Chandan's Kickass Sketchbook :) - 24th Aug.

[Chandan]

:perv:



http://img82.exs.cx/img82/9509/basics1.jpg
http://img82.exs.cx/img82/6528/basicshapes.jpg
http://img82.exs.cx/img82/1424/catanatomy.jpg
http://img82.exs.cx/img82/3084/conceptual.jpg
http://img82.exs.cx/img82/9407/eyes8.jpg
http://img82.exs.cx/img82/3562/eyes9.jpg
http://img82.exs.cx/img82/6980/eyes10.jpg
http://img82.exs.cx/img82/8835/fef.jpg
http://img82.exs.cx/img82/4382/piggy.jpg
http://img82.exs.cx/img82/1052/port2.jpg
http://img82.exs.cx/img82/3913/Portrait-1.jpg
http://img82.exs.cx/img82/6941/poses1.jpg
http://img82.exs.cx/img82/7044/shoes3.jpg
http://img82.exs.cx/img82/8198/skull3.jpg

C&C welcome...wanted actually.

[Botch]

Hey dude!

Off the top of my head i'd say lose the "hairy line" thing. A nice strong decided line does wonders and helps the whole piece flow better. And you do reference work, which I haven't done in ages (and i need to, too...) which is always very good.

Keep it up!

[Chandan]

Hey thanks for the reply man. Anyways, what do you mean by the 'hairy line thing'? Do you mean work for stronger lines instead of light sketchy ones?

[Chandan]

Some old stuff. Will update again tommorow.

http://img22.exs.cx/img22/6132/branch4cl.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/8253/carsandguy1ck.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/1643/clothes7iq.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/5261/eye7rm.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/3289/eyes9rl.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/566/faces0dg.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/9357/flowers7zl.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/6586/guy1gu.jpg
Yay for Hogarth.
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/643/hand4of.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/939/hand13rg.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/4294/hand29pv.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/5346/hand35hq.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/3606/hand42iq.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/3690/hand1copy5lm.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/1772/john1gr.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/223/port13oh.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/5267/port25vf.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/9453/randomm6rg.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/6928/skeleton6yx.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/1002/skullback7va.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/6408/skullside4nm.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/3969/swords4am.jpg
http://img22.exs.cx/img22/6358/wallet6vm.jpg

[ryan]

You hands are looking better...
Your eyes and noses suffer from classic beginnerisms...

those lines/shadings you keep wanting to draw in from the inside corner of the eyes to the tip of the nose... pretend they don't exist. catch yourself drawing them, and then dont. its one of those 'drawing what you know and not what you see' things.

with the eyes:
pay attention to the size of the iris. you're drawing them HUGE!
on the eyelids, in life your top eyelid casts much stronger shadows than the bottom, also casts shadow right on the white of the eye. your eyes appear like cutouts because of the evenly dark line all the way around.

when you're doing those small head studies, try this: leave out the bottom eyelid altogether. don't even draw it. it won't look funny, i promise. Don't believe me, check out the some of the other sketchbook threads and their smaller head sketches: the eye is very expressfully but very simply marked mostly by just a line for the upper lid and the iris.

-ryan

[o0Dave0o]

Hey you have a great start going there. My best advice would just be to draw from reference and life as much as possible! When ever you can, just draw, its amazing the results that you can see. Do muscle and bone studies and pose studies and just draw! You're well on your way, keep it up!

[Chandan]

@Ryan - thanks for the crits man. You're right, my eyes and noses look retarded and sometimes even my lips. But i'mm working on it; i'll especially work on the eyes thing. Thanks again!

@Dave - you're absolutely right. I've seen some good results this year after a couple of weeks just by drawing from life. Can't stop now!

I'm currently going through Drawing From The Right Side of The Brain and i don't know how to make that cardboard thing with the thread. Well I kind of do but in one of the assignments I have to have a clear sheet of paper stuck on it and have to place the board on my hand and draw it. Just wanted to ask if I could use overhead sheets for the clear sheet.

[Chandan]

http://img66.exs.cx/img66/6582/figurestudy.jpg
http://img66.exs.cx/img66/9320/faces2.jpg
http://img66.exs.cx/img66/4086/hands3.jpg

[Abra]

Already you have shown progression, even from your first post. It's obviouse to me you have the ability to learn and get better at drawing, and I've got some suggestions for you. As a fellow artist trying to progress, i find that studying anatomy books and drawing from them is VERY helpful in the learning process (especially when trying to draw without a reference). Already I see you are doing this with your drawings of the skeleton. You should definately purchase a book on anatomy and study often (if you haven't done so already.) Your rendering is looking good so far, but of course their is always room for improvement there as well. I suggest you take a look at MetalWind's sketchbook. He is one of the best examples at someone who makes it a priority to constantly study anatomy in his sketchbook. Just draw constantly and you will progress very quickly. :confident

-Abra

[Chandan]

Thanks for the suggestions Abra. Really appreciate you coming in and taking a peek. About the anatomy books, I have two. Dynamic Figure Drawing from Mr. Hogarth and Anatomy for The Artist by Tom Flint. My next step is using the books; at this stage I am mainly looking at reference pics of poses and trying to convert them into basic shapes. And yes I absolutely agree, an artist should never stop drawing. ;)

[Zebz]

You've got the right idea, man! Keep it up! Get yourself some anatomy books and learn a bit about proportion. Keep up those studies and work from life as often as you can! You'll be where you want to be in no time at all!

[Chandan]

Thanks for the looks Zebz. I just got Anatomy Lessons from the Great Masters by Robert Hale and Terrence Coyle. Amazing book;i've read 3 pages so far and i've learned so much it's not even funny. Definately worth it. Sorry no post today, had to study for Math. Ughh. Anyways. expect an update tommorow for sure. :wink:

[Chandan]

http://img88.exs.cx/img88/2876/cup5bj.jpg
Still Life - A wooden cup
http://img88.exs.cx/img88/1931/arcimboldoselfportrait1ra.jpg
Self portrait based on Arcimboldo's style.

[Chandan]

http://img94.exs.cx/img94/2317/birds1.jpg
http://img94.exs.cx/img94/958/figs.jpg
http://img94.exs.cx/img94/17/figures.jpg
http://img94.exs.cx/img94/4168/figures2.jpg
http://img94.exs.cx/img94/4302/fruits2.jpg
http://img94.exs.cx/img94/2779/noses.jpg
http://img94.exs.cx/img94/7498/thumbnails.jpg

Damn I need a scanner:(
Comments and crits needed.

[-sideshowbob-]

Comments and crits needed.

okiii dokiiii :dur:

ur approach .. is really good .. .. i dunno how it seems to u but... !

u should practice perspective drawing some more ... its the only fundamental u need to experience drawing


u already subdevided bodys into simple geometrie - which is a really good task to understand and learn how to draw body movement

::: subdevide other bodys in simple geometrie 2 -> cubes and cylinders - add vanishing points to indicate distance - u allready made some pics with that ... practice more .. its a really good exercise * iam doing that since ... 4 month ..its worth it !!!! *

most of the parcels can be transtaled into easy gemetrie - chest head hands fingers ... cubes arms legs throat cylinders..
houses cars trucks technical stuff.. ur pc monitor ur keyboard... just cubes

draw and rotate cubes ... rotating cubes gives a good feeling for foreshorteting ..maybe cube drawing sounds fukin boring but its an awesome exercise.. and its really hard to practice that with more complex geometrie like cars trucks or faces... the base still is a cube .. all information about 3dness and volume are in there.. a face and car and trucks are in fact just more complex cubes...u can draw a face which is setup with .. 20 cubes and u can draw a super realistic face which has.. maybe 2500 cubes..

subdeviding a face coast some time but.. if u do that.. u get absolute awareness of its surface.. u could draw it in full 3dness... 12900 variations ^^ .. iam trying to understand face surface.. since 4 month.. its hard but .. worth it again ! gives me a good pure feeling about my object my surface and its behaviour when i rotate it + perspectiv + vanishing point

depenjding on the cubes rotaten the shapes which setupr ur face and eys and lips.. change because i see them from diffrent viewpoint now .. - u made that with these eyes u draw - take a lil box and rotate it in ront of ur eye..and move it in front of ur eye ..from left to right and so on... keep ur eyes looking straight in front of u - moving ur eyes will change the viewpoint* then draw that cube in diffrent rotation states...

