_odd.jpg

[Saskia]

haha, dann ist ja gut :) Ich hab mich bloß grad daran erinnert da dieses Layer Tutorial (vor ein paar Jahren) das erste und einzige war nachdem ich mich gerichtet habe, ich dachte das wärst du gewesen.
Aber egal.
btw. Du kannst auch so life drawings machen bis du zur Schule gehst, im Zug im Park, in der Bahn, so ziemlich überall. Hilft ne Menge :) Aber das weisst du sicherlich schon, wäre schön auch in der Richtung etwas zu sehen :punkgirl:

[Maidith]

Haha, I've already drawn my classmates during exams when I was finished... die halten dann so schön still XD Mal schauen ob ich davon was finde. I'll post some more life drawings later :D

Another finished image: Adorazione dei Magi
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/adorazione_dei_magi.jpg

WIP steps:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/adorazione_wip1.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/adorazione_wip2.jpg

[Maidith]

Candy - 30min
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/candy30min.jpg

The Merchant - 1h
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/The_Merchant.jpg

[Maidith]

The Heathen of Saxony
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/the_heathen_of_saxony.jpg

Me dicen el clandestino
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/medicenelclandestino_45min.jpg

[l0stinth0ughts]

hmm... im impressed, id really like to see some more. YOu inspire me to do better and to give patience a little more push. thanks

[Maidith]

l0stinth0ughts , thank you :D


Caritas, one of the Seven Heavenly Virtues. Painted in Photoshop 7.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/The_Seven_Virtues__Caritas_by_Maidi.jpg

WIP steps:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/caritas.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/caritas4.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/caritas5.jpg

[Maidith]

The Countess
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/The_Countess.jpg

omg, 3D is harder than I thought D: It took me an hour to figure out the basic tools for modeling in Zbrush, and still I can't get anything done that looks at least half as nice as my traditional clay figures, lol. Here we go, Kristina's very first 3D attempt ever, lots of experimenting.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/zbrushtrial.jpg

[Hilbruks]

Beautifull colors. There's so much life and atmosphere in your images. Your anatomy need to be worked on though, but you'll figure that out. Colors look exquisite.
Good work!

[Maidith]

Hilbruks, thank you :D

New speedie: The Conjuror
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/The_Conjuror.jpg

[Maidith]

An "abstract" oil painting I painted in 2007 - it was a commission.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/carthago.jpg

A few color concepts I did beforehand (in Photoshop).
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/colorconcept1.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/colorconcept2.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/colorconcept3.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/colorconcept4XX.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/colorconcept5.jpg

[Xaya]

Great abstract painting, remains me a lot of William Turner!
Perhaps try to add some dark areas here and there to increase the saturation.

Keep doing anatomy studies!!

[Maidith]

Xaya, thank you :) I'm actually glad you mention William Turner, since he's my favorite artist of all time, and I aimed this piece to look somewhat inspired by him.
The funny thing is that when this painting was shown at a group exhibition in Düsseldorf, someone mentioned that it certainly had to be inspired by the work of my highschool art teacher Jürgen Jansen (http://www.galerie-robert-drees.de/index.php/drees_en/kuenstler/juergen_jansen), which couldn't be further from the truth. His paintings are abstract too, but then, totally different.

Armand (from Anne Rice's "The Vampire Armand". I'm not a fan of vampires but this had to be xD )
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/Armand.jpg

Someone on another forum (Pixelbrush) asked how I painted the curls, so here I reconstructed the steps:
No big tricks, just lots of airbrush :D
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/6807/armandcurlsjx8.jpg

[Seage]

hey there, really liking your stuff! Theres a few proportion problems here and there, but who am i to talk, my proportions are all over the place!
I really like how you work with your light, you really play with it and manipulate it to your advantage and its very pleasing to my eye!
Keep up the awesome work :D

[Maidith]

Thanks a lot, Seage :D

I Castrati - this is a fanart featuring Guido Maffeo and Marc Antonio Treschi from Anne Rice's "Cry to Heaven".
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/i_castrati_finished.jpg

WIP:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/i_castrati1.jpg

100% Closeup of the WIP image:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/i_castrati_closeup.jpg

[Maidith]

The Return of Judith - Il ritorno di Giuditta
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/il_ritorno_di_giuditta.jpg

1789
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/1789.jpg

[Maidith]

Resistance
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/resistance.jpg

[skorpi]

hi
today I see all from Animexx XD

It's interessting to see your sketches.
And this curl tutorial is really interessting

[Dandilion]

I like the over all feeling you got going on here. Feels like you're very dedicated to this. :)
But there's something about your faces that makes me wonder. They feel very flat to me. Maybe you should try to paint and draw elderly people? They often have more defined lines and I think that could be good for you.
Keep practicing!

Cheers!

~Em

[Maidith]

skorpi, nice to see you here too! :) Thank you ^^

Dandilion, thanks, I'm working on everything, faces included. I should draw more elderly people... gotta look up some models/references :D


Giovanni Evangelista
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/giovanni_evangelista.jpg

[Maidith]

1925
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/1925.jpg

Sirius Black
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/siriusblack.jpg

Akiko sleeping on the couch (drawn from life)
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/akko2.jpg

Akiko, again
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/akko3.jpg

[Maidith]

Death of Giuliano
Tools: Photoshop 7, Wacom Intuos tablet
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/3828/deathofgiulianoju6.jpg

Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, April 26, 1478:
Lorenzo de' Medici, governor of Florence, and his younger brother Giuliano were attending High Mass, unaware of the fact that a conspiracy had been set up with the aim to kill them. Two assassini disguised as monks eventually appeared during Mass, killing Giuliano de' Medici. Lorenzo got wounded but he could escape with the help of his friends.

I know the dagger/sword looks kinda bent, but: I wanted it to be a knife or dagger (or just a very small sword). And I wanted to show the rushed movement by which it is pulled out of the victim (yeah, very gory, I know...) It's supposed to be a short weapon, the lines following it indicating the speed. I messed a little here.

[monotony]

hey Kristina,
you got some really inspiring color sketches in here.can't critique anything on colors or shading style as it's looking excellent. just keep studying your anatomy as some of the figures seem to have skewed headforms or slightly distorted hands. and some of you figures could use more diversity in their faces. they look too similar, but I can already see improvement.
love "1925" and the last two sketches from life. you should do more of those.

[Maidith]

Thanks a bunch, monotony :D I'm aiming to make the "slightly distorted" into a "not distorted", i.e. I gotta improve my anatomy in general.

Hamnet Shakespeare
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/hamnet_shakespeare.jpg

[Farsh]

Kristina, I've seen your work on GFXartist, I really like the way you capture your colors, all of which have a dreamy feel to it. Glad to see you working on your anatomy. As for the distortion, a solid line foundation in your paintings could help a lot, and also perhaps less attention to detail and more to form. Keep up the good effort!

