VIKI OH'S Sketchbook of Badassery

[viki oh]

YO.

My name is Vicki and I'm an energetic 22 year old. I'm a recent college grad from Massachusetts College of Art and Design with a passion for Illustration and Concept Design.

I love drawing, I love painting, I love making pictures that tell stories, and I'm here to become a better artist.

Any critiques would rock on work I post here or general advice! <3

[Cameronator]

Well you are off to a good start. Keep it up.

[Gisaiagami]

haiiii
nice start
I like the color mood and style of painting.
Keep up and congratulations:mod:

[Traveler]

Really nice study. You've wet our appetites. Now you simply must post some more. :rendered:

[Pixie Trick]

Great start. I'm looking forward to seeing some more work!

[Callumbo]

This is a good start. I've been switching between your painting and the original. You have picked up on the colours very well. However I think the most striking thing to me was the subtle depth in Morgan Weistling's piece, it made yours when looking back at seem a little flat. Little things such as the reflected light under her nose really sell the three-dimensionality. I'm probably over analysing but I hope to see some more of your work soon. I've been looking for artists to study from myself...Weistling looks tasty, thanks for indirectly introducing me to him

[viki oh]

Cameronator- Thank you, I will try!

Gisaiagami- Thanks :D!

Traveler- Lol thanks, it's hard to make time for this stuff y'know?

Pixie Trick- Thanks so much :)

Callumbo- No, Thank you! I appreciate the nitpicking :0 It makes me realize mistakes. I tend to loose my value and make everything look flat when I paint digitally, I'm glad you pointed it out :0! And hell yeah, isn't he an amazing painter?


Update time :D! These are mostly the past 2 weeks and such. I absolutely love figure drawing, so soooo much ;0; Once a week isn't enough!!!

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/final4.jpg
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/3final.jpg

some students
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/2final.jpg

stoof from my head
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/1final.jpg

and 2 pose maniac sessions I did over winter break
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/gesture.jpg

[RickyRubyo]

love this shit so much. so many great gestures

[Peetaer]

Great start! Excellent figure drawings...What medium do you use on those?

[viki oh]

RickyRubyo- Thank you! I can't wait to make more 8D

Peetaer- Thanks man :) For 1 min. poses it varies D: when I first started figure drawing a few years ago I used only charcoal and pencil. But they got too messy and my hand smudged all my drawings XD; So I started experimenting with derwent inktense pencils and prismacolor VERITHIN. They work like pencil, but don't smudge, and the inktense are water soluble! They are fantastic. And for those 2 sessions I also used graphite sticks... They are amazing for quick gesture.

Sooo small update. I made another Weistling master copy. And an apple with dramatic lighting. Tried to use different textures here. I'm definitely gonna try more dramatic lighting studies. They are so much fun. And work on that value! The compositions are central :(

[Mischeviouslittleelf]

Great work mang! Wonderfull tones and colours:D

-E

[Jamie Romoser]

beautiful start for your sketchbook
ill be staying tuned fersher :sungod:
have a good one
-Jamie

[mdbauman]

Guh, great stuff. Those Weistling studies are sick.

[Jay-Zee]

Love your figure drawings, very dynamic. Keep it up :)

[viki oh]

Mischeviouslittleelf - Thanks dude :)

OmertA- Thanks so much ;0;

mdbauman- Thank you, he's great to study!

Jay-Zee - Thanks man!

Yo so a small update of some acrylic paintings from the semester that just ended a few weeks ago. I took an intense painting for illustrators class. They where done during in class sessions of about 3 1/2- 4 hours.... I like painting a lot, it's so relaxing.

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/fgmkfmm/Sarkissian_Deep_thought.png

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/fgmkfmm/Sarkissian_PaulOlsen.png

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/fgmkfmm/Sarkissian_model.png

[viki oh]

So an update with some stuff I've been doing this week.

I wish I could focus fully on improvement this summer, I'm trying my best to be productive with summer classes and work :)

Photoshop kinda killed itself and I lost all my brushes I've collected/made over the past 2 years... and I was genius enough to not save most of the ABR files -_- So I've been working with what I got xD atm/ tried to make some new brushes

Feel free to critique, I REALLY need it.

Sargent master study, don't remember the name..
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/masterstudy.png

Self portrait! Attempted with dramatic lighting
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/self_portrait.png

And I revamped some old o.c.s from 7 years ago... yay
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/ichiba_n_kachicopy3553.png

[Clean3d]

I don't think I have any room to talk, but the Sargent painting seems to be lacking a little depth or unity...? I think it's the broken color shapes and rough brushstrokes, but what can you do? silly default brushes. :)

Excellent sketchbook! I love the way your colors work together - esp. the Weistling master copy! Brilliant stuff.

[Vertical]

I love your colors! cool SB, keep it going.

[viki oh]

Clean3d: Thanks, I agree with the depth and unity D: I think it's cause I need more perspective stuff/ color practice, it's so different from traditional paints x_x

Vertical: Thank you Vertical <3!

Update time again! So I've never tried speedpainting or making enviro stuff digitally..... or ever :x and I figure it's time, so I tried to paint the scene outside my bedroom window once in the past 3 days. The first time I was afraid to make the house so I skipped it XDDD (If my perspective teacher I had 2 years ago saw those, he's probably wonder if I even paid attention in class Dx ) Don't be afraid to critique :'D !

