Wolf's studies

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Hi there!

My name is Aleš, i'm 20 y.o. and i would like to share some of my speed paints and other studies with you.

I'm new in digital drawing and i would like to improve myself so any comments, critics (harsh if you want), tips or whatever could help me improve would be really, really appreciated!
I made few speed painting videos. You can watch them on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/VTun1ng

Anyway.. here are my first steps in CG:

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Some more (10-20 min each):

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2 more

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photo studies from yesterday/today:

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Concept design progress

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one traditional work. Usual a4 paper + 4b/7b

[Icedearth15876]

Great work so far, the creature designs and others look great. Keep up the good work.

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Thanks Icedearth!

Some more concepts. I might render some of them later.

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i'll finish this one even though i don't like it

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here it is :)

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Still Life

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AC cobra

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finished version of Cobra

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Few more

[DKHutcheson]

You've got a great grasp on metals. Almost photo realistic, imo.

The legs on that last one are a mess. There is no way her right leg could naturally protrude that way. And her left is very fleshless. Thighs are generally fattier, it looks a little deflated right now. And it may be a little too short, though I can't tell.

Your skin shading is getting better. : )

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Tnx for comment DKHutcheson.

Here is ref.

[DKHutcheson]

Oh my god... how is she doing that. D : >? Ok, I stand corrected about the odd leg jutting out.

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Quick anatomy study

[Strassenpenner08]

really nice digitals :>
I would like to do that too but i dont know how to start .... im really bad XD

would like to see more :D

[Bartovan]

Great sketchbook man! i like the vehicle desings. Keep going!

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eye study

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first cast drawing

[Icedearth15876]

Great work, the eye is one of the best so far. Keep up the good work.

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Icedearth15876: Thank you

Anatomy study
(http://www.stanprokopenko.com/blog/2009/05/draw-head-any-angle/)

I usually use HB, 4B and 7B pencils but on first picture you can see that i have used technical pencil for 4. sketch and i noticed that i have much more control for shading.

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~40min
Sharp side of paper :(

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I think girl looks nice if we ignore eyes, lips, nose and towel.

[Elz]

Wow, your still lifes are awesome! Keep it up, you're improving already :D

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Elz: Thank you.

Loomis hand study

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Few quick concepts

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Red Bull Can
Still Life

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Another from life

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Finished

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Bunny

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Abstract one

[Sublimus]

Aww dude! That sucks! haha

I'm really digging that redbull still life you painted! :D

You're doing all the right stuff in here - studies from life & photo - so as long as you keep up the hard work you'll be an ass kicking giant in no time!!

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Iron woman :)

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/261/6/d/Iron_Woman_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

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One watercolor and ink test after 10 years..

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Here is my anatomy progress (first self portraits ever, figure) from 27.9 to 29.9 and some still life drawings.

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another progress...

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study study study

All made with pen (+ markers - headphones)

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more studies

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moooooooore

[dannE-B]

Hey nice studies...that redbull piece is really cool, nice to see how the breakdown of the cans structure effected the light.

I have been doing some studies of things around my desk and outside recently...i find i learn the most when i have a limited time, makes you really focus on the light...

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dannE-B: Thanks! :D

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selfportraits

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Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT5ILz3xhnI

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another one

[andres333]

Your life drawings are amazing!
the ones from imagination need to be improved a lot
the only that says FAIL hahahahahha LOL

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http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/299/b/e/Brandon_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

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http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/300/2/a/It__s_all_about_the_music_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

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bad days for drawing...

[NickyBeats]

hey wolf! long time no see, your improving quite a bit. great job on that last portrait too, the one in greyscale, looks really nice. keep it up.

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NickyBeats: Thanks man!

20 min sketches

[Trashy]

aw man I saw that car and my heart was crushed...that blows. On a side note you are rocking those studies. I love that one you did with the redbull and laptop. You pushed that one nicely. Not bad with those 20 min studies too! Keep it up man and nice work!

