old sb OMG i made a new one

[AndreasM]

Scroll down or go to page three!!! The stuff here is 3 years old!

Some early studies
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/anatomi.jpg


http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/Neserogoyne1_web.jpg

Did theese at school in history class. Heh, I have done most of my drawings in those classes...
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/Ansikter_web.jpg

Some shitty nose studies and some less shitty nose studies...Need to do some more eyes, too..
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/Neser.jpg

Did this early this summer, added some shading later on. As the odd angle and proportion indicates, there was no reference used.
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/Sintmann_Web.jpg

The ackward man! As you can see, i gave up pretty quick, and he became...ackward.
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/Theackwardman_web.jpg

Ref used.
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/nude1.jpg

[AndreasM]

sorry about the colours and the bad retouching at the lower left corner.
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/scary.jpg


http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/anatomi2.jpg

[AndreasM]

I started working on this one today. It`s not yet finnished and I can allready see some of it`s problems (her left arm is pretty wierd and i don`t like how the face turned out). Any comments and crit apreciated. =)

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/rygg.jpg

[Method]

Nice stuff. Your definately on the right track, though you need to work on your heads. This will help. http://www.anticz.com/heads.htm

[AndreasM]

And down!!

Thanx for stopping by, Method. Yeah, I definately need to work on my heads, as well as basic shapes and proportions. Thanx for the link, btw.

Edit: Tonights scetch. Not perfect, but few first-attempts are.

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/ragdoll.jpg

[obid619]

thats why we practice on anatomy haha. thats only way we get beter right?;)

[AndreasM]

Here are some colour crap i did last summer. Colours slightly altered in Photoshop.

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/boxxxweb.jpg

Santa is coming to town. Weeeee!
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/santaweb.jpg

[AndreasM]

Did this one today. Not at all happy with the way the hand turned out.

Any comments and help apreciated.
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/darligweb.jpg

[AndreasM]

A mindless doodle i did today. I migh do some more.

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodle.jpg

[-The Swift-]

well i can certainly see that you know how to draw! i like the anatmy sketches they look pretty consistant. self portarits are a good way to improve your knowledge about the face shape. it also gets you used to drawing facial features. good work htough. keep it up!:D

[AndreasM]

Thanx for the advise:) Self portraits scare me though (everything i am bad at scares me), but it`s time to face my fears.

*Faces fears*
:rambo: :bigeyes:

[AndreasM]

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/inkdoodles.jpg

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/Ansikterogtroll_web.jpg

[AndreasM]

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/heads.jpg

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/ramdomness.jpg

Still trying. Try to ignore the stupid notes..

[Josef K.]

ur rendering is relly great and u got some freaky creative ideas! the only thing i have to crit. are ur faces - but i think ur working to improve theese so
keep rockin and sharing ur crazy ideas ;)

[AndreasM]

Thanks, Josef! I really apreciate it:) I have been working on some faces and it`s features today. I plan to do this in the rest of the week.

Todays "dump"

My very first life drawings. It`s hard to get it down right when the subject keeps on moving. I need harder light sources too.
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/alleks.jpg
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/headstudies.jpg
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/holderpaa.jpg

[AndreasM]

It`s my birthday today!

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/sp.jpg

Any comments or crits are apreciated. :)

[Sleepy_Head]

Happy Birthday!

Thems some nice birthday sketches you've got there.

Have a great day,

Sleepy

[AndreasM]

Thanks, sleepy_head.

I haven`t been too productive today, but I made this one...colours are fun!
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/bf715bd3.jpg

[AndreasM]

Did a page today. Mabye I will put up another page later tonight...

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/27.jpg

Any crits? Are my faces getting better?

[Bluga]

The center man's facial anatomy is good, but the woman at the top has some problems. I think it's mostly the eyes seem unnatural. I know general crits like "something's off" aren't too much help, so I'll try to get specific. The problem with her face is that her eyes are too far up on her head, and this is what throws off the rest of the face, making the forehead too small and the nose too long. But definately the shape of the eyes is throwing things off too.

heh, I hate noses too

But generally, your body anatomy is very good.

I'm not sure why I assumed it was a girl. I guess it could go either way. heh.

[AndreasM]

Thanx, Bluga. I have been working on it.

[spok]

dude, cool stuff...

[AndreasM]

thank you spok :)
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles3.jpg
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles2.jpg
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles.jpg

[AndreasM]

Did theese tonight. I know that the first one has a lot of...faults, but it was fun, and I got a little carried away. :)
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles4.jpg

Ref found at NomadSoul`s photo thread at EatPoo. Rushed the values a little. And the hands are too small...also, the arm are a little wonky...But hey! It was fun. :)
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles5.jpg

[AndreasM]

Update time. I feel that I have progressed since last post. I have done a lot more, but few of them were good enough to make it here.

It's Marco!!
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles9.jpg

References found at eatpoo.
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles10.jpg

The guy in the top left corner and the girl were drawn from reference.
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles11.jpg

No ref..
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles12.jpg


Some older stuff

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/herbert.jpg
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles6.jpg
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles7.jpg

[dCepT]

Hey man! Good to see you back! I like the latest stuff from you.. Diggin' on the values! I think I gotta get me a smudgestick! If I remember correctly your using one, right?

Keep 'em coming man!

Snakkes :)

d-C

[van]

Shading is looking good! Cool imagination, too. Keep em comin.

[AndreasM]

dCepT: : Takk :). I quit using a smudge stick months ago. All of the drawings in my last post was either done with a 0.3, 0.5 or 0.9 mechanical pencil, mostly 0.3 actually, for the lighter values.

van : Thanks man. I will try my best.

[Summer Pudding]

Oh man! How did I miss this book?

Great stuff.

[AndreasM]

Summer Pudding : The thread was at page 5:D I'm glad that you like my stuff. I remember how much I liked your speedpaints over at Sijun. Your colours remids me of Craig Mullins :)

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles13.jpg
Getting the eyesocket to look right is damn difficult! I think I shuld do more quick linework, or my rendering obsession will kill me.

btw: any kinds of constructive crit's are highly appreciated.

[van]

The upper jaw looks really off in the last one. :) Your rendering style just rocks.

[AndreasM]

van: thanks man :) Man the van the man!

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles15.jpg http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles16.jpg
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles14.jpg

Wanted to focus more on motion, and energy. No reference used, as far as I can remember..

Ding!

[van]

Rock on. You definitely have some motion in those. :)

[young paddy1]

i'm liking the life you've got in the last lot of sketches, I noticed something, when you work from ref. your proportions are pretty spot on, but you tend to enlarge the head relative to the torso when you have no ref, love your shading style.

[AndreasM]

Van: Thanx :)
young_paddy1: Thanks for pointing that out mate. I'll try to keep my eyes open.

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles17.jpghttp://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles19.jpg

The original scetch:
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/Untitled-1.jpg
Her hip and leg is fooked..there wasn't enough space on the paper and the ref was all covered with large letters..

[van]

Keep going! :)

[steak-tron]

nice sketches man, keep it rolling.
i really dig the pens on the last page.

[Eulathus]

Wow! you can see good progression. keep it up.

[BRANDISH]

Your more deformed stuff is awesome!

[AndreasM]

van: I will :)
steak-tron, hey, thanks for peaking in! the pen scetches are made with pencils, however :D Tried not use the eraser and just leave the figures as they are..
Eulathus & BRANDISH: Thanks!

Pages I have been workin on for tonight. Everything i ref. work, exept the monster...oh, and the boy is holding a flowe, not that womans ni.... :D
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles18.jpghttp://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles21.jpg
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles20.jpg

[Diego]

man, i see some serious improvement in your lines, seriously. Your shading style is also pretty good....those last anatomy studies are reading very well without any shading. Keep practising, practice makes perfection tho.
Anyways, try going out and sketch a bit of everything, pay attention to every little thing and draw it.........
Keep it going, and keep it cool. You're doing great...

Good luck

-Diego

[BRANDISH]

a little crit, though. imo your heads are to "ballish" (loomisish?) if you look at a model with a shaven haven... i mean head, the head is longer (from front to back) and more angular.

[AndreasM]

BRANDISH: 'Ballish' indeed. I just realized that tend to draw a circle and then add all the features, ignoring the basic head structure..thanks for the...'heads' up :) hahaha! (silly me).

Diego: Thanks man. I actually tried to do some tree studies yesterday, but a swarm of mosquitoes kept zumming around my ear...couldn't focus at all...
------------
Just some doodles..
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles22.jpg

[dCepT]

As before said, your linework has improved a lot! Keep 'em comin'.
You rock!

d-C

[van]

Keep updating. Very nice stuff.

[AndreasM]

dCept and van: Thanks alot!

Nothing special...the first two are pretty new, the rest is several weeks old...
Motivation has been lacking lately, but hopefully, things will change.
http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles23WIP2.jpg http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles24WIP.jpg http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles25.jpg http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles26.jpg

ANY kinds of crits are highly appreciated. I can spot alot of mistakes allready, but I don't mind some pushing :)

[dCepT]

Aight. I'll try to crit ya a bit :)

The lady in the last pic; her eyes (ignoring that there are no iris/pupil) look too flat, like they're a bit on a plane of their own. It's a problem I'm struggling with as well. Also I think her cheekbones are a bit misaligned.

