PieMonster's revitalized sketchbook - 100212

[PieMonster]

Hello, I draw stuff. Enjoy watching, and leave a comment if you feel like it. :)

Continued next post.

[PieMonster]

The first pages are from about this time last year, and then there's recent stuff, from december 'till now.

[Frank Gressie]

Hi and welcome to CA.org!
nothing much to say/crit then it allready looks promising!
keep studying hard, you're doing this all for yourself.
and show us your results here :)

cheers,
frank

[PieMonster]

Hey Frank, thanks for the welcome.

Here are some Loomis studies from today, and a couple of crappy digital sketches.

[Dannelf]

Whoa! Now I can see that anatomystudies really givcs results! :)
Great pictures man! keep it up! :D

[PieMonster]

Thanks Dannelf, yeah, anatomy studies do give results.

Here's a batch from yesterday and today, the ballpoint sketches were from today, at school, boring classes.

[PieMonster]

Seriously, this page is slow at the moment.

Here are some Loomis arm studies from today.

[PieMonster]

Some stuff from this weekend, haven't had much time for drawing really. I'm aware of the really short arms on the first dude in the second picture. Any critique would be great (I realize there's not many pictures to critique, but general critique would be great :)). Enjoy, if possible, haha.

Thanks for looking.

[kidult]

Cool looking sketches and characters!

[LECO]

Cool studies man! I would love to see more of your digital art too, i can see some cool characters trying to break loose ;-) Keep it up!

[Matsign]

wow you're off to an accelerated start. keep going! I like your pen drawings

[PieMonster]

Thanks Kidult, LECO and Matsign :)


Some stuff from today / yesterday, the first picture is an attempt at making a fancy frontpage. Eh... The arm that is semishaded on the helmetwearing dude looks detached, as if it was attached to the body too high up on his side. And the deltoid of the top figure is just fucked up.

Gotta do some more lifes-studies and anatomy ...

[PieMonster]

Gotta disappoint ya'll (whoever might be watching this thread) that there are no studies ... or life drawings. But, there is a characterthing I drew yesterday, and a couple of pages from today, after having looked through my Wes and DanielC folders. The last one is as you probably can see, not finished yet. I'm a bit annoyed by having sketched that far out on the side, the left leg (his right) is a few millimetres off the page.

Crits are highly encouraged. :D

[SEVANS]

Some nice work here.
"All non-reffed (except for the loomis stuff, obviously)" unless your an anatomy master, use reference when possible.

For a 15year old your pretty damn good, so keep at it, study life, photos etc when you can't think of anything to draw... and have FUN.

[Frank Gressie]

great updates!
you're pretty critic about your own work, thats a good thing. maybe try to change the things you dislike, and then post them here. also find your weak parts in the anatomy and write them down. make studies from them. I fully agree with SEVANS, you're pretty damn good :D

frank

[Salacuis]

I'm 16 and your work looks better than mine.... damn...
hehe, please check my sketchbook

[PieMonster]

Haven't been drawing much lately, school and freetime activities taking up much of my time.

Sevans: Yeah, I use reference too little, and I guess my anatomy lacks quite a bit because of it, I'll try to get into a habit of using reference more. And thanks! :)

Frank: Thanks, that seems like a good idea.

Salacuis: Thanks! :)

Here is some stuff from this week, been doing some pencil stuff as well, but haven't made anything worth showing (and considering my standars for what is worth showing, that is not good :O). Theres a grayscale head with color overlay variations, and a digital sketch.

[a la bapsi]

Nice start. :D
Very nice for a 15 year old, I wish I was at your level when I was 15. *_*
Keep doing what you're doing, I see improvement with every post. :D

[PieMonster]

Thanks Aifolx!

Having had a day off from school I've been doing digital stuff mainly, so here is todays stuff that I figured was decent enough to show. :P

The brushtest painting, is well, a brushtest and not intended as a very serious environment. The brushes are the creation of m@., and they work wonders (in the right hands, of course(I'm not saying I have the right hands, haha)).
Number 2 is an attempt at painting a sketch, and it's currently in progress, as you probably can tell.

[PieMonster]

Some stuff from today, and a couple of days old sketches.

#1 Progress on the WIP, huzzah!
#2 Sketch from today, took far too long considering it's complexity.
#3+4+5 Random sketches, with 2 reffed faces (improvement!) on the top.
#6 Marker sketch from today, gotta say the dude in the top left is the one of them I'm the most happy with.

[iambanana]

Jeg kan allerede si at mye av dette ser meget lovende ut!
Liker spesielt godt ansiktene dine. Selv kunne jeg ikke tegnet et ordentlig ansikt om så livet mitt avhang av det.
Prøv å fargelegge noe med wacomen din, flott øvelse for å meste...vel...fargelegging.
Velkommen til ConceptArt!

[PieMonster]

Takk for velkomsten og komplimentene, Iambanana. :)

Here's some random doodles from the last couple of days, haven't been able to draw much due to exams, and shouldn't really be doing this now due to an exam tomorrow, but anyway!

[thesadpencil]

i like what i'm seeing here, you've got some sweet character concepts going on so far. i like the sketchiness of your pencils. i'd suggest doing more anatomy studies, and life drawing. in your paintings try pushing the values more to help give more depth and contrast, try to get thevalues to go along w/ how the form is. other than that just keep it up, you're definitely on the right track.

[PieMonster]

Thanks for the tips, Thesadpencil.

I haven't updated in quite some time, hehe. Just got home from a couple of
weeks on Crete, actually managed to do quite a bit of drawing there. But
school's about to start again and I better start updating regularly, so I'll
start off with a drawing from life (omg!) which sucks. Then there are studies
from the last two days, and then there's older stuff.

Feel free to crit!

[PieMonster]

So, today hasn't been too productive but at least I managed to do a bit of
colour! So these are my first 2 serious attempts at colour. The other colour
stuff here has been put together in 5 minutes maximum. And then there's a
SB page.

Would love crits on the colour stuff! :D

[PieMonster]

Here's some stuff since last time, including women (omgz0r) and a self portrait. Crits are most welcome. :)

[PieMonster]

Stuff from the weekend. :>

[Bullsey]

I just want to say that I'm aMAZED by your concepts and drawings. I'm 15 too and I'm trying to get a sense of place in this world as an artist and you just blow me away. Have a wonderful day!

[PieMonster]

Cheers, Bullsey, actually, I'm 16, thanks a lot for the compliments!

So here are 2 (quite sloppy) color studies from today, the first one is reffed from here (http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/cat/11243/display/14123471) and is sort of color picked (bad bad) and then a study of my desk, wherein the colors are probably quite inaccurate. As long as it helps me get better at coloring! Both are done in Open Canvas.

[squidmonk3j]

some very nice studies and sketches here, dude:)

keep it up!

[D@niel]

Your drawing skill are coming along great!! You have some realy cool character sketches man!:)

[TZA]

quality sketchbook piemonster. i really enjoy seeing how your construct your drawings, very loose. you seem to be on the right track, your anatomy and concept skills are coming along really fast too. push some darker tones into those moleskin sketches, maybe buy a darker lead? the stuff you've done in post 22 is my favourite in terms of rendering, the head of the warrior on the top right of the last one really caught my eye.

ill keep an eye out and hope you update again soon.

