I love to draw and try to get better!

[InvisibleQuail]

Hello everyone!
This is my sketchbook welcome!
I'm 16 now 17 years old and I always liked to draw but I got "serious" about art one year ago. Since then I try to improve my artwork and get better at what I love. ;)
I like animation, Illustration and comics!

Please take a look and feel free to critique me I'll appreciate it.
Thank you for looking!

PS: Recent stuff is on the last page
I started this sketchbook when I was 15 but didn't post much, you can see some of the stuff on the first page.
Most of the posts are from this year.

[AzusaPesant]

Sup dude, took my advice , good!

Just keep posting what you draw. So we can give crits and make you feel bad and shit.

[InvisibleQuail]

This is ooooollllddd!
Here is some stuff wich is more current:
Okay... this one is a little "older"
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/DSC04549.jpg
This one is more new:
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/sbs_vol2_1_by_InvisibleQuail.jpg

[InvisibleQuail]

Tryed something out:
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/ohgod.jpg

[InvisibleQuail]

ok, here are some "old" Character studies for something I'm work on right now
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/characterstudies.jpg
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/tedchs.jpg
I guess my scanner hates me

Alright, this one is something I did today because I had no ideas and since I can't draw feet to save my life I decided to learn that today (I drew this from my anatomy book)
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/fe-1.jpg

[InvisibleQuail]

(I don't think anyone will read this but whatever)

Okay, this idea was for 3-4 days in my head and now I decided to draw it, it was a little challenge for me, I think I'm going to color it digital later


[IMG]http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/mauskatze.jpg

[Nonobot]

Not bad stuff so far, very cartoony and stylized. Ive seen the style in your imagery quite often, you've obviously took something from invader zim, maybe edd ed and eddy along with a few older cartoons. Its good that you're mixing them together. Im guessing youre into animation?
However these all have roughly the same body type, try exaggerating characters features. Like give one of them huge arms and torso, or a odd nose.

[InvisibleQuail]

Not bad stuff so far, very cartoony and stylized. Ive seen the style in your imagery quite often, you've obviously took something from invader zim, maybe edd ed and eddy along with a few older cartoons. Its good that you're mixing them together. Im guessing youre into animation?
However these all have roughly the same body type, try exaggerating characters features. Like give one of them huge arms and torso, or a odd nose.
Hello,
thank you very much for looking and commenting and for the critique.
Yes, it's very "catoony", lol. But no I didn't take anything from Invader Zim or edd ed and eddy because I never watched them (okay I watched 3 episodes of IZ aaa).

It's more from Spongebob and Flapjack, and then I evolved it into something of my own, and yea I took also something from the old cartoons. :)
Yes, I love animation, ahaha.

Thank you for the critique, I'm gonna try to do that! :-D

[InvisibleQuail]

I found in this Thread:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=191482
a cool list:
Learn the anatomy of the nose :•( and nobody will ever accuse you of being like manga again.

Draw the following noses into your notebooks from google images reference: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Julia Roberts, Vigo Morgenstern, Alan Rickman, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Maria Bartiroma, Marilyn Monroe, and Dean Martin.

Post them in your sketchbook.

And even when I'm not the OP I decided to do that because it sounded like fun:
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/nasen-1.jpg

Also I tried to do what Nonobot told me, but it didn't really work, here are some sketches:
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/lolo-1.jpg
But I think I found something...

[InvisibleQuail]

Okay, I was playing a little with shapes(body and face)and thinking a lot about it and drawing (but I'm not gonna post everything here because most of it is shitty) and I came up with this... thing... uh...
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/derp.jpg
I like it.

[AlexEh]

Keep it up, you have the right idea playing with shapes like that, shape design is very important =)

Check out this podcast that Steven Silver did. He's talking about a lot of things that helped him invent people from his head and manipulate shapes more.

U48YQsqov7k

Also when using color I suggest you push the values more. The one you posted is looking very grey. I don't think you will mind I did a quick paint ova to show what I mean. Generally have either a lighter background and a darker character, or a darker background and a lighter character. My shadow shapes look bad but I think my point came across...

Cheers!

[InvisibleQuail]

Keep it up, you have the right idea playing with shapes like that, shape design is very important =)

Check out this podcast that Steven Silver did. He's talking about a lot of things that helped him invent people from his head and manipulate shapes more.

U48YQsqov7k

Also when using color I suggest you push the values more. The one you posted is looking very grey. I don't think you will mind I did a quick paint ova to show what I mean. Generally have either a lighter background and a darker character, or a darker background and a lighter character. My shadow shapes look bad but I think my point came across...

Cheers!
Hello,
first: Thank you for looking and commenting. Thank you a lot.
The video was very interesting to watch (or better to say, listen to). I'm gonna check his channel out!

