This is fun!

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Monochrome light study inspired by Gary Tonge.

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Robot colouring, line art courtesy of Polykarbon.

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Sketched with Photoshop. I wanted to try my hand at sketching one of DarkMatterZone's photos, he does some interesting photography. Check here - http://darkmatterzone.deviantart.com/art/Dangerous-Curves-12116611

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4B sketch of some bone anatomy from the 'Drawing School' book.

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Quick sketch of Tia. 4B pencil and a fineliner.

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Pirate sketch, inspired by the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

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Rough torso sketch.

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Some concepts for a 'chocolate coin' loving pirate, he's addicted to chocolate, in particular he hoards coins of chocolate.

Occasionally he goes on the odd adventure or two, he's retired you see.
He kept part of the mast from his old ship (Calypso), as a caber weapon, to remind him of his seafaring days.

The first set of sketches were my initial inspiration, and then I settled for a hunched over pirate look in the second set.

I'm going to be sculpting a maquette of this soon, hopefully it turns out okay.

[clockworksnail]

Hey,
welcome to the site!
nice start to a sketchbook.

one thing i'd crit tho, the breasts on post 4 look wrong. it seems as tho they are not part of the body, you might want to have a look?

anyways....
keep posting,
cya around!

[Architaylor]

Hey man, I'm loving the pirate concepts. The quick thumbs are working really well. I like the hook design on the back :) I like the anatomy study as well, its all looking really good!

[Kungfoowiz]

Hello Clockworksnail

Thank you bro, I quite like it here, it's rather inspiring to be here. I'll take a squiz through your sketchbook shortly.

Sure thing, I'll take a look at the lady in post 4 and make some corrections. Thank you for that as I was going to paint her soon.

Edward

Hey,
welcome to the site!
nice start to a sketchbook.

one thing i'd crit tho, the breasts on post 4 look wrong. it seems as tho they are not part of the body, you might want to have a look?

anyways....
keep posting,
cya around!

[Kungfoowiz]

Hello Taylor!

Thank you for the ups on my work. Those thumbs are working pretty decent yes.

I've always wanted to draw a spinal column, I may use this in another piece which I had an idea for, so that was certainly good practice for it.

Good luck with your things bro.
Edward

[Kungfoowiz]

Heya, tonight's drawings!

Here are some of my first studies of an apple and a banana, using some willow charcoal.

Was hella fun! =)

For the banana I followed a tutorial, take a look here if you're interested:
http://www.learn-to-draw-lessons.com/charcoal-drawings.html

And for the apple, I went out on a limb.

I think the banana fared a little better though. Hehe.

[andres333]

Heya
First of all............thanks for commenting in my SB
Look there are two things that you need to have really clear, first, when doing a drawing from imagination, you gotta do a firm structure and a believable intention before putting on the details. Second when you're drawing from life, the best thing you can do is forget everything you know, and simply draw what you have in front of you, no structure, no nothing

Keep it up!!

[Kungfoowiz]

Thank you very much for the advice Andres, that seems to help quite a bit, I feel a bit more focused now.
'Structure' and a believable intention for imaginative pieces, and draw what you see for life studies. I'll try to follow this.

From the other feedback, I made some corrections to the lady's breasts.

And here's a new concept piece, although half finished, entitled 'Someplace with Space Guns!'

[andres333]

I can see that the drawing of the woman in the chair has improved keep it up!

[Kungfoowiz]

Thank you bro! I can't wait to see your next piece. Mmm, I quite like your avatar, it would be nice to make a poster or t-shirt out of your wall drawing perhaps.

[Architaylor]

hey man, new stuff is looking good :D looks like something is missing from the concept piece though? It kinda feels like theres a blank space in the middle. Good stuff though keep it up!

[Kungfoowiz]

Thank you Taylor, I'll do some work on the middle bit of the concept piece.
Also thank you very much for the tip on Burne Hogarth, I've ordered his Dynamic Figures book, and will likely be doing his studies during our December break.

Here are some studies from school and a few old things.

I've been busy struggling with my school project, we have to finish a character model sheet (front view, 3/4 view, side view, and a back view) by this Friday.

Edward

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From life drawing class, the first picture is from my first week of life drawing.

And then the other two pictures are from my second week (or maybe third, I can't remember now.)

I was very nervous in the first week as I haven't done life drawing before, completely new to it.

Anyway, posting this up even if it looks like dog, haha.
Edward

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Pirate character model sheet. Going to make a maquette out of this character soon.

I've managed to finish the front and three-quarter views so far. I still have to do the back and side (profile) views.

Edward

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Okay, the back and side views of my pirate.

Edward

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My action sheet for the pirate. I have to do some expressions soon as well.

Edward

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Some random stuff, drew most of these either waiting for the teachers to arrive, or when I'm bored at student rep meetings, which is usually most of the time. Haha!

Edward

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Someplace with space guns II, wip.

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We must conscientiously uphold the anatomy of ... fuel ... you will get more benefits ...

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Heya Huhu

I'll try to do that bro. I just need to find out what the meaning of fuel is first though.

Here is my finished Someplace with space guns piece. If there's something off then please let me know, otherwise I'm going to put this one behind me.
It was a study in shape and composition.

Thank you.
Edward

[Krato]

cool stuff try and make sure you spend more time on studies then yo do imaginative stuff it will help you more in the long run

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Aye aye, here are some of this evening's studies. I shall attempt the figure to go in the middle soon.
Thank you very much Krato, I'm coming to see your work soon.

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Worked on these for last week, I'm not really happy with them as I wanted to clean them up and add more shading to them, but anyway, posting them up even though they look like crapola.

Edward

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I started making my pirate maquette, please see here.

Thank you.
Edward

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We have to draw some animals this week, for school.

So, I'm just getting warmed up with these quick sketches of some fire salamanders.

Edward

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Added some foil to bulk out my maquette.

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Some more progress, bulked out the arms with foil, and put on his polystyrene head.

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Started to block out the character with plasticine.

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Where it all begins...

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Fairy - work in progress 1

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Pirate maquette - work in progress 6 - started sculpting some features, roughed in the basic stuff, and working toward the final shape.

[jedininjaman]

Really excited to see the pirate!

[Kungfoowiz]

Thank you bro, the picture of my completed pirate maquette should be up soon. I had to hand it straight into the University, so I didn't get a chance to photograph it yet.

To be honest I think my anatomy skills need a serious boost, in addition to an improvement in line quality. Thus the following sketch.

Edward

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Okay, tonight's Hogarth Study #2, in my journey to make passable art.

