Empyrean´s sketchbook [updated 29 jan]

[.empyrean.]

Just go to the last pages, there's better stuff!

[.empyrean.]

Are there pages in the internet with proportion studies, anatomy, body poses?

[rodent]

youve definitly got the spark , but have you got the staying power to turn yourself into somthing.i liked the finger in the bottle , it was realistic and creepy , i liked the shading on it too, and the reflections

[Anathema6205]

it always rough at the start, just because you dont know where to start and theres so much out there; but it will get alot better.
the best thing to do is find one thing that you really need to focus on, then really try to master that.
one thing at a time.
take a look at this website: it covers everything i learned in college drawing classes...but for free.
http://drawsketch.about.com/
its a drawing encyclopedia. ^^

oh, and anatomy is one thing i have to continue to look for-theres some really nice books out there, try skeletal and muscular books, but theres a whole ton out there.

heres some basics that are extremely useful; in the artworld, proportion is god.
http://cedarseed.deviantart.com/art/Big-Guide-to-Drawing-the-Body-15014442

[.empyrean.]

Hey, thanks for your words!

I think this:http://www.amazon.de/Menschliche-Anatomie-K%C3%BCnstler-Gy%C3%B6rgy-Feher/dp/3829022956/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230494945&sr=8-6
is the best anatomy book ever. Every muscle, every bone, demonstrative sketches, wonderful!

1. Trapezius. Don´t get the muscles look well.
2. Began Enviromental. The Steps aren´t that good.
3. Bone and musclestudies of arm.

Greetings,
Max

[nancy_kelpie]

You draw hands pretty good ! :) I also like the ink finger.

A good website for poses is www.posemaniacs.com

[Asatira]

I think you're off to a good start. Your hands, especially from, are rather good. The face (third image in first post) is an example of what most people have to get over, which is drawing symbols and not what is actually seen (for example, the eye). Don't worry, the more you draw the better you'll get. I also like the building/street environment.

Check out Posemaniacs, look at the resources on the forum, and keep at it. I look forward to your progress.

[.empyrean.]

@nancy_kelpie Thank you!
@Asatira Thanks, what do you mean with drawing symbols? Should I paint the, um, effects on other parts of the face, for example, the wrinkles (crinkles?) of the eyes, thus the shades of the wrinkles, and not the eye itself?

What is better? Painting parts of human bodies and try to get it perfect as possible or painting many different parts in different perspectives the whole piece of paper?
What should I paint and what disregard to get the skills to paint human characters and faces right?

Greetings,
Max

[.empyrean.]

1. Musclestudy
2. Try...
3. Hands

Max

[Fumble]

Hey .empyrean. good studies, keep it up!
As for the approach to figure drawing: I find it helpful to draw poses from posemaniac.com - that way i get the overall feel for the different muscles and how they sit on the human figure. I then combine that with studies of the individual muscles groups as the ones your doing now.

[.empyrean.]

1. Wicked Thing
2. Another wicked thing "concept"
3. Legs and a foot
4. It´s very hard to get that look like a sunset...

@Fumble Thanks!

Greetings Max

[.empyrean.]

So, let's start again. Now I really have to practise, next year I gonna take 'Art' as a kind of 'expert subject' at school, and will do exams for my graduation.

Hope you like that one....

Greetings Max


Edit: Oh f*ck, pic is a little too big, hope you don't mind.

[.empyrean.]

Update:

[.empyrean.]

Once again: UPDATE

Please guys, critizize me! I want getting better!

1. Some quickies from Observation (i guess you don't even realize what it shows :\)

2. Doodles

3. 30 sec Posemaniacs

Greetings, Max

[.empyrean.]

Come on guys, pleease.

Little update today

Greetings Max

[.empyrean.]

Update for today

Greetings Max

[.empyrean.]

Posemaniacs for today

Greetings Max

[.empyrean.]

Update

[.empyrean.]

Update:

Max

[Asatira]

Hello. Just dropping by. I see some improvement from the last time I came by. If you don't mind, I'll answer your question from last year. When I said symbols, I was taking a little bit from Betty Edward's Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, where she explained beginners will sometimes use the "symbol," a visual shorthand for something, in the place of what is actually seen. The example I pointed out was the eye you drew in your first post; it was an oval outline with a perfectly round iris. By now, you know that the eye isn't a perfect oval and the iris isn't always seen completely nor always perfectly round. Judging by the anatomy studies, you are learning to draw what you actually see, especially in the Sept. 7th update.

It's good to see you're doing gesture studies, but, even for Posemaniacs, they seem a little stiff. Try to be looser and better capture the general action. You may want to check out this article by Vilppu to get an idea of how to do it (keep in mind, this one of many ways to do gestures): http://www.awn.com/articles/tutorials/vilppu-drawing-online-gesture

[.empyrean.]

@Asatira: Thanks a lot :yayca:

Finally got a Wacom!

First try:

[.empyrean.]

New piece, hope you like it (coloring is sooo hard to get right)

Max

[ZenzybaR]

Hey nice sketchbook. Your observational skills look good.
With the posemaniacs i found it's good to try and capture the flow of the body and how the upper body and waist place to each other.

Sorry if my critique is bad. (Your my first one lol.)

Keep up the good work.

[.empyrean.]

How can I get the lightning/color better, especially the smooth skin? By using other brushes? More contrast?

Max

[.empyrean.]

Detail on "Brainman" (working title).
Max

[.empyrean.]

