Floydian Slips: Updated March 4th (some NSFW!)

[floydshayvious]

One, two, three, o'leary!

- Head to the last page for the most recent updates
- Most 3D turnaround animations for ZBrush models can be found in my DA gallery.

Thanks for visiting!

[NickyBeats]

nice stuff man, those greyscale loosies look like they could be developed into some nice images. you planning on working on those some more?

[floydshayvious]

Nicky: Thanks! Sometimes I'll try and beef up some of my loose sketches if the shape is interesting enough. There are a few that I'd like to push - like the chick with two swords and the wolf-man-thing, haha. I checked out your SB - niiiiiice comics and lines, really cool Logan!

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Every once in a while I play with color to remind myself how much I suck at it. :p

[floydshayvious]

Playing with shapes is one of my favorite ways to get things going...

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Had a nice session last night with my two friends. Hope everyone had a good holiday.

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Now see - off to a nice start sketching some beavers while watching PBS with friends, and my mind trails to a beaver-hermit and a lone barmaid.

I think I have problems keeping focus...

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Playing with symmetry...

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Burny, burny, cut, cut!

[Abrodos]

Cool thumbnails, nice values and compo. They would be awesome if you took off that "scratchy" Try to save brushstrokes.
Keep up the work!

[MoKhi]

I really like the second image in post 1, it looks great. Overall you have really nice stuff here, but I think you need to crisp up your cg'd works. The fox head has great eyes and edges but everything inside it looks blurry. Try doing a few details with a hard edged brush over top of it to make it looks more in focus.

I really like that last painting. I hope your planning to color it!

Can't wait to see more.

[floydshayvious]

Abrodos: Thank you for the comments and visit! You're right, I do struggle with stroke and line confidence - always something to work on!

Mokhi: Really nice of you to stop by, thank you. I've always had problems focusing on detail, I seem to go into overwork overdrive often and muddy up my flats real quick like. I'll try and work on crisping up! I checked out your SB and DA page - awesome work!

Well, I couldnt seem to produce anything last night after watching Inglourious Basterds (great flick), so I got some sleep and tried a self portrait early this afternoon. I need to do more studies.

[NickyBeats]

nice updates! i really like that one with the chick holding the swords, very cool! keep it up dude!

[floydshayvious]

Nicky: Thanks a million!

Hey y'all! Sketched these out on an A4 sized document in Photoshop. Trying to use fewer strokes to define the forms in my head. Some light refference was used for the hands. Moved onto a little comic - I'll work on pushing that to incorporate more of a story (was really diggin' how it was goin').

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Kung fu fightin' - some gestures from imagination to ring in the new year.

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Studies from refference (http://www.characterdesign.com/).

Was in no rush with these to try and see value shapes more clearly - around 5 to 10 minutes each. I feel like I struggled with them too much - got to relax and keep going!

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Some stuff from last night. I really enjoyed the last two - was trying to conjure up memories of head plane tutorials and I think it worked some! Concentrating on using less strokes to define forms.

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Little runner doodle and a study from life...

[Dorkthrone]

I would definitely push your lines a little bit more. Right now, many of your pieces seem to be very grey.

[floydshayvious]

Ninja: Hey thanks for the crit and stopping by. My lines havent improved for years but I havnt stopped sketching yet haha - one day, with more practice! :)

Speaking of that I need to compile those sketches in a new update in the morning (sry!). Since I'm on dailup at a mates I'll leave you with an elf doodle, hur hur.

[floydshayvious]

Here're those crap sketches from yestreday (doodles and studies from ref.) in one post along with a gloomy self portrait for a gloomy me today - some attempt at color again to brighten things up in here.

I love digital painting so much more as Photoshop can be very forgiving and then some, but I've always fought with the fact that it can become such a crutch if I neglect traditional stuffs - got to keep at it! :)

[floydshayvious]

I had a little scribble of a mermaid from a month or so ago that I revisited last night with some amount of vigor. She was too Disney'ish originally, so I deicided to forgo the coconut bra and flowing hair for something... a little different.

Now if only I could swim down there and say hello to these people - I cant swim for shit though. :(

[floydshayvious]

So last night I was thinking about subject matter I used to enjoy drawing when I was a kid in an attempt to spur some creative energy. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles came to mind in a jiffy, so I decided to make a visit to the ol' friends - Leo was my favorite.

And what do I do for the poor guy? Place him in the middle of a pack of Foot soldiers! :)

It's trying to be a study in composition right now, but I'd really like the finish it when I can, so any advice would be awesome.

BTW - picked up a copy of Figure Drawing for Dummies, lol, maybe it'll have some good pointers for me (looked interesting enough anyway).

Peace!

