Emils sketchbook || Update - March. 19.

[Emil_]

Hello CA!,
With the start of a new year I decided to start a sketchbook here, I had one here some time ago, but haven't updated it in ages, so I decided to give it a fresh start.
Some recent stuff:

insect studies
http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Insectstudies-Emil-1.jpg


still lifes
http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Stilllifewithbluevase-Emil.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Stilllifewithonions-Emil-1.jpg


environments
http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Mountainenvironment-Emil.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Environmentpainting-01-Emil.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Environmentpainting-02-Emil.jpg

Thanks for watching :)1074388

[Emil_]

A pretty crappy photo study.

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Photo_Study-01.jpg

[MatejaPetkovic]

Very good start my friend, i love those still natures, cool brush work. Some traditional expirience?

M

[Zorcron]

wonderful work ! use of texture and color is looking great

i'd love to see some real loose sketchbook work and some paints as well .

i think you could push color temperatures a bit more also...

keep it coming ! cant wait for more

[Dorkthrone]

I actually really like these. The brush work is great.

[Emil_]

MatejaPetkovic - Thanks man, yup been doodling in oils for some time now.

Zorcron - Thank you, I don't feel that my traditional paintings are at the level that I would post them online,
but when I will have something decent I will definitely post something.

ninjacat11 - Thanks, glad you like it.



Some recent stuff:

My entry in CGHUBs new comunity activity Story Tellers

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/TheFirstMenInTheMoon.jpg


Photostudy

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Random-bird-study---01.jpg


and sum Bridgman studies

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Bridgman-studies---01.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Bridgman-studies---02.jpg

[Pixie Trick]

Beautiful still lifes. The oranges and the room are my favourites. Your lines in the bridgeman studies are also lovely. I'll be watching!

[SteFlack]

Great start, your work has a very nice traditional look and feel. The two still life studies are my fav, keep it up.

[Emil_]

Pixie Trick - Thank you very much.

[ste] - Thanks! :)


Quick still life of some art supplies.

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Stilllifewithbrushes.jpg

[Emil_]

Andrew Loomis studies from "Figure drawing for all It's worth"

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Loomisstudies01-Emil.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Loomisstudies02-Emil.jpg


and a recent photo study

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Birdstudy02-Emil.jpg

[CarlaEspana]

Wow your stuff is so cool! :D Imma watch you.

[Traveler]

Looking good so far. Your pencils are very tight. It would be nice to see some drawings from life or imagination.

[Jasper_]

Niiice brushwork, my favorite is the one with blue vase and oranges, textures really help lead the eye around. Keep it up!

[plumcider]

Lovin' it. More!

[Banvivirie]

I hope to see more insects. :D

[BlackDelphin]

Ooh so wonderful varied work!! :D
Your anatomy is clean and your still life and landscape also! Wonderful use of texture indeed and what can i say?! I just want to see more posts.

Don't stop updating please :meow:

[Scale]

Beautiful studies, you have a great control over volume and light. I especially like how much solid your photo studies look, they really manage to pop out of the screen, which is very hard to achieve when using photos.

[Emil_]

CarlaEspana - Thank you, I will try to update often.

Traveler - Thanks, yeah I need to do more personal stuff, I have ton of sketches and ideas for paintings that I should finish.

Jasper_ - Thanks man.

plumcider - Thank you.

Banvivirie - Definitely gonna paint some more insects it was very fun.

BlackDelphin - Thank you very much, glad you like them.

Scale - Thanks, though I think my colors are crappy at the moment.


Some new still lifes.

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Stilllifewithapples.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Stilllifewithsketchbook.jpg

[marika]

very nice studies. i especially like the bird..

[Istmin52]

Some nice studies. :)

[glaudarien]

Great sketchbook so far! I really like how you manage to keep the differnt textures in your work studies, it's very attractice to the eye :)

[Samuel Gray]

Keep this up. Nice

[Revolution77]

great studies. keep up the great work.

[BlackDelphin]

Yes i do, and this time also! :teeth:
The notebook has a particularly nice texture :)

[dhilipsomesh]

hats off great studies and good still lifes


my sketch book (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=72098&page=11)

[Icecold]

whoo hoo you have a very good eye.

I love the painterly feel of your studies, such clean confident pencil lines also, i hope i'll be as good as you are some day ^^
5 stars from ICE.