New Things
1. Selfportrait (Tempera on paper)
2. Portrait (coal on paper + tempera)
3. Studies (ink)

[.empyrean.]

Did a rough sketch for a skyscraper (idea taken from gary tongues book) and realized, that working digital isn't that easy I thought it was. For today I'll return to my real pencils :yayca:

[.empyrean.]

Entry for EOW:

[.empyrean.]

Started a environment today, returning to acrylic for more practise.

Max

[.empyrean.]

Two little ink sketches

Max

[Pixie Trick]

Well, you are most definitely off in the right direction at great speed! Anatomy and perspective on the first page! Woot!
My main advice is to draw from life, draw from life, draw from life. Anything, everything. Also picking up a marker that is just one size too big for your comfort helps a lot in making your lines smoother and more valuable.

Keep at it. :sungod:

[.empyrean.]

@Pixie Trick
Woah, thank you, that elates me massively! And thanks for your advice, I'll do it.

Update for today, selfportrait inspired by the work of Mark Riddick.

[.empyrean.]

Long ago since I updated something...
My whole "work" done in school, isn't available for me until next march, so I can't show this.
Following things are done at home.

Greetings, Max

[.empyrean.]

New ones!
The last one is waaay too ugly, actually...

Greetings

[PNate]

Hey empyrean, it's awesome seeing that you're determined to learn this stuff :) If you haven't read them already, I would suggest Andrew Loomis's "Drawing the head and hands" and "Figure drawing for all it's worth". Also, George Bridgman's "Complete guide to drawing from life" and Jack Hamm's "Drawing the head and figure". It's important not to just read them but draw from them as well until it's stuck in your mind. I think everyone here can tell you how hard it is to get the hang of anatomy, and nobody ever really masters it, so be patient and never give up!

[.empyrean.]

Hey PNate, thanks for your words and the recommendations! As soon as I have money I'll get the books.:confident

Update for today:
1. A few thumbnails and two crippled trees
2. Simplified head forms
3. Copied from my anatomy book

Greetings,
Max

[.empyrean.]

Update:

1. Rough sketch of a cargo spaceship for google sketchup
2. My cat, man, it's hard to get him onto paper
3. An eggplant
4. Some pictures. I thought it would be nice to share. The two last ones are done traditionally with film.

Greetings,
Max

[.empyrean.]

Just one for now.
It should look like a helicopter.

[.empyrean.]

Update for today, just one sheet of dumb studies :S
But I'll show you another picture of me, this time a selfportrait.

Greetings,
Max

[.empyrean.]

Time for some posemaniacs!
I don't mind if nobody gives me critics. :overhere:
Greetings,
Max

[.empyrean.]

Started this painting with reference (http://characterdesigns.com/bandaid/content/photosets/3635/3680/Photoset_035_0035.jpg).
The head doesn't look like I wanted it to look. Bummer.
Criticize!

[Naidy]

Hello there, I love all the studies, they seem to be coming along quite well.
it'd be interesting to see more of your paintings though, from what little I've seen you look like you have a good sense of colour.

Yes yes, so I think it'll be nice to see you practice with mediums when you're doing your studies too- like biros and charcoal.

Things are looking good though, so keep up the good work!

[.empyrean.]

@Naidy: Waah, thanks for the kind words!
And I'll practice more with colours and other medium, promise! :yayca::lifedrawing:

Finally got "Bridgman's complete guide to drawing from life" and Jack Hamm's "Drawing the head and figure". Gotcha!

For today:
1. Daily dose of Posemaniacs. Perhaps some more later.
2. Face construction copied from Jack Hamm.
3. Eyes!

Greetings,
Max

[.empyrean.]

Have been sketching nearly all the day long! :yayca:
Actually I wanted to do something with acrylics or watercolour, but didn't manage to do. Tomorrow.

Update:
1. Handbones
2. More rough eyes
3. Noses
4. More noses
5. And again noses
6. Left: rubbish right: leafs
7. Ears
8. Cool ink ears
9. Profiles
10. More profiles
11. Weird Bridgman things
12. same
13. same
14. same
15. same

Hope you like it and drop me a line!

Greetings,
Max

[.empyrean.]

Woot, I discovered Alchemy! I totally love it!

1. Space ship forms
2. Butterfly-thing
3. Thing-thing

Greetings,
Max

[.empyrean.]

Yo, did some more things. Hope you like it.
Greetings,
Max

[.empyrean.]

Since noone is really interested in my studies, I opened a thread in the Fine Arts forum. From now on I won't post any studies in my SB.
Here is the link: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=194044

[hammajamma]

The studies are very important, and we have ALL had to do a wad of them, or should... It is great, but often frustrating. Oddly I found many of the "how to draw a comic hero" types of books valuable in helping me draw the human body "correctly" Those types of books are all about simplifying the human form, which means they are great for roughing out the form and pose, even if out of proportion. Once you have the basic shapes down, it is easy to correct the muscles tendons etc and add details. I would spend considerable time worrying about the overall layout of the human form and not worry about details right now. once you feel confident with the relative placement of the various masses, then start defining the major muscles, then smaller and smaller details. I like to think of drawing just like sculpting, if the overall masses are not right then no level of detail will ever make the piece work.

[Jakers]

Sorry it took me soooo long to get here! Don't really have a good excuse as everyones life is 'busy' sometimes.

Its great to see you playing around with many different things.