[PieMonster]

Blekksprutape - Thanks! I will.
D@niel - Thanks!
TZA - Thanks man, I'll try to make the darks darker in the moleskine. You mean the man with the crownhelmet thing and the beard, right? I like that one too.

#1 was made in OC with Seth1 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1924267#post1924267) yesterday.

#2 Colour piece from today, all out of my head, would appreciate crits!

[zelda_geek]

Hi Piemonster, thank you for commenting in my sketchbook. On that last one I suggest you define some harder edges, and also go a bit darker in the shadows. Some studies on skin tones you probably help a lot. But overall it's looking good, especially the pencils.:D

[seth1]

Dude... Moreeeeeeeeee updates please :) I know you have more work. Your kicking my ass I better get a move on.

[QETALIVAN]

strong sketches, I can see a lot of energy in them, keep working, pal!

[PieMonster]

zelda_geek: Yeah, I see what you're saying about the hard edges, should've spent more time on it, and the contrast is definately too low.

seth1: Here's an update, for real!!!

QETALIVAN: Thanks!

So here are a some selfportraits from the last couple of days, the portraits on the left are the ones looking the most like me, the others; not so much. Then there's a Bridgeman study (got to do more!), and a ballpoint sketch, there was another figure on that page, but it was crappy, and sort of ruined the page.

[zelda_geek]

Wow, pencils are looking good. You should work some more on faces, but the torsos are looking awesome! Very interesting concept you got there too.

Keep it up:)

[PieMonster]

zelda_geek: All my stuff needs work, personally I think the torsos are worse than my faces, haha. Thanks for looking.

Self portrait, done with a mirror. Took about 1,5 hours. My face is way too high/long, but anyway, it's my first proper life-study with the computer. The values probably would have been better if I had squinted my eyes more. Oh well. Crits are most welcome! :D

[algenpfleger]

Duuuuuuuuuuude good selfportraits! And really nice values. More more more! :D

[PieMonster]

algenpfleger: Thanks for looking man! :D

So, I'm gonna start off by showing a sketch done 1 year + 17 days ago. I sincerely hope I'm not the only one that can see improvement, haha. Bridgeman. And then there's todays SP, they're quite fun actually. I'm not quite nailing the likeness yet, but hopefully I'll get there. A random page, there were a few more, but they sucked even more than this one. Don't know really. A man running from someone meets a monster, with tentacles?

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Hey man, thanks for the comment in my SB. I appreciate the crits^^

Nice stuff you got going here, though I would suggest you think less as you do poses and just try and wing it. Think og how people actually stand, considering weighting, balance and positure. Doing great so far though. Work hard and work more:D

-E

[seth1]

Yeah, yeah, yeah! THis is what I am talking about. Morrreeeeeeeeeeee. Keep on pushing your self man you are doing great. Some times your figures get a little stiff and squashed watch out for that. I think it happens when you don't have enough room to draw what you want to draw.

I will try to keep my hamachi open when I am on the internet. So you can just Msg when ever your on there.

[PieMonster]

Mischeviouslittleelf: Yeah, the poses are stiff, I never (and I mean never as in I haven't done reffed gestures in like a year) do gestures, and it shows. That's a definate weak point of mine. Thanks for looking. :D

seth1: Thanks! I agree on the figures looking squashed sometimes, I have to think a little more before I put my lines on paper I guess. I'll get to you on Hamachi. :)

So for today there's just a couple of life drawings, haven't really been very productive at all. I'm quite satisfied with how the second one turned out. My dad moved away, when I had only gotten to his shirt collar, and the shape of his head. Then I just had to do a face there anyway. That's my sisters legs coming off the chair on the right, haha.
Then there's todays SP, which took waaaaay too long.

[f1guremeout]

3 | #1 || Nice work with the attention given to the detaill within the character illustrated as a viking or warrior, however be weary of your subject matter and to reflect such thematic elements to your pieces' content. For example, try exploring a range of gestures and action poses to initiate interest to your character design. Be very articulate in form, line weights, line quality, and overall composition of your subjects within the given picture plane. This all goes without saying that you should consider understanding both human figure drawing skills and general anatomy to aid in you composition of character's theme. Its something that you just can't wish into existance and take plenty of time and patience with to not only understand, but master.

So, notes on improvement: concentrate on figure layout and accuracy; explore compund shapes and forms to build composition and complexity to the character's...well, character; and consider enhancing the WOW effect to the viewer with contrasting line weights and values.

[PieMonster]

f1guremeout: Thanks for the crit man, I'm guessing you're talking about the 1 year old piece, but it still applies nonetheless!

Stuff from the last couple of days, this is not all though. School's taking most of my time lately. But next week's gonna have frequent updates for sure. :D

[seth1]

Nice updates man. Your anatomy is getting better and better but watch those legs. In your portrait pay more attention to the form and placement of the eyes. Remember how they sit inside the eye socket. It's like a huge ass golf ball placed inside your skull. form, from...

[Nibras]

LIke seth1 said your anatomy is really starting to improve
your drawings are looking nicer too
Nothing much to say but
keep drawings, study hard and
keep it up
lilnebo

[PieMonster]

seth1: I completely agree on the eye thing, not thinking enough about how it's shaped, or the anatomy of the face, more about getting the values down, but when that fails as well, it looks bad, haha. I'm working on the legzzz!

Lilnebo: Thanks. :)

Here are some leg studies from today, in chronological order. Ref from www.characterdesigns.com.

[oalexis]

all your figure studies look great. Lets see something finished from you now :)

[seth1]

Damn dude. You keep this up and you're going to be a star in no time. finsihed work already 0_o.

[Rarebit]

Dropping by to say that i like what your doing and to thank you for the character designs link.
Keep studying! Come by sometime.

[PieMonster]

oalexis: No finished stuff, apart from the totally crappy SP, and it's hardly finished anyway. Thanks!
seth1: Thanks dude, got to get back to it now! Finished work is hard. :(
Rarebit: Thanks! I'll be sure to drop by.

Damn you, World of Warcraft!

[TZA]

still working hard i see, your studies are definitely helping, your anatomy is getting much more detailed. thanks for that characterdesign link, didn't know that place existed!

keep it easy

[JustinBeckett]

Nice sketches.

But, I think you should do more anatomy studies and drawings from reference and life. Instead of all from your imagination, the more you know, the more your imagination will grow. Also, the way you fill in your values is really sketchy, try and use the side of your pencil and focus more on values, rather then all lines. If you are using lines, use more consistent lines, going in the direction of the form, follow the planes and remember your hard and soft edges.

Looking at your sketches again, be careful of the sketchiness of your lines. Keep them confident, use more swoopy lines, use your arm more then your wrist. Have confidence, try and get your lines down in a couple tries, instead of drawing one line and having it etch etch etch....

Keep on drawing!

~JB

[PieMonster]

TZA: Thanks, working hard is a bit of an over-statement at the moment, I'll try to get back to it soon.
JustinBeckett: Thanks for the in-depth crit, you're spot on. I'll have to do more from ref and life.

Today: Stuff from life and a non-reffed sketch (yes, yes, I know).

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Holy cowdung man, those are some seriously strong (as in taking an overdose on steroids) studies there, good going! Two things though, and these are important.

