**1st August 2010 - Portrait in Oils ***

[Ghostbrush]

Hello CA.org!

I firstly want to say thats the work on this forum is exceptional, really inspiring work here.

Secondly, I have come to the realization that I need to be a lot better if I am going to make it as a concept artist, so I am going back to basics and hopefully become excited and more confident about my work.

Here is my lil mission, going to work really hard and concentrate to become a better artist, as this is the only thing I truly enjoy, I need to get better at my art!!!!!! its so frustrating being crap

So please help me by leaving comments and crits so that I may learn and improve.

Without further a do, here is todays lil dump of sketches

Alex

http://web.mac.com/alexheathart/alexheathart/the_hive.html <---- my website

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3017/3045870374_ea29653e33_b.jpg

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[Kerbox]

Looks awsome thus far. Do you do any digital work?

Good luck, hope you manage your goal of daily updates =)

[Ghostbrush]

Yeah i do alot of digital work ,but I felt I needed to come back to basics to improve.

Thanks for the nice comment :)

look out for tomorrows update

Alex

[Ghostbrush]

Hello,

update time!

here are a fews bits and bobs from my sketchbook, first off, biro portrait. no reference on this one

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/3046267201_4ae50a0075_b.jpg

some lips and stuff, reference used

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3041/3045818534_3976c2bc76_b.jpg

eyes and that

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/3045818528_c462c16151_b.jpg

Milla jovovich from photo

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3201/3045806726_33619248c3_b.jpg

eyes

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/3044979139_c4bb19e25d_b.jpg

[renew]

Thanks for the reply in my sb, good stuff here, good luck and dont give up! One thing about your sketches, try and get some darker values in too, use a softer pencil at the end and just bring out some details with darker greys.

[Kerbox]

Your lips are very nice! But I think the eyes might be misplaces on Mila, maybe the right one is too far back? Still pretty awesome tho! Full steam ahead I'd say ;-)

[sinneart]

Hi! nice work - I agree with renew about darker values (and highlights, too!) push those tones! If you do that, then it should start to correct my other crit - outlining. Outlines are great in initial sketches and more graphic or cartoony styles - but if you're going for a more realistic approach you may learn more by using only shades and tonal variations to define shapes. Just a thought:) Keep it up!

[Ghostbrush]

Renew: yeh no worries, i will be leave a comment as often as i can :)
I actually dont have any softer pencils atm ha ha so i really need to get some, cos they are looking a lil flat in volume arnt they

Kerbox: cheers! Milla has some issues, maybe i will revist it and try again with her proportions.

Sinneart Thank you for the helpful comments, I will take them on board and carry on.

cheers all! much appreciated

[Ghostbrush]

Morning!

Update for you all, mostly doodles and stuff, have a digital piece I will upload later as I still wanna do some more on it before i do.

Peace

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3197/3045891014_2216254a79_b.jpg

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/3044994693_2cfa8cfece_b.jpg


enjoy

[Ghostbrush]

update!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3157/3044975689_24b19e5832_b.jpg
Tilda Swinton

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/3044975693_00f87905c1_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3290/3044941043_471584ca7b_b.jpg self portrait

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3011/3045012583_dd8c1216c3_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/3045850356_93b3aec1bd_b.jpg

[Φ]

wow! great stuff here! … I kinda stunned by these pencils! amazing work…
keep em coming! cheers

[Ghostbrush]

update!

BigfooTrooper ah thank you for the kind words!

going to put some digital sketches up later today, but here are some doodles over morning coffee

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/3045850350_0006136171_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3242/3045012585_9e931653fb_b.jpg

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/3045836972_4bdc746f4d_b.jpg

will update again today.

enjoy, C and C always welcome and appreciated

[kidult]

keep up the good work and studies. try some tone / value studies maybe

[Ghostbrush]

ok digital update, posting final image and progress sketches, hope you enjoy, i had a lot of fun doing this piece.

reads left to right

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/3056476236_7e77dbace3_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3008/3055634191_bf7eda747c_b.jpg

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/3056479746_2717e576f4_o.png

C and C the hell outa this one please

[Φ]

Yeah i do alot of digital work ,but I felt I needed to come back to basics to improve.

when I was reading this, I thought: well, I´d really like to see that work…
now you blew my head away! holly crap! man…!!! BRAVO!!!
keep it up!

[Ghostbrush]

hello again

Kidult Thanks, I will get myself some drawing pencils and get some more value in these sketches

BigfooTrooper Thank you very much! really appreciate that, I will post the link to my website on this post, there are more digital pieces there, some sculptures and more creatures etc.

Will update this thread with more sketchbook stuff later today, so check back!

Alex


http://web.mac.com/alexheathart <--------- my website

[Ghostbrush]

hey hey hey update!

Decided to go for one of the community activies, as I have not participated in one yet. The title is : Butcher

here are some Wip images of my entry so far.
No reference used on the girl, tried to see what I could remember!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3180/3061044222_fa8b455e7f_o.png

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/3061044224_c4913b6b8a_o.png

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3064/3061044218_f8fb173965_o.png

C and C always welcome, help me improve!

enjoy

Alex

[Ghostbrush]

Update, final piece for "Butcher" Super Stylised Challenge

[azekariel]

Wow, lovely sketches, and the digital stuff is awesome too!

[skorpi]

I love the monster. It's always interesting to see the steps.

[FAST ART]

i think you are on the right way. a good basic is very important. keep it up ;)

[lord_regenschirm]

Hey I like the way you seem to take on your paintings from now on, from sketch over thumbnail to the final workout. This creature is sick ... you know sick like looking ill ;)

[donalfall]

Hey mate, great sketchwork, particularly when you use reference. There's a face up there from Nov 22nd. that looks a bit like Kabuki or something similar that rocks. The early sketch of a girl biting her lip is nice too, it has good volume. But when you drop the ref, it looks really obvious.

Like on The Butcher - her face seems really unfinished, especially seeing as you did a good job on her arms and ribcage. And theres something weird going on around her groin area. I'm not sure if either her belly button is too low or her crotch is too high, but it makes it seem distorded and small. Good execution (heh heh) of the challenge though, good idea. You obviously have a load of good ideas though, cos the monster is cool as well, very convincing.

Practise your anatomy, but keep the imagination going. ;)

[Shard]

interesting stuff dude! I like that sneak monster and the butcher painting..keep it up and post moar!

[Ghostbrush]

azekariel: Thank you very much :)

skorpi: Yeah I like seeing the steps in other peoples work too, I try to saves screens of most images so i can see how i work, as its a blur sometimes hahahaha.

FAST ART: I will keep it up, my basics need alot of work still, but its a fun journey

lord_regenschirm: Thanks, the creatures name, or rather the name of the file while i painted it was called "gross worm bitch", think its suits so may keep it as that hahahaha

donalfall: Thanks for the critique, The butcher puzzled me for a while, could not grasp what it was that made her look strange, I thik her face is too flat, no cast shadows from her hair etc.
To get better without reference, do i need to practice more from reference to learn more, so that when i dont have reference i have more understanding?

shardana: Cheers dude! i aim to post more! been a bit lazy recently! eeek.


Ok here are a few lil sketches and doodles for paintings I have on the go at the moment, no reference used for the portrait image, just trying to remember stuff i have observed from life.
The geisha i used some reference for clothing and just the general aesthetic, still unfinished images though.


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3369/3209676042_817dda36c7_b.jpg
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[Ghostbrush]

more sketches both digital and in the book of pencil nightmares!!!!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/3236728664_1a18706c6d_b.jpg

bit of paintover, still not finished, something to come back to
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3389/3236728658_f813d4307b_o.png

close up from my cintiq :) sorry but i do love that thing :)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3373/3235896275_3f932625f9_b.jpg


got a shed load more crappy pencil skeyches to upload later, going for an eye test now tho :( i think the screen is winning that fight.

[nazgool]

hi ghost, i like your morbid motives :]
you work it out in a believable way

couldn't you post your pics in smaller seize? sometimes I can't get the whole composition.. I think width 450px should do it!

next time you start some bigger project please post your first concepts, I like to see how's your beginning. I think you should use base shapes and lines for first compo to get the right props and volumes. some figures look flat and unnatural. let me see more pencils please!

