obi-one sketchbook - last update 17 sept 07

[Obi-one]

first post on ConceptArt :rendered:

I've never been to any art class, I'm just drawing for myself, because I do enjoy it a lot.
I don't use any refs for my drawing, I'm just trying to learn by watching other's drawing.

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook001.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook002.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook003.jpg

the next two are inspired by a manga called : Saint seya - knights of the zodiac

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook004.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook005.jpg

I would like to have comments and critics on how I can improve. :rendered:

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[Fellah.]

Hi man.
Nice start on your sketchbook here.
The last to is looking very nice, good line work and a solid anatomy.
Some of the others have slight problems with that, too long arms, too short leg and stuff - but it seems to be easy fixed. The shading is nice on the helmetdude on the first drawing - keep that up :rendered:
Anyhow, keep working and good luck. (btw using others drawing is ref to :wink: )

[hypocalvin]

for a guy who has never taken an art class. pretty gud, supurb really. buts wuts with that soldier guy with the feminie pose?

[Obi-one]

thanks for the comments :teeth:

Fellah. > I think one of my major problem are the legs. I use to draw them to short. I have to work on that. I don't see it when I'm drawing :S , but once scanned on my computer, it's what I see the first.

hypocalvin > I know for the feminine pose, it's not great, but I like the overall proportions on this one.


I'll try to scan some more of my work and post them soon.

obi-one

[Obi-one]

little update ;)

This one is a bit older than the previous. I found it more difficult to draw girls, so I don't do it very often.

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook006.jpg

here's an ather one

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook007.jpg

and I try to learn how to color some of my sketchs, so here's the result :

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/illustration12.jpg

hope you like :teeth:

crits and comments are always welcome.

obi-one

[Obi-one]

those one are more recents:

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook008.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook009.jpg

obi-one

[Obi-one]

a few more:

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook010.jpg

a wolverine with short legs :S

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis16.jpg

a girl with a long neck :S

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis15.jpg

and a beast

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/illustration07.jpg

obi-one

[Fellah.]

Hi obi.
wolverine is looking good - and yeah the legs are a bit short, not much tho.
I like the beast drawing (last one) a lot dude! Nice concept, nice beast design and nice detail on the man. I can see you got the talent, but maybe you need to slow down a bit and look at your stuff before you start inking and coloring - the inking is very good on the last one, nice and controlled line work, looks good. Take a look at the man: his arm is almost longer than his leg, his right hand is very small and his head is way too big. the pose he has would break his back - or at least hurt like hell :P The beast is missing two legs btw, even tho they are behind the first one you should still let them show a bit, this way it all looks a bit flat.
All that being said - it is a nice drawing and i think with some work all this will be fixed. Check out mentlers thread - hes a 1,2,3 - 1,2,3 system on anatomy somewhere that is really helpfull! And my advice would be, scan the stuff in and kill the flaws before finishing it. I scan, redraw, scan, redraw, etc.
Wow, long comment :^^;: hope you dont mind. Woudnt use my time here if i thought you didnt have the skill, so i hope i didnt piss you off :^^:

[Gilead]

You're getting good keep going.
On the one with the girl holding the wine glass: The elipses would not follow the vanishing point lines unless the glass was a flat cut-out.
http://members.cox.net/gilead/glass.jpg
There's always one more perspective line no matter which direction you look. It's the one that goes from your eye straight back to a vanishing point. It would be impossible to see or draw as anything other than a vertical line down the center of any object, but it is there and it's what makes 3 dimensional things bulge out towards the viewer.

[Obi-one]

fellah > thanks for the critics. I'll go and watch mentlers thread. I think your right, I don't take enought time to watch and redraw if there something wrong in my drawings. I'll be more patient.

I know my beast have only two legs, I wont change it on this one, but next time I wont do this mistake. :S

Gilead > I didn't think about that when I draw it, but now I see you're right. great crit. thanks a lot. :teeth:


more to come soon ;)

obi-one

[Obi-one]

a bunch a new/old ones:

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook011.jpg

a four month old concept

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis14.jpg

and a quick one done in PS:

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/illustration11.jpg

obi-one

[Obi-one]

new ones 8)

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook012.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis18.jpg

obi-one :teeth:

[Shatterdome]

Yeah cool stuff, I'd agree your proportions are off and to do some reading on that. Lots of your guys really have a wicked sense of movement and dynamicism though, and that's something that's hard to practice...keep it up and you will rock hard....good work...