[Maidith]

Farsh, thank you :) You're right, painting works best only if one has strong drawing skills. I'm working on those, making lots of drawings from life.
(The link to your sketchbook in your sig does not work, by the way)


Recently I bought this book (http://www.amazon.de/Artists-Complete-Guide-Figure-Drawing/dp/0823003035/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1202482618&sr=8-1) and it is really good stuff. The author (who is an awesome painter) shows the progress of a figure drawing from life and advises to start the drawing by "enveloping" the figure in a simple shape consisting of lines and corners. He says "You'll save time if you learn to do so"; me thinks "o really"?, and tries it. It works quite well. I'll get accustomed to it either way :D It can only be good to try something.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/sketch1.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/sketch2.jpg

And the daily digital speedpaint:
Fading
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/fading-1.jpg

[kidult]

Nice stuffs here - keep it up the hair and flower on this last one looks great. For your life drawing - look for shapes in the figure (much like U've done on these last 2) to construct it and combining this with a good knowledge of anatomy will make your life drawings great.
I like your colours a lot too

[Peter Berkovski]

wonderful colors,I like how you use them,keep em up!
Cheers!
good sb - keep practice.

[UnSharpened]

Really nice progress:D. #67 is my favorite, the skin tone is well organized and I can almost feel it's transparency. The life drawing is great ~ somehow I feel it works better on mid-tone paper than you did on white paper, love the line work though.

[towy]

Good evolution here ^^;

[RC_Koala]

It is so refreshing to see something other than generic space marines with disfunctional armor on CA. Keep it up!

[Flaskpost]

Hey! Great studies! That book seems really good, i might buy it. :)

[Maidith]

kidult, thanks :) (no, that sketch doesn't make your ass look fat, seriously)

atlantik, thank you! =)

UnSharpened, thank you!

Towarlock, merci :)

RC_Koala, thanks a bunch :D

Flaskpost, that book is really a good investition, especially if you do life drawing! And if not, it'll inspire you to try it. Thanks :)


This is probably my best finished painting so far, although it's almost a year old. Soon I gotta start making a finished painting, haven't worked on any in about three months.
Title: Death of Salome

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/Death_of_Salome_by_Maidith.jpg

Story:
Salome - in the Bible - was the daughter of Herodias who asked her to dance in front of the king so she could demand the head of St John the Baptist as a reward - which she did. The severed head of St John was presented to her on a silver plate.
And this is how Salome herself died. According to the legend, she was dancing on ice when the ice broke and she fell into the cold water. Her mother Herodias tried to save her, but all her efforts were vain. The sharp pieces of ice eventually cut Salome’s neck and thus severed her head from her body. So she died just like the prophete whom she had brought to death.
True or not, I found the legend fascinating and painted my own version of it.

[Maidith]

Four eared elf
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/fourearedelf-2.jpg

The Captive - 30min
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/vlad_dracul.jpg

[Maidith]

"wtf?"
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/wtf.jpg

Pose Maniacs (http://www.posemaniacs.com/pose/thirtysecond.html) kicks ass! :D
Those are 60 second sketches.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pm1.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pm2.jpg

[Maidith]

Forlorn
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/forlorn.jpg

one more sheet of posemaniac sketches
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/pm3.jpg

[Maidith]

The Gleam of the Morning's First Beam
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/thegleamofthemorningsfirstb.jpg

[Clochette]

Beautiful studies! I like when you choose a palette and you work with the same color spectrum (excuse my bad speaking)!
Nice!

[Maidith]

Clochette, thank you :)

Yuuki - experiment with low key & low contrast colors. Reference from CosmoGirl magazine used.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/yuuki.jpg

Decadence - another experiment with another style.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/decadence.jpg

[eXplosiveLimes]

Pretty cool work here. I really like the painting you did based on the story of Salome! Excellent composition on that. I'd love to see more!

[Maidith]

eXplosiveLimes , thank you! :D

Something Wannabe-Craig-Mullins-like (around 30mins):
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/yeah30min.jpg

60 second figure drawings using Posemaniac:

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Is it just me, or is the Posemaniacs figure drawing applet presenting an unusual abundance of butts? I think if I continue with this for a few days, I'll be a master at drawing the human buttocks. just kidding.

[AsaB]

Your colour works are beauty, I really like the soft rendering technique you often use. And nice PoseManiacs studies too! It's not bad to master the anatomy of the behindus ;) Great sb, will check back.

[Eux]

This is an absolutely stunning thread. And it has been an insperation to read it. Especially your shading flows really well to me.


And yes posemanicas liks Butts for some reason :)

As a critique however the image with the girl holding the wineglass just feels weird to me. The face is booth to small but also lacking in features, and lacking an upper part of the head also the eyes are really high up. I'm sure this was intentional but still the effect to me is just like the head was forgotten.

[pbgse]

cool stuff here and i love the color tests allot u should do more post more :) like how u handle color
tx tx for droping by
see ya
cheers :)

[Jakers]

Thanks for hitting up my book :) Love your stuff keep doing what your doing.

I really thing you should study and incorporate some the shapes and deail found in the neck area for your digital work.

Some of your necks feel out of place possibly because they don't have the same realistic quiality your heads do - get that collar bone in to suggest the changes in direction in the chest and where the muscles join - the visible muscles in a twisted or tense neck, and sometimes more femanine curves in that region.

The above features are seen here and there, but go through your last page and see if you agree with me with your digitals

You have nice colors and lighting but I dont need to further clarify what most people here are saying :)

[Maidith]

AsaB, thank you :)

Eux, thank you too. Yes, the face of the figure with the wineglass... the eyes are indeed to high. It used to happen to me very often some years back.

pbgse - cheers! :hugsmile:

Jakers, thank you! :) I have to admit I don't pay so much attention to anatomy in my speedpaints (they're mostly about colors), but I will post more separate anatomy studies soon, including necks.


New speedie: Forest
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/forest.jpg

I'd like to call this done with "dry airbrush". It was made by cutting masks out of paper, masking certain areas with it and rubbing pastel dust on the unmasked areas, thus creating hard edges with very soft gradients within. It was really fun! :D
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/xiaomei.jpg

[invinciblewombat]

great sketchbook, you have a very good eye for color, in your paints though it would be cool to see some experimentation with different textures and saturations as everything is very highly saturated and rendered very smoothly. mixing it up a bit could create some interesting results.

[Maidith]

invinciblewombat, thank you :D (your name rocks, btw)
I don't see lots of high saturation but I'll experiment more with textures soon =)


This was originally done for the Anatomy workshop at CGtalk but I don't have the patience to finish it. The original piece (http://features-temp.cgsociety.org/gallerycrits/190620/190620_1176675033_large.jpg) is by Diego Maia. He and others provided some really great 3D sculptures for copying in the workshop.
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/999/anatomyworkshopgg6.jpg

[Maidith]

Saint Bernadette
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/bernadette.jpg

... and the WIP steps in Photoshop 7. I do most digital speedpaints exactly this way.
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1328/bernadettewipxl3.jpg

[enthombed]

Hey lady, great update here...i like your style, is unique, you have a great talent, keep posting

Cheers

[pbgse]

very subtile and elegant portrait and colors arent aggressive so overall it gives a sense of warmth , i like it
maybe more render and details :D
cheers

[Exquisite Beast]

Bahahaha! :jawdrop: Those are 60 seconds?? Yours look like amazing figures, mine look like stick men with arthritis.... Great work - something to aim for!

[mentler]

Fine Work

! Mega Bones From Me !

[Maidith]

enthombed - cheers :)

pbgse - glad you like it, cheers! ^^

Exquisite Beast - yes, 60 second poses. It's easy to capture them very quickly if you do lots and lots of copying from other sources also. I've learnt so see quickly by copying old master drawings and paintings, and drawing from fashion magazines. It's a great exercise for the eye.

mentler, thank you!