[SMILEFACE]

digg yall sb good show cant wait fo some mo

[Ghostbrush]

Nazgool: cheers dude, I will try post in smaller size, sorry, I have a big screen and i forget that when taking screen shots.
I will post some more pencils etc, as i do really want to improve, also need to learn to take critique better, I tend to get a lil over protective sometimes.
cheers for looking :) appreciate it

Grandmassa Mr. Spect: o fo sho! cheers yo! will tootle on over and look at ur sb too :)

On a general note I will make an effort to visit all the SB of people who come here, I am by no means a critic but can offer my observations. :)

some pencils from the book of graphite based horrors...

some studies, Ron Lemen i believe.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3365/3236105175_31c93f3ebd_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3345/3236105169_10e7108eb9_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3465/3236097995_5c5ed0e74a_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3370/3236098013_40c02f5db8_b.jpg

more incoming in about 5 mins :)

[Ghostbrush]

more sketches, I think i need to spend more time on sketches, I never seem to spend more than 15 to 20 minutes on them.
I am actually ashamed to put some of these up here as I dont think they are very good at all, its all progression and learning from mistakes though.

more from Ron Lemen
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3134/3236122283_7d553dd22c_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3484/3236122291_a710ac2670_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3398/3236974752_2eaa568680_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3110/3236974756_1bb3be2183_b.jpg


omg! its Brad Pitt, as jesse James, love that film
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3101/3236141905_7df9d3de6c_b.jpg

here is a terrible image, prepare yourself
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3439/3236141913_77115f0068_b.jpg

[Sagittarius]

Ghostbrush! I love that beautiful nose of your blue-eyed woman. Please make some more!!! If I'll ever hang some picture on my back, it's gonna be that nose.. its cute

[Ghostbrush]

new wip image, inspired very much by Nox's work, this image is going to be a dark humorous view of the sex industry, something that fascinates me endlessly as i think its quite mental.

so yeh here is a WiP shot, hope you like, going to have loads more stuff going into this image details etc.

enjoy

[Ghostbrush]

Updates for you lovely people :)

still unfinished but somewhere closer to the end, will finish this piece as it has been very fun to do, also as you can most prob tell, a huge fan of Noxizmad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

other image is for a mates birthday present mwahhahahahaha the floating blimp perv clown! also its my Birthday today! yay 22!

check me in this months and next months 2dartist magazine (alex heath)

very happy with it.

here some updates

enjoy

[AimBiZ]

The face on post 25 is really great, and also the durex pic. Wanna see more of that style. :)

Though on the durex pic, I think her thighs are too long and the arms perhaps a tad too short as well.

[DaStreets]

Great digital work. Ur understanding of anatomy and proportions seems excellent. Ur concepts are pretty cool too. I also like the lines you make and the hands you do look awsome. post more. Comment me if u want, thanks

[Ghostbrush]

Update! still working on this one, still has so many things to add and fix, enjoying the process though.
Have loads more pencil work to update but need to photograph it all, shud have it up later today :)

Enjoy

Alex

[jimmy'z]

:D Clown is number one!

[Ghostbrush]

update!!!!

not massive i am afraid, just lil bit more progress and my wip so far for CHOW! seriously the CHOW this week is excellent, should check it out if you have not already.

Alex

[destinyapocalypse]

u have very nice jobs i think your digital paintings better than your dravings but this is not bad realy i like your paintings

[Ghostbrush]

CHOW 149 progress, been mad fun doing this one, need to tidy it up and tweak some stuff.

enjoy

Alex

[DoubleThink]

Well, wow, just wow :p

great stuff in here.

Just a little question, what does the durex machine do? :p

[Φ]

oh shit dude, you blew my mind and made my day, I can sleep now knowing that there is a meaning in life!;)

no seriously, this is fucking awesome! the concept, the pose, the render, the face!! really excited to see the final!!

the durex one is also really sex/funny lol, good stuff man, im gonna shut up now before i go crazy completly………shit I sound like a groupie or something :D

cheers

[Ghostbrush]

DoubleThink: Well, on the back of Durex boxes it says (or used to say) "every condom is electronically tested, now that just sounds so so funny and thats really the inspiration for the machine ha ha its a sybiotic sex simulator to test durex! might be a bit creepy ha ha thanks for the comments appreciate it

Bigfootrooper: Cheers dude! i really appreciate it, glad ur a fan :) gonna peep in on ur book right now mate! :)

[Ghostbrush]

Chow 149 finished!

here you go, my finished chow entry! was so much fun doing this one, i will make an effort in future to participate in Chow more often.

enjoy!

[Ghostbrush]

/ shameless bump \

[Artofinca]

Love your sith :)

[SMILEFACE]

the chick on the durex is wicked' good show' ah an them sculptures are gonzo' as well

[Lelle]

It´s going forward to say the least! Very nice sketchbook!

[Ghostbrush]

Artofinca Thank you! had a lot fo fun painting that character, kinda fails as its not strictly Star Wars style or anything, but, I not really to bothered about that.

Grandmassa Mr. Spect Cool, ah you checked out my sculptures too! great, glad you like them, have been working on some more lately, sure I will post some pics of them soon, started making the clown above, which has been very fun, looking forward to painting it!!!!

Lelle Thanks! glad to hear you think its moving in the right direction, never feel like i am actually progressing till someone actually tells me, my own worst critic i suppose

quick lil update, not had much tome for personal work of late, been doing artwork for a UK clothing chain, some t shirts due out in june, not sure if i can post the artwork yet so hold tight for that.

Anyway here are some self portrait doodles, stylised a tad, hopefully color them all at some point.

enjoy

[Ghostbrush]

yo yo yo sorry for no update, been in Amsterdam for a lil while, getting my chill on and sorting my mind out.

But, I back and have joined the fray that is "Dominance Wars", not too sure if I can post my WIPS here as I am fighting for 3dTotal forum, altho CA aint in the war I still not sure whether I can post WIPS here or not, so till I know I wont post em cos I dun wanna get disqualified!!!!!

so yeh hold tight for some cool concepts :)

Enjoy


Alex

[Φ]

Amsterdam - chill - mind

there is something about these 3 words when I read em in one line…hmmm……:blah:

anyway,:D
holding tight for cool concepts

[maeshanne]

nice work, like the colours you use

[Ghostbrush]

Hello,

So yeh I can post my DMIV wips here to show you guys and gals!

exciting stuff this competition, been busy scribbling, decided to go for a Machine - Cyborg, something i feel I have an eye for.

So yeh here are my wips so far, just sketches evolving from eachother, unno where this will end up going, but I want the design to be very organic and ornate, with a Giger influence, I want that gothic/ dark technology look to it.

Trying to avoid guns etc, as they seem pretty useless against demons and magic, forcing the foes into close combat means the machines have more of chance I feel, but thats just my opinion.

These are nowhere near final the design will most likely change loads more till i finalise it.

I want to win!!!!!!!!!!!! so working real hard on this one!

enjoy

Alex

[fantasyartist]

Great stuff in here mate! I really like that last sketch. You seem to have a good design sense. I'll be dropping in here more often. Keep it up!

[Ghostbrush]

another DMIV update for no one to look at ha ha ha
nah jokes.

just some more WIP stuff, started looking at the design of the back of the torso area, have got this idea that a baby Norm in a stasis tank is manipulated by the bots AI to control the "arms" that come out of the back of the bot.
so just desiging that area, think i gonna change it from where it s now tho,feel its way to Giger, want to add my own flare to it.


please crit me :)


Enjoy

Alex

[Lionese]

Sweet Stuff you have here, your painting are evolving positively.

I really like the one with the sexual theme is something that really intregres me haswell!

Hope to see more.

Take care.

[Ghostbrush]

ok just trying some more things out here.

Going for a super advanced anti grav technology, the machines are taking influence from their new foes, the demons, and as such are starting mimic their appearance and weaponry.

what you think? I am on the fence on this idea, I like the legs etc, but does this make the machine more formidable as its not constrained to the ground? I dunno, any ideas and/or thoughts would be helpful at this point

cheers!

Alex

[Ghostbrush]

yet another update for Dominance wars and what a shock! no replies since the last time i posted :(

[Ghostbrush]

More DWIV stuff for no one to even look at *sigh*

[Ghostbrush]

Hey Team CHOW members, here are some quick sketches of some of the characters I was able to squeeze out over breakfast this morning, did not have time to do all 6 chars, will do the other 2 later on, but i gotta go print off my portfolio now for an interview!!!!(fingers crossed)

so yeh here we are, literally the first things that came to mind here, so not real detail, but hopefully conveys them a lil bit.

let me know what you think guys

Alex

[Leo Ki]

Sick work here, and getting sicker each month passing :)
I hadn't guessed the working of the durex machine :P
BTW your website doesn't show any picture except the banners.

