Art_Addict :: """"""""""""" PRAHA DROP """"""""""""

[Art_Addict]

Hi,

Finally , finally started my own personal CA sketchbook ! Whooa, i'm all excited :) All crits , suggestions are much appreciated . I want to improve ! :)

i'll start with a funky self portrait as way to introduce myself . It has anatomical issues, doesn't really look like me, ...... he, but i still kinda like it :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/zelfportret-funky0001.jpg

Sometimes , i like to doodle at work (bartender at a restaurant) a bit when its quiet :
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/face-side.jpg

This was from a movie screenshot, but i don't remember wich one. Note to myself !! : don't think rendering a bad drawing is gonna make it better !!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/oude-man.jpg

Two doodles, unfinished, they're just details of a bigger page. No ref. well actually , sometimes i start drawing from life and the person stands up and leaves after a minute and then i try to finish the drawing outa my head or play with it a little bit :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/op-unief-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/op-unief-2.jpg

Cheers
Tom

[Fellah.]

Hi man - this is a really cool start. Strong self portrait and really nice pencil work. I only see some small anatomical issues - the prime evil - mostly around the ears. But it looks like that should be easy for you to get under control.
Keep it up and keep posting! :^^:

[mentler]

Welcome to the Asseyelum!!!! Strong first post!!!!!!

[Stokes]

yeah these are great. Very expressive line work. You do a great job of leaving some areas looser than others. Keep em coming

[glikster]

Wow! Great start!!

As a member of your Sketchbook Support Group (will I ever get tired of saying that? Probably.) I feel that it is my duty to tell you that you have a great sense of form and to Keep Posting!!!

[bumskee]

wow..nice self portrait.. :)

[PHATandy]

Nice start Addict, these are looking nice, the rendering is very cool. Self portrait is ace, except whats with the green bits?....

Post some more, nice range of stuff so i can gets some crits in.

Looking good so far though.

Andy.

[Unit18_Nate]

I know what your saying about trying to draw people in public. They just don't sit still like a good life drawing model.

[Ivan.R]

Your auto portrait is really cool, but why you have put that green strokes, I just don't like them. On the second picture I can see some letters through the paper. Just a tip, put a black paper on the paper when you scan in order to get rid of the junk on the other side! Try to finish the drawing of the old man it is very nice.

[jacobsteel]

Yup. Nice lines, and that first face, good expression. :) Keep'em coming!

[Art_Addict]

Hi people,

fellah : Thanks man, i see what you mean with the ears, i'll keep that in mind;

Mentler : thanks! means a lot coming from you :)

Stokes : Thank you, love your sketchbook btw

Glikster : Thanks

bumskee : Thanks, altough next time i'll try to actually make it look like me :)

PHATandy : yeah, i sketched the underline with green pencil and then rendered
it with a normal mechanical pencil. seems not such a good choice
But thanks anyway
Unit18 Nate : I know. but it still is an excellent way to learn.

Ivan R : Thanks for the tip man , and i'll definately loose the green pencil, haha :)

jacobsteel : Thanks

Now some new sketches, not really happy with this new batch, but hey what the heck, it"s just a sketchbook right ? :

This drawing was to illustrate the grandmother- grandchild relationship and it was meant as a gift to someone dear to me ;) it's still a WIP tough. And It sucks that it such a bad scan. Drawing too big to fit on scanner so don't mind the terrible composition for now . I'll post the finished version properly, i promise :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/tekening-gerda.jpg

Did these 2 while watching a film earlier, can't remember wich one :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/soldaat-met-sigaret.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/soldaat-met-paard.jpg

2 portrets: one of my dad, quickly from life, has lots of errors but strangely still has a good resemblance :) and one that's still a WIP for a friend , from a picture :
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/papa-portret2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/kevin.jpg

Both done in a bar, was bored and waiting for someone, second one from life :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/glasraam.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/cafe.jpg

Cheers all
Tom

[Fellah.]

Supercool stuff dude!
I dig the girl making funny lips. Great drawing!

