This man will have a name by the end of this sketchbook - updated daily - 89 so far

[The man with no name]

New year + more motivation = Better sketchbook

:mod: :mod: :mod: :mod: :mod: :mod: :mod: :mod: :mod: = one for every page in this SB

[alffla]

hi,, thank you for the kind comments :)
keep drawing and posting!

[The man with no name]

Just a quick one for today,:teeth: life drawing of my stinky old shoe :yayca:

[walnut]

Shading my friend, you need to work on that. Things are looking a little flat at the moment. Still, glad to have you in the Sketchbook section, see you around!

[The man with no name]

Shading my friend, you need to work on that. Things are looking a little flat at the moment. Still, glad to have you in the Sketchbook section, see you around!

thanks, i'll spend a little extra time on my next post and shade it, your right about it looking flat, thx for stopping by :teeth:

[LtPlissken]

Not much you have posted till now so we could comment or critique, I mean these digitals looks good but I would be happy to see more of your work, maybe done with pencils.
Keep posting...

[The man with no name]

Today it's a face I've been doing on and off for a few days, enjoy :teeth:
some shading for you Walnut :yayca: (referenced)

Edit: Scanners on the fritz and I'm much better off working on a digital medium anyway, do I have to sketch in lead or will PS sketching suffice? anyway, thanks for stopping by :)

[Icecold]

Hey there! Thanks for droping in my sb.

I see that you also have potential, try to keep away from soft brushes ! ^^
Use chalk and Hard round with other dynamics set to pen pressure.

Looking forward for more of your work, so keep the flow coming! :lifedrawing:

P.S It is wise to generalize things that are in number of "bazylion" like hair for example. Simply draw some strands here and there in more important areas.

[The man with no name]

ICECOLD: Thanks for the tips, i'll take into consideration what you said on the next portrait I do, thanks again for dropping by :teeth:

[The man with no name]

Skeleton Study: Will try focus on using harder burshes, can kinda see faults caused due to using the softer variety, well here is an attempt at a skeleton, oh and the blur next to it was supposed to be a hand, thanks for stopping by :teeth:

[Monkeydominator]

Good, continue to work hard! If you give it your all, you will succeed!

The portrait looks good, but there are some issues with anatomy. The nose and shading of the neck suggests that her head is tilted upwards, but neither her eyes or mouth really says the same. Also, the distances from facial feature to facial feature isn't really suggesting tilting.
Take some time to study facial features at different angles, or draw from photos where people tilt their head. When drawing, try to really understand how and why the differences happen. Why can you see the underside of the nose? How can you light the neck to make it look like it's twisting or tilting? What distance is it from the nose to the mouth in different angles?
As far as the skeleton goes, it's a matter of measuring. Look closely at a skeleton reference. How long are the arms? The legs? How thick are the bones compared to each other? How wide is the body? Take time with these studies. Try to learn from them.

Icecold told you that you should use harder brushes, but he didn't tell you why. When you use harder brushes, you're forced to use more economic strokes and really think about where you place them. It will make you more confident and make your strokes look planned.

Now go draw some more!

[The man with no name]

Loomis study:

[Icecold]

Hello again,

Ok i have another advice, leave the digitals for few months do theese kind of studies with charcoal or pencil in traditional sketchbook, it's harder thus brings better effects and satisfaction. If you do happen to work digitally again, dont' lighten up with white and don't darken with black. Use mid values darker red brighter red aka pink etc. Add in some more saturated colours in areas that are being hit by a strong light etc. Laso go andd check out bumskees digital painting in PS threads. Do this exercises everytime you have time to.

Become a slave of anatomy studies, many artists spent tons of hours on it, but now their work shine's as diamonds. Be patient, results will come. Cheers!

[The man with no name]

Was quite busy today so this is all I could come up with, its supposed to be a shoulder :nohope: I'll start posting pencil work soon, scanners working so tomorrows entry will be in pencils, probebly some loomis :teeth: thanks for stopping by and a big thanks to all of you who have given me advise thus far :yayca:

[Nephilie]

nice to see that you do so many different things =) Maybe I can give you some advices...

It's good, that you started to use more hard brushes. The muscles in the latest update looks great, much better than the paintings with soft brush before.
But if you know how, you can combine them. This tutorial (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=51913) can help you to decide where to use which brush if you are working on a picture. It is really an interesting and very useful tutorial for painting.

Another thing is, that you should learn to see. You made this shoe some days ago. It shows, that you see the shape, but not the real colours. Observe your surrounding carefully and ask yourself if the colours look really the way you think they look.
It's difficould to explain, but our brain likes it to make fools out of us. It says: oh, this thing is white, no matter which colour the light has. But: if you use red right in front of a white thing, it doesn't look white anymore. But our brains says it is white and we think we see a white thing.
Good painters have to learn to see what is really where and to paint it like that. That gives things a more natural look.
Maybe, it could be interesting if you open some photographs in photoshop (or whatever you use) and then pick some colours with the colourpicker and look, if they're the colours you expected. I think that's a good way to start studies about colours

I hope, I can help you bit with this advices. I'm looking forward to see more =)
And at least, I'm doing the Loomis things too ;)

[The man with no name]

Nephilie: Thanks for the in-depth analysis, will do my best to work on colours, but I think i'm going to focus on form for a little while, anatomy and gestures, thanks for stopping by :teeth:

[bigus_dickus]

nice work so far. Id suggest using a sharper brush. atm your lines are really fuzzy. Otherwise its a good start.

[The man with no name]

Loomis + a figure :teeth: 7 updates done, 358 to go :D

[The man with no name]

perspective for today, think I will post a study or some anatomy tomorrow, sorry for making such a boring SB, I'll post some nice stuff one day :teeth: :yayca:

[The man with no name]

Quick 10 minute speed paint from reference which I guess wasn't really that speedy...:teeth: :yayca:

[The man with no name]

Armor study: WiP

Attempt at an armor study, maybe I should start posting some stuff from imagination? any thoughts (be warned I'm not very "experienced") but I guess that just adds to the fun, this way we can all have a laugh at my expense :teeth: thanks for looking :yayca:

[Philipp Scherer]

loomis is good! keep that speed at least-or, well, the more you draw, the better it is!
keep it up

[doncam]

Thanks for visiting my SB.
I like your #3 portrait. Sure there are faults, but we all have those, thats why we're here, to learn from each other. Definitely get onto those pencils man, there is no better way to learn, and you'll find your digital will progress a lot faster. Take your time with your pieces, don't rush, I did and paid the price, now I work real slow to try to get it right the first time, never do of course:) It's important to learn good rendering, and it will pay off in your digital work. Goodluck.

[The man with no name]

just from imagination for a change...gotta go, will reply to comments asap, thx for viewing (busy) :(

[The man with no name]

sorry for the small post, I just got home about an hour ago and have been working all day... so here is a poor excuse for a post, i'll make it up in my next few, I'm going to start the pencil studies like I have been told to :teeth:

[The man with no name]

few poses, will probeby try to post 10 or so everyday, off to get some food :teeth: yip yip :mod:

[The man with no name]

same old, same old

[jack1995]

hey
cool stuff here.
keep with the pencils even though its not as fun it will help you no end :)

[The man with no name]

The infamous drinking bird! :teeth: + some things from magination, will try make myself do some pencil work, i'll just have to start really simple, i'll do some posemaniacs in pencil for tomorrow I think :)

[Jamesy]

Nice start you have going here! Looks like you're on the right track and studying hard, so keep that up!

[The man with no name]

Thanks Jamesy :) This is yesterdays work that I couldn't upload because of my faulty australian internet :(

[The man with no name]

Here is yesterdays post as well as todays, internet was down, so I couldn't post yesterday, here they are :)

[Izer]

I gotta say, it was your name that enticed me to click on your SB;p, anyways nice studies and i i didn't get what that drinking bird was till just now. Nice work and keep up the studies.

[Yor]

the last frog study is kick ass, keep on doing them studies and you notice the improvement ;)
i'll be back! just make sure you update regularly ;)

[The man with no name]

Izer: Thanks, looks like I chose the right name then :)

Yor: Thank you for your kind words, I will more often than not update daily, unless my internet plays up, then I will post double updates as seen above, :teeth:

Tried out some custom brushes on the first guy, the rest is pretty basic

Edit: might post a gun study tomorrow, anyone want to suggest any future updates :)

[evandempsey]

I have to say I like the frog too. What equipment are you using? I never tried drawing on a computer.

[The man with no name]

evandempsey: thanks :) , I just use photoshop with a medium bamboo fun ( one of the cheapest wacoms) hope that helps :)

[The man with no name]

Gun study: WiP

[The man with no name]

Not enjoying this one at all, as a result I think I'm going to focus on something else :yayca: just a bit more progress than last post

[dierat]

Great work so far! For a suggestion, I'd like to see more value studies from observation. Keep up the good work! ;)

[The man with no name]

dierat: Thanks :D, I will make the next update a value study, thanks for the suggestion :)

Just managed to do a few things before bed, almost forgot about my daily update...

