marco's sketchbook.

[zanna92]

ok....finally im starting my sketchbook.. here are some things i did that year, sketches, exercises, some portraits ...quite like anything.to start there are some wolves, masterchief copied from a concept, and my father's caricature:)

[zanna92]

here there are some drawing from real life and a portrait of my father in vagrant style!:)

[zanna92]

here there is a portrait of a boy no reference (photoshop) i'm thinking of making a paint with him... maybe i will work further with him :)

[zanna92]

those are drawings done observing to some final fantasy 13/7cc concepts, i love ff! :) i know his face shouldnt be cut off but it was like that :)

[zanna92]

it is an illustration on paper of the book "the hobbit" from jrr tolkien (quite rough and not fully finished). i love that book:) so nice. i think it is the first book i read with pleasure.

[zanna92]

here there are a solid snake portrait and a portrait done to a frame of a man in the movie "burn after reading" i just liked his face in that frame:)

[zanna92]

there are a copy of a digitalpaint from an unknown artist and a copy of a drawing from hugo pratt ( artist of corto maltese) i did when i was at the hospital.:) all done with colored pencils on paper.

[jonny t]

Hey zanna there's some cool things going on here my favourite is probably the portrait of the boy, If I was to give you some advice I would tell you to concentrate much more on life drawing at this stage. Perhaps look at anatomy artists such as Andrew Loomis are fairly accessible. Even though this may sound boring if you put the work in it will definitely pay off in the future. Good start to your sketchbook I hope to see more.

[zanna92]

just a pear ( my first digital painting)

[zanna92]

here's a portrait with ref im working on

[zanna92]

here i checked somethings in proportions and i continued working on it. resized it .. still wip.. thinking on a nice style for the background..

[zanna92]

Hey zanna there's some cool things going on here my favourite is probably the portrait of the boy, If I was to give you some advice I would tell you to concentrate much more on life drawing at this stage. Perhaps look at anatomy artists such as Andrew Loomis are fairly accessible. Even though this may sound boring if you put the work in it will definitely pay off in the future. Good start to your sketchbook I hope to see more.

tnx, i will take your words and start training on life drawing!:) i will post whatever i do here.

[zanna92]

i started studying andrew loomis's figure drawing and here's my first exercise and an apple no ref:)

[Bartovan]

Hi Zanna, good to see you started studying Loomis: his books are a great help. Keep going!

[zanna92]

tnx:) ive found a place where you can read all loomis books for free on the net:D here it is:http://fineart.sk/index.php?cat=1
here's a digital paint of a strange bottle i found on the top of a high furniture in my kitchen:D i think it was once used to make brisk water.

[zanna92]

here it is the (maybe) final version of the portrait i was working on

[zanna92]

here's something i dont really know what it is

[vardoburrito]

Zanna mate, you're 16.
You're looking in the right places. Loomis. :teeth:
The values will get there, of course. Just keep your eyes and mind open at all times.
Pencil to paper. Always.

Learn how to squint to simplify what you're lookin at. This blocks in the values to your retina. Keep aware of the lightest lights, and the darkest darks. And constantly compare
how the other values measure next to those strong ones.

You're doing still life. Awesome.
Perspective. Gaaaah, that devil. Please learn it. :)

As long as your mind is open, and you know what you're reaching for, it makes it that much easier.

-You could do value studies everyday. Even just small 2inchx2inch thumbnails trains/helps immensely.
-Keep a sketchbook in the back pockets. Who cares if it makes your ass look big, some girls like that.

16, 6, 5, I like them. I remember that pear. [Don't eat it if it was suppose to be green. Ha!]


I may not always be around, but I will always be learning along with you and everyone around this place.

There's so many things to go through man. But like I've mentioned, first 5 links on my sig.
In fact, the whole learning section has so many gems.

Keep your eye out for those gem knowledge drops too. There's a few hidden here and there.

/Vardo

[Wow, now that's a rant, eh? :P] The next one's will be shorter. No promises. Blaaaaah.

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Neat start, just keep at it!

-E

[BlackDelphin]

NICE! :teeth:
i see you're doing still life, anatomy and digital painting! my favourite combination!! hehe
and i think loomis is great! i shall do his studies too very soon :)

about the pear, i think for a first painting is really good!! blocked in well, vivid colours, and nice mood, really!
and a pear is pretty rough textured object for a first try i'd say

keep at it cuzz you're good~

[zanna92]

dwardo, mischeviouslittleelf, blackelphin, thanks! here there are some more sketches fresh of today. one from an image two from life and a weird seminude guy from imagination:)

[zanna92]

here continue my loomis figure drawing studies

[vardoburrito]

Lin Ran :) thumbs up fer doing hands ... i'm holding that off as the last body part. :P
And I always like women to have wider hips than their shoulders.
Unless I'm doing Bo Derek, and you don't ever question those numbers. She's hot.

;)

Bridgman is good also ... do a search in archive.org
If you find gold in archive.org, please do tell. K?