... practice the drawing fundamentals*** and u will feel urself imrpoving evry single day :)

*** fundamentals : symmetrie!!! perspective which includes vanishing point !! and foreshortening! ... practice that.. and in some years u just can draw evrything almost perfectly

keep it up !

*u can browse my latest posts i made.. i postet lotsa stuff about that *see above* in there .. maybe this helps u too

[Chandan]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/images/ca_smilies/normal/anj_love.gif
Thank YOU BOB! Great crits and suggestions!!! Will update tomm!
Can't wait till boxing day! Finally getting a scanner. Then it's drawing everyday.

[Chandan]

:^^: Finally got a scanner! Here's some stuff i've done over the winter break. Some what happy with the quality but not the quantity.

http://img80.exs.cx/img80/7324/img31.jpg
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/2503/img32.jpg
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/7467/img33.jpg
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/4383/img34.jpg [Copied from the great Menter's work for future reference and studies. All credit goes to him. Thank's for the reference Mentler, it really helped.]
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/2060/img35.jpg
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/9798/img38.jpg
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/7458/img39.jpg
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/7485/img40.jpg
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/8146/img009.jpg
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/4185/img010.jpg
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/4529/img011.jpg

[Chandan]

http://img95.exs.cx/img95/2332/img012.jpg
http://img95.exs.cx/img95/8436/img013.jpg

[Chandan]

http://img142.exs.cx/img142/7420/img015.jpg
http://img142.exs.cx/img142/6376/img016.jpg

Will do some arm and hand studies tommorow. Really need them! :^^;:

[Chandan]

Some hands for today.
http://img103.exs.cx/img103/4170/img17018.jpg

BTW, if you see anything wrong that I am doing, please inform me because I don't want it to become a habit. And if anyone has a link to any good head tutorials online please post them because I am having some trouble with heads.

[-sideshowbob-]

really g00000d chandy :D

i see.. u have that dynamic anatomy drawing book from burne hogarth ?! :D

if so.. there is a part for head too..of no.. thers a book about portrait drawing available at amazon * theres also another hogarth book which is a collection of all his books it bringt together : body anatomy + hand + portrait + bit cloth and folds and bit shadow shading* he adopts the parts about light shadow and portrait into seperat books... try get on of these


:: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0823015521/qid=1104588710/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/104-1394979-5417567?v=glance&s=books

i can give u some tips n tricks on how i proceed and how i learned head shape drawing/understanding


another thing is..evry line u draw is alligned in 3d space.. what u dont see is the foreshortetning-amount of these lines..
u can draw a short line which is alligned into space.. u dont see the lines distance.. on ur paper its short..maybe ____

but in fact.. depending on what that line represents.. it can be a part of something that is 1000meters high or long.. so that line i drew.. is almost foreshortened .. when u change ur viewpoinr or rotate the object that line becomes longer *rotate ur pencil in front of ur eye

from front u see something like -> O <- *zoomed* ^^
and from side u see something like ----- or =======
its like a cylinder
now rotate ... from ------- full lenght u get --- in 45° degree rotate untill u have full rotate and look at the front again...

between side and front view which represent 0° and 90° orientation.. u have 88 other degree orientations u can draw.. *full 3D is 360^360 = 129000 orientations when rotating.. some parts get covered by some other parts * nose and mouth volume are tricky*

i just took me the bottom top side and profile view to get a rid of the face shape.. then i made studies from front and profile view.. and i rotate the shape.. that it looks like the head is looking up or down.. this gives a better shape controle.. its the shape u draw.. but u rotate it over ur papers surface.. u can rotate ur paper or ur head.. *try that with cubes first*

to understand body parts.. u have to look at them from at least 3 views *front profile top* .. keep in mind that there is a third dimension

this is most tricky part :> because i cant actually DRAW 3D.. i only can SEE it 3D.. the piece stays 2d..doenst matter what i draw

i can draw a line with corners.. i can see that line as a 2d shape.. or i can see how its aligned into 3d space * I decide how much each line is foreshortened* !!!!

:: subdevide ur stuff into cubes * fingers are 3 cubes* ur arms = cylinders ..l egs 2 ..chest.. rip cage a cube head .. a cube ... and so on..
:: study body parts volumes
:: draw !simplified! bodys made out of cylinders and cubes
::: add some more detailed to cubical body setup -
:: subdevided body parts can become more complex cubes
keep it !

cya on msmn


:dur:

[Chandan]

Hey thanks for the long crits Bob. I did some basic shape rotating yesterday.

http://img133.exs.cx/img133/8051/snake0229yb.jpg
http://img49.exs.cx/img49/1654/Snake1.jpg
http://img70.exs.cx/img70/2522/sketches023.jpg
http://img70.exs.cx/img70/7676/sketches024.jpg

[-sideshowbob-]

yeeaa u got the basic idea .. :)

draw some varies of these cubes.. long ones wide .. flat... something like that


try draw cubes along ur body pard dimensions... i mean.. draw a cube which is similar to lower arm and upper arm lenght... and rip cage and stuff like that * helps u chekking proportions*

keep it uup >,.<


:dur:

msn ?

[Chandan]

Are you on MSN a lot? I'm asking because since you've added me I haven't seen you on. Maybe there's something wrong; i'm online almost all the time.

[-sideshowbob-]

wasnt online yesterday.. but today i will !

hope to cya then ! :D

whats ur time zone ?

[van]

Bob has given some good advice. Keep drawing. Thats the most important thing. You WILL improve. Looking forward to seeing you around more.

[van]

Oh, and stop beating yourself down. It does nothing for you. The title of this thread 'crappy sketchbook' does nothing for you and it makes folks not want to come in and help you. Quit that! :)

[IanE]

Crappy sketchbook?! Pfft! This isn't the least bit crappy, there's loads of visible improvement! You're doing great work here, dude! Keep at it and you can change your thread to Chandan's Kickass Sketchbook >=]

[Chandan]

Thanks a ton (tonne) guys! I needed that kick start. I have recently been bogged down by math and cisco exams:( Stupid high school. I can't wait till next semester though; gonna take my art to the next level b/c i barely have any hard courses.

Will post something today.

[Chandan]

I tried to paint apples...did not succeed. Will try agian though.

http://img156.exs.cx/img156/5299/apples.jpg

[Chandan]

LipS!
http://img136.exs.cx/img136/3482/lips.jpg

[SoulSonic]

Very nice lips Chandan. :P

Already told you, but hey, i'm sure you wouldn't mind hearing again.

[Chandan]

Very nice lips Chandan.

Thanks. Trust me they will get better. ;)

[IanE]

HAHAHA.. you totally changed your thread title, that's awesome.

Good warm up with the digital painting, can't wait to see some finished ones.

[Chandan]

Hah! Thanks Ian. Here's something for you :P
http://img115.exs.cx/img115/4353/Stars.jpg

[Chandan]

A little exercise. Can't wait till I get my sketchbook back.

http://img13.exs.cx/img13/6605/grapes.jpg

[IanE]

Nice painting of space... mmm, roomy. It even LOOKS like space, not like I've been there, but I've seen movies!

Those grapes look like grapes! Good job!

[Chandan]

Finally got another sketchbook!
Here's some pen work.
http://img57.exs.cx/img57/849/Page5.jpg

[-sideshowbob-]

c00l stars O_OOO
c00l armor :D

u need 3 lines to indicate a correct third dimension
or .. one line with 2 angles ^^

when u draw eyey.. drawm them simplified.. drawing them cubical helped me to understand the shape and distance

keep em ! :D

[Chandan]

Uhhhh.....these tests are killing me!!! Plus I have to finish a flash animation in 5 days for a scholarship application. GOD DAMN!! SO MUCH WORK!!!! :^^;:

[Chandan]

Damn I gotta start drawing more!
http://img60.exs.cx/img60/6852/sketches010.jpg
http://img60.exs.cx/img60/5716/sketches011.jpg

[IanE]

Good head study, dude! Looks better than the previous ones... and do you know what that means??

