Huey's Sketchbook - 10 July Update

[Huey Yeng]

Latest updates at last page. Please butcher/torment/comment on my progress. Thanks!

[Huey Yeng]

Old first post is old first post:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/speedpainting_environment_000-co-1.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/speedpainting_environment_001-co-1.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_004-copy-1.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_003-1.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/speedpainting_environment_002-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketch_02-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketch_01-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/speedpainting_environment_003-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/speedpainting_environment_004-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/speedpainting_environment_005_final.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_008-copy.jpg

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The following 3 sketches were done for college assignments

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Colour study from a photo I found in newspaper

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Quick painting before I go to sleep

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Some old silhouettes I did long ago

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[Muz]

OOOh nice colour work :D.

Id like to see you put a bit more emphasis on describing form using lighting, if you look at your stuff you are using the silhouettes alone to describe the form, which isn't good, (though it does show that you have good silhouettes.) I think the most prominent example is this one.
one (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=578009&d=1233247897)

[hunchback]

whoooot
great colour here
work your forms more make it more interestin
you have a great sense of colour

maybe work up a silhouette?

see ya later

[Huey Yeng]

@muzzoid: Yeah I need to brush up my skill in describing form using lighting. I noticed that is one of my big mistake when doing speed painting from my early attempt till now though not as frequent as it used to be. :P Thanks again for pointing up the problem!

@hunchbackmagee: I will explore more on silhouette in future sketches! :)

Two old 30 mins sketches I did last year.

[Huey Yeng]

New sketches to test some of my newly made custom brushes (for the environment) while balancing with my college stuff. No ref.

Darn I need to dig up Loomis books and brush up my anatomy skill. :(

[Huey Yeng]

Quick doodle in Painter Sketchpad.

For odd reason whenever I export the images in JPEG, it looks fuzzy.

[hunchback]

hey huey
great work on the last portrait
you ve had this interesting watercolour feel to your work

looks great :assspank:

[Huey Yeng]

A more refine sketch of my old speedie work

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Two more speedies

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[MasqueradedSin]

your speedies are quite nice, i also like your silhouettes.

[Huey Yeng]

Been busy with college stuff so not many sketches from me till early March.

The third pic got abandoned halfway so it is just a half assed work.. :(

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[Wilko]

Wow, your digital painting is really great. You seem to have a strong grasp of light and colour! Keep it coming.

[L0rin]

.......you call thoes speedies ?? :bow: teach me or ill cry :P

[Strassenpenner08]

dum ?!?!?!?!? XDD Are you kidding me ? XDDD
Your stuff is amazing :)
I wanna see some pencils :)

[Huey Yeng]

Wilko: Thanks! I'll be posting more old stuff next week since college stuff is choking me up.

L0rin: Yup speedies since I spent less than 1-2 hours for most sketches. You can look at m@, vyle or pao sketchbook which are some of my fave speedie artists. :D

Straseenpenner08: I do have lots of old pencil work. Will remember to post some in future post. :)

Here's something different than my usual speedies. Actually it is just old stuff I did for college assignments last 2 years. The first one is Prismacolor colour pencil on colour paper and the second one using watermark texture in an artwork digitally.

Obviously not as fun as doing speedies but sometimes we just have to do some finish work once in a while. :)

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/nico_rosberg_final.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/danielcraig_final.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

So I manage to get a copy of Photoshop CS4 and manage to play around with it. Heck Photoshop CS4 have make me neglected my college assignments. :D

I absolutely love the brush resize shortcut which actually speed up my workflow since I not used to right clicking to open up the brush menu to adjust the brush size. Not to forget the dynamic canvas rotation. Now it behaves more like Painter.:hatsoff:

Two more speedies from me done in Photoshop CS4. 2 hourish each.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_026-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_027-copy.jpg

EDIT: Another 2 hour speedie before going to sleep.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_028-copy.jpg

[NanaNin]

I really like your environments. They each give off a different feel.

[Huey Yeng]

Thanks nananin!

20mins quickie without ref after a long day preparing layers for my animation in After Effects:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_030-copy.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

3 hourish sketch in Photoshop. No ref save for the armour which i refer to my housemate book about Samurai.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_029-copy.jpg

[nooSens]

Good job ! I like your use of the light !
But last character...he's "rigid" and the hands are too small I think...perspective problem ?

[Huey Yeng]

@Taivas: Now that you mention it the hands are kinda small. Will fix it later after I wakeup from my slumber sleep. :) Thanks!

[Blythe]

That painting for daniel craig. Hot.

I really like your speed paints. Environments seem best so far. Keep working!

[Huey Yeng]

One hour speedie and gosh thunderstorm at my area so going to shutdown my comp before any unwanted things happen. Will upload 2 more sketches later.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_031-copy.jpg

[Janos]

Your enviros really show perfectly how one gets better by exercising. The onses you posted from last year are a lot flater and uninteresting, the new ones are really special. Though you definitely are overusing the typical "two people coming over a ledge and seeing a gigantic impressive panorama before their eyes". I say change that up a bit. Nice work so far.

Also, if you study anatromy as much as enviros you would be even better.

Cheers

[Huey Yeng]

Janos you are really right about me. :p Been doing the same thing all over again is really a bad habit of mine (which you are going to see it again in this post lol). :D Since I'm going to finish my study at college this coming April, I'm going back to basic training to brush up my fundamentals from scratch again.

Here is *ahem* another two people over a ledge speedie again. Both are less than 30 mins each because of thunderstorm few hours ago that forced me to shutdown the comp.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_021-022.jpg

[Tofa]

wow really loving your landscapes/enviroments. really in awe of some of them.
nice portraits too, would like to see summore finished ones u got :)

[Huey Yeng]

Did some linework in Photoshop CS4 today.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_032-copy.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

4 hours paintover of a rough back alley model did in Sketchup. The textures are all taken from CGTextures. Kind of stump in the end maybe cos this is my first time doing a paintover of a 3D wireframe.;P

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_033-copy.jpg

[AlexTooth]

Nice sketchbook :-)

I can see lots of David Levy in here! I've done his tutorials too.

Look forward to more :-)

[Huey Yeng]

@Alextooth: Thanks! David Levy's tutorial is one of the best I've ever done and actually kickstart me to do more scenery work.

So my college study will coming to an end soon and darn I need to push myself more when I have the free time. :D

Some more crappy 1 hour speedies:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_035-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_036-copy.jpg

I actually started out drawing seriously with manga style way back in 2000 and occasionally draw in that style once in a while and less when I go to college. ): So more crappy manga work ahead--

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_034-copy.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Random 40 mins speedie:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_037-copy.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Since I completed my college studies 2 weeks ago, I've decided to go back to basic training to brush up my foundation skill which I think I'm severely lacking.
I admit I'm pretty much wasted my 3 years of pursuing my diploma in illustration and still suck really bad (or I just suffer from inferiority complex--).

The good part about ConceptArt community is how helpful and active of them to help each other so I decided to be more serious in my endeavour. Plus observing other people progress from absolute rookie to professional artist from their very own sketchbook thread further inspires me that self motivation and practice is not impossible.