Thank you.
Edward

[Architaylor]

hey man,
Studies are looking good. Your maquette looked really good in the flesh as well :) I would just suggest maybe doing more hogarth studies. Just cram like 5 or 6 onto the page and make yourself do a couple of pages. I know I'm not one to talk but it looks like you're spending a long time on your hogarths, they look great but I reckon you'd learn more doing several quick ones than one long one? just a thought :) keep up the good work :)

[Kungfoowiz]

Heya bro

Thank you for the compliments on my maquette, I hope it goes down well with the bods at Uni too.

Sure thing, I'll get going on some Hogarths, quicker ones this time and more on a page as you suggested. I'd definitely like to learn more in this case, so I'll take your advice on this.

Just did the following study this evening, it was quicker than the last one, so in that sense I think I may have speeded up a bit, but then it's only one sketch, so the next ones I'll do a few instead. Thank you for the advice and keep well bro.

Edward

[jeremyg0rd0n]

It's cool that you're doing gesture studies from Force, and that sculpture looks pretty rad. Keep up the stuff from imagination for sure, and I'd love to see some anatomy studies and drawings from life too. Let's see some more posts soon!

[clockworksnail]

ok, soooo,

1. the pirate looks really good. i can't wait to see the finnished thing.

2. the fairy w.i.p, it reminds me of absynthe, i know thats sort of weird and probly not healthy, but maybe you could link it somehow? i think a big part of it is because its green, lol

3. the space gun painting thing.... have you ever seen starship troopers?
there is a scene where they land on a planet and these bugs shoot this plasma goo stuff into space, your painting made me think of that. again, maybe you want to take a look if u havent already seen it?

anyways, i really like your stuff, so keep it coming,

cya around!

[Kungfoowiz]

Heya folks

@JeremyGordon

- Sweet thx's for the ups bro, I appreciate it and will start looking around me for life studies, anything applies at this moment really, so I shouldn't have any excuse.

- Also thx's for the tip on the painting book, was recommended somewhere in your sketchbook, read some of it over the weekend.

@ClockworkSnail!

- Still awaiting my maquette back from the Uni, not sure how long they're going to keep it for, hopefully not too long now. Maybe another week or so.

- For the fairy, I could add a bit of booze, maybe some smoke as well, could make her a really dirty little thing, we'll see what can be done about it.

- Yip, seen Starship Troopers, I used to play the little video game for it, although it doesn't work anymore on my computer. For some strange reason I just thought to paint some plasma, I had this urge or something to express energy, always wanted to do that, haha!


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Tonight's drawing is below, trying hard to up the quantity here, think I need to drink more to loosen up.

Keep well everyone.
Edward

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Oh, forgot this one, it was made during a contextual studies lecture.

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Needed a break today, so I drew these things from Wolf's Rain and Macross Plus. Enjoy!

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Hola

Perspective study, did it after watching Underworld, not sure what motivated me actually, maybe it was Kate's curves, who knows.

Then just my thumbs and storyboard for the shizzle I've been working on this week. Was a grind but good exp nonetheless. I'll put up the video on YouTube soon-ish, it's an interpretation of a painting.

Edward

[clockworksnail]

surely quality is better then quantity?

and why not drink absynthe? :D

[Kungfoowiz]

Heya Clockwork

Mmm, I'm not sure whether I would really want to try absinthe, I can get high on everyday life pretty easily.

Quality is something I'm constantly looking at rest assured, although those are quick sketches. I'll see about something neat this weekend, in amongst the dirty ones.

Edward

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Painting and film movie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdY7weAgsqA

Edward

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Some things from last night...

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Cafe Reno - some restaurant on the beachfront in Port Talbot, started to sketch some folks at a table, the balustrade interested me, then I started drawing the curvy waitress, see if you can spot her.

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Hmmm.

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Some shots of Anne-Marie (life drawing model.)

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From imagination - an eye and a breast.

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The Avatar - work in progress 1, inspired by H R Giger.

[llex_paul]

alien thing? it's oke, don't give up! i see that you have fantasy, and if you love this, it's gonna be oke in time!

[Kungfoowiz]

Hello Llex Paul

Thank you for the encouragement bro, I hope so bro, going to keep at it rest assured.

Some further studies coming soon, will scan them in the morning.

Keep well bro.
Edward

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Did some more work on the Avatar this evening.

Edward

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Painted an eye.

[Architaylor]

looking good man :) maybe try to blend on the avatar a little more? I think the contrast is too much at the moment?
Also try and avoid using the soft edged brush, the eye looks good but I think it would benifit from using a hard edged brush and using opacity settings to blend :)

[Kungfoowiz]

Hello Taylor!

Thank you for the great advice bro. I'll start to work in some light and shadow, as well as some detail in today. I too agree that there's a lot of contrast, so hopefully this will be mended in the next session. *fingers crossed*

Sure thing, I'll do another eye or maybe ear study and use a harder brush, and blend with the opacity instead.

Just going to pick up my maquette from school and then the painting shall commence!

Keep well bro.
Edward

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Painted another eye, using harder brushes this time, getting used to this, thx's Taylor.

[jeremyg0rd0n]

The second eye looks better than the first, and the avatar is comin along nicely. The eyes seem to be the wrong shape though, so do some tutorials on how to draw the eye firstly, and then that will help you paint it better also I think. With some more refinement they could be really nice. Keep it up!

[Kungfoowiz]

Heya Jeremy

Thx's for the advice, I tried to work on the shape with this next one. Still getting used to the hard edge brushing.

Keep well.
Edward

[jeremyg0rd0n]

here's a quick paintover to show you a better idea of the eye's shape over yours. I hope that helps : ]
You can see how the top of the eye isn't as much of a flat curve, but rather goes up at an angle and then curves down towards the other side, and don't forget the eyelid line above the eye.

http://i45.tinypic.com/546uu1.jpg

[Kungfoowiz]

Thank you for the superb advice bro, especially the paintover, I'll look at your paint over and see where I'm going wrong. Pretty high right now but yeah, it makes sense. Thx's, I'll get going on another study soon mkay.

I did some more work on the avatar thing, knocked back the values a bit, still thinking about it though.

[element1988]

Some really nice stuff here. I would suggest maybe doing some skull studies, to get down the shape of the head. :)

[Kungfoowiz]

Thx's bro, I'll take a look at some skulls for the next pieces.

[Architaylor]

Hey man, definate improvement on the eye and the alien. You've adapted to the hard edged brushes really well. I totally agree with Jeremy and his advice is good. Try and do studies from life or photos but make sure to really study what you see not what you think you see :) this may make no sense whatsoever but I'll explain when I see you next if it doesnt! keep up the good stuff man

[Kungfoowiz]

Yikes, got so busy these past two weeks, haven't done much drawing other than for end of term project (which was a major pain in the bum!).

Did this piece tonight. Nighters.
Edward

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Did this tonight.

Edward

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Quickly did these tonight.

Also did some other stuff, but it's likely too crap to post (force drawings tend to look ugly by nature.)

