d-CepTs doodles

[dCepT]

Ok... I squeezed in a study before bed...

From ref.

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[Slash]

Alt for lenge siden jeg har vært her inne nå! men har fått oppdateringer på msn da, så jeg har ikke falt helt av lasset!

I like the way that fat tube man turned out. (as i said in msn..)

Nice studies too, these are important to do! That pilot suit is awesome, i took lots of pictures of those at the war museum in brussels!

moth in the ear.. man, i would have died! EEK!

Keep rocking bro!

[Qxzi]

Hey,

am glad your doing heads and anatomy! Good man! :) And at last, a peaceful landscape. AHHHHH :D :D But then you draw a scary face, OHHH :D :D hehehe :)

Keep it up!

Qxzi 8)

[dCepT]

Slash: Hehe... like I said... he kept freaking that whole day :D Glad you like bro!

Qxzi: I'll try to balance the scary woth not so scary... ;)

Anatomy and a 15-20 minute speedpaint... I tried to stay looser then I usually do..

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[hurricane]

hahahahaha what a moth story !

i would totally freak!

great updates and good to see that you start to use hardbrush.

soft vs. hard is tricky to get it to work but keep at it !

cheers buddy and we need to meet up again soon !

[Meatsworthy]

You nailed the lighting in the latest speed. The strokes + shapes tighten up to bring focus to the head as well, good stuff!

[OleOlsen]

yeah...the soldier in the last post looks great. are you going to do more on that?
my constructive crit: i would go a little darker in in bg.

[dCepT]

Hurricane: No shit! I'd try to tear my ear off! :D He kept shuddering every now and then for the rest of the day... hehe.. And yeah... I'm slowly figuring out the hard vs. soft.. thanks for the push in the right direction!

Meatsworthy: Thanks man! Glad you like!

OleOlsen: Probably won't do more on that one in particular... just wanted to veg' out and do something fast. I'll probably do more like it though :) There was half a thought behind the design at least... hehe.. Thanks for the crit!

One real quick'n'dirty SP and a sketch below...

EDIT: Saw now after I posted that I screwed up my lower jawline a bit... angle is slightly wrong... Oh well... still fun to do though :)

Thanks for looking!

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[frostsnake]

nice stuff you got here, getting better and better!
the last one looks cool, not mutch to critique from me, other than that one pf the horns resemble a snail..
keep studying and learning, and updating:)
btw like that Ashley wood drawing!

[Meatsworthy]

Improving really fast there dCept! Veg'ing out and doing quick ones give you a lot of mileage lighting wise.

If you find your lighting feels a little off, zoom out to thumbsize, and make a big srtoke over the problem area to brighten/darken it. When it starts to look more correct at thumbnail, then that's the direction to go. Keep it up!

[Shin-Akuma]

Yo there! Long time no talk!

heh! I love the sketch your brother so graciously provided inspiration for.
Poor guy though. No wonder he freaked out. I would have raised hells if it happened to me!

BTW, the sketch of the one eyed demon is good stuff!
I love the placement of his horns! :D

[dCepT]

frostsnake: Glad you like man! Thanks for dropping by!

Meatsworthy: Makes a ton of sense! I'll be sure to try that out next time I'm speedpainting!

Shin: Yeah... been a while... my net is totally spaz, so I can't stand sitting on msn and constantly having to reconnect.. Glad you like my shit ;)

Hand studies from Bridgman, and applied knowledge, and a speedy before bed.

I'll drop by all of you guys' sketchbooks tomorrow! Gotta sleep now, though..

Thanks for dropping in!

peace

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[Meatsworthy]

Oh yeah, in addition to my previous suggestion... I forgot to say put the stroke in a layer above. That way after you place it and it's looking good, you can clean it up by erasing at it.

[dCepT]

Meatsworthy: Thanks for all the input man! Really appreciate it! Keep that stuff coming ;)

Couple of studies and a speedy..

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[Bojee]

I like the fish. :)

[frostsnake]

wow, nice studies dude! hey your from norway to! how did i not see that..
gotta find my bridgman book( my brother has propably taken it:()
color stuff is also coming along nice.
keep it up mate!

[P E N Ricklund]

Hi there my friend, love that sp. Show us them muscles :D
And the fish is terific, I think you're on to something in your art. The texture from the custom brushes art awesome. Keep at, maybe it'll remove some of the smoothness from your digital art, make them more traditional looking.

By the way, I'm taking up my old parkour intrest. Was out climbing trees yesterday. So much fun and good training.

By the way tell me in good time about meeting up with you and hurri.
Take care my friend, and log on to skype once in awhile.

Hugs!

[Shin-Akuma]

Good fish! Real bad ass deep sea fish! We like that!
I can't really see the two newest studies though. Perhaps you should do something about the contrast? Or perhaps I should get glasses?
The pilot guy is cool too. I love the colours.
I sort of get the feeling that his jaw is misplaced though.
Or maybe it's just the light. Anyway, keep up the good work!

BTW, we should take up our bords of wood, sandpaper, trucks and wheels at least one more time before the snow comes, methinks!

[dCepT]

Bojee: Thanks!

frostsnake: Glad you like! Bridgman is very good for studying! Glad you like the colorstuff.

Pencilator: Haha... well... I was ready for bed... at least I didn't tilt the mirror more, right? ;) Cool that you're taking up parkour again! I'm still into it.. check out the videos-section on parkour.net for some inspiration! I'm planning on seeing hurricane in the near future... I'll be sure to give you a holler! Glad you like the new stuff!

Shin: Hehe... it kinda came outta nowhere... wasn't planning on a fish.. wasn't planning on anything really... just playing with shapes, and there it was... ;) Maybe we can get in a little skatesession... most of the time I'm out and about these days, I'm running up walls and shit... like I said to Pencialtor, I'm getting more and more into parkour. But yeah... some rolling might be fun as well!

Just a color/drapery study... I know her face is real rough and all, but the dress was what interested me... reffed from Memoirs of a Geisha.

I'll have some more stuff up soon to show you guys what I've been up to lately.

Thanks for looking!

I'll get back to all of you tomorrow... gotta sleep now.

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[OleOlsen]

hey dcept. i really like the kind of fish u did a post ago i think. the last one is looking good too. nice work on the folds and the cloth. really looks like thick cloth. so i guess that is exactly whaz u intended to work out. even if it is just a practice piece, u could to do some more graphic design to it, so that it becomes more special and unique! e.g. some pattern in the cloth or more texture.

greetings

[Ryan DeMita]

hey dcept, man there has been a ton of imrovement since i was last on here. some really good drawings and concepts. i especially like the colors on the fish. study it a bit and find out what makes it successful. the last paint is looking nice (the fabric folds, and anatomy) however, i think the colors need some reworking. maybe get some nice oranges and purples in the fabric. also, i think the background colors should be changed. overall, looking good bro. keep at it

take care
ryan

[xoet]

I would like to see just her and the fans but I don't usually get what I want mmm been noticing little abstract stuff here at CA that ok but this image of the heumon is getting to be a little much

still the style is good like the fluffy blurs and such looks like there is motion and well again me I want eye candy to taste now and then... anyway

is this the speed scenes or what?

peace out
Bill

[P E N Ricklund]

Nice looking gesisha. You're doing some nice brush work these days. What I'm missing is the image to tell me something? Not just studies, try interperate studies with a finished illustration, you're ready for it, I promise :D

Do you have any more film clips?
Me and a friend found a military track. Damn it's though.

Hugs my friend.

[dCepT]

OleOlsen: Glad you like! Good suggestion on taking the studies to something more interesting! I'll try to give 'em some more punch!

Ryan DeMita: Yeah... could probably use some more variation in color... I could probably use some more artistic license even though they're just studies ;)

xoet: Yeah... they're speedies no more than an hour put in I think... I don't time them though.... and well... hehe... like I said... the dress was what interested me... I think there's a nude study on the previous page, if that floats your boat...hehe

Pencilator: Thanks bro! Thanks for the suggestion! I'll definately try to make the studies more interesting as a whole... glad you believe in me! ;)
And about the film clips... nah.. haven't had anyone with a camera with us the last times we've been out... I'll try to get someone to tag along next time... we're gonna hit a few of the spots in Oslo. Military tracks are good practice! Don't have anyone nearby, but it would be fun! I love doing parkour in cities, though... Something about the organic feel of running up a wall or vaulting something vs. the urban setting/concrete surrounding I think... don't know if that makes any kind of sense in anyones head but mine, but hey..hehe

Forgot I had a couple of moleskine pages... the egyptian statue and the faces from life. Spaceships... gawd I suck at tech stuff... hehe...

thanks for looking ya'll!

peace

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[frostsnake]

cool to see your doing some color studies!, and this last sketch is very nice!
egyptian thing is cool!
keep it up!

[P E N Ricklund]

Fredrik, I do know what you mean. I call it freedom. Running towards a wall, puching with yourself high and grabbing the edge. Finding ways where there are no.
Would love to do more parkour. But my legs can't take the pressure. Still ahve problems with my lower legs. Just keeping it soft, training on sand and on the military track. Training the whole body without putting the whole weight on my legs.
Jump a little for me to :D

Hugs man.

[S.C. Watson]

dCept, I think you know I love your sketchbook. You've got some really cool things going on here.

If I could offer you one crit, though, is to slow your lines down. Instead of doing short sketchy lines, try doing longer, slower lines on your subjects. Also, with your shading, experiment with backing off some. Where you do use shadow, draw the shadow shape in (outline it) and fill it with short controlled strokes moving in the same direction, and pay special attention to the shape of the object when doing this.