VISIBLE IMPROVEMENT! Good job, man!

Hey, since you're doing weaponry and armor, here's a cool idea for you. Maybe you'll like it... Do like a figure study of the human body, then draw the same figure next to it, but add pieces of armor, draw another body, add more, and eventually you've got an anatomically correct, proportional, ass kicking knight! I dunno if that'll float your boat, but I think it's cool!

Either way, keep drawing and don't let the school bring you down! Try and use it as inspiration, you'll figure it out!

Ian

[Chandan]

Thanks for the kind words Ian, and a great suggestion.

Here's a Flash movie I just finished. http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/213613

[Chandan]

Did some cubes and head practice today.

http://img3.exs.cx/img3/4379/sketches0121kd.jpg
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/605/sketches0138ps.jpg

[-sideshowbob-]

yaaaaa :D cubes cubes cubes :D

damn good start :D it will get easier each time u start drawing one cube
:>


try to understand the lines for faces and cubes as 3dimensional parts...
when u see the nose wing from side... i can exactly set one point on that line to track wehre that point lies when us ee nose wing from front...
sometimes u dont have flats and ur surface is smooth like a sphere part.. its tricky then but... try to connect diffrent views to understand what happens when u rotate complex shapes

its similar : get a cube... the cube has several flats ..quads.. take one and brake it .. just draw only 3 lines... l_l <- like this or rotate it that the open part is facing left or right... then rotate this one
when u rotate this l_l ..depending on the rotation axis... u get other foreshortened lines
when u rotate left right only the base line gets foreshortened
l____l
l___l
l__l
l_l
ll


l can be the nose tip and l is the end of nise wing
or l is the chin and l is the end of the jaw
or its for the forehead or eye shape or anything this why i simplifie any forst into cubical stuff first.. helps me to understand how my objects behave when i change my vanishing points and or viwpoint

when u rotate up and down u get the l l lines foreshortened.. its the same rule u need ..
when u draw just 1 cube.. its 1 orientation... u can roate ur paper sheet to see what i mean.. draw one cube and rotate.. its one way.. but u also can rotate one cube u drew around 360 degrees its STILL the same cube.. the interrior ?! relation stays same.. cause its still a cube the form and shape never changes when u rotate

hope my explanations are not 2 cunfuzing :D


draw !!

[Chandan]

http://img199.exs.cx/img199/1083/sketches018.jpg
http://img199.exs.cx/img199/535/sketches19.jpg

Will start updating after a couple of days. Going through provincials exams right now.
Bob: Thanks for the advice dude. You have helped me out so much on msn and these boards. I can't thanks you enough man! Keep up those awesome studies of yours. :yayca:

[-sideshowbob-]

love you too <3


:yayca: :yayca: :yayca: :yayca: :yayca:

[Chandan]

God I feel like shit. Havn't drawn for days. Here's a photoshop paint. First partially finished digital piece.
http://img91.exs.cx/img91/9176/firstphotoshoppainting8ya.jpg

[Chandan]

Some painting practice. Will post some scan later on today.

http://img125.exs.cx/img125/5351/lipsnnosecopy2kb.jpg

[Chandan]

http://img205.exs.cx/img205/1636/sketch0017mc.jpg
http://img205.exs.cx/img205/566/sketch0039fe.jpg
http://img205.exs.cx/img205/9665/sketch0046rh.jpg
http://img205.exs.cx/img205/741/sketch0052xs.jpg
http://img205.exs.cx/img205/207/sketch0067ok.jpg
http://img205.exs.cx/img205/6779/sketch0073yv.jpg
http://img205.exs.cx/img205/946/sketch0083ow.jpg

[Chandan]

http://img246.echo.cx/img246/7739/april2005018xe.jpg
http://img254.echo.cx/my.php?image=april2005026it.jpg

[Chandan]

http://img221.echo.cx/img221/6101/may20050012qj.jpg
http://img221.echo.cx/img221/6255/may20050029kb.jpg
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http://img221.echo.cx/img221/6702/may20050077ek.jpg
http://img221.echo.cx/img221/9688/may20050080mm.jpg
http://img184.echo.cx/img184/7554/hammer5hc.jpg
http://img119.echo.cx/img119/9346/treecopy5bq.jpg
http://img254.echo.cx/my.php?image=april2005026it.jpg
http://img206.echo.cx/my.php?image=apple4xk.jpg
http://img38.exs.cx/img38/1154/minigun44op.jpg
http://img38.exs.cx/img38/9489/minigun31qz.jpg
http://img219.exs.cx/img219/2013/rims47ua.jpg

Comments and crits needed please. :rendered:

[-sideshowbob-]

yah000000 u sheephead :D where hav u been dude ? saw u a few times on msn O_o
finaly update yaa good boy ; ) *pat pat* :) :) :)

since when u do the 3D thing ? O_O very cool stuff .. what pog u use 3ds max maya softimage ?
the wheel thing looks awesome.. tried stuff like this too but i failed :/ >:{


good to see u posting again :)
godd stuff - once more i suggest u to do some easy geometrie studies - cubes n stuff - in order to understand how to keep things 3D and how to orient*allign stuff in 3D
foreshortening is also important

try simple heads if u like *check my book to see how i studie heads*
try to draw it cubical in order to understand his volume and its features orientation - for the proportions - overdo some features to eyes to big and move em to the right and to left.. get feeling for its positioning and then check some ref heads and try to analyse how features are placed for "realism" its a special proportion but u can just change it a bit into nonrealism but it still looks cool - try around with this abit :)
..when u do the cube thing.. try to draw cube size like any body part - i mean try to keep the proportions same - arm looking cube leg looking cube.. something like that.. i made good improvement this way and it helped me to undertand body and body proportions bit better :)


keep up teh stuff :yayca:


:rendered: :} :rendered:

too good to see u posting again ;)

[Chandan]

Bob: Hey dude! Yea i've been doing more of 3d stuff lately but going back to 2d now:) Haven't talked to you for a long time mang. Hit me with a msg sometime. :confident Anyways here's some crappy updates. Gonna start on prespective tomm.

Hope you ppl see some improvement since i've started :\


http://img240.echo.cx/img240/4875/may20050101wh.jpg
http://img240.echo.cx/img240/4666/may20050110aw.jpg
http://img79.echo.cx/img79/9396/paintingpractice8im.jpg
This last one was just a painting practice, so I drew the messed face features on purpose.

[Chandan]

Ok so I took a break from posting...a big break but it was mainly due to moving out here in Toronto so I could attend Sheridan's Art Fundametals prog.

Will be moving at a steady pace from here on out. :yayca:

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/9274/lemon2yx.jpg
A lemon from ref. about 1.5 hrs in Photoshop.

http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/9017/crow6ff.jpg
About 2 hrs in. Photoshop
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[Chandan]

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http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/7128/img10172cx.jpg

http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/9241/img10182uc.jpg

http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/1796/img10193op.jpg

http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/290/img09944ct.jpg

http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/9139/img09963gl.jpg

http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/3332/img09978yn.jpg
Damn those are some shitty faces..and a very unproportionate person.

http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/8638/img09985wf.jpg
legs toooo short

http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/4388/img09999rk.jpg

http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/2717/img10004cm.jpg

[Chandan]

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/5853/crazy7ff.jpg.
really letting loose in photoshop

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/2708/crazyyy2lb.jpg

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5017/day10lk.jpg

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3554/waterwalker0br.jpg
ref. used on this one.

http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/2641/face5qz.jpg

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/8910/birdie8ha.jpg

[Chandan]

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7177/img10234wl.jpg

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4862/img10201wz.jpg

No ref. except the face in the bottom one and that's only for the eyes. Kinda screwed up the teeth on that one.
Critiques please!

