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[DANKA]

Go to the last page!!!


Hi all!!!
I've just complete my first real sketchbook (almost 200 pages!!!!)
I want to show you some of my drawings,I've scanned the pages I like most.
Some are from photos, some from real life...someone invented...
And I post some of my digital sketch as well.

I use Photopaint and a Wacom tablet for digital paint.

I hope to update this sketchbook weekly...
Thanx
Dan

Only old man and bikini girl are from refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-001.jpg

Batman is not from references!!! :-)
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-002.jpg

No refs for those pages
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-003.jpg

I use a real life references for the couple on the bench, and for the man with
moustache on right page
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-004.jpg

I use some detail reference from military veicle for the sketches on the right
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-005.jpg


digital...

all the digitals sketches are from photoreferences with a little bit interpretation.



http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-031.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-015.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-020.jpg

[JPC]

I specially like your sketches of everyday people and your digi stuff just really inspires me.
note: either your sketchbook is small or you have a big ass scanner!

[Carbono]

Cool studies, i love how you did the curves of the 'fat girl'!

Keep it up!

[Dreamworker]

Very good pencils sketch, I like your stuff!
Ciao

P.S. è sempre un piacere vedere altri italiani in questo forum :rocker:

[skorpi]

Great stuff I like it

[Gadbury]

Fantastic pencils and the colours and skin look really good on the digi's! Thanks

[lalovergel]

Really nice work, please post more!

[Anurizm]

nice sketches, i like the line flow.

[Hilbruks]

Really sweet stuff. No crits. Those vehicles look very nice, and the two old guys sitting talking are also very well captured. Looking forward to more posts.

[DANKA]

Thanx all for replies, I'm working -and scanning! :-) - for more posts!
Stay tuned

[funfetus]

Wow, EXCELLENT stuff. I love the drawings. Your figures look so...fleshy. The digitals are great as well. Excellent values and colors, but I think they could stand to be a little sharper. Keep up the incredible work!

[DANKA]

Hi guys! :-)
Some others images from my sketchbook as i promised...

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-006.jpg

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-007.jpg

I use a photo reference for the face of the fat man on the bottom left page
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-008.jpg

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-009.jpg

some digit

photo ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-017.jpg

ehm...no refs :-)
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-019.jpg

photo ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-025.jpg

photo reference
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-014.jpg

[Alfaframe]

nice to see your sketchbook, finally...
don't be shy, i know you got thons of great stuff to post, so

!!!CHIPITAP!!!

[Clodioz]

very very nice start!
I really like your sketches, they're pretty cool,, specially the castles :)

keep showing us the 200 pages :D!

cheers!

[DANKA]

Some new pages of my 200pages sketchbook :-)))))

I used a pair of photo references for the man with glasses on left pages
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-010.jpg

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-011.jpg

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-012.jpg

and the digital ones

photo ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-010.jpg

photo ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-024.jpg

no ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-028.jpg

Bye :rocker:

[DANKA]

A pair of new pages to share!
Please leave your impression! :lineart:

Photo refs for the four girls on left, no refs for the figures on right
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-014.jpg

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-013.jpg

and some digital...

no ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-011a.jpg

no ref :-)
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-011b.jpg

:medusachow:

[Brun]

great studies and ideas in this sketchbook, keep em comming

(I dig the last digi sketches)

[Loolarge]

Well, not bad. :) But awesome!

[Xinl]

amazing sketches! look forward to more~

[DANKA]

Hi again!
Many thanx for replyes!
New pages from my sketchbook

Refs for the girl images on the left
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-015.jpg

Refs for the man with glasses and the old man with cap
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-016.jpg

No refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-017.jpg


And the digitaaalsss :ore:

photo ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-012.JPG

No ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-018.JPG

Photo ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-002.JPG

No ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-004.JPG

[azghoul]

hey !

very cool sketchbook pages.
i like your pencils very much, especially the perspective views of the ladies ;)
but really nice flow in all of your lines. very lively.

but i have some problems with the digital colored pieces.
the colors just dont want to jump to life somehow, in fact i miss the depth in most of them, seems you do little abstraction or close looking at nature.
rather you seem to use photoreferences (which is basically ok for sure) and copy the flat colors.

there is so much more going on in color varieties, maybe its all to sketchy to judge it from that point of view, but learning from life and closely observing what is there to see, not what you think you know about any given object, would add life to the colors as much as in your pencils and figures.

just my 2 cent, keep up the good work !

[Ian Mack]

I'd have to agree about the use of photo refs...you're people look great but the landscapes felt flat to me as well. I've gotta wonder what size sketchbook you're working with! I really like how you push the figures so much yet are still able to bang out something completely different as well. First the cars, then the castle, then the robots. It's something that I want to start doing in my SB. The only other thing I can note is that you're skipping out on the rendering of the fingers in most of your figures. Great work though!

[DANKA]

Hi
azghoul_ Thanx for the constructive criticism on my digits landscape :^^:
I see your color study named "coastlight" and...man! it's amazing! thanx again

Ian Mack_ Thanx for compliments and for the constructive suggests!

I hope to post some more tomorrow!

[kidult]

Great stuff man - like the diversity in the subject matter.

[jinok]

wow graet stuff i love your style

[NemesisOnline]

Wonderful stuff, can't wait to see more.

[DANKA]

:medusachow:

Sketchbook!

A pair of my colleagues caricature, from real life.
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-018.jpg

I used photo refs for the man and the screaming girl with glasses on bottom right.
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/sketch-019.jpg

The images on right was ispired by a photo of a man with a monster mask (the first up on page)
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-020.jpg

Digits

From various panorama photos that inspired me
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-003.jpg

this is from a photo of Michele Trecate_ http://www.vercellink.com/fotografie/paesaggio.php _
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-005.jpg

Inspired from a photo
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-032.jpg

:oneye:

[Tom van der Linden]

cool SB man, you're pencil work is great! You inspire me to use the pencil more 'stead the good 'ol ballpen. Keep it up!