Of cours I don't mind!
I'll keep it in mind and try to do it like you did, it looks really good, I want my coloring to look like this! °U°
I'll try it out in my next digital practise drawing. Digital art is for me like a big mountain and I'm still at the beginning, aaaa. But I really want to learn how to do that (and also different traditional coloring!).
Thank you!

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Alright, some new stuff, lol.

This one is because I wanted to draw and color something with colored pencils (<3), was fun. Those are two different drawings trown together.
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/loulz.jpg
Also: The girl in the pink dress is a redesign of my old character (one year), the character was baaad. BAD. But now I like how she looks (she is a villain 8D)

And I found this blog (thanks to CA <3):
http://theartcenter.blogspot.com/2010/04/making-faces-out-of-shapes.html
and I really wanted to try that out, so here:
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/yesyes.jpg
It helped me to "lose" and get a little away from the faces shapes I always do, great practise! I'll do that a lot in the future + it helped me to find some new designs and stuff for what I am working on.

[AzusaPesant]

Oh now that is cool.

I'm going to use that random shape exercise!

[theiiievolution]

Learn the anatomy of the nose :•( and nobody will ever accuse you of being like manga again.

Draw the following noses into your notebooks from google images reference: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Julia Roberts, Vigo Morgenstern, Alan Rickman, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Maria Bartiroma, Marilyn Monroe, and Dean Martin.

Post them in your sketchbook.


I also did that lol

I suggest fun with pencils with Andrew Loomis

[InvisibleQuail]

Boy, I didn't post for a while, mainly because there was nothing "worth" posting.
I'm practicing anatomy (still looks horrible, lol) with this cool site:
http://www.pixelovely.com/tools/gesture.html
yea, and I'm practicing coloring with colored pencils (and I got copic markers ciao, practicing how to color with them, too)

here is my latest thing online (not a sketch, but I just wanna post something)
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/ghosts.png

[InvisibleQuail]

Alight, here are some sketches I like (practicing drawing humans, faces ect)
I drew them while looking at photos (I know not the best thng to do, but I can't do anything else atm)
I'll draw more humans and animals tomorrow, yay. it was fun!!

(the scanner didn't scan the shadows I made so I had to make it darker on the computer )
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/reallifesketches.png
(edit: lol still didn't work, oh well)

[InvisibleQuail]

So, I got copic markers for my birthday (lucky) and I was practicing a lot since.
I also got some books about color theory, but they are not that good, and I'm trying to understand how light works.

Here is the few stuff I like (there was many more but... uh, not posting that D: )
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/derporactice.png
Gotta practice more.... and I need to work on poses and stuff, uh.

edit: I also got the fun with pencils with Andrew Loomis book, I only read a little (got it yestarday) wooha helpfullll.

[InvisibleQuail]

Reading the Loomis book, god I learned so much not only about drawing but also about how I was drawing ect.
Awesome books!

Ok, I wanted to practice drawing animals (especially cats) today, because I can't draw cats.
It turned out shitty.
I drew the skeletton to understand how a cats body works (and know I do), I didn't just drew the lines but tryed to understand everything.
Then I drew an owl, but it looks bad and the cats too. And then I was angry and stopped but I'm gonna try tomorrow again.
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/catcat.jpg

Ok, then I read the Loomis book and practiced with two of my characters drawing expressions, I learned a lot and now it feels much easier to draw the same character more than once but I need to get better.
Ok then I wanted to try drawing poses, I now understand how running works but I'm too angry to draw more.
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/3159/facesj.jpg

[InvisibleQuail]

SO! Last week I finally decided that it's time for me to start drawing regulary from lifE!
And so it did!! Everyday (excvept Saturdays because on that day I work on my cartoon stuff) I sit down at 4pm and draw stuff in my room for one hour! I really wish to improve, I want to move on to humans and more detailed stuff later on.

I have drawn a lot, but I only post a few ones which I kind of like/okay with.


YEAH!! (sorry for shitty scanns)
OK, here is the first day (lololol fail)
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/lifedrawings.jpg

SECOND!
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/lifed2.jpg
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/lifed3-1.jpg

3!!
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/lifed4.jpg
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/lifed5.jpg

4!!
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/lifed6.jpg
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/lifed7.jpg

Oh and this one is from today (but I was not very motivated D: ) :
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/lifed8.jpg


OKAY! And here are some finished drawings (and two animated pixel avis, first time animating!! >w< it's fun:
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LavendelDolly.gifhttp://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/EyeMonsterr.gif

http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/tztrz.png

(This one was done because I almost got an art block aaa)
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/pica.png

That's all for now! :>

[InvisibleQuail]

NEW WEEK! MORE DRAWINGS!! MORE PRACTICE!!!

Okay, today I decided to try drawing tomatoes and color them with my pencils because I need to learn how to color(and draw LOL)... :I
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/practice_by_invisiblequail-d32wu1p.jpg

And here is the sketch I did quickly for this:
http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/3021/tomaten1.jpg

It was fun, but I still suck. I want to try coloring an apple this week, too.