[Turbosnail]

Awesome SB man!! Love the lines on the anatomy studies. The still lifes are excellent with some real nice textures. Keep up the good work my friend!!

[Nuno]

Brilliant studies man.

[sourgasm]

this stuff is killer. keep up the good work !

[Noukah]

Emil yay! :D
Keep going, man. Already seen these so please update with moar soon ;)

[Konstruktion]

The latest post in nice. Perhaps ease up with the textures?

[kingkostas]

wow, very nice works mate.Really interesting.
Keep up the good work

[Emil_]

marika - Thanks!

Istmin52 - Thank you for stooping by.

glaudarien - Thanks, It's more fun to paint using all those different brushes.

Samuel Gray - Thank you, will try.

Revolution77 - Thanks man.

BlackDelphin - Thank you, those two were really fun to paint.

dhilipsomesh - Thanks :teeth:

Icecold - Thank you very much.

Turbosnail - Thanks, when I will have some more free time I will scan some more of my anatomy studies.

Nuno - Glad you like them.

sourgasm -Thank you.

Noukah - Hey, nice to see you here :), I wish I could update more often but most of my painting turn out too crappy to be worth posting :[.

Konstruktion - Thanks, yeah I tend to over use them, I'm still kinda new to custom brushes so I tend to go over board with them sometimes, I hope with time I will learn to use them better.

kingkostas - Thanks for stooping by. :rendered:


Thank you all for the nice comets, but now I feel kinda bad for making such a
crappy update after all that positive feedback, I will try to make my next update not so crappy.


Still life I'm working on, wip at the moment

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Stilllifewithagreenapple-WIP.jpg


and some sloppy armor studies.

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Armorstudies-01.jpg

[Jamie Romoser]

awsome! just made me want to do more still lifes and photo studies :medusachow:
have a good one looking forward to seeing more
-Jamie

[Emil_]

OmertA - Thanks man.


Finished my still life

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/StillLife.jpg


some new photo studies

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Skullstudy.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Architecturestudy.jpg

[PHATandy]

So, so, SO good. Love the way you work the brushes to bring out all that awesome looking texture, just what i love TRYING to do, haha!

You got skills man, gonna love seeing some of your imaginative and conceptual stuff... wink wink.
Keep it up dude, amazing work.

[PHATandy]

Double post! ARGHH

[kingkostas]

me to i love every single study.Also that pieces of texture combined with the nice accurate brushtrokes are really nice.
keep it up

[Seraph Fawkes]

Nice studies! Never could make myself do them often. Keep it up, and surely would've be nice to some done from imagination!

[Studio Colrouphobia]

Watching this space also..great work Emil!

[Emil_]

PHATandy - Thanks man, yeah I really need to start working more on some personal stuff.

kingkostas - Thank you very much.

Seraph Fawkes - Thanks, will try to work on more personal stuff next.

Studio Colrouphobia - Thank you, glad you like my stuff.


Crappy update this time...
still life paintings

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Stilllifeclayvase.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Stilllifewithtulips.jpg


Scanned some Bridgman studies I did

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Bridgman-studies-03.jpg

[Jatari]

wow very beautiful studies and excellent control of color!

[Emil_]

Jatari - Thank you very much!


Long time no updates, I will upload some of my newer studies later, but for now here is a wip of my entry in cghub's drawing jam.
It still needs a lot of work and I definitely bit off more than i can chew chosing this angle for my painting.
http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/baddog-wip.jpg

[BlackDelphin]

Brilliant as usual!
You sir have a fine sketch book on and on.

I hope to see as many posts as possible.

[alexson]

Beautiful still lifes! Keep up the good work!

[SteFlack]

I love the texture feel your work has, keep it up.

[kojot]

hey :)

really nice studies from life but try to tick a clear edges and change the brush because all object look the same(texture)

and brigdman... i think it's waste of time to copy and paste to your sketch. Try to use the schemata/techniques from book to simplify human structure when you drawing from life or photo


cheers dude and keep it up!

[Emil_]

Artpole - Thank you very much for visiting my sketchbook so often and for all the nice words.

alexson - Thank you, will try, will try.

