Update December 5th!

[Swordhand]

Hello I'm swordhand. I started this sketchbook when I was 13, and I'm older now. I just turned 15 and I'm not that much better. I am really disappointed in that, especially since it became clear to me that doing work for a living instead of drawing would suck. I am really trying to learn now. :blahblah:

Critique my ass off, please.

[ru4it]

post more, draw more, look at other sketchbooks

[Swordhand]

Thanks! Here is some more older stuff:

[NothingbutZack]

This one is good in my opinion - http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=578391&stc=1&d=1233279497
Cool stuff! And thank you very much for stopping by my sketchbook. Keep up the good work here man.

[germ-X]

nice pencil sketches. dragon looks pretty cool.

[Swordhand]

Thanks guys. The dragon is newest... The one Zack named is oldest. I am going to do some digital work soon so keep your eyes open. Here is a little doodle for now though.

[Swordhand]

Super fast fast fast digital arm studies...

[Josef K.]

damn! you're 13??? great start to your sketchbook! thats the way to go, go on and push push push and you'll kill us all!!!

[Swordhand]

Thanks! That is really cool coming from you (I saw your SB(WOW!))
More studies to come guys.
Cheers

[Sluggie]

This is fantastic! :D

[RyanSC]

wow i really like the dragon! nice work

[Swordhand]

Thanks for the comments guys. Helps A LOT with motivation. Today I tried using photoshop to colour an arm... make It look muscly. I'm not happy with the results though. Any Suggestions? I did grayscale shading and the a multiply layer on top with colour. I am having trouble rendering shapes In photoshop actually... Need to do some studies.
Cheers all.

[batcustard]

Use understructure and stop working on your arms they are good enough for now. Start instead working on intellegent ways to attach the arms to the body. Also, faces are 3d. This clearly isn't like a manual but: You are developing the face as though its a picture drawn on a baloon... a ridged one. Mostly this is because I suspect you just draw the face without putting understructure down fist and also (this is big) you are drawing the face straight on. This will flatten down your face EVERY TIME, use a tilt either up or down and to the side a bit. Just down sometimes works but... I don't know. its kind of a trap. Also develope the face slowly adding detail with each pass. Like so:

[batcustard]

WOAH WAIT YOUR 13!? Man your gonna be freaking nutso good when your older!

[Swordhand]

Thank you for the comment... It was extremely helpful. I tried drawing some more today, but nothing I was satisfied with came up. I'll start some loomis studies soon, and just keep drawing in general, so expect some updates. Thanks for all the comments guys!

[Psychotrope]

Pretty nice stuff you have going here! If I may, I have a few suggestions. First off, I'd say you're suffering from a case of the hairy lines- that is, sketchy lines that are all rather light. You should try and develop long, continuous lines, and darker ones for the outline and emphasized areas. A picture with many different line widths is a lot more pro looking, and just more visually engaging.Secondly, I'd try and develop a more 3-D understanding of your images- that is, when you draw a face, it's not this line here and this line here, it's a nose and what a nose would look like. You have objects out of proportion or off angle, and that implies you used reference. If you grasp more what it looks like in your head, especially if you draw from real life instead of photos, it can make all the difference. A third point is I would reccomend ink, if you don't think you can clean up your lines enough- inking a picture and erasing the pencil is another great way to clean them up.

Really awesome work for your age, though. Just trying to make you even better :) Keep it up!

[Swordhand]

Thank you psycho. I will keep all that in mind when I do my next piece. I don't have much to show for today... just last night's doodle and a shitty scan of my sketchbook (too big to fit the scanner. I'll have to take pictures instead)

[Quike Garcia]

Keep it up man, you have the talent, just need to practice... When I was 13 I was told that I had to study anatomy, I didn't listen and here I am now 15 years after buying the Bridgeman books because I have to study anatomy.. so learn from my experience, and start now.. you'll save a lot of time.. ;)

[clanlord]

Heyy you are heading to the right direction which is (1)"my future is drawing" I can say you only one thing... when an artist starts he must draw from reference as long as he observes all the mightiness of the figures! It is important for you now to take this seriously! And follow these words (1)... I noticed that you have great imagination so keep up the characters.