Still I aim to polish up my skills before my 21st birthday (this coming July) and hope my own self practice/learning will make me a wiser and better artist compare to my college life. :)

Since I came back from my hometown last Friday to my rented room nearby to college, I have been on a daily grind of sketching. I will upload my daily progress starting tomorrow. :D

So if TLDR, here's my art dump I did after college ends.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0001.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0003.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0004.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0005.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0002.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

More sketches:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0006.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0007.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0008.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0009.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0010.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0011.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0012.jpg

I realised I still need to practice more posemaniacs since my effort seems futile. :(

Btw, does anyone know where I can get Bridgman anatomy work? Seems like I pretty blind in finding his work since others did many studies of his but I can't seem to find his work. =X

[Huey Yeng]

Quick study of nature before sleep:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_042-copy.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

More crap like usual. This time studies of Andrew Loomis from Figure for all its worth.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump_photo_000.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump_photo_001.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Finally manage to find Bridgman ebook. Will going to printout a hardcopy so I do not need to stare on the monitor screen for a long time. D:

Random studies of Bridgman before going to sleep.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_043-copy.jpg

[Mihail]

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Hey, I think there's a mistake here. 4 should be the pectoralis (chest) and 3 should be the latissimus dorsi (back).

[Huey Yeng]

^ Woopsy I label it wrongly. Thanks for pointing it out Mihail.

[Huey Yeng]

Two recent speedies in Photoshop. I noticed both composition is very similar. Need to explore more composition. :/

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_039-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_041-copy.jpg

[Benjie]

nice enviros man, just the thing i needed to get me inspired!
keep at it.

[adammelo]

Your "speedies" are amazing, great control of displaying your environment with the limited time you spend on each piece.

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Hey^^

Good solid studies here mate, really nice speedies too, keep them up, they are really enjoyable^^

-E

[Huey Yeng]

Quick studies of draperies (and hay a Master Chief?? :P) The Art of Halo 3 book is awesome. Going to sleep soon so will upload others stuff the next day.

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[Huey Yeng]

Gah suffer from art block for the whole day. Some stuff I did while enduring the whole art block dilemma.

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[Huey Yeng]

Some quick study of a lame helmet to test out some new custom brush I made.

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[Pigeonkill]

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/danielcraig_final.jpg

This one is very nice.

The last painting of the helmet looks too flat, almost embossed.

[Huey Yeng]

Thanks pigeonkill. I need to train more in rendering cube, sphere, pyramid, cone etc etc. :x

So after weeks of practicing I need to produce some finish work too. Since my knowledge in conceptual art is pretty weak I'll be doing some fanart instead in the mean time.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/hello.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/hello2.jpg
Quick thumbs as I suck in creating line digitally so I print out my WIP and scribble over it.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/hello3.jpg
My current progress. Still long way to go. :(

[Huey Yeng]

Another warmup speedie for a college game project by a group of students who requested for my assistance.

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Quick study of JC Leyendecker work. I need to practice more on rendering the ear.

[rossipoo]

thanks for dropping by,


and... WOW!! <333333333

[Pigeonkill]

I like the color pallette on the cowboy. You can also add hairy stubs on his chin if you wanted to make him look more rugged.

[paran0id]

The last one a standing out. Link to ref pls?

[Huey Yeng]

@rossipoo: Thanks! :D

@pigeonkill: yeah I should try adding some facial hair to enhance the features o_O

@parano0id: here's the link http://www.artst.org/illustration/joseph_christian_leyendecker/

Dang I'm pretty busy for the past few weeks I will upload some of my sketches I've done this weekend. D:

[yongs]

I like your environments, really nice colors! think you're on the right track with anatomy, and a plus a little more practise on form i think you can do really nice pieces with that abilty with environments!! :)

[Huey Yeng]

Sorry need to hit and run atm. So here some Bridgman studies I did recently. Will upload more sketches after I done with my errand. D:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0016.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0013.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0015.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0014.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Some doodles.

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http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0017.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0018.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0019.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_052.jpg

Hardly a sketch but a practice work using SAI Paint Tool. Yeah it is a fanart of Persona 4. :)

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/persona4-copy.jpg

[monotony]

wow great portraits! looks like the studies are already paying of.
I like the new colored one especially. really good work on eye and lips.
and the studies with a bit of watercolor look nice as well.
I'm sure you'll come far if you keep going this way!

[Huey Yeng]

@monotony: Thanks! Saw your sketchbook and it is amazing. :)

Two quick speedies. Each around an hour I think. D:

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[Kyokudai]

Wow, your landscapes are incredible!

[Huey Yeng]

@kyokudai: Thanksies. :D

Inspired by the Steambot Studios team.
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[Huey Yeng]

I got myself the Intuos4 Medium size and absolutely love it thanks to my Dad!

Been playing with it a lot and it is a huge leap compared to my good old Graphire4. Here is some stuff that I did with the Intuos4. The extra sensitivity and tilt function sure speed up my work significantly. O:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_062-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_060-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_063-copy.jpg

[yongs]

Woah! congrats on your Intuos 4! haha
Btw I like your anime stuff, looks really good!
Keep it up with the anatomy and studies, loving the faces and your colors!

and thx for dropping by at my sb :)

[kikindaface]

Wow, crazy improvment ! I love your spedd paintings and your doodles ! Your colors are great ! Now you should work on your drawing skills, draw from life, a lot ! Keep at it ! C ya

[Huey Yeng]

@Yongs, Walid D : Thanks a lot! :)

Been slacking for the past few days. Still exploring the possibilities of Intuos4 by tweaking it a lot and now it is as near as drawing traditionally especially with the flex nib.

Some updates and studies:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_064-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_067.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_066.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_065.jpg


Finally colour my previous lineart stuff. Mixed of matte painting and good old round brush. FYI, its a fanart of Kino's Journery. I really love the artist behind it that is Kuroboshi Kouhaku.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/Peak_FINAL-copy2.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Playing around with some customized brush in Photoshop again. Finally manage to create a brush that behaves similar to my real life usage of pencil.

Some sketches and Craig Mullins inspired stuff.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_068-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_069-copy.jpg


Also working on my entry for Newborn contest.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/newborn_leaves-copy.jpg

[Blue-Lied]

Your digital brushwork is amazing, and is especially prominent in your speedies. I really love your environmental drawings, and the way you use light and color to draw the viewer in, and then the viewer stays for all the intricate details. Keep it up! I'm subscribing here :'D

[Pigeonkill]

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/newborn_leaves-copy.jpg

I like this painting. Some part are still reading flat to me. I would expect stronger rim lighting on the man walking forward and some of the blades grass as well. So it would make things pop out and 3d.

Just a thought, would a river or water be going through the center of the painting.