[Ghostbrush]

Leo Ki thank you :) nice to here someone thinks i progressing!

Argh I have had so many issues with pictures not showing on the site, so so very annoying, I not even sure what the problem is there, thanks for letting me know though, need to sort that asap.

all the best

Alex

[surrealitycheck]

I really think the durex picture got plusplus awesome when you made the background much blacker, and eliminated the slightly greeny background.

[Tigermilk]

Holy shit dude, you got some seriously nice colors and values going on in here. I would suggest you focus some on the anatomy, I think your work would benefit a great deal from that. Like I said; colors and values are really good, just hit some bridgeman, hogarth or giovanni or something, or draw from life.

Great stuff man, really liked the durex chick. :)

[Ghostbrush]

surrealitycheck: thanks :) yeh i think its being darker really helps to focus it and set the mood, looking forward to getting back on that piece once dominance wars is over :)

tigermilk: Thank you dude! I am always worried about the colours, glad you like them though, I am trying:)
yeah i really need to step my anatomy game up, going out to get the books today, wont leave my room till i know that human body inside out!!!!! thank you for the encouragement though, really appreciate it.

ok small update for now, will scan in some sketches from my book later, but i have to go walk the dog!

here is something I was painting on mogulus (live broadcasting thing) the other night

much love

Alex

[Ghostbrush]

oooo just noticed page 3! nice :)

[algenpfleger]

Cool stuff man! Your designs are great, umm, for the rendering, try to think about edge control more, like, hard vs soft. There's a thread about that in the tutorials section -> http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=51913 Check out Vyle's stuff too, he's amazing with that!

[Ghostbrush]

algenpfleger wow thanks for popping in dude, appreciate someone of your talent offering your expertise, will definitely go and look at that thread you suggested, thanks again, pop back soon :)

[bbwolf]

There´s really a lot of cool stuff in three pages allready. Good going man. The big cyborg for the .... what izzit? .... Dominance War (?) looks interedsting. I am curious to how you´ll develope the thing further.

Your Sith Lady caught my eye in the voting but fell a little short. But it kinda worked for me. Dynamic pose. Well keep it up. See ya round the Activities Threads, eh?


Cheers

Wolf

[donalfall]

I wasn't here and I didn't look at this sketchbook. The last pic there is pretty cool, although the values are very uniform. It could do with more contrast. I like the design aspect of it, it's kind of like a WH40K eldar or something similar. You going to stick in some legs?

[Brun]

hi

u have some great sketches and ideas in here, however i think u would benefit to do a bit more anatomical and colour studies they will make your work even stronger

keep it up

[Ghostbrush]

bbwolf cheers! yeh its dominance war iv, its a massive art competition running at the moment, its the forth time the event has been run, google it and check it out, has been good fun so far, really looking forward to taking everything I have learnt so far and doing my best image yet for the final illustration - then gettin crits and moving on from that to the stars... hahahaha.

I am quite proud of the sith, felt it was a bit of a leap for me, would like to go back and redo it, try to put into practice the edges stuff algenpfleger mentioned before, I prob will once the war is over ( dominance wars i mean ha ha ha)

thank you for stoppin in :)

donalfall ha ha ha i wont tell anyone u were here *memory erased men in black style*

Y eah going to stick some legs on and play a lot more with the design etc, sort out some problems I have spotted and ting.
cheers for the comments dude, appreciate it

Brun ha i saw that pic of you pulling ur face in the "what do you look like thread" very funny, then to see someone painted it was even funnier ha ha

Yeah anatomy seems to be a reoccurring theme/crit I have ordered bridgman and loomis today so will be gettin mah pencils out and gettin some serious studies in, as I really want to improve and progress, Because i love art and I love drawing!!

thanks for the crit, its good to hear them, take them in and learn.


All the best to you all,

below are some sketches from the last few weeks, mostly quickies and some from imagination (think that may be obvious which ones! good to see what u remeber though so you know what to work on)

sorry bout the quality, scanner is fuct and so its a camera job :(

[Ghostbrush]

more stuff from the hate book

[Ghostbrush]

yet more, attachment manager keep screwin up on me :(

how weird is the naked long haired guy below! drew it in a bar the other night and was feeling kind of weird ah ha dont know if i like it or not, the face is terrible!

[Ghostbrush]

DWIV final illustration thumbnail concept!!!!!

no colour as yet, what do you think tho? as a basic idea and layout, needs a lot of shape definiation etc

The magic the norm is trying to cast is being contained by a sound distortion field create by the cyborg...blah blah blah

tell me what u think

[Ghostbrush]

some wip stuff, working off the thumbnail and sketching in the details to paint over later, still a long way to go!

[surrealitycheck]

The blowback effect you're getting from the lines is perfect - it makes the picture feel very radiating. The silhouette effect in the post before where it looks like the parts of the cyborg are interrupting the volumetric light from the magic work very well, and should imo be focused on.

[Nianto]

love to see your evolution :)

keep it up, want to see more

[Ghostbrush]

surrealitycheck: Yeh I see what you mean, started out as a bit of an experiment and I think it worked well, just got to make to make sure I carry that through to the final and not lose the impact with the details, going to post a lot of WIPS, cos i dont want to lose that impact and focus.

Nianto: thank you, hopefully my evolution is a a continuous process.
Thank you for stopping in. :)


more work tomorrow, for now though, its bed time!

all the best

Alex

[DoubleThink]

I feel horrible having to say this, seeing as you own me in every freaking way, but you need to work on your eyes dude :p

Some stuff to remember:
°The top eye-lid always casts a drop shadow on the eye-ball.
°The bottom eye-lid usually always catches light.
=> there's always a white space between the Iris/pupil and the lower eyelashes.
°Everyone has soggy eyes, perhaps us sketches a little more than other people, but there'll always be a darker part under the eye.

Just trying to help :-), love your compositions btw

[Ghostbrush]

DoubleThink: cheers dude, I will add it to the ever growing list of things to work on :) once Dominance Wars is out the way I will be locking myself away to become the anatomy master!!!!!! then i will be back with a vengeance! ha ha ha

cheers


Alex

[Cold]

Don't reply me, just post some work insted with a thanks:) I am interested more in your work than your words, hehe all in good spirit, keep rocking!

[Ghostbrush]

Hahahahaha Cold, your cold man, ha ha my words are terrible at best :)

anyway here is some stuff, just playing really and having some fun,

so we have a paint up of one of the sketches i did a few posts a go, really something quite different for me, quite happy with the result as I had no idea what i was trying to achieve

we have a quick portrait of a friend of mine (Alix), showing her photoshop whilst doing it so its not really that great, but at least looks like her! thank you liquify for those small fixs!

The image of the girl in the bath was something i started while ago and abandoned, certain parts of it I like and others fail miserably, the hands and the blood in the water are what I like from this image

finally we have a doodle of my brother and I riding in my nissan micra!!!! drew this for my brother as he is at uni and misses our roadtrips :(

Enjoy your sunday everyone!

[FightingSeraph]

Damn, judging by your figures and illustrations; you get the FightingSeraph Official Seal of Approval!!

[Ghostbrush]

Dominance Wars final illustration thumbnails,

Please tell me what one you prefer, trying to convey a battle in progress, the cyborg is suppressing the magic that the Norm is trying to cast, due to advanced sound manipulation technology (my excuse anyway), wanted the battle to feel tense and one sided, almost like a last stand for the poor norm who is about to get messed up pretty bad! hahahaaaha

personally I prefer the image in the middle, think it does this the best

(thank you for the crit on that cold, appreciate it so much)

anyway these are just thumbs so dont worry to much about the details atm

Alex

[Mat Kaminski]

Very cool stuff! :D

[Ghostbrush]

yo yo yo so GOOD NEWS!!! My Bridgman book arrived this morning, you know what that means? PROGRESSION! from now on I get better, really going to address all the issues people have raised with my work so far and move forward, I am excited as this is the beginning I suppose.

Wish me luck

Here are some WIPS for Dominance wars, playing with a more traditional looking brush set, just playing and trying things out, this is not finished, long way to go on this

[Ghostbrush]

ARGHHHGHHGHGHG I been busy and learning and its great!

Scanner is unfortunately out of action so i cant post my Bridgman studies yet, but I have bahzillionz of them now and I already feel like I am improving, which is great for confidence, anyway now for the update!!