G

[Warforce17]

With 13 really impressive. :D

In you Sb I like the arms the best. (Super fast studies)
I hope you keep up your stuff and posting.
I really want to see the progress.

[Swordhand]

Thanks all. I'm sorry I've taken so long to update... Really been slacking when it comes to art recently. I do have some daemonhost digi-sketches to show but that is all for now. I Must DRAW MoRE!:yayca:

[Swordhand]

I've been doing 90 second drawing on posemaniacs every day, and I thought i'd share some progress.

[Swordhand]

More stuff. Anything?

[Swordhand]

:D I keep Drawing
The first is photoshop, and took a distasteful amount of time. The second is my first taste of painter -20mins-

[Swordhand]

:blahblah: Imma dancin' with myse-helf! ya I'm a dancin' with myself-helf-he-he! Nobody cares though :[ I just did these since my last post, so ya know.

[Swordhand]

My brainfarts are brandishing axes...

[jatherip]

nice sketchbook so far! damn 13 years... ;)
in the last piece you should add a neck, but the arm is cool! visible that your arm anatomy studies helped!

[Swordhand]

Thank you. I'm glad my progress is apparent :D
I added a neck on this one, and replaced the ridiculously large head, but the new one doesn't have a very rageful expression.

[Swordhand]

More stuff. The idea is that this is a zombie who is screaming. I chickened out of his face so far, but soon he will have a very rageful look about him with angry frowns and toothful maws and such.

[Swordhand]

I drew something! *glee*
I drew something!!! *jittery joy*
No I'm just kidding, I'm not actually happy about this dude.

[Swordhand]

10 min speedpainted harpy,
and a WIP evil garden for teen challenge

[Swordhand]

Where di'you put MY COOKIE??!
5.min speedpaint

[rambolin]

great imaginaiton.i suggest that take some time to keep the last post going,and i'm sure it'll return you a wonderful result

[Swordhand]

Thank you rambolin!
I feel really bad about how much I have been slacking.. must improve!
Here is some stuff. A guy, unfinished, and me trying some things for 15 minutes

[Krato]

pretty cool stuff, keep practicing.

[0zz0]

wow you are 13 year old? your good for your age!
keep up the good work keep your fantasy!

[Swordhand]

Thanks guys. :)
I really appreciate it

[Droid]

The anatomy studies look great!

Keep up the good work.

;)

[LtPlissken]

Great work indeed, both pencil and digital art and you are only 13 years old. Keep on working and posting, you cannot go wrong.

[jackpot_anjr90]

Nice work! You should do some more anatomy studies if you want to make big improvements...it'll help you a lot if you stick to it. Keep it up though :)

[Swordhand]

I just turned 14 :teeth:
and I decided this is my year of improvement!

some images to show I'm not entirely lazy:

[B-Man]

Tanks for the coment in my SB mate! Im here to return the love! :)
Follow everyones adwise and just keep on drawing. There are some really good exercises though.

exercise 1, draw random objects from life, your not allowed to draw the same line twise. This exercise helps clean up your lines making em less "hairy"

exercise 2, Draw random objects from life. your not alowed to draw outlines and lineart. You are only allowed to draw the shades and hues. This helps you with realistic rendering if done at a regular basis.

It might be boring and not as cool as drawing Cool costumes and monsters but it will help your drawings of cool monster and sweet looking armor in the future.
Now hope you find the exercises useful and not to borning.
Cheers! :)

[jatherip]

hey.....youre truly good for a 13 year old kid....wonder where you are in 5 years or so.....keep at it STUDY :D i voted for anatomy and hairy lines. actually values is necessary, too, referring to this harpy thing....desings and ideas are pretty cooooool!
keep at it!

