septomin

[septomin]

heheh

[Farvus]

Welcome to CA. That's fantastic start. Your figure sketches have very dynamic pose and the composition seems to be planned in a good way.

Keep posting :).

[septomin]

Damn, my scanner doesn't pick up light strokes at all...that's going to be an issue. For the time being, just imagine that it looks way better than it does.

Farvus: Thanks! I'll try my best to keep up the posting...life gets awfully busy sometimes.

[septomin]

Might as well post this.

[septomin]

Bought an Intuos3 yesterday. Added a digital thingy to the first post. The new tablet looks so shiny and expensive, it makes me just want to draw forever.

just kidding time to study reaction kinetics

[biomanz]

Very fluid. Looks "earthy" and natural - reminds me of druids and fairies, lol.

[septomin]

biomanz - Thanks man. Funny you should say that, I think one of them is supposed to be a fairy.

[septomin]

look at me, I am drawing pictures

[Jovian M]

Ridiculous stuff, man. Keep it coming.

[Peetaer]

Whoa man. Very cool stuff. Got anymore?

[septomin]

Exams starting up now. Probably won't be able to update for a bit, unless I absolutely need to draw something...

Meissner: Haha, you're too kind. I wasn't even going to do any art tonight, but here's something kinda quick.

Peetaer: Thank you. I don't have much else, unfortunately...I'm studying chemical engineering, which leaves precious little time for art.

[Peetaer]

What? Chembdical Engineering? Dude, you should be rockin' more on your art skills.

[bleedsheet]

Fantastic rendering and imagination with your sketches :)

[Jovian M]

Damn. New one is almost entrancing, the way the background/strokes draw you into the focal.

And Peetaer speaks the truth.

[septomin]

Okay, so now I actually need to study for exams. Promise I'll be less sloppy during the holidays...felt kinda rushed for this.

Peetaer/Meissner: I really wish I could. But I'm in my third year, at this point I think I'm too far in to drop out.

bleedsheet: Thanks!

[Stevan]

Hey i know i should leave a comment ....but your sb renders me speechless :O
Great stuff m8. Chemical engineering :) I know what you mean when you say little time for art :) I like colors you use and dark tone of drawings. Great work engineer :) Keep drawing whenever you can :D:D:D:D

[Jeff Lai]

Hi Septomin
thanks for commenting on my sketchbook!

some advice i think would be not to use too much black
(i think i'm guilty for that sometimes too)
you've got some really nice use of colour and movement in your pics tho

[septomin]

Stevan: Thanks man.
Jeff Lai: Thanks for the advice. I definitely agree about the black, I've gotta fix that habit.

[septomin]

Debating about how loose to keep the strokes. I should probably render more tightly, but how much more...

[headlessAdi]

holy lord this is beautiful work............

wicked imagination and execution.......

Keep posting......
-Adi

[septomin]

Thanks Adi.

[septomin]

Guess I should post this here too.

[areve]

oh love the movements and motion in your drawing!
the last one is really cool :)

[Jovian M]

That newest one is beastly. Do you do your work in painter?

[septomin]

Whoa it's been a while. I swear I've been drawing, just too lazy to scan.

Meissner - Sorry about the delay, heh. I only use Photoshop, I tried Painter once and I got confused.

[headlessAdi]

Cool updates as usual man....me just got my wacom 6X11........feel like drawing all day.......n yeah i found painter X way more confusing than PS CS4 Extended.......

Keep posting ....only critique or rather suggestion being that you really give a try at environments in your style!!...They'll be wicked too I bet!!
-Adi

[a la bapsi]

oh. my god.

please
keep posting.
i'm subscribing to this.

[septomin]

HeadlessAdi: Thanks for stopping by! Yeah, I'd enjoy doing some environments, but I'm really trying to drill the human figure into my head right now. And still a long way to go with that, I think...

a la bapsi: Oh...wow, thanks. I'm just sorry my updates have to be so infrequent.

[septomin]

Can't stand the way I do faces. Have a lot of trouble placing features, and rendering eyes.

[headlessAdi]

man those studies are coming along good......EYES!! :( THATS ALL THE DAMN TROUBLE!!.......same with me.....screwed the eyes up in my latest piece too!!!..but i see you haven't :D.....keep it up bro!

[septomin]

Heh, thanks man, always good to hear from you.

[Rustveld]

Nice sketchbook! I really like how dynamic your poses are.
You said that you didn't like your faces but I think they're pretty good.
Keep it up!

[Kalim]

really nice sketchbook. Love you shading in pencils. seems youdont have problem with dinamics in your poses.
post more

[septomin]

I've been doing some leg/foot studies. I've basically just been drawing legs as cylinders/blocks up to this point...