New speedpaint: Day of Wrath
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/dayofwrath.jpg

[Maidith]

"Oh noes!"
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/ohnoes.jpg

... and a 100% closeup. I tried to paint nice skintones (like too often! *cough*)
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/ohnoes_closeup.jpg


The next speedpaint will be painted in oils! :heart:

[Clochette]

Nice luminosity on the one called "Day of the Wrath"!
But I have a problem with that girl, "Oh noes!" ! She has a much bigger head the she must have no? And her shoulder line is strange too. I have the bizarre impression that she holds somebody else head!

[Maidith]

Clochette, thanks <3 You're right about that head. Crap happens.

New oil painting: Little Tiger Plushie
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/liltigerplushie.jpg

[AmontilladoAg]

Ooh, I envy your PS skillz!!! :) You do some very snazzy skin tones. I think "Oil Lamp" is my fave pic ... very nice. 8)

Keep rockin' the anatomy studiez, especially head/neck structure; btw, isn't Posemaniacs fun?! :teeth:

Cheers :^^:

[~Faust~]

Wow scheint ja immre mehr Deutsche hier zu geben! Jedenfalls machen Deine Portraits schon gute Fortschritte. Hier und da sieht man allerdings, dass die Unterliegenden Strukturen nicht bekannt sind. Vielleicht solltest Du ab und zu mal einen Schädel einzeichnen, um zu sehen, ob irgendwas daneben liegt.

Anyway, VERY strong colours! I especially love that Salome-one! Also, I`d love to see some more traditional stuff in here.

[bakatron]

ahoy :D

[Flaskpost]

Dang! The posemaniac figures shows major improvement in just a few sheets. Really nice!

[Maidith]

AmontilladoAg - cheers! I definitely have to do more anatomy studies - much more! Posemaniac is quite addictive and that's a good thing :D

Faust - danke sehr :) ich versuchs.

baka - ahoy there! :yayca:

Flaskpost - are you sure? I only know I have to practise more. Thanks! =)


Still life setup, painted in oils on paper. About 2 1/2 hours.
The composition sucks, I know. But I'm kind of happy with the drawing.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/onionsjourney.jpg

[bakatron]

i actually really like the still life. id honest to god would love to see more.:ilaekae:

[Jakers]

that still life is great, its awesome that your not just focusing on just one medium!

In the painting in #106 you have some alignment issues where the eyes nose and mouth arent on the same parallel - though the mouth has a pretty big movement range and is more forgiving for expression :) skewed features is something that always jumps off the page so double checking them in the future would be great.

Aw I can no longer see the gestures that were mentioned...but they sound promising. see you!

[Maidith]

baka, thanks! I really want to do more of those still lifes...:) There are so many things I need to work on; someone clone me, please :D (j/k).

Jakers, thank you. That imageigloo server where I uploaded the gesture drawings is down thus killing a part of my sketchbook... now I have to upload and re-link lots of stuff. And I'm working on those faces in general :)

Swamp
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/1667/swampyp7.jpg

Bammes studies
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/6824/b5gf6.jpg
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/941/b6nk3.jpg

[Maidith]

here's another digital piece (I just can't help but messing with interesting color schemes!)
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/midnight.jpg

Drawing from life - my dad, listening to music :mrgreen:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/ld1.jpg

[hp]

cool paintings, you obviously can color but i would check a lot of your proportions early on. also you have a similar problem to me, i think maybe you are only interested in the face for the most part, so the rest of the body suffers a little bit...maybe push the rest of the body as well as the face.

*subscribe* :D

[Maidith]

hp, thanks :) I'm doing anatomy studies right now, gonna post some of them later :D

The Moth
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/moth.jpg

Room, drawn with a so-called proportion checker (proportional divider). This tool is beyond awesome! Had I measured everything by eye only, it'd haven taken me more time and frustration to make an accurate drawing. However, with the proportion checker it took me only about 15-20 minutes and was very easy.
Watch this to see how it works: http://www.thecardermethod.com/clips.html
I made my proportional divider myself, using solid cardboard.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/room.jpg

[Maidith]

Premonition
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2876/premonitionts7.jpg

I am tired of painting skintones... Means I have to practice other stuff.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/un_dimanche.jpg

Experiment in SAI
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/sai1.jpg

[Quinn Simoes]

Nice work Kristina, keep experimenting and pushing that anatomy!
Look forward to seeing more.

Quinn

[Maidith]

Thanks a bunch, Quinn :)

Bammes studies.
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1180/b1zj5.jpg
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/2289/b2jq4.jpg
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/4778/b3sp3.jpg
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/6605/b4ai0.jpg

more poses :heart:
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/4195/pmrocks2de1.jpg

[Clochette]

You work so hard! Great stuff! :)

[Maidith]

Clochette, thank you :D

I need a break from all the serious business. :D
Vlad (who became known as "The Impaler", prince of Walachia) and his younger brother Radu in about 1445. Testing the drawing program SAI - it's excellent for inking!
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/vlad_and_radu.jpg

Swamp
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/1667/swampyp7.jpg

Bammes studies
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/6824/b5gf6.jpg
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/941/b6nk3.jpg

[Maidith]

Yesterday night's practice:
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7086/feetpi5.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/858/b18je7.jpg

[silvestri99]

Wow, great studies, especially the master studies! Keep it up!

[Maidith]

Thank you, silvestri99 :)

A commissioned CD cover. (the writing is my experiment xD)
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/zerbrochen.jpg

[Demo]

Hay great style love all the studies every thing u do remindes me of an lod master keep up the stuff and check out my sb if u ever get some free time from this greatness :) :)

[Yngling]

Hey!

Nice stuff. The colouring is great, the lines too, but the proportions, as was said earlier, could use some work. I can only imagine how great they would be if you keep studying your anatomy (which you already seem to be doing, good job on that!).

Yngling

[Mark Bot]

wonderful stuff you have here. really liking how you treat skin tones, that's always a tough one to make look right.
keep up with those studies!

[Nettle_Mountain]

Very nice studies, keep on pushing and do more of those posemaniacs. I feel your shading is progressing a bit, do you intentionally use only one shadow tone like in those bammes studies? they looked really good but you might try to add lighter and darker shadows as well for experiment

[hp]

the shadow of the nose of the girl in the mirror seems slightlyyyy off to left too much. but it looks nice :D

[ceriously]

I really like that oil painting of the "little tiger plushie"; it's just really nice to look at, haha. "Swamp" and the studies from this page look great too. I think one thing you need to watch for is the eye placement in faces from your imagination: the eyes often seem too high in these. Good luck!

[Maidith]

Demo, thanks man :) I'll check it out.

Yngling, cheers :D

GusTheRobot, thanks! skintones are indeed hard but so much fun! :D

Nettle_Mountain, thank you! the Bammes piece are "just studies" and it's hard to make nice subtle shadow variations from photographs :/ hope I can attend life drawing soon, but I'll be on the lookout for nice shadows anyway.

hp, thank you :heart:

nolarc, thanks :) eyes have been mentioned, I'm gonna be more careful there.

Must practice more!

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5052/b7zo4.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8936/b8ph8.jpg
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/5029/b9to8.jpg

[Maidith]

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1447/b11wk4.jpg
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/5651/b10ri2.jpg

[Quinn Simoes]

Hi Kristina,

Your anatomy work is coming along great, my only observation is that the legs on some of your figures look a little short in proportion to the rest of the body.

Quinn

[Maidith]

Quinn, thank you :) I have to pay attention to proportions.

