Padawan sketchbook

[nyssa]

Hi I'm new here and I'm uploading my sketchbook.
I'd like to hear your opinions about my drawings so that i know what to improve. Thanks:medusachow: :hugsmile: all my other drawings still need to be resized. Some of my drawings are also fanart I hope it's ok to draw once and a while from your favourite game or manga I'm not claming the copyright.

[Master Chill]

Heya there sweety :teeth:

It seems to be that I have the honors to call you very wellcome here :)
Have fun drawing lots more babes & ugly ugly monsters hun ^^

Perhaps 'till we meet again in the nearby future ^^

Kisses & hugs ^^

[Diego]

Thanks for dropping by my book.
Yours is coming along nicely, a lot of variety. Just keep up and draw from life a LOT.

Cheers

[nyssa]

I'm trying my best to do what I can your such a great inspiration bye I'm of to drawing know!

[lalovergel]

Well, i see a lot of good stuff here, i like your studies but it seems you have some trouble keeping symetric proportions, still your style is cool and there is great potential here, anatomy studies are always good, but in your case i would recomend mirroring drawings, trying to do the same drawing, right next to the original, but facing the opposite direction, so that you improve your sense of simetry. Keep it coming!

[nyssa]

Thanks I'll keep that in mind. I'll do that. I'll also keep on studying from life a lot like Diego said. Thanks guys.xxx

[romsman]

nice drawings padawan, i especially like your gun and your monsters. keep up the good work and draw more monsters :-D

[mimar sinan]

Nice stuff! I like your eye works. Keep it up cool...

[nyssa]

Thank you very much I'll draw every day!

[Peter Berkovski]

Nice start,welcome from me too,practice,practice,practice and again the practice will make you good artist.you have potential just draw,draw,draw, and draw to improve it ;) I'll come again to see what you doing here ;P
*work on your anatomy - draw as much as you can!

[Maria David]

It's great that you have so much variety in your drawings. :) Hope to see some almost finished stuff from you in the future. :)

[Kan Muftić]

Nice designs. I would recommend a bit of face doodling, will surely help improve.
Cheers,
Khan

[fantasyartist]

Very nice works here. Your doing great on those studies. There's some flatness here and there though. Pay carefull attention to your construction. Always find the top/bottom and sides of a form and look how these planes are oriented in perspective. Also study the eyes more carefully, they too have a front and a side. In your drawings you really flatten them out. Remeber that it's a sphere and the lids wrap around it. The lids also have thickness to them so when drawing the eye from the side this thickness should be made evident.
I hope you can get something out of this. Keep up the hard work!!

[nyssa]

Nice designs. I would recommend a bit of face doodling, will surely help improve.
Cheers,
Khan

I'll try that one out, if I need some help I'll ask you thanks!:hugsmile:

[nyssa]

Very nice works here. Your doing great on those studies. There's some flatness here and there though. Pay carefull attention to your construction. Always find the top/bottom and sides of a form and look how these planes are oriented in perspective. Also study the eyes more carefully, they too have a front and a side. In your drawings you really flatten them out. Remeber that it's a sphere and the lids wrap around it. The lids also have thickness to them so when drawing the eye from the side this thickness should be made evident.
I hope you can get something out of this. Keep up the hard work!!

Ok I'll try to study the eyes when I finished I'll show you to them. I will look at a real eye maybe that helps and will help improve it!
Thanks I'm off to drawing now :lifedrawing:

[nyssa]

This is my first clay sculpture it's an alien foot I will make an alien for myself next time when I have time the whole day that's a challenge!

[Peter Berkovski]

This is my first clay sculpture it's an alien foot I will make an alien for myself next time when I have time the whole day that's a challenge!

where is it?