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/skeletonstudies.png
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/randomsketches.jpg
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/hand_studies_lines.jpg
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/DSC09973.png
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/3_days.png
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/Picture259.png

[kingkostas]

your work is going really well and you have great skills.Interesting studies with variety.
Just keep up the good work.keep sharing

[Sulphur]

Phwooaarr... so multi-talented! *o*

Really inspiring stuff. You gonna do big things sistah! :heart:

[phantasy]

you have such lovely work! your studies give me ideas for my own...

[Emil_]

Great stuff, really like your pencil sketches.

[Jessibelle]

Oh man, I love the colour in this sb. <3 And the way you handle acrylic paint - this (http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/DSC09973.png) is gorgeous. :D I love how you can see the ribs of the cardboard.
It'd be interesting to see you take the acrylics across to some imagination stuff. Looking forward to seeing what else you do, keep it coming! :^^:

[viki oh]

kingkostas - Omg thank you xD <3

Sulphur- Awe I'm glad I inspired you a bit XD Thank you!!!

phantasy- Thanks man, that's what great about this community we can all learn from each other ^_^

Emil- Thank you :D!

Dominode- Ahhh thank you <3 haha, yeah I've been wanting to try that for sometime now!

Update time yay~

So I got a new monitor 21" to work with my laptop :x I've been painting on this 13" so long, now I feel like I can see what I'm painting lolololol

I made some quick paintings from photo's (that I didn't take) last night. They both had interesting lighting and fun colors XD

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/Picture29.png

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/Picture28.png

And some WIP character stuff from imagination

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/Picture25-1.png

[Sonia Leticia]

Thanks for popping into my sketchbook... & Wow! Your work is beautiful. Your color choices are great and you really give a lot of life in their expressions and with your strokes. Keep going, I'll be stayin tuned. I feel like I can learn a lot from you :) Subscribing

[Zeitwolf]

amazing brushwork, I like and envy your bold and brave strokes

[greyskill]

Wow, I love your work already!

Your lines in your sketches have incredible rhythm and your paintings flow beautifully. You have a very cool and unique style with a good range too.

I am totally subscribing, please keep posting!

[viki oh]

Sonia leticia- Awe thanks girly :) anytime, keep on drawing <3

Zeitwolf- ahh would you believe me if I told you I used to make the tiniest of marks XD like hair width sized lolololol

Greyskill- Thank youuuu 8D That makes me so happy to hear that I have a style *_*

I did a quick figure drawing session last night. I want to do this everyday now, and dive deep into muscular and skeletal structures, dynamic poses, and forshortening soon *_*. I also want to do a digital painted version of all the figures i draw so I can keep it consistent :x

Refs for these were in a quicktime program. I used Virtual pose, and can move the pose 360 degrees it's awesome 8D
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/figure_drawing4.jpg
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/figure_drawing3.jpg
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/figure_drawing.jpg

(photo is credited to vishustudio) Im also going to work on my male anatomy more, I don't draw or paint them enough.
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/male_studybw.jpg

[Eric-Anthony]

hey viki ;) nice sb so far.. i really like your brushstrokes, they make your paintings looks so "painterly" lol.. keep it up :P

[Jessibelle]

Man, really love your lines and brushstrokes in the latest, they show a lovely confidence and gesture. :) Just out of interest, what did you find helped with developing the confidence in your strokes - like any particular exercise or anything?
good luck with your intense anatomy studies, looking forward to seeing their effect on your work :D

[sin eater]

i loved those getures and anatomy studies and also the way you ve drawn those faces.

and those color studies are great. i see the strokes are very rough but that gives a nice effect.:). how long do you take for the masters study ?

[snootchy]

oh i do envy them brushstrokes XD

really suhweet sketches, keep up the great studies!

[Gislebertus]

Cameronator-
stoof from my head
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/doshiyarove/1final.jpg



These 2 rock!

Love the punk quality in lots of your characters, and your colors are impressionistic.

[thinairart]

Really nice copies of Weistling, etc., I like the bold color in your other works and painterly feel to your digital. Nice work!

[EmiAlvarez]

nice poses very dinamic

[viki oh]

Eric-Anthony- thanks dude XD haha

Dominode- Oh gawd, I've never really thought about my process XD... well it's basically a lot of repeated practice. I have a good understanding, which makes my lines confident, cause I know where to put them without thinking to much, i try to break things down as much as possible and think of the simplest way to put it on paper using the least amount of lines I can. I've been learning figure drawing in college, drawing lots of figures has helped, and learning the basics, like form, proportion, and gesture, also studying the skeleton, muscles, and underlying structures etc. so when it comes time to making a mark, you know where it goes. I also started out figure drawing really big with charcoal and eventually tightened up and downsized to something I'm comfortable with. Hope this helps :x <3 Also, this teacher who helped me a lot in college, had me promise her I'd "never make a dead drawing" , so by being confident in strokes I can gain the looseness I want? @_@; hope that also helps/makes sense?

Sin eater- Thank you very much, I try to not go over 2-3 hours with the masters studies. They would go faster, but it takes me forever to match up the color.

snootchy- awe thanks ^_^

Gislebertus- haha yesh they do have that punkish style XD Thank you very much :> impressionism is awesomeee!

thinairart- Yeah he's awesome, I'm not done with him, I plan to make a few more. Thank you!!

