**new**sketchybook goodness**new** Pg.4

[yyates05]

Hi i just want to get better...

[Ashmasterc]

I like the use of the small bit of color that you used in the skin tone. I find it interesting use in small sections like the nose and forehead. The head is a little skewed though. I find that happening a lot in my drawings also.

[Tofa]

i really like the last one. the slant on the head works, on purpose or not.
do more studies. post post !:)

[Wilko]

Good start! The colour in the second peice is really excellent - shows great potential. Keep the studies coming.

[yyates05]

thanks everyone

the head is a little off, I think because I had book at angle when I drew it or something

[Joce]

more more more!

[yyates05]

some weird stuff

[yyates05]

new stuff from a few weeks ago

[yyates05]

finally an update!

[yyates05]

anatomy sketches only a fraction of what i did

[Arbinn]

It seems you have the same huge anatomy book I got first. ;)

Keep it up. I'm really liking the "weird stuff".

[yyates05]

figure drawing

[yyates05]

It seems you have the same huge anatomy book I got first. ;)

Keep it up. I'm really liking the "weird stuff".

thanks ill try to do some more then!

[yyates05]

1 min figures

[Ryn]

Your anatomy studies are looking really nice. Do you find you're retaining a lot of the information?
Try practicing more gestures. You probably are aware of this site, but if not, www.posemaniacs.com has a good gesture practicing tool. Your lines are a bit scratchy right now and gesture practices may help make them flow better.

Keep it up!

[yyates05]

Your anatomy studies are looking really nice. Do you find you're retaining a lot of the information?
Try practicing more gestures. You probably are aware of this site, but if not, www.posemaniacs.com has a good gesture practicing tool. Your lines are a bit scratchy right now and gesture practices may help make them flow better.

Keep it up!
Ok ive used it once or twice but not seriously. Ill give it a shot. Do you have any examples on how the gestures should look?

[yyates05]

more anatomy

[yyates05]

tattoo i did for a friend... i was kinda unhappy about the way the tattoo artist changed things but w/e i guess

[scorpion007]

Hahaha, post #8, awesome dude!

Oh and nice anatomy studies.

[yyates05]

thanks

[yyates05]

animation i did i believe last month, of a running bear from sketch to finished lines.. debating if its good enough to be put into my portfolio for school or if i should make another.

[yyates05]

cover to one of my sbs

[yyates05]

hands and stuff

[yyates05]

self portrait laid the values in in PS

[yyates05]

new figures and stills

[yyates05]

portrait done in Photoshop of a friends brother

[yyates05]

new sketches from this week

[adammelo]

Respect the moleskin, i like the selfportrait, hardcore xboxin lol, keep it up!


Sketch back if you'd like...

[yyates05]

not so good 4th selfportrait. I took my time with this one but still having issues
but getting better

[yyates05]

more observation sketches

[yyates05]

cars and another sp

[yyates05]

crits please new sp

[ColorExcursion]

Likin the new SP. The only thing I can see is to work on the eyes?

[yyates05]

Likin the new SP. The only thing I can see is to work on the eyes?

will do thanks

[andrea w]

Very nice self portrait! I don't know if it's just a bad scan, but you might want to smooth it out a little as the shading looks a bit blotchy. Great work though (and don't forget Self Portrait Day on November 1st, whooo) :D

[yyates05]

Very nice self portrait! I don't know if it's just a bad scan, but you might want to smooth it out a little as the shading looks a bit blotchy. Great work though (and don't forget Self Portrait Day on November 1st, whooo) :D

self portrait day?

[yyates05]

just having some fun

[yyates05]

for self portrait day yay!

[yyates05]

older sketch of my dirty room

[yyates05]

ive been playing alot of CoD:MW2 and felt terrible for not arting as much so did this, now back to the game :yayca:

[gabs]

wow, those ink figure drawings...amazing!

i've tried some ink and sharpie drawings, and some have turned out well, some not...i think i've started to get the hang of it. keep going, dude.