Keep those visions flowing marco and everyone 'round here. ya hear. (Southern drawl) click bang!

[zanna92]

you mean bridgman life drawing right? i searched "bridgman" on archive.org but i got nothing. anyway.. i also thought thos hips where too small but it was an exercise on the standad body proportions... i copied it as it was, i think loomis knew what he was doing:) you have to explain me what "lin ran" means:D

[vardoburrito]

Lin Ran ... on my sig, first link. :)
Funny , I had to add George in the search input ... I hope they fix that in their searcg script.

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=george%20bridgman Constructive Anatomy, but if you got 'Life drawing' already, physical copy, all the better.

[zanna92]

thanks a lot:) can you believe that i had already read lin rans tutorial and didnt remember what lin ran was:D anyway.. heres an update

[vardoburrito]

I've only started thinking about using construction lines and indicator lines before
going full on with a sketch and what what.

Marc, don't be afraid to use lighter values and build them up.
I'm somewhat in the middle, I'm mostly mid tones and none of the extremes.
I'm trying very hard though. :)

oooo ImagineFX on my sig ... I'm chomping through those whenevah I can.

*Van Dam straight leg kick short of your forehead.
Give me your lunch. hehehe.

[zanna92]

tnx! ill take a look at it:) actually, is there a way to make a lighter value than this? the paper of the sketcbook im drawing on is yellow!:D maybe there are some white pencils that works?

[Krato]

SNAKE!!! , keep up the work more studies from life

[vardoburrito]

tnx! ill take a look at it:) actually, is there a way to make a lighter value than this? the paper of the sketcbook im drawing on is yellow!:D maybe there are some white pencils that works?
doh ... that's one thing I'm guilty of, I haven't tried many different types of media yet. But what ever works marco ... some people can do light and darks with just your normal pacers.

Mix and match, whatever works and gets the emotions out nice on papier

/E

[vardoburrito]

tnx! ill take a look at it:) actually, is there a way to make a lighter value than this? the paper of the sketcbook im drawing on is yellow!:D maybe there are some white pencils that works?
doh ... that's one thing I'm guilty of, I haven't tried many different types of media yet. But what ever works marco ... some people can do light and darks with just your normal pacers.

Try everything you can marco, whatever works and gets the emotions out nice on the Pap-pierre.

/E

[BlackDelphin]

love your studies, love your stills, and definitely love your loomis :D
keep at it man~~!!!

[zanna92]

thanks:), here's a little update.. a portrait of the master anime director hayao miyazaki (that i dont yet know if it is already finished), and some fruits from my imagination:

[zanna92]

just an update on miyazaki's portrait( added some values and rendered lips a little more) and something else no ref im doing,

[zanna92]

here's an update.. figure drawing/anatomy studies:) i actually did those with burne hogarth's dynamic figure drawing book... but he doesnt tell you what exercises you have to do... actually im reading it and copying some of his drawings trying to use his method, and sometime i try to do some on my own with no ref... do you think its ok this way?

[vardoburrito]

oooo
Whatever and however it gets in your head marco.
Keep doing Loomis and Bridgman with Hogarth, and as many other anatomy refs
you can get a handle of. The pieces will be put together in your head sooner or later.
After a certain amount of experience, sculptors go automatic when blocking in their
pieces, I'm sure it's the same with drawing.

Mix it in with people watching also. With your dark sun glasses, sketchbook and a fake moustache.

*Eats half your lunch. Thanks bro.

[zanna92]

thanks, unfortunately i dont have any fake moustache.. i will have to buy some:)

[zanna92]

here's a little update...some more anatomy studies done with coloured pencils

[zanna92]

another anatomy study done with watercolours

[zanna92]

from real life... my old teddy bear:)

[Oxide-0]

Great work here man and thanks for visiting my Sketch book your the first to post! How do you find loomis? ive been picking away at Hogarts Anatomy books and they are good but i think i should also look into other view points on it. I got loomis's books from CA but havent given them any time yet.

[Nisshoku]

loving your studies and your adorable teddy bear :). But maybe adding more values to some of your studies would help bring them out a little more...And more values on the teddy even though he's a little quicky :D

[zanna92]

tnx... will keep it in mind, already trying hard to improve my values:D

[Zazerzs]

Keep it up Zanna92 the figure studies will help tons. They way you are going about it is good, study then try to do on your own and see what you can remeber. Mixing in an anatomy book like Peck's or Dr. Paul Richer is a good idea, they don't stylize as much as Horgarth.

On the next Teddy bear you do try to see how much 3D forms you can put into it, shapes like spheres and boxes. Doing exercises like a sphere render might be helpful :)

like the one in this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh719_C8NAE&feature=channel_page

[zanna92]

tnx for the link, this guy is awesome:D will definetely do some studies of that sort

[zanna92]

here are two quick digital portraits i did of my parents for their birthday:)

[the ANGRY filipino]

Love how you captured your parent's expressions!
and btw..where you at man?