make art not friends

[GabrielVerdon]

This is where I will be dumping my recent work, sketches, and wips.

[north pole]

woww.. realy nice renderings.. post moree.. and welcome ^_^

[GabrielVerdon]

Thank you!


A couple of quick pieces from last night and tonight. I'm not sure if they might be considered too polished for posting in a sketchbook however (?), so I can always post them somewhere else if they are.

But for now, the second update!

[GabrielVerdon]

One anatomy/light study from today, and two experimental sketches (the second one was me discovering the jaime jones brushes - I have a long way to go lol).

[GabrielVerdon]

Today's studies. Yeah, they're pretty bad.

[Metal Fingers]

Nice renders man, I would suggest some bridgman studies on constructive anatomy, keep up all the hard work. The lighting in that last skeleton piece is nice.

[GabrielVerdon]

Thanks Metal Fingers! I in fact just got a the book you mentioned and will be doing a lot of studies from it in the coming weeks.

Hand drawing exercise from today based on a bunch of Bridgman stuides I also did today (which I will post tomorrow when I have time).

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here are my hand studies from yesterday

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today's studies

[Flying Panda]

Nice light study of the skeleton.

[GabrielVerdon]

@Flying Panda: thanks :)


Two more random sketches. Not sure where I'm really going with either of them - I think tomorrow I will plan out my next portfolio so I actually have some direction. I think I will also write up a short description for each character I do, to help guide the design.

[HolyBovine]

Beautiful light studies, especially on that skeleton. The bridgman studies look great as well.

[LORD M]

Heyo Gabe! Hard worker with the anatomy studies I can see, that is real good.

I think you should focus more on form and proportions then detailing. You will take it in and learn a lot faster then. I used to detail (still do, silly me) and I didn't get much out of it compared to understanding the form.


Last one is a pretty intresting concept, I like the armour design, pretty fresh. :)

[GabrielVerdon]

Lack of updates due to me going into lazy depression mode. But I've got more stuff to show now :D Also have some studies which I will upload tomorrow morning.

The last three are sketches for the next pieces that I will be doing.

[GabrielVerdon]

studies from march 17 and 18

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studies from today

[GabrielVerdon]

trying to get back into a good routine

[Wilko]

Some great work here already! You're rendering skills seem pretty tight, keep up the studies and I'm sure you'll go far.

[Istmin52]

Yea I would agree with Wilko. I find some of your work inconsistent though. Some of it is better than others. Sometimes you can create photorealistic work and other times, it looks a little cartoony because of the features but maybe thats intentional. I'm not sure. Def keep up the anatomy studies.

[GabrielVerdon]

Thanks for the kind words :)

@Istmin52: I know that my stuff is sometimes inconsistent, but I think that's because I tend to experiment with different styles, and also because I don't practice enough. I'm hoping that in the future I will be able to gain more consistency.

[GabrielVerdon]

Oh, and some requests that I just finished.

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updatesssssssss

[Jamie Romoser]

fellow dagger!!! your improvements inspiring man :yum:
keep up the hard work hmm lets see should try some more still lifes
have a good one
-Jamie

[GabrielVerdon]

Some fan art for the game Overgrowth that I just finished. Go to my deviantart to see it in full.

[GabrielVerdon]

Well, due to summer antics, there has been a lack of updates. Time to remedy that!!

The first four pics are Bridgman studies. The other ones are just random stuff i've done recently.

[GabrielVerdon]

almost done constructive anatomy :D

[Aperson4ever]

Wow you are really good at anatomy! and seeing the ton of studies you posted on Deviant Art is really impressive. It makes me also want to study anatomy :)

Keep up the great work!

[kidult]

Nice going! Keep up the hard work!

[GabrielVerdon]

After a short hiatus, here are today's studies.

[GabrielVerdon]

Unfortunately not too many studies from August, as I was busy working on my new game, which is called Project SkyFortres at the moment. Our group started a blog for it as well, although I can't really show most of the work right now since it is largely concepts and *gasp* secrets! Here is the link to the blog though: http://sky.section2dev.com/

Anyway, here are some studies and work from the last month.

[GabrielVerdon]

Finally finished Constructive Anatomy. On to the next book!

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Finished 3 new pieces! Quite happy with these.

[GabrielVerdon]

finished today

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finished another piece.

Step by step process on my blog: http://blog.gabrielverdon.com/

[GabrielVerdon]

been doing some figure drawing lately

the last pic is a cover illo thing i did for this:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/32191

[GabrielVerdon]

weekly figure drawing and a photo study

[Flying Panda]

Haven't posted here in a while. Keep posting more dood. Your improving a lot. Keep up the good work.

