Yiako sketches [09.06]

[Yiako]

Nothing to see here. Keep moving...

[metaphysiks]

well good start my man, i can tell from the studeis of the heads that you have some knowledge already. these are good things to study, like teh cloth that you were studying and the painting is good to mess around with. just focus yourself, bust your ass and you will improve and this is a good way to see that improvement.
good luck
meta

[killing.people]

cool sketches man,
you are very clean, all these good artists on this site are very motivating.
i am interested to see what you grow into.

[roger]

Buenos dibujos Yiako. También me gustan los estudios de valores (no se si se puede traducir así a la brava), los últimos que has hecho parecen más detallados que los primeros de todo, sigue así!

[siskol p]

i really like your line drawings a lot, i'd like to see some modeling of forms though,

and just from going from start to finish on the paintings i'm very impressed with the rapid progression..

[endregan]

these are amazing., your anatomy looks down pact pretty much. its pretty solid. good work!

[Robolus]

Hey Yiako, you´re improving very fast! Good exercises, ahh, and your ogre is great! :D
:chug:

[guggemmaneuver]

Yiako,
these are some very impressive sketches--Keep up the great work!!! i look forward to seeing more of your posts here!

SINE~cerebrally,
guggenmaneuver

[-The Swift-]

wow, your sketches rocK! i really like your style! spiderman rules!
keep it up! good work!:D

[van]

Fantastic work!

[steak-tron]

these are great Yiako. I like your experiments with acrylics and inks (though you may not.) The red goblin face is cool and full of character. Having said that I think your caricatures cool too. Especially the big nose guy with the tiny body and the surprised/whaaa? girl. Refs are good for supporting the doodles, but when it's straight from the brain it's gold.
awesome work -steak
(cool line work too with the hatching and such, and I'm glad to see some Alien refs. as it's one of the greats)

[van]

I hear you! I am very big into reference drawing right now and reference painting. I am finding that my ability to judge color and value is increasing with every passing day as I do this.

[van]

Excellent stuff, my friend. Faces are looking wonderful.

[obid619]

wow. keep this up and you'll definetely earn yourself stars like the pro's on this website

[chudzta]

Appears your dilligence is getting you places. I agree the faces are looking more and more believable by the minute - keep up the work - peace.. chudds

[Fipse]

Hi Yiako,

I can feel with you - I couldn´t draw for 2 month and everything´s feeling clumsy at the moment. But I think this is just temporary and you´ll be catching up fast. BTW I surely see development in yourr drawings, you get better definitions and the emotions of your faces are getting better and better, too.

Fipse

[van]

Keep the faith, man. Its just a slump. You are progressing well and I cant wait to see more.

[AndreasM]

Some damn fine faces. Your shading is good, too. Quick and accurate.

[steak-tron]

lookin sharp a' hell yaiko! I really like how you nail an emotive (art word? or is it a word at all?) face and character with a few pencil strokes. It's very signature yaiko. you might want to think about doing some of these in ink, or even with a brush (just a thought). and yes the predator does puff blunts when he's not hunting human prey. (I like the predator, but I see what you meen.)
keep posting-steak

[steak-tron]

the exaggeration is great too

[van]

Damn.

I love it. All of it. Keep going.

[Pezz3D]

I see some resvoir dog styled sketches, and guess what.... I LOVE THEM. heh. Good job keep it up.

[abyss]

hey
i see youre tryin and i must say HOW GLAD I AM
someone is really doing sth instead of just posting stupid"awesome awesome " (blah!) replys
i love the work youre doing with clothes
hat off for that one.im havin troubles with that but
ill get round...
you should work more on your shadows tho.

[abyss]

well..i have no reason to lie to you
these are begginer stuff
i should know coz mine look bout the same.
maybee you should try starting up with basic shapes and then adding up
a friend showed me and it works really.
and you HAVE TO check out mister tews
stuff.

[JackalAnubis]

I like your sketchbook a lot, great stuff, you certainly have been a busy boy! are you doing life studies too?

[chudzta]

o u deserve some attention my boy.

the last chick sideways is superb.

i would say your improving greatly.. but every page seems to fluctuate. so im guessing youve got quite some potential. keep striving pal. i enjoyed looking - chudds

[steak-tron]

these get better and better. You have pleasant illustrative quality about the faces and figures, like caricature with good anatomy. You could try putting value in some of them digitally... just a thought.

[-The Swift-]

good work yiako, yuor anatmoy is improving incredibly well, just keep going.

keep up with the dedication:)

[Neireth]

I've been looking through your sketchbook and all I can say is that I wish I could find some time and sketch as much as you do. Because wow... Really nice improvement...

Keep going!