Advice on being inspired....for me, if I get inspired by something specific (subject matter, a rendering style etc.) work on it while you are inspired.

Bridgman its really good as well as Loomis - make sure you read the text too, i found some of Bridgmans explanations insightful. When you draw from his work, think about curved vs. round, the whole time drawing with your arm not just your hand...his drawings have fluidness to them and I think this will help.

Pose maniacs is good - but don't do pages and pages if say, 30 seconds isnt enough for you to learn from. If you feel you learn more from 3 minutes, do that. Those super quick poses are for warmup, or...gesturing poses. I find I learn more from slightly longer time restrictions as you've done with some of the rendered figures.

Always study with a specific purpose in mind! That, and work on what inspires you the most between the studies.

[arestocrat]

Hey, du kommst sogar aus meiner früheren "Nachbar-"Heimat.
Dann will ich mal ein paar Tips für dich raushauen:
Vertiefe dich nicht zu sehr in Details... was nützt es dir ein perfektes Ohr zu zeichnen wenn der Rest des Gesichts nicht in Proportion dazu ist, bzw. ein viel niedrigeren Detailgrad hat. Lerne erstmal die basic-forms, also wie alles (z.b. der Körper) in die Grundformen (Cylinder, Dreieck, Quadrat, ...) eingeteilt wird... darauf aufbauend kannst du dir dann details und Muskelstränge, und das ganze Zeug lernen.
Die Alchemy sketches sind toll, allerdings solltest du in deinem jetzigen Stadium nicht "zu lockere" skizzen machen, versuche doch die Formen im Nachhinein noch genauer zu definieren, z.b. mit PS, Sai, Gimp oder was auch immer. Einfache "farbkleckse" gut aussehen zu lassen ist nicht sehr schwer, aber das ganze dann in eine "richtige" Zeichnung/ Konzept umzusetzen dagegen schon. Allerdings ist das schonmal ein guter Anfang deine Kreativität und dein Auge zu trainieren ;)

Viel Glück weiterhin!

PS: Der Text ist in keiner Weise beleidigend oder herablassend gemeint und bezieht sich voll und ganz auf meine persönlichen Eindrücke und Erfahrungen. Sie sind nur als Richtlinien zu verstehen und nicht als Lehrbuch. Vielen Dank

[.empyrean.]

Wow! Didn't expected to be back from holidays and get some posts! Thanks guys!
@hammajamma:
I knew somehow I was doing it wrong, but never tried to change my working process. I think I'll just copy every body from Bridgeman and do life drawing (huu, I'm scared of this :dur:). Thanks again!
@Jakers:
Never mind! I would've understood it, if you had never wrote something, because your amount of coming work is high (and I like it anyways).
@aristocrat:
Danke dir! Ich werd mein bestes versuchen :) Irgendwie habe ich deinen Beitrag übersehen...^^

Unfortunately I didn't draw the last two weeks...But since I got two new books (Exodyssey; Digital Painting Techniques) to gain inspiration from and a goal to achieve for school until december (Create a fantasy/sci-fi world from nothing, draw it, paint it), I think I have much to do.

New stuff:
1. Tried watercolors. It's ok, I'm fine with it.
2. 'The mountains' (inventive, I know). A region with unnormal gravity. Rocks and mountains are floating above the ground. Rivers and creeks, created due to rainfall and hot springs, are affected by gravity and go down from the 'Ob'takken', as the native nomadic people call the floating rocks. The rivers in form of vapor create so called 'Akk'tm'Watta's', green oases in the otherwise hostile mountains.
3. A fern which grows in 'Akk'tm'Watta's'. The cone-like leaves collect valuable water. If the 'Akk'tm'Watta' holds enough water, the leaves roll up and release crisp, red and smelling blooms.
4. Two thumbnails for the region called 'The mountains' and a warrior from the 'Kar Kanash', native nomadic people, with his 'Shaysh'.
5. A digital conversion of one of the thumbnails.
6. A so called 'Hornbear', which lives in 'The plains'. He can stand up in the high grass and watch for predators or possible food.
7. And last but not least a new Alchemy-crafted character. I think I will somehow include this in my world.

[.empyrean.]

Why won't this thread turn to the third page actually?
@Arestocrat: Woher kommst du denn?

Just one sheet today, further exploration of 'The Mountains'. Which thumb would you prefer to be turned into a painting? Tell me!

[.empyrean.]

Update for today: Some warm-ups and more silly floating mountains/ sprouting rocks.

[.empyrean.]

Guys, I just love to add color gradient filters to my pictures. It's magical!

[.empyrean.]

Got some new pencils/markers. Hope you enjoy!
1. Warm-Ups
2. Shape studies. Whatever.
3./4. Mountains

[.empyrean.]

1. How do I get these rocks look rock-ier?
2. More thumbnails
3. Thumbnails
4. Floating rock shapes
5. Bridgman

[.empyrean.]

Another sheet of daily thumbnails.

[.empyrean.]

Just scribbles and sketches.

[.empyrean.]

1 and 2: Sketches from the fourth Alien movie

I got problems with the name of the files, sorry for the multiple posts...!

[.empyrean.]

Mountains

Sorry again.

[.empyrean.]

Sooorry.

[SigonWulf]

Loving the environments bro. If you get a chance hit up a mcdonalds or a coffee shop and try sketching some of the people in there. I plan to give it a shot tomorrow. If you would like when were done we can compare and relate troubles and ideas.

[.empyrean.]

@SigonWulf: Thanks :)

New enviro scribbles.