More Bammes studies:
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/5152/b12vm1.jpg
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/9985/b13tc1.jpg
http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/6761/b14ls4.jpg

Face studies from a magazine. Because I have to be able to draw them better.
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/6631/j1qj3.jpg
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5662/j2hj4.jpg

[~Faust~]

those motion-studies are VERY nice!

Like your work!

[Leysan]

Hey, Bammes is cool, I've just taken a look into "Wir zeichnen den Menschen".
Great sketchbook here. :yayca:
Work more on your heads.

[Maidith]

Faust and Leysan, thanks a bunch :D cheers!

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/9694/b15ds9.jpg
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/7972/b16ag4.jpg
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/4861/b17kv8.jpg

[Maidith]

Drawn at school during the epic fail invention that is called "free hours" (time periods without classes)

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2450/j3gv6.jpg

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9070/j4le5.jpg

[hp]

some of the last sketches look really nice! :D

i would say just try to vary up your line weight a bit more with the anatomy studies.

[Leysan]

Wow, this all without reference? Clearly I should work more...

Are you also practicing backgrounds and ... hmm, other things than humans?

[Icedearth15876]

You got some nice new works there, very good.

[Maidith]

hp, thanks :D I'll post some charcoal sketches soon. It's a great medium for drawing expressive lines *_*

Leysan, thank you :) Nah, those last studies are almost all done from anatomy books like Bammes, or photographs, for learning. I'll post some un-referenced ones later.

Icedearth15876 , thank you :) So far I practice humans only, but I have time!


More Posemaniac stuff.
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/1897/pmrocks3ah5.jpg

[Maidith]

Cave of the Forgotten
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/7973/caveoftheforgottenkx8.jpg

more Bammes studies.
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/47/b19rp5.jpg
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/3581/b20ht4.jpg
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/5853/b21fu8.jpg

[Nettle_Mountain]

going strong, i really liked your posemaniacs and that red page.

How many seconds that posemaniacs?

[Maidith]

Nettle_Mountain, these are 60 second poses; thanks!

Some new Bammes studies.
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/76/b22qq8.jpg

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3332/b23fs7.jpg

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/7149/b24hu8.jpg

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3527/b25uy8.jpg

[Maidith]

I spent most of yesterday and today playing Caesar III, actually :mrgreen: And it's fun. The career game is quite a challenge sometimes; now I finished the Aedile scenario. Any other C3 players out there?

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/535/b26yf1.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8177/b27hd3.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/145/b28fl9.jpg

[Maidith]

Bammes studies:

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/8659/b29dc1.jpg

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5327/b31xc0.jpg

A few figures purely from imagination. Just for testing how much I learnt.
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/1857/b30vc7.jpg

[hp]

your anatomy is getting a lot better! :D

keep it up.

[Maidith]

hp, thanks :)

OMG! I'm so happy <3
No more school for me. EVER. :D

On Monday will be my first A-level exam of doom. I have to take the following four of those final exams: Literature, Art, Theology and Mathematics. Thanks goodness mathematics is last so I have more time to study. (It's my most hated subject and I wouldn't take that exam if I could.)

More Bammes studies:
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/481/b32qa7.jpg
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/5813/b33bu6.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2017/b34zo5.jpg

Unreferenced studies to follow... some day. When I manage to draw good ones :P

[BlackArt]

Fantastic to see commitment to your ideas. I have just began to start illustrating again after years of rest (due to work/paying the bills).

I like your time-limit for a picture as it's hard to have the opportunity if you have other duties.

So...KEEP GOING! The drive will never leave you and you will always be learning even when you're a professional.:mod:

[userrq]

i vote 4 moidhit please modhie sent these drawings on my id

[Maidith]

BlackArt, thank you! :D Great to start illustrating again, I wish you success - keep going!

userrq, pardon?


Studying Bammes is fun :)
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/1913/b35og6.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/1950/b36xu7.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/6795/b37zs5.jpg

Some un-referenced ones:
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2128/b38qu9.jpg

[Maidith]

Some moar.

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/3470/b39ul4.jpg

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/2496/b40bj0.jpg

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/347/b41ve5.jpg

[Maidith]

Character concepts - I wanted to test if I could do that :D

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/characterconcept4.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/characterconcept3.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/characterconcept2.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/characterconcept1.jpg

[Maidith]

omg, I wrote my first final exam yesterday (Literature). (Deutsch-Abiturprüfung! >_<) But it was surprisingly easy.

Some more Bammes :D
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/7356/b42pi5.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9940/b43og9.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/592/b44ug4.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/1527/b45yy1.jpg

[Diego]

really nice book, lots of studies, the way i like it.
Keep it up the good work
Cheers

[Sebastianrenaissance]

Farsh, thank you :) You're right, painting works best only if one has strong drawing skills. I'm working on those, making lots of drawings from life.
(The link to your sketchbook in your sig does not work, by the way)


Recently I bought this book (http://www.amazon.de/Artists-Complete-Guide-Figure-Drawing/dp/0823003035/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1202482618&sr=8-1) and it is really good stuff. The author (who is an awesome painter) shows the progress of a figure drawing from life and advises to start the drawing by "enveloping" the figure in a simple shape consisting of lines and corners. He says "You'll save time if you learn to do so"; me thinks "o really"?, and tries it. It works quite well. I'll get accustomed to it either way :D It can only be good to try something.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/sketch1.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/sketch2.jpg





looks like a good trick, i know its all ready a long time ago that you posted this bu can you please tell how this works? i like the images that are made with it. I'm also sketching work from great painters in history. It realy realy works well.

Sebastian

Please tell

[Whitevillage]

Really great studies, you're improvement in general is also inspiring. It's coming along the good way. Your study recommendation in another topic was helpful.

[Maidith]

Sebastian - thanks :) it's actually very simple :) You look at the image you want to copy; and try to "envelope" it into a big, simple shape, and draw that shape on paper. Then, you find the outer contour of the figure/image and draw it inside that envelope. The envelope allows to see and check proportions better. And when you have drawn the outer contour, you draw the details "inside" the figure. It takes some practice but in the end it saves time.

Whitevillage, thank you :) I'm glad if it was helpful.

I was really inspired yesterday evening; so even though I had an Abitur exam today, I painted some environments at night. They're done from photos, no colorpicking, about 10 minutes each.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/en1.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/en2.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/en3.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/en4.jpg

[Maidith]

More photo studies, 10 minutes each:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/en5.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/en6.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/en7.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/en8.jpg

L's eye :mrgreen: I'm currently turning into a total Death Note fangirl. 10 minutes, no references.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/L_10min_noref.jpg

[algenpfleger]

*dances* Way to go with those photo studies!