[ste] - Thanks man!

kojot - Thank you very much for your comment. I completely agree with you that everything has the same texture feel,
I'm trying to find that middle point between custom brushes and the standard round brush, so I'm slowly cutting down on custom brushes.
And the Bridgman studies are just a practice for sketching with pencil.



Anatomy studies, more to come soon.

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Earstudies.jpg



and some of my photo studies.

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Panda.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Dog.jpg

[milu]

inspiring still lifes! 'm ecstatic!;-D

[tobzArt]

just awesome studies! just awesome! =)

[cgaddict]

Great colors and technique on your speedpaint - they have a very traditional feel which I really dig. Very clean linework too, keep going!

[kingkostas]

damn i really love your brushtrokes and textures yayyyyyyy!!!
keep up the great work

[Lotet]

wow dude, this shit is beautiful, love the insects on the first page.

[dleoblack]

HI Emil,
I'm a bit embarassed for the compliments you gave me on my Sk after looking at your extraordinary work: Your studies from life are so solid, colors so vivid, all your work is so great....I'll came here often :)
Cheers :) :)

[surus]

Great sketchbook, great studies! I like the swan family and hope to see more stuff like your earstudies soon! Keep on posting this kind of sketching, please!

[MacTire]

Wonderful studies Emil!! Excellent use of brushes!
Really inspiring work!!
Thanks for sharing!

[Krato]

reallly nice still lifes man :D

[cgaddict]

Very clean work, really enjoy your style. Your Loomis studies are simply flawless.

[Emil_]

milu - Thanks man! :teeth:

exi - Thank you.

cgaddict - (Thanks for stoping by and the nice words)x2

kingkostas - I will try :wink:

Lotet - Thanks, they where great fun to do.

dleoblack - Thank you I will try to update often. :)

surus - Thanks, I'm already working on more studies from the same book that i used for the ears.

MacTire - Thank you, glad you like it.

Krato - Thanks.



Some new meh photo studies.


http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/photostudy-10.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/photostudy-11.jpg

[dleoblack]

Cool update Emil,,
I love your brush strokes!

[Emil_]

dleoblack - Thanks! :)



I know I could work on this one more, but I'm sick of it now so Ill call it finished.


http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/bad-dog.jpg

[DANKA]

wow! love yours study! so fresh and good! please more!

[tja88]

cool man! i remember you from deviantart i think. i really like your subject matter and as said before its good that you pay attention to your brushstrokes. i say you're going in the right direction.. keep it up man!

edit: now this is a sketchbook and all but if i were to give some sort if critique i'd say you could pay more attention to edges to really push your pieces further..! = )

[Lord Dubu]

I love your ear-exercise so much I've added it to my inspiration folder.

[Emil_]

DANKA - Thanks man! :^^:

tja88 - Thank you, yeah I have a problem when it comes to finishing my pieces,
I feel that my paintings become too stiff and lifeless when i try to polish them.

Lord Dubu - Thanks, thats very nice to hear, I have my own too :)



Lose bust study

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/PrinceAlbertBustcstudy.jpg


and a quick still life

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/still-life.jpg

[Danny_K]

Wow!:jawdrop: your studies are amazing! the texture you use for them is the bomb. I gotta try using textured studies myself it looks really fun to do!
Also I really like how your anatomy studies look, very neat and clean and the values are great.

And look at that 5 stars from me! you deserve it

Cheers!

[Yor]

GREAT studies man! mind blowing!

[MrWhiskey]

nice i rally dig what u are doing :)

[Florian P]

Your still life is great! Keep work

[vatteh]

Great studies! Great brush work.

[cgaddict]

Nice updates here. Not sure if I mentioned this before, but it's worth saying again - your lines are ridiculously good.

[ryan mcshane]

thanks for stopping by emil, really nice studys!
i'd like to see some longer studys though, and imagination work to APPLY BRO! APPLYY

[jcpahl]

Your brushstrokes are really nice; I love that painterly feel you've got going. I honestly can't think of anything to crit.

[Emil_]

Danny_K - Thank you very much. :)

Yor - Thanks!

MrWhiskey - Thanks man.

Florian P - I will. ;)

vatteh - Thank you.

cgaddict - Thanks man, but my line work now is terrible, it takes me ages to get it looking good.

r y a n o i r - Thanks man, yeah I really need to start spending more time on personal stuff.

jcpahl- Thanks! :D



Danny_K posted a great link in his sketchbook to a flickr account full with cast photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/garyseven/sets/72157602588651653.
Some studies from that set.

