it's an e-sketchbook!

[Ridz]

Mah Colourin' Book.

comment.
critique.
enjoy!



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http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb200/rachidz/facehatchedsmall.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb200/rachidz/handsfeett1.jpg

[l0stinth0ughts]

hey man, good sketches, some of the anatomy is a bit off, try working with that for starters on a sketchbook. but i like the lady in the first one, she seems nice. but the shading is a bit off too. just work with that for now, ill check by again to see how your progressing. :rocker:

[kidult]

Good start here. Post more! Like tha hands studies and face is pretty good too.
I do 2nd l0stinth0ughts crits tho!

keep it up

[Ridz]

thanks for the comments, could you tell me where you think the anatomy is off specifically?

[Ridz]

some work that i've done

[hapakid88]

hey man you got some good sketches goin on here. in particular i love the pile of rocks on th 4th page and the painting of the little girl :] good stuff overall keep it goin!

[Ridz]

the chow entry that i probably wont have time to finish...

[Hethabyr]

Some lovely work, R-idz. It would be a shame if you didn't finish the Chow piece... it looks like it's just crying out to be done in colour. Lots of nice little ideas going on. Keep up the good work.

Five little stars a twinkling.

[Ridz]

watercolour i did while i was camping

[algenpfleger]

hey, thanks for stopping by my book! :D


ooooh, that girl in blue is so beautiful!! is that from ref? loving the colors and the calm red of her cheeks.
i also like that you do a lot of studies, that's always a good thing.
however, i suggest you get yourself some bridgman or vanderpoel, because with anatomy it's very useful to know why exactly things work like they work. keep it up! :)

[Maxine Schacker]

Beautiful water color painting! If you are interested in concept art, do take a look at the program at Max the Mutt. I think you'd be a good candidate.

[Clochette]

Really nice stuff going on! Especially like the girl of your avatar, and the screaming figure in your second post! Are you a student of art school currently or this is those you made by yourself? Keep it up! :)

[PerinGalitte]

Some good stuff. I quite like the environments. While taking up references for figures and faces is good for studying, you should do a lot more straight from your imagination. It keeps you from getting attached to refs and allows you more creative freedom in the long-run. Again, good stuff.

[Kozak]

you have some nice stuff here. post more soon!

[Ridz]

thanks for the feedback, guys!

clochette: right now i'm in a one-year design foundation program.. it's more directed at things like package design or industrial design though, not much of this type stuff. this is all stuff i've done on my own.

peringalitte: you're right. i do actually do stuff from my head though, and some of these faces are... but now that i look at what i've posted here i realize that i've posted more ones that arent from my head than that are! guess i know what'll be posting soon :)

[Peter Berkovski]

Welcome,
wonderful start for a sketchbook mate,my fav. is your avatar painting ;),love your pencils - yo have quite nice skills for rendering,keep em coming, I'll watching you!

p.s. I can't wait to see the chow piece finish - it come very well
Cheers!

[Ridz]

here's one thats from the end of december, since right now i'm too swamped to do free time drawing and for the sake of having some more stuff just from my head :^^:

did this while stuck in drivers ed... the only half-decent way to pass the time!


i ended up using this as a webpage background, just with more space in between.

[nyssa]

You have such beautiful chicks! That's very nice! I like the girl you draw on top the first one and the girl with the flower next to it! Wow I wanna see more let me know if you put more into your sketchbook!

[Ridz]

i just got a new tablet!
i'm already in love with it.

this is the first drawing i've done with it.

[Peter Berkovski]

hey congrats for the new tablet ;) is it intuos? ;) nice first try,I can't wait to see what you will do for feature with this toy ;)
Cheers!

[Ridz]

yep it's an intuos3!

here it is coloured..

[Peter Berkovski]

it come really nice,post more please ;)

[Ridz]

really simple, still just playing with the tablet.

[EvilBunny]

People like you scare me. Beautiful works of art with good design at the age of 19. There's like no hope left...O wait..almost 19... >.> Anyway, love the costume designs and the avatar girl and the watercolor and...well, you get the point. Keep posting! You have tons of potential. Will def check back here.

[Professor Osborn]

im not proud to say that i feel an indescribable amount of envy

[daveneale]

Some good potential here...would have been nice if youd gotten round to finishing the chow piece, looks sweet so far. Also dig the pencil study of the rocks in the 5th post and the blue girl. I'd be carefull with the use of blacks when you go to colour, in some pieces it makes things a bit muddy-try using darker tones of the same colour instead. Keep up the good work:)

[Emiliano]

I like your style.The last one sketch is super!!!!