Keep well.
Edward

[Ephelea]

Hey :) I was just wandering through sketchbooks and I noticed you were studying on Hogarth anatomy as well.

You're doing well, you've just got to work on really fixing proportions and less skew. Hope you don't mind my comments. (We all struggle with these at some point. And if no one ever tells you to fix it, you just kind of accept it and try to work on other things. But from personal experience, it doesn't help if you don't fix this first.)

I'd suggest working on looking up tutorials on proportions (I use a lot of deviant art tutorials. :sungod:) After that, you'd probably find hogarth a bit easier. also, if you work on skeletal structure and muscles, your anatomy will get better.

Just suggestions. :) Hope to continue to see your work improve. :yayca:

[Kungfoowiz]

Hello Ephelea!

Thank you for the advice and proportion has certainly bothered me for a while. The best thing to do is likely what you suggest and confront the problem directly.

The skew is me guessing the edge and getting confused sometimes. I need to stop doing that and consider the shape more carefully.

Kkay, so starting with some proportion, I decided to do this face one first.

Keep well.
Edward

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Another facial study.

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Some more..

[Ephelea]

Here's some stuff that helped me, it might help you too :)

Perspective:
One point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZYBWA-ifEs
Two point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=felys-u4nfk
Three point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke3l7Z9zfas


Face: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbyRcn5IJEI
EYES: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQJs-Vlv4dw
More EYES: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkeF7gfyM-U
Lips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5p1B2Z9hKQ
Ear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUZN57Jcbpw
Hair: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZwNXaL3cmk

(My teacher shared those with us,...-.o One's in french, I know I don't speak it. But she subtitles. lol.)

http://www.furiae.com/index.php?view=gallery
While she mostly does painting type tutorials, if you look at what she says about shape you can get something (for some reason, she's the reason I understood noses. :P) And while all these are just suggestions, and not the only way to do things - it's a start. :D I try new things all the time, to see what helps me out. I also learn by doing and watching, so unlike some people I can't just read - so videos are amazing. :P

There's a wealth of information, if we only search for it. And about your comment on men - I agree, I do need to do more studies of them. :P I do women mostly because I am, and am more comfortable/familiar with them. lol. Thanks for the comments! I hope we can both progress and help each other to learn (together in a way. :P)

[Ephelea]

Here's some stuff that helped me, it might help you too :)

Perspective:
One point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZYBWA-ifEs
Two point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=felys-u4nfk
Three point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke3l7Z9zfas


Face: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbyRcn5IJEI
EYES: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQJs-Vlv4dw
More EYES: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkeF7gfyM-U
Lips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5p1B2Z9hKQ
Ear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUZN57Jcbpw
Hair: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZwNXaL3cmk

(My teacher shared those with us,...-.o One's in french, I know I don't speak it. But she subtitles. lol.)

http://www.furiae.com/index.php?view=gallery
While she mostly does painting type tutorials, if you look at what she says about shape you can get something (for some reason, she's the reason I understood noses. :P) And while all these are just suggestions, and not the only way to do things - it's a start. :D I try new things all the time, to see what helps me out. I also learn by doing and watching, so unlike some people I can't just read - so videos are amazing. :P

There's a wealth of information, if we only search for it. And about your comment on men - I agree, I do need to do more studies of them. :P I do women mostly because I am, and am more comfortable/familiar with them. lol. Thanks for the comments! I hope we can both progress and help each other to learn (together in a way. :P)

[Kungfoowiz]

Thank you very much for this Ephelea.

This has helped quite a bit, and I'm looking through the other things at the moment.

So far I went through the tutorials on perspective.

Thank you once again and keep well.
Edward

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Eye study from the tutorials above, thank you Ephelea.

Edward

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Facial study. I couldn't turn my page because it's in my sketchbook, sowwie!

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Proportion collaboration study with Taylor (Architaylor). He had more things but had to relog and some were lost unfortunately (they were good!).

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Eye - Finger (mine!) - Ipod Phones (also mine!)

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Proportion IV

[jeremyg0rd0n]

You're doing well with your studies, just keep at it.
For anatomy, I would recommend studying from an anatomy book and learning where all the bones and muscles go and how they connect. Spend a week on each body part (arms, legs, torso, entire body, etc.) Once you have that down, then you can simplify the anatomy down into muscle groupings and basic shapes but you will understand what's really going on.

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Hello Jeremy

Thank you for the good advice - I'll take you up on this although I likely won't have that much time these holidays to spend a week on each part of the body, but I'll do my best to spend at least some time on each one, rest assured.
For the moment, here's the pelvic gurdle.

Keep well.
Edward

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Left hand.

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Bones of the right hand.

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Human muscle types I.

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Female pelvis (superior aspect).

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Bones, limited reference.

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Various stuffies.

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Figures in action.

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Bit tipsy at the mo, but this is supposed to be figures in action II.

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Figures in action III, some simple drawings in preparation for doing walk cycles.

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Riven, new character.

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Coloured in Riven.

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Warrior princess.

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Medieval - unfinished, jus a quick doodley.

And, Merrily Christmas!

Go get smashed! =)

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Warrior princess II.

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Riven, finito!

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Figures in action IV, walk cycles.

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Egg, cylinders, and cone.

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Mouse.

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Sphere in coloured pencil.

Going to buy some better quality pencils tomorrow. =)

[Oddo]

Hello.

Nice rendering of shapes in post 107 and the mouse in the next post, though it does look a bit like it is being attracted by the upper left corner ( try flipping the image horizontally).

Overall I say it is a good thing that you are working from Loomis, and also if you can purchase Vilppu's lessons those would be good too :).

If you are looking for critique read on , if not then skip this paragraph : Before you move on to deep into color and rendering, there is some more work needed on proportions and underlying structure. Try constructing as many figures as you can from basic geometric shapes, from reference (or from a memorized proportion rule set if you feel brave), and while doing so occasionally flip the images you are working on ( if digital) , or look at the drawing through the paper towards the light (if you are not using too thick illustration board :P). Also don't work too tiny, fill an a4 with one pose.

[Kungfoowiz]

Hiya Oddo!

Thank you for the advice bro, the colour ones were some fun stuff, needed a break from the studies.

I have some Vilppu books here, I need to go through them, just been busy with Loomis. I'll start mixing it up soon.

It's okay, I thoroughly appreciate critique, you're welcome to say if anything looks like sh*t, at least I know for next time not what do, hehe.

I'll get going on some basic construction for characters, thank you for this.

I normally use a mirror to check my work, for the mouse though, I was lazy and didn't do it. I'll try the light trick which you mentioned.

Keep well and thank you for the help bro.
Edward

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Body I, warming up to do some character work.

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Did these in the car.

