Engineer's Sketchbook

[Stevan]

Hello everybody :)
I am student on Mechanical Faculty in Belgrade, but i always loved to, and still love to draw. Ill try to do my best and to improve my skills. Hope this community will help me to progress. I cant promise sketch/day but ill try to draw as much as i can. My English is not the best so feel free to correct my errors :)

[Stevan]

And here we go.
These are the oldest done in Painter with mouse

[Stevan]

Omg too big and have problems with upload

[Stevan]

New ones( the old ones are done about two years ago) with tablet :)

[Stevan]

Open canvas sketches

[Stevan]

Here is another sketch. Strong man :) Shading on pectorials is bad , doesn't give form of muscles. C&C please

[Stevan]

Some recent work. Line weight studies with coal. Have upload problems, only this one for now <*(

[bleedsheet]

Hey man thanks for stopping by my sketchbook! You have really nice line work. Keep it up!

[Stevan]

Charaocal, line weight practice.
Thanks bleedsheet :)
I need direction with charaocal! I don't know do i draw to much lines or should i be concentrated more on contours. Advice please>

[towy]

interesting work,
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=525772&stc=1&d=1227437412 the skin is really good here
dont stop your studies!

[Stevan]

Sketch i just did, some faces ....

[Stevan]

Here is some pencil drawing of my ear, nose :) and portrait of my younger bro.

[mimar sinan]

aw Stevan.. ur portraits are awesome... and ima Mechanical Engineering student too.. what a big coincidence ^_^ but apparently i cant pass my last exams.... they are so fkn hard... >.<

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Areit, a few pointers you might wanna pick up on, or not, that is entirely up to you;) First of, use your paintbucket, or gradient tool, and create a simple background, so that your blending of tone does not happen over a white space, as that just makes everything look flat, boring and acrylic. Do more studies, even though the ones you already have are really quite good:) I love the woman with the black hair and stuff, so keep that stuff flowing. I should also point out that varying up your stuff would make it more interesting:)

-E

[Equality72521]

about your charcoal questions:

It looks like you used vine charcoal on those pieces ( its the skinny, light-weight charcoal). Those are used for either fast gestures or underdrawings for longer figure drawings. They are used for that because it is easily erasable. As for Charcoal in general, it is a fickle mistress. A lot of times, I personally, use the side of a stick to block in mass and planes, then smear into the white areas, then erase highlights and define shadows with the point of the stick. Thats what i do in figure drawing classes, but there are a lot more ways to use charcoal. It just helps to experiment.

I really like your open canvas pieces, keep up the good work

[Stevan]

Thanks ppl for your comments and suggestions :) I really appreciate it.

Mischeviouslittleelf Yes ill do as you suggest, hope soon ill post some paintings :) Thanks

Equality72521 Well i use charcoal just for line practice. One painter suggested that i draw with them and try to do my "lines" just with one move(drawing curve of the nose or ear in one "stroke" etc.).and to put darker&thicker/lighter&thinner lines depending on the light. I draw on A4 format maybe i should use thinnest charcoal?? Or maybe work on bigger format of paper.
Thaks for reply :)

[Stevan]

Sketches done in sketcher forum(www.artgrounds.com). Very interesting site and great opportunity to work with someone online. I need line/hatching mentor so i can practice on sketcher forum. :)

[Stevan]

Figure drawings (resource: www.characterdesigns.com) first one , dont like them but ill draw some more :0 Need to practice...

PS
Sorry only one image upload problems :)(#()*@)($&(@#^$*(&!@#%^*&!

[Stevan]

more figure drawings. I really dont like my lines so any suggestion how should i hatch is so needed :( Pleaseee

[phoenicorn]

Great work so far. Thanks for dropping by my sketchbook. I can see an improvement in your work as in your earlier work the pictures seemed o abit off thought I am not sure what it was. o well great work keep it up.

[Timmi-o-Tool]

hey, thanks for your reply. your stuff looks alright too... study anatomy very well...you're on a good way.
keep it up, work hard. some day you'll become awesome

[Stevan]

Thanks for your support guys :)

[Clochette]

What? Flotting dollars? O_O It's strange hahaha!
Nice portraits and figuredrawing btw, and thanks for passing by! ;)
Keep it up!

[Stevan]

What? Flotting dollars? O_O It's strange hahaha!
Nice portraits and figuredrawing btw, and thanks for passing by! ;)
Keep it up!

Yea! It seems that money is finally raining :)
Thanks 4 support :)

[Stevan]

Ive been drawing this girl 4 times and then i was so ^#%$@#&$# and ....yes work more. I need to make my hand obey to my mind :)
PS
OMG!!! Terible

[Wadu]

The last figures you posted are awsome. And I think the second attempt at that last face is the best by far.