[mentler]

Any friends of Fellahs is a friend o mine ~~~ very strong thread ~ got to answer to door will post more later~~~

[GriNGo]

Great drawings man! You're sp just kicks ass. The grandmas rendering is very nice. My only suggestion is to give your drawings more contrast, for example i think if you make the eye region of you father's portrait darker, it would look much better. Once again I ask the question :bashful: : have you tried using ink mediums? i think it would suit your drawing well.

Greetings!
GRiNGoLoCo

[Ivan.R]

Wow, I am stunned! :bow: The first picture in the new post is really great! I also like a lot the second and the drawing of your father. The nostril of the horse is quite big and the legs of the men on the horse are very short. The hair of the boy is very well drawn but the lower lip seems big to me. Great work I am impatient to see more!


I have seen that you are Belgian. So do you speak French? Si c'est le cas je préfère t'écrire en français.

[Cobi]

You gotta teach me how you shade. :( I'm clueless.

Please!

Great stuff bud. Keep postin'! :)

[Siobhan]

Bravo..You got a great sense of depth and proportion, shading is excelent, even the ugly people you drew look fantastic! The woman and the baby is my favorite..beautiful. I have nothing to crit on! I demand much more! ~Sio

[blankslatejoe]

man, artaddict, your stuff is veeerry slick. The stuff you do from life has a great sense of character to it... do more!!

Also, got any color stuff?

[Mr_Suave]

you are pretty good my freind keep it up

[buzzz3d]

There are a lot of good images in this thread, my favorite is the portrait of your father.
Keep it up!

[tokidokizenzen]

Great stuff goin on in here! The grandmother and grandchild is coming out nicely. Do you have a digital camera? You could try it for large sketches, and you wont run the risk of smudging your drawing. Keep em' coming!

[PHATandy]

Looking good again man. need to watch the proportions on some of those faces though.. they look a little squashed or ForeHead Heavy..lol.

Keep it up though man. Goo job.

Andy.

[Teigrob]

Hey! Returning the favor...really nice rendering, I'm envious! :D
Nice to see the drawing of the horse: more please! Animals are always good. That was Gandalf, wasn't it? The rendering of the old man? Looks like him anyway...Nice work, look forward to seeing more!

[cotron]

really nice! strong draftsmanship.

[theartguy]

your shading is very well done. the accuracy looks a little off though. good work overall, keep em commin

-Seth

[hurricane]

nice stuff ! atlast you have a SB !
things are looking great !

i will drop by again for sure!

cheers and keep on rocking

[Farvus]

These drawings have very nice shading. I like mostly this third picture with face of old man.
Keep posting :).

[Gloominati]

nice improvement since your first post here!
I like your shading very much, sometimes this portraits look a bit deformed in proportion but keep on posting dude!

[Quinster]

Wow! Really good stuff here! Very realistic! And I like realistic! Shading, features, expressions: all really great! Keep up the good work (and don't say something like "oh I plan to, why would I stop" cause then that makes me feel like I put something obvious and stupid)!

[vigostar]

Nice.. really... nice...You got some stars!

[Chingo]

yeah, i agree with vigostar.
you have good eyes to observe things.
nice details.
keep working on your skills,
and definitely anatomy study help to improve your drawing
good works.
keep it up

[glikster]

Update you friggin junky!!! >:{ (Get it? Addict....junky.....forget it.... :nohope: )

[Qxzi]

great work art addict, but i have one question, how did u improve your art skills ?

[Art_Addict]

hi peeps,

finally got around updating the sketchbook again. Sorry it took so long.

Fellah. : Thanks man!

mentler : Thank you

GriNGoLoCo : Thanks , your right about my dad's portrait and i did use inks , a long time ago. Maybe i'll give them a go again sometime :)

Ivan.R : Hey thanks man. Yeah he just got such big lips :p ps : Je suis flamend donc je parle francais mais je préfère de parler en anglais :)

Cobi : practice man , just practice..

Siobhan : Thanks man

blankslatejoe : agreed! got to do more :)

tokidokizenzen : thanks for the tip.