Cheers bro,
~Shane

[Qxzi]

Hey,

I am really liking your lastest updates! Your didigs are looking impressive, i love this one of the fish. http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=25208&stc=1&d=1158695307.

Keep it up!

Qxzi 8)

[That fat kid]

Hey dCept, That fish from post 1018 is danged sweet. Your latest pencils have really tightened up to.

~A

[dCepT]

frostsnake: Glad you like!

Pencilator: I've been out with a cold, but I'm soon up and jumping again... hehe... I've discovered something very cool to do on wall run-ups... I'll show ya next time we meet! Can you do those? I mean... i'd imagine they wouldn't be as much of a strain on your calves as landing after a jump?

Oregano: Thanks man! Glad you dig! And thanks a bunch for the crit/tip! I'll be sure to keep it in mind!

Qxzi: Thanks! The fish seems to be a hit... haha... I'll do some more with that technique... try to develop the process further!

That Fat Kid: Glad you like man! Dropped by your SB as well.. niice oils!

Right... I've been very infrequent here... but at least I'm doing art related stuff... I'll show you guys as soon as I have the chance! I even have some oils to show form that I haven't gotten a picture taken of yet.. I'll try to get that up soon!

Got a couple of sketchpages (I need to use my pencils more... I feel soo rusty... been working almost solely digital... *smacks hand*) and a digital colorstudy of a stormcloud. The dog with the long neck is a very preliminary sketch for one of the things I can't show yet... hehe.. sneak-peek ;)

thanks for looking!

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[hurricane]

nice meaty colors on the last one !
bood and strong brush work, esp. on the clouds!

cheers bro and i'll answer your PM tonight or tomorrow, swamped atm.

[dCepT]

Hurricane: Yeah.. I'd imagine you are... hehe.. glad you like! I try to be more confident in my brushwork... working a lot on 100 opacity.. so I need to really pick the color, and not fool myself by "building up" and ending up with mud.. hehe..

30 minute speedy this morning. Spider-bird-thingy... not quite sure myself actually... hehe

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[S.C. Watson]

Like the "Spirder" :P

[Ryan DeMita]

hey bro. that last quicky is really nice. colors are starting to look better i think using thick 100 percent opacity brushes is a good thing. from my own experience, it makes me spend alot more time choosing good colors and not getting muddy too quickly.

the drawings are getting alot better too! keep on those.
overall looking good

take care
ryan

[Olof]

Hey mate, latest looking good!
Your digitals are constantly improving :)

.peace

[Profil]

What's up dude. Looking nice, just a crit on one pic: lowered the eye a bit and moved it backwards, quite sloppy but hopefully you'll see that it's more anatomical correct.

[Fishspawn]

Incredible sketchbook you have here. Mindblowing progress. I'm loving your new stuff. Keep it going, its a good source of inspiration.

[asoir]

Great stuff, try not to lose your character, it's imporant, have a bit of fun!

[dCepT]

Oregano: Thanks man!

Ryan DeMita: Glad you like! The brush-thing is hella good practice!

MorteM: Thanks!

Profil: Thanks for the crit! You're absolutely right!

Fishspawn: Awesome that I'm a source of inspiration! Glad you like my stuff!

Asoir: Yup.. Fun stuff comin' up.. :)

Right... the raped moleskine-pages is the result of Dirty_C's thing "you're not here to make pretty pictures"... result was that I wanted to make something ugly... oil-speedies, if you like. Anyways... didn't concentrate on these... just slopping paint around... was kinda refreshing :)
Some crap-ass anatomy-studies. Bridgman and not Bridgman.
And last, a "too-speedy" (seems I have a thing for arachnids lately... hehe).. I've been loaded with lots of stuff (which I promise to show as soon as I can!) so this is what I've managed to squeeze in.

thanks for looking, even though this post wasn't worth much... haha

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[MrBobMarley]

Nice updates man! The last spider could be worked into a finished piece, I see it in there. Although, that's coming from the guy who doesn't finish anything hehe. Love reading the little self-crits" in your sketches. I do the same thing sometimes.

[dCepT]

MrBobMarley: Yeah.. I was wondering if I should take it to finished... Might redo it though... not too happy about the general shape of the spider. It's basically just a big blob :) I should seperate the bodyparts better.

Anywho... I actually felt bad about the last post since I thought it was so crap... haha... that's how much I care about this place, so I decided to sleep a little later, and did this speedy as well before bed. Futuristic cop, kinda. ~45-60 minutes not sure.

peace

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[catface]

Cool book! really like this last one, nice job!

[That fat kid]

hey dcept, your using the more opaque brushes seems to be yielding stronger results. I particularly like that landscape, it conveys an excellent sense of depth. As a crit, be aware of the planes of the face when contorting the expression into an emotion. You seem to be twisting the planes and the features, distorting it. Bring more on!

~A

[dCepT]

Just a speedy+...trying out some stuff... replies tomorrow, ya'll... it's 3am and I need to sleep.

Thanks for stopping in!

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[dCepT]

Mo' stuff..Sketches, speedie and concepts.

Right.. so I did the mage and the dude with the sword for an art test. Got word that I didn't get the gig, so here they are. The rest is just messing around... pencils are Bridgman studies.

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[Shin-Akuma]

Holy crap! Are you trying to give me a heart attack or somethin'?
Here I am, looking through your stuff, nodding appreciatively, and thinking to myself: "Good show!"
For there's a lot of good stuff here. The pencil of the guy with the sword, a pretty cool enviro, etc... but then BOOM!
The elven mage and the guy with the sword! They're great!
Very living, very detailed, good colours, and EQUITMENT I'd die to loot. Especially I love the mage. That ain't no wine sipping pancy tower wizard, but a real adventuring battle mage! I love the leather armour, and the thing he uses to strap that book to himself is absolutely awesome. I want one of those, damn it!


The sword of the other guy is good stuff too, and the tattered cloak is a good effect.

The insect monster is also very cool. Nice details. Looks realistic.

The scaly guy has a very flat nose. And the "bumps" or scales on his neck look sort of flat as well. The bumps around his eyes look good though!

I like the helmeted guy. His helmet has got this.... emotionless brutal killer look to it, but his eyes look sad and tired, and it sort of looks like the light replies to that. Good stuff.

Keep doing your thing!

[MrBobMarley]

Hands looking solid, like the bug too but not sure on the bg. But I know it was a speedy, no need to nitpick. Keep posting man!

[Badger]

Shit i haven't been here for so long, so sorry.
Rocking, serious improvment in solidity.
Can't help but feel some more colour and temperature could be thrown in, remember black kills the colour (must listen to own advice).
Creatures are getting really dynamic, giving them a lot of life.
Keep at it D.
-B-

[Carnifex]

agree with badger on the colours,but you've got some nice stuff going on. really love the hand studies on the last post,rock solid.

[Ryan DeMita]

wow tons of paints. very nice bridgeman studies too! dude massive improvement here as always. good designs and concept. very impressive work.

its been said, black "kills" the color. this is sorta true but its really grey that kills the color, not necessarily black. grey will flatten out the saturation of your image, i have this problem all the time, its frustrating. remember to have a well thought out combination of darks, lights, saturation, greys, and all that in your color selection (doesnt always need to be balanced always). think about the color porportions. for instance, grey carries very little weight in a composition, whereas bright fucking orange has a WHOLE ton of weight. bright fucking orange next to darker blues is even more dominate. anyhow i guess some of that might help. basically, get rid of some of that grey in there and make some areas pop, are you using color layers to paint in photoshop? or just adding in transpartent color layers?

alright bro keep at it. once you get your colors figured out these images are going to be top notch.

take care
ryan

[P E N Ricklund]

Hey there, looks like you got your hand full. The art test looks good, though I think some of it looks to stiff, make it more dynamic. Bring more movement into them. use the brush strokes to add the movement.
Sorry to hear that you didn't get the gig, but there will be more of them :}

How did the party go last weekend? Was it as boring as I thought it would be? :P

Take care bro, hugs!

[Chr]

nice. lots of interesting things.

but I think you have to much white and black in your shadows and light areas. .. more color there maybe could help.

[dCepT]

Shin: Thanks man! Glad you like my shit... hehe... how are things? Been a while since I spoke to you, or your brother for that matter... We should hook up with that bastard and have a movienight soon! Too wet to be breakin' out the skateboards IMO..

MrBobMarley: Thanks for the props, and the crit!

Badger: Thanks man! No problem that you're not in here every day... I've been slackin' on my CA involvement... I'm trying to better that! Good crits for sure! Been thinking about it, and I'm noodling the colors on a couple of the concepts from last post.

Carni: Thanks, man! Good to see you stop by!

Ryan DeMita: Thanks for taking the time to give a good crit like that! Appreciate it! Like I said to Badger, I'm trying to apply you guys' crits :)

Pencilator: Appreciate it, bro! Thanks for the crits, and the props! The party went well... hehe... Gave you a bit more details in you SB.

Chr: Thanks! See above, concerning the color-crits ;)

Right... like I said... I'm gonna try to apply the crits... I'm not done yet, though, but I thought I could show you guys a little update on the dudes from the art test... tweaking the colors... lemme know if it looks better, or if I'm barking up the wrong tree.. hehe.. Finally got around to sketching something the last couple of days as well... hehe...

thanks for stopping by ya'll!