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Body II, warmup! *Cracks whip!* =)

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Body III, warmup!!

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Body IV, warmup.

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Body V.

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Body VI.

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Body VII.

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Falcon, slight interlude.

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Body VIII, *cracks whip!* Aiiieee! =)

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Sphere and cylinder. K'thx! =)

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Spheres in acrylic, light study, think the blue/orange one came out worse, need to study more on darker contrast. *cracks whip~!* Aiiieee! =)

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Creases and folds I.

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Character design I, have to start designing characters soon, so this forms part of my practice series.

It's taken me three weeks just to get the confidence to actually start doing this...

Anyhoo! Onward with the show. =)

Oh yes, thank you to the wonderful people here who have inspired me to work hard at my goals.

Happy New Year 2010 and good luck with your own works!
Edward

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Part of a series for practicing character design (II).

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A sketch of my friend, Kiyoshi-Kin. =)

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Kiyoshi-Kin dreaming...

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Eh, jus some yuri of teh Girlz. =)

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!

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SOO DRUNK right now, hehe!

Here's some more so with the torso!!!!!! =)

HAPPY NEW YEAR! (again.) =))

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Chelcat (practicing making characters), and Satomi (playing with some colour).

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Back into harness next week, SCHOOL (Yippeee, yay, kiyaaa, hoola hoola, weee, umm yeah, okay.., more work..) =)

Some bones study..

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Bracelet Bay life drawings, went there yesterday for New Years, decided to colour it a bit to get a feel of how to paint. =)

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Body 10, feeling a bit rusty and stiff after the New Years partying. =)

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Body 11 *cracks whip* =)

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Arms. =)

Notes: It's important to get the three muscle groups of the arm in proportion for a convincing arm. Also sketching the joints is important. Use contours to suggest muscle mass.

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Arms (colour). =)

Notes:
Learning how to digitally paint. Make sure light source is consistent, then paint in the shadow tone, then the light tones, then midtones, and then blend together.

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Legs. =)

Notes:
Legs should be kept within proportion like hands, but the knee should be carefully sketched where it joins with the thigh muscle as well as the calf.

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Legs in colour, practicing digital painting (Photoshop). =)

Gradient background on normal layer.
Sketch (scanned in) and on multiply layer mode.

Dark and light values on multiply layer (blocked in and then blended together).
Colour values on colour mode layer.

[emikochan]

Nice to see a progression in your work. One hint I must give that helped me a lot : when doing studies, be careful not to just copy, you must see the underlying reasons and structure of what you are drawing.
Especially when you are interested in fantasy/ stylised work, you need to know what you can change and what must stay the same to make it look good.

I notice this in some of your works that look fine but later similar works seem to skip the lessons learnt.

Best of luck, i'm sure you can do it :)

[Kungfoowiz]

Hello Emikochan

I thoroughly agree with you, as I forget some things about the form and structure and then it falls apart somewhat. I used to be a lot worse, but I'm going to try and improve upon this aspect.

Thank you very much for the encouragement, it means a lot to me and keeps me going. =)

Have a good day and keep well Emikochan!
Edward

[Kungfoowiz]

Force drawing 3, learning to sculpt contours and edges with the pencil, the emphasis is to feel the subject which you're drawing.

If you're interested, check out Michael Mattessi's Force Dynamic Drawing book (page 74 onwards.)

[Kungfoowiz]

Force drawing 3 in colour - learning how to paint digitally.

Notes -

Background and sketch on normal layers.
Values (shadow, midtone, and light, blended together to show form) on multiply layer.
Colours on colour layer.

[Kungfoowiz]

Force drawing 4 (and some other random thingies). =)

Reference for force drawing, page 76 of Michael Mattesi's Force Dynamic Life Drawing book.

The purpose of the exercise is to feel the shapes and contours of the body which you're drawing.
In other words, try to sculpt the subject with your pencil.

[Kungfoowiz]

Figurative animation 5.

Notes:

Simple human construction from basic shapes, make sure to sketch in the joints (elbows and knees in particular) in preparation for walk cycles.

The standard walk cycle constists of two key poses, the stride and the passing position.


The human walk cycle analysed is as follows --


Upward stride (easing out, speed up):

Right arm swings back to oppose forward movement of right leg.
Right hip swings forward.
Right shoulder swings backward.

Left arm swings forward to oppose backward movement of left leg.
Left hip swings backward.
Left shoulder swings forward.


Passing position (right leg):

Right leg straightens and locks, body's full weight is now on this leg.
Arms are in mid-swing.
Right shoulder is higher than left shoulder.
Hips are higher on right side.
Torso and head are higher, due to the straightened right leg.



Downward stride (easing in, slow down):

Left leg begins to swing forward.
Left arm swings backward to oppose forward movement of left leg.
Left hip swings forward.
Left shoulder swings backward.

Right leg begins to swing backward.
Right arm swings forward to oppose backward movement of right leg.
Right hip swings backward.
Right shoulder swings forward.


Passing position (left leg):

Left leg straightens and locks, body's full weight is now on this leg.
Arms are in mid-swing.
Left shoulder is higher than right shoulder.
Hips are higher on left side.
Torso and head are higher, due to the straightened left leg.

[clockworksnail]

Hey Kungfoo'
looks like you've been pretty busy.
those studies of people walking are well cool. i'd never even thought about it before tbh.
sorry i havent replied to you on my sketchbook. you've probably established im not exactly a frequent visitor of this site alot of the time, but i really am gratefull that you've taken the time to look and cmment and everything. so yer, thanks :)
il post someting new up soon. i promise! lol.
anywas, its obvious that you've progressed. just kee doing what your doing i guess. it seems to be working.

one more thing tho,
have you ot any goals inlife? lik, i mean, what do you want to do as a career or w/e?
il be back later, cya around.

im kurt btw.

[andres333]

Nice you've been working hard!!!
Don't worry those studies will pay off soon
I really like the second one in post 131

[Kungfoowiz]

Hey Kurt!

Thank you for the compliments bro, it's thoroughly refreshing to see you're inspired by the figurative animation. I have to do a project on this soon, so I thought to start preparing for it ahead of time. It's basic construction for animation, I got the idea to do this from the Mechanics of Motion book by Chris Webster, it's a cool book if you're thinking of learning or just have a hobby or passing interest in animation. It's kay, when you on, it's cool.

Goals and career things, well I do have one goal so far for this year, I would like to be able to paint some things, so I'm trying to encourage myself to paint things in colour. Keep well bro.


Hey Andres333!

Thank you also for the compliments bro, it's much appreciated.
Keep well and take care bro.

[Kungfoowiz]

Force drawing 5..

Notes:

Sculpting force and mass (main subjects).

Principle of overlap can create depth, space or the effect of foreshortening, as one line can seem to dominate over another.
Whereas no overlapping creates flatness.