I like your anatomystudies. The child with no eyes is creepy!

Keep rockin'!

d-C

[AndreasM]

Hey, dCepT, thanks for telling me. I need to work on planes in general.
I also need to do something about this depression that keeps pushing on me..

*kicks the depression in it's allready sore butt*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles27.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles28.jpg

For some reason, I choosed not to shade along the planes of that girls leg..oh well.

Did a small SP. I need to get a surgery(sp?) job on that nose. I think the eyes are off as well...oh, and yes, that little tree on the right is drawn from life...I have got to do alot more of those.

[Zebz]

DAMN. :muscle: Someone has been eatin' their Wheaties!

Dude, You've been really growing, bro! I'm so glad I checked this out! I'll continue to watch your thread. Very imaginative. You've inspired me! Great studies, keep those up man. Damn. I can't believe how much you've grown. Congratz from me. Seriously. Keep it alive and kickin.

- Ry

[AndreasM]

Dude, thanks alot. I'm glad I'm able to inspire someone. :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles29wip2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles30.jpg

The creatures seems to have alot of anatomy problems. Anyone noticed that I never draw hands? Shame on me!

[maxetormer]

hey! youv some really cool stuff
going on here, keep presure up
and keep the nice shading :D

[AndreasM]

Thanks!!

Gotta learn some more anatomy. Bones first!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles33.jpg

Ref. used on both of them. Fight Club. I love that movie!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles31.jpg

I will probably redraw this one, as I'm not entirely satisfied with the likeness and proporion. Not too keen on the values either... I guess I'll get back to it when I have done some skull and plane studies.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles31closeup.jpg

Gotta do more. More more more!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles32.jpg

Oh, I allmost forgot...I didn't use toned paper..just wanted the look :rendered:

[Syrogen]

dude! that fight club torso is looking good, which book are you using for your anatomy studies?

[endregan]

Nice and clean. Great studies... keep it up

[Keepiru]

wow, I just went through your whole thread and you have improved exponentially. Great work, your more recent drawings are really kickin some ass. Its nice to hear that you dont use a blending stick anymore, your vales look alot better and everything as a whole looks much cleaner.
Your sketches are really looking fab-o-lous...you seem to be pretty hard on yourself, which is okay sometimes, but you should have confidence that what you are producing is good, and that everyone is always learning. Youre getting the process down, and its good to study the anatomy...something I should do more of! ^_^
Whoa that was cheesy...
words of inspiration from Keepiru...amen brothas and sistas!

[prostate sunrise]

lovely progress. love the line you developed. keep it up, gotta come back to what else is gonna happen.

peace.

[van]

Damn. Very nice stuff.

[AndreasM]

Thanks alot for the humbling comments guys! I'm glad you all like them.
Syrogen, I'm currently using "Anatomy, a complete guide for artist" and "Drawing The Living Figure" by Joseph Sheppard.

One for today, before I head to work
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles34.jpg

[Slash]

Når jeg ser på begynnelsen av tråden og sammenligner den med slutten så ser jeg at du har forbedret deg noe enormt! Spesielt skissene som er gjordt fra referanser. Switching to english.. I love your values, the very last pic /\ is VERY good. It is also cool to bump into another norwegian in these forums.

back to norwegian:

Hvor har du fått fatt i de bøkene her i norge? og hvor i landet er du fra?

KEEP ON ROCKIN`!

[miesie]

riding high, he? :)

The last two pieces, fightclub thing and the nude, are great. I also like the pencils and the texture on the paper, what paper/pencil is it?



Keep at it, bye.

[AndreasM]

Hmm.. replies? fun! Since I havent actively replied much on theese forums lately, I didn't expect to get much attention in this thread. anyways..the following reply will be wierd..a fun mix between english and norwegian :teeth:

Slash: Takk! Det er alltid oppmuntrende når noen ser framgang i skissene mine.:) Bor for øyeblikket i Sandefjord, frem til fredag. Skal begynne på kunstlinja på Trøndertun folkehøgskole. I bought my equipment in a store named Farveriket Bjørvik in Sandefjord. If you ever plan to take a trip to that god forsaken city, visit that store. They have a nice art section.

miesie: Thanks. The last scetches were drawn on some more or less heavy aquarel paper. They are thick, and have some nice rough texture. They were not toned, though. Photoshop did that job. I use mechanical HB pencils, at 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 and 0.9.


Since I hate posting replies withouth art, here is an half unfinnished sp. I prolly won't have time to finnish it, since i'm moving from town, but i'm open to some crits.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles36.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles35.jpg

[spork891]

Oh my gosh! n0fish... the improvement! Staggering... that drawing done from the fight club reference is fantastic!

I took the advice you gave me back in January finally and tried to stop relying on line so much, the results were dandy.

[WillSchnevel]

Dood, that nude female study is amazing! I love seeing threads that show someone's progression, and this thread is a prime example! :)

[AndreasM]

spork891, WillSchnevel: Thanks alot guys! :)

Here are most of the scetches I have done the last cuple of months.
Face is from my imagination, the hand and taperoll is from life and the girl is drawn from reference..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles40.jpg

From life...for about 2 hours or so..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles38.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles37.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles42.jpg

Sanguine lines (sp?) Same guy all over..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles41.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles43.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles44.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles45.jpg
I'm sorry about the messy and unfinnished pages..I just want to get them out here and move on.

Cheers!

[flex mathews]

awesome progress. very nice work, i really like the studies.

[liam.c]

^^^for shrue what he said thos estudies looking really hot man !

[maxetormer]

I checked this treahd and your old one, and I really
like the way you are progressing, (I am into making
selfportraits my self and its very usefull and very dificult too)
post more dude :D I am really enjoying the ride here!!

[AndreasM]

flex mathews and liam.c: Thanks!
maxetormer: Thanks dude! Yeah, selfportraits are challenging as hell. I'm humbled that you actually checked out my old stuff as well.:)

And some art.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles47.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles48.jpg
The guy and the nose studies is drawn from reference.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles46.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles49.jpg
Sort of work in progress...I'm not sure about the lower part of the "flower design"...open for crits and suggestions here. If I can get my wacom back, I might as well do a coloured version as well.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles50.jpg
Work in progress...loosely drawn from ref...Not too satisfied with his face and neck...not sure why I put a cross in the background ether...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles51wip.jpg
scraps mashed together on one page. Bad scan due to all the graphite..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles52.jpg

[AndreasM]

Ink & charchoal...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles53.jpg
Decided to go down to the basics. Not the prettiest scetches in the world, but they do at least show me how much I need to get a grasph on the basics.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles54.jpg

[steak-tron]

nice work dude! You've got a good handle on the pencil, and I like the effect you got with the ink and charcoal. That might be cool to screw around with and turn into a character or some shit.

Lot's of progression since the beginning! Keep doing those construction and anatomy studies and you'll kick multiple asses.

[AndreasM]

nice work dude! You've got a good handle on the pencil, and I like the effect you got with the ink and charcoal. That might be cool to screw around with and turn into a character or some shit.
that sounds like a good idea. Thanks for the encourangement :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles55.jpg
Did theese scetches tonight. More kChen studeis. The male torsoe is messy as hell. So is the male head. I will have to study the eyes and mouths more.
Blah blah blah....'tis time to sleep.

[RobHughes]

What's stopping you.

Do not post any more sketches. Post a finished piece. There are many people working full time who cannot draw as well as you.

Make something to wow us.

Practice through work. Paid work.

Rob

[AndreasM]

Hm, well, not being confident with the basics is one thing. I have yet to learn perspective; putting my characters in an enviroment, giving them ground to stand on, etc...also, I need to learn thinking volume over line, wich I'm working with now. Truth is, I just want to get more confident before I start doing finnished work.

But hey, thanks alot for that compliment (yes, I see that as a compliment)! Starting to do commisions has been a scary thought, but hell, why not give it a try.

Make something to wow us.
OK :D

[maxetormer]

Hey thaks for droping by dude, the critics you maked on my
images are spot on :D thanks i need to work more on eyes
spect some new SP for todays work enfasis on skull work
and shading on the area of the eyes he he.

Keep on doing the Kchen stuides, I fell they are hepling me to
understand the volumen on the faces, and i can see its helping
your too :D.

sugesstion:
It might be good chage for you to trade you normal HBpecil for a an 8B
pencil or a graphite bar, and tring to use the side of you pecil to make big
consistent zones of gray that way the image will look cleaner and the
shading an ligth will be better limited, try pusing your darks more
too, even if its just a small scketch try pussing your darks, your are doing
really good, just keep at it!!.

P. S. the more image you make like this one,
doodles52.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles52.jpg)
the more you will understand ligth and volumen, If found that I understand
more about volumen without line when I make full value SP or studies. =)

[AndreasM]

Just want to bump in this one. I know that the contrast is lacking...the rendering isn't finnished..I'm really struggling with the arms, though, esp. on that big monster thingy...so any help is largely appreciated :teeth: Mabye his deltoids are too big hehe..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles57.jpg

maxetormer
Hehe no problem. I'm glad I could help.
Hmm...switching to a wooden pencil wouldn't be too dumb, though I don't know about 8B...might get a little too smudgy.
Point taken about making more high contrast value drawings. If you have seen the drawings of James Kei, you will see that he is exellent at getting the planes down with simple strokes. I think I should put emphasis on that, before i go wild on the dark value renderings...
Thanks for the thoughts and keep it up bud :)

[van]

Seeing a lot more *volume* in your latest stuff. Keep rockin!