[Huey Yeng]

@Blue-lied: Thanks!
@Pigeonkill: The contest is already over but thanks for your suggestion! You can view the final work over at my Newborn thread located at my sig. :)

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Its been a long whole month since I update my sketchbook. Been focusing on my Newborn entry as an excuse to produce a more finish work. Some speedies:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_075-copy2.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_075-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_074-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_076-copy.jpg

[dU5K]

wow. im am so amazed. your environments are so fuckin awesome. post 9 and 28 blew me away.. so awesome. i think your anatomy/figure drawing could definitely use some work though. your characters seem. a little... robtronic. haha. anyways. keep that up

[Huey Yeng]

@dU5k: Thanks dude! :) I really need to work on my anatomy as I'm a slow learner in that area. :X

Quick warmup before going for breakfast:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_078.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_079-copy.jpg

[Ricardo Robles]

hey amazing skills you got, the evolution from page 1 is really good, I specially like your newborn orange painting, you´re coming better and better. It seems that your favourite style is manga but try to do different things (you´re doing it) and keep practicing your anathomy

i´ll be around here,
keep it up:D

[Huey Yeng]

Ricardo Robles: Thanks! Dunno but I enjoy drawing manga style. Maybe because I read lots of manga when I'm really young till now. :D

Some more crap before going out for lunch:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_070-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_080-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_081-copy.jpg

[The man with no name]

Love the speedpaintings, newest update rocks, good feeling of depth, thanks for sharing :teeth:

[Huey Yeng]

2 hours sketch. No ref which is bad news--

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_082-copy.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

I FAILEZ AT ANATOMY /crai

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_084-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_083-copy.jpg

[Pixie Trick]

Really nice sketchbook. There's marvelous improvement from the first page. Post 67 is a real step up!

[Huey Yeng]

Some quick helmet study.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/newoldhelmet.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_085.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_087-copy.jpg

Also some manga stuff and copic:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_085-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_086-copy.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Some stuff before sleep:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0020.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_088-copy.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Bridgman's studies

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0021.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0022.jpg

Some WIP

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_089-copy.jpg

[dU5K]

nice updates.. its great to see that your really focusing on anatomy.. just keep in mind that you shouldn't just draw what you see, but instead try to really understand the shape of muscles, their functions, their origins and insertions, and general proportions. it will really help you when it comes to drawing your own figures in any poses. keep it up

[Huey Yeng]

dU5K Thanks for the advice. I'm really weak in anatomy and trying to understand everything is a lifelong journey! o_O;; But I'll keep improving myself as I know it is one of my biggest weakness! :)

I suck at hands.
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0023.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0024.jpg

Generic boring sucky WIP:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_089-copy2.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Quick WIP update before sleep:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_089-copy3.jpg

Screw up the background. Bleh will repaint it after sleep--

[Huey Yeng]

Updates:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0025.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0026.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_089-copy4.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Did this in ArtRage. Love the pencil tool a LOT.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_090-copy.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Some photo studies.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_091-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_092-copy.jpg

[Jorge Gecov]

Nice stuff, the last post is very cool!

[miycko]

i really like those speed paints, the helmet studies rock, my favourite's the third one :)

[Huey Yeng]

Jorge Decov, miycko: Thanks! :D

Wasted the past few hours scribbling stuff and turn out crap. Not going to post it since I deleted the stuff and instead paint this based on a photo I found using Google Image... :QQ

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_093-copy.jpg

OK I know why I can't draw just now. HUNGRY. /off to midnight supper

[Huey Yeng]

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0027.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0028.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_094-copy.jpg

[Sukizan]

your stuff are amazing o.o do you use paintool sai to do any of the speed paints?

[Huey Yeng]

Sukizan: I do use Paint Tool SAI for some of my speed paints. In fact my previous sketch in post #88 is done in SAI with some Photoshop touchup.

5 hourish speed paint:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_095-copy.jpg

[zelda_geek]

Awesome, maybe you can make the transition to the background a bit more gradual, but it's looking great anyway. Nice improvement and great designs, keep it up!

[Huey Yeng]

Pile of artdump ahead:

Bridgman and anatomy studies couple with imagination pose
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0029.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0030.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0031.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0032.jpg

Some thumbs but didn't manage to flesh it out clearly
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_096-copy.jpg


Was playing around with IllustStudio trial version. Check out the thread about it over here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=167442)

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_097.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_098-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/o_o.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Another speedie. 1 hourish. (yeah I cheat a lot by using lots of Photoshop filter D: )

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_099-copy.jpg

[Kuidf^!]

your environments are really cool, keep it up its great !

[Huey Yeng]

Another speedy I did during the afternoon:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_100-copy.jpg

[The man with no name]

The atmosphere in the last enviro is amazing, looks really good, keep up the good work :)

[miycko]

your environments are crazy good. love the 5 hour speed paint in post #90 http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_095-copy.jpg did you use multiple references or just just one? that last one also rocks

[Huey Yeng]

@miycko: I didn't refer to any reference for the 5 hours speed paint. You can spot when the structure and the soldier armours looks really plain. But sometimes I like just trying to pull things from the air and see what is the end result without any reference.

Further touchup on my last speed paint. Time for me to lookup for some real castle photo. >.<
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_100-copy2.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Quicky update on the castle and a speed paint done fully in SAI.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/castle_night.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_101-copy.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Trying out Vray for Sketchup. Pretty cool to get a quick mood render for paintover. Total time from Sketchup to Photoshop is around 2 hours.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/quickrender.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_102-copy.jpg

EDIT: Forgot to include this quick tyre I did from a Sketchup tutorial. Its crappy though...

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/tyre_sketchup_vray.jpg

[MattGamer]

great work! experimenting with colors and all forms of art i see you are doing.
those studies are really helping you. never stop! :]

[LMK]

nice going dude, that environment with the castle is great, keep going;)

[Raiderukkus]

yeah that castle is realy cool. w8ing for more dark fantasy dude

[Eric Young]

Good job on the castle! I see a lot of improvement in you digital work, keep it up!

[Huey Yeng]

@MattGamer: Thanks! I love to experiment when there is opportunity. :)

@LMK: Thanksies!

@Raiderukkus: Sure I need to practice more on fantasy stuff so look out more some fantasy stuff from me.

@The Original [E]: Thank you! I will keep improving my digital works. :)

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I started my internship with Sony Marketing Malaysia last Monday, I will be updating more frequently on weekends as traveling to their office and back to my rented room when office hours over take up half of my day. It will be another 3 months before the internship ends but good thing I can do some sketches and anatomy studies while at office. \o/

So for now here a 2 hours sketch I did in Photoshop:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketchy_000-copy.jpg

I will upload more studies this Saturday. Waiting for assignment by my supervisor-- /back to work

[miycko]

your updates keep getting better & better. can't wait to see thise latest one detailed :)

[Huey Yeng]

Thanks Miycko!

More Bridgman Bammes studies:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0035.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0034.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/artdump0033.jpg

Also trying out Jaime Jones brush set and it manage to persuade me to dig back my old Master Chief work... still a WIP piece.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/mc_wip.jpg

[AmbientChroma]

Cool buddy, I personally like the cute anime picture you did up there XD I dunno why I'm still a sucker for that stuff.

[miycko]

those studies are coming along well, especially like the third batch & that master chief ROCKS :D his legs are looking a little thin though

[Emrey]

hey, cool sb! I like your castle speedy and anatomy studies :D keep it up

[Kan Muftić]

Stick to Bridgeman and all the rest will magically start working for you.
Really great potential here;)

[jatherip]

hehe, these sketchbook painteover rockss!! and the masterchief piece is well rendered, althoug you should pay attention to anatomy and dynamic pose.....keep goin :)

[Nadesican]

Great work, especially on the painting. Something I have noticed though: You do whole pages of great studies from loomis/bridgman/etc, but when it comes to your originals, they then to have issues (This is something that I'm guilty of too). A good remedy for this is to, once you finish a study, find a relevant photograph and try to apply the methods you studied in a drawing of it. Attempting to re-draw your studies from memory helps too.