[Kungfoowiz]

Force drawing 6..

Practicing overlapping shapes to create space.
As well as some other things. =)

See page 82 of Michael Mattesi's book, Force Dynamic Life Drawing if you're interested.

[llex_paul]

anatomy drawings are a good exercise! i've done a few few sketchbooks with that kind of stuff...and i know the sensation when you don't want to see any more anatomy drawings:)) but you don't need to do like i do, you have to love anatomy drawings! anyway keep it up man and in time you will see the results;) try to render more. peace man!

[Kungfoowiz]

Hey bro! Thank you for the encouragement! Yip, the anatomy is sometimes a grind, I need to think of interesting ways to overcome the downtimes. =)
Aye, I'm going to render some more soon-ish.
Keep well bro and take care.

[Kungfoowiz]

Force drawing 7. =)

Basically lazied this whole piece, not so happy today, not sure what's wrong. =/

In any case, it's just the last few exercises of spacial concepts drawing from Mattesi's.

Overlapping circles create T-shapes and thus depth and space.

Then a few other things on foreshortening, size for example is vitally important.

Here's some quotes from Mattesi's which I will try to remember - page 88 -

"We are so conditioned to this rule (the importance of the size of objects and shapes) in our everyday lives that something as simple as the size of a circle fools us into seeing space."

And...

"Imagine what would happen if while driving, all of the cars on the freeway around you were the same size, no matter how close or far from you they were."

"Size tells our brain about the drama of depth."

[Architaylor]

heyyy man got an awesome flow going you seem really pumped to draw! just keep it up! Try to work on your line quality, I noticed the strength Mattesi's drawings come from his confident seeping lines. Try to draw the curves without taking your pencil off the page and maybe do some blind contours to increase the line quality. Might be an idea to look more into anatomy and form once you've finished the force book!

[Kungfoowiz]

Hey bro!

Ah, you read my mind, yes, I've been wondering about the scratchiness for a while now.

Thank you for the tip, I'll try more confident swooshes as you mentioned, in addition to some blind contouring. It's been bugging me for a while, but anything to nail this I'll gladly oblige. =)
Will do, I'll be back onto the anatomy again soon, I find I get bored quickly with it, so I'm going to combine it with the other studies.

Thank you for the encouragement bro and keep well. =)
Edward

[Kungfoowiz]

Silhouette 1

Notes:

The silhouette of the pose should look 'appealing'. In force terms this may be roughly understood as lines of force which are working together with a feeling of rhythm.

For this exercise, I used a thick pencil and drew bold and confident lines.

[Kungfoowiz]

Force drawing 5 in colour.

So many things wrong with this piece but it's just for practice. =)

Need to find out how light diffuses across subsurfaces for example, amongst other things..

Leveled the hell out of it to bring out the tones, so effectively I cheated. =)

[clockworksnail]

Hey Kungfoo'
you've done like a page since i was last here, thats insane! :P
i can see you work really hard and i can also see it really pays off.
anyways, i dropped by to tell you ive finally posted some work, as promised.
anyways....... its snowing, so il comment later. cya!

[Kungfoowiz]

Hey Kurt

Hehe thank you, most of it is just studies but thank you for the compliment, it's much appreciated and keeps me going. =)

Aye, the snow is pretty cool, nearly killed myself coming home. Hehe.
Edward

[Kungfoowiz]

Hands 1. *cracks whip*

Going to make these until my own ones fall off.

[Kungfoowiz]

Hands 2. =)

Warming up with a thick pencil.

[Kungfoowiz]

Feet 1. *cracks whip!* =)

Did this one in charcoal, not sure why, just felt like it.

[Kungfoowiz]

Hands 3.

Another hand study, the charcoal is almost effortless to draw with, feels like you're barely drawing at all.

[Kungfoowiz]

Hands 4..

Drew this with brown coloured pencil instead, and compared with the charcoal, it feels more difficult to draw with. Cool thing is, the colour is permanent, so you can't erase any mistakes.

[Kungfoowiz]

Feet 2. *Cracks whip*

So-so feet...

Drawing them big to spot all the mistakes and times when I felt I was guessing the edge (this is a really bad habit for anyone.)

Making preparations to draw them from imagination, so these are the practice pieces for that.

[Kungfoowiz]

Heads 1, in rotation, limited reference from Dynamic Figure Drawing, page 10 (Burne Hogarth).

[Kungfoowiz]

Body 12. =)

Some torso and back muscles.

My first go at this, the curves were really confusing me at times. I missed one or two as well on a second look, oh well.

The key back muscles are supposed to look like a butterfly shape.

[Kungfoowiz]

Body 13. =)

In the erect position, the two torso massess express an inverse, counterpoised relationship, page 22 of Dynamic Figure Drawing by Burne Hogarth.

[Kungfoowiz]

Mermaid, in watercolour, inspired by the work of Stephanie Pui-Mun Law. =)

[clockworksnail]

hey man,
i definatly approve of the watercolours.

so how did you nearly kill yourself in the snow? maybe its irrelevent to art, but im pretty interested.

you seem really dedicated to the studies. are you enjoying them tho?
i rekon if you start to find it a chore to do them, yu should probly move on to something else. art should never be forced.... :)

also, just to clarify, i didnt mea for the kraken to be pink. i just didnt use enough layers of red watercolour.

where are you from anyway?

Kurt.

[Kungfoowiz]

Heya Kurt

Thank you for the compliments.

The snow is pretty bad here, there is this one particular part where it's better just to skate across than try to walk. Sometimes though, if you don't get enough across, you can get struck in the middle, then it's best just to crawl across. =)

Yip, I'm enjoying the studies, except that there are down times, which is usually when I try another medium as you mentioned. Line work can become a little tedious after a while.

Ah okay, I see, so do you have plans to make some more monsters?

I'm from Wales, but only just moved back last year.

Keep well bro.
Edward

[Architaylor]

hey man studies are looking good! watercolour seems like a really good idea it might be worth looking at masters work and books ect to get a better feel for the technique? I've never had any luck whatsoever with watercolour so I could well be talking out of my ass! Congratualtions on the visual studies grade keep up the good work! and happy snow day!

[Kungfoowiz]

Hello Taylor

Thank you bro, I enjoyed that discussion on line we had this week, was inspiring but at the same time deflating for me, the crux of which has been bugging me all week. I'm not sure whether this is a good thing or bad, but in any case it's got me pondering at least.

For the watercolour, certainly, I managed to get my hands on a calender with J Turner's works in it, so I'm looking at that at the moment. It's all quite advanced for the moment, however it would be nice to progress to it.