[hp]

i would think L would look even more emo though =P I totally love DN too...have you watched the movie? and these ppl:
http://behindinfinity.deviantart.com/gallery/#Death-Note

as for the char concepts, i'm not sure how i feel about the lineart being with the soft shading...i would either change the line color to something softer looking (like dark brown maybe) or vary up the line quality. or maybe throw in some harder shadows/lites.

also perhaps the sides of the top lip should overlap the bottom on the outer edges a bit more. it's only really apparent on the girls...i know you're prolly going for a winged look but it looks a little strange.

great ideas and anatomy studies ^^

[oOHereticOo]

Lovely stuff you have here. The emoction in post 14 and 30 is amazing :O

[Maidith]

Hannes, danke :D

hp, thanks <3 yes, I'm a DN fangirl, the movie rocks! and the photographs too :D I especially love L. He's just so funny and adorable. Have you seen the scene in the 2nd (?) move where he falls off the chair? *laughs* I'm a fangirl. Also, thanks for the tips :)

oOHereticOo, thank you ^_^


Some new stuff (all from reference photos, about 10 mins each):

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/en9.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/en10.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/en11.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/en12.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/guy.jpg

Argh, I have to study for final exams
:(

[Peter Berkovski]

lovely update Kristina ;) I love your speed environments,they are awesome! ;)
keep your best up ;P, well school finish for you, but did you think to join in some art college or something?
Regards

[Maidith]

atlantik - thank you :D I'll start attending art college soon. First I have to pass my final exams :)

Mirror studies.
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8325/mik1vd5.jpg


Life drawing class, yay! :D
(very quick drawings, about 5-10 minutes each)

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2595/mik2vs0.jpg

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/5980/mirk30xh6.jpg

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/5256/mik4np7.jpg

portraits drawn from photographs (for a commission):
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/kiddo2.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/kiddo1.jpg

[Maidith]

YAY! I passed my last, oral exam (maths)!!! with a C-

now time for drawing is almost endless!
The following sketches are of course copies. I still have one book that I want to finish copying from :D
All of them were drawn today.

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5316/orientalismus0ne8.jpg
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3418/orientalismuskx1.jpg
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1043/orientalismus2ka7.jpg
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/5105/orientalismus3mh4.jpg
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/9734/orientalismusqz8.jpg
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5189/orientalismus1oi2.jpg

That paper was bleached in the sun, hence the weird color/gradient.

[~Faust~]

Hey there, congratulations on your Abi! Now go study something art-related or I'll poke you with sharp stick!

Good dedication with the last studis, although I think a lot of them little peopple have awkward proportions. Just because you copy them from a 2D-Source doesn't mean you don't have to think about where those bosyparts are in space. That happens quite frequently with you drawings actually. look here: http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/kiddo1.jpg
The head is somewhat deformed to the upper left. Are you left-handed?

[Maidith]

Faust, thanks! no worries, me is gonna study fine art :)
The awkward proportions are because I just can't look at things properly yet. It'll come with practice. (I'm right handed) xD

Sebastian, thank you :D

Here's yesterday night's speedpainting orgy (photo studies after reference from Sinned-angel-stock - no colorpicking nor tracing whatsoever!)

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/stock1.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/stock2.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/stock3.jpg

And something I'll see in two years from now :D
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/icecream.jpg

[Kan Muftić]

Thanks for kind words.
Your studies are sweet..

[algenpfleger]

I don#t think anyone here will get the icecream joke :>

[Maidith]

Chupacabra, thanks :D

Hannes, I posted this image for you xD


Drawing without reference, proof of how much I need to work on anatomy
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3584/pencil1um8.jpg

Buncha sketches :mrgreen:
http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/3720/pencil2br5.jpg
http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/5139/pencil3fv3.jpg
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/4180/pencil4xj8.jpg

Posemaniac 60 second poses.
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/8240/posemaniac0eg8.jpg

Studies after stock photos (sinned-angel-stock.deviantart.com) no color picking, tracing, blah blah. Photo studies are great! I learnt a ton :D

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/8813/stock4ig1.jpg
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/6885/stock5fe0.jpg
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/2705/stock6ru4.jpg

[Diego]

hey.......amazing thread, lots of great studies...

[Mark Bot]

LOVE your anatomy and photo studies.
awesome job on the posemanic's as well. 60second poses are great.
sometimes your proportions look like they get a little off (eyes/head/etc) so just keep a lookout for that.
otherwise really great stuff. keep it up!

[Sebastianrenaissance]

eey,

nice. I'm practacing with that posemaniacs site also because i got recommended that i must train on Anatomy. I saw your scketches a few page's back. But your's are much better than mine:er:
hopely i will be so good as you later:\ how old are you exually?
just keep trying :painting:
can you please look at my (few) images and say what you think about it? i will be very greatfull

Sebastian

PS: i hate the geman language. it's so difficult. i'm dropping out of that class. not that it have anything to do with my of yours drawings

[Maidith]

Diego, thank you! :)

Gus, thanks a bunch :D

Sebastian, thanks :) Posemaniac is definitely great practice! Draw 1000 poses and you'll certainly notice improvement.
I'm 19 years old now. And I can understand you don't like german, it's very hard to learn. Drawing is more important anyways :D

Anatomy studies, 50% Bridgman, 50% from imagination (to see what sticked).
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/61/bri1ac0.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2576/bri2ru1.jpg
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2107/bri3qh5.jpg

[shamandalie]

Thanks for dropping by my sketchie. Girl, you are younger than me but your standard is so far ahead i'm embarrassed to put my works up. Nonetheless, keep it up okay? Watch out for the proportions during painting. The colors you have on them are awesome though.

And thanks for the mini-tutorial too! *subscribes*

[Shard]

amazing stuff!! your characters have so much life into them! post more!! :)

[Azalin]

Impresionante "SB"!

Your improving in huge steps, I´m really impressed with your dedication, your studies, line work, and mostly color harmony, and those enviorments are promising, keep them coming!

So got no critics just lots of WOWs & stars of course ;)

Danke für dein tipp & besuch :)

ps. you know wich Art School your going to attend to? I´m looking for a good one here in germany to apply to (might have too look in Switzerland soon...), so i you know of any pm me ;)

[Farin]

Moin moin,

thx for stopping by and comment my sb.
great studies and skechtes you got in here! seems to be that you'r quite busy doing all those stuff.
Would like to know if you've integrated the envelope-technique in your lifedrawing process or if it was just a test? For myself I use some kinda modified approach .. dont have the patience and often also no time to use it in the way it is described in the book.

Grüße aus Ostfriesland

[Maidith]

shamandalie - thank you :)

shardana, thanks! I will ^^

Azalin, thank you :) I'm going to attend Angel Academy of Art in Florence, starting autumn this year. If German art schools are good... depends on what you want to learn! If you want to do classical academic painting, forgetaboutit, there's no such thing here. But if you want a little bit of everything (including the artsy fartsy ;) ) german art schools are for you. I live near Düsseldorf Art Academy, it's very very crazy there. not my sort of things, but students do enjoy it :)

Farin, thank you :) I haven't intergrated the envelope technique into my life drawing (yet), I don't even have real life drawing classes yet. Hope that'll change soon!

Today's worth of Bridgman studies, and studies from stock photos. And also some from imagination.
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/8905/bri4cz7.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9579/bri5pa3.jpg
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8849/stock7zg7.jpg
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9879/stock8rl2.jpg

[~Faust~]

Wow you're going to Florence? Sounds pretty elite, haha! Good luck with that, and great anatomical studies, in the last batch, as well! I know you're doing great and I am in no way in a position to make advices but if you're doing anatomy or, any study that is, try to find your own personal way of constructing and displaying the subject. If you are more comfortable with beginning at the feet, do it! :D Just don't let others tellyou how to construct, because in the end, that's your path of thinking and they'd tell you how to think. No need to not try out the pointers that get thrown to you, though.

Anyways, why I am telling you this, I don't know if you erase or not (I don't see construction-lines, so I suppose you do) but on some of your mannequins the proportions are still off, like in that one: http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8849/stock7zg7.jpg
When you start thinking and making your OWN landmarks, you will memorize the figure much faster and the structure will benefit as well.

