Lhune's Sketchbook

[Lhune]

Hello and welcome to my sketchbook!

My name is Ilse Gort, though I'm known online as Lhune.
First and foremost I would like to thank you for dropping by!
Please don't be a stranger and drop a comment, critiques
are most welcome and if I can find the time I'll be sure
to return the favor!



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I've got myself a simple A4 sized book to do my sketches in, I'll hopefully be able to show you some new (and better) stuff soon.

[Cok3]

hey keep it up! love the green sea dragon thingy :)

[Lhune]

Today's and a bit of yesterday's doodling. For a personal assignment I'm trying to draw a cartoon-ish game character which I will work out further and then attempt to render in a more realistic way. I'm probably going for either 2 or 4.

http://i34.tinypic.com/2ai08t3.jpg
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Dirty scanner. I need to clean that glass >>.

[Jaytea]

whoa this one (http://i30.tinypic.com/1z35r9t.jpg) is pretty cool. Keep at it!

[lukart]

Very nice sketchbook !!! You have a good understanding of values !!! Keep it up

[Lhune]

Well, the scanner got cleaned.

It's so stupid and frustrating how something can look right on paper, but looks ridiculous when scanned.

http://i33.tinypic.com/25s6749.jpg

More practise will come later.

[Lhune]

It took a while unfortunately. Relationship, work, driving and I still had a few commissions to finish before I could fully focus on practise (I can't do personal stuff well if I still owe other people art).

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[silvestri99]

Nice stuff, can't wait to see more!

[WinterTime]

very cool, My friend. keep it up!

[Chipsterology]

Excellent :)

[Lhune]

silvestri99: Thank you! More will come :). And keep coming, hopefully.

WinterTime: Thanks! I will!

BlackARK: Glad you think so! :)

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Today's work:

http://i50.tinypic.com/2nisra.jpg
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http://i48.tinypic.com/2d17b5t.jpg

It's not much but I went and refined the sketches a bit more than I initially intended. Especially the rhino 'dragon'.

Info on the rhino dragon: Too heavy to fly, so it's wings started to evolve into a defensive weapon. Not that it needed them since it's already a tank, but I figured it needed something that still slightly resembled wings.

Info on the "mech": Very quick sketch of a mech I've had in mind for a long time. I still lack the skill to draw her as I actually think she should look (it's a she by the way), so I stopped where I was and decided to try again later.

Everything else is just random doodling or practise.

[Lhune]

Update. As is probably obvious, R means a reference was used, NR means no reference.

http://i49.tinypic.com/2jebgvs.jpg
http://i50.tinypic.com/5xr6uu.jpg
http://i46.tinypic.com/2dtyyd1.jpg

More may still come today.

[Lhune]

Last one for today, I really need some sleep now.

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[ColorExcursion]

Heyyy,
Really awesome stuffff!!! :D :D
The studies are almost always right on :D
And I feel like you should rename yourself to dragon/dinosaur woman ! :P
Keep postin' !!!
<3

[Lhune]

Ahh, I'm so slow with my practises lately! I've been doing other things though. Not a day goes by that I don't draw. Here's what kept me busy before, and what I AM still busy with.

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The lion character is not my own, it was an exchange type picture for BrennaRaven on DeviantArt. The second picture is more or less a tryout. I wanted to draw something cute in a somewhat cartoony style (it's no particular animal, more of a mix between red panda and lemur).

[Lhune]

Done :).

.... I should get back to sketching now.

http://i48.tinypic.com/4tm25g.jpg

[Lhune]

Some chimera sketches I did, because I couldn't decide on a pose. I'm probably going for the second though (where the goat is vomiting liquid fire by the way. I'm aware it looks awkard).

http://i46.tinypic.com/29f605u.jpg

And one based off of a bird I saw today when I came home from work. It was sitting perched on a branch, preening itself when the wind suddenly caught it's tail so it flung forward, struggling to hold on to the branch. It really cheered me up and as I got home I decided to speedpaint the scene. 15 minutes.

http://i48.tinypic.com/2jeb9sl.jpg

[Lhune]

A couple of sketch commissions I've been working on. I was away for Christmas and busy during New Years, I did some traditional sketching then, but I'll have to scan those later.

None of these characters are my own.

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http://i48.tinypic.com/33bkgh2.jpg
http://i47.tinypic.com/2a5dtur.jpg
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http://i48.tinypic.com/saxrwk.jpg
http://i49.tinypic.com/23rskya.jpg

More will hopefully come soon.

[Lhune]

Oh, and I almost forgot these! Two of my favourite pokémon of the very first series, and Lairon. I tried drawing them as actual monsters though.

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[Arthurkidd]

wow awesome sketch book, I liked the mythological creatures.

[Keeviin]

Your lines seem so... clean and confident. Sweet! Something more loose would be interesting too though -

[Lhune]

Arthurkidd: Thank you!

Keeviin: I'm glad you think so :). I wish I could do more loose sketches, I do them a lot but end up automatically refining them (partially also because I'm probably the only one who can still see what they are before that).

[MoKhi]

You draw wonderful animals and creatures! They've got a lot of feeling and attitude in their postures and your line quality is a world away from what it was on page 1. Keep posting and improving. I'll be subscribing to this.

[TheButterBunny]

Hey man, loving your sketchbook so far! My favourites are the pokemon drawn like real monsters XD that's such a cool idea.. maybe when I get good enough some day I'll try drawing my favourites as "real" monsters!

very inspiring stuff, your line quality is great!

Keep up the hard work!

[Dr poPcoRN]

brilliant start! i really like your creatures you got good lines and a good sense of proportions, nothing looks awkward :D keep posting! i will keep looking :D

[Bellachime]

wow you have amazing artwork and a brilliant understanding of anatomy @_@
Keep it up, I look forward to your next posts!!

[Dahami]

Awesome sketchbook! I love the realism, anatomy and perfect line work.

[Cameli]

Damn really nice creature designs!Kepp practicing faces and keep posting :D

[cdejong]

Wow just great work in here, looking forward to seeing your development in art school!

[Lhune]

MoKhi: Thank you :). Glad you think so!

TheButterBunny: Thanks! You definitely should, it's tons of fun :).

Dr poPcoRN: Hey, thanks!

Bellachime: Thanks! And here it is! ;)

Dahami: Thank you!

Cameli: Thanks! I should get to drawing more faces real soon.

cdejong: Thanks a lot. Me too actually, but I have to make it in first!


Here is today's work. I've been chatting with a commissioner today, she's developing a world of her own but she is more of a writer and in need of drawn references, so that's where I come in. Unfortunately the best reference she could give me were screenshots of creatures she designed in Spore, and my job basically was to draw these creatures in a somewhat realistic/believable fashion.

Starting off with the 'elephant' of her world. A full grown man would reach up to about the third spike coming from it's leg. It has sensory antennas for eyes, should anyone get confused.

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Second, her world's 'warthog', it digs up it's food with it's peculiar front legs.

http://i45.tinypic.com/2s6vy8w.jpg

And a swamp tree. My first ever serious attempt at sketching a tree as well so probably full of mistakes. I need to draw more plants.

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Oh, and another sketch commission like the ones a couple of posts back:

http://i48.tinypic.com/faalvo.jpg

Not too happy with that last one, but I was completely uninspired.

[Brandon Pilcher]

My favorite is the hadrosaur in #13. That looks like a relative of Corythosaurus.

[ParanoiaArtist]

OMG I love it! You're stuff is amazing *subscribing*. I'll definitely have to keep you on follow. I think my favs are the pokemon .... is it bad that I'm 18 and still am in love with pokemon? I just couldn't let it go =P

[Lhune]

trexmaster: I used various hadrosaurs as a reference so it could well have been ;).

ParanoiaArtist: I'm 19 myself and I've always enjoyed pokémon. It's what got me started on drawing and I will never forget about them little guys! Granted they got a little overboard with the amount of them and the series have got rather boring and repetitive, but the first series of pokémon still make me feel happy inside haha.

[ParanoiaArtist]

trexmaster: I used various hadrosaurs as a reference so it could well have been ;).

ParanoiaArtist: I'm 19 myself and I've always enjoyed pokémon. It's what got me started on drawing and I will never forget about them little guys! Granted they got a little overboard with the amount of them and the series have got rather boring and repetitive, but the first series of pokémon still make me feel happy inside haha.