Also, I know the photoshopped 'background' looks silly, but I messed up the pose and I had to save it.

Rustveld: Thanks man. But I don't know, the faces I draw seem so flat to me.

Kalim: Thanks. Yeah, I'm definitely going to be posting more from now on.

[headlessAdi]

mmm..mmm.........delicious as usual.......especially post number 31...:D

Photoshop saves the day;)

BTW,I luh...huh...huuuv your hatching technique!!

[Taj]

sick paintings, great use of color in here!

[septomin]

Studying knees.

Taj: Thanks! Though I must say I'm kind of burned out on Photoshop at the moment. Definitely want to increase my pencil skills.

Adi: Haha, thank you. Hopefully someday all my hours spent drawing in math classes will pay off.

[septomin]

I don't draw the back often enough.

[septomin]

aaaaa

[Vulgar`]

I don't think many artists draw backs enough - excellent start like everyone else said. You'd do well in the character of the week contest, you might wanna check it out when there's a new topic.

Keep doing you

[a la bapsi]

i love your work so goddamn much.
keep posting pencils!

[septomin]

This is a silly copy of one of Lin Ran's portraits. I did rotate the head slightly just for fun though.

bapsi: Thank you! I'll do a pencil thing right now, in fact!

Vulgar: Yeah man, I'm gonna do lots of CHOWs for sure. Thanks for the encouragement!

[Shadow Stalker]

I really enjoy your sketchbook.

[Flaskpost]

niiiice SB! love the last one!

[Bill]

Really Like your pencils, Dig 'Em. How's Toronto BTW?

[Brun]

I LOOOOVE your faces, really moody, great contrasts,

However i would like to see some more colour maybe ?

keep at it you are doing great

[the ANGRY filipino]

this Sb at present has a huge potential for greatness man!
inspiring and jaw dropping sketches in here!

[vardoburrito]

I need to catch up on my anatomy. These pieces are nice. All of them.

That Lin Ran copy is sexy too. What's her number? :P

[septomin]

Shadow Stalker: Thanks man.

Flaskpost: Thanks.

Bill: Wish I could tell you, but between engineering and art I'm mostly in my room, haha.

Brun: It's true, I've been staying away from color lately. I've just been trying to grind the basics I guess. I recall hearing that if you can get the thing looking good in greyscale it's easier to work in color. Thanks for the kind words!

ANGRY filipino: Thank you. And I hope by reading your post I have magically absorbed some of your work ethic.

dwardo: Haha thanks man.

[Vloth]

I really digh the flow that you have in your work. Pencils looks so greta too, keep 'em coming!
also, legs are yummie!

[AlexTooth]

Amazing work man, rate up from me =)

My fave are the poses at the bottom of page1, they have real weight, excellent work!

[septomin]

Thanks guys, I appreciate it.

[septomin]

buh buh buh

[Shadow Stalker]

Very cool. I like him a lot.

[headlessAdi]

Anatomy works are awsum!!!..........and the colors on that last piece are magnificent!!

[UlyssesIII]

The poses in your SB are pretty cool. It shows that you are thinking about the anatomy while creating an imaginative person/creature. Keep up the good work!

[Edward Cherniga]

I love, the two central faces at the top of this page. Very strong work, I say more! Cheers

[septomin]

Hi! Okay, I'm still alive, I'm just unable to produce anything worth posting. I'm only even posting this so people don't think I'm dead.

Adi, Shadow Stalker: Thanks guys

Ulysses: Haha, well truly all of this stuff is just to figure out anatomy, I usually just substitute body parts I'm not studying with random swirly crap.

Ed: Thank you. More coming soon, I hope...

[Liz Edwards]

Mmm, beautiful work - I'm jealous of your pencils especially. Incredible stuff :)

[crown]

phenomenal figure work, and such nice pencils, you're skills are blowing my mind! I'll definitely have to keep track of all this...

[AvisNocturna]

Nice stuff! I really like your figure drawings

[beigeape]

wow, wicked draftsmanship. strong poses, nice one, love the thumbnail too.

[septomin]

It's been awhile since I've posted. I'm still working as hard as I can though...
These are all copies of random stuff off the forums.

I appreciate the comments by the way! If it weren't two weeks late I'd respond, but at this point it seems a tad silly.

[headlessAdi]

great studies dude!!!..................... are u using hogarth or loomis or sumthing like that??

[Rostas]

Hey septomin ,great stuff,I really like the way you use colors ,and the last studies seem very hogarth-ish :) ,but nevertheless I like the looseness and crispness with wich you've drawn them,great drawings,and great use of color ,I am hoping to see more from you ,so please post more ! :D Cheers man!

[Suira]

Cool stuff in here man, keep on going.