[Pigeonkill]

Nice hard edges and polish on the halo helm.

[nooSens]

I like your landscape but I think that you should work your "line" and your anatomy

[Dile_]

hey man.. i just realized i've got a lot of feedback from you but never visited your sb yet.. : /

really good stuff going on in here! keep doing those quick once.. but try to mix it up with some really long-time-spent studies or whatever once in a while to get accuracy down.

keep separating shapes by temperature.. adds a lot of feeling and depth to your pieces..! and make sure you apply those anatomy studies in one way or the other or they will slip your mind eventually ;) don't just do studies without using them 'for something' is what i really mean :) keep rocking!

[a la bapsi]

YEEEEEEEEEEAH boi

[Huey Yeng]

@Ambient Chroma: Thanks buddy! Will upload more animu manga stuff in the future. xD
@miycko: Guess my eyes got too used to the overall proportion. Thanks for pointing that out!
@Emrey: Thanks!
@Chupacabra: Bridgman works is great stuff but I still find it overwhelming when trying to understand some of his sketches. Will definitely use it religiously. :)
@jatherip: I need to work on my anatomy and pose. Felt like a cancer stuck on me. :P Thanks for the feedback!
@Nadesican: Haha yeah my imagination stuff is not that polish (just like you mention). Will follow your suggestions. :D
@PigeonKill: Thanks!
@T.a.i.v.i.s: Thanks for the crits. I need to try to slowdown when drawing lines. Bad habit of me to scribble randomly. :)
@Dile: Good crits Dile! :D I realised that I need to brush up my colour theory knowledge. I will definitely apply what I learn those anatomy studies in future sketches and work. Now I need to do some long studies as I've been doing quick stuff lately. Thanks again. :)
@a la bapsi: Yeaaaaaaaaah girl! :'D

Crap my internship at Sony left me exhausted and screw up my body clock real bad. Only free time I get is during weekends and there is some unfinished sketches I left at the office which I still haven't copy to my flash drive.

So far even though the internship is for art students, I felt like it is supposed to be called as internship for office boy/girl students... @.@ Not sure if I want to quit after I get my 1st month paycheck as I rarely do any art assignments.

Here's two speedies which I did last weekend.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_103-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_104-copy.jpg

See me MIA starting tomorrow. D:

[miycko]

the speedies are great, love the first one :D about that internship. i wouldn't have a clue what it's like but maybe give it another month before quiting & if that doen't do it for you, SPLIT :P

[Giorge]

very nice stuff , absolutely love the battle line scene , i suggest going forward with that ... anatomy on the other hand , need lot's more work , do some loose sketches cuz your poses look rather stiff , and wold be good for the flow , try to do as many as you can in couple of minutes, usually that's how i loosen up my wrists before i start drawing ^^

[towy]

nice stuff, really good evolution in some months with your speed painting i think

[Huey Yeng]

@Miycko: Yeah that's what I'm planning to do. Give it one more month then I might quit if the situation warrants. :/
@Giorge: Thanks for the suggestions. Will be doing dozens of loose pose sketches next time as warmup. :)

Another hour before office ends. Quick sketch during lunch break.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketchy_002.jpg

[miycko]

the colour choices in your speed paints are great :D

[Krato]

love your work it, you environments are getting really good. In the mastercheif painting he has no groin/waste area.

[Huey Yeng]

@Miycko: Thanks! I really need to brush up my colour theory. Once goal at a time.
@Krato: Yeah you're right. From the waist to the leg it looks all wrong to me. o_O I will get back to fix it this weekend. :)

Warmup sketch before office hour start:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketchy_003.jpg

[sourgasm]

try not to get sucked into the trap of looking at concept art to inspire your concept art. dig back through art history and find artists who's work can push your style. especially in regards to landscapes, environments and illustration. i see a lot of paintings that look a lot like what i do when i've been browsing concept art too exclusively. check out some of the more popular russian landscape guys, especially. oh, and paint them from life. no other way to really get a feel for how light interacts with the world than to observe it!

impressive amount of progress around here. keep doing what you're doing!

[miycko]

hehe, nice warmup :) very interesting

[Giorge]

Haha , hope that works for you to , we all have our different methods of approaching a drawing/painting doing otherwise will only slow the process down , maybe even affect it in a bad way. take care

[Huey Yeng]

Woops been occupied with some assignments at Sony and didn't get to sketch that much. Will reply individually later. :D

Been experementing stuff lately that is vomiting out from my head without looking at any references. Some crap out of such stuff but is fun when you try to hunt for a similar looking ref and you notice how much error in the drawing. x___X

First is my take on Guybrush from Monkey Island series:
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_105-copy.jpg

Trying to practice Zhanglu painting method from his workshop video:
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketchy_004-copy.jpg

Wanted to try a low angle shot with a dose of Minority Report influence:
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketchy_005.jpg

Need to prepare to go to work. The public transport is a wreck in Kuala Lumpur.

[theories]

amazing sketchbook! i love how you render your subjects, and both of your styles. (your serious one and your more anime-esque one!)

[The man with no name]

your faces look amazing, really like your style, I feel I could look at them all day :teeth:, I could learn a lot from you and your awesome SB, hope you keep posting so I can keep learning :P keep with the goods :D

[ilmenhin]

*___* Awesome stuff! I enjoy looking at your enviro speedpaints. Your studies, particularly those on human faces + eyes, are amazing. Not to mention your brushwork in PS. *__*

[miycko]

great update man :D those faces are great, each one is different & has a fitting personaty :) how long did it take for each one? my fave's the little girl on the botom right of the page

[Huey Yeng]

theories: When I'm really young I'm more influenced by UK comics style (Beano, Dandy) and manga aimed for children (comics by Fujio F Fujiko who create Doraemon). Later I got exposed to shonen manga (Dragonball rocks!) and my drawing style have been influenced by these comics. Soon I'm a sucker for US comics and of course seeing lots of beautiful conceptual artwork for film/games had led me to practice the fundamentals before attempting for realism works. Is a life long process and I enjoy any art style as long it is enjoyable. :P
the man with no name: Thanks glad you learn something from my sketchbook. We always learn new stuff from others and of course the same applies vice versa. :)
ilmenhim: Thanks!
miycko: Can't remember but I did the whole piece during lunch break. I think it is around 40 mins. Actually the little girl is my fastest sketch (and the last face of the bunch) as it is mostly airbrushing and less on rendering. Surprisingly it looks the best for me... o3O

This will be my last lunch break sketch at Sony Marketing Malaysia. Today is my last day doing my internship with them and I willingly quit after a month instead of the preferred 3 months duration.

Will talk more about why I quit this intern when back home later. :}

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketchy_006-copy.jpg

I'm glad I can continue to practice starting tonight. Just doing this intern, I hardly got free time during weekdays and yeah I learn a lot about working life and the bane of public transport in Kuala Lumpur during rush hour.