[RandAlThor]

Hey Nys, good work so far, only advice really is to study study and study again... But you should def get into a habit of posting more regulary too ;-)

[Movenski]

nyssa,

after looking at the work i'm really impressed with the breadth of subject material you've got up here, its fantastic to have that range to pull from when you're making a picture, my only advice'd be for intents and purposes of learning - you may want to ween away from anime/manga for a while, and focus on studying from master paintings/drawings. i saw the word flat tossed around once or twice on this thread and i think that [anime] may be part of that because of the flat tonal rendering or screentoned shading in anime/manga, i say this cuz i think it's such a STRONG style it has a tendancy overpower your work when you're looking at it a lot (i speak from experience) but looking into some master work and as it's been said to death, practice practice, i think based on the scope of work you have here, the more you draw, the more you're going to just see yourself improve exponentially.
p.s. great site for study examples www.artrenewal.org new and old master paintings.... in BIG filesize!

RM

[Maria David]

Yay, thanks so much for your comment. :) Now I feel so much more motivated and it would be great to keep in touch and share our knowlage about our styles. We could learn so much from each other because we have so different styles. :D Now I'm gonna subscribe to your skechbook so I can comment when ever you post something. :)

[lennon]

how old are you?
Very good work, I'd like to see more.
Three things I can tell you, numer one is: If possible try that old excercise of drawing lots and lots of boxes in perspective (no grid needed, except just to check that you're doing it fine). Remember that every single thing that you draw can be decomposed into simpler shapes that you can use as guidelines for your drawing.
-Second thing (and this you seem to have done it wonderfull so far) is: try to apply everything you learn to the drawings that you make for pleasure. I mean, usually one divide his work in two: pleasure and learning, try to brake the barrier between this two.
-Third thing (a very important rule): Try to draw most of the time what you don't know how to draw. It's very common for example to draw the head from the side or from the front, If possible, try insted to draw it from above, or below. The same goes with everything, as soon as you get confortable drawing something, and you think that you sort of have mastered it then move into something that you haven't. This way you'll keep improving and your evolution will be very fast.
Remember that it's more about improving fast than about being good at the beginning of the race.

[nyssa]

Hi I was going to a friend of mine in Antwerp to study traditional art and I like it I'm gonna try to do some paintings it's so much fun! I made some new drawings ,the fantasy art that I drew this time is for fun but the other ones are for learning purposes.

[Maria David]

I really like those mouth studies. :) I should do them too.

[nyssa]

where is it? Hi, it's on my first sketchbook the very first one at the bottom.
All those drawings that I posted at the beginnning at the end of it. I hope you like it.

[Peter Berkovski]

hey Hi again,thank you for stopping by my sb.ammm for that I can see on the last update you definitely make a good progress,keep the anatomy studies up!
cu around :) and btw how old are you?

[wink_ma]

good job

[cout<mecha]

You have a lot of unusual figure studies here and they look very nice. I hope that pays off. I cannot fault your accuracy. It might be confusing to compose all of the technique into a figure.

[Pierce.]

Your individual studies of facial features look pretty good, but it seems that when it comes time to incorporate them into a total composed face, their is a lack of cohesiveness. It looks like the separate parts are just kind of floating a little. My advice would be to focus on the volume of a face in head studies and don't get wrapped up in the details of the individual features until you have their placement and depth secured.

Nice work and good progression.
Keep it up!

[Quinn Simoes]

Hi nyssa,

Your drawings are coming along nicely, I agree with Crazy Pills get those volumes down and build on top of that, structure is very important.

Like to see more,
Quinn

[nyssa]

Thanks guys I'll keep that in mind. I'm studying fashion design but it's not the same as fantasy art and drawing from life. It's helpful for me to develop some technique I learn how I have to start drawing an eye and different perspective but It's not the same like in reality. So after fashion design when I feel a bit confident I try to draw a lot from life. Once and a while I study anatomy by myself , to try to understand how a body works. I try to do all this because I get bored after a while. I try different styles cause I don't know my own style yet! I have trouble focusing on one thing , cause sometimes if I'm too busy with fashion design or drawing from life. I don't see progress. I hope it's ok to do that once in a while. Otherwise if you find that I have to focus on one thing only ,than let me know if I'm wrong. I'm here to learn.

