nacho's sketchiethread [updated december 12th]

[nacho]

ok, i promised robulus to start a thread, so here it is..
i'll scan new stuff soon, this is a bit older but still not too old.
bleh, nuff said, here's the first dump.



guys on the subway:
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/trainbums.JPG

a soldier..
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/soldat2.JPG

charcoal sketch
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/dump3.JPG

scribbling in class (back when i was in school.. good times.)
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/dump1.JPG

uhm.. pirates? everyone loves pirates.
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/s-03.JPG

oc doodle
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/grindoodle.JPG

selfportrait
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/s-05.JPG

speedpainting.. guy montag from fahrenheit451 (or what i think he looks like)
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/guymontag1.JPG

a sketch that never made it to a finished picture..
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/hunted2.JPG


that's it for now, i know i draw way too many portraits and not enough anatomy stuff. i'm working on it.
thanks for looking, critics and comments are always welcome!

[rollb82]

Fantastic work. that is all i have to say. Robulus was right. keep posting.

[mentler]

Welcome to the dailies my friend ~ your work is very good ~ it has an mood and feeling that is very unique ~ I like it a lot ~ keep posting and I will drop by an check on U from time to time.

Drop by and say hi!!!!!

[Elastic]

really nice expressions you have here. believable Personalities. great.

Naja

www.surface4.com

[liam.c]

yha i really like it also mate dont have any thing to crit wantto see more

[NoUseFrAName]

sweet.
Update often please!

-Rob

[dakoscwash]

Holy shit, your work is awesome man. And your name is nacho, 1 up. Keep up the good work man look forward to seeing more.

[nacho]

thanks a lot guys, i'll update more often soon. tomorrow my girlfriend is leaving to the UK for one year, so while sitting in my room crying i'll have plenty of time for drawing.. :[

in the meantime, here's a quick sketch i did for the batman thread on eatpoo..

http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/NANANANABATMANNNN.JPG

[lowpolymatt]

Nice work! Your sketching looks really loose and fluidic..

[Master-Mod]

ohh yeah you are great you'r sketches has something special
more ... :D

[roger]

nice! I like your portraits very much.

[nacho]

thanks for the comments!

here's another quick sketch of some old bum i want to put in a finished picture.

http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/oldbum.JPG

[dakoscwash]

Wow, something about the batman sketch is amazing, it's so simple, yet conveys so much. I love it, saved.

[Robolus]

Wow Nacho, I´m really glad you made it!
Really great sketches and style!
The lightsituation of the last pic is awesome.

POST MORE!!! <3

[flex mathews]

awesome work, i love your looseness. keep posting.

[mentler]

Really nice drama in the lighting and tasteful use of highlights!

[nacho]

i don't draw as much as i wanted to..
here's one i did today. not much to show lately.
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/trooper.JPG

[JadeDragon]

Nacho,

Excellent sketchbook, man. I really dig your style, especially the painted stuff. That speared hound killed me. I would love to see more stuff along those lines, although your portraits are just as fun to drool over. :)

Keep posting more stuff, amigo!

CIao!~~~JadeDragon

[nacho]

thanks for the comments!
especially thanks to rob; meeting you at the workshop really inspired me and influenced my drawing..

for a weekly activity for a german forum. some kind of jedi.
kinda in the same style as the spear-perforated hound beast..

http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/hugmyjedi.JPG

[flex mathews]

very nice work... we should oc sometime.

[Bojee]

Me likes very much. :)

[I.was.ink]

Great job on that BATMAN!:D

[nacho]

long time no update... so here's a selfportrait i did last night after coming home from suxx0r hardcore work.

http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/spaetdienst.JPG

[rodrigo!]

wow man awesome work, ( i say that way too often on these boards) but anyway, i love the looseness of your lines like mentler said they have a mood of their own i hope you can keep sharing

[Bojee]

I hope you post more often, this is really nice work.

[Yoell]

great shadows and shading.

would love to see the trooper in the desert fleshed out more.

look forward to more.

Drew

[nacho]

daymn, i feel like i forgot everything about drawing and painting..so right now i'm kinda.. relearning it, getting back into a daily routine. :\

here's a pirate gurrl wip (which is really crappy right now, so i'd appreciate any suggestions on how to continue):
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/wip/piratechick.JPG

and a warmup quicky that was much more fun than the pirate chick.
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/schkribl1.JPG

[auden100]

This stuff is sweet, man. Get your ass rolling a start updating it more often. That would make me smile. You want me to smile, don't you?

[Sanby]

Sweet stuff. That SP is great. Keep posting, I love your sketches.