[GabrielVerdon]

some figure drawing and sketches

[GabrielVerdon]

A cover for an rpg project I finished a while ago.

http://www.genesisoflegend.com/spark/

[GabrielVerdon]

i hate christmas

[GabrielVerdon]

Start doing daily art again. Also got my new website up and running, complete with new blog.

Website: the works of gabriel verdon (http://www.gabrielverdon.com)

Blog: strike with the arms of gods (http://swtaog.blogspot.com/)

[Voodoo_Mama]

Cool stuff!
Your studies are amazing, and your paintings even better.
There are a few anatomy problems with your figure drawings. The arms of the girls with swords for example. It seems that you don't put as much effort (or time) in your figure drawings as you do in your anatomy studies.

Keep it up though! really cool stuff right here

[Flying Panda]

Your paintings are getting better! I also agree with Voodoo_mama comment about the figure drawings. If your having trouble with certain parts of the figure...then keep practicing that area until you master it. Anyways keep posting!!!!

[GabrielVerdon]

Thanks for the comments :) I agree, my weakness tends to be linework/anatomy. I feel like my strength is form, which is why my paintings tend to be a lot better than my drawings. I've decided to giving myself weekly drawing themes, so it will give me a chance to dedicate entire weeks to studying difficult parts of anatomy and that kind of thing.

Here are last weeks imagination sketches, and an unfinished concept. Oh, and a logo for a project I'm working on.

edit: I'm surprised there is no category in the attachment manager for graphic design.

I should also mention that I have a new blog: http://swtaog.blogspot.com/

[whisper_wm]

You have some nice works in this sketchbook! I especially enjoy your paintings. It also seems to me that you know where your weaknesses and strengths are, so I think you are going to improve very fast! Keep it up!

[GabrielVerdon]

Sketches and creatures from this week.

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Wolf week sketches

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Sketches and an illo from this week.

There is a bigger version on my blog here: http://swtaog.blogspot.com/2011/03/dogs-blood.html

[GabrielVerdon]

Made a fantasy map and a little gif

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weekly sketches and some pixel art as well.

[Rain Walker]

i agree with everyone else is saying about anatomy. but its obvious that ur working on it.. and things are forming nicely... ur digital painting skills are more advanced then ur drawing skills.. but ur daily practice is making this gap get smaller and smaller.. keep up the fire going ^_^

[GabrielVerdon]

currently working on some graphic design for S2 games. here are some random stuffs and pixel art for my game project.

Gonna try to post less drawings per page so they don't take so long to load.

[mass87]

nice progress u made mate, improvement from the first post to now is great, u have done some nice work, keep it up!

[GabrielVerdon]

stuff

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Worked some more on this cool little dude

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Finished SKULLDUDE

[Metal Fingers]

some cool stuff in here man, and lots of it! keep up all the rad work dude, you've got some wicked designs. :D

[GabrielVerdon]

some cool stuff in here man, and lots of it! keep up all the rad work dude, you've got some wicked designs. :D

Thank you sir :D

did some more sketches for my game project today. It's new name is Allegoria.

[Malakuko]

that skull dude is really sweet! I love that rendering style

[GabrielVerdon]

thanks malaluko and metalfingers!

finished this guy:

[GabrielVerdon]

Working on another one.

[JamesSimons]

heaps of improvement from your earlier post, I hope your making that game for pc:O

[GabrielVerdon]

Made some progress on this lad.

And yup, Im using game maker which right now only works for PC.

[GabrielVerdon]

Finally finished this motherfucker. Posted high res on my blog: CLICK HERE OK GOD (http://swtaog.blogspot.com/2011/05/shield-man.html)

[GabrielVerdon]

http://i.imgur.com/f7jNn.jpg

[takashmen]

hmm
nice color and details
but something is wrong with his arm (bird touching)

and his face is a bit flat

keep on working :)

[GabrielVerdon]

Some studies I've been working on.

[GabrielVerdon]

Some more studies from last week

I am also doing some daily sketches over here: The Archer - devlog (http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=18578.msg610870#msg610870)

Aaaaaaand, I made a small website for my game project here: The Archer - official website (http://gabrielverdon.com/games/archer/)

I will be updating over the next few weeks to be more interactive. See ya soon

[Fernteixeira]

great sketchbook, man xD

And... hey I'm here to make some friends. haha
My english is a crap... so I need some friends to help me here !

[algebra]

great studies, the colors in the last armored guy are top notch. love the super saturated midtones, especially on his skin.

look forward to seeing updates about that game!

[JohanneLight]

Now you sir, is on another level of awesomeness! I love your fantasy creatures, your rendering style has so much to love for.

[GabrielVerdon]

The time i've spent working on my game has caused my drawing skills to take a hit, but I'm back to the grind now so you can expect some more updates and some more illos from me in the near future. Here are a couple of things I worked on in the meantime.

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studies