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KonnA

January 30th, 2009, 01:33 PM

Hey, I'm Conner H. I'm 17 waiting to attend college where I'll be doing Art & Design. I hope to find a career in Art/Design, I find it hard to progress I'm losing face.

This is just an unfinished batman piece, I wont be finishing it.
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/351/batman6hc1.png

The second is a failed CHOW piece.

KonnA

January 31st, 2009, 12:14 PM

My Weird Process...

Parsakoira

March 2nd, 2009, 02:23 AM

Hay man! you should post more often :) The batman is looking good, only his face needs more reds, now the skin looks rather dead to me. You should also start drawing from life or ref, and studying anatomy. Keep it coming!

cheers mate!

SMILEFACE

March 2nd, 2009, 03:10 AM

right on!!!! you gotta sketch book lets see some mo updates'

a la bapsi

March 2nd, 2009, 05:47 PM

update!
I know you're drawing. D:

KonnA

March 24th, 2009, 02:48 AM

Erm, first update in too long. This is the beginning of me posting more often.

Excuse the quality I don't have a scanner. And the damn phone is 2Megapixels so it's pretty crappy.

KonnA

March 25th, 2009, 12:48 PM

Just some crap... I want to improve but, I find it hard to draw just to draw. I need reason. And drawing like this isn't within reason.

Sarkys

March 25th, 2009, 01:07 PM

you need a reason? Oo
you posted that you want to be a concept artist ... well, if that's not reason enough to keep up your work ...

KonnA

March 25th, 2009, 05:07 PM

you need a reason? Oo
you posted that you want to be a concept artist ... well, if that's not reason enough to keep up your work ...

I understand what you mean. But drawing just to improve is really hard. I need a reason for that actual drawing. To be honest I don't know what to draw. Or what type of effort to dedicate to that piece:

Should I Draw real objects at full quality with every single drawing?
Should I draw Real objects at sketch quality?
Draw fictional characters at full quality?

I have no idea, just kind of lost. I don't know :(

KonnA

March 25th, 2009, 05:07 PM

Sorry, double post. Browser went weird.

Joe824

March 25th, 2009, 11:11 PM

don't get discouraged...
i totally understand what you mean when you say drawing is so much harder when it's just to improve. it almost seems like a waste of time. but as we know, it isn't. i find, and i know everyone's different, that as soon as i lay the pencil/stylus down and make my first marks, it brings me in immediately. the tough part is actually sitting down and deciding what to draw. i like to watch tv until i get excited about something, like i was watching a WWII documentary and all of a sudden wanted to draw a sniper...

find what works for you, you have the ability. if you find long drawings more satisfying, do those. if you get impatient and want to start something over/new, do that.

whatever route you take, it's going to take time. do fan art of metal gear solid if you have to, but do something. it keeps your motivation going and your mind fresh to constantly be producing SOMETHING. good luck, hope this ridiculously and unnecessarily long post helps.

Cup_of_Tea?

March 27th, 2009, 09:34 AM

KonnA,
you signed up to ConceptArt and started a sketchbook - thats a start! Use it as a reason to draw! Give yourself the challenge of posting 3 times a week (or more). You don't work? That gives you even more time to draw.

I promise you, practise practise, practise - it is the only way to become the best. And even when you have got your career, you will still want to improve.

My suggestion, is start by taking a subject, say Batman, and break him down into all of his anatomical forms. Spend a week learning the proportions of the body, another for the head, another for the hands. Understand the anatomy. Draw him in different poses. Learn how clothes drape over the body. Throughout the process, you will have a plethora of small sketches which will all help you in creating a bigger, more detailed image. With time, you won't need to rely on source material as much.

KonnA

March 28th, 2009, 05:04 PM

Thanks for the motivation guys ai REALLY do appreciate it. I mean I know almost 99% of other artists and such are like me. They just get lost sometimes. I mean at this point in my life im thinking about the rest of it. Not about now, it's hard to focus on something and stick with it, your scared that you'll waste your time. And then it'd be to late. It's all fear really.

Hazart

March 28th, 2009, 05:26 PM

Good start. Keep working!

KonnA

March 29th, 2009, 04:26 PM

I done these, I screwed Sakura's Face =[ And the Clint Eastwood studies are tiny so it's hard to really draw the detail properly. My idiotic ideas ;D

KonnA

March 30th, 2009, 06:04 PM

An update. 2 hand studies!

strings

March 31st, 2009, 02:23 AM

Hey keep up the good work, the hand studies are looking great. Keep up with those, and eventually it becomes second nature. Keep experimenting with different line weights too.