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Trashy: I'm glad you like them :) I spend more than 20 min on red bull cans but right now i'm doodling color palete so i try to do the best i can in 20 min.
Once i'll be good enought at speed painting i'll spend more time on images (2,4 or 30 hours).


Another set of speed painting for today. I found out that i brush shiny glossy elements much better than enviroments. I totaly suck in brushing trees and rocks. You can see that if you compare 2nd and 6th image with 4th

[Ivan Turcin]

it's impressive how good you are in digital painting

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Ivan Turcin: i'm far from good. Thanks anyway :)


another set of 20 min speedies:

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4545/10232157.jpg (http://img406.imageshack.us/i/10232157.jpg/)

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I didn't mention jet that i'm a left-hander.
The weird thing about this is that i use left hand only for drawing and writing (it's useless for anything else). Everything else i do with right hand because i have much more control and power.

For example.. it's kinda hard to me to eat soap with left hand. Or ride a bike with only left hand (i can ride it easily with right). I can't hold a mouse with left hand - right one is master for that. I can't wash my ass with left hand :D

So anyway.. i decided to try draw with right hand and i'll keep triing for next 1 or 2 months. If i'll get used i'll keep drawing with right.

Here are first attemps (notice that i have never draw or write with right hand):

[Krato]

haha nice job spilling the coffee xD

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Krato: yeah.. won't happen again

[Bendragon]

Hahahha The coffee spillage is hilarious :P Oh man! Anyway... Great to see so many studies! Really great! Keep doing that. I see you have a good knowledge on how to render metallic textures as theres quite a gap between the rendering u pull off on those compared to other surfaces. Id say focus more on the weaker surfaces and try bring them up to what you can do with the metals. Some still life of those perhaps.
Watch out with the figure proportions. They're quite wonky. But your still life shows that you can measure so maybe you need to look as hard with the anatomy stuff. Keep rocking!

[Novbert]

some kickass sketches here, really good sense of color, also nice posemaniacs studies.
Only one thing: Watch out for the length of your characters legs. It's a typical problem but you tend to draw them shorter than they supposed to be.

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Bendragon & Novbert: first of all thanks both for comments.
I totaly agree about anatomy. It's fucked up so it's time to get study.

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Muscle study:

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moaaaar

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study now party later

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My first digital painting with right hand. I hate it..

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=832876&stc=1&d=1258577781

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Some progress in last week.

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Few pages in A3 sketchbook

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Bridman, Loomis..

[BlackDelphin]

Now like i said down on dA, i really like your little red bull cycle, and your crisp lines, your traditional are pretty good, you render well, and you do anatomy

all i can really say is keep going and don't stop now!! :D

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BlackDelphin: Thanks!

[Cranberry]

It's surprising to me that there is such a enormous gap between your digitals and your studies, and between your environments/objects and anatomy!

The digital stuff is fantastic, the anatomy still has a lot of work (same for me minus the great digital stuff :D).

It's almost as if you are having problems getting things like faces right, while you can paint photorealistic metal...

Keep it going, between now and a year you'll nail it and I'll come back even more jealous than I am already!!

I added your SB to my subscriptions so keep it coming alright? ;)

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Cranberry: Thanks for comment. I have never draw traditional. I started traditional studiing this summer (July 09) and i have never really study in digital. All i've study as you could noticed is rendering - shading/lighting and colors. If i take time, i can brush metal very good - i've done that a lot. But i'm stil a beginner in everything.
The problem is (what a lot of beginners do) is that i've started to play with colors because it's more fun, but i couldn't draw a cake.
This month i decided to start studiing seriously. There is A LOT of studies in my sketchbook. I study ca. 6-8h per day (few for traditional - anatomy, perspective, gesture/contour drawing, from life, few for digital - values/colors).
1 week ago i couldn't draw figure from head. In 7 days i spend ca. 30h for gesture and contour drawing. I can draw figure from head now.