Me too! = ) Pokemon really what got me going first and especially the cards. And yea I don't watch the show anymore.. it's so blah now, but I still love the games.

[Lhune]

Hmm had a bit of a slow day today. I've done only two 'sketches', both took me longer than they should have (the first about two hours, the second to and a half). I couldn't seem to focus very well.

Again, neither of these two designs are mine. The first is a wind spirit from the game called Aion, I used a screen shot as a reference. The second is a 'fey' dragon designed by a writer who wanted me to try and depict it. The wing structure is supposed to be a mixture of bat and butterfly.

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I also discovered that a simple gradient could make the sketch look just a little more interesting.

[Lhune]

It's not much but, I've done something at least.

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There are western (European) and eastern (Asian) dragons, which led me to wondering what an American dragon would look like. And so, McDragon was born.

http://i48.tinypic.com/24grfk8.jpg

(actually I just wanted to draw a random fat dragon and found the idea of it being American fairly amusing)

[Naomi-Parkes]

Great stuff. Subscribing for sure. Would love to see more people. Although your creature anatomy is great! I loved the cute lemur/panda.

[Lhune]

It's been a long time since my last update here. A bit too long, even, I'm afraid I've been distracted by some personal projects, some of which are posted below.

WIP:
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"The Guide", a quick concept (indeed the same critter as seen above) which will probably change a lot still.
http://i49.tinypic.com/105v2ih.jpg

Another chaos pic I'm working on (the first I did can be seen in my first post):
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Some studies of a hovercraft-animal, for last week's COW. Didn't get to making a finished piece, but the sketches and studies were still fun to do.
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And some dragon portraits of a project which I started ages ago (none of the characters are my own). These pictures are a bit older already but still worth showing.
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http://i45.tinypic.com/mcrghz.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/2d1raxt.jpg

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And just to tick off a few avatar fans.

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[joel seguin]

Very nice work- LOVE the fantasy stuff!!!

[Lhune]

joel seguin: Thank you! :)

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It's not much, but I thought I'd share. Some single-layer colour practise and another concept for that game I'm trying to design.

http://i50.tinypic.com/so1nh4.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/npoxhs.jpg

[Rich_C]

It's weird but I really like the uncoloured drawings the style the sphynx is in - great designs

[Eiki]

Fantastic and solid stuff! I love both your creative work and your studies!! Really nice man, but I would love to see some work pushed further! That would be great!!


Show more :) I will stop by and enjoy :)

[Lhune]

Rich C: Thank you :). I'm a sucker for simplicity, perhaps that's what appeals to you, too?

Eiki: Thank you :). I'll definitely keep it up.

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A bit of art therapy for today. I've been trying to capture Bryan Adams' "Sound the Bugle" through my art a few times before but never really managed to do so. Up until now I guess :). I'm aware that the paw underneath her head looks wonky, I attempted to fix it a bit.

http://i45.tinypic.com/16h0y36.jpg

[zerdron]

Very nice creatures, specially the details on the landscape and the scales.

[Lhune]

Thought I'd show the finished picture here :).

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http://i39.tinypic.com/znx6ja.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/2j4u4k8.jpg

Oh, the two dragon heads are bird-based :). The fire one being a cardinal bird, the ice one being a crane bird.

[DefiledVisions]

Cool! found you at DA aswell. Heck Pokemon are awesome :P the anime is lame nowadays but I miss the good old gameboy days. I had dreams of becoming a Pokemon master....

Your lines are really strong, nice and clean. Would be cool to see some more colours from you, I think that's your weak point. Also more people. It's good to see some studies there aswell :)

[Traveler]

Everything is coming along nicely. Keep at it! It's probably already been said but you should make sure to do continuing studies from real animals. That will give you the necessary mental library of form and function to create whatever you want from imagination and have it be convincing.

The other thing I can suggest is to really work on creating instantly readable silhouettes. It looks like your doing a pretty good job but give them a little more thought, especially in the initial sketch or pose phase and I think it will really help.

[tmth]

Quick CHEATER TRICK: duplicate your finished image, blur it and then erase this blurred layer where you want the focus to be. Ideally you should think of this bluriness of edges while you paint and do them the right way by blending shapes one into the other, but try to experiment like this for now.
Grab the composition video. It's the single most valuable thing guys at Massive Black did to this point :)
(I really should get sponsored for tooting their horn all the time:))

[Lhune]

Thanks for the tips guys!

I would reply to you all in person but I'm a bit busy and rather tired right now, will do later. Today's work.

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[NewGuy22]

i feel sheepish. Through all your GREAT creature drawings the one i liked the most (just cuz i like enviros) is that tree stub one lol..LOVE the dragon landscape are awesome. Very cool concepts..great visual food ^^ ty. These are just great!!!!!

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[Lhune]

Some things that kept me busy lately, besides work :).

Some eye practise/fun.

http://i40.tinypic.com/nboh35.jpg

Cameron, an arrogant, fire-breathing giantess and also my official first commission of a "human".

http://i43.tinypic.com/29gg96h.jpg

Icon commissions, by far one of the fastest, most fun and easiest ways to get some quick money together.

http://i42.tinypic.com/dvgx0.png http://i43.tinypic.com/358q542.jpg http://i42.tinypic.com/raq61e.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/23m6j9k.jpg http://i43.tinypic.com/raxq39.jpg http://i39.tinypic.com/1zfijxg.png
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[Diarum]

on post 45 picture 3 are those the legendary pokemon ( I forget the names)

[jellyswirl]

Wow just awesome work.I love the wonderful animal and human anatomy in the different images. Plus you have wonderful colors and textures in your fully rendered images.

[witcrack]

Wow. Lovely sketches with lovely style too! Love your design in the post #49, especially. So it seems that the outlining is part of your sketching style. Hmm i should've checked here firsthand before dropping a crit in the WIP center :teeth:, well, i'll just drop another comment there then.

I'm subscribing and waiting for more :)

[Avvatar]

You have some really awesome animal drawings! I enjoyed the pokemon ones, I think it would be neat to see them in a realistic manner, live action movie anyone? You also have a really nice sense of structure, form, and animal anatomy so your work is very believable.

Do you mind if I ask how you did the scales on the Dragon in post #45? I've been trying to find better ways to render elements like that and am interested in how you went around doing it.

One thing I'd really like to see is some of your creatures rendered really realistically, I think they would look sick.

Anyways good work again and I hope to see more in the future!

[Auslander]

Holy cow, I could just stare at your linework all day long...<3

Also, since you appear to be a "dino-enthusiast", I was curious if you heard about this...it turns out Triceratops and Torosaurus may actually be the same animal...

Are Torosaurus and Triceratops one and the same?

A rare horned dinosaur known as Torosaurus may not be a distinct species, after all, according to a presentation given Friday at the annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Bristol, England.

Researchers have long recognized similarities between Torosaurus and Triceratops, the main distinctions being that Torosaurus is larger and has an expanded frill at the rear of the skull. But John Scannella, a doctoral student at Montana University, and his advisor, John R. Horner, have found that specimens attributed to the two species actually form a developmental continuum rather than falling into discrete groups.

A Triceratops skeleton on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, for example, exhibits a number of skull traits reminiscent of Torosaurus, including thin parietal bones and elongated squamosal bones. In addition, microscope examinations of thin slices of bone from Triceratops and Torosaurus specimens reveal that individuals attributed to Torosaurus are more mature than any of the ones assigned to Triceratops.

Scannella and Horner therefore believe that the fossils that have been categorized as Torosaurus are just Triceratops individuals that reached mature adulthood before they died.

Rest of story... (http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=are-torosaurus-and-triceratops-one-2009-09-28)

[Marlisa]

Hey!

Your work is really awesome! I subscribed :)

[REGNIRUTH]

fantastic creature designs! I found myself trying to figure out how those animals moved and you put some good thought into their anatomy. Although, some of them are loosely based off of current existing creatures, it does provide a good template to work with when creating a new creature from imagination. I haven't done this sort of thing in a while, but I think i'll look into to it.

btw, that dragon painting is nuts, every blade of grass illustrated, damn...

keep it up!

[Naidy]

I think I'm in love with your sketchpad.
Don't stop now, keep up the good work! :D

[InCOUM]

Wow! you creature designs are really amazing... i like the way how you play with diferent shapes and stuff :)!

I'll try to be checking your skechbook one on a while :)!
keep it up!


- Claud

[Lhune]

Marlisa: Thank you!

