naztek's Sketchbook

[naztek]

So it turns out that I'm already a member...
I signed up to CA a while back because I really liked what I saw and wanted to join the community here. I never really got involved in the forums though because my scanner broke and then I kind of forgot about this place.
Recently, I purchased a graphics tablet and entered the world of digital art and not long after a workmate of mine reintroduced me to CA.

After viewing some of the sketchbooks that are here I feel inspired to continue with art and develop my skills. I know that I am not a professional artist my any length of the imagination but I am here to practice and learn.

I strongly encourage people who view my art to offer constructive criticism and to help me out in any way that they can. I cant promise to take on board all advice however I will make an effort.

Without further ado, here is my first few sketches:

[zephyri]

Hey naztek... I did pretty much the same as you did, registered then came back much later to get involved and it's helped me heaps. Have you drawn much with a pencil before starting with the graphics tablet? As I've found one of the hardest things to get used to is smooth line quality when drawing with a tablet. You might find it easier to start with a plain ol' pencil.

As far as crit goes... I'd say you definitely need to get some anatomical practice in, especially with proportions, the heads are getting a bit small on a couple of the full body pieces. The coloured one is much better, but this might be one of those times where a pencil sketch, where you should have much more control would work, then colour it with the tablet in Photoshop or your program of choice.
But I'm diggin your characters, cool looking guys!

[naztek]

Zephyri:
Yeah I've been mucking around with pencils and pens since I was a toddler and the coloured piece was actually done with a pencil and scanned into Photoshop (and coloured) before I got my graphics tablet. I used my mouse for that one which is why the lines aren't all that neat.
I've found that since my style of sketching or painting involves a lot of quick movements, I haven't actually had any issues with getting used to my tablet.
As for the advice; I know that anatomy is one of my main weakness and I am working on it. all my anatomy studies look too horrible to see that light of day just yet so you'll have to wait until I get a bit better before you see any of those.
Cheers

[naztek]

So it wasn't all that big a wait at all.
I was playing around in Photoshop trying to get some anatomy practice and my mother, who went to art school once herself, gave me a few pointers. That doesn't mean that I don't expect some advice and criticism from you guys because the more help I can get, the better.

[naztek]

So Yeah, it's been a while since I last even visited this place. I won't bore you with details on why but instead, heres some more sketches that I did using a program called Sketchbook Pro (the Autodesk one not the Alias one).
I'm tossing up whether I should buy it because despite the lack of tablet customization support, its a pretty cool program to play around in.

[naztek]

So Its been a while.
Heres some more sketchy stuff:

[dmitri]

Keep an eye on those lines! Right now some of them seem to be making circles and everything! Work more on line economy - since these are digital drawings, it shouldn't be too troublesome to go over your sketch with one, secure line.

[Odiee]

Hi.

I see that you are suffering from a same illness as me when it comes to graphic tablets. And that is that you can't draw the same curve with a pencil-on-paper compared to e-pencil-on-tablet.
I would suggest that you try to draw lines from your elbow and not from the wrist. And draw them as many as you can.
In other words, when you draw the basic outline, try not to move your wrist but instead jam it and pull the pen with the elbow.
With a little practice you should get the curve you wanted to draw.
For detail work you should stick with wrists movements.

Alas, we can't all aford Cintiq21Ux witch comes with rotating drawing board LOL.

[Odiee]

Oh and yes. I would suggest that you leave the perspective for now. And just focus on the anatomy.
And for that, try visiting http://www.posemaniacs.com/ it's an awesome site that follows this theory:

The idea of thirty seconds drawing app is tool for support gesture drawing.b You will improve in recognizing aspects of figures in a short amount of time, and be able to draw accruately with minimum lines.aking a large of number of sketches in a small amount of time may be good experience especially for begginners. This training will easily become your daily routine.


Sorry for a bad grammar, but this is actually a Chinese site, and translation is pretty rough.