Leftys Sketchbook

[LoftyNz]

hey peoples! been lurking around here for awhile, really been working on my drawing recently and have been getting lots of inspiration from here + booked my workshop ticket now an want to meet some people in welly ! all crits are welcome its a mixed bag of sketches from photos an pictures from life drawing classes (the lifedrawing ones are a1 in size heh) will update regularly!

[LoftyNz]

sketches from the past week i think, from my smaller sketchbooks which i generally take to friends places etc. all pretty rough!

[apualani]

Good work so far. I like the contour life drawings at the end of your 1st post, very cool. You might want to start doing some anatomy studies and drawing more people from life to help make your characters look more realistic. (Im currently doing the same thing). Keep posting and getting better.

[LoftyNz]

yea i just got bridgmans complete guide to drawing life from the library so slowly reading that, an doing life drawing at uni which is helpin, but since were constantly experimentin with new techniques in it, its hard to grasp the basics sometimes :( i got way to many pages from that class to photograph em all so just used the betterer ones heh

[D.O.Jones]

Hey Cam,
sorry for the slow reply, I had to go out of town.
Cool to see you post some stuff! Out of interest, do you have any goal for the type skills you want to develop? Like, say, are you more interested in drawing from imagination or producing accurate life drawings? Any specific genres or styles? That sort of thing.

[LoftyNz]

hmm at the moment im really just giving everything a go, i want to be able to illustrate from imagination, but ive been mainly workin with ref photos atm etc or live models, being able to accurately depict a person from a photo though is a fun skill, but i dnt want to get a job doin charactures! an style atm im really fallin in love with comics again which is weird but i really like the flow from very lil detail to super detailed you can get with it.

[LoftyNz]

heres summin from my workbook for a class at uni. currently doin a theme related to girl power heh

[BlightedArt]

heres summin from my workbook for a class at uni. currently doin a theme related to girl power heh

The "girl power" theme comes across quite well, was actually what I had in mind when looking at this. The hands proportions are decent but you should do some "metallic" studies (even though it's easy to tell she's holding a gun).

try looking up a book: "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" by Betty Edwards (also the workbook for it which you can buy seperately) and draw some faces after working through it. I've only just started but the book is amazingly helpful.

[LoftyNz]

got this sweet photo while up on holiday thought id share

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=528828&stc=1&d=1227783646
bird take off.jpg

[LoftyNz]

started painting with photoshop again will post updates as i progress at uni, will appreciate all crits,

this one is from a photo ref, more focusing on the painting process

[Twan]

i think you should learn face proportions: for example between the two eyes there is the space of one eye, and then the eyes are at the middle of the faces, not so high as you did.

the last illustration is amazing, can't believe it you who made it, keep it up

[LoftyNz]

thanks for the input Twan totally still working on my anatomy in a major way seem to trip myself up in several areas repeatedly, i'l get their one day!

[LoftyNz]

another piece for my digital illustration class, still working on texture and tones

[LoftyNz]

had issues trying to load this one the other day hopefully it works this time :D

[LoftyNz]

time for an update :D bout time really

heres some unfinished stuff which im slowly working through :D
mainly unfinished chow entries =/
and then some personal pieces which i shouldve finished ages ago