kdash's sketchblog

[k-dash]

So class is kind of cancelled now on fridays so i'm going to upload and start this sketchblog with some sketches and speedpaints.

[k-dash]

heres some paints the first one is a couple of hours and the the last ones about 30min each. I need more prac. and critiques please.......i'm currently working on some cast drawings i'll post the progress soon.

[k-dash]

so here are two wips a piece inspired from skan srisuwan and a zulu warrior, and finally a speed painting.

[k-dash]

New image for my zulu project and a speedy.

[P]

Hi k-dash. Really great anatomy skills man! Those sketches looks good. Paintings also not bad, I like the portrait speed painting on post #2. Keep posting and improving!

[JFierce]

The one thing on the digi paints I notice is you are using the smudge tool it seems

You want to avoid smudge tool
This thread explains it better than I could
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47859


Interesting stuff though
I like the ones with abstract elements mixed in :)

[mAkAm]

hey, really nice sketches you have here. i love the last one from your first post.
are u using references or comes it from your mind? as for the digis. today i found Linda Bergqvist :D. amazing artist! she offers a few tutorials,tips and tricks on her site. if you don't know them already here is the link:
http://www.furiae.com/index.php?view=gallery
keep posting man! cheers

[k-dash]

The one thing on the digi paints I notice is you are using the smudge tool it seems

You want to avoid smudge tool
This thread explains it better than I could
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47859


Interesting stuff though
I like the ones with abstract elements mixed in :)

thanks for tips and stopping by i'll have to look into that stuff.
mAKAm - thanks for the site link these are a mixture of reference and non reference mostly just practice. thanks for stopping by i'll make some rounds and check out you guys sb's.
ciao

[duck_king]

Cool work K-Dash. I like the anaotomical drawings really inspirational stuff.
It's great to see anatomy of both the male and female bodies.
See ya around.

[k-dash]

another iteration of the zulu concept i'm working on.

Please crit!!!!

[thespianmonsalvo]

Sweet stuff! I really like how the Zulu warrior piece is coming along. The colors used are really good to help express the tension in the piece. I think they could be pushed a bit more, though. It seems kind of "soft" in a way right now.

[k-dash]

thanks d:D and now for more. haha

here is another take on the zulu i was working on its pretty close to finish now...well closer than it was. I readjusted the colors since there is some disconnect between my monitors and i worked over the figure some more and fixed my eyes.

[k-dash]

i almost forgot to post this one. i've been working on this in my free time.
It's basically a girl a mech and a throw up tag on the floor. This is a WIP i'll put into my cache to finish later....much later probably.

[thespianmonsalvo]

Just noticed, on your mech girl - her head seems a bit large and her neck seems too long and like it's bent at a really odd angle. More like a noodle than a neck.

[k-dash]

Here go a couple of matte paintings i'm working on. the second one is a pretty early WIP

[k-dash]

heres some updates some of these pieces are changing. others are just not working (mainly the mech girl is getting alot of changes and the colors off on the gear girl) i need to refine everything PLEASE CRIT.
enjoy

[k-dash]

more matte paintings

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

You have a good start here, only thing I can prescribe are studies! Loads and loads and loads of studies. Not to say that your stuff is bad or nothing, but studies are a good way of understanding what you need to improve on, what things are interesting to you and what might be pealed away:)

-E

[k-dash]

thanks mischevious,
i was actually trying to plan what i was going to do during this break and i think that input just added something D:

[Nightblue]

Looking good Ken :) I'd second elf here on the prescription of studies. Do lots and lots and lots of them - quick sketches at first, gesture drawing from reference, etc. Don't hurry into details yet. Color wise, getting reference may help you improve very quickly. Find an image you like, look at its colors, and try to describe to yourself how the artist used colors, then try to use the same color theory on your own paintings - pretty soon you'll be cranking out awesome palettes on your own :) Keep up the good work!

[k-dash]

thanks nb,
Here is another interation in my gear girl design. I shrank the head and moved into cleaning up the color and pulled out the background.

[cjvs22]

sup ken , i dig the matte paintings. keep up the good work...

[SamC]

Sweet stuff. You're anatomy is great, how do you make the women look feminine? I drew a woman recently and she looked way to masculine. Any tips?

Keep it up

-Sam

[k-dash]

Mumumash: i just use alot of reference, having an image of a woman up while you sketch really helps, and with woman less is more on the definition of the body.
cjvs22: thanks yo

new gear girls and general mechanical stuff coming soon :D

[k-dash]

a new iteration on a gear girl and some sketches

[k-dash]

painted up a sketch a little

[Arbinn]

I was especially impressed by those anatomy sketches. VERY good job!

[k-dash]

YA!!! have some free time so here it goes just some recent sketches and a matte landscape

[shannowman]

awesome. love the style on the last few.

[k-dash]

quick random sketches done in art rage.

[k-dash]

Here is a WIP painting i'm doing from a coke-cola ad (used as reference) grids guides and a round brush in photoshop is all that was used. lemme know what you think.

[k-dash]

Added to a previous image and uploaded new one. Both images are from photo references, using guides and grids and red bull

[k-dash]

trying to learn some corel painter (well learn more). heres a quickie

[north pole]

man ur colourings are so nice keep the good work and clean lines..

[k-dash]

thanks north pole, I'll try to keep posting newer stuff

heres a quick self portrait, i'm still trying out some new techniques and such.

[k-dash]

heres some quick unfinished sketches from the other day... I'm trying to go back to the basics for a little while (some analog).

[Maxx_Biff]

good stuff. you kill the digital portraits. i love the figure sketches but i would agree with the others in that details come in later otherwise your badass sketch becomes a jumbled mess of line.

keep posting!

my sketchbook - http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=181789