[zeo-x]

Amazing pencil sketches mate. Really loving the line quality on your pencils. And the digital works are really cool too.

[clayman101]

I really like the variety of approaches you take. The only gripe I might have is that I'd like to know which are your original works, and which have been referenced.

Whatever the case may be, I really enjoyed looking at all of your stuff.

Cheers!

[Hilbruks]

Very cool updates Danka. Really like your pencilwork. Would like to see some more work on the colors.
Keeps up.

[DANKA]

Thanx zeo-x clayman101 and Hilbruks !

I'll come back on my post to put some informations about the images (refs or not) as soon as possible! ;-)
And I'll try to post more colored ones!

Thanx again

[Flesheater]

Your girls are hot! Great stuff!

[Hethabyr]

What a wonderfully classy sketchbook! Beautiful work, Danka. Thanks for sharing.

Five stars without a doubt : )

[marioucci]

Man! great great lines. your pencil work is very strong and confident man.

On the digis, it seems to me that the confidence is a bit shaken eh? they are a bit too blurry. Judging by your strokes in the pencil realm Id say switch your digi brushes to something more rude and less airbrushy cos you can do it.

Love the brunette painting you did on page one.

Cheers buds

Mario

[DANKA]

Thanx all for the replies an the stars! ;-)

More pages from my book!

No refs for these pages
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-021.jpg

No refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-022.jpg

No refs for left pages. But I use a photo reference for Sayid Jarrah :-)
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-023.jpg

Digitalz

Photo references
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/thinker.JPG

No refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/Greyman.jpg

No refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-007.JPG

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/NMWP.jpg

[Azospin]

Just had an amusing look through your wonderful sketchbook, Danka. For a moment I almost thought, that I had found something to bellyache about, the - in comparison to the diversity of the other figures - rather "uniform" type of females you draw, but then I saw the fat woman... so I have no other chance, than to just express my admiration for your skills.

[clayman101]

Thanks for taking the time to attach notes to your stuff about ref material. I feel a little guilty, I kind of meant 'in the future' and 'for the major works'. I didn't mean for you to go through everything and label it. Kudos for the effort, though, it made it much more interesting to look at your sketches and compare what came out of your head and what came from other sources.

[algenpfleger]

awesome pencils in here! and all non-reffed, incredible. but that's the right way! please show us more!

[Jon Sun]

amaaazzzing stuff!! all your drawings have such life and energy to them. it's inspring. for your non-ref stuff, how do you come up with all of that? i find it's very hard for me to put what i'm imagining down on paper. it seems you are so free in whatever you draw, like you just draw whatever you want and it comes out awesome. XD. any advice?

[Diego]

Great stuff in here man.

[DANKA]

Thanx all!!!

algenpfleger_ Thanks! I still use very much references! but thanx! ;-)

bandaidboy12_ Thanks! The secret is...practise! At least one hour every day...draw draw draw draw...the CA slogan! :yayca:

Thanx all again


A quick update...

Photo ref for Benjamin Linus (Ben from"LOST") and for the face of the vampire girl on the rigth page
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-024.jpg

Only some ref for the legs study on the left.
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-025.jpg

No refs here except for the girl in the bottom of the left page.
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-026.jpg

Digitals


http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/Armour.JPG

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/mech-1.jpg

A little tut :-) no ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-026.jpg

Face studies...from photos
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-022.jpg

Ciao

[Clochette]

Your pencil work is just amazing! I definitely love it! Your lines are so clean and rich at the same time! Well done!

[enthombed]

think you have a great and energetic line in your drawings and a lot of movement in your style. keep posting more and more.

Cheers

[crazy3dman]

Beautiful sketchbook. Your no ref work is pretty amazing. It's as convincing as the pieces you've used reference for. WOW!

[DANKA]

Clochette: Thanx!...and I love your watercolours! :-)
enthombed: Thank you! I'll post more as soon as possibleeee
crazy3dman: Thanx for your wow!The "Wow" is my first aim!
(I don't know if "aim" is the right word... :?: )

Bye!

Dan

[DANKA]

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-027.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-028.jpg

This is a sketch from an old illustration I did some time ago.
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/sk-hunter.jpg
this is the final Image

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/illustration/Hunter.jpg

A pair of caricatures from real life...
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-008.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/D-sketch-009.jpg

:medusachow:

[gmags]

Very cool sb you have here!! Really like your pencils and the great concept sketches. Keep postin more eyecandy! :)

[MANANO]

Wow... strong hand control and fashinating characters (sketch and painting)! Really good work Dan!

Manano/Massy

[DANKA]

Thanx MANANO and gmags!

Other pages from my sketchbook...
the best ones are almost finished... :-)

no ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-029.jpg

references for the girls
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-031.jpg

no ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-032.jpg

and some old concept; pencil, marker pantone and digitals fix...

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Mac-01.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Mac-02.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Skt-car01.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Skt-car02.jpg

[DANKA]

...sorry double post...

[Quinn Simoes]

Very impressive SB, you have a nice mixture of digital and traditional work, great to see! Look to forward to more.

Quinn

[Dan Valkar]

greeat stuff in here mate! i really like those robots...oh and ur sb pages r very interesting too...nice line and concepts drawn there....cheers

[enthombed]

nice updates danka the last ones are great, keep posting bro

cheers

[DANKA]

Thanx men!!!
Sorry for the late of this update!
I'll post more draditional sketch because I'had no time to choose and prepare digitals ones...