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Castheadstudy.jpg

[Fetsch]

Looks great emil, nice stilllife! and thanks for posting the link.

[Danny_K]

nice casts Emil, looks loose but still solid.
tu zimeji labi, es esu no Latvias originali :)
I just noticed your from Latvia, that's where I'm from originally, my dad lives there and I live in California, I hear from him it's really hard to live there now Riots and and people want to overthrow the government and stuff, but you don't stop doing art for those things which is great.
Talk to you soon

Cau

[conte]

cool stuff, mate!

[BlackDelphin]

Those are some really nice cast shadows studies! I see you covered those 3 angles.
I myself was thinking of doing a bunch of those. Really useful, that account.

[vanaga]

Sveiks Emīl!
Superīgi darbi :assspank:
Uz Photoshopa zīmē? Posto biežāk, tev tiešām labi sanāk! ;)

[Emil_]

Fetsch - Thanks for dropping by man! :hatsoff:

Danny_K - Sveiks, pasaule patiešām ir maza. :)
Life is crappy here because of the messed up economy, and now with the huge dept and with a noticeable part of the population who have good education and experience in their field leaving the country it will take some time get this place back to civilization, but thats it, the thing about riots was just blown out of proportion by our mediocre news media. There was one "big" in Riga back in January 08, which they made it sound like half the city was burned to the ground, but it was just some 200+ drunk school kids breaking few windows.

conte - Thanks man, love your work.

BlackDelphin Yeah, its a great little photo set, but it would be much more helpful have a real cast head like the one Dave has, but no one sells them here and posting from online stores to my corner of the world costs x2 more than the damn head it self. >:D


vanaga - Paldies, paldies, visi darbi, izņemot dažas skices, photošopā cs3 zīmēti.



I have been mostly working on anatomy studies, but still need to finish some of them before posting,
so for now here is a quick wip of my c.o.w. entry, some little creature from Babylons hanging gardens.

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/cow-wip.jpg

[BlackDelphin]

That is such a shame! Yes, it would be nice, you would have it right in front of you, could touch it, actually have a dozen more angles to chooses from.. but it could have been worse and had none :)

Nice COW, will you be finishing it?

[Nartano]

Very nice. I admire the clearness in your pencil stuff.

[Lotet]

haha, those dogs are great, esp the one in the top, you really got the colors down on that one.

[Emil_]

BlackDelphin - Yeah probably, if I don't get distracted by a different painting :P

Nartano Thanks!

Lotet - Thank you.



New bust study from photo ref

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Buststudy-Emil.jpg



Some new anatomy studies. First two are from Andrew Loomis "Figure drawing for all It's worth", the third is from a Russian artbook.
Last one is a quick color study.

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Loomis-studies.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Hamd-anatomy.jpg




http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Polarbear.jpg

[Wgrace]

This stuff is awesome, can't wait to see what you bring next, really good command over lighting it seems.

[Klaus Reinbach III]

Really wonderfull art =). Fine lineart and fine painting skills.

[zou]

fine work, those last anatomy study are so clean ! and at the same time they don't look digital (the lines)
all your photo studies are ace !

[Fetsch]

sweeet mr. emil. :) the anatomy studies are so clean, great. :) Love the colors on the bear.

[kingkostas]

as always i love your work mate.The studies are great and i can see your great handling of values.lovely lovely lovely .
keep playing with illustration challenges to keep trying to apply your knowledge
keep up the good work :)

[Ramat]

Awesome studies and variety of brushes makes it look dynamic, nice nice! Keep it up!

[BlackDelphin]

Lots of tidy new studies! :D
I particularly like the last two arm studies, the one that really have volume.
As always it is a pleasure seeing you paint animals.

Keep up the fabulous work!
And thank you for visiting my sketch book too, i'm honoured.

[Danny_K]

cau cau, un cveiki :)
I like the colors on your cow looks really interesting, the anatomy studies look solid too, keep at it!

Cau

[vanaga]

Katrs tavs darbs ir augstākā klase. :hugsmile:
Vai kādā mākslas skolā samācījies to visu?

[Verehin]

Great stuff!

[Krato]

your still lifes are great! thanks for checking out my sb :)

[sketchibo]

These are awesome! Great use of texture and brushwork!