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[Badger]

Hey man, good to see you keeping at it, I'd say less value on the pencil pages, The usual skin tone range is only a slight value shift, save those whites for the metalics and a very few specks.
Underglow on the elf is cool and i'm loving that armour design on the knight bloke.
Keep em coming!
-B-

[Shin-Akuma]

Softer shadows on the good guy and the bad guy did a lot of good!

As for things, they're pretty decent!
I've been doing a lot of 3D work lately, and I'm currently working on a new sword (of course). Lots of school going on though, and that's a bad thing. Can't seem to get any homework done lately.. Only rendering.

And yeah, too late for skateboarding, but a movienight is a good idea! Add some sushi or some kebab to that as well.

BTW The samurai sketches are worthy of a seal of approval!

[dCepT]

Badger: Good call! I'll keep the skintones in mind! Just trying to get into pencils again... I'm so rusty it hurts... hehe... Glad you like the updates!

Shin: You check in with your bro, and give me a holler! Glad you like!

Just a crappy pencilpage and a speedy... Got some more stuff coming soon.

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[hurricane]

damn nice stuff, that critique is coming, rest asure :P

i think you should change texture in your brush, i'm starting to hate it because you use it to everything, skin, cloth, sword, lips... etc

it's almost so bad it destroyes the image, dirtying it up too much because of the lack of following the form and texture variation.

ESP. when the texture is close to the background which has the same (see last samurai)

think about it.... try to blend, change texture, google something etc etc...


pen work is shaping up nicely, starting to add more "sub-shapes" and good light... keep on trucking and try to merge each part more with the rest and not having it local....like last paper, bottom dudes chin tentacles, almost looks like a cope-paste job ;)

all in all, i'm ripping you hehe, but with a cute big lovefilled plastic hook :P
haha, cheers buddy

[dCepT]

Hurricane: Keep rippin', bro! Thank you for critting me like that.. nice balance of props and ripping as well... hehe... I'll definately have that texture crit in mind!

Did a little speedy on top of an old lifedrawing I had lying about... just 15 minutes before heading to bed. So sorry for bumping with this sloppy shit... I'll have something more worthwhile next time.

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[mentler]

Work is getting more powerful all the time my friend!! &&&&& you already have my 5

[P E N Ricklund]

Hey bro, I recognise that one, is it from when we where in gbg? Looking good, the shoulders and scapula is intresting, get this clay texture feeling.
But you should have done something about the white at the edges. :P

Hugs!

[Mindflaw]

Hey just had time for a quick look but my impression is that your figures are getting less stiff :teeth: ...in a year or two I will catch up on you where you're now :)

keep going

[dCepT]

mentler: Thanks man! Really appreciate the props!

Pencilator: That's from gbg, yeah :) I know I should've gotten rid of the edges... but I was tired... and lazy... haha...

Mindflaw: Hey man! Long time! Gotta stop by your SB (you're still updating, yeah?)

Just a real quick valuestudy... had a talk with Hurricane today, and I got inspired to take the same approach as he's done lately... this is the first one... let's see what comes out of the next few... hehe..

Thanks for looking ya'll! I'll stop by your SB's tomorrow!

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[dCepT]

'nother value study... used the same approach as I did with the one from yesterday. This one is after Rembrandt "Aristotle in front of Homer's Bust".

Not refined at all, I know, but I'm learning a lot from doing these!

EDIT: oh yeah... I spend about an hour with these... I think a bit more on the last one.

Thanks for looking!

d-C

[dCepT]

More of the same..a Rembrandt study and some pencils...

peace

d-C

[Slash]

Good job on the master studies. Looks like an interesting approach that i'm gonna have to try! Here's that one crit i promised you ages ago: That sword fella from the art test has some problems with his sword. first of all, the edge of the sword looks blunt, cuz you put shadows and highlights along the cutting edge to suggest that its rounded.. looks off to me. second, the grip of the sword (hilt?) should go into the sword nearer the blunt edge, if you understand what i mean.. Third, that horn thing on the helmet should be smack in the middle of his forehead, now it looks like he has only one horn on the side of the helmet, and it looks weird. another horn on the other side of the head (the hithermost side) could also work, but i think a "unicorn" kind of helmet would be cooler. (and way more phallic ;))

I also agree with hurri on the brush texture. Maybe a week of detox would do you good? nothing but airbrush for a month perhaps? :P

[Kresh]

Hey man! I was going to post a reply awhile back but i got sidetracked....arent i a dick head!

Excellent creatures your making and the lighting you're using in those speedy paints are really dramatic.
I looked at your previous pages and man what massive improvments. Your characters a looking alot better with the dynamic poses.

Inspirational
Keep up the great work man, Ill be stopping by here more often

[Badger]

Hey there D, great work as usual, skin values are begining to level out also. Weird imaginative stuff as usual. Make sure you describe the form on facial features, not just stick them on the ball of the face like 2 dimensional stickers.
Really improving though. Where you've used hard confident high opacity strokes on the rembrant is where it's most effective i think.
-B-

[hurricane]

i gave you s ome PO and critiques over msn so i'll just leave you with a asspat!

GOOD JOB *SLAP*

[dCepT]

Slash: Appreciate the crits! Thanks! I'm reworking those pieces... I'll post as soon as I have something to show for.

Kresh: Thanks man! Stopped by your SB... very nice pencils!

Badger: Glad you like! And I'll keep in mind the substructures of the face :)

Hurricane: Haha.. thanks for the pats, bro!

'nother values/light study... this time Gerôme... Cave Canem.. not the whole thing of course... cropped it down a bit.

thanks for looking!

d-C

[Badger]

Yeah man, as i said on msn, much more solid, harder as well, keep at that one!
-B-

[Slash]

Phat shit! Lots of improvement, and its a breath of fresh ass to see you drop the texture brush for once! ;)

[dCepT]

Badger: Thanks man! Good to know that I'm actually moving somewhere... hehe

Slash: And we all like fresh ass.. or... something... hehe... yeah... I'm laying off the texturebrushes for a while now.

just a speedy while I was waiting for a phonecall..

Thanks for checking in on me! Replies tomorrow.

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[mentler]

Strong images <> solid form <> great thread!!!

Really shows that sticking with it pays off!!!

Thanks for dropping by,.,.,.,.

[dCepT]

Mentler: Thanks for dropping in man! Always appreciated!

Some stuff....

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[fooxoo]

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=43718&stc=1&d=1162424133 - some brighter highlights on this and it s done :D

On pencils, I think you maybe need a bit more of darks in places.

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=46480&stc=1&d=1162960713 - this is a very cool char!!

Keep posting!

Looking great!

[hp]

you need to view some more planes in your character's bodies and faces...the shading is too soft a lot of times and just make your characters looks like cylinders :)

nice value studies...still going through this sketchbook lol...so long ^^

nice improvement along the way though!

[dCepT]

fooxoo: Glad you like, and thanks for the crits! Dropped by your SB... good show in there!

hpslashluvr: Yeah... good point... I've gotten that cylinder-crit before... hehe... better get some volumestudies down! Thanks for dropping in! Where are your updates?

Pencils...

d-C

[hurricane]

looking good, keep on working. when you get here iäll show you some stuff you need to work on.
and ways of maybe getting around it or creating your own ways.

biggest flaws on this update is:
- way to stiff (but it's cleaner than usuall so cudos)
-the kids head is not even close to a childs, the proportions is way off


work hard dude! you're taking strides my friend!
cheers

[dCepT]

Hurricane: Thanks bro! Good crits... on point as always! Talk to ya soon!

Valuestudy for today.

d-C

[Slash]

Yo! nice updates here! I'm digging your valuestudies, they look like they are helping you out! Its also good to NOT see any texture brushes anywhere. Keep rocking, and keep your sword sharp for the battle against the brits!

[Zord]

Damn, much progression here sir! I always enjoy me some eye studies... your last valuestudy is really nice as well. Just wanted to let you know, cheers.

[dCepT]

Slash: Thanks man! Been sharpening my sword as a mo'fo :D I'll harrass you on msn for opinions on my piece! And about you not posting, you slacker!

Zord: Thanks! You've been progressing your ass off lately yourself... hehe... keep rockin' both the pencils and the digis! Like I said in your SB... that ostrich is pretty damn solid compared to the earlier digis you've done!

Ok... pencils and an update on a digi (WIP)... I have more digital stuff, but I can't show it yet... I'll let ya'll in on 'em when I can!

Oh yeah... the little gnome-ish dude is probably very inspired by Hurricanes latest stuff... ;)

d-C

[rodrigo!]

cool sketches man, keep up the hogarth's im sure they'll help a lot! although theres one thing you might have forgotten to apply- perhaps the curve of the boot on the latest one- that foot coming forward, it would be going the other way to show its coming forward- just like in the hogarth studies. like ^.
does that make sense? im real tired so im sorry

[Cold]

Hello Dcept. How many pages, uve must have been drawing all year around while i wasnt around. Where's the contrast in your digital drawing, the hard edged lines, huh?

Ah don't mind me im only flying by lightly:)

[TheGnoll]

nice and big updates.Nice stuff, good to see you keep practicing anatomy constantly, like we should all do.Rendering looks good in many sketches, but try not to smudge too much.The last digital chara looks good, maybe it needs to have more contrast, more texture and more details, but the anatomy is good.Work on presentation to make your work look more professional...keep sharing ;)

ciao

[fooxoo]

Good stuff, gave you the crits already, it s great that you re foing the anatomy studies, helps heaps.

What grade pencil are you using? Your drawings could use more contrast.