PS: as i've mentioned before.. last month i decided to start draw with right hand (i'm left-hander) so studies from last month to today in this sketchbook are made with right hand. This skull is also made with right hand.

[Cranberry]

Well you're certainly on the right track! Keep doing those value studies, you've already improved a lot, as well with the anatomy, great job!

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Cranberry: Thanks!

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2009/352/a/b/Sargent___WIP_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2009/352/c/8/Master_Study___Sargent_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

[BlackDelphin]

Now that cranberry has mentioned it yes, i see quite a huge digital-traditional gap, but that will soon disappear if you keep those studies up! :D

Really nice figure and skull studies.
Your hands are pretty good too, have nice lines, but they look as though you have copied the lines, without understanding to much why you have placed them there.
Pay more attention when you draw them. :)

About your latest digital work, you have really nice colours, especially for the chair and clothing, your skin tones are pretty good, but there's barely any shadows or highlights!!
You really should define those more.

[Cranberry]

That last digi looks really nice! The skin tones look very good and I like the portrait a lot.

I do think, however, that both hands look strange. Hands are difficult to draw, it's a mental thing that you can easily get over by simply drawing/painting a lot of hands. I know how hard it is, I have a lot of problems with hands as well.

I'm sure you'll get them right if you study them, I see a lot of studies so maybe you could add a few hand studies a day, I'm sure that will help you along!

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BlackDelphin: yeah.. i have to study a lot. I'll do my best. Thanks for C&C
Cranberry: yep, hands were pain in the ass and they still suck. I did few studies from Bridgman and few from photo but i have to do a loooooooot more.


http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2009/353/a/0/Skull_Study_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

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My first character and i'm not so happy with it

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2009/358/e/2/Cold_Case_Love_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2009/364/d/d/The_End___Progress_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2009/364/1/1/The_End_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

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http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/041/4/e/Fantasy_Angel_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/045/f/3/Valentine_Eeyore_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

[Wanna]

Holy cow, that last post is real good. The gap between your trad and digi is stilll there, but I'm hoping you're working on it :), in the last post in think there's some issues with the perspective. In addition to that the waterfall doesn't really sell too well.
The angle you did is really cool, I kinda see it as a MTG card. The tones could show the skin a bit more, like on the torso.
Great job man :)

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Wanna: Ca 70% (6-7h per day) of my studies are traditional.
I'm just too lazy to take photos..
Thanks for stoping by :)

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[Wanna]

Oh wow that's a big update. Some good stuff, love the rendering. For the skulls use a medial (middle line). The skull's really easy but you have to get a few things right. The temporal lobe which you put and the medial line are a key element. Follow the surface when using a medial line as well, it follows the front head, then goes in for the nose, then back out, then 2 bulges for the teeth. Also careful about perspective on some of the drawings, the chairs in particular. make a construction first, get it ll nailed down then add details and all. It helps to draw through the object as well, and think in simple forms.
To get back to the previous post, the angel's boobs look very flat. there's no underlying form on the shirt she's wearing as if the boobs suddenly disappeared.
Hope this helps :)

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http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/3390/progressm.jpg

[Krato]

i really like whats going on here! your improving!!

just keep dishing out those studies and i was going to comment on how you didnt really have any dark values on your first skull but the second on you had a better hang on it. good for you, keep at it!

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Krato: thanks man!

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/058/d/c/Apple___Step_by_Step_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/058/e/0/Apple_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

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http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/060/3/2/Converse___Step_by_step_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/060/2/6/Converse_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

[Emil_]

Great still lifes especially the last two, and that scull from December 19th is it a photo study or a still life?

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Emil_: Thanks. No, skull is photo study.

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/062/e/a/Still_life___step_by_step_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/062/e/5/Still_life_3_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

[Mac Con]

I like your Photoshop work I am know to this site and trying to learn more about Photoshop and trying to post pictures but having a hard time going about it can u help how do you start up a sketchbook
Please

[AvisNocturna]

wow, the last stillife looks awesome! Great work on the pencilbox, those colors are always hard to tell

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Mac Con: I'm not sure if i understand question. You start your own sketchbook in sketchbook section (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=41) and then attach your studies or copy the link from other site where you've allready upload image.