[robo midget]

Awsome man, awsome. The shading is brilliant straight from the begining and you can see the realism progress just in these two pages.


P.S.
Love the avatar. SPACE MONKEY!!!

[AndreasM]

van and robo midget, Thanks. :)

All the faces, exept the odd ones, are done from life. The last page is a half year old. I have done some more portraits too, but I gave them away before getting a chance to scan them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles59.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles60.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles61.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles62.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles63.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles65.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles64.jpg

[Tigermilk]

Wow, man, how could I have missed this one!
Dude, talk about process! from the first post to the last, I mean.. wow..
Anyways, your last update is clearly the coolest one this far. I mean the faces.. Great man!

keep it up, ma fraand.

[AndreasM]

Thanks, Tigermilk.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles66.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles67.jpg
More to come...I'll try to make this a daily during the week i'm home.

[maxetormer]

mm good work, your gaining some serious power
I like that arm study in 1st page of this last update,
keep this stuff coming bro, really looking good! :confident

[endregan]

hey havent checked u out in a while...

good hand and anatomy studies. I can see you working with constructing the hands and they look decenttt. I can see u could clean it up a bit, same thing as me but u already know it :D. Just keep working at it and we will check out each other out and make sure we are progressing :D

Bob has bitch tits!!!!

[AndreasM]

maxetormer: Thanks, I will keep it up :)
endregan: Hey, glad you checked in :) Yeah, line quality is sonmething I should I should be more aware of. I'll check in from time to time, and if you haven't progressed, I'll bring in Bob...TOPLESS!!!!

I tried to scetch my lil' brother as he was watching TV. He kept moving all the time, so it was hard to get an accurate capture. His eyes are not that gloomy in real life..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles69.jpg
Myself in the mirror..it's hard to draw the hand you are drawing with...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles68.jpg

More tomorrow. :D

[AndreasM]

More mirror drawings...trying to analyse anatomy a little...getting the bones down is damn difficult...the movements of the arm and scapula is damn confusing.. >:{

Mabye I'll post some more later tonight..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles71.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles70.jpg

[AndreasM]

Last studies for tonight. Arms are drawn from mirror, anatomy details and bones from book. I seriously need to take a break and get some sleep now. My upper body feels strained from posing and drawing at the same time. But hey! I have learned some, so it was worth the while.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles72.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles73.jpg
More tomorrow, (unless a terrible accident happens)

[maxetormer]

Good lord!!! now this are some serious arms studies,
thanks for the inspiration, I fell really lazy looking at
the great efort your putting here, (note to my self:
do more arms and anatomy studies asap he he)

I specialy like the way you pulled out the
form in this one:

doodles70 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles70.jpg)

I can really feel the tension on the pecs, caused by the detoids
and the shoulder bones, GOOD work, make more!

see ya later, :^^:

[dCepT]

Skjer 'a? :)

Thanks for posting yer crits in my sketchbook! You've progressed like hell, dude! I'm impressed! Keep on keepin' on!

Oh yeah small crit as well: Some of your three quarters are a bit skewed.. Seems the chin is the main problem when it occurs...

I'm diggin on the little kid with the hood!! Love the shading on it!

peace

d-C

[TASart]

Your hand renderings are dead on... really nice. You have a great book here, I'll check back.

[Icey]

you have a verry nice skill!
your problem is that you drow a little part of the body, than get to shadding and shadding, than drow the next little piece of the body and rander it too, and so on............ in stead of building all your volume and than get to rander the body! It's a mistake that i'm trieing to give up on... It really makes you do more proportions and shape errors... And you have a verry nice line and style for this to happen!

eh... i belive i;m not the one that should give you the advices...

[AndreasM]

maxetormer : Hehe, you are too kind :teeth: I feel really lazy when looking at your construction and enviroment studies. Really thanks, you made me all warm and fuzzy 8)
dCept: Ikkeno, Baloo! Thanx. I'll keep what you said in mind. Need to practice more construction hehe.
TASart: Thanx! I checked your sb...you got skills!
Icey: You are very right! I have been awar of the issue for a long time without doing something about it. Untill now, I feel. Thanks for the reminder ;)

Okay, more mirror studies. Trying to discover and absorb as much anatomy as possible. This is a very exhausting way of studiyng, but damn! It pays off! I feel I have progressed allready, and that doesn't happen often.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles74.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles75.jpg
Mabye I'll post more tonight...

[plsangel]

she takes my breath away. very nice job!

[maxetormer]

he he Im gonna become one of
yer biggest fans, Im really diging the
way your are shading, and they way your
are handling the compostion on your pages,
they are looking better with each update,
Im really likeing how your style is
developing :D cheers!!

critic:
The thumb finger on the hand on the 2 page
looks a bit wonky and the hand looks a tiny bit flat,
it still has a lot of caracter, so its just a minor thing,
but I thought of mencion it non the less.

Ill be waiting for the next update dude :D
see ya.

[AndreasM]

maxetormer, hehe thanks. Not sure if it's my own style, though...I had lungbug in mind when I started to play with the composition. Just fooling around, having fun..

SP...they allways end up terrible scewed areound the eyes.. >:{
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles78.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles76.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles79.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles77.jpg

[pvpham]

Awesome improvement. nuff said.

[Jokisalo]

very beatiful style with pencil, keep working with it, really liking this thread.
i'm sure ill be back later ;)

[AndreasM]

Thanx guys! I won't stop now.

Heavily influenced by wes9000. The girl at the left is drawn from ref.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles80.jpg
more tomorrow

[Exocentric]

Wow, your art is quite amazing. I love your shading technique, it looks great. I love your anatomy studies. Good stuff man, good stuff...:)

[Wes Mordine]

Wow! I just posted my own sketchbook and was looking at other peoples work... and yours is amazing!

One can really see how you've improved so, so much due to a lot of evident hard work. It amazes me how much work you've put into understanding anatomy by means of a lot of practice.

Your work is inspiring.

[maxetormer]

This last one looks tight as hell iv got
nothig worth criting dude, really nice
shading and your getting more acurated
on your proporcions with every study!
ill be waiting for the next update :D

[Undertow]

stumbled into your thread.. there's no doubt about it, you can draw;) Nice work, love the figure studies. Your facial proportions need some work but you've got renderring down.. too bad you don't live out this way, I'd kill for some help with my renders.
-Mike

[AndreasM]

Exocentric, Wes Mordine, Thanx guys! It means alot. Wes, I'll leave some crits in your thread.

maxetormer: hehe thanx for all the comments, dude! It's encouraging :^^:

Undertow: hey, thanx for crossing by.
Your facial proportions need some work but you've got renderring down.. too bad you don't live out this way, I'd kill for some help with my renders.
does this show in my latest update as well? (I know the guys head is fooked).

Tonights update...just studies, as usual. Started without ref, fixed propostions and anatomy in mirror afterwards...still has problems, though, and the head sort of breaks the energy. Anyway, i'm really just hoping for a good crit before I render it to death.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles81.jpg

I need to learn the basics on legs. I'm terrible at drawing the full figure w/o ref...the pelvis is a pain...need to get a simplifyed way of drawing it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles82.jpg

I might add more in the morning...unless I fall asleep

[AndreasM]

a pencil scetch that went through some heavy photoshopping....using abstraction and 'style' as an excuse for the bad proportions.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/pankak_soda.jpg

and this one...hate the hand
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles83.jpg

[klinesmoker]

Talk about steady progression. On your last piece, I think it seems.. lop-sided, you know, heavy on the right side of his face. But nonetheless, you are really getting there, faster than I am if I may say so myself.

[AndreasM]

Thanx, klinesmoker. I did a quick peak through your thread. My advise to you would be to put the shading aside for a while and study volume by other means. It helps putting down the proportions more efficently as well.
Dang, I should follow this advise myself.. :nohope: >:{ :dead:

This might be my last post for a while. I have RSI (repeated strain injury) in both hands now. Gotta take a BIIIG break from sitting in front of the computer..

[Jokisalo]

your studys makes me drive crazy!! love 'em
esspecially your anatomy studys and hands oO more right now!!!!

[AndreasM]

Allright, lets make this thread a dayly for another week.

Jokisalo: hey, thanx man. Glad you like 'em...you should try doing some your self.

Here is some crap to make the ball rolling...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles84.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles86.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles85.jpg

[AndreasM]

I started to doubt where I want to go with my art today. I realized that all I ever do, is either studies or spontanous doodles that I shade to death. Oh well...I think I should just move on anyway. Everytime I try to get creative, my limitations pops up and shits in my face.

anyway, here is a lil' piece to start the night..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles87.jpg

[Ni*]

I'm sorry this isn't a crit, just a pat on the back, you got good fast!