No refs... except for the face on the left inspired by John Buscemi photo
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-035.jpg

No refs...except for the ugly Britney on the right...
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-036.jpg

No refs here...
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-037.jpg

No refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-038.jpg

No refs...
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-042.jpg

I used the girl on the left to do this illustration

http://www.dan-ka.com/images/Naughtygirl_Lit.JPG


Sorry for the bad scan quality of the last image

[HellTaxi]

awesome pencil sketches, alot of fun to look at!

[EKOes]

very very wonderful work!! Great anatomy and great architecture!

Benvenuto su CA :)
ciao

[DANKA]

Thanx guys! I hope to post more digitals concept next week.

[donalfall]

Wow. You're lucky to be so competent as to give all that unreffed stuff the life and vibrancy it has. Very jealous of your skills and linework. 5 stars, and subscribing. Some very nice girls... uh, sketches you have here. ;)

[chrishly]

lots of awesome pencils, lovely!

[DANKA]

Hi!
Sorry...I was a little bit busy but I'm come back now!!! :oneye:

As usual I start with some sketchbook pages...

No refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-039.jpg

No refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-034.jpg

No ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-040.jpg

And some digital monster/alien faces for fun...

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/happymonster.jpg

:oneye:
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/One Eye.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/TavernMonsterlit.JPG

Bye Bye! :anime:

[thesadpencil]

very nice sb. your pencils are very good and your digis are coming along nicely however your photo refs are looking slightly better than your non refs. i really like the stylization going on throughout here. i'd like to see the colors and values pushed a bit more for your digis, more of what you're doing w/ the last aliens would be good. but other than that definitely keep it up man.

[Ragathol]

Awesome sketches. I see that you have the old American 50's style down pat.
Can you draw more modern clothes as well?
The colored pieces are nice, but not on the same level as your pencils.

[forgeman]

Your stuff looks great... Your sketches really stand out!

[UCT]

This is a sweeet SB. I like your sketches, really full pages. I really really wanna see if i can colour the space guy in one of your prevvious posts. I wont, but dang, the lines are so perfect.

[DANKA]

donalfall : Thanx! I love to push myself in to new "way" everytime, and face up to new subject as I can...I draw not much animals for example, but I will do it soon...and I love female anatomy...artistically! :-)

chrishly : Thanx!

thesadpencil : Thanx for your point of vew!

Ragathol :Thanx! I love 50' style and 60' and steampunk and...but I like draw modern as well...I love Masamune Shirow like you!

forgeman : Many thanx...you exaggerate!

UCT : Thanks!!!

I leave you with a less recent Batman sketch!
Good weekend! :sungod:

http://www.dan-ka.com/Sketchbook/Digital/Batman_.jpg

[digitalfly]

You have a strong hand! Good works. Like it. And like your colors

[Kan Muftić]

5ive from me.

[forgeman]

I like your studies... It's helping me see areas where I want to improve in. Thanks for looking at my sketchbook. Also, I like the proportions of your character work and the different poses and camera angles.

[Moftah]

wow exellent ....love ur pencil work ...amazing
and thatnks for stoping by:)

Moftah's Sketchbook

[zweiDee]

fresh sketchbook, great rendering on the alien face. 5starz!

[sir_kez]

top !!!! super

[DANKA]

digitalfly : Thanx!
Chupacabra: Wow! :-)
forgeman : ;-) Thanx
Moftah: Thanks
zweiDee : Thanx for stars!
sir_kez : Thank you!

Thanx aaalllll!!!! :-)))

[Lakka]

indeed, "happymonster" looks really well rendered.

[William b. Hand]

Wow, fantastic stuff! Your figures are lovely and the tech-type things are just top notch. Most impressive. I am now thoroughly ashamed of my current pencil skills. Great job!

[Rosa]

Great sketchbook man, really inspiring, really nice sketches you have!
Please keep it up man :D

[DANKA]

Lakka :Thanx!
William b. Hand : Hi William, thanx...love your pencils too... ;-)
Rose : Thanx! I'm a little busy...but I'll post something as soon as possible! ;-)

[silvestri99]

Wow, your figure studies and work in here is very impressive...makes me feel the need to start up my practices as well!! Keep up the great work.

[humanNature6115]

Wow!


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

[DANKA]

:ilaekae:
Hi! Another busy period for me :-( not much time to post...

silvestri99 and humanNature6115 : thanx for replies!

I start a new sketchbook and I'll post soon something from it..
for now two pages from the old one ...

No references...except for the legs muscles
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-043.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sketch-044.jpg

...a pair of old one...
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/CarsPencil_01.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/CarsPencil_02.jpg

and two digitals...
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/CartAmb001.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/City01.jpg

Bye bye :yayca:

[DANKA]

No reply? :(...
Ok, another pair of drawing out of my "official" sketchbook...

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Paper01.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Spectacular.jpg

And some characters drawings from photo reference.
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/CharaDrow.jpg

Cheers! :oneye:

[Wilbur]

I really love the lighting on that last alien face. I'm also a big fan of that last tower/city thing. Very good work with the non-refs. I think it's already been mentioned, but you could push your values a little more. I feel like you're using too many halftones and highlights and not enough intense shadow.

Very fine sketchbook.

[donalfall]

The two dragons fighting on the rooftops are class. There's a real wealth of details in your enviros. Loving the SB, keep posting.

[throtailer]

Hi there, you got awezome skillz, and i was just wondering, are you satisfited with your current level of drawing? Do you feel you cant draw something or you can draw anything you want? Are your possibilities limited? These questions doesnt give peace for me... I'm wondering what will be when i reach your level.. Thanks, hope you answer me :)

[Surion]

Hey man!
I can only think of one word: awesome!
Your work is very detailed, love it!

Keep it up!

[Noukah]

Whoah..
Really, really awesome thread I LOVE IT!
Keep posting!
Instantly subscribed!