First one is a quick coffee break sketch from imagination, no reference, no line work, just straight in with colour and a big brush, trying to work on my edges and see what i can remember from the studies, i really like this sketch a lot, so will work it up into a piece I think :D

[Ghostbrush]

Yo here is my contribution to the Team CHOW event,

check out our team on the link

http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=154553

This is where i am at so far with it

[Ghostbrush]

Finally, here is an image I am doing for my friend Elliotts birthday, he really like hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, listens to the talking books most nights, so thought I would treat him to an image to put up in his practice room!

Inspired by Noxizmad, he has an image of similar composition and lighting which I adore, check the link
http://i11.tinypic.com/63ijeyf.jpg

also check out El's band Airship! they are great! no joke
Link below
http://www.myspace.com/airshiptheband

all the best CA,

Alex

[DStraX]

looking realy good here :) no crits atm;)

[Ghostbrush]

ah did a lil more experimenting with brushes and edges and just generally having fun, really like the results so far.

DStrax Thank you for the encouragement dude!

[Liz Edwards]

lol! I love the Vogan blowjob, and your latest one - great colours, nice and energetic :D

[Ghostbrush]

Ok had to use my digi camera as my scanner has decided it does not like being a scanner and prefers being a broken piece of crap!

Ok some Bridgman studies! yeh thats right!

followed by a study of a photo by Marko Schwinald - contortionists (Vicky), studied at the Whitworth Gallery in manchester

Followed by a quick crab sketch from the Manchester Museum ( you would not believe the size of this thing in real life :D)

followed by some quick studies on an elephant skeleton also in the Manchester Museum

hopefully doing this kinda thing every week will get more sorting out some anatomy and rendering issues

Alex

[Ghostbrush]

So I have really started studying properly and really trying to nail the basics, Its frustrating as I am realizing I have a lot to do, But its should all be worth it in the end.

Anyway small pathetic update but its my first ever colour study!
Yeah thats what happens when u have never had any formal art training, ha ha ha

anyway here is the study and the reference

:)

[Ghostbrush]

wow dont actually think that could have gone any worse ^^

[Ghostbrush]

Yo

Second ever colour study! thik this one is a lot more successful than yesterday's, but thats the point isnt it :)

Next up we have My CHOW 156 entry, Which i only started last night and missed the deadline :( no worries though its all practice,

I do have issue with this image, the pose was so difficult and the perspective i feel is a little strange.
End of her sword looks like a dick ha ha ha

But, overall I am happy with this experiment.

Crit mah shit and make me sad - i need it

Alex

[Ghostbrush]

damn i need to re calibrate my Cintiq screen, those colour studies just dont look like they did before :(

[Ghostbrush]

Was on the phone, so i doodled

[Ghostbrush]

Ok so here are some t shirts i designed a while ago for a UK clothing chain, some of these I really like, others are real bad, but they asked for certain things so I had to deliver on that.

Anyway am allowed to post the artwork now, sorry for large image but I am not uploading 20 separate images.

Tell me what u think

Alex

[Mat Kaminski]

Man, some of those are some sweet shirts.

Are they going to be for sale anywhere? :P

Your bridgeman way up there look really really nice, and then on #97, the first piece looks nice. The oil factory thing I think it is?
Environmental studies are pretty fun.

Your stuff all looks really nice, but you seem to have this wet brush look to everything. I'd tighten the edges on your stuff with a hard brush and only use the wet brushes to blend the colors together.
Keep it up though, you're definitely on the right path. :)

[Ghostbrush]

CHOW 157 wip - Delirium- The Endless

mechanical pencil on paper

scanned in, tweaked and basic blocking

going to add colours and cool shit now :D

Think anatomy studies are paying off, going to get studying harder and see where i get, having fun with art now, smiling.

Alex

[surrealitycheck]

On those colour studies, you seem to have bounced between oversaturating every colour in the first one to undersaturating in the second. I would suggest occasionally colour dropping the colour in the area you're looking at, not to directly apply to your work but to compare the colour and see in which direction you are making a mistake. Then you can isolate the biases in your colour vision and see under which conditions you make which mistake, then deliberately and consciously correct them. It may sound artificial, but after a while everything conscious turns unconscious, and you will have FOUGHT YOUR COLOUR BIAS PEW

On the topic of studies, I could ramble on forever, if I see you on vent I'll give you my usual spiel :P

[Ghostbrush]

Hey thanks for the advice, makes a lot of sense what u said, will be sure to do that :)

will post up some more studies soon, I just working hard now to improve, really really motivated to work hard everyday at the moment, and loving every second :)

here is a self portrait I been working on, colour study and edges are what I was focusing on

[DannySketch]

NICE mate, a real jump foreward on that last one good brushwork and all that jazz.

[JailHouseRock2]

Oh wow,

inspiration studies, awesome digis, dude you need some stars,

Here you go!

cheers,
matt

[Artofinca]

Hello :)
Like the self-portrait
and if you want one advice about your pencil works... don't cross pencil strokes in 90' degree angle, try to follow the object that you are making with your strokes and lines...

[Ghostbrush]

DannySketch thanks dude all that jazz :D

JailHouseRock2 thank you very much! really appreciate that, hold tight for way more of the same!!!!!

Artofinca hello :)
thanks for that advice, will take it on board and not ruin anymore pencil sketches with that.


Some colour studies from this mornings lil study session, and some character wips from last week.

cracking on with dominance wars now! hopefully post an update later

PEACE

Alex

[Vloth]

that selfportrait is delicious in it's softness and colours. That's a style I sure like. Also the CHOW sketch looked neat, quite dunamic. keep it up and push it further!

[Mat Kaminski]

YEAH! I'm liking the initial design for the DW4! :D

[Ghostbrush]

Vloth Thank you, will be working on it some more soon :)

Matte_Art cheers, they are actually many many concepts in my DWIV thread in my signature, was trying a new direction with them but think iI going to keep at my old design, as I have not long left and have done a fiar amount of work on my other design

anyway here is a small sketch update on my DWIV cyborg, actually hate trying to figure out the leg design for this!!!!!!!!!! does my head in

enjoy and thank you for looking and posting

Alex

[Carbono]

Nice Sketchbook man, lots of images and I can see that you're practicing, thats the way to go...

I've noticed some stuff while I was looking at your drawings, for example: In almost every drawing, you seem to place the belly button way too low. I think you should try to review a little the basics of classic proportion, vitruvian man and all that jazz.
On your anatomy drawings based on things that I suppose you don't feel that confortable with (hands for example) you seem to end up with a way better result, probably because you end up trusting more your eyes than your brain.

Your color work is quite good, way better than your anatomy. The last portrait is very well done, I can see some subsurface scattering going on, nice effect. Just a little more definition on the edges, and maybe try to make things a little less blurred could give your coloring more definition, and make it look less "dirty". But, anyway, great coloring.

Good luck with your practice man!
Cheers!

[Ghostbrush]

playing with colour over a morning cuppa tea!

[Liz Edwards]

Wow, better and better stuff, that last self portrait is amazing and I love that last pencil CHOW design

In that last colourful girl though, watch the nose - something about it seems off, the angle I think. The colours are lovely though :)

[Ghostbrush]

The war is over! was a mental weekend trying to finish, started on friday with no final piece in mind, was gonna give up, then i got the best encouragement ever!!!!!! ( thanks FrozZT) which spurred me to finish!

I think this may be my best digital piece so far? you decide

here it is

[Icecold]

Ya know, ya should be :ilaekae: fe not finishin' the chow gyal, aye!?

Keep it up man!

[FrozZT]

Awesome stuff m8. Impressed that you pulled that final image of with all the stress and lack of time. The final image is very nice! It was nice to share the final struggle with ya.. ;)

-Niklas

[Ghostbrush]

Icecold ha ha thanks :D

FrozZTyeh dude, great to share it with you too, thanks for keepin me on track :D

_alex

[D@niel]

Great work on the studies man!! Cool DW entry too:D

[Krato]

nice studies your people need more color though

[Ghostbrush]

D@niel wow cheers dude! I have way more studies to put on here, just need to scan em.

Kratothank you, what people are you referring too? i dont understand

here is some stuff I did today between family BBQ time :D yay for bank holiday!

I pretty much fail at people, I need to do way more studies and not get frustrated all the time

Alex

[Mat Kaminski]

Ahh Ghost, no need to get frustrated :) Are these from head or from ref?

Regardless, they look nice to me. I've been doing the same thing, only with pencil (head shots that is), but they don't look as nice ;)

[Mat Kaminski]

LoL! Fast reply!