[Swordhand]

B-Man: I will certainly try those exercises, thanks :teeth:
Jatherip: thanks man!

My shit scanner misses all my lighter lines, but here is some poop anyways. I got 2 90 second drawing,
and a page of 45 second drawings, then some Bridgman attempts and some sketch fun :teeth:

[Swordhand]

wannid to do a sort of heavy knight.
I don't know, the perspective is screwed, but I like the concept.
Also I wanted to see if it was really hard to draw with a touch pad in MS paint, for fun XD

[Dished]

Hey man! good start ! Keep at it for sure :D nice seeing improvement in your last from the first page. theyre less scratchy ! Also have you checked out loomis ? his figure drawing book is great to study from for anatomy

keep posting man!

[Niva.]

Heya Swordhand, your nickname inspired me to make this one: http://www.eternalseven.com/?p=511

:D

Cheers!

[Swordhand]

@ dished: thanks man! means a lot. Yeah, I have loomis' book, but only in a digital form, so I haven't gotten round to it yet. I am doing drawing from Bridgman every now, so I figure I'll start his book once I'm done Bridgman's

@ N1va: that's awesome Nick! Thank you

All right folks, got some Bridgman studies here. Also got some sketches and stuff, but my scanner doesn't appear to like them, so I'll leave them out.

[Niva.]

Whoa! Those last updates are great man, way to push yourself!

[Swordhand]

Thanks n1va!

Today's update: I would like to stab my scanner right about now. I need a new one. Anyone know of a good one to get?

[jatherip]

those sketches are good, love them ! mooore, update is looong ago!

[Swordhand]

@ Jatherip: waaaaay too long. I have been lazy with my scanning, but I'm still drawing.

SKEETTCH DUUUMP!!

I copied some pictoplasma doodles and a wayne reynolds drawing in my sketch pages, btw

[StormyBA]

Fantastic!

[Swordhand]

Thanks Stormy :D

Tryin' some more digital work... here's a WIP

[Niva.]

Hey Swordhand! Haven't checked in here for a while. Your cartoon stuff is great, the bird saying BOK cracks me up. Good to see you doing those studies, the lessons are definitely helping. With the last image try to push and pull the values a bit more and if you can cast a shadow! I always tell people that, shadows are your best friends in terms of adding volume, just remember to stay consistent!

[Swordhand]

Daaaaaaaaamn! It has been a year :nohope:
Let's try for regular updates from now on, yeah?
Stuff from October/November

[Swordhand]

November 22nd update..
Tried a landscape from photo, got really stagnant towards the end. didn't feel like working on it anymore so the final result is terrible! took 2 hours.
Next is a drawing of my apartment.
Next is a bunch of heads, some with reference (the ones that have R's above their heads) some not (those with N's) The ones I am unhappy with have X's on their foreheads.

[Swordhand]

More stuff...

[Swordhand]

Moar!

[Niva.]

I see you took a long break too but are now back with a vengeance Swordhand! Keep them coming man!

[clanlord]

I knew it man! I KNEW IT!

N1va that boy has a talent! Great, great I like the progress you have made! Keep going!
Everything is practice and inspiration!

Feedback #1: Turn on your favourite music and start listening! If this distracts you find something to inspire you over the net and then start drawing! (Personally I am inspired by this ---> http://sixmorevodka.com/portfolio/#/category/conceptart )

Feedback #2: Do as many practice drawings as you can!

Feedback #3: Start kicking as!

I like the ideas you have! You remember what I did with that spell caster design of yours?
I am not exaggerating but your ideas are nearly as original as those of Marko in terms of equipment, creatures, clothes and etc. However, you knowledge of motion and creating a natural poses still lacks! This is something very very hard to do so do not get frustrated!

Happy NEW YEAR!

-G

[Sycra]

Wow, great improvement. I really like the last posts character designs. You have a cool style! It's gonna be great seeing how you progress!