Thank you, that 2:2 grade for visual studies really made my day (however I've been depressed all week, haha!). Not the normal depression though, more of a pondering, explorative, finding out wtf-kind of brooding depression. =)

Speak again soon bro, keep well and hope you're recovering from the chills.
Edward

[Kungfoowiz]

Trying to get myself out of a creative slump, this crap will hopefully get me to snap out of it! =)

[Kungfoowiz]

Some body stuff tonight, as well as a fun piece (was going to finish it in watercolour but ran out of time, so I'll do this tomorrow instead). Also trying to improve my quality of line.

[Kungfoowiz]

Just felt like redrawing her as I messed up the last watercolour, it's inspired by the work of Stephanie Pui-Mun Law.

Really need to work on my pencil pressure though, still not comfortable with how this came out.

[Kungfoowiz]

Figurative 6.

Warming up sketches for analysis of human walk cycles, from construction, profiles of keys and inbetweens, as well as the front view key positions.

[Kungfoowiz]

Figurative 7.

Thumbnail planning for push and lift animations.

Basic shapes are used to make the character, and some simple shading is added for depth.

[Kungfoowiz]

Reflection III, watercolour inspired by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law.

[finlay]

Good stuff mate. I really like that you're working with silhouettes.

I have to agree with Taylor about working on form. There are some great tutorials on perspective and drawing into the page. Definitely worth a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsQ1WVyPHvU

I know I say this allot but the Natural Way to Draw really does help with this to.

[Kungfoowiz]

Hey Finlay!

I'm pleased to see you here. I hope someday you wish to share your own work again too.

Thank you for the link, I'll take a look soon and try to work toward better form from now on.

I much enjoyed your box drawings and it's given me some insight into how to go about doing this. I shall try to apply this wisdom going forward.

Sure thing, I have actually been reading the Natural Way to Draw. And yes, you do harp on about it, haha, but it's for the better. The piece above with me in it, was actually the second exercise from this book. I'm going to try the third part of the exercise soon, just been so down lately, I need to snap out of it. =)

Keep well bro and thank you.

[Kungfoowiz]

Body 16.

Trying to understand form, rather than simply copying.

[Kungfoowiz]

Did some perspective and a bit of figure.

[Kungfoowiz]

Body 18.

Trying to feel the form rather than copying it, as well as working on the quality of line.

[Kungfoowiz]

Some more form exercise, also focusing on quality of line (trying not to screw myself over though.)

[Kungfoowiz]

Imagination 1

New series, just drawing from imagination, just did this one in class, was oh so bored with the lecture... =)

[Kungfoowiz]

Imagination 2

More crap from the head.

Taylor helped with some advice. =)

[Architaylor]

Hey man, faces are getting better. Definately look at loomis though cant really beat him for faces. Try to memorise the planes of the head so you get the lighting right :) just do more more more really :D

[Kungfoowiz]

Hey bro, I'll take a look at Loomis faces soon. Ta and keep well.

[Kungfoowiz]

Body 20

Some practice in head building and form from Loomis' Figure Drawing book, page 172.

[Kungfoowiz]

Some fun pieces to break the monotony..

[Kungfoowiz]

The world is round, and this page is also a bit round. =)

[Kungfoowiz]

Sheep Research 1

I'm researching the structure which makes up a sheep, it's more interesting than it sounds actually, you'd be surprised.

Profile silhouette referenced from the Anatomy Drawing School book, page 414.

It took forever to find reference video of a sheep standing up.

Sheep tend to graze for hours, so there seems little video of sheep ever standing up, in other words, getting up from a resting position.
There are a few videos on sheep sitting down, and plenty of them walking about, but sitting down was a bit tricky to find.

Reference videos for getting up, and walking around are here if anyone's curious -
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-lJO1Tu8dE
- http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com/Customer/SearchDetails.aspx?searchText=sheep+walking&type=Simple&footage=AllClipsExceptEntertainment&page=2&itemId=86ffb464-dd82-4f2c-9a3a-7164cd1d7f51

These are just some preliminary notes, as I've never drawn sheep before, and I have no idea how they walk. I barely know how to animate either, so this all very new for me.

[Kungfoowiz]

Repainted this old piece to see how far I've come...

Here was my last repaint of the same piece, a few months ago -
http://kungfoowiz.deviantart.com/art/Fairy-Wip-1-143631203

[Architaylor]

Hey man, faces are improving :) but definately look carefully at loomis's construction. Start off drawing a sphere with a cross on it. Draw the centreline down and draw the chin. Shave off the sides of the sphere. Dont even look at the features until you have mastered this. I know I can't talk my faces are rubbish but I think you are trying to run before you can walk. Really try to nail the basics man.

The fun stuff is cool but I reckon the time spent doing lines ect would be better spent practicing figure work or something. I know it gets boring sometimes but stick with it. Just keep focused on your target and you'll make it man :) check out this post:

http://conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2048460&postcount=2113

I think you need to set yourself a bit of a schedule maybe just a loose target for now. Update daily, do a page of Hogarth a day ect, you dont even need to stick to it, its just to give you a bit of direction.

It's really interesting how much progress you've made :D it's easy to get down about your art but you can see how much you're improving, seriously its like 10 times better than the old one good job :D Having said that its important not to look back too much, that paitings in the past now and its done its job because of what you've learnt from the painting :) sorry if this seems a little harsh I really dont mean it to be. I think your greatest downfall as an artist isnt your understanding of the concepts, and It's easy to tell theres nothing wrong with your attitude. I think its more that you lack direction, which is possibly the best downfall to have (if you understand haha :D ) Just set a schedule and you'll be sorted man :) great progress lets see more!

[Kungfoowiz]

Hello Taylor

I don't know quite how to reply, other than to offer a simple thank you.

Faces are proving to be a challenge, and I shall give an honest attempt to be more patient with them, pushing myself to understand the form and planes, before looking at the features.

Algenpfleger's and Bobb Chiu's thoughts have helped me to understand my limitations, and they've given some hope to go beyond them.

Once upon a time, I did have a schedule, but then I found that I was rushing my work.
I didn't want to do this, I wanted to have the freedom to decide how long I wished to work on a piece.

I do lack direction, yes, and I find it challenging to stay on a particular subject for too long. I'm going to try and address this, even if my pages become smudgey. I'll get out some tracing paper to protect the page, heh.

Well, I suppose my first goal then is to understand the head.
Edward

[Kungfoowiz]

Body 21

Heads...

[OmertA]

sup dude good progress being seen
just study anything that looks cool to you
have a good one looking forward to seeing more progress
keep it up
-Jamie

[shambok]

glad to see you're concentrating more on form. This is a very important part of illustrating. All that we draw are 3D shapes in 2D space no matter how complex the shapes are. Its really awesome to see your improvement so keep up the great work!

[Kungfoowiz]

Jamie - Thank you bro, this made me smile, I've been wondering for a while whether I'm making any progress at all..