AvisNocturna: i'm glad you like them! Thanks for stoping by


http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/064/7/1/Dancers_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

[Krato]

great job with that still life it looks great! however the van gogh pencils and table seem to be on different perspective angles, just a quick fix though, its really good though :D

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Krato: Thanks man. Yeah, perspective is not totaly right on that one

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/131/a/8/Baby_study_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/130/5/9/Female_study_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

[léJeanX3]

Lots of great studies here man! I really enjoy the colours and idea of the dancers illustration above. Hope to see more of this kind of work!

[Krato]

hm do B&w photo studies to work out them values :) i suppose skin color comes later

[SenEnd]

Awesome improvement! Keep working on your drawing. Do some more things from your imagination as well :D

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léJeanX3: Thanks!
Krato: I agree. I should do B&W first
Dy.laneA: Thanks. Will do :)


http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/2540/teapotc.jpg

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/151/6/9/Male_torso_study_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/809/fdgasdgs.jpg

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http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/157/8/7/Dark_Side_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

[Krato]

cool character, watch his jaw though it seems that his jaw and back off his skull are off, also its sorta hard to tell his skull, body, arms, and everything apart since they are the same color :c

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Krato: Thanks man! Yeah.. anatomy is off and color palete suck too :/

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/159/4/9/From_life___powerball_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

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1h from life

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/177/d/9/From_life2_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

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~60 min from life
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/178/6/f/From_Life4_by_ales_kotnik.jpg

[Fumble]

thats a good amount of life painting you have here, good work!
The creature from post #101 looks good, especially the torso area.

[AlexTooth]

Heya Ales, excellent still lifes man, great use of opaque colours, skills :) more more!

[alexson]

I agree with the previous alex. Nice still lifes! More :D

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Fumble: Thanks man!
AlexTooth: Thanks! Shame that you gone from CA
alexson: Thanks


This month passed one year since i started to take art seriously. I've never draw (except what i had to in primary school), just paint (color).
Kinda weird when you want to color but you cant draw, so i bought my first sketchbook last July. Since then i try to draw every day (from 2 to 8 hours).

Here are some images from first cketchbooks (first set of pictures) and some images from this year (second set). There is A LOT of Brigdman, Loomis, Bammes and Hogarth, i just didn't scan it because you all know how those studies looks like :p

SP - Self Portrait
FP - From Photo
FL - From Life

And picture of sketchbooks i've filled in that 1 year (23 sketchbooks).
I was left-handed so i decided to learn write and draw with right hand. All drawings in second pack were draw with right hand.

C&C welcome!

[Hellbeard]

Good job dude! Those still life studies are awesome! If you keep it up like this you'll be totally radical in no time!

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Hellbeard: Thanks man! Yeah.. have to keep on working. Even harder.

I forgot to add some examples of gestures from December 2009 and this July

[Tom Fenton]

aww man coffee spill! and i think that put you off your amazing skill to draw more industrial and technical stuff because you did a great job on that M3. as for your still lifes' just goes to show they are the best thing to get you drawing better. I would say to you, go for IDW i think you would be good at that :)

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Tom Fenton: I decided to concentrate on anatomy for a while because that's my huge weakness.

Some studies from life, photo and last two from imagination.

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Some poses and after one year of drawing i decided to start drawing cloathed figures too

[Collywobbles]

Hey Ales, I didn't realize you were Wolf here. Looks like you are improving, keep updating!

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Collywobbles: Sup Zach! Yeah i'm "wolf" here :D

Should i do more long studies? Since i draw i didn't spend more then 30 min on one study (portrait/figure/from life).


Selfportraits (i don't look like a murderer. Seriously. I just draw myself like one D: )

[SteFlack]

Its great to see people are still sticking to the studies and working hard.