[miycko]

LOL very stylised faces, i like :D the first one's the funniest, you've got a good variety of styles, too bad the internship didn't workout :(

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Hey man, interesting use of soft and hard edged brushes a few posts ago. I like what you are doing here, keep the clean lines and values going, but try and get more of them done:)

-E

[Huey Yeng]

@miycko: In a way I'm glad the internship is over as I felt I didn't benefited much from it. Hey at least I got excuse to do upload more sketches and work... :P

@Mischeviouslittleelf: Thanks buddy! Zhang Lu video workshop sure helps me a lot on this technique. :)

Some epic quick wide shot. Didn't draw much this weekend since I need a break from the internship.... :D /lame excuse

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_106.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_107.jpg

[Pigeonkill]

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_104-copy.jpg

I like big army but don't be afraid to suggest a few facial features, just the eye sockets and shadow under the nose. You wouldn't need to do the all just the ones closest to the viewer or men surrounding the leader.

I was curious of the Zhanglu video. What are some cool tips that really stuck out?

[miycko]

very cool epic wide shots, nice work on the relfective surface of the second one :D it seems to have been one of those weekends, i didn't draw much either :P

[Huey Yeng]

@PigeonKill: I need to practice more on focal point in my future sketches. Thanks for pointing out. :P Zhang Lu approach in rendering portraits is rather simple but the execution of using only soft and hard brush in Photoshop is amazing.

He started out by creating a neutral tone and lightly draw out the construction line. Slowly he block in with soft brush by building up the darker tone and later refine some parts using a hard brush. Finally he airbrush the lighter tone and polish it up using hard brush.

So in practice the flow should be: Fill neutral tone -> Construction line -> Soft Brush (Darker Tone) -> Hard Brush -> Soft Brush (Lighter Tone) -> Hard Brush

@miycko: Yeah its one of those weekends where we don't draw much... :}

More quick doodle of wide shot. Will be concentrating some finish work tomorrow.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_109.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_108-copy.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Quick stuff. Going to play me some Left4Dead. :} /zombiezzzzz

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_110.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_111.jpg

[Jeff Lai]

Hi Huey Yeng!
nice to see lots of variation in your subject matter!
that prismacolour portrait on the first page really is quite amazing
I quite like your enviros too.
keep up the sketchin!

[Huey Yeng]

Jeff Lai: Thanks! Its been a while since I touch my Prismacolour set. Need to sharpen my Prismacolour rendering skill. :P

Eeeerrrrr I've been playing too much game lately and didn't sketch much. Well work hard and play hard so back to intense training mode starting tomorrow. xD

Random stuff ahead:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_113.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/ohnia.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/posezz.jpg

Did this for my friend 20th birthday. Realised the proportions is really off but I'm still sucky at anatomy. :O

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/ohrihitan20.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

The net at my area is unstable lately. Its getting really annoying... here's some quick crappy speedie:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_116-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_116-copy2.jpg

[miycko]

hope i'll be able t paint environments that well one day, Great stuff IMO :D

[strangedawn]

amazing work!i want to see more.=)

[longwrat]

great body of work HY! The progression is fantastic! :D

[Huey Yeng]

@miycko: You sure will be able to paint amazing environments someday! Keep on practicing!
@^soheeNgel>: Thanks!
@longwrat: Hey thanks for the comment! Appreciated that coming from you. :)

Ahhh so I got some commission to do and will be busy this few days ahead. Here's some mood swing art dump:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_117-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_118-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_119-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_120-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/nia_gb_suit_2-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_121.jpg

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Neat sketches man, good work on those lately^^

-E

[Pigeonkill]

Cute bee girl, that desert envir is coming out nicely.

[Huey Yeng]

@Mischeviouslittleelf: Thanks dude! Your progress is coming along too. :)

@Pigeonkill: That bee girl is a birthday giftart for my friend. xD Its a fan art of Liechtenstein from Hetalia. The bee is well my friend since she adores the character a lot. Wish I could continue refining the desert pic but somehow I find the composition boring... Will do another version of it as portfolio piece since I dig the idea a lot. :)

Quicky sketches in Photoshop. Now I've been relying less on textures brush and more on simple brush since I somewhat irked when I need to work in SAI only to find their textures settings somewhat limited compared to Photoshop. Well less is more I guess.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_123-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_124-copy.jpg

[Giorge]

wohooo , nice mood on those last two , nice , more more more

[Spaggen]

I'am blown away by your stuff, but especially by your improvement. I really like your last ones. It seems like you've found a pretty unique style in the last two, very nice mood. Keep 'em coming man! :)

[sandeepbarot]

nice work

[ilmenhin]

I love your enviros~ and your linework looks pretty strong too! <3

I also think I see a Daniel Craig amongst one of your digital portraits. :D

[arestocrat]

your last two PS sketches have a nice mood. And they don't look too digital, even without/ less texture brush usage! Nice brushwork

[Huey Yeng]

@Giorge: Don't worry they will be more sketches coming up! :)
@Spaggen: Sure dude thanks!
@sandeepbarot: Thank you!
@ilmenhin: Yup the Daniel Craig pic is one of my college assignments. Pretty old pic. :P
@arestocrat:Thanks!

I got myself a DS Lite and been playing around with Colors. Not the best sketches but it is the nearest thing to a portable Wacom in your palm. :D The last piece is a study of Craig Mullins work.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/colors_slot0.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/colors_slot3.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/colors_slot6.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/colors_slot7.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/colors_slot8.jpg

Also I did a quick study of the sad emotion from Gary Faigin book about facial expression. o3O

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_125-copy.jpg

[zyklon9]

awesome love your works :D

[Huey Yeng]

@zkylon9: Thanks. :)

Went on hiatus mode for quite sometime. Time to resume back my practice mode.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_134-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_133-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_132-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_138-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_140-copy.jpg

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Heyya buddy:)

Take some time to finish of one project before moving on. Some rendering practise could do you good:)

-E

[Huey Yeng]

Thanks buddy. :)

Some quick doodle. Felt too monotonous to me.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_141-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/mochitomato_small.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Colour study from photo and portrait from imagination that got screw up halfway.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_142-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_143-copy.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Quick morning practice. Fully imagine.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_144-copy.jpg

[Pigeonkill]

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_141-copy.jpg

I like your perspective with the gaint robot, everything fits in place. I can't help but feel where are all the cars, tanks, and people running around :( Trash can, littler, graffiti, police road blocks...of course it's easier for me to say all the fun stuff and you paint...haha.

[Huey Yeng]

Hey thats a good idea PigeonKill. :} I wanted to do a more detailed work with that piece as portfolio collection.

[moguiaiya]

Carefully read all your works ,i'm really fond of them! Refueling, I will progress with you. :yayca:

[AlexTooth]

Hi Huey, wow your colour's really improving man - light/dark is looking good too. I agree with da lilttle Elf though, it would be great to see some more polished enviros :)

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

The latest landscape doodle is quite good. The the background figure really sets the whoel scene. Nice idea:)

-E

[Huey Yeng]

@moguiaiya: Thanks! Let's pat each other back in improving our skills! :asspat:
@AlexTooth: I'm in the process on creating a few finish work for my portfolio. Will upload it when it is completed. :)
@Mischeviouslittleelf: Initially it nearly become another generic environment warm up sketch for me but who knows a wrong place stroke for a distant building ended up as a huge robot instead. xD

Two morning warmup before going for breakfast and returning to my commission works.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_145-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_146-copy.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Somehow my schedule got screw up since last week and there is hardly free time available to practice. Guess we always need to prepare for unforeseen consequences. =3=

A rather bizarre sketch that I did just now with a mix of Daniel Dociu and Sparth style thrown in. D:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_147-copy.jpg

[north pole]

Huey Yeng last pieces are really good.. i love the colouringss well done.. (:

[Kan Muftić]

wow, looking sweet!