[The man with no name]

Here's the value study :yum:

got the reference image from here:

http://http://pascalrenoux.com/index.html

looking forward to future suggestions :teeth:

[Ricardo Robles]

Nice studies, more!
The live studies and the anathomy will give you ability to do better drawings. Do not forget to do color too.
Regards

[Kawauchi]

You're really good at guns! and you got some good shading/value skills^^

And value studies are really good but it's important to get the basics done first.
I'd keep working on anatomy and proportions, try the online croquis page http://www.posemaniacs.com/ (if you don't know it already ; p )

just sketch like crazy : p

[The man with no name]

Ricardo Robles: Thanks, I will try to focus on color a little more then, might get that alla prima color theory book (forgot the artists name though) :)

Kawauchi: Thanks for the kind words, I use posemaniacs every now and again, but not enough, your right about basics too, im not even scraping the surface either, I will post some posemaniacs tomorrow just for you :teeth:

Today I wasn't really home so I had to wip up this Wip up in about 20 miutes or so, I will post the finished version either tomorrow or the next day, might start to focus on anatomy again, these studies are so much more fun though :P

[Kawauchi]

Haha thanks : p and if you get tired of the lifeless posemaniacs-figures, and you're not afraid of nakkid people, you can also go to http://characterdesigns.com/ xD

can't wait to see more from you : D and I admire that you update everyday..respect : )

[Peetaer]

I see that you have a nice variety of stuff here but you must be careful and not spread yourself too thin. I say this because you're at a very early level of development. It's better to focus on just a few things when you're starting out. First you should think about what you wanna be. I'm assuming you want to be a concept artist like most people on here. If this is the case then you want focus almost exclusively on building your knowledge of human anatomy. This is going to require a period of intense study; once you get to the other side, you'll be able to draw whatever you want with relative ease.

Study bones, muscle, and forms. Check out Vilppu, Bridgman, Loomis (which you have already come across I see), Posemaniacs, and pick up Anatomy books for artists. They are plenty helpful!

The world is yours. Cease it!

[Nix707]

Nice paint of the frog and that woman in black and white,
good job on the gun, fun design (maybe try to draw the gun in perspective, just a suggestion)
anyway keep drawing, cheers!

[kikindaface]

yo dude ! nice weapon designs ! The girl in black and white is good too ! try to add a bit more contrast, darker values, to more define the form ! keep it up you're on the right way !

[The man with no name]

Kawauchi: Thanks again :D I admire your kindness :) I will post some nakie stuff a little later on :D

Peetaer: Thanks, okay cool, I'll focus more time and effort on anatomy and form, thanks for the information, it's much appreciated :)

Nix707: Thanks, drawing the gun in perspective sounds like a great idea, not sure if I'm good enought though :P not sure where I would start :teeth:

Walid D: Thanks for dropping by and giving me advice Walid, I will try do use darker values on my next one :)

Had a slow day today so this will have to do I'm afraid

[The man with no name]

Here is the beetle study I've been working on, now with that done I guess I should return to anatomy, any suggestions for future updates anyone? you name it, I'll attempt it :lifedrawing: have a nice day everyone :yayca:

[Eric Young]

Your on the right track just keep up the anatomy studies.

[dierat]

The value study turned out very nice. I agree that it could use a wider range of value but looking at the original photo, it looks like you reproduced the values pretty accurately. So maybe next time choose a subject that has a wider range to practice pushing your values and contrast. Keep up the good work! ;)

[The man with no name]

The original E: Thanks, I will

Dierat: Thanks, I will make sure the next one has more contrast

Well I decided to give the 30 seconds challenge on posemaniacs a go, I don't think it was a great idea, maybe it will help me get better even though none of these resemble the human figure in the slightest. I might give it another shot in a month or so, atleast this way I will be able to see my progress :)

[Peetaer]

Those from posemaniacs? Whatever the source, they show dynamism in movement. Awesome!

[p sage]

So, you're the man with no name, huh?

Do... you.... also own a horse with no name? :)

Your work shows you are very organized and pay attention to detail. That's a very good asset. I liked entry #23 very much (the nude).

Work on those posemaniacs... they will help you imprint the pose in your mind instantly.

[comixnut]

I think those 30 sec studies actually show that you have very good observation skills. They seem to have their feet and shoulders and head on more or less the right places. Not easy at that speed, so that's great. Also your studies are coming along very well. Keep it up! :)

[scorpion007]

Indeed, those posemaniacs are very good for 30 seconds, for your first attempt! Detail is unimportant in these quick studies, only the general pose/gesture. And you seem to have captured it quite well. Perhaps you should try the occasional longer, more careful construction and rendering of a few poses for practise.

[The man with no name]

Peetaer: Thanks, yer there from posemaniacs :)

p sage: I wish I had a pet horse, I do however have a pet rock :teeth: thanks for the kind words

comixnut: Thanks, looks like I didn't do so bad after all :)

scorpion007: Thanks, maybe I will do a few figures and render them a bit with varying light sources, thanks again for stopping by :)

This is yesterdays update as CA must have had issues (kept crashing on my computer) I dont think it was my internet this time as I was still able to open up youtube and stream videos.

Decided to do something from imagination again, thanks for stopping by :teeth:

WHERE DID ALL MY ENTRIES GO :( nothing in my sb is loading, I checked other threads and they are working fine..... hope my sb isn't broken :(

EDIT: Is CA crashing due to this big update?

[The man with no name]

Nothing special today, I was actually working on a portrait for the majority of my spare time. Just a few figures, might post a portrait tomorrow, thanks for dropping by :)

[scorpion007]

Not bad dude. Imagination drawing is hard. Might I recommend you look at Loomis' "Figure drawing for all it's worth" book? Really quite something, it is.

I think some studies from there, in addition to Posemaniacs will really help you draw the figure better.

Possibly practise some [posemaniac] dynamic pose drawing too if you like (doesn't have to be 30 secs, you can just try the regular pictures and go for a couple of minutes if you find it a bit too short)

[Icecold]

I stronlgy suggest leaving the digitals as it comes to quick sketches and anatomy stdies as for now. Grab a pencil or charcoal, you have to be more confident when drawing/painting in traditional media. And it might help you, i think.

[The man with no name]

scorpion007: Thanks, I'm going to try and get that book, i'll take all of what you said on board, cheers :)

Icecold: Okay, yer I'll do some more pencil work, never really sketched much of anthing before so I guess that's why I tend to stick to digital (which I'm still a total noob at). I'm sure it is in my best interest though, thanks :)

Just a WiP,instead of refining the form with values, I decided to try with lines, not sure which technique I find easier. This was just an exercise to help me with observational skills and speed, probebly not a piece I'll end up finishing but fun none the less :teeth:

Might do a pencil study tomorrow, the last time I used a grey lead (apart from this SB) was like in grade 5 art, so don't be too hard on me :)

[p sage]

I agree with the suggestion to do more traditional media, as it can give you confidence much quicker. Plus, it's all too easy to delete the digis you don't like. It's harder to crumple up a paper and throw it out.

But don't ever throw things out, because it will be comforting to look back on the stuff you think is crap and see how far you've come.

Nice skin rendering in your latest digi, though. :) I say that despite suggesting you move to paper :)

[Kawauchi]

It's nice to see you using my suggestion xD I'm kinda curious, what do you wanna be? : O

[The man with no name]

p sage: Thanks, I'll do more sketching with pencils from here on in :teeth:

Kawauchi: If you have anymore suggestions I would love to hear them :), ideally I would love to be a violinist and an artist, the sad reality is, although I have a great passion for both I only discovered this after I had finished high school, so I've been playing violin for 5 months and I guess drawing and painting for just under 5 I'd say. So now at the age of 19 I'm a complete noob at both....:teeth: I love being the underdog anyway :) (sorry for the life story)

Well seeing as I'm completely new to pencil sketching (apart from one other entry in my SB) I decided to do a few figures, which didn't turn out too bad I guess, thanks again to everyone who has given me advice thus far and also to those of you who have viewed my SB, means a lot :)

Edit: New goal inspired by the Pervy Sage himself 10,000 figures by the time this SB turns a year old :teeth:

THE CHALLENGE BEGINS

5 Down...... :[

[Ink Fish]

I agree with icecold about veering to traditional - not just coz of stroke confidence, but i think a basis in traditional media makes digital that much easier to get the hang on. besides every time you experiment with a new medium, you learn a new approach to apply to your normal mediums.

your anatomy sketches are looking nice, you seem to be able to get the shapes of things pretty accurately - like with the froggy on the other page especially. and the more you do of anatomy, the better you get. you might want to try different methods of doingthem though - as well as construction lines, blocking in the values, the silhouettes, the muscles themselves, etc. etc.

[liquidjack]

You're working on a lot of different things. Like everyone before I appreciate the hardwork. I would say chill out and work on one problem before hopping to another. For instance drawing a human or head straight on before diverting to more dynamic things.