EmiAlvarez- thanks :> I'm trying!

here is more graphite studies and a practice painting yay~ Can't wait to go back to school in 3 weeks and do more figure drawing and study commuters :3

[viki oh]

I'm very nervous right now, I'm going back to school for my senior year in college on monday. I don't know what to expect out of this semester, time flies by so quickly :(

I made some oils paintings for the first time in 2 years, I've missed this medium so very very much. Sometimes I wish it wasn't so smelly/toxic, ahaha and maybe I'd use it more..... The first one is self portrait, second is a random profile from imagination, tried to see how far I could push it/play with color/ which results in me using every color possible XD

[viki oh]

small update, I started school today and drew some commuters on the bus/train. I have my first digital painting class tomorrow, im very excited to see how it goes!

[a la bapsi]

Hnnnnnnnnngh subscribing the fuck out of this thread

[Alfy]

Awesome way to start your sketchbook, I'm subscribing too. I think it's a real test of skills to be able to use such random colours and make the look natural and good.
Would like to seem more coloured painting^^

[scottmcd]

Great SB, and good luck with the last year of school. I love the little notes next to the figure drawings - I do that sometimes too. :) Maybe add the odd landscape to the mix?

[viki oh]

a la bapsi- lololol thank you
Alfy- Thank you ^^ working with color is a lot of fun, it's a good way to express yourself !
scottmcd- Thank you as well! And thanks for the suggestion, adding a background would def. help me get out of my comfort zone, i tend to forget things like chairs and seats exist when I draw the figure XD I have selective sight I guess lolol

So this is like the past 2 weeks homework for my digital painting class. My teacher wants super realism, and I'm intimidated. Here's progress so far. Going to add texture brushes soon :>

[viki oh]

update time, been doing a lot of homework...

[a la bapsi]

such nice figures. *_* keep it up

[viki oh]

a la bapsi- Thank you very much :>!!!

I hate making editorial illustrations, I will never be an editorial illustrator no matter how hard I try XD.... I have respect and admiration for people who can pull it off. My illustration program is so focused on it this year, my brain explodes for every project. Thankfully I have degree project and digital painting to keep me sane.

(first two are wips)

[viki oh]

I'm eating an apple. It tastes pretty good. For the first time today, I tried figure drawing with photoshop, from life. Not photo, which was interesting. It was very difficult at first, and progressively got a little easier. There's only like a few figure drawing sessions left unfortunately... I hope I can practice with photoshop for the rest of the weeks to come :)

I also used corel for the first time to paint an apple, for my homework for digital, it was... interesting. I'm not used to it, it will take much practice in that program... But I love how it blends... It's a nice refreshing challenge! I do not enjoy impasto oils XD....

Any critiques and advice would rock :)

[viki oh]

New update! More figure drawings from life today and a homework assignment that im still working on :)

*critiques rock ;D

[Jessibelle]

god, your newest stuff is lovelyy. <3 This is a sketchbook I've missed looking at. Always makes me so inspired. :)
I love the gestural quality of your figures, and your paintings are just damn gorgeous.
especially this. http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1103967&stc=1&d=1290055293
More, please! :)

[viki oh]

dominode, thank you for the kind words ;0;!!!! <3 It made me smile :)

This is my digital painting class final. Our teacher wanted us to make a painting based on something your interested in doing. So I tried to make my first legit enviro painting O_o It's supposed to be icebergs and glaciers and cold stuffffff, I need to practice color moreee.

A crit on this is MOST welcome, any advice to push this further would rock.

[Rhoades]

The enviro looks great! I definitely like the first one the best, the blue hue obviously makes it look colder! haha. If I can critique in any way (dont have much room too ha), I would say there seems to be more contrast in the backdrop than in the front (where the person is), I would sharpen the contrast up front and leave the background alone...think that might add some depth! Well, I like the SB, keep it up!

[magicpudding]

Super dooper sketchbook, so much variety and VISUAL truth and honesty. I MUST become more like you. Keep on postin....

Magiks Sketchbook (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=188585)

[tmth]

This is great.
Now what you should do is read all those comments saying it's great and say "nah, idiots don't know what they're talking about, it's still shit" and draw even more and harder and better.

[viki oh]

Rhoades- Dude thanks for the crit, darkening the fg helped a lot!
magicpudding- thank you for the nice comments, just keep on practicing :)!
tmth- hahaha, compliments are awesome, but crits make me want to work harder XD thanks!

So my semester is ALMOST over, ( i just have to write 2 essays) and then I have 1 semester and I graduate may 2011, and then take a year off and decide if I want to migrate to california for my masters :x

So these traditional paintings here, are my degree project that i've been working on since like January 2010. A lot of my finals have changed and I've had multiple topics of research for the class.

The topic I chose at the beginning of this semester and stuck with, was "the deadly female" I basically tried to create monsters out of females, and make big paintings... the average size of these paintings are 50" by 32" It was really fun, and I learned a lot. But I don't think I'm going to ever do traditional painting finishes again... I like digital, and I want to fully stick with it from now on, and through my portfolio class next semester. We'll see what happens, I change my mind sporadically.

