A sketch A Day

[Tabu]

This is a thread where one image a day will be posted, in an attempt to improve drawing skills.
For Genius_Malignus, Sir Gimp and myself.

This image will be exchanged sometimes or not :P
It is probably not mine :)

*Update 20-10-2008* Sir Gimp left the thread some months ago now (we still hope he finds time to come back some day), and we have been joined by some new people in the meantime:

Munkes, Greywoods, Petruska & Martinity.

So in total we are now 6 people posting in here =)

[ItalianHorsey]

Welcome! The expression is weird, but cool. You need to work on the eyes and one of those ears looks way too long. Keep drawing and you'll see improvement!

[Genius_Malignus]

Barely made it. Heres my first contribution. Can you see who it is Thorbjørn?

[Genius_Malignus]

Heres my sketch for today.

[Sir Gimp]

WAGGA WAGGA

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/mime01b.jpg

[Nibras]

hey lol some cool stuff i like the portaits and the clown is kind lol :P well thats cuz it's a clown eh good work keep it up

[That fat kid]

Hey people,

Tabu: Solid sketch. As it's just a sketch, I won't come down too hard. Using that many wild marks doesn't help the form of the drawing, it only flattens it out. You may have better lucky trying to use economical lines on the exterior contours and using directional hatching to define the planes of the features. When using a lot of thick reitirated lines on the exterior contours, it prevents the drawing from even beginning to convey form.

Genius_Malignus: Very painterly. And by painterly I mean that you used broad shapes to define the planes. Even when using this approach, it's still possible to define the smaller areas through implications and the gestalt principles. Form is defined within a painting by the shift in value and direction of two planes and where that edge meets. If the planes aren't defined correctly, the image doesn't attain the understanding of volume and form suffers. The girl is much stronger in this regard, with the directional strokes and the more confident marks. Always work on confidence in your line, it goes a long way towards improving your understanding.

~Andrew

[Sir Gimp]

Well... the last one cant really be called a sketch can it... here is another one.

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/mime01e.jpg

[lalovergel]

good stuff, just keep practicing, i would like to see more to be able to give some well funded feedback...

[Tabu]

@ItalianHorsey: Thx, I have taken note, and yes, the ears are wierd, and the eyes are somwhat off.. its funny how a scan can mess up a perfectly good sketch, hehe :)

@That fat kid: Super feedback, thx. Unfortunatly I dident read your comment before making todays sketch. I will definatly try to put less pressure on the conture, and create the shape from within, giving more shape to the figure.

[Genius_Malignus]

Genius_Malignus: Very painterly. And by painterly I mean that you used broad shapes to define the planes. Even when using this approach, it's still possible to define the smaller areas through implications and the gestalt principles. Form is defined within a painting by the shift in value and direction of two planes and where that edge meets. If the planes aren't defined correctly, the image doesn't attain the understanding of volume and form suffers. The girl is much stronger in this regard, with the directional strokes and the more confident marks. Always work on confidence in your line, it goes a long way towards improving your understanding.

~Andrew

Thanks for your comment, you have hit my weaknesses spot on. I have a real problem with expressing shape and making the drawing 'pop'. And I lack confidence in my strokes and line work.

[Genius_Malignus]

@Sir Gimpy: Mime Power!

[Tabu]

Barely made it. Heres my first contribution. Can you see who it is Thorbjørn?

Yep... its the "rock'n'roll" dude, with the attitude... or its me beeing drunk, minutes after trying to eat beer with chopsticks! :assspank:

[Sir Gimp]

Mine for today

about 45 mins

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/01.jpg

[Randomself]

It's awesome how consistent you are with posting so far, keep it up! While I can manage to draw daily, somehow scanning and posting my stuff at the end of a long and arduous day is beyond me..

The two digital portraits you did have pretty good proportions, but the latest not so much.. what worked for me was getting a good diagram of facial proportion, lets say from one of Andrew Loomis' books, and referencing the spatial relationship of the 3 main planes of the face (chin to bottom of nose, nose to top of eye socket, and finally up to the hairline) while doing the underlying sketch for your portraits. Helps immensely in that you realise that most heads don't diverge that far from the average, and it hones your ability to feel when they're out of proportion.

It's really easy to get sucked into detailing really early, but spending more time on the underlying structure is definately rewarding..