[Krato]

i think your need to broaden your rendering methods with pencil, with almost any artist they have multiple ways of showing different forms and textures, what your doing is just one method of pencil rendering applied everywhere which makes it hard to get a feeling of how things are.. for instance with your bold hard edged rendering it makes all the faces seem really rough when in reality faces are smooth.

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[ste]: Thanks man! Keep it up!
Krato: Yeah... my rendering really, really suck. But what i should work on at this point is line because it's still really bad :/


Here are some gestures and quick color test

[CRYPT]

nice features studies kepp going

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inspectorsokar: thanks!

My first caricature

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/255/8/0/caricature___domen_by_ales_kotnik-d2ykrj3.jpg

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The caricature turned out really nice, I like the reflections on his goggles.

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[ste]: Thanks man!

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/258/7/e/i_love_you__by_ales_kotnik-d2ysjq3.jpg

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http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/265/5/8/tjasa_by_ales_kotnik-d2z8y79.jpg

[MoKhi]

It's great that your sketching so much and doing so many studies. I can already see a lot of improvement from page 1. Are you still using a bamboo? I find them very unwieldy.
Keep up the practicing and maybe work on the hues of your skin tones a a little more. They're coming out looking a little saturated and dull. Try including more colors. This last post has the best skin tone yet. It looks really good.

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MoKhi: thanks for advise!

MInmUhaIXyU

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http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/305/7/d/evil_pumpkin_by_ales_kotnik-d31ybnl.jpg

[matejkovacic]

Živjo, Aleš! Hvala za obisk!
Great work, studies especially! I like the BW spray can.
The second (female) caricature is even better.
Try to exaggerate as much as possible to still keep
the similarity.
Keep it up!

[Silwynar]

Yeah!

Last piece looks great!
Try to use more bright orange for the pumpkine. The lightsource looks already great :)

Keep it up!

PS: Thank you for commenting my sketchbook :>

[benlinalexander]

Fantastic progress dude! You are getting very good at this. Keep it up. I need to get on that digital rendering soon. Hey, Ill teach you how to render traditionally, you teach me how to render digitally!! lol
Anyways, I was just going to say that if you are working from life(which I prefer over photos), try looking really hard for depth. Push the details more on the areas that are close to you and let the things in the back go--you already know this but I thing you should try pushing it a little more. It'll get you more realism.
Nice work!

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matejkovacic: Thanks man!
Silwynar: yeah i should push that image further
benlinalexander: Thanks for advice! Well.. i don't think you'll need any suggestion on drawing/rendering digitally. It's just tool and all you is is just get use to it :)

I should update more often :/

Can anyone please tell me how do i change thumbnail picture of my sketchbook? Thanks!

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5610/48849218.jpg

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Portrait and selfportraits.
Still looooooong road before i'll be able to draw myself like i actually look.
I noticed that i rush too much on studies. For example i don't spend more than 15-20 min on selfportrait, which probably isn't good at all :/.

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1531/portraits.jpg
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/9388/selfpor.jpg

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http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/352/1/a/prayer_by_ales_kotnik-d354fcw.jpg

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I've never traced the image because i thought you don't learn anything from tracing. Now i think i was wrong.
I made example of tracing (selfpotrait). Few lines were traced but everything is based on basic knowledge of drawing potraits (loomis, bridgman,..).
I haven't learn a lot from this tracing but i for sure did learn what i was doing wrong in previous selfpotraits - which is the most important thing.

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/1038/tracedj.jpg

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http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4277/59188782.jpg

[LtPlissken]

Man you are a beast, rendering those still life's.
And not to mention digital metal renderings. Amazing.
Do you have some tips for those shiny things, how to render them?
Some video tutorial or something?
I am not so satisfied with your pencil skills and with your head
and face studies. You should work on those areas a bit more.
Overall, you are headed in the right direction, you just keep pushing.