[Chandan]

http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/6866/img10244ww.jpg
isometric birdhouse which has a rocket engine in it. lol

http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/9996/img10255np.jpg

http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/6273/img10265ed.jpg

http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/8425/img10277pc.jpg

http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/6923/img10285ni.jpg

http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/2580/img10295tk.jpg

http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/6661/img10300to.jpg

http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/2034/img10314sb.jpg

[Chandan]

http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/6954/img10354dr.jpg

This one took about 1.5 hrs...god damn i'm slow!

[guggemmaneuver]

gotta say chandan,
great amount of improvement from beginning to present; you are getting some really expressive work out, of course we always love to see that kind of thing! it's so potent! Anyways, In addition to the expressive quality, i'm liking how it seems like you are getting less hesitant to make marks, like in this one (http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/6923/img10285ni.jpg) it seems like if some line that you've drawn isn't quite right, it's not something that's going to discourage you! I feel even that this is one of the biggest battles in becoming a bettter artist, the headgames you have to play with yourself.

the highlights for me are the cat skull (love the technique you employed on that one), this, (http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/6866/img10244ww.jpg) and this mentler-reffed ditty (http://img80.exs.cx/img80/4383/img34.jpg). Keep up the fantastic progress!

joooooooel

[Chandan]

Hey guggenmaneuver!,

Thanks a lot for the stop! Thanks for the comments and suggestions. About my line quality, I try to imagine in my mind of how i'm going to make the stroke on the plane about 2-3 times now before I actually do it or imagine it as the path i'm driving my car on and that's helped a lot! Anyways, it's awesome that you like the expressive stuff, will make more in the future, but here's a little dump of some new and some old, hope you see something you and others can crit me on!

Quickies - 3-4 min each.
http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/3023/img10481bn.jpg

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/6526/img10494fy.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/4808/img10507lt.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/1214/img10512zj.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/7995/img10539is.jpg
My backyard on the top there.

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/3286/img10547zi.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/7781/img10558vq.jpg
It seems my camera ran out of focus....or i just suck at taking photos.

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/4567/img10560gi.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/8316/img10576nr.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/5652/img10597lm.jpg
generic enviroments...

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/6555/img10604jb.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/5895/img10612vc.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/5442/img10625aw.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/3062/img10637kk.jpg

Gestures from photos - about 3-4 min. each.
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/7652/img10644bg.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/7711/img10655xo.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/8520/img10666ze.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/4917/img10674vi.jpg
Outta my mind.

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/629/img10698gp.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/9634/img10682lr.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/5801/img10700ty.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/9811/img10723ni.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/7784/img10737ve.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/4552/img10750id.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/233/img10781lq.jpg

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/4859/img10458pq.jpg

:android:

[Bloodsbane]

Whoa man, that's one mighty sketchdump!
The first 3 are my favourites, I want to see you design more robots :)

[Chandan]

So I decided to do some hands from ref and laife because I was having understanding the proportions. I think I understand a 'little' better now.
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/382/img10869of.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1949/img10879df.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img10888ns.jpg

Some robots...which are REALLY generic and wonky looking. I need to look at some mechanical stuff, so anybody got a good site you can hook a brother up with?
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/3452/img10891rz.jpg

Also, I went to the library and sketched for like two hours from this fashion book in order to learn a little about costumes..too lazy to go upstairs and get it so i'll just post that tommorow.

Sorry for any spellid mistakes. :P

[Chandan]

http://img348.imageshack.us/img348/1028/img10902at.jpg

Something I did last night...really bad picture though cuz' you can't see any details whatsoever on the birds.

[Chandan]

Some Rubens and Barocci studies plus a couple of duddles from imagination.
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/6829/img10465nb.jpg

Some head practice from a tutorial by Ron Lemen and some heads from imagination...also a CA arrow on top of one of the heads which was originally an idea by Andrew Jones.
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/5303/img00023ip.jpg

Stuff from reference except the cracked out bottom left pose. The cat took me like 50 min. to do because of all the little hairs..and now you can't even see them so that was stupid of me....should've gone for the values first instead of detail. The soldier wasaround 10 min. maybe.
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/9065/img00033vu.jpg

Some head practice again (skull is next for better understanding), a doodle from imagination and a blind contour of a chair.
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/254/img00047jt.jpg

Proud of how this one turned out. From life (it's my arm in the mirror.), around 45 min. I think because I lost track of time.
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/2282/img00055js.jpg

Crits are appreciated...

[amarryth]

don't you love it when you lose track of time 'cause you're so indulged in a drawing? looks pretty good! i'm loving the head angle studies..

you're a sheridian, right? hope to see ya in september!

[Chandan]

@ Amarryth - Totally dude, it's like you're in another universe. Gdad you're liking the heads and yeap i'm in the Art Fundies prog. right now but the teachers are on a strike and I forgot my life drwaing stuff at school. What program you getting into at SHeridan?

[amarryth]

i did fundies last year.. almost made it into illustration.. but not quite.. so i did about a month and a half of the illustration fundies then decided to take the rest of the year to work on my portfolio.. didn't spend as much time on it as i could have.. but it's a hundred times better than it was last year.. so hopefully i'll be a first year illustration this year!

[Chandan]

Photoshop CS2 - about 1.5 hrs.
http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/6880/apple1kk.jpg

[Chandan]

Slow day today because of some traveling...

This one is just some random futuristic tribal mask designs..which can also be applied to robots i guess...
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/4398/untitled17nz.jpg

Just some shitty robots and stuff...
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/718/img10475lw.jpg

Medievil robots?
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/5342/img10484lm.jpg

Self portrait and some other stuff coming tommorow.

[Andy P]

Damn dude, really evident progress from the beggining to now! Your color stuff is gretting really sophisticated. My only comment was to watch the shape of your heads, but you seem to be on top o that with all those head studies. Lovin the ink work, keep that up!

[Chandan]

@Andy - Thanks for the comments and suggestions man! Really means a lot. Gonna do some more head studies but in pen this time for better lines and glad you're enjoying the markers!

Self Portrait which took about an hour and a half.
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/373/sp0zu.jpg

Some stuff from ref. pictures.
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/2276/stuff7mr.jpg

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3550/img10492rv.jpg

Here's some enviroment thumbs which i did about a month ago. I thought i lost these but guess not...
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8349/thumbs1te.jpg

[Chandan]

Hey all...yea...

40 min. or so in photoshop
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2808/pod8jv.jpg

random stuff...btw the prespective stuff is freehand. :P
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9351/img10500it.jpg

heads...i really need to study skulls :upset:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/5453/img10517do.jpg

that's a...me drawing me, drawing me...plus some anatomically retarted dude...
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1894/img10529fh.jpg

loomis 444 life111!!!1
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9148/img10537xw.jpg

gestures...1 min each...i feel that i'm just drawing the silhoutte (sp?) and not mass...help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/903/img10549km.jpg

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3065/img10556hy.jpg

kinda know the trapezius, something minor and major, and all them other main muscles better :teeth:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/6671/img10562uo.jpg

So there's my shitty update. Tear em' part please.

[Chandan]

I felt like a kid doing this piece because I didn't think at all..just random scribbles on canvas.

Done in PS - 1hr.

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4226/abstract6qd.jpg

:android:

[rodrigo!]

nice man, itrs good to see a lot of studies here.
with the muscles, it helps to learn where they insert and begin, so you can relate that to movement. just writing down a bunch of long names and then pointing it to a random blob of muscle never really helped me much, lol.
honestly man just keep going with the studies, youre on the right track. i remember doing a million of those, and i should do some more now that i think aboot it...

[Chandan]

Rodrigo - thanks a lot for replying man. Means a lot to get some crits once in a while. Studies you say?...Studies it is.

UGH...i gotta scan some of the stuff i've been doing so here's some studies for tonight.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8646/img10579oi.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7943/img10589wx.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5549/img10599kv.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/1536/img10604sc.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/1994/img10618kl.jpg

Crits please!