Anyway, off to an extraordinary art-career for you!

[bakatron]

6b! 6b! 6b! use 6b!

and draw on brown paper :D

[Peter Berkovski]

hey there my dear ;) amazing figure drawings - post more!!! :) and yeag like bakatron said try out 6b pencil with bround paper and white chalk
keep it up! :P

[Giorge]

It's been a while since i last visited your sb , thing are coming along pretty nice , but i still see some problems with volumes , they are looking kinda flat. Maybe you should stop doing studies after the masters or after photos for a while , and start going out , in mall's, park's and other crowded places , it will help you a lot , a lot. Most of the people are shy of this , sketching other people , drawing in public , but believe me , nobody cares that you are sketching them :). Good luck ... can't wait to see the progress in a few pages from now.

[Flaskpost]

ey grrl, you´re working hard! beautiful figure drawings in the latest update!

[zou]

hi
do u know robulus ? i think he is german and do great stuff !!

hey when you enter to florence, don't forget to post us everything, daily activities, exercices. So i can imagine myself there :)

Dorian (from conceptart.org) http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=59870

is also in florence

but i think if you arrive there with that level of drawing ! what about after 3 or 4 years ??!!! (AHHHHH i can't imagine )
i must go to draw, draw, draw, draw .... bye .... draw , draw , draw

[Trashy]

Bridgman rocks and those studies rule. Man, putting out alot of work there. Sweet Update!

[Maidith]

Faust - elite, haha, thanks a bunch ;) I'm using whatever approach feels most comfortable to me - it's just my eyes that need more training. Looking at a subject and translating it into lines 100% accurately is so darn difficult that at Angel Art School in Florence students spend a whole year learning just that. And I try to do all these wiithout erasing, I used a ballpen.

bakatron - here's some portraits with stronger contrast! :)

Peter Berkovski - thank you! <3

flamable - thanks a lot! :D drawing in public, I'll hopefully get used to that, some day.

Flaskpost - thank you too :)

zou - Thanks :) I don't know Robulus, do you have links about him?
I'll post my Florence stuff here as well =) That means probably only Bargue drawings and life drawing sketches the first year.

Trashy, thank you! :D


Here's the new stuff. Some wee life drawing. I went to a life drawing class with my host sister where they needed some (unpaid) models really bad. So we both modeled there (dressed) and in exchange for that we could draw a lot there as well.

And I almost fainted during modeling. Bad circulation. That was embarassing x]

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/life1.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/life2.jpg

Commissioned portraits:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/kid1.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/kid2.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/kid3.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/kid4.jpg

[~Faust~]

Sweet lifedrawings! Is this Akiko-girl really that small or is there something about your proportions?

Anyway, hope to see you make more and more awesome shite grrl

[Maidith]

Faust, thanks! <3 Akiko is 153 cm and her head actually looks big in real life xD


Updating sketchbook with some new finished paintings due to a lack of new sketches and studies. All painted in Photoshop using my wacom tablet. Don't look at the anatomy please, thank you :) heheh.

Italia
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/Italia.jpg

Georgia
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/georgia.jpg

The Weight of Sin
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/weightofsin.jpg


I gotta try watercolor painting again. Pretty kitschy pastel-like stuff... Like back in 2004.

[hp]

in the last piece i think that maybe she would be darker on the other side not facing the sun. also the wings are kind of confusing because of the way they're shaded. it looks like it's in the foreground but based on the bg it is further back.

[destinyapocalypse]

yep i like your anatomical drawings they are clear


and i interest this job http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/4180/pencil4xj8.jpg it has turkish words cheers

[Maidith]

h-p, you may be right. Dx hmm, I won't make excuses.

destinyapocalypse, thanks!

Study from a photo of http://sinned-angel-stock.deviantart.com :

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/stock6.jpg

No tracing or colorpicking of course :)

[Maidith]

Most recent practice-ness:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/01.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/02.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/suzanne.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/tadzio.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/stock7.jpg
The last one also is a study from a photo of http://sinned-angel-stock.deviantart.com

[Maidith]

Latest stuff (about 1-2 hours for each one, )

Black Milk of Daybreak
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/blackmilkofdaybreak2.jpg
(pose referenced from justmeina.deviantart.com)


Where Civil Blood Makes Civil Hands Unclean
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/civilblood.jpg


Royal
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/royal.jpg

[Shard]

cool updates and studies!I should really start doing more of them! I really like that civil blood one!

[Hideyoshi]

hey Kristina!
Super Anatomiestudien, allesamt schön sauber und präzise! Weiter so!

[hp]

nice hand studies! maybe do some shaded hand studies. the hands on your piece under the hand studies are kind of flat looking. very pretty portraits and stuff! :D

[AsaB]

Hey! It's been a while since I checked your work out. Angel Academy, is it? Congrats! That's an amazing school, I'm looking forward to see your work from it :)

Your colouring has level upped many times since I peeked in last! Wow, your skin colours especially, they've gotten so natural. However, it's mainly the basic anatomy that's still throwing you off ocassionally. But I think you know that yourself and it seems like you're tackling the issue, so all the best of luck to you :)

[katinki]

wow - i am really impressed by the way you handle skin colour! so subtle and beautiful!

[James Wolf]

very nice portraits :), I think the last one could use some definition of the clavicle, it just seems to flat in the neck area, but good work in here :D

[Mihail]

Very nice sketchbook here. Good studies. You seem to have some problems with drawing heads/faces. Often on your portraits eyes are placed strangely which gives the face an unnatural look. It's not always evident then you draw/paint a face in front view. But then you paint turned heads it becomes much more evident. I suggest you spent some time studying head/face proportions, check out Ron Lemen's head tutorial here on CA http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=84105 to get started.
I'm sure it will help. Keep up the good work.

[Maidith]

shardana, thank you !:D yes, studies always help, no matter what you're copying...
this reminds me I should draw more from life >__<°

Hideyoshi, vielen Dank :)

hp, thanks :)

AsaB, thank you very much <3 I'm SO much looking forward to studying in Florence! Yup, my anatomy is indeed messed up at times, and I have no excuses, only the promise that it'll be better some day.

katinki, thank you :D

James, thanks a bunch :)

Mihail, thank you :) I won't make excuses for bad anatomy. But I promise it will improve.


Newest stuff:

Bridgman studies (those are 4 A4 paper sheets)
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/2492/bridgmantd7.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/ohmy_yellow_stock.jpg
Study after a photo from http://yellow-stock.deviantart.com/

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/outofthelight.jpg
Experimenting with textures and stuff :D Much fun.

[Maidith]

Photoshop speedpaints... About 1-2 hours each.


1962
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/1962.jpg

Denzel the Dickless
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/denzel_the_dickless.jpg
(I didn't want to look up penis reference while my little bro was around all the time)

Lady Jane Grey - ref from redragon.deviantart.com
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/lady_jane_grey.jpg

And a closeup!
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/ladyjanegrey_closeup.jpg

[Autumnal Dream]

My Goodness Kristina.. i'm stunned by your sb and I already discovered your homepage.
Damn, thats fascinating!! You already had exhibitions in USA?
Accepted in Florenz... awesome.:O

Anyway. Greaaat studies, i dig the masterstudies! :D
And your ideas and their realization with ps and oils are lovely.