[The Pariano]

You have some beautiful stuff in here. If you're going to be a chemical engineer does that mean you can make us some pigments so we can paint with crazy cool colors like you? :]
Will we ever see a Multifigured, complete composition from you? perhaps an environment?

[septomin]

adi: Those ones I posted were mostly E.M. Gist, but I'm also going through Loomis, Bridgman and Hogarth.

Rostas: Thanks man. You're right about that Hogarth-ness...I guess I fall back on building things out of blocks and cylinders when I'm confused.

Suira: Thanks, I will!

The Pariano: Hahah, thanks. I'm definitely going to have to do some enviros at some point...but my current goal is to be drawing nice figures from memory. So it'll be only studies in here for a little while, I think.

[So-naa]

Beautiful body studies!!

[t i m]

Truly amazing stuff! Anatomy studies were great!

[septomin]

So, I copied a bit of Henry Yan. I wish I knew how he does the things he does.

So-naa: Thank you!

t i m: Thanks!

[a la bapsi]

beautiful figures. keep it up. :]

[dirtydiesel]

great stuff man, LOVE the way you push the darks in those figure drawings. can't wait to see more!

[septomin]

Going to start updating again, I promise.

[septomin]

aaaaaaaa

[Krato]

nice b&ws they look really good

[septomin]

Gonna work on making those action poses more dynamic...gotta twist the body more and come up with cooler silhouettes...also gotta chill out with the hard hard lines.

Ani-r: Thank you! Calming is a good thing. Maybe it's the arcs. And...I'm pretty sure your values are more accurate than mine!

Krato: Thanks dude.

[mikodi]

wow *_* really like your figures!

[septomin]

Thank you mikodi.

[HumbleEgo]

Wow! These studies kick ass!

[marina_koleva]

Great stuff, I really like the b&w digital painting. I mean, the others are also cool, but I like especially b&w. :)

[septomin]

HumbleEgo: Whoa huge ego boost hearing from you! Thanks man! :D

marina: Thank you...hm, that makes me want to do some digital stuff tonight.

[Jamie Romoser]

Thank you for the inspiration
ill be staying tuned
have a good one
-Jamie

[septomin]

Kind of a weird pose...wasn't really thinking during the gesture stage and all of a sudden I was rendering on stuff. OH WELL

OmertA: I'm glad to hear that, thank you.

[exodusparadigm]

great stuff! i'm only saying this 'cause i don't see anyone else pointing it out, but i noticed a tendency for elongated legs in your work, and i know from experience (albeit very little) that's a very easy mistake to make. but yeah dude stick with it!

[septomin]

Messed with that picture a little more. Maybe it's better now.

exodusparadigm: Thanks, it's true I err on the side of longer legs...I think it usually looks better than the alternative.

[septomin]

Some life drawings. Not to make excuses or anything, but taking photos seems to look a lot better than my ridiculous scanner.

[marina_koleva]

For your last b&w digital - just the thighs are too long and the leg beneath the knee is a bit short. When you fix that you will see that the torso is a little bit long too.
The last drawings are really good, lot of feeling they have, especially the third one. :)

[septomin]

marina, thanks. Definitely see what you're saying. I did some lasso tool...what do you think?

I also realize the upper body is too large on the male model drawings...but there's no lasso tool for newsprint.

[septomin]

I've been working on these three for the last few days, but I don't think I'm getting anywhere. I'm planning on applying to TAD with these, so maybe I've been wasting time trying to make them better than I'm actually capable of. It's obvious the competition for scholarships is going to be stiff...

Speaking of TAD...I'd be forever indebted to you if you would nominate me for this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=181150), if you think I deserve it. It could be my only chance at finally getting an art education. I wasted a good three years studying engineering, trying to please my parents, and I don't know how long it'll take to correct that mistake. Maybe it doesn't show, but I've spent every waking moment since I dropped out last April trying to make up that lost time. If nothing else, I'd like to prove to my parents that it's been worth something.

[Kim_bot]

Hey, thanks for stopping by my sb.
Good work with the figure studies-would like to see more colors, but I can tell that you're trying to nail anatomy, which isn't easy -_-;;

A few notes: limbs and torsos seem to be a little exaggerated and long. I can't tell if that's intentional or not, but I would be careful about making them too exaggerated.
Also, be careful about boobs! Remember that they are soft and fleshy, and stretch and move with the motion of the body. They don't generally hang there like globes.

Best of luck with the scholarship!

[Istmin52]

I agree with the comment above but I like the distortions in the figure. What do you do to impove your rendering skills? I always seem to have a problem with that or it's not exactly the way I want.

[thegrayslayer]

Great looking sketchbook, really nice and solid across traditional and digi-media.

~Slayer