[Genius_Malignus]

Heres mine for today.
About 30 mins in Photoshop.
Got inspired by Sir Gimps Mime project. And btw nice work Gimpy!. It reminds me of something ;)

[Genius_Malignus]

It's awesome how consistent you are with posting so far, keep it up! While I can manage to draw daily, somehow scanning and posting my stuff at the end of a long and arduous day is beyond me..
You have to buy the other two guys beer, if you fail to post. That helps on the motivation =)

The two digital portraits you did have pretty good proportions, but the latest not so much.. what worked for me was getting a good diagram of facial proportion, lets say from one of Andrew Loomis' books, and referencing the spatial relationship of the 3 main planes of the face (chin to bottom of nose, nose to top of eye socket, and finally up to the hairline) while doing the underlying sketch for your portraits. Helps immensely in that you realise that most heads don't diverge that far from the average, and it hones your ability to feel when they're out of proportion.

It's really easy to get sucked into detailing really early, but spending more time on the underlying structure is definately rewarding..

I didn't do an underlying sketch or outlining, I just got cracking with it. I get your point though, and it would probably have helped with better planning, and adhering to technical principles.

And thanks for your comment.

[Tabu]

Mine for today, tried not to do outline.

[Genius_Malignus]

Hey champ.
try to work on the value - if you had worked a bit more on the eyes it would have been a lot stronger. In that respect your last sketch worked better.

[Tabu]

yea, I see what you mean, thx :)

[Sir Gimp]

Mimes it is

Nice work guys. This is great

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/02.jpg

[Tabu]

Todays sketch :) Yea its awsome...
I know there is something wrong with my proportions... tomorrow I think I will look at a picture or something, as I need some pratice... Its funny how I can see somethings wrong, just not what :(

[we4er]

nice crew:))) keep on boys:)))

[Genius_Malignus]

Just made it =)

[Genius_Malignus]

Looked at the sketch again, and thought that it resembled a marionette so much, that I had to try and put some strings on it.

[ItalianHorsey]

Oh haha, I didn't realize that this was going to be a multiple person sketchbook. I didn't really read the first post, that's prolly why haha.

Mailgnus - That one sketch of that clown is pretty creepy man, but awesome and cool marionette idea.

Gimp - Love the clown style. Keep it goin!

Tabu - Try to make hard edges too, all you have is soft edges and they are the same shade as the shadows. Plus the shadows are all one tone. Keep drawing!

[Amir the night wolf]

Cool keep it up :)

[Tabu]

@ Genious: thats freaking super, clown on strings :) I like it alot!

[Sir Gimp]

Great works guys. And thank you for the nice comments.

My happy sunday ninja. I'll try to make a ninja every sunday. 20mins

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/03.jpg

[Genius_Malignus]

heres my sunday doodle. Not too happy with the hands.

[Genius_Malignus]

@ Sir Gimp: cool ninja! the stance works well as do the legs. Very dynamic. His shoulders seem a little too broad though...

And thanks all for your comments.

[Tabu]

Pirates ROCKS!!!! Ninjas sucks!!
My Sunday Pirate :P

[Sir Gimp]

@ Tabu: .... War it is mate... war it is

@ Genius: Yeah he is a little hunchbacked. Next one will rock

[Sir Gimp]

Sketching ninjas gives me reason to study poses, anatomy and perspectiv. Tried out a new way of sketching here but I still need alot of practice.

About 30 mins

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/04.jpg

[Tabu]

:frustrated: Extremly annoyed with my proportion "skills"!

[Sir Gimp]

@ Tabu: Nice rat there matey. It looks very crammed up. Try sketching on a bigger piece of paper. Force yourself to make it as big as possible. And try using other media than just the pencil

[Genius_Malignus]

Drew this today at a cafe in Copenhagen, looking out on the street from a window.

Marker & Ball point pen.

[Genius_Malignus]

@ Tabu: try to consider value more. That would help a lot with the detailing, and reading of your shapes & planes.

And her boobs aren't big enough.

[Sir Gimp]

@ Genius: Nice nice nice nice


Here is mine for today. Still working on the mime

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/mimehead01c.jpg

[Sir Gimp]

By the way.. how about we change the picture of the thread every week or so?

[Tabu]

I've acually been having similar thoughts :)

[Tabu]

Stupid man with strange growths on his forehead!

[Genius_Malignus]

A little late, but in my world its still tuesday =)

Sketch sucks today.

[Sir Gimp]

A quickie today... environment concept

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/05.jpg

[Genius_Malignus]

@ Sir Gimp: I think you really nailed it this time; the eyes work extremely well. You have definitely succeeded in creating a sympathetic face for the character, with very simple means. Good work man!

@ Tabu: That one is your best so far. With a little more work, it could be a lot stronger. If you work with the edges, like the one where the right side of his face meets the background, the bridge of his nose, the mouth and the chin it would make the shapes stand out a lot clearer.
Also adding some more value by the eyes, mouth and maybe nose will make it stand out more.
I think that by just darkening the background on the left side of the head, so that it is darker than his skin, will make a lot of difference and maybe make sense to what I wrote above. Try it if you like.