Sanby

[Form]

your work is fantastic mate!!

i want to see more - lots more, and something finished too.

There is definate sponteneity in your strokes and i want to see if and how that translates into your polished stuff. What has been your learning process? Did you attend any sort of art school? Your work is very fresh and unique, i wouldnt be surprised if you were a very dedicated self taught student, but i could be wrong.

Care to share?

[Steven]

everytime i see one more piece from you, you make me a bit mor jealous. I love your loose approach and the confindence in your strokes. Not to say that I always keep asking myself how you achieve those colors. But you really could post more often :)

[nacho]

auden100: i'll try to make you smile more often, but i can't promise right now, work and girl are eating my time.

Sanby: thanks mate.

Form: thanks a lot.. i'm self taught. my learning process... uhm.. i saw jonathan wayshack's work about three years ago and i wanted to make art, too. later on i discovered online forums (EP,CA,sijun and a german artforum called digitaldecoy) and i went from copying wayshacks stuff to copying all kinds of anime stuff. it all sucked. i dunno what happened next, but i somehow started collecting drawings and paintings from the internet.. i have a huge database full of the coolest stuff on the net and i guess i learned most of the things i know today from looking at other artists stuff and reading everything i could find on the net. the database is still growing by the way, about 15000 images and i'm adding new stuff everyday. call it a hobby or something.
also i met alot of cool people on the net (and some in real life) from whom i learned alot.
i'm not very dedicated by the way. right now i draw like.. once a week. :(

Steven: thanks pal, i dunno where these colors come from, they just kinda happen. i'll try to update more often. if you guys keep telling me to get my lazy ass moving.. i might just draw more.

here's a superquick oc doodle from tonight, waiting for my favourite show on tv.. (tho it got cancelled tonight because it's some stupid day called "nikolaus" here in germany and they're doing the special-program-crappy-boring-movies-instead-of-your-favourite-show thing on tv. bastards.)
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/omgbutterfly.JPG

[Abra]

Some Good stuff you have here, and a nice style as well. Keep it up!

-Abra

[flex mathews]

sweet stuff, nacho. five stars from me. i still have to oc with you sometime. i guess i ll have to get icq to find you. keep posting dude.

[chyo]

wow~ I like ur pencil sketches a lot. keep on drawing ;)


cheers,
chyo

[adraude]

Get you lazy ass moving then!!! :upset: >:D

Nacho,
I've always admired your stuff, sad to hear, your working or rather having fun only once a week, right now. Come on, do more, more, more! Your shit is :eyecandy: !!

[dusty imp]

Some wonderfull stuff in here.
Very good sence of light and form, something i envy a great deal.
Kudos, keep up the good work.

[obid619]

hey man, cool stuff. I like the looseness of your pieces. The thing is, though, some of the pics appear to be 'too loose'. maybe just be more cohesive : / good stuff, n keep it up.

[flaptraps]

awesome faces man, hope to see more

[Ra Havok]

Very promising beginning of your sketchbook thread, Nacho!

Your self-portrait is one of the coolest self-portraits I've seen in a while. Your faces in general are excellent.

We need more!!

[vikrant]

hi nacho,
i like your self portrait,man.your application is too good.can you tell me about the process how you do that,like ....are you did this by hand or with helping of some any other software.
keep posting.i'll send you work of mine.

[nacho]

thanks for the comments guys, i'm gonna answer later. bedtime now. 5:10 in the morning, gotta go to work soon.

here's a pic i found on my hd tonight, can't remember painting it.. but whatever. i dont like it at all, but i guess it's actually not too bad.
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/purecrap/waiterbot.JPG

and since i can't sleep, I'm scribbling the night away..
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/purecrap/latenightpoopin.JPG

and here's a christmas present for an art activity at another forum, where you get a member's name and you got to draw/paint/whatever him/her a xmas gift. i hope the guy doesn't read these forums... since he's supposed to get it at christmas eve.
this is as finished as my paintings ever get.. the hand/present is fucked, but i don't care. i'm tired.
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/merry_WARGHnessweb.JPG

[AndreasM]

Lot's of good stuff here! I'm really diggi'n your lines, and the cristmas card really has some nice lightning and colours. Keep it up, bud :)

[RobHughes]

You are getting better.

Avoid the flat primaries in the background. "Broken" colours will serve you better to bring your images forward. The batman pic is particullaly offensive to my eye.

Your line work is exceptionaly good. You have grasped the weight of gray. And this makes the best of your work balance in a most pleasing way.