1. When drawing from life, you have to do a good bit of brainwork, I notice a lot that when I don't reflect on what I am seeing, stuff looks very flat. Notice angles, dimentions and so forth. You'll see improvement fast anyways, but those are some personal focuses of mine

2. Kom til Oslo på søndager og bli med å tegne folk. Det er litt som Bobby Chius subway sketching, men vi holder til på kaffeer istedet:D

-E

[PieMonster]

Mischeviouslittleelf: Thanks! About #1, I'll think about it next time, not that I don't think about it now, but I can get a lot better at that, and everything else.

#2 Vet ikke helt hvordan jeg skal komme meg til Oslo, bor i Larvik, kan jo ta toget, men opplegget høres jo greit ut ellers. Skulle gjerne vært med, får se hvordan det blir. :>

Random stuff, perspective+value stuff that is sucking balls, not going to render the next perspective thing, haha. The fact that both the perspective and the values suck is quite sad.
Got to apply the anatomy studies to some actual human reference for it to stick I think. Or just do more studies.

[PieMonster]

Trying to get into a habit of updating more than once a month, haha.

Random sketch.
SP, haha, it's completely skewed, and I look confused. Next one's going to be better I hope. We'll see.
Back studies, the upper right drawing is non-ref to see if I've learned anything, maybe I have. :P

[grenappels]

damn, that's a lot of improvement in two pages. the self portraits are really good and the way you're depicting the direction of the muscles make them look really three d and awesome

[PieMonster]

grenappels: Thanks, dude! :D

Stuff from last couple of days, figured I'd start using reference more. Enjoy!

[PieMonster]

For today there's a WIP.
It's not reffed apart from the dog. Quite happy with it so far, especially the face of the dude.

Crits are very welcome.

[Φ]

nice sketches here! WIP looks very promising! shading is nice! the background isn´t quite clear, but since you´re still working on it it´ll be no problem! looking forward to see the final!!
the last one of post 61 is very interesting to!!!!!!!
keep running

[PieMonster]

bigfooTrooper: Thanks, I agree on the background, going to fix it, it looks weird the way it is now.

Tiny update, haven't done anything on the wip.
The page on the left is from life and the one on the right is pretty random really, haha.

[Clochette]

Nice sketches! The improvement on 3 pages is ultra fast! I really like your self portraits too! If you progress that way on every pages, you'll become really good in few months! :P
Keep pushing!

[HumbleEgo]

Nice studies, man. This last round shows improvement. :)

[ruuhkis]

I barely have the time to comment here so I won't go in-depth just yet, but from what I can tell with the first glance you seem to be progressing nicely. keep going!

[Twitchfinger]

Really impressive progress from page 1 to 3! :) One thing I might say is to keep an eye on proportions.. mostly head sizes. They seem to shift around a bit from drawing to drawing. Looks like you're going full steam though. Keep 'em coming!

[PieMonster]

Clochette: Thanks! The problem is that these 3 pages have taken about half a year though, haha. :D

HumbleEgo: Thanks!

ruuhkis: Thanks, I will!

Twitchfinger: You're right about those proportions, I'll keep an eye on it, thanks!

Random from school. Progress on the wip. Studies. SP. Study.
Crits are very welcome!

[grenappels]

i think you're going to be a really great draftsman if you keep it up. your highest points are really high which shows a lot of potential, like in post 69 lol. good job on their legs especially. and on the recent skull :)

[PieMonster]

grenappels: Thanks!

Update on the skull, guess it's sort of finished, although the upper part of the picture could use some work.

[Kim_bot]

Great! Lots of improvement already.

Try changing up the poses of your characters though. Since you seem to be keeping up pretty well with the life drawing, try incorporating some of the poses that you see in real life into your own drawings.

[Gloominati]

uuuuh yeah baby, this thread is going to be a lot of fun, I see it :D You have improved a lot since oyur first drawings you've posted here. obviously you're doing the right things just keep on doing them A LOT!

Another thing that you should always be aware of when drawing: Take your time! There is no need to rush through a drawing. I am telling you that because some areas of your drawings look a bit "too quickly drawn" making your lines look sloppy. Just keep focused every seccond you put your pencil down on the paper.

Keep on rocking dude, I will definitely keep an eye on this thread :D

[D@niel]

Wow man lots of improvement here! keep on rocking!:)

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Heilage berserkergang!

I leave you alone for a couple of days and BOOM you go and become all fantastic on me! I don't like it, not one BIT! (lies of course^^)

Great studies and the stiffness is going away gradually. Keep at it and keep posting for petes sake!

-E

[PieMonster]

Kim_bot: Thanks for the crit, I'll see what I can do about it, hehe. :D

Gloominati: Thanks, and you're very right about taking the time, rather than rushing it.

D@niel: Thanks! :D

Mischeviouslittleelf: Thanks you. I will!

Random stuff.

[PieMonster]

Well hello there.

Gestures I guess? And some (crappy) rendering on another piece.

[DeeLock]

Why is everyone on this site better than me :P

Great job, by the way.

[PieMonster]

DeeLock: Thanks!

Random stuff from the last couple of days, school's taking most of my time lately. I'm sort of regretting not choosing the art-related schoolthing, but anyway, I have to do more studies, and maybe try some other medium or something. So there will be studies, sometime soon(ish), haha.

Comments and crits always appreciated!

[wookiedabo]

hey man, really like your figures. I would suggest doing a few studies of clothes observed on real people though, as some of yours look a little formless. try a few quick drawings from www.hel-looks.com, great variety in clothes and figures, has really helped me a lot

[enthombed]

hey man, nice shading you did in this pieces, very inspiring this drawings.

keep posting, i will be back in the next update.

greetings from Brazil

[Enydimon]

*whistles* Daaang, you're doing great!

Any tips on drawing figures you can share?

[PieMonster]

wookiedabo: Thanks for the link! Did some studies from that site, gotta scan them in though.

enthombed: Thanks, dude! :D

Enydimon: Uh, dunno, study anatomy and people and then draw semi-accurate proportions, and look at how other artists draw their stuff. It's all about practice really, I guess. Having a hard time explaining, and it probably makes no sense, but as far as I'm concerned I should definitely do more studies of real people.

Small update, just some random OC stuff, gonna scan some paper stuff tomorrow or something.

It's basically a head floating in nothing, and then a head floating in the nothingness once more, with added plates on his forehead. Haha. Oh well...

[monotony]

damn, dude your going fast.
the characters look really cool and your rendering is getting better with each update.

[PieMonster]

monotony: Thanks! :D

First is a sketch from when I discovered CA and tried to do this awesome sketch, from May 1,5 years ago.
A few studies from the site Wookiedabo linked, gotta do more studies from there, and quicker ones, cause I spent way too long rendering them.
Then theres a study from Ingres. Link here (http://anatomy.cgnetworks.com/OFDW%20020/010.jpg).
This is from the weekend, cause school, football and SSX On Tour is eating all my time. There is more random stuff, but it's not worth uploading.

[D@niel]

Wow dude, thats a lot of improvement in 1.5 years!!!:)

[TheGnoll]

haha indeed thats some kick ass improvement since 1.5 years ago, kudos!
you seems pretty influenced by DanielC man, and i woudn't say thats a bad thing, your rendering is very good, and you seem like you def know what you're doing with those studies!

keep sharing!

ciao

[Kian]

Nice studies and pencils!