Cool stuff and keep going,

cheers :teeth:

[dCepT]

rodrigo: Yeah... I know.. I made it before the studies, though... not that it's an excuse... hehe... I'll fix and repost when I've done some more work on it!

cold: Thanks for swinging in man!

TheGnoll: Thanks for the comments!

fooxoo: Usually ranges from 2h-6b... I'll try to use the darker ones more ;) Thanks for stopping in! Holler at ya soon!

Crap-load for now... The enviro-sketch is a "too-quicky"©, but I thought I'd post it anyway... same goes for the yellow dude I suppose... 'nuff excuses...

d-C

[hurricane]

looking good dude!

last two updates are killer!
but you got some hmmm...form issues. Your faces are boxy, try to connect and blend each portion of the face more with each other...top hat dude is great but his chin and edges of the actuall face is like...box....

and sometimes you have some issues with the proportions...not the proportions them selves but in relation to eachother...

cheers dude and keep on rocking! you're doing great!

[Ink_Monkey]

Looking good holy crap post 1086 I think it is ..... rocks. Im loving the eye studies as well. B-cin-ya.

[4rt-r41d]

Fantastic stuff!!!
keep at it viking!

[Cold]

Those last pencil drawing show some powah, and for ur last digital painting... stop using low obacity with large brushes all the time, get those 100% opacity 3.0 pixel brushes on there, heh, only kidding.

...give it a try though and il change my purple to green:)

[Mike Frank]

Hey man your lighting is getting way stronger! Nice!

[Slash]

Yo!!! You've been holdin' out on me on msn!! i've never seen this before: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=53945&stc=1&d=1164384180

I think it looks great, but you could probably push the values even further, and bring some color into the light and shadows.. Now some of your shading has a little bit of that "mixed with black - ergo muddy" feel.

[dCepT]

Hey guys! Thanks for the replies! I'll get back to you when I wake up again... need to sleep now... Just a small sketchie for today... kinda from ref...I started out with ref. and abandoned it somewhere in there... wanted to have a look at my boxiness as Hurricane pointed out...

I went to a lifedrawing session today, which rocked! I haven't been doing lifedrawing in a loooong while... now, I'm gonna be doing it every wednesday! I'll scan and post those, also when I wake up.

d-C

[Slash]

nice pencils man! they are getting better every time.

[fooxoo]

The profile s great, good light, nice strokes, good one :teeth:

Keep working!!

[Zynic]

Hi there mate :) Very cool stuff in here, and a wicked progress from page 1 ^^
Keep posting stuff, it really is inspiring :)
Not to say motivating ^^

Cheers!

[Darktwin]

Keep killing em my friend, wow, losts of great stuff here. Love the how your keeping the pencil moving along with the tablet pen.

Here here!!!!

Here here!!!

[dCepT]

Hurricane: Thanks, bro! Asspats from you always means a lot! And the crits, of course! Thanks a million for the one you gave me on msn today!

Ink_Monkey: Glad you like!

wakazou: Thanks for dropping by! Talk to ya soon.

Cold: deal :) Workin' a lot on my TD digitally these days, but I'll try to get some speedies in there as well.

Mike Frank: Thanks man!

Slash: Shut UP! It's my STYLE! I've told you a million times!!!! :P But seriously... I'll fix and repost as soon as I get the time! (Bug me on MSN from time to time about it... haha)

Slash (again): stop buggin' me man! (thanks though)

fooxoo: thanks a bunch! Real glad you like! Talk to ya soon!

Zynic: wow! Awesome that I can be of inspiration!

Darktwin: Thanks, man! I'll keep on' keepin' on ;)

Whew... lotsa replies! Thanks people! Really means a lot that you all take the time to drop in every now and then!

Lifedrawings... these are made on A3, so I've got more, but these are all I cared to scan (it's late.... I should REALLY be asleep... hehe), so I'll scan more sometime this weekend and post.

The lying pose there is my favourite of the bunch...

d-C

[Badger]

These are lovely d, i love the 1 minute ones.
Been making some serious progress recently my friend, i'm getting slightly scared about the TD :S
I think those value studies and the break from the texture brushes did you a lot of good.
-B-

[4rt-r41d]

Fantastic figure drawings, those 1minutes are badass! :D
cya mate

[Dile_]

Hm, I where chatting with Wakazou, and he showed me that concept of yours:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=53945&stc=1&d=1164384180

So i just had to come by! :D

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=48471&stc=1&d=1163378918
whoa, nice values, looked like a photo when browseing over it quick!
Ohwell,overall, you have improved alot! I mean, your pencil stuff looks so much more confident since i last visited, nice work man! keep it up!

~Dile

[designboot]

Hi man!

this one is very nice:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=48471&stc=1&d=1163378918

I like the perspective and a "shot" of this guy ;)

cheers

[Cold]

Classic. Keep it in the zone. And enjoy december:/ ...dunno why i said that

[dCepT]

Badger: Thanks! Glad you like! And don't worry about the TD... the brits are going down no matter what :P Sorry... been a while since we trashtalked on msn...

waka: Thanks!

DTemp: Appreciate it! Gotta keep on rollin'...

designboot: thanks man!

Cold: Thanks man... trying to enjoy december... hehe... raining like a mo'fo over this way though...

Right... one measly sketchpage, and my part of a threeway OC session, Hurricane, Wakazou and me..

d-C

[4rt-r41d]

Yo, that last one is amazing, and i got to see it being created :D
keep at it my man!
you are progressing fast!
cheers!

[designboot]

Very nice creature Man ;)

cheers

[rodrigo!]

lol, drunk sketching is always fun..
nice updates!also a very cool oc sketch too, we should oc sometime ;)
the 2 min studies are cool, a lying pose for 2 mins! challenging !!

[Cold]

I love your digi monster, but i full though the contrast is low on it, try using some pure white tones and pure black tones, to push it out more to us, other than that, they are all good drawings.

[fooxoo]

Hey hey, nice oc sketch!!!

Bit more contrast maybe? Lil bit of highlight, lil bit of very dark.

Coolies though!! Keep working!

[Lake]

dude - your digitals have gotten much better my man! looks like the tablet and anatomy practice have been paying off! One thing I'm noticing on your figures (from life mostly) is that they tend to be either a little too fat or a little too skinny. This is usually the case when you measure everything from a horizontal or everything from a vertical. When figure drawing, always find a stationary point that you want to be "correct" and then you can build everything around that point - measuring angles will give you correct proportions. Also check the position of something in relation to something else (on straight lines). For example, if you have a sitting pose, you might ask yourself "how much further out from her nose does her shoulder come, or for that matter does it at all?"

btw I LOVE this one _ http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38874&stc=1&d=1161550213

Looking good man. The digitals are really nice!

[dCepT]

wakazou: Thanks man! Holler at me if you wanna OC again :)

designboot: Thanks!

rodrigo: Yeah, I'm down for some OC'ing! Can you host?

Cold: Glad you like... and yeah... I know there's contrast issues... hehe..

fooxoo: Thanks! And good thing you keep kickin' my ass with the contrast.. hehe... holler at ya soon! We should also OC some time!

panda: Thanks a bunch man! Good to know I've made some progress... I'll try to think about the measuring next lifedrawing session! Thanks for dropping in!

Okeedokee... update... we got pencils, lifedrawings and speedy-digi's... hope ya'll enjoy!

d-C

[Cold]

I like the lats one alot, and the fish too, but i think the blue glimmering light would be broken by the scale. Ah well, lovely work mate.

[Profil]

Like I said, it's looking good.
Critique on that last one, the face is looking a bit squished together. If you would just "drag" it out, it would look better.

Just saw this:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=56005&stc=1&d=1164845181
Fucking awesome, and the girl with the fox head dress too.

[hurricane]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=60902&stc=1&d=1165714996

my favourite of em all! nice flow of contrast and form...a little too feathry but it still kicks ass! :D

and the orcs back is good!

[fooxoo]

Hate you because you can do life fig drawing heheheh Looking good, when doing a bit longer studies, try making very light strokes first and then more confident ones over. The ogre back is looking sweet!!!

Sure we can OC, let me know when you want!

Cheers and keep working!

[dCepT]

Cold: Yeah... lot of wonkiness about the fishy there... just a speedy though :) Thanks for the crit!

Profil: Thanks!

Hurricane: Yup... I still feel kinda nervous when I do lifedrawing... Guess I should stop being afraid and just make confident strokes... hehe... see ya soon!

fooxoo: Good tip for sure! I'll try it out wednesday! Glad you like!

Some pencils... I kinda like the evil-samurai-yoda... the rest is kinda crap...
Oh... and my UK vs. Scandinavia TD piece... first enviro ever that I had a good time painting... hehe... learnt a bit as well.

d-C

[Cold]

Did you win?

Apart from minor uneven perspective faults, I like the whole scene you have set with this digi. I like looking at it.:) Also your last pencil sketch of a mummy sorta, i like that aswell, well shaded.

Cool Digi though by far!

[That fat kid]

Hey dCept,

Looks like the life drawing class is going well, always a pleasure to see the studies. I've got an assignment for you for the next figure session. concentrate on contour. Do some blind contour drawings of the model, spend a few minutes just slowly letting your eye and hand together, looking at how the body swells and ebbs. This will help you forget about how the drawing looks and will make you be very delibrate about your marks. Then, try some regular contour drawings, but ONLY draw when your actually looking at the model, don't make marks when your looking at the paper, there aren't any answers there. Do a LOT of these, it'll train your eye and free you from correcting yourself as you make the mark, which sounds like a good thing, but it breeds a lack of confidence and a lot of erasures, which isn't.