PHATandy : Thanks , but i don't really see what you mean. Then again i need more training :)

theartguy : Damn the accuracy :) yeah i need to stay focused but it's hard. thanks

hurricane : Thanks man, see you in Prague!! :)

Quinster : No i wouldnt say :) thanks

vigostar : how many? , tell me, tell me !! :) haha thanks man

glikster : Sorry it took so long man

Qxzi : Thanks but what do you think man?

thanks to all the rest who replied !

couple new sketches :

I'm fairly happy with how the old guy in the upper corner turned out :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/sketchbook-page-2.jpg

Preliminary sketch for a painting i plan to do :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/sketchbook-page-4.jpg

I did this drawing of my girlfriend on the airplane. Qiute happy with how it turned out because it was uncomfortable, in a tight chair turning to the right :) , too bad i couldnt finish it ( close to landing ) :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/sketchbook-page-5.jpg

Quick sketch of her sleeping :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/sketchbook-page-6.jpg

[Fellah.]

Sweet update dude. The old man is very cool and i really dig the guy with his back turned - great use of form. The sketch for a painting rocks!

[PHATandy]

ahah nice update man, your pencil work is really great.

What i was trying to say is about your faces. Is in some cases (possibly the non ref ones??) you tend to squish the faces a bit.

ie. the distance between the bottom of the lips and the eyebrows comes squashed on the whole size of the head. so it looks like they have a big forhead..

I think its most obvious in you last update- on the picture of the side on view of the girls head -0 with the eyes closed. Here face looks a little squashed. Maybe make them a little longer - compared tofeature sizes and width etc.

Good work though, theres really great stuff here.

[Art_Addict]

Hi,

Fellah : Thanks again man. it's always joy looking trough your pages :)

PhatAndy : I understand what your saying but i'm having difficulty seeing what you see. In most of the drawings the foreheads look fine to me :( the squashing of the faces is clearer to me now. i'll work on that , thanks mate

Here's the finished version of the drawing i posted earlier.
Hope you like :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/kevin-finished.jpg

[glikster]

extremely nice!!
I don't have to say, it's about time (especially since I haven't updated mine in almost as long....I'm gonna get on it, I swear!)

I love your style... my only crit is on this last finished face. I think it might be there's not enough contrast in the face... but something is throwing me off. Also, his teeth seem completely blown out. Otherwise.... gorgeous updates!

[Jens]

I really thought I had already replied in this thread once :)

You really got it going man, I see you got good control over your pencil

The two drawings of your girlfriend are two of the best in here.. i'm actually pretty jealous of that second one. A bit of a shame that the sharpness of the hand and the head isn't really there in the rest of the body.

Where do you go to school btw??

[Art_Addict]

Hey all,

glikster : Thanks man, i know about the teeth.

Jens : Thanks dude, the body is indeed a bit sloppy, compared to the hand and head, thanks for pointing that out. I don't go to school anymore. Used to study animation in Brussels. Working as a waiter now.

Very quick self portrait, sucks but its just a sketchbook , right? :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/snel-zelfportret-21.jpg

[draw]

Really strong drawing skills

Would like to see more drawings from your imagination

Keep drawing your gonna be great

[the_GHOST]

You definitley nailed RL

I agree that I'd love to see what you can do from yer head ;)

[Ferg]

your eyes are humongous

seriously though, awsome sketchbook.

Only crit is that in some of these your proportions are off a bit... but eh. That's me struggling to find something to crit so this post doesn't feel like a total waste of bandwidth :)

[Teigrob]

Yeah, that's what sketchbooks are for! :teeth: The previous one looks very nice, I love the hair, it has great volume.

[Yodaah]

Hi Art Addict,

your pencils are cool. I especially like the girl in side view. You really captured the shadows as they should be.

Go on man!

cheers!

[Cobi]

Great updates. Would like to see that painting! :teeth:

[duddlebug]

oOooOoh... there's some lovely sketches here!

I really like the way you handle shadow on the face. The first self portrait is very nice.

I always find observational drawing in public daunting, but you seem confident and comfortable drawing people in public places... nice stuff.

It makes me want to go for a wander with my sketchbook!

[Art_Addict]

Hi peeps ,

- draw : Thanks man , soon man , soon .