[Stevan]

Thanks m8. Let's see second....i like lines on first but 4th pic looks...i dont know ...i cant decide :( Ill draw her again.

[Jaytea]

I love how you use shade with pencil so methodically; the little neat marks that build up the shadows. :]

[Foolsauce]

The second of the faces is definitely my favorite. I'd need to see a photo to know which is the most accurate though (either second or fourth, I'd think).

Great work though, I don't know what you have against your hatching, it looks good to me in most of your pictures. I especially like the sketches in post #5! Keep it up! :D

[septomin]

Hey! Another engineer. This is pretty good stuff, I wish I could work clean like this.

[sxxin]

wow great anatomy studies, I think I should do some too hehe ^^

thanks for your comment in my SB ;)

[Stevan]

Thanks sxxin. Im starting with bones studies now, didn't draw anything yesterday.But today passed exam with 9 :) So i guess ill have my reward now and that is drawing :)

[Stevan]

Shalite: Thanks m8, my brother said that i have to loosen my hand when drawing and he is totally right (he finished design school, and i always admired his lines and shading skills)
Foolsauce: Thanks :) Ill upload picture in the same post with drawings so you can see and compare.
septomin: Well i just passed exam with 9!!! So happy. Thanks for comments :)

[Stevan]

Here i am again. Had some time so started with bone studies. Only alien is portrait of a girl i did month ago(i think :*)). I used myself as reference, sitting in front of big mirror i drew arms and then i would drew bone position. It was fun to use latin names for bones, it is easier to draw something when you give it name :)

[The Whistler]

Ej bok, sori sto nisam prije odgovorila ali ljudi mi ne postaju u sketchbook inace pa nisam vidila post ;)

Super ti je SB, onaj lik u postu #17 je genijalan. Studije su isto super. Sto se tice one cure sto si crtao 4 puta, misim da si u drugom najvse pogodio slicnost, bitno je samo da mjeris sta je blizu cemu i kakvi su odnosi izmedju dijelova lica, bit ce ti puno lakse. Inace, samo tako nastavi :)

Cheers!

[Stevan]

Hvala Majo na komentarima :) Portret uglavnom krećem tako što prvo crtam oči, mada neki put pokušavam i sa konturom pa onda popunjavam sa očima ušima itd :D Ma oko moram izoštriti, a nosim naočari :):):)

[jimenez3rd]

thanks for the great comment on my sketchbook, in terms of drawing, anatomy studies are great , however i feel you will be better rewarded by learning perspective a bit better.

there are moments in your studies where it shows that you dont have a clear grasp of how things tilt in space. try to draw a couple simple shapes and then try to rotate them and tilt them, and then upgrade to more complex shapes.

-jose

[Stevan]

Thanks Jimenez3rd for C&C :) And ur totally right when you say "there are moments in your studies where it shows that you dont have a clear grasp of how things tilt in space". Really, sometimes i stop drawing and think where this thing goes out or how to put it ....and what a funk!!! I started with arm bones so my goal was to learn "basic" where, and how bones are positioned, then i would flesh-it-up...but sometimes it was reversed process! Anyway thanks for support, always need it :)

[Stevan]

Here are some more scribbles ....pretty rough and with lots of errors :|

[Stevan]

Here are latest done on A3 so i had to merge them (A4 scanner) in MS PAINT!!!! I've been working on line studies parallel with bones.....need to learn to control pressure of pencil....to loosen my arm :) Hope something on this last sketches shows progress ??

PS
Some stuff are upside-down :( Sorry

[Gerre]

You have a very nice shadingstyle. Really inspiring, cuz mine could use some improvement :)

[Craz]

Looks like your only problem is that of foreshortening. In one of the sketches you drew an arm with the forearm pointing towards you, but the line where the forearm joins the arm suggests that the forearm is turned to the side.

[Bambi 09]

you can really see the development in your work. really like it. would be nice to see you draw some other subject areas aswell.

[kikindaface]

Really nice studies ! You've improved since the first post! Try to vary the stuff, draw from life, paint, or some creative stuff ! Keep it up

[T_Marasà]

You anatomy studies are really interesting, just scrolling down the pages of your sketchbook I can see the improvements you're making: your lines have loosened up a great deal and the shading in the last post is also pretty good.
Also, studying anatomy is extremely important but don't let it keep you from drawing other stuff, like the portraits on the first page... anyway keep drawing and posting!

[Stevan]

Thanks m8ties :) Ive been changing ISP so i am a bit absent these days.

[alffla]

hi stevan nice sketchbook here too :) thanks for the comment man~

nice studies keep it up

[jatherip]

guy above is right, studies are cool ,and such an amount!!!!! keep goin :)

[LtPlissken]

Is this sketchbook dead?