[InvisibleQuail]

So, one day ago I bought an apple and I wanted to draw it in color with pencils...
GUESS WHAT? I failed so hard, it was almost epic.
And then I deicded to first learn how to understand light... :I

So I did! (please note that the last one was the first one I drew that's why it's the worst, LOL)
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/appels.jpg

[InvisibleQuail]

I had no motivation today, so I deicded to try drawing myself.
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/mysself.jpg
I'm okay with how it looks, it looks at least like me.

edit: Hope to do it better next time.

[InvisibleQuail]

New Self portrait
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/DSC04882.jpg

[pixel cheetah]

Nice studies, keep it up! The self-portrait is not bad either. You can use more contrats with the shadows. When doing a self-portrait use a lighting that gives contrasting shadows (i.e a lamp directly lighting one side of your face instead of some homogenious reflected light). Observe these shadows carefully and draw them precisely.

[InvisibleQuail]

I don't draw enough life drawings and studies... :'(
only the past few weeks I started doing more... and I will do even more".

everything looks so messy because I don't want to "waste" paper but I still want to draw everything in my sketch book.

Here are some hands
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/hand1.jpg
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/hand2.jpg
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/hand3.jpg

faces
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/ld16.jpg
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/ld7.jpg

gesture drawings 30ec-1min (some are just drawings) I don't know if I'm doing it right
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/gest.jpg
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/gest2.jpg
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/gest3.jpg
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/gest4.jpg
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/ld12.jpg
used this two websites:
http://lovecastle.org/draw/
http://www.pixelovely.com/tools/gesture.html

trying to understand bears
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/ld8.jpg
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/br.jpg
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/br1.jpg

did some badly life drawings when I saw a real horse at the weekend
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/pferd.jpg

and something cartoony
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/pokemooonoo.jpg

and here the sketches for it
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/sketch3.jpg
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/sketch2.jpg
http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/LD/sketchh3.jpg

[InvisibleQuail]

1. Sketch: I drew some hands for practice.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1209261&stc=1&d=1302559339

2. Sketch: Yestarday I saw Aresa's Sketchbook (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=189580) and I really liked how she does expressions and she inspired me to try and learn how to do expressions!
I'll practice more!

3. Sketch:
Some gesture drawings I enjoyed doing them! It was a lot of fun. <3
While watching videos on youtube I paused and I tryed to catch the movement as quick as possible!

[Aresa]

Hello! Thank you for visiting my sketchbook! :)

You've got a nice style going on. I'm liking the look of your characters. Great designs for them. Your life drawings are getting better as well. You seem kinda timid with the values (ex. self portrait) so really push those more. Those expressions are a great start! I'm so happy that I inspired someone, haha! You're doing a great job! Keep up the hard work!

[InvisibleQuail]

@Aresa
Hello!
Thank you for visisting and your comment. :D
You are right about that I noticed it too. I'll try to work on it soon (will try to do it at the weekend)!! edit: I WILL work on that!
I noticed that SenEnd pointed it out too. I really need to stop being afraid of pushing the shadows... and start practicing.
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Sketch 1: I want to get better and understand how faces/heads work and decided to learn that but I did not have enough time to draw a lot and finish it. I'll try to finish it at the weekend... and do some notes.

Sketch 2: Just something I did today, I did more but the others were uh... really bad. Not showing that, lol! But I kinda liked how this turned out... oh and I will try to draw the stuff I'm not good at too, like the feet and faces.

[Pervy]

o-o awesome sketchbook you have here, its honestly just fun to look at with all the variety lol (I'm oo-ing at the pretty colors~). Also really like how you do use up the whole paper, since often times I see some sketchbooks with just a single figure or face on the entire page which just always seemed to bother me for some reason lol.

Definitely will be looking forward to see what you come up with in your next updates for sure ^^

[InvisibleQuail]

@Pervy
Agree I also don't like it for some reason, lol! It bothers me to no end.
And Thank you!! :D

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Sketch 1: Finished the skulls from yestarday, decided to do them today and not wait till the weekend!
I'm starting to understand better how the human head works.

Sketch 2: Practicing values by drawing bananas! Still too afraid to get darker with the shadows. aaaaa.
Need more practice! Will work tomorrow on it more! 8D

[Rarebit]

Your characters have a lot of, character- keep it up!
The best advice i can give you is to draw constantly- from imagination and from life. Books and photographs can be useful, but there is no substitute for life drawing. If you like it, copy it until you assimilate it into your work.
gogogogogogogogo :xpld:

[minamongoose]

Great sketchbook! :) I love that you have a distinct cartoony style here and all of these really nice studies. Keep up the great work!

[Vay]

Your style is quite similar to Bryan Lee O'mally's, the one who did the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels. You should check his stuff out if you haven't already.