And btw, thanks for commenting my sketchbook. =)

[artistanbul]

good work.. some of your works remind me of artist ignacio noe. and that has to be a good thing :)

[abyss]

yiako my friend
impressed with the amount of work youve done..really..
i love you completely :)
you improved gigantly (YAY)
suggestion tho
start working outside a bit so you dont get sick of human race
its so much more fun and you deserve to rest

[-The Swift-]

cool animals, i like the monkey the best! keep at it yiako! it's looking good from where i'm standing!:)

[foster]

dude! you have been working hard and it shows in your incredible improvement. you are experimenting and drawing form all kinds of reference to help expand your visual vocabulary. smart work and good work.

jon

[steak-tron]

here here! (in agreement with sir foster)
Yaiko, your work is turning into something very awesome. I find that a key to great artwork is to build off of good, existing techniques but add something personal to create work unique to anything preceding it. I can see that in your work. keep pushing it dude, i'm eager to see mo'

[Renzsu]

Really nice progress you're making here! I like the way you theme your studies, knees, clothes etc.. I think I will start a similar sketchbooks (yes I will copy you hahaha ;) nah just kidding, but you got me fired up here :) )
Keep posting, I have this thread bookmarked ;)

[Main Loop]

good stuff in here... proportions are a bit off most of the time, and i believe its due to your approach, which seems to me like a lot of focus on the outlines then shading em in.. theres a general lack of solidity in structure.. try to think more in terms of 3 dimensions, especially when working from a photograph.. i hope you are balancing the photo drawing with a lot of drawing from life as well..

[steak-tron]

- I think your proportions are off Yaiko, if you’re going for photo-realism. But I suspect that’s not exactly what you’re trying to do. This goes along with my aforementioned statement. If your proportions were on they wouldn’t' look like your drawings. That’s not to say throw proportion out the window or that proportion is not a necessary element, but that it can be manipulated.
When I look at your sketches I do see solidity and structure (no lop-sided eyes), but an exaggeration of proportion - like caricature. That horse is one of my favorites, the head is too big for the body and the eye is huge, but it looks like its popping out at you, and the eye fits, its just exaggerated.

Hopefully that’s what you’re going for, even if it's not I still like it.

You probably could kick up the value. I got a toned paper sketchebook and it helps to find the lightest point in the drawing - an important part of understanding tone. If you keep a white charcoal pencil nearby its a great way to add solidity because it instantly sets up a mid tone. When shading its good to be additive (add ground) and subtractive, and to move back and forth

I hope that helps, sorry i wrote you an essay;)

[-The Swift-]

great work yiako, i always envy the amount of work you do and how disiplined you are,just keep at it.
i also envy your lines and shading, mine are always so sketchy and i always have trouble drawing "defining lines" you seem to have that nailed!

i'll be back:)

[abyss]

hey yiako my friend!you know that 2 options lung made
so everybody can tell him what they would like?
i voted for as many as quicker.one thing i wouldnt like is that he just made some quickers before logging in to post whatever.dont take this the rong way.i envy the amount of work you do (blah im repeating myself again, ... but its truth)
but if you get tired you should have a day or two just for yourself not for your thread.and do whatever it is you would like most even if it means not finishing anything up.
wouldnt want you to see drawing as an obligation after a time.

blabbling...
anyways, i said all this because i got the impression (from these last few ones) you werent very into them whilst doing them.
mostly a bad thing.
i might be rong tho.

and sth else.one thing i looooove!its amazing and i dont know if youve noticed but seems you have something specific.
your own style is buildin up.
i mostly rape other peoples :(

[-The Swift-]

great updates yiako, the stuff with no refs shows how wide your knowledge of face and anatomy has improved, your digital stuff is also so really cool!

keep at it

-the swift-:)

[obid619]

gosh darnit yiako. Your thread is awesome. I've been aggrevated when people say this is beginner stuff. I dont think so. You got a lot of creativity and i love your style. In fact, I just don't know why your not getting any stars. :( it sucks man. Any way lemme give you a tip: even though you have great skill try to take more time on just one piece of art work (maybe take a good while on a mechanical pencil piece.) I'd love to see what you can do then.

[tyboogie]

im really diggin teh way you draw!

i would second the notion of doing some finished paintings

keep it up bro!!

ty

[Jeff Gran]

good studies. I like the color work too, but you should spend more time and refine them more, get some hard and soft edges.

[maldrin]

this stuff is coming along nicely, yiako...I'm impressed!

keep up the good work! do you have some finished pieces out there? I'll have to look - i'm with jeff - i'd love to see some refined and finished works.

keep it up!

[steak-tron]

nice studies as always. I like the pen ones you did a while back, It's good that your working on values and color but your strength is in the lines. See if there is a way you can incorporate that into the color work. (like scanning a draw and coloring over.)

keep up the goodness.
-steak:D

[Jeff Gran]

cool, I like the new digital study. It shows what you can do when you put your mind to it.