Longing for more.. really :)

bye

[Nibras]

Wow.....
Am speechless, lost for words
you say I have dedication, girl your amazing, the amount of studies you do and your art work is just crazy. Really nice improvment
All those studies really paying off *i envy you being alloweed to do all those nudes must surely help :P*
Btw you have been doing art and drawings serouisley since you were 14 right? well i think thats awesome and your really young and have amazing talent.
The amount of studies is crazy, i love all your digi, very realistic.
Well welcome to my list of inspirational artist :P i learned so much just by looking at your master studies.
really am blown away, btw do you mind giving me some tips on any extra things i can do for improvment, because well i suck :( haha
Just keep it up gal cuz you rock!

[Kurjuus]

So you call my stuff awesome? Then what shall I call yours?.. phenomenal :D
Seriously, you have so beautiful colors that the subject of the pictures is only secondary. Although the lines aren't any less awesome :)
Just on the anatomy, there needs to be some work done. But ohterwise PHENOMENAL! :D I'm subscribing!

[Maidith]

Autumnal Dream, thanks :D I was an exchange student in USA so the exhibitions are nothing of true importance. xD

lilnebo, thank you :) I appreciate that very much! Hmm, I dunno if I have any extra tips... you're doing so great already! But I'll check back and watch your progress!
I've been drawing/painting seriously since I'm 13 or so, so you're quite right :D and I've loved doing it even before that, all the time.

Kurjuus, thanks! :) *blushes* But... oh the anatomy of doom! Dx Must get life drawing class. xD


Today's worth of sketching on paper (after Bridgman and magazines)
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/bri1.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/st1.jpg

And a hottie! :D (about 1h in PS)
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/hottie.jpg

[Maidith]

Speedpainting (figure & pose referenced from sinned-angel-stock again), and I don't feel like finishing it right now. About 40 minutes.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/stock.jpg

Doooooooooodling.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/br.jpg


And some... err... anatomy study:
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4446/hottie2qj1.jpg

[Farsh]

Thanks for stopping by! Looking at your latest work, your anatomy still seems off on some of the subjects, especially the heads/faces. Your anatomy studies on pen/paper seem fine though. That what strikes me as strange, on the paintings you do without reference, it doesn't seem that you properly 'constructed' the underlying anatomy before you filled in the colors and started rendering. Trace out the outlines of the figures in your paintings to figure out the hickies - they still don't match up with the quality of your linework. As usual, I'm fond of your wonderful use of colors, but keep working on the other aspects of your art! Once you have a solid grasp of anatomy it can only get better.

[oODanyalOo]

Hey, you have the makings of a pro, mainly because you're determined. Nice collection of studies and you're photoshop stuff is really quite something, I agree with others about refining your anatomy etc, but visually to me you're doing all the right things. I want to see more =)

[bakatron]

thank your censoring his wee wee. wee wee's scare me more than mudkips!

[RandAlThor]

Ummm, ball sack is a bit droopy... :-)

Nice work, you seem to have a soft touch with the airbrush in places, dont forget to hit up that contrast in areas too..

[Maidith]

Farsh, thank you! :) hmm, constructing, I need to spend more time on that o.o

Danyal, thank you :D much appreciated!

Baka, you're welcome xD

RandAlThor, I'm no expert on balls xD you may be right ö__ö Thank you!

Today I started the day with some wannabe calligraphy because it's a) lots of fun, b) difficult and c) I still have so much Japanese paper around here that needs to be used up.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/cal1.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/cal2.jpg
(that's the name of my favorite mangaka. the calligraphy is pretty much fail because the kanjis' proportions are a mess)
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/cal3.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/cal4.jpg
The above two are old poems.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/cal5.jpg
Drawn after an ukiyo-e painting, using a copic marker (brush nib).
I TOTALLY dig ukiyo-e, and I think it's even great for practicing because it forces you to exactly think about where you place what line and errors won't be forgiven, plus you need to maintain a flowy and elegant line quality. It's not as easy as it looks.

And another boy:
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/5725/hottie3pikachuyo2.jpg

Hey, at least the men I paint do look like men, hm? xD

[Autumnal Dream]

hahaha :D
I love your sb xD

[Carbono]

Now i feel bad for not censoring my stuff...
Its great to look at your sketchbook, a real pleasure to see your studies and drawings. You draw and practice so much that you turned into an inspiration, looking at your stuff makes me want to draw.

And, while i prefer the ladies, its pretty nice to see someone drawing boys too. Its funny that most people, even ladies, end up always drawing tons of naked females and almost no males. Good to see someone doing something different.

So, keep it up. I love your work and your sketchbook, its a real pleasure to look at your stuff...
Hope to see more from you soon! Cheers!

[sebastian_H]

hi,

GREAT PROGRESS. maybe u don't reconize the new name. Sebastian_h = sebastianrenaissance from a while ago. however your'e realy muchbetter. and you were al ready. but maybe you want to look at my small schetchbook to comment? realy like your wor. just like the great painters. poussin:^^:. look at the dutch painters sometime too. johannes vermeer!! i would like to see how you will Interpretat that style that i think is kind like yours. still loving your work.

by the way... euhm...:bashful: the "things" at your naked man paintigs are a bit... how do you say it without making a fool out of my self :thinking: . well... they are a bit big. to big. i mean it looks more like porn.:bashful: at most paintings, and deffenetly in the way they are posing, the naked man arent realy "exited". their faces are looking like they are thinking about something like their place in the universe but wen you look down you see that they are thinking about their favorit website:bashful:. just saying. wow i feel like a moron. did nobody said this before.:thinking:

Sebastian

[Maidith]

Autumnal Dream, thanks :D

Carbono, thank you! Art needs moar nekkid guys. Erm, ehem. Anyways, thanks =D

Sebastian, yes, I remember you! :) Thanks for your comment. Hmm, porn? XD Yeah, I know they're big, but you gotta tell that the guys who draw women with really big boobies, too. :P

Here's a new WIP.

I REALLY, REALLY need to improve because I feel I've producing only mediocre stuff in my entire life. Thus: painting a new painting.

This one will be called "Lullaby in Times of War", and I'll steal a lot from Bouguereau here, learning from him :D

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/wiegenlied_wip1.jpg

[sebastian_H]

yes, youre proberly right. but so big! it kind of makes me feel very... eh... small. and no not that i arent't ok with my self. your proportions are very good but at that part you could use some more studies :smaller:(not that u will mind).
but realy just try sometimes i think your work is very nice but i think evryone is a bit distracted by his "wee wee" nice name btw. mayby in a bit less exited condition your man will even look more manly. now the just look like some teenagers with a... eh.. big WEE WEE. look at something like David from mischelangelo he is naked and you can see that it is a man but his wee wee doesn't distract you from his thinking look and your fist guess isn't that he's thinking about his girlfriend. is it? actually crasy that i'm talking about a guys penis for so long. "keep it short" is a good tip for both of us.:^^:

sebastian

ps: like the rest of it very much.:hugsmile:
we of the other 50% of the worlds population has a better excuse than you girls. the secrest is lots of Testosterone:bashful: and i think, as carbono said more naked woman are beining drawn, that naked woman keep there style and beaty much more. it also have something mysterieus i think, a beutyful naked woman in the woods:bashful:

[shamandalie]

Hehe, big wee-wees! SUPER big wee-wee.