[Eric Young]

You're doing good, keep up with the anatomy studies. Also try some environmental studies, they'll help your environmental designs.

[D.Daum]

Looking good, I like the environments from the last page best of all. Keep up the good work I'll be trying to keep up with you two.

[D.Daum]

The line quality and line variation is definitely getting better btw.

[.empyrean.]

@The Origianal [E]: Thank you! Have to turn to anatomy again, you're right. :(
@D.Daum: Nice to hear I really do improve :) Get your sketchbook online! ;)

No words today, I'm frustrated as hell. School, life, art. It scares the crap out of me...

[.empyrean.]

New Updates.
A little bit anatomy, gosh I'm lazy...
Then a space ship design and some red chalk stuff.

[.empyrean.]

Anatomy and damn bad life drawing...

[.empyrean.]

Did some more life drawing.

Max

[Demotyme]

I like the studies! One thing that I learned that helps me immensely is to add value to my drawings, you understand form much better than you would with just line.

[.empyrean.]

Thanks Demotyme!
Just a little update, beside scribbles and sketches not worth showing I did this painting with tempera. Much greener in reality.

[Demotyme]

Reminds me of my first self portrait, it's was fun. If you did want crit, the face is out of perspective with the rest of the face. From the chin it looks like 3/4 view, but the face is straight on. It seems like the head is lacking construction beforehand. If you did it straight from ref or life, great, but even just putting down the basic landmarks (eye line, nose, mouth, chin etc.) will help your head structure.

[.empyrean.]

blaaaa

[Demotyme]

Studies for a project?

[.empyrean.]

@Demotyme:
Exactly ;)
I have to do this for school, as a part of my graduation.

New stuff: Somehow, I can't take hold long enough on digital stuff. Depressing...

[.empyrean.]

Perspective is a little bit off...
Practiiice!

[.empyrean.]

Weeee, Artrage is fuuun! I love it :)

[.empyrean.]

Marker stuff

[Justyna]

Your latest studies are good, you certainly made quite a progress, but watch the proportions - some feet and hands look too small. I often have the same problem :)

Nice job on those environment sketches. Keep posting!

[.empyrean.]

@You mean the hands in the life drawing stuff? Yeah...I know...The heads are kinda small, too. Thanks for your comment!

Did a collageish thing for school. It should resemble the work from Braque and Picasso, as they ventured into Synthetic Cubism.
And more Ishas for the other school project.

[SigonWulf]

I love the painting and the marker stuff. I propose a draw off for our sketchgroup. Find the cutest animal you can find and draw it to the best of your abilities. When we are all done we will critique each others and provide some helpful tips.

Also instead of just drawing a cute creature try and write down some of your struggles and things you really like about your drawing. We can compare these notes.

[SigonWulf]

Empyrean the group isn't the same without you. Post some sketches man!

[.empyrean.]

Sorry guys, last weeks were messy, chaotic and stressful. School is raping me.
Nonetheless, some things I did. Watercolors are interesting, I will experiment more in time.
Do you like the drawings?

Max

[Demotyme]

smaller thumbnails plz?

[.empyrean.]

Sorry, I thought it would be nice to see more detail.

[Demotyme]

No, man, I can see it fine.

I see you're cranking out work, finals over?

[.empyrean.]

Not yet, I have to wait till march and than I'm out.
Actually, I don't like the drawings very much. I put myself under pressure, like "I have to do this perfectly, the drawings are important for my graduation" and stuff like that. Unfortunately, that way the "spirit" of my more loose drawings gets lost and the paintings look stiff and boring. I'm glad that I have to submit that stuff, together with 10 pages of theoretical boredom, next thursday. THAN I'm able to do what I want, start drawing digitally, more studies, etc.
Thank you Demotyme for dropping in ;)

[.empyrean.]

One more.

[.empyrean.]

New one.

[kiwigarbage]

Hi Hi! Looks like you're working hard. I like your environments, especially in ink wash!

Remember your constructions with those figures though. Try not to jump straight into drawing without having the understructure first.

Cheerio!

[.empyrean.]

Wooooo, 4th page, woppieee!
Thank you all for getting that far. And now I'm heading straight to four more pages ;)

Just a little update this time. I'm doing too less, Games are stealing my time :)

Max

[.empyrean.]

Just posting some crap and a photo I took last year.
I lost my orientation!

[SigonWulf]

What games are distracting you?

I know how it goes. Want to draw and play. If only I could do both at the same time.

[.empyrean.]

@SSG members: Thanks for the tips, the video is really cool!

@SigonWulf: The good ones, haha. Star Wars The Force Unleashed, Lord of the Rings Online, Mahjong Titans (haha).

Updates!

[.empyrean.]

At first it was cool, but now meeh, don't like it...quick sketch

[Demotyme]

How long do you spend on these, plan on finishing them?

[SigonWulf]

Man do I love those creature designs. I feel like their far ahead of what I can do. Need more bro. Try completing some if possible.

As for games man. Personally I can't wait for Bulletstorm and The Old Republic. Playing Bad Company 2 here and there now.

[.empyrean.]

@Demotyme: Nah, don't think so. Most of the time when I start drawing digitally it's just bad, so it wouldn't make any sense for me to continue.
@SigonWulf: Thank you ;)

New ones:
1. Something digital. Credits go to Gary Tonge. I tried to repaint one of his paintings.
2. Lousy Angel/Demons
3. Arms and crap

[kiwigarbage]

I'd suggest slowing down to try and learn something and master it, or at least more balance of studies with your imagination stuff. Don't put too much unneeded pressure on yourself!

