N-Man's SB: Updated April 23rd, 2010 (two guys, one post)

[N-man]

old stuff...go to last page



hello everyone here at CA:yayca: if you dont recognize my name its because i just registered and figured id put up a sketchbook of my own. hope you like:)

i just started delving into photoshop recently to start building up skill in it. this is what i have so far. once i get a scanner ill put drawings ive done.


studies i did based on idiot apathys mentoring.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3061/2486887893_2d63b1833d.jpg

this is a work in progress i started 20min ago and im still working on it :)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2257/2530650017_b58cfa05fe.jpg
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[Moftah]

N-MAN,welcome welcome welcome
good start
and get that scanner :)


Moftah's Sketchbook

[N-man]

heres a small update.

this took about an 1hr 45min so far and still working on it:) this is from idiot apthy's mentoring too.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2206/2532116334_944817700c.jpg


i did some more work on the portrait. still dont like it especially the crappy nose:(
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2001/2532051704_a60a163f57.jpg

[N-man]

another small update...i need a nap.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3187/2533477445_1ba157d65a_o.jpg

[N-man]

finally found my scanner and ill be updating with more pencils soon:)

just started this a couple hours ago and i really like it so far. still working on it though.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3078/2537337606_82d9f812ab.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3078/2537337606_2137f92468_o.jpg

[N-man]

some more. would love to hear(read) your thoughts:)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2282/2537483814_57a2311f5b_o.jpg

this is about a year old but i still like it.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2196/2536649501_9d9fbe3b65.jpg

[N-man]

small update. im working on another idiot apathy project and ill post when ive done more work on it.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2185/2538125713_bc749e2fcb.jpg

[N-man]

another idiot apathy assignment.work in progress.
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[N-man]

didnt get to work on this guy as much as i wanted but heres an update
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quick sketch of a viking i did
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[N-man]

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[N-man]

two sketches
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[Black Spot]

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If you adjusted the highlights in her eyes a bit it would help. Yours make her eyes look away, while your reference is looking directly out of the picture.

[N-man]

hey thanks:)
all fixed up
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[N-man]

im playing with color with this sketch. i like it with lines but i almost want to continue it without cause i like the way it looks:)
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[N-man]

quick sketch for an entry for the undersea utopia
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[Ash888]

Very nice job with the portrait of the girl. Thanks for posting the progress.

[N-man]

Very nice job with the portrait of the girl. Thanks for posting the progress.

thank you:)

[N-man]

update! i also put this in the critique section if someone wants to critique it:)
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[thesadpencil]

off to a nice start, i like the studies, they are coming along nicely. i think you could use some more work on your anatomy. so maybe try doing some bridgman or loomis studies, and some life drawing wouldn't hurt either. keep it up.

[N-man]

off to a nice start, i like the studies, they are coming along nicely. i think you could use some more work on your anatomy. so maybe try doing some bridgman or loomis studies, and some life drawing wouldn't hurt either. keep it up.

thanks for the response:) yea i gotta get back to doing more studies. sadly though i wont have my next life drawing till fall:(

[N-man]

just experimenting...i kinda like the wood:)
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[N-man]

to much extra crap not enough art this week. started this about an hour ago but i plan on doing more studies.
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[N-man]

been gone awhile, but im back(for now :) ) haven't practiced much digitally so i thought id try to make a female from memory. hopefully you guys like it.

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from start to finish
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ill probally work so more on her but im tired :)

[N-man]

this was intended to be a quick study to help me learn color and get better at photoshop painting. well it ended up turning into maybe 8hours. needless to say my eyes burn so hopefully i did an alright job;) anyways this is the first color study i've done in photoshop besides the pear so hopefully it came out well.

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[Arsenopyrite]

I love your most recent piece. You may want to work on your faces..they're the hardest part of realistic art. I love your colouring and digital skills. Keep up the great work!