REGNIRUTH: I don't think anyone can come up with a good, convincing imaginary creature design without having proper knowledge of real life animals and how they work. I've spent a lot of time studying them and all the different body types and it's come in seriously helpful :). Thanks a lot!

Naidy: Thanks Naidy! :)

InCOUM: Thank you Claud! :)

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Oh boy, I've got some serious catching up to do here.

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/6173/lephantcopy.jpg

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/5931/eviriclean.jpg

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/7064/dogva.jpg

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/2197/sketchsb.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/1560/vcsummercoat.jpg

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9929/zoroark.jpg

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5310/calhyrablank.jpg

And finally, something new I'm doing; pet portraits. Sadly my mum's camera is not very forgiving.

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/781/dscf08080.jpg

I have done more, but I haven't got around (and probably won't for a while) to scanning everything. I'll keep you updated :).

... I seriously need to start doing some colour practices again.

[S.P.Ace]

Oh wow, I really like those first few you have of the animals you have up there especially the wolf one with several bodies and fish tails :D

[andres333]

I had a lot of fun going through your SB :D
nice creatures makes me wanna do some of my own

[richart]

cool creature designs keep it up!

[Lhune]

Thanks guys :).

2 hour speedpaint, experimenting with colour, contrast, composition, techniques etc etc.

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9387/speedpaintcopy.jpg

[wooblood]

Heya Lhune. Man, your stuff is looking great and I can really see you getting better and better over time. It's scary. I wish I could steal your animal anatomy brain!!

That last speedpaint is silly awesome and it must be entertaining playing fetch with that multi-bodied dolphin-tailed wolf!

Oh this is a bit random, and I don't know if you've already seen this, but I was watching this vid-clip and thought how it would make for a good gestural/postural reference library for how dogs (and similar animals) move and look doing random stuff like riding their bicycles. I thought you might find it useful!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de3uzRiABNU

[Kaikikuro]

Great work Lhune! Keep it up!

[Ink-Orporate]

Great sketchbook, I've added you to my DA watch :)

[Mr.Pryminista]

Thanks for the feedback on my character!

Dig your work man. You definitely have a thing for mythical creatures. You like to do it, and that's why you're good at it. Keep them coming.

In post 61, you have an image of a "wolfman" of sorts (red haired one). I am particularly fond of this one. I like what you've done here but I think there are some parts you could rework. For instance, the shadows by his chest and crotch, and under his left arm are too dark (pitch black). It'd be nice to see just a smidge of form within that shadow area. And when I say smidge, I really mean just a tiny bit, just to show some more anatomy and to "pop" the figure more.

Also, you could also lighten up certain key points on his head, hand and knee to make it seem like they are sticking out more. I would also slightly darken his snout a bit more, to make it seem like his head is tilted more so than it is at the moment.

Rock on man!

[b-dawg]

I love your understanding of form and volume, you do that really great! Also I don't know much on animals concept art so your animals look pretty original to me. Keep up the great work! it'd also be very awesome to see some concept art on humans. ;)

[Kitterfly]

Wow, I love your Summer Coat drawing!!! Lovely concept and a beautiful drawing
x

[Wilko]

Love your creature designs! Keep up the good work.

[witcrack]

Hehe. I really like that wolf with many legs :) Your pencil rendering of the dog is also good. I hope you will finish that :) Overall, I like your updates and designs. Keep it up you!

[Uncharted_Artist]

Man i love your dragons, there are very cool.

[aLDoDarK]

Hi Lhune!
I definitely love your sketch, it's just awesome! and I believe that your understanding of drawing fundamental is really good, anyway. are you still at art college for now?

[Lhune]

wooblood: That's one awesome vid, thanks! :) Glad you enjoy my work as well!

Kaikikuro: Hey, thanks!

Mr.Pryminista: Welcome and thanks for your crits as well! :) I'd rather move on from the pic than going back to work on it, but thanks a lot anyway!

b-dawg: Thanks a lot! :) Some human(oid) artwork should be coming up pretty soon.

Kitterfly: Thank you!

Wilko: I will! :) Thanks!

witcrack: Thank you! The dog portrait is finished as can be seen below :>.

Uncharted_Artist: I'm glad you think so :).

aLDoDarK: Hiya, thanks! Yeah I'm in my first year still, lots to learn ;).

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Anyway, update! I need to do this more often.

http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/8681/slither.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1350/soulstealer.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/7574/taraa.jpg

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/1807/allseeingdone.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4301/vickydone.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7573/thesmuggler.jpg

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1021/gortilseopdracht04.jpg

A little info on them; the first two are part of a school project where I'm drawing 30 existing heroes from the game "Heroes of Newerth" after which I'll design 20 of my own.

The two sketches are part of a personal project of a 100 sketch commissions.

The (all slightly rushed) character art and environment were school assignments.

[Lhune]

Oh yeah, guess I'll add these :). The thumbs for the smugglers and the latest progress of the hero I'm currently working on (Valkyrie).

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/7914/manthumbs.jpg

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/6513/womenthumbs.jpg

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5916/valk1.jpg

[Phade01]

Nice to see people from the HKU on this site! I think your lines are very solid and clean, to me the forms read well and the creatures you draw are insanely nice! Color/painting wise however i think you still have much to learn, but im certain that will come in time! Keep up the good work and keep doing them study's :)

[Lhune]

Hey Erik, thanks a lot :)! I know I've got lots to work on color wise, that's why I am! I've got plenty of years yet to catch up on you haha!

Guess I may as well include an update on the Valkyrie;

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/4349/valk.jpg

Valk © S2Games

[aozorize]

Your creatures are freaking amazing, especially their anatomy! I especially like that dolphin-wolf hybrid. I also admire your linework, you can make it neat and clean but still capture all the details.

[Pixelwalker]

Hey! :)

Your dragon experiment with different styles, light, ... looks really cool!
Your best piece so far in my opinion!
Figures are looking very solid.
Try to push your color more with doing some still lifes and lightning studies!

Keep it up ! ;D

[Lhune]

Thanks guys! I definitely need to work on my use of color and lighting, the Heroes project is a good opportunity to do that :).

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Creature update! The first design (the quadrupedal avian, basically a bird species that evolved backwards) has been sold over on DeviantArt, the other three are being auctioned off as we speak (over here (http://dragoness77.deviantart.com/art/Auction-Adoptables-195408424)) :). I thought I'd try my hand at a set of these "adoptables" and it turns out it's actually a small business!

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/1778/birdadoptable.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5894/adoptablesetpubliccopy.jpg

[HAJiME]

I love the beasties so much. Subscribing to this amazing sketchbook...

[Nallen]

Love your drawing style and I really admire your knowledge of anatomy!
Great looking artwork!

[Quigleyer]

A thought had occurred to me as I was looking through your sketchbook. Through my relatively young experience on deviant art, as well as some run-ins in the critique center, I've begun to think of animal-oriented (animals, dragons, critters, etc.) art in less-than-flattering light. There's just so much crap out there that the stereotype of what goes on in the creation of this art and the fan base of really bad artists just continues to grow and grow. The sea of artists who choose to draw and paint animals as a main subject matter is just not a pretty one.

You really validate a lot of your work with understanding and knowledge of what you're drawing. Your structures are solid and the form of your creatures really shines in (what looks to be) a relatively timely fashion.

I find myself more interested in how you sketch. But I find really limited information on it in your sketches. Do you construct your creatures in the sense that you feel you HAVE to build a skeleton, or are you able to mentally figure these things out?

It's awesome that you're working on people more now. I'm not sure how much experience you have in the subject, but your understanding of general forms and structures seems to be carrying over nicely into your human-related work.

Keep up the good work and keep posting, please.

[Lhune]

HAJiME: Hey, thanks! :)

Nallen: Thank you very much!

Quigleyer: As much as I'm actually guilty of this myself, I will have to agree with you regarding artists who mainly draw animals. On DeviantArt especially it's a fad that's growing just as big if not already bigger than manga, but at least there is a select group that does keep themselves busy with functional design and I try to be part of that.

I guess you've seen my sketching method in that livestream session I held the other day; when it comes to creatures, I don't really draw a base of what I'm going to do anymore. It's all here in my head, both the proportions as well as most of the musculature from practically any angle. There are some "blurry" areas that I really need to work on still, but for the most part I can manage without drawing any kind of underlying structure first.

With people however I can't do that yet. I still need to draw a basic skeleton and even then I still have trouble with the proportions and placement of the muscles, although it's getting better :).

