a sketchbook

[elab]

I've been lurking around on this site for a bit and decided that I would be brave enough to show my own clumsy sketches and stuff, in hopes that I'll improve.

These are a few pages of my latest sketchbook.

Any critiques are appreciated, and thanks for looking. /m\

[Deon]

Hi
I really like the comic/characature drawings - good stuff. Whatever you were doing there works for you.
It looks like you work much better when you use reference. Keep posting!

[elab]

Thanks Deon. You're right about the reference thing. I think I just lose confidence or something when I work from my head.


Here's some more sketches and stuff. Sorry if it seems like I'm just sharting all of this out at once like an idiot.

[elab]

radda radda


:dur:

[elab]

lots and lots of bleh.

[elab]

moar crap

[elab]

I'm gonna try and spend at least one hour each day doing a study painting or a decent drawing.
First one is acrylics. Can't really explain too well what hapened.
Second is Photoshop. I don't really look that old, I think.
:sungod:

[Icedearth15876]

Good works and bad works but I understand you are still improving, I am looking forward to watching this sketchbook grow.

BTW: You look a bit like Johnny Depp, in that last picture, that's a good thing by the way.

[elab]

Icedearth15876: Yeah, it's still either hit or miss for me at this point.
I could take looking like Johnny Depp as a compliment. :rendered:

[polipol]

wow man... i really like the direction your heading... its great to see lots of observational and life drawing... and keep at it with those anatomy studies :), they'll sink in somehow when you draw from life and imagination... your figure stuff have good proportion and likeness about it, but i'd watch going for the contours and copying whats infront of you ... maybe try to think of building up that visual memory of what the action and gesture of the figure is doing, analysing whats there and why it works, than goin to construction and rendering.... well thats my 2cents worth....... keep it up man :)

[elab]

Thanks polipol! I'll remember that next time I'm drawing.

I played around with oil pastels last night and made the frog still life thingy.
The others are from a life class.