[enthombed]

Hey Pie, just look around and again your stuff bro, try to understand some shading thecnics in your stuff and the other artits here.

keep posting and feeding my curiosity.

Cheers

[PieMonster]

D@niel: Thanks, I was a little shocked when I saw the picture and saw how bad I was, haha.
TheGnoll: You're spot on about DanielC influence. Him and Wes are definitely the artists whose work I look at the most, and I guess it sort of shows in my sketches at times. As long as I'm not copying their style (which I hope I'm not, hehe). Thanks!
Kian: Thanks! :D
enthombed: Thanks, I'll keep posting for sure. :)

Just a couple of over-rendered www.hel-looks.com studies. Sort of started as cloth study, then turned into render study, oh well.

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Ok, hvis du hadde fortalt meg at du er 15-16, så ville jeg riktig nok ikke vært noe mildrere når jeg gir kritikker, men jeg ville bare sagt at du er en sånn en jeg skulle ønske jeg hadde vært. Når du blir så gammal som jeg er nå kommer du til å være av en annen verden! Ikke stress med at du ikke går på TFF, det er ikke bra med de nye reformene, så gjør selvstudier istedet:)

-E

[PieMonster]

Mischeviouslittleelf: Haha, takk takk. :D

There is a hidden hel-looks study here, can you find it? :P
Random stuff, just trying to put down lines and stuff before rendering, non-reffed apart from the hel-looks dude.

[Clochette]

Nice sketches! I love the way you pushed some details and chose to let the other parts very rough and simple. Great! :)

[kidult]

Pencils are looking good! Keep it up!

[selfu]

hey there!

great sketches and ideas for characters...keep it up!

cheers

[PieMonster]

Clochette: Thanks, I guess it's due to being bored with the sketch, haha.
Kidult: Thanks!
Selfu: Thankses you.

Should've done more studies this weekend. Oh well.

Fast Hel-Looks study. Self portrait. Random. Torso-random. Random-random.

[enthombed]

My friend, your drawings and shading are very inspirational, show some reference sometimes to me and make me try to draw more and more.

keep posting

Cheers

[TheGnoll]

whoa thanks for linking that hel looks thing, really useful ^^

pencils are flowing as usual, you're doing a great job, don't slow down!!

(and don't worry, the influences are there but you're visibly developing your own way ;))

ciao!

[Bagg]

hey man your drawings are amazing really would like to see more of the color ones.
you really are improving on your anatomy and composition good work i have to admit thought that you faces are your best part at the moment they look brilliant and you seem to have such ease producing them.
keep it up :)

[DStraX]

sykt bra tegninger! tror jeg må tegne litt mer^^:P

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Ganske bra tegninger her, men du burde ta noe av den renderingen fra studiene over i dine egene greier;)

-E

[Rarebit]

Your a year younger than me!? Shit...Im going to have to step it up! :painting:
(Nice update btw:yum:)

[PieMonster]

enthombed: Thanks, your work is showing a lot of progress lately! :D
TheGnoll: Wookiedabo linked it to me, all credit goes to him for that one, hehe. Thanks!
Bagg: I agree, gotta change it up some, try to do some colour stuff.
DStrax: Takker og bukker. :>
Mischeviouslittleelf: Jeg prøver, haha. :D
Rarebit: Uh, yeah. Noooes, don't step it up, I'll never catch up to you then. Thanks! :D

Small update, really not using my time effectively these days, more studies should've been made. Such are the ways of laziness.
I gotta draw something else. I think.

[AustenFM]

Man, your rate of improvement is amazing! I love your character studies, it seems you've already conquered a lot of anatomy and have got that down, try doing some more environments, indoor and out door.

your stuff already has tons of life, give them awesome places to live in too.

[zelda_geek]

Super great stuff in the last post, dude! Amazing improvement, can't believe you're 16...your pencil skills and anatomy are so much better that mine.

Keep it up:D

[Goog]

great pencils man, more from life!

[enthombed]

Hey My friend, nice pencils you have done here i really like your stuff, the shading is a big reference to me, i'm trying some shades sometimes, but need fix my anatomy first, i think you have the skills to pushing your limit in something colored man.

Keep pushing this stuff bro

Cheers

[Gloominati]

good work man! Your rendering is getting better in these last two updates, try to think about pushing the lights and darks even more so that you get a full value range from black to white! Keep at it man and keep on rendering! :D

[DStraX]

flotte skisse studier:) men vill gjerne se litt fargestudier

-TIM

[Ankh]

Showing excellent progress. Good work!

[PieMonster]

AustenFM: Thanks dude, totally agree with you, gotta do more enviro/colour work.

zelda_geek: Danke schön. :>

Goog: Thanks, I did some, but I gotta do more as is evident.

Enthombed: Thanks, yeah, I gotta try doing some color stuff.

Gloominati: Thanks for the tip!

DStraX: Yes, jeg og, er bare det at det er så stress å rigge til laptop og tablet og finne bilder/ting å male. /excuses Haha.

Ankh: Thankses youses.


Been a while, I blame school. I guess I could've done more, wasn't it for pure laziness. This is of course not everything, but everything I've done is still far from enough.

[davekang]

It's great seeing your leveling up progess PieMonster. All those studies are definitely paying off! Keep em comin'! I'll be watchin'!!

[D@niel]

Sweet rendering and characters man!:)

[PieMonster]

davekang: It's cool to hear that people are seeing progress, because it honestly doesn't feel like I'm progressing much, oh well. Thanks! :D

D@niel Thanks! :D

Color! Haha, gotta do some color studying I think.

[PieMonster]

Random shit, more studies coming over the next weeks I guess. Haha.

[PieMonster]

This is so lame; one drawing. Time to get into gear!

[DStraX]

gooo paimonsteret :D ho dama i post 115 blir dritkul
:D er ikke helt sikker på hva det er da.. :P

[PieMonster]

DStraX: Haha, ikke helt sikker på den selv, hadde i grunn ingen planer om å gjøre noe mer på den. Danke schön. :D

Argh, I'm out of paper! This sketchbook took a month longer to fill than anticipated. O_o

For the first one; I have a tendency to sketch from upper left to right, and stay on the right side. Then I render untill it's impossible to get to do the lower left side without smudging the hell out of the whole thing. Not good.
#2: Pen, got bored with the right arm. That's what I have to say about that.

[Clochette]

Cool updates! I like this one (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=543700&stc=1&d=1229638837)! Nice volumes! :)

[TheGnoll]

you're doing a great work :)
keep sharing!

ciao

[PieMonster]

Clochette: Thanks! :)
TheGnoll: Cheers dude! :D

I still don't have any paper, so I did some digital stuff. Tried to do some colour studies, but Photoshop died on me both the times I tried, and I didn't save it either times. Oh well, this is just a random face and an SP in OC.

[sketcheth]

Wow! You have wicked-fast improvement in this thread already! The penciling...gorgeous. Keep at it. Photoshop crashes...the combination of all things wicked and horrible on earth. I'm sorry for your losses. :) Keep at it and save often!