[N-man]

did a quick mountain scape painting today for some environment practice.
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[mugen1]

nice digital painting n man. i like the mountain one

[N-man]

something i'm working on now but still in the works. i'm thinking i may change the coloring of her completely.


edit:i changed the hue/saturation and used a color doge layer...im still not sure if im happy though

[N-man]

finished! or close to it. i might go back and spend more time on it. who knows.

another try using no ref's hopefully it turned out well

[kelly x]

Hi and don't be afraid to continue to use ref. they will really help you with anatomy. Look at ref for these last two especially for the crotch area, not correct, the faces out of your head seem to be beautiful on the other hand. It is not cheating to use ref. at all especially when your learning. Very good start here - also the limbs are very extra long - I'm still learning too, fyi! Thanks for posting.

[N-man]

i did use a little reference on that pic for the hips, but it was a picture that i wasn't happy with while i worked on it and i kept screwing with it when i should have scraped it. the crotch does look likes its folding over :( thanks for the comments.

edit:my friend pointed out a good number of mistakes so ill go back and fix those and work on the face some more.
another study hope you like

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[Merlin]

Hi, nice studies. Reminds me a bit of my own photoshop studies, trying to copy it exactly as the photo ref. Learned a lot from doing that. I think your main problem at the moment are faces, so also keep studying faces separately.

You did a pretty good job at the last one you made, but there are some things to point out. The one you painted seems to have a sort of bump on her head. Also her crotch should go a bit more to the right, so that it's right under her navel. Also the shoulder area should be a bit more wider.

You are definitely on the right way, keep on studying and you will get better and better. ;)

[N-man]

thanks for the comments. i like the idea about doing just face studies ill keep that in mind:)

i worked on this some more and hopefully it turned out better. i thought it would be cool to make a before and after animation so i did so.

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[kelly x]

just bring out the eyes a bit more and shade under the chin and cheek line, this is amazing work! now your going to animate?? cool!

[N-man]

thanks kellyx:) and i meant animate it like i did in the post above with the before and after so people could see what changed.

i've been working on this for the past couple of days, and its been way to long on one study so i'm calling this finished and moving on. hope you guys like it

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[meltface]

good stuff... as for guidance all I have is 2 things on the photo study

for faces make sure you have the big shape first...the outline of the face....
if you compare yours with the photo it seems a little tall. If that initial shape of the face is wrong its never going to feel completely right.

also the eyebrow on the right is looking strange, mainly because the value of the area just underneath is brighter than in the photo, if you darken that and maybe soften the edge of the eyebrow just a little it would help.

[N-man]

thanks:) yea i'm probally going to re visit that guys face in the future.

this next one made me really happy when i worked on it and i think it came out really well. i think its my best piece so far hope you guys think so too. this took about 3hours i think. and by the way am i scaling these down correctly? i save the the high res version as a jpeg then create new documents of lower resolution and scale them down?

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[Peetaer]

the one you did in post 24 is awesome. keep doing stuff like that for realistic lighting, form, and color.

keep it coming. you've got a promising start!

[N-man]

thanks Peetaer:) i appreciate your kind words. ill probally have so more work either today or sometime soon.

[RandAlThor]

Good works here dude, that photo practice def helps, i did something similar recently and its amazing how much we just dont see unless we start to analyze it. I hope your picking your colors yourself too, instead of sampling, this will really help with your understanding of what colour does. keep it coming dude ;-)

[N-man]

thanks RandAlThor:) yes i pick my own colors, but until the womens face study i didn't really think about what colors i was using. i was just picking colors and putting them down, and if they weren't right id just overlay another color until it was. now i'm thinking "am i adding grey to this color?" "how saturated is it?" stuff like that. my colors seem to be better now that i'm doing it which makes me happy.

anyways been busy lately and only had enough time to a quick study. i mainly was trying to get the color right on this one.

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[N-man]

speed paint from kingdom of heaven. i think ill do more of these soon.

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[Verehin]

Good studies...I want as you more time to spare life drawning

[N-man]

face painting no reference. wanted to try adding a different colored light this time. i think it came out pretty good.

edit:i just realized the eyes were off. ill fix and update later when i have time.