In shading with graphite, try to build it out from the middle- f to establish a mid tone, B to establish heavier shadow. And try to avoid the scratchy look that comes from a discontinuous tone (meaning, it jumps around in tone, rather than smooth, continuous tone from dark to light.

Good luck!

[.empyrean.]

@kiwi: Thanks again! Yeaah, I know :blah: It's hard for me to concentrate on one or a few things and get them right. I always think: "That's important! Try it out, mkay. *draw* Meeh, looks bad, but look, this is also important for me becoming an artist, try it! *draw* Meeeh." Endless story...
Shading: You mean I shouldn't do cross-hatching or what's it called? Rather smooth shading?

New Stuff!
First an weird alien from Daily Sketch Group.
Second an environment. Which is better? With or without highlights on the rocks?

[The Pariano]

Both of the landscapes are nice for different reasons, I think it would be a matter of personal preference which one is " better". As said before it'd be nice to see you slowwwww down! Spend an hour or two rendering a torso, or an eye, or anything you want really. Being a good artist is better than being a fast one, and honestly by the time you've gone through the trouble of being a good artist you'll notice you're fast too :] Keep it up, you're getting there :]

[.empyrean.]

@The Pariano: Thanks for the worthy advice, I try to make it slower ;)

Updates:
1. Should be Rangda from Chow, but does it look like an old nasty woman? No...
2. Random poses from imagination
3. My Hand
4. Random scribbling

[.empyrean.]

Here is Birdman, I like him!
Obviously not finished.

[.empyrean.]

Obviously the Attachment Manager isn't working properly...Invalid URL and stuff...

Until now, no references.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TVVbwZVc4HI/AAAAAAAABzc/IbVGihDLBzg/s512/birdman3.jpg

[.empyrean.]

Some sketch stuff

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TVhQpKsEhOI/AAAAAAAABzk/04QUJ5eZkmg/s512/DSC_0066.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TVhQpiZdNgI/AAAAAAAABzo/q8Qxdh-vyYE/s800/DSC_0068.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TVhQqd2SMCI/AAAAAAAABzs/yMlbhcpuVhE/s800/DSC_0071.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TVhQq4oBS5I/AAAAAAAABzw/w0XaYS6xtxc/s512/DSC_0072.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TVhQrrpPmvI/AAAAAAAABz0/B3xqC6aazFw/s512/DSC_0073.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TVhQ6x-yJvI/AAAAAAAABz8/9qFD4W18Bos/s720/DSC_0075.JPG

Max

[.empyrean.]

Sketches

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TV_onrodclI/AAAAAAAAB0Q/DKBJAlKVPKQ/s720/DSC_0079.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TV_on7LGTEI/AAAAAAAAB0U/ofcIrfR2fMM/s720/DSC_0081.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TV_ooIHNi4I/AAAAAAAAB0Y/-9VyS3wPbso/s720/DSC_0083.JPG

[.empyrean.]

No sketches/paintings this time. It's selfportrait time!

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TWLgkpBjLkI/AAAAAAAAB08/5ngdoDiylso/s912/tryptichon.jpg

[Demotyme]

You're the least lazy of all of us. I'm not really versed in photography but I do like the design, I feel you composed the pictures well. The triptych idea was good as well.

Keep plugin'

[.empyrean.]

Man, you're alive! Good to 'see' you!

Nothing new, apart from those really bad sketches...

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TXDXTxkhMpI/AAAAAAAAB1c/f-RMXOVqlPE/s512/Selbstportr%C3%A4t_Februar%20%2711.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TXDXm_ezx7I/AAAAAAAAB1k/AF8ApGNjTfo/s512/Bild0002.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TXDXqN-YaFI/AAAAAAAAB1o/QngoDqJgwxY/s800/Bild0004.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TXDXrS6x69I/AAAAAAAAB1s/hyAGJRY3-s0/s512/Bild0003.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TXDXtZ4jswI/AAAAAAAAB1w/i8u2ewezsuI/s512/Bild0006.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TXDXt4XxrrI/AAAAAAAAB14/CPKpdkP4vTs/s512/Bild0007.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TXDXyV6GGhI/AAAAAAAAB18/NuhJsam9yN4/s512/Bild0005.jpg

[Demotyme]

Hey, man, as to those "really bad sketches", I've got two words for you... (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=135551)

[.empyrean.]

Fuck yeah!
Thanks for the link ;)

[.empyrean.]

Just one more oral exam, then I'm done with school, yay!

Quick doodle for COW:
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2551/swarbeast.jpg

[.empyrean.]

The first three ones are from a tutorial from Digital Painting Techniques.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TY4BVuAyOGI/AAAAAAAAB3c/glwXPYfjN2o/s912/20110326%20Schlucht1.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TY4BV4gqO0I/AAAAAAAAB3g/4ZgMgVwgRLI/s512/20110326%20Schlucht2.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TY4BWACJQFI/AAAAAAAAB3k/QsSY3OY8ZeQ/s912/20110326%20Schlucht3.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TY4B5tL3XwI/AAAAAAAAB3w/ZIdBurhISKk/s512/20110325%20Bionicmann.jpg

[.empyrean.]