[amarryth]

on the fourth sheet down, watch your head to body proportions, the first three images on that page are supposed to be women, right? the neck is too short and fades into the shoulders too quickly, the shoulders are too wide.. the hips should be close to as wide as the shoulders on a woman.. depending who you're drawing.. the hips should at least be as wide as the opening at the bottom of the ribs, think about the shape of the pelvis and the insertion of the femur (thigh bone) into it... the iliac crest sits only slightly in compared to the hip joint, both of those spots are usually visible on a nude model, and you should be able to feel those bones on yourself right through your skin.. i'm no expert.. but using your own body to compare those points and see where things sit really helps... even guys have a bit of hips and more often than not, the widest part of the hips is where that pelvis-femur joint is, it's actually bone that makes the tissue mass go out that far, and then it comes back into the knee.. i don't have alot of suggestions for male body, it appears as though you are more accustomed to drawing that type.. so basically, flip ribs and hips for women, smaller on top and wider on the bottom..

hope i didn't tell you anything you already know there...

:)

[Chandan]

@ Amarryth - oh wow! Thanks a lot for pointing that out dude...i'm gonna go draw some naked chicks now. ;) That trick with flipping the hips and ribs for women helps a lot! Also right about the width about the femur..so basically, the width of the bottom of the ribs, also where the abdominus exterior bulges out is about the same width as where the femur connects to the pelis...got it. THANKS!

Anyways, here's sopme pen work some of which I like and some I don't.

I have no idea why I sketched that crappy face and hand in there...really bad.
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/5927/img10628re.jpg

getting a little more comfortable with the human body... and i drew guys again damnit!
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7956/img10632mo.jpg

ummm...i have no idea what i was thinking but i like the critter on the top right.
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7678/img10643un.jpg

i didn't notice until i finished the high tech armor suit that it resembled adroid's work on samus..
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8281/img10654ej.jpg

can you tell who that famous face is? hope so..
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/6155/img10669ik.jpg

my baby cousin brother sleeping with some random sketches of his toy horse's legs and a giraffe toy...
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8518/img10688xa.jpg

this frankenstein sketch actually started as a tree....hahah
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/3685/img10691at.jpg

done last night while watching one of my favourite movies, "finding forrester"
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/6176/img00706yz.jpg

[OBX]

wow, i love to see a hard worker. your doing everything right, just keep drawing away and ull get there. peace.

[Zebz]

Holy cow! The improvment you've been making is great, man!! Those studies are payin' off and they're really takin' your stuff to a whole other level. Glad to see they're workin' in yo' favor!! That Apple study is really tight. Pretty dead on, I think you could polish it off more but it's one of your best yet! And there ain't nothing wrong with all that inky goodness! Hope to see more! Keep trying to see the things your draw not as lines on a page but as 3D objects in a 3D space. Keep kickin' it for us!!!

[Jakian]

Wow!
It's so fun seeing how much you've improved. Great progress!

[shyamshriram]

Hi there Chandan :)
Nice SB young man..nice progress...that hand in the last one reminds me Egon Shile's works...
Keep posting..u r on the right track..will be back again to see ur prorgress.

:yayca:

[hurricane]

sweet stuff!
just keep on practising and you'll be kicking butts :P

[OleOlsen]

hey like very much those marker sketches at the beginning of the thread. thats a good practice i think...so as i see you practice a lot...thats fine...all gonna be grat i bet

[Chandan]

OleOlesen: Glad you like the markers brother. I absolutely loved every minute of it. No jokE! Will get up some marker stuff tommorow.

Hurricane: :O That means a lot! THanks!

Shyamshriram: Hey there fellow hindustani! THanks for the comment! Won't let you down!

Jakian: Thanks i'm just getting started!

ZebzFree: Oh snap! Thanks for dropping by...glad you like the apple study. I did 3 acrylic paintings for painting class which are being marked right now, but when they're back i'll be sure to post them along with all the other figure paintings. THere's more apples where this came from.

OBX: Thanks mate! It's people like you who give me that extra boost to get there faster. Thanks!

I haven't been lazy and there WILL be a lot of sketch dumps before the workshop so you guys and girls can see how i've improved after it.

Here's a collage I did for an Ideas and Images class in college.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7645/finalcollagecopy9zj.jpg

[rodrigo!]

the graphic design collage is really cool man, i like it. keep up the studies man, good work :)

[Chandan]

Some stuff from last month and a couple from this month. This is what i've done in only one of the 3 sketchbooks I have so there's lots more. :)
Critiques PLEASE!

Rodrigo: Glad you like it man! I'm actually reading all the way through Loomis FIgure Drawing and then i'm gonna do all the exercises in it. That way I can concentrate on one aspect at a time.

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/7402/img5ni.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/3738/img00011zu.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/4355/img00025nb.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/2323/img00030ao.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/7939/img00043fy.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/985/img00051hz.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/8960/img00067oz.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/7421/img00071dk.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/1967/img00085yd.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/997/img00107yx.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/7488/img00113vo.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/9926/img00128bk.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/1537/img00132mt.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/1918/img00144yp.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/4365/img00154rs.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/7497/img00164br.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/3627/img00178ae.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/6027/img00186ax.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/8021/img00197lr.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/4091/img00203bx.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/8143/img00210ou.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/3482/img00221is.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/9734/img00230cq.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/7920/img00249tl.jpg
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/8935/img00253im.jpg

PHEW!

[Chandan]

As some of you know, I went to that amazing workshop in Montreal. You know, the one you all should've attended? Anyways, that experience has totally changed my life and the views I have on art itself. And in return, it will make me improve ten fold from here on out. So crit the shit (oh that rhymes!) outta my work. Please...pretty please....?

Also a HUGEE thanks to all those that helped me in the hostel and at the workshop and even those on these boards. THANK YOU!

Now i'm gonna take a huge dump...please look while I do so.

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/218/img17935tq.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/5246/img17948no.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/3184/img17951vl.jpg
Max 30 Sec. for each one here.
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/3590/img17964at.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1610/img17979vk.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/3605/img17983tp.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/4254/img17996js.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/9329/img18003of.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/233/img18010tu.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/6759/img18020mx.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/9619/img18034ab.jpg
For a project...scroll down to see the result.
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/9833/img18046qp.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/4496/img18059fg.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/9937/img18061to.jpg
Compositonal thumbs for that same project.
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/3715/img18078nl.jpg
I love you Mr. Loomis!
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/2231/img18087wo.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/203/img18091di.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/8555/img18103vy.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/6636/img18116qb.jpg
And some Bridgeman studies.
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/9865/img18128eo.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/6785/img18137gh.jpg
Again that same project...
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/463/img18159rv.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/2894/img18169cm.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/9485/img18174ep.jpg
Very fast gestures...maybe 10 sec.?
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/5554/img18184lv.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/2219/img18194ia.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1700/img18202vr.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/8694/img18213iy.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/5612/img18220yw.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/7427/img18230ok.jpg

[Chandan]

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/420/img18245gc.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/2530/img18254xz.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/2070/img18269kk.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1518/img18275mb.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/3084/img18287gf.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/3861/img18290zx.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1517/img18301ib.jpg
Collab with Main Loop
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/2079/img18313wz.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/3891/img18325he.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/5818/img18335pp.jpg
THose houses onm the bottom are a little experiment I did...I remembered the scene as best as I could for 15 min and then went home and sketched it out. It's actually pretty close.
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/9813/img18344er.jpg
Really, really fast....oh and that Andrew Jones in the bottom left.
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/4531/img18358ld.jpg
Insane Visions (Rich) on the top left.
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/2905/img18364gq.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/966/img18370nd.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/2439/img18395co.jpg
Andrew again...this was Monday night where life drawing and painting kept going till 5:00 am.
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/9607/img18402ch.jpg
A paper bag value study in the bus...didn't work out too well.
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/8819/img18415jv.jpg
Meh.
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/2866/img18421ec.jpg
Compo thumbs for something in school. I was thinking dracula but then ended up doing a little piece with a bat embryo.
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/2383/img18431td.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/6845/img18441tc.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/426/img18451tc.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/3894/img18462em.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/4852/img18471nl.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/8498/img18485if.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/2383/img18431td.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/6718/img18498nx.jpg
Finally tested out a led pencil...7mm
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/5076/img18504th.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/5845/img18514fo.jpg
1 min and 30 sec gestures.
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/3489/img18529ge.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/9863/img18535bv.jpg

[Chandan]

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/9273/img18543tq.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/6240/img18553bh.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/4826/img18566ug.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/2061/img18573be.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/9109/img18582uu.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/582/img18595id.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1033/img18609jo.jpg
Collab with a friend...I did the shitty dude in the back
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/280/img18612qb.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1963/img18628re.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/7940/img18631se.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/2204/img18643wj.jpg
Really fast shit from the mall...really fun!
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/8969/img18656pv.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1664/img18669xs.jpg
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/2463/img18673iq.jpg


PHEW! That was so T I R I N G!