Did I make sense? =)

[Genius_Malignus]

More 'marionette' stuff. Didn't have timer for colour.

[Tabu]

The quickie!!!:bashful:

[Sir Gimp]

yes yes yes I know it

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/06.jpg

[Tabu]

todays drawing... My perspective skills need ALOT of work I know, I'm full of optimism that I will get there some day :)

[Sir Gimp]

@ Tabu: Hey thats pretty good mate. Nice to see some clean lines

[Genius_Malignus]

mine for the day

[Genius_Malignus]

@Sir Gimp: Excellent. Good job.

@Tabu: That one reads a lot clearer than your face sketches. They lack some of the defining lines, that this drawing has in abundance. Keep it up!

[Sir Gimp]

Mine for today

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/07.jpg


And a small bonus

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/06c.jpg

[Genius_Malignus]

the Mac!

[Tabu]

You probably wonder why the depht is ok on this one.. I cheated :) its based on a 10 minutes 3d sketch in modo!
I will work on this design some more the coming days :)

[Genius_Malignus]

Value/Muscle study

[Tabu]

heres my ninja sketch...... so sneaky you cant see it :404: Thats partially why ninjas are so boring.. you never see them.. hiding bastards!

I guess I owe you guys beers :(

[Genius_Malignus]

Sounds great.
Let's save it for a Friday bar at ITU next month.

(btw who chooses what kind of beer it is - the giver or reciever?)

[Genius_Malignus]

another value/muscle study. It looks like you both owe me beers now... :devil:

[Sir Gimp]

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/08.jpg

[Sir Gimp]

Warming up

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/09.jpg

[Genius_Malignus]

The Monday Environment.
Was supposed to be a speed-paint, but took a couple of hours. And it still looks like crap. I really need to practice this.

[Tabu]

another face

[Genius_Malignus]

@ Tabu: the ,lines around his face, makes the edges alot clearer than on your previous sketches. keep it up!

@ Sir Gimp: Nice. I foresee afull dragon coming up...

My 'painting' looks a lot better like this: (yay for photoshop abstract art!)

[Sir Gimp]

This is going to be fun

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/10.jpg

[Genius_Malignus]

A sketch of my tentacle headed character. I want to finish designing him, and then build him in 3d.

[Genius_Malignus]

@ Sir Gimp: It looks like the turtle from never ending story =P. Nice lines.

[Sir Gimp]

@ Genius: Yes it does doesn't it.. wait until tomorrow. I like the mutant mindflayer. Should look cool when you get it into zbrush :D

[Tabu]

Teh arm!

[Sir Gimp]

@ Tabu: nice arm mate

Here is mine for today. It took way longer to do than I expected and I'm not really satisfied yet.

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/11.jpg

[Genius_Malignus]

Here are some more sketches of my char, now named Woyczek. It's not there yet...

@ Sir Gimp: Ilike the way you made the cute turle become scary. I hides its true nature well.

[Tabu]

Another study on anotomy.. I call this piece... "fat foot"

Those two are probably the best ones you guys have done so far. The reptile head on the "Worm" really makes it more real, or something. and that middle octopus middle face.. I think it rocks...

[Sir Gimp]

Back to the old style

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/12.jpg

[Genius_Malignus]

Celebrating my new Moleskine.

[Tabu]

More human anotomy stuff

[Sir Gimp]

Testing out the blacksmudge way... dont really like it

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/13.jpg

[Davio]

You guys have a good thing going here, good luck and keep it up. Any reason to draw is a good reason.

[Genius_Malignus]

Thanks mayn.

[Genius_Malignus]

This is all I had energy for today. Damn I hate having a cold. It feels as though my head is about to explode, and my nose is dripping on my wacom. [/whine]

[Tabu]

Its funny how it look ok on the paper, but when I goes to the printer, I see some of the mistakes :) I guess that'l teach me :P

[Sir Gimp]

I really really didn't want to sketch today... but here it is anyways

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/14.jpg

[Tabu]

Pirate woman.

[Tabu]

waaaghh!! Genius, you missed it :)

[Sir Gimp]

Sickness is no excuse mate ;)

My ninjatank

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/15.jpg

[Genius_Malignus]

No I ddin't miss it, but somehow my post didn't get through. Probably clicked 'preview' instead of 'submit'...
I was pretty out of it last night, so here it is again.