I wish I was going to the European workshop. I haven't gone to a single one yet, lack of funds really.
But either way, if you are going, they look really intense! :)
So I'm sure you'll come back kickin' ass and taking names lol!

Anyway,

I'll toss up some updates later today on my end ;)

Now it's a contest between us two lol. I'll try jumping into digi, you have to jump into pencils.
Har har har :P

[Ghostbrush]

yo Matte_Art, some sketches from today! as promised ha ha ha

some from head, some from ref, just learning, trying to get my rendering to look effective blah blah blah

last one is copied from an image by Aleksi Briclot, I love his interpretation of Spawnand I cant wait to get my hands on Architects of fear tomorrow!!!!! o the joy!

anyway there yo go, may update again later, as I am drawing till i pass out :D

Alex

[Jorge Gecov]

This last spawn is very cool, i like the head design!

[Mat Kaminski]

You're a level ahead of me as far as figures go... but DAMMIT I'll catch up >.< :)

Keep it up mangs! It's lookin good surely.

[DStraX]

good studies man ;) keep dooing them and keep posting

[Ghostbrush]

Jorge Gecov cheers, thanks shud go to Aleksi Briclot though, I just studied his sketch :)

Matte_Art thanks bro! just gotta keep on at it :D

DStraX thank you, I will be sure to keep drawing and keep posting

here is my CHOW 160 entry, cant spend any more time on it, so here it is

Enjoy

Alex

[Krato]

Kratothank you, what people are you referring too? i dont understand

i honestly dont remember, anywho nice update.

[xinleh]

Love the last piece :) Has a lot of emotions to it. Keep up the good work~

[Aryeh]

nice work man.

[m0uS3r]

hello there

nice improvement since first page, just wanna point some things
just some problems at proportions and some anatomy study wont be bad

o and for movement try to make 2,3 min max figure sketches they are the best just to capture motion i do them a loot lately and they really work

but don't worry your going up man cheers

[jatherip]

hey, nice stuff, like it! last ones soooo dynamic...
keep practising!

[Ghostbrush]

xinleh i will try :D cheers

lolbbq ta

m0uS3r thanks dude, appreciate the encouragement, will def be doing loads more studies!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jatherip cheers! and I will keep practicing


here is a colour study from reference image, trying a more relax approach and brushes I hardly use, the rake mainly

my progress seems slow to me however

[rambolin]

love your work of the woman with a gun

[Ghostbrush]

rambolin ta, thanks yo! was fun to do that piece, not really a good character design tho ha ha

Ok here is my WIP so far for CHOW 161 - The City

I have chosen to represent Hiroshima, She is a young city with a tragic past, but moving ever forward , growing and healing as time passes.

I am trying to work a lot of symbolism into her design, her hair flows in a shape reminiscent of a mushroom cloud, depicting her history.
she is a young girl to represent the rebirth and growth of the city since 1945.
The light she is heading towards is the future, hopeful and promising.

Finally, due to a super suggestion by Clochette Her costume has the shapes and forms of the Ginkgo Biloba flower, the first plant that grew after the atom bomb explosion, apparently a symbol of hope for the city.

Hope you like, obviously its nowhere near finished yet, just my wip


Alex

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Not half bad stuff here, would like to see more studies, but thos, I hope, will come^^

-E

[Janaschi]

The durex painting is fun xD would love to see more colorstuff from you! sometimes you could push the colors more with using saturated colors more targeted, but other then that its great!

[Danny_K]

vivid imagination, you have future in this business :)
keep it up!

[Ghostbrush]

Mischeviouslittleelf yeh studies incoming once the damn scanner stops pretending its broken :D

Janaschi thanks for the advice, will be sure to try put that into practice, yeh I like that one too, going to revisit it at some point, would like to make a series of them.

Danny_K need a start in this business first dude ;) will get there eventually, thanks you

small update

CHOW 161, feeling like this piece is coming on nicely for once

[ErikStorstein]

I'm really liking your "the city" painting. The letters on the drapery was a nice addition by the way. The face is bugging me a little though, but maybe it's just me. Anyway keep up the good work! :)

[Jakers]

Just found your book so heres a few thoughts!

The last one...I really like that you are putting a story and adding things that a casual viewer wont catch right away. Her face is looking very flat because of the overall intense lighting. I understand the light is strong, but maybe less light on the side of the face, under the nose and a rounder chin might help. A few of the features feel off (its a hard perspective!) Id say the nose feels turned upwards, and the mouth is a little to the viewers left side. Its not clear as to what is composing the effects on the ground. Leaving her hands in light is a great touch...sense of harmony.

As far as studies of the head - draw from bridgman if you can, and study the very most basic forms - if you can indicate the major planes in your drawing, it will really demonstrate the 3D aspects. I think if you spend your time doing sketches, trying to make them solid and in perspective, back to basics, it will help when you go digital again in what to include. See you around! I'll be back

[JailHouseRock2]

Hay man, great updates alex!

You know I dig the Chow, and your City piece is coming along great as well!

Nice solid bunch of studies and sketches too, they really seem to be helping, and this is my favorite portrait from you so far!- http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=680490&stc=1&d=1243278777
'
Cool work mate, and thanks for the visit:)
matt

[Giorge]

hey m8 interesting stuff , you really need to do something with the anatomy and proportion cuz things are really off
for example the chick with the read/pink hair has a gigantic head and that nose seems to be too big , the mouth its badly proportioned and so on ... press hard

cheers!

[Ghostbrush]

yeh the reference had a big head, its the way its shot, weird lense I think. facial anatomy is terrible though i admit :( more practice!

cheers

[Ghostbrush]

yeh the reference had a big head, its the way its shot, weird lense I think. facial anatomy is terrible though i admit :( more practice!

cheers

[Ghostbrush]

CHOW 161 final image :D

Best get a start on the NEWBORN contest :yayca:

[La Ligne Noire]

Love the newborn.

[Ghostbrush]

nah u dont, cos I have not started in yet ha ha

[Ghostbrush]

CHOW 162 The Bogeyman WIP

[meticulous]

Great final render on that CHOW 161! Liking that Bogeyman stance too! (and I'm am just staring at that previous color study (post 134) where you used different brushes - all I can say is wow - maybe simple is better sometimes or something - damn - it's beautiful - I can't stop scrolling up to stare at her.
Great pieces in here! Keep em coming!

[Nele Klumpe]

WOah, I really like your latest chow. Try to exagerate the perspective of his legs a bit more.
And I wanted to go to bed T_T (Now I can't sleep!)

[Mat Kaminski]

Awesome idea on the boogeyman! And such a dynamic pose. I can't wait to see the final render on this one! :D

[Ghostbrush]

meticulous hey thanks! appreciate that a lot. will post more of my studies soon, running out of time to do everything atm

AvisNocturnacheers! I like drawing creepy monsters so this CHOW is right up my street :D

Matte_Artthanks dude, I liking this CHOW a ton too!


today's progress on the CHOW 162 Bogeyman

Enjoy

Alex

[JailHouseRock2]

Duuuuuude! The Bogeyman's looking insanly good! Awesome work man, the hair-cut really helped:P

Really nice stuff man, love the angle!

laters,
matt

[Nele Klumpe]

yay, very cool update, Now I can't decide wether I want to have nightmares or want to laugh. hm.. Laughing is actually better oO

[Ghostbrush]

JailHouseRock2 yo Matt, thanks a lot dude! been rather quick on this one, trying to get more studies in!

AvisNocturna ha ha ha you cant laugh urself to sleep :D so nightmares for you! ha ha sleep well...

yo quick update, still life study in between anatomy studies ( post them later )

first actual still life in ages! way fun, going to do some more today :D

enjoy

[armetage]

I`M glad to see that you are working hard man! Keep on rockin

[JParrilla]

The CHOW is coming along really great.. I cant wait to see the finished piece

[Ghostbrush]

dump and run, this afternoon has been fun! doing still life studies of stuff in my room, going to do a candle light one later :D

[Ghostbrush]

xbox controller :D

[Sulk-Sal]

Really nice sketchbook! I really love the dynamic poses and your studies look great. Really digging the Boogyman too, comical and creepy at the same time. Great piece.

[danlambert]

That bogeyman looks great, maybe a bit monsterish for CHOW though? Either way its great.
That xbox controller is very impressive as well, things with subtle contours like that are really hard to draw/paint.
Peace!

[hala]

your still lifes are rockin' : D
The one of your tea mug is great - you go the lighting and forms down really well. :) keep going!