In any case, glad to see your drawings! Morale booster for me. Now i think i'm gonna go draw naked guys too. :D

[Maidith]

we of the other 50% of the worlds population has a better excuse than you girls.

girls have hormones too :P
anyways, I understand you and some others don't like to look at penis... and I'm adding the censoring because I understand that. Other people do like wee-wee, though. It's all a matter of taste. next time I draw a naked guy you know which link not to click. :)

and of course I'll keep drawing pretty ladies as well! :heart:

shamandalie, thanks :D I would love to see some naked guys drawn by you!

A new painting I finished recently. I'm not sure about the level of finished-ness (I guess it could use more refining here and there), but I'm done working on it.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/wiegenlied.jpg

[the ANGRY filipino]

Hi! First time visitor to your Sb, very nice stuff you have in here...
The last update looks darn good. for some reason though, I like the sketch
of this painting that you posted earlier..
I guess I like the face of the lady in the sketch..
But overall, really really good stuff.

Thanks for sharing!

[~Faust~]

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/artsystuff/wiegenlied.jpg

That's some good sht.

[Kurjuus]

You're definitly not finished with the painting! A hole on the flute is missing :P

But it's definitly awesome.

Another thing you could do is to play around with brightness and color, there's too much white in it, mostly that at the skyline is bugging me, to make that sadness convincing.

[maxetormer]

suscribed, thanks for the inspiration

[xinleh]

Been a while since I last visited, I am in awe of your skills as ever. Also it's really nice to see you attempting ukiyo-e, keep updating :)

[lennon]

Hey the hands in the other page are just brilliant.
Question: are you a girl?
question 2: do you look like the girl in your avatar.

PS: Yes I do look exactly as that thing in my avatar.

Cheers.

[Maidith]

Angry Filipino, thank you :)

Faust, danke :D Muss aber besser werden Dx

Kurjuus, thank you :) I'll probably leave that one where it's now, and post a new wip sometime.

maxetormer, thanks :)

xinleh, thank you too! much appreciated :heart:

lennon, 1. yes, I'm a girl, 2. no, I don't really look like my avatar, but more like this (http://maidith.deviantart.com/art/World-Upside-Down-93752324)


Studies after Anthony Ryder's figure drawing book, because of the lack of life drawing classes.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/Unbenannt-1.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/Unbenannt-2.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/Unbenannt-3.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/Unbenannt-4.jpg

[Maidith]

I want to make a new painting. This one really has to kick ass, otherwise I'll jump into the Rhine with a block of concrete tied to my feet. Erm... well, it has to become good. xD
Color scheme idea:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/kta_colorscheme.jpg
(that's my palette! :))

Drawing:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/kta_wip1.jpg
(gotta look up some reference for that naked mole rat and her hands)

[Farsh]

Whoa! That new line drawing is a huge improvement, thats what I meant by good construction. Small things to hammer out before you start blocking it out - the foreshortening of the hand on the right does't look right yet. Could be the sleeve. The face is also slightly skewed to the right, but nothing you won't be able to fix. It would be fun though, if you rendered the mole rat like he is now. :P
You might want to use more rich brown/earth tones in your palette though, its looking really gaudy right now. Can't wait to see the painting.

[Maidith]

Thank you Farsh :) I try to get things right before I even start painting... here's where this painting is now.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/kta_wip3a.jpg

A couple of speedpaints:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/01speedie.jpg
(about 45-50min.)

Idea for a painting. Maybe I'll turn this into a finished piece some day.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/nahynyia.jpg


"The Little Wapanese" - about 2h
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/weeaboo.jpg

Thanks for looking :D

[xinleh]

Why has no one commented yet? Last post... the first portrait is just wow! You have improved so much, missy. (Yeah I went to your DA too.) Keep those works coming :)

[Trashy]

What the heck...yeah that portrait is sooo good. I'm looking forward to the finished illustration. Really it truly looks stunning already.

For now you deserve some bumpage!

[shamandalie]

YEA! Love how the illustration is coming along. But i like how the mole looks before! :P

[Maidith]

xinleh, thank you :)

Trashy, thanks! I hope I'll finish that some day XD

shamandalie, thank you too <3

A little update before I go haunting Italy:

Drawing fihlein from life, amidst a real bad art block:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/Unbenannt.jpg

Copying from a fashion magazine:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/Unbenannt-1-1.jpg

Reference-less doodles.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/Unbenannt-2-1.jpg

A girlish guy for a change.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/sangdeor.jpg

[sebastian_H]

hi,

i have bin away some time. you must do what you think is right. like the painting with the naked mole rat and the lady. i think te sene will be much more dramatic with stronger contrasts. de background more darker and te licht more brighter. Just sugesting

Like youre work

SEBASTIAN

[hp]

make sure in some of your paintings you figure out the proportions first before you paint it in. the girly guy has some major anatomy problems but it's rendered very well which looks kind of strange. i think you could also work on adding more details to your eyes. they don't hold up to how good the skin is.

keep it up :D

[bakatron]

ive never liked pikachu so much until now :O

[Maidith]

whee, thank you guys and girls :) (im in a hurry, sorry! cant miss classes)

Yay, I got internet at school! :)
These are sketches I did at Angel Academy of Art, Florence. It's not much, I know! But it's only my 2nd day ever here, (my 3rd, as of today), and we've been working mainly on the Bargue drawings only. Mine is 50% finished, I wonder if that makes me fast or slow?? Anyway, I'll upload it soon.
Angel Academy of Art is cool. I couldn't think of a better art education (for me). It focuses on technique and craft only, which I'm convinced are the only things in art that can be taught. And Michael John Angel, the founder, is really cool. In general, people here are really nice! And they're from many different countries - Sweden, Switzerland, Argentinia, Finland, France, New Zealand...
And Florence is really beautiful but also scary. With its number of cars and motorcycles, the city center looks like Mumbai at rush hour, but all day (and probably night too). Düsseldorf looks so cozy in comparison...

Life drawing is going to happen next week, yeah, yeah! These are gesture drawings from reproductions. We were instructed to "draw only the pose, not the figure" (that's essentially gesture drawing). I had to simplify shapes a lot.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/Unbenannt-1-2.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/Unbenannt-2-2.jpg

I'll upload the first Bargue drawing later :D

[Racasdorph]

WoW! You have such dedication! I love all of the figure sketches and portrait work! I want to have that kind of practice :)

[Maidith]

Racasdorph, thank you :)

So here's my very first Bargue drawing ever, done at Angel Academy of Art, Florence. Behold its immaculate glory! XD

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4559/bargue1qn2.jpg

[Maidith]

Second Bargue :)
Had to redo it once, because I messed up badly the first time. Nonetheless, I still was one of the first in our class to finish it.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k169/herzknochen/studien/bargue2.jpg

[Peter Berkovski]

holly ************** how many great things I have been missed oO
you are still amazing as always and btw could you make some naked females with giant boobs (that was a joke) :P
best regards
*the last pencil is kick ass

[~Faust~]

Really funny to see you doing the exact same exercises as dorian, your scetchbooks look so similar now O_O I tremble in the anticipation of things that promises!

[Maidith]

Peter and Faust, thank you :D Yeah I guess my sketchbook will look similar to Dorian's, as I'm doing now exactly the same drawing exercises as he did/does XD

Here's some life drawing...
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/726/life1mh6.jpg

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/6739/life2ef0.jpg

[Peter Berkovski]

niiiiicceee life drawing my dear, keep them up ;) they r coming out great!