[Sir Gimp]

If I'd said that you wouldn't have believed me :)

[Tabu]

Thats becouse your unbelievable :P

[Genius_Malignus]

@ sir gimp: that's because you are not to be trusted.

[Sir Gimp]

Then I'll just save all my sketches for the week and post them when I get around to it

[Tabu]

You could do that?!?... but then.. if we found out.. you would have to bend over and beg for mercy!!... and this goes for you too Genius!

Today... the Pirate symbol.....!! So much cooler than ninja symbols!

[Genius_Malignus]

Then I'll just save all my sketches for the week and post them when I get around to it


Relax. No need to get hysterical missy!

[Sir Gimp]

yeah biatch talk to the barrel of this! ;)

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/16.jpg

[Genius_Malignus]

the monday quickie sniper.

[Tabu]

Duuhh...? Wat is dat pice of metal yo ar pointin' in me direction?!??

[Genius_Malignus]

Woyczek speed sketch

[Sir Gimp]

Sorry guys didn't get home till it was to late for me to make anything... and I'm busted

[Tabu]

The Gimp and Tabu is now even :)

[Sir Gimp]

Hehe nice one Tabu

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/17.jpg

[Genius_Malignus]

I agree. Tabu you are showing definite improvement.

[Tabu]

Argh!! A study! It did not turn out as I wanted!

[Sir Gimp]

Much fun was had :)

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/18.jpg

[Genius_Malignus]

Its annoying that you have to write something, in order to post.

[Sir Gimp]

Sorry guys... all have to take a break from posting daily for this month. You both know why. I'll try to keep up :(

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/19.jpg

[Genius_Malignus]

Sissy-boy.

[Genius_Malignus]

Arm anatomy study

[Tabu]

pose and proportion pratice

[Genius_Malignus]

Thats all I had time for today. Would have liked to work on it a lot more.

[Tabu]

Face thingie

[Genius_Malignus]

1 hour environment. Perspective drawing is really kicking my ass! Time to relax with a glass of red wine =)

[Tabu]

Todays quickie..... :(

[Genius_Malignus]

Yeah Ninja Anime Babe! Had so much fun with this one.

[Tabu]

hehe... Mine was hell today :)

[Genius_Malignus]

Woyczek model sheet WIP.

[Tabu]

waagh

[Genius_Malignus]

Heres another action babe. Designed by someone else.
Heres a link to the original: http://www.tegnebordet.dk/tegninger/29350/1200539718.jpg

[Tabu]

TRying to show some motion!

[Tabu]

moffe

[Genius_Malignus]

1 Hour environment practice.

[Genius_Malignus]

Another Quickie environment.

[Tabu]

Me Toad

[Genius_Malignus]

@Tabu: haha cool toad critter.

And for me another soldier dude.

[Tabu]

You got a nice soldier thing gooing there :D
Monsters got genitals too :)

[Genius_Malignus]

Arrrh my internet is still down at home, so this is what I would have posted yesterday. Hopefully my net will be working tonight, so I can post mine for today...
A WIP colouring of my earlier sketch.

[Genius_Malignus]

Still having Internet problems. This is mine for yesterday.

[Genius_Malignus]

When inspiration doesn't come I often draw portraits of random people. Like today.

[Tabu]

Nice coloring on that fine piece :)

[Tabu]

hair is a bit too big... Old indian guy!

[Genius_Malignus]

Still no net at home. This is from yesterday.

[Genius_Malignus]

Isn't it about time to switch the mime at the top of the thread, for something else?

[Tabu]

I will switch it once you finished the coloring :P

[Tabu]

Wacom attempt..

[Genius_Malignus]

If I finish colouring it, it will no longer be a sketch, and I can not
in good conscience post it in here, can I Tabu...

[Genius_Malignus]

Just change it, please. Brian isn't even contributing to this thread, currently.

Today: A portrait of some girl from 'tegnebordet.dk'.

[Tabu]

Absolutely love the female warrior :)

[Sir Gimp]

yeah change it god dammit. I'm tired of mimes. How about changing it each week or so?

btw nice work guys. you are really improving tabu. Its great to see :)

I'll be back in a few weeks once I get this damned mod done aargh... I want to sketch ninjas ;)

[Genius_Malignus]

@ Tabu: the stance on that last guy was pretty good, as was the proportions. You should work on him some more man!

@ Gimp: When you get back its gonna be War! Pirates Vs. Ninjas Vs. Vikings!
And I'm ready!

Sketching didn't work for me today...

[Genius_Malignus]

Youre falling off the wagon, Tabu and the beer meter is counting...

Im having a hard time with this sketching method. It's not working so well for me.