[DANKA]

Wilbur: Thanx, for the tower/city I start from a car engine
photo reference and I did not knew where I would be gone to obtaining :-)))

donalfall: Thanks, I almost finished the pages of the old sketchbook! I'll post some drawings of the new sketchbook very soon!

throtailer: yeah! I'm never satisfied of my drawing, I learn something new every day,
I draw at least one hour x day to improve and learn...keep up with your nice sketchbook!

Surion: Many thanx!

Noukah: Thanx for subscription! ;-)

Thanx all again!!!

[Jackwhat]

Dude, awesome values/lines/colours and whatnot... Id love to see you turn some of the shit from your sketchbook into something digital as there are some badass sketches amongst it!

[Shadow Of A Mountain]

you did all my fav people
batman
women
people from lost
mechs
conan
werid aliens
wgat can i say
your amazing drawer

[Ekul]

Wow, fantastic stuff! Your figures are lovely and the tech-type things are just top notch. Most impressive. I am now thoroughly ashamed of my current pencil skills. Great job!


haha what he said.
Excellent work!

[Glassjaw]

loving your sketchbook :)
You obviously have a good range of skill, but my favourite stuff is definitely your pencil work in the sketchbook, so much going on in them

[Dan Valkar]

nice stuff man! keep it up!

[Ekul]

Wow great sketchwork! Love some the ones with a cartoon-like style

Thanks for droppin by my SB :)

[DANKA]

Hello there!!!
Thanx for the replies!

Jackwhat:Thanx! I will'do that soon...do you want to suggest someone? ;-)

Shadow Of A Mountain;Ekul;Glassjaw;Dan Valkar;Ekul:Thanx!

Other sketch out of my "official sketchbook"
next time I'll start with the pages from the new one!
:ilaekae: Check them out!!!

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Alienbird_lit.JPG

Pose reference
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Fanteria.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Fanteria_crop.jpg

No ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Steampunk.jpg
No ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Soup For Dinner.jpg
No ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/The flu.jpg

[Maestro Andres]

Those last character are looking great. The attention to all the details is a good one too as well as the linework. Where are you inking them? Photoshop? Only crit I have is with the last piece. The perspective is looking a bit wonky. By looking at the area near the door, it suggest more of a top point view for which the doctor and bed are not quite fitting in. Just something to keep in mind.

[Nadiamoon]

Your sketches are great. Love your figures!

[Flaskpost]

great work in here, dude! update more! :)

[Benjamen Christ]

wow! great work , keep it coming!

[5coop]

Eyyy danka ure amazing! CMQ nn sapevo ke eri italiano! volevo sapere se
hai gia' finito l'universita', e se si; dove? Sei veramente bravissimo mi inspiri molto, specialment xke per andare in universita' in america devo avere 600 sketches nello sketchbook! vivo a tokyo ma sono di roma hah.

Anyways great work, keep it up, e grazie se rispondi!

[DANKA]

Thanx all for the recent replyes, thanx for comment, constructive crits, poin of view and so on! thanx thanx thanx...bat now....


...Yeah men! Time has coming! You can find here, the first six pages of my New Sketchbook! wwwoahhhaaaaa! (applause, ovation...)
:medusachow:

Some inspired from photos and some not!

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch01.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch02.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch03.jpg

Stay tuned!!! :mittenbop:

[Fellah.]

Very impressive work! Hats off to you!

[algenpfleger]

I love it! :D

[Surion]

beautiful stuff!

[Mydrim]

woo great

[maxetormer]

Thanks for the inspiration :)

[DANKA]

Many thanx for all the replies!:lounge:

some pages from the new sketchbook no refs...robots mania!
And a pair of digital study from bladerunner screenshots!

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch04.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch05.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch06.jpg
;)
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/bladerunner01.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/bladerunner02.jpg

a crop from the original size
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/ReplyFace.jpg

[RokasButkys]

5 stars for this awesomeness !

[stoph]

heyyy bladerunner :D awesome pencils here mate, would love to see some more rendered work in the next update!

[super skoda]

Man-o-man! this is a really nice sketchbook.

You character all have a nice appealing quality to them. The lady with the musket is particularly nice.

My only crit would be that the perspective is kind of off on these two:


http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Soup For Dinner.jpg
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/The flu.jpg

Keep posting! I can't wait to see more.

[Peetaer]

This is quite an impressive looking sketchbook. You've got no worries, yeah?

[Apoptosis]

Awesome work here, I really like the Roy Baty portrait. One of the best movies ever made.

[DANKA]

Hi,
Thanx for replies!
The drawings with "domestic" scenes are a little bit old, and I would like to give a sense of freezed time with a sort of "axonometric/isometric projection"
Thanx you to find time to reply and crits! ;-)

I only just come back from London, that I visit for a few days of vacation.
I'm impressed of that amazing city, I'll draw something from my 2gigabyte of photos as soon as possible! :-)

Maintime other new sketchbook pages:
I studied some works of "Claire Wendling" for the horses in the left page.
No ref for the right one.
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch07.jpg

No refs here...
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch08.jpg

I used a pair of photo refs for two of that faces...
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch09.jpg

Cheers! :-)

[William b. Hand]

Marvelous! 5 more shining suns to you, you sun-birthing nebula.

[ *Roots through mess looking for blue pencils* ]

... ohh, it says i already gave you the stars. :( Can't give again, but I would.

[deadpixel]

OMG! Awesome characters

[Jansi]

Indeed they are! Brilliant variety of things and I really like your style. Continue on!

[mylez]

Love the pencils, man. Keep posting!

[Alfaframe]

we want more! :yum:
i know you got a lot more stuff to show :assspank:

[Frank Gressie]

Great SB! nothing to crit only ass kissing. maybe some longer studies?
i'll keep checking this one! 5 stars

[Jonah.O]

very cool drawings, and very inspiring!