[Growling]

I like that you're doing studies in a lot of different things as liquidjack said. I normally am really lazy about that and stick to drawing things from imagination. Your studies are making me want to try other things too. ^_^ Your posemaniac ones are strong too--they look a lot like the human body compared to mine. Keep up the good work!

[p sage]

Cool. Haha! Glad to have inspired you :) Next we're going to learn "Rasengan" ;)

Nice mannekins. Yeah, just post away. Before you know it, you'll reach your goal.

Then you can look back at your old stuff and feel like you've come a long way... because you will have.

[The man with no name]

d-funct: Thanks, yer I see what you mean :) I'll try focus on anatomy more for a little while, what exactly are costruction lines?

liquidjack: Thanks for the advice, I guess I need to channel my energy a little more.

Growling: Thanks, if I was as good as you I would probebly just do things from imagination too :teeth: but I'm not, haha thanks again :)

p sage: Good to see you again sensai, I'm not sure if I'm ready for Rasengan, maybe when I reach 1000 figures I will be :teeth: thanks for dropping by :)

Just some figures for today, I really need to get faster at doing them so I can do more per day.

20 down 9980 left to go :D

[Kawauchi]

that's a crazy goal! : O would be fun to do..

You're really good thinking that you've only drawn for 5 months.. I'm sure you'll be a great artist in no time xD

i'll keep stalking you : P

[p sage]

Wow. Hard work, yeah? Keep going. In no time, you'll be through all 10,000 of 'em.

[miycko]

cool sketchbook, i really love this value study http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=764845&stc=1&d=1251549100 you should do more of these :D

[The man with no name]

Kawauchi: Kind of kicking myself now, thats a lot of figures, :D posemaniacs 30 second sketches will make up the majority probebly :P Thanks oh and it's an honor to have you stalk me :teeth:

p sage: Thanks, yer I'll get onto posemaniacs and post 50 or so 30 second figures for tomorrow, didn't feel like doing them today :P

miycko: Thanks so much, I will do another this week or something :teeth: perhaps in a more dynamic pose this time :)

Today I thought I would try and work on my observational skills, so I found an image of a soul calibur 4 character and now I'm trying to make my copy to look like the original (early stages yet)

[The man with no name]

50 posemaniacs sketches (30 seconds each) Some of those dynamic poses came out pretty bad, there a bit harder to do in 30 seconds...:)

70 down 9930 left to go :P

[miycko]

you should know that you're drawing my favourite soul calibur character :D and then there's Taki ofcourse :P her right leg looks a bit short (probably cause it'd bent towards us, i'm assuming it's slightly in the air). i know it's still very WIP, maybe a bit of darkness on the inside & outside of the leg to better illustrate where it is. i need to try those 30 second poses

[p sage]

Those 30 second-ers are definitely recognizable. Keep it going!

[The man with no name]

miycko Setsuka is an awesome character :D I was just blocking in colours and getting the form right, I'll post another update soon, oh and your right, Taki is great too, might do her as well :teeth: the 30 second posemaniacs sketches will be a walk in the park for you :)

p sage Thanks, I will :)

100 down 9900 left to go :teeth: I'm officially 1% done :jawdrop:

[p sage]

LOL. I love it :teeth: Keep rolling! Don't get bored, though. Draw other stuffs to keep you happy!

[The man with no name]

p sage: Thanks :D, I gave faces a shot today :teeth: a welcomed change :)

A few figures from imagination, posemaniacs is helping a great deal I think, but it gets boring after a while so I skipped posemaniacs for today :)

Edit: The girl has button eyes as suggested by my two sisters who had just finished watching Coraline, I wasn't quite sure of the significance but sure enough there was a character with button eyes, :)

[miycko]

very nice faces, i like the button eyes :)

[amuupon]

heey man thanks for the visit and comment <3 that SC picture is looking really sweet, she's called Setsuka or something isnt she? Everything is looking good, lovin it!

[.pc]

Hey thanks for dropping by my sb!
Icecold made a very good point there, do traditional studies first, before you make the jump to digital. Its far easier for you to get stuff into your head with trad.

[SMILEFACE]

WOW your studies ROCK! an you have this realizm thing go'n in alot of yer paints it would be RAD TO SEE YOU FINISH ONE!!!! haha i dun really finish stuff so i should not talk haha KEEP WITH THE GOODS

[p sage]

All right. Faces of death! :assspank:

[The man with no name]

miycko: Thank you :)

amuupon: Np, Yep think thats her name, cheers :)

immelmann_turn: Ok, guess your right :P

Grandmassa Mr. Spect: Thanks so much :D, I will try finish a few from now on in haha, thanks for stopping by :)

p sage: Faces of death :teeth: they do look kinda dead, don't they haha

Decided to do another entry from imagination, much better than the one on page 2, so I'm pretty happy :teeth: guess I'll get back to posemaniacs or something, thank you all for stopping by my Sketchbook :)

Edit: My sisters sat in on this session so any girly aspects can be attributed to them :P

[p sage]

Nice face on this one.

Making shapes look 3D is tough... her dress looks flat... you'll just have to try to visualize it as a modified cone in perspective to make it look better.

Keep working hard

[The man with no name]

p sage: Thanks, yer your right, I could have refined her dress more but it was a bit of a rush job :P

Just a few figures for today, tried to do another person from imagination, just before I get back into posemaniacs mode :teeth:

110 down 9890 left to go

Edit: Just noticed how bad the imaginary figure looks :P legs are terrible, guess it's still a good idea to post crap now, so later on I can see my improvement :)

[whisperss]

hello :) your studies looks nice !!! keep it up
and thank for your comment in my SB :) !!
see you !!

[p sage]

Hey dude, that's the right attitude :) It sucks to know your drawing isn't as good as you want it... but you know how great it will be to compare that to your stuff in 6 months.

Don't get all frustrated like your ol buddy p sage :teeth:

[The man with no name]

whisperss: Thanks man :)

p sage: I try and act positive, but it burns me inside,haha, you might know the feeling, thanks for stopping by again p sage :mod:

Another WiP, my monitor might still be too bright, can anyone comment on the overall tone, are the lights light enough, they appear fine on my monitor, but when I go on another computer, my work looks twice as bad as it actually is :(

[mattianelli]

Hey man, I think the colors in the last one are right.
You are doing a good job with the posemaniac stuff.
I would suggest you to study these two authors: George Bridgman (http://www.scribd.com/doc/4461737/Constructive-Anatomy-by-George-Bridgman) and Andrew Loomis (http://www.scribd.com/doc/255814/Andrew-Loomis-Figure-Drawing), if you want to learn how to draw people from imagination. They are old but very good books.

[p sage]

Again... good face in your latest update. You just need some work with form, as mattianelli says. Do some Bridgman studies... muscles. (I should talk :D)

Keep working; try to latch your eyes on to the model, so to speak. (It's kind of hard to explain)... but when drawing from reference, eventually you'll look back at your paper, and be able to see the proportions there.

I'm getting to that point now, but it's only happening because I draw buttloads every day.

One pic is nice, but draw buttloads :)

[miycko]

cool update, the colours are great :) her stomachs quite long, maybe make a little bit shorter

[The man with no name]

mattianelli: Ok, cheers :), I'm going to post some loomis tomorrow in pencil :sungod:

p sage: Thanks, yer your right, Bridgeman on Thursday then :) Well I'm not going to develope that skill until I stop being so lazy and start making better updates :P I should start with the posemaniacs again too, don't want to get too far behind :P

miycko: Thanks, your right about her stomach, it does look a little oblong, I'll look into it :) thanks again for visiting my dingy little sketchbook :P

Well before I embark on a new series of studies I figured I would post one more update from imagination, will feel good too look back on these in a few months time :)

[Monkeydominator]

On the picture of the lady in your previous post you could've pushed your values more. Also, try adding some more colours to it! Just choosing a darker version of your skintone makes it look flat, some cooler and warmer tones usually helps. Check out K's skin tutorial (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=114866&page=11), starts at post 329.
Nice new update, but remember the light source! And make your lines clean, it'll help!

Good work here! Show us more, draw draw draw!

[p sage]

You've been consistent in that the faces look really good. The length of her arms (and other general proportions) are a bit off.

In general, the length of the upper arm (to the elbow) goes to just below the ribcage (near the navel) and the tips of the fingers (when the hands are held at the sides) reach nearly halfway down the thigh.

That's a good general rule of arm length. Just make sure to swing the character's from the shoulder (as if it were a compass) in an arc if it is away from the waist. Foreshortening is (of course) more complicated, but if you keep the idea of the arm length in mind it should help in all cases.