[viki oh]

Some studies from today :) (and imagination stuff) I wanna make these studies daily, everyday until jan 19th when i go back to school. Gotta get that motivation back @_@;

[viki oh]

It's been a while since the last update, oops D:

School has been kicking my but in this final semester while working on my portfolio @_@; im wiped out x10. But, I've been trying to train myself to 'think' like a concept artist and.... make art like one? Sometimes I feel like I'm trying to make concept art without the concept, it's a lot harder than I thought. Just gotta keep trying and practicing!

[viki oh]

little update for today :)

[viki oh]

Here's a small update again on homework progress for portfolio! this character sheet is taking too long and I need to move onto backgrounds and other characters. And get faster at this.

p.s. it's not complete, gonna add some hat and backpack designs or something.... need to plan these out more so I don't get stuck half way through lol!

[AlexTooth]

Love the painting style and colour use. Anatomy practise also lookin hot hot!

[viki oh]

Alex- Thanks bud :)

Another piece in progress.

[viki oh]

More w.i.p. progress on these deadly character sheets! Now that I'm finally starting to understand what I'm doing more these are slowly starting to pick up the pace :) And I'm really happy with how far I've been pushing the textures and patterns! Now I just need to make more content for them and complete it lol

[Jessibelle]

these are looking great! the characters are both very individual, but there seems to be a common link between them - it's easy to see they belong to the same universe/ story. :) also, this (http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1209969&stc=1&d=1302647226) is looking very intriguing; can't wait to see where it goes... and i'm always envious of guys who can do creature design that well. ^ x) i love how you've managed to keep them so saturated and colourful, but they still have that disturbing, scary quality.
yeah, so i basically love eeeverything in that last post. :D

[redrobot]

oooh, awesome, i see your control over proportions and colors are improving! Keeping the lines looser seems to let yourself go and create awesome stuff! keep posting!

[viki oh]

Jessibelle- Thanks! Glad to know my original intent read for you :) Thanks so much! Glad you approve XD!
redrobot- Thanks :) staying loose keeps your mind open on the painting i think xD it helps! thanks for the kind words!

So I'm tackling an environment now! A cave, and like I don't know how to make it dark without using brown, and im pissed off cause it will print out black. I'm trying to add other light sources so there's reflected light and warm/cool contrast. so frustrating!

[viki oh]

FINALLLYYYY one of my portfolio pages is done @_@ I think before this final design, i did 6 different layouts. This took too long.

I KINDA get the feeling a crammed a lot into a tiny space, what do you guys think, then again this is being displayed as 11" by 17" on paper.

The lower half is a promotional postcard mailer version* :) which is 5" by 7"

I have not slept in 2 days =____= *whinewhinewhine*

[towy]

haha cool work , keep it up

[Grzessnik]

Great stuff. I really like it.
Keep going.

[viki oh]

towy- Thanks bud! :D
Grzessnik- thank you as well :)!!


This is still in progress, but it's almost done! :)

[Pixelwalker]

*kick in your ass*
Work more! :D
Keep pushing your anatomy, your lightning knowledge everything :D

Okay, beside of that i really like your colors so far ;)

Keep going dude :)

[viki oh]

Valoo- thanks for the advice >: ) !!! This summer is all about strengthening everything!

I finally have a working scanner/printer yay! And I graduated college! Now, I must focus and make my portfolio awesome >: ) buwahaha! But cause my new scanner is lighting fast, I scanned some sketches i did throughout my final 2 semesters.

I also made a watercolor landscape painting today, LOLOL it was interesting. I need to practice this stuff more >: )

freedom xD!

[xinranliu]

this thread could punch a hole through a wall, I tell ya

[sony]

Nice character designs they are soulful
I like these silhouettes too
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1209970&stc=1&d=1302647274

[viki oh]

xinranliu- HAHA thanks man! ( was that referencing riki oh? XD )
sony- thanks for the kind words, I try to bring as much personality as possible to characters.


Made a step out of my comfort zone! A quick painting of boston, from outside my studio window at my college :) it was from a photo i took a while back, but still... i miss it already!

Trying to learn perspective and incorporate more architecture. I feel the more i practice painting landscapes and buildings the more comfortable i'll become with it so i can then bend it and start using my own imagination.

Also I'm trying to vary my color usage, and that's what i focused on here too, making the sky saturated and the buildings more muted.

[Jephyr X]

Hiya! Glad I stopped in...lotza tasty schtuff here! :)

[viki oh]

Jephyr X- yo! glad you stopped by as well :) thank you!



Made a quick self portrait :D I had a blast with the color scheme, and gonna continue my direct observation until i get more comfortable with painting!

[chrylkk]

character designs looking good!
and you look so angry/intense in your self portrait haha

[viki oh]

chrylkk- Thanks so much bud! lol, I can be pretty intense, but I'm mostly happy :)

So did 3 quick 30 min studies today. And I tried to render out my figure practice which took a few hours

1. brush experiment 2. sargent study 3. banana 4. virtual pose figure practice

[skMOP]

Your colors are really lively! And your expression in the SP is priceless. :P

[Jessibelle]

i love how your style is really developing lately! :D those brush experiments look really lively and fluid too, i like how you've carried them across to the figure painting. Gorgeous colors and figures as ever :) this (http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1237293&stc=1&d=1306069877) really caught my eye too. beautiful. more please! :D

[Vloth]

Hey there! What a inspirational sketchbook! So much life and motion. And I love how it seems like you're really enjoying your studies, the only way to go!
Oh and that virtual pose thing seems interesting, do you buy it or how does it work?
Peace

[viki oh]

skMOP- haha thanks so much :)!
Jessibelle- ;0; yay, so happy to hear you see that!! <3 thank you jessi!
Vloth- yes! I am having a blast with the studies >: ) VIRTUAL POSE IS AMAZING, however, I wish it had more foreshortening, BUT it's really good if real life models are not available! I bought the books through amazon with the cd's included and saved the files, and resold them XD

So I'm trying new things, like painting metallic and reflective objects, which takes forever, but im learning so much. And I was looking through some sketchbooks on here, and some people are painting mma fighters/boxers and I got all excited and had to try it myself, it's awesome male anatomy practice and good dramatic lighting practice!