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I'm mostly bound to either projects or commissions right now and I feel kind of guilty working on anything else. Thankfully there are some people who have apparently "discovered" my ability to draw humans and I've got a couple of human(oids) on my commission list :). Looking forward to working on them as I really need to work on my human drawing skills!

Oh, as well as my painting skills, which is why I'm doing speedpaint commissions as well;

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/5295/neverfilledvoidsp.jpg

[Lhune]

An assignment for animation class; a one second loop of whatever I wanted, so I went with one of my favorite animals. I'm aware it's flawed, and I know how to fix most of them, but I'm not feeling very well today so maybe later.

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/8629/deer.gif

And another sketch commission done;

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/2599/nyliirdone.jpg

[Geir]

I really enjoy your animals Lhune. About you animation, its looking really good. Good weight and movements. Only things I see is the movement of the head and neck looks to small, and the spine should arc much more (I would think). But these are probobly the things you know:) But overall its really good.

[Lhune]

Geir: Thanks! You're right, I tried correcting most of the things I did wrong.

Reworked the animation, hopefully for the better.

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7917/deerdone.gif

[NickyBeats]

whoa man, sweet job on that animation! looks very smooth! and im really digging your creature designs, im surprised you dont draw more figures, seeing as you must have a great grasp on anatomy (judging by your animals and imagined creatures). but either way, great sketches, and a great sketchbook! im gonna keep my eyes peeled for updates!

[Zeitwolf]

The animation is very good I think, i looks natural particularly the levitating phase. Your animal anatomy in general looks just right, I love the elephant piece

[Geir]

Yea I think it work great now Lhune. Really believable:) Great to see you fixed the shadow as well:)

[Shia-Luciel]

Hey Erik, thanks a lot :)! I know I've got lots to work on color wise, that's why I am! I've got plenty of years yet to catch up on you haha!

Guess I may as well include an update on the Valkyrie;

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/4349/valk.jpg

Valk © S2Games

I love how you colored the metal, that is something that take me a few attempts to do xDDDDD. Though one thing I have seen when you draw people is their arms look a little awkward. The Valkyrie's hand on the spear looks unnatural to me, if I was to change anything Id make her grip look more powerful, the wrist remaining strait and fist confidently clenching the spear. Try doing silhouettes or contour poses of humans that specifically conveys an emotion without using the face. Your coloring and anatomy is great! Id love to see that added with confident and expressive poses!

[Lhune]

I love how you colored the metal, that is something that take me a few attempts to do xDDDDD. Though one thing I have seen when you draw people is their arms look a little awkward. The Valkyrie's hand on the spear looks unnatural to me, if I was to change anything Id make her grip look more powerful, the wrist remaining strait and fist confidently clenching the spear. Try doing silhouettes or contour poses of humans that specifically conveys an emotion without using the face. Your coloring and anatomy is great! Id love to see that added with confident and expressive poses!

Hey there Shia :). Thanks for the comment and crits! I've had other people comment on the arm and I can see how odd it looks now. I'd stared myself blind on this one. I'm not sure if it'll still be finished since the project has been changed a little, but we'll see where it goes; I might redo it as a personal project at some point in time.

Thanks again and you're right, I do need to improve my poses! I'll get working on that ;).

[karantina]

I like your line and soft colors..please more.

[wunts]

Not many animations in sketchbooks here, thats pretty cool... oh yeh and amazing precision on that mutt portrait! :)

[Lhune]

Thanks guys :).

Update: A couple of dummy and warm-up sketches, two tattoo designs for a cousin (by request), a sketch commission, a random creature design and the start of another pet portrait.

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9967/dummyn.jpg

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2511/warmupsketches.jpg

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/8468/tattoosdi.jpg

http://img859.imageshack.us/img859/3343/daxryu2finished.jpg

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/901/kingfisher.jpg

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/2186/kruimel.jpg

[Lhune]

Let's see, update.

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/3222/sketchcopy.jpg

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6448/rampagev.jpg

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/8176/charmeleon.jpg

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/1778/nymphsketch.jpg

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9095/nymphora.jpg

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/2455/sketchr.jpg

Definitely starting to feel more confident in drawing humans, although there's still a lot to learn, obviously.

[jacobanderson]

Your creature creations are awesome. Man I wish I had such an anatomically correct, vivid imagination.

[Crane]

oh dude! (ette), I saw your thread over in the hon forums, never realised you were a CAer too, I was very tempted to ask you to have a go at my alt avatar for dsham I summitted for that contest they had up ( sadly I wasnt choosen for the top 5 despite the effort I put into it :( )

My hon name is Mrkrane if you fancy a game ( though me and my friends are strictly cm players, less stressful imo).

keep up the brilliant work :)

[Lhune]

Hey Crane, cheers! :) I'll add you some time, or you can add me, my nickname ingame is just Lhune. I'd still like to see that alt hero though!

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Update on Fayde, working on her as we speak;

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/9996/sketchz.jpg

[p sage]

How did the car drawing go over with your bf?

[Lhune]

How did the car drawing go over with your bf?

Really well :). He was absolutely delighted with it, totally didn't see it coming. You reminded me that I forgot to add it as well.

Unfortunately this is not the finished picture; I was in such a hurry when I finished it that I just framed it and shot off to my bf's without remembering to scan it. I believe my boyfriend will scan it anyway though because he wants to show it off on his car forums, haha.

My bf's car for his birthday (unfinished):

http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/8893/auto3l.jpg

[Marlo]

you're art makes me feel fluffly inside! :D

great work.

[serio]

cool creatures design. Looking for more of it..

[xbert]

wow - great sketchbook, i justread your thread in the lounge-subforum

and that last drawing looks awesome - your boyfriend must be very happy with such a lovely birthday present!

if anybody questions your skills after that lovely gesture - they would proove themselves as idiots ;)

[Lhune]

Marlo: Heh, thank you!

serio: Thanks :).

xbert: Thanks a lot!

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Update again :). Finished a few heroes, should get another one done today.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2336/fayde.jpg

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/7673/sketchq.jpg

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/3144/magebane.jpg

[Lhune]

And a new hero. This one doesn't exist yet in the game, it's design is my own :).

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/531/sketcht.jpg

[Lhune]

Done ^^. sorry for the spam, haha.

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6599/pebblesj.jpg

[smuli]

I'm totally amazed by your creature designs, they're so original and still look anatomically accurate. I love the lines and design on this one (http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/901/kingfisher.jpg). Really inspiring stuff!

[Lhune]

Thanks smuli :).

Update! More hero work :).

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/33/sketchmp.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/2628/colordone.jpg

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/9485/progressv.jpg

[Lhune]

Done :).

http://img862.imageshack.us/img862/9832/donea.jpg

[Lhune]

And the final hero for the Heroes project :). Finally time for other things!

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/2947/dones.jpg

[shambok]

Lovely work! Love how creative your designs are and how sensibly you colour and shade your work. Thanx for sharing ... cant wait to see more!

[Lhune]

shambok: Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying my artwork!

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I've been swamped with school work lately (very little art involved sadly) so I haven't been able to work on much. I did manage to get at least a half-decent speedpainting done (the blue creature) and a school assignment (the bull). The assignment was to pick one of our school's teachers and turning him into a game "boss" using their characteristics. I picked a supposed "tough" guy with an afro, who is is harsh in his critique but his advise is generally golden. That should, hopefully, explain my design choices. The speedpainting was done in roughly 30-40 minutes just to relax in between homework. That helped a lot! I need to learn to loosen up anyway :).

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2330/karelcolor.jpg

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/2723/flowg.jpg

[nyssa]

Nice work I am impressed wow amazing sorry i don't have any words for it. I really love everything you make thanks for keeping me inspired to try out speedpainting because i am really a beginner on that subject. Anyway I hope you have a nice day and love what you do greetz from Belgium!

[Phade01]

Awesome stuff Lhune! Lines solid as usual and im really liking the lightning/colors in post 113. If i could give a crit, it would be that alot of the backgrounds you've added are a bit empty & plain :) Hope to see some more study's from life too! Keep up the good work! :D

[mitchoo]

Awesome sketchbook! Really liking your creature designs. Thanks for sharing :)

[Lhune]

nyssa: Thank you! :)

Phade01: You're absolutely right. I need to practice on backgrounds when I find the time. I actually do want to, but life's been quite hectic as of late so I've just been working on commissions! Ah well, I'll have time soon and I'm looking forward to doing some nice studies!

mitchoo: Hey, thank you!