KonnA

March 31st, 2009, 05:29 PM

Hey keep up the good work, the hand studies are looking great. Keep up with those, and eventually it becomes second nature. Keep experimenting with different line weights too.

Thank you for your uplifing words sir! =D

derbz

April 1st, 2009, 04:03 AM

hey, good to see old Clint Eastwood sneaking in on your sketchbook there, the hand studies are promising.

KonnA

April 1st, 2009, 11:36 AM

Derbz, thanks man! Clint is the man

Update ALERT: OMG. I done some. I found my mechanical pencil and fell in love with drawing again.

George Abraham

April 1st, 2009, 02:15 PM

Hey man.

I think you need to change your goal. You sound like Eeyore from Winnie the pooh.

I'm also not a spring chicken anymore but I kicked any goals that put pressure strain or hopelessness on my mojo.

Kick it and figure out how you can have fun and enjoy what you are doing regardless where it might take you. That I think is the only crit you really need for now. Good pressure is discipline but also the energy and the frame of open wonder to give something a good whack and that should be free from all other negative baloney sitting on your shoulder. like a kid that wakes up in the morning, he learns and looks at the world wide eyed and at the speed and rate it comes naturally. Motivation should be simple, like the opportunity to perhaps improve something today. Dedication, get addicted to the stuff you get from the previous sentence. Satisfaction, same thing, rather have small personal kicks and measure your own work against itself not against Leonardo's or some art master, take crit and satisfaction down separate tubes you need both but one should not affect the how high you may get from the other.

Good luck.

PS. The character in post #2. That skin flaking thing gave me the willies. I might borrow that effect some time in the future. I think his skin becoming all flaky and papery is the stimuli. Wuuuuuuuiiiiiiiii!!

KonnA

April 1st, 2009, 03:02 PM

Zaorr: Thanks man, thanks for the heads up. Lately I've just been drawing to draw and it's been fun. It's usually best if I have something to draw I can draw it and move on! It's when I don't have anything to draw. Right now I'm just drawing every odd picture in an anatomy book.

KonnA

April 1st, 2009, 04:46 PM

Another update:

Omg, taking a picture of the back was terrible. SHINEH ON MAH PAPER!!!

Erm, my desk and hands are covered in pencil. =[ I'm quite happy on the outcome too!

a la bapsi

April 1st, 2009, 05:37 PM

yay studies.
more!

KonnA

April 1st, 2009, 05:44 PM

yay studies.
more!

More on the way!!!

Jovian M

April 1st, 2009, 11:37 PM

Keep the studies coming, man. You'll improve without even realizing it, then you'll be thumbing through your older stuff (a few months from now), and suddenly shit bricks.

KonnA

April 2nd, 2009, 05:05 PM

Just a character. I need a scanner.

Medieve

April 2nd, 2009, 09:13 PM

Knees could be placed higher up and the lower legs could be slightly elongated. Not a bad start for the chest/crossed arms. I might suggest going to the hands and figuring out a way to represent them going back in space, through line or a value shift darker, etc.

My57

April 5th, 2009, 10:25 AM

Anatomy studies! thats all you need and then draw from life/photos.

Giorge

April 8th, 2009, 07:45 AM

Oh damn , sry m8 love to say it looks great , but you need to put more hear into it , and need to understand the basics of anatomy before you go and do barbarians and army men ^^, that what a old teacher said to me a long time ago . Spend more time on drawing and getting comfortable with what you have in your hand then looking at other peoples art of an answer . Sry if I was kinda harsh , but this problem is general , and it's a pity cuz you have potential

cheers!

SMILEFACE

April 8th, 2009, 10:03 AM

yall changed your name i just figured it out haha the studies are gunna help an there are also fun studies like try to catch quick poses or gestures of people at the park school or a mall or something i like to make it fun anyway cant wait for some more

Elz

April 8th, 2009, 10:09 AM

Hey, long time no talk! You've definately improved Conner, keep it up! :D

KonnA

April 9th, 2009, 02:58 AM

Thanks for all the replies:

Gorge: Nah, man I wish people were always as harsh. The words are true! I prefer it because it puts a rocket up my ass rather than drags me down.

Grandmassa Mr. Spect: Yeah. Hah! Ain't spoken to you in a while. There will be more soon!