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LtPlissken: Thanks for C&C man! I think my rendering are far from anything i could call good. Only thing i could tell you is that you just have to practise. That's it. Look at the metal object you have at home and draw them all day long. You'll be better than me in no time.
I totaly agree about pencil drawing. I totaly suck so i decided to spend more time on traditional studies reather than digital.
Thanks again and happy new year to everyone!


Some gestures

[NickyBeats]

hey wolf! long time no see! i remember you used to post on imagineFX.com a while ago! your studies look awesome as ever! keep practicing!

ps. to change the icon for your sb, you have to change the first attached image in your first post in here. that will autimatically be set as your new thumbnail. keep it up!

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NickyBeats: Yeah i used to post there too :) Thanks man!

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/9223/gestw.jpg

[pixel cheetah]

Very nice still lives and your latest set of studies also look great. All I wanted to say is that you should build up the structure of the human face before rendering it but it seems you have already found it out. Keep up the good work.

[FootstepsBeckon]

great thread dude,love the life studies & strong portrait work. I dont think you're rushing the portraits ..20 mins seems like a short time in theory but to my eyes they seem far,far too good to be worried about them :D

Looking forward to moar stuff!


Will

[.:WoLf:.]

pixel cheetah: yeah... anatomy is so bad in my work :/
FootstepsBeckon: Thanks man!

Quick color study, 1 layer:
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/3626/colorstudy.jpg

[strangedawn]

Awesome still life's,your rendering is great keep it going.;)

[Elophant]

You got a pretty unique caricature style. Well done!

[.:WoLf:.]

Elophant, strangedawn: thank you both!

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/055/b/6/rendering_process_by_ales_kotnik-d3a83ae.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/055/e/3/rendering_practice_by_ales_kotnik-d3a8c0e.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/057/e/b/porsche_930_by_ales_kotnik-d3aelmk.jpg

Digital watercolor test from imagination:
http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/089/9/d/digital_watercolor_by_ales_kotnik-d3ctv8i.jpg

[Zeitwolf]

nice digital study, thanks for sharing the process. I never use the soft brush, but seeing your result, maybe I should XD

[Lyno]

Great update, I love the hard and soft strokes on the human. Porsche is cool too :) !

[agelaos]

Nice updates! That last car piece is spankin. lots of good studies in here, keep pushin, you're comin along great!

[.:WoLf:.]

I haven't post for a long time now.. again..

Here are some digitals

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/170/0/6/red_army_by_ales_kotnik-d3j855d.jpg

http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2011/173/5/0/self_portrait___steps_by_ales_kotnik-d3jnebg.jpg

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/173/c/a/self_portrait_by_ales_kotnik-d3jo8yn.jpg

http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/174/f/c/just_another_self_portrait_by_ales_kotnik-d3jshy2.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/175/5/e/bad_kitty___steps_by_ales_kotnik-d3jv1m8.jpg

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/175/5/7/bad_kitty_by_ales_kotnik-d3jvfb7.jpg

And this is basic procedure how i paint from life:

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/176/e/f/painting_from_life_by_ales_kotnik-d3jxip5.jpg


Thank for all replies!

[.:WoLf:.]

Quick one

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/177/d/d/spiderman_by_ales_kotnik-d3k1i2u.jpg

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2 am sketch. Practicing with Painter

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/180/3/4/red_bull_by_ales_kotnik-d3khmjb.jpg


no replies :(

Lonely im so lonely,
I have nobody,
To call my owwnnn
Im so lonely, im mr. Lonely
I have nobody,
To call my owwnnn
Im so lonely

[.:WoLf:.]

A quicky from photo

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2152/unled1wl.jpg

[thesimplylife]

great studies! i like the colours on the red bull one. :D

[James Gerard]

I love spidermans eyes . These last few posts really kick ass.

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thesimplylife, James Gerard thank you both!

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/4760/unled2rt.jpg

[MBK]

Very inspiring sketchbook man.

You've improved quite a bit since the first page :) Really impressed by your digital still life skills!

Keep it up!

[Tides]

I respect the skills Wolf!

[.:WoLf:.]