Actually I could write really anything in here cause nobody reads it :D:D:(

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TZDPP16eDdI/AAAAAAAAB4M/Q4YX1HoZaoc/s912/20110328%20Ebene_sonnenstrahlen.jpg

[.empyrean.]

Forgot one

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TZDfqXf0XoI/AAAAAAAAB4g/MO64lcTDHE4/s512/20110328%20Selbsportr%C3%A4t.jpg

[.empyrean.]

ksdgsrftjsfh

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TZHGYeihDzI/AAAAAAAAB48/_MbSwnKXCsA/s912/20110329%20Gebirge.jpg

[Demotyme]

HEY, I'm reading it! Sorry I haven't posted so long, not for a lack of drawing, I dump some stuff this week.

[.empyrean.]

Yeah, you have to upload something, I'm feeling lonely in this half-dead sketchgroup, haha. :D SigonWulf and Nigh7shad3 are gone, somehow...

[.empyrean.]

I'll post these boring sketches until someone tells how to make them not boring, fuck yeah!

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TZNCqdyR_iI/AAAAAAAAB5k/BQMlUEJ9mOM/s912/20110330%20Stachelgebirge.jpg

[xbert]

hey, these landscape values are great (not boring ;) )

maybe you should spend some time on all the basics, liek real life studies, working on some anatomie books and practice simple forms in perspective, your sketchbook seems to lack of that basic stuff and im sure that would help you doing some level ups :D

[Charmer]

Yeah, haven't seen your stuff for some weeks now. Your latest landscape is decent. Maybe you can put some pretty light or dark stuff in it. A focus, a point your eye is jumping to directly when you see the painting.

Keep it up man.
Flo

[.empyrean.]

5th page, fuck yeah!

@xbert: You're so right. Gotta change that! Thank you!
@tasser: Thanks for the tip. I'm looking forward to new stuff from you!

Your wish is my command! Let's see if I can get something digital down today...Ah, yeah, I think the woman on the right is the very first one I ever drew from mind, haha!

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TZSg54s7o8I/AAAAAAAAB6A/QQ5c9W5rWQU/s720/DSC_0253.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_ZMa5SHZnI74/TZSg2hcbkTI/AAAAAAAAB54/LmxZJhdVnEU/s720/DSC_0257.JPG

[.empyrean.]

Just a little scribbly sketch today, tried some new fancy brushes.

[.empyrean.]

Guys would you mind rating my thread, so more people would look at my stuff and give me feedback?

[.empyrean.]

Just two things before going to bed, pretty abstract and uncommon for me.

Please rate my thread! *begging*

[.empyrean.]

First piece for my new "project": the homework necessary to be accepted to the university in Berlin.
These are thumbnails for the first page the profs will see.

[.empyrean.]

New version, I think I can call it done.

[Demotyme]

What does the homework entail?

[.empyrean.]

Damn, 'entail' has a lot meanings :D
You mean why I do this? If the professors like it, I will be able to study 'Game Design' at a university.
Or do you mean, what's the homework about? It's about a murder happening in a mining city for criminals on the moon, involving some CSI-riddle-solving, Aliens and stuff.

This time just some random scribbles, still trying to get a cool look. And I have to study anatomy more, it often just looks off...

[krysjez]

hello!
I would like to hear more about the moon, if you're allowed to talk about it.

"Cool look" scribbles are always fun. I quite like the landscape in #125. cheers!

[.empyrean.]

@krysjez: Glad you like some stuff :)
And sure, I'll send you a short write-up about the moon, because I think there are some people on here which also do the homework for Berlin and we don't want any intelligence theft to happen, do we? ;)

Further scribbles, sketches for a shuttle, posemaniacs, etc. nothing really 'done'.
Tonight or tomorrow there will be a huuuuge update with stuff from school!

[.empyrean.]

So this is stuff from two years school, good stuff, bad stuff, hope you like it!
Reminder: It was not an art school, so we just did something practical in 40 percent of art-class, the rest was art history.

[.empyrean.]

moaaaar

[Ellyon]

I really like your studies of the human face, they have beautiful gesture lines but I think your hands could need some work. Keep going, btw cool abstracts.

[.empyrean.]

@Ellyon: Waah, I ever thought it was the other way round. And as I tried to draw my hands, I failed, argh. So hands this time! But thanks for the cool comment ;)

[.empyrean.]

Just a small update.

[.empyrean.]

Quick sketches before going to work.

[.empyrean.]

Blablub

[.empyrean.]

I'm embarrased...the Auto Correct Curve made this painting so much better...

[.empyrean.]

Quick sketch before going to bed.

[SigonWulf]

I'm loving the landscapes. Have you ever gone outside and tried to do some landscapes in your neighborhood? Fun stuff. Pick up some charcoal and a big sketch pad and head out into the world and draw some landscapes.

How did you do the robot looking thing?

[Tawnos]

Hey Max!
Ja, das war n Entwurf für die HA :) Wie du siehst geh ich eher in die Fantasyrichtung, du machst eher so Sci-Fi? :)
Das ist mein erstes digitales Bild, das ich bisher gemacht hab. Muss das auf jeden noch üben
Mit Landschaften hab ich noch total Probleme, mal sehen ob ich das bis zur Abgabe noch hinbekomme.
Danke für die Korrektur, das mach ich bei meinem fertigen Bild auch nochmal :)

[.empyrean.]