[redrobot]

oh gosh, i love your characters! especially in post 7 ! i can just imagine a background story already!keep posting!

[InvisibleQuail]

Woha suddenly so many people commenting! :D
Thank you everyone! I'm sorry that I can't comment back at your sketchbooks (I'm not good at giving critique and advice :C )


@Rarebit: Thank you! :D
Yes life drawings is fun, since I started doing it (hands, the fruit ect) I "feel" how I got better and it's much easier for me now to understand forms and shapes. Of course I still need to practice more.

@minamongoose: Thank you. i'll try to keep it up! :D

@Vay: I know about him but I'm not a fan of his style.

@redrobot: Thank you. I will! :)

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The last two days I didn't have much time to draw U_U but I still did it lol!

Sketch 1: Just some onions I had on my table and something.

Sketch 2: Some quick cartoon sketches for the library in our town. They asked me if I could draw them some children so they can use them.

[Pervy]

ooo very awesome update! The characters look adorable and very well constructed, and I really like how you shaded the onion o-o. Were you using color pencils of some kind to do that? because I'm actually of surprised at how much it really does look like an onion ahah (pleasantly surprised that is).

[InvisibleQuail]

Hello Pervy,
The colored pencils were just "normal" ones. there were different kind of pencils I collected over the years.
Thank you for commenting again! :D

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I did some life drawings, my feet and then I asked my brother to sit and pose for me.

[InvisibleQuail]

Sketch 1: Just one of my character sketches, I did more but don't wanna post them...

Sketch 2: I decided that it's time to learn how to draw with watercolors. I'll do more practice tomorrow.

[InvisibleQuail]

Sketch 1: Practicing watercolors

Sketch 2: Character idea for a story,
His name is Oliver Freitag (=Friday) and his cats name is Dreizehn (=Thirteen), he is a "Dreamcatcher" and his cat eats bad dreams.

Sketch 3: Quick gesture drawings of people dancing (except the first two lol).

Sketch 4: Just some of my character sketches. I need to draw and develop my characters more...

[wooden mango]

Nice stuff! Keep up those studies!

[InvisibleQuail]

@wooden mango: Thanks I'll try. :)

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I started my new sketchbook! Wooooo!

Sketch 1: Locomotive for a story.

Sketch 2: Quick sketches while watching Hello Dolly.

Sketch 3-6 Practicing owls.

Sketch 7: Character sketch. Need to flesh her out more.

[mike butkus]

I love your drawings my wife loves your drawings and my 2 little girls love your drawings!
You have talent, can't wait to see more.
Cheers
Mike

[mike butkus]

OH, i always forget to vote 5 stars!

[yogeshj25]

Holy Smokes! You improved dramatically! You did a complete 360 turn. Based on seeing first couple of works, my impression was "its gonna take a while for this person to improve." Boy i was wrong! Your work is getting better at an exponential rate! Amazing figure studies! You have great line quality also! Very expressive gesture. I like how your experimenting with cartoons and fine arts. I would like to see some finished fine art drawing and paintings from you. Keep it up!

[Danny_K]

very cute characters, your lines are nice and fluid more practice and you will be goooood!
It makes me happy when I look at your work, and that is something.... :) Thanks here's some stars for you

[Nerferinn]

uwoh! I love ur character style :)! awesome pencils!

[InvisibleQuail]

WOW!! So many nice and encouraging comments!
THANK YOU EVERYONE! -°w°-

@mike butkus: (LOL) Thank you :D and some stars! thanks! c:

@yogeshj25: Oh my thank you! :D
I love experimenting and I want to push it even more.
AAaa finished finished fine art stuff... my problem is that I never know what I should draw except practice stuff. ;( but I'll try (+ practice) and maybe someday!!

@Danny_K: Thank you! I'm happy that my stuff makes you happy! :D

@Nerferinn: Thank you! :D

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AAA you guys reading your comments makes me really want to get better and never stop!
I hope I'll continue to improve and that I won't disappoint you (and myself!)

But today I was and still am so tiered so I only could do some practice and not work on stuff I wanted to... and there is still some stuff to do! ;(
Tomorrow I'll draw more!

Sketch 1-2: Just some (real) life drawings (not photos!).

[AustenFM]

Hey IQ, neat work in here! I wish i had decided to get serious when i was your age, you've been up to some good solid progress in here! I like the energy behind your characters though it looks like you may rush a bit when it comes to the inking stage, a little more time planning where the final lines fall would make your drawings look 10x better. I like your use of color too, the onion and banana watercolors are fantastic!

Things are looking good,maybe think about diving into some anatomy studies when you feel more comfortable with your gesture drawing. other than that, i have no major crits, keep up the good work!!

[CaptainBeefheart]

Dude I should start using the mirror instead of drawing from the computer. Copying stuff from the computer is frustrating.