[Nadesican]

Hey, everything here is looking really good. I really like the varying levels of detail on your last piece. I have noticed that there seems to be very little full character painting of late though!

[Huey Yeng]

@north pole: Thanks buddy!
@Chupacabra: Thanks! XD
@Nadesican: Haha I've been slacking off on anatomy practice hence why I didn't post any full character painting. xD

I got sick last week till the weekend and didn't manage to keep up with my usual practice... @_@ Need to attend to my overdue commission and since I have trouble concentrating on the commission, I dig up one of my college assignment and touch it up. Still look crap to me but sure better than before touchup. The assignment is a mixed media work and I paintover it in Photoshop.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/ironman_mixedmedia_edit.jpg

Will post a comparison pic in my next update. :)

[Huey Yeng]

Quick and random update. Been slacking off real bad.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/ironman_comparison.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_151-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/kasumi-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/ayane-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/cynthia-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/Master-Chief-copy.jpg

[Pigeonkill]

Moar anime <3 Eat some chicken soup to feel better.

That movie poster must have taken a while. The dark blue must be very hard to get the colors you want without the tints. Reminds me of Drew Struzan work. I can't wait until ironman 2 comes out.

[drd]

Ha! The first thing I saw were your Colors! sketches; I thought that was your best ps work! Then I come further down and I'm like, is this the same damn sketchbook?

Good shit!

[Huey Yeng]

@Pigeonkill: Now you make me want to buy a can of Campbell chicken soup... :P I think I took around 15 hours plus to do the original mixed media poster. Yes it is a Drew Struzan poster study as class assignment. :)
@drd: LOL yeah I still not as good as Janaschi or Algenpfelger when comes to Colors! sketches. ]: Someday I will try to master Colors!!! :P

No updates for now as I still fixing my desktop and watching Jason Manley Composition video. The BEST video about learning composition. :yayca:

[Giorge]

wow O_o , portraits !... good.

Like were your heading with the envo, the one with the imposing tower in the distance , tough you could take more care of the this closer to you , they are kinda equally worked

as for Master Chief, he looks stiffer then... hmm... waist need to take the direction of the legs , his waist in in the same direction as the torso , and there should be some inclination in the hip and shoulder and other stuff ...

take care

[Huey Yeng]

@Giorge: Thanks for the feedback. The Master Chief flaw stands out really awkward once I stare at it again. @.@

Quickie update. This month sure fly by really fast with less time spent on practicing as many events happened.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/zulie-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_153-copy.jpg

[Giorge]

this last one feels nice , the color and all , need to take care of the rest , the character is a bit stiff in all of this , the viewer(me) can't quite understand what he's about to do so you need to get him some mobility , some intersecting diagonals , make the whole thing dynamic

cheers

[Huey Yeng]

Thanks Giorge. I should get in the habit of doing more studies instead of quick sketch. D:

Hmm the whole day I got artblock pretty bad. Think this is the best I can do for today. A Mameshiba gone FML and a colour study of dark skin.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_157.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_156.jpg

[alexson]

Awesome sketchbook you got here! Sorry that I don't have any critiques, just keep up the good work :)

[Huey Yeng]

@alexson: Thanks!

It's already new year and my drawing skills still fail to improve... Anyway time to work harder and die harder. /(^o^)\

Painting cityscapes is still difficult for me...

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_158-copy.jpg

[sourgasm]

new one is looking great. the only thing i can recommend is to add some variety to the image overall. play around with the clouds more. throw in some elements at an opposing angle to the general 45 degree thing you have going now (like something slanting from lower left towards upper right, for instance). and the colors are just begging for a complimentary splash here and there, city lights being the obvious choice :P

anyway. great work!

[Huey Yeng]

@sourgasm: Thanks buddy! Still need to refer to some skyscrapers photos. Currently the Burj Dubai is my main reference.

Awfully slow net is bloody awfully slow. I hate living in Malaysia for its crappy broadband. Like duh they want me to move to a different place just to solve the unstable line? Yeah I'm just a young kid so they can go bully while they will never do that to folks older than themselves. Burn in hell Telekom Malaysia.

Ultimately my new year resolution is to escape from Malaysia by December 31 2010... So work hard and die harder for me.

Colors! DS dump and a Bridgman round head study. Also pics of my commissions work.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/wtfcolors.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_159.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/itsatrap.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/ayanez.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Some progress on the cityscape sketch and commission work.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_158-copy2.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/kasumizz.jpg

[sourgasm]

looking good ;D

[Oddo]

The second pic in post 15 and post 9 are my facourite so far :). And last post too, maybe push some of your anime-ish designs to a more fishined coloured state too ? The level of finish on the mutant dandelion on your deviantart gallery :).

Edit: heh.. wasn't looking at the last page...

To re-iterate:) 182 second pic, 187 first pic, solid progress , 186, 7'th picture.. sweet lines :)

Good work and keep posting :).


PS: 163, 162, 161 from last page also sweet :).

[Huey Yeng]

@sourgasm: Thanksies! ;)
@Oddo: Thanks for dropping by in my sketchbook. I still fond of simple colouring in my anime/manga style drawing but I'll be sure to try a more rendered colour work like Range Murata next time. :)

Study of William Bougereau:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_160-copy.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Some animu stuff. Commission and a quick gesture sketch.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/cynthiaaaaa.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_161-copy.jpg

[tmth]

Oh my god, those calves are monstrously long and skinny.
But I like everything apart from that mango here, especially those environment sketches :)

[Huey Yeng]

@tmth: Lol thank you for the feedback. :) What do you mean by the mango? xD

Some further refinement on the Bougereau study:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_160-copy2.jpg

[Janos]

I like your realistic ctuff a lot more than your anime. I think you need to translate realism into comic form better, but you will only be able to do that by drawing so all is good. :D
Nice sketchbook!

[Huey Yeng]

@Janos: Like most young artist who grown up with manga/anime since childhood, I started drawing anime style and only pickup the fundamentals realll late.. ;3; So yeah bad habit of mine to draw in either realism or anime style. xD Thanks for the comment!

Some progress on the city sketch. I tilt it so I don't get dizzy in dealing with the perpective... @.@

874241

[Huey Yeng]

More radical changes on the building sketch. Need to touch up the sky and the foreground elements..

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/tower_red.jpg

[AlexTooth]

Wow man, you've been killing it recently! Aw I have a soft spot for those little anime figures, I bet your client's are happy! Enviros are lookin sweet, I imagine they're quite hard? With all that perspective and stuff, not something I've tried much. Beaugerou is looking good, you've caught the expression well :) Keep it up!