Elz: yes it is! Ach, I've not improved you've just not seen enough of my work... I'll check your sketchbook out thanks for the post

KonnA

April 9th, 2009, 03:10 AM

The first is a sheet of Thumbnails for deciding on my DominanceWarIV character.

The second is a selection of 34 of the 100 that I have decided to make every single 34 of them into a unique character, it will keep me busy...

The third is a Lion, Snake, Human which I made for a challenge on the Ventrilo chat.

The forth was my first idea for a DominanceWarIV character which subsequently failed. Which made me do all the thumbs!

The fifth is the character I'm working on. It's a Cyborg and it's name is Crotch-Cannon for now. It came from the Thumb A1. From the second sheet of thumbs.

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3061/scrappythumbnails.jpg

jatherip

April 9th, 2009, 04:51 PM

hey, thanks for dropping in my sketchbook, yours is nice, too, but if i shall be honest, in these tumbnail i couldnt discover much... but shows that you are working!
keep practising anatomy!

JailHouseRock2

April 10th, 2009, 12:36 AM

KonnA

April 10th, 2009, 03:04 AM

Hay Konn, really dig your stuff man!
Real epic thumbnails/sillos mate, great dedication!

This one looks fuckin' cool as well- http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=641647&stc=1&d=1239261003,

keep at it bro,
matt

Thank you man. I liked that concept but it was a bit cleched and my skill isn't very high so I needed something very different.

And my, new update for CROTCH CANNON!!!

KonnA

April 11th, 2009, 10:36 AM

Front view for CannonCrotch. Completed! Woot!

Elz

April 17th, 2009, 09:45 PM

Haha, I can see you've improved by the stuff in your sketchbook, and you have. :) You REALLY have.
Keep going at it, these concepts above are looking strong!

Zenobia

April 17th, 2009, 10:08 PM

Nice sketchbook. Great style. Yeah, I can definitely see an improvement from your very first post.

In response to the lack of motivation to draw: One thing that keeps me motivated is to draw everything everywhere! That sounds a little weird, but it helps, I swear. Just keep a little sketchbook with you and just start drawing and sketching when you see something interesting, or a really cool idea pops into your head. It doesn't have to be perfect, you just have to keep that hand moving!
Motivation is a bitch sometimes, I know.

I love the Lion, Snake, Human thing you did as well.

Keep it up! :)

Krato

April 26th, 2009, 03:12 PM

oh hello their konna, did see you come in.

These looks good, try too keep the lines tighter other than that and some other things.. it looks great keep at it you bum

IanE

May 3rd, 2009, 05:45 PM

Diggin' the thumbnails! I really like how you've applied a sense of motion and action to most of them instead of just making a hundred thumbs of static figures. Try and take that same sense of motion and apply it to your larger, more refined pieces!

F87

May 3rd, 2009, 05:49 PM

Really good that you are doing thumbnails. Try to simplify the shapes when you do those, keep searching for pleasing outlines. Good work.

JailHouseRock2

May 3rd, 2009, 06:16 PM

Hay KonnA, how you doing bro?

Just wanted to say thanks for your work and help with the Team CHOW!
I know myself and Grandma really appreciated your ideas and help so cheers man.

Hope your well, and keep rockn' this SB!

laters,
matt

KonnA

May 9th, 2009, 10:31 AM

Here is some stuff while my internet was away...
Just for TeamCHOW which I missed :( But o'wells. I enjoyed these I done a few more bits of art but too big to upload here and I CBA changing the sizes. Enjoy...

SMILEFACE

May 9th, 2009, 01:58 PM

hey these guys are great!

KonnA

May 9th, 2009, 07:37 PM

Thanks man :)

Krato

May 9th, 2009, 08:02 PM

yea, work on your anatomy konnna

KonnA

May 9th, 2009, 11:32 PM

Will do Tortuga ;)

Elz

June 27th, 2009, 04:13 PM

These are looking great, maybe do some colour studies though, to help? :)
(since you told me thats what you're struggling with)
Even if it's painting a banana, just focus on the globs of colour, not the lines. ^^

KonnA

June 27th, 2009, 04:32 PM

Lines is POWAAA!

hala

July 4th, 2009, 10:11 PM

hey man--don't look at your drawings as "drawings to improve". I can't tell you how to actually look at them, since i don't know you personally and what fires you up in your imagination, but I can tell you that looking at it as solely just means to improve will burn you out because you will never be satisfied because you will constantly know you could do better and better, just not right now.
I hope that made sense ><

Anyway, don't give up, and keep posting! show us some more!!!