But I don't have a sketchbook, only papers and as you may know, drawing like that is too difficult, impossible for me. My last sketchbook is already filled but the kind of paper is too lame to try something else than pencils...

Anyway nice progress here! (http://www.adventuredad.com/images/feat080615jealous.jpg)

[Vay]

You could try varying the thickness of your strokes by distance and light. They add to the "illusion". Of course, you don't have to if it isn't your style.

[InvisibleQuail]

Thank you guys! UvU

@AustenFM: Thank you a lot! :D
You are right about my "inking", they were just scribbels to get the idea down but now it will change! I'll do it and not only will the sketches look better but I will practice inking while doing it.

Also, good idea about the anatomy!

@CaptainBeefheart: thanks and Lol, stop baaawwwing like a baby and GO TO WORK. >:I
No excuses! You can draw on everything!

@Vay: No no no it's not "my styloooo~" I'll try it out and it's a good idea! Thank you. :D

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Ok, the last few days I had a case of teen angst so I was not very productive. But now I think it's over...it will change next week... I hope and school is starting.

Sketch 1-3: Anatomy studies about hands. I use the book "Anatomy for the Artist by Sarah Simblet", it seems very useful but it's not easy written (I like how she draws).

While I did them I didn't try to just copy it but understand what I am drawing.

Sketch 4: I drew my hands with bones.
I'll do more so that I understand everything better.

Sketch 5-6: Redrawing of the character in post 3 of page 1. Just for fun and inking.

[rumpenstiltzkin]

really enjoy your style alot! and keep those studies coming they look great as well :)

[InvisibleQuail]

@rumpenstiltzkin : Thank you! :D
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Since school started I didn't have much time to draw, I did most of it in school, lol.
I wanted to do more light and anatomy stuff and try what Vay told me but I didn't.

Hope to have more time this weekend, but I also want to finish at least one stylized drawing... mhm I wish I had more time.

Sketch 1: Hands

Sketch 2-3: Drawings I did in school, maybe will do more.

Sketch 4: Pear, didn't turn out good. Next time.

Sketch 5: Working on story idea.

Sketch 6-7: Another story idea, the banana and onion will stay like this, the others not.

Sketch 8: Sketches for a drawing for my mom. Hope to finish it this weekend.

Sketch 9-10: Gesture drawings, these were fun to do!

But ok only two weeks with tests and then I can draw as much as I want for the next 9 weeks (but summer break only in one month)

[CaptainBeefheart]

banan pancake?

[InvisibleQuail]

@CaptainBeefheart: ?
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Sketch 1: This practice is from the book "Zeichnen" by Sarah Simblet (dunno english name sorry).
Only the first one is copied, the others are me in the mirror.

Sketch 2: My feet

Sketch 3: I want to learn how to draw environments since I will have to learn that sooner or later... and sooner is better.

But I couldn't find good refs online so I went out and drew a tree but it was cold outside today so I only did that sketch and made some reference photos and took a few leafs with me home.

Will go outside next weekend too. I hope.

Sketch 4: Leafs I took with me.

[InvisibleQuail]

I didn't go out today. :I
Here is some stuff I drew.

Sketch 1: Finished, it's for my mom.

Sketch 2: Hands

Sketch 3-5: gesture drawings quick for warm ups

Sketch 6: self portrait, didn't do one for a while...

[InvisibleQuail]

YAY!
Today was the last test sooo now I have a lot more time to practice drawing!
There is SOOO MUCH I want to learn!
Animals, expressions, landscape, anatomy, watercolors and many many more things!

I WILL WORK HARDER!

But now some artwork I did, the cartoon sketches are mostly from last week and to be honest I was not quite sure if I should post them since they are so rushed!

Sketch 1-8: Practicing characters and trying to "get them known" better and stuff.

Sketch 9: Drawing people in my class, kind of failing but ok.

Sketch 10 - 14: PERSPECTIVE! Finally practicing, I'm planning to get the book "Perspective! for Comic Book Artists: How to Achieve a Professional Look in your Artwork" because I heard good things about it and it looks like a fun read.
I didn't think it would be fun but it is!! I'm planning to really understand one-point P. and then move one to two-point!


The more I draw and practice the more I love drawing!

[InvisibleQuail]

Here is some stuff I did today.

Sketch 1: Working on character...

Sketch 2-3: Quick clothes sketches for something.

Sketch 4: studies from photos.

Sketch 5-6: Perspective stuff.

Sketch 7-9: Work in progress.

I need to work harder.

[hu-ha]

Your inks are lovely, try more please! Also cute characters, I wanna be friends with Francis :heart:

[TomDeVis]

Hey, this is a great SB in only 2pages! Great studies and very cool stylized characters you've got !

[InvisibleQuail]

@hu-ha: Thank you! I will try to do more. I want to practice inking anyway. :D

@TomDeVis: I wish I hade more pages than only 2 U_U, thank you :3

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Some stuff I did this week.