[The man with no name]

Monkeydominator: Thanks for the tips. I'll check out the tutorial when I have some spare time, I'm not yet confident enought to have clean lines, still struggle with anatomy :P

p sage: Thanks, yep proportions are one of my many troubled spots :P Thanks for the pointers :)

Loomis time, had some complications so I had to take this picture of my work with my phone :P

I used a B graphite pencil, it seemed gritty and hard to blend with, can anyone advise me on what pencil I should use in future? thanks :)

[Ghostbrush]

hey thanks for popping into my sketchbook, appreciate that!

keep up those studies, they really pay off, trust me! he he he

as for what to use, I use an HB mechanical pencil or charcoal for studies, dont get to precious with them, do em, learn from em, rinse and repeat, just do as much as possible, then do another ha ha

Keep it up

Alex

[cl0aked]

For heads, i've recently bumped on this site: http://www.blog.freshdesigner.com/2009/08/riley-method-head-drawing.html . I'd also suggest you to keep the lines clean, perhaps by keeping the lineart in a separate layer. Keep up with those studies, as Ghostbrush said, they really pay off (:

[p sage]

Cool eye studies. In general, the softer the pencil, the easier it is to work with.

You don't see many artists going harder than HB... those are usually reserved for architects.

[The man with no name]

Ghostbrush: No problem, I will, using a HB from here on in :)

cl0aked: Cool thread, I have all the line art on a different layer, I'm not confident enough to have them clean as rough lines hide imperfections :P I'll keep up the studies :)

p sage: Thanks again P Sage, thanks for the pointer, thanks for the continuing support, much appreciated :teeth:

Just a small update, didn't have much time to draw tonight, will make up for it tomorow :P Decided that posemaniacs is now a weekend event, so saturday and sunday will bring with it many figures :P

[Incinerated]

Thank you for stopping by my book, I see some progress here.
the issues i have, is that your studies, well most of them anyway, end up being flat looking. very nice study that last one :) Keep working!

[tdHendrix]

Hey, I wanted cookies!!!!!

Keep up the studies! I agree about your stuff looking kinda flat. Maybe it will help if you practice shading basic shapes like spheres, cylinders, eggs, etc. Here's (http://www.huevaluechroma.com/021.php) a tutorial you can read about light and shadow that someone showed me in my sketchbook.

[p sage]

Cool head study! Improvement right there!

Watch the length of the nose. It's pushing the mouth a bit far down toward the chin. The corner of the mouth could be higher, as well.

And yeah. Where are the cookies??

[The man with no name]

COOKIES! :teeth:

[miycko]

COOKIES! :teeth:

LOL, those look delicious

I like that imaginary character you did :) good start with those studies, the ear looks like it's a little bit low & could be a tiny bit bigger great job overall. keep'em coming

[The man with no name]

Incinerated: No problem, yay progress, the studies do look flat, havent been doing this for very long, that might explain the lack of quality in my work :P, thanks for stopping by :)

tdHendrix: Cookies for all :P they do look flat no doubt, I'll check out the tutorial, it should help, thanks for stopping by :)

p sage: Thanks for the continuing support :D, and tips, now that you mention it, your right, next time will be better :P cookies are right under you :teeth:

miycko: They do :P, thanks, the next one will be better, thanks for the tips :teeth:

My crappy internet decided to play up again, so here is yesterdays post :)

Edit: The mouth and nose do seem to be positioned incorrectly, it was a quick study, so that might explain it :P

Edit 2: These are a disgrace :P

[Sukizan]

really cool stuff, check my sb when you can

[The man with no name]

Sukizan: Thanks, I will

I know I should have been drawing figures today... but I decided to do something from imagination (again :P) just to see if I'm improving, I only spent time on the face really, so crit that to buggery, the rest is just scribble :)

[p sage]

Keep posting your work. Sometimes you take steps forward, sometimes they're backward... but you will only gain longtime improvement if you keep posting.

It's hard to see the progress at times... but you will.

It's good that you're doing difficult studies and your drawing from imagination shows that you can come up with some good faces.

And thanks for the cookies :)

[The man with no name]

p sage: Thanks for the wisdom Sagey :teeth:, the last study in graphite seemed to be a huge leap backwards :P I'm sure if I'm persistant my hard work will pay off :) just watch out, I put a laxative in one of those cookies :P

Just a simple mouth study, I'm thinking it's probebly in my best interest to stick with graphite for a while, like icecold suggested oh so many posts ago :P

[liquidjack]

Keep drilling away Jedi. My personal and quit humble opinion on use of anatomy to understand kinetics and design is.... don't use facial muscles studies so much. Facial muscles are good for 3D contour but simply confusing for 2D work. Better to break down the face to simple strucutures that you see and build from there. Now, muscle anatomy is great for the rest of the body....but the face I find it is wasted effort.

[p sage]

Just work hard, dude. You'll pick up things you don't even realize.

Make a conscious effort to think about how something should look in space every time you draw something, and suddenly you'll start figuring little things out all the time. Put them all together, and you'll have the skills you want.

[miycko]

that's a very pretty face in post # 111 very nice work :) & keep posting those studies man

[The man with no name]

liquidjack: This is true, glad to dropped by and saved me from wasting more time :P, your right, I guess they serve no real purpose to me in the world of 2D :)

p sage: I have been a little bit lazy these past few days, time to snap out of it :), I look at work I've done in the past and analysis it, make corrections and so so on, got a few art books I look through most days too, so I'm sure they are all little pieces to the puzzle, I'll soldier on amigo :P

miycko: Thanks, that really means a lot :) I will :yayca:

Variety is the spice of life, so I decided not to post a pencil study and some anatomy as planned but fiddled around with emotions and how to create them in the face, just a first attempt so they look pretty similar :P

[p sage]

The emotions are definitely working... even subtle changes work there.
Just don't get caught up only in things you do well... make sure to venture off into lands where you don't do as well :)

I do think faces are your strong point right now.

[miycko]

hey, nice one. you can definately see the different emotions on each face :D

[The man with no name]

p sage: This is true, I'll try not to make a habit out of it, If I'm to grow artistically I guess I have to take a leap into the unknown :) what would you recommend I do? perhaps a suggestion? :teeth:

miycko: Yay, I achieved something :D

Today I drew a figure from imagination, she looks like a "smelly pirate hooker" :P a few hands and some lips (Loomis studies)

Edit: Pirate hookers mid section seems to be rather elongated :P I'll try avoid that in future

[p sage]

Well... you could draw a smelly hooke-- erhm...

nevermind ;)

Maybe try some proportion practice and some life drawing (hint). I'm still taken to school every day on that stuff by almost everyone else's drawings.

[jatherip]

keep working, man!! your getting somewhere ;)
how about some practices on line quality? should help......
keep goin!

[miycko]

love that pirate hooker :D you're gonna have to draw her again in a couple months with your new gained skills so i can drool over her even more :teeth: the hands seem a bit wide & the fingers are a little short. the lips on the bottom left are lookin sweet man

[The man with no name]

p sage: :P I did both today but I'll post the life study....BEER! (click the link) :teeth:

jatherip: I will, thanks :D sounds like a good idea, cheers

miycko: :P deal, her hands do look small dont they, thanks again for stopping by :)

Just a study from life, had to stop before I wanted to as I lost natural light :( so here is what I got done anyway, If your wondering who the hell that guy is and what he's doing, click on the link, it's worth it :D

BEER! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ-Ukh_Eaa8) <----- Click it

Edit: Got a bit lazy with the bottom half :P

[pinkchunky]

nice study with the can! There could be a darker shadow on the
shadow you already have, metal usually has a very high contrast.
Keep it up!

[miycko]

ok, so i clicked it, LMAO seriously funny, too bad i don't drink :P nice beer study, the bottom of the bottle looks like we're viewing it straight on while the top is at angle, something to keep in mind next time, hope that made sence :)

[AlexEh]

Hey great start, I hope you keep going! When doing gesture drawings stay away from just drawing the contour as much as possible. It's really hard to begin understanding form if you just copy the outline of something and fill it in! Get inside it right away! Try your best to understand what is going on and really try and think about it :D OVer lap shapes you see with one another to try and bring out the space. Be mindful of the figure and the space they are in. Is this part moving away from me? Is this part moving towards me? How can I represent this

:yayca:

[walnut]

Okay, first of all: why o why of all the effin beers in the world did you choose HEINEKEN? For christ sake man, that's terrible? They don't know what beer taste like down under or something? Second, the top of the can should be flatter than the bottom, it's a perspective thing. Third, you're doing okay but you're still kinda colouring between the lines if you know what i'm seeing. Don't be afraid of colouring outside the lines, mmkay?

[p sage]

LOL. Iron Chef America.

Yeah, Walnut is right. Perspective. Work on that. Draw cylinders. Get the rough cylinder in there first, then start messing with the rendering.

Nice reflective looking surface, tho.