There is a feeling of relief or satisfaction when you look at a drawing that is 'correct' and almost all of your stuff gives me that feeling.. plus it makes me need to draw!

ok one crit, your mouths seem to end up too low. maybe try drawing a face with only a very light construction line to start with for the mouth and add it when all the other features are in place?

keep up the good work, you clearly enjoy drawing and your enjoyment is infectious..

cheers

Niall

[AndreasM]

Ni* Hehe thanx for the pat, man. You made my...night! Why don't you start a dsb as well?
This night has been an overly unproductive one. I'm too easily distracted. Posting this shit so I can move on. And on and on and on and on and.....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles89.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles90.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles88.jpg

[AndreasM]

What i have done so ffar today..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles94.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles92.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles91.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles93.jpg

[endregan]

Hey those SP studies in the mirror look great

Reminds me of when in the summer I would lock myself in the bathroom, sit on the toilet and draw, or sit on the counter or lean against the wall.

hehe yeah it can be physically demanding, its a good workout to draw while an arm is up or your body is in a difficult position and it IS so hard to draw the drawing hand lol.

Keep the studies, lots of progression

[patternagainst]

What the hell happened to you, dude?

Insane progressions. Remember to keep it loose. Looks like you're grasping that pretty well. As for your faces, I would rather see you studying the skull rather than the shapes, but those are good too. Love your bone studies. Pay attention specifically to the way things connect to one another on the body. Flow around the body. As for that drawing of you in the mirror before you render it to death... the head... it seems out of proportion. It also kills the flow of the drawing because the head and neck are stiff. Pay attention to the spinal cord and keep it loose. Try taking deep breaths in the mirror and blowing them out, get that sleepy like form in your upper body's bones and flesh. It will help you pay attention to the flow of the body. Push your neck around limp in that mirror.

Awesome. Really inspiring. This is going in my subscriptions.

[Ink_Monkey]

Awsome studies ...... really. I have nothing more to say exept .... keep em coming I'm love'N them. <3

Later.

[Tigermilk]

hey man!

Looking great with your studies there pal, I wish I would progress as u.
Anyway, you say that when you try som more imaginary concepts it dousen't go so well, eh? I noticed your from Norway, so I just had to give u the tip of drawing som norwaygian folklorish stuff, that would be awsome! U know "huldran", "näcken", etc...maby a deep nordic forest with a troll that hides under a tree. Som'in like that. At least I love it.

Keep it up!

[dCepT]

Yo! I like your latest torso studies! If you're having problems with the creative stuff it's maybe because you only do anatomystudies.... I know if I focus extremely much on anatomy a period, that is all that seems to come outta my head. Just let your pencil do whatever it feels like, and see what comes out of it sometime! ;)

Keep 'em coming!

d-C

[AndreasM]

Alright...this has been a struggle...trying to discover methods in anatomy and construction, proportions and landmarks, poses etc...it's more time consuming that I had planned hehe.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles97.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles99.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles98.jpg

I will reply to your posts later...thanx guys :)

Edit:
two more...my arm hurts now. Gotta take a break. Really want to draw more, but im tired as hell..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles101.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles100.jpg

[maxetormer]

dude!! your doing so good! make more fullbody studies
like this one:

doodles98 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles98.jpg)

they will help ya a lot in terms of overall proporcions, they are
harder than the separated anatomy studies, but you ill get
twise as much information, keep strong in the figth, and
thanks for the inspiration!!! :confident

P. S. i really loved this neck-head studies:

doodles100 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles100.jpg)

[AndreasM]

endregan yeah, those were exhausting. Drawing your drawing hand is a nice concentration exersice hehe..
patternagainst thanks man. I'll keep what you said in mind. Why don't you start a SB too? Would be cool to see your stuff.
Ink Monkey thanks :)
Tigermilk Just draw everyday. Don't be afraid to fail, and don't restrain from repeting you you don't get things right.
Some folklore could be cool. Are you familiar with the works of Theodor Kittelsen?
dCept Hallo! Lately, I have just wanted to absorb as much as possible, so I have more in the library when I want to get creative. Thanks for coming back dude:D

Another long night. Trying to do the stuff i'm bad at. It feel as if it goes too slow. I'm having trouble concentrating and I usually end up spending an hour or more on each page. I think I'm learning though. Just have to be patient...

Maxetormer hey, thanks for stopping by again. I really hate the one fullbody drawing. Had to do something about it. Thanks for the support man. I'm glad I'm able to inspire someone. Will do more of those head studies. Slap me If I don't.

Had to do this over again. Not completely right, but better. I think his arms are too big.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles102.jpg

head construction...i'm terrible at this...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles103.jpg

not too good at this either...sorry for the sloppyness...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles104.jpgAnothe

[Tigermilk]

Great update, as always, man. I think your head studies are commin along really well.
Yes, I know theodor kittelsen, his work is a big inspiration, really charming.
Other artists of the nordic folklore are too John Bauer, his paintings are very beautiful.
Anyway, just a tip, I think u shuold go for it some time. :)

TIger

[AndreasM]

Tigermilk, thanks! John Bauer, huh? I'll check him out..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles105.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles106.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles107.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles108.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/doodles109.jpg

Okay. Tried not to be so dependant on books and ref pics tonigh. The last two are from ref, tho...

oh, and this one is getting very close to be one year old..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/kanskjebrukelig.jpg

...there might be more...

[maxetormer]

You have a very interesting style going on here, the more studies
you make the more your personal style shinnes man!!, the best thing
I could say rigth now is that it could be a good idea that you make
less detailed studies in exchange of doing lots of drawings, just to
memorize attach points for muscles and proporcion measuremts for bones,
try to make some stuides were the abstract part of brain works more, read
the anatomy books you have and dont draw right off, instead visualice
in you head the things you read about, this IMO its helping me to get
a better grasp on anatomy as of late, its more work for the brain,
but the pay off is better as well :D

Thats all (dunno if Im right mybe Im just crazy he he :^^;: )

keep the drawing up, your thread is a great inspiration for me!!!

[Tigermilk]

Where's the updates man!?

[AndreasM]

Allright. Here´s a page for you, Milkytiger! ;D Moved back to a4 again. about a year since last time.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/wannabe.jpg
I´ll post more in two weeks time. Then, I will try out what you said Maxetormer.

Later bater, alligator:D

[one2hit]

what the crap! massive improvements since the start of this thread!! wow, it's pretty inspiring. I really like the last piece, you are getting more confident with contrast, however the white line around the woman puts me off just a little. Great non the less! I love how you did the hair

-nate

[Majofo]

hey,
you got a lot of cool stuff here..I like the figure stuff a lot and the shading too! That's great!

Nice stuff,

~Matt

[runtosaurus]

The improvement you've made is insane!! I'm really diggin this stuff, it's pretty inspiring too. It gives me hope! :}

[AndreasM]

Thanks guys. I really appreciate it :)

The torsoe on the firts page is based on a drawing by stiocray. Everything on the third page is from life.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/3.jpg

I don't think there will be any more updates too soon. Physically, I feel like shit; my arms hurts from this strain injury, wich makes it pretty hard to concentrate on drawing.

[AndreasM]

Okay...Originally, I had planned to abandon this place for a cuple of weeks, draw alot and impress everyone when I return with my new, sprawling, shiny and divine scetches of godly progression and all that... Well, fuck that. I think I'll just post here regulary, regardless of how crappy it is. or mabye I won't???

Anyway, here is a CD cover I'm working on. I don't have the original drawing anymore, wich sucks; I'd love to fix that ear. Overally, I'm not too satisfied with the drawing...it's scewed all over the place and the nose...doesn't look like a nose...mabye I should just shut up and draw it all over again hehe.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/Forside_-Final_WEB.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/5.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/6.jpg

[Tigermilk]

Fuck man.. You'r just starting to grov bigger and bigger. The anatomy is comming along great, and the rendering as well. But I guess u already knew that.

The yellow CD cover is, I think, one of the better ones u'v done. It's not that important if the ear is a bit goofy or the nose, what ever. It gives the painting some great character. Love the hair, btw, it reminds me abit of HPX characters.

T

[AndreasM]

Drawings I did yesterday, posted in chronological order. More on Maonday!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/7.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/8.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/9.jpg

[aan]

These are great...the king of yellow one is really cool, reminds me of HPX's work. I see that you got the anatomy of the figure down pretty well, I still need to work on that.

[Nifelfang]

This shit is hot! Hot i say!
Good looking studies you've got here, love the shadowtechnic, and the anatomy is really good.
Not muck of a crit, but just gotta say it looks good. keep postin' man! :)

[Ni*]

really solid stuff as usual here, do you have any plan for what you draw as studies? i mean are you working through a book, working on certain parts of the body or just enjoy drawing torsos and are working outward? I ask because you seem to focus on torsos whereas i tend to stick with faces when i just sit down to draw just wondering if you do the same thing.

as for progress, i'm not sure you need any help there, the rendered drawings look great, my only comment would be that your necks seem to be pretty short and thick, which works for the buff guys but the slender ladies could maybe use a more slim feminine neck. oh, and how about some full bodies, the amputees are freaking me out :-p

cheers

Niall

[Frank the Ninja]

Wow dude! Awesome stuff. I love it.

[AndreasM]

aan: thanx. hehe, I guess I had him in mind when scetching for that cover..

Nifelfang: Thanx man :)

Ni* : hm..I really just want to work out a decent method for drawing the human body. I guess I keep drawing the torsoe, since it's the center in wich everything connects. Thanx for the comments on the necks. And as for more fullbody drawings...thanks for busting the coward in me hehe. I'm sort of working on it.