[Tabu]

no... im not falling of :) Just dident have access to a scanner and computer yesterday :(
The spaceman was about what I reached to draw before the combination of drawing while my brother was driving, made me so nauseous I could not go on..

[Tabu]

Croquis

[Genius_Malignus]

Heres an analogue post from sweden. Used Microsoft Office Picture Manager for the adjustments (arg!).

[Tabu]

Working on the robot a bit more.. trying to redo it to look more the way I want it too! More scary.. and more badass!

[Sir Gimp]

Hey Tabu thats looking great. good perspective

[Genius_Malignus]

@ Tabu: That's definitely a lot better. I don't feel the scary part, though. I'm sorry to say that It reminds me more of something from a bad B-movie.

Btw your Croquis from yesterday, is some of the best I've seen from you. Keep it up! (oh and when you post croquis, could you include how long it took to draw?).

A nordic themed environent. Took a couple of hours. Could work a lot more on this, as its little more than a sketch at this point.

[Sir Gimp]

Liking the nordic thing. I had an idea for a nordic rpg myself years ago actually

Here is a little bonus thingy... I hate making posters

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/poster01.jpg

[Genius_Malignus]

@ Sir Gimp: Im liking that cover/poster a lot better than the one I saw, when I visited you. You really caught the environment/colours/mood of the game. And the font works pretty well too.
Im still not feeling the mime though. She almost looks drugged, or drunk. If you could change the face, it would work a lot better I think. And I think I would connect with her better, if she was looking at me, or at the invisible wall, instead of gazing out to the side, as if in a daze.

I had absolutely no ideas or inspiration today. This is what I ended up with.

[Camara]

Arrrh my internet is still down at home, so this is what I would have posted yesterday. Hopefully my net will be working tonight, so I can post mine for today...
A WIP colouring of my earlier sketch.

Shes hot!!!!I like the concept a lot!!

[Genius_Malignus]

Shes hot!!!!I like the concept a lot!!

Hey thanks mayn, I only wish the character was mine. Unfortunately it's only a re-design of another guys char.
Original here (http://www.tegnebordet.dk/tegninger/29350/1200528123.jpg)
Maybe I should draw more voluptuos ninja-anime-action-babes.

[Sublimus]

Nice to see the dedication in this thread! The work will surely pay off!

[Tabu]

Hey Tabu thats looking great. good perspective

Thats becouse I cheated :) 3d sketch underneath

[Genius_Malignus]

Quick sketch for this weeks Chow. You should join Tabu - it's got Pirates!

[Tabu]

nah.. I need my confidence to get better before I do somthing stupid like that :)

Today I have been playing with colors, trying to get some shape with it.

[Sir Gimp]

Hey thats great Tabu. You should try starting with a more neutral color in the background. It makes it much easier for you to work with the white values and create shape. Painting and sketching is two very different things. When you paint you try to create shape from the colours, when you sketch you mostly work with the silhuette and light/dark values. You might actually be more of a painter than a sketcher. I think you should try painting more.

Thank you for the crit Genius... to late to do anything about it since its already in print. One of those fast 4 hour works. Hate it.

[Genius_Malignus]

@ Tabu: How fitting that you have painted Jesus, considering that we just passed easter. Not bad at all.
And regarding Chow - Confidence is something you work on, and I have built up a lot by participating in chow. And I'm far from one of the best artists doing it. When I'm at my best, I'm maybe in the middle strata of skill levels.
But just seeing what the others come up with, and listening to their comments, has hlped me a lot.

I've decided to focus on designing 'Captain Skinner' for Chow. Here are some more expressions.

[Tabu]

I hate todays... but it was fun dooing it :)
Thanks for the comments guys :D

[Tabu]

Playing a bit with grey tones!

[Genius_Malignus]

Its nice to see you work painterly Tabu - your desription of space works a lot better this way, than in your pencil sketches. On the grey head, just a dab of white on the nose, cheekbones and maybe chin, would make a big difference, and make it stand out a lot more. I think at least =)
Oh and thank you for not abusing the airbrush.

Heres the nearly finished model sheet, for my chow submission. I still need to clean up the capn, redraw his sword, and maybe squeeze in a few detail shots.
Its fun playing with a humorous style again.
Oh and then I plan on painting it.

[Tabu]

Hoover thing

[Genius_Malignus]

A portrait for today.
The final version of the Captain model sheet, is in my sketchbook.
edit: the scanning has fucked it up a bit. I may have been too aggressive with 'curves' as well ;)

[Tabu]

Robot man

[Genius_Malignus]

WIP colouring on the captain. Im still not set on the colour palette.

[Genius_Malignus]

Bad drawing day.