@SigonWulf: Where have you been, dude? I thought you quitted :D
Never really sketch outdoors. Tried it, but there so much happening, people, cars, people who could be suspicious about what I'd draw and so on. It's far more relaxing to draw in my private room :D
Robot thing: I created different shapes with Pull Shapes in Alchemy, mirrored some and so forth. Then I opened them in PS and put them nicely together, actually very easy ;)

@Tawnos:
Jep, mach Sci-Fi. Ca 2044 aufm Mond :D
Viel Glück noch mit der Hausaufgabe ;)

So some sketch stuff, had to work a lot in the past days, so no time to do something.

[Charmer]

Hey Jung, legst ja echt nen üblen Zahn zu momentan! Cool!
I really like your improvement and your constant hard work.
Especially your digital stuff has improved a LOT!

Sorry for the confusing stuff, but I changed my nickname, because Tasser is my real name and I don't wanted that one anymore in here.

Cya! ;)

[.empyrean.]

@TRAP!: Thanks for the words, really appreciate that!

Quick sketch for today.

[SigonWulf]

I've been doing a lot of drawings for school. We hit crunch mode for awhile and that's all I had time to do it seems. As soon as the teacher gives my drawings back I'll get pictures and upload them. I got plenty in the sketchbook I need to upload as well.

[.empyrean.]

@SigonWulf: Upload it!

Some stuff from the last days.

[.empyrean.]

An environment I've been working on this evening.

[Loathsome]

Hey!
There's a lot of stuff going on in this sketchbook, so it's hard to pin down what to critique on.
That by itself I guess could be critiqued on. Since you need to work on your foundations, I'd suggest that you limit yourself to one subject for a while and work on that for like a week or two and then heading to something else. Cause I personally think that it's a whole lot better to work on one thing at the time because then you know where you're heading and it's easier to see your own progression.

Like, one or two weeks you spend on anatomy. Going through the whole body.
Then do a crazy load of figure drawing (you should actually do this as often as possible, I find it to be the best work out), then still lifes or value studies. Etc.. And then you repeat the cycle.

But everyone's different. Personally I like this method a lot.

[Demotyme]

What he said.

That last (Pen and marker? Not the digital.) environment study was pretty good, how do you come up with architecture?

[.empyrean.]

Woah, thanks for the comments! And guys you're so right.

@Loathsome: I think I have this issue of constantly ignoring to work on my basics, such as anatomy, perspective and color, although those things are actually the most important things to do at first.
At the moment I'm preparing an application for uni. I always think: 'If you do something, then do your application.' I have now recognized that this is completely wrong. Would I go to uni I would have to constantly work on some kind of projects and thinking everytime, nah, no time for studies. Wrong, meep.

Sooo, pull yourself together empyrean and work it out! :yayca:

@Demotyme: You're back!
I'm actually not really into architecture. I recently bought the Art of Star Wars books with all those pretty marker stuff. So I tried it myself. But thanks, I have to drop by your sketchbook sometime again!

Updates for today, no wait 6th page, yay! Ok, updates:

1. Some faces from magazines and books.
What did I learn: It's a lot of fun to mark the shadow areas and just fill them with one tone!

2. Poses from Page3.
What did I learn: Women's arms are way longer than I imagined. Negative Space can be really helpful. Drawing boobs is hard, but rewarding, hehe.^^

[.empyrean.]

New stuff.
Bones, girrrlz and some imagination stuff.

[.empyrean.]

Started this portrait yesterday or so, but it looks not really good. Colors are strange, anatomy, and so. Any advices?

[SigonWulf]

I feel like its too dark. Not sure if that's what you were going for but it looks very dark.

Are you using a Wacom tablet? Intuos or Bamboo?

[Demotyme]

Where's the light source?

[.empyrean.]

I'm back from one week of sailing in Holland, partying and recharging batteries.
@SigonWulf: The smallest Bamboo Fun, I think...

So started the portrait anew, different approach and a quick landscape sketch, nothing special.
Next week is study time!

[carakhan]

good stuff, really like all of your studies, the bones especially. I find I always have trouble with portraits, you just have to study study study and then it will start sticking :) The eyes in your latest look really good though, the face overall I think is an improvement over the last one.

[.empyrean.]

@carakhan: Thank you for your words!

Small update

[.empyrean.]

So I'm finished with my homework for Berlin, yay.
Just posting some shit, I have more pencil stuff, but I'm not in the mood of taking photos of everything.
So just digitals and my homework, which sucks btw.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-gP0-xQ5AXVY/Tfe1wQ6Ie8I/AAAAAAAACCI/Q3CLF0CzjYk/s720/20110611%252520Mondanflug.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-lPdQySx3Gwg/Tfe1wkQbJbI/AAAAAAAACCM/yqma2oleU7A/s720/20110611%252520hiob.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Rb8nSDUG6aQ/Tfe1w01s8kI/AAAAAAAACCQ/vAB9sSeryVw/s720/20110611%252520Mondoberfl%2525C3%2525A4che.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6L3-86rp-qA/Tfe1xvg8rAI/AAAAAAAACCU/B7yH64htVTE/s720/20110608%252520No%252520Man%252527s%252520Hope%252 520sketchup2.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fu9Ktt9Rpao/Tfe1zb3TEII/AAAAAAAACCY/q2Sh3LpJpvQ/s720/20110611%252520Skizzenwand.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mkloXAnkynA/Tfe1ztWpcZI/AAAAAAAACCg/8dTDDO2KV30/s720/20110611Shuttle2.jpg

[.empyrean.]