Frank the Ninja: Hey, glad you like :)

here is most of the stuff i have been working on lately..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/10.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/11.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/12.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/13.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/14.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/15.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/17.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/16.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/19.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/18.jpg

[AndreasM]

No ref. exept from the "ectoplasm boy" and the hand...bad scan...sorry...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/21.jpg
I feel bad for posting this now, after reading the announcement. I have been ill for a while and i'm allergic to summer air, so I haven't been as productive as I have wanted. I have done alot of quick stuff, though, wich turns out to be alot of fun. It's good for warming up - both in confidence and enthusiasm.

Hmm...I think I might have said something in the likes of fullbody studies and such...I think I'll post something when I have accomplished something in that direction.

[cato]

great stuff , really nice .. you're a very hard working guy :)

I'm inspired

[Kaoki]

goddamn i keep thinking i've posted in threads when i haven't, i was certain i'd replied in here before... oh well.
killer stuff man, the progression is really evident, this last page especially kicks the ass! keep it up friend :wink:

[AndreasM]

Hmm...I think I might have said something in the likes of fullbody studies and such...I think I'll post something when I have accomplished something in that direction.

*SLAP*
Just who am I trying to fool anyway!?

Not quite there yet, but it certanly feels like a step closer...

sp...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/23.jpg

no ref and all that...been looking alot of loono and rusty's stuff tho..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/22.jpg

cato and kaoki: thanks guys!!

[Farvus]

This sketchbook is fantastic. There's also lot of improvement since first post. Unfortunately, I have nothing to crit. Just keep it up :^^;:

[AndreasM]

Farvus: Thanks! I'm glad you like my stuff.

I'm going to try to keep this a dayly again, so expect to se alot of crap. I haven't been drawing for a while:(

I did the first page yesterday. The rest is old.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/25.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/24.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/26.jpg

[arghmisfit]

awesome work dood, these last pages are really looking good.

i love that cd cover too

keep it up

[AndreasM]

Thanks man. :)

Here is what I did yesterday(:()
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/29.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/28.jpg

This is a sad attempt at getting a general look of the full figure. No hands, no feet, way too big legs (that looks like badly attatched plastic prostethics) and bad proportions. He is so stiff that a small gust of wind would tip him over. Heh, I could go on forever...Hopefully, the embarrasment of posting it here will motivate me to make better attempts.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/27i.jpg

Peace

[AndreasM]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/30.jpg
The rendered ones are from ref...

[Tigermilk]

honestly, man.. I think your starting to figure the anatomy out by now. :) Start focusing more on the imaginative stuff, lines and shadows now i'd say. The perfect anatomy and dynamic movment will come as you draw. Drawing is'nt suppose to be a burdon where u have to study and study and study, study u do at school. ;)
Get inspiration from some other artist and flip out and do somthing wacked with the knowledge of yours. The rest will come as you draw. :)
btw. Awsome stuff. ^^

Tiger

[OleOlsen]

hey man... i lik eto see that you are working hard on the anatomy....man i should do that too. but i am always too lazy and only want to draw fun shit!
but your are going the right way and your drawings are feeling good man...keep it on! :)

[AndreasM]

Tigermilk:
Thanx man. I do some imaginative stuff (often too crude to be posted here), but yeah, you're right, I could focus a little more towards finnished pieces. About the studying...I guess i'm afraid of my own work. I allways have to get better, and when I think of all the things I 'have to accomplish', it somehow becomes a burden, mabye something I 'have to do' before the fun can start again. :nohope: At the other hand, I'm havig ALOT of fun with making and arranging music (I play the guitar), so that may get in the way as well;)

OleOlsen:
Howdy. Took a quick peek at your thread. I like to see that you are getting the general figure gesture down....man, I should do that too, but I'm allways lazy and only want to draw the fun shit.

;)

[novice]

this is amazing , i really love the progression and you have a great imagination the work is full of life

[t e m p i s t ~]

Holy crap, you’re stuff is incredible!! I’m looking at your very first arm pic, and then see your new anatomy studies and the improvement is just amazing!! Totally blew me away. Wasn’t prepared for it :P

Can’t wait to see more ;)

[Ni*]

i just took the time to look through your SB again from the start, it's a drip of sweet honey inspiration. I agree with what has been said about you doing some imaginative works, your anatomy knowledge is coming along nicely so you could apply that to more dynamic poses. Sometimes i sketch from fencing photos, the bodies are all over the place in those, in fact i challenge you to do an anatomy style drawing of a fencer in an action pose!

you suggested i start a DSB a few months back and i had the excuse of being busy, but now i've got at least 2 full weeks of free time to develope a habit of it, and a new A3 pad i got for free, surely it's a sign :-p thanks for the inspiration.

Niall

[AndreasM]

Novice: thanks, man:)
Temptist: Wow! I wasn't prepared to see you telling me this either. Thanks alot!
Ni*: Hey, thanks for dropping by again:) I take your fencer challenge. Mabye I'll post something tomorrow. Looking foward to seeing your SB, man!

Random doodles..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/31.jpg

[hurricane]

cool stuff !!

really interesting pieces of art !
the anatomy is getting really tight, but they are studies also so they should be :P


keep on updating !!


cheers

[AndreasM]

Thanks for dropping by, hurricane!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/36.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/32.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/35.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/34.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/33.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/n0fish_critter--v2_web.jpg

I have counted 18 empty :coke:lying around on my floor.

[Pesmerga]

I'm enjoying your studies.

Stop improving like this, you're scaring me :O

[Crash]

weeeee, this is a fun thread to return to.

Keep it up mate

[Daunting]

Your studies are scaring me Nofish. I remember when you use to post your art on the mIRC chat. You've grown immensely compared to that time. Just keep it up dude.

[maxetormer]

Hi there man!!

I can always spare a good kick in the butt for ya my friend :P he he,

First than anything your are the one that puts my sorry efforts
to shame man, really Im aways been amazed of your deep well crafted
anatomy studies, I kinda stopped doing em becase I got a little feed
up of them but I gonna start doing them again in short time with
renew motivation after all the imagination doodles Iv been doing lately.

Now about the last updates, the generation of volume throught the
modeling of light is really looking good, I looked throguth your entire thread
and the conclusion Im getting is that imo your doing the rights things
I mean, I can see your analize body dinamics on some studies and on others
you focus on learing atach points of muscles and overall canon proporcions,
and you seem to be incorporating this knowlege more and more on your
imagination doodles, the thing that bothers me the most, is that some times
you seem to forget that you need to add small twists and turns in oposite
directions on the pelvis vrs the thoracic cage, and that is essecial to give
a natural feell to the stances of you imagination caracters,
take this one for example:

n0fish_critter--v2_web.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/n0fish_critter--v2_web.jpg)

now imagine him with a sligt inclination on the shoulders (one up the other
sligthy down) , mixed with a small inclination of the head in an oposite
direction, even in still pin-up posses you need to find this small forces of
tension that give the breath of life that we all want to put in out caracters,
Im not saying that I know how to do this well tho, :P mainly this are the same
things I keep repeting to my self, this is one of the things in wich I think I
have the most problems as well, Im also repeating the things I read form
Marko´s threads, reading his replies is one good way to gather new info:

J May: It is the tension you give to a static pose
that makes it come to life. How you include weight and such. That's all and
no big secret. Everyone could do it.

this camed form this thread:

DISSONANCE: conceptart [titanic DL] (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=38329&page=3&pp=60)

You know finding a good a dinamic balance even in still poses is a must to
portrait a caracter correctly and lively, check out Marko´s stuff and Steak´s
stuff too they both have this amazing understanding of all this little
balance details.

Overall I really dig you drawings and I can see you have tons of raw
observation skill that only need a bit more finesse to jump onto the
next level, really I resort to you thread more than you might think,
when Im out of inspiration or drive I check out your efforts and
I feel like a lazy slacker, and then I start drawing again :^^:

Keep it up!! ill be egearly awating for the next update man, so hurry up
do sum more doodless asap and post em would ya!!! :confident

[BAKI]

wow amazing shading and great creativity
love all the crazy work, keep it comming

[AndreasM]

Thought I'd give this thread a little bump. This is a life study of my sister. I was a little hard on the shadows and the renderings aren't completely finnished. Won't continue to work on it tho..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/37.jpg

Pesmerga: Thanks, I won't! :D
Crash: Thanks man, I will! :D
Daunting: Heym thanx for bumping in! I'm glad my progress shows.
Maxetormer: Thank you for the long reply dude!! More a pat on the back than a kick in the butt, but yay, you made my day! I'll take averything you said in to account. My next bunch of anatomy studies will be focused towards the pelvis, the legs and the distribution of wheight. If I can learn this without life models, I will consider myself a god. (j/k hehe :D)

[Calle_]

Looks good, love your avatar :P

[AndreasM]

Hehe, Calle, I love that movie too.

This one took some time. I was satisfied with it and wanted to wait and post this once I had added more content. Then I decided to flip it in PS and realized that the faces were all scewed. Funny how things that what seems like a breakthrough, mostly serves as a reminder of your lacking grasp on the basics. I think I'll consider it done and move on.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/38.jpg

[Tigermilk]

hey man.