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So here we go, more commissions and school work. Damn I really need to find the time to work on my studies and otherwise personal stuff. Getting stuck in a circle here. I'm planning to do some landscapes this weekend.

1. Logo/banner image for Epzylon's website - commission.
2. Bird model for school. My first ever (serious) model and animation in Maya so don't go too hard on me ;D.
3. Another commission (I know, furries. Don't start).
4. The start of a commission.

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/9708/epsylon.jpg

Click for animation (http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/159/0/2/maya__flying_bird_by_dragoness77-d3idl67.swf).

http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/1907/donet.jpg

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1343/sketch2c.jpg

[Lhune]

Two landscape studies, both of Iceland. No color picker or overlay was used, I'm trying to learn how to color realistically. I'm really looking forward to doing more of these.

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/9810/landscapestudies.jpg

[Lhune]

Some Friesian studies, done for a commission I'll be working on soon.

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/8747/friesianstudiesbydragon.jpg

May appear very dark on your monitor, I painted them on a laptop with a very bright screen.

[Ricardo Robles]

Amazing work Lhune, I sincerely love what i see here. You have some GREAT beast designs and I must say you keep all the poses interesting, and this is difficcult thing imo. Lately your rendering technique is improving a lot too. Sometimes I believe the shapes are a bit too much soft, maybe you could try more acute ones, spines, thorns and also geometrical/hard edged ones :)
keep working good!

[Lhune]

Ricardo Robles: Why thank you! You're absolutely right, I have a tendency to make everything I do soft and rounded. I'll work on that, thanks again!

[Lhune]

Small update, I've just come back from a road trip to France. I've got some commissions to catch up with and I'm hoping to be rather productive in the coming days :).

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8782/bloodhoundomegacopy.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/74/yamir.jpg

[Lhune]

Another commission done. Painstaking, this one. Hoping to get the next ones done a bit faster, I need to learn how to distribute detail properly.

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6121/coloring2copycopycopy.jpg

I know the composition is a bit messy. I'll work on that as well.

[Featheredface]

Lovely progression, and, lovely creatures! :D

[Lightship69]

Lhune

Firstly thanks for all the help and advice you have given over the many many months even years that I have been posting on here, you are always kind and patient and usually dead on with your comments.

As for your sketchbook its been a blast going through it, very enjoyable, my favourite has to be the blue dragon on the hillside well done my mate.

Quiglayer is right it s the time you take to understand these animals and creatures that you create that breathes the life into them, you are head and shoulders above everyone else as far as I'm concerned, its great keep it comming please.

thanks again for posting

[Lhune]

Featheredface: Thank you!

Lightship69: Hey there Lightship, thank you very much for your comment and kind words :). It means a lot!

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Another commission done. I know, quite the generic pose, it simply suited him well. Tried a different approach with the light this time :).

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/6257/antiquedes.jpg

[Velocity Kendall]

killer stuff L.
ha i loved that guys iceland pics too, 1 in 4 was amazing

[Lhune]

Velocity: Thanks ;).

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Some more commission work. Two sketches and one finished, not bad for one day and the day isn't even over yet!

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9261/sketch1e.jpg

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/2968/unled1pa.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8375/zodiacb.jpg

[Lhune]

Another commission done. Not entirely pleased with this one, though it was supposed to look "unattractive" (hence the crooked horn and damaged wings).

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/174/doneub.jpg

Looking forward to working on the anthropomorphic Kelpie (the horseman sketch above), that'll be a blast!

[Lightship69]

Hi there buddy how are you?

I loved the horse heads you did at the top there, I have gotten a little jaded with all the macarbe and monster stuff around the forum, and was ready for something nice for a change.

having said that the dragons are rather good too, and the enviro studies on page 4 all in all I think this skech book is a mental holiday for me thanks for posting ha ha ha

all the best to you mate as usual.

[Lhune]

Lightship: Well feel free to drop by in my sketchbook more regularly if you need softer stuff to look at for a while, haha. Thanks a lot!

[Lightship69]

I will, er I have! I've subscribed Ah haaa! didnt expect that did you!.......


sorry having a mad morning with the kids LOL

all the best matey and hope to see you around the forum soon

[Lhune]

The anthro kelpie.

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/2848/colordonecopy.jpg

The next one's a full color commission, should be fun o:

[N@robase]

Oh wow I love your imagination and how you draw, it's very beautiful *-*!

[Lhune]

Thank you N@robase :).

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A quicky inbetween commissions (not the full color one I referred to), a gift I still owed someone.

http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/8731/ridd.jpg

[Bleo]

I love how solid your work is, it's so refined and smooth. Really really refreshing - it's not a bad thing at all. It's the kind of look that captured me as a child when looking around some of my favourite illustrated books. Keep it up! :D

[stephen70s]

Hi: GUY
Are you interest to put your creature with my female figure together? I think it is interesting! Draw some ?

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=227864

[Lhune]

Bleo: That's very kind of you to say, thank you!

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A quick drawing of my personal character, a speedpainting of a friend's creature design (eel face) and finally one of my larger commissions in a long while.

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/3134/allaroundmyhat.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9471/eelface.jpg

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/4200/finaltx.jpg

[Justin.]

Really nice stuff! Your anatomy is really active and dynamic in most cases, reminds me a little of Claire Wendling. If I had any recommendations, it would be a little more life painting and let it infect your illustrations a little- sometimes you have very nice light, but other times it feels as if you are coming to conclusions without much knowledge of how light plays on the materials- but overall, very nice stuff! Thank you for stopping by my sketchbook as well :)

Good luck!

[NickyBeats]

wow, great updates! havent been here in a while, i missed alot! but evrything is looking really nice! since you mentioned how you get caught up in details, i thought id just say that zooming out alot can help with that alot. i do it constantly when im working, just to make sure certain elements aren't overpowering others, and that the image as a whole has a definitive focal element, clearly defined by its level of detail or sharpness of contrast. just something ive picked up, but you probably know this already, just put it to use! haha. great work though man!

[berniebakari]

Love your creature concept /bow

[Lhune]

Justin: Thanks so much for dropping by! I had never heard of Wendling before, her works are quite lovely. You're absolutely right about that lighting, I need to work on that pretty badly. I'll be doing real life studies whenever I can in the coming weeks.

NickyBeats: Actually I work very zoomed out most of the time, heh! The problem is when I do start zooming in and refining certain areas, I don't really know when to stop, like when it's "enough". Even if the zoomed out picture does look okay, I never know which rough edges to leave alone and which ones to polish. Thanks for stopping by!

berniebakari: Thank you!

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A bit of style exploration and concept work for a school project.

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/4528/stylevf.jpg

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4743/spiegelh.jpg

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/6339/reflectie.jpg

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/133/homeworld.jpg

Last is a WIP. I feel like I could do much better but for now these'll have to do (deadlines). I'll probably have time to improve the last two over the course of the coming week.

[Lhune]

Our team decided on a different style/mood for the game concept, so I decided to start over from scratch. Did a few (admittedly rather messy) thumbnails and eventually came up with the final design.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1241/thumbseo.jpg

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/6339/reflectie.jpg

We decided on the cell shading and outline for interactive objects.

[Lhune]

Sketch commission I turned into a flat color, since the commissioner is a friend of mine and I had quite a lot of fun with this one :). I wish I got commissioned for humans more often.

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3716/narglii.jpg

[Lhune]

Yet another commission. Studies and more concept art are on the way!

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/7562/donevc.jpg

[Lhune]

Okay I lied, I needed to come up with a few creature designs first.

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7924/presentationgx.jpg

[Lhune]

Composition sketches for a commission. Main source of inspiration was Bierstadt. I'm probably going for either the first or the fourth (bottom left), or some kind of a mixture between those. I'll have another look tomorrow and see what I can come up with.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1816/compositions.jpg

[Vermis]

Love the fourth. Reminds me of some of the big Tolkien illustrators, with a bit of Doré thrown in.

[Lhune]

Thanks Vermis :).

Update on the commission (needs a lot of work, very much prone to change) and a photocopy to practice my color observation skills (no eye dropper used).