[The man with no name]

pinkchunky: Thanks, the darks weren't that dark from my observations, thanks for stopping by :)

miycko Haha, it's gold true, thanks, your not missing out on much :) yer the perspective was off I guess, I'll do better next time :)

Dy.laneA: Thanks, I will, thanks for the advice :D your right, I should be imagining the shapes that make up the form, thanks again for stopping by and sharing some wisdom :)

walnut: Dude it's just beer, lets just stick to the art please and not slamming a nation because I drink heineken (on the rare occasion that I actually drink):P ok perspectivce is off, got ya :) 3. are you being literal or do you want me to be more experimental? thanks for the help

p sage: BEER! :teeth: ok my perspective sucks a little hard at the moment, :P thanks again for the support :)

OK, today I did some perspective, a few figures which I tried to make with shapes, some from imagination and the 3 girls from reference oh and some proportion practice from some comic book, once again thanks for all the support so far, you guys ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK! as grandmassa would say (hope he doesn't beat down on me for using his word :P)

[miycko]

dude, that girl up there is hot, from the back & front :teeth: those "shapey" people aren't too bad either. i'm jelous that you're doing perspective, something i should take more seriously as well

[B-Man]

Hey there! :assspank:
Keep doing figure studies and dont give up. And do some more finished peices to test yourself. Now, where is my cookie! :yum:

[bharat]

good keep it up...

[p sage]

You're building some good momentum. Keep it going. Soon, you will surprise yourself (in a good way).

[liquidjack]

Ah, the single body part studies seem not in proper alignment when you put them together to make a human. Try using a measurement system for proportions. Not sure if that is what the "blocking" of anatomy is about. Loomis has a good one, but I like the more comic book style of proportion guidance.

[The man with no name]

miycko: Thanks, sadly I copied her from a book :( we can both master perspective together :D

B-Man : Hey :assspank: Revenge! I will, ok, cookies are on the previous page, still plenty left over :D

bharat: Thanks, I will

p sage: Yay, I will, I sure hops so :teeth: maybe I will find a cookie :D

liquidjack: Hmm, ok, thanks for picking that up, more proportion studies for me I think, I'll check them out, cheers :)

Ok, well today I figured I would try and make this entry a little more humorous then usual, although that beer update still takes the cake :P (click that link people) P Sage, you click it multiple times :teeth:

[miycko]

LOL, i hope p sage finds this as funny as i have :D i really like the bot, & keep bringing those hot chicks man :teeth:

[NealTse]

Hey, no name. I can see all the work you're putting into your drawings. What I think will help you the best is working off of a live nude. The value is incalculable. Look around your local area and see if anyone offers and studio time or classes, some can be had for as little as 10$ USD a session. It'll help your figures seem more fluid and alive, and dare I say, even hotter :D.

[p sage]

*BIG SMILE*

Hey, man, don't do art on my account :) Do it for you :)

As you'll see, it turns out I didn't miss anything (no wedding missed. Whew)

The most important thing about doing this ART stuff is to not drop it... don't go a day without drawing. Even going through the motions is better than making no motion.

I had to keep reminding myself of that these last two days, when my drawing time was minimal. Tomorrow is catchup day!

It's already tomorrow for you (SATURDAY!) so kick some serious ass now :)

[Wixxi]

Good work on all those studies, especially rendering is paying of! But maybe draw some more from real life? Take a pencil and a sketchbook and draw stillives, people and buildings to improve your sketching and perspective skills, this will take some time but it'll be worth it. Good luck! :D

[AlexEh]

You had some fun today :D Keep going mate.

[The man with no name]

miycko: :teeth:, thanks, I will try my best :D

NealTse: Thanks for the suggestion, I've been looking for about a month now, really eager to take one but there are none locally (that I have found) I'll find one though, thanks for stopping by :)

p sage: :teeth: lucky lucky :P, sadly it was a slow day, had a music lesson in the morning, only had like 3 hours sleep :( I will kick ass tomorrow, I promise :D

Wixxi: Thanks, that sounds like a good idea, I'm going to get a small sketchbook tomorrow and carry it around with me :) thanks again for the support :teeth:

Dy.laneA: I did :D I will :)

Found this baby and decided to work on her some more :D (Setsuka from Soul Calibur IV) + her little friend :P

Edit: I think I'm starting to use too many smilies in the text :P, there's like 14 of them...haha (was tempted to finish with one)

[Nephilie]

If you go on with the latest WIP: I think her head is a bit too small. And the thigh is too long if you compare it with the lower leg. Both have the same length normally
But I like the dynamic in the movement =D

[p sage]

Cool... it does have movement, doesn't it? How'd you do that :P

Seriously, you have some skills in unusual areas--you can draw faces, and you can get a drawing looking like there's movement in there... it's the other stuff people usually get good at first ;)

Oh yeah. And I'm sick of the cookies. Do you have any ice creams? :)

;)

[AlexEh]

Hehe was actually playing some Soul Calibur IV at my mates house tonight. Talim's my favorite character in the series <3

[liquidjack]

Looks like you're really having fun with it...keep working

[The man with no name]

Nephilie: Good observation, if I continue on with it I will make sure to fix it, thanks :)

p sage: The only way I got it to have movement is by copying the original image, hope you guys don't think this is an original piece, I'm treating it more like a study on form, thanks for the compliments though :) ice cream is on it's way :D

Dy.laneA: Sould Calibur is a fun game to play with mates, Talim kicks ass, she's so quick and jumpy :teeth:

liquidjack: Yep :), I will :rocker:

Ok, now on to the explanation, well in order to better understand form, I'm sticking to this shape approach, will substitute in posemaniacs as well, they may compliment one another, I did some loomis too but it looked unsightly so I made it as small as possible and the last piece I quickly wipped up to bulk up this update :P working from imagination is fun, and I think this is the first time I've attempted the male face from imagination (well its supposed to be male :P)
thought I would also show you guys the dingy little workstation where this stuff manifests itself (very little space to draw), oh and ice-cream :D

[Incinerated]

not so flat no more, but still abit to work on.
Good studies you'll get there.

[miycko]

hey man, that shape thingy looks like a good way to approach things & i think you got the male face down :teeth: it's just the hair that's a little girly :P tell you what, you've got lots more space on your work station than i do, i wouldn't even dare post a pic of dingy place. hehe, icecream :) maybe try a study of that pic, i wonder what painted icecream tastes like

[p sage]

I'm surprised you can move in that closet. LOL.

Good to see you keeping this thing going every day. That's awesome.

And thanks for the iced cream ;)

[The man with no name]

Incinerated: Getting better I guess, I really should get on to some :P

miycko: I think it will hwlp, thanks :D I was going for the native american adolescent mage guy look, so I figured long hair might work :P I'm sure it isn't that bad, ice-cream study might be a good idea :D thanks again for the support :teeth:

p sage who said anything about moving :P I'll try to update daily for atleast the first year, no problem :D don't go enjoying those pixels all at once now...:teeth:

Another piece from imagination, decided to actually spend some time on this one, felt like I had a good day in terms of progress, much better than yesterday :P

Edit: should have pushed the contrast up a notch, I'll try and make next on better :)

Edit 2: it started off as a male face but as it progressed it turned more and more feminine, so if you cover the mouth and nose, it reads as a female, and when you cover the eyes... well you get the picture, I'm going to return to studies for a while until I can do either one or the other :) (might post one more :P) it took about 1- 1:30 hours to finish i'd say, but you lose track of the time when your having fun :) I should have put some elvish ears on it, but I didn't know how to do them off the top of my head :( maybe next time :teeth:

[miycko]

:teeth: you're REALLY good at faces, his eyes are a little girly but everything else seems good to me, congrats :D how long did it take?

[SMILEFACE]

HAHA DIG THE NEW AVATAR KEEP POSTING mMMMOOOAAAAARRRRRRRR!!!!!

[p sage]

Hell yeah, faces are definitely your strong point.

But again... don't just do what you do well. Attack your weaknesses, too :)

But it is fun to do stuff you do well sometimes.

[Badger]

Heyyy, thanks for dropping by my sketchbook, lovely regular work. the face is nice it looks like you learnt from it, I'd give yourself more time on your studies, really focus on how the form turns, and don't paint any studies on a white background, it'll throw your values.
Keep it up!
-B-

[The man with no name]

miycko: Thanks so much, means a lot, it really does :) you will find the answers you seek in the multiple edits situated above :P

Grandmassa Mr. Spect: Thanks :D I will :)

p sage: Thanks :) yer I enjoyed doing it but I should focus on studies and anatomy more, thanks for the support sagey :D

Badger: No problem :) thanks, sure did, sounds like a good idea, no more white from here on in :P thanks for stopping by :)

Well I had very little time today, I had already done some work on this one (not much) so when I had some time I decided to finish it off, tried to establish a light source and try and make the face read as male, NO MORE FACES FOR A WHILE :P time to focus on studies, especially lips :D thanks again for viewing my SB :teeth:

Edit: Faces of death reborn :P

[miycko]

COOLNESS, i like it. the helmets got this sort of construction worker look going on :teeth: it's shadow could have come a little lower but i'm just looking for something to say :P now get to those studies man, there's not time like the present :D

[liquidjack]

Hey nice.... how-everrrr.... your faces have a repeating crooked look to them. Definitely work on the facial structure in this front view because once you really start pushing side, 3/4 etc.... this will come back to haunt you.

Keep at it.

[p sage]

The hat doesn't really fit the girl's head. Also... there are some tweaks to be done to the face, as the previous guy just said.