[Windmaker]

Your paintings are soo cool! I love the one with the bulldog! And the still lifes and studiesare great as well!
Thanks for the inspiration!:)

[a la bapsi]

i'm in love with your hatching.

[Emil_]

Wgrace - Thanks! :)

Klaus Reinbach III - Thank you very much!

zou - Thanks, thats very nice to hear.

Fetsch - Danke, danke. 8)

kingkostas - Thanks, yeah, I really need start concentrating more on personal stuff. :S

Ramat - Thanks for droping by.

BlackDelphin - Well thank you very much. :teeth:

Danny_K - Paldies, centīšos.

vanaga - Nekur nopietni neesmu mācījies, viss pašmācībā apgūts. Vienīgi bišku vairāk kā gadu
atpakaļ sāku piestaigāt uz sava vietējā kūltūras nama gleznošanas un zimešanas nodarbībām.

Verehin - Thanks!

Krato - Hey, no problem.

sketchibo - Thanks man! :hatsoff:

Windmaker - Thank you very much, for the kind comment.

a la bapsi - Thanks, I'm not really big fan of the very clean digital works.



Well after all those nice comments I wanted to do another big post, but I had to spend quite some time in the hospital when my appendicitis
almost pooped and gave me a nasty infection, so here is almost finished study I did before my little adventure.


http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Insect_Study_04.jpg

[Suncut]

I really like it how you model the form with your brushstrokes. The dogs are really lively and cute.

[Icecold]

Super cool and painterly sketchbook.
Definitely stars from Ice.


P.S The first dog from the previous page made my cry, laughing ^^

[Danny_K]

Ouch, I had my appendicitis removed when I was 4 and I remember how much it hurt back then... I can only imagine how it is for some one older.
Fast recoveries for you my friend and should you get back delighting us with your colorful arts in no time! :)

Cau cau

[Marian Rowling]

Hi Emil just wanted to post to say how much I have enjoyed looking through your SB. Your paintings and drawings look great and are really interesting to look at. I really like the bulldog one.

[Emilmaxen]

Your name and your art is fantastic!

[Lotet]

awezome updates, but u already know that =P
and I hope ur better now, looking foreword for that big update =P

[monstertree]

How in the hell do you get it all so painterly, and such simple elegance! Insects are one of my favourite subjects too - I'm a fan! Sorry to hear about the appendix, don't let it stop you for too long ;)

[Emil_]

Suncut - Thanks! :teeth:

Icecold - haha, that's great to hear.

Danny_K - Thanks for the well wishes. :hatsoff:

Marian Rowling - Thank you very much for your kind words.

Emilmaxen - Don't know about the art, but I completely agree about the name. ;)

Lotet - Thank you, I will try to update more often now.

monstertree - Thanks man, yeah insects are damn good subjects for studies with their crazy shapes and colors, need to do more of them soon.



New studies to help me get back in the art game baby.8-)


http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Bust.jpg


http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Geisha-2.jpg

[Myllys]

Hi Emil, thanks for stopping by my sketch book.

Awesome studies man. I especially love the russian arm studies. How long does it take you to do these? You're still lifes are also great. Keep'em studies coming :)

Mikko

[BlackDelphin]

Great cast shadow study! I always like these values studies that you do. Have a nice..idk in english..
that line between the very lit and shadow area, the more saturated one.

The geisha study looks good too, though I'm not so sure these crisp hard edges
all over work with her delicate figure. Particularly around the neck.
That white should be powder, no? - It looks very solid as it it.

Hope you are all well now Emil. :)

[LAL]

awesome studies,I like the last one very much, I like the color of the hair,that is great!

[kingkostas]

i always like your works!!!!!keep them up :)

[vanaga]

Sveiks!
Pēdējais darbs ļoti labs, piesaista uzmanību kaklam. Bet viena niansīte šķiet kaut kā neiederīga, vai nu baltās krāsas malas ir pārāk asas, vai arī nenokrāsotā kakla daļa pārāk ieapaļa. Citādi būtu ideāli. ;)

[Justyna]

Hi,
I like how you work with colours, those paintings of animals are amazing :)
I also like your still life with brushes.