[Maria David]

Somebody here gave me this link: http://www.posemaniacs.com/blog/
Drawing those really helps but it's so boring! xD

[nyssa]

When my work is finished with some paintings I'll post it on my sketchbook. Now I'm busy with anatomy! Bye back to drawing table:lifedrawing:

[nyssa]

Somebody here gave me this link: http://www.posemaniacs.com/blog/
Drawing those really helps but it's so boring! xD


Thanks a lot I'm working on it. I hate skeletons. It took me a while to get it but I kept on going even if I'm bored, i try. For the first to try something it's always slow when I'm working on it but it's the end result that counts and remembering the technique. Sometimes if I'm really bored I go back to fantasy drawing. So I can keep it up so I hope you relax from time to time.
Thank you for the link that's so sweet!:drinkup: :sungod:

[nyssa]

Hi I'm fond of animals and I hope this is not bad to draw it for the first time bye!

[nyssa]

Hi I need some help here with environments if somebody wants to help me out with the basic please let me know.

[markey2d]

o wow those animal studies are really good.
keep up the anatomy studies, seems to be really helping you.
like you told me.
DRAW!!!

[romsman]

Keep up the good work your animals are really good! You've come a long way in the past few months. Keep your aim high and you'll get better and better. Afterall you've seen firsthand the progress I made when studying with you and I'm not nearly as good as you. ;-)

[Maria David]

Hi there. :D I see you have drawn much lately. And animals! Those buildings are looking good. :)

[nyssa]

Thank you very much Maried that's so nice of you. I will post some new ones tomorrow. I'm gonna draw some more tonight. I cannot stop I'm really enjoying to draw more and more because I'm in conceptart forum. They are all great artist and they give me a lot of inspiration. Thanks for everything!

[Maria David]

Yes, I have noticed too tha I'm drawing more now that I'm in Conceptart forum. It's just that the scanning is so much trouble that I don't update my sketchbook that much. But yes, can't wait to see more stuff from you. :)

[nyssa]

Hi I've been busy lately next time I'll put my anatomy drawings on the forum and my paintings! I've never painted before and I want to do some painting from stuff that exist so I can practise coloring so I hope that's ok and If I'm wrong just let me know and I'll adjust it!

[RandAlThor]

Hey Nys, good to see you trying a lot of varied subjects, my only crit is all your lines seem to have the same thickness, you should vary them a bit, you know thinner towards the light etc.. anyways, keep sharing ;-)

[Arteater]

great work with your studies, you have a great talent!

[Peter Berkovski]

hey there ;), I love your trees - they look really promising,definitely you've improved your skills from the begining but you know practice is the key ;) like your motivation a lot and that tell me I should to do more studies.Keep your anatomy studies up and most improtant is - HAVE FUN :) about those buildings,mmm when you decide to draw them try to make it in two or three point perspective, in some of the mentor threads yesterday I saw perspectice exercises, take a look at it and then try it out ;) you'll see how easy the things can be.I'll keep eye on you!
Cheers

[nyssa]

Hey Nys, good to see you trying a lot of varied subjects, my only crit is all your lines seem to have the same thickness, you should vary them a bit, you know thinner towards the light etc.. anyways, keep sharing ;-)

I'll keep that in mind. Anyway I'll try it out and some trees I would like to draw them again but with different materials. To see if it will work out!:yayca:

[markey2d]

all your sketches seems kinda tight at the moment try and loosen a little and let the details in your sort themselves out.
keep up the consistancy.
l8r

[Nibras]

Wooo nys nice stuff alot of cool studies and drawings great to see you doing a varitey of things really good shading as well i really like the last couple of posts looking really great keep it up :P

[nyssa]

Hello sorry I didn't post a lot for a while I've been busy lately ,with work and learning for my exams for school. Also my pc crashed down and yeah a lost a few of my work, I try to draw but I feel a little bit lost I was too late to make a backup some are on my external hard drive. The next one I'll buy is a terrabyte definately! I'm lucky I didn't lose everything just a few thank god. Anyway I'll keep it up and try to get through anatomy I know it still doesn't look great but I tried. The more I'll practice hopefully it will pay of one day!I also colored Grace Kelly in photoshop :android: :lifedrawing:

[nyssa]

Hi I'm updating my sketchbook! Not a lot too say but just that I'm busy!