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/8663/unled1ys.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/748/photocopy1c.jpg

[Lhune]

Update. Mostly school work now. I've done a fair few traditional studies but so far I can't seem to get my scanner to work :/. Sorry for the size of the first one.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/2895/doneah.jpg

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/3395/spheres.jpg

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9528/thumbss.jpg

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/5685/compilationq.jpg

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/8454/5copyxk.jpg

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/277/schoolwork.jpg

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/9941/ilsegortthumbnails.jpg

[Lhune]

Oh, almost forgot this one. I've been practicing humans lately and I thought I'd see what I could do, so I went and started sketching without reference. I don't know why I chose this ridiculous perspective, I think my initial reasoning was that I wanted to see if I really understood the shape of the human head. Turns out I don't, haha. More practice it is then!

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/3135/human1.jpg

[Lhune]

Commission.

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/6857/frisk2copy.jpg

I really need to start scanning and uploading those traditional studies. I swear I do them!

[Lhune]

Gesture practise, I know I need to do hundreds more but this was as many as I could do today :/.

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/33/gestures.jpg

References: http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php

[xerenity]

Good stuff.. I need oodles of gesture work too... can barely get in an 800x800 page in per day... I've subscribed, will definitely watch this thread. ^^

[Lhune]

Xerenity: Hey, thanks!

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Finally then some scans, more gesture practice and lastly a concept page of a creature design for school. Or, well, we were given a creature to work with and told to implement it into a game somehow. It's a re-do of the thumbnails above, where I turned it into an enemy. I was told the concept wasn't strong enough so I decided to rethink the thing and realized that I could play with the living-dead design it originally has by turning it into a reincarnation/respawn site. Still not entirely sure which one I'm going with but I'm favoring #4 at the moment.

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/6592/49853960.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1176/24918233.jpg
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/6605/88519369.jpg
http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/9415/64930906.jpg
http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/7808/41204093.jpg

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2415/63127800.jpg
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/6738/12420366.jpg

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/870/1hourpractice.jpg

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/2964/concepts.jpg

[Lhune]

Quickly finished this concept for school. Not very satisfied with it (particularly the character which is horrifying, and the emptiness of the landscape), but I guess it gets the point across.

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/709/gatekeeper.jpg

[Lightship69]

Hi matey

Wow!! you've been busy! I'm sorry I havnt been around for a while I've been busy too. I liked the gesture drawings you did up there they are very good.
The one for school up above has a certain something too, but could you fade the mountains in the rear a little more to bring the creature thing forward a little more but other than that its good and I like it.

all the best my mate

[Zeitwolf]

Love all the ideas in here. you're very good with quadruped anatomy!

[Lhune]

Thanks both <3.

Redo of the Gatekeeper image. Hated the composition and was thankfully given permission to cheat into making it wider, though the overall size still had to be 1024x768. I was also allowed to remove the girl (thank god), replaced her with the tree and bird as I did want to have something in the foreground.

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/2416/ilsegortadpgatekeeper.png

[Lhune]

Tiger study, got a little carried away though :). Logically, as they're such beautiful animals. Also a little bit of a break/relief from all of the stuff I -must- do; this is something I simply wanted to do. Most of it was done on the train using my phone to look for reference images, I guess all in all it took me about 1,5 hours.

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/9398/tijgers0001o.jpg

[Lightship69]

Hi matey

Just dropped in to say that the new version looks way better for a few tweaks!!

all the best gotta dash!!

[Lhune]

Commission, design sketches and progress of "Fallen Valkyrie", a hero redesign based on the original Valkyrie hero made by S2Games.

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/1193/done2c.jpg

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3884/valkthumbs.jpg

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/3581/valkaltcolorcopy.jpg

[Lightship69]

The vista in the two dragons one is very good indeed my mate, you may need to make the trees in the distance a tiny bit smaller for my money but as that would take ages and be a pain in the butt we will gloss over that and put it down to me needing glasses!

I like the valkerie too even though I want her armour to be functional not a fashion accessory, but clients want what they want I suppose!

all the very best to you my mate and just in case I missed you out I will say it again:-

Merry christmas and a happy new year! all the best

[Bai Fan]

Your sketchbook shows some really impressive growth.

:) Well done.

[Lhune]

Lightship: Thanks! I'm all for functional armor design myself as well, but quite frankly I don't know too much about armor yet and the target audience couldn't care less about functionality so long as it looks good, heh.

Bai Fan: Thank you very much!

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Time for an update I suppose. Two commission sketches (not the proper values yet on the first, it's all going to be rather soft) and one finished. I'm really trying to loosen up in my painting technique. I regret not getting commissions for humanoids more often, I certainly do enjoy drawing the human figure!

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5652/sketchwu.jpg

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/2455/sketchr.jpg

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/8659/spiritoftime.jpg

[thedestroyer]

I really like these images and also the way you handle light and value.
Great Job!

Cheers

[Lhune]

Thank you thedestroyer! Still lots to learn though :).

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A character design I did for fun. Should be doing studies but creative urges got in the way!

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7316/coloran.jpg

[artsymptom]

Really nice sketchbook, you are improving super fast. Keep it up.

[Flashback]

Great stuff in your sketchbook Lhune! I'm subscribing.

[MoKhi]

Ugh! This sketch book is delicious! Beautiful concepts and execution! I especially love seeing how you develop the story with these skeletal creatures!

Also I want to say thank you for making such useful posts on the wip. showcase area. Your posts are always worth reading.

[bish0p2004]

Tiger study, got a little carried away though :). Logically, as they're such beautiful animals. Also a little bit of a break/relief from all of the stuff I -must- do; this is something I simply wanted to do. Most of it was done on the train using my phone to look for reference images, I guess all in all it took me about 1,5 hours.

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/9398/tijgers0001o.jpg

Good lord! 1.5 hours for this?! Man, I'd be lucky if I could do quality work like that in a couple of days.

Nice sketchbook...I like your work and ideas.

[Lightship69]

Hi matey
just swung by to see whats new! and as usual I am quietly impressed by your brilliance, he he he I do like the bird dude thingy, you have spent some time there sorting lighting and textures etc, its nice that one.

stay well my mate and keep posting.

[Lhune]

artsymptom: Thanks! I'm glad you think so :).

Flashback: Thank you!

MoKhi: Thanks very much for the kind words!

bish0p2004: Heh, thanks!

Lightship69: Hey friend ;). Hehe thanks a lot for the encouragement and kind words as always!

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Working on a couple of things, mostly a ridiculously painstaking freelance assignment that I'm not allowed to share (and not really willing; it's not really portfolio material), but I've been trying to keep working on stuff on the side.

First a WIP of a Bougereau master study, some schoolwork, random elemental creature designs and thumbnails for an aerial fighter character (probably going for 1 or 8).

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/694/masterstudy.jpg

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/7664/treeintroduction.jpg

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/3788/airxs.jpg

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/9342/firevz.jpg

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/1096/thumbsjgk.jpg

[rumpenstiltzkin]

very cool sketchbook!

[Medelo]

Such awesome stuff in here! That tiger drawing is sublime, and I really love your aesthetic.

[shockowaffel]

Nice stuff, it's a pleasure to browse through.

On the gatekeeper:
Maybe it would be a little more interesting if you could break the horizon line.
You could make the tree bigger, so it crosses it, for example.
The yould also be slightly more clouds I think. You could use them to fill the sky and to give a compositional line to the guardian.
Looking at you other anatomies (humans dragons or whatever), this skeleton looks a little rough and less detailed. The ribs do not actually describe a rib cage and the spine should have spikes on the back side, like the human spine too.
And a spine is not a flat band like this, it's many single bones.
You should also reconsider how exactly the bone structure is supposed to hang there. Does it just stand there or does it acutally hang on theses ropes ?
If it's the ropes, they should be more straight, since they hold the weight, instead of passing by the bones and then coming up again.

I hope that helps a bit.
Keep it up.

[Lhune]

rumpenstiltzkin: Thanks a lot :)!

Medelo: Thank you!

shockowaffel: Hey, thanks! I wasn't planning on working on that pic anymore, but I can definitely see what you mean. I didn't think of him as actually hanging from those ropes, I imagined him as more of a "ghost" that you can see from this side, but not anymore once you passed into the other world. Thanks for the crits though, good points!

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http://img862.imageshack.us/img862/3977/earthconcepts.jpg

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/821/sketchml.jpg

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/3913/colorwip.jpg

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/2779/adamot.jpg

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/1968/portrait1.jpg

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/4301/samuraiprogress.jpg

[Vermis]

I can't believe I haven't looked since October. All still brilliant! I especially like the last 'grounddweller' piece (the 'Oh sh*t' one). Fantastic atmosphere.