[Kan Muftić]

Loving those studies, Alex!

[Icecold]

More and more practice, GOOD! ahahah that boogeyman or Boogeygal made me laugh so hard x]
I'd like to see you trying your strenghts in doing enviros.

est wishes, Ice

[Nele Klumpe]

try not to paint your stilllifes on plain white backgrounds. If you use the background colours the objects actually stand on you will get your colours under control much easier.

[Sadetar]

Sweetie, These are all awesome! I so much love your city. I didn't got time to even start mine. Meh, works. Dammit.

And that new hair of yours it's also lovely and suits you really well.

All the best
~Viliina

[Rist]

I really liked the feeling your chow entry gave. Remarkable still-life's too.

[Ghostbrush]

Sulk-Sal sweet! thanks a lot, will finish the CHOW tomorrow :D nursing a big hangover today :(

danlambert thanks! yeh xbox controller was an absolute beast!!!!! happy with it though. Yeah the CHOW this week does not have to be humanoid, so took advantage and went monster crazy :D


halasweet, cheers, appreciate that :D

Chupacabra Thank you Khan, trying to step my game up, rreally need to start getting serious and get myself some experience. Gonna keep studying!!!!! :D

Icecold yeh yeh practice is what is needed! yeh I need to get on and do some enviros before the workshop, for my portfolio, maybe I start one now :D thanks for nice comments

AvisNocturnacheers for the tip :D will take that onboard.

Sadetar awww thanks Vil, glad you like the City. Even better u like the new hair! ha ha ha speak soon

Rist Hey dude thanks a bunch, I tryed to push that CHOW a lot, shame it wont win :( o well always next time




Ok so here is a terrible hungover study I have given up on, some bits I like lot, the candle is obviously shit ha ha o well, better luck next time

ALex

[Nele Klumpe]

see? turned out a lot better :D More!

[stridiggio]

Nice SB, I like the way in which you are working these design objects. Very Clear to me. cheers.

[Ghostbrush]

boom, on a roll today, more stuff later and replies. <3

[Ghostbrush]

AvisNocturna yeh good advice thank you, more to come :D

stridiggio ta, glad you like :)

CHOW 162 Bogeyman finished :D

go go vote!

[JailHouseRock2]

Alex, your CHOW turned out sooo good mate! Congrats bro!

Really loving the still lifes as well, really need to get myself on to those!

Keep going man, and magic hair-cut for the win!!
matt

[Ghostbrush]

JailHouseRock2 Cheers Bra! ha ha too kind.
I suggest everyone gets a magic haircut!!!!!!!!! dying it candy floss pink soon :D o yeeeeeeeeeh!




CHOW 163 work in progress

[Ghostbrush]

weird are there pictures in the previous post? cant see on here :S

[Ghostbrush]

lil more...headache kicking in now :(

[Nele Klumpe]

This Chow looks really cool as well! I think you lost some of the effect of the perspective you had in the lineart. maybe you can give the lower part of the body less contrast? I don't know, you could give it a try in another layer :D
Keep up the good work!

[Ghostbrush]

AvisNocturna hey you! yeh I was seeing that too, will try what u said, i may try loose some detail down there too, big brush etc, that pose is weirding me out 0_0


yo so some crap from sketchbook, hate these a lot, but its practice I suppose.

Over the top self portrait too ha ha I am not that buff :D

enjoy

[JParrilla]

great updates man! one thing I noticed is the perspective on the xbox controller is a little off.. especially the buttons.. they should be on more of a slant.. but nothing major. awesome stuff man

[papervampire]

woohoo super great work! it's terrific! and the best part is you still have loads of room to improve, even though it's this good already. the pencils are getting more and more refined... keep pushing!

[Ghostbrush]

So I have been musing over this newborn contest to try come up with an idea for it.
I have been playing with this idea of a comic book page layout, that tells a short story over a few well rendered and detailed panals, The story is still quite loose and the details I will be working out as the idea evolves I guess.

basic narrative:

A queen/diety/high echelon....someone important is giving birth to a special child, a new leader maybe, a god (details lol).
The father of said child is a general fighting a war on a distant planet, the story will show the birth then cut straight to battle where the general is receiving a holographic feed of his son, The idea of which will be quite poignant, I have started thumb nailing this story to get a better idea, wanted to share them here.

So here is a thumb of the moment the General recieves the video feed mid battle.

btw this shud hopefully make more sense later down the line ha ha 0_0 (i am a tool)

[Sadetar]

Darling, I so lol'd when I saw that self portrait. What an attitude! Perhaps you should also post a ref pic for that one, so we could, err, like, well, hmm... say better is the likeness ok... Right? :P

[Ghostbrush]

Sadetar you got the horn women! hands off, I innocent :P
yeh u will be lucky if I post the ref image, so embarrassing ha ha ha

still life from this morning, trying some real media brushes in pshop, pretty fun, happy with the colours on this one :D

starting an oil portrait this afternoon! first canvas ever EVER! will be very scary but fun.

Anyway off to drink a tea :D

much love

Alex

[JParrilla]

the still life is real good.. Great work man

[kikindaface]

wow really beautiful still life :p i would like to set up still ifes like that in my room, but there are not enough place :p Anyway, you've got a really nice sketchbook ! Keep working buddy !

[Ghostbrush]

biggjoee5790 ta mang :D

Walid D kind words, thank you, will keep working :D cheers!

ok so I am going to start my first oil painting tomorrow, very excited and nervous, just finishing off the digital that I will be using as my reference.

The piece is heavily inspired by the work of Michael Hussar, his website is here (http://www.michaelhussar.biz/)

The image is a portrait/personification of the town I live in, its a very socially orientated shallow town where money and "who you know" seems to be very important to the inhabitants, needless to say I hate the place :D no joke.

This girl represents that place, insecure and image obsessed, hence her blotchy face and over the top almost clown makeup.

wish me luck trying to recreate this on canvas tomorrow, I will post photos, but sure it will be a mess ha ha ha

Alex

[Jamie Romoser]

Whats up Ghostbrush
Awsome update man really like the brush stokes.
Keep having fun -Omerta

[AeonPhoenix]

Nice stuff. As of right now I can't really give you any advice. Just keep it up. Your stuff looks eon's better than mine.

[surrealitycheck]

Aha Monsieur Ghostbrush, we meet again.

On that young lady I has several criticisms.

Near her mouth, the strokes moving away from her lips are very obvious. They make that area seem dirty. Frankly I'm not sure they should be there at all, as the margins of the lips on such lipsticked lips would probably not be faded like that.

Second, the highlights on her lips seem very chalky. It looks like you were using a textured brush with white, which I'm not sure is the right way to go for highlights. If you were to get a straight up hard brush and do them I think they'd look more shiny - as it is, they look a little muddy and unclear, which is a style you seem to throw out a lot. I think attempting some more clearly delineated pictures would help you a lot, as that picture feels like it needs sharpening.

The chalkiness also shows up in her skin which is mostly white, which makes her seem dead - which is all well and good, but nonetheless I feel a little bit more colour would do her good!

[Ghostbrush]

OmertA cheers dude! will keep up with the fun :D

AeonPhoenix thanks! keep kicking ass and working hard.

surrealitycheck YOU!!!!! we do meet again... thank you for the much needed kick in the butt, looking back at that last picture I have no idea why I even thought that was an acceptable piece, I know I was trying to achieve a freaky sombre look but its just a fucking mess tbh.
Thanks for the crit, I listened to ur advice and have been doing some reworking and painting, the piece is still not finished, just wanted to redeem myself by posting an update `:D again thanks for the helpful crit.

so yeh here is some more prgress.....hopefully finish it later today

Alex

[blaaaaaakman]

Wow, awesome. Your digital paintings have me absolutely captivated; they present so much energy, especially through your color choices. Everything is very vivid. Your figure studies look great as well! Can't wait to see what comes next.

Subscribed!

[Ghostbrush]

blaaaaaakman ah thanks a lot, nice to hear that u like my work, hopefully will improve with studies, then there will be more :D peace

yo still life! to my surprise we have a shit ton of lamps in my house! and they are all cool shapes and materials :D here is something I was doing this afternoon, shadows were an absolute bitch!!!!! but I think I nailed the colours :D

Enjoy

Alex

[Jamesy]

Nice paintings dude! I check the chows quite often and noticed your stuff keeps getting better and better, so keep up the improvements!