1. mma/male anatomy practice 2. spoon 3. metallic wrapper

[viki oh]

Today was an adventure. I got really bored while waiting for my car to get fixed... So I tried drawing cars in perspective around the dealership because I still draw cars literally like a 2 year old with their first crayon, from memory... These are all toyota's. I feel better now as I start to draw new things, I realize all the things I was afraid to draw really aren't that scary :)

Any advice on drawing cars, or perspective in general would be much appreciated!

[JamesSimons]

Lovely sketchbook!, as for drawing cars I would try to think of them as basic shapes you know like a box for the car body cylinders for the wheels!.

[Moonrage]

I like the cartoonish stylization of some of your works. I also liked the waterfall/ spring studies that are in the upper part of this page. One thing I noticed, you can be more precise in laying lines and tones. Think zen - the right move in the right place in the right time :D. Sounds funny, but I really think it. I know I'm still not doing it too.

[tmth]

I think you overdid the bounced light on both the banana and the windowpane, giving them a little bit too much reflectivity.

[Sickbrush]

just trying to figure out why this thread isn't 5 stars and why it's not bumped more.

oops. bump!

[viki oh]

JamesSimons - Hey thanks man! And thanks for the advice, I'll try to break them down more :)
Moonrage- Hey man, thanks so much for the advice :) I'm gonna try this method more too!
tmth- Nice catch there, sometimes I overdue stuff XD still don't know what I'm doing when I paint digitally, thanks for the advice!
Sickbrush- Dude, your thread, is totally 5-star material XD! Thanks!


I work 2 retail jobs now, and my motivation has slowed down a little, but I'm slowly adapting to my new schedules, trying to fit art into it, I feel like my art is starting to get a 'deader' less gestural consistency... I need to fix that within the next month, I really want to progress and not backtrack >:0!

But I'am happy. For the first time in like 7 months, I picked up a paint brush and used an opaque painting medium o_o I REALLLLYYYYY like acryla gouache... It's so amazing! I'm going to start forcing myself to make traditional still lives everyday now. I'm not going back to college in the fall... So I need to keep this motivation/drive going >:0000!!!

[mburrell]

Nice sketch book!

[viki oh]

mburrell- thanks man :)!

I am slowly starting to get back into painting <>_<> these are quick little studies on cardboard. And also a silly little painting with acryla gouache D:

[eclectic rhapsody]

This is really amazing. I guess this is a pretty dramatic thing to say, but a lot of your pieces literally took my breath away. Awesome!

[James Gerard]

Wowy wow

I just want to link in some of my favorites from all this stuff.

http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1242935&stc=1&d=1306718962

http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1237813&stc=1&d=1306115786

http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1209969&stc=1&d=1302647226

http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1237571&stc=1&d=1306092935

The last one there gets me goin wowy wow

[viki oh]

eclectic rhapsody- omg ;0; thank you for the kind words!!!
James Gerard- Thanks man! Your favorite one was my favorite one to paint XD

So I love doing silly body type exercises from memory, it really helps you loosen up and get creative with idea's and create a personality/look for character designs :0 And I need to do more creature design :0000 ANDDD I need to finish this environment >:0 I'm gonna do more ice scenes with villages and characters :) yay!

[Jessibelle]

that enviro is gorgeous :B I love the way you approach things. idk how to explain it... like, anything you try your hand at (characters, creatures, enviros) you always have this distinctive, engaging style to it. more :)

[Grzessnik]

Hey.
Great body exercises. Are you working from life too?
Keep going.

[viki oh]

Jessibelle- Thank you love :) I try to literally "put yourself into your work" XD Give it that flare that expresses you? It takes time to get there though @_@;;

Grezessnik- Thanks man, when I do the exercises I do them from memory :)

Update desu

1. mma study (thanks to appburst on flickr) 2. a lemon 3. an old ass GBA SP
4. more anatomy stuff 5. brush experiment 6. really animu faces from memory (TRYING to push colored lines more) XD 7. fixing things that are wrong.

[viki oh]

Did 2 quick one hour speedpaints from photo's I took. I am starting to get that art motivation back, I realized today at work, while I was designing two blackboard signs, I don't want to work retail for the rest of my life :(

1.Neighbors backyard 2.Leaving Boston
Can't wait till I can start making these enviro's from memory :)

[Suncut]

I really love your sketcbook and I'm impressed by how hard you're working. Keep it up!

[Umbravita]

This sketchbook is amazing, I really love those strokes on your digital paintings.