[NickyBeats]

nice work on the ninja turtles piece! i think your getting good at the looser sketches, and comps., but i think you should try to push one of your favorite sketches into a finished painting. doing this every once in a while is good, every time i force myself to work on a painting longer than i normally would, i learn tons of new things. then these new techniques can be incorporated into your sketches, and youll be improving steadily.

youve got a good eye for design and are getting better at light and shadow, so just keep pushing yourself, and see where it takes you. keep it up man,

-Nick

[floydshayvious]

Nicky: Polish is something I indeed struggle with, but I try and push those limits with a single piece every now and then as you suggest. Thank you for the good compliments - they certainly help me stay positive about improving at my age. :)

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[floydshayvious]

Left my tablet at the mates last night, but I managed to get a study in before bed - and some pen doodles! :)

It's good though I think - need to do some more sketching anyway.

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More sketching...

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I think she's done... stuck really but I'm actually happy with her. :)

The book is going good too - getting some good advice in there that's got me sketching more than usual.

Hope y'all are good (and warm!).

[palladium]

Thx for visiting my sketchbook floyd:) I like whats going on in here dude. Nice studies in value and color. Your proportions are a little off from time to time, but you are steadily improving from the looks of it. Keep up with your normal studies, but throw in some anatomy studies as well. Should help out with the proportions. Here are a few links you might like:)
http://characterdesigns.com/index.php?sitepage=tutorials

http://posemaniacs.com/

Hope they help:D

[floydshayvious]

Palladium: Hi! Thanks for stopping by - and no problem on my part because you have really great work! :D I appreciate the links (recently discovered characterdesigns and it's a nice resource). I'll get to work on some more anatomy studies I promise you. Expect to see me in your SB again soon! :)

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Starting to get comfortable with pencils again - knocking off some more rust with a page of scribbles, a few studies from figure drawing for dummies, and some heads from imagination. Need to utilize my Bridgman books damnit.

ONWARD!

[floydshayvious]

Noses and mouths from refference and imagination - need to practice with noses from different view points but the structure is starting to make more sense at least.

It feels really good to be drawing daily in my sketchbook again. :)

[Dahami]

Your stuff is very expressive. The style seems to vary from cartoony to fairly realistic. Nice sketchbook.

[floydshayvious]

Dahami - Thank you kindly for the visit, and the great compliment. Your artwork is surreal and strangly familiar - very immersive. Again, love the subject matter. :)

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Cranked out a few more pages of studies last night - mostly using Figure Drawing for Dummies as a refference point as I work along with the exercises. Getting some real help with these studies, and I enjoy seeing the knew knowledge rear it's head in my imagination doodles from time to time, but at times I feel a little frustrated - my line confidence is.... ehhh... it just needs serious work and it bugs me. :(

Using a 6B on these if you're wondering...

Need to be patient and just keep going (still trying to stave off using digital tools for a bit - really want to improve my traditional ability and I think it's slowly paying off).

TOO BATTLE!

[floydshayvious]

After mucking through a few pages of unmotivated doodles last night I spent some time learning about basic head planes today.

It's a mess in Haiti, but on reflection it seems to be quite the mess everywhere these days. :(

Much love.

[floydshayvious]

Self portrait and randomness.

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Got a family gig over here today, so not too much sketchyness going on.

[floydshayvious]

I think this is the first master study I've ever attempted in pencil.

After John Singer Sargents "Beatrice Stuart": http://www.charcoalandpencildrawing.com/images/beatr.gif

BLEEEHHHHHH... :(

Maybe I'll have better luck next time - the way he seemed to capture so much with so little leaves me in a stooper.

[palladium]

You're killing those studies dude. Really like that last post, especially that last piece where you tried to capture the woman's face with as little strokes as you could. That is a great exercise, and you should definitely stick with it:D Keep at it, it's all looking good:)

[floydshayvious]

Palladium: Aww thanks! One day at a time. :)

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Elves!

Need to do more studies.

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ZOOP!

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Did you hear that? Oh, it's just George - that crazy coot.

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Trying to keep up the studies. I figure I'm adding some imagery to the memory banks at least - that's got to be good right?

More Bridgman here.

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Couldnt get anything out last night so I did some head studies today in Photoshop - some practice with extreme head angles.

That webcam really comes in handy if I remember to use it. :)

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Broke out the 18x24 inch pad today for these photo studies via charcol pencil. Set up a little corner gig by my desk so I can do large studies like these with more ease - not to mention it saves some room in my regular sketchbook. :)

Wasnt really timing these, but the last one was fairly quick for me - around 20 mins.

[Dorkthrone]

I'd watch out for your rendering.
That said, you're making improvements.

[RickyS]

I think your doodles are really expressive! However I've noticed you are inconsistent with the placement of facial features. While most of your faces are fine, some are way off. You should watch out for the placement and use guidlines, plus it doesn't hurt to erase. :)

Otherwise my fav is that owl illustration from post #2. Good job!

[floydshayvious]

Ninja: Thank you for another visit. Rendering is one of my (many) problems. Would you mind being more specific as to what you mean?