[DANKA]

William b. Hand ; deadpixel ; Jansi ; mylez ; Jonah.O ; Frank : Thanx, thanx, thanx, thanx... :-)

Alfaframe: Thanx for spank... my young padawan!

I'll poste more as soon as possible! :-)

[RandAlThor]

Very inspiring, keep it up dude. ***** ;-)

[koppa]

lovely stuff mate

[zenichi]

retain your own style while keeping the sketches extremely pleasing to watch, thanks for sharing these sketches, really make my day! i can see that you're pro yet still trying to better yourself every time, inspirational. cant help but to pick up my sketch pad and doodle away!

[DANKA]

RandAlThor: Thanx...
koppa: ...thanx...
zenichi:...thanx for your time!
I want to thank you again! All yours replies give me a big wish to post more and more!!!!! Thaaaaanx!


I did a pair of digital-exercices after studing an amazing book I bought on line

"LUMINAIR" techniques of digital painting from life MONET IN THE DIGITAL AGE
By Nick Pugh
published by DesignStudioPress
I was fun pretty much with it!

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/Searock_lit.JPG

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/PinoMarittimo01.jpg

let me know your opinion!...

[algenpfleger]

Wow, these are awesome O_O

[DANKA]

algenpfleger:Thanx :-)

Hi all again!
Other two pieces from my sketchbook with an old vintage-postcards look.
Pencil digital colored and retouched!
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/Postcard-Woman.JPG

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Digitals/Postcard-Pugile.JPG

Bye bye!

[algenpfleger]

Your structure is so solid! Awesome.

[HunterKiller_]

Fantastic works. Love your sketches.

[Interceptor]

You just keep improving nonstop.
The life drawing sketches look stellar!

[DANKA]

Hi all...it's a bit of time without post her some update from my new traditional sketchbook.
Let's do it!

No reference here
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch10.jpg
I used a reference for the "hot astronaut" :-)
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch11.jpg
No reference
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch12.jpg
No reference
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch13.jpg
No reference
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch14.jpg
Some reference for the left page
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch15.jpg
No reference
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch16.jpg


Bye!

[algenpfleger]

Greaaaaat figures.

[D@niel]

Super lines man!! You show such an understanding of volume and form!!:)

[TheGnoll]

ammappete che fighatahhh!
really really cool work man, hope to see more soon!
se ci sei batti un colpo qui (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25308&page=2)

ciao!

[OmenSpirits]

loving the pencil technique. :D

[DANKA]

algenpfleger: Thanx, you have some amazing work to! ;-)

D@niel: Thanx! I work much on the volumetry I love to find the right shape and volumes...I take a tour on your sketchbook...very nice!

OmenSpirits : Thanx, my pencil is my sword :-P

TheGnoll: Thanx man! Non sapevo di quel tread tutto italiano!state tentando di raggruppare gli italiani di CA?... :-) ci farò un giro, ciao grazie!

[DANKA]

Something from my sketchbook with a digital touch...
no ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch17.JPG
no ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch18.JPG
no ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch19.JPG
no ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch20.JPG
a pair of ref for the girls...
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch21.JPG
ref for the old woman...
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch22.JPG

bye bye!

[Mikael Leger]

Dude! your sketchbook page are gorgeous. Keep updating.

[silvestri99]

Just drooling over your pencil work..and a quick question for you. Do you use preset palettes for skin tones or do you develop the colors as you do each peice?

[Gloominati]

grrrrrrrrrrrrrreat sketchbook man, loving the variety of different subjects you tackle! keep on pushing all that stuff man :)

[Deon]

OK - you've convinced me - I need to start a REAL sketchbook! - amazing pencil work - I'm very inspired, thanks!

[DANKA]

Mikael Leger: Hi Mikael! thanx...I love your work to!
silvestri99: Thanx. If the face it's ispired by a photo I use some pick of midle tone directly from the picture.
Deon: Yeah do it!... good job!
Hope to find some time to post more!
Stay tuned! ;-)
Bye
Dan

[Eugie]

Yea, I am going to have to subscribe!

[EKOes]

ciao Danka era da un bel pò che non facevo una capatina quà, gran bei lavori complimentoni :)

[DANKA]

Eugie: thanx
EKOes: grazie!

Some new pages from my second sketchbook...

reference for the guy with glasses
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Skb02_ (1).jpg
reference for the sexy girl on right
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Skb02_ (2).jpg
some refs for the right page
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Skb02_ (3).jpg
some ref for the girl lied down on the right page
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Skb02_ (4).jpg
no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Skb02_ (5).jpg
no ref- digital colors
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Skb02_ (6).jpg
photoref for the guy in shorts
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Skb02_ (7).jpg
no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Skb02_ (8).jpg

and some from my new sketchbook...the third one!

photoref for the cow up right :)
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Skb3_00.jpg
the right page is from real life at the train station
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Skb3_01.jpg
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Skb3_01b.jpg
no refs -and a watercolors test
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Skb3_02.jpg

[Feil Magnus]

Awesome character design,that's impressive. (totally useless crit but ... waow)

[Eiki]

Your sketchbook is amazing! You have such a strong and solid linework, it's just :jawdrop: ... :)

You worked with pencils in your sketchbook and than colored it digitally weren't you? Did you modify your line as well or is your scanner or your line THAT good :) even scanned .

[monotony]

wow love your work. those figures are awesome and they all seem to have so much personality.
must be an even bigger joy to scroll through in real life.
thanks for sharing !

[TheGnoll]

di nuovo complimentoni, i tuoi lavori sono davvero molto molto belli! :D

ciao!

[HunterKiller_]

Hot hot hot update.
Great chicky babes. ;)

[wookiedabo]

incredible stuff mate, bloody hell. Your economy of line is at times mindblowing.