[Jessibelle]

dammmn, the colour in this!! (http://attachments.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1290194&stc=1&d=1312081450) you can just feel that gorgeous warm, sunset-ty vibe, beautiful. :'D

[viki oh]

Suncut- Thanks man! I'm trying to kick my butt into gear!
Umbravita- I'm glad you like, thanks man!
Jessibelle- Thanks, I was so happy to paint that picture ;u; <3

More practice ;u; My theme was the grand canyon, found some nice pictures from flickr to study.

Did them all last night, the first one was a few hours, the next two were 1 hour max. I'm gonna be honest though I struggle a lot with the color, I got really confused. Trying to become faster!

[viki oh]

I have not posted in 2 months :( a lot of shit has gone down since then. I got into a bad car accident on my way for job training, a lot of things went down hill after that. I also got incredibly sick shortly after that. My lovely 27 inch imac decided it hates life, so the harddrive broke. I got it fixed mid september, and 2 weeks later it decided to break again...... (never use a wobbly table ever with a 27in imac. EVER)

So im stuck here using my 6 yr old laptop that crashes every time i open photoshop xD while my baby is fixed, I ordered a wall mount so my harddrive wont break anymore. My mac should be grateful i love it no matter how many times it dies xD

But i have made a lot of art! Mostly sketches, which i will share once my imac is back :) I have started to consistently oil paint again, which makes me happy. And Im going over old portfolio pieces and fixing them still taking my time, which is good, I like going at my own pace.

1: palate 2: self portrait 3: self portrait 4: my friend 5: random concept 6: infested human solidified 7: progress

[viki oh]

Vamping up old portfolio pieces for illuxcon in nov @_@; apple still has my computer, and they found out it was the power supply inside that broke xD; i'm having such bad luck xD; still trying to do my best with this old laptop ;0;!

not focusing on technicalities like perspective with this one xD focusing more on mood and color. this is almost done, i’m just gonna add a few more elements and adjust some colors.

[spitboi7]

Oh wow, your art is inspiring me...are you living in the outskirts of Boston??? Those enviroment paintings from earlier remind me of somewhere...maybe just the area as I am here too!

We are lucky enough to have fall coming around now...hope to see some great stuff with the gorgeous New England fall foliage coming about...hopefully I can get down with digital enough to get some decent paintings coming around this time....

Keep at the updating!

[viki oh]

spitboi7- omg! I'm not going to say exactly where, but yes more or less I live in boston :) Fall foliage is magical! I have been taking lots of pictures! Are you going to art school in Boston? I just graduated from Massart!

Yay, so my computer issues are fixed. I am happy. and I can finally start producing again *u*!!!

A crit is welcome on my painting :)! Im focusing on pushing color/atmosphere and mood! And still trying to keep it loose, but clear :) I think if i tone down the cave, to the value of the trees, it will look a lot further back in space!

Also the heads underneath are a fun exercise! I took an old OC and tried to draw him 10 different ways :) I'm getting frustrated because my stuff looks anime-ish from my head, so I'm practicing drawing portraits so I can develop my own style :)

[p sage]

Heheh.... great concept. IchiButt

Or is it "IchiButt OvO"?

The Japanese might not go for it

(Yes they would... pervs <3)

[viki oh]

p-sage- haha yes ichibutt is just the silly little nickname I give him :> his real name is IchiBA, I've had the character since I was like 12 years old. I'm not really too sure why I called him that xD;

More pieces being revamped for my portfolio for illuxcon o.o im so nervous!
These are both still w.i.p.s but they are progressing :) Im having so much fun with these!

[cerealist]

NICE FIGURE!

[viki oh]

cerealist- thx man xD!

Okay so Illuxcon was absolutely amazing, there was a million talented artists that made beautiful magic happen on their canvases. I got some very interesting and helpful feedback from artist's about my work too, most thought I should become more realistic, some thought I should become more cartoony, and I agree with both opinions xD.... and I've decided that I'm going to somehow develop 2 different styles xD; or merge both and make a megastyle.

and..... skyrim has overtaken my life...

[Damien Levs]

Pure total inspiration!!!...and....you can put Skyrim down...I have just managed it :P You have to put Skyrim down, because I need to see more!

[rich4rt]

solid stuff here, keep it up!

[Luke Oram]

Some great strong stuff here, lovely painterly look as well!

[viki oh]

Damien Levs- Thanks man :) Hahahaha yeah, I had to remind myself a couple of times I'd loose my job if I didn't stop playing XD Lololol Such a good game!
rich4rt - Thanks very much *u*
Luke Oram- Thanks! Glad the painterlyness is still coming through :)

More single object stil lifes xD; Maybe one day when I’m feeling bold I’ll paint something more interesting .u. Hopefully. These two were some of the toughest objects I think I’ve painted in a long time….

[viki oh]

I'm sorry that this is the page that does not end .u.

Here's todays exercises.

[mariea]

Good stuff! Your paintings're pretty solid and your figure studies are really fun, love the energy! Keep it up!

[bouroune]

hey viki oh, just discover your works, it's really good, your paintings are coming nicely,
the lot of studies pays.. I like your design in general and also the pages with red ink full of poses and shapes, keep on sharing!

[viki oh]

mariea- Thanks so much dear :D!
bouroune- Thanks very much glad you like it xD

Working on a self portrait trying a new technique. I like my brush strokes with acrylic, but can’t get that with oil. So I decided to try a value under painting, and I’m then going to overlay and glaze color with oil. Apparently it works, so we will find out xD;;

[viki oh]

(Once again I'm sorry this page is so long and filled with many over sized images @_@; )

Another painting I’m working on, it’s of my good friend bug, I added some cool props in here and I can’t wait to define them on our second session.