[yyates05]

some character design crap, still experimenting with PS

crits please

[yyates05]

chershire cat and my own character

[yyates05]

really only focused on colors here and it shows...

[yyates05]

sketch

[yyates05]

figure dump

[yyates05]

figures continued

[yyates05]

figure, portrait, and nibru

[mangoshell]

Hey, I thought I'd return the favor and give you some feedback.
Wow I see lots of improvement from your first figures to the ones now! Your gestures are looking real good, my favorites are the three of the lady with the buldging stomach. Nice job, keep drawing!

[yyates05]

Hey, I thought I'd return the favor and give you some feedback.
Wow I see lots of improvement from your first figures to the ones now! Your gestures are looking real good, my favorites are the three of the lady with the buldging stomach. Nice job, keep drawing!

thanks
she was pregnant

[yyates05]

Combining Classical Literature with the Horror Genre

I did Juliet as an Alien. The guidelines were to keep it as a single character design, not to fully render it, have a dynamic silhouette, and make it a commercial style.

Critiques would be much appreciated.

for Chris Oatley Artcast

[yyates05]

trying new things

[yyates05]

enviroment studies right side are referenced from photos

[yyates05]

life drawing and self portraits

I find it harder to draw myself then others so ive been practicing it alot

[yyates05]

new painting oil on canvas

also if you have time please check out my portfolio for Ringling http://yatesart.blogspot.com/2009/12/portfolio.html

[bharat]

good start,keep going...!

[yyates05]

perspective study sorry about the quality

[Twan]

very good desk study and in general, it's a very nice gallery, I want to see more!

[yyates05]

trying out a couple digital coloring techniques in the same piece, hopes everyone has a great Christmas!

[gabs]

hello, I have a secret.
according to the admissions dude i talked to, they like self portraits. but watch out...not the boring, blank stare kind. they like facial expressions, slash different angles, creativity, emotion.
I may be behind on drawing figures, but if there's one thing I've always loved it's faces :) try to get your hands on the facial expressions book by Gary Faigin.

[yyates05]

hello, I have a secret.
according to the admissions dude i talked to, they like self portraits. but watch out...not the boring, blank stare kind. they like facial expressions, slash different angles, creativity, emotion.
I may be behind on drawing figures, but if there's one thing I've always loved it's faces :) try to get your hands on the facial expressions book by Gary Faigin.
ok thanks!

[gabs]

no prob! there's parts of it on Google books, too.
http://books.google.com/books?id=YlIzCO5u30sC&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+artist's+complete+guide+to+facial+expressio n&ei=sigzS6fwOJzElASGtYiuAQ&client=safari&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false

[yyates05]

new character design

[yyates05]

some sketches from the past 2 days

[yyates05]

new selfportrait with emotion and a one hour master copy

[Chaser226]

Strong sketches =)

[gabs]

yay, emotion! looks good!
be sure to show the wrinkles between the eyebrows and the flap covering the outer corner of the eye.

[yyates05]

@gabs ok heres another from today

[Azrael]

Looking good bud. Those foundations are coming along and you show good values in some of the pencils. Keep having fun with it.

[Nikkatzu]

I'm consistently impressed by your figure drawings and the faces/heads in your portraits and self portraits..so it kinda disappoints me that you seem to almost under-detail the shoulders sometimes. I also like the whole abundance of headphones, very cool :).

[yyates05]

I'm consistently impressed by your figure drawings and the faces/heads in your portraits and self portraits..so it kinda disappoints me that you seem to almost under-detail the shoulders sometimes. I also like the whole abundance of headphones, very cool :).
thanks, i love listening to stuff as i work (podcasts, music, hulu,etc). I dont normally like the portraits so i stop before finishing..

[gabs]

bahaha. now i've got you hooked on emotion sps. love em!

[yyates05]

so i think i am finally getting close to drawing what i actually look like. Iam thinking of adding this one to the portfolio depending on how it looks tomorrow...

