book of sketches

[areve]

hello there!
Been lurking around here for some time now, looking at all the lovely art.
I finally decided to create my own sketchbook to make myself draw and improve more, hopefully ;D

Here's some drawings, old and newer, in no particular order:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/Areve/junk.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/Areve/junk1-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/Areve/kaffekopp.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/Areve/devil-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/Areve/WoW.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/Areve/AngelvsDragon.jpg

[nurraymjo]

Very nice work you have here. You should definitely post some more of your work.

[Dan Valkar]

nice stuff!! i really like the "junk" pages ...keep it up!!

[Chate Noire]

You have really lovely lines. The sketchy pages are lots of fun to look at.

[areve]

nurraymio Thanks, I definitely should

Dan Valkar Thank you!

Chate Noire Those I have loads of waiting to be scanned ;D

Found some more older sketches in my hard drive. New stuff is coming soon, I promise

[AvisNocturna]

Ah, really nice stuff you got here! I like the poses a lot. More plz :D

[astrocrud]

Great stuff great eyes and curves!

[alicelefay]

Nice start!
I agree, your lines are lovely!
More please :D

[PieterV]

I'll be keeping an eye on this one. :oneye:

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Hehehey, cool start here, good drawings, I really like that one with the sci fi girl, that is some really nice line work^^

-E

[areve]

AvisNocturna, astrocrud, alicelefay, rubbadub, Mischeviouslittleelf Thank you! I definitely feel like drawing and posting more with all your nice comments :D

here it goes, practise using reference and and one random, and they are new!

[alicelefay]

looove the girl with white hair :O
I envy your skills in painting >.<

Gogogo! ^_^

[astrocrud]

Wow, Beautiful!

[Bill]

Nice charcter in your drawing. Nice compositions and Colors also.

[Dorkthrone]

The linework is good. Very good.

It also seems like you have an interesting style on display.

[septomin]

So nice and curvy. Looking forward to seeing more!

[Ļęę]

Your drawings have great facial/physical expression! Cant wait to see more :)

[areve]

alicelefay aw thanks! I kinda like that one too :)

astrocrud Thank you!

Bill thanks :D

ninjacat11 thanks! thats nice to hear :)

septomin more is coming! and thanks

Ļęę Thank you! I like to work with that the most even if it don't turn out as I had in mind hehe

[Me,Myself & Me again]

Simply awesome can't wait to see more!
:)

[Tea Drinker]

Love your style. I cant wait to see what you post next :heart:

[areve]

Me,Myself & Me again, Tea Drinker thanks! you don't have to wait long ;P

[astrocrud]

:oneye: :oneye: Nice, I love those eyes:oneye::oneye:

[areve]

thanks astrocrud. I love drawing eyes, if I don't know what to draw, I draw eyes ;D

[midknight523]

lots of potential here

[areve]

midknight523 :D

Some stuff I've been doodling on and some progress, I'll see how far I will take them
the last one is a reference practise :)

[alicelefay]

The girl from ref is wonderful! I so love your style!
The horned woman is interesting, waiting to see how it will evolve :p

[Royzy]

I agree with Alice, that last reference practice is really nice, I like the tone you used. I even saved it to my 'cool images' folder on my computer:D.

Great stuff, keep it coming!

[ikuru]

Hey Yo Alva! Gr8 to see u finally here gurl!
Kewl Nick and avatar! ;)
My favs so far, this one (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=563728&stc=1&d=1231851935) and that one (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=559319&stc=1&d=1231427727). Keep up the cool style! :D

[astrocrud]

You,ve really captured the character of the cute girl with glasses (I:heart: her)

[Just_Nonplussed]

hey.

nice girl with box glasses. a friend, or random image?

[areve]

alicelefay I hope to continue on that one, we'll se ;D

Royzy oh thanks! I often feel that black on white is to black. Usually use a brown to make it softer for the eye :)

ikuru yesyes finally ;D thank you!

astrocrud thank you!

Just_Nonplussed thanks. just a random image, she is a cutie :)

More sketches!