Rob

[nacho]

thanks guys!

rob, yeah i'm a lazy bitch and too afraid of real backgrounds.. gonna change that soon.

here are some ink doodles from my inkdoodles book. i did these at work in my lunchbreak. i find it really relaxing to draw at work.
these are the people i work with btw..:
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/fotos/homies/homies2.JPG
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/fotos/homies/homies3.JPG
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/fotos/homies/homies4.JPG
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/fotos/homies/homies5.JPG

they're cool guys..


http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/bling.JPG

http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/sketchies/inks.JPG

[cateaic]

Im really into the fresh line work on this thread. The self-portrait is very well done...again,nice loose lines but solid knowledge of lighting=awesome! Hope to see more color work from you...keep it goin!!

[nacho]

thanks cateaic!

i forgot one.. acrylic painting i did tonight, this is wip but the finished product doesnt look much different:
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/wip/xmaspresntWIP.JPG

[imglue]

hahahha!!!

awesome stuff there nacho, you got some painting knack there. i really like that selfportrait. very nice! do u work at some sort of nursing home?

hahah
anyways, i hope to see more you ya. drop me a line so we can OC togetha!!

hahah

[steak-tron]

Beautiful work dude, you got the shining :)

[Xpose]

Holy Crap your good!

[young paddy1]

Love your style especially the bold pieces, with limited palettes. :)

[dorian]

these are the people i work with btw..:
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/fotos/homies/homies2.JPG
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/fotos/homies/homies3.JPG
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/fotos/homies/homies4.JPG
http://home.arcor.de/nachostuff/fotos/homies/homies5.JPG

they're cool guys..

:D

love your spaetschicht.jpg selfportrait.
.

[REAU]

nice sketches and i love that batman :)

[geki]

impressive works u got there
can't wait to see more

btw do u have a website or something like ?

[flaptraps]

awesome faces man, keep it going

[dadamafia]

really good stuff man, keep pullin them out.

[Ilja Murometz]

Kickass stuff man. Amazing Digital Painings, especially the SPs.

[nacho]

uhm yeah, one of my rare updates..

geki, thanks mate.. nachodoodles.com (http://www.nachodoodles.com/) is my websiteish kinda thingie. it's updated more often than this thread.

imglue, i dunno what a nursing home is.. is it a palce where really old peolpe go to live their last few years? then yes. thanks.

paintchat doodle
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/noodie.JPG

quickie blacknwhite
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/chop.JPG

nother one
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/donidioti.JPG

and some bird.
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/squeek_the_bird.JPG

overpaint for a buddy. nothing left of his image, so i might as well post it.
http://nachodoodles.com/hasesteufel.JPG

i have no idea why everyone in my paintings is facing to the left.

[O D T]

nice style, nacho! but lets see some women!!

[nicolas]

nice style, nacho! but lets see some women!!

I second that! :}

NIC

[nacho]

haha, thanks!
them wimmenz is still top secret because... i can't draw cute girls and i'm very ashamed of my transvestite-like chicks. i guess i gotta get my girl to pose for me.

btw NIC, gib alex einen feuchten schmatzer von mir. und dann brüll I TANK U OVER! danke.

[van]

Some really cool stuff in here.I really like the way you lay down color.

[nacho]

BEWARE!
it's tha pimpchimp
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/pimpchimp.JPG

and some fool
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/fool.JPG

both paintchat.

[nacho]

uhm.. yeah, so here's an update.

sketches for a weekly activity over at digital decoy forums (http://forum.digitaldecoy.de/). "fairytales".
i chose "rotkäppchen" ("little red riding hood" in english..?)
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/wolf.JPG
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/redridinhizzay.JPG

and a sketch for last week's activity. "druids".
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/druide.JPG

some paintchat stuff..
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/ilikemyscarf.JPG
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/lethalnoise.JPG
i did the angry magician apprentice on the left and (the incredible) igino did the two guys on the right.
snotty apprentice: "but i can do the lvl 4 fireball!"
master: "your time will come, young padawan.. be patient."
random guy on extacy: "I WANNA KISS EVERYBODY WHEEE!"
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/igino+nacho.JPG

http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/grr.JPG
pencil sketch of some guy named paul at a seminar..
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/a1.JPG

http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/asadstory.JPG

it's teh chibi combine from hl2..
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/chibicombine.JPG

[Robolus]

I always enjoy your paintchat stuff, and your doodles, and your sketches, ähm..., everythink! Grüßle, Robby

[IanE]

Howdy!

Looked through all of your sketches, noticed you were kind of scbribbly at first, but you got past that! On October 25th, you had an awesome piece, the SP! Really liked that. Really solid updates recently so keep updating and drawing, man!