[surrealitycheck]

New version is vastly better! Now with a few more lowlights in the hair to define hair masses she'll look great :>

[FAST ART]

man, you got some awsome stuff in here.. keep on posting dude..

thx for stopping at my sketchbook :)

[jigje]

Im very very very very impressed. :) Great sketchbook.

[Ghostbrush]

Jamesy wow thanks dude, glad u think there is progress, not sure I i gonna finish this weeks unfortunately, been really ill last few days, been burning the candle at both ends. cheers for stoppin by

surrealitycheck cheers mang! was great advice before, will add some low lights and more details and post it. thanks again :D

FAST ART sweet! thanks, and no worries, ur sketchbook is so cool, will pop in soon :D

jigje thank you, glad u like.



Ok so I have been pretty much bed ridden the last few days, Ill :(

sketch I working on for a collaboration with JailHouseRock2, just a bit of fun, topic we chose was pirate, so here is a sketch so far of a space pirate, I am gonna change it a fair bit I think, cos it really does not say pirate to me atm...

wip

[Verehin]

Love last portraits)

[JailHouseRock2]

Looking so good bro!!

I'll get mine up soon, lovin the portraits too!

Laters,
matt

[Ghostbrush]

sketch for JailHouseRock2, go go paint the hell out of it :D

ur sketch for me looks amazing dude, really impressed, cant wait to paint it :D

this is a lot of fun

loosened the sketch up a bit, felt it was rather solid ya know? so here it is

[Mat Kaminski]

It looks cool and all, but isnt his other leg awfully skinny? :O

Or is it a prosthetic leg?

Where do I sign up for collabs guise? :P

[blaaaaaakman]

It's a peg leg!
Ghostbrush, I love this concept. The execution of the idea is very clever: I really enjoy how you worked the archetypal pirate costume into his dress (eyepatch, cuffs, boots, etc.). The 'loosening up' was an improvement.

If the sketch "really does not say pirate to you" still, I'd suggest working in a bit more of that archetype. Give him a cutlass or two instead of the katanas, or a pirate-like hat, or a parrot-like companion.

I cannot wait to see how this piece pans out; I'd love to see him in color. Good luck, have fun!

EDIT. Just realized that you won't be making any more additions to this, and that you won't be the one to paint this. Silly me. Oh well, my comments still stand. Great job!

[johanson]

Good to see you going after the newborn contest. Looking forward to seeing more.

[Ghostbrush]

Matte_Art yo dude, its a peg leg, stereotypical pirate ting! I just asked JailHouse if he would like to do one, thats how :D

blaaaaaakman cheers for the suggestions dude :D yeh i will be colouring a sketch from JailHouse, he is colouring the sketch above, so we both get to practice lines and colour + have a lil fun + learn from each other

johanson yeh newborn will be a challenge and a half, but good excuse to push myself and try get to that next level ya know





ok so below is first the beautiful sketch JailHouseRock2 has done for me to colour :D lovely sketch! should be proud of that one Matt!!!!!

underneath is My colours on Matts sketch! woot!

was so fun to do this, learnt a lot by using Matt's (awesome) lines, hope you are happy with the result mate, if u ever fancy doing another just let me know dude.

All the best

Alex

[Mat Kaminski]

Holy schnikes you guys are both amazing artist... I smell a comic budding between you two ;)

[surrealitycheck]

The drawing above the pirate chick that you loosened up - I actually slightly preferred the older version, as the solid lines really emphasised that the forms had been perfectly represented. I really get the feeling that he has three dimensional structure when I look at him, which I didn't get when I looked at some of your earlier pencil stuff. The same is not quite as true of the pirate girl, but I think it's more a function of her less rigid and more fleshy and gentle soft clothy shapes - it's harder to imply her form without colour, and so the painted version looks perfect!

On the topic of your still lives; the most recent one is beautiful, with very strong diffuse lighting - but I nonetheless feel you are taking refuge in vagueness, slightly. Once you have done your first pass I think you would benefit a lot from going over every clear edge you can see in real life and defining it adequately in the still life as well. Even a small amount of definition in a painting can really make it pop, as I feel your style automatically lends itself to a painterly diffuseness. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but the contrast that you would gain by defining a bit harder in some areas would really help I think!

Sorry for always carping on, but you seem to take the criticism awfully well so I'll keep it up until you finally snap and try and find me in London 8(

[Ghostbrush]

Matte_Art Thanks man, collab was awesome fun, cant wait to see matts :D

surrealitycheck oooo I gonna hunt ya down ha ha ha Nah jokes aside I really appreciate ur crits, very helpful and make a lot of sense, I know what u mean, I been looking for a solution to the vagueness, so will definitely try what u have said, think it could also be my blending? will deffo try pushing harder anyway.
Yeh i have learnt that crits are helpful and not digs, so always happy to accept them, then I can improve :D cheers agian dude. (btw the pencil sketch of the girl above is by JailHouseRock2, its a collab we did, colours by me)

All the best

Alex

[JailHouseRock2]

:pirate:AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! So coool man!!!:pirate:

Love it so much!! The lighting is fantastic!! I just hope I can do somthing cool to yours now!

Cheers mna, heaps of fun, keen to do it again sometime!
matt

[Ghostbrush]

JailHouseRock2 pleasure working with ya mate! have fun with the space pirate :pirate: AAAARGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!! :pirate:




summit I been working on for the last hour, gotta head out to get my brother from party now :( I wanna keep painting!!!!!

o well


Alex

[danlambert]

Jeez, you work fast! I love your studies from life, and the adventurous lighting that your experimenting with. Your colours are getting really good to!

One quick thing, some of your images are looking a bit airbrushy in places. Airbrush is baaaaaaad.

Keep up the good work, peace

[Noukah]

Really nice stuff in here!
Great perspective, eye for detail and those last portraits are awesome as mentioned before.
Keep it up :)

[Ghostbrush]

danlambert hey thanks dude, I love your work too :D yeh I need to work on y blending of colours I think, its been mentioned a few times recently, I dont use the airbrush, but I can see exactly what u mean, cheers for the good advice mang!

Noukah Too kind, thanks a lot, will be sure to keep it up :D


yo, morning CA, its weird how u can survive on such little sleep, I mean i wake up tired as hell, but soon as this computer goes on its auto pilot, totally forget ur tired...anyone every tried that sleep routine 4 hours awake, 1 hour asleep, rinse and repeat? tried it at uni for a month, was crazy, u have so much time on ur hands!!!! its not very practical though, but does work a treat


small update on this piece, calling it "OMG GREEN EGG BABY ATM", might become something i use for Newborn, maybe, I like my other idea better me tinks.

anyway Photoshop beckons

Alex

[Mat Kaminski]

Keep rendering this one... it might be climactic enough to use for that contest if you REALLY push it! :D

Make sure you add more drama with the lighting in the background (could maybe show the momma glistening back there ;) If you want, I have a picture that might give you some neat inspiration for this image? Just let me know and I'll send it to you in PM / email / messanger?

[Ghostbrush]

more progress! listening to the alien soundtrack while I paint this 8( spooky shit!

[Nele Klumpe]

This is developing so well! I really like it, the colours and composition rock! Keep it up!

[Mat Kaminski]

Keep going dooo eeettt!! :D

[JailHouseRock2]

Mate that last ones going to looki soooooooo good!!!

I've been having some fun with your awesome lines. :rocker::sungod::yayca:
PLayed round with colours a bit, was good fun, but not really pleased with it yet. I'll try again later!

Cheers man!
matt

[Ghostbrush]

sweet :D

yeh keep pushing dude, the brushwork looks really nice already, love what ur doing with the hair and the drapery of the scarf and jacket! handled the metal well too, its reads as metal, good reflections :D

keep it up dude, been fun working with you

Alex

[Brushcommander]

About that sleep cycle thing. I heard about that too and I want to try it.
Though I'd be going for the Uberman's sleep cycle, which is taking six 30min naps a day, maximizing your REM sleep and minimizing your non-REM sleep. I have to wait until I have a free schedule, though /:
Well anyway lol, great sketchbook, man! Hope I'll see you during the workshop!

[Parsakoira]

Omg the pic in post #216 looks awesome! keep on the good work!
-Noodley

[Ghostbrush]

AvisNocturna thanks yo! gonna keep going with it, see where it takes me

Matte_Art thanks for the encouragement!

JailHouseRock2 yeh this new piece is fun, trying out some colours I dont generally use, experimenting :D

Loving the Pirate prgress dude, u knw that though :D

Tugelbend ha ha ha cheers mang! workshop indeed, I will be the one dribbling on Nox's back while he draws :asspat:

NoodleDoodle OMG thanks! funny u shud say that, the file name for it atm is "OMG GREEN EGG BABY" ha ha ha


Ok some more progress, still a way to go before I call it a day on this one, so might get to post more later.