[Demo]

Wonderfull start to a great sketch book good luck with ur pen tablet ur goan be good friends soon enough.
keeppracticing :)

[smuli]

I really like the loose pen work on the lying woman picture. The two last images on post 5 are my other favourites from you, colours are just deliscious and the mood in the latter one is incredible. One thing I notice in your anatomy overally is that you often draw the arms unnaturally thin. The lying woman has them correct though but her hand near the forehead looks tiny (keeping in mind its length should be roughly from chin to hairline).

Generally you seem to have a pretty good grasp of everyting and your use of colours sure makes me want to visit again. Maybe anatomy studies from books would be always useful when you've got nothing else to draw but whatever you do, keep them coming! :)

[Ridz]

haven't updated in a bit, but i finally got a bit of time, so here's something new!

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb200/rachidz/bluehair1small.jpg

dont have a name for this one yet.

[amordecosmos]

I loved your 19th post, I wish I could draw anatomy as good as you do!

[Vorace]

woah I love the last one! She has attitude! cool sb, keep it up!

[T_manAKATruman]

liking your stuff

[Madfishmonger]

Very nice work. I love the aqua-haired girl. I was very impressed with that rock formation, your shading is great.

[DAVEZILLA]

Mmhmm, you have a beautiful style. I really love that newest once. The colors are perfect and dramatic.

I can't wait to see more!

[Ridz]

thanks guys, you're the greatest!
glad you're liking it.

more shall come, slowly. only a few more weeks of school!

[FunkdaFide]

I really like the first tablet piece, the girl laying with drapery. Very nicely done. You will be great when you are finished with school.

[Dorkthrone]

Nice work.

[frog and *BAM*]

Nice stuff so far, i like your ladies, so keep it coming!

[Pixie Trick]

Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook!
You have some very nice stuff here. My favorites are the sketches of the inukshuk and the blue haired gal.

You mentioned wanting some crits on your anatomy, so.... :)
On your girl covered in cloth, there are a couple of things off. Her right (our left) hand is too low on her arm. Her wrist bone seems to be sticking out because of this. This hand is also a touch small. Also, if you look at her legs are going, they appear to be attaching much lower than where her body should end. Her feet are also a little small, although that might just be my bias because I have huge feet.

Your shading also seems to be stuck with a top left to bottom right stroke a lot of the time.

[Maxine Schacker]

Congratulations on your acceptance into the animation program at Sheridan, and the best of luck! You've worked hard and you're off to a good start.

[Ridz]

Illustration, actually ;)
but thank you!

[Molly]

Very, very, very nice so far - looking forward to you posting some more!
Keep at it!

Mx

[Ridz]

ok these arent 100% recent.. but they're from around christmas or so and i just havent posted them for some reason, so they're close enough!

the first is a portrait of my friend, the second was part of a school assignment (it was more about changing colour schemes than the image, i'd post that but i dont have it scanned and... i'm lazy.)

and the last is just something from my head while sitting in class, from looking at a perfume bottle in my purse. dont ask why it became a moustached gentleman, it just seemed right :)

[shamandalie]

HEHE you definitely deserve Sheridan! You're young and your works are beautiful! Like what EvilBunny says, you scare me! :oneye:
All the best!

[Pixie Trick]

The perfume bottle makes me think of monopoly. You start off with a little counter thing (like the shoe and hat and stuff) then it turns into the fat rich guy. :) ....Or maybe I need more sleep.

[curry23]

Love your works! Your paintings are awesome. I'd like to see more compliment colors in the flesh areas, some greens and blues, also like to see the chow piece completed. C:

[Crrristian]

Awesome sketchbook. Really love the variety! Your portraits are amazing, so full of energy and life. I especially love the girl with the turquoise hair, it's so vibrant!

Your dress designs on one of your first few posts were amazing, I'd love to see some more, with colour, that is.
I'm subscribing!

[pinkydragon9]

very nice, Oh god i love it

[Ridz]

i just went through all my drawings and things i had on my computer, because they were all over the place and duplicated etc. i really have to stop doing these things at 2 in the morning!
but anyways heres some junk that got lost in the abyss.

1. a 5 min sketch of my friend

2. i had a dream i was swimming with mantas... i felt really relaxed when i woke up. and then i ended up sketching this later that day.

3. this ones a bit old but i'll post it anyway. my sisters friend.

4. my first try at illustrator! i'm happy with the result.

5. part of a book cover i had to do for a school assignment.

6. another one for school, but this time just a quick sketch. we had to come up with a funky watch design and display.. this was just a little idea i didnt end up using and forgot about til now, a braces watch that goes into a display mouth! and the display head can look all nice and nerdy, of course. i'm allowed to make fun of braces because i have them :teeth:

7. and last, a wip that i TOTALLY forgot about until right now! i'll hopefully get back to this one sometime soon.


that's all for now, i'll update with some actual new stuff someday, i'm enjoying my tiny bit of nothingness time now that schools done, and spending it doing... nothing. but it's back to work tomorrow...