[PieMonster]

sketcheth Thanks, dude! To be honest, those PS studies were crap, I belivie it crashed cause I was colourpicking and switching brushes and stuff too fast, haha. At least that's when it decided to crash both times. :D

New sketchbook! Yay! Started some Bridgeman studies actually. Gonna go through the whole of his Constructive Anatomy book, and hopefully learn a bit.

This page has nothing to do with Bridgeman, though, it's all from ze head.

[saa]

Awesome stuff. Very strong progress, your pencils are getting very tight. Value graduations are still a bit too harsh at some spots - aim for a wider value range and try to organize them in groups.

If you take that drawing for example: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=544511&stc=1&d=1229728276

it has some very strong areas but the overall value range (or the relation of one area to another) is lacking. Some parts in your lit areas are as dark as the areas in shadow, which shouldn't happen. You're nearly there, just grasping that concept completly takes some time..

Great work.

[PieMonster]

saa: Thanks, you're completely right about that picture. There was light coming from the computerscreen on one side, that's why the side is lighter, but I guess I went too light. I've read the "shadow side is always darker than the darkest dark on the light side" mantra many times, although applying it is a whole different thing. Really appreciate the crit, hopefully it'll get me thinking some more while I'm drawing!

#1: Made before saa's crit, haha.
#2: My dad, and his dad.

[Rarebit]

Nice stuff, i really like that still life of the table/chair despite it being out of your normal set of subjects, as well as the townscape on the previous page.
Keep it up! :sungod:

[zelda_geek]

Hey, you should update, the pen sketches of your dad and is dad is great! Let's see some selfportraits dude, or colour, something we haven't seen much of. Come on! keep it up:D

[PieMonster]

Rarebit: It's cool to hear you like those, that "townscape" is the view from one the 2nd floor windows actually, haha.

zelda_geek: Thanks, here's an update. Yes ... colour ... :(

Did quite a few pages similar to this first one, since Christmas Eve, actually got this sketchbook for Christmas. Been busy playing the newly aquired PlayStation3 and stuff though, which has taken a lot of my time.

[slyx]

hey there, awesome sketchbook!!
I love ur lines ^^ keep it up!

[Dile_]

haha dude! I had no idea we were the same age!

I really like this sketch

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=551024&stc=1&d=1230596860

cool stuff man, now you got me all inspired n' shit ;)

[Clochette]

You're only 16?? Oooh my god! Haaa But but but!! In 6 or 7 years you will KICK SOME SERIOUS ASS !!
I never draw like this at 16! :O

[Bill]

Those two life drawings on the couch are Fantastic. You've got some really strong fundamentals going on. Good Stuff.

[bharat]

good study things keep going....!

[PieMonster]

slyx: Thanks, I will!
Dile: Haha, thanks dude, that's good to hear. :D
Clochette: We'll see about that, haha. Thanks!
Bill: Danke schön.
bharat: Thanks.

Probably this years last drawings, and most definitely it's last update. Happy new year (in 5 hours), folks! :D

[D@niel]

First post of the year!! Cool sketching man!:)

[kidult]

Sweet stuffs!

[PieMonster]

Daniel: Argh, you beat me to it, haha. :P Thanks!
kidult: Thanks! :D

The new year kicks off!
Too lazy... must do studies... aargghgghhh.

[DStraX]

nice ting som vanelig her :) men jeg vill gjerne se litt mer digitale ting :P eller hvertfall noe med farger

[PieMonster]

DStraX: Denne er dedikert til deg, dessverre uten farger, haha. :P

This one is for you DStraX! Haha.

[polarRook]

wow man.. you've got some amazing stuff in here. It looks like you draw all the time which is great, haha you're only 16 and I've got a ways to go before I'm at your level.. haha but oh well, keep at it your improvement is inspiring!!

[chr!z]

Very cool characters doode! Especially http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=544997&stc=1&d=1229795074 this guy rocks. I would like to see more finished stuff. I mean stuff, where u spend more time on it.
I will have an eye on you!

[PieMonster]

polarRook: Thanks! :D
chr!z: I'd like to see more finished stuff as well, haha. Thanks.

What is this? can it be? yes, yes it is. It's colour!

[DanielC]

more more more ! :E

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Meget meget bra her, jeg er helt overveldet av hvor dyktig du er med blyant altså. Digitalarbeidet er på vei opp og det er fantastisk å se at du lærer hele tiden. Du kan godt sette opp til litt mer målrettede studier digitalt. Gjøre valør og overflate studier en dag og komposisjon den neste. Slike ting:)

-E

[zelda_geek]

Wonderful selfportrait, only crit is that maybe the hair needs more work, but maybe that's just me...honestly, I think it's great!
(btw, looks like you're using the same brushes as me :O)

Now keep it up!:D

[astrocrud]

Really enjoying this book! When I was your age I could hardly tie my shoes, I still have trouble but now I have the nurse tie them...Keep up the good work!!!

[Dilated]

Great SB man, your character sketches are awesome, pretty good inspiration since Im 16 as well
Keep drawing man.

[PieMonster]

DanielC: Thanks a lot for taking a look! :)
Mischeviouslittleelf: Takk for tipsene!
zelda_geek: I think the hair is fine tbh, haha, but I guess it could use a bit more work. The brushes are m@.'s, they seem to be quite common. :P
astrocrud: Haha, thanks!
sketchz: Thanks, I will!

Haha, this SP is so crap. That's what you get for having the worst light setup, and only an hour or so to paint it (I'm slow as shit). Next time I'm doing window lighting I'm gonna make sure I have more time, and a bigger window. It's only my second ever SP from life though, and yesterdays' was a lucky one. Tomorrow is school, yay.

[PieMonster]

I get all depressed looking at yesterdays SP, haha, it sucks so bad.

I really need to do more studies, and learn how composition works. The SP for today turned out crap, so I studied some features (of my own face) instead, and that in turn became an SP, so I guess it wasn't all bad.
And then there's just random shit.

[archipelago]

nice stuff! but watch your line quality! i know that is a real "easier said than done" comment, but doing loads and loads of acurate hand studies from life should help clear up the problem.

keep it up man!

[bharat]

good creative...n all things....awasome...!

[squidmonk3j]

you've come a long way, baby:)

keep it up!

[algenpfleger]

Loving it man! And that young? Damn! :D

Plus: Tons of progress ove just a few pages! :O Awesome.

[Delmar]

Huge progress from page 1 to now..impressive. The first colored SP is really good. And love your leg studies.

As for your pencils....watch your line weight, important outlines are often very thin and light which sometimes results in a very flat drawing.

Keep em comin

Cheers

Andi

[PieMonster]

archipelago: Thanks man, you're right about line quality, I'll be workin' on it.
bharat: Thanks. :)
squidmonk3j: Harrharr, thank you.
Algenpfleger: Those few pages span over more than half a year = bad work ethic. Thanks. :P
Delmar: Thanks, I'll look into the lines some more. :)

Well, been working in pen to try to do less undescriptive lines, and rather do the necessary ones. Still need to do more studies. Damn you, school!

[wookiedabo]

wow man, thats hot shit right there. awesome sketches, faces are fantastic. havent sketched in biro for ages, youve got me all inspired. cheers.