I only harass you about this because you're attacking both line and mass when you do the gestures, which means you're worrying too much about the marks rather than actually learning from the model.

Anyhow, that digipaint environment looks bad ass! Can't wait until the next update dude!

~A

[aph]

Wow, very impressed with those life drawings. Keep 'em going, they have such a nice flow and energy to them for such a short amount of time, so good job!

Good work on the enviro, try and think and look back how you can make bigger strokes and minimise the unecesary details.

Just an idea, try working over the top of the life drawing on a new piece of paper, lay down the pose real quick like you did the first time. Then practice the anatomy in a bit more detail, or add your own creation, make it a character, a creature .. or morph it into a building or something.

[Lake]

Four words: bust ass on foreshortening.

make your poses more dynamic.

Rendering is fine, but get a really good gesture in first.

Digital is looking awesome.

[Mindflaw]

The girl on the posts on November 8th, 2006, 05:38 AM and November 24th, 2006, 05:03 PM was a good improvement, the head got much more defined and other details got some more care although I personally preferred the older simpler design of the clothes. Anyway good luck in the TD.

[dCepT]

Cold: Thanks man! Glad you like!

TFK: Thanks for the pointers... I'll definately try it out next time I'm at figure drawing!

aph: glad you like, and see below about taking stuff further from the lifedrawings.. hehe

panda: Yeah, I know... I'll get on some foreshortening studies real quick!

Mindflaw: mm... I like the first version the best as well, but I was kinda art directed on that one.. ah well..

one hour over one of the lifedrawings... it's a WIP though, so I'll post an update on this one as soon as it's finished..

[4rt-r41d]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=60920&stc=1&d=1165715228

amazing! keep at it, you are an amazing artist!

cheers

[designboot]

this demon womans seams to be allright :)
keep up the good work :)

[Badger]

Sweet amount of work as always you slightly scary looking fellow. I love the table on the last one.
-B-

[maxetormer]

Mmmm your lighting and strokes are getting more confident KUDOS for that!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=62383&stc=1&d=1165973157
Great flow on the quick gestures your starting to get the hang of em
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=60907&stc=1&d=1165715027

I have a suggestion for the digitals, remember to add areas were your stroke
texture is very intricate and some were the eye can rest, think of how
hurricane creates focus by mantainting some areas soft and some harsh...
I made a little paint over to show you my idea, just say the
word and will remove it, heres it is the link, I hope you get some
ideas out of it :P god knows I'm still figuring out all this color sat
and edge control thing, so do take my suggestion with a lot of salt :^^:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/maxetormer/MatriarchWoverP.jpg?t=1166174105

Remember that contrasts its your friend, try experimenting vanishing edges
with the airbrush and mix it up with hard plane brakes were the light
strike on a more perpendicular way, an well just experiment away
use bold colors strokes and see how you can make it work for your self,
we all have different pallets, still I wish you did more color experiments.

Well thats about it, Oh I posted a sneak peak of the oil piece that ill
will send to you on my thread, drop around and tell me your opinion :^^:

[dCepT]

wakazou: Thanks! Was fun hanging out and sketching!

designboot: Glad you like! I'll keep on keepin' on.

Badger: Hehe... I'm slightly scaring people all over, I'm tellin' ya... haha.. I'll be posting an update on the last one soon as I get back from sweden.

Maxetormer: Gracias for the in depth crit, cabron! On point for sure... I been picking brains the last couple of days, so we'll see if I can retain the info when I get home... haha Checked out the piece in your thread! Pretty stoked about seeing it live!

Character design me and Hurricane did today... fun shit!

http://www.bjornhurri.com/sb/06/December/FuckerW.jpg

d-C

[stalsby]

good progression!! keep em coming!

[frostsnake]

kult konsept!
,he seem to look like hurricane... am I wrong?
:)

[dCepT]

stalsby: Thanks man!

frostsnake: hehe... man takker... :D Me and Hurricane didn't think so.. might be the dreads?? I don't know... hehe.. no intentional likeness at least ;)

a few quick 'n' dirty sketchpages, and another collabo with Hurricane
.. I'll upload something a bit more polished for the next pencilupdate...

d-C

[designboot]

WoW! dude! last ones are great, especially this "barbarian" boy from Kamboja ... haha .. those digital's going in a good way of fine art ;)

Thanks for visiting my sketchbook ;) I'm always happy too see you there ;)

anyway ... I answer your questions and I don't know ... hmm ok, I paste it here :P haha ...

Maybe I have some "today" oil but I must search once again my basemant I don't know
Movie is going great but for now it's chrismas and you know ...

cheers ;)

[Bloodstone]

I really like your little studies. I wonder if I should ask what the blurred out text says in the last one? :P

[frostsnake]

hei dcept! nice concepts, I like the cat design, + what the hell are those bananas for on the other ones belt... very cool:P
check this out..something I found on 3dtotal..hope it helps, with some of that f.... proportion stuff:

STRUCTURE OF MAN (http://the-structure-of-man.blogspot.com/)

keep posting, and thanx for commenting in my book, will reply on it later when I put up some sketchS:)

[maxetormer]

Feliz Navidad Cabron!!!! Happy Holydays!!
bw this two made my day, you are getting better very fast mate!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=65778&stc=1&d=1166654919
http://www.bjornhurri.com/sb/06/December/FuckerW.jpg

[Badger]

Hey d, hope you had a great christmas!
Looking good, you've been working hard i see.
Keep an eye on how feet look in heels, i am aware you hve less experience of this than me, but still, the masses are still the same and you need the ball of the foot on the ground for balance.
I did a little paint over of your TD, hope it's ok.
here (http://www.badgertracks.net/sketchbook/dceptvsbadger-bpo.jpg)
-B-

[dCepT]

designboot: Thanks man! Yup... the children are fun to make :) I'm gonna have to get my ass over to you homepage and see if there are any updates! Hilarious christmas-movie you mailed me... haha...

Bloodstone: Hehe... glad you like 'em! Your SB was pretty f'ing amazing! And no... I can't let you in on the blurred text... sorry... haha

frostsnake: Good link... got it a while back from another friend... hehe... but thanks nonetheless.... don't ask about the bananas, dude... :P

maxetormer: gracias!! Feliz navidad y uno bueno nuevo año a tu tambien! Voy a comenzar a la pintura a ti lo más pronto en '07!! (do correct my spanish if it's way off... haha... I figured I could use you for practice :D )

Badger: Of course it's OK!! I did ask you, right? ;) I can see your points for sure... some stuff I kinda disagree with, but hell.. I still learnt something from your paintover! You conveyed the depth a lot better! so thanks for taking the time to do it!!

A few sketchpages... some suck, a couple I kinda like :)

[hurricane]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA "look it's crap man!"
HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH

keep at it brother and congratulations on page 20 :D

cheers!

[fooxoo]

oOOOHHH that dude with wings is interesting!!! ANd the midget pirate is convincing! Good stuffs!! Keep working!!

Cheers :teeth:

[designboot]

nice sketches bro

[Molossus]

Sinceramente ragazzo mio non so cosa dirti...cambia lavoro o datti piu' da fare.

Nice.

[mentler]

Good looking pencils <> vigorous style <> have a happy new year friend <> hope -07 is great for you.

[dCepT]

Hurricane: Haha... yeah.... well.. it WAS :D Funny thing is... lots of people give me props on that one... oh well... :P

Fooxoo: See answer to Hurricane :P haha... glad you like my scribbles! Have a wonderful newyears, Edite!

designboot: Thanks, man! Good show over in your SB as well!

Molossus: HAha... I dabble in spanish... italian is kinda just outside my grasp... what does "ragazzo" mean? I know I've heard the word before, but I can't remember the meaning... Glad you like!

mentler: Thanks for the kind words! And thank you for the wishes! Hope '07 rocks for you as well!

Thanks you all for stopping by! Hope everyone has a wonderful newyears celebration, and the the new year brings you everything you want!

Some digis for today... first one is 10 minute thumbs... second is variations... bit more polish... and the last one I did before making the thumbs... just some ideas...

d-C

[Mindflaw]

Hi looking good

ok try to crit some too the last pic with the fiddler his bow grip is odd check this link for some ref for future fiddlers grip

http://images.google.se/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sheilascorner.com/images/bowhandunknown.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.sheilascorner.com/bowhands.shtml&h=118&w=136&sz=6&hl=sv&start=53&tbnid=1_1pqDXTKH-g-M:&tbnh=80&tbnw=92&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dviolinist%2Bgrip%26start%3D40%26ndsp% 3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Dsv%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfir efox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DGP3%26sa%3DN

gott nytt år :party:

[designboot]

Something is wrong with his right hand, it's looks like was broken or something.
Everything is great! The swamp green color .. ha! I love it ;)

[dCepT]

Mindflaw: Tack! Håper du hadde et godt nyttår også! Yeah... I'm gonna redo the hand... thanks for the crit!

designboot: Glad you like! And thanks for the crit... I'll definately redo that hand.

sketchies...

d-C

[frostsnake]

last one is crasy! linework is getting better :)
godt nytt år, keep doing what you are, great progress, also that digital stuff is very good!
keep posting..

[Slash]

hey, i got a challenge for you. Next 4 drawings you draw should have nothing but linework. No shading. That should be interesting. Catch you on msn.

[Niva.]

Hey, I like your pencil sketches and your style, it's unique. I'd like to see more work with realism and accurate human proportions though. The position of the guy with the fiddle in #1147 isn't working... I tried to draw a boy playing a fiddle recently too and struggled with it and I didn't even have the challenge of dealing with him sitting down! It's a difficult piece to work out but perhaps you should consult some refs for that position, the legs look ok, the upper body and arms, neck and head where the problems are and I'm sorry I can't be more precise.