[alicelefay]

this last one is really lovely! good movement and a nice character! Me love ^_^
<3

[areve]

Thanks Alice, I also like how it turned out :)

The first one was made as a forum-avatar for my bf and the rest is just random sketches

[Jonish]

Heya, thanks for stopping by.
You have really lovely sketches, that "girl with glasses" is really cute and I also like your WoW characters, I browsed through much WoW fanart and you're paintings would fit there, with their specific style.

[Meon]

sweet blood elf! :D

[areve]

Jonish thanks, thats nice to hear :D

Espenboi yaay!

My sister likes to roleplay and she asked me to draw two of her characters.
The one to the left is from Shadowrun, she's a typical wizkid and has a robot arm. I need to make her look younger..

The one to the right is from Werewolf the Apocalypse. She's a treasure hunter, loves shiny things and doesn't care about her clothes.
Her face need to be less cute ;D

[SPACEMOD]

You have some really cool things going on here. I like your character designs.

Keep it up!!!:)

[Just_Nonplussed]

hi areve,

did you know that you called your sketchbook link 'sketcbook'. :}

i was wondering how much of yourself you see in your characters. do you see them as little people, or just drawings?

[areve]

SPACEMOD Thank you :)

Just_Nonplussed Oops, need to change that ;D

I do believe that there's alittle bit of myself in my characters and I always try to form a story around them, how does their world look like, what do they do and so on.
I like creating stories and worlds for characters, it's fun even if I don't get it down on paper, written of drawn :)

[AlexTooth]

Very smooth style, I love all your characters and the B&W referenced pic is awesome! going to keep an eye on your SB :)

[the ANGRY filipino]

Nice! Nice! More! More!

[Christoffer]

Good stuff. Nice and clean digitals, and your sketches are pleasent to look at.
There's definitely potential here. Those rpg character designs are coming along nicely too.
The wizkid's pose is a tiny bit off but it's not distracting. Keep it up. :)

[areve]

AlexTooth thank you :)

the ANGRY filipino :D

Christoffer thanks! yes you're right about her pose

Worked a bit with their faces

[astrocrud]

Wow great updates, I especially like the one with the staff and this last head here on the right...:up:

[amuupon]

wooow *_* I love all of your sketches, they're looking great. Keep up the WoW picures, ca needs more bloodelfs lol!

[theUNKNOWNsketcher]

Very nice SB ... you playin WOW ?! ;)

[vinay vikram singh]

Loved the simplicity..wonderful..

keep up good work..

[LA-Fairy]

Nice sketches. I adore your faces!

[TheApp]

I love this work!, i love this style! keep it up, all of your women just have this "Look" about them that i like, i dunno, but as said before just keep on goin' !

[Nibras]

Really nice stuff
Fresh style
and nice look!
This is awesome
Keep at it

[areve]

astrocrud thanks, I like that one too ^^

amuupon wooh, more bloodelf are coming or at least one is planed!

theUNKNOWNsketcher thank you, no not at the moment actually ;D

vinay vikram singh I will :)

LA-Fairy thanks!

TheApp oh, why thank you!

lilnebo thank you muchly


been away skiing or snowboarding with some friends, last week. Haven't been drawing much, no time ;D
But what I manage to do was to hurt my left wrist, I'm glad it wasn't the right one hehe
ah well here some stuff, the last one is made for a friend

[Janos]

Hi areve,

I have to say that your style is something I really envy. It is the style I have been dying to get but never got and never will. I guess I'll have to get my own! =D
Anyways. I can see an improvement especially regarding your faces and shading. Your poses seem nice and natural and your characters original and fresh.
Few nitpicks would be the extremly bend/stylized front leg of the walking I-pod girl, it just looks wrong and detracts from the movement rather than add.
And the placement of the features of the blood elf portrait seems off too, so check that one out.

Cheers mate

[Christoffer]

Good job on the rendered one. And the reworked face for the rpg characters have much more character now.

[Felida]

You got such a sweet drawing style. I love your sketches especially the first one from your first post.
The drawing with the angel and the dragon's awesome :D And I adore the lovely winter girl from your last post.

[ikuru]

That last one is one of my fav. Keep posting!:mod:

[areve]

Janos oh thank you very much :) yes you are right about that

Christoffer yes, I think so too even of I'm not completely sure with the wizkid yet. thanks!