[monotony]

wow, superslick pages, dude. especially the last one is nice with your faces getting so good.
now go and practice your painting some more, I want to see colors.

[Hive_minD]

Great pages right there. Love them. Keep em coming

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Disse nyeste er fantastiske, flott bruk av forskjellige underliggende nivåer i fjesene:D digger det virkelig^^

-E

[kikindaface]

Awesome stuff for a 16 years boy ! i really love what you're doing ! Keep it up !

[seth1]

Watch your arm proportion. Most of the times you're making them to long. Keep on studying.

Seth

[Bill]

That last update is Very cool, and you got the thumbs in the right places too... :teeth:

[congadingsda]

love your pencils man, keep it up!

[chr!z]

Damn i think u will become one of the big ones if u dont stop drawing!!

[PieMonster]

wookiedabo: Cool, thanks! :D
monotony: Thanks, colour stuff should be coming up sometime in the future, haha. :)
Hive_minD: Thanks, I will!:D
Even: Takker så meget. :D
Walid D Thanks! :D
Seth: Hey man, thanks for the crit! You really need to post some more. :)
Bill: Haha, yay! :D
congadingsda: Thanks, will do. :)
chr!z: That's quite the compliment. O_o Thanks! :D

Err. Well ... yeah. Now I really need to stop procrastinating them studies.

[MeTaL-Mike]

Hey nice sb man. love the studies. keep them up.

[TZA]

last few updates have been great man. your hands in particular are looking real strong, all your figures have much more depth to them. something special growing here. what kind of industry you planning on going into?

[PieMonster]

MeTaL-Mike Thanks!
TZA: Thanks, I'm glad you can see improvement. Not sure about where I'm heading really, at current it's basically either engineer/architect vs. illustrator/concept artist. I'm more for the second option. We'll see how it all turns out. I still have a couple years of school to decide properly. :)

Just to show that I'm actually doing some life-drawing, haha.

[wookiedabo]

new years resolution to sketch more? blimey man, your cranking out a helluva lot. I cant help but notice you've nailed that pecs to deltoid connection on pretty much all your recent figures, awesome work. maybe try some more dynamic expressions and poses for your faces and figures? seriously tho, top notch output.

[Kristo Novo]

cool stuff - keep going :)

[theUNKNOWNsketcher]

ammmm lovely SB!
DRAW more!

[D@niel]

Kicking ass and taking names;)!!

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Comrade! Dine skisser blir bare bedre og bedre! Jeg er veldi inspirert av deg altså, så bare fortsett å jobb mer! Forresten; har du Skype? Da kan vi jo jamme en dag:D

rock videre!

-E

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Comrade! Dine skisser blir bare bedre og bedre! Jeg er veldi inspirert av deg altså, så bare fortsett å jobb mer! Forresten; har du Skype? Da kan vi jo jamme en dag:D

rock videre!

-E

[slyx]

awesome pencilwork in the last post :)

[Frank Gressie]

oh god what a progress! you're doing great, no crits to give. but i like to see you tackle the serious anatomy. you're gonna go far, i'll come back soon!

frank

[TheGnoll]

looking very good man, very good

i second archip comment, and add that sometimes you sketches seem a bit too "random", as if they were made up with rendom bits put together.
Its cool, and its def good practice, but sometimes try and challenge yoursel with a concept or somekind of "self assignment"
not saying to substitute this to you normal routine, but to add it, once in a while.You could do great in CHOW man :)

keep sharing, you're progressing in leaps :)

EDIT:
waitaminit
i think i missed some updates.Looks like you've been correcting the thing i mentioned already, so yeah, good job! ^^

ciao!

[Kim_bot]

Cool, cool~
I'm sure you don't need one more person telling you this, but you will definitely be great in a few years.
Watch the legs-make sure you are not just trying to cram them on the page because they seem a little short sometimes.
Keep up the good work!

[enthombed]

nice stuff as always bro.. keep posting

[Smarty]

Holy crap i wish i got my shit together at your age! I got some catching up to do. These pages show future promise of massive scale awesomeness. Loving the looseness and imagination your showing. Sometimes prportions are out of whack, but your line quality is really getting somewhere. Is that blue fineliner?

[Sebastian Gromann]

16 ?!


Damn ._.
Awesome stuff all around.
Damn ._.

[hunchback]

you sir are doingthe right things
keep up the good work youll be even better in no time.

keep up the good work:yayca:

[PieMonster]

wookiedabo: I don't really have a new years resolution like that, as you can tell by this update, hehe. School's been taking a lot of time, and this last week I had no time to do any drawing at all, that sucked. Thanks for the input on the dynamicness, I should really start studying, it's been way too long.
Kristo Novo: Thanks, I will! :)
mrUNKNOWN: Glad you think so, I'll try to draw more! :D
D@niel: Thanks a lot, Daniel! :)
Mischeviouslittleelf: Hva skjer med Skype? Haha, det hadde ikke vært lettere med MSN da? Takker takker.
slyx: Cheers, glad you think so. :)
Frank: Thanks Frank! :)
TheGnoll: That's good to hear, I don't think I've fixed all of it though, will need more work. Thanks Ryan (it's Ryan, right?). :)
Kim_bot: Yes, you're right on those legs, thanks, I will! :)
enthombed: Thanks dude. :)
Smarty: Actually, it's a normal blue ballpoint pen. Thank you. :)
SnobbyOo: Yessir, the 17th birthday is coming closer every day though, haha. :P Cheers.
Hunchback: Thanks, I will! :D

That was a lot of comments. Thanks for looking, folks, really appreciate it. This update is really small. Been busy the last couple of weeks. School, football, and some sort of exchange thing has been taking my time. Probably won't be able to update much the next week either. Hope you enjoy the update. :)

[Jasper_]

Good stuff man, your figures and anatomy look great. It seems however that on some of your figures, the wrist joint doesn't look proper. Sometimes I feel like you should show the bony shape and structure of it more, like the head of the ulna at the wrist should be more pronounced. That's just kinda nitpicky though, so keep up what your doing it looks awesome.

[Hari Gopinathan]

pie monster-- really love the 3 dimensional quality of the facial structure on that first painted face... you've really brought that out well-- and your general sketching is awesome -- love the weapon wielding dudes in pencil--- though there seems to be some stiffness in the drawings--- i think you gotta work on portraying figures and limbs in perspective--- that would definitely make the viewer feel the motion in the drawing--- other than that your sketching is pretty awesome --- keep at it dude :)

[mr. m]

16? holy shit dude! you have got some great things goin on here! :asspat:

I really dig your character doodles and it would be cool to see some color stuff from you, where you have to force yourself to work mainly with patches and overall shapes instead of lines.

I will keep checking back buddy!

[PieMonster]

Pyroclasm00: You're probably right about the wrist, thanks!
Hari Gopinathan: Thanks for looking, and yeah, the people look stiff.
mr. m: Colour stuff is on it's way, haha. Thanks.

Didn't get to do too much this week either, but it's better than nothing.
I know the colour sketch is really washed out and looks shit on the white BG, but it was looking semi-decent while I was making it, haha. The pieces are in chronological order.

