Adonyel's Sketchbook

[animeidiot]

Everyone is doing it so I thought I should too! Ha, anyways I thought I'd make a sketchbook to keep me busy, and I could really use others crits/opinions. I wont make any promises, but I'm going to try to keep this updated regularly. (<--- Haha, I screwed that over..)

Here's a sketch to start things off:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/animeidiot/bird30mins.jpg

30 mins, ps7/reference used
This is an osprey incase anyone wanted to know.

[Matt Smith]

Nice bird. It looks pretty good in only 30 minutes.

[cateaic]

Hey I remember seeing youre website some months back. You had some nice work on there. Looking forward to seeing some work =) The bird sketch is looking good.

[Odds]

Like I said in chat, this is a great speedpainting, with nice, well-chosen colors. It's neat, and you complain about it being 'too neat'. You shouldn't worry about being too neat, haha. I wouldn't know, but I think it needs darker colors near the edges to add a little depth. I wouldn't know, though.

[LiL QoH]

nice to see you here :]

[OleOlsen]

hey i just wonder how you can do that in 30 min...?!?! :jawdrop:

[Odds]

stop posting your old crap! :D

[Thunder Blossom]

This thread needs more love! That said... wow, that's some awesome rendering. Love that extreme charicature, too.

[danimation2001]

wow, crazy good stuff here man. Amazinf 30 minute digital sketch of that bird. I'm impressed. Would like to see more stuff.

[Odds]

man.. good stuff so far. your rendering owns! i wish you would just post more *stumbles off crying*.. i assume you draw daily, so keep it up. :)

[codakromek]

THose are sweet.



You are just gonna have to draw up some more gnarly stuff and put it here..


Like werewolves and zombies monsters cowboys, you know

[Choo on this]

damn, man. nice stuff. i think i need to work a little harder with the competition comin to pasadena, and seein your stuff. :dur: thanks for the props tho, no crits from what i see, nice stuff.

btw: names charles, you called me paul, but i don't think i've heard that one before. lol anyways, again, nice stuff

[ghūl]

wow man, great work, love the shading on your pieces.. I must take notes :painting:

[Egets]

nice lol ! post more !!!! :^^:

[Choo on this]

more posts! :D

[Badger]

I second that fellow! more posts! as part of ssg #5
-Badger-

[look]

hey there, now get your drawing gear moving. ;)
How's the portfolio preparation going?

[AnDr0M3Cha0Z]

I'm loving the stuff, I like you unique shading style. ;) Were those DBZ drawings colored in photoshop? It's looks freakishly similar to the DBZ Budakai game cell shaded style of the game... post more!

[animeidiot]

Thanks AnDr0M3Cha0Z. Lol nah, everything but the first post is pencil on paper. That dbz drawing was done back when I was first learning how to draw. All I did back then was copy and then started changing things a bit, then....you get the point ;)

So please excuse the lack of imagination in most of what I post right now =/.

Does anyone know of a decent digital cam with a reasonable price?

[endregan]

Hey animeidiot. Your name is familar, maybe i know you from somewhere.

Anyways your style is great, very smooth shading and sensitive linework. I would definitely stay away from that dragonballz stuff though. I know I know I was in to it at one time too but the further away you are from doing production cell art the better artist you are. Key word production!!!

[Badger]

Great stuff man, i would love too see some full bodies in your supersensitive rendering style, though that would take quite a while.
Keep it up!!
-Badger-

[look]

Sweet ear, now keep posting.
Sorry I was away for the past two days. I'll be poking you everyday now.

[look]

I love the green tone. I'll consider stop poking you or give you a break if you keep it up. ;)

[dCepT]

Just went thought your thread. Incredible renderingstyle! I like this one a lot: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/animeidiot/snoop2.jpg

Looking forward to seeing that latest colorpiece finished!

peace

d-C

[Odds]

nevermind, good job keep up the posting

[look]

Nice, I like the nose and the pink hue on the nose.

[vigostar]

wow, man your skecthes kick some serious rear-end-dus! Keep on posting.. especially like that characture

[Olof]

Heya! Welcome to our SSG :)
I've just learned who's who in our group (it's rather hard when surfing them at the same time). I must say I'm impressed with your shadings, they're really great! How much time does one 'average' picture take, and do you fix up the shadings digital?

It's going to be hard to give crits, but I'll try ;)
Well.. I hope you post more work. And btw, I see you're using the same anatomy book as me (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/animeidiot/arm_doodle.jpg), I've learned lot's from it, but I find the legs to be hard to study. Maybe because there are so many muscles to memorize and hard to divide into smaller pieces...
.. so anyways..
You better post some more works!

peace out

[alxcote]

It's good you study from references.

I say your shading seems good, same with the lineworks. I'd look into compositions/environments and such, just to push it further. (Life Drawing would be great in this case.. I don't know if you ever tried but yeah it's worth spending some time.)

Just my 2 cent


alx

[look]

You just post the pencil pieces the way they are? What kind of scanner do you use? I mean there would be at least paper wrinkles, but yours are like super smooth.

[Wisdom_Cube]

I think what she means is, scanners are usually crap and you always tend to see darkness areound the paper. It's usually never that clean and white no matter how cleaned up your work is.