[deez]

the last ones are great... but i do agree about porportions on your other ones
it helps to glance a real life references just to get the measurements into your
head

[Obi-one]

Shatterdome and deez > thanks for the replies. I'm trying to work more on the proportions. I'll get it ;)

here's one I post in the Dragon thread. This drawing is one month old and I was pretty happy with it. Now, when I'm watching it, I think I could have done a better job :S

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis17.jpg

one for today

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis19.jpg


obi-one :^^:

[Obi-one]

a bunch of new ones ;)

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook013.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook014.jpg

a quick colored one

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/illustration13.jpg

and today's one

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis21.jpg

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[Obi-one]

a little bit more

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook015.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook016.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis22.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis23.jpg

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[Mrdes]

You have a lot of good stuff going on in here. Keep it up.

In the first pic of your last update, the guy with the two swords has some pretty strange proportions. His head looks a little too large and both arms are much too short. Sort of the same thing going on as one of the guys way back in your May 16th update. Also, I think that the knight dude with the helmet has something weird going on with his left arm's bicep & deltoid area. Could be just the way I'm looking at it though, not sure.

Aside from that, everything is lookin nice. A lot of cool characters all over the place too.

[Mr. Visions]

This is a nice start on your sketchbook. One thing I would advice you is to try more dynamic sketches with your characters and get them out of the "pose shell". I have this problem alot to. If you get comfortable drawing characters in motion/action, it will improve your work overall. Keep postin'.

- Vision-

[Mark Aguilar]

You have good tonal value in your pictures, but i noticed that you mentioned that you do not use reference. I recommend that you start using them just for the poses, don't draw the exact picture , but pictures of athletes jumping and punching will really help from keeping your characters stiff.

[blog]

I don't get how you can not be different. You're figures look like they're drawn by a thousand other noobs on the site. For goodness sake. How do you do it :dead:

[Obi-one]

thanks for the comments ;)

Mrdes > you're right for the arms. At the beginning of the drawing, they were not supposed to be in those positions..

Mr. Visions > I'll try to draw more moving figures, cause you're right to. I've a hard time drawing them.

Mark Aguilar > Sometimes I search for good ref, but I rarely find what I want. But I never search athletes pictures. I'll give it a try.

blog > I'm sorry, I've read your comment a lot of time, and don't understand the meenig of it. My English is not that great.

Lot of work is waiting for me.

today's one
http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook017.jpg

I have tried to draw figures out of the "pose shell".

obi-one

[hypocalvin]

new ones 8)

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis18.jpg

obi-one :teeth:

oh smatch. ur stuff is getting craazy good. I like that one above in particular. are these ALL without reference or copying?

[ApolloNuevo]

wow, some of your new designs are getting really good! and i LOVE that dragon head sketch.

keep drawing!
-dan

[Obi-one]

Thanks for the comments :)

hypocalvin > before, when I was trying to use references, the results were bad, maybe I wasn't good enought. So now, I don't use refs anymore. But I think I'll have to try again if I want to get better.

ApolloNuevo > Thank you.


Today, I've decided to draw faces. It's something I'm not good. I hate drawing hair. Really difficult for me.
http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook018.jpg

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[Obi-one]

Here's some new little things.

first a speed paint. I can't get the skin color right. I'm quite please with the rest, but I cant paint skin. :S

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/speed11.jpg


And a quick scketch. I'm beginning to be faster.

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis24.jpg

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[Obi-one]

two new ones for taday:

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook019.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook020.jpg

obi-one

[acorn]

your ogre things look awesome, and you colored ones are even better!

poses and anatomy is looking great too :}

i thirst for more! MORE! :)

[Undefeated]

Its really impressive to see the improvement over the first few sketches and the more recent ones. Whether its the fact that you stopped using as much ref or whatever else, its obvious the recent stuff is done with a much more relaxed hand.

Some of the poses seem a bit stiff and off-balance here and there. The face studies are good, but I think you'd be better off working on sketching them with shaded values, to get a better grasp of their form. I'm assuming those are reffed, but who knows. When I'm trying to improve with faces, I just sit down with a black and white newspaper and sketch every interesting face for a few hours. The b&w makes it much easier to study the shadows. Your values are really off-the-charts dynamite on some of those concepts, and your PS stuff is looking really, really, sharp. I'm also in the Ogre fan club, and I really dig croquis22. (Couldn't think of a way to describe him.)

Keep it going, buddy.

[Obi-one]

thanks for the comments.

acorn > When I watch my colored stuff, I not very pleased with it. I haven't been coloring enought I think to get a good feeling.

Undefeated > Yes, I feeling that I have improved when I'm drawing. Everything on this thread is done without refs. It comes when I'm watching all the beautifull works in CA. I need to draw, and don't have time to find refs.

[Obi-one]

update with today's sketch ;)

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis25.jpg

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[Obi-one]

today's one