(That's like something I imagine for a split-second, when blackbirds burst out of a hedge right beside me.)

[xerenity]

Oh, I just love your animal designs.. the "earth" designs are beautiful (especially the ox, I'm an ox in the Chinese zodiac mythology :D ).. I love your enthusiasm for design, something I'm desperately striving for in my own work.

Keep up the beauty. ^_^

[Whirly]

Cool sketchbook mate. You're really putting your imagination to task!

Also the tiger study is fantastic! :)

Maybe a bit of colour bleed study might be useful? It shows well it post #179 but some pieces could do with a little more maybe.

[Lhune]

Thanks a bunch guys!

Wish I had more to show but for now this'll have to do. Took me a few hours in between freelance stuff, had a sudden urge to draw a werewolf of sorts. If I can get around to it I might still draw clothes onto him and come up with some weapon designs later.

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/8242/armywuff.jpg

[Sweron]

Your sketchbook is is fun and amazing to me :)
lovely creatures of all kinds, you studied much o animal anatomy to accomplish those
Very nice detailed landscapes
Your use of saturated color is really nice too
Overall like you sense for art, beautiful work

I'll give you 5 stars for your sketchbook, it will interesting to watch your art filling new pages :)

[Candra H]

I've been meaning to post a comment in here for ages but only just now getting round to it.

Lovely work throughout - no crits or suggestions, mostly admiration and dozens of questions, which I wont bore you with more than a couple.

Your digital colour work is incredibly smooth and detailed. Just wondering how you get that level of finish and also how long you've been studying animal anatomy for and how long it took you to get to the level you're at now?

Cheers

Candra

[Narrenzauber]

You really have some cool stuff here! I love your landscapes and the creature designs! I will defentily follow you from now on, but for the moment I don't have much to say. Sorry! :-/ But I can say that I find your work inspiring.

[-Jag]

I want more! C:
Beautiful artwork

[Lhune]

Sweron: Thanks a lot for the 5-star rating, appreciated :)!

Candra H: Heh, thanks! I'm not sure actually, I guess it's a combination of my working method and the brushes I use. I use a hard round brush with opacity and flow set to pen pressure, which makes for pretty smooth, soft strokes. I really couldn't tell you how much animal anatomy I've studied, lots and lots of hours, hundreds if not over a thousand, lol. I've got a reference folder with a section specifically for animals which in turn is divided into all the different families of animals (canine, feline, equine, bird, etc) and in each family-folder there have got to be 100 or so reference images complete with skeletons and muscle diagrams etc which I've all used for my studies. I'd recommend everyone to do this, it's really helpful. As for how long it took me to get to where I am now; hard to say. I started developing a particular interest for drawing when I was about 11 (because I noticed I was fairly good at it, at least better than my peers), but I didn't start getting "serious" about my improvement until I was 16-17 or so. I'm 21 now. I've always liked drawing though, even as a small kid :).

Narrenzauber: Well that's a big compliment, thank you!

-Jag: On it, heh!

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Completely forgot this! This is the finished CoW entry, should have been up before the werewolf but ah, well.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6968/shimmer.jpg

[Lhune]

A speedpainting, about 1,5 hours taken. Relaxation piece mostly and I thoroughly enjoyed creating it :).

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7162/1333659453lhuneartphoen.jpg

[Narrenzauber]

This is a speedpainting? Alright, here and there I can see the proof, but in the focus of the painting, it really doesn't look like one, more like a very detailed workd. ._.I really, really like the colours! =^.^= Is it a griffon? Or something else?

[Harmageddon]

Been looking through your work so many times; time for a comment.
Just wanted to say great work! Love your understanding of anatomy, your furry animals and basically everything you draw, creature wise. Environments and characters could use a little more work sometimes. :)
In short: keep up the great work!

[Velocity Kendall]

WOW!!

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6968/shimmer.jpg

[Cheezah]

Lhune Lhune Lhune, what have I to say? well your sketches, creatures, designs and everything else.....it's all amazing! WONDERFUL! you're a true inspiration :) just so you know, you've been an inspiration to me for a long time! I love your work and I followed your amazing improvement of this last year! and I just have to say wow! unbelievable!

[Lhune]

Narrenzauber: I'd say it's a phoenix, I'm not entirely sure myself though ^^. Thanks!

Harmageddon: Thanks very much! And yeah I'm aware, I should break out of my comfort zone more often, though I do thoroughly enjoy drawing humans/humanoids! Just need to do it more :).

Velocity Kendall: Heh, thanks.

Cheezah: Aw, thanks Cheeze! You're too kind <3.

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A couple of speedpaintings for signatures I did for fun :). The words were all on request.

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/6173/lion1copy.jpg
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/1377/dragon4r.jpg
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5983/lion2k.jpg
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/9972/phoenix2g.jpg
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4420/lion3.jpg

And a.. Street. Background art for a 2D game prototype, school work. Nothing too fancy, but still spent many hours on making it and figured I'd share. Sorry for the stretch!

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/913/streetconcept.jpg

[Lhune]

School assignment, the brief being a "humanoid aerial fighter" and it was finished five minutes before the deadline. Thumbnails are on the previous page.

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/2686/samuraiuo.jpg

[Lux_Aeterna]

5* for this amazing sb. :)

[Lightship69]

Hi matey

If I remember all my University assignments were handed in just before the deadline on just about the last second! Its the way of things so dont worry about it, just dont plan to do it LOL, thats really living on the edge!
I love the speedpaint and the new avatar too that is seriously good work, I am proud to know you !! sort of ..... you know what I mean!

all the very best to you my mate

[Lhune]

Lux_Aeterna: Thank you!

Lightship69: Yeah lol I've always worked this way, though this one was really close! Thanks a lot for the comment, appreciated as always!

--

So anyway after handing it in my teacher told me that while it was good it was missing a main characteristic. I wasn't entirely sure what he meant and I didn't know what to add, remove or change without making it too busy or too cliché. So I went with a banner and changed the overall layout to something more pleasant to look at. I'm hoping it's okay like this.

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6672/aerialfighterbydragones.jpg

[Lhune]

Some work for a school project (making a game prototype). The first group of thumbnails was to explore different possible relationships (father and daughter, a married couple and brother and sister) and different settings. I had a lot of freedom so I tried to go in several different directions. My team preferred the jungle setting but not the characters as much, so I tried to continue to explore forms. Was a little rusty there, but eventually got to the satyrs, which my group were very enthusiastic about.

The girl thumbnail was pretty much spot-on so I didn't change much about it in the more refined sketch, which is currently being used for outfit designs and color schemes (by a different teammate). My group wasn't entirely satisfied with the guy though so I had to draw a new sketch for him. Currently awaiting their approval and/or suggestions so I can refine him as well and move on to color mock-ups for the game (which will be a 2D side scroller). We're trying to achieve a somewhat unique style for the characters, or at least an unusual one.

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/669/thumbsez.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1534/templateml.jpg
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/979/mansketches.jpg

[EagleGrove]

Amazing sketchbook Lhune! In the latest update I especially love the girl with the spear, she's really cute.

[Lhune]

Thanks so much Eagle! Love the start of your sketchbook too, keep it comin' ;)!

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Final template for the male satyr, and a couple more speedpaint signatures (the words and beasts are on request) :).

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/7012/mantemplate.jpg

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2855/lion3l.jpg
http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/4097/dragon7.jpg
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/41/phoenix3x.jpg

[EagleGrove]

Thanks! :)

Ooh, the male satyr isn't half bad either. :D No weapon?

[Lhune]

He'll have a weapon eventually, we just need to come up with some designs. The template is more for outfit and color designs :). I'm not happy with his face but I'll rework it later.

[EagleGrove]

Okie dokies, looking forward to the outfit and colors then!

[Velocity Kendall]

Lhune I found your running dragon tremendously inspirational, I did a bunch of running things as a result, theyre in my book.
A lot of the look of them came from your white dragon.

[Lhune]

Lhune I found your running dragon tremendously inspirational, I did a bunch of running things as a result, theyre in my book.
A lot of the look of them came from your white dragon.

Shit, really? I just saw your update yesterday I think and I remember thinking "damn, that is just awesome! Look at those badass origami mech critters!" so to learn that it was partially inspired by my work is such an honor! I love how your art reminds me every time again to think outside the box and go crazy, I mean just look at what you're creating as a result haha.