- the_GHOST : What do you mean with RL? I've been quite busy, but i'm gonna post my imagination stuff soon

- Ferg : I know bout the eyes, kinda did that intentional to put more drama in. Got to watch those proportions closely.....:)

- Teigrob : Thanks girl, love your sketchbook as well

- Yodaah : Thanks man , yeah, i enjoyed doing that portrait of my beloved girl

- That fat kid : Thanks !

- Cobi : Thanks for your support ! It's progressing veeeery slowly :S

- duddlebug : Wow , thanks man , it really means a lot coming from you. Your work has been an inspiration since the first time i saw your Exposé entry.
I'm not always that confident tough :) I like it best when i don't get noticed, haha :)

2 film character drawings , nothing special, just fun to do , hope u like :) :
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/mexicaan5.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/clint0001.jpg

[Fayt]

sure, some mistakes in the first ones, but very natural, this is very good. The humans I draw look like plastic figures.

[waronmars]

your faces are awesome, but sometimes you put ears waaaaay too high, like this one http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/soldaat-met-sigaret.jpg
i hope you dont mind, just to show i messed it round in ps http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/jminis72/addictdraw.jpg
otherwise your drawings are amazing, very inspirational.

[Bojee]

I'm digging all the heads, your a pro with the pencil. :confident

[baquitania]

Hey Tom:

I like the looseness of the last group, the Eastwood piece is fun, and your portraits are very nice. Would love to see all those strokes you do translate into digital.

[Art_Addict]

Hi peeps!

Fayt : Thanks man, yeah , i'm improving ! :)

That fat kid : Thanks man, that means a lot

waronmars : I see what you mean and your right in that pic, but.... the way you 'corrected' the ear is even more off i think. Notice that the head is tilted, therefore the ear always moves up a little. You have put the ear Waaaaaay too low. :) But thanks for the advice man. I'll keep it in mind

Bojee : Thanks !

baquitania : Thanks dude. I'm working on my digital skills. got a tablet and it's fun. Will show some of that stuff soon.

For now... Here's a self portrait I'm working on. trying the push the pencil and learning 'bout values :)
Crit away!! :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/zelfportret-10.jpg

[vigostar]

better and better everytime I give myslef a treat and look at this thread... I really like the clint drawing.. keep it up buddy.. your doing great! oh and it was FIVE

[bumskee]

beauuuutiful strokes, love seeing awsome pencil stuff. Very nice collection of portraits, well controlled. :) the last one looks very good so far.. sweeet! look forward to the progress.

[ApolloNuevo]

the cowboy one is great...you might even be able to punch it up a notch by adding a violet hue to some of the deeper shadows. great stuff man, keep it up!

-apollo

[ebrowning]

Wow- I really like your drawings- and I can see a clear progression. The fact that you got Clint Eastwod in there makes you aces in my book. I'll say this since you're a bartender and not fully surviving on art yet (I'm assuming)- fight with everything you have to do this! Beautiful work.

[Placeboast]

Save image as... Save image as.... Man I've got so much to learn from you.
Very nice tonality in your works. It makes me wish I had tried to learn shading.
Job good, up keep, says Yoda.

[dCepT]

Last SP is looking real good! Love the values you're putting down!

You're faces are excellent, how about giving us some more bodies, and other anatomy?

d-C

[Art_Addict]

Hi Ca 'ers !

Couple of people asked me to show some of my drawings I do from imagination.
Well, to tell you the truth, I think that's one of my weak points. Really have to work on that. But I plan to start drawing more and more stuff without ref. I started drawing more intensely over the last couple months, and realy been enjoying it. So I'm gonna try to push it as far as I can.
Thanx for all the support guys !

- vigostar : Oh man ! you're just too nice :)

- That fat kid : I'm glad to hear that kid, thanks. But I stand by my reply ;)

- bumskee : :) Thanks man! Looking forward to it myself

- ApolloNuevo : Thanks. Yeah , I tried that but I didn't came out the way I wanted
- ebrowning : Yeah, been seeing the progression a little myself, Fun! Thanks dude , realy motivating reply !
- Placeboast : Thanks a lot , honoring man :)

- dCepT : Thanks. I tend to draw faces automatically, have to work on that. For now : look below and there you go ...