[Softskin]

IMO your painted portraits are way better than your animé stuff as well. But I'm also Biased towards the style.. It has to be REALLY good if I'm to like it.

[DHTenshi]

Great cityscape! to me it looks really good, and the portrait you made, very well done! keep it up man

[Huey Yeng]

@AlexTooth: Thanksies! I still need to work on the cityscape piece as I want to use it as portfolio piece. The windows still looks off for the distant building... @.@

@Softskin: Yeah while I do favour realism stuff more than anime style, its simplicity makes me adore it. :)

@DHTenshi: Thanks bro. :)

Was busy applying for jobs but oh well all of them got rejected. :( Still that will not stop me from trying again.
Currently I'm doing some mascot design stuff for Danny Choo's upcoming Otacool 2 book which you can find more with this link: http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/25358/Otacool+2+Submissions+Open.html

Pics of the design:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/chara-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/mascot_1.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/mascot_4.jpg

4 more new designs for the mascot stuff:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/4wootz.jpg

Yup its generic animu work-- but it have to fit for the mascot stuff since it is for Kotobukiya, a Japanese toy figures company. XD;

[paperX]

good stuff man, your environments are really well done!

The anime stuff is looking good, very clean lines. However I think you could work on the way you're stylising the the limbs, they can be sort of stick like and dont portray the form very well (especially in the legs of the pokemon character commissions) the joints look slightly weird . Think about the techniques of stretch and pinch when dealing with human figure, you can simplify, stylise - make them skinnier, curvier etc but a figure is still a figure so when simplified its actually more difficult as one curve wrong and it looks could look off :(

I guess what I'm trying to say is try approaching your anime work in the same mindset as you approach any other figure work, but obviously make the stylistic decisions to turn it into anime, rather than approach it in a completely different mindset altogether.

I'm liking the designs though, keep working hard!

[Huey Yeng]

@paperX: Thanks for the insightful comments! Anatomy have been one of my weakest stuff. Well practice makes perfect and I need to work on it harder! :)

More designs for the mascot stuff (done rather quick so the material rendering looks off) and two movies mood studies.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/whatt_line.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/whatt.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/facepalmzz.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_162.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_163.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

...

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_164-copy2.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_165-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_165_steps.jpg

[sourgasm]

niiiice. you get a lot of practice at linework via your characters, so those super loose environment studies will be crucial for your atmospheric/world-at-large thinking.

keep it up!

[Huey Yeng]

Thanks bro. ;)

Hmmm today is a not so productive day for me... A crappy lineart work and a loose painting. ~__~

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_166-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_167-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_167_steps.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Wanted to try something looser this time. A portrait gone wrong and a night cityscape gone wrong too?!! o_O

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_168-copy3.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_152-copy.jpg

[paperX]

digging the digi-paints man, the portrait has a lot of potential...I think you should study facial features (the construction, muscles anatomy etc more) and give it another shot, I really like how you treated the hair, good brush work there!

btw, you might want to have a look at the right arm here (her left, our right):
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/facepalmzz.jpg

Its kinda bent in a impossible way, kinda looks like broken at the elbows

keep up the hard work!

[sourgasm]

failing is good. that means you're going out of your comfort zone. plus, that last environment kicks ass. senior student here at the atelier was like "i probably couldnt even do that" :P

i like guy number 2 from post 200 a lot heh

keep it up!

[Turbosnail]

Awesome SB Huey!! Your enviro's are excellent and I really love their looseness. Post #196 is a particular favourite of mine and shows you can detail your enviro's when necessary. Keep up the good work my friend!!

[Huey Yeng]

@paperX: Thanks bro needed that critic a lot. :)
@sourgasm: Haha the last environment got pretty messed up in the end. Random usage of custom brush painted over my old speed paint work. :P
@Turbosnail: Thanksies!

Been lazing around this past few days. Going to take my driving license after long overdue so will be having less time to concentrate on practice. Also got a copy of James Gurney's Imagative Realism. He sure do a lot of homework in ensuring his fictional works really exist in this world. O_O Highly recommend book purchase.

Two head studies:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_170-copy-2.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_171-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_171_wip.jpg

[Eddieee]

Dude your city sketches are freakin sick. :D

[mike butkus]

Wonderful background paintings.

[miycko]

awesome updates man :D sweet environments as always and great studies too :D the manga character designs are very interesting as well :D

[AlexTooth]

Love the updates man! They all look good to me :) Like the colours with the asian girl and the custom brushes and textures are working really well with your enviros, I particularly like the cave one. Keep it going dude :)

[Pigeonkill]

The city scape painting looks pretty sweet.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/cynthiaaaaa.jpg

I like this anime design. My only suggestion is to perhaps add pattern or lace to break up the gray.

Danny Choo I love that site I haven't been there in ages. When is the deadline for that contest O_o it started a month ago though.

[Huey Yeng]

@Eddiee: Thanks! I still think my city works still lacking (lack of definition and focus point). :0
@mike butkus: Thanks! I really appreciate that coming from you. :D
@miycko: Cool thanks bro. :)
@Alex Tooth: Haha I still need to brush up my fundamentals. ;P Thanksies!
@PigeonKill: Thanks for the suggestion. Will sure do something to break up the gray. o_O Also the deadline for the mascot contest is February 7. Better hurry up if you want to join! :)

Pretty occupied with daily tasks (driving license test, filing up scholarships form, sorting up my room, etc etc) so didn't get to practice much.

Here's a not so final lineart of a new piece done for Danny Choo Otacool2 mascot contest. Wanted to portray a dynamic feel but I guess I fail at that. :(

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/chara3_pinup-copy.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

@Eddiee: Thanks! I still think my city works still lacking (lack of definition and focus point). :0
@mike butkus: Thanks! I really appreciate that coming from you. :D
@miycko: Cool thanks bro. :)
@Alex Tooth: Haha I still need to brush up my fundamentals. ;P Thanksies!
@PigeonKill: Thanks for the suggestion. Will sure do something to break up the gray. o_O Also the deadline for the mascot contest is February 7. Better hurry up if you want to join! :)

Pretty occupied with daily tasks (driving license test, filing up scholarships form, sorting up my room, etc etc) so didn't get to practice much.

Here's a not so final lineart of a new piece done for Danny Choo Otacool2 mascot contest. Wanted to portray a dynamic feel but I guess I fail at that. :(

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/chara3_pinup-copy.jpg

[Giorge]

hah! , com. Shepard portrait

here's one , what if you asked the geth to tell you what is the number Pi, that wold buy Shepard and his squad some time ...eh?

keep it up , i see improvement !!

[sourgasm]

to get the perspective just right on those rollerblade wheels, you might try blocking them in as a rectangles and then plotting ellipses on the sides of those rectangles. might help with what is no doubt crazy confusing !

that portrait at the end of page 7 is aaaawesome. great job on that one.

[Huey Yeng]

@Giorge: Haha you noticed it eh. :D

@sourgasm: Thanks for the tips. Too bad I already done with that piece. :o

So my internship application with Lucasfilm Singapore got rejected (oh noez 2 more months and I set a new record of being jobless for a year) and currently focusing on Danny Choo's mascot contest. Deadline is on Sunday and well after that will be Chinese New Year festive. Need to brusssh up my skills and portfolio.