Crits please lol.

So I just found out you can only post 30 images per post. That stinks.

[loomer]

Chandan my little man - it's just not the same without you ;)

You seem like you are doing all the right things - studying that anatomy (Bridgman is good ) , doing tons of drawing from life and just trying out different things. I'd like to see some finished pieces as well / illustrations. Just to see how far you can take a piece.
Keep it up dude- just work like a madman !
s

[Chandan]

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2821/hands1sd.jpg

I feel like I don't need to erase over lines as much anymore when i'm drawing from life. Life drawing is getting faster as well. For examples, these hands were no more than 3 min. each for drawing anf maybe 5 min max for the paints on top.

This was a piece done for school in which we had to take something out of nature (a raven in my case), and do five variations of it.

A. Full color
B. Technical
C. Abstract
D. Shape
E. Line

Personally I went with a Raven because it is a bird with an attitude. Depicted throughout society as being dark, I wanted to show that these are birds which have souls too. That's where the red comes in. To show they are living. The connecting branches show how they are a well thought out and smart society. I got this idea after reading that they are one of the smartest birds on the planet.

I also got some inpiration from something I had looked at in nature where these red petals (flowers w/e) had a lot of contrast compared to that of the tree. The background was actually a shot of the sky I took and changed the colour variations on. Then I decided to add some of the blues on the left to the right as well so the eye bounces back and forth.

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/9445/2dbirdproject8xy.jpg

[rasdasa]

Hey Chandan, It's Branko, little white big nosed boy from montreal. Nice thread man, I'm feeling the designs in the collage above, and nice work implimenting the Ravens above.

branko

[vigostar]

Chan-DA-Man-DAN!! Yo, it looks like the workshop sparked some nitro under your Hiney! It was very cool hanging with you... Im going to stop by here on a regular basis to make sure that your working hard and not being a total slacker like myself.... Keep on rocking out man!

[Chandan]

Vigostar - It was awesome hangin' with you too man! Many laughs! Yea you're right, the workshop did give a HUGE boost and your post only gave me another. Thanks for lookin' bro.

Rasdasa - Fuckin' A! Thanks for lookin' mang! Funny, I never noticed you had a big nose....or you being white. Hahha joking.

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3476/img18714cb.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4250/img18721ve.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3280/img18736io.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3870/img18766qg.jpg
Coro's technique and random bus doodles.
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5415/img18775mc.jpg

Ok here's my first Teen Thunderdome piece and some preliminary ideas and thumbnails. The theme was the "last Battle" or someshit like that.

Brainstorming
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9301/img18742cb.jpg
Thumbnails
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3673/img18752ie.jpg

[Chandan]

Hey all...you. Did some sketching in the bus again...and a banana study plus some Bridgeman. Ok, is it just me or do you have to keep at Bridgeman to really get it in there for good?

...:yayca:

[Chandan]

Another speed paint...this one about 50 minutes or so. Maybe more, maybe less. Not too happy with it cuz' it took me longer than it should've and some values are still wrong. Next one will be better.

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/371/cardinal5rb.jpg

[Andy P]

Nice birds man! Those ravens look really good. All the life drawing is really paying off, all I'd recomend is, if you get the chance, do some really quick poses, like 5-10 seconds. Your gesture and contour stuff is lookin pretty sweet, and really quick poses will get make you really confident in your line. You're doin all the right things, and all the workin is payin off. Just keep it up bro.
Also all your digital stuff is comin out really nicely, hot stuff man.

[PeterLee]

keep it up man!

[rasdasa]

nice effin bird, keep it up my man!

branko

[divikcooldude]

hey chandan kool work yaar
ur work is truly inspirin
r u frm india??
u doin fine arts or wat??
keep postin

[Mr_S_14]

90 minutes, that's not bad, not bad at all.

[Burning Eyes]

dude whats up? i see your 18... me 2, we should keep commenting on eachothers sketchbooks... its great having friends to give crits, you need that. u can find my sb in my sig...

on to my crit for your work you are definetly on the RIGHT path... anatomy and studies= SUPER important... keep going at the rate you are. another thing id suggest, work on your line quality try using as few lines as possible, instead of that sketchy style u have going on.. that will also help you lots! keep it up man!

[Chandan]

Andy P - Thanks for stopping by...i'm gonna try that 5-10 sec. thing definately as it sounds like a totally awesome exercise to improve my lines. Thanks again, hope you drop by again.

Radasa - Thanks man!

Divikcooldude - Hey there! It's hard to imagine someone is actually inspired by me. Yes I am originally from India. I'm currrently doing an Art Fundamentals course at Sheridan College here in Toronto.

Mr_S_14 - Thank you!

Burning Eyes - That's a great suggestion. I'll definately be around your sketchbook. About the studies...I was just gonna go do some more loomis and the line quality should hopefully improve with the exercise Andy P has suggested. Thanks come again!


Ok, here some quick (under 1 min each) robots. Just trying to find shapes...most of these probably won't work in real life.

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/4174/robotsandshizz14nf.jpg

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/4377/robotsandshizz29wt.jpg

Gonna do some more studies....see you guys later on today!<3

[Ham-e]

Looking good man! I like the birds alot, the cardinal is great...is that Guache? Good job. See ya!

[shyamshriram]

Yes...KICKASS progress i must say ;)
You are trying really hard young man !
Keep rocking little brother :D

Keep up the good work !
:yayca:

[Chandan]

Ham-E - Hey man, nice to see you here. The cardinal was done in Photoshop. I just suck at blending....actually i'm trying to put the right values down at this point instead of blending.

Shyamshriram - THanks a lot bro. Hope to be as good as you someday.

Ok, this was done for 2d design class in school where we had to make a poster on a historical figure. I chose Bruce Lee because I have always been interested in him and thought this was a good chance to get some research done on him. With this image I tried to show his rugged attitude..and how cool he was.

There's also some random shtuff and studies.

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/616/bruceleeposter8ba.jpg
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/8206/img18861dm.jpg

Can you guys tell who that is?
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5360/img18870el.jpg

Random bad anatomy
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/6180/img18886ry.jpg

Loomis studies
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/6940/img18898vd.jpg

Generic knight ogre thing
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5726/img18906cf.jpg

[Chandan]

Ok two studies from photos in Photoshop. Pretty quick and just trying to get the right values down.

30 min.?
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/4417/canadaplace4lw.jpg

1 hr?
Really learned how water changes colour and what colors to use. Was really fun!
http://img330.imageshack.us/img330/6492/canadaplaceaerialcopy4qa.jpg

[Chandan]

First one i'm somewhat happy with. 1.5 hrs?

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/7868/jackbeaur8cr.jpg

[Chandan]

Another one....half an hour. This is so fun!
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/1223/onion6gz.jpg

[OBX]

nice book. very inspiration to see the progress from beginning to current.

u were at the workshop too?! dang, it was soo tight.

im really diggin ur sense of energy. ur anatomy studies are first class. keep those up to get to uber class.

im blown away by the quantity in ur book. soo much. its really good to see u pushing out those miles of lead.

thnx for the inspiration. keep sluggin away. ur colors are looking really good. specially those birds.