There's always room for improvement :)

Just keep working there in your little cubbyhole ... lol...

but seriously, you need some place to stretch out, and get some really wide arcs... swing your arm into your drawings!

Can you do traditional media? Might be cool for a bit of a changeup.

[The man with no name]

miycko Thanks :P study time :D

liquidjack Thanks, good observation, it really stands out now, thanks for bringing this to my attention :)

p sage: Ok, yep, thats for sure :P my little cubbyhole LOL, I can barely keep my tablet and keyboard on the same desk, my keyboard spends most it's time on my lap :P by traditional media do you mean paint? or graphite? I don't have the room for real paint :P

Today are a few figure from imagination and a study of the female torso in graphite

[miycko]

nice figures man, the second one looks like michael jackson :D & rememeber any & all female body parts will always help keep the SB interesting :teeth:

[nurraymjo]

Hey, the faces are looking nice. Those last poses from imagination are really good. Great sketchbook.

[Bendragon]

Hey! Keep up those studies in the basics, they really do help out. For the painting of the face, I think you can push the form more. Take a look at one of those lighting spheres exercises. It goes through about forms and I think it can really help out with your work. Say for the face, imagine where the light is coming from. Then create the form like it is a sphere, when the surface is away from the light source it will gradually be more in shadow (unless a bounce light reaches it, it might be less dark).

[AlexEh]

Yay boobs! Keep it up mate, your being persistent which is good!

[p sage]

Yeah graphite. It just gives you a different feel, that's all.

Being able to swing your arm freely is what will give your lines fluidity, no matter what media you work in.

I see you're studying the right type of anatomy now, you dog ;) Looks good--starting to look more dimensional.

You're still on the path, and you're making progress.

[The man with no name]

miycko Thanks, it does too :D Haha good point :teeth:

nurraymjo Thank you very much :)

Bendragon Thanks for all the helpful advide, I'll look into it :D

Dy.laneA I will, thanks :)

p sage Ok, I did some graphite today, might do some tomorrow too :D Thanks so much for the support thus far, I wouldn't have gotten this far without you :D

Just a quick study for today, different boobs this time :P

Edit: It's funny how you notice all the imperfections when you stand back and look at what you've done properly, not too happy with today's post, but I guess this will help me in the long run

[B-Man]

hi there!
Dont stop the studies its working. Try and draw some shapes. like cylinders and boxes to practice drawing 3D. The human body is hard to draw in a 3D so start with simple shapes and move on to harder and harder shapes. Keep it up!
Cheers!:drinkup:

[Kawauchi]

keep going xD and don't forget to have fun too! : D go try your skills on some personal projects : )

[p sage]

Cool, man. Another update :)

Definitely. Every drawing... ALL of them... get you closer to your goal--as long as you don't stop :)

Watch the proportions on the male torso there... check the size of that deltoid muscle versus the waist size... that's a massive deltoid :)

The basic shapes are in the ballpark; but I think B-Man says it best. Practice getting 2D shapes correct, and then the 3D shapes... because everything is made of those. If you put in that groundwork, it will pay huge dividends later. Build up your basics.

Good work though! :lifedrawing:

[AlexEh]

Yup takeing a step back and takeing in your whole drawing at once really helps you pick out errors. Sweet stuff keep going!

[dierat]

Great portrait in post #151, I'm looking forward to more studies like that. Keep it up!

[The man with no name]

B-Man: Thanks b-man, great advice, I will just stick to the basics until I can grasp them, thanks for stopping by :)

Kawauchi: I will :D true, maybe I will stick to the studies for a little longer until I feel I can do something worth showing :P

p sage: His deltoid is HUGE :P, maybe he is a little too hardcore :D, guess I should study these shapes more, your right (again :P), thanks for the tips and the support :)

Dy.laneA: Thanks, seems that way doesn't it, thanks for dropping in :)

dierat: Thanks so much, I will :D

Some more graphite today, would have been up earlier but my internet sucks :( TPG grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[p sage]

Cool dude. Looks like some Loomis stuff

Careful to see the proportions of the legs there; most of the stick figures look pretty short & stocky. Try to get those right every time.... and then you build on them. Proportion is my biggest hurdle, too.

[AlexEh]

It's hard and fustraiting man but you will get there! Just gota keep drawing!

[The man with no name]

p sage: Thanks :) your right no point building a foundation on bad habits, thanks for the tip :D

Dy.laneA: Sure is :P I'll get there one day, just need to work harder I guess :)

This is yesterdays update posted today (internet issues). I think I might be able to resolve the internet crisis however, the router is on the other side of the house and my wireless reciever only barely picks up the signal (poor, I know...), perhaps if I buy a signal enhancer I won't have these issues anymore, lets hope, this is starting to get old...

I was out most of the day (yestrday) so this one is a little on the small side, decided to scrap everything and get right back to basics, which means proportions and lines, will make the next update (today's) a little more substantial

Edit: get a load of that man woman :P

[p sage]

Cool. Rockin the Loomis. Looking good (better). The proportions look right.

The trick is to get those figures to look right in perspective :) Practice is the way to understanding, though.

[The man with no name]

p sage: Thanks, it's actually not loomis, it's from "the structure of man" DVD's, they seem to be similar though, definetly need to practice proportion more :P thanks for the input sagey :D

2 semi quick figures from imagination + some anatomy work in graphite

[p sage]

Ah, yes. Well those two skulls in the last one do look like Riven Phoenix's stuff.

Carry on! :)

[Incinerated]

the portrait in 156# is still flat, you have to watch out when you frame the face with hair.
Good studies, attack your pictures, be your own worst critique.
-Inc

[miycko]

[B]Edit: get a load of that man woman :P

LOL, very funny man, hope you've got that internet fixed. i like the updates the guy carrying the sythe is very fit :) though i think the the area on the sides of his sixpack is a bit too plain/straight. your doing really good on the studies, keep that stuff coming man :teeth:

[The man with no name]

p sage: Thanks, I will, I can already feel the improvement just from the past few studies :)

Incinerated: Yep, your right, didn't spend too long on it, I'm still struggling with proportion and this is why I've been doing all these studies, thanks for the input, much appreciated :)

miycko: :D, the internet seems to be running properly again :teeth: thanks, it's supposed to be like a metal plate over his torso, not that your able to tell at this point in time, might have to do some more metal studies or something :) I will, thanks for visiting :D

Today I tried to to imprint in my mind the rules of proportion ie. the 8 heads theory,so I decided to tackle another figure from imagination while keeping this rule in mind, still not too great (especially those legs, there starting to get frustrating...) but getting better I think, oh and a small head study, enjoy :)

[p sage]

You're right. That is better. The proportions are getting much closer.

Now it's just a bit more of that to get it locked down... and on to anatomy.

But seriously... lock down the proportion stuff. That's good practice. And this pic is one of your best so far.

[miycko]

nice :D i like the costume & shield you gave that character, btw the hair on the head study reminds me of Paul Pheonix

[The man with no name]

p sage: Thanks seems though some of the information stuck but not enough, guess thats where repetition comes into it :P hopefully in a few weeks I will start the anatomy stuff again (posemaniacs) thanks again :)

miycko: Thanks, Paul from tekken 3? that brings back memories :D thanks again for dropping by :)

Just a few studies for today

Edit: figure 12 came out a little wide I think, might have measures something wrong :P that is all.....:D

[p sage]

More Riven Phoenix.... wideoes. I like his wideoes. I bought his wideoes and moved his wideoes from the crap DVD-Rs he sells to a folder called wideoes on my hard drive :D

He explains the skull really well... and it looks like you're picking that up.

Keep going with that... I only got through the first seven wideoes or so... before going to something else :)

It'll be fun to see your progress.

[The man with no name]

p sage: No Riven wideos today :P He does explain the skull very well, lets hope that we see some progress :D guess it isn't going to happen over night :( :P Thanks for the ongoing support :)

Today a face from imagination inspired by a tutorial I bought down at Idrawgirls dot com, learned a few useful tips too :D

I think that for once in this entire SB the face turned out looking as it was intended to (female) pretty happy today, even looking back a page I feel like I've improved a tad :)

[miycko]

can i have her number? :P cuz she's just my type :drool: the nose needs a little more attention though, the rest is very nicely done :D

[p sage]

The face is not bad, but look at the perspective on the head, especially the crown of the skull.

Take a look at some skulls; study them. I don't just mean Rivens' skulls... I mean check them out in 3D. You may begin to see why her head looks off. It's like you can see both the top of her head (all the way to the back) as well as the front of her face (which is of course impossible).

It's perspective again... and the head isn't necessarily easy to draw in perspective; but once you can do that...