[Lair Radical]

Interesting stuff going on here ;)

[Tabu]

interesting is a nice word :)

Almost dident put my drawing up today.. am not happy with it at all!

[Genius_Malignus]

Takao Momiyama!

[Tabu]

Robot stealth thumb

[Genius_Malignus]

@Tabu: It looks like some kind of alien shell-fish, with sea weed stuck to it ;)

My daily was giving me a pretty hard time. Trying out a new, more expressionistic method/approach.
It helped a little by doing some adjustments, and adding some texture.

Oh and btw, Tabu notice the subtle god rays in the background. Those are for you.

[kessler]

Mime!

[Tabu]

Super nice.. I relly really like it.. and the god rays.... i love it :D

Mine today... what can I say.. I need pratice!

[Genius_Malignus]

@ Tabu: Is that a portrait of Sir Gimp?. (ha. ha. ha.)

Tried out a winter landscape today, and Goddamn is it hard to paint snow!
Not nearly as succesful as the last one.

[Genius_Malignus]

A quick sunday portrait.

@ Tabu: I still don't know what to write about.

[Tabu]

Same same... Im lost
The snow picture... I can tell you whats wrong: " NO GODRAYS!!!" Other than that... perfect!

Mine for today..Quickquick

[Tabu]

Todays

[Tabu]

I kinda like the figure.. hate the background!

[Genius_Malignus]

Internet is down at home. Again.

Heres for monday & Tuesday.
The first one is an exercise using the brush at 100% Opacity/Flow, and the same brush for the entire painting. I also didn't adjust the pic in any way. Considering the result, it took a surprisingly long time to paint.

The second one is a bit of the same, but with a character instead. The eye effect and background were added afterwards. Not too happy with the pose. Dynamic figure drawing from the head, is a huge weakness of mine. I should practice it a lot more.

[Genius_Malignus]

My daily.
Painted with 100% Opacity/Flow.
The eyes are fucked, but I don't want to spend any more time on it.

[Tabu]

burb!11!11!oneone!!11

[Genius_Malignus]

Logo ideas for Sapling.

[Tabu]

Wohao

[kaktuzlime]

Great to see you keeping it up! Just keep going, persistence and patience are the keys to becoming better! I think it might do you good to work on basic shapes, might help you in describing form. Check out Glenn Vilppu if you haven´t ^^

Peace.

[Genius_Malignus]

Thank you.

My daily doodle.

[Genius_Malignus]

@ Tabu: Got your message about the computer breakdown. That always sucks.

My daily: A sweet little Malkavian girl.

[Genius_Malignus]

A late post.
Was supposed to have been another Malkavian girl, but I got carried away
with lasso and painbucket.
If nothing else, at least I have managed to create something thats annoying to look at =).

[Genius_Malignus]

Heres my third Malkavian.
Im kind of enjoying coming up with stories and names for them, so I'm thinking about doing a family line.
This guy is called Reg. He was a manic depressive post-punk poet who got embraced in the early eighties. He sired Tilly (the little girl from earlier) by mistake, and then finally made good on his threats to commit suicide.

Note: I fanyone reads this and doesn't understand, then it's because its geek rpg lingo from Vampire the Masquerade. Oh and thats copyright White Wolf Publishing).

[Tabu]

Sorry man.. my computer at hom has just dies.. the gfx card dident want to play no more, so there is squares all over the place instead of propper graphics :(
Well here is my scetches from the last four days.

[Tabu]

Working on a robot "cannonfodder" design

[Tabu]

Working on Robot Artillery design.

[Tabu]

Trying to figure out how to get the motion parts of the artillery to work

[Genius_Malignus]

A sketch for Reg's sire Allie. Shes a paranoid drifter/rebel. Joined the Anarchs after abandoning Reg.
I want to work some more on her digitally before shes finished.

[Tabu]

Yesterdays

[Genius_Malignus]

Heres the finished Allie. I wanted to put some more details on her vest, but I couldn't justify spending more time on it.

[Genius_Malignus]

@ Tabu: Just because you are moving these days, its not an excuse to skip on drawing.

My daily is some quick figure drawing exercises, copied from Andrew Loomis figure drawing book.
The first one was done with mouse, because I was lazy.