[revenebo]

How it happened I've never seen this sb before?!?! Your stuff rocks!
And what about the tutorial?

Lavori per Artematica? Com'è? Ho sentito la conferenza di qualcuno dello studio all'ultima ViewConference.

[Eugie]

Damn your stuff is pack full of awesome, that cow sitting down is hilarious.

[destinyapocalypse]

yeaah man you rock ! great stuff in here i love your machine desings and anatomy jobs


nice !

[DANKA]

revenebo: Thanks would like to open a bloog to post some tutorials...I should find the time...
Si, lavoro in Artematica praticamente da quando è nata, in Italia con i videogiochi è dura, ma ci difendiamo!
Ciao Grazie!
Eugie: eh eh thanx!
destinyapocalypse:Thanks you! I love mecha design!

[DANKA]

Hi all,
I want to leave you a little speed image done some days ago, before start my holiday!
I don't know why I realized this sad image, but I had a vision of that and I create it.
I used a tecnique little bit different then my usual.
All the shapes (ruins in foreground,electric pole, the big building in the middle, the buildings in background...) are "silouettes" with a bit of color gradient, and every elements are brightnes and less contrasted than the one behind, to give a sense of depth,like fog or smoke effect...then I put some textures as filter on the diferent layers and add some detail with quik brush touch.

Hope you like it.
Bye bye

[GunTrouver]

Cool stuff man! I like your lines and characters. Interesting forms and shapes and nice color adds. More pls.:)

[Mat Kaminski]

You have amazing style all around!

[Tom van der Linden]

You got some great SB here, wow! Your sketches are a feast to look at and the last picture with the soldier has great atmosphere! :D

[Nkristian]

dude!!! I hate you!!! you're amazing!!!!!!! :D

[Hideyoshi]

wow, impressive work, love your pencil work, very lively quality!

[Shard]

awesome characters dude..complimenti!!

[DANKA]

Thanx all! :-)
Another one with the same tecnique!

[Kidda]

Hi, Your pencils are great, especially for no reference. Good digi stuff too. Share more soon please :) Thanks for sharing your work.

[EKOes]

Hei danka complimenti! Grazie mille per esserti fermato nel mio sketchbook e ancora di più per i consigli e i complimenti, ho fatto una visita al tuo blog e ho commentato alcune cose, vedo che anche per te farsi commentare sul blog è una bella impresa ehehhe... Ancora complimenti cmq, le tue ultime cose sono di un livello molto alto, buona fortuna con Artematica in italia siete leggendari, sarà la mancanza di competizione? boh :)

[Wasker]

Wow, great sketchbook pages, really! Bookmarked 5*and all that o_o

you've got some experience pushing that pen. love the confidence of your lines. :)

[DANKA]

Ciao!
It's time to post something new from my sketchbook! ;-)
But first of all, I wannna thanx again for all the nices replies on my post!
Thanx for all the private message too!
Someone ask me the dimension of my sketchbooks...
The last I'm using ar from IKEA! his name is "strikt" :-)
about 22x15 cm wite paper.
...but I used different other tipe in the past.
a photo of some of my books.
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Desktop.JPG

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew01.JPG

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew02.JPG

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew03.JPG

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew04.JPG

ref for the first girl on right page
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew05.JPG

ref for the X-girl (a Megan Fox photo...i think...)
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew06.JPG

Ciao ciao!

[sarbro]

don´t know what to write...
your skills are amazing!

[Texahol]

great work :) had a good time looking through here
makes realize how much better my figure work could be!

[AustenFM]

My goodness, every time i come in here i'm floored. Absolutely inspiring work, wonderful ideas and beautiful pencils, i love your confidence in your sketches. This one especially captured me http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/2Ssktch20.JPG

Top notch work in here, I really need to get my ass in gear! Thanks again for the inspiring pages.

I'll be back for more!

[Eiki]

Your sketchbooks aren't human!!! Wonderful stuff!! Would love to see such stuff real life (best look over the shoulders when drawn :p)

[Softskin]

You Italians and your crazy history in draftmanship... I curse the ground you walk on.. or worship it, actually.

[revenebo]

I think "HIS crazy draftmanship" would be more correct.
DANKA, your sketches are awesome...

[Shard]

awesome sketches dude!! keep em coming!

[Cy-AN]

Man you are awesome I love your drawings :D

[Chocolate]

Great Work man, i love your sketchbooks....i was looking at your scanner and i have, well actually i had the same scanner, to bad it doesn't work anymore =(

[nurraymjo]

You have got some truly awesome stuff in your sketchbook... I just felt the need to comment. Thanks for the inspiration.

[p sage]

I came in here because of your cool avatar.

Absolutely killer lines.... and awesome figures. Love every bit of it.

Subscribe & + 5 *****

[SirGreenSock]

I like those silhouette painting experiments, seems like an interesting way of getting some instant atmosphere to an environment.
Great paints and sketches, too, loving the turtle-like old man in the business suit!

[Augmenton]

I *really* love looking at your sketch pages. So much variation in style and feel there... Love it, love it, love it.

[carnalizer]

love that little turtle-guy. And the chicks. :)

[Sirkenneth]

Whoa-what great work you have going in here! Your line quality is insane! Those last two digital paintings are awesome also. I really like how clean and deliberate you are! Thanks for the inspiration!

[Giorge]

duuude! awsome stuff , dig your sb pages , more more !

[Kfeeras]

looove all the stuff in here! nice!

[NickyBeats]

wow. your first sketchbook looks better than my current one! what the F dude?! seriously good work your putting out.

[Dr poPcoRN]

great stuff! keep it up :)

[sandeepbarot]

great work

[DANKA]

Hi all, thanx thanx thanx again for all replies, votes, comment, compliments...
Almost all of you said that I have solid and clean lines...but you should consider that I polish my first rough version and go over the lines of a drawing again to reach a clean line... ;-)
I use very much a kneaded eraser (putty rubber?) to clean my pages.