[jedininjaman]

Be mindful of the planes you pull out of figures, I think your Muusha character was pretty flattened because of the way you added detail. The line work in your recent sketches looks pretty good, it shows a lot of thought.

[Lightship69]

Hi matey

Last lot of sketches are just great and I cant wait to see them coloured up and done, so come on get on with it and stop gassing!! LOL

all the best as always my mate

[Engor]

Cool designs!

[LastGen]

Wow, some nice character designs are in here. The wolf on the top of the page especially caught my eye.

[Lhune]

jedininjaman: Very much agreed, I'll keep an eye on that with future pieces :). Thanks a lot!

Lightship69: Haha, working on it! Thanks!

Engor: Thank you!

LastGen: Hey thanks! :) Yeah I still had plans with that wolf, but I don't know if I'll ever get around to it..

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The mockups for the game (actually, not sure if "mockup" is the right term. "Thumbnails" is probably more appropriate). Waiting for my team's opinions.

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/44/settingmockups.jpg

[EagleGrove]

Hmm, I think the mysterious setting could profit from some color that isn't purple, some blue maybe. The other ones have colored shadows/highlights or the sky behind breaks the monotony. All purple might be a bit bland and flat. Other than that I think you got the moods down pretty well, especially the friendly one. :)

[poetry man]

Cool creature designs, and good job on your commissions. Dragons and reptiles are fun once you get into them!

[yochanan]

I have to agree, post 189 does not look anything like a speed painting (I don't doubt that you really did it that fast, just amazed haha). Cool designs too!

[Lhune]

Thanks guys! Eagle; you're right, I thought something was wrong with that purple setting but couldn't quite put my finger on it. Either way though my team's chosen for "dense" and "ancient" so I suppose it doesn't matter much now. Still, thanks :).

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Trainin' my cute-muscles and again a couple of speedpaint-signatures. I feel like those signatures are helping me render more efficiently. We'll see what happens with my next full color piece :).

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/4573/curlylh.jpg

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/9083/dragonphoenix.jpg
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8194/wolf2zh.jpg
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/2626/phoenix4.jpg
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/1292/dragon8.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5015/cat1d.jpg

I know, I know. Should draw more people. On it!

[Kveldvaahiim]

Great sketchbook :) I really liked the painting of the two dragons with the sweeping landscape, brilliant stuff!

[Xanthis89]

Wow, I really like your character thumbnails!
I'll stop by now and then to keep track of your progress.

[xerenity]

Ah, that little lion named Curly is tickling my kawaii nerve. :D

I love your colors, keep going. :)

[Lumens]

Hello Lhune,
Thank you so much for the invaluable crit. really appreciate it!
You draw very nice horses which is fairly rare , particularly the latest one has a real feeling of movement and energy.

I can tell you're a creature person. Cant think of any solid crits as i'm unfamiliar with creatures in general.
Looking foreward to see your progress!

[Lhune]

Kveldvaahiim: Thanks so much!

Xanthis89: Thank you.

xerenity: Haha, thanks!

Lumens: Hey Lumens, you're very welcome! Glad you like my work and thanks for dropping by in return!

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I just discovered ArtRage, for those who don't know it it's a painting software that emulates traditional media pretty well. I downloaded myself the demo and experimented with it a bit and it's a lot of fun! Definitely going to play with it more in the future :). Also going to be using real oil paint this sunday for the first time, looking forward to that. Two quick studies and a walk cycle for the satyr guy:

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3817/artragepainting1.jpg

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/4296/artragepainting2.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/zisun5.gif

Hm, the walk cycle seems to go faster than it did in the software :/ Will look into that.

[Lhune]

Study of a glass of wine.

So, what I learned from this is that I should not underestimate the complexity of a glass of wine. Nor the frustration that arises when you have a delicious glass of wine right in front of your nose but you're not allowed to take a sip :|. Still, it was fun and useful, I'm definitely going to be doing more of these when I can.

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3154/winestudy.jpg

[rumpenstiltzkin]

that glass study looks really nice!

[Cheezah]

the glass looks really good! really really good! the reflections of the wine-filtered-light and the shadow is simply amazingly well-done, the glass limits look very realistic. Awesome work Lhune!

[Lhune]

Thanks guys :)!

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The basic run-animation for the girl. It's not spectacular, but I've got a LOT of animating left to do for the project so I didn't spend too much time perfecting it. Done with Photoshop and ImageReady because Flash hates me and I hate it right back.

http://i48.tinypic.com/b7yi5s.gif

[Sushy]

Adobe Imageready? :D
OH MY...
XD

But the animation is very nice (doesn't depend on program anyway, I was just surprised that you use a version of PS where ImageReady is still in it) :D
Is it for a job or are you animation student or is it just made for the kicks? ^^

[Lhune]

I'm a Game Art student and yeah it's for school, it's for a 2D platform/sidescroller prototype that me and my team are trying to build up and the girl is the one you're playing as :).

Doesn't every version of Photoshop still have ImageReady? I'm using CS2 anyway, perhaps it's the last version that does ^^.

[rumpenstiltzkin]

that looks really cool! altho it looks more like a fast walk than a run, might just be caus shes so straight, and you lean forward more in a run.

[Mitze]

Cool line work and great animation. More please.

[jeremygordon89]

That wine study is great, love the animation; hell, all your stuff is pretty awesome.
Keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing more soon : )

[Lhune]

Thanks so much guys! Yeah I'll be working on that animation. Lots and lots left to do for that project.

Meanwhile, a study of a woman, about 4,5-5 hours. Ref used from "mjranum-stock" on deviantART. I need to do so many more of these..

[Ville_S]

So many lovely creatures. My absolute favourite is the white alien horse thingies with six legs. Just brilliant! It also shows that your beginning to get really good understanding on reflected light and effects of light passing trough thin skin.
Still, I think you would benefit from doing more observational studies. Drawing/painting from life, animal studies from photos etc.

Keep it up!

[aks9]

those thumbnails and landscapes are really beautiful. great work, i love it

on the stick-animation i was going to suggest being careful not to make the two paces with symmetrical limbs, as they won't read properly when they cross over (and it looks a little like the figure is always taking a step forward with the same leg) but it appears fixed in the full-figured one you posted.


edit* going back a few pages, i gotta say, your landscapes are really nice

[Derra]

Hi Lhune,

I saw your post on Art Jobs, go get'm sista!

[PITCHBLACK]

Very Impressive. You are living the dream.
awesome!

[Lhune]

Ville_S: Thanks so much for dropping by, love your work! I'm definitely going to study more :).

aks9: Thanks! I'll look out for that.

Derra: Heh, thanks! Glad you noticed the advert :).

PITCHBLACK: Haha not exactly, I'm nowhere near I want to be yet. Thanks a lot though ;).

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A skull study and some much needed Loomis. Will do more later, I really, really need to work on my people skills (as in, drawing them lol).

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4618/skullzo.jpg

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/1539/loomisheads.jpg
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/5258/loomishead2.jpg

[Lhune]

More Loomis. I'm slooowly starting to understand the shape of the head better.

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/1465/loomisheads3.jpg
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/4822/loomisheads4.jpg

[XENöSIS]

Great work. Really nice studies and rendering.

[nickydraws]

Ahaha, I've been doing the same Loomis studies. You're way more productive.

[Lhune]

Again more Loomis. Sadly I can't afford to do more today.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9549/loomisheads5.jpg

[Obstfelder]

You have an impressive sketchbook!

Check out Toonboom (http://beta.toonboom.com/)for animating 2D characters. You will love it and it will love you :)

[Lhune]

Obstfelder: Oh, that looks interesting! Thank you, I'll give it a try some time :)!


School assignment, some textured balls. Failed with skin and chrome, admittedly didn't try too hard with chrome. Magma was a lot of fun though! Below that is the leap-animation for the girl satyr (unfortunately sped-up again, ingame it would be slower). Will do more Loomis tomorrow :).

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/9599/texturedballs.jpg

Click here to see animation. (http://i47.tinypic.com/2hyl5de.gif)

[Lhune]

Darnit time, to where do you vanish :|. I've done a fair bit of traditional sketching but I'm drained, so for now, have two more Loomis heads and a WIP of a cute little creature I'm doing in between things.

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/1036/loomisheads6.jpg

http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/5858/creature1k.jpg