Started doodling , No ref. , letting my pencil slide across my paper random and this is what came out , fairly happy with it. Gonna post more imagination stuff from now on. I'm hooked and there's no way back !!!! Anyway hope you like :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/Demon-1.jpg

[Art_Addict]

Just a small update on the SP. Trying to show some of its progression. Blocking in the hair and refining the ear :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/zelfportret-update.jpg

[seth1]

Hey man! I like the last 2 drawings that you have updated with! In your sp try and enforce you vaule even more make it dramatic even in areas you dont think you need it, but it is good practice... Love the line in the sp.. Cant wait for another update...

[meeatu]

nice update man. i like the portrait one the best

[cartoonfox]

hey dude! awesome work here man! your rendering is great.
i love that demon dude, looks great you should do more creatures ^-^

i look forward to meeting you at the aiport. i will pm you tomorrow night sometime

see you soon



peace :7up:

[Jamaludin]

heya just wanted to drop in and say that your rendering is great, really good. Love the self portrait is looking very life and real like, nice work ! :D

[PHATandy]

this is amazing addict, the self portrait is so damn cool.

The lighting around the eye/nose looks pro. IT would be nice to see the ref, match it up for likeness.

Great stuff though, ure rendering is great :)

[Art_Addict]

Hi,

- seth1 : Thanks for the advice, I'll keep working on it

- meeatu : Thanks, me too :)

- cartoonfox : Thankx a lot! I definately will do more creatures. Working on it as we speak :)

- Jamaludin : Thank You

- PHATandy : Your support means a lot dude, thanks ! The portrait isn't from one ref photo. It are several combined. Got the line somewhat of 2 and I shade it a bit with ref from other pictures and let my imagination do most part :)

Here're a few gestures i did a while ago during life drawing. Each 30 seconds. Amazing how fast 30 seconds are gone ! Sorry for the bad quality, they were too big to scan :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/gesture-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/gesture-2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/gesture3.jpg

[Jason Snair]

Hey man,

I like that portrait a lot. very nice. it's just got some beautiful lighting going for it. The portraits at the top of the page are really exceptional as well.

the gesture drawings are nice too.

good work. keep posting.
j.

[Shinryu]

Same turf dude haha (think I know what ya mean) nice stuff your rendering is great, see you are going to prague, wish I could have got there, enjoy it

-shin

[Art_Addict]

Hi,

Jason Snair, That fat kid, Shinryu : Thanks dudes! I'll post the finished SP after Prague!

Here's an old one : An ink painting of the street i live in, kept very loose. It was freezing cold outside when I did it and the water I was using actually froze on to my paper!! Had a nice effect :) haha- this is wat's left of it when I got back inside and it defrosted ... :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/landschap1.jpg

[masterpug]

Nice studies and pencil technique. Reminds me I have work to do. I would watch the proportions on some of the "out of mind" drawings like in post #63. The demon is well drawn, but his hands looks smallish and his forearm might be a tad thin. Still, lot of talent floating around in here, keep it up!

[Miau]

great pencil skills! show more :)

[Diego]

hey dude, very powerful stuff in here.
I realy like the selfportrait, nice handle of the values...
Keep the imagination stuff and the hard work.
Cheers

[shyamshriram]

hey love the last portrait and the landscape ! cool work buddy, post MORE :D

[strych9ine]

Damn nice book here man, that self-portrait is looking extremely solid. I'll be around here for sure...

[vigostar]

superskillfull dude... i really like the quick gestures.. i have tons of trouble doing those.. i can get the one minute but, never under that... the ink washed painting is really nice... but, your realistic portraits are really superb...! Just a little thought about the imaginative drawing... I used to have a huge problem drawing from my imagination.. alot of my early drawings looked teh same... my GF would always say.. Draw something different... And whjat I learned is to just draw... draw some weird very light shapes... and be attentive to the forms being created... you'll see figures forming and images appearing... and then most of the time your hand does most of the drawing... Im personally one of those people who have tons of trouble being creative but, I think alot about my drawings now and are more patient.. that seems to help alot.. also.. really diving into an artist that you admire and just read the artwork created... things start to pop in your mind... techniques and ideas... i get alot of ideas when im laying in bed right before fallingout... maybe have a small notebook and the side of your bed to jot down some notes for ideas actually thats a great idea in general.. ok, im rambling now..thanks for sharing..