[B-Man]

Allrigt I like this last face! big step!
I think it needs some work though. I did a quick paintover to show what I mean and what (according to me) is skew.
The portrait is leaning a bit to the left. By flipping the image when painting you spot "lean" earlier and its easy to repair. I moved around some facial features and gave her a shadow on her nose. to reduce the lean. I tried to paint as little as possible so it still be the way you painted it.
I hope its helpful and that it gives you some pointers on what to think about when making portraits. Good job and keep up the good work!
Cheers mate!
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[Flaskpost]

B-man´s got it! right on.

always try to mirror things, and draw a centerline, helps so much to get the symmetry down!
set a shortcut in photoshop to "flip horizontally" or something. :)

[The man with no name]

Had no time today :(, had to wip up something, took 10 minutes if that... thanks everyone, b-man you rock, will thank you guys in detail tomorrow + post a half decent update.... this update makes me sick

[p sage]

Well, if you're sick, it's because of all the cookies and ice cream in here :)

There are days like that; always remember they will be there. No matter how good you get, you will get days when you feel like you cant draw anything. The trick is to forget them quickly and throw hard work at the problem. Seems like most people, when they start feeling "sick" about their work, when applying hard work to the problem, "level up" their abilities. You see it over and over again here on CA.

B-Man's crit is excellent, and shows what was going on with the head and hair better than I could have explained it.

Hope to see another update quickly!

[AlexEh]

Keep up the good work, you will rock tommrow :D

[The man with no name]

p sage: Just had a really slow day, and didn't feel like drawing, I will get back on the horse and post some good stuff soon (hopefully :P) B-man had an awesome crit didn't he :) time t learn from it and get better :) thanks for the support, I really appreciate it :)

Dy.laneA: I will, thanks, hope this "rocks" :P

I did this today to combat a few of the mistakes I did on my last face, B-man's awesome explanation helped me with some troubled areas (hope it shows), I also hpe that I improved a bit from last time with all the tips you guys gave me, thanks for the support, you guys rock :)

Edit: Her brow is supposed to be raised to clear things up, guess I shoul have said that earlier :P otherwise I would have made it more aligned with her other brow :)

[miycko]

very pretty face, she kinda reminds me of Elika from the new prince of persia game :D man i love that game :teeth: & what p sage said was right on the money, now would be a good time to take a step back & have a look at the progress you've made the last couple weeks. you're making great progress here my friend :D keep at it

[liquidjack]

NICE! Looks like B-man's quick tut got you on the right path. Keep it up sir....good stuff awesome improvement.

[AlexEh]

On her right brow you suggested thatthe brow was rasied with her eye brow with the shadow you drew. The brow is a bone cock your eye brow in the mirror and see what I mean. I tried painting over it to show what I mean.

[p sage]

Some improvement there :) Your perspective issues are getting sorted.

Dy has a good point there. The brow ridge is a bone that protrudes almost like a pair of goggles. Ref a real skull if possible.

And the eyebrow starts off on the underside of this ridge (near the nose) and halfway through it passes over the ridge onto the forehead (toward the outside corner of the eye socket)

Riven Phoenix does a good job explaining that shape, (it almost looks like a pair of handlebars with a pair of longhorn-horns attached to the top of them, or something).

Just takes some more anatomy study.

The main point is you're improving :)

[The man with no name]

Thanks everyone, will reply and comment in your sketch books tomorrow, wasn't at home at all today, got back just before midnight, need sleep, got a headache and this is all I could do :( hogarth study with a headache while sleep deprived...going to have a good one for you guys tomorrow, free day without distractions

Miycko: Thanks so much :), prince of persia games rock :D I feel like my strokes are a little more cnfident no, and I've learned heaps from everyones helpful comments, thanks again Miycko :)

Liquidjack: Thanks :), I feel I learned something from b-man, I will keep it up (I hope :P) thanks :)

Dy.LaneA: Thanks for the paintover, I get what you mean, looks like theres no bone there (in my one)

p sage: Thanks, I get ya, I'm kind of doing tthis with a vague knowledge (bad idea) I will get onto the studies asap :) thanks again for the support :teeth:

[android411]

lots of improvement here, I can totally agree with the others that you´re getting better from day to day. I´m not the specialist in figure drawing but what I see looks really good :)
btw I have also watched some Riven Phoenix vids, that guy is really amazing and I will continue studying these too when I have more time. I will check back asap, keep it up

[The man with no name]

android411: Thanks so much :D I better start using those vids aain, there really helpful, thanks for stopping by :)

Had some fun today (another face :P) should have done studies though, I better start them tomorrow otherwise I will focus too much on faces and have no idea how to construct the body :P
My ispiration came from guildwars 1 (the elementalist) well just the fire thing, used to play that game way too much back in the day :P

Edit: I kind of forgot to flip the canvas, hope it doesn't stand out too much

[B-Man]

Hi there! Im glad the crit helped! :D
I think that if you flip this last one youll se that theres some things that need work. Not alot of work just some moving around. So flip it and play ariound. And if you still feel stuck I can give you some more advise. :)
Keep it up!

[Zorcron]

hey bro ive been following you for a little while now, you are putting in a lot of work its paying off

go for some landscape man i think it will help you with value a lot

keep it coming !

also i dont think views and stars should be your goal not a very healthy attitude IMO focus on doing the best as an artist the rest will all follow

[liquidjack]

Keep it coming. I think the face is a big improvement from before the B-man crit and tut. Like he said the small imperfections can be worked at, but this is from imagination, yes? Play with women pics (insert joke here) and really get down the facial structure placement.

[Divine Oblivion]

Thanks a bunch for taking a look at my sketchbook... C:

I'll admit, I skimmed yours. :D Good work you have so far. I'd suggest trying to be looser with your full body stuff - their poses look so stiff. The proportions look good overall, and dammit, you're faces rock.

Keep it up. <3

[p sage]

Not bad there in the latest posting... I do think her eyes are a bit too large, however.

Keep posting and keep drawing.

[Icecold]

Whoohoo!

I haven't dropped by for some time and you already did a massive ammount of updates. Studying proportions is definitely good idea. Just pay atention and look carefully at what Bman advised. Your digital works still has a bit of a plastic feel, but it will be better anysoon, i believe in you. *thumbs up*

[miycko]

YES. another pretty face :D i like it, keep the good stuff coming man & do more of those studies, i'm begining to see how helpful they are :teeth:

[Incinerated]

Hey that's pretty good, just dont forget to do more than faces. :D
keep practice up and sleep down.

[The man with no name]

B-Man: Hey b-man, your right, I forgot to do it and noticed just as I had posted, will remember from now on in :) thanks again b-man

Zorcron: Your right, might try one, don't know where to start though :P wiped the goals section clean, It was more to track certain stats so I could look back on them but it doesn't matter anymore :P

liquidjack: Thanks :D, there are a fair bit of mistakes but I guess it's all part of learning, yup she is from imagination 100%, think I'm going to post studies for a bit :) thanks again for stopping by :)

A'mihisss: No problem :), thanks :D, your right they are stiff, guess this is because I'm incapable of drawing the human figure at this point i time, need more studies, thanks, will try my best to make them even better :)

p sage: Thanks, think your right, she's kind of stylised I guess :P

Icecold: YAY I'm winning favor :D your right, I need to do more studies I think, will help with the plastic feel too, thanks for stopping by and having belief in me :D

miycko: Thanks :D I will, studies for a while I think :P Thanks for the support :)

Incinerated: Thanks, your right, I really need to focus on my troubled areas, less sleep = better art :D I like it :teeth:

Thanks again everybody, will return the favor tomorrow :)

Quick, sketchy and rough for today, didn't even refine the features,didn't spend too much time on ps today so it doesn't look too good, going back into study mode for a while, especially proportion :) oops I even forgot to flip the canvas......I'm going to get a postit not and stick it on my computer monitor :P

Edit: Well I just realised how "unrefined" the nose looks, she looks like an alien :D

[Incinerated]

eyes are still way out of proportion. funky glasses :)

[Helaine]

I think the eyes are too huge, and the nose is too small :D


It looks like the biggest problem is the nose, what about practice drawing the nose- only the nose- from the different angles?

It helped me :D I think you should try it :)

[p sage]

Yeah I think the eyes actually got *BIGGER*... lol... from the last one to this one. And it isn't so much that the nose is small; it's that it's too low.

Methinks anime or manga is influencing your stuff a bit much right now, because that's what they do; they move the nose really low, and make the eyes huge.

But this doesn't look like anime or manga.

When I find I'm going nuts with bad proportions, I always remember to just study the subject harder. Look more carefully. Measure more carefully.