Sketch 1-2: Character doodles

Sketch 3: School stuff

Sketch 4: I started practicing muscles with the help of Loomis! Will continue tomorrow.

Sketch 5-6: Finished stuff, decided to redraw both of them since I didn't like how they looked.

I will try to do tomorrow more studies than stylized stuff.

[rumpenstiltzkin]

love your style so much, and that cyclop character is so cute :)

[InvisibleQuail]

@rumpenstiltzkin: thanks C:

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This time just some practice.

Photos:
Sketch 1-2: Warm up gesture drawings .

Life:
Sketch 3: Hands

Sketch 4: Stuff in my room

Sketch 5: Our Dog

Sketch 6: My Bro

Book:
Sketch 7-8: Muscle studies with Loomis

[CaptainBeefheart]

lookin good, my only complain is that it's that you're better than me.

[InvisibleQuail]

@CaptainBeefheart: lol no and I'm glad you made a sketchbook. keep posting

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Here is only a bit of stuff I did.
I started doing some more muscle practice and birds(not done yet so not posting) but now I have a big problem, my wrist and part of my arm started to hurt and get tired fast I'm a bit scared and I don't know what to do.

I'm doing some exercises but they don't seem to help so I decided to stop drawing for maybe two days and not use my right arm. Maybe I will try to draw with my left arm... :(

[rumpenstiltzkin]

love those birds! cool characters :)
a classmate of mine had the same problem, her arm and hand hurted so much she started practicing wiht the left hand and that was just some months ago and now she can draw fairly good with the left. altho i keep bugging her to have it checked up since it been for months but oh well.. practicing with the left hand can never be a bad idea tho :)

[InvisibleQuail]

@rumpenstiltzkin: Thank you and thank you for telling me about your classmate. I may try to learn how to draw with my left...

I will go to a Doctor if it will keep on hurting but it seems like it's over atm.

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Didn't draw much this week. :(
I'm afraid of making the shadows darker, Damn. Will probably do some studies this weekend... hopefully. >:I

Life:

Sketch 1: Hands
Sketch 2: Bro and small school doodle in class.

Photos:

Sketch 3-4: Bird studies but they suck need to do more. Photos from wikipedia.


Stylized:

Sketch 5: Zombie for a drawing but dunno if I will do the drawing or not + small sketch for drawing

Sketch 6: Gaia avatar
Sketch 7: Finished something

Sketch 8: More stylized stuff.

[AustenFM]

Hey bud! Just dropping through to say your muscle studies are looking great and it looks like your figures are really benefiting from it, also, your ink lines are really tightening up, they look great as well. Big step up from page one! Keep it up!

[rumpenstiltzkin]

hey great updates, and nice studies, love the birds! :)

[Aresa]

Hello again! Awesome studies and characters! I really love the crow character! Lots of fun and so much personality. Your linework is getting better. You're becoming more confident with your line strokes, giving your drawings lots of fluidity. Don't really have a critique right now, so I'll just say, keep it up!

[Umbravita]

I love your style. :)

[InvisibleQuail]

Hello and thank you all for looking again in my sketchbook and comming back, this means a lot! :-)

@AustenFM: Thank you! I'm glad that the muscle studies come in handy, will do more of them! And I'm happy to hear that I get better at inking. :D Thank you.

@rumpenstiltzkin: Thanks :)

@Aresa: Thank you! I'm happy to know that I did get better at linework and that you like my characters! :D

@Umbravita: Thanks :)

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So, the last week was really bad-
I think I just needed a break from everything but I did draw everyday, just not as much.

I will really try to push myself the next week (this one) so that I get better and stop being lazy.
I'm so disappointed in myself for not doing much practice and work... grr


Here are only a few not so shitty things I did...

Sketch 1+2: Gaia Avi + some of the failure sketches I did, it's not like the drawing was important but I got so mad at myself not being able to draw it like I wanted to but then I managed it.


Sketch 3+photo: Life stuff of a retarded looking garlic(?). Doesn't even look like it because it's shape is weird, lol. But was good practice.

[FightingSeraph]

I like your style, and those are some amazing perspective studies.

[InvisibleQuail]

@FightingSeraph: Thanks :)

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Just some life practice I did today.

Sketch 1: practicing light and shadows so that I will stop being afraid of making shadows darker.

Sketch 2: First time drawing with oil pastels, found old box and decided to try, was fun.

[CaptainBeefheart]

too light

[InvisibleQuail]

@CaptainBeefheart: Yes thanks I noticed it too that's why I am practicing.

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Last week was bad because of things and I really didn't feel like picking up the pencil but now it's a new week and I hope things will be better.

Life:

Sketch 1: Practice
Sketch 2: More practice

Stylized:

Sketch 3-4: Concept ideas I sketched down quickly so I won't forget, they are for a drawing and a small comic but dunno if I'll do something with them yet.