[yyates05]

an album cover i did for a friend

[yyates05]

and a new illo i did for fun, trying to get better grasp of composition and color

[yyates05]

few new sketches

[yyates05]

last page of old sketchbook and new sp

[Eddieee]

Hey man I like the cel-style of that album cover. Looks clean and crisp. Nice linework in your moleskine too. Keep drawing from life man, it's paying off!

[yyates05]

a short comic im doing to keep busy, im hoping to do 1 page a day and it should be around 5 pages as of now.

[yyates05]

heres page 2 kinda rushed

[Kailaan]

Great anatomy studies and that walrus made me chuckle. Your have some great stuff in here and your portraits are improving nicely.

[yyates05]

Kailan: Thanks! Hopefully the portraits will start to look like me soon

[fantasyartist]

Your sketches are great buddy. You seem to have a good grasp of form and perspective. When you draw heads be more carefull with the eyes, you tend to flatten them out in some sketches. It's damn hard to get that right. I've been having the same problem lately. Looking forward for more.

[gabs]

hey yyates! thanks for the comments!
awesome sketches,and i love the comic so far, that's a good idea! i'm doing an independent study hour with my drawing teacher, and i think i may be doing a comic or "storyboard"ish later on, i'm excited!

[yyates05]

gabs: cool go for it!
fantasyartist: thanks! ill try to concentrate on eyes more

bear page 4 and some sketches and even an sp

[yyates05]

wow it seems like the comic gets worse as it goes... here is the last page and a few sketches

[yyates05]

cover to my bear comic and another awkward/random sketch

[Janos]

I love some of your things very much, others still have a few anatomical and colour issues. The digital illustrations are kind of flat colourwise. Try adding saturation in some key points and more contrast as well.
I love the two bears. They are bad-ass.... or maybe not?

[keevy39]

You have some really good observation sketches, I like the detail you put in the hands.

[jollyune]

Heyyy thanks for dropping by my sketchbook! :D Man, your people sketches blow mine out of the water haha. Do you have any tips for cafe sketching? People move all the time, yet you seem to catch the most important details about them with the least amount of lines! Envyyyy.

[yyates05]

Heyyy thanks for dropping by my sketchbook! :D Man, your people sketches blow mine out of the water haha. Do you have any tips for cafe sketching? People move all the time, yet you seem to catch the most important details about them with the least amount of lines! Envyyyy.
hmmm, yea i know what you mean... id say do it as much as possible, and just try to take mental pictures. Also your rendering are amazing so need to to be envious. :)

[Myllys]

Great stuff you have. Great job with self portraits too. You're getting better and better. Looks like you're always listening music when you draw ;)

[gabs]

hey yyates, just curious...what exactly do you use for your cafe sketches?
sometimes it looks like pen and sometimes it looks like pencil...

[yyates05]

Myllys: thanks, and i do love music

gabs: i use both pencil and pen, whenever i start to get comfortable i switch.

Cheshire cat redesign and some quick portraits from photos, ive been trying to get less dependent on the PS stock swatch colors.

[Aurry]

Hi! Thanks for dropping by my sketchbook. Nice stuff you've got here. I really love your outdoor sketches, they're very loose and full of life =)

[yyates05]

@aurry thanks!

a few new cafe sketching explorations and some bioshock stuff

i cant seem to get away from the mushy color feel in all my digital stuff any suggestions?

[Aurry]

hmmm don't know if this will help, but eye dropping the tone between 2 colors and using that color to paint in between ur contrasts help to blend the light and shadows better. maybe it's your brush settings too?

http://fox-orian.deviantart.com/art/Wacom-Photoshop-Painter-Guide-85536306
might help!

and i really like his brushes!
http://fox-orian.deviantart.com/art/Essential-Illustration-Brushes-117211736

[yyates05]

@aurry thanks!

[Aurry]

Congrats on getting into CA! You totally deserve it =))

[yyates05]

@aurry thanks! grats to u too

Ive been trying to develop a style and just experimenting with different things. This is actually 2 ppl that i sketched one day combined into one.