[J Wilson]

Some good stuff. I quite like the environments. While taking up references for figures and faces is good for studying, you should do a lot more straight from your imagination. It keeps you from getting attached to refs and allows you more creative freedom in the long-run. Again, good stuff.

I actually disagree with this. There is nothing wrong with working from reference, and honestly there are a LOT of artists who would benefit from looking at reference more often. Can it be a crutch? Certainly, but it far from only useful for studying.

I think your work seems tremendous for your age. You've got a grasp on the fundamentals that even many adult artists lack. Your figures are stunning for a first year (and I've seen many graduates with far worse skills).

[Peter Berkovski]

hey Ridz how are you? ;) I've not been here for a long time and what I can say is you doing really good things,I hope to see something finished soon!
Regards :P

[seth1]

Nice... The last painting I find lovely/ Keep it up mdear.

[humanNature6115]

I like what im seeing here..



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[ShaunLey]

I like the swiming with mantas, are you going to turn it into a painting?
keep it up.

[Ridz]

hmm i wasnt going to, i never really considered it... but now that you've put the idea in my head it may pop up again in the future!

[Ridz]

little sketchie thing for CHOW

[Annie_Harper]

better than I was at 19, go for it love! Your stuff is excellent and it will only to continue to develop the more you practice.

[Ridz]

sketch from today. not too exciting.

[Ridz]

Well I haven't posted in almost a month, mostly because I havent really made anything to post in the past month. But I finally seem to be back in the swing of things, so here's a painting and a quick little doodle (10 minutes-ish?) from last night.

[Autumnal Dream]

HELL!! Your sb is incredible... O_O
Damn inspiring, really! I should dig out my tablet again :P
Wow.. just amazing, keep it going!!

- Julian

[Ridz]

something i'm working on.

[Ridz]

i am overworked, overtired, and overstressed about life. and i'm not even in school right now!

but only 2 1/2 months til i move out! wooooot

[Nintendo_zombie]

Goodness gracious!
This is just... absolutely superb artwork!!!
People stuff (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=319563&stc=1&d=1204872617)
That's the only image I wasn't too fond of..
Everything else, absolutely superb! Blows me out of the water!!

I really love these pics. :
Woman with sheet (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=322253&stc=1&d=1205187454)

Bump up the jams (http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb200/rachidz/bluehair1small.jpg)

I'm assuming those are headphones. Or are they earmuffs?

Either way, love the work.

[Ridz]

they're headphones :)

[Trashy]

Great start Ridz and I already think you got a cool energetic and colorful style developing. I like that sketch in post #62.

[Ridz]

i have so many things i've started and have to finish! i'm trying to go back to them all and actually get them done.

but here's another thing i started, and actually finished! i think the trick is that i just have to do the whole thing fast, or i'll end up moving on.

EDIT: oh and... as you can see, decided to change up the avatar with it too. :D

[Peter Berkovski]

that last one is quite good ;)
*save as*
...and maybe you can touch the beard little more

[Ridz]

more randoms.

[Ridz]

A bunch of little roughs for a painting commission, a sketch of my sis that I'm colouring, and a pen/marker drawing.

[l0stinth0ughts]

love it all. nice smooth edge, and the flow seems to be in the right areas. :rocker:

[RandAlThor]

Ar' crap, i was hoping to add something useful here, but your already doing so well i'll just bump you up and say... keep it up dude, great sb ;-)

[marc_redd]

these are great! Everything looks so clean & define. Keep going.

[Ridz]

l0stinth0ughts, RandAlThor, marc_redd: thanks!:hugsmile:

here's the finished colouring of my sister.

[bhanu]

Nice lines man
especially this
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=431271&stc=1&d=1218116565

[Brun]

these studies of yours are deffenitly paying off,

great work

[gardenrusalka]

Your hair is beautiful. Are a lot of these "traditional" paintings? I keep coming back to the one in your avatar. Gorgeous lighting.

[brentos8]

looks good like the colorful girl portraits, want to see more

my sketchbook http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=128243

[Caffeine_stream]

Love this SB amazing stuff. Keep going!!!

[torstan]

I love your hatching style in the pencil portraits (girl blowing bubble specifically). Very nice sketch book.

[Fallenangel]

You've got a really nice sketchbook thread :), you've got some great skills and i love your painting style.

keep up the great job!