[nyssa]

Hi I haven't been able to draw a lot but I have drawn some sketches just to share with you guys!:geekg:

[nyssa]

Hi how are you all? This is not my best work it's just fan art i hope i'll be able to post more soon! thx for all your replies ! I tried out a wacom from a friend i like it i better buy one for myself!

[nyssa]

Hi I've been away for a while I've just moved to U.K to follow game design i hope i'll have fun here! much work at school still i need to share my art with some of you it's been a while I just want some feedback sometimes so that i can become better thx

[nyssa]

:mod: I've been working on environments lately i'll post them soon I hope I can get a hang of envio it takes me a while to make some but I will get there eventually it's hard but it's getting better at the time I'll post them tomorrow I want to get some tips about environments mom is gonna teach me some perspective soon and some things about architecture i hope that helps too:drinkup:

[nyssa]

:geekg: :carnifex: lol i hope i'll be better in environments soon it's really slow atm but practice makes perfect draw draw draw :geekg: lol

[nyssa]

I love this style but i feel i need to draw more things from life if i want this done and come fluently, this is a practice I'll draw more anatomy and from time to time comic style and poses i think that's good start ,:anime: anatomy only all work and no fun will give me a burnout.

[nyssa]

Hi I've been working with watercolors lately it's kinda hard to start with, my very first paiting to get involved with watercolor is the manga i drew from ghost in the shell so i could get in touch with the color and feel how to work with it and now i'm trying to do some flowers it's really hard to mix the same colors all the time. Hopefully someone can help me out and give me some pointers and i really need to loosen up my drawing style with anatomy everything is so uptight i can loosen up with a ballpoint but with a mechanical pencil not. I also went to the city to try out and draw people instead of always staying at home it's hard when people you draw move i hope i'll get better soon.

[nyssa]

Hi, i hope you have some tips for me bye

[nyssa]

What can I say except draw draw draw rofl!

[nyssa]

:lifedrawing:

[Peter Berkovski]

nice update ;) I strongly recommend to start studying andrew loomis books!!! begin with the head structure and next the rest of the body ;) see yuo in the next update!

[Maria David]

Hi there! Long time, no see.
Those kissing pictures are very good. And I have those Andrew Loomis books, great books but I'm way too lazy to learn and want just draw draw draw.
Update soon again! It would be great to see more watercolor paintings.

[nyssa]

hi yeah it's been a long time I don't have them and I just moved to U.K man it's hard to get adjusted in a new country! I really like drawing i hope I'll get Andrew Loomis books to i want to learn a lot! thx for dropping by!

[Davelis]

What can I say except draw draw draw rofl!
:mod: Heey sweety:) i like your drawings very much.Go go go! Keep on drawing!:) btw i LOVE your sheep:P

[nyssa]

lol my printer and scanner is getting repaired i'll post a lot soon. I hope to have more advice guys thanks a lot. I love you all and girls all the artist who inspire me thanks

[nyssa]

its been a while since i have posted something, very busy lately,this is my first time i have done digital painting. It took me a while! I hope it's good for a start!

[nyssa]

More to come soon

[nyssa]

Hiya some new sketches

[nyssa]

Hiya I've added some new work for today!

[nyssa]

:lifedrawing:just some drawings

[nyssa]

Hiya I have been drawing a lot lately still i am still having trouble with anatomy but i'll keep on practising:lifedrawing:

[nyssa]

Updating sketchbook then back drawing again :lifedrawing:

[nyssa]

updating I hope I'll have better work soon

[nyssa]

:lifedrawing:

[nyssa]

Hi haven't been online here for a while just decided to upgrade my sketchbook give comments on what can improve thanks! The teacher gave us different tools to work from ink to pencil and pastel etc... Enjoy!
The bear I drew is from a stuffed animal and when we had to draw pastries or cakes I became really hungry lol! It's really fun to work with pastel and that guy I drew I took a picture from it because that paper was really huge I never worked on a large canvas like that and i had fun doing so!