[armando]

maybe have a small notebook and the side of your bed to jot down some notes for ideas actually thats a great idea in general..

haha, I do the exact same thing. I first started doing it because I couldn't sleep, kept thinking of the same idea over and over, writing it down helped me finish the thought.

All these head studies look good. Your friend's portrait from Sep 19 looks exactly like Frank Sinatra. One thing to work on would be light on the basic forms, which is explained in Loomis's "Successful Drawing", that'll clean up your rendering and get rid of the unnessessary marks. The blue painting looks really cool, that kind of watercolor painting is worth further study.

[Qxzi]

Good stuff here addict, i also like that self portrait.

Nice highlights in the hair and good shading thoughout, well done and keep on posting

[johnny78]

Finally I know the real face behind the avatar :)

Man, your last ink looks really great. You should make more of these. And your faces are very solid. The last one even looks like you :)

[cartoonfox]

hey tom, was so awesome meeting and hanging with you man! i had a great time looking through your sketchbook/portfolio and chating about stuff ^_^

i look forward to seeing more stuff from you, including more imaginaton stuff.

maybe we'll meet again someday... montreal? sweden?...



peace :7up:

[dCepT]

Saw that ink-piece in Prague.. you should definately do more! It came out with a nice mood.. And the freezing certainly didn't detract anything from the piece :) Happy accidents..hehe

d-C

[SamBrown36]

wicked man, good sketches, they looked even beter in person. It was fun hanging out in Prague. I'll keep an eye on your sketchbook. Slow Ride

[Art_Addict]

Hi guys!

- masterpug : Thanks for the comments. Yeah , lots of anatomy isues, i know..

- Miau : Was nice meeting you and your sister in Praha. Hope you got to the train in time. Will do man , will do

- Diego : Thanks man

- shyamshriram : Thanks dude !

- strych9ine : Thanks ! I'll finish it as soon as possible.

- vigostar : I appreciate the time you took for that reply, thanx a lot! Glad to know there're people out there that can relate.. :)

- That fat kid : Do it man , just do it..

- armando : Haha, he doesn't really , but i'll tell him. Thanks for the loomis advice, i'm gonna look that up

- Qxzi : Thanx dude

- johnny78 : Thanks man ! How are you? Was great meeting you at Praha, loved your sketchbook

- cartoonfox : Heyyyyyyyyyyyy buddy !! same here man , same here. I hope Montreal.. 'crosses fingers'

- dCepT : Try it man, its cold but fun.. :)

- Sambrown : yoooooo Sammyyyyyy ! Oh damn, why didn't I do a drawing of you , shit! Thanks dude, oh and let me know whenever you wanna hook up here and get your ass kicked on a belgian FB table, muhahhahaah !!!

Some drawings I did in Praha, hope you like: first the model and then a portrait of Layil :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/model-praag.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/layil-praag.jpg

Some gestures :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/gesture-praag-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/gesture-praag-3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/gesture-praag-4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/gesture-praag-2.jpg

portrait of Koshime, super nice guy and really gifted :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/Koshime-praag.jpg

gestures of the people in the praha room late-night drawing session :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/room-praag.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/toram/room-praag-2.jpg

[mentler]

Still in pain that I did not get to instruct in Prague ‡ will put together major US annual workshop myself ‡ with major league figurative instructors

Your short pose work is very strong, as is the one long pose ‡ the long pose has lost a little vitality but that is a common problem ‡ and since none of us wish to be common I tell my students to do thumbnails and studies until the model gets (relaxes) into the pose ‡ the pose changes a great deal for the first 10 to 15 minutes <> on very long poses I have my workshops members go through the whole first setting of 25 or 30 minutes just doing thumbnails and shorter drawing from 2 or 3 angles so that they really understand the pose

[Fellah.]

Nice stuff man - wish i had been in Prague!

[Qxzi]

hey, i really like your faces and firgure studies.