Really nice updates, especially the profil on the previous update. Look.. Thanks for the input in my SB, it help alot. You'r very welcome to give me more advices in the future. :)
Keep it up, man!

/Tiger, who allso loves Fight club. :P

[Egets]

I went through your sketches thought I should give some feedback since Im here...very inspirational and interesting to see your progress I personally liked the shaded images I mean those you were playing more with shadows

[omni1]

totally enjoying this thread --kepp on at it! like your female figures.

[AndreasM]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/39.jpg

I'm frustrated as hell with this one. It's supposed to be a redesign of Nike's drawing in the scetch trade thread. It's all overworked, the arm is wonky, I suck at drawing hands and the helmet design is sort of ridicioulus...I have done a colour rough with my mouse as well, but I think I'll post it in the Critique senter. I'm sort of tempted to start all over again and add some improvements to the design. Tell me what you think!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/nike_redesign.jpg

More later...

[vigostar]

First off.. I want to tell you how great your sketch thread is progressiing.. Very nicely... I also want to give you some praise on the artistic jumo from page 2 to page 3... Yuo started to add some very dynamic darks in the third page that are making your character portraits pop right out off the fucking page... really great prgression.. probably one the best Ive seen on these threads from one page to another.. keep up the great work... Just a side note... the one thing that I noticed is the hair on most of the characters are almost all the same... I would suggest getting some fotos of great hairdos.. maybe some fashion ones... they usually have some really funky shit that would share the likeliness of your drawings... keep it up..

[AndreasM]

vigostar, thanx for the kind words :D And yup, youre very right about the hairstyles. Gotta do some more ref drawings and work on some other stuff, like expression and ...--!"CHARACTER"!---... (Add sparcling 3d effect to that last word).

Oh well, thanks again, and as stated, more later..

[neoknocker]

Man, This is some awesome studies. Where did you get your references?

Keep it up.

[maxetormer]

Yo dude Im really tired is like 3:31am here, I just wanted to stop by to give
you some mad props, your shading is really nice, and its getting stronger by
the minute, hang in there man, and keep on the studies up, they are
paying off greatly

about your warrior sketch heres it is and over paint to show you whan
I belive is missing on your bodies:

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/2358/nofishov4en.jpg

When I have trouble to make a posse work I oftern draw a full body structure
even if I only want to use a part of it rember to curve the spine of your
caracters and remeber that the lower masses of the body go in inverse
oppsition to the upper ones, that is if the arms are leaning towards the left
the pelvies should lean toward the rigth, well heres the overp I hope I help
you out to some degree, this are the same things I struggle with so I
probably have various mistakes :P

Keep on studing and experimenting, and never give up,
I really like the way you handle your lines and you imagiation
is top noch, see ya later, Im falling sleep on the key board.

:painting: :rendered: :painting:

[AndreasM]

Gawd! Thanks for the stars! It's been a while since last update and I kinda lost my groowe for a while. It's back now and even though I'm off to the dentist early tomorrow, I really don't want to go to bed. (Draw draw draw)

Here is a cuple of work in progress and some collected scraps. Crits are apreciated, as allways. :) The lady at the top and bottom is drawn without ref. Took a while to figure things out hehe.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/42.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/40.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/41.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/43.jpg

Replies later!

[draw]

Man you get better every time I visit. CHOICE NEW STUFF BRO!!!!! <3 :perv: :zzz: :S :dur: :^^:

[Tigermilk]

Wow, awsome Digitals, or atleast beginnings and sketches of some. :)
I really like the guy in the middle who looks incredibly stupid... or not.
I'll come visit again soon!

Draw, draw, draw!!
Tiger

[AndreasM]

Thanks, guys!

I'm sorry for the lousy update. The picture has several flaws and the drawing itself is NOT final. I like how the colours are turning out, tho. I'm probably gonna redraw it tomorrow...won't be as difficult at the 2nd go. Gotta fix the proportions, give her a face, some cloths and spend an awful lot of time noodling her hands down correctly. It's gonna be fun. Don't think I'll finnish it tomorrow, tho, but who knows? blah blah blah, here goes...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/44.jpg

Later!

[AndreasM]

Decided to continue working on this one instead. Wanted to practice some colours, not depenting too much on the pencil lines. I guess the contrast could be upped a little and the palette is starting to feel a little boring. (The greens!!) Figuring out the hands is going to be a nightmare...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/45.jpg

Feedback is allways welcome :)

[dCepT]

I like your color-choices, man!
Get those hands in there! I'm doing handstudies myself now..gonna post 'em soon.
Oh.. and your faces are awesome! I like the way you make 'em emote :)

Keep 'em coming!

d-C

[mr. Point]

wow this is good stuff. it's funny to see the same anatomy sketches in almost every SB but hey keep it up.. the shadings are really nice. you're getting there my friend. whatever u do just don't stop drawing.

[AndreasM]

The horse ain't perfect, but it's fun to study different stuff, so it definately won't be the last. Been slacking off lately, doing ALOT of non ref crap, and well, my limitations are starting to bother me, so back to studiyng and improving. (Study hands, you f*cker!!!!1!!1)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/48.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/47.jpg
Sorry, I'll reply later. It's 06:30 in the morning and I'm off to work tomorrow.

[Inkfish]

Sweet stuff. keep it up :)

[Tigermilk]

holy fuck man! That last study is radical! Something really wierd 'bout the horse's head tho, like it's maby a wee bit to big. But I don't know..
Anyway, keep it up, as long as your drawing I don't care what it is! :)

Best wishes,
Tiger

[AndreasM]

neoknocker: References? What pictures were you thinking of? I usually find them in movies, magazines, google, newspapers, life, what-not.

maxetormer: Thanks alot for your support. The many replies in this thread has brought a smile on my face more than once. Thanks alot for the paint over. It made me realise a great deal of stuff. I should plan my pictures better from now on. Heh, I'd love to meet you in Prague, but I have been short of money for the last...six months? Well, If you are going to Montreal and I can manage to make it there (If nothing works out, I'll have to make a loan), we can meet ut and kick each others asses :D \w/

Tigermilk: Same goes for you:) Thanks for your support! Yea, pepole seem to like that "incredible stupid looking guy". Mabye I'll finnish it? Probably no..

draw: THANK YOU!! :blahblah: :yayca: :canadian: :pump: :swepimp: :cheerleader:

dCept: Hey, dude. How was Prague? Did it suck? I certanly hope so. Fucker...

Naw...just kidding.:D
Soooo...you like my faeces, huh? And the way they emote? Well, um, good for you then...(ok I'll stop now. :P)

Mr.Point: Yea, those studies can quickly become repititive. Blame the trend on Metalwinds, hehe.

Inkfish: Thanks.

Tigermilk: Thanks again. Well, the horses trunk is out of proportion as well. Or mabye it's just the head? Whatever..

Here is a crude sp i did recently. Eyes are uneven, but its the best i have done yet, as far as likeness goes. It's pretty fun to colour my scetches. :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/49.jpg

[dCepT]

Yeah... Prague totally sucked ass... like...NOT :D It was (just to make you more jealous) the single most inspiring/awesome/mind-shattering/insanely cool thing I've experienced EVER! Would've been cool if you had made it down.. Next one..huh?

Good lookin' out on the latest SP! Diggin' (as always) on your use of colors.. is that Painter you're using or PS?

Keep 'em coming!

d-C

[neoknocker]

You answered my question. Great work Man!

[AndreasM]

I woked on this drawing last night and I was pretty satisfied with how it turned out. Well, looking at it now, all I can say, ist that the drawing is ruined. It's stiff, and it has all of the problems that Maxetormer has allready pointed out in my earlier attepmts. Now, I do not hate it completely, I like how the colours are turning out, and well, it has the potential to become a good picture. All I need to do, is to plan the gesture and proportions properly and restrain from rendering in the early process. Also, mabye a bigger paper will do better next time, esp for the planning of perspective and composition.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/51.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/52.jpg

dCept, naw, I don't envy you, I'm happy on your behalf. (RIIIIGHT). No, seriously, you are improving alot allready. Just make sure not to take too much of all the sugar you get ;). I'm using PS so far, btw.

Neoknocker, Thanks :).

[tensai]

im definitely feeling the colours. also on the previous page. rendering skills in those portraits you do from ref are also very solid. would like to see some more colour work in your book man.

[shyamshriram]

NICE WORKS going on here !! love ur pencil stuff man ! nice studies :)
keep up the spirit :yayca:

[Fellah.]

He said it. Really nice work here man! Love that last colored dude. And the little dude saying :" Drink coca cola" is awesome! Cheers buddy.

[dCepT]

You know I'm diggin on your color-choices..heh.. Looking forward to the update.
I like your musclestudies.. nice and clean lines!

Keep 'em coming!

d-C

[AndreasM]

BAM! Haha that was a suprising bump, at least when I first discovered it. Thanks alot gays...umm, I mean guys...

It's late, so I'll reply later.


riiiiiiight....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/53.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/54.jpg

[Moonstrider]

Heisann, morro å se noen andre fra Norge her. :) (vet ikke hvor lov det er å skrive på noe annet enn engelsk her, men jeg tar sjansen...)
Snubla tilfeldigvis over selvportrettet ditt og kunne ikke la være å legge merke til "møøøøø". :P
Masse stilig her, særlig uttrykka på de to siste selvportretta. Og den colafyren. XD Nice stuff indeed....