Shambok - Hey, a fellow South African! Yip it's a crucial thing to understand, I think sometimes form is also a part of our subconcscious mind.
I'll keep on keeping.

[Kungfoowiz]

Lines 2

Practicing line, and observing the shape of line based on emotion, pressure of the hand, somewhat chaotic thought, curvature, left handedness, and blindness.




Lines 3

An exercise in concentration as well as patience. One can see progessive lapses as the drawing of lines continues.




Madonna and Child (original drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 - 1519)

Trying to understand the purpose of ink in study (I'm going to practice this again from a life model tomorrow morning).

One thought which comes to mind is that you can achieve a finer width of line using brush, ink, and pen, than the traditional pencil.

[Kungfoowiz]

Body 22

Three sketches and a brush pen study from life.

[jeremyg0rd0n]

It's good to see you doing many studies of heads and practicing your lines, that kind of hard work is sure to pay off.
I would like to see more pencil work though, and when you're constructing heads, be sure to use a more perfect circle for the basic sphere of the head, because I notice that often you will draw a circle that is kind of pinched in and that causes your heads to be proportionally off. I think Bridgman studies would really benefit you in that.
Keep up the hard work

[Kungfoowiz]

Hey Jeremy!

I was considering some Bridgman these past few months, so I think I'm going to finally give in and try some of his studies.

Yip, my circles suck bad, there's no excuse, it's just plain laziness on my part, I need to be more focussed, and this likely comes from my lack of direction, not just drawing but in other things as well.

Thank you for the fantastic advice and I'll get going with it.
Keep well bro.
Edward

[Kungfoowiz]

Circles 2

Practicing draw circles...



Body 23

Heads at various angles, focusing on construction with a simple sphere and a cube for the jaw.



Body 24

More heads. I made this small head out of plasticine (Newplast, or Sculpey should be fine) and then I placed it in the light before sketching it, it's really helpful to get a sense of form and a bit of perspective too.

[Kungfoowiz]

Body 25

These were drawn from life (with a mirror) and a few were from reference.

[llex_paul]

hey man! nice to see you sketchbook again:D i strongly advice you to find geometrical faces and work after them a wile:D good luck man and work hard!

[Architaylor]

Hey man, heads are looking loads better seem to be doing the right studies :D the sculpted head seems like a good idea as well, maybe progress by adding the planes once you get bored :) www.planesofthehead.com

The drawings from life seem really good man possibly my favourite stuff on here :) you should totally get a self portrait thing going reckon it would be really beneficial :D

keep it up man :D

[Kungfoowiz]

Llex Paul - Thank you for the encouragement. Certainly, I'll try to think more in terms of the basic shapes and take it from there.

Taylor - Thank you too, I started on some planes, but I'd definitely like to work on some more. Ta for the link, I started taking some screenshots.
Alright then, I'll start doing some self portraits.

[Kungfoowiz]

Set myself a long list of things to do today but so far I barely managed a quarter of any of it. Oh well. =)

Here's the list of stuffies...



Body 26

Just some crap from reference.



Body 27

Anne-Marie, a lady who life models, drawn with tinted charcoal pencils.




Body 28

Some heads, made these during a lecture yesterday, one of those boring theory lectures, the ones people go to sleep in.



Body 29

Don't know where the day went, but made these heads. Referenced from Loomis.





Body 30

Not sure where the day went, just managed to do these before the evening.

Some reference was used from Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life (page 64 onward), as well as the promo shots from Planes of the Head - http://www.planesofthehead.com




Body 31

Life drawing (model: Anne-Marie), timed, 3 minutes for each drawing.

[Kungfoowiz]

Body 32

More heads, some referenced (Loomis, as well as PlanesOfTheHead.com), and some were from imagination.




Body 33

Drawing full bodies using 'draw through' technique (page 36, Robert Barrett's Life Drawing book).

[Kungfoowiz]

Sheep Model Sheet

Basic construction of a sheep, for animation.

Used the Anatomy Drawing School book, The Sheep (page 413-433), for reference, as well as these links for reference pictures -

- http://www.danekeclublambs.com/files/lambpart.gif

- http://www.stockvault.net/Bones_g62-Sheep_skull_p3761.html

[Kungfoowiz]

Preview of a sheep animation for my Animating Animals (four-legged) project.

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpFdk8YRwtg

[Architaylor]

Hey man heads are getting better :) seems like the studies are really paying off :D sheep turnaround looks sick as well! Animation looks ok, seems like the feet go through the floor quite a bit and you could maybe have the front legs a bit more bent at the passing positions? I'm not too sure that just seems like it to me but if you've done the research its down to you :D

keep it up man :D

[Kungfoowiz]

Thank you bro, trying hard to understand those heads, I feel like I've improved just a tiny bit, for example I feel more clear in my mind about how the form is for it.

Sure thing, I'll be working on the sheep today and fix some of the issues with it. I pushed the rig down just a touch too far, I'll bring it up slightly.
I gotta work on the actual walk cycle now based on my thumbs, I would like to draw some more thumbs with a little more clarity to them.

Thank you, good luck with your cow. =)

[Kungfoowiz]

Body 34

Head practice from imagination.



Body 35

Figure practice, from reference (Robert Barrett's Life Drawing book, page 20 - 21).

[Krato]

spend more time rendering your figures, what i see here is just some mad scribbles that show the form in no way what so ever which is the opposite of what rendering is supposed to be. do a drawing of a face, spend some quality time on it and really try to render appropriately.

spend more time on each piece!

[llex_paul]

hey, that figures are better. don't stop. you need to do a lot of poses to can learn them and become able to draw only from imagination. that would be a great thing :D

[Kungfoowiz]

Krato - Thank you. I was thinking about that, for a while I've just been trying to understand the basic construction of things. Thank you for that though, I was thinking about doing some longer drawings and focusing on rendering with paint as well. So, I'll take you up on that one, thank you for the advice.

Llex Paul - Thank you. I'm glad you can see some improvement. I won't stop, promise! I'll continue to do poses and some heads, along with the imaginative drawing. I'd also like to paint and render a bit more, as Krato mentioned, but be warned, my paintings leave a lot to be desired.

Well, let's see what I can come up with today. Thank you to everyone!

[Kungfoowiz]

Okay, played around with colour today, enjoy. =)

Colour 1

New series, playing around with colour, acrylic painting to be specific. I'm following the tutorials in Lee Hammond's painting books, she's a fairly decent artist and an excellent teacher imho.




Colour 2.

Some tree silhouettes, getting used to painting their shape with pure black acrylic paint.




Colour 3.

Some more playing around with colour, using acrylic paints. Painted some bushes, bark, attempted a birch tree, as well as some spruces, and finally some snow capped mountains.
Referenced from various tutorials by Lee Hammond.