[saa]

Already improving. Proportions are good, but watch the connection of the head to the torso, study the neck area and keep in mind how big the head is in relation to the rest of the body. Value wise I would suggest to do really simple studies, you really need to understand light and shade first of all. I really like your colour sketch. As you mentioned, it would work out better on a toned background. All in all the values are fine, only at his stomach area the place where the blue and the main light meet should be darker. Watch your proportions when painting. His right shoulder is distorted upwards and the right side of his face is distorted downwards. Always keep mental guidelines for symmetry and perspective. You're on the right way, just keep moving!

[wookiedabo]

awesome updates mate, especially loving the torso in the black circle on the second page. Don't neglect women in your studies tho, draw some girls. Still, great stuff.

[evildisco]

Hey mang, really cool, biro sketches. moar plz.

Trick to digi sketches is to make them on off-white instantly looking better without doing anything hahaha. :P

[Sublimus]

Nice stuff in here!

You'll be hot shit once you're trying to get a job, haha.

[paperX]

wow man..I wish I worked as hard as you at your age...really great stuff man, don't avoid rendering the pants in your studies though, gotta get some fold studies in there :P

glad the tutorial helped, keep working hard!

[PieMonster]

saa: Thanks a lot for taking the time, really appreciate it, will work on it!
wookiedabo: Thanks man, yeah, women are lacking. :)
evildisco: Thanks, I just did some quick lines and threw some color on top without thinking too much really, and it ended up with the white background.
Sublimus: Thanks, we'll see, haha.
paperX: Yes, foldpractice is good to have, I'm not really working too hard though, feels like I'm slacking really. Thanks! :)

For today: Quick colorstudy (too quick), did another, but photoshop decided to die on me halfway through. THen there's thumbs for the chow, and the chow at it's current state. Would love to get some crits on it.

[Rob!T]

skills. I really liked the last page, keep it up! and thanks for commenting in my sb a while ago.

edit: you posted that update just before I posted. nice start. I'll be checking back to see it finished.

[DanielC]

Yup, keep it up ! There's some nice stuff going on :)

[PieMonster]

Rob!T: Thanks!
DanielC: Glad you think so, thanks! :)

Little update on the CHOW, crits?

[_Mr_M_]

Hey! Placement and lightning looks good, but the pose is a bit stiff. Just my opinion! Kepp at it.

[DanielC]

I have one
finish it !
Also you might want to add some of the sky's reflection in the shadow in the floor behind her. At least keep it in mind. Keep those good values going man :]

[paperX]

looks good so far, make sure u add some elements to the bottom especially the bottom left, my eyes keep getting drawn to that gap atm, keep it up!

[DeeLock]

That CHOW is looking great the figure has a good sense of form developing.

And i agree with _Mr_M that the area at the bottom needs to have something added to it so the viewer's eye isn't drawn to it.

Nice SB!

[monotony]

the ballpointpages are madness, dude.
really cool studies as well, especially the boxers look good.
and definately finish that jedi, those finished digi paintings always bring up a few points you need to practice more.
so far it looks really good, the only thing that bugs me at this stage are her legs.
the knee on her back leg is lower whereas the foot is a bit higher in perspective, which makes the lower leg look a lot shorter.
keep working it, mate!

[PieMonster]

_Mr_M: Yeah, I'm good at stiff poses, haha, thanks!
DanielC: Good point about the reflected light of the sky, thanks man!
paperX: Thanks, I'll definitely do something about it.
deeLock: Thanks, ^! :)
monotony: Spot on crit man, initial bad placing and then using the transform tool doesn't add much to the perspective, haha. Thanks a lot!

Just some quick ballpoint stuff, thanks for the crits on the piece, I'll keep all of it in mind! :)

[zelda_geek]

Love your sketches. The lines are clean, yet full of energy. Just keep it up.

Regarding the digital painting, I think the legs look awesome. You need to work more on the head and torso though. A bad face can ruin the whole piece, you know...

Keep it up mate:D

[PieMonster]

zelda_geek: Haha, you were right about the face, it was sketched out in a couple seconds, it was far from finished. Thanks! :)

Finished the chow, here you go, think I fixed most of the things that you guys mentioned, apart from the stiffness. Also included a 100%. O_o
Sorry for the bad quality JPEG.

[grenappels]

wow, you have some pretty sophisticated lines in your figures, reallygood stuff! watch the construction of your faces though, i know its a lot to pay attention to at once but its the only area of the figure i can think to tell you to work on. keep it up!

and lol http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=591203&stc=1&d=1234458476 are you really gonna blame lag? its not even a wacom drawing where that is semi-feasible hahaha i should probably get in the habbit of writing "lag" instead of "fuck" next to every sketch i mess up on just incase i offend too many

[Smarty]

especially since you changed the arms that last one just doesn't quite look weighted right. Pay attention to shoulder vs hip direction. Here their almost the same, its not a flat upright object moving through perspective. The bodies shoulders and hip counter balance each other.

[paperX]

goood stuff man! digging the lines in the last update, I think the foreshortening on the arm looks a bit off, it looks so extreme that the hand should be bigger, or the forearm should be longer. but enough about that, every piece is a good practice, keep working hard man!

[DStraX]

takk for comment på Sketchbooken min :D tar resten av commenten på engelsk, trenger treninga :P

That last pic looks realy good :) I think that to make it look less stiff you should have made the neck a litle longer. and the forshortening on the left arm is not perfect :/ the horns are not pointing the same way and I think it'd look bether if the caracter was standing out more against the background. brighter colors maby :P hope i could help you in some way

-Tim

[PieMonster]

grenappels: Thanks dude, you're right about the faces, I have to spend more time I think. About that sketch, it was supposed to say lal which is just a really lame way of saying lol, but writing lag is even better, hahaha. :D
smarty: Very good points, when looking at it it seems akward, thanks!
paperX: The foreshortening is definitely off, probably should've had a longer upper arm and lower arm, and just plain executed it better. Thanks!
DStraX: Mange gode observasjoner, takk, er ikke helt enig med horna, men resten er greit, haha. :D


Obvious Alexander Pascenko inspiration, haha. Sorry for the small update. :(

[Dile_]

eyey man, really good work on the chow. whats up with the jpg quality tho' ? whatever , looks great :)

last pencil is cool too.. keep it up =)

[bharat]

cool perspective anatomy n sketching stuff...!

[courtyard]

Wow...beautiful book. I *love* that dam environment you posted a few days back. Thanks for posting your thumbnails so that we can see your thought process. :)

[PieterV]

I get some Floris Didden vibes when looking at this work (good thing!).
You might want to think a bit about the 4 main values when working in pencil (light, lightmidtone, darkmidtone, shadows) and how to distribute them in the page and in the objects. You could try getting some of the shadows dark enough in the beginning so you have enough contrast and something to measure the other values to. Your anatomy is already really impressive for your age!

I'm subscribing!

PS: draw more wominz

[PieMonster]

Dile: Looking at it now it doesn't look too bad, but compared to the original the jpg does it no justice in my eyes, thanks dude! :)
bharat: Thanks! :)
courtyard: Thanks a lot, it's cool to hear you like the though process, considering it's my first illustration, haha. :D
rubbadub: Floris Didden? That's quite the compliment, thanks! :D
Good points about how to distribute values, will work on it more, and wominz are a coming.