[Chandan]

Ok so i've been really busy with school but sketching and studying everyday. It's almost automatic now when I just whip the sketchbook out and let it go. It's truly becoming a part of my daily routine and life. Anyways...here's some stuff.

http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/8366/img19132ky.jpg
http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/6746/img19146mu.jpg
Shitty cliche concepts.
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1254/img19154hv.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8523/img19160fc.jpg
Ughhh...
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5093/img19170ig.jpg
Brainstorming for teen thunderdome plus some thumbs.
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6933/img19181et.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3022/img19190ux.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8489/img19209pl.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/695/img19210fd.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4409/img19226if.jpg
1 min. first time life drawing with pen....really helped with line quality because I noticed improvement in 3 hours!
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6584/img19231kh.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5411/img19240ma.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4256/img19252lj.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1743/img19260pa.jpg
2 min I think...btw i'm posting all the shitty ones two...
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2254/img19275zz.jpg
Trea inks coupled with Ecoline liquid watercolours.
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/9958/img19287sf.jpg
5 min.?
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6574/img19299nx.jpg
All 5's
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2144/img19317tb.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7587/img19324oh.jpg
First life drawings with cloth....was cool...
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6774/img19335xq.jpg

http://www.todoart.com/ecoline.jpg

:perv: :perv:

[Sartell]

Cool stuff man, your life drawing especially has come along quite a bit since the beginning it seems, and you seem to be much more confident with each line your making, which is making your drawings much more fluid. The only crit I have is making sure your looking at the proportions of everything. Where everything is in relation to an object or how the object is being affected. Other than that you have come quite a long way, keep it up!!

BTW the raven piece is phenomenal you have a great sense of design, try incorporating that into more of your pieces you do it well~*

[Main Loop]

good job dude, good to hear that sketching is becomign an automatic habit.. thats one of the keys to getting better... keep it up man, and yeah keep working on proportions..

[loomer]

"This one took about 1.5 hrs...god damn i'm slow!"
Dude- don't worry about speed now. The drawing is an improvement over your other stuff. Just worry about accuracy and quality- if it takes you 10 hours! Speed will come with repetition.

Nice posts lately - you are working hard!

[Chandan]

Hey all! :} I just gotta say I fucking love art! >:D

Here's some lifedrawing and shizz!!

Trying some new stuff for gestures with this one. Trying to draw planes and then not lifting my conte of paper. Really helps you remember contours! These are 1's and 2's. Really fun stuff!
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/824/img19485db.jpg

Two 2's and a 5?
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/7052/img19495xw.jpg

One 5 and two 10's...oh and his head is really that small compared to his torso.
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9273/img19507kd.jpg

Even though this looks nothing life him I learned a lot on this one for some reason.
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3619/img19519yo.jpg

1min's from week before...
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2696/img19520oi.jpg
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3162/img19534ee.jpg

30 sec. from today
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/5264/lifedrawing62rd.jpg

Really like this page of two fives and a ten!
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4871/lifedrawing56nk.jpg

Two two's and a 5
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4261/lifedrawing40zw.jpg

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/7677/lifedrawing15uo.jpg

I think that's a 10 at the bottom or a 5?
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1414/lifedrawing22ga.jpg

20 x 24 in acrilic...teacher liked the torso a lot. Had to rush this in the end to get some values down for th ebackground...
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/7096/paintinglife14jf.jpg

Started Loomis Head and Hands...really good so far as I already feel improvement...easier to draw heads in life drawing
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/6981/img19550jw.jpg

Some skull studies
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9693/img19607cd.jpg

More balls and some compostitions for Teen Thundy
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9185/img19569tl.jpg

Brainstorming for Teen Thundy
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2845/img19570fj.jpg

And More
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9699/img19581hi.jpg

And more...
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3364/img19613pu.jpg

Aaaand more....
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/6381/img19629dh.jpg

Plus some more....ahahah
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2627/img19632fr.jpg

Though I liked this idea....
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/6563/img19641ck.jpg

Refined a bit...
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9382/img19651wl.jpg

Ok...if any of you see an interesting composition which i'm not picking up on, PLEASE drop a line about it...because I can't find anything to my liking.

Some doodling on the bus from life....did some 10 and 15 second gestures...fun and it works!
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/23/img19669lu.jpg

AAaaand it's a wrap!

[Hyver]

these pages are getting more interesting every time you post it seems.. skills are boosting for sure - good busy!

[Bartovan]

You're making great progress. Still struggling with proportions and you need to work on the faces. The hands are looking good. And you seem to be good with colors. Keep on working.

[Andorz]

You show amazing improvement, your studies are really paying off. Keep it up and good luck in the teen chellenge!

[Chandan]

I just wanna thank all you visitors for taking the time to help out a fellow artist. It seems I owe much of my skill to you all. Thanks for pushing me this far and keep doing so.

Sartell: Thanks for the comments. You're right about the proportions...I don't pay enough attention during life drawing. I just draw....hah. I'm hoping to get better at that by doing the CG Talk 50 heads in one month workshop. I'm hoping to take many of my sketchbook pieces in that graphic design goodness in the future.

Main Loop: Damn man....real nice to see you here. Yup, regularly sketching has become so much of a norm and I even do it in when i'm taking a dump. Ok maybe not that far... Again, i'll be sure to watch those proportions when i'm drawing.

Loomer: Ah....your comment just opened my eyes. It' so true...I should work quality and speed will show its face. Gonna do this from here on out starting from the 50 Heads Workshop. Hoping to be twice as good by the end of the month. It's good to see you guys notice he hard work. I guess it does pay off.

Hyver: Damn, so many good people stopping by! Thanks for the comments...your stuff is amazing!

Bartovan: I'm gonna get over the proportions and heads for sure. Loomis is here to help along with ya'll. Thanks for stopping by! Oh and I suck at drawing hands from memory. Gonna do some Bridgemann to help with that.

Andorz: Thanks for the comment. Good to see so many see improvement. Hopefully it won't stop in the near future. Thanks...lot of good people though!

Alright here's some new stuffs!

http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/9199/img19677hl.jpg

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/2783/img19722eb.jpg

COW Sketch

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/86/img19733bd.jpg

Colours
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8695/cow16ro.jpg

Head Number 1 - The thing looks metal...should've used some grunge bruhes.
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/8284/number17lq.jpg

OH SNAP! PAGE 3 NUKKA!

[comixnut]

Damn dude! What are you on?? these posts are amazing.
Great great energy. Listen i know by the looks of things you might not need it but since i just got one i am passing it around.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42234
Stick your name in there and share the love dude!

[Magic Man]

definitely some great work here, stick with those studies, they'll pay off =)

[Chandan]

Hey guys and galz...kind of a slow day in terms of digital work but I did get some life sketching done at the hospital so expect a good update of analog sketchies tommorow. And some self portraits which look nothing like me due to the fact that I have stand in front of the mirror in the bathroom and someone has to use it every now and then ahah.

Magic Man: *bows* Thanks for looking! I won't stop the studies in the near future:). They're already paying off so the more I do, the better I get. Come again!

Comixnut: Thanks! I think they're anything but amazing. Hopefully i'll be getting closer to amazing if I work everyday. I'll definately give the sketchgroup a though or two!

Meanwhile, here's heads numbers 2 and 3. From today on out, it's atleast 2 heads per day.

Oh buy this one was fun!
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3852/head29lj.jpg

Ah! Finally some colour! I noticed the head is leaning back a bit but oh well...I got some good stuff out of the study.
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5660/head39pz.jpg

[Chandan]

Some sketches.

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/6513/img19741tf.jpg

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/5776/img19757yq.jpg

Quick Self Portrait. Looks nothing like me.
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/7169/img19768hh.jpg

Practicing more heads...starting to understand forms a bit more. Will get by next weeks end.
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/9962/img19771eu.jpg

Another SP.
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/6086/img19781wm.jpg

Quick stuff from life.
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/2381/img19799tf.jpg

Next up, I want to get a grasp of the main muscles of the body nd their fuctions as soon as possible so that I can draw more accurately from my mind as I have so many ideas I want to put down on paper!

And a work in progress...head number 4.
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/6633/head4wip5an.jpg

[Chandan]

Experimenting with a new brush I made. I think I really like this one.

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7958/char16rq.jpg

[Chandan]

Felt the craving(?) to paint so this fish fell victim. I feel that my colours are too desaturated...need molre contrast. Will be working on that through my heads.