Ricky: My Aunt would be thrilled that you liked the OwlMonk so much, hehe. Thank you for the crit as well - I need to stop being lazy and think a little more before I place my marks. Sometimes I feel like I've done something wrong if I erase lol - trying to learn more from my glaring mistakes I suppose. Thanks so much for stopping by. :)

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Doodles and a character attempt. Why did I get stuck on him, where should I go next? :\

[RickyS]

These faces are better. To be honest you shouldn't worry about erasing because you will probably learn more by doing so since you are fixing your mistakes instead of leaving them. Plus if you just leave the mistakes in the preliminary sketches they will multiple as you add more detail, so it's a good idea to eliminate them before they get out of control. Anyway if you watch videos of professional comic artists draw, a lot of them erase entire drawings because they are bothered by a tiny mistake that an avergae person wouldn't be able to spot, but their newer version always turns out better! So use the eraser to your advantage!

With that said if you want a challenge where you don't erase at all I would recommend sketching entirely in pen for a change. I personally enjoy using liquid gel pens, but you can use regular ballpoint pens too. I'm not sure if you heard of it before, but there is a type of drawing called industrial design and those artists use lots of good pen techniques. While it's really difficult to sketch with pen you would probably benefit a lot because you HAVE TO make clean lines and mistakes will become even more obvious. However in the end it's up to you to decide what to do, but hopefully this gives you some ideas.

[ZhouPeng]

agree the one says above me~
control your heart, control your pencil, and control your lines~
you will get better~
last, your sketches are good and you are getting your aim~
keep the post up~~~

[floydshayvious]

Ricky: Nice to see ya again! I havnt tried sketching with pen in some time - no doubt I'd be nervous about it, but maybe I should give it a go. One thing's for sure, I hate my lines as they are, so I think sketching in pen would pretty much be a big mess lol. Thanks again. :)

Zhou: Great to have you here, thank you for the encouragement and tips! That advice sounded really Zen! :D I think you're seeing something I'm not, though - I can hardly tell what my aim is half the time. :( Thank you very much - I'll work on those lines as best I can!

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Another large charcoal study from a characterdesign.com photoshoot (before I left the house last night), a page of 30 second gestures from posemaniacs, and lastly I did a few quick color studies using MSNBC pics of the week for refference.

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Another big one - photo ref.

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Another big one tonight. Hatsumomo from a screen grab, just one of my favorite movie bitches of all time. Gatta stop doing these because I'm starting to run out of shit but damn they are fun to do - I think they're helping a little bit... maybe...?

[palladium]

Nice updates, the portraits are great, and the environments are even more so:) Try to draw out the structure of the face a little more before going into great detail. Think about how the head is constructed, the best way to figure this out is study your face for a while, looking at what protrudes or dips in. Then try to sketch some heads and remember what you saw. And if it doesn't look quite right, erase and redraw, and repeat when necessary:D Hope it helps. I don't know if it made any sense or not. So call me out if it doesn't lol:)

[floydshayvious]

Palladium: Thank you. Maybe someday I'll get it heh heh.

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Just a lotus quicky tonight. Calmed me down after dealing with Sallie Mae. :D

All the best to y'all.

[floydshayvious]

My mates mom, Geraldine, when she was eight.

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Was half ass using myself as refference for this color study. :p

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Parents from life and some Bridgman nose studies.

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Self from life (eek!), and a mate from life accompanied by some Bridgman studies.

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Wakka wakka wakka!

[Sean McClain]

nice sb, its really coming along keep at it!:)

[floydshayvious]

Darknight: Thank you very much. :)

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Hope everyone is doing well.

[floydshayvious]

Kinda blah the last few days. :(

More studies to come.

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Couple of pages from last night, with some pen stuff for a change. :D

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Zug zug!

[Aveh]

Looks like your pushing yourself in the right direction. Jus spend a little more time on things to really see where your limits are. you might end up surprising yourself with what you know already, and what you can do

[floydshayvious]

Aveh: Yes - I have to make myself really stick with an idea most of the time (like a form of ADD I guess). I appreciate the visit and the great advice, thank you very much for stopping by. :)

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Just something I was laboring over last night - red wizard!

[floydshayvious]

Gah! Snow and stuff down here had me a little lazy over the last week. :P

I feel bad for posting 3D stuff in here, but I felt like some new anatomy knowledge creeped on in while I was modeling in ZBrush (I seem to bounce back to it every now and then - love it). The others are a few old zoo sketches, and a few recent pages from the sketchbook - someday I'll be able to nail a likeness I swear to god.

ONWARD!

[floydshayvious]

Huzzah! (If you'd like to view the turnaround movie for the head sculpt plz check my DA page).

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Dropping this guy off - a little more practice today.

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Spent some time with an old model today to try and spiff him up a little. Screwed up his sword hand though. :\

I wonder if digital concept sculptor is an actual career path?

Turnarounds are in my DA gallery.

Thanks, and take care!

[floydshayvious]

Hiss - hiss I say!

Turnaround can be found on DA.

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Hur hur. :B

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"I am what I am... I am a cat, and no cat anywhere ever gave anyone a straight answer." - The Cat.

Last Unicorn fan art... errr... fan sculpt! Hur hur. :B

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Diablo 3 on the brain!

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Yes'er-ee Bob!

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A little experimentation...

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A few pieces from the past week. Really into ZBrush I think. :\

If you'd like to see the process video for Elf Child you can see it here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_KGHkd1V1I).

Peace!