[DStraX]

hey:D ho dama i første bildet håper jeg er fra ref? for om ikke må jeg skjerpe meg sykt:P... veldig bra skisser dude! men jeg syntes ansiktene er litt like kanskje? :)

Tim

[mike butkus]

Good drawings keep it up.

[AustenFM]

Nice updates brother! 'Specially like the pen studies, rock on!

[Pigeonkill]

I love how you render your faces, I'm doing a lot of face practice too. Your styles kind of reminds me of DanielC work.

Haha, that last sketch that guy in the hello cap feed the goat some french fries and cola.

[PieMonster]

DStraX: Den er reffa, ja, haha. Ansiktene har en tendens til å ligne litt ja, skal se på det. Takk! :)
Mike Butkus: Means a lot coming from you, you do amazing work! I will! :D
AustenFM: Haha, I will, thanks! :)
Pigeonkill: Thanks, DanielC is definitely one of the stronger influences. :)

[grenappels]

heh, it's funny you mention danielc, i bet he's inspired a lot of people on here to actually think about values. when art teachers would teach value to me i never really got it until i intensely looked at his work and saw how important a full range is. anyway on that matter great rendering on the last one, the forms are really evident, good job :D

[Tigermilk]

Really nice pencil work man, your making progress quickly.

[wookiedabo]

the last character sketch is fantastic man, great expression. his heads a bit big, but meh, it's still a solid drawing. And are those....boobs? good to see some of them in ya sketches at last :P take it easy man.

[DStraX]

o den så bra ut :)
- nakken og venstre hånna hans så litt rare ut. og skyggen fra venstre beinet er feil :/ men awsome uansett :)

hvor lang tid pleier du å bruke på en tegning? tenkte på det du sa i min SB :P jeg bruker skjeldent mer en 10 min, men burde kanskje begyne med det..

[Sebastian Gromann]

geeeeeeetting goooooood maaaaaaaaaate

[Nettle_Mountain]

Very good sketches here, on the last one the chest-torso conncection is little weird thought, maybe a reference picture checkout for pose?

[courtyard]

Great update...beautiful rendering. I love the pose of the last guy--he's *very* proud of his tattoos! ;)

[PieMonster]

grenapples: Yeah, DanielC's rendering and art in general is inspirational to say the least, his improvement rate is insane! Thanks, that's good to hear! :)
Tigermilk: I really enjoy your work too, glad you think so, thanks! :)
wookiedabo: Yeah, there is some weird stuff going on in the last one, maybe he just has a small body? I think there needs to be more boobs too, haha. Thanks mate! :)
DStraX: I c wat u meen. Bruker vel som regel over en time på blyantgreiene, sjeldent noe tar under 10 min. :P Danke schön.
SnobbyOo: Thaaaaaaaank yoooooouuuuuu. :D
Edit:Nettle_Mountain: Totally missed your post the first time around, sorry! I agree about the connection there, the ribcage seems to be so long or something, thanks for pointing it out! :)
courtyard: Hmm, indeed, he is. Haha, thanks! :)

First 2 are done prior to the stuff at the top of the page. The last 2 are done today. I have no idea why the man is standing there, with a couple of swords, by the stairs. Haha.

[DStraX]

skissene dine har forbedret seg kraftig i det siste :D liker at du putter figurene inn i romm. og de våpen designene ser fete ut. du burde prøve å gjøre noen våpen thumbs snart :)

[IanE]

Sketches are flowing nicely! Loose. It's good you're using 1 complete line to draw out your idea instead of fuzzy little bits of lines that "look" like one. Very good there. It'd be really interesting to see what you can produce if you sit down and really put some hard time and mileage into 1 piece.

Keep us updated :)

[chr!z]

Doode, you anatomy skill become better and better ... its frightening.
I am practicing it too to competing you :anime:

Dont disappoint me ;-)

[Sebastian Gromann]

last are looking more and more solid dude. you'r defininetly on the right track man, just keep going and show us more booooOOoobs yo ! ha ! :)

[Hive_minD]

You are sooo kicking ass! Keep these coming. I'm getting addicted!

[Tofa]

really liking ur stuff.
especially the faces. nice pencil rendering

[paperhead]

man, I love these very nice work, awesome characters.
Keep it up:D

[PieMonster]

Bump, sorry, don't have time for replies, will do next time though! :D

[PieMonster]

DStraX: Hvilke våpendesigns? Skal se om jeg kan få gjort noen, takker!
IanE: Thanks, definitely got to do something like that sometime. I will.
chr!z: Thanks, I'll try not too. :)
SnobbyOo: You pervert you. Thanks. :P
Hive_minD: Thanks a lot!
chriis.zed: Thanks, glad you think so.
paperhead: Thanks, ich will! :)

Stuff from school, and an SP, which has a long chin, and forehead I think, it might actually be the hair that is too large when looking at it again. I'm not going back to fix it, haha.

[Dile_]

Woah.. crazy pencil skills man.. I'll get updating too, soon.. i hope.. this really motivates me hehe :) anyways.. nice lines and good values.. only thing i suppose you could do, is to focus more on what direction the planes are in.. and hatch accordingly.. like you've 'almost' done around the neck and chin! anyways its just picking.. it already looks really good.. just keep it up ;)

[Rarebit]

Looking good over here! You've got a great number of buff and partially nude men, i'd love to see more life sketches and maybe even a woman or two. :)

[Tofa]

cool update, loving ur figure drawings

[Sublimus]

Dang, man! A lot of nice updates!!

[Φ]

awesome sketchez, great variety and imaginative stuff!

moar is all I can say…
keep it up

[Frank Gressie]

bump bump bump it up
i see you're well under way! fan-friggin-tastic man!
nothing to crit, only some ass kissing for you.
maybe some color exercise?

frank

[PieMonster]

Dile_: Good crit, thanks! :)
Rarebit: Spot on, haha, will do some more girls and stuff. Thanks. :)
chriis.zed: Thanks! :)
Sublimus: Glad you think so, thanks! :)
bigfooTrooper: I don't really agree about the variety, but anyway, thanks! :)
Frank: Cheers, focusing on B/W for fundamentals at the moment, but colour is definitely coming! :)

Edit: Forgot to mention I made these in OC with Dile today, check out his sketchbook if you haven't. :)

[archipelago]

great stuff man, keep it up!

would be nice to see a lot more selfportraits and hand studies, churn those out like there was no tomorrow!

cheers dude :)

[D@niel]

Improvement every time I stop by!! Cooool:D
Great tonal use!

[PieMonster]

archipelago: Thanks man, will definitely do more of them.
D@niel: Really glad you think so man, thanks! :)

SP and random sketch. Best pencil SP I did yet, going to do more for sure.

[DStraX]

oo selvportrettet så bra ut C: du må gjøre flere av de! skal prøve meg på det selv nu^^

[DannySketch]

Look at us all in the same ssg and shiz nit!

Brilliant stuff dude!really nice to look through.

Very nice lines, and characters, you have a nice sense of form but I think you need to work on your rendering in terms of lighting and generally creating a finished final piece. I think as you move into digital thats really going to help you.

[Ahim]

That sure is an awesome SP !

[Rushlord]

Omg you developed fast. And you are only 16. That is really insane. I'm sure you are going to be amazing when you are 20 or something. Keep it up.