[Xaya]

Thanks vigostar, and look. =D

MorteM:Thanks man. The work I've posted are things I've done quickly, so all I know is that everything here so far took 30 mins - 1hr1/2 (Except for maybe the old dbz collage). And no I don't clean up the sketches digitally b4 posting. I scan and post as it is.

For finished pieces I spend 20 to 100 hours depending on size and medium used. Anything digital is usually completed much faster.

Lol, yeah man that book is very useful.


Good to know you need some time to finish that really awesome renderings!
Otherwise i would kick my pencil!

Wonderful stuff...!

You work very constructive/clear!

Xaya

[broken lizard]

very,very clean linework. either that or it's all photoshopped.

[Odds]

keep 'em coming... and get to the new stuff :D

[look]

That face is coming out really really nice! About the scanner and paper wrinkle, It's like wisdom_cube mentioned, it always have some sort of shading around. The only way for me to get rid of those "wrinkles" are either use a roller feed scanner, or get a hard covered book and press on it hard.

[Masayasu]

wow. Nice stuff. Your pencil work is really good. Great shading. Nothing to crit.

[Monsterboy]

Nice sketches man. I love the way you shade. I used to go for smooth seamless gradations too, but I found it took me too long. I guess I figured I could get more done if I didn't spend so long shading, unless it's a finished peice. Good stuff though, good stuff.

[waronmars]

Hey andonyel, whats happinen baby? Pretty neat sketchbook you got here...

[dCepT]

Good lookin' out on that WIP! I really like the subtle tones you've gotten in there. Looking forward to seeing it finished!

d-C

[thaking]

Wow, really love your rendering! Nice stuff here, keep 'em coming, and that WIP is looking good too, looking forward for the finished one!

[rick_hershey]

line work and shading are great and pleasing to the eye. . .but I love the color.

[dariocoelho]

you have an outstanding clean style. keep on working with it! i cant say which work i like more.

[Carnifex]

bwoah what the hell? i thought that was a photograph,honestly!
for calling yourself anime idiot you're extremely good. one wouldn't think it when reading the username :teeth:

[Odds]

wow, nice. so you workin' on any huge projects?

[look]

I just noticed one thing, is your lips really that pink? ;)
I want to have pink lips without having to rely on lipsticks. :D

Nice portrait, it has a dreamy feeling to it, and also reminds me of the twilight zone.

[tttia]

That last painting, the self portrait is quite nice! It and the bird really stand out here. Some of the other is clean, as was mentioned, but almost too much negative space. I like the frame on that last one too.

More paintings!

[dCepT]

wtf man?!?! That last SP kicks major ass! You didn't happen to save steps on that?
I haven't got anything more sensible to say here. No crits, just keep updating!

Keep at it! You rock!

d-C

[rodrigo!]

awesome work man, i really like your sketches /

[razuel]

Your computer art is looking magnificent, I don't know much about it, but I really like the realism. I'll have to try it sometime.

[Badger]

MORE!!
please
-Badger-

[BlackGuy]

where's the new art mang??? you need to feed the masses

[slo-burn]

Jeez man you paint like crazy. I just got started on photoshop, I got a ways to go.

By the way, don't tell me you did all this on PS with a mouse. That would depress me...

[Pixeldragoon]

Feed me!

[darkchild]

Damn, your photoshop skills are awesome! I wish I could be at your skill level. I've tried my hand at it but...eh you've seen my stuff. I keep going back to pencils. BTW your pencils are really smooth and clean. I really like the pieces with smooth rendering to them. The "bored" piece is my favorite so far. Thanks for checking out my site. I'll be back to check out your new stuff. Later!

[RichKid]

i love your smooth shading with the graphite, if you don't mind, what lead are you using. very clean

[Skethin "D"]

you are hella good. why do you not have more stuff up???????!!!!

[mbetteker]

ur photoshop work is quite amazing. The detail really sells ur stuff for me... I clicked on ur thread expecting a bunch of anime but i find this, amazing! How long did that last guy take u? The detail is slick, and I swear i have seen that guy before. You could impress us all even more and give us a tutorial on how this is done... Til then i shall drool.

On a side note, the more I look at the last image i keep getting drawn to the face. Everything else in the picture looks very realistic, but his face looks a bit rushed. The hair and the smoke are what is bothering me the most, but other then that it still rocks.

[majinpunisher]

These last images of yours are just great. The last one in particular is fantastic. I've been examining this digital work for like fifteen minutes now. I just love it.

POST MORE! I want to see more! I want to see your rougher sketches too!

As a side note, its nice to see a fellow Recovering DBZ obsessor. Vegeta was my classroom doodle subject as well. I was on the DBZ binge for a bout a year before I quit anime cold turkey. Glad to see someone else made it out, too!

-MP

[BlackGuy]

damn dude it's about time. I think everything I was gonna say has been said, gotta agree about the dude's face though. good shizzle

[fixx]

I just realized with dismay I have never commented here, although I've looked several times...
You've got great stuff, and your pencil drawings are wonderful! If I had the patience I'd try harder with that, but I'll just leave it to you :)

[Jho]

The last two... they just... WOW!

[.VeLwYn.]

do u kno angela by any chance?

[.VeLwYn.]

were u on friendster, askin me bout friend thing?

[BlackGuy]

hey good shit man, glad to see you didn't forget the sketchbook.

[nanyacura]

HA! Got you.