[InvisibleQuail]

Didn't post in a while so here is some practice from life.

[rumpenstiltzkin]

great hands really! also i like your character style alot, i like the guy with the mask and the girl with the armor! very cool :)

[InvisibleQuail]

great hands really! also i like your character style alot, i like the guy with the mask and the girl with the armor! very cool :)

I am happy that you like my characters (and my hands) :D
But I don't think I will do anything with those two yet (because I got "better" ideas suddenly (better = ones I like more lol)).
Thank you for looking this often in my sketchbook!! Makes me happy!

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This time no practice but stylized stuff! After doing stylized art I know that I really needed it, art is more fun again (not that it ever stopped being fun!)!

So since I suddenly have "better" ideas (for two stories) I decided to get to work and draw and design the characters.

Started with the first character Pauline. :)

Sketch 1: Pauline
Sketch 2: First sketch of her.
Sketch 3: Proportions
Sketch 4: Decided to change hair since I changed her personality a bit and the hair is more fun to draw lol
Sketch 5-6: (final design) Drawing more Pauline to get to know her :D

edit: After rumpenstiltzkin's comment I was thinking about it and it's true, I really (still) have a bad habit to rush so I decided to redraw/fix the rushed things!
Thank you!

[wooden mango]

very fun stuff! you have some really great characters. I will definitely have to stop by again some time :)

[rumpenstiltzkin]

i like the character studies you did, but at least the first few ones seems very rushed... just slow it down a little and be more careful with the lines and such, it make it look more appealing, even if its just a " study" and not ment to be a great peice of artwork...if you get what i mean, im horrible at explaining what i mean sometimes x(
keep it up with the updates! :D

[InvisibleQuail]

@wooden mango: Thanks! I'm happy you like my stuff. :)

@rumpenstiltzkin: Thank you! I understand and you are right!!
I went over the lazy parts again and "fixed/redrew" them. :)


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Very very small update but I wanted to show.
A creature design it's inspired by water bears.

Ok now back to drawing and practice :3c

[InvisibleQuail]

Not much but here is an update!

Life:
Sketch 1: Practice

Own Stuff:
Sketch 2: Character Sketches
Sketch 3: Bird sketches

[InvisibleQuail]

So... I didn't post for a month because school started 4 weeks ago and I didn't have time and to be frank I was also lazy.

I need to work hard...
Gotta keep posting here because it keeps me motivated.

sketch 1: drew this one month ago... fanart for gw2

life:

sketch 2: hands to get back into drawing
sketch 3: bird from life

[sin eater]

i love your style :D. those crows are looking really good. studies are coming along really good. i think you should concentrate on getting the proportions correctly. because some of the studies have proportions off.
i see you hand was hurting. do you put pressure to your hand while drawing... like may be leaning on it?or may be the angle you draw is not comfortable for your hands. anyhow hope your hand is fine :). and left hand is not a bad idea either. its always good to start with it :P and have a backup plan . haha. hope to see more studies and more illustrations . really inspiring stuff :). thank you for sharing.

[rumpenstiltzkin]

nice little update, i love the fanart ones, looks very solid! also nice studies!

[InvisibleQuail]

@sin eater: Hello! Thank you :)
You are right, I was looking back at the drawings of my brother and yes the proportions are off. Will try to keep proportions in my mind next time I do studies!

My hands seem to be fine now (lucky), it seems like they were hurting because I wasn't sitting "right" and my back was very stiff.


@rumpenstiltzkin: Thanks :)


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Didn't have much time to draw till now because of school but I hope to do some studies at the weekend.

I also started my new sketchbook! Wooo! It's my 7th now!

Sketch 1: Bird! From life. :) Aww he is so cute and fun to draw.

Sketch 2: Was looking at my first sketchbook and decided to redraw this character because I always liked him.
This is how he looked in 2010: http://i936.photobucket.com/albums/ad206/IQuail/fgf.jpg

[CaptainBeefheart]

draw more, champ

[InvisibleQuail]

@CaptainBeefheart: YES!

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Not much but at least something...
tests are finally over, I am not ill anymore and I am 17 now.
Gotta stop being lazy.

Sketch 1: Fan Art WoW Goblin Hunter
Sketch 2: Developing a character
Sketch 3: Bird

[rumpenstiltzkin]

really nice update, the goblin is awesome, and the character looks very cute, love the hat ^^

[InvisibleQuail]

@rumpenstiltzkin: Thank you :D

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I am still drawing... but not enough!

[InvisibleQuail]

I'm drawing! I'm drawing!
I got a bit lazy and I have stuff to do irl but I still try to draw everyday at least something.

Here are a few things I did recently and like enough to post here.

1: Yume Nikki FanArt I did a few days ago! God, that was a lot of fun to draw! :D

2: Ruby, she can see ghosts. A character I did for the 30 character challenge but I couldn't keep it up.