[Genius_Malignus]

My daily is supposed to be Allie's sire. Haven't come up with a name for her yet.
Embraced in the late 1700's, She was a Black Widow by trade, marrying wealthy men, and then killing them off - preferably by poison.
Someone thought that her particular brand of madness, was worth preserving for eternity, and after she became a vampire, she continued with business as usual. After a while she realized that she didn't need the patronage of men anymore, and began exploring the larger society of the undead. At some point she met Allie, and found in her a kind of kindred soul.
She suffers from a kind of psychosis and paranoid delusion. Voices tell her that other people are out to get her, and that she must get them first.
This has made her somewhat isolated, as she inevitably attempts to asassinate anyone she is associated with for longer periods of time.
This is also the main reason for her and Allie parting ways. They haven't kept in touch, and she is rumored to have joined the Sabbat, sometime in the late 1940's.
As usual I would have liked to pour on some more details, and the left hand is bad. The stance also doesn't really convey her personality - its more of a fighter stance I think. I fell in love with it and had to use it. I spend quite some time on it; It was a slow night at work =)

[Nibras]

Hey guys just thought i'd drop by and say that this is an amazing thread and a great idea.
You guys have improveed alot just keep it up and you'll improve even more
laterz :P

[Genius_Malignus]

@ lilnebo: Thanks. We really want to improve.

@ Tabu: its beginning to get lonely in here. Brian can't get his finger out either.

My daily: some figure drawing exercises.

[Lakka]

I see you guys are working hard, it is really nice to see people who really go out of their way to improve! Must be a nice motivator this thread of yours? :)

[Genius_Malignus]

@ Lakka: Thanks and yes its a very good motivator. And it keeps providing me with free beer too =)

My daily: Sunday night braingeyser

[Genius_Malignus]

My daily: A portrait of a friend. And it doesn't look like her much...

[Genius_Malignus]

Ive been playing Dawn of War...

[Genius_Malignus]

@ Tabu: After speaking to you today, I think I can safely let the beer meter count up to 7. Maybe I should save them until I can get an entire case ;)

My daily: some random thumbnails.

[Tabu]

From the 16'th, Pencil and experimenting with a marker.

[Tabu]

Just your regular man with no genitals and no clothes... his face is messed up... but what can I say.. he is a freak!
22 of april

[Tabu]

The sock monster, April 23... you can now add 5 beers to the beermeter!

[Genius_Malignus]

Heres my daily. Intended to work some more on it once I got home, but didn't have the energy...

Maybe I will tomorrow.

[Genius_Malignus]

Daily: crappy ultra fast sketches for DADIU May 08.

Beer meter +1

[Genius_Malignus]

Another super fast mood/environment sketch.

[Genius_Malignus]

Some colour thumbs for the DADIU project.

[doctorb]

great stuff guys, love the archon ^^ kill all the sneaky elves! ne way, yeah its really good, you can see so much improvement, keep going at it guys.

B

[Genius_Malignus]

@ doctorb: Thanks. It seems like I am ending up the only one in here, so I'm considering getting some more people to participate...

Daily:
Sketches for the protagonist in the DADIU May project. Now with working title 'hængerøv'. (literally meaning 'hanging ass').
Were going for a pretty clean, stylized look.

Edit: oh and Tabu; Beer meter +3...

[Tabu]

no way.. I just havent got to possibilities to put them up right away :) So beer meter +1 only :P Here is for the last 4 days, except April 27'th :)

[Genius_Malignus]

More Sketches for DADIU. This time the main antagonist; the evil sister!


And Beer Meter -3... :(

[Genius_Malignus]

Some more concepts for DADIU. The Project is beginning to develop into a style, that I have very little experience in. And the the director and I don't share the same taste at all haha. Its quite a challenge.

[Genius_Malignus]

Daily: Trying to get more detalied, and work towards a kind of 'production illustration', or proper concept art. Based on the light/colour thumbs from yesterday.
Trying to approach the cleaner, cartoony style that we are looking for - this time without the light sources.
I think it kinda looks like something out of a childrens book...

@Tabu: Btw I think it's really lazy of you not to submit your sketches. I saw that you even brought the scanner with you to school!

[Tabu]

Waaaghh!! You can add one beer to the count.. I missed the 30'th of April :(

[Genius_Malignus]

@ Tabu: beer meter +1

Daily: Sketches for the main char/protagonist of the DADIU game. Drew them at work and didn't have a scanner, so I had to photograph them. The resulting quality is pretty poor.

[Genius_Malignus]

Working some more on the design for the player char. It's getting closer...

@Tabu: I think your robots are getting better - they are definitely scarier, and more deadly looking than the earlier bipedal ones.
Oh and according to our msn conversation last night; beer meter +1.

[humanNature6115]

You should try Adobe illusrtator.


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

[Tabu]

Yea.. Adobe Illustrator is a great tool!
Thx for the comment Genious :)

[Genius_Malignus]

You should try Adobe illusrtator.