Felida aw thanks!

ikuru :) I will!


My first go at CHOW, it's fun :D
this is how far I've come, I hope to finish it soon

[Verehin]

sweet stuff!...I like it

[sourgasm]

Your sketches are so freakin' cool. All of the upsides of manga, none of the downsides. Looking forward to watching your style progress even further.

[dron111]

INTERESTING SKETCHES. It are pleasant to me

[areve]

Verehin thanks!

sourgasm thanks you! I'm glad of that :)

dron111 :D

Some random faces and I'm planing on making a character sheet just for fun, but I'm not sure yet about the clothes or the pose ^^

[3alola]

Totaly Amazing Works :D

[3alola]

Totaly Amazing Works :D

[Risata]

good works :3 very cute chibis xD
^^ fight! fight!

[Miles_]

I like the way you stylise faces, One thing I'd watch for is making sure that the feet are always grounded and in perspective. Nothing that won't get ironed out with practice though. I'm interested as to what direction you'll take your stuff in. Keep it up :D

[chuck18mp]

Nice Sketchbook, I really dig the style!

[Giorge]

waw nice , i like their faces allot :), me want more ^^

[Dahami]

Please do a succubus. I'd love to see your take on that. Not necessarily a WoW succubus, but whatever you interpret it as. Your elf girls are great.

[areve]

3alola Thanks x2 :D

Risata I will! thank you ^^

Miles_ Thank you Miles! I will try to look into that :)

chuck18mp :)

flamable Thanks

Dahami hm sounds interesting I may just do that.. someday ;P

Uh haven't felt like drawing much lately which sucks..
Here's a sketch I did today of the wizkid char.. again ;D
and some random sketches in my sketchbook

[areve]

just a head sketch..

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Hey man, I really see some good stuff going on here. I still think a couple of more anatomy studies from actual human models would be good, call me old fashioned, but that may be me;)

-E

[ticktocker]

hey that last portrait is really nice! Looking forward to seeing some more stuff from you! :)

[areve]

Mischeviouslittleelf Thanks! hehe you're quite right have been thinking that myself.. just need to start doing it too ;D

ticktocker thank you :)

trying to get myself out of a artblock by having a go at this weeks CHOW..

[Seage]

Thanks for dropping by my sb. Your work is so alive and animated. I'll be sure to check in more often. I really like it.

[Spysheep]

your work is so fun. I love you character sketches, they have such a great movement to them. :D

[Asatira]

Great stuff. I love how you do hair and clothing. The characters read so well, and, again, the clothing rocks.

[My57]

hey i like your drawing style. Tis nice to look at ^_^

anyways bring us more!

[AlexTooth]

Wow, great updates!

Your style is a bit like manga, only better heh. I like your chow!

Thanks for my comment =)

[Monsieur]

Nice SB. You have a great grasp of character and poses. Also the stuff from photo ref is great. You seem really at home in the digital environment. Keep up the good work! (And thanks for stopping by my sketchbook before ...)

[areve]

Seage thanks and please do and I'll try to update often ;P

Spysheep hehe thanks!

Asatira Thank you :)

My57 I will!

AlexTooth Thanks alex. Yes I've been drawin that alot before.. trying to get away from it or atleast broaden my skill :)

Monsieur Thank you I'm glad you like it :)


My sith chow, not the finished one.. I didn't really like it so
and some other random stuff ^^

[ikuru]

fuck yea! The girl looks really good! I think u might wanne check the length of her upper legs, that is if u immagine her without the pants, youll see that the upper leg from crotch to knee is a bit too long.

Also on the other one where u see her Back left shoulder I think it needs to be a bit wider that is further to the left, other than that this looks really good.

[areve]

Thank you!
oh yes now that you say it, looking weird, need to fix that ;D

[the ANGRY filipino]

Hi Areve!
I just love how you sketch digitally. you make it look so effortless!

[rosethornCGart]

Hi there!

Cool stuff!! I really liked your Sith chow...She's got cool swords and full of attitude!! Looking forward to see more! Subscribing...

Cheers,
Phuong.

[areve]

the ANGRY filipino Thank you :)

rosethornCGart wooh, thanks!

moremore

[areve]

more studies from references

[Nadiamoon]

Hey areve, thanks for swinging by. I like the variety of female characters in your sketchbook! keep it up

[monotony]

:o love your characterdesigns. they look like they'd be great to animate.
did you finish the sith chow, though? I thought it looked great so far.
that girl got some attitude :)
looking forward to more!

[areve]

Nadiamoon and to you too, thanks!

monotony Thank you! yes I did, or at least finished enough to make it into voting, but I don't like how i turned out in the end, rushed it to much ^^

[.lLenn]

Thx for your comment in my sketchbook.

Love your style, really nice.
I'll certainly check out your sketchbook again. :)

[IanE]

Things are coming along nicely! I like your quick horse stall architectural sketches! :)

[My57]

like the faces ^_^ and how smooth your painting is. Im still having troubles with that.

[artificial_green]

Love the style, also in the ref people studies. They are converted to your world :P If I have to post a comment, the eyes you draw are mainly very wide-eyed, dreamy, looking away. It would give your characters much more personality if they had a real 'look' on their faces.
Thanks for your comment in my Sb ;)

[Hapun]

I love you sketches, they're very cute!
Oh, but your Chow entry is cool (haha or actually I could say cute for that one too but that'd label me as weirdo). I really liked that one, it has lots of movement to it. :)

[Nibras]

I lurrrrrrrrvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeee! your digitals, specially the referenced b+w
Brilliant stuff and crazy ass designs!
Keep at it

[rossipoo]

I really like your stuff.

[batcustard]

This is super nice. Your line quality is excellent. I do have one question though: Where did all the men go?

[areve]

.lLenn - thanks

IanE - :)

My57 - thanks, I'm trying to get less smooth hehe ;D I like the more ruff strokes feeling better

artificial_green - thanks! good critic I will try to do that

Hapun - heeh thanks!

lilnebo - aw thank you!

rossipoo - yey

batcustard - I ate them! rawwr!
no I'm not good at painting them, practise practise.. ;D

Long time no art.. uh been so busy and stuff lately.
But some art I have created ;D
..

[AustenFM]

Howdy, good to see you updating again! Really like whats going on in here, especially your pretty ladies, i could learn a thing or two from you. No real crits, I would just like to see more variation in your faces, also, lets see some more practice on drawing males.

Cant wait for more!

[areve]

AustenFM - thanks! yes I need to work on that :D

here's a shaman thingy

[Nianto]

wow, your art is amazing
very inspiring
i love how you draw your figures, they have no anatomical problems :D
go on like this, seeing forward to see more

i take a leaf of your book (i hope, it's right said-haha bad english >.<)

[ariel_medel]

Wow, I was making a crit based on your first page, I looked at the others and had to delete my crit, cause you already took care of those issues, it's a big improvement in a short time. Congrats, I love how natural your drawings look, the freshness. Love the expressions. I like that you're not doing ultra tall characters :P

I think you can improve your painting skills though, and I want to see that :D


Stop by my sketchbook please, sharing comments will help us all! :) (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=166520&page=2)

Add me as a friend in FACEBOOK if you want (http://www.facebook.com/shockingman?ref=nf)

[Ninjac]

Great works. I enjoy the approach of your style. Keep it up!

[Porg]

Love your Manga influence, epecially all the wide eyed ladies. :tihi:
Your painting is defineltly your strong point, I've always wanted to know how they get all those wonderful effects in those Manga works, any particular tutorials you use?

[loki-lou]

Wow I love your painting style and use of strong colors, but still keeping it simple. Also great work on the studies and designs, I love the shaman bird!

[areve]

Nianto - thank you! no anatomy problems? I wish ;)

ariel_medel - hehe, I'm glad I have improved and hopefully I still will do that ;D

Ninjac - thankya!

Porg - nice to hear :) I not sure what manga effects you mean?

loki-lou - Thank you, like that one too :D

[Kawauchi]

nice, you've got some very secure lines^^ would love to see you going more in depth with details : ) unless youre satisfied of course ; D

[miycko]

Love the ladies :D really cool stuff you've got in here, this is great http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=586419&stc=1&d=1234038704 hope you'll finish it sometime

[areve]

Kawauchi - thanks! I love to do more details, but I get bored with my drawings to quickly ;P

miycko - Thank you :) I probably wont finish it, sadly.

the first one is for a school assignment the others are just random drawing :)

[areve]

I promise that in my next post there will be a male ;D

[Hanny Honeymoon]

oh you have also lovely sketches *__* i really love the way how you draw eyes!
watch you : D
greetz
hanny ♥

[miycko]

I promise that in my next post there will be a male ;D

WHY?! just kiddin, a little variety is never a bad idea. but like you i'm nore interested in drawing women 99.9% of the time :P keep'em coming :)

[johanson]

I really like this last one. It has great temperature variation and I like the hint of freckles.

[Janaschi]

yeeaah you rock, i love the redhead :)

[Jesus Food]

i dont know if this is the case its just a general impression i get but i feel sometimes the eyes may be off place? its the only thing that i notice is wrong with the proportions of ur peices. Great SB btw

[Ammo]

you have a great sketchbook, i really enjoy your style :)... that sounds weird 'enjoy your style' but i do. heh

[AestheticMachine]

It's great how vibrant your work is :D Please post moarz.

[areve]

Hanny Honeymoon - aow thank you!

miycko - hehe yes, Look still no male in this post hohoo ;D

johanson - thank you

Janaschi - wooh thanks jana!

Jesus Food - hm interesting, I'll need to check that up, thanks

Ammo - hehe thanks!

AestheticMachine - wooh, more is comingz

[andres333]

Nice SB! proportions structure and intention are ok in most of your posts

[Nutter]

I like your style areve, very nice sketchbook so far.

don't forget to draw the male figure as well :P

[areve]

andres333 - thanks, good to hear that I'm on the right track :)

Nutter - thanks! hehe I'll try not to ;D

Some concept stuff, for a wii game, I did for the place I had my internship on :)

[AestheticMachine]

I love the way you draw girls, sometimes I find it difficult to make them look right because of their more delicate features :D looking forward to more!

[areve]

AestheticMachine - thanks, I find males to be more difficult ;D

[Rotor]

Some really nice stuff here!
I really like where the last one is going, the silhouette works well and it has good flow.
Funny how you are good at drawing females but male characters are difficult, lots of people have this problem. I can't draw a woman to save my life! :P
It's all in the studying I guess. Keep going, you are doing well. And draw a dude or two while you're at it!

[areve]

thank you Rotor! hehe yes, I will try and draw more of them, I will..!

assignment for school, had to create a character of the dark side and draw an ortho :)

[areve]

sorry bad quality, no scanner or good camera at hand

[areve]

.....

[areve]

Started working with 3D in school, heres two of the assignments :)
3D is fun!

The first one, with the girl, is my first completed 3D render.
the second, a lowpoly object max 500 triangles

[Loathsome]

I like your sketchbook a lot. Got some good stuff in here :)
What program are you using for 3d rendering? I've been thinking of giving 3d a try.

[Toastermadness]

*o* I love your style so much, your girls are so *cute*!!! I love that sith character you did.

[miycko]

AWESOME stuff :D the girl at the top of the page ROCKS and your studies are looking awesome :D did you have to mold the 3D character from scratch? the 3d renders look great :D

[areve]

Loathsome - thank you :) I use maya

Toastermadness - :D thanks!

miycko - wooh! yes I did ^^

here another assignment I did for school, a weapon

[greyskill]

Very nice!

I love your style, I know everyone says that but it is really nice. You put so much life into your characters' faces, it is incredible. You have a great grasp of clothing and outfit design.

Where do you go to school? It must be an awesome place to give assignments like that. I'm a game designer/artist so I've looked at a lot of game art type-of-places and a lot of them seem lame.

Keep up the great work, it is inspiring!

[Loathsome]

I remembered to check by again, been a while. I like that chainsaw it's very nicely modelled.. but.. I want to see moooore! Throw the art all over me so hard that it break my bones!

[Blondebeard]

Love some of the clothing and designs your working with. Keep it up!

[Rhubix]

That chainsaw is super fun. Everything should have clocks especially chainsaws! And cogs, you can never have enough cogs.

[rumpenstiltzkin]

im loving this sketchbook :D