3: Monster design.

4: Bird ;...; awww I love him.

5: gesture drawings while watching dance videos on youtube, but it's hard to find some good dances because a lot of vidoes are banned in Germany, grrr.

[rumpenstiltzkin]

love the girl with the straw hat from the previous update, and the monster sketch is cool too! and i tried to do the 30challenge as well, didnt get to far hehe, but cool character! and nice dancing gestures!

[InvisibleQuail]

Thank you rumpenstiltzkin :)

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Didn't update in forever.
Aaah I didn't do many studies :( but I drew a lot of cartoon stuff... uuh... I should do some studies /embarrassed

Here is stuff I drew last month, I did a lot of Fan Art BUT I also worked on my comic and I now have a story with beginning and ending and even characters! Yay!

Sketch 1-2: Kaiba FanArt
Sketch 3-5: Franken Fran FanArt
Sketch 6: Pyro FanArt from TF2! Good game, lots of fun!
Sketch 7-8: Robot main character(s), I practiced coloring with pencils. Those two are drawn in different colors because I wanted to experiment. But her original color comes close to the second picture left. :3c
Sketch 9: Present I am working on.

[blindshot]

Your drawings have a lot of life and character. They're fun to look at! One thing I think you could work on is line weight. Your interior contours are looking a little thick, so when you use your exterior contours to convey distance (closer objects have thicker line weights, further objects have thinner...) the effect isn't as pronounced as it could be. You should have a look at some of Alphonse Mucha's work. I think his line style would suit your drawings!

[InvisibleQuail]

Thank you blindshot! :)
I'm happy that my drawings are fun to look at.
Thank you for your advice, I will try to keep it in mind and practice inking more!

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Finished the present for my Mama! 8)
The fish look a bit pale in the scan, hmpf.

[Rhubix]

I love your cartooning! your characters have such a great confidence and movement to them.
I especially like the robots in post 84 - very cute.

[Kerah]

cool parakeet from #92, watch those legs! They should be just a tad bit bigger. Your cartoons are very lively, and I just love how you color them with your markers :)

[InvisibleQuail]

@Rhubix
Thank you!! :) I'm happy that you like my robot character!

@Kerah
Thank you! I'll try to pay more attention to the legs next time I draw him! :D

wow I can't believe I didn't update for so long... I'm still drawing, but didn't do as much practice as I wished to.

1-3: Asura Guild Wars 2 FanArt
4-6: More stylized artwork (one of them is at the end because when I uploaded it the hair was cut off oO)
7-9: observation sketches
10-11: quick 5-10 minute Sims 3 character sketches I did for people on the sims 3 forums (the first two are mine)
12-13: Insect characters
edit: Oh great they didn't show up had to upload everything again

[InvisibleQuail]

Some more sketches I did today :)
I plan to do something with the insect character, but I don't even have names for them yet...

[rumpenstiltzkin]

so much eye candy! i really love the little girl with six arms!

[InvisibleQuail]

so much eye candy! i really love the little girl with six arms!

Thank you rumpenstilzkin! And thank you for looking so often into my sketchbook. :D

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1-3: Some life drawings of people in my class. Still not confident enough to draw the faces, and my glasses are so bad I can't really see them. D: Still gonna try!

2-4: I forgot my keys and had to wait outside, so I drew some flowers. But it was SO HOT I couldn't draw more and went to my friends. And some stuides, but the bottle is rushed...

5:Some characters sketches of old characters, I still wanna do something with them and their story.

6:The old robot who is based on my old computer Miss Mimimi, wanted to draw her again.

[hu-ha]

PYROOO <3
Lovely chara designs and style, only keep up studies etc. Its pleasure to look at your work, it's full of life

[InvisibleQuail]

@hu-ha: Thank you for your nice words! :D I will keep up the studies!

Some classmates I drew today in math class.
I am currently reading "gesture drawings for animators". I really like it and it's very motivating.

[Whimsicaltwigs]

Hey, awesome works. I really like how you draw and design a lot of your characters. Full of color and personalities. Great studies too!

[InvisibleQuail]

Hey, awesome works. I really like how you draw and design a lot of your characters. Full of color and personalities. Great studies too!
Thank you Whimsicaltwigs! It's nice to know that people like my stuff and the characters I draw. :)

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Some more sketches in class. Drew people while they were writing a test.

My bird looked so cute and fat today, I just had to sketch him quickly.
His left foot is damaged that's why it looks smaller (we found him like this). He is so cute!

Zombie Nurse character DO NOT STEAL ORIGINALU!!!1 just kidding ;) she is a really old character created when I was about 12/13.
Wanted to draw her again.

And also some jellyfish girl sketches.
She is a lot of fun to draw and it was relaxing drawing with colored pencils.

At first I felt bad today but after drawing I feel much better.