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

Thanks for the advice, but I know Illustrator intimately - and I don't think manipulating Bezier curves will help improve my drawing skills. If I wanted to produce something clean and final, I would definitely consider using Illustrator, as I love that program.

@Tabu: It's impressive that you can't even spell my name correctly, when it's written right in front of you... :P

Daily: some sketches for the Ghost in 'hængerøv'. Now the game has ghost-busting features.
This was for sunday, as my internet at home is down. Again...

[Genius_Malignus]

Model sheet for the Little Brother. Needs a hat and the Garden Vacuum cleaner/ Leaf blower.

[Tabu]

yesterdays... I did some redesigning, and painting on previous drawings.

@Genius: Guess im to lazy to read names and stuff :D

[Tabu]

Todays
Reuse of an old drawing, making it into the logo of my one man army mod team, hehe.. I call it "Robot Slavery"

[Genius_Malignus]

My internet is finally up again, but still unstable to say the least.

Heres for the last three days. They are all sketches for the DADIU project.

@ Tabu: Nice to see your colouring skills improving.

[Genius_Malignus]

A random sketch. Didn't know what to draw, so my drinking buddies said: 'Tent Peg, Gummi Bear, Mountain, Dildo'.
Pretty lame result haha.

@ Tabu: Since I know you chose to drink instead of draw last night; beer meter +1

[Genius_Malignus]

Daily: A portrait of my mum.

[Genius_Malignus]

woohoo my internet is working, for once.

Heres for the last three days. (excluding today).

Theyre all quick and rather crappy, but at least its better than not drawing at all.

[Tabu]

yea.. I know I havent been posting lately.. but ive been drawing.. but you can add +3 to your beercount.. I think I lost a drawing :( I was sure that it was only two.. but there is 3 missing

[Genius_Malignus]

@ Tabu: nice to see you are still making an effort. Some of your your last drawings show definite improvement.

I havent had time or energy to draw seriously lately, with the DADIU project and other stuff going on. And of course I got sick... Again.

heres for the last three days (including today).
The Anime/Manga babe is a character from Soul Calibur 4, called 'Angol Fia'. Probably some Japanese character designers wet dream =D It was a good - albeit quick exercise in doing clean line work. Needs more work and detailing.

[Genius_Malignus]

Trying out some colour.

[Sir Gimp]

Felt like posting something here again. I'll try to post once in a while. Won't get into the daily thingy again for now.

So here is a few analog ones I made a few days back.

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/sketch0001.jpg

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/sketch0003.jpg

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/sketch0002.jpg

http://www.bnielsen.com/upload/sketch.jpg

[Tabu]

mine from the weekend

[Genius_Malignus]

@ Sir Gimp: this is the 'a sketch a day' thread, not the 'a sketch whenever my artiste ego can be bothered with posting' thread, biatch!
Btw nice Stælhs Ships ;)

@ Tabu: Those are some of your best sketches so far. The one on the left is the strongest. I can see you spent some extra time on them. Good work!

[Genius_Malignus]

Today a sketch for a promotional poster, for the DADIU project.

[Genius_Malignus]

Second Draft for the promo poster

[Genius_Malignus]

Third draft for the promo poster.

[Genius_Malignus]

quick char sketch

[Genius_Malignus]

yet another draft for the poster.

[Genius_Malignus]

The Gunnar

[Tabu]

Here comes my megapost... for some reason it is pretty difficult for me to post here?? Its as if I get extremly forgettable when it comes to posting.... anyways.. here they are.. you can add +1 to the beercount.. as I missed one day since last!

[Genius_Malignus]

this is what the poster ended up looking like. As usual I spent all night doing it, with no sleep.

[Genius_Malignus]

a bit of a reverse post, since I did this before the coloured version.

[Alternative]

Very nice work, man. Loving the amazing creativity! How do you come up with all this stuff?
I am new to drawing, and finding inspiration for drawing like this is one of my worse problems!

Anyways..Keep it up!

[Genius_Malignus]

Thanks. (I posted in your sketch thread, but you probably know that by now.)

Heres for yesterday and today:

[Genius_Malignus]

A friday night bimbo

[Genius_Malignus]

A saturday night robot

[Tabu]

Im without a scanner atm, but got my Wacom up and running, so todays is up.. and the ones for the past few is coming within a few days.

You can put 15 in the beer counter.. I missed yesterdays :(

[Genius_Malignus]

Beer meter +1 then

Here's a character I would have liked to work on a lot more. Hopefully I will have time for it during the coming week.

[Genius_Malignus]

worked some more on it.

[Tabu]

horror

[Tabu]

wtf??? Am I the first to post today? :D

[Genius_Malignus]

It had to happen sometime...

Some robot doodles: