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[AlexTooth]

All these studies are from life... if things are numbered e.g. 12/12 , 5/5, 20/20 etc, they're not dates, they're entries for imaginefx daily sketch challenge :)

First did 2 tone form, most of it's terrible so I'll just post a couple. Was excellent practice and I learnt a lot about form.

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Next did 3 tone form (these turned out a bit better - used 3 markers) -

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Next did LINE - how can stuff be represented with line, I learnt how to use the weight of line to imply shapes...

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K so that's form and line so far. Next I was given a more broad range of study, to look into light, colour, composition and gesture poses. (did about 140 studies for those)

For the poses I used posemaniacs, I've done about 2000+ poses on there now, improving slowly but improving I think.

I have signed up to life drawing 2 times a week for spring term.

So some more random stuff to follow....

Saw posh spice in the Guardian, drew some poses to test my posemaniacs, used line as well to practice that.

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Went to West dean college for the weekend as a present, did some drawing, one is a Blake they had on the wall (copy) and another is a tapestry I drew.

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Went to ipswich museum, drew some monkeys and a deer, trying to work the tone and use minimal lines.

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Learning about light and value - made my cone, found a box, a golf ball and a paper roll and got busy -

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Learning about composition, looked at some old paintings, did thumbnails in 3tone/2tone and pencil.

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Learn about colour and light - watched Jeremy Vickery DVD.

Learnt Painter, watched Ryan DVD.

Tried to create some of Jeremy Vickery's examples he did at the end of the DVD in Painter. (I'v now done about 7 paintings, including the ones on Ryan DVD - finding it hard but getting easier)

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Got a lifesize skull, been drawing that. (done around 200 studies from life about here)

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Next up, thumbnail composition! I got to make my own compositions. I watched Feng Zhu and got info about value, and composition, also perspective and proportions. Here are some - did them in Painter also, I don't know how to use photoshop and cant afford it.

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K more to come on next post, gonna start with 3 posts to be safe from crashing losing everything lol.

[AlexTooth]

K next up I have been concentrating on humans, the anatomy and the figure. There is quite a bit of posemaniacs, though I certainly won't post it all lol.

Sorry if the times aren't written down, most are 30-90sec, one is random view doing 2/3min poses each. I've done 1000s of these, lots fo 10/15sec, but ill only post a few up here.

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Did some eyes, head, nude, Pieta statue drawing, and I tried a Madonna in Painter, tried out oils this time.

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Next I tried doing some character's completely out of my head with no ref at all, see if any of my posemaniacs practice paid off, some ok, some terrible, most very weird.

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Made very VERY first 2 characters, poses and chars from my head, I used bridgeman constructive anatomy and Hogarth to check where I should place muscle though, as men are very hard I find to memorise the muscles. Women not so bad.

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Next I tried colouring in my girl char quickly in Painter, just trying colours out really, nothing serious, bit messy I know lol.

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One one more post up next from stuff I've been doing in the last WEEK, pretty much solely been learning how to use painter....

[AlexTooth]

Ok, to learn about painting and stuff and how to use painter I tried to recreate some of my favourite paintings, they're not really all finished or anything, but more of a practice. I spent most of a day on each on, starting last friday. I've done about 10-12 painting total now, would love some tips on how to improve.

First up Vermeer - I thought it was ok, but later realised it's quite bad. Koshime kindly pointed out a blended to early and told me a little about how to tackle a painting.

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Next I tried a Monet, and after Koshimes advice I used NO blenders at all, infact I think I did the whole thing with one brush. Quite a liberating experience I found.

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Next tried Boldini portrait, didn't like how it was going to left it. Use a blender a bit on this.

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Next I tried a painting by Lenoir, all done with 1 brush, but I blended the face and hair a bit at the end.

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My mum saw me doing all this stuff and got me to paint a pic of my dad for his 60th this week, spent all of yesterday on it. Used 1 brush (except hair - used scratchboard), no blenders yet, though the brush has some blend on it already. I found the hair very difficult. Im not completely happy with it but my knowledge doesn't go any further with regards to this kind of thing. If anyone has tips on improving it i'd love to know, i've got 2 days left.

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K that's where I am right now. I've got a lot of Maya work to do this week, but expect regular updates. I'm going to try and look at sketchbooks and contribute as much as I have time for from now on :)

[Oakseed]

Supreme! :) Good to see your work up here. It's an extensive line of study. Great Stuff!!!

[kingkostas]

Nice story.I am thinking sometimes about these situations,but in the end you see that its meaning is to make you understand what you really want to do in your life(dont forget that we learn from mistakes)
Anyway its all about motivation.
I am glad you started a sketchbook here (and welcome to CA) and i can see your talent.Now you are going very well and you have to keep up.
You will meet times that your mood will be -0 and thats also a part to actually stabilize your main goal.
So never leave it from now on,keep up as long as you live pal
I think you will become very good soon enough.

see ya and thanks for stoping by my sketchbook :D

[AlexTooth]

Oakseed - Thanks! It will be interesting to see how we develop =)

KingKostas - Thanks for dropping by, and kind words of encouragement, I know about the -0 mood thing oh too well, just gonna try my best!

Got some more posemaniacs, and a couple of bits of 3D for a small project I finished with a uni friend in December, I did the 3D he did the 2D. You can view it here... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jXz43BSbOSk if u fancy!

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3D - Hopefully this stuff will improve with my new knowledge!

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Would love tips for starting out learning art, anything that might be helpful, I feel like a baby at the moment whos brain's a big sponge.

[serio]

Very ambitious plan to achive. Only one year to become great artist - wow! It's to fast tempo for me I guess.. I'm giving myself several years and I think it's important to play with your knowledge.. For example after some life studies go and draw some speedpainting from mind, or choose some of weekly challenges to participate and so on. I see you have a DS. Download a free prg. Colors! to draw with it! Its so much fun. Also I think that giving up to all your favourite activities such as games is not a way. Balancing is a key. So if you like play your favourite game for short period like 1h after sketching training.

Stunning studies, great motivation and hard work in here. Your sketchbook is very inspirational thing..

[AlexTooth]

Hey Serio, thanks for looking!

Yes, 1 year's ambitious I know, in reality we shall see, it's probably going to take longer, because I realise I can't cram years of acquired knowledge into 1 year... just going to try my hardest to learn and practice.

I will have a go with Colours on the DS, looks like a great thing to do when I'm out of the house, thanks for the tip :)

[emilyd]

aaaahhh you are crazy good i love all of the works that ive seen so far keep posting! :yum:

[George Abraham]

Thanx fer yer comments and heads up.

You seemed to have focused on all the things I haven’t lately, good line and cleanliness. Perhaps a better approach.

Working from life, good creativity

Have you gone into constructive anatomy yet? The Hogarth’s, Loomis and Bridgman’s books?

I'd say your work tips more toward roundup and cleanliness, color etc
You could balance it off with a bit more on construction.

You obviousely have construction, but it could use another wave of enhancement to keep up with the other stuff and incorporating perspective into your freehand. Line desighn can be a perspective distraction in early desighn and might make your stuff end up flat. I have queue'd myself to look for that balance between line beuty and dimentional aspect for future study. Even in life study, you could reach a photo representation of what you are looking at measuring in 2D, negative shapes and spaces, this is good but as with myself I think trying to draw form rather than appearance would be a good study for the future.

Other than that, your work is really nice, keep it going, feel free to take a whack at my work anytime.

[AlexTooth]

Hey thanks for comments Zaorr.

Yes I need to get into construction. lol my construction at the moment is a stick man then I add the stucture, it's often not too accurate though.

I will work through those books, thanks for the tip =)

I saw your sketchies, seems we're heading the same way!

[alicelefay]

hello Alex :)
Wow, really high goal, and a lot of work on it!
I don't feel like giving you so much critiques, since I'm on the learning road and I'm not better than you...just more confused I'd say! LOL
About your human figures, I'd suggest you to check out Loomis (easy to find for free on Google) and Bridgman.
In my experience, I needed some drawings from those books and from references/life in order to achieve my landmarks; now when I sketch it's pretty natural to draw them, but at the start I was confused about the "how and where the hell can I learn them?" :D

Good luck!

[Dilated]

The paint of your dad is pretty cool. You should start hitting up some loomis/bridgeman study's then practicing after from imagination, dont do what i used to do and just copy mindlessely.
keep it up

[majaiku]

wow! I'm very impressed by the dedication you have to your studies. :D
Envious, really, haha

[AlexTooth]

Alice - Yep thanks for loomis and bridgeman tip, I have the books but never really looked at them seriously, will deffo give that a go. Thanks for taking a look, tbh I think I'm a bit confused as well, I just figure if I try enough different stuff I'll find what I'm supposed to be doing =)

Sketchz - Cool yep seems I've been getting alot of advice on Bridgeman, will definitely get cracking and try do some more of my own characters, hopefully with a bit more flow and dynamism!

Majaiku - lol well I really don't work that hard, I should really! Me 'ol Dad says "the hardest thing about work is starting it" - so I'd suggest just get cracking, eventually you'll be awesome :)

[AlexTooth]

Some more figure stuff, would love some suggestions to make it all more exciting! I have made a start on Loomis yesterday, loved reading the intro, very interesting guy, very motivating!

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Started Loomis, drew proportion drawings 3 times like he recommended, good exercise.

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Drew Vivi for IFX daily sketchbook - not very good rendering really because I was using this newspaper stuff, not meant for pencils.. I later realised!

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Today, more posemaniacs, Im getting better very slowly lol, guess I am going to take longer than most people to get good.

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[alicelefay]

Lot of work!
About the posemaniacs drawings, what helped me when I started drawing them was to try different approaches. For example, I found really useful to draw some without lifting the pencil, and some trying to use the less number of lines I could, using them to suggest the movement.
What gesture sketches are, is not a study of anatomy; they are a "note" to suggest what is the movement of the figure.
SO try not to get scared too much by proportions and such, but just concentrate on rendering the general movement the best you can. :)

[AlexTooth]

Ok thanks for the tip Alice! - Yeah I guess it's cos I see so many sketchbooks on here with their neat, perfect little poses - kinda inhibits me I guess; I'll try be a bit more experimental and creative in the future :)

[majaiku]

Haha, just like I said last time--your studies are pretty amazing! Regardless of what you say I'm very appreciative of your work. :)

And Vivi was totally my favorite character, hehe.

[kingkostas]

I also love Vivi and all FF :P
You have done a lot of work with these figures and i am sure it will help you.The more you do the more confident you feel when you draw someone(specially in small size=less detail)
To step deeper in character anatomy start understanding each part of the body.Just think them as shapes
See ya and keep up :D

[alicelefay]

I have the same problem, looking at all those wonderful sketchbooks around here, and no way to be so good ^^
But I experienced that the more I force in that direction ( "The wannabe perfect", as I call it LOL), the more I get far from it.
One maybe needs the half way...I mean, half free/fun, and half conscious of the "rules" and goals. :)

[Ming_64]

Hi Alex, you mentioned you put your stuff up here so I thought it was about time I checked it out. I am the ultimate CA part time lurker after all.

I'm really impressed by the breadth and depth of the kind of stuff you've been working on, makes me think that maybe I should be spreading my net a little wider. Your digital painting is coming on really well, the one of your dad is really good - hope he appreciated it. I don't really feel I'm in a position to critique as you're more advanced than me at it, pretty impressive considering you've only been doing it a couple of months or so.

One thing about the figure drawing - I don't know what size you're doing yours but I find it's helpful every now and again to do some in a large format, rather than smaller thumbnails. It's hard when your sitting in front of a monitor using posemaniacs but if you're doing life drawing classes you'll be able to have a go there I guess.

Keep up the good work.

[AlexTooth]

Majaiku Thanks for stopping by again, yeah Vivi is pretty much the best thing ever, I love being able to draw some FF fan art finally, probably going to do some more at some point!

KingKostas Yeah I know the figure studies are helping, I can tell, it's slow progress but my mark making with a pencil is a lot more confident now and I can draw stuff quicker - it's just hard to tell because the improvement is so gradual...

Alicelefay Yep kinda makes you feel small looking at other sketchbooks, but they've been doing it a long time, we will get there, I have seen your work and you're headed to the top I can tell, just need to keep it up :)) Thanks for stopping by, I'm gonna visit your sketchbook again, saw some cool stuff in it the other day!

Ming_64 Well hello there fella, lol yep, you're certainly the ultimate lurker! Yeah it's good all this practice, the figure stuff especially; I am mainly doing all this for the course, it's helping a lot - especially with characters/movement etc. Just hope I can pull something decent out the bag before the end of the year. I know what you mean by drawing in front of the comp, I do try draw ppl at home though on A3 when they're about, and yeah life drawing's gonna help. See ya Thursday!

Well update from last couple days -

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1 page of loomis this time! I find it very boring trying to draw a diagram accurately, infact I am having more fun with Bridgeman..

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Did a pen and ink tutorial on this very website in the mentor bit - always been interested in learning pen and ink techniques...

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Drew my mum in pen, only person available, wanted to try out my ink tutorial, didn't work that well but im learning, next one will be better. Promised her id make it look like her one day lol

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Naked lady - inked 'em in, waste of time; shoulda just done pencil oh well, lesson learnt.

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Bridgeman Arms - surprising how quick this was, my mark making has gotten much quicker since posemaniacs, surprised even myself! Then again its a book not real life, but anywhooo

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Arms hurt lol sleep Zzz =0

[alicelefay]

really goooood!!
The posemaniacs poses are really in the good direction, no matter if they seems "nice to look at" or "realistic", they capture the movement really better!! Gooood work!
About the ink hatching...heh...I suppose it takes long time to master it, so don't give up ( About me, I did! LOL)
Bridgman is coming out good, those arms are really nice; me too I find more fun to study Bridgeman than Loomis, it's more "alive". Next time, if you want, try to study his lines; how he uses them to suggest movement and such.
But really, you showed a sweet improvement!
:D

[George Abraham]

Something about bridgeman's stuff looooks pretty awesome.

I like that dude, he has a way to let your monkeys play.

Too much work and too little play not good.

You are drawing like mad. Glad I peeked.

[kingkostas]

Man the one with the 3d amazed me!!! Really good work.
Nice studies in overall and i see that you need more training in faces.
I made a simple structure system that i currently use.Its not totally right but it can show you some info about how to understand some parts of the face(placement etc)
This structure varies from person to person cause of different width,height,special positioning of eyes mouth(example:A man may have his mouth closer to his nose than another one that have his mouth closer to the chin etc.)
Using this you can capture some basic properties of someone and start building the details.LOCATE-CREATE-FINISH
I hope this can offer you some help to your journey.
Keep up mate!!!!

[AlexTooth]

alicelefay Thanks for encouragement, always welcome =) Ill check out your newest goodies tomorrow :-) lookin forward to that!

zaorr Yeah Bridgeman is pretty cool, these dudes wer crazy in those days, really into their stuff, been looking at a lot of Hogarth and Loomis too, they sure don't make 'em like they used to!

kingkostas Thanks for checkin in dude, appreciated. Yes my head stuff kinda suxor right now, and my hands and arms are pretty gay. This is stuff I am working on! Yeah about head construction, I am learning Loomis' book on the head, it helps some, but it's always good getting different viewpoints, thanks! And about 3D stuff, should have more of that in the next months, need to give Zbrush a good go before my Master's project, sigh.. so much to learn!

So, Tuesday.

Argh, so did some life drawing tonight >.< basically, didn't get much done for a number of stupid reasons (room mixup, stupid model etc!) What I did do wasn't good, but I havn't done life drawing for 6months so I take it as first day blues or some crap, that's my excuse anyway!

Tried some heads from my new book called photographing portraits or somethin, I just got it for the pics =)

Did some Bridgeman as well, and a Hogarth, man that guy's the original EMO, everyone else is a wanabee. I need to concentrate on hands, faces, arms and stuff and drawing from life tonnes I dont do it enough! >.<

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Life-drawing - lol i know i know, rubbish, I can do better, infact I did better life drawing 10years ago XD anyway - tis practice =0 I'v signed up for twice a week so hopefully I can track my improvement over spring from this poop =)

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[serio]

Cool updates. Pencil is really helpfull in those things and I'm trying it myself. Life drawing class sounds like pretty good idea. Maybe I'll think about it aswell.. Now I've discovered Glenn Villpu's videos and books. They are pretty awesome so I strongly recommend it as well as Riven Phoenix stuff. Check it out!

[AlexTooth]

Serio - Thanks for the tips, I have checked out some Vilppu and Riven, infact ordered some stuff. I saw the Vippu gesture drawing, he really is quite good, but also quite slow, about 4min per pose - I have been trying to draw like him in my 90sec poses lol. Some results -

bit scruffier, but interesting doing it vilppu style, well trying to do it his style lol

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Some gesture drawings I did in town on Thursday, about 2min each, or less - depends how long the person stood still!

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Did more life drawing Thursday night, did better than Tuesday!! Still a long way to go.

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Went to the Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge on Friday, drew some statues in charcoal, spent most of the day looking at paintings though.

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[Muz]

Wow you have been busy! Keep up the good work!

Perhaps start saving the gestures down at a smaller size, we dont need them so large to see them, it just eats up download times for no reason.

[AlexTooth]

Thanks Muzz I will bear it in mind.

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Drew my mum - not very good, but u should see the ones 2months ago haha

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[alicelefay]

In my opinion you are going in the right direction with the quick gesture studies, now they have a more "fluid" look, more natural... good work!
And your mum is sweet! :)

[kingkostas]

Interesting 3d.The figures are a must so you do well doing them :D
Keep up!!!

[George Abraham]

Wow, Nice 3D.

It's good to change direction once in a while to let some part of your mind rest and internalise. That is what I found with my own stuff, say you work really hard on the same thing for a week but it feels like you are stuck and it's exhasting you, then when you finally let go and do something else for a wink or two when you get back you will find stuff get's easier as long as you don't let old leads die, otherwise the whole thing was a waste. The iron should not burn out but also not be allowed to cool.

You have ton's of energy all put to good use.

[AlexTooth]

alicelefay - Thanks yep, it's good practice doing fast'ns but I like to do some slower ones too, all about balance =)

kingkostas - Well the 3D thing is still very early days, infact it's changed completely again! Yep Ill keep up with the figures, if I havn't improved in 1 year then I will change to something else :)

zaorr - Yes it is VERY nice doing something different for a change. I had that feeling of not knowing what I wanted to do, so I fired up Maya and just made something up. It's very relaxing working in a 3D space, just making nice shapes and stuff - now I am going to take it into 2D and do something!

Some stuff from today.

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I am going to do this from a tutorial in IFX mag.

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[kingkostas]

Nice.Try to take the characteristic parts of the person you wanna draw , block in the basic shapes of the mass and then little by little place the elements.If you fall immediately into details you are lost in paper
Keep up

[Noukah]

Wow your figure studies and portraits are awesome, I couldn't tell if one of them was a photo first, very believeable coloring.
Are your poses imaginary or from refs/life models? Really dynamic anyway :)
I wish I had ambitions to pracice that as much as you...
Things will change tomorrow though, I'g going to a figure drawing session, wohoo! :)

[phoenicorn]

Great another IFXer as if we needed another. lol Hi alex I wish I knew earlier that u had an account here. awesome work. wish I could draw as well as you but that will come in time. Keep burning that lead

[DeeLock]

How do you not have any stars yet!?

Those master studies are phenomenal, they really show how much effort and time you put into them.

As far as your sketches go, you've made huge leaps and bounds from what you have posted in your first few posts.

Keep it up, i feel really inspired now.

[AlexTooth]

kingkostas - Thanks for the tip, yeah I detail too soon, before the person looks like who I am drawing - I'll try and fix this :-) forms first!

Noukah - Thanks for dropping by, nice to see you on ifx too! Well I do alot of figure studies on posemaniacs.com - also from some bridgeman books. And I am now going to life drawin twice a week, and I draw my family when they let me!

phoenicorn - Always nice seeing a familiar face. Thanks for dropping by! Well I am probably quite a bit older than you, when you're my age you would kick my arse I am sure of it!! See ya on ifx!

DeeLock - Hi, thanks for the kind words, but I really feel I am not that good yet, I do work fairly hard though, so improvement should be quite quick if I keep at it. From speaking to other artists, great artists, EVERY single one of them said it's practice and learning, nothing else, no secrets, no magical talents, it's all effort. I remember this and hopefully it will pay off one day!!

K well here's some stuff from life drawing class - much harder in real life, I think I'm getting a little bit better, slowly >.<

Some weird watercolour and pen thing, was meant to be quick and messy, and well it shows lol
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These were done last night, big A1 line drawings with charcoal, quite hard.
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This was REALLY hard, arggggh!! lol
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Some posemaniacs practice, again trying to be looser and less accurate, more capture a flow.

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This will probably be my last post for a while - I am starting the online course with Bobby Chiu over at Schoolism.com. It's self taught but I am going to work hard and learn photoshop, cost $559 so I am going to make the most of it. One reason is so I can colour in the above image well in time for Feb 28th deadline =)) cya!

[AlexTooth]

Some life drawing from yesterday (look away if fat naked old ladies offend you)

these are all 5-10min or less

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40min ish and a 5-10min quick one in the same pose.

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Assignment 1 of my schoolism project.

This is my first painting using Photoshop, I have learnt the program in the last 2days. This is all with 1 hard round and using flow and opacity, nothin' else. Photoshop is fun I like it actually even though I am a NOOB!!!

I painted it, but the original drawing was supplied. I have learnt about painting in darkness though, even though it doesn't look anywhere near as good as his!!

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[AlexTooth]

Bridgeman and posemaniacs

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[iphigen]

Drawing corpulent people is a great way to show volume and mass. I really like the drawings but I think you should try to shade more and use more curved lines (I don't know if 'curved' is the right word, I hope you know what I mean) to bring out what makes the model so interesting. Some of your life drawings look a little flat but I guess it's because of the short time. The first 40 min one is really well done!

[engelhardt]

Hi Alex,
nice sketchbook! You are doing a lot of stuff and your speed-drawings are incredible.

[kingkostas]

Damn thats what i call an upload and a hard work!!!!!!!!
Keep up mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you will do great :D

[Noukah]

Wow it's getting betetr and better.
Those hand studies are awesome, such fine lines, and they're so few, I'm still struggling to master that!
And that shaded life study is great as well - Keep it up!
Posemaniacs? Oh didn't know about that site, just stopped by to check it out. Awesome resources! :D

[AlexTooth]

iphigen Wow corpulent, now that's a word I have never heard before; just found out it means large 'folk. Heh, yeah infact i am used to pretty fat models but this week she was pretty huge. Yeah it's fun, like drawing a big ball. I know what you mean about the shorter sketches looking flat, 5-10min is actually quite a long time, but I draw quite big (you can't tell from the pics though) and it's hard getting in much shading - I'm still a noob really, and only just improving very recently. I'll try more volume in shorter studies, you're right as well I concentrate on lines a bit too much. Thanks for critique, it's always helpful!

engelhardt Thanks for the comment, I will take a look at yours and see how you're doing also :-) And yes drawing fast is great training for the brain/hand!

kingkostas Thank you buddy, I've been lookin' at your heads man, crazy love the improvement. And yep I'll keep beavering away, just need to keep that self-discapline - seems a constant battle to motivate myself, I think life drawing helps though, it's a nice change! I do need to do more personal work though, I keep telling myself this and never get round to it argh >.<

Noukah Thanks Noukah, yes posemaniacs is a great resource - infact I thank most of my improvement to the website. Doing lots of 10/15sec poses has improved my hands vastly, this has helped me draw in real life a lot. Highly recommended!!

[kingkostas]

ahhaah dont worry just draw.Yesterday i was in bad period and i did some posemaniacs studies and something more and i beat it.
Just work with what makes you feel better!!!
see ya

[iphigen]

iphigen Wow corpulent, now that's a word I have never heard before; just found out it means large 'folk. Heh, yeah infact i am used to pretty fat models but this week she was pretty huge. Yeah it's fun, like drawing a big ball. I know what you mean about the shorter sketches looking flat, 5-10min is actually quite a long time, but I draw quite big (you can't tell from the pics though) and it's hard getting in much shading - I'm still a noob really, and only just improving very recently. I'll try more volume in shorter studies, you're right as well I concentrate on lines a bit too much. Thanks for critique, it's always helpful!


Apparently the online dictionary sometimes suggests rather strange words. I just don't like saying 'fat', it sounds sort of mean to me :D
May I ask how big the drawings are?

[Kayo9px]

Hey Alex, A lot of awesome things you got goin on here. I really like your gesture drawings. keep up the good work.

[AlexTooth]

Kayo Thanks, the gestures are good practice, just a shame we don't do 30sec poses in life drawing. Still they're good fun on posemaniacs and help a lot.

iphigen All the pics of the large lady are on canson newsprint, weird size, about A2, couple of A2 sugar paper, some up top are even on A1. Part of the problem with some of the 5min ones is I started to detail the head and didn't even finish the whole body. I think I will draw a bit smaller for the 5min poses so I can get the body and some shading. All this life drawing is very new, like in the last 3weeks so I'm learning every session. Definitely a lot better than drawing from pictures!

If you have any tips to share I'd love to hear :) One thing I might try is block in some tone/shapes before I even do any lines!

[AlexTooth]

Well, busy day, on to assignment 2 of my bobby chiu course.

Today was colouring in from black and white. The picture was supplied.

I learn about using all the layer blend modes, channels, masks, and actions. And I am sure some other stuff. This was mainly done with a colour layer and overlay layer, with extensive use of actions until I got the colour how I liked.

I actually did this exercise twice. You can see Bobby Chui's original here, if you're interested :p I prefer mine, then I would say that ^^ http://www.imaginismstudios.com/images/port/cowboys-art-painting-cowboy.jpg



orginal greyscale

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sketch of me mum, half reading half sleeping :p

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page of sketches for daily sketch group on ifx

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[kingkostas]

Nice studies.You see that a good greyscale drawing can support nice coloring :D
keep up
see ya

[AlexTooth]

Thanks Kingkostas, always nice having encouragement from you!

This is another pic from my Bobby Chui photoshop class thing - a line drawing was supplied and we had to draw it with a scanned texture - kinda fun, learnt alot.

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Some life drawing last night - 10min warmup sketch, not great, wish I knew how to use a pencil well. because I'm actually getting ok at proportions, I just don't know how to make my drawings look pretty.

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Some 10mins first with pencil, then another 10min overthetop with pen

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exercise on blocking in tone - kinda crap weren't allowed to use lines, fun though.

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4th assingment from bobby chiu class

this was provided we had to texture it

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my version - learn a lot on how to texture and stuff, interesting and fun.

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posemaniacs

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[Aaron Death]

Huge updates here. Anyway, your digital paintings look a lot better than your drawings. Anyway, nevermind. Great work man, keep it up.

[kingkostas]

Nice work!!!I like the way you textured it and be sure that as you keep working like that you will sure become better very fast.
Everyone is exited when the sketch presents the volumes in the best way.
Try to support the volumes with the rendering.Where the light is coming from, and where are the big shadows?
Block them in the sketch and make it seems 3d rather than throwing some inaccurate lines that only depict some small 3d regions.

I must thank you for encouraging me :D!!!
see ya

[Jakers]

Wow probably lots to say but here goes.

The figures and life drawing IS getting a whole lot better. What you did with your last 10 minute ones, going over them in final lines later, is something i've often done...perhaps its a lesson in getting a very simple, accurate under drawing before commiting to it.

Have you tried your life drawings with the side of your pencil. I find it realllly helps with larger drawings and thin lines are hard to work with. The side of your pencil gets a more gestural feel and you can play with line thickness by tilting and rotating it - worth a try.

The textures you added to your digital piece work not bad being so new!

I use some layer adjustments and incorporate photos now and then, but thats usually just to get a 'base' to work from. I then try and paint over things and correct them as the original photo may not work how you want. They key is to explore all ways of doing things, and you will find what works for you. I believe I use a lot fewer adjustment layers than some other people, though does that mean I'm just not taking advantage of the digital medium enough?

When you get to some landscape stuff I'll be sure to offer some specific suggestions :)

Oh and I think for people unconfident with solid quick poses, dont ever feel bad about 90 sec ones if capturing it faster isnt working for you....I enjoy that more at this point myself.

[schlopps]

oh i'm loving your quick poses, and that bunny...and especially the last life-drawing study
i'll watch you progress =D

[AlexTooth]

Aaron Death Thanks for comments :-) Yes my paintings are better to look at for sure. There are lots of reasons though, they take a long time - drawings are pretty quick. I will spend longer on some drawings though when I feel I am good enough to produce something nice - good drawing is the foundation of good art for me so I want to practice it most. Digi painting well you can keep messing with it until it looks nice!

kingkostas Thanks for checking by as usual, very kind of you. I will take your advice and try harder with my shading, I love looking at good pencil sketches to I am going to try a lot harder on this from now on, cheers bud :-)

Jakers Hey man, thanks for all the advice, no I have never tried drawing with the side of my pencil, now I imagine it, it sounds like it will look very good, thank you man that's gonna help I know! Yeah that texture came out ok, but I was using a tutorial :) Ideally I would like to just paint a landscape with just brushes. Anyway I'll post some when I do them and maybe you can give me a couple of pointers! Love your sketchbook by the way. thanks again.

schlopps Thanks for dropping in, means a lot, every comment I receive is encouraging so it's very appreciated, I will make an effort to visit yours over the year :-)


K, update - will post in chronological order as far as I remember.

Did these in town last thursday

5-30sec ish each

lol scroll past - probably find them boring! this is for me to see my own progress as much as anything =0

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Some posemaniacs and studies from Raphael

I think my 30sec are getting better, been reading Glenn Vilppu very informative.

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BOBBY CHIU COURSE -done- =)

Smudge tool lesson, drawing provided we learnt smudge tool for shading and also used some paint.

original

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Custom brushes - learnt how to make them and make textured brushes and stuff - had to add hair to a head.

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hair 1

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Pen tool and vectors, learn how to use pen tool and stuff also FX layer things.

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vector version

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colour sketching - how to clean up a sketch quickly and do a colour rough get composition, saturation, values and hues all working before starting main painting.

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colour rough

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finally 3 hour lesson on completing an image - used everything we learnt so far - took me a day and a half to complete. used lots of methods - if anyone's interested in specifics just ask! too much to list lol

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More gestures in town 5sec-30sec each (damn i wish people would stay still more!)

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Finally some posemaniacs and loomis

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[PeNcIl ReBeLlIoN]

Heck dude, you've got a finger in every section of the art pie! I'm partial to your skills with markers, top stuff :)

[kingkostas]

Wow alex your last works are really really nice.That old man that you did with the inks is great and the same for the rendering.Also like all the other.Very very nice.
Keep up with these!!!! :D

[Jonas_J]

Hi! Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook :)

You've got some solid stuff going on here. Really like your life-drawings and digitals.

[areve]

nice updates, you've really developed much since I last looked :)
keep it up!

[AlexTooth]

Thank you King, Areve, Braintree, Pencil! Nice of you to stop by =0

Recently I have had too much uni work, it's annoying but I am on top of it for the most part now. Also I don't post much because my stuff looks so crap but I thought I would make an update today, hopefully in a couple of years I will be better =)

Made my website for Uni - www.alextooth.com - you can d/l some free mp3s if you like progressive house etc :)

Life drawing but no model so we drew each other, luckily no one had to draw me so I got to draw for the whole session :-)

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Some posemaniacs, varying times.

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Some image I made on photoshop used Hogarth ref.

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Practicing some drawing from my new Henry Yan book.

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More posemaniacs, varying poses.

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Some drawings in a cafe on my lunch break.

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Some Monet studies I did quickly in Painter, just from my book I got cheap in town. Not very good I know already hehe, I can't do things quickly I learnt. Really I did this for fun and not to forget how to use Painter.

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3am last night pissing about with photoshop, was originally supposed to be lulu from ff10. silly I know but practice I guess. I dont want to forget photoshop either I am paranoid about forgetting things lol my memory is terrible!

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Got a new dvd about drawing heads. Made a start today, interesting, talking about using lines etc. I am about half way through.

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Did some drawings from my head to practice - I need to do this more often I am getting worse lols.

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Finally started learning Zbrush today, made a start on a head. Lost the file though and I need to start over :( I will attribute this to being a noob with a new program.

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Some Raphael and Posemaniacs, I learnt pencil isn't that good on layour paper, I will save it for pen.

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[Robbie]

Yo yo yo, haha alrite Alex! gd to c u up here looks like we're both on our own little mission!!

keep it up mate, have u joined any other secret societies yet? will drop by again soon.

Getting better....

[AlexTooth]

Ello m8 hehe. Nope no other secret societies, the only sites I know of are here, IFX and I sometime look at Cgsociety.

When I am good I will seek some more :-)

Thanks for comment!

[AlexTooth]

Update for Sunday

Started my Zbrush tutorial again.

A long way to go, but discovered I can use the Wacom which I didn't know, I assumed it would be like Maya. Its a lot more fun with wacom.

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Posemaniacs - trying better line and flow.

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Hogarth heads - practicing to improve zbrush.

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Speed painting tutorial with David Levy, good fun I will do more.

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[AlexTooth]

Some posemaniacs and an environment.

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Tree last night lol didn't come out well

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Tried it again today, I did a lot of looking at other artist's work and then tried making something up myself.

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[Noukah]

Nice updates, Alex!
That David Levy speedie turned out really nice!
And those figure drawings are getting better and better for every update :)

[kingkostas]

Very nice and big update!!!!Dont worry about quality.Post everywork you do.i like very much the zbrush 3ds :D
Keep working alex :D!!!

[AlexTooth]

Thanks Noukah and KingKostas, you guys are the best, and great artists as well :-)

Well 2 updates in one day =0

Some head practice from dvd tutorial and some more zbrush.

Heads - I think I am learning lots from this dvd, the guy is explaining how to draw very well!

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New Zbrush practice head, this time clay brush used. What's with all the strange heads in these tuts.

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I imagined a troll picking it's nose. So I drew it, no ref. bad anatomy lol

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[kingkostas]

One more time very nice model(head).Just i find the tip of the nose strange, because it makes something ilke a tube.I mean in the middle :P

In the anatomy try to understand some key features of bodies.For example about legs you must learn the basic curving system(the one that forms the boundaries).For example when looking from front view, imagine the bended cylinder(knee area) always looking to the outside region of the body.Check some of my studies and i hope you will see it.Some more attention and you will have it right away :D
Keep working!!!!You are doing very well
see ya :D

[AlexTooth]

Hey King! Yeah that nose is weird, I am just copying the tutorial for that, I dunno why he did such a nose!

I looked at your poses for legs, yeah i see what you mean. Yesterday I did some more poses out of my head! Still not great but getting better :-)


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Some more speed paints, still learning from the dvd. One more to go, next up is the main one.

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[kingkostas]

Very nice.Keep going and you will become faster and more confident :D
see ya

[AlexTooth]

Finished Bob Kato dvd. Learnt more on line, form, used markers and pencils too.

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[Jonas_J]

Those poses from the head are really good! More! :)

[Tofa]

great stuff man,the sheer amount is encraydeeble.

ur bobby chiu stuff is great, seems like u learnt a lot!
keep it up :)

[AlexTooth]

Thanks Braintree and Chris Zed, very encouraging and makes me want to try harder :-)

I finished my speed painting dvd. It wasn't so speedy, spent all day on it, about 15hours.

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[AlexTooth]

Zidane from ff9, copied from my book art of ff9, my favourite book.

I tried better shading but I didn't concentrate enough, plus is was a 3d model not lit the best, anyway, more to come!

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[AlexTooth]

Update some studies, Glenn Vilppu Drapery and Peck "Anatomy for the Artist"

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[Tofa]

nice update. that enviro looks sweet. i cant fathom doing something like that.
i'm gonna have to check out that Peck book now, been doing Loomis, at the moment reading Burne Hogarth dynamic figure drawing. love getting little tips and techniques from different books. :)

[AlexTooth]

Yeah Chris - it's great having lots of influences, just gather as much information as poss and use the best bits - Loomis, Bridgeman, Hogarth and Glenn Vilppu have been my favourites so far.

Update

90sec posemaniacs.

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[paperhead]

wow! the last ones really show some big improvement :^^:

[Nibras]

Shizoni Alex
Love the progress
Nice determination! Go alex!
Crazy good man
But fo real how much money do you spend on books and dvds O.o
KEep it up man1

[AlexTooth]

Thanks paper!!

And Lilnebo - yeah I spend a butt load on dvds, they're making a killing out of me!


Last nights poses -

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Update - all from my head - a faery and some colour ideas - you can tell it's all non reffed because they're all full of mistakes, still fun all the same.

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[AlexTooth]

Enviro speed tonight and a quick nude.

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Made this up off my head. Think I will start using reference to practice though.

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[AlexTooth]

Some more anatomy shizzle

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Nakedness

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Torso learn - back and front "anatomy for the artist" Peck

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[nim]

wow great work! thanks for your comment in my sb!
your charicatures are hilarious and awesome! :D very sensual and elegant lines in them. much impressed! keep it up! you'll kick ass!

[Sidharth Chaturvedi]

Damn you are really hitting those studies! Great to see all that work in your sketchbook. I gotta say though, I like where your environments are going in particular. The colors or edges or something aren't quite spot on yet, but I think you convey a really good sense of mood and space. Can't wait to see where you are with those a few months from now :).

-Sid

[Blythe]

Great improvements! I love all your figure drawing, keep it up!

And your environment speedies are looking really good. I clearly should spend more time on that stuff.

[snootchy]

Thanks for the comments in SB!

Dood u are one lean mean drawing machine. Just finished going through ur drawing frenzy from page 1 and I got to say you have sheer dedication! I really enjoyed watching your progress from your first post and definitely encourages me to keep at it, thanks!!

Those Levy speedpaints are looking great, at first I thought I was in Vyles SB when i got to those =)

SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l Peetaer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111899) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[Joce]

wow, u draw alot! dont give up. your pretty determined, you will get better in time, just keep drawin! i like the Final fantasy characters u draw. lol

[P]

youre a bad ass worker aint you? You gave me a huge kick in my lazy ass. Crazy improvement. I dig the studies. Keep up! :O

[Izer]

Nice solid studies. Great shading/greyscale studies and environments, Very good pose and posemanicas studies as well and life (cafe) drawings, i liked those a lot. Nice fan art as well FF9 was a goodin'.

[Tofa]

great stuff man.
liking the enviros.

[JailHouseRock2]

Damn Alex you've got some crazy skillz bro!

Lovin the studies and thanks for dropping by my thread and for the tips,

keep it up mate!
matt

[AndresArias]

so much to look at..very cool thanks for posting so much...gives me inspiration to keep on keeping on...anyway thanks

[the ANGRY filipino]

Nice Sb! keep on drawing like crazy, ya hear?
I love the caricatures and the cloth studies!
Your musical ability is amazing as well!

[Defaultee]

hi, i m defaultee, really appreciate u droppin by my thread and thanks for your comment. was just lookin at your works, preety wacky and really cool. keep up man. u got some really cool concepts.

[h2rra]

Checked out your thread at imaginefx, I'm impressed by your dedication! Keep it up man!

[AlexTooth]

Wow thanks for all the comments, CA rules =0 If I didn't find this site then who know's where I would be, buried in some video game no doubt :)

I'll check out all your SBs and leave some comment/advice if I can offer anything useful lol

Nim - Thank you for the encouragement, though I can't take the credit for the caricatures, they're part of a tutorial, even though I did draw them; I learnt a lot after it anyway, and hopefully I have improved since =)

Sid - Thanks for taking a look. Your comments mean a lot - yes I love environments, pity I don't have the skill yet, but trying to practice - it's mainly light I am trying to tackle, probably the hardest thing I have encountered in the 'ol art world - I will beat it one day though :) I am checking out your SB as we speak, looks good!

Blythe - Thanks! You know what I love your work, it's one of my favourite sketchbookies in here. Yeah I wanna get more into this speed painting, just to get ideas for paintings down more than anything - recommended for brainstorming!

Snootchy - You're welcome I will be sure to check in your SB for updates :) Yeah improvement is slow but sure everyday, just hard to know how to juggle the 'ol hours init?

Joce - Thanks, yeah the more I hear someone say keep at it the more determined I get, soooo far to go, but it's a fun journey.

Pijus - Thanks lol well I am a badass working when I am not having a lazy-ass day, which involved me looking at concept art or sleeping :) Draw more, get better faster though I notice!

Izer - Thanks, yeah I love FF - hopefully one day I can draw as good characters, but for now it's fun just copying them!

Chriis - Cheers mate, yeah environments I can see I will fall in love with them, whenever I start one it always turns out into some kind of fantasy-esque thing! Gonna try some more this weekend :)

Jailhouserock - No prob for the tip wish I could give more but I'm still noob! Anyway you have a seriously rockin sketchbook and I am sure I could learn a thing or two from ya!! Oh and I love your avatar lol.

Two Asix - Thanks, hopefully one day when I am good - if that day comes, people can see how I got there - and it's a nice self-journal too :)

Angry filipino - I will keep it up, promise :) hopefully more! I'm still jealous of your beach sketching skills man!! And you don't seem that angry , to me :)

Defaultee - No probs man, you're doing well, hopefully we can both improve together!

h2rra - Thanks for the encouragement matey, yeah I will keep up - eventually I want an art job, but still seems a distant dream, one day - you have crazy skills though man, I learnt alot from your thread!!


Update from last day


Some enviro I will give up with - maybe come back to one day when I am better - for now I will use photoreference to practice.

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Some Peck, Anatomy for artist

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Some Life drawing from class last night

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LOL - Ok I messed up the colours, the teacher said use orange and blue - so yeah, did that turned out awful, then she says to me "not that blue with that orange" - lol so tried to salvage it - but meh - kinda funny. She has arms, they're behind her back.lol.

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Better colour choice this time, though she said it would have worked better on brown paper - but I didn't have any.

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[mike butkus]

You have talent, keep it up. I look forward to your next post!

[AlexTooth]

Wow Thanks Mike I am honoured to have you visit :-) - It is my dream to one day create art as efficiently and as well as you!! Thanks for the encouragement I just wish there were more hours in the day lol :)


Update for today

Some studies from my book "drawing lessons from the old masters" - all pencil and marker pen,

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Loomis light/planes etc

[IanE]

Wow wow! Excellent studies. I should be learning from you!!

Your hard work is definitely paying off. My only crit is work harder! :)

[h2rra]

Great studies man! How many anatomy books do you have lol :D

[the ANGRY filipino]

Sweet updates man! Killer studies in here! and hope you don't give up on that enviro, cause it does look promising, just need to spend more time on it, that's all. Go back to it after a while, maybe you just got tired of working on it for now.

[zalxemptyx]

i see good improvement from the first page to the current one, i love the fact u push the s and c curve of the human body, but do becareful of distortion of proportion,when u have the time, take ur time and learn the technicality of painting digitally .

in terms of ur artistic value has indeed increase which is great, keep going at it and the end results will definitely fruitful.
take care , hope the weekend been good :)

[kingkostas]

i am glad you keep up working hard :D.While all the studies are great i like very much the photo ref quick study :D
keep up mate!!!

[AlexTooth]

Filipino - Thanks man, yes I think you're right - my plan is to go back to it after some more studies of environs and stuff :-)

Zalxem - Thank you, good advice - infact I spent today on photoshop, tried to paint a face up - a little stuck now as I don't know how to get it smooth and shiney lol.

KingKostas - Thanks for the comment man, you rule!! I want to see more of your work :)


Small update - spent today on photoshop - tried to paint face I drew yesterday - photo ref - I love photoshop more than painter, infact I am a photoshop convert lol

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[knoxie]

hey alex!

wow.... you've definitely jumped into your studies head first! I love it! Really solid work here.

I also checkout out some of your music on your website. Am slowly working my way through it now... it's kickass work my friend. You are talented in both visuals and sound.

Thanks for your crits to my line work.... and you are absolutely right! :P I should work on my line work. Practice and patience... we all need more of it right? :P

Hope to stay in touch!

carl.

[AlexTooth]

Hi Karl - well keep on rockin' is all, your sketchbooks awesome :-) Thanks for the compliments, I'll keep trying harder!


Small update - messed around with my pic some lol

then realised it's 4am

maybe she's an alien?

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[kinjura]

Alex, gorgeous sketchbook you have here. Your studies are not only paying off, but even those look great. Thank you!

[Emil_J.]

your pencil drawings are really good, i can see that you have improved since your first post.
Good photo-ref work on the female head (i prefer the B/W version though :P) - wanna see more of that.

Cheers :)

[amianna]

Your studies are wonderful..So much flow and your lines are smooth and soft.

I love the colors in the portrait. Also, those are some gorgeous eyelashes ;D
I have no idea still on how to apply color over tones.. I still paint with color and then switch to greyscale to see if it looks right.

[sevarenge]

nice studdi her! and thak u!

[snootchy]

wow, so many great studies and updates since i last stopped by; great work on those done with subtle highlights with white charcoal or color pencil!! Keep them pencils moving =)

SSG 69 :heart: ARTGASMIC FORCE
Mission: To push our skills to evolve to the point of giving you visual orgasm.
Eon (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107005) l grenappels (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99577) l snootchy (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=112991) l Peetaer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111899) l bleupencil ( http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134180)

[hyure]

like your old avatar more, I like zoom down the canvas to find right position,

[Call0ps]

very nice studies sir! and in the last work ( portrait of a lady ) you show some big progress :) keep doing those studies, keep improving =D

[Andy Nicho]

Thanks for dropping by my sketchbook, Wow youve been busy, last digi is looking good, keep doing what your doing, your improving fast, keep going.

[Vloth]

oooh shiet. productive dude you are. Studies gives result too! improving fast here. Those 1 min poses further up looked really neat, and they're a great practise at capturing movement and motion. Keep it all up!

[Jakers]

Holy crap nice accurate looking pencil studies...those are great habits. I like the 'force' drawings...if only I would remember to think in such a way while doing life drawing etc.

The people will certainly catch up to your figures - your gestures can beat mine any day.

[comixnut]

absolutely insane amount of effort into those studies absolutely inspiring man! very happy to subscibe! :D

[Jonas_J]

Thanks for stopping by my SB. Huge amount of studies you've got here. Your quick poses are improving fast!

[AlexTooth]

K small update, been busy with uni the last week.

Kinjura - Thanks for dropping by - I love your work!! Yep hopefully stuff is startign to pay off :)

Fumble - lol thanks, mmm well I like B&W also but neeed colours hehe, even though they're a bit weird =0

Amianna - Thanks! Well it's simple really - paint in B&W and use overlay layers to colour in, then switch to real colours to finish the painting off. I find I have more control this way and can always change the colours easily.

Severenge - Thanks for the message :)

Snootchy - Again, thanks for dropping in, well I have been a bit lazier this week but hpoefully get back on again soon :0

Hyure - Oh well - maybe I will switch back to it? =)

Call0ps - Thanks for encouragement, your SB is awesome!!

Andy Nicho - Thank you man, hopefully I can continue to improve and get a art related job one day!!

Vloth - Thanks, you're a great artist, so it means alot :)

Jakers - Thanks for all your advice man, you are the king of enviros so those tips are very much appreciated, and I'll give them a good go very soon!

Comixnut - Thanks for dropping in and taking a look - well as I said I've been slacking a bit of late, but gonna hit the studies once again today :)

Braintree - Thanks, damn dude I think you're working harder than me though!! Great stuff in your SB :)

Bridgeman

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/1-6.jpg

90sec posemaniacs

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/CIMG0756.jpg

1min poses in life drawing class

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/CIMG0755.jpg

Image I am working on - no colour yet!

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/wip13.jpg

[kingkostas]

Alex very very nice new work.About the face in the previous page, what makes the difference in the photo (and i am not talking about the angle) is the contrast between the light and shadow areas.Contrast make our works throw out volumes.Also try to use brush strokes with 75-100% opacity little by little as you proceed in your leveling.This will make you increase your understanding in where to put each color and such.
Just keep up anyway :D

[Karein]

Great work so far, keep it up :D

I love your Bridgman and Posemaniacs studies in the last post, I'll definitely be keeping an eye on you :)

[zalxemptyx]

another set of wonderful studies :) good job :)

[AlexTooth]

KingKostas - Thanks for always checkin in dude, you freakin rule!! Thanks for tips too, yes I know value is important I will try harder :-)

Karien - Thanks for looking, you have a great SB, so it means a lot. Very encouraging, thank u !

Zalxem - Thank you very much - they are defintely helping out, knowing where stuff goes, but still so much to learn :-)

I will repay you all the favour - I am just a little busy with this image right now - it's for the bi-weekly competition on my forums.

Update WIP - working colour a bit more.

You can probably start to pick up my style from this and my last image, love it or hate it - I can only seem to work well this way!! I think it's all influenced from my old raving days lol

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/wip19.jpg

[AlexTooth]

Update

"Trouble in Paradise"

Needs more work on composition, light, colour etc.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/TestJpeg2.jpg

New work for weekly comp "release the beast"

Sketch

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/step2-1.jpg

Block in

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/step3.jpg

[the ANGRY filipino]

Hi Alex!
Damn, looks like you decided to hitch a ride on the AWESOME train! :)
Damn great updates man!
Keep going!

[AlexTooth]

Hey thanks man - i'll be sure to check out your stuff later today, hope you have been working hard :)

Small update -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/step5.jpg

[kingkostas]

I like this last portrait very much.About the previous i guess you love the work android does with his effects, right?You have to keep experimenting so that you can use them the best.
I am glad i see you working hard.A little more and i'll throw some stars
And thnx for your kind words :D

[AlexTooth]

Thanks dude! Well I don't really know much of Android's work lol - I just like patterns and stuff and experimenting. His work is a little too abstract for me, but it looks very nice! I might try his workshop in this month's IFX mag.

Anyway, small update on my face - need a lot more work, I am struggliing with light and colour, and my eyes hurt .. lol

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/step6.jpg

[kingkostas]

you wanna throw more volume out?Throw more contrast between light and shadow areas.Even a more saturated color can create contrast.Anyway experiment now(thats the only way to learn)
see ya

[AlexTooth]

Thanks King, well I finished it :) 1hour before challenge deadline

I think for such a simple image there isn't much more I could do, well not with my current abilities. It took a long time anyway lol.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Alex117final.png


Bigger version here :p

Click for bigger! (http://www.alextooth.com/images/halfsize.png)

[AlexTooth]

Finished my Image "Trouble in Paradise" - took ages lol.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/ParadiseFinal.png

[Jakers]

you worked hard on the last piece here and it did come out interesting!

I think her hand is too small, it always stood out. The large eyes and head are probably intended, though its much easier to relate to a character when they more resemble correct proportions (for me anyways). There are a lot of brights and a lot of extreme darks - a more full value range can still be discovered as Kingkostas was suggesting. Some longer photo studies should help.

One thing I want you to concentrate on now is edges - use hard ones where they belong in your paintings to describe sharper form changes. Cast shadows have harder edges than volume shadows, as will outside edges. Its not to say you dont have any hard edges - though I would look over work you like and look for them as they add a lot of rendering variety and more accurately capture forms.

[solomon01]

Hello there Mr Tooth.
I like all this stuff that your doing. looks pretty cool.
I really like your entries for the Beast and Jaded challenges.

I've been hanging around CA.org for a little bit on and off; Thought I'd start posting my sketches. I have a million of theses things hanging around and they're cluttering up the place....

Well anyway,thanks for the vote in the Heavy Metal challenge.
Keep up the good work.
:-)

[Janos]

Very nice studies and images that you are pumping out in a really fast pace. I love that.
I think that your work on anatomy, light and colour is already paying off, but I feel that some of your images tend to be let down by composition. Try making the piece intersting by adding points of focus and keeping other parts a little more unclear. Lead the eye to the most important part of the image.

Just some random thoughts.

Cheers

[Marria]

Gosh, rapid improvement here, loving all the studies and ideas. I really like your lines too, so smooth and flowy... Keep it up! ( I don't really have to tell you that, it's obvious you will, by looking at your sketchbook :D)

[Flaskpost]

kickass Bridgman studies! moar! :)
i feel you´re losing a bit of contrast when going from grayscale to colour.
the two latest paintings could use a bit darker darks and lighter lights to push the volume more. :)

[jatherip]

what a dedication!!! keep goin man, your on the right way!!!

[AlexTooth]

Well been a while, didn't draw for 6month, bit of a boring story - anyways main thing is I'm drawing again for the last week almost. Here's and update, now I am drawing everyday again. woo!

Did these outside in London, Trafalgar square, coloured pencils.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Trafalgar3.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Trafalgar2.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Trafalgar1.jpg

Some work from Loomis - Head and hands book.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Loomis2.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Loomis1-1.jpg

Some drawings I did in the Courthold Art Gallery London.

Degas Sculptures -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Courthold4.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Courthold2.jpg

Degas Painting -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Courthold3.jpg

Matisse Sculpture -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Courthold1.jpg

Drawings from National Portrait Gallery

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Portraitgallery1.jpg

Head from Henry Yan book -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Yan1.jpg

Bridgeman Hands -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Bridgeman1.jpg

As part of new exercise I heard on Bobby Chiu - Paint an Artist Study - Paint from a Photo - Paint From Life - Paint from Imagination. All in black and white value studies.

Artist study - Rembrandt. Photoshop.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Rembrandt7flatten.jpg

Some posemaniacs - Assorted times.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Poses4.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Poses3.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Poses2.jpg

Photo Study as part of above exercise. Photoshop.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/hiphopnew2flatten2print.jpg

Some figures stuff from photos. (Timed drawings)

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/sketch8.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/sketch7.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/sketch6.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/sketch5.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/sketch4.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/sketch3.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/sketch2.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/sketch1.jpg

Drawings from Raphael book.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/raphael3-1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/raphael2-1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/raphael1-1.jpg

Drawing of a Church in Norwich.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/church.jpg

Cafe Drawing -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/cafe2-1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/cafe1-1.jpg

Drawing of a bust I bought in a garden centre - This was my drawing from life for that exercise -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/bust1.jpg

As part of my draw from imagination I am trying an illustration, like a new version of Beauty and the Beast, all from my head, no ref. Maybe I#ll finish it I'm not sure.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Beauty2.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Beauty1.jpg

Some figure and head practice -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/CIMG1001.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/figure1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/CIMG1006.jpg

Next round of exercises, new Artist - Rubens. Photoshop.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Rubens3flattened.jpg

[Tripage]

Hey man, fantastic improvement!

[AlexTooth]

Hey thanks Trippage, here's to self improvement! :)

Updates - Loomis, posemaniacs, artist study, new idea.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Faces2.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Faces1-1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/frodo3flat.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/cruise4.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loomis9.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loomis8.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loomis7.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loomis6.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loomis11.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loomis10.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Reading3.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Poses8.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Poses6.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Poses5.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Poses4-1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Poses2-1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Poses7.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loomisNov3.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loomisNov4.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loomisNov2.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loomisNov1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/lineart2.jpg

[AlexTooth]

Some random stuff out of my head this morning 3-7am, can't sleep, ill >.<

All done with extremely blunt 4b pencil><

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/NoRef2.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/NoRef1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/NoRef4.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/NoRef3.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/NoRef5.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/NoRef6.jpg

[jatherip]

its frodo! man, massive updates, i like them...work on the line quality of your imaginary work though....
keep it up :)

[kingkostas]

Hey mate i am glad you are back.Lovely studies and a lot of em :).
Now keep up to repent for the break :P

[jcpahl]

Holy crap, tons of work in here. You keep working this hard, you're going to be unstoppable.

If I could offer any advice, I'd suggest really slowing down and paying attention to every line when you're doing studies. You have a lot of really gestural work, and it looks really good, but remember not to neglect the dead-on long studies too.

Of course, that Rembrandt study looks fantastic, so maybe I'm preaching to the choir. At any rate, great work; definitely keep it up!

[AlexTooth]

Jatherip - Thanks ^^ Yeah - the quality of imagination stuff sucked - I was ill in bed, no pencil sharpener and a blunt pencil, and no energy to draw properly!!

Kingkostas - Thanks man, it's good to be back! I am repenting as hard as one can for their Art sins :)

jcpahl - Thanks for looking at me sketchbook^^ Always nice to have other opinions.. you know, you're right about longer studies, I've been doing some slightly longer ones, but I rarely do ones which take many hours - but that's all changing - longer studies here I come!!

I've been ill so not updated last week - anyway I was better by the weekend so here's the work since then - also Joined the Crimson Daggers! Yeah!!

Some drawings I did ill in bed. Using marker pens - never drawn in colour before, was kinda fun.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/randoms.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/RedGreen.jpg

More Loomis head and hands book.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loom1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loom2.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loom3.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loom4.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loom5.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loom6.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loom7.jpg

From memory -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/headnoref1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/headnoref2.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/headnoref3.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/headnoref4.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/headnoref5.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/headnoref6.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/headnoref7.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/headnoref8.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/headnoref9.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/headnoref10.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/headnoref11.jpg

Imagination -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/oldies.jpg

Tried to paint on from imagination - too crap I will try again sometime.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Fatty2.jpg

Trying to paint on the positions -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/MatthewGoode4_03.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/ac_03.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/CBOSPS010_065.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/CBOSPS010_036.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/ki_06.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/kn_05.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/liz_01.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/97d2a75817b9.jpg

Crimson Daggers work -

Using book as ref -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/ref1.jpg

Using memory only -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/noref1-1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/noref2-1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/noref3-1.jpg

Identifying muscles using Loomis as ref -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/muscle1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/muscle2.jpg

Identifying muscles using memory only -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/muscle3.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/muscle4.jpg

Still life #1 - 40mins - hard hard hard - my first colour painting from life.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/APPLE1.jpg

Quick sketches of Yoga photos -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/ref1-1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/ref2.jpg

Memory only, no refs.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mem1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/war1flat3.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/war1flat2.jpg

[kingkostas]

great studies and a lot of them to :).
a good way to repent for the art sins lol
Keep this up , your knowledge is growing

[AlexTooth]

Thanks King - I'm now working as hard as I can!

Crimson Daggers work - :)

Some compositional stuff -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/landscapetest2.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/landscapetest3.jpg

Still life attempt 2

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/stilllife1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/stilllife2.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/stilllife4.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/stilllife4-1.jpg

[DeeLock]

Hiya!

Latest still life has a lot of promise. The linework you did is really good work.

The painting however, is really muddy and dull. It needs to be sharpened up, the values need to be clarified and the colors need to be intensified. You should definitely start thinking about creating a focal point. Guide the viewer's eye and give them something to really marvel at and appreciate as well as giving them plenty of space to rest their eye.

Keep up the good work.

[Enydimon]

Nice sketchbook! Thanks for stopping by mine. :D

That environment is looking pretty cool.

[kittymeow84]

Wow great work. I really like how you're covering absolutely everything. Some really solid learning there. And your no reference stuff is really good too :D

[alexson]

Whoa study overload! Remember to take a power nap in between the paint strokes from time to time! Great work here dude, In the latest life drawing I agree with DeeLock, try to zoom in a bit and start defining those edges and smooth stuff out and it will be even more awesome. Thanks for stopping by my SB btw.
Daggaz 4 Lyfe!

[My57]

Can't wait for that still life to be finished. Right now it looks a tad blurry so try to make it more solid.

I personally like the environment sketch and the warrior just before it. They both look quite good.

Im going to hold up on giving you stars though since I think i need a bit more material to judge. Thanks for trying to vote me up a star though, I can't wait to see more of your stuff.

[JoshDArtist]

Great progress in here! Keep up the good work!

[knoxie]

very very disciplined artist! muscles, composition, still life... seems the studies never end do they! :P

Thanks for your visit... I'll post some gestural studies when I can scan them in. :P

carl.

[AlexTooth]

DeeLock - Thanks for stopping by^^ Yeah I had too much trouble with, that - taking on too much too soon - decided to try some easier stuff first.

Endydimon - Thanks dude - maybe i'll try develop it some more!

kittymeow84 - Thanks, I just need to keep at it!!

alexson - Thanks man, the Crimson Daggers will be unstoppable!

My57 - Heya, eeeep well, I decided to scrap that still life - I did try for some hours but it was getting worse and worse, I really started it all wrong which I realise now - I'm starting off easier and building my way up to complex stuff now. Thanks for commenting^^

JoshDArtist - Thanks man, I'll try!

knoxie - Thank you for dropping in :) I think I am prolly gonna study for eternity but hopefully it's worth it :) keep on workin' hard!

Today's update - tried two new still lifes, and did some Collywobbles anatomy work.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/still3.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/teapot2flatten.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/colly3.jpghttp://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/colly2.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/colly1.jpg

[kingkostas]

Great studies mate.The lifes are very good but i also think you must make a small research on edges and some in contrast.
You already "sharpened" manualy some things but there are some key spots for example in the last life study in the cover of the pot i think there could possibly be a sharp shape hehehe.
keep up the good work

[AlexTooth]

Hey King, thanks for the crit, yeah I see what you mean, time is always an issue though with these :)

I updated, now I think it's too sharp in areas lol^^ I guess finding a good balance is a lot of practice right!

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/teapot4.png

[hp]

holy shit level up indeed! that pot is amazingggggggggggggggggggg

btw i'll just comment here to avoid commenting in two forums >.<

[kingkostas]

love it, keep up now hehe

[AlexTooth]

Oh thanks guys, yeah it's a bit better^^ I never really like anything I do, never looks how I want it, maybe one day :s

Some studies and memory stuff today -

Left side, copied from loomis, right side memory.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loom1-1.jpg

Same again - and some collywobbles notes.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loom3-1.jpg

Left side Loomis, right side memory!

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/loom2-1.jpg

[kingkostas]

lol what will you say if i say i like the ones from memory? :).
Btw how you think you wanted the pot to look like so that you will consider it a great piece?
keep up

[AlexTooth]

Hello King, thanks for stopping by, you're my only ever visitor, so ty^^

"what will you say if i say i like the ones from memory?" hmmm trick question? lol - I dunno I'd be happy if anyone liked something that came from my memory haha!

As for the Pot - well there's quite a bit wrong with the shape compared to the real pot, little things - but then again it's art, it doesn't need to look like a photo right! I do need to practice my drawing in digital though, as that's where the errors lay. Other than that it's practice I guess, it's just not as good as a pot by a pro^^ I probably want too much too soon heh.


Today had a family kinda trip thing to London, so I drew some bridgeman in the car, it was really shaky though, but then again it's bridgeman hehe.

Saw Anish Kapoor at the RA, little bit overrated, but then I'm not into sculptures/installation - also so gill/epstein etc in the National gallery, pretty cool - again not my interest really!

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_035.jpg

Crimson Daggers today, photo study -

Changed it a bit, colours lighting and anatomy isn't really correct, but I learnt a lot; never really done this kind of thing before.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/milk2merge1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/milk3flat2.jpg

Cropped, think I prefer -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/milk3flat23.jpg

[kingkostas]

Ok its no need to look like the photo.The thing that is important is to have the same understanding of nature.Everything will improve when you will understand what is exactly what you are doing there within the single brushstroke.
I will say it is pro, will that be ok with you? no. The only thing the pros we both researching have this bonus understanding(not everyone, some of them due to work requirements use some things that are not totally based in understanding...anyway ehhhe)
A quick example of some simple thing.If you understand how and why you did this pot like that(i mean observing and doing=real elements) then i am sure you could do a helm of the same material(yes i want it to be of this material)and the light will hit it from the same angle.That means the only thing you change is shape...pfff thats nothing, its like if i told you to make the cover of the pot bigger, or put some holes through it.

Anyway :P Just keep up cause you are doing great.The last one have some really nice elements.

See ya

[hp]

i haven't seen the photo but watch the highlights on the hair and the shadow under the chin. they both seem a bit too grey in color or pure white and even if you are copying a photo, it never hurts to use a little artistic license ^^

i think you could use some bigger brush strokes to get more structure in the face and then smooth them down later. also the way you approached the hair is a bit too smooth in style compared to the rest of the painting, i guess it throws it off a little - probably if you are going to have a more painterly look to the rest of the piece you should keep the hair painterly as well.

[AlexTooth]

KingKostas - Yeah you're right^^ I'm just one of those people which is never really happy with anything I do - though I do enjoy everything I do and I learn a lot, maybe one day I'll truly like something - thanks for the boost! :)

Hp - Yep you're right about that shadow, looking at it now it's too grey and muddy - it's actually more of a desaturated green I think - I will definitely take onboard the painterly comments and try to get a better balance in the future, thx!!

Today a little photo study with the daggers and some study of my own - quite a lot from memory today!

Oh and started to draw in photoshop much more to get used to the pen.

Colour rough of a ilya study - wanted to block in the colours first, I might go back, do the line work then paint it this week if I have time :)

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/ilya1.jpg

Did some memory training for arms today. I am doing memory stuff more and more at the moment for good training.

Referenced from Loomis -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/ref1-2.jpg

Memory -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mem1-1.jpg

Memory -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mem2.jpg

Copied some photos and tried to place the muscles, still really really hard working out where they are!

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/figure1-1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/figure2.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/figure3.jpg

Did all these from memory to round off the day - lots of mistakes of course, but i had fun.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/memory1-2.jpg

[AlexTooth]

Bridgeman hands -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/bridgey.jpg


My hand from life

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/lifehands.jpg

Line work for my next still life from life

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/flowers1print.jpg

Colour Rough

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/flowers2.jpg

[AlexTooth]

Next WIP, c&c welcome!!

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/flowers3.jpg

[hp]

hmm the edges are a bit too sharp on the flowers. also the leaves are looking a little floppy. i mean they probably are floppy but maybe throw a little more structure into a few of them.

overall looks pretty good! when i squint my eyes looks like a photo :D

[AlexTooth]

Hey Emily, ok i'll try soften up the flowers!

Some hands from memory -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/hnads3.jpg

Some loomis, starting on hands

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/hnads1.jpg

More drawing from memory -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/hnads2.jpg

[Creusa]

Great hand studies *subscribing*

[Jamie Romoser]

Keep up the hard work man your learning alot.
have a good one
-Jamie

[NickyBeats]

heya there mr. tooth!!!!

i thought that the title of your sketchbook was slightly misleading... level up isnt as appropriate as SUPER SAIJIN LV. 2! ! ! ! ! ! !

seriously man, great studies, the arms are looking fresh to death! and the still life there with the flowers seriously does look like a photo from the thumbnail on the front of your sb! your killin it dude, now GET BACK TO WORK!

[AlexTooth]

Thanks for the encouragement Cerusa and Jamie =)

Heya Nicky, hehe thx, now we're on two forums!

Did some more of my flowers, hate it now, I give up with this one, I can't paint flowers or leaves, these are things I need to learn, I just go round in circles for hours trying to learn on this - I will practice some flower etc individually - keep trying things which are too hard >.<

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/flowers9.jpg

[hp]

try something matte next time....it's driving me insane hehe for life studies >.< you seem to be on a roll, maybe you can share some tips hehehe

anyways don't be discouraged by your flower thing, the colors seem right, the technique will come later as you work on more and more stuff.

[JailHouseRock2]

Damn man, I've just look through your book from the start... great progress Alex!

The anatomy and still lifes on this page are sooooooooo good man, and getting better with each one!

Keep this up mate!
matt

[SoundPath]

you have one heck of a ferocious work ethic, it's truly inspiring. Life drawings & studies are looking great! Keep up the good work man, you are progressing beautifully.

[kingkostas]

Great.I like the stuff from memory.If you keep it up you willl just need to keep improving each memory part till things come and stabilize.Great studies.Keep going :)

[AlexTooth]

Hp - Matte, yes! Those shiney things are just more tempting aren't they? I realise it's mainly practice but I'm going to try find some painting tutorials cos there's lots I can't get right>.< As for tips... lol I can't think of anything - my main problem is trying to overwork things and they get worse, so avoid that^^

Jailhouserock - Heh thanks, yeah I'm getting there, just wish I didn't take a long break, hurts thinking about it, but I learnt a good lesson - never get left behind!!

Soundpath - Thanks for the encouragement, yep a lot of studies, but maybe I should start doing some personal stuff now!

KingKostas - lol I was just writing this message as you replied, thanks for looking man - yeah the memory stuff is good tonic, I'm going to try do at least a little bit everyday!!

Pretty much finished now - flowers could use a bit more definition in places, but tbh I don't want to do much more - there are too many fundamental problems with the structure and balance of the pieces, many things that will come with me in time - especially painting technique!

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/flowers11a2.jpg

[BlackDelphin]

Hello there Alex! :)
I really like how you improved over the last few pages, especially with your anatomy,values and digital skills!! :D:D:D You seem more confident too!!

And i think you should worry less about your break period and concentrate more on the here and now as they say. If you think of what you didn't do, you'll just get more frightened and you won't want to start, won't want to think about it.. so you'll end up doing even less than you could have :(

So update more please :meow:

ps. i really really like the colours and shadows form your still life..really nice flowers;

[AlexTooth]

Hey BlackDelphin - Thanks for the encouragement, you're right about everything pretty much^^ I'm just gonna forget everything and concentrate on being the best I can from now on hehe!


- Some Bridgeman from tonight

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/bridgy1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/bridgy2.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/bridgy3.jpg

[TASmith]

Great Bridgeman gestures! I'd sharpen the leaves in that still life, but all in all great work!

[Huey Yeng]

Great progress. Your observation for colours have improved a lot. :D Try rendering more organic materials as I noticed you can captured man made stuff quite accurate.

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Nice hogarth studies:)

-E

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Nice hogarth studies:)

-E

[BlackDelphin]

Well i am happy if what i said helped you in any way :D

And look at those fine bridgman!! The one with the wings is really cute :)
And i think the way you added highlights and shadows is really really nice. But i can't tell..were they done digitally or traditionally? I think digitally..the lines and background are just to smooth, but then again i am getting a marker feel from this so..

ps. the flow lines from the last page really show the direction of the figure

MoRe PleaSe!! :meow:

[AlexTooth]

Hey thanks for the encouragement guys :) TAS Sharpen the leaves? Ok I'll try it out :) really bored of that painting now though hehe. Aye Huey Organic material it is, just got a new plant today! Hi most mischevious Elf, Thanks! .. Just trying to make the study time slightly more enjoyable by doodling a little bit. BlackDelphin They're just traditional :) Black, white coloured pencils and grey marker pen on recycled paper - all much cleaner than your HB-type pencils etc :)

Update for today, wasted a lot of time installing a new computer ><

Some crappy memory sribbles, god I need to do anatomy so much more, torso and legs next I think - these were kind bleh though, doodling really, not trying that hard hehe.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mem1-2.jpg

This morning's still life, was cool autumn sky outside, but I also used a desk lamp - too bright cos my gamma was set all wrong - hopefully ive fixed that now tho!

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/stilllife6.jpg

I read in someone elses sketchbook about contour drawing, so I'm going to do it every day now - guy said it takes 80 drawings to see a difference, well I've done 10 so far - lol god they suck ass!! If you don't know, it's never taking your pen off the paper - haven't tried blind contour drawing yet...

Contour1 :)
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/contour1.jpg

Contour2
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/contour2.jpg

Contour3+4 - tried colouring in one cos bored, never coloured in before felt like a child haha
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/contour3.jpg

Contour5
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/contour4.jpg

Contour6+7
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/contour6.jpg

Contour 8+9
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/contour8.jpg

Photo Study

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/blue3.jpg

Loomis

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_052.jpg

My Lips + more loomis

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_049.jpg

Some attempted artwork -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/purple1.jpg

Dunno, kinda random thingy.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/red.jpg

[My57]

Like that teapot a lot!

Those flowers in the last one look a tad blurry though.

Really like your studies. I should do some more see through muscle anatomy watcha-ma-call its.

[kingkostas]

Great studies.The purple enviro looks muddy and monotonous but anyway :P
I care more about the studies and you are doing great :)
keep going

[Danny_K]

Yehaaaaw! what a fun sketchbook I love to see the progress you sure work hard on your studies keep it up mate!

[Sidharth Chaturvedi]

Sup Alex. Those studies are looking really, really good, I love the head stuff you're doing. The still lifes look great and they're starting to get a level of polish. I do recommend that you start to push more color into the shadows though. Relax your eyes and pay attention to the color temperature difference. It still looks like the shadows are largely darker versions of the color in the light, and you'll really get more life into them just by using different colors entirely. Keep it up.

[BlackDelphin]

This is quite the big post! :D
And you did a lot of varied stuff once more.

The contours ones are particularly my favourite, especially the plant, witch you coloured too; i think i will give them a try too..but.. don't you remember where you saw this? i would like to read that post too :)
Love your loomis and the fact that your scans are so clean!.. i really liked your other post with bridgman

Don't stop now!! More please :meow:

[AlexTooth]

Hey thanks for the replies guys, I will check out your respective progresses soon :) 5am now though hehe.

My57 Thanks man, yeah I might sharpen up them flowers a little, thx!

kingkostas Hehe, I appreciate your honesty, I wish more people were like you!! Yeah well the purple one was actually started as a photo study, added some crap, didn't help much lol - Yeah studies are good, but y'know I wanna be making my own character and enviros and stuff soon :)

Danny K - Woo, thanks for you enthusiam and energy, I've seen you post on some other SBs and you seem like a good guy that knows what he's talking about :) Appreciate the feedback!

Sidharth Chaturvedi - Hey Sid, 'been a while man - I took a massive break, back now though - I'll have to check out how you're doing!! Yes shadows I find really really hard :s Aware of the hue changes, but I find it hard to look right - mainly still lifes, photo studies are so easy in comparison - gotta master this shit one day :) Still life again tomorrow!

BlackDelphin Heya Blacky - ya the contours thing is fun, it's getting a bit better but still pretty crappy and innacurate at the moment - I'll check my progress every 10 drawing :) Thx for encouragement!

K, some update today - had to design a Panda for a friend's Karate club - never done anything like this before, I just drew some pandas to get a feel for the 'lil fellas - then I looked out some Karate poses and made some kind of panda out of it, it's not like serious or anything, she likes them so we'll make a logo out of one of the poses :)

Research - touched up the white in PS.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Panda2-1.jpg

Some character Ideas lol, I know I a noob heh. Luckily I can change them in photoshop when the time comes :)

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_054.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_055.jpg

Still life, spent hours and couldn't get anything right, I still find it sooooooo hard. Ordered some coloured light bulbs today, should be fun.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/stilllife7-2.jpg

Contour drawings 12-15

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_056.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_057.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Untitled-1-6.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_058.jpg

Some Hogarth -

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_060.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_059.jpg

Bridgeman

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_061.jpg

Photo Studies

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_064.jpg

Photostudy from film

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/gandalf1-1.jpg

[BlackDelphin]

Well i personally think you are improving your linework already!! :D :D
Seriously! After seeing your contours from this post, and then your hogarth, especially the ones you shaded with markers, well, they have a really nice flow!!

I see you posting your work on the karate panda character for your friend :)
You did a fine job with the real life like ones, but on your character, i think you got those proportions a bit off somehow..

Your photo studies are really awesome too :)
I think the figure that is standing on that block is the most eye catching, and she has quite a nice expression!

Don't stop Alex!!! :meow:

[hp]

colored light bulbs! omg you're a genius! i didn't even think of that =P

good stuff...moar! yeah still lifes that are in natural light are killerrrrrrrrr, i think you saw the one i did a while ago with the white bowl...every two seconds the light was changing!

[kingkostas]

You are doing great.Lovely pandas.Clean the choosen one in photoshop or illustrator(if its about logo works etc).Simple and ideal
Great studies and now to the last one hehehe :)
I think what misses from this work or maybe works more focused contrast in some regions(maybe more values or something to create more contrast) to pop out 3d form and other aspects.For example in some spots inside the area under the ear area or somewhere there, some inside the eye regions with depth on them(that stop any light to go)and things like that.These things can make it even more 3d because they add more depth :)

Keep up the really good work :)

[jcpahl]

Wow, the painting of Gandalf looks great; very good likeness. Great studies and life-drawings, too; keep that shit up!

[krel]

Hey man.
Diggin the Hogarth and Bridgman! Also the Gandalf is very cool. Well done!

In the still life at the top of the page, the vase looks good, but the leaves/flower looks pretty bland and smudgy. Like if I had taken off my glasses.

Keep up the hard work, looking forward to seeing more!

[Creusa]

Gandalf is so...so... cool indeed. Hope you'll detail him someday **

[Jamie Romoser]

Keep up the hard work man its paying off. Those contour drawings are really awsome dude, I dont think ive ever even done a countour drawing ill have to get to it.
have a good one
till next time
-Jamie

[Danny_K]

It's Gandaaaaaaaalf! awesome mate :)

[Benjie]

shit loads of studies, your gonna be blowin some shit up in know time man! keep posting, can't wait to see all the improvement

[Benjie]

ohh and "FUCK YEAH GANDALF!!!"

[serio]

hey long time no see. As always massive amount of studies and cool pictures in here. Especially still life stuff is incredible. I think that you could copy a picture (not all just a part of it) by other artist that you really respect to learn from it. It could help to improve your techniques. Just don't forget to mention about author. So yes good job and see you soon.

[Huey Yeng]

Great amount of studies! Your digital painting work have a soft feeling to it. Try to study more on contrast and hard edges so it will look in focus. :)

[AlexTooth]

Hey thanks for the comments guys! It's always encouraging - I will get round to seeing how you're all doing, soon!

BlackDelphin Thanks, yeah I'm becoming a bit more aware of lines and such, still a long way to go, ordered a book today which I hope will help :)

hp Yeah coloured light bulbs ftw... I hope, except my desk lamp broke yesterday! :( Natural ight is a complete bastard at the moment, trying to do this still life, and can only do like 1hour a day because it's dark all the rest of the time! Think I'll use house lights until Spring arrives ><

kingkostas Aww, I don't have illustrator for the panda, that would have been a good idea, vectors and all that jazz... anyway I managed in photoshop, I hope she thinks it's ok, I have no idea, I mean never done graphics b4 in my life! I will bear in mind what you say about contrast, try and be more weary of it, I've taken all your advice so far and I won't stop now :)

jcpahl Thanks friend, just wish there were more hours in the day :s

krel Thanks for the crit on the sill life, yeah I hate the flowers, I spent like 30mins on them so far - i'll go finish them off soon!

Creusa Thank you, yes I am planning on detailing him and finishing this week, when I make some custom brushes etc.

OmertA Thanks man, yeah contours is helping but it's slow progress, done 20 now and small improvement ^^

Danny_K Yeah it is!! More from that film to come :)

Benjie Thanks for you comment man, I hope to blow some shit up next year or so, gotta keep at it!

serio Nice to hear from you again mate - yeah you're right about the Master Studies, I'm planning on starting one tomorrow, just need to decide an Artist!

Huey Yeng Thanks again for advice, trust me I take every crit on board, I even remember ones from when I started a year ago! and will make an effort to keep things sharp in places, again it's all practice deciding what to keep loose and sharp!

Update today - can't be arsed to explain em all, but there's a still life WIP, Bridgeman, Hogarth and Contour Drawings 16-21, oh and my panda ideas - she wanted it maybe for tshirts too so I tried it out a little bit.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/2-6.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/6-4.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/10-3.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_073.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_072.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_071.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_077.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_067.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_076.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_075.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/stilllife8-1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_068.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_069.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_070.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_074.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_066.jpg

[kingkostas]

damn you work a lot hehee :).Thats a nice hardcore routine, you gain extra bonus experience.When i finish with all the things that make me full of stress, i will burn again :)
Great construction studies.Some wrong placement of some lines here and there flatten some parts(thats details, that means you will get it done soon :).
Carve in your mind the basic body structure of hogarth, it will be damn handy in pose generation blablabla(simple and nice)

The pandas are nice :).All t-shirts will be pink?
You are doing great and improving.Keep up the good work :)

[jcpahl]

Those Bridgman studies look really hot, and that life painting is excellent. The life drawings are good, but I think that you might be doing them too fast. I'd say that if you really slow down and measure, and analyze the negative shapes to make sure the positive shapes are right, and just really strive for dead-on accuracy, they'll pay off more for you than quick sketches.

[Danny_K]

niiiiice, lots of studies tons of motivation gut gut gut! The still life seems a bit muted to me colors of the overall painting seem on the cold side, was it a cloudy day? there is a little problem with the perspective on the table and the cap of the tea holder, also try adding more color variety to the table map and the pepper, remember that everything in our world has many many range of colors in them though we usually don't see them all but they are there trust me! if you observe really closely.

[Natzuur-JK]

Excellent amount of work being put in here in this SB, level up is a good title indeed:teeth:! Loving all the studies.

Remember to leave time for doing more personal imaginitive work too, great ideas matter as well =)

[BlackDelphin]

I really like the 4th and 1st T-shirt version :D

And WOW!! You REALLY worked hard today!! Your contours are getting better and better, your bridgman lovely as ever, and those Hogarth like contours are so so awesome!! I love that idea!!~

DON'T STOP NOWWW !!!! :D:D:D

[agelaos]

Wooo, hey nice studies here, really looks like you're learning from those Bridgman studies. Tons of improvement from page 1 to page 8. Now lets see page 8 to page 16!!

[Lumens]

That's one hell of an update!! :O
I know that you heard this a million times already,but your bridgeman studies are
going along really well. I am also seeing improvement in your contour drawings.
It has a nice line quality to it.

I dont have any crits,sorry.

[Artofinca]

Nice studies!

[AlexTooth]

Hey thanks guys - sorry I don't have time to check out all your SBs, just not enough hours in the day for all the study, crimson daggers, and internet etc! If I see yours on the frontpage I'll pop in and say hello :)

KingKostas Thanks man - yeah some bits and pieces are off in those studies, I decided to bite the bullet and start in pen rather than pencil, purely as it's much quicker than going over lines - hence some mistakes^^ Yeah she wants all the t-shirts pink! .. girls :s

Hi, thx for crit- though I'm not sure which life drawings you're referring too? If it's the contour ones, then I can't take my hand off paper>< so no measuring etc, it's a good quick exercise to train the hand. Otherwise - I'll try do more longer studies as well :)

Danny K Thanks matey - yes it's always a cold miserable day here at the moment, infact I had to quit that life study as some days it didnt even get light >.< Nice warm artificial light ones only now til Spring!

Natzuur JK Yes you're right!! More imagination stuff is needed, I really wanted to get some good drawing skills and anatomy first, but yes I'll do more memory stuff from now on, thx :)

Blackdelphin Well, thanks for the encouragement Blacky :) I'll try and keep the pace, when I'm not ill><

Agelaos - Thanks man, pg16 will be awesome with the Daggers by my side :)

Glaedr Thanks for compliments, hopefully I can do some imagination stuff like the study stuff soon!

Artofinca Thanks bud, means a lot coming from your awesomeness!

Ok... so for the update, been really tired this weekend, kind slept through most days, feel ok tonight so was up late doign stuff, heres bits and pieces from last few days.

Contours 22+23

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_089.jpg

Contour 24

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_090.jpg

Contour 25+26

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_091.jpg

Contour 28 (yes #27 was too embaressing to upload)

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_093.jpg

Getting towards the end of Male heads in the Loomis book.

Top ref, Bottom memory doodles.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_092.jpg

Refs + some colloywobbles stream notes

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_078.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_079.jpg

Started Beaugerou study, but lost an hours work today so I gave up on it as I'm really annoyed about that! My fault for not saving...

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/boog1.jpg

Had life drawing class saturday - here's SOME of it, lots more I won't scan though :p

some 1min, 5min and one 45min here.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_081.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_086.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_083.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_084.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_085-1.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_080.jpg

Crimson Daggers work - doing mannikins and scapula today - I've started drawing in photoshop now, I need to learn to sketch on tablet one day so why not start now.

1st ref, other 3 memory

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mannikin8.jpg

ref

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mannikinref.jpg

Memory, yep I've learnt all the bone names in my head^^

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mannikin1.jpg

Ref

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mannikin2.jpg

Ref

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mannikin3.jpg

Ref

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mannikin4.jpg

Ref with some fun added.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mannikin6.jpg

Memory - testing my Mannikin out in poses from my head.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mannikin5.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mannikin7.jpg

Started work on scapula and clavicle... more tomorrow.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/scapula1.jpg

I'll try update daily now I'm feeeling ok.

[Jamie Romoser]

The studys are ace man keep up the hard work its paying off.
Crimson daggers!!! :yum:

[MoKhi]

Wow, your really doing a lot of work on anatomy. I'm jealous of your work ethic, I find it so hard to do studies of anatomy. I like the work you do with toned paper too, it's great heightening.

Your using a moleskine?

[agelaos]

Some really nice studies there. you're getting better and better! Keep workin on that Beaugerou study I like where its goin! : D

[Danny_K]

niceeee! Bouguereau study looks good, I love the colors. ahhhh and good ole' Loomis nothing like it, he was a great teacher I just love the way he explains and simplifies complex areas of the human form and head.

Keep up up up!

[DANKA]

Nice studies and sketches!
keep up!

[lowkey]

yeah the Bouguereau study is lookin great! keep working on it and/or still lifes so you get some colour in with all the awesome anatomy studies :D

[BlackDelphin]

Oooh so WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL studies!!! :D :D :D
You definitely know how to surprise somebody!!

Really really love the variation in all your studies and how good they are!
You loomis are very creative, and the non-refed ones are really good too!! I like how you already made his style more like your own, and not only copied the figures!

I most certainly want to see more from you!!! <3

[Hive_minD]

wow... don´t know if I´ve come here before, but I must say I love your pencil work! totally inspiring!

[AlexTooth]

Thank you everyone you rock :yayca:

OmertA Thanks bro, lets both keep going!!

MoKhi Hey Mohki, thx. Yeah I've got some moleskine pads, which I like for pen drawing. The toned stuff is recycled paper sketchbooks. Daler Rowney I think

agelaos Thanks man, hmmm dunno about that beaugerou it's hard, maybe sometime :)

Danny_K Yeah Loomis is pretty much the man, if I was a woman back in those days I've deffo have his babies!!

DANKA Thanks it means a lot ^^!! Love your work.

lowkey Hey fellow dagger :) Yeah gotta keep up with this still life shizzle, it's been like a week now! :s

BlackDelphin Aww thank you Blacky, always nice to read comments like that, I'm working hard to provide more variety of stuffs!

Hive_minD Heya, thanks, don't think you have been here, :) Yarr I need more pencil works tho!!


Bit of a random update today, haven't really done much this last few days - I was making brushes out of ink and paper, paints, airbrushing etc, scanning photos, editing, making textures, dual brushes etc, took me over a day. But now I have my own set I can call completely unique to me and use forever!

Photo study - 50min photoshop - it was with this I decided to make brushes, I did this all with 2 brushes and thought it looked really boring.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/trees-1.jpg

Ok I made RANDOM shit with my new brushes, just pissing about - don't take them seriously I wasn't trying lol

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Untitled-1-7.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/brushtest2.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Untitled-2-2.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Untitled-5-1.jpg

Contour #29

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_104.jpg

Contour #30

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_106.jpg

Contour #31 - some crummy garden bust I bought cheap to draw

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_107.jpg

Some more manikin fun

Loomis

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mannikinsref.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mannikinsref2.jpg

Memory

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_105.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mannikinsmem.jpg

Singer Sargent study I started yesterday, took 24h with some sleep in between and some food/drink :)

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Sargeant4.jpg

Some detail - this isn't in the orig i had to make it up a bit, maybe I'll detail some more.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Sargeant4close.jpg

[lowkey]

yeahh that latest sargent is great! good work on all the mannequins too, those pay off more than anything.

[Jamie Romoser]

Sup fellow Dagger your improving like a wild fire man! Keep up the hard work
have a good one man
till next time
-Jamie

[Eiki]

Great studies! Great work and progress!
Really motivates me to work harder, thanks :)

[Joce]

nice imporvment

[Danny_K]

some thing bothers me in her face it might be the eyes too big, try to resize them and see how it looks, also try to block her right eye and notice how the face looks a lot better, I think you should move her right eye a bit to the left closer to the nose and.
Also try to darker the tones in the dark areas especially in the cloth it's abit dull looking to me, will give you a better tonal value variation.
Good progress mate, Cheers.

[AlexTooth]

Hey hey guys thanks for all the support!

lowkey Thanks lowkey, yeah I plan on doing a shit load more mannikin stuff, need to get down!

OmertA Thanks Jamie, yeah all the Daggers are doing it, I hope it lasts for a very long time!

Eiki Thank you, well anything to make anyone work harder is a plus in my book :)

Joce Simple and to the point, I like your style, thanks!!

Danny_K Hey Danny, thanks for the crit man, I'll take a look at her face, I did struggle with it for some time. I hate faces, too hard. As for the shadows, and colouring I'm trying to stay as close to the original as possible, and infact, need to remove some of the darker values!!

Updates for today.

Contour drawings, running out of things to draw in the house, resorted to finding toys from upstairs :s I need more props!

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_109.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_110.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_117.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_114.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_116.jpg

Some arm stuff, still practicing drawing straight with pen so it's not all accurate. Can't be arsed with underlying pencil sketch anymore, life's too short!

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_112.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_115.jpg

Memory exercises-

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/IMG_113.jpg

Some more mannikin stuff

Loomis ref

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mannikinsref-1.jpg

Memory

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/mannikinsnoref.jpg

Photo study from todays stream, yeah it's messy I'm still working out my custom brushes etc, don't have enough of the right shapes yet.

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/phototrees2-1.jpg

[alexson]

Hi Alex! Alex here :) Great stuff in the latest post, I think it's important to know bone structure and stuff so you don't just do a detail because it's on all your reference images, but you know why it is there. This last environment is looking good! Looks like you are starting to get the hang of your new brushes!
If you hate faces cuz they are hard, you know what you have to do! :)
keep up the good work!

[kingkostas]

You really improve really fast now.Great studies.I love the figure works and ofcourse the master studies!!!The enviros need more definement but anyway, keep up the good work!!!

[SoundPath]

Hey nice updates Alex, It's inspirational seeing all of these studies, they are looking good. I like that painting of the woman, with the loose clothing, that came out well. Only crit i have is that it looks flat in some areas. I think you could have pushed the contrast a little bit more. Some sharper shadows and highlights in the folds of the fabric, armpit area, face, etc, would have made it stand out more.

[My57]

Love your recent stuff!

Lots and lots of studies... makes me think i should work harder now >.>

Quit making me think i have to work more. My procrastination hates it.

[NickyBeats]

awesome updates Alex! that sargent piece is a testament to your hard work youve been putting in. keep working hard because 'our progress is in direct relation to the amount of time we spend working on it.'- someone smart once said that. i forget who, but i believe it. keep it moving dude!

[BlackDelphin]

I know how much motivation a comment like that can bring some time, if not a t least a smile so i give my best when commenting, take it seriously and don't hold back :D

I think you'll really post some intriguing drawings with those custom brushes of yours real soon, but so far i see you making really interesting colour combinations.
Your 30th and 31st contours are really nice, and i like seeing you approaching different more complicated angles. I should make a few today too. I haven't done them in a couple of days already!~

And as always, creative, nice loomis figures. Perhaps try and do some maniacs in that style too?
This one: http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/Sargeant4.jpg really captured my attention through its mood and idea..i really hope to see you add more highlights and detailing it!

And on your last photo study i can see you starting to blend those textures of yours, but instead you neglected the edges, especially where those rays are coming from.But i guess if it weren't a speedie, you would have corrected that.

You're one of the hardest working artist i saw around here so i added you to my sig. So i'd better see you keep this up!! :meow:
Take care and see you soon!!

[Natzuur-JK]

Wow i swear its only been a day or two since i was last here and now there are so many new works! Awesome, you'll be kicking everyones ass in no time.

[AlexTooth]

Quick update, sorry can't reply yet, need to sleep! Watching where the wild things are today it was awesome!!!!!!!!

2 Photo Studies

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/study2flat.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/treeswater.jpg

John Singer Sargent study #2

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr16/AlexTooth/sargent22.jpg

[ismo]

Oi there, fellow daggerer. One fine sketchbook you have here.

Those Sargents are looking sweet. Nice textury feel. Maybe some more definition needed on edges though. Loomis studies are looking good too.

Damn, you work so hard you're making the rest of us feel like bunch of lazy ass procrastinators. Keep it up. :)

[agelaos]

Wooooo, niice! All the daggers workin real harrd, its awesome. All you guys are improving real quick!

[BlackDelphin]

I think you really got the mood in those photo studies!
You deserve your sleep well.

ps. i feel like a lazy ass myself when i see you work so hard haha

[kingkostas]

Great. Reduce the blackness because it makes them little muddy :)
You need more sharp areas in the enviros(for example maybe in the water part where the sun rays are reflected.Actually you have more detail there but need to be a little more crisp
keep up the good work :)

[Noukah]

Alex you're getting better and better with each post you make.

Look at those lines in your sketchbook scans! Superdelicate. Your hard work inspires, keep going!!

[Danny_K]

very nice, I like the sargent study, those photo ones look good too maybe try more details in them next time.

[JailHouseRock2]

Dude... your improving fast... like really fast...

Fucking inspiration man!!!
keep it up!
matt