/Fallenangel/

[Ridz]

Your hair is beautiful. Are a lot of these "traditional" paintings? I keep coming back to the one in your avatar. Gorgeous lighting.

thank you! Yes, most of the full-coloured ones are traditional (and a lot of the non coloured ones are pencil sketches), mostly in acrylics.

[thrilafrommanila]

you're style is so nice! i can see that it is rapidly improving!

perhaps some advice i can give (if any) is trying to work more with colors. experiment more to get deeper dark shades and whatnot!

anyway, i am definitely subscribing!

[DaStreets]

Beautiful colors and detail in your drawing. Luv'n the expression on the sketchs and the portraits. Nice work, keep posting

[Ridz]

something new!

not finished.

photo ref.

yay.

[Ridz]

haven't posted in a little while...
i've started school, and i love it, this is something i did today in my life drawing class.
i have more stuff but i havent scanned any of it in yet, it'll come eventually, hopefully soon.

conte on newsprint.

[thrilafrommanila]

that's really beautiful, i love how you control the charcoal

[Ridz]

update! heres something i just handed in for my favourite class, conceptual process. awesome assignments.

this one was to take your full name and a color and put them into an anagram generator, then pick one of the anagrams and create a character that fits it. and do the illustration in most/all that color.

my anagram: cagey lizard herder
color was grey.

and i couldnt get anything sketched that i liked for ages, so i ended up doing the whole thing the night before and getting no sleep. woot!

[jedininjaman]

your a.. chick? O ,o
thats hot haha lol
I love the designs in #70 very nice
just solid work all around (conte especially)
also its nice to see another mainly traditional artist
4 ****
keep it up in here
and stop by sometime
-jedi :)

[enrigo]

That life drawing looks awesome. Reclining pose is always the hardest IMO

[MrSmith]

ha good stuff. i need to try out an anagram generator.

[doncam]

Hell,.......what talent, and what was it, nineteen. I'd love to see where you are in ten years, if you keep at it. Amazing stuff. I need to watch your development, I'll be back, and back and back.

[Ridz]

your a.. chick? O ,o
thats hot haha lol


yep. :drinkup:

Hell,.......what talent, and what was it, nineteen. I'd love to see where you are in ten years, if you keep at it. Amazing stuff. I need to watch your development, I'll be back, and back and back.

thank you, and i'm definitely going to keep at it! hopefully with some money following eventually ;)

[kamal_anjelo]

very nice works, interesting sketchbook.like your recent works!post more

[gustavo desimone]

very good painting

[Ridz]

Ha, forgot to post this a few weeks ago when I was actually working on it, heres a quick sketch for an assignment I did. Basically we just had to do a watercolour using different techniques, and include a silo, barn, trees, clouds... I forget what else, maybe a few other things. And also have something that we choose ourself, and make it interesting. I had a bit of fun with it, this is my initial sketch. Not my most treasured piece of work, but my classmates got a kick out of it at least.
Hopefully I'll get around to posting the final when i get back home.

[Ridz]

a page from my sketchbook.
some more faces to add to the crowd.

my current scanner is sucky. forgive it.

[Ridz]

more sketches.

[RyerOrdStar]

Heh so you go to Sheridan. Nice to see. I love the life drawing, very simple but captures the languishing pose.

[Ridz]

RyerOrdStar: yep, and thanks! btw i checked out your sketchbook (i'll have to leave a comment there sometime, i just didnt end up doing it this time) and you've got some really great stuff!


so anyways. i only just now figured out how to set photoshop to use pen pressure sensitivity. how stupid am i. i always knew i had to be missing something, painter was so much easier to use than photoshop and yet there are so many people that use photoshop exclusively.

heres a quick little colouring tester before bed.

[Peter Berkovski]

love your sketches Ridz, this one is my fav.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=498291&stc=1&d=1224690925
keep coming :P
best regards
Peter

[Ridz]

i should be in bed!

[Pixie Trick]

Very nice. *Hug.* (sorry if you're not a huggy person...:D) Hope you're having fun at Sheridan. I'm really liking the last post and the first girl with the skirt in post 98. I like the giant baby and angry pitchfork people.

[Ridz]

i haven't posted in a while...
semester's almost over, school's crazy.

here's something from this week.

uh.. 20 minute pose? i think.

[Ridz]

New stuff.
A few sketchbook things and a little playing-with-the-tablet sketch.

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Things are looking better here, a lot better, every time^^

-E

[Ridz]

some goldfish.

[vardoburrito]

#7 Chow.. so cute, I love the perpective on it too.
#60a ... what type of place is it? I've been squinting at it, but all I see is nothing, though I want to see tomatoes or something edible.
#60b needs a whole list of characters with it. :)
One goldfish to go please.

[jsn]

Nice SB!,...been a long time though!