[viki oh]

New work finally!!!

I'm starting to get my drive back and I'm painting faster than before! I like these characters designs even if they still aren't fully realized, but they are almost done and then I turn them into character sheets. They will be so badass once I define their weapons and garments more.

[viki oh]

More w.i.p.

[Battlepaint]

Let me just say, your work is an inspiration. You use of colors is amazing and I really do find it breath taking.

[TFsean]

Oh my god. This is one of the best sketchbooks ive seen to date. Your figures are just brutal. I love them i want them. Your still life env environments are just beautiful. You have such amazing colour interpretation. Cant crit, you are doing everything and youre doing it fantastically. Just keep going i want more, much more, Really really love your figures.

[Sickbrush]

badassery indeed!

love all of this dayum :D

[JaninaG]

Aha! Found you. ;) Really great sketchbook, even though I haven't browsed all pages yet. But what I've seen so far is awesome.

[viki oh]

Battlepaint- Ahhh love your username xD! And thank you ;0;
TFsean- I'm glad you think my figures are brutal xD I don't think my sketchbook is that great, but thank you for all the compliments!
Sickbrush- Thanks man, you rock too!
JaninaG- Hey thanks for dropping by haha, glad you like my stuff ;u;

Here's some fun pencil drawings. I feel like I haven't drawn in my sketchbook in a long time. But I decided that I need to start tackling male anatomy. I like to be able to make things up from my head sometimes without reference. I've never have an issue with females but males I always draw a blank. I never used to like pose maniacs, but it was a great starting point for gestures and getting a feel for the male form, and they added a lot of nice and new poses so I was having fun drawing them :) And because live models aren't available to me I stole my brothers friend and made him pose for me xD And then I drew my skeleton, Stan. The end.

[viki oh]

trying to incorporate more of my sketches!

[Rhubix]

Great stuff... donno how I haven't wandered in here before!
I really like the body type exploration that you've done- and the buck-toothed kid in 57-58. I have a thing for jacked-up smiles for some reason. Maybe it's because so many cartoons have the simple white band. I really like noses too- maybe for the same reason.... too many little triangles where the nose should go...
Anyways- fun SB so far - Your fine arts stuff is good too- but I'm always drawn to cartooning. :)
Happy sketching.

[viki oh]

Rhubix- Awe thanks man for dropping by :) Teeth are amazingly fun to draw, as well as noses, you can get so much character out of those alone xD Glad you like my stuff!

I took a really pretty character of mine and decided to age them, and make them really ugly. I want to do it to everyone now.

I also found a new brush in my library that I didn't know was there. It's kinda like the digital version of my woodless graphite pencil, I love it!

[viki oh]

Been working on this on and off the past couple of days. I took my badass character with the eye patch and hawk and conceptualized her portrait without her eyepatch/hat/armor/clothing for my own understanding.

The goal here was not perfection or photo realism, BUT painting enough information so that the character felt 'believable' :)

[viki oh]

I was looking back at stuff and wasn't happy with how.. flat I make everything and without texture, so I attempted to revive that energy :D!

1. I did a study of someone's work I admire; ekwn on DA http://ewkn.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4oyj98
2. Photostudy of awesome clouds from a picture I took.
3. This is a very strange image, but I like it. I tried a new painting technique!

I spend 2 hours each on the studies and a little over and hour on the last one. Hopefully I can make some new brushes soon to solve my problems faster >:3

[viki oh]

Tonight's study, from a photo of some girl from somewhere on flickr :P
I have so many goals and I'm too tired to type them ._. I spent too long on this one ._.

[Betty86]

SB full of inspiration and motivation :D!! i love your sketches from post #125, lines are so fluid and well controlled :)

last one is also good, keep up great work! :)

[theUNKNOWNsketcher]

very nice keep it up!

[viki oh]

Betty86- thanks so much for dropping by dear, glad you like what I do :3
theUNKNOWNsketcher- thank you dear ;3

Last night's studies! The portrait was quite challenging ;(

[Lyraina]

Oh, such a lovely sketchbook!
You're really good with color, but I also really like your characters - so many nice designs :)

Keep it up!

[bouroune]

hey viki, the brush strokes are becoming really good and efficient! really improving from page to page, i also like the design of the girl with the wizard stick from 10 february, keep sharing!

[Alex Eh]

Some great stuff in here keep up the good work!

[Art Minded]

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1443587&stc=1&d=1332003482

^ That is seriously amazing. I think you really succeeded in creating a believable character. In spending so much time obsessed with anime and comic books, I personally love to see a dramatic character like this (scars, attitude, etc) who still comes across looking like a real person as opposed to the bland templates of "bad ass" that are so common in the aforementioned mediums.

I was going to say that I'm envious of your lines, and then I realized I was envious of your colors as well. And the accuracy of your studies. And your style. So let's just say I envy your talent. The sketchbook is looking great and I'll be back to check on it as it updates because this is seriously motivating me to draw more :)

How do you keep your lines so clean in your studies? Is it really just single strokes? I have to paint in my lines and it's something I am trying desperately to overcome. Any tips for a beginner?