New pages with a digital touch of color...
no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew08.jpg

no refs...but the dude with glasses...it's me... :-|
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew09.jpg

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew10.jpg

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew11.jpg

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew12.jpg

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew13.jpg

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew14.jpg

photo ref for the girl with glasses...
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew15.jpg

only a ref for my collegue "pinto" :-)
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew16.jpg

The girl curled up and the sleeping girl on the right pages are inspired by two paintings of the great Lucian Freud
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew17.jpg

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew18.jpg

some refs here for the workmen in the bottom left page and the man with glasses on right
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sknew19.jpg

bye bye!

[theUNKNOWNsketcher]

great sb!

[p sage]

Great, awesome lines and killer drawings. Lovely update.

[TheGnoll]

ahhhhhh cazzooooooooooooo
sei incredibile, davvero.
Spero di vedere il tuo sketchbook dal vivo prima o poi, e magari ricevere qualche dritta da te!

ciao!

[Cok3]

love the sketches! keep em coming! :)

[Elophant]

Simply AWSOME!

[Virg]

yeah ! your drawing got so much personality in them, thanks for sharing !

[Teundeboer]

Okay lets see, amazingly accurate pencil lines. Strong shadings, impressive knowledge of figures/anatomy/form. And last but not least, very nice digital stuff. Feast for my eyes. I should draw as much in traditional sketchbooks as u do.

[no87]

your characters are awesome!

[DANKA]

ahhhhhh cazzooooooooooooo
sei incredibile, davvero.
Spero di vedere il tuo sketchbook dal vivo prima o poi, e magari ricevere qualche dritta da te!
ciao!

Grazie TheGnoll il tuo sb non è niente male, hai delle cose che mi piacciono molto!...se vai a Lucca ,come hai scritto sul tread Italia, potremmo beccarci...io ci vado venerdi (domani)
ciao e grazie!


Teundeboer:...and I would like to find more time to do digital sketches!Thanx

thanx all again!

[eos_zz]

hey danka!
thanks for dropping by my little sketchbook :)
your stuff is really insane! i love how you treat color digitally...and your analog drawings are so full of life. i admire how you can do that without refs. keep posting, i need to se more :D

e.

[sansan]

characters ,
awesome!

[DANKA]

eos_zz: Hi! Thanx to you!
sansan: Thanx!

It's time for another update!

Some study for a giant character...no ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sk3_014.jpg

no ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sk3_017.jpg

no ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sk3_006.jpg

no ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sk3_007.jpg

I bought a nice brush marker some example on right page...
No ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sk3_001.jpg

Other brush marker sketch on right...
No ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sk3_002.jpg

some photo ref on right page...
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sk3_003.jpg

no ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sk3_004.jpg

no ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sk3_018.jpg

no ref
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sk3_022.jpg

close up






_________________
I WANNA DRAW! (http://vogliodisegnare.blogspot.com/)
coming soon!!!!

[derss]

love that u draw in some many different ways and is good in all of them. keep it up! :D

[zweiDee]

just two words. "This is freaking fantastic!"

[crazy3dman]

I love the little guy inside the guy's skull. What a cool idea.

[DANKA]

derss: Ah ah Thanx! The variety is due to my unstoppable desire to imitate every style and tecnique I discover in my drawer life. If I see an image/illustration/concept/drawing that inspire me I must try to do something similar..and I can't stop drawing...
zweiDee Thanx! ;-)
crazy3dman Hi Chris! Thanx!

[Dahami]

Fantastic anatomy studies. You do great feet, and feet are hard to do.

[AlexTooth]

Wowzers man, SWEET sketchbook, your lines have really improved, some of the scanned pages look digital :) Thanks for visiting my SB, now I have a goal to get to your lvl!

[DANKA]

Dahami: thanx! I think feet or head or leg...has the same difficulty...the thifference is in the form complexity...the importance is the capacity to understand the volumes...I'm going (soon) to explane my idea on that
argoument in my blog "I wanna draw (http://vogliodisegnare.blogspot.com/)"

AlexTooth thanx!

[DANKA]

A little update, I did an illustration of an orc...again... and here the pencil and a quick color test.

Here you can find the final version of the illustration (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2568311#post2568311)

[Cy-AN]

- Man u leave me without words, your drawings are amazing. especially the SKETCHBOOKS. Unfortunately for me I lost the will to draw on the SKETCHBOOKS, im using only the computer because is much easier to draw on the computer. and this is a problem that I will try to change it
- When I see how others are able to draw without the help of sophisticated software, without the aid of programs and computers, I feel like throw myself from the balcony on the 10th floor :(
- Sometimes I think about how it was when I had no computer, anyway you guys who draw with traditional methods give me one more reason to live thanks :D :D :D

[brubaker]

Just amazing sketchbook! I am so inspired to try to fill up a physical sketchbook now because of this thread. Thanks again for showing all this. I love it.

[dan liimatta]

haha, those sketches are awesome - so much comedy inside ~ the cow relaxing on the grass or the musket woman and bed & kitchen scenes in #94, or the inked faces in #199 - to name a few

& some really nice painting studies as well, really liked the water/rocks piece.

5s. I'll be back for more, thank you for posting. :heart:

[DANKA]

Cy-AN: Thanx! I find your sketches pretty good, keep up drawing. No matter if you draw in digital or traditional way but draw! Everytime you can!

brubaker: Thanks to you!

dan liimatta: Ah ah and thank you to!

[William b. Hand]

Delicious figures abound, and those last two decked-out figs are extras

Remove some pieces of your brain and send them to me in usable form, please

[DANKA]

William b. Hand ah ah ah...believe me, my brain is not so good! Thanx man!
Your drawings are fantastic too, you have very good/insane creatures in your sb, I like it!!