[Dr_Brain]

yay - freaky, dirty, spooky, exciting - as i like it! keep your style. those colored works i like most. keep on - wanna see more :teeth:

[AndreasM]

Thanks for the feedback guys!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/55.jpg
boy, did that scan suck...

Sorry, I have a bad habit of posting before I go to bed. I'll reply later some time. Promise.

[styler]

wow nice, that stuff is kickass

[van]

Wow, man. It has been a while. Too long, in fact, because this sketchbook is too awesome to miss.

[AndreasM]

thanks guys!

I have started doing this master study by Bouguereau, "The Flagellation of The Christ". I started out by drawing Jesus first, but I'm gonna do the rest of the "main guys" later. It's drawn on an A3 sheet and I still need more space to draw the whole figure. I'm not sure wether I'm gonna combine several sheets for one big drawing, of if I'm going to draw the figures seperately. I must say that drawing after the old master really opens my eyes for the more subtle shapes and values. Every artist should (imho) do this at least one time during their lives.

Early progress, for those who are interrested..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/56.jpg
What I have done so far..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/57.jpg

And here is the original:
http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/b/Bouguereau_William/large/The_Flagellation_of_Christ.jpg

[van]

Looks great, man. :)

[Zebz]

NoFish... this thread is kicking my ass. Seriously. Bro, you've improved so much in the last couple years. I know I've prolly said it before but I'm puttin' it out there again. And y'know why you're kickin' all this ass? Because you work hard at it. You're drawing a lot. I commend you and look up to you... even tho you're younger than me... lol I love the work you're doing... please keep it up and I promise I'll make my name evident around here a hell of a lot more often. Thanks for the tip in my thread as well, mate.

[AndreasM]

ZebzFree: Dude, thaks alot for your kind words! I'm not sure if I deserve it. You made my day!

More crap. I'll try to finnish that Michelangelo study tomorrow. And if it seems like all my figures lack hands, it's all becouse you fail to pretend that they are there!


...right...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/58.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/59.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/60.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/61.jpg

[jkior]

hey man, just wanted to drop by and add my praises to the roar. . .really cool to see someone willing to put the time in with studies and master copies and the like in order to develop the skill. . .you're doing what you need to, just keep at it.

I really enjoy some of the sketches you've colored; the cola monster is hilarious. Great stuff!

[van]

Wow, man. I really dig your concept of anatomy and your contours are really smooth.

[AndreasM]

Moonstrider: Hallo! Alltid morro å se med nye nordmenn her inne. Hehe, har tenkt til å gjøre en liten serie av de selvprotrettene, med dyrelyder som nøff, bæ, vrinsk - selvfølgelig med passende uttrykk. ;)

Dr_Brain: Thanks man! I'll try to squish out some more colour work..

styler, hehe thank you.

van: Long time indeed! Thanks for all the comments :)

jkior: Yea, doing master studies is a great learning experience. I get frustrated first, but when the main proportions are down (or when I think they are!), it's a pleasure to discover all the subtle values, gestures and shapes that has been placed by the artist. I discover new things all the time and that really helps me push my boundaries, even if it feels slow most of the time.

van, thanks again mate.


I started on this one a cuple of days back. It was sort of unmoivated, I just started drawing a head. This creature is really just a shell that wraps over this energy parasite container thing...the creature can both unleash and absorb energy from other living things. I have alot of ideas for this one, and I really want to develop it further. Expect to see more concept on this one over the year..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/62.jpg

continuing on the Michelangelo study. It's only 30% finnished, and i have allready started the renderings...I'm awful at hands. /m\ \w/ /m\
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/63.jpg

[Tigermilk]

hey n0fish! Beautiful drawings man. You pop up every once in a while, but when you do, sure as hell shake my ground at least. Lovely master study!
I guess you could work a bit more with your digitals tho, or am I crazy? ;)
very cool, keep it up!

[Farvus]

I dig this Michelangelo study. Very clean and it has nice range of values. I gotta work on that too :)

[dusty imp]

sick stuff dude.
one thing i notice because i tend to do it myself is that you over-render certain areas because you don't seem to grasp the area as a whole in terms of shading.
i would try doing some studies where after you do the line work, you do contours for areas of shadow and fill them in with some simple hatching. that way you break down the basic lights/darks and the whole thing starts looking a lot more cohesive.

[maxetormer]

Happy new year man!! bw your stuff is looking more relaxed
and natural with each sketch, so KEEP IT UP!! ill be seeing you later!
:^^: :party: :drawing:

[fooxoo]

Nice Michelangelo. Pretty convincing :teeth: Keep it up! Cheers and Happy New Year!

[AndreasM]

Thanks for all the input guys.

Tigermilk, you are not crazy at all! I'm a lazy slacker..

Farvus, yeah, master studies are great, espesially if you are like me, and think you are good enough with your pencil skills.:dur:

yutani, thanks for the crit! I notice you do this alot yourself. I tried it out on a couple of self portraits (wierd lightning and all), and even though I had problems with seperating all the lines, I definately see what you mean. I see that wes does the same alot, and well, it's funny how I didn't realize how his drawings consists more of perfectly placed "planes" (rather than random gradients and such), before you gave me that crit. I'll definately use that aproach in the future.

maxetormer, fooxoo; May your 2006 be the greatest, bestest and un-emoest year ever!

I have promised myself to draw ALOT more from life this year. I'm also having wet dreams about attending to the Florence Academy of Arts.
http://www.florenceacademyofart.com

The digital is fairly early in it's progress, but I ruined the expression in the later version...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/64.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/66.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/65.jpg

[AndreasM]

sorry for the cheap bump. Will have a real update soon...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/67.jpg

[AndreasM]

Well, as you can see, I'm going back to the basics again. With a very few exeptions, I'm showing everything I have done the past...three days? So basically, you get my up's and downs. I'm thinking about posting more regulary again, pherhaps use this thread more as a journal. You will see my good days, my bad days, my decent drawings and my bad drawings. I have a job, tho (a boring one), so I'm not sure how much drawing I get to squeeze into the next week, but well...noone knows what might happen.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/68.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/81.jpg

Boring anatomy studies, I know. I'm showing all of them becouse I could feel the line and observervation improve as I kept on. Posted cronologically..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/69.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/70.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/71.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/72.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/73.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/74.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/75.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/77.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/78.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/79.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/80.jpg

Well, that's it for now. I'm going back to bed again.

[Tigermilk]

I think it's a great idea showing everything, and start posting more regularely, I should do so myself. Anyways very nice studies, what are those loomis or something?
I guess you could work a bit on the lines, possibly they seem a bit unsertain, or how to put it, from times. Tho that isn't really a thing bothering me.
Vary your work allso, I mean don't hang yourself over studies completaly, do little doodles allso, to keep up the imgination. :)

But that's just little advice, I can tell you're doing very well on your own. :)
Just keep posting!
t

[AndreasM]

Hey Tigermilk. No, no Loomis in here. Yeah, my lines are uncertain as hell, esp on those spots i'm not 100% confident at. I'm sorry for boring you guys with all the anatomy drawings, but that's what I currently want to develop further. I do alot of non-ref doodles, mainly figures, and I have TONS of shortcomings on that kind of work (movements of the arm, the hands\foot\legs and the muscles on the back, to name a few), so, well I have to work a lot on adding new knowledge to my library, so to speak.

Started tonights session with some imaginative figure work, keeping in mind what Targete said about NOT erasing the mistakes, just moving on and so forth. They all (exept #4) look ghey and I'm gonna try to continue working with this every day.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/82.jpg

Ref work, plus an attempt at drawing the arm from memory.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/83.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/84.jpg

Applying knowledge...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/85.jpg

Doodling...I was tired at this point..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/86.jpg

I'll see if I can squeeze in some work to morrow as well. Good night :)

[dCepT]

Good lookin' out! You're really pushing hard with those studies! It shows as well. Don't forget to have some fun every now and then, though.

d-C

[AndreasM]

dCept, Thanks. yea, I gotta experiment alot more. Recently, I have just tried to hammer down some new knowledge. I want to jump up a few levels before I can get comfortable again. But no slacking this year...Unless my arms really falls off.

I actually had to use the mirror for help on this one. Great learning.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/87.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/88.jpg

All is non ref, exept for the SP. The face on that boxer dude is pretty rushed..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/89.jpg

[hurricane]

wonderfull studies !!

cant say anything else hehe, kickass !


cheers!

[jkior]

daaaaang dude incredible anatomy studies. . .you said during the david study that you suck at hands. . .then you went on and did pages of hand studies. That's the perfect attitutude to approach this stuff, great to see! mmm, also like how you write down little notes and self-crits alongside the studies. . .it seems a little corny at times but it's a great way to solidify these things in your mind, I think.

also re my earlier comment about master copies - all too true hehe. . .yeah it can be incredibly frustrating but it's also as close to a shortcut as you can get I think to jumpstart some particular area that's fallen behind.

anyway man rock on! i'm watching and learning and taking notes for my own studies post-feb. . .

mike

[maxetormer]

I would have to agree with hurricane, the anatomy and line weight is looking sharper
and sharper, and your posses are beging to fell dinamic!! keep this UP
and like you said!! no slacking!! :painting:

[AndreasM]

Today, I discovered James Jean. Seeing his artwork was one of my biggest ego-busts to date. I simply got depressed and angry at my own work. It's boring, right? Just a bunch of anatomy studies that looks gradually better becouse it's the only thing I do. Shit, am I really doing the right thing? Am I wasting my time, do I REALLY want to become a good artist?