New unfinished study, same model, now without colour picking (last nude study, I constantly picked the colours).

[.empyrean.]

Yay, didn't make it into the interview :/

Soo, more practice=godhood in less time :3

[.empyrean.]

Tryin out some nu brushez an stuffs, srsly.

[.empyrean.]

Baduppadup.

[.empyrean.]

Small Update
Gonna scan it and colour it, perhaps it will be printed on a shirt.

[.empyrean.]

Sphere Studies!

[.empyrean.]

Another sphere, now with contre jour.

[hu-ha]

Thank You for comment in my sketchbook :heart: here are some useful links, hope it helps
Loomis (http://alexhays.com/loomis/) posemaniacs (http://www.posemaniacs.com/) gestures (http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php) another one (http://lovecastle.org/draw/)

[.empyrean.]

@hu-ha: Thanks for the links, they do help!

Update, some lineart.

[.empyrean.]

Some crappy thumbs I found in my folder.

[Sebastian Gromann]

getting there! so keep it up ! :)

[Charmer]

Holla Junge! Good stuff in here.
You've become better and better, I really like your thumbs and the moon surface stuff!

Maybe you have the same problem I have: drawing/painting way too smudgy in Photoshop. Try to draw with 100% tones, no or very low pressure sensitivity for the basic shapes and stuff like that. I mean I'm not sure IF it is a problem, but looks like and that's the way it helps me.

- Flo

[.empyrean.]

Thanks to you both!

The ink thingy is nothing special, just to loose up my hands.
I did the poses from imagination, because I noticed that I never draw from imagination...
The last thing is a study from Donato Giancola, great painter in my opinion, focusing on the clothing.

[.empyrean.]

Small update

[SigonWulf]

I want to see the drawing of Gandalf finished.

As always your amazing my friend. Just keep pumping out more and more.

[.empyrean.]

@SigunWulf: Thanks, bro. Let's see if I can find the muse ;)

Enjoyed this pretty hard, started as a pretty unidentifiable mess.

[.empyrean.]

Lost track somehow, no courage to draw/paint. Let's see if I can get back into it.

Just a few things, mostly from imagination, some reference.

[lukiza]

cool stuff here.

[.empyrean.]

Small update

[.empyrean.]

Painting without shaping an idea beforehand = utter crap.

[.empyrean.]

I have pencil stuff, but didn't want to take photos.

[SigonWulf]

Nice landscape. Can't wait to see it finished.

[Sycra]

Really diggin these studies. You're really working hard and it's paying off. Keep up the great work!

[.empyrean.]

Thank you both, cheered me up!

Have way more on paper, but as always no pictures today :D

[Charmer]

Awesome skull study dude! Very very good! Maybe a bit too light in the eye holes? Don't know. Looks a bit too bright to me.
Your landscapes are great! Especially the wide violet one! And the arm study... pretty good although! Good work!


The Batman piece isn't correct. The eyes are way to alien-alike and the shadows are way to unprecice. Look at an original batman image. Take note of head proportions and lay down the mask afterwards. Looks like the mask would be 5 cm thick left and right of the head. Keep going man. Improved a lot since I visited your sketchbook last time!

-Flo

[.empyrean.]

@Charmer: Woah, thanks dude! They look bright indeed, but if you look closely, the lit parts of the eye sockets are pretty bright, almost white and reflect that light in the upper, dark parts of the sockets.
That Batman piece....yeah, I sucked :/ You're so totally right, it's almost embarrasing. Maybe I will try again, and construct the face, mask everything more accurately.
And just for the record, most of the "good" environments are actually photo studies...but thanks nonetheless!

And for everyone who cares, a massive art dump!

[.empyrean.]

I haaate to paint teeth, it's boring and redundant!

[knut-]

Great studies man, this last skull drawing has great values.
Keep up man.

[.empyrean.]

Thank you very much, sir! I'm pretty impressed by your sketchbook, have to take a closer look later on.

Soo, another update for today, entry for the DSG.

[Demotyme]

Great skull study, I actually like doing the teeth. :)

[ezekrialase]

nice sketchbook, keep on working!

[kimozabbi]

the black and white skull study is incredible!keep it up!

[.empyrean.]

Dudes, you're too kind, thanks for the words, really appreciate it!!

Update, some forest scribbly doodle.

[NickyBeats]

love that last one! nice improvement through out this sketchbook too!! keep up the hard work!!

[.empyrean.]

@NickyBeats Thank you :)

Here's another sketch...didn't do much due to Minecraft and SWTOR :/

[Creusa]

nice compositions on last 2

[.empyrean.]

@Creusa: Thank you :)

Update: Skulls, enviro shtuff and a photo of my new friend!

[.empyrean.]

A sketch I worked on today:

[TFsean]

Love your environments man, the figures are coming along, the skull studies are really good and it's a great thing to do.

I would try refining an env piece in terms of it solidity although the latest one looks very solid and I love the clouds in it a lot. :)

[.empyrean.]

@TFsean: Thanks a lot :)

I have no idea what this is:

[.empyrean.]

Uuuapdate!

[Vulgar`]

Haha @ challenge accepted, that made me smile. I like your enviro updates, crisp color schemes and compositions.

[Justyna]

the colors on that forest doodle are pretty sweet :)

[.empyrean.]

Thank you both, great to hear :)

Stupid late night scribble:

[SigonWulf]

You've got to give me some pointers on how your pulling off such amazing landscapes. I tried it and it did not end to well. What program are you using?