Ian

[P E N Ricklund]

This is some sweat stuff.
love to see more!

[nacho]

s'been a while...

so here's a selfportrait i just finished.
my first sp in colors.. i think.
http://nachodoodles.com/images/finished/me_myself_and_i.JPG

[Robolus]

Man, great SP, but..., you are not so good looking! :tihi:

[Eyal]

cool self!
There is something very relaxing in the stuff you posted here. Kinda unpretencious.. i dont know. I like it :)

[nacho]

haha, rob i've had several surgeries since we last met! i just wanna be as sexy as you are..
i still show your sketch to everyone and their dog telling them: "look, that's from the guy who also draws knax!"
thanks..

eyal, glad you like it.. dunno what you mean by "unpretentious" since i don't know what it would look like, was it pretentious. thanks mate.

[brkofdon]

cool style! great use of looseness... love it.. thats all

[nacho]

reporting in for operation update :yayca:.

for a weekly activity at another forum "the last thing he saw was.."
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/thelastthinghesaw.JPG

testing my brand new intuos3..
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/mountaincalledmonkey.JPG

http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/nr1.JPG

http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/spaceboy_wtf.JPG

http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/general_krwutz.JPG

finished the doggie speedpainting i did a few months ago..
http://nachodoodles.com/images/wip/dog.JPG

oc doodle..
http://nachodoodles.com/images/wip/kriegergraaa.JPG
the wpe for that one.. (http://nachodoodles.com/krieger.wpe)

my guildwars character..
http://nachodoodles.com/images/guildwars/my_necro.JPG

huzzah!

[Ilja]

OH MY GOD.... man , you made some HUUUGEEE improvement since I last visited your thread. I love your style, unbelievably good Digital Paintings. I especially like the piano. and the "zweitletztes" :^^;: pic is fantastic. I didnt know its possible to do such great paintings with OpenCanvas.
Honestly, im so jealous >:| *goes away for drawing*

[dorian]

whaa love the last one and I'm happy you finished the dog piece, dig it!

[flaptraps]

cool stuff man! keep it coming.

[Xaya]

Oh i see i have to sweat some more time with my pencil.
Wonderful stuff, superb skill about creating volume (and lighting).

Well, just really nice to look at!

More, please!

-xaya

[maxetormer]

I needed the inspiration, and iv found it
Thanks :^^:

[flex mathews]

me likes, me likes em alot. great updates, dude. we need to oc sometime.

[cotron]

sweet thread! your lighting and color sense are great

[Skureal]

Sehr schoene Sachen nacho!

Du hast einen sehr netten Stil drauf. In jedem Bild kann man die Leidenschaft sehen die man einfach mitbringen muss und C-stuff zu kreieren. Nur weiter so und "keep oben the fetten works".

[nacho]

Ilja , thanks mate.. i hoped someone would notice my improvements, i have spend quite som time thinking about my art and the way i try to get better... i'm glad it shows.

dorian, yeh i found the dog on my hd and thought "wtf, you can do that better..". i do that from time to time, with older pieces. it's great fun and you learn stuff.

flaptraps will do, thanks.

xaya, thanks. speaking of pencils, i neglected mine for quite some time and did a lot of digital stuff... time to get back to the basics.

maxetormer, glad to inspire!

flex, i think you already asked for oc action on the last page.. problem is that i dont hang out in many irc channels and when i do, noone's there because i'm on the other side of the damn planet and everyone's sleeping when i'm all oc-horny.

cotron thaynks!

skureal ich bring leider nicht oft genug leidenschaft mit, muss mich oft selbst dazu peitschen was zu malen. aber wenn der ball erstmal rollt.... mag ich nichtmehr aufhören.


alright, here's a very personal piece that i did today. i met this girl in a very vivid drug-induced hallucination one and a half years ago..
my friends say i was gone for about a minute and stopped breathing during that time.
it felt like years. i met her just outside the village in the middle of a desert (where i had lived my entire life... or that's what i believed at that time), she was on her way to get water from the well (she told me that). she reminded me of someone in real life and that's why i found my way back into the real world. hard to explain..
well anyways i ended up in hospital where i danced naked on top of my bed, screaming "i am god!".
it was awesome.
i think of her a lot and i'll paint her again someday, when i have the skills to do it accurately.
i haven't done any drugs since, AND YOU SHOULDN'T EITHER! drugs are bad hmkay? (i just had to say that.)

http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/wasserm%e4dchen.JPG

[Sinix]

Really great thread you got going. Love your color/value choices. Awesome sketches too.