In your most recent batch of sketches I like the little boy and girl - however I'm only saying they're little because of proportions... the rendering hints they might be old but I can't tell.

Anyways, keep them coming, you have a huge SB and I have lots of things to learn from your work.

[fooxoo]

Hey hey, your pencil renderings are getting smoother and not so fuzzy! Good going!!! Better contrast too! But watch the proportions how we discussed. Good stuff, keep posting ... heheeh and where s our lil late night challenge image .. you update slacker????!!!!

;)

[dCepT]

frostsnake: Thanks man! Godt nyttår til deg og! Sure I'll keep on keepin' on ;)

Slash: Done and done... think I've done more with just lines now... I'll keep at it... I'll mix some redering in there, cuz I love doing that, but I'll work on my lines!

n1va: Thanks for the crits! I'm into anatomy studies these days.. I'll post a batch of that stuff soon!

fooxoo: I'm not slackin'! I'm not!! Haha... I got the loomis-book you suggested... doing some studies from that now.. scans one of these days... hehe... THe Challenge is below ;)

Yeah... Me and Fooxoo did a one hour challenge yesterday... backpack-creature... the big ugly dude is on his way to school, and he uses the little dude as a backpack... note the teacher's pet apple on the book :D Check out Fooxoo's piece at the bottom of her post here: Clicky (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1168877&postcount=665)

d-C

[Badger]

Nice work man, your rendering is really coming along, much better feeling of planes too. I'm impressed. Sometimes your lightsource wanders though.
Love the last one.
-B-

[Slash]

+1 karma! *ding*

Last one is crazy.

btw, badger is right about the lightsource. skjerpings! :D

[Studio Colrouphobia]

Like this sketchbook, one can see the progress you do and it is great to see it.

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=70188&stc=1&d=1167518918

Is in my opinion the best one you have made so far in regards to proportions.
I think it was Hurri that said that your proportions dont work, not the proportions them selfes, but in combination with eachother.
This is something you have almost constantly, and is one of the hardest things with proportions.
But you are getting better and better with each post.

I really like your valuestudies.

[P E N Ricklund]

Hi there my friend. Sorry for not posting here sooner. You are doung fine, steady progress. This last challenge was fun to see. Good work. Intresting that both you and fooxoo only used the silhouett for the creature nad renderd the backpack. But then again, it was a 1h challenge. I'd like to see you work more with both hard and soft edges. Maybe it'll add more depth.

Take care, talk to you soon again.
Hugs!

[frostsnake]

click/ (http://the-structure-of-man.blogspot.com/)
dont know if I posted this before, but totaly helps!
your latest is coop is good, and only in one hour. soemthing that could define some areas better, is if you scaled up the image double size, and used an eraser to define the siluette more,like in focus areas like the heads. then scale back..
seems like you got something going for you, so keep playing with it!

[4rt-r41d]

the art lord!

[dCepT]

Badger: Thanks man! Glad you like :) And I'll keep the crit in mind fo' sho'!

Slash: Haha... we got some karma this weekend too... so you're almost good... just update your own damn book ;)

Colrouphobic: Appreciate the crits! Thanks for taking the time!

Pencilator: Hehe... the "brief" was that the big dude was to be in silhouette... hence the similar approach ;) Thanks for stopping by! And thanks for the crit!

frostsnake: Yeah... I might take it further... Thanks for the link! I'll check it out... I'm doing some Loomis-studies these days as well... we'll see how it goes.

wakazou: Thanks man!

Sketchy sketches... hehe

peace

d-C

[hurricane]

keep on doing the studies and be anal about the proportions!, and don't draw straight arms!

things are looking good, better proportions but you still need to tighten it up more!
cheers buddy, you're doing great

[Lake]

Glad you're doing your studies, D. Hurricane's got a more than valid point; be anal about proportions. More specifically, thinking about what you're drawing, while you're drawing it, instead of "just drawing" - meaning as you pencil in the arm, refer back to your studies and put it ALL in - this would tighten up pretty much everything you need work on.

[frostsnake]

just saying hi and keep it up!
studies are killer. all the muskle is hard to remeber, so maybe try to create some kind of simplefied construction, your own personal inventions that looks like the bisep, tricep or supinator longus... this way you will hopefully remember it better, but I guess still its all about drawing them alot.
:) see ya!

[4rt-r41d]

kickass pencils!

[mentler]

Strong updates <> fun to watch u grow...

[Peter Santha]

Hey Dude! I like your things. Especially the pencil drawings. You have some very cool twisted ideas! Nice, keep it up, I here to stay!

[Coinpurse]

hey D, sorry i havent posted in here sooner man. Lol i completely forgot you had a sketchbook (dont kill me, im not ready to die!). Great work in here man, seen alot of growth comparing the first page to the last, so your getting somewhere. Keep at it!

[maxetormer]

Ok I have a suggestion, try not doing the pencil
strokes in the same direction all the time,

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=77895&stc=1&d=1168915821

right now the fabric only has strokes from left to
right going down, remember to switch directions
with the form, a good way to avoid going in the
same direction its to spend no more than 10-5 secs
on one area of the drawing;jump around!,
also its good to avoid getting caught in detail ;)

KEEP PUSHING IT!!

Oh and I like your sig cabron, every time I read it
I think... do I have a minute? and then I post something here :D
Oh and I agree with Hurricane, keep a ken eye on the proportions.

[dCepT]

Just a quick update to show I haven't fallen off... hehe... I'm keeping busy though, so I'll probably have a big dump soon... but not yet ;)

This was a warmup from the other day... around an hour and a half, I think.. I kinda liked it...

I'll scan some papers and reply to all of you later on today! Thank you for taking the time out and dropping by, people! Appreciate it!

d-C

[rodrigo!]

strong digital piece! a good sense of form!

[mull77]

Love the goat piece. Really good sense of depth and form. Some of the heads on your sketches seem little large though.

Good work!

[hurricane]

great update bro!
great sense of form as rodrigo said!

sweet!

cheers!

[4rt-r41d]

kinky, gave you critt on msn :)
i want more man! :P

[fooxoo]

Hey hey!!! Good post ehehe! Eyes totally look better, good job! Dont be lazy and scan! And the studies are looking good, but even more so watch props there too! Be precise :D

Cheers, and post more!

[Badger]

That is very very solid my friend, a serious step up for you!
-B-

[dCepT]

Hurricane: Oh man... I managed to draw straight arms again... haha... good thing you're constantly kicking my ass about it :D

Panda: Yup... doing studies... I'll keep it in mind! Thanks for dropping in!

frostsnake: Thanks man!

wakazou: Thanks!

mentler: Appreciate it! Especially coming from you :)

Peter Santha: Thanks man! Glad you like... you got a sketchbook here?

TheST: Thanks... keepin' on :) Uhmm.. gotta admit I don't recognize your screenname... who are you IRL? We met?

maxetormer: Good points, como siempre! I'll keep your crits in mind! thanks for stopping in!

rodrigo: Thanks man! Glad you like!

mull77: Glad you like, and thanks for the crit!

hurricane: Thanks bro! Always appreciated ;) Talk to ya soon!

wakazou: more below ;)

fooxoo: Glad you like... thanks for critting it before I posted :) I've scanned now... hehe... glad I got someone kicking my ass every now and then ;)

Badger: Thanks Josh! Kinda felt like it... even though it was just a speedy... :) You've made a couple of leaps lately yourself!

Wow... that was a lot of replies... thank you all for taking the time out! Really appreciate it!

Scanned a few pages...

[dCepT]

Right... digi-fun... did this one as a request :)

d-C

[fooxoo]

Hey hey, good loomis study!! Though the thigh is a tiny bit long on that one, i read somewhere that for concept art and arts in general it aint bad to exaggerate just a tiny bit, esp on height of a person. But, hehe, before exaggeration, one should learn the proper way :P:P

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=85895&stc=1&d=1170262712 - good expression on the guy!

Good stuff!! Clean up the lines even more so!! (guilty of that myself eheheh)

Cheers and keep posting!

[JoeEffect]

Hey D-cept...i'm new here and lookin' around threads,and finding good stuff.your drawings looks pretty good man...i'm going on this thread!!!keep posting!

[hurricane]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=85899&stc=1&d=1170262769

THATS ME !!!!! AWESOME!

That last horse is great, but there is something about the bend of the neck that bugs me, i think it's the area just behind the back of the head... odd curvature..

And i would like some skin folds (vague) around the front legs because the legs are up.

Great pencils! The pose with length has some issues with the arms, just a little too long arms... makes it look to "monkey"

Pencils and over all feel of your art is getting tighter and tighter! so keep on studying! cheers buddy!

[rodrigo!]

hey man really cool work all round, tho i must say i really liked the top face here
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=85895&stc=1&d=1170262712
altho the eyes might be slightly too big.
cheers!

[dCepT]

fooxoo: Heheh... glad you're kickin' my ass constantly, Edite :D Glad you dig, and thanks for the crits!

JoeEffect: Thanks man!

hurricane: HAHAHHAH!!!! Didn't even think of that before you said it... and now, the more I look at it, the more you're right!! HAHAHA
Very good crits, as always!! Thanks, bro!

rodrigo: Glad you like man! And thanks for the little crit there... I was aware, but I got lazy and didn't fix it... :P


Not a very big update, I know... but I just got a new brand of sketchbook... so I had to test the paper :D

d-C

[hurricane]

hell yea!!