[nyssa]

:geekg::carnifex:Some ink drawings i did for school

[nyssa]

School is really fun and the teacher too she learned me lots of things i hope i'll pass my first year art school :geekg:

[nyssa]

I have been working with Pastel and charcoal these days. The teacher said we had to do some environments and try to familiarize with using pastel colors. I love colors its fun not only to work with pencil in school anyway let me know where I can improve. Bye!:sungod::drinkup:

[nyssa]

:mod: This is a snowlandscape I drew a few days ago.

[nyssa]

We did some little sketches from buildings and landscapes in school. It was fun to do so and I would like to do this to on my tablet one day because i am not very good with a tablet i don't have a steady hand. I need to get used to the fact that I am staring at the screen of my pc instead of a paper or the tablet itself.

[nyssa]

:lifedrawing:

The picture I posted on today is the only picture of my first painting from Ghost in the shell. Someone stole it, its not really the best painting but still it has some valuable value to me because it was my first painting. I was really sad when that person took it and I have no proof. But hell ya, life is a bitch sometimes and we'll make better ones and hopefully it won't happen again. I also have a nice kitty cat who inspire me getting better and help me through bitter times. She is very play full her name is pookie and I adore heer. The other drawings that you see are from school again. Anyway I have been doing lots of updates really I hope you like it and for comments please leave it if there is something wrong. I would really like to know because sometimes I don't seemed to notice it at all after staring to much on my own work. I am really happy going to artschool and have a teacher who understands me! Have a nice day everybody and keep on drawing!:sungod::punkgirl:

[nyssa]

:anime::mod:what can I say yeah still updating it with more work rofl:medusachow:

[nyssa]

Hi today i have done some quick sketches with the tablet its something i am not used to. I don't have a steady feeling with this yet I hope when I try it next time I will have some better results anyway I am gonna post it so you can leave some comments to which i can improve.

The other sketch I drew is from a guy in our class we it's a quick sketch:geekg::android:

[nyssa]

Updating then go back to work bye bye:wtf::yum::mod::lifedrawing::sungod::yayca::gee kg:

[Angel Intheuk]

Hi Nyssa - thanks for your nice comment in my sketchbook. Looking through yours it's clear you've progressed alot since you started. Art school is great, I wish I was back there :D, what course are you studying?

Hmm, the only tips I can think of at the moment are just to keep doing what you're doing, you seem to be studying a range of subjects which is good. I would suggest maybe making your pencil lines not as heavy in your finished drawings, I like the last sketch you did of the man in the hat where you've varied your line weight and played around with it a bit.

I would suggest Loomis too, also Vilppu is a good artist to study he did great gestural drawings which I think would help you with your lineweight.

Keep at it :D

[nyssa]

Hi Thx for your comments. I was stuck with drawing studying by myself. I had only books to teach me that's why so many variaties at my sketchbook. I am glad i am taking art class now I have a great teacher and she is really motivating unlike my last one.

I actually study game design. I have to write alot of documents and come up with a concept for a game. Intially I wanted to become a concept artist at first but they don't have a school for that here in Belgium. Game Design is fun too. You are allowed to play with your imagination and you write about it. I follow art so that instead of only explaining it with words I can also show it visually. I want to show to my concept artists what I am really looking for and that I am not misunderstood.

I should really put a topic up here on concept art maybe I can attract some people to work with me! Anyway thanks for your lovely comment and I'll keep on drawing and writing see ya! xxx

[nyssa]

Hey It's been a while seen I have posted something on CA. School, work and taking care of my boyfriend and kittens, I have a hectic life ! I hope you like my new update from my sketchbook!

In our school we had to work with Neocolour crayons which can be used with water. We also had to use ecoline and bister.:android:

[nyssa]

More updates :drinkup:

[nyssa]

Hi the teacher gave us a new way to loosen up by not looking at your paper and just draw by what you see. She told me some will look very bad if you are not familiar with it , you have to feel where you put the pencil down without watching what's on your paper! It's really frustrating at the start and some of my drawings ended up more like a cartoon, well i hope you enjoy what I am going to post!

[nyssa]

:lounge: I have been busy lately with pastel drawing animals. I hope you like the results and give me some comments where I can improve please.