I will definitely come back to see more :)

[dleoblack]

Emil, I hate you :)
you manage lights and volumes as a natural thing! I love your studies so fresh and your animals so vivid!
(Are you ok now x the appendicitis?)

[Emil_]

Myllys - Thank you, I spent way too much time on them, something around 5 to 6 hours, but most off the time was wasted on unimportant details.

BlackDelphin - Yeah I'm like a little child when it comes to brushes- if I find a new brush that I like I will use it non stop on painting, usualy it dosent end well.
I completely agree with you, there way to many sharp edges in that painting, I will probably work on it more.

LAL - Thanks man.

kingkostas - Thanks mate, glad you like them.

vanaga - Paldies, pilnīgi piekrītu kritikai, bišku visu sasteidzu tapēc arī rezultāts tāds švakāks.

Justyna - Thank you very much, thats really nice to hear.

dleoblack - Thank you for asking :), that little adventure is over and I feel great.


Wip'ish still life, probably will finish it later.

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/still-life---22.jpg

[Danny_K]

oh man this is gorgeous! I totally envy your epic usage of brushes. teach me please?

[CRYPT]

woow nice sketchbook i love your bridgman studies
and your line is awesome

[maninmoon1]

im lovin your insects...wow...aslo the still life with the blue varse....coooool...I'll be checking ths thread out again

[in2eternity]

Very inspiring SB, your anatomy studies are so accurate :) Keep those coming :)

[hücumkedi]

these things have simple beauty...i like the way you putting the lights...

[Icecold]

Great still life, have you tried painter?
I've noticed that you aim for traditional feel to your digital paintings, you may find painter way better for that purpose.

Have a great day!

[BlackDelphin]

oh man this is gorgeous! I totally envy your epic usage of brushes. teach me please?

I'd just be satisfied to know if you're using a dots smudge tool, or a dots brush set to pressure, thank you :D

Lovely update as usual. Extra points from my half for making it a still life. :)

[cgaddict]

Those still lives look excellent, really digging the variety of texture work especially, very convincing.

[RBeek]

hey man, thanks for stopping by my sb.. and im definatly gonna subscribe to yours! :)

Your stuff looks rly awsome man! :D
The still lives are incredible, and the way you use the brushes make it look so traditional..
I wish i could paint like that., but im a r-tard when it comes to PS and brushes ;)

Would like to see moarrr! :) ROAR .. ;)

Greetings!

[Emil_]

Danny_K - Thanks man, just download some brush sets that look interesting to you and then just experiment. :perv:

inspectorsokar - Thank you!:)

maninmoon1 - Thanks!

in2eternity - Thanks, I will try.

hücumkedi - Well thank you very much. :hatsoff:

Icecold - Yeah, I was planing to give painter another go, tried it a long time ago and didn't really like it, but it was when I was just learning to paint, so I really had no Idea what I was doing back then.

BlackDelphin - It's my new favorite brush that I used in that last painting and in most of the new ones. Its a big soft brush made of many tiny sharp dots, so the color stays sharp, but edges are nice and soft.
I was longing for a brush like this one for a long time, but always all the soft brushes made the colors look muddy and plus they had a nasty digital feel to them. I never use smudge tool, Its always custom brushes.

cgaddict - Thanks for droping by!

RBeek - Thank you very much! :teeth:




Two new cast studies. Ref from - ( http://philippefaraut.com/store/reference-casts.html ). I know it would be ten times more useful to do these from life, but I don't have the funds to do that right now. >:D

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/HandandFootPlanesstudy.jpg


New geisha photo study.

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Geisha-1.jpg



And finally some personal stuff - wip of my entry in CGhub's Illustrated Pinocchio

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/Pinokio.jpg

[BlackDelphin]

Your value studyes are always so solid! Love them! Thank you for the link also.
It is very useful.

I like how the geisha turned out this time also. Much more soft edges than last time.
That brush idea sounds interesting! I think i might give it a try myself, see where it leads. Never tought of combining those two.

[Sebastian Gromann]

yeah these cast studies are very good man ! you did a great job in capturing the light in those photostudies aswell <3

[Fetsch]

good work emil, everything looks solid. Was waiting for a personal pieces of yours, looking forward to see it develop. :)

[LtPlissken]

Emil, my friend, how you doing?
Sorry for not visiting this sketchbook earlier.
I feel a bit ashamed. Your skills are, much above
than anyone could wish for himself.
Can you please share some tutorials, links
or something about oil paintings with me, cause
your paintings are fascinating.
I have little, close to no experience with oils
but I would like to learn paint with that technique on
canvas and to sell my paintings.
Thank you for sharing your art with us.