DO MORE STUDIES!

now we're talking !
great!

cheers

[maxetormer]

WOW, I really like this one
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=84699&stc=1&d=1170074547
your pencils are more solid this days, good job on that,
keep working on your dynamics, god knows they are hard,
(Im still figuring em out) just keep hammering at those
gestures drawings!!

[Badger]

These are really nice man, your pencils are getting a lot subtler, a lot more character is in them, i'd save your darkest darks a bit more, use them sparingly.
-B-

[designboot]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=84699&stc=1&d=1170074547

this looks very nice ;)
inspiration from hurricane ? ;)

[Olof]

Hey mate

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=77898&stc=1&d=1168915843
That's wicked. Really nice, kinda wes-inspired? Love it :D
Keep working man. Try to think about weight in your characters, and try to join their limbs together with a little "swingy" lines. They seem a bit stiff atm.

.peace

[frostsnake]

love thr horse and that goat!!
very nice impovement indeed!

[Mindflaw]

Yo

The kid to the left of the text mullholland drive is the one I think look most like a kid of the kids you've been drawing.:yayca:

[dCepT]

hurricane: Glad you like, bro! And; SIR, YES SIR!!! *snaps to attention* Gonna be cool to hook up and sketch some!!

maxetormer: Gracias, hermano! Glad you like! I'll keep on keepin' on ;)

Badger: Good point... my valuerange needs more work... hehe... I'll keep it in mind!

designboot: Might be... hehe... I think it came out after hurri started with all his speed demons... so yeah...

MorteM: Yeah,,, it turned out like that... I'm gonna do an oilpainting along those lines... only I have to try and stay away from the burt-isms... hehe... don't wanna be a ripoff :D

frostsnake: Thanks man!

Mindflaw: Long time! Yeah... I was happy with that kid too... Thanks for dropping in every now and then!

Some papers:

[4rt-r41d]

sweet stuff man, bring moer pencils! :P

[hurricane]

great update buddy!
Do more studies because i can totally see that you pour the new found knowledge into your imaginative work.
Love the designs, even if they are a bit "young" in your mind, you need to make em grow more in the sense of developing them further, add more function and "subdivisions".

damn tasty stuff though, keep at it!

[buzzz3d]

Wow, you've been busy!
Nice improvement overall, but like Hurricane said: Keep doing those studies.
They really pay off for you.

[4rt-r41d]

thats dope!
the master have done it again!

[dCepT]

hurricane: thanks bro! Sucks ass I couldn't make it over this time.... oh well... next time!

buzzz: Dude! thanks! And yeah... I'll keep doing studies :) I can feel the difference myself also... good motivation!

waka: thanks and thanks :)

WIP digi... just to keep it alive...

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[dCepT]

Small update on the WIP from last post... just touching a bit on some anatomical stuff... gonna finish it up before next post :)

The character was made for an art test for N i v a l online... Didn't get the position, but I learnt a lot doing this one, and I like the outcome... at least I got a portfolio piece out of it..hehe

d-C

[Olof]

Sweet update, clean concept!
Too bad about the position, though there seems to be some problems with the job/company.
Even though you seem to try to exaggerate their moods, I'd like some more differences when your making characters (humans). Try some caricature drawing perhaps?

Keep posting mate!

.hugs

[TheGnoll]

i think taht kobolt concepts looks really great.Love the colors, and the design that reminds me of a molerat or some strange hairless rat.Tha Shiled looks a bit like its suspended in the air, and of course i could all be much tighter, but imho it makes a very good portfolio piece.

You're improving quickly, keep pushing!

ciao

[hurricane]

as i told you over msn, damn good art test.
love it, great brushwork!
step up for you for sure!
cheers bro!

[Carnifex]

nice piece there,definately shows improvement.
reminds me slightly of warhammer,which i really like. good one!

[Sorknes]

Someone's been busy, I see. ;)

Lots of improvement too! Really like the kobolt and the drawing before that :)

[Shin-Akuma]

Man... That kobold..
When I buy Collector's Editions of Computer games, and then open them art books, that's kind of stuff I'm looking for! Great stuff! :D

And that woman with, hm.. stuff on her head is also a good one!
Keep up the good work!

[fooxoo]

The art test is awesome!!!! Good job fredrik!!!
The lady is looking much sweeter now!! very good job on the hands!!

Keep working!
Cheers :teeth:

[JoeEffect]

d-cept,glad to c.u again man!awesome your 1197 post.

[dCepT]

MorteM: Thanks for the tip! Gonna have to do something about the expressions... Glad you like it! Some people got jobs from the company, though... so I think everything was in the OK...

TheGnoll: Thanks man! The woman is WIP... so it's gonna change a bit more before I'm done... hehe... inculding some tightening! Thanks for the crit!

Hurricane: Thanks bro! Warmed my heart what you told me over msn when you saw it!

Carnifex: Thanks for the props man! Appreciated!!

Sorknes: Damn! Been a while, huh? But then I stopped by your SB, and I can understand a lot has been happening in your life lately! (Congratulations again! :) ) Glad you like my stuff!

Shin-Akuma: Hehe... glad you like man!! Haven't been talking to you for a while, now... been on a bit of a hiatus... how's the samurai coming along? You should drag your brother and his girl outta hiding and we could check out a movie the whole gang sometime!

fooxoo: Thanks Edite!! Really appreciate it! You're moving at an incredible speed now! I'm gonna have to draw more, so I don't fall behind ;)

JoeEffect: Thanks man! Glad you like!

Some sketches and some touchups on a couple of digis one new... gonna fiddle some more with 'em though... and an anatomystudy.... sorry about the hooks-for-arms.... hehe...

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[Carnifex]

the trad.page with the little flying dragon shows improvement in form i think,aswell as that last digi doodle (kickass!). don't forget to train your proportions and (most of all) poses!(bit rigid) :)

[Jasper_]

Hey man, that rat guy in post 1198 looks really cool. I like how you showed the other ideas you had for him as well. The last few creatures you penciled are lookin awesome, as well as those few digital paintings. Really great stuff!

[dCepT]

Carnifex: Thanks for the crit, Carni! Here are some dynamic poses for ya :)

Pyroclasm00: Thanks man! Glad you like!

Did a few very quick studies of some dynamic poses... from ref. of yours truly actin' a fool last summer :)

d-C

[TheGnoll]

very nice stuff in the latest updates man, i especcialy liked the 4 eyed horned-goat man, very effective technique.Keep pushing man, loads of improvement in here...hard work always pays off ;)

keep sharing!

ciao

[Theo]

that dude with the freaky arms gives me the creeples.
keep drawing man. more more more! im keeping an eye on you.

[OBX]

o man, i love u stuff. that ram head is sick, and the one right underneath. awsomeness. thankyou.

[hurricane]

great updates bro!!
cheers !

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Some really nice digis mate, especially liked the goat(despite the normal eyes, those wierd slit eyes would have made it much creeipier!), and the one of the hook armed man from the back turned out great. Really nice stuff. :)

[dCepT]

TheGnoll: Thanks man! Glad you like!

Theo: Appreciate it! Always cool to know people are in here... you got an SB?

OBX: Thanks for dropping by man! Glad you're diggin' it :)

Hurricane: Appreciate it bro!

Sirio_Brozzi: Thanks! Yeah... I was considering slit eyes... but I ended up with those... hehe... glad you like my stuff!

Just a speedy... warmup... I'll try to post more later on today...

d-C

[4rt-r41d]

cool image man, but you need to get back into teh teeth and the ear., other then that, cool!
good work :D

[Slash]

Thats what i'm talking about! Nice job on the art test! Your swirly lady is coming along nicely too, you got some nice contrast going on there! But i still think the shoulders are too manly, and there's something odd about the hips. I think the hips should start further up or something.. As for this latest one, even if its just a speedy, you should think about how the skull would sit under the skin and muscles, think about how the teeth sits in the jaw.

[hurricane]

haha, great one !

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Dig that last piece, dont know what look you were going for but it reminds me of those beat em up dudes from early nineties arcade brawlers. :I Dig the detailing on the top of his head.

[Badger]

Good stuff man, your values are really getting solid. I like those motion studies, i should do more of them. Hope you are well d, more colooooouuuurrrr!!
-B-

[dCepT]

wakazou: Thanks for the crit... yeah... I know I kinda left 'em hanging... really lazy... seeing as how there's so much detail there... oh well... :)

Slash: Can always count on you critting when you're in here :) Good stuff! The swirly lady is turning into a long term project.. hehe... I'll definately keep your crits in mind! How's the comic coming along?

Hurricane: hehe... brainfart... too much ganxta hiphop :P hahaha

Sirio_Brozzi: Honestly don't know what I was going for... heh... kinda exaggerated something something... glad you got that association! Cool to see what kinda stuff people connect with!

Badger: Thanks for dropping by! Glad you like my stuff! More color below :)

Right... I've gotten a freelance gig that's taking up a lot of my time these days... I'll show some stuff when I can from that! So hence the lack of updates... here's a couple of digis I've squeezed in though... the whale-thing is a COW that I saw the topic for... didn't submit though...heh

... and I'll get around to scanning some pages real soon! Promise :) Thanks for the support and crits!!

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[Slash]

Hehe, thats one wonderfully phallic whale! ;) I think it could be more elegant if you gave him a longer body, right now there head to body ratio is a little uneven. Nice dynamic self portraits too, i wish i could do that! You have good control over simplified shapes/light direction/form there.