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[N-man]

been gone for awhile been busy with school. i did this sketch and i decided to try to add some mood with some color.

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[Nettle_Mountain]

photostudies going well, keep that up mister

sometimes shape of the faces could be little off in some pictures

[N-man]

i decided to take the last picture and make a short graphic novel type thing out of it. its something ive always wanted to do so hopefully people like it:)

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[N-man]

i did these two studies today and have more on the way.

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[N-man]

some speedies from some movies

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[N-man]

quick study more to come i hope
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[N-man]

about an hour study from reference.

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[DARAF]

Keep going dude. Do it daily.

[N-man]

been busy lately havent been able to work on things as much as i want. all these are from reference most of them wip's. im planning on making another short grahpic novel story, which is going to be more planned out with better rendering and story...hopefully;)

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[N-man]

wanted to work on my composistion so i did this real quick. i plan on having more to upload later.
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[N-man]

just finished this took about an hour. did it from reference.
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[dcriler]

nice colors in your anatomy studies. I would say maybe you could go a little darker with your shadows, to really emphasize the figure's shape.
Great job so far, keep it up!

[N-man]

thanks man:) i wanted to do an enviroment so i cooked this up real quick. been really enjoying bumskee's sb and been vastly inspired. gotta keep trucking now.

i really liked the colors in this one.
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[N-man]

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[N-man]

been working on this the past couple days and now im tired of it. guys legs need more work but i need a nap:) hope you enjoy.

i found it interesting how much the colors differ from when i started to finish. the first one is the old one.
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[Anthony]

Keep it up, you're doing well :) I notice you have very accurate color values on the ones you're working from reference - are you sampling directly from the photo for the colors? If so, do some studies where you focus on the right values, and put the form on the back burner for a minute. Craig Mullins practically survives on good color values ;)

[Giorge]

hi, took a peek trough your book , and i must say, copying photos won't take you anywhere , trait still life , draw/paint from life what ever you can get you hands on ... its a good exercise

[N-man]

no i find the colors myself so that ill actually learn color. i have figure drawing classes but i work from photos when i dont have class.

i just found out that once again my monitor had whacked out color and brightness.i always wondered why my friends had such negative reactions to some of the colors i used. i find out today my brightness was so high that areas that were black to my friends had brighter colors to me. I used that thx optimizer so hopefully everything is better now. im going to post below what i was seeing and what you guys saw.

this is what i was seeing
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this is what you guys were
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[N-man]

just started to read andrew loomis's chapter on color...don't know why i haven't before:( anyways i feel like i've learned alot even in the small ammount ive read so far. Ive been also looking through idiot apathy's and bumskee's sketchbook and been enjoying what i've seen. i was inspired so i did this with what ive learned so far.
quick enviroment
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[N-man]

this took a couple of hours hope you guys like.

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[N-man]

study from photo.

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[pencil1]

Nice colors and Values on the last one. I think the back of his head turned out quite small though ;)

[N-man]

been a long time. alot of classwork to be done. worked on this guy a couple hours over a week, and im tired of him. hopefully i can muster up some energy later on or down the road to put some more work into it. hope you guys like:)

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[N-man]

i ment to do this the other day and i forgot.

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[N-man]

worked on this for awhile hopefully it turned out nice:)
hopefully the size is ok i had to scale it down.
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[N-man]

been gone for awhile so i thought id update. i havent cropped these so ill just put links for now until i do.

http://nmanblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/flyingcrop2.jpg
http://nmanblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/skeletol-guy7.jpg
http://nmanblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/alienantlerguy2.jpg
http://nmanblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/kingside2.jpg

[N-man]

i got all my stuff cropped and thought i would update.
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[N-man]

heres some studies i've done. been trying to get my line work skill to be better.
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http://nmanblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/shopkeep.jpg
edit: heres another one
http://nmanblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/womenonphone.jpg

[N-man]

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[N-man]

another study
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[N-man]

this is the first thing ive done in a long time that ive actually enjoyed creating.
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[N-man]

been painting my recent sketch. trying to get a painterly feel(if thats a word)
still a w.i.p
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[JaneM]

I like how you have so much different in here! You try many things, and that's good. ;) You are good at drawing what you see! One of my favourites is the king in post #71.