[maldrin]

the sketches look great, and your longer color study is also excellent!

I'm impressed...yes, i am lazy and hate dealing with those kinds of issues, too.

notice *i* don't have a sketchbook thread? i'm even lazier than you!

nice work. keep it up!

[dakoscwash]

Damn man, you're really improving. Keep up with all these studies, they've been helping me alot as well. Just don't forget to apply what you learn! Keep up the good work.:chug:

[metalwinds]

hey man, good stuff you got going here.. . .nice value sensativity in your drawings. that last color work looks pretty good.. .some nice things going on in it, but the black outlines are really distracting... . id like to see you color over them next time. keep rockin those studies.. .youre doin good

[Yina]

great studies, the tones and values re well done! :D

[van]

Keep it going!

[van]

:chug:

Thats what I am talking about. Great lookin studies.

[Summer Pudding]

Your anatomy studies, where you pack the page out with stuff, are excellent.

Top bombin'

[van]

Originally posted by Yiako
More doodles. No ref, sorry.
http://www.membres.lycos.fr/aramchekpoint/dailysketch/02/08060401.jpg

Why would you be sorry about this? This is good stuff! Workingwith no ref is when the imagination is working at full throttle. :) Keep going!

[van]

Originally posted by Yiako
@Summer: Economy. I can´t see a white spot on paper without thinking that I am wasting 0,001 Euro :)
@Van: The problem is that my imagination is like a 50cc scooter

C'mon man! What you say with your mouth you believe in your mind. Youre a fuckin Wide-Glide, bro. So, stop downing yourself and draw! :)

And thanks for the cool update!

[abyss]

heh, that digital did good to the drawing!
as always, yiako - i am your fan.
(one thing i gotta point out tho- man, do you like humans or what!!!)

[roger]

hey Yiako, nice studies! you keep progressing.

One thing i'd take more care with is the size of the heads because sometimes they're too big (como el "cabezón" :) ), do you draw the head first? if so, try doing the body before the head instead. I have the same problem and I've seen that if I do the body first I can somehow minimize it, but when I start from the head most of the time they come out too big.

[abyss]

the size of the heads..i think the real problem isnt the size but the perspective :/
..or do the whole body sketch very weekly and then work on it, adding layers and details.one thing i realised just the other day, and finally with all the glory there is to it, is-
keep it as simple as possible
:) see ya.

[van]

Not a bad speedy at all. Very colorful. Why the white outline? Was this done *after* you got the intitial paint down on the dude?

[lowpolymatt]

Great progression in this thread! Nice work!

[NoUseFrAName]

dude, I think people might have started slacking when it comes to giving out stars! this thread is great! I nearly passed it by.
I'll give you 5 stars...sweet studies & stuff...and I really dig your style.

-Rob

[codakromek]

Oh, my god,,,,you are like as good as Jack Davis or Juan Giminez,,, I am totally floored by your skillz.....everything is sweet,,,,I like the big heads, when it looks so real,,,it's even cooler to have severe proportional imbalances....whoa....amazing,,,,,you are the greatest doodler maybe ever

[:Morgoth:]

your lifedrawing is very strong keep up the good work!

[young paddy1]

The break from drawing doesn't seem to have done you any harm, good work, really like the top hat guy.

[Pesmerga]

They're great for no ref pics. I gotta try that 3D thing someday.

[van]

Digging this stuff.

http://tinypic.com/aviykg.jpg

Looking good, Yiako.

[van]

Hehe. Thanks, man. I am just digging going through all of these threads that I have not seen in ages. Amazing progress. I started a new sketchbook thread, because I just couldn't bear looking at some of that old stuff. Even after I turned them into links.

I need to put a link to it in my sig.

[clogik]

very cool sketches man. keep postin!

[hurricane]

interesting view !

keep on posting !

cheers

[van]

ANother great batch! =)

[Fellah.]

I dig your style dude! Sweet stuff! I think a mix of ref and no ref is a good thing. Its better to have a few bad habbits (that look good :rendered: ) than having to depend on ref for the most part. Too much ref without doing stuff from the mind kills imagination and skill in the long run. keep rocking - looks cool man.

[van]

Damn, Yiako. That's some cool stuff....TOO SMALL. ;)

[shyamshriram]

Hey....lots of sweet work here....love ur pencil studies and bright colour works :) keep it up !

[van]

Um. That last one is freaking me out.

:) Love the updates. As far as changing the name of the thread. I just changed mine the way we always have and it worked.

[gibsini]

Some very nice sketches on your thread, keep workin your anatomy and most important keep postin