[miycko]

mmmmmmmmmmm, ddduuuudddde, moar studies man moar. i'm glad you finally updated. NOW KEEP THAT STUFF COMING :teeth

[The man with no name]

Incinerated: your right, there way too big, thanks :D

Helaine: you are also right, I will post some nose studies soon :) really gotta get onto those studies :)

p sage: I smashed face first into an art block :( 'sobs' I've been watching too much anime me thinks, I better start those studies, thanks for the tips :)

ldp2009: Thanks, much appreciated, I got a very long way to go until I'll be satisfied with them though, much to learn :)

miycko: didn't have time to sit down and do studies, will get onto them asap though, I really need to break this art block :)

Felt like crap today, knew what I did yesterday wasn't very good, I should have done better, oh well, I will do better next time. Studies tomorrow, I even bought a new sketchbook just to do them in :D

Posemaniacs and some feature studies, I know I'm doing things wrong, I can tell the body proportions are wrong, and yet I just keep pumping out this rubbish, I'm going to force myself to do the studies, it's for my good, no point hindering my progress because of laziness

[miycko]

i ripped this from a friend's deviantart page :) hope it helps

Laziness to me is like a prize fighter who engages in the scrap of his life and ends up losing miserably. I'm this bruiser who's been in many a gruesome, violent and bloody battles, always emerging the victor until that one fateful fight.Very,very disappointed in myself right now. But like everybody who falls,I have to pick myself up,dust myself off and get back in the saddle so to speak. My pencil is my weapon as the fists are the prizefighters objects of offence. I have to "get back in the ring" and shine as before.And I don't think I can do this alone.....

gonna be here as long as you keep posting man :D

[B-Man]

I know how you feel about the human shape. Is so hard to get right.
I started drawing box-figures in one layer making sure the proportions were right. Then its easier make a good looking body in a new layer ontop of the boxfigure. It takes some more time but It really helped me alot.
Also like you said studies is a good thing. If you have time and could afford it join a lifedrawing class.
Dont get discouraged, and just keep working on your weaknesses. And most important of all have fun drawing and enjoy it. Its learning things thats most fun and rewarding.
Cheers mate! Now, may the zombie of inspiration gnaw on your soul!

[liquidjack]

Ah, human anatomy....looks like you're trying to attack it with wacom and pc or mac. I find this much harder to learn because of the positioning of my arm and body not to mention my eyes are not fixed on my hands drawing but the computer screen. For me this is too much to attempt to learn or practice anatomy. I pull out the handy dandy pen and paper for this messy task.

[p sage]

B-Man isn't just a handsome Swede whom every guy here has a man-crush on... he also gives good advice ;)

It's very important to stay in contact with drawing. What I mean is just keep doing it. Eventually, you will find the right information or it will find you. This information is what will allow you to progress. Sometimes this information comes in trickles... sometimes in gushes. But the most important thing is to not get discouraged.

So chin up. Work hard. Take good advice. And don't beat yourself up.

[The man with no name]

miycko: Thanks man, made me feel much better, thanks for the ongoing support, I really appreciate it :)

B-Man: Pretty frustrating, I think I should start with boxes like you said, is this a specific method that I can google? I've been looking like a crazy man but there is nothing within a 100 km radius :P Thanks for the great advice b-man your a class act and I salute you :yayca: THAT ZOMBIE STOLE MY WACOM!.....:D

liquidjack: Good advice, and you are right, I find paper a much easier medium for those little studies, thanks for stopping by :)

p sage: HAHA and a pet zombie :D your right (as always) :P I just need to persevere, I will get better over time, thanks for the pep talk, 'chin up' how's the trip going? :)

Did a bit of everything today, measured the proportions properly with the first guy, hope it looks anatomically correct, probebly not though :P that little sketchbook I bought really came in handy :D

[AlexEh]

I second P Sage =) It seems like at some point or another people just make break throughs in there skills then go on fighting some more for some new ones =) As long as they keep going consistently though!!!

[miycko]

hey man, glad to see more than one drawing this time :D i noticed that if i keep pushing the art right after suffering from artblock i get even more motivated. not sure if it works that way but it's worth a try. miht just work for you too :) i like the first guy, the proportions look okay to me, but i'm a noob as well so :P your studies look good as well

[Helaine]

Hi! Nice to see new update-


I think you need to do more study based on ref~ And keep on doing stuff from imagination for fun!

But definitely more study- especially anatomy- do you read Bridgman's book? :D

[p sage]

Yeah, study the hell out of Bridgman. And do some master studies and copies. These are things I'm going to begin doing much more seriously now (after visiting this school)

And the trip went very well. I'm in the airport on WIFI right now going home.

[The man with no name]

Dy.laneA: I will persevere :D

miycko: Thanks, I will get past this artblock, I know it :D

Helaine: I think your right, and I will, got a brigman book, will post some tomorrow :D

p sage: You got it :P, might try some Sargent soon :teeth: The school looks great, I checked out their website, llooks like a great place to study :)

I wasn't lazy today but had little time to myself, I did some small studies as well and I'll post them tomorrow :) will have to study the hell out of figures and anatomy, can't wait to make my figures look dynamic and real :D thanks for the support everyone, will visit all your sketchbooks as soon as I can :)

[B-Man]

I think your doing great. any study is something youll learn from.
I drew a quick example. Hope you dont mind.
So what I did was brake the body down in simple shapes that I
know how tro draw by heart, boxes cylinders and spheres. :)
Then I made figure ontop of the boxfigure in a new layer. I think
the boxfigure is a fun way to practise drawing shapes. Its also
easy to figure out proportions with boxes.

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[Incinerated]

MORE DRAWING!!!!



Please.

[AlexEh]

The last one could of used a few more darker values to give it some more form, it's looking very flat right now :D What B-Man suggested will also help you in understanding form too. Cubes and rectangles have very distinct sides that will show what's faceing where. It's soo hard but try your best to turn that discouragement your feeling into something positive!!! That or just try not to feel discouraged. What ever works for you!

[p sage]

Isn't Björn dreamy? *sigggh*

:teeth:

[Hellfire]

Hey man, I really liked your sketchbook.
Great practice here. I like to see that you are practicing anatomy as well.
I think you should focus on proportion. You are very good with the rendering and you are having some good ideas. You just have to make a good proportional body to finish.
Watch for the size of every part of the body and how they fit together.
And you also should train some face proportions as well, you already mastered how to draw the elements, just put then in the right place and you are gonna start making beautiful portraits in no time.
But your stuff is really good man! Great potential.
Keep practicing.

[miycko]

like tall & skinny, i like :teeth: her neck looks like it's a little long ATM. there's nothing more i can say without repeating everyone else's comments so amma just keep cheering you on :cheerleader:

[The man with no name]

Thanks everyone, I'll reply to your comments tomorrow, thanks for the little tut b-man :D

This is just to keep the streak alive, having one of those days, I gotta get out more :P got a music lesson tomorrow so I better get some sleep....

[The man with no name]

Feeling better now, should post a bigger update tomorrow :yayca:

Edit: forgot to change the date and entry number, will fix it later :P

[Mag-Neo]

---those anatomy studies looking good & you've done a lot of interesting characters in here... I like 'em.... keep more posting mate............. ';D CHEERS.........!
:yayca:

[Incinerated]

good anatomy stuff, Do a little more proportion studies

[miycko]

hey man, good studies :D glad you're doing them even with the artblock. keep at it & pretty soon you'll push past it :)

[p sage]

Very nice studies. Those are like your scales in piano (if that's what you're playing). Learn 'em until you can do them in your sleep, and do them better than the teacher :). It will make taking the next step so much easier :)

[miycko]

dude, where's the update?! startin to get worried here :(

[p sage]

Have you O.D.'ed on ice cream?

:(

[SMILEFACE]

HAHA WAY TO BE WITH THE KILLER STUDIES LETS SEE SoME MOOOAAAARRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!

[The man with no name]

Update:Hey everyone, I'm still alive :teeth: Our interenet provider has been giving us the run around, we havent had proper internet for about 3 weeks now, really sucks that I can't update, took me 30 minutes just to get this far, they said they would send someone over to fix it, but it's been 2 weeks already....... thanks for all the support guys, hope these jerks can have our net fixed before christmas....... I've still been drawing, but only a few studies, it's hard to get motivated when you don't have internet :(

[p sage]

Don't let your motivation come from the internets :D Let it spring from withing :teeth: :teeth:


Good to see you're alive.

[miycko]

i agree, let it spring from withing :) looking forward to the BIG ASS DUMP you'll perform when you get back dude :D & keep pushing them pencils

[Kawauchi]

Go shop some nice inspirational books! It's always good to have when you're traveling for instance..or when your internet is down.. xp find some artbooks from your favorite artists?

And little tip..when you draw, focus. If you know you can do better, do it. : ) continue till it's what you had imagined from the start. Like a goal.. don't know if it makes sense?

I did the same exercise as you did in post #221, some years ago. It's really rewarding, I still remember some of the tips he gave..: p

looking forward to the huge update!

[The man with no name]

Happy new year everyone :yayca:

I'm back :hugsmile: the internet issue was sorted out about a week ago but my computer was still having issues, sadly this is all I have to show for my 2-3 months of absence, back to daily updates again :D

[The man with no name]

Day 1 of the new year :D thanks for taking the time to look at my sketchbook (even if no one left any comments), much appreciated :)

[Twan]

interresting studies, I think you can improve a lot by studying human figure in motion ( by using as refs : comics, sports photos ,...)
keep on drawing!

[The man with no name]

Twan: Thanks Twan, I think your right, might be time to get the good ol' grey lead out again.

[p sage]

Nice dump!

Good to see you back.

[The man with no name]

p sage: Thanks, it's good to be back :)