I got it! let's get upset instead of just drawing! Yeah, that will do it.


Here we go again. The arm studies are done without reference.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/90.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/91.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/92.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/93.jpg

As you can see, I'm reworking this one. The torso was too wide, his head was too big, arms too long and the list goes one. I have put it on side for a while now, together with David. Might start on it sometime soon. On the corner is a prelim study i did before I went on correcting the big one.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/94.jpg


Replies
Thanks for dropping by, hurricane.

Hey, jkior, thanks for dropping by again. Hehe yea, re - reading my notes is a little funny some times. Corny is indeed an apropiate word.:) Gotta do more master copies too. I have rushed my drawing lately and this stupid fear of ruining my drawings with rendering is growing, and well, I might have to slow down again. Or I can do like you and draw 14 hours straight.

Maxetormer: hey man. How are ya? No slacking on you either!!

[fooxoo]

Very cool master and anatomy studies. Me like ;) :^^:

[Mikko Voipio]

I really like your anatomy studies. They have a Da Vinci kinda feeling to them. Really interested to see where you are going with this stuff. You are obviously studying quite hard. Maybe I should too. Great work.

[Jokisalo]

FO FUCK SACKE!! Man you rule! These made me wild and horny o_O
Absolutely 5 stars
Where you get those ref pics you use in studys?!?!

[AndreasM]

fooxoo, Placeboast: Thanks guys!
Jokisalo, hehe 5 stars? You're crazy...:^^: Wich references do you mean, exactly? The old paintings i study can be found at www.artrenewal.org . The rest is from life, memory or my anatomy book.

did this today. It's hard to see the values and edges right when you have the lamp right up in your face. I had to do alot of refining from memory afterwords. I should have spent alot more time on the hair and clothes, but my back and leg (wich seriously begun to hurt, since it was raised all the time to keep the block at a decent height) kept bothering me, so I had to cut. Stupid chair.

Riiiiiiight!
Really, I'm just lazy..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/95.jpg

I have to start drawing regulary again. The bruises from James Jeans' beatings are allmost fully healed now. Meh....

[Orozc0]

very amazing drawing skills. I love your quick gestural strokes. We need more ladies in here, I know you can do them very well.

[AndreasM]

Orozc0: thanks. Whenever i decide to look up some nude female references, I tend to spend more time on looking at them than actually drawing them.

I have worked on this one for a while and it's still a wip. I wasted a LOT of time on the values and lightly erasing them with my kneaded eraser of dØØm and mAsCuLiNiTy was quite refreshing.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/102.jpg

Randomness...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/101.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/99.jpg

Theese two are pretty old...The girl is for you, Orozc0 :P
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/100.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/98.jpg

[Tigermilk]

that's absolutety sick. I've been wating for this update. :)
I like the first two and the last one the most, they seem a bit more loose and joyful than previous,
especially the "randomness". (xept the face on the top tho, I just thought that one was nice anyway hehee).

Keep us updated, I love following your progress!

t

[AndreasM]

Thanks tiger:) Yeah, the face kinda broke the composition and it was kinda rushed too.

I started to rework the SP again...the more i rendered, the more I ruined, so i erased the shadows in anger. Got a nice operatunity to rework some of the proportions. Sticking this long to a drawing makes me slowly realize the patience and effort that is requiered to do a realistic drawing. This one is intended to be a portfolio piece for my account to the florence academy of arts. I'm allready late :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/103.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/104.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/105.jpg

[llothcat]

woot...! updates:D

[Hyver]

*****

[Orozc0]

pretty freakin nice!

[Orozc0]

keep studying bouguereau, he is the shit

[Inkfish]

Kickass stuff man! I command you to post morrreeee.... :)

[fooxoo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/105.jpg - great pose!

A pleasure to look at your studies. Gorgeous! :teeth:

[Mr.Blonde]

wow... you're really doing great. I always find it amazing how people can just buckle down and do the anatomy studies. I have never been able to do it... I must find a way to motivate myself to do it... any tips? I really enjoyed seeing This SP (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/102.jpg)... It's really nicely done. You should definently do some more... very solid work here, my only criticism completely subjective and can be ignored... I think that some of your rendering is possibly over-worked... if you simplified things it would read better from far away especially... don't be afraid to use flat tones with broad strokes to lay in an area of shadow.. try following the form with your hatching... good to see your work improving so much! I will definently check back!!

[maxetormer]

Pick that pencil UP!! :^^: thanks for droping around bro!!

[AndreasM]

Thanks guys!
Mr.blonde: I got this anatomy kick when seeing metalwinds thread. His line is so fluid and confident and that really got me started. And thanks for the crit! In my opinion, the rendering is only overworked when you have no clue about what youre doing. Heh, and about following the form when hatching...damn, too true. It's funny how you can forget the simplest thing among all the different aproaches and techniques. Thanks for dropping by!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/109.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/108.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/110.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/107.jpg

And here is the finnished result on the sp...i pretty much ruined it
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/106.jpg

[Aether]

One of my favorite books

Good stuff keep it up

[Zulle]

.... dude ... some awesome drawings you got there .... makes me wanna study some anatomy. so well i'm off to draw .. thanks for posting :)

keep feeding us! you pretty much rock!

[AndreasM]

Aether & Zulle, thanks. I'm going to try posting regulary again.

Did some ref studies tonight. They are rather crude, but i spent alot of time on each one. Most of the shapes made no sense to me and I'm awful at big shapes, so this is good exercise.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/113.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/111.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/112.jpg

More tomorrow i guess.

[Shamagim]

Awesome!, just awesome :D!

Your SB in one of the things that makes me realize just how insuficient is my own undestanding of human anatomy.

:)

[Idiot Apathy]

Mmhmm, mmhmm. yup ok, yup.. store that away for later.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/n0fish_critter--v2_web.jpg
Heheh, got me laughing :) Great method for the text.

You're making me want to trade my tablet in for pencils and a scanner...

[Recursive_End]

Just awsome stuff. Nothing to say, those look more than great.
More more more !! :)
D.

[Tef]

I like much the dynamics of your last drawings.
:)

[GunTrouver]

Great great Sketchbook!
Very cool style and scary/funny charactes:) Very good pencil work, dynamic and with alot of creative energy!
Keep it up:D

[AvatarJimmy]

Theres some really nice anatomy studies in here. Its really evident that you're improving a lot from these studies. My only crit would be that some of these feel a bit stiff, as though you are focusing so much on the individual bones and muscles that you don't feel the movement through the whole figure. I'd like to see some gestures thrown in here to focus on the whole pose, I think that would really tie the whole thing together. Overall though, looking very nice, keep it up.

[smuli]

I love the lightings on your portraits and the shadings generally. The rendering obsession you mentioned on the first page has really paid off it seems. :P I can just admire your patience with all those anatomy studies.

[TheGnoll]

damn, i guess you're one of the big boys of our SSG.jeez stuff here is really good, i really like you're avatar one.The anatomy studies are very good, the pencil rendering is great, and the drink cola dude just rock, love this kind of insane stuff.
keep posting

ciao

[Tigermilk]

Hey, it's nice to see you're stil here, man! Those sketches are so great, haha, 'specially the latest ones are looking real solid.

Don't you dare stop posting!
best wishes,
tiger

[AndreasM]

Shamagim, too kind :)

Idiot Apathy, thanks for taking a peak. That picture was more or less a selfportrait.

Recursive_End, Tef and GunTrouver, thanks guys! :vodka1:

Avatar Jimmy, Good crit man. I have this habit of drawing the torso and expaning from there. I haven't taken any life classes yet, so that's probably the main source of the problem. Thanks fer tellin' :)

smuli, thanks man, yea the anatomy studies often twists my brain a little too much.

TheGnoll, thanks for the kind words mate:)

Tigermilk, Yo! I'll try to update daily as long as i can, so no worries.


okay...nothing exeptional for today. Just tried to break from my routine and try to draw everyday subjects from life. More to morrow.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/116.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/115.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/114.jpg

[Slash]

I love the hand and foot over the text "that was hard". It looks hard, but it looks like you pulled it off.

nice update.

[AvatarJimmy]

Well, this stuff looks pretty solid, the rendered hands and feet especially. Looks like the lines on the iron are a little less certain, I think trying to get longer strokes for that kind of thing will create a more pleasing drawing. Overall, though, looking pretty nice. See you tomorrow.

[AndreasM]

Oh well, this got pretty messed up. I spent a little more than three quarters a candlestick on it. If i get in to that school in Italy this year, i'll be able to improve my edge control. Untill that...it's fail and learn.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/n0fish/117.jpg

I'll reply to morrow. It's 5 am here..
Good night.

[octopus_interphone]

no crits from me (yes so very helpful I know) but I really love your rendering style, it is so precise and controlled. and your anatomy studies... gold star for you.