I still find it amusing that Lucasfilm Jobs sent me email about my status on the internship application "May the Force...well...you know" :P

A collection of dump of my mascot design for DC mascot contest. The first pic is the final work (not the best background I've drawn):

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/otc2_mascot.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/chara3_final_colourstudies.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/ihaetscreamyx.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/ihaetscreamyx2.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/wwwwwwwrry.jpg

Will be heading out later for my computer test on road law. Forgot to save out a few stuff I did with Painter 11 Trial.

[Huey Yeng]

More dump. Mix of Painter and Photoshop stuff. Gosh my eyes must have gone awkward with all the mistakes I noticed after sketching it out. x_x Time to sleep.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_173-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_174-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_175-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_172-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/lineup.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Quick stuff

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_177-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_176.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_178-copy.jpg

[AlexTooth]

Sweet updates Huey, always love seeing your colourful work, it's great! Y'know I don't always like this anime style, but your girl looks great, it really works :)

[DHTenshi]

i'm loving your strokes man, keep it up, nice work on the anime girl, and i love the clouds especially :D

[Huey Yeng]

@AlexTooth: Thanks bro! Anime style can be really subjective but for whatever reason it starting to creep into the global market at a fast pace. ;P
@DHTenshi: Thank you! I use the smudge tool a lot for the cloud study.

Hmm I will be away till next Tuesday to celebrate Chinese New Year at my dad's hometown. Not sure if I want to lug my tablet with me as there is no space for me to put the tablet and lappy together. o_O

Also started my first out of 50 studies of Leyendecker work. Its darn hard to replicate his "creamy" stroke digitally

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_179-copy.jpg

[longwrat]

Hey HY! Great variety of work and studies, it's quite exciting to see your progress. :D I esp dig your quick stuff. keep it up!

[mc2mc2]

dang dude, great leyendecker study!
Love the brushstrokes...did you use painter or photoshop?..I can't tell

Keep it up!

[Huey Yeng]

@longwrat: Thanks for the comment! Haha my quick stuff is consider lazy man work-- Also nearly forgot to wish you Gong Xi Fa Cai!
@mc2mc2: Yo bro Gong Xi Fa Cai! :D After Photoshop crash that night, I finish it in Paint Tool SAI with the Acrylic brush. I set the Blending to a higher value to emulate Leyendecker creamy strokes.

Another Leyendecker study.That makes it 2 out of 50 studies.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_180-copy.jpg

[Cyprinus]

Really nice skechtbook, I totally like your style! Those Leyendecker studies look great!

[Huey Yeng]

@Cyprinus: Thanksies! :)

My latest study on Leyendecker works.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_182-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/oily_wipz.jpg

I wanted to try finish this study in Painter 11 but the uber slow panning puts me off a lot. So I revert back to Paint Tool SAI and finish it from there.

I'm still amazed with Leyendecker economy of strokes... need to do more study. :x

[Huey Yeng]

Random stuff. Second pic inspired by Jaime Jones work. :P

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_181-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_183-copy.jpg

[Cyprinus]

I really like the second one, especially the brush strokes, looks very lively!

[Turbosnail]

Sweeeeet updates Huey!! Really like those Leyendecker studies. Keep up the good work my friend!!

[Huey Yeng]

@Cyprinus: Thanksies!
@Turbosnail: Thanks buddy. :D You are doing great bro so keep it up too!

Oh wow long time no update-- Started my mini project and explore 50 designs for it. Need to get back to practice mode. Oh the Leyendecker study get screw up due to low res reference. Will do studies from high res and clear picture next time...

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_184.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/20colours.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/pose-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/pose-copy-2.jpg

[Huey Yeng]

Quick stuff.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_187-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_187-copy2.jpg

[Liffey]

Your environments are great! You really have something good going with those. Leyendecker studies look awesome as well. Keep it up.:)

[Pigeonkill]

Those Leyendecker studies came out nice. I like the action pose for mascot entry. Good luck!

[Huey Yeng]

@Liffey: Thanks! You are doing great too and all the best in your final project! ;)
@Pigeonkill: Glad you like the action pose. I feel it can be much more better. D:

Playing with late afternoon mood...

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_188-copy.jpg

[sourgasm]

daaaamn. you're doing tons of killer stuff. i dont have anything to say. working this much, you're just going to be a beast no matter what :P

[mike butkus]

Great studies. love the anime!

[DHTenshi]

that's an amazing bunch of work! i especially love the last indoor scenary, you're doing amazing huey yeng!

[BRINKMAN!]

Holy crap! You've made a ton of progress over 8 pages!!! Beautiful landscapes, and great idea to study Leyendecker. If anyone can help to understand the structure and form of the human form, it's him.

[Turbosnail]

Love the enviro's in #235 and the mood painting in #238. Keep up the good work my friend!!

[Huey Yeng]

@sourgasm: Thanks bro! Dang I didn't realize its already half a month since I took up my current freelance job. Been itching to continue my sketchbook after seeing everyone own killer updates. :)
@Mike Butkus: It's always an honour to see your comment sir! :)
@DHTenshi: Thank you! The cabinet in the last indoor scenery still bugs me whenever I see it but I'm glad you like it. :D
@Brinkman!: Hey dude thanks a lot for the Leyendecker scans! I manage to track down a used copy from a seller in Singapore and I can't wait to get my hand on the book so I can analyze his work more with clearer details. :)
@Turbosnail: Same to you buddy!

Been pretty busy with my current freelance job which keeps dragging the deadline. I hope the client can lockdown everything by this week and I'm not really fond of delay stuff as it affects my own schedule (driving test, applying lots of scholarship to pursue a degree, sketchbook!!).

After seeing the scholarship winner lists, I need to get my ass working back in full speed and I know I still have a lot of things to catchup. Bad habit of mine but I know the only way to succeed in the industry is to work on my fundamentals before attempting something crazier. :D

Some Bridgman's and Leyendecker studies:

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/hands.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/hands2.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/legs.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_190-copy.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/sketches_190.jpg

For mc2mc2, here's my DIY drafting table:
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g116/picturebits/diy_drafting_table.jpg

Cheap and practical? XD;;

[Giorge]

suppaaa haaanzzz , i see lot's of good hands amongst those studies but is the poorly drawn ones you have to look for, they hold the answer to your questions. Try to alternate the Bridgman's studies with studies from live model , helps understand much better and faster

[AlexTooth]

Yoyo Huey, SWEET updates dude, Bridgeman is awesome I love him, remember to draw from memory!

That fat woman's awesome haha.

[sourgasm]

sweet update. i've been obsessing over leyendecker a bit lately too. the guy is an absolute beast. i'm about to get a copy of a bunch of his paintings in fairly hi-res jpegs from a friend, i'll be sure to shoot it your way if you're interested.

keep up the good work !

[LostFayth]

You've come a long way. The bridgmans look really good. Not only that...it's just really fun to see you paint :D Keep it up! :D

[JustinBeckett]

Woah, dude your killing it, nice lines, nice colors, fantastic studies!!!!

[Turbosnail]

Awesome updates Huey. Love the Bridgman studies, but just watch the proportions on some of the hands. That woman washing the floor is excellent mate. Keep up the good work dude.