Tides, MBK: Thanks both!


For last two months i mostly (99%) draw/paint traditionaly so i don't update so often (to lazy to take pictures of drawing - i don't have scaner).

First 3 sets are from life, last one is from books/images

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8330/eyesjt.jpg

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/8079/fromlife.jpg

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/3120/selfd.jpg

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5119/photoxyn.jpg

[.:WoLf:.]

Some quick portraits and two from life.
Spend ~5-10 min on each except last one took me few minutes more

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/6254/dsc06031s.jpg

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/6967/dsc06032u.jpg

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4848/dsc06033p.jpg

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/2585/dsc06030hr.jpg

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few 5 min sketches (from photo)

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/7606/10145899.jpg

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Another quick selfportrait. I have to work on values A LOT.. and observation

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/374/dsc06038s.jpg

[LtPlissken]

Self portraits are improving, but
you are still the strongest at your
digital still lives. Somehow you managed
to conquer the digital color world much faster
than the graphite pencil stuff.

[.:WoLf:.]

LtPlissken: i agree
That's why i mostly draw/paint traditionaly for the last few months


quick character:

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/2905/uploaddv.jpg

[JJacks]

Your face sketches show that you're really paying attention to the most important information to visually include. They have nice volume to them despite being only 5-10 minute sketches.

I like the moody shading of your most recent character. The proportion of her arms are a bit off though...something to consider if you continue with the drawing.

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JJacks: no, i won't continue on that character, it was just quick for fun. Thanks


personal work


http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/236/0/8/come_at_me_bro_by_ales_kotnik-d47nvww.jpg

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/236/3/7/come_at_me_bro___steps_by_ales_kotnik-d47p6cu.jpg

[gunsbins]

That last one is cool man, I love mech :D

[Aryeh]

i know a lot of the stuff here is quick doodles n stuff. one good thing is to always thoroughly define the sillhouette. Especially in the speed paintings. This will give your work an immediate read of depth and will create clarity in your compositions.

[.:WoLf:.]

gunsbins: Thanks :)
Aryeh: yes, most of my work is pretty fast. I don't want to concentrate on any kind of details.
In my opinion i still try to make too clear shapes. I would rather like to draw and paint loose with strong composition, idea and color palete, like Craig Mullins instead of some pointless detailing, perfect shapes,..
In other word.. i would like to start express myself, not to draw like in books..
But studies will reamain academic.

Anyway.. i'm aiming on something between expressionism (not abstract) and realism so where watcher would see both, power of anatomy ant other knowledge and how can i imply that in artistic way.

A LOT of hard work is on my road. I'm ready for it every day more and more

Here is some quick girl from imagination. Hard brush, opacity set to 100%, one layer and limited color palete are just to make it harder

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/8074/studyimagination.jpg

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http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/297/e/3/marco_simoncelli_by_ales_kotnik-d4du0x3.jpg


”Aren’t you scared you might die in an accident?”

”No. You live more for 5 minutes going fast on a bike like that, than other people do in all of their life.”

Marco Simoncelli

[TFsean]

I love how you approach your studies, great work I very much like seeing. show us more of your traditional take those pictures :F

[JesseM]

Ohhh, very cinematic war scene. The mood/atmosphere is great!

I admire your studies, and the fact that you do them constantly. They're looking really good! The glasses on the last page were absolutely beautiful, and the profile figure study a few posts before was awesome too. And the most recent motorcyclist painting is just kickass. Great job getting so much speed in that, and making everything read clearly while keeping it so simple. @__@ *really impressed*

Keep it up!

[.:WoLf:.]

TFsean: i'll take some time one day and show some more traditional stuff:)
JesseM: Thanks!

30 min selfportrait. I think this is my first color selfportrait i've ever done.
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/1449/sp2t.jpg

some crap from imagination:
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/304/f/9/lucky_pumpkin_by_ales_kotnik-d4elwx2.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/305/9/2/time_killer_by_ales_kotnik-d4ep7ef.jpg