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/4906/fishy1yq.jpg

[comixnut]

all excellent stuff that i cannot comment on because my digital stuff is limited but i like the fish and your life studies.

Cheers,

[sleeperservice]

Hey, just wanted to say hi and compliment your work. Lots of great stuff here and very diverse. Keep it up! I especially like your storyboards and quick thumbnails.

One thing you might want to try is studying the shadow shapes on objects. Remember there are always two shadows, a cast shadow and a form shadow.

[mentler]

Keep on Humpin' rated your thread you would be pleased......

[Chandan]

Mentler: Thanks for stopping by! Would rather recieve crits than a rating.<3

Sleeper Service: Thanks! But those thumbnails are worthless when I don't incorporate them into a finished piece. :( Just read a book the other day which reiterates about cast and form shadows...really good information because i'm gonna do some acrilic self portraits in the next couple of weeks. Thanks for looking.

Comixnut: THanks!

Ok, I haven't posted in a couple of days because of school. Doing a lot of cool work there. Will take some pics tommorow and post em for crits. Here's some stuff i've been doing in my spare time. About the heads...I'm still aiming for 50!

Head # 4
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7818/head4yc0.jpg
Concentrating on values and painting as true to life as I can. No smudge tool and the like.

Head # 5 wip
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2982/head5ta7.jpg

Life Drawwing!
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/6238/img2044zm2.jpg

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7951/img2045xi4.jpg

Head # 6
Head itself and the forehead too small
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/8640/img2047wp4.jpg

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/9611/img2048ee1.jpg

Hand Gestures
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/1779/img2049pj9.jpg

Trying to do quick studies and seeing if that helps them imbed in my head...somewhat worked
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3519/img2050fw7.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4517/img2051jn9.jpg

Sketching in the morning at 6 waiting for the bus...surprising fun! Wakes you up too!
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3213/img2052mv9.jpg

These were awesomely fun! Turned out decent for quickies. Going to be doing some more finishes studies in pen.
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4049/img2053gc6.jpg

I absolutely suck as likeness. Something just clicks telling me I can't make it look like me. The cure is practice.
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4981/img2054vs9.jpg

A friend posed for me...and this hot bird I saw on teh bus in the low right.
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/9996/img2055yc6.jpg

Cousin sleeping. Loved doing this one. Wished he slept longer!
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/1176/img2056kr4.jpg

Horsies and shit!
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/3676/img2057wo4.jpg

[mentler]

Glad to see you doing the head thing <> good exercise <> keep fillin' the pages <> try to get more information in your linework <> don't just put a line around something make the line describe it <> think about what the line is doing and where it is going and how it is describing form and avoid going over the same lines.

[Listing]

vast improvement overall. Great recent work. Try working more expressively or in more varied media to relieve the drawings of any hard contour or constricting line.

[comixnut]

love all the studies and quick sketches but the one of your cousin ROCKS!

[Chandan]

SO I haven't posted in a while....been doing work like crazy. Started a new sketchbook made of cardstock just like MainLoop's which is pretty awesome. All this stuff is from July 17th and onwards. Hoping to Finish this sketchbook in a couple of weeks.

Comixnut - Thanks!

Listing - I am realizing what you said more and more everyday. Been playing around with marker, watercolor, gouache and a whole lot of other goodies. Thanks for the suggestions...will definately incorporate them. Thanks!

Mentler - Read this before last update and it only recently started to click in. Hopefully you see some improvement in the last drawings. CHeers!


From Life at the park
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1725/img2059bs1.jpg

My bus driver and some other doodles
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8297/img2060yi8.jpg

Gouache, watercolour, tria inks, and a lot of other stuff. Just playing around and this was my first time with some of these medias.
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9092/img2061ql0.jpg

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1151/img2062qd9.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1968/img2063xr9.jpg
Head # 6 - Gotta get going on these :S Maybe after school is over I will try to finish more than 50 in one month.
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4135/img2064fl0.jpg

Sketching from skulls. Was having trouble so I tried making the proportion lines first (next page)
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4930/img2065mk0.jpg
This was much better and I learned a lot more as well!
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4503/img2066zb6.jpg

Playing with watercolour
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6992/img2067ce1.jpg

Cousin playing ps2
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2949/img2068vj8.jpg

DUck and seagull gestures at the pond
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/175/img2069iy3.jpg

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1637/img2070ax8.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9335/img2071ty2.jpg

Friend on the bus
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1549/img2072af2.jpg

Watercolour and marker
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2632/img2073iv7.jpg

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7675/img2074pe9.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/9780/img2077cq6.jpg

EDIT: A lot of files I gotta take more pics of again because I deleted them.

[Chandan]

So i went to the mall and drew for like 4 hours. It was an amazing experience as I noticed improvement, no I FELT improvement in my hand eye coordination. I'm definately gonna do more of this every week. Most of these are 15- 20 seconds each.

Please, please, please tell me what I need to work more on as I want to improve as fast as I can. For example, Main Loop told me about my proportions so I went out and drew more from life...even though i'm still struggling with proportions, atleast I know i'm doing something about my weaknesses.
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2223/img2122pk6.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4863/img2123ah5.jpg
Little experiment...india ink and prisma colour pencil crayon. Gonna do a project in the future which combines these media.
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2360/img2124jr6.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7681/img2125zz6.jpg
God my line quality sucks! Working on it though!
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6199/img2126nf0.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3871/img2127wd2.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2479/img2128lu8.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2404/img2129lx6.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7807/img2130ur0.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7911/img2131pb1.jpg
I look back at these heads and...what the hell was I thinking?!
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5519/img2132mo8.jpg
These are really quick! Under 10 seconds and max 30.
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8468/img2133nn6.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/908/img2134no7.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5462/img2135kn0.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7416/img2136jh8.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6510/img2137pg0.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3430/img2138sz7.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/871/img2139oz3.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2640/img2140mj8.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4633/img2141ps8.jpg

[Chandan]

Something for 2d design class. Had to make something which represented Canada.
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/4238/canadaprojectcopyjw9.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9276/2dproject24hrs2es2.jpg

[Chandan]

Here's some stuff from last couple of weeks. School ends tommorow so i'm going into full gear! BIG updates from here on out. Really enjoyed a 3-4 day phase where I read, wrote and observed a lot. A sort of stepping back and seeing the big picture. Really starting to enjoy recent self portrait i've been doing with different media. Having trouble learning from Bridgeman and Loomis....guess the more I do, the more I will learn!


I feel as though I can really get values of certain parts but need to pull my pieces together.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6686/img2142ei8.jpg
These studies made me realize how much knowing the skeleton helps. Thinking more mechanically in terms of the underlying structure of the body but don't get too mechanical or they'll look like robots!
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7877/img2143fs6.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6867/img2144tu7.jpg
Gosh darn proportions!
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4159/img2145oo6.jpg
Looking at these I realize I was just drawing what was there instead of thinking why it was there in the first place. In my opinion these are more along the lines of objects rather than drawings. They are failures.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/249/img2146oz3.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5017/img2147et0.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/1247/img2148ph8.jpg
Better!
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9999/img2149lq0.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4268/img2150uo4.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5332/img2151ly3.jpg
UGH!
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4807/img2152wy9.jpg
That bottom one is really bad. Gonna go through Loomis Heads and Hands...all of it this time!
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6627/img2153lp6.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/8715/img2154zm3.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/8008/img2155so9.jpg
These were pointless as I didn't think and feel why it was there.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/1644/img2156pw3.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/420/img2157px0.jpg
Need more line variety in the shoes.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/8666/img2158eb0.jpg
Black and white value studies. Grouped everything into two values.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7667/img2159wv4.jpg
Middle one seems the most solid.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6804/img2160ww5.jpg
Inspired by Scott Robertson.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7096/img2161xw1.jpg
Like the weight this one has. I can feel it in the air.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6672/img2162oc2.jpg
More pointless stuff from life. I'm gonna take in more anatomy knowledge so I can relate better to what I'm drawing.
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4997/img2163ko4.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/429/img2164sn9.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/1281/img2165ai3.jpg
And that's a wrap folks.