I also wish i could of gone to Prague :(

Keep it up

[dariocoelho]

ouch, this sketchbook is hot!
*saved in my favourites.

nothing more to say...god. :yayca:

[hurricane]

wicked stuff, i looked at your stuff briefly, i wish i had really looked at it, great stuff !

was nice to see you in prague, hehe.

keep on rocking dude!!

cheers

[maknien]

heello mate. Your sb looks really good also on the screen :)
Sorry about the crappy way of saying good byes at the airport. I went to look for the right port and then the airport staff asked me to come and x-ray my stuff and so on. But it was great to see you in person there in Prague.

Keep your thread alive!

[dCepT]

Good shit, man! The longpose is awesome! As I've said.. I really like your values!

I'm watchin', yo!

d-C

[zao75231]

no crits here, your stuff is indeed excellent. Love the life drawings, lets see some more.

[Pencilator]

It was nice meeting you in prauge. Those drawings kicked so much more in real life.
Hope to see more from you.

Hugs!

[Nils_Carstens]

i realy like the feelin of ur values, the rendered life drawin from prague looks promissing. go finish it ;)

[OleOlsen]

jo art!
that potrait of layil is just sweet man. u r a real good observer and your work always looks very confident! the rendering is just sweet. man i hope prague opened the door to the next level for ya' ;)

[SamBrown36]

Hey, your drawing from Prague are really nice, I didn't see what you were working on during the workshop. I really like the sketch of the under lit model. Gestures are nice too. I don't know if I'm gonna be able to make it out for fooseball, I've got a lot of stuff to wrap up out here, but we'll see.

[Profil]

Nice man:)
The king of fooseball, and you said that you just played it some times before..
Was very nice to meet you.

[dogfood]

Happy Birthday, man! Hey it's been a long time since you last posted here (not that i'm one to talk).

[vigostar]

im always super impressed when i click on your thread and see your new works.. your quality and the care you put into these are quite amazing.... great work..

[Hazamataz]

Your work makes me love pencil, you can almost here the sound of the hatching from many of these drawings.

Woah, and the imagination sketch, keep doing those! I heard john howe just keeps sticking more pages down and carrying on these doodles/concepts.
It looks as though he is some demon captain, maybe about to lead his horrific legions into battle!

More Please!

[Hiipi]

Hiya, finally found my way over here too! Saw you and your works in Prague and I really liked your drawings! Not to say there was anything particularly wrong with YOU either! :D I remember the one with your GF and some other ppl... Do I remember wrong that you had a kid too?!?!?!?

Well whatever, I was impressed. And now I am disappointed that you haven´t posted anymore!

Come back maaaaan!

[ryan_mgh]

That is a really good self portrait is that just a pencil scan?

[fooxoo]

Ohh cooolies. great life studies, those quickies are great! I really like the shading. Post more!

[yAdam]

Cheers for the crit in the critique section....You have really nice, confident line work. The work from life is brilliant and apart from tiny anatomy problems with the fantasy stuff its all great!!!!! The title in next to you avatar says you are painting! When you are done post some in here, this book is lacking some colour! :P

Oh and also, this is one of the few sketchbooks i've looked at today that have slow loading images, I dont know if this is an issue with the forum or photobucket. But some of them havent loaded in the last 5 - 10 minutes..

[jtheanswer]

Wow, wicked SB man! Dig a lot the portraits. Your pencil renderings are great! Btw, what pencils do you use?

Wanna see more, and waiting for that painting too. Keep it up!

[Pickles]

Very inspiring, I really enjoy the way you render value

[Placeboast]

Thanks for popping by my thread a while ago. Would like to see the finished version of the SP. Your rendering skills are excellent. There really is no point me giving you any critique 'cause you obviously know what you are doing. Will have to keep following your thread. Four stars from me.

[hypocalvin]

i like how your pencil strokes follow the follow the contours of your figures and portraits. I'm really in awe in how it plays out in your drawings - even though I've seen it in other places before.

i also like the blue ink drawing that froze. i'm going to try that sometime.

[meticulous]

Wow! Strong studies - (hell you know that - just look at the posts :) ) - I really have to stop and stare at some of your sketches - you have a great grasp on values.
Thanks for posting and keep em coming!