[Cameli]

Whaaaaaa i love the sketchbook pages WANT MOAR!Your pics make me wanna draw!Train more hands!

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Really a lot of great sketches here, I like tour stylization, but be carefull, you are walking a tightrope.That being said, you are walking it very elegantly^^

-E

[poetry man]

awesome sketches man! You've definitely got all round skills, painting sketching characters and environments. Nice stuff!

[Dr poPcoRN]

awesome updates danka! loving the ape :)

[DANKA]

Thanx all men!!!

... but be carefull, you are walking a tightrope.That being said, you are walking it very elegantly^^

Hem...thanx Mischeviouslittleelf is this a compliment? :^^;:...my English... :-)

I'll post an update soon!!!

Bye!

[Softskin]

Veryverynice!! Makes me wanna ditch work and just go home and draw..

[sf_pike]

Man I love your lines and your dynamic quality! Great characters
I love also the environment work in your site
Again congrats
Keep up...

[DANKA]

Softskin, sf_pike: Thanx, and thanx all again!!!
grazieee!!!

[Capital G]

wow your sketchbooks are very inspiring, thanks for sharing it! :D

[Crab]

Love the sketchbooks man. Those pages are packed!! How many pages you get through a day?

[DANKA]

Thanx Capital G!
Crab:Thanx! I think it is an average of 1 page a day, because some days I draw 2 pages and something I do only a little skecth...
My actual sketchbook is 180 pages I start in March 2009 and I almost finished it...remaining fifteen pages! :-)

[ActonArt]

Awesome sketches. I love your characters, they're full of personality. :)

[NR43]

My actual sketchbook is 180 pages I start in March 2009 and I almost finished it...remaining fifteen pages! :-)
That says it all :)

Glad I found your sketchbook here at CA, now that the CGtalk sb forum is dying (or as good as)

[DANKA]

ActonArt: Thank you!

NR43: Hi! Nice to see you here on CA... yes I am better here on CA too...

Some update:

No refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sk3_021.jpg

Photoref for the girl...
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sk3_016.jpg

Ref for the men on seat
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sk3_015.jpg

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sk3_009.jpg

no refs
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/sk3_005.jpg

and a pair of digitals...

[Khanran]

Very inspirational! You make me want to go and practice anatomy till my hands fall off. Keep it up!

[Bill]

Your sketches are beautifull. I just looked at all of your pages. Thank you for some morning inspiration.

[fragmentedchimp]

sketchies looks fantastic bro!

digi robot looks nice and loose, has that accomplished one brush feel, although, id not be surprised if you put more into it than just that!
more digis? :}

[dan liimatta]

charming as always - and the girls are edible for sure ~ and zombie divers :heart:

[lennon]

Great drawing skills, everything is very 3dish, and you don't have the problem of the assimetrical features. You also apply the values very fast and easy. Very Good SB!

[DANKA]

Thanks all for kind words!

fragmentedchimp : This will be the year of digital sketches! I promise! :-) Thanx!

[Denzo]

i can go through your SB over and over again. very inspiring

thanx for sharing :)

[InFlame]

hey DANKA,

your sketchbook ist very traditional and very inspiring. so much sketches and all of them have a fine and detailed quality, from the beginning untill now! I drop my hat! ;) keep it up, I'd like to see more!

cheers,
rebecca

[Turbosnail]

Awesome SB DANKA!! Particularly like your character sketches. Keep pushing yourself my friend!!

[Knarf]

Your english isn't bad at all sir, but your sketches are awesome!

-Frank

[kischi]

Man your sketchbook is awesome so many great pencil art. Great characters!!!!
Subscribed

[mike butkus]

FANTASTIC SKETCHES! it was a true pleasure going thru your SB.

[DANKA]

Hey hey thanx all again...!!!
I'm working on the last pages of my sb...I cant't wait to start the next one!!!
I just buy it! :P

[Ciicru]

awesome. alot of reaaaaally great work in here. looking forward to moooooore ^^

[mattlinz]

What a great sketchbook! I look forward to seeing more.

[JasonHickey]

wow. You're work is great. Thanks for the compliment on my sketchbook. I don't know whether to feel inspired or crawl away in a box and hide from concept artists forever when I see work as good as yours.

I think I'll be inspired for now.

Keep it up!

[DANKA]

THANX ALL!!!!

I finally finished another sketchbook...about 210 pages in 11 months of drawing, approx 1 our for day.
I'm reviewing it to find were I should work much next time...
thanx all for kind words on my work...
You can see here som of the last pages...there too much pages I like, than I did a terrible collage to show you my favourites creations...

no references for all...
http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Collage.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Febb001.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Febb001-crop.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Febb002.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Febb003.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Febb003-crop.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Febb004-crop.jpg

http://www.dan-ka.com/2008/sketchbook/Traditional/Febb005.jpg


Cheers
Dan

[PaintMyBrain]

I love your style and your skills with the charcoal pen is awesome!

[Alfaframe]

I've already told where to find your next sketchbook, so keep it up, may the force be with you and no, I'm not going to post something new, I' m here just to support your work beacause you really deserve it, your sketchbook is great!

[zhonked]

I just went through your sketchbook and subscribed :) Incredible lines and vitality in your characters and figures. I've learned a lot just by looking! Please keep sharing with us :)

[DANKA]

Thanx,
I'm glad if someone can learn from my drawings, I like to shere my work...
Alfaframe: thanx Doc.! Hope to see something news in your ca sketchbook!!!

[shyamshriram]

Great sketchbook man..lovely lines... great sense of anatomy and attitude in ur figures !

[JasonHickey]

Thanks again for your beautiful drawings. What else can I say?..