Keep it up! I hope more people will come here and see your art.

[SPACEMOD]

I have to say, you are progressing fast and your lines and colors are lookin good.

Keep it up :)

[N-man]

sorry i didn't reply to your comments earlier:( i haven't looked at my sketchbook for a bit now. thank you very much though.

heres stuff done recently and not recently and some of my traditional stuff. hopefully everything got cropped and sized right.

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[N-man]

still a w.i.p but its getting there.
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edit: small update to it i'm liking the colors better. i also changed the size cause i think it might show up bigger then its suppose to for people with lower resolutions.
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[N-man]

update. i have some other stuff too that ill need to crop and get up here.
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[N-man]

another update. i think i'm going to call it finished and work on something new.
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[N-man]

just about finished i think. might work on it some more if i find time.
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[N-man]

William Bouguereau study. about 3 hours i think.
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[N-man]

another enviroment. still working on it but its almost done i think.
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[XanaChama]

Your work stands out to me. I hope you're proud of your progress, because you really have a lot of ability. I subscribed to your thread. I look forward to more updates from you ^^

[Brun]

hey man,

your last studies are paying of really well :)

focus a bit more on the light affects your scene, and how it affect colour also

keep on kicking ass

x

[N-man]

thanks for your comments i really appreciate it:) wish i had more to update with, but i recently got a job so finding free time has been hard. i have a book cover in the works for an old teacher of mine and also working on a video game that will hopefully make its way to consoles some day. anywho heres a dump.

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[N-man]

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[N-man]

been awhile, and i thought i would put some new stuff up.

we had to design a barf bag for one of my classes.
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Christmas card i made real quick for my family.
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quick doodle.
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2 quick still life's.
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character design i did for fun.
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quick doodle.
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[N-man]

stuff

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work in progress
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[N-man]

quick doodles and wip's

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[N-man]

small update
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[cgaddict]

Great update; I'm particularly impressed with how you handle material in your paintings (skin, fabric, metal, all look exactly how they should, and you seem to handle it with such ease).

With that said, I'm a bit disappointed at your misleading thread title, as I was expecting an abundance of cookies when I entered this thread, preferably Chips Ahoy :D

[ryan mcshane]

wow man, keep this stuff up! it's beautiful mannn! i love them. do you use no opacity for your charcters? they look so nice :heart:

[Wilko]

Nice sketchbook! You got some great digital painting skills.

[N-man]

Thank you for the kind words i really appreciate it:)

@cgaddict- sorry i ran out of cookies right before you posted

@ryanoir- it's just a default round brush with size set to pen pressure, and opacity/flow set to that as well.

some sketches

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[N-man]

still have mass effect on my mind.
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[N-man]

might work on the top guy some more. the second picture was originally from the bug looking guy from the sketch above.

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[Mister Dark]

WAO! That's a really fine looking sketchbook you've got there pal!
Your rendering is precise and confident. Good stuff.

[kischi]

Wow your rendering skills are nuts! You improved a lot since last year, maybe you could work a little on your anatomy skills and you'll do so awesome in no time.
Cheers

[Icecold]

Oh my those enviros! But you've won, by doind spawn!

Stars from me, cheers.

[Lakka]

Massive steps in improvement man, seriously, way to go!


I'm sure you'll keep it up so, ehh, see ya :D

[karantina]

the last page is amazing..your progress is so impressive.

[Metal Fingers]

Ah man, that spawn and clown drawing has won my heart! Been a huge spawn fawn since day one! woot woot, keep up all the hardwork, its paying off mos definitely.

[N-man]

i really appreciate all the kind words from you guys:)

heres some quick sketches and other stuff that i hope you like.

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[andres333]

probably u need to do some gestures