[Kungfoowiz]

Colour 4.

Some beginner studies of rocks, water, and mountains.

[Kungfoowiz]

Perspective 9

Drawing based on the principle of perspective within an infinitely long tunnel. Also, what happens in perspective when your vision of the world moves around, as well as when objects move around your field of view (FOV). The amount of the object which is seen was also explored, this is roughly called field of object (FOO).

Anyway, acronyms aside, the point of the exercise demonstrated that in perspective, we can get a fisheye effect when looking around an infinite tunnel. Depending on how far away objects are, and the angle with which we see them, this determines the amount to which the fisheye effect distorts the object in perspective, as well as the relative size with which the object is seen.

Reference video is the 10 minute drawing technique, episode 2 (I highly recommend you watch these from time to time if you would like to improve your drawing).
- Here's the video on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA9SZYK3ozw

[Kungfoowiz]

Colour 5.

Study of a sunset. I followed a painting tutorial by Lee Hammond.

[Kungfoowiz]

I wasn't sure about posting this, but I thought to anyway, to show my process of studying this painting.

Here is a paintover of Knight, a study to understand how to paint with light and how value was used within the original painting.

The original art is copyright to the artist, by wlop, and may be found here - http://wlop.deviantart.com/art/Knight-152870495

[Ephelea]

Interesting study work. I personally love acrylics, specifically a brand called "NOVA" in California. They're wonderful, the vibrance, and endless ability to layer. Darks over lights, Light colors over darker colors. I once did a study for a color theory class on setting up a still life - near a window. Taking pictures of it, once near sunrise, noon, and at sunset. The changes were amazing. And painting them showed me the similarities, and the definitive differences.

[Kungfoowiz]

Thank you. I've heard of Nova, I just can't get hold of it here unfortunately. That sounds lovely, I would like to practice building up the layers too. The still life and times of the day studies sound really interesting.

[Kungfoowiz]

Coloured in this sketch tonight, I don't think I know what I'm doing though, haha! Anyway... next...

[Kungfoowiz]

Body 37

Feeling a bit rusty on heads, decided to do some this morning. Gotta keep up the motivation to keep doing these everyday.

Also working on painting at least one sketch. This one was created by painting the values (greyscale form) first, and then painting colour on top of this with a multiply layer.

[Krato]

download the loomis books and learn face structure it will help

[Kungfoowiz]

Hey Krato!

Thank you. Yip, I have them, I just took a look through Loomis's book specifically on heads and I'll do some studies from there tomorrow. I was working from his other book last week.

Here are some thumbnails for sheep grazing for the animating (4-legged) animals project. I think I may redraw them, I'm not really happy with them as I was glancing at the video and quickly drawing my observations of movement.

[Kungfoowiz]

Grazing sheep, click here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU6S2-fHhyk , key poses. I decided to key my sheep again with these poses instead. Going to try animate with these, been feeling a bit bored with the animation as of late, but trying my best to get back into it. Mostly the complication of the software crushes my spirit every time I look at it.

[Kungfoowiz]

Sheep - thumbnail planning for the motion of its legs, for animation.

The video which was referenced may be seen here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4goh6dlFq-c

[Kungfoowiz]

My next attempt at a sheep grazing, not quite what I was looking for, but anyway... I would like to be able to carry on the walk cycle, just need to figure out how to do it...

Click here for the link to the video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJoXYUqC92g (it's hosted on YouTube).

[OmertA]

lookin good dude
keep up the hard work
till next time
-Jamie

[Kungfoowiz]

Thank you Jamie, I shall keep on keeping.

Body 38

Referenced from Andrew Loomis, Heads and Hands book. Painted one of the sketches for practice as well.

[Jesus Food]

hey, i think u just have to keep working at it, adding tones will make things look more dimensional and less flat. But just drawing from life or reference will move u along all the same.GL

[Kungfoowiz]

Hey Jesus, never thought I'd find myself writing that, hehe.

Thank you for the hope bro, going to keep going no matter what.

I'll try to add some more tone into my work, my main focus is on line, but I'll do a few tone pieces, as well as some colour ones as I would also like to improve with them.

Here are some latest works, all from life.


Body 39

Warmup drawings from life.




Stuff 1

It's just stuff, going to draw stuff from now on, lots of stuff.




Body 40

Drawings from life.




Body 41

Drawings from life.




Body 42

Drawings from life.

[Kungfoowiz]

Body 43

Some drawings from imagination and reference (Andrew Loomis, Heads and Hands).

[Kungfoowiz]

Stuff 2.

View of Cardiff Museum.




Body 44

Roman with Medusa's Severed Head, Cardiff Museum.




Stuff 3

Skulls and a baby gazelle, Cardiff Museum.

[Kungfoowiz]

Emmy Marquick

[Kungfoowiz]

Emmy Marquick in the countryside..

[Kungfoowiz]

Cardiff Barrage, went out for a walk today and quicky sketched the felluca sails at the Barrage. I would like to colour this in sometime.




Body 45

A mix of Loomis and Bridgman studies.




Body 46

Drawings from life.

[Kungfoowiz]

Body 47

Haven't been feeling very well, caught the flu unfortunately...

Anyways, did these from Robert Barrett's Life Drawing book. One is in charcoal, heightened with white pencil, although I feel it didn't come out how I wanted it to.





Body 48

Simple turnaround of the female form, I'm really weak at turnarounds, so I'd like to practice these more.

Referenced from Robert Barrett's Life Drawing book.





Body 49

Various experiments with shape for torsos and other body parts.

Referenced from Robert Barrett's Life Drawing book.




Body 50

Heads from imagination.

[Kungfoowiz]

Fairies

An assortment of fey, a forest spirit (inspired by Miyazaki), and a will-o-wisp...

The fairies were inspired by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law.

[Kungfoowiz]

Pixies

Painted with a limited palette, getting used to colour... Inspired by the work of Stephanie Pui-Mun Law.

[Kungfoowiz]

Just an informal colour chart, used some of my watercolours and then mixed various ones together to see how the paint behaves.

[Kungfoowiz]

Lonely Fairy

Rip it apart please!!

[jeremyg0rd0n]

good to see that you're doing all these studies. What are you doing the studies from of the bodies? Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life is definitely worth going all the way through to help you with construction and anatomy. Keep it up!

[Kungfoowiz]

Hey Jeremy

Thank you bro, I'm doing studies of bodies from Barrett's Life Drawing book. Heads are from Loomis and Bridgman's Complete Guide, I only just started on Bridgman. Also much of the body work is also from life.

[Kungfoowiz]

Body 51

Did this earlier today, master copy (partial reference and some imagination) of Jacopo da Pontormo (1494 - 1556), nude boy.

Some other crap, trying to do Bridgman, not feeling it though.