[hurricane]

Nice update bro!

You should start thinking about edges and how to controll them.
i did a quick rape-paintover of the latest pic to show you what i mean.
http://www.bjornhurri.com/sb/07/March/Dcept_paintover.jpg
when you're using a hardbrush only you can go over it with additional 5 minutes and soften transitions and edges where the "focus" can be toned down.

cheers buddy i hope it helps :P

[maxetormer]

I love this one
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=103090&d=1173058139
your progression just made my nite, THANKS!
Oh and sweet design, dude your have grown so much!!
http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=98090&stc=1&d=1172255033

[Carnifex]

nice update,and thanks for stopping by.
good design on the lava swimmer,maybe throw in a few more of those reds at the tail or something to pull it all together more. bit more contrast maybe aswell.
concur with hurri on those digi doodles,now's the time for edge control (look who's talking?:P). but the depth of the original is definately there,so keep it up! :)

[fooxoo]

SWEET! good pose studies! and sweet cols on the creature! and hurri has a point on them edges, i m trying to grasp that too :D:D, cheers dude!

[rodrigo!]

yeh cool stuff man! nice energy and looseness in the digis! id also like to add with the limbs to think of harder edged forms around the boney ends, and fleshier, rounded forms over the shafts of the bone

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Nice updates D-cept. Dig the concept of the dragon whale and those quick studies, nice and dynamic dude ..I cant really say anything or else id be repeating what has been said. Keep it up dude, seeya on the next update. :)

[designboot]

hi man! i see a lot of nice stuff - keep going!

[4rt-r41d]

Hurri made som good points,
other then that , great stuff!

[mentler]

Great to see what you have been doing.

Bumping you up before I update.

Drop by SoFA sometime >>

Thanks for feeding the Monkey at "Hanging Flesh"

[Sorknes]

Thanks again! :D

And your rendering has really gotten up just a notch, but like a few hundred.... heh. Your progress is just great, keep going.

Now show me some clean lines! *grins*

[this1]

hey man, good lookin digi's, like the crazy gangsta guy, and the dynamic are pretty well done, they look cool as hell. the posts farther up are really creative and have a really cool feel... keep em coming

[dCepT]

Slash: Thanks, man! Update on the whale below :)

Hurricane: Great advice, bro! Gonna do more studies and stuff and think about edge control fo' sho'!

Maxetormer: Wow! Thanks! Think your comment just made my night! :D

Carnifex: Thanks for the push and comments!

Fooxoo: Thanks, Edite! Yeah... I'm gonna have to do some studies to get my edges and focus down!

rodrigo: Yup! Totally see what you're talking about! I'll keep it in mind! Thanks for the crit!

Sirio_Brozzi: Thanks for swinging by man!

designboot: Thanks a bunch!

4rt-r41d: thanks, waka! How come you changed the name?

mentler: Shall do, sir! I'll drop by SoFA sometime soon! Thanks for the bump :)

Sorknes: I'll try... hehe... I'm gonna scan some pencils soon as well... got a bunch just lying about. Thanks!

this1: Thanks man! Keep the graff rollin'!

Wow... lotsa replies! Thank you all for the support! I'm terribly sorry that I've been away for so long, but I've started working full time painting now... I'm hella stoked and I'm working on a very cool project... having a blast to say the least :D Unfortunately I can't show any of the work I've been doing on that yet.... and I guess I've had to adjust to working full time with painting and getting in studies and personal work as well... getting there though... I've got a small shitload of sketches lying around that I haven't scanned yet, and I'll get to that soon... but I'm moving out of my apartment these days as well, so my scanner is temporarily unavaliable. Below is some digis I've been doing, some updates on stuff I've posted before, some speedies and experiment... I haven't dug up everything I've done of personal stuff since last time yet, so I'll put that on here as soon as I sort through my HD's!

I'll try to be a better CA'er and update more frequently! Missed you guys!

d-C

[Mindflaw]

I've started working full time painting now
great news :D

my favs in this batch

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=140904&stc=1&d=1179607187

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=140907&stc=1&d=1179607198

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=140918&stc=1&d=1179607404

keep up updating too now M'kay :)

[fooxoo]

Great update and finally!!!! :D:D:D
hehehe

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=140918&stc=1&d=1179607404 - love this!!! I d prolly maybe push the values so it s full value range, you re missing the very dark and the very light. But sweet!

Now you should update with some pencil stuff and so :D

Sweet stuff!

Keep going!

[dCepT]

Mindflaw: Thanks :) Yeah... that portrait seems to be most liked of the bunch... hehe

fooxoo: Thank you ever so much! Always glad to see you in here! I can totally see the crit... Gonna try and push my values more!

Yeah... some papers... random scans... I've got more stuff lying around, but I'm lazy with the scanning... sorry guys :P Portrait is of a Norwegian hiphop artist... STL.. I'm involved in making her first music video these days :) Lotta fun! And some superquickes I did today... not much.. I'll try to get some more finished stuff up real soon!

Thanks for looking!

Oh... I had some problems with my scanner.... hence the burnt out parts on the sketchpages... sorry about that :/

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[Slash]

YO! you got some tasty looking portraits there. but when i tried to lick them they tasted like monitor. But seriously, good work on the digital portraits. i like them.

Now.. where was i. Potatoes? no. thats not right. OH poppycock, i forgot!

Cheerio miss sophie!

[dCepT]

Slash: thanks man... haha... nothing beats drunk replies :D

Right... I kinda started painting instead of going to bed... just a little color on one of the sketches from the previous post.

G'night ya'll!

d-C

[hurricane]

all of em are great bro!

cheers!

[Jorge Gecov]

Wow! Great stuff man.
Love the sinister bugs, the stuff from the previous page is killer!
Keep posting,


Sketchbook:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=80575

[Mindflaw]

Hey looking good :confident

If you decide to work some more on the Mushroom_sporeflower.jpg I would suggest that you put in the dude again for size. In the colourized version without the dude the plants size feels small like an ordinary mushroom.

Hope you get back to updating more often.

[dCepT]

hurricane: Thanks bro!

Jorge Gecov: Thanks for dropping by man! Appreciate the kind words!

Mindflaw: Yeah... totally realized that when you pointed it out... I'll re-insert him.. hehe

Just a little dump... workstuff. I'll post more of these as soon as I have permission. Copyright Desimal Foto og Grafisk AS

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Thanks for looking!

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[fooxoo]

Ohhh nice updates, fredrik, hehe i ve been neglecting replying in SBs for a bit, should pic it up again! :D

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=166773 - cool outfit :D

good stuff fredrik, and keep posting MORE!

cheers!

[Lake]

YO Dception - it's been a while since I stopped by -

your new digitals have a life to them that your old ones definitely did not - they're tighter and have more character.

I'd advise you to begin with gestures, or to watch the ones that you're already starting with. your finished figures seem somewhat disjointed, like you drew each body part separately.

[HunterKiller_]

Oh wow. I'm new to your SB. Just skipped from page one to here, and the improvement is phenomenal! Excellent work.

[max1975]

Good stuff all around lately, but the digital portraits are really exceptional. Especially Veronica and whoever this is: http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=150719&stc=1&d=1181343517

Also really like this whale thing: http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=140909&stc=1&d=1179607207

[hp]

the only crit i got is your chars seem short, and therefore almost in their pre-teens in your latest stuff. i think extending their legs or something would make them look more imposing or grand.

[Camara]

Nice SB!The whale creature is awesome!I love it!Do you color your pieces with a "color" layer over the grey scale?Because all seem a little grey....
Keep posting!!

[Guilemo]

After three years and 42 pages, you have improved A LOT! You have some really like concepts and studies. Its impossible to find a favorite as they are all great.

Litt engelsk og litt norsk :)
Rett og slett nydelige tegninger du har her! Du har tydligvis en ypperlig sans for lys og skygge!

fortsett slik :)

Best
Henning

[dCepT]

fooxoo: Thanks a heap Edite! Been a few days since I spoke to you now! Hope everythings cool in the UK! Say hi to Björn! And update!! (look who's talking, huh?)

panda: Thanks! Glad you think there is improvement! Appreciate the advice as well!

HunterKiller_: Appreciate it, man! Glad you like!

max1975: Thanks! Yeah... good looking girls for sure :) The one you were wondering about is a hiphop artist I work a bit with in Norway... The name is Stella Mwangi aka STL... You'll find her on myspace.com/stlmuzik I think the URL was, if you wanna listen to what she's done as well :)

hp: Good advice for sure! I'll be sure to remember that! Thanks!

Camara: Guess you got me there :) Sometimes I do that, sometimes I go directly into color... hehe.. I'll be sure to keep an eye on the greyness..hehe

Guilemo: Cool that you found me in the insane amount of SB's on here now! :) Glad du liker sakene, som jeg skrev i SB'en din... alltid fett å få positive kommentarer!

Right... a few pages of sketches and a couple of speedy digis... sorry I don't have more to show for after such a long time... I'll scan some more pages and dig up more digis to post... and I'll try not to let it be such a long time between posts! I always poke my head in on CA, so thank you all for the comments! Nice to know someone sees some of this stuff... hehe..

[dCepT]

Right... I forgot one... collaboration by Slash, Al-x and me from a little gathering we had in norway :) Hope ya dig! We had a ton of fun doing it... hehe

[fooxoo]

Great update!!! And lots! :D Lots of variety which is great! Still a little bit weird pencil shading, dude, i think you should try shading following the form, that would make it all better imho.

Great stuff and keep posting!!!

Cheers!