[viki oh]

Lyraina- Thanks for visiting :D That's so awesome you like my designs I always think they're bland or something :3

bouroune- whoawow thanks so much for the compliments I'm glad there's improvement ;0; i'm trying very hard and it's so nice to hear specially about my brushstrokes!!!

Alex Eh- yessir I certainly will! thanks for dropping by :3

Art Minded- ahhhhhhomg I'm glad you like her xD!!!! She is very fun to
imagine... woot glad that I motivated you and you like my stuff, that's awesome!!!!!! And for advice/tips bud; It's mostly all single confident strokes, just have absolutely no fear when your laying down the strokes that define that one side/plane/surface with that ONE stroke!!!! I personally am a sucker for dramatic lighting and high contrast images/scenarios, because you can see so many crisp and defined forms instead of it all mudding together. It makes it's easier to see what makes for color/value and contrast. Definitely do some dramatic lighting studies and that will help with the confident stroke part in painting a lot :) Also brushes that make crisp edges and then fade a little when you let up on pressure on your stylus.


This is W.I.P. not done!!! I'm trying to update EVERYDAY. so I stay motivated and make stuff instead of once a month, so sorry if I don't have a million studies to show everyday. I'm basically pretending I'm back in college and SOMETHING is due for homework each day, so I make stuff, and this place is my professor I have to show it to xD And then get yelled at, and told to do it over ;0;

[Alex Eh]

Yay! Have fun with art and study everyday! It's just about getting into the groove of things and having fun with it. Really digging your use of color haha

[viki oh]

Alex Eh- Yes!!! Thank you for the advice :D I agree and I think I've finally got that groove back too, thanks ;3

Studies from last night. I wanted to try different skin tones so I did a figure study and then I added things that weren't there like the cloud and mushroom that talks, to keep myself from falling asleep of boredom... studies bore me sometimes so I made it fun! I gotta get some male studies happening soon...

[Jessibelle]

These are looking great viki! It's great to see you updating so often again, I've missed looking at your stuff and your productivity's awesome inspiring. Give it a month or too and I'll be scrabbling to keep up! x) looking forward to the next update already :')

[viki oh]

Jessibelle- Thanks for dropping by dear! <3 It's good to hear from you :> I look forward to your updates as well, glad we can inspire eachother!! battle on girl!

So that whole update everyday thing >_>... ahaha

I MADE ICEBERGSS and timed myself. I used different brushes for each, cause I'm trying to figure out what works best for SPEED, and none of them really do, so I'm going to have to spend a long time doing trial and error with brushes. I'm happy that everything here in this post is under 30 minutes though ... one day I will be able to be fast and make it look decent!!!!

[FAST ART]

a lot of lovely stuff in here!

[Alex Eh]

Looking good Viki keep it up :D

[viki oh]

FAST ART- thanks for dropping by, glad you like my work!
Alex Eh- hey man nice to see you again, I'm trying my best, thanks for all the support!

My schedule has been out of whack lately and I've had to put off digital painting and art for a bit. I started up again. But XENOBLADE CHRONICLES came out on friday, it's absolutely phenomenal. I've clocked in 15 hours between yesterday and today. PLAY IT!!!

Enjoy my pretty character pink haired bird lady and purposely ugly nancy character. Both were made specifically trying new techniques so I can get faster and (hopefully) more textured/painterly. yay!

[Eric-Anthony]

i like the paintings of the blond girl and the use of colors in your latest post.

[Jessibelle]

ahh, i love the nancy one! she's got so much character and personality, ha. it just comes right through :') your art always has so much personality anyway, it's something i really love about it... ahh, she reminds me of tim burton's alice in wonderland somehow too, like she'd fit right in in that kind of environment, ha.

[viki oh]

Eric-Anthony- Hey thanks for dropping by man! Glad you like the colors.
Jessibelle- Yo babe, Nancy was really fun to do, she's not done, I'm gonna add a character sheet with maybe from fun facial expression exploration/ technical concept stuff. She probably could fit in there, I've been studying medieval armor and clothing to purposely influence my work :) Thanks for all your wonderful support, it's always nice to hear from you!

I've held off studies for now and have shifted my focus to my portfolio. I've finally completed one piece, that's been on a journey of procrastinated progress forever. I'm so slow. I hope this looks done. What do you guys think?

I also started a new enviro from imagination, so far, lets see how far this can get pushed :)

[PoringMaster]

wahhh <3 I love your stuffs it's so inspiring

[JesseM]

Kickass sb! You've got some really inspiring work here.

I just have to mention the skeletons from a bit back kill me. They're literately skeletons, but they seem so full of life and movement.

Keep it up!

[bopx]

I loove that girl with the sweet green orb staff. And that eyepatchless portrait is very very cool.

[viki oh]

PoringMaster- Thanks dude, really appreciate the kind words :) Glad I can inspire!
JesseM- Yay thanks so much! Skeletons are really fun to draw, really glad they had an impact!
bopx- Oh awesome they were my fav to concept/and paint! So glad you like them, thanks so much!

So this is some old work from my early years in college, when I wielded watercolor like a champ. The project was called "One Fine Day..." and the goal was to tell a story in 6-8 panels without text.

I've been slowly breaking this down into concept art since Jan 2011 for my portfolio. I adore it so much, I've redone that digital painting 3 different times.