[maninmoon1]

Great work, and I dont think you need to apologiese for drawing from photos, everyone does it at some point. keep up the good work

[LAL]

hey bro!I come see your works,Hands and feet of practice terrific! I think you learned a lot from! Colour of practice is also very valuable, your progress very big!Please keep your good work, let us work together!

[Ricardo Robles]

thanks for visiting me Emil, have to say i love what i see.. you have a great control on volume and lighting. There´s nothing bad in paint from photos, just keep saturating the tones a bit. Sometimes i see there are a bit pale colors, in photostudies overall. Also i like a lot your textures& brushstrokes.
kep up the awesome work

[Emil_]

BlackDelphin - Thanks :}, I really tried to keep a good balance between hard and soft brush strokes on that geisha study.
Yeah, that link is great, they have really nice collection of casts, it's just a shame that the head casts are so awful and disturbing.

SnobbyOo Thanks man. :hatsoff:

Fetsch Thanks mate, as you see not so good.:dad:

LtPlissken Thank you very much for all the kind words, I'm definitely not at a level where I should be making tutorials, my skills and knowledge are not there jet.
When it comes to oils I would just suggest starting simple, little still lifes or some environments from life. Buy a set of cheap oils at the beginning and just experiment,
they take time to get used to, especially when you come from digital background, and use big brushes in the beginning with thick strokes of oil.

maninmoon1 - Thanks, I will. :rendered:

LAL - Thank you, those cast studies definitely helped, but I dont feel that my progress is good enough.

Ricardo Robles - Thank you Ricardo, colors are definitely one of my many weak points, I never cant seem to get them bright and lush enough, they just end up muddy and stiff.





Anatomy studies from ImagineFX, new cast study from the same site as the last two,
and unfinished version of train wreck that is my pinocchio illustration, colors and composition are just a mess, so I won't waste more time on that damm thing.

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/anatomy-6.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/torso.jpg

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/pinokio1.jpg

[Tigermilk]

Hey man, thanks for stopping by my thread earlier, really made my day. Totally admire your work. Lovely anatomy studies in the latest post, very analytical.

The pinochio pic is obviously not a trainwreck at all, reminds me of Vermer with the soft light and the palette. Maybe try pushing the blue in order to get the complementery color conversation going more heh..

Anyways, very cool, keep posting!
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[LtPlissken]

Pinocchio is looking through the window, and he is
thinking with his wooden brain.
Tonight he is going to paint the town in red.
He well take a sharp kitchen knife and go out to
shed some human skin.
Geppetto has already been chopped
up to pieces, and his flesh is hanging in the attic,
His bones are being cooked up in a huge rusty boiler.
"Ah, what a beautiful and happy world this is"-
says Pinocchio to himself as he stares through the snowy
window, with his plastic sugary eyes.

[johanyeah]

nice stuff emil!

[NickyBeats]

great work in here dude. i really like the still life studies, and the anatomy work is nice too! keep it up man!

[Loathsome]

Very nice color studies. Like you said; I should do them more. And your posts makes me want to do more, haha.

Keep it up man and thanks for checking by!

[teapo]

holy shit emil--- i'm impressed by your studies and your imaginative works :U why haven't i seen your sketchbook before???! i shall monitor your awesomeness .... >.> <.<

[George Abraham]

Thanx for the heads up.

I love your way with brushes, your sb was verry informative.

Thanx and keep up the good work.

[Parsakoira]

great cast paintings man! also the still life paintings some pages back caught my eye, good work there and thanks for commenting on my SB

[Danny_K]

great studies, thanks for the link of the casts I found out I had the website in my reference but you reminded me of it :)
where are the rest of the updates? new year new stuff come on chop chop :)

[CRYPT]

amazing emil more more more

[Black Spot]

I've really enjoyed looking through your SB. The still lives and photo studies are quite impressive, but I would like to see the casts being a bit more polished.

Took me a while to work out the medium as those brushes are something else.

