My sketchbook:mediocre goodness!

[Dan1989]

Hi :) My name is Daniel and I'm 15, I've been drawing since I was around 12-13, I decided to start a sketchbook to keep me motivated. I'm currently reading a few art books and I enjoy drawing the figure, animals, and occasionally characters and weird monsters. Here's some stuff, sorry 'bout the notebook lines!
Animal studies (drawn from "The Art of Animal Drawing' by Ken Hultgren)
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/Animals1.txt
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/Animals2.txt
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/Phonehead.txt
Claudia (silent hill 3, copied from reference)
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/claudia_portrait.txt
Loomis studies
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/loomis_fig1.txt
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/loomis_fig2.txt
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/loomis_fig3.txt

[southerncomfort]

You are 15??? Way to go!!!

[Dan1989]

I meant to post sooner than this! Sorry! Here's some sketches.
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/loomis_fig4.txt
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/GirlsHead.txt
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/loomis_fig5.txt
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/loomis_fig6.txt

[Dan1989]

Some more loomis studies
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/loomis_fig7.txt
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/loomis_fig8.txt

[SirRon]

Impressive for someone young. Most teens would've given up drawing but it looks like you kept going. Good job!! Keep doing those studies, Loomis rocks :)

[Dan1989]

Sorry for not posting often... I've just been busy, more studies:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/dan1989/LoomisStudies_1.gif

[defcombeta]

very good for a 15 year old, you have the size and scale right, i like the deer study the best, shows a good eye for interesting detail. keep it up, i do wish the web existed when i was starting out.

best ta luck


john mac

[Burning Eyes]

Wow, some great stuff. Nice studies, you are definetly goin in the right direction with them. Keep it up!

[SirRon]

Yay, an update. Keep going Dan, it's good that you're breaking that arm into simpler shapes. If you take some time to learn basic perspective techniques you can draw those shapes in any angle. Then once you learn that you can start rendering it so it looks like a real arm or any other object.

Quite amazing, especially the fact that you are 15! Great work, don't be like me and give up! :(

If you don't mind me asking, what is Loomis? A google search came up with a huge stretch of things... :P

That would be Andrew Loomis. You can find some of his books at www.saveloomis.org Not only are they great instruction, but free too.

[Dan1989]

Loomis arm anatomy studies:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/dan1989/LoomisStudies_2.gif

[MrFrost]

dude, youre smokin for 15....inspiring to say the least. great studies!!

[Dan1989]

Sketch of an egg, done in photoshop
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/eggsketch.txt
Figure and deer studies
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/figureanddeer1.txt
A quick figure sketch
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/quickfiguresketch.txt

[Sok N. Wett]

Good stuff man, keep doing your thing, if you stop yourself from drawing, you'll regret it once you get older, at least that's what happened to most of my friends.

[Sikkness]

I like the way you handle skeletons, specially on those deer sketches. your figures are very nice

[Dan1989]

More loomis studies, again.
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/LoomisStudies_3.txt
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/legs1.txt

[Dan1989]

I've been getting bored doing studies so much... here are some portraits that are more on the anime/comic side.
Milla Jovovich (from resident evil dvd cover)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/dan1989/charicature1.gif
Guy from a stock photo
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/dan1989/charicature2.gif

[steiner116]

wow for your age you have a very good start on things, just dont let it turn into a chore(sp?) otherwise you will get sick of doing it. This happened to me and im only now getting back into the swing of things.

I really like your line work, very clear and smooth, defining your subject very well. The bear picture is great, animals were one of the first things i started with when i was just learning, funily enough the other was loomis :rendered:

Well keep it up you have made a really good start and i hope you get to the level you want to be with your drawing!

keep it up,
shaun

[Dan1989]

Here's a dump of some stuffies I've done recently...
Hand study
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/dan1989/handstudy_2.gif
A girl, yes, I know, her head is... misaligned.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/dan1989/Girl2.gif
Study of three lemons, I should really work on the shading...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/dan1989/Lemons1.gif
Another hand study
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/dan1989/handstudy_1.gif
Gesture drawings
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/dan1989/Gesturedrawings_1.txt

[Xpose]

Wow! only 15.... I wish I was that good when I that age. I'd try to stay away from the lined paper although it may help you with proportions. Keep up your studies and draw like crazy and you'll be great one day!

[Burning Eyes]

Love the hand and the gestures man! Keep derawerling!!!