[nacho]

thanks sinix..

here's my warmup doodle for today, gotta get to work on my portofolio.
greyscale in oc, colors in painter7..

here's the wpe. (http://nachodoodles.com/nocheinkrieger.wpe)

http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/anotherwarrior.JPG

[nacho]

portrait (bit of a selfportrait, too) i'm working on right now.
acrylics on thick cardboard (amazon box ;))..

progress shots can be found here. (http://nachodoodles.com/images/stepbystep/)

http://nachodoodles.com/images/stepbystep/05.JPG

[arghmisfit]

awesoooooooome! RADICAL! gnarlyy!!

i like your colors on this last one. June 7th post is top notch. cant crit on much, your way ahead of me

-argh

[Art_Addict]

Cool thread. Nothing to crit...............................for now ;)

[nacho]

thanks guys, gimme the crit bomb if you see something that bothers you. i need it.

this is what i am working on today.. mirror for ref on the body.. will probably take two hours or so till i'm done.

http://nachodoodles.com/images/wip/angl0r3.JPG

and the acrylic portrait is almost done. just discovered some things i want to fix.. that happens alot to me. after a few days, i see stuff i couldn't see before. so i'll put some finishing touches on and it's done.

http://nachodoodles.com/images/stepbystep/09.JPG

omg on tuesday is the test that will determine if i can start studying illustration.. i'm so fucking excited..

[Robolus]

Great updates my friend! Love your SP. Maybe use a little bit more contrast in the hair and cast shadows. Looking forward to see you in F-furt.


... and good luck for Tuesday!

[adraude]

Jonas, I am f*cking excited aswell. It would be great studying with you, here in Kassel.

Nice update, man, kicking much more ass than the first posts!! Good! >:D

[AndreasM]

Hey, that mirror sp looks very good! I have tried to do those myself, mostly torso and arm studies, though..You may have caused me to start some more extensive ones - wich is a good thing hehe. Could you share some info on the practical parts? Like how long you spent, how you maintaned the lightning and such? It would be pretty helpful:)
Oh, and about the space boy image...did you channel some Jon Foster there? ;)

[Sems]

as I sit here with a spoon smothered in cheese cake in my mouth (literally) I want to look at your thread all over again which ive already done 3 or 4 times now, its addictive, very nice ^_^ post more!...please :bashful:

[dadamafia]

really diggin the happenings in here.

[nacho]

TOASTERBOY!
i met him in a dream, we traveled to greece. he's rad.

speedpainting:
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/toasterboy.JPG

not so speedy (and too tightened up already, i think i won't finish it.):
http://nachodoodles.com/images/wip/thetoaster2.JPG

more to come, i'm out of town for a few days, then there will be a big update.. i hope.

[mentler]

Have not checked on your soup lately <><> the pot in starting to boil over <><> very tasty!!

[Lunch]

I want a Toastergirl back home.

[dorian]

diggin the acrylic, the fish0r sp is...amazing, have to try that myself, never thought of using a mirror for full body ref! [stoopid, I know :)]
thanks for sharing the progress of the acrylic, and the story + painting of that girl. haha just can't help envisioning you dancing on that bed :^^:

[berf]

Love the colors on that self portrait. Great stuff :D

[Jens]

I really like you stuff..

you should meet up with us at the mini workshop in brussels, belgium. If you got the time. It would be great :)
you can find the info in this thread below
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=48516

[loomer]

Great work man...really diggin' your style.
I especially like the way you break up the planes of the face...you really know the structure of a head quite well.

I just wanna see more ...some compositions...give it to us!

[nacho]

I figured i haven't commented in some time..
studying arts did not work out this year but oh well.. my portofolio will be stronger next year.

n0fish, i spent quite some time on the drawing.. about six or seven hours i think. since i only have a small mirror, i did a rough sketch of the pose and did some rough shadows from imagination, then i rendered the torso, and later the legs, since my mirror is so small that i couldn't fit my whole body in the reflection.. it was quite a hassle. i did the drawing in one sitting by night and used a lamp as the lightsource, so maintaining the lightsource wasn't the problem.

sems, glad you like my thread, thanks! cheesecake is the shit.

dadamafia, thanks mate.

mentler, :madchef:
thanks man! i'm digging your anatomy studies, i check out your stuff quite often.

lunch, toastergirls are not in the works, sorry man :)

dorian, what up, still up for OC? thanks for the nice words.

berf, thanks!

jens, i didn't have the time to join you in brussels.. i just checked out the fotos from the miniworkshop, looks like you guys had a blast. maybe next time..

loomer, thanks.. i did way too many head studies in the past, neglecting everything else.. that has changed, tho i still draw portraits on a daily basis, because it's just my way of relaxing. i don't have to think much while drawing a random face, so i'll just draw a few if i can't sleep or after i wake up and don't wanna get out of bed yet. :)

broke up with my girlfriend and had to do some selfportraits to see if i look
different now. i don't.

painter7 and a mirror.
http://nachodoodles.com/images/finished/fin.JPG

got inspired by a wesley burt painting he did a while ago. had to try these crazy color variations myself and did another selfportrait.
took about five hours.. painter7 and a mirror.
http://nachodoodles.com/images/finished/selbst_10_8.JPG

more soon, gotta get my scanner to work.