[*Rena*]

:wtf: when I look at works like yours I'm really feel that I should work more and more!!!
Great works, tecnically and expressively!
thanks for stopping by:)

[Domaz]

feelin the work so far! Painter right?? Cause i can see some brushes that i use or at least they kinda remind of em. Good ish so far keep it up neighbor! :)

[Emil_]

Tigermilk Thanks man for the kind words :hatsoff:, color pallet is definitely one of weakest parts of my Pinocchio illustration, maybe some day when I'm better at colors I will finish that thing.

LtPlissken - >:D

johanyeah - Well thank you Sir.

NickyBeats Thanks Nick, I should do another still life, it's been quite some time since my last digital one.

Loathsome - Thank you very much. :teeth:

teapo - Thanks man, sorry that there isn't that much to monitor right now. :P

George Abraham - Thanks, will do that.:)

Parsakoira -Hey no problem, thanks for dropping by.

Danny_K - Thanks Danny, I promise next update wont take three months. :P

inspectorsokar - Thanks man. :hat:

Black Spot - Thank you for the comment, very true, I actually went back and worked on some my cast studies. I will update my older posts today with more finished versions of my studies.

*Rena* - Thank you very much for the kind comment. :}

Domaz - Thanks man, no, It's actually photoshop cs3.



Little update to bring my moldy sketchbook back to life.
Ref like previously from http://philippefaraut.com/store/reference-casts.html

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae253/EmilsSketchbook/HeadAnotomyStudy-Emil.jpg


In other news - I'm now open to any freelance, commission and job offers. (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=207327//)

[Aryeh]

i really like that bird photostudy ALOT! Especially with the brush that you chose to do it with.

One good thing to do is to check your image without color. I dont think you're quiet getting in your darkest darks in your shadowed areas. IM finding that alot of it is falling in the midrange still. If you simplify your value scheme to 3 or 4 values and focus on making your edge types (soft, hard, lost) distinct things will pop more.

Keep it up. i defenitely like what you're doin here!

[Rain Walker]

man im so glade u commented on my SB so i can see urs.. this is amazing SB... ur paintings look like oil paintings although they r digital.. i think ..
studies.. anatomy.. sculpture paintings.. love them all.. i wonder if u did oil before ? did u?

[Farvus]

Cool sketchbook. I really like lots of focus on texture in your studies. It really makes your paintings lively.

I don't see much personal/imagination work though. Creating your own pieces goes way beyond just technical skill or just observation so I wouldn't neglect that part (unless observation painting is your primary goal). Also the tightest anatomy study won't do much if you don't really test your knowledge. Of course you might just not post much of that on the web but it's always cool to see how studies affect the way you draw :).

[Lii-chan]

The way you break down forms (especially your hand/arm sketches) is so inspiring. Wow!

And wonderful use of colour.

[Pixelwalker]

Yummy.
Great anatomy studies.
Three dimensionality is so great in them.
You will learn a lot from them.

Little standart suggestions is to do a few still lifes too between them.

Keep it up!

PS: Thanks for commenting my sketchbook ;>

[Teundeboer]

I like the way you leave some rough brushstrokes in your studies, makes em very lively and interesting to look at

[Kvenh]

Thanks for your cast suggestions! Been doing a few and they've been really helpful :)

Really digging the anatomy studies, good stuff!

[Black Spot]

It's nearly 3 months and you said you wouldn't take that long to update again.

Much better on the head, but still not up to your other work.

[vatteh]

The Geisha looks awesome. Great cast studies by the way, I gotta try some.

[tokotewhero]

some great studies happening in here man! keep it up!

[dierat]

Your still lifes are really beautiful; I especially like the blue vase painting in post #115 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2917408&postcount=115). The textures you're applying definitely give your work a uniquely tactile look. I do think you should apply them with a tad more reservation though; sometimes it comes off as a bit distracting, particularly when applied to background elements that would be best not calling attention away from the focus of the piece. In the pinocchio painting, for example, the texture on the wall in the back is a bit distracting, and it makes the image look over-sharpened. And this might just be personal taste, but I think the texture would be a bit more impressive if it were only used more sparingly (kind of like how highlights and highly saturated colors lose their value when they're overused in an image). Anyway, keep up the good work; I'm looking forward to seeing what you'll be up to next ;)

[BlackDelphin]

Some more wonderful work from the master, really like all your work Emil, just keep doing what you do :)