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[mclovin]

hi im caine im 16 and live in perth australia ive been hanging around here for a while and ive figured out the only way im gonna get any better is to let people help me.
here are a few of my sketches i havnt been very imaginative latley so a few of them are not my idea
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn112/cainvenom/002.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn112/cainvenom/003.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn112/cainvenom/004.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn112/cainvenom/005.jpg
(above) is a cutout of a entry i was gonna do for the deep cow event
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn112/cainvenom/001.jpg

id realy appreciate some adivce and c&c are welcome

[Hilbruks]

This is ok. But as people keep telling me, you have to study the subject that you draw. Gather reference. Learn more about anatomy both in humans and animals. And most important of all; Stay Curious.
And Australia, you have some crazy flora and fauna down there. Go nuts ;)

[mclovin]

ok ill work on a few things and post them soon

[originaldoive]

hey man, i'm also pretty new at all this stuff
so i thought i'd try and give u a bit of feedback cause i know thats what i'm looking for
i think you've got some cool ideas here, the characters are interesting which is great. but i agree with Hilbruks, it looks like u just need to make sure you have references for what your drawing, so that you can nail the basics.
you've just gotta keep chipping away at it, and get that under your belt.
that's what i keep getting told anyway and it seems to work
best of luck to you mate

[anjin]

it's always a good thing to start a sketchbook, specially if you ave a iron-will to keep it update regularly. Anyway, one advice: buy a anatomy for artist book and work on it. At the moment, stop to raw orks, aliens dragons and things so and give to yourself a more solid anatomy base, draw from life, sketch everything. :)
You'll be happy to see how fast you can improve your skills in this way. :)

[StolenSky]

Hi, it's cool that you've started a sketchbook.
I agree with Anjin, buy a book on anatomy and do a lot of studies and draw from life whenever you can. Ask your friends if you can do some sketches of them so that you're studying anatomy and drawing from real life human beings. My friends think i'm wierd when i ask to draw them so i don't tell them i'm doing it.
All the best, keep at it :)

[mclovin]

ok i found my old anatomy book im starting some sketches today

[mclovin]

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn112/cainvenom/001-2.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn112/cainvenom/002-1.jpg

theres some of what ive done sorry its a little late

[mclovin]

im going away for a day or two so no updates till then

[mclovin]

my first try at a digital image i probably should have spent more time on it
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn112/cainvenom/001-Copy.jpg

[thek]

A good start! Enthusiasm and a willingness to open yourself up for constructive criticism and learning are essential.

Do many drawing exercises before you start drawing. Try drawing things like circles and squares and horizontal/vertical lines - they're great for building hand eye coordination and increasing confidence. Also, once you've done a drawing, try holding it up to a mirror to see how it looks. Most beginner's drawings are skewed one way or another, and by looking at it in a mirror we can start to try and control the distortion.

Keep going!

[mclovin]

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn112/cainvenom/aquaman.jpg
thanks thek i drew some basic shapes and some wierd shapes today
and about the picture above basicaly its aquaman i didnt realy put much detail in it i just airbrushed colours and smudged them it isnt realy finished but i figured i spent to much time on it

[mclovin]

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn112/cainvenom/001-6.jpg
just mucking around with layers

[Brun]

great stuff, u have a vibrant imagination, i think you are doing great for a 16 year old kid, keep it comming, my only suggestion would be to do some master studies or some colour theorie, other then that U rock :)

keep posting please :)

[mclovin]

thanks burn i didnt realy try with colour on the last one it was just a quick attempt at layering but next time ill pay more attention

[mclovin]

wow ok its been 3 years since my last post Ive improved heaps and Ive been working on a few indie mmo's designing random stuff Ive also had a bit of a sporting break training for a big event now thats over Ive decided to do what ive found easy for myself to do weapon(sword+gun+shield+bow+armor) /misc item design and creature design. im not sure if i can post any of the stuff i have done for these games so im just going to start drawing some weapons and stuff oh and plz be brutal with the crits

[mclovin]

heres some sketches i did in my space time just some random robot parts i tried to do with a there of theme of "living robots"
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn112/cainvenom/001-11.jpg