[flex mathews]

ooooo... purty colors. great self portraits, dude.

[Setherial]

some amazing shit man !

[csteingart]

Fantastic stuff in here man!

That finished dog is amazing.

What's with this 4 star crap, 5 from me ;)

c

[OleOlsen]

hey nacho...that selpotrait is really great...haven't seen your thread before, but i really gad fun watching it now. keep up the nice work

[Zebz]

Another great thread to add to the list of ones I love to visit. Wonderful paints, Nacho. Keep 'em coming.

[vigostar]

I wanted to stop by and say that I hope you update and share your artwork with us more frequently..., you have some nice things here.. very skilled you are!!

[young paddy1]

you've got a lot of fantastic works in this thread, I really am diggin the your skills with lighting. <3

[dubpsychosis]

Hey! that's really good stuff you're showing here! l like your potraits, light and colors in them. you said you had to do some selfportraits to see if you look
different...well you look different...very unhappy.

i'm recently also inspired by Wesley Burt, and I hope it works for me as good as for your portrait.

[nacho]

thanks for the nice words everyone..
here's another update for whoever might be watching this thread..
life's been a bitch lately.. been busy, but i used every free minute to draw/paint. scanner doesn't work, so only digital stuff today.

sketches for fun. le batman..
http://nachodoodles.com/images/dump/batmen.JPG

experimental selfportrait. doesn't look like me i guess.
http://nachodoodles.com/images/dump/comeandspeaktomemyfriend.JPG

another one. more like me.. i guess.
http://nachodoodles.com/images/dump/decomposing.JPG

preview doodle for a friend, who wants me to paint a cover for the book he's writing..
http://nachodoodles.com/images/dump/holy_ejaculation.JPG

portrait of my brother, with blurry foto ref.
http://nachodoodles.com/images/dump/kingofbrothers.JPG

speedpainting, inspired by the french sijun ownage that took place a few weeks ago.. mucho to learn for me.
http://nachodoodles.com/images/dump/landing%20pad.JPG

some sketches.. top right girl is from life, her name is "lena", she was kind enough to pose for me. :heart:
http://nachodoodles.com/images/dump/sketchypage.JPG

i dunno. trying to make the girls scream "AWWW" i guess.
http://nachodoodles.com/images/dump/tits.JPG

FIN.
i'm moving to a new apartment right now, i'll try to get a new scanner soon, then i can finally show some new drawings. i got plenty.

[maknien]

Whoah. Really nice stuff here.
You seem to handle the OC... I checked out that warrior (without helmet) wpe and I was amazed. Also your selfportraits look very good. Plenty of different styles and everything works.

Try to get that scanner fast. I'll have to keep my eye on this thread 8)

[nicolas]

AWESOME SHIT NACHO!!!!!! dont know why they didnt take you here :nohope: idiots!!!

man, that portrait of your brother is some sweet ass painting! Hut ab!

NIC

[princeofhappiness]

waaaaaa.............
i admire your work. your shadows, your colors, totally impressive.

[Groover McNab]

Very nice color choices! :vodka2:

[Zebz]

I'm such a big fan of your paints, Nacho. I love how you use those faint greens and stuff. Just absolutely beautiful, bro. I can't wait for more. I've gotta see how you do 'em. Could you post some WIPs or step by steps? Very great stuff. 8)

[arghmisfit]

yesss!! love your colors dood <3

[Robolus]

The portrait of your brother kicks ass, ahh, and the rest also!

[Pierre]

Wow, good ish man, that you've got going here! i wonder why I havent seen your thread earlier. Well, now I have and you got me glued to this one I guess.

[Jens]

Love!

The portrait of your brother has extremely cool colors, looks similar to something I saw today.. is it possible that his face was mostly backlit?

very nice, thx for posting!

[Steven]

whoop, krasses zeug!

...


krass

[Ryu]

Incredible man...
May i ask what do you do for a living?
love your art, i'll be here often... hmmm where the fu**** subscribe button? :)

cya, peace

[Capprotti]

Wow, your stuff is getting better and better by the sketch. Keep it up man, you're making really good progress!!!

[Rebecca]

Heeee

http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/igino+nacho.JPG

I really think this one is funny..reminds me of me and my Mum :tihi: haah...excellent work, mate.

[nacho]

Yay thanks for the comments and nice words everyone! I'll just answer the guys who had questions... I'm lazy.
The mysterious scanner started working again, after half a year of sitting silently on the desk. I guess he needed the move to another part of town to finally make up his mind about not working. Bitch.

ZebzFree, Thanks mate. I'm gonna post some steps of a selfportrait soon. In the meantime, you can go and check out the Open Canvas .wpe files from my webspace.

Jens, yeah he had a huge bright backlight on the foto.. lots of subsurface scattering and weird bouncelights.

Ryu, I finished school a year ago, since then I did civil service (wiping old people's asses instead of going to the army) for 9 months. now I'm unemployed, doing some freelance work here and there.
I hope I'll start studying illustration next year.. didn't work out this year.

So, I quit smoking six days ago. I'm a wreck. So I did a selfportrait this morning, to capture whar I feel like. :/

http://nachodoodles.com/images/finished/fullfrontal.JPG

And here's some pencil stuff..

http://nachodoodles.com/images/6_10_dump/Scan10001.JPG

drawn with a ballpointpen from life, my hand..
http://nachodoodles.com/images/6_10_dump/Scan2.JPG

girl from imagination:
http://nachodoodles.com/images/6_10_dump/Scan20001.JPG

girl from life:
http://nachodoodles.com/images/6_10_dump/Scan20004.JPG

no ref for this one:
http://nachodoodles.com/images/6_10_dump/Scan232.JPG

and one more selfportrait.:
http://nachodoodles.com/images/6_10_dump/whatifidiewaitingforyoutocomebackmylove.JPG

[AndreasM]

Hey man, I love the lighting and depth on the last three drawings. Heh, I'm glad I never started smoking. Crying pink sparkles seems rather painful :P
Oh, and you deserve more stars.

[Zebz]

Ooo... It's nice to wake up and find an update on a thread you like! Thanks! I'll be lookin' forward to more updates, bro. Especially the WIP posts. Great pencisl. Reminds me of Wes a bit. Keep 'em comin'!

[sve]

Hello, nacho. Went several times through your book and now sit contemplating about what I saw and read.
In my opinion you are the best in this forum in capturing inner would of a person in portraits. Drawn by you portraits are the most complex in their emotions and captured state of mind of depicted. I deeply respect that and wish I'll be able to see it myself in people and transfer to paper successfully. I like your art very much, it gave me a lot of thoughts. I took five of you work with me (okay?): the girl from a dream, the hand, the smoker, girl from imagination and this one
http://nachodoodles.com/images/dump/decomposing.JPG
Thank you so much, You are great artist, I hope someday to have your skills
Sveta Dudetta

[vigostar]

Five Fucking stars man.. all the way.. and I really dont understand why you havent gotten them yet... great work

[os4 la gune]

damn nice stuff going on here, post more pleasse.

[Capprotti]

Better by the post. I'm really loving the style of your self portraits. And your abilities without reference are really good. Keep it up!

[bonedog]

Wow.. never seen this thread before. Great stuff, yo.

+bonedog

[Bojee]

Beautiful work overall but I really like the first self portrait, it's got great color.:)

[Dan.v.D.]

your stuff has quite the attitude!

[P E N Ricklund]

Really damn good looking portraits.
The girl from life was nice. You're doing a fucking good job.
Give us moe portraits.
Your sb is pure inspiration.

Hugs!

[nacho]

Wow thanks for the nice words guys, I appreciate it.
Here's a selfportrait step by step I did today.. hope you enjoy.

The drawing is important for me, if I don't capture the likeliness in the drawing, I'll fuck up the entire Portrait. I flip it alot while drawing, to see if I make any mistakes regarding symmetry and the like.. I think I pretty much nailed this one, I guess it was 70% looking into the mirror and 20% drawing... +10% luck.
http://nachodoodles.com/images/stepbystep/sp_steps/sp_01.JPG

Here, I block in some values, just so I have something to work with. my colors will change alot in the process of this painting. I don't really start selfportraits with a specific color scheme in mind. I just let it flow most of the time.
http://nachodoodles.com/images/stepbystep/sp_steps/sp_02.JPG

Some darks...
http://nachodoodles.com/images/stepbystep/sp_steps/sp_03.JPG

Some more color..
http://nachodoodles.com/images/stepbystep/sp_steps/sp_04.JPG

Some airbrushing/smudging..
http://nachodoodles.com/images/stepbystep/sp_steps/sp_05.JPG

Dunno what happened here, this step looks horrible..
http://nachodoodles.com/images/stepbystep/sp_steps/sp_06.JPG

Some refining:
http://nachodoodles.com/images/stepbystep/sp_steps/sp_07.JPG

Now the colors looked to fucking dull, so i did some layer magic, adding saturation/different hues here and there to make it pop...
Also I added a rimlight, because that's how I like. :teeth:
fin.
http://nachodoodles.com/images/stepbystep/sp_steps/sp_08.JPG

Here's some random doodles
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/ow.JPG

http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/landscape01.JPG

http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/pilotok.JPG

[Zebz]

Nacho! Great to see you back in here again, bro! Thanks for the step by step! It's very helpful! I love your colors, man.... the paints are always so delicious! ;)

One crit I have is to remember the value scale a bit more when you're working on these portraits. Clearly define some of the vaiours portions of the scale, if you will. You're doing it in some areas but not in others. Like reflected light for example. There's reflected light all over the place in a portrait. Try to be mindful of that. Just hold your hand just under your face and see how the light reflects on the various forms. If you think more so about the highlight, halftone, cores shadow, reflected light, and cast shadow you'll really make the image pop even more than it does now. Just some stuff that I've been really messing with thanks to a professor at school. Just thought it might help ya. Great stuff tho. Hope it makes sense!

Keep it up and update more often! Jeez! ;)

[nacho]

Seems like I didn't post this one yet, did it some time ago for some contest.
http://nachodoodles.com/images/finished/turbulence.JPG

Here's a selfportrait I did after coming home from a long night at the club. It did look great while I painted it, but now that the chemicals aren't screwing with my perception anymore, it looks pretty crappy.
http://nachodoodles.com/images/doodles/myweekbeatsyouryear.JPG

And here is a selfportrait I did the day after, feeling like shit. I am very happy with the way it turned out.
http://nachodoodles.com/images/finished/longwaydown.JPG


edit: thanks zeb for the crit! I know that I tend to get lazy with lighting on portraits, and just use one direct lightsource and one from bouncelight, although the light situation is much more complex than that. I guess I'll try a photorealistic selfportrait some time, just to see if I can do it.


edit2: I can't change the thread title anymore, what's up with that?

[cotron]

last selfportrait's real nice. although, the thing i'm impressed with is how you did it with your eyes closed! wowwww :P great stuff in here, the pencils earlier are strong too.

[vigostar]

I just love your works ma.. really do... I'd really like to see some more creative pieces from you... im sure you can knock some heavy duty stuff out... thanks for sharing

[Zebz]

lol.... Cotron....

Again, great updates, mate. I hope my tips help you out. You're inspiring me too. I'm gonna have to get a mirror from the store and try and do some SP's of my own. It's time I think. Seems to always be helpful for learnin'. Thanks for the post!! More, more, more! I really like the contest piece too... the face looks well rendered. Did you post about your brushes that you use and stuff? I'd like to see if I can't give the digital work a go. Just curious. I'll back track thru the postage to see if you mention it. Keep it up.

[crazy3dman]

Can't believe I just found your SB. But I'm glad I did. Really nice digital paints. The self portraits are really nice. The color feels so rich.

[dCepT]

Very impressive stuff in here! Like Mike said, you portraits are definately your strongpoint. You get a very painterly look in your pieces.. I like!

Keep 'em coming!

d-C

[JustinBeckett]

finished the doggie speedpainting i did a few months ago..
http://nachodoodles.com/images/wip/dog.JPG


Dude, you have some really nice work in your book, i am glad i came across it. I love your sketching style, how you render stuff with a pencil, as well as these self portraits are rockin. This is my favourite piece, the one above ^^

I always wondered what brush that was, how did you achieve that effect? Is it wet edges?

I'll be checkin back, l8r

Justin.

[shyamshriram]

GRRRRRRREAT SB mate :D
UPDATE IT PLEASE :yayca:

[vigostar]

I love the way you paint... that dog is dope-a-ri-shious!

[fooxoo]

Nice stuff you have here :^^: I really like the selfportraits - I dont dare to draw myself :P ;)

[BOON]

love and respect

[okthirteen]

Your paintings are amazing! I can't get enough. Absolutly spectacular colors, someone knows their color theory! Pencils are the shit too! Inspiring!
Cheers!
Yddob