I am going on holiday tomorrow for a week, visiting my Father, will miss you all, but shud have a lot of moleskine sketches to post on my return

peace to you all

Alex

ps: some photos i wanted to share of my mental dog, Hector...you wont find a dog more lazy ha ha ha

[Mat Kaminski]

HAHAHA I'm going to draw your dog ;) I love drawin me some doggies.

That Newborn piece is coming out badassery! :D

KEEP ROCKIN IT MANGS!

[Nicky S]

Hehe, at our place we have a dog that sleeps in the same position. ^^
Nice work on your painting with the newborn, though one thing bugs me: The left eye of the character looking at the baby seems to be a bit bigger then the right eye which kinda messes up the perspective of his or her face. I like the colors, I need to work a lot on my own knowledge of color... ^^
I'm looking forward to seeing it finished.

[jackpot_anjr90]

Nice work! Love a lot of your ideas and I like your colabs :) keep it up!

[George Abraham]

I'm afraid to post here, seems like everytime someone post's you devour their skills.:D

Kick ass!

[FAST ART]

damn.. ure dog looks like some kind of concept-creature :D :D :D .. when i would got such dog i think i would draw him all the time.. :P

the last paintings are great.. the character-designs are really original.. never saw some characters like that anywhere ..

..keep rockin dude ;)

[danlambert]

The glowing baby piece is looking sweet, love the lighting and colours, and the textures on the suit are great. I think the hands, more so the hand above the glowing baby could do with some more work. I can't pin point why, but it just looks a bit off. Sorry for my vaguness, keep it up.
Peace

[Ghostbrush]

Ok so had some really great advice given to me this last week (thanks Khan), so really going to knuckle down to the stuff that matters and will serve me better in my progression.

so here is an update of the life drawings/observational sketches and doodle I have been doing this week!

life drawings etc were done at a short course I n london I have just got back from, working in an Atelier style approach, really trying to improve accuracy and conveying form with pencil, drawing from casts, Charles Barque drawings and the model we had for the week! was an excellent course, learnt a lot.

Although most of these are unfinished, its more for practice of the principles, speed will come from repetition of the techniques so as long as I keep up the studies and critique myself, I WILL BE THE BEST!!!! mwahahaahhaha, no joke its true tho, get all ur basics dialled and u can use ur imagination to draw anything convincingly!

this is the start of a brand new and exciting time for me

Alex

PS: check my article out in 2dartist magazine, its the issue due out any day now :D


Matte_Art ha ha looking forward to seeing that drawing

Nicky S yeh very good point there, the eyes have not changed since i started that image, hence the weirdness, something i will get round too at some point. cheers mang!

jackpot_anjr90 sweet thanks!

zaorr nom nom nom i ate ur skills :D

FAST ART cool thanks for that dude, nice to hear u think so.
yeh that dog is quite the character ha ha

danlambert yeh I just think the hands re generally just painted badly, needs some tightening up and some consistency in the colours, thanks for that :)


ok here is the maelstrom on crap I been doing this week :D

[JailHouseRock2]

Diggin' it.

Awesome update Alex! Way to hit us with an awesome dump like that!


Those studies (cast drawing?) look great and your life drawings are solid as man! Great strong poses, your getting a lot down in a short time too!

The moleskin's as well look great, the imagination sketches are really strong!
And the reffed ones are of course great (really like the one on the plane, and the last page of animals), But its your drawing and characters from head that I'm truly lovin'!!

Hope your trip when well Alex!

Laters,
matt

[Ghostbrush]

yo here is lil update of some stuff I been doing today

enviros from photo ref, matching colours by eye

value study from photo of a chick :D

enjoy, more life drawing to post later after class




JailHouseRocks2 thanks dude, appreciate that, stop by when ya can :D
have been lurking in ur thread recently too, keep the studies up man!

[Nicky S]

Damn, that's a looooot of work...
Hehe, nice work on the sketches in the moleskin, I'd love to see more, but I just need to wait till you hva some more work to show us. :)

Keep it up man!

[Ghostbrush]

joined a clothed figure and life drawing figure class today :D

monday is clothed figure

thursday is life study (nudes)

so here is the stuff I did literally half hour ago




Nicky S cheers dude! here is an update :D

[Nele Klumpe]

Ah, there's so much stuff I didn't see yet. Cool updates! The figure drawings just reminded me that I can't go to figure drawing class tomorrow D: (this unneccessary fact shouldn't keep you from going, haha) cool stuff, just keep updateing! I always feel like figure drawing classes help a lot.

[Bendragon]

Hey man! Your studies looks like they are helping you a lot. It reminds me that I have been neglecting those stuff myself. So I'll be trying to do the same. I think you are on the right track and doing loads of studies will help you out. You have some good renderings. I think more lighting work would studies would definately help the digi paints, but generally just keep the amount of studies you are doing.

[Nicky S]

oooh, even more!

Nice work, try to go a bit more extreme with the values, it'll give more volume to things. And the foreshortening of the arm seems a bit incorrect, the connection of the wrist with the rest of the arm... Something bugs me, it looks like his arm is made of rubber.
But it's just a matter of foreshortening, and overall things are looking good.
And damn, I need to go to life drawing classes aswell, but don't have any time right now, need to work, vacation job. :(

But keep it up!

[Kan Muftić]

Really glad you are going this way. Every second invested in a study pays back in pure gold.
It was a pleasure meeting you, bud.
Khan

[JParrilla]

good job man.. figure drawings are lookin good

[Ghostbrush]

AvisNocturna ha ha ha thats a funny comment. yeh figure classes are worth there weight in goldzzzzzzzzzz! and fun too!

Bendragon yeh studies are pretty much all I gonna do atm :D

Nicky S will certainly look into foreshortening, practice practice practice for me!

Chupacabra sound advice which I am definitely hearing! thanks again, see ya in a few weeks, hopefully!

biggjoee5790 thang yo mang!

ok so here are some studies, mostly for colours, but anatomy and composition as well! enjoying these a lot

started colouring a moleskine sketch too, just for fun, not spending hours on it, got studies to do!

keep the comments coming! its good motivation!

study hard

Alex

[Mat Kaminski]

Dude keep rockin' it. Not much to say but encouragement :D

[Ana Diella]

Very Nice i like your works.
The last post where you are studing skin colors try and add a bit more warm colors like rosy red for the cheeks, nose, knees, etc. That gives it more life :D
This is a advise color on a 50%(or anything neutral) grey background so your eyes dont burn(at least my do ahah) and you do get a better notion of the valueshues.

Apart from that i have nothing more to say other than keep on doing what your doing :)

Take care.
Ana

[Ghostbrush]

WORK IN PROGRESS

gross :D

[Mat Kaminski]

Dude!

THATS FRIGGIN SUPER SWEET!!!!111

And suddenly... GBs book took a turn into proland :P

[Nicky S]

nice work again!

I really like the spider creature, it's looking very good so far, great color usage, perhaps that the canvas should be extended a bit horizontally. Phew, sorry for the crap english every now and then. ^^

Keep it up man!

[Nele Klumpe]

wow, the WIp is looking great so far. The colours look really good in that one.
As for the fleshtone studies you might want to use some more saturated colours like a little orange here and there to make the colours pop. Just keep it up!

[Ghostbrush]

yo so so more studies from today

12 portraits - 5mins each - from reference

self portrait

self portrait avec mask :D for fun

quick colour study

will upload todays life drawings from class when I find the camera!!!!!!

Matte_Art too kind sir, too kind :D

Nicky S thank you, i may well extend the canvas, not sure yet, will play around some more first. cheers

AvisNocturna Thank you Avis, yeh I will definitely be adding some more colours in there, glad u like so far :D

Ana Diella thank you :)

on with the show!!

[JParrilla]

nice updates man! I like the self portrait alot

[Ana Diella]

LOL i just love the portraits so many funny expressions there.
And for 5 mins each their awsome :o a trouble i have is to get caught on details pretty soon...so to that kudos to you boy.

Your self portrait is awsome man :D serisouly i like it.

Thank you for passing by on my SB greatly apreciated!

Nom nom nom

[Maestro Andres]

Some very nice works in this SB. Liking a lot what I am seeing so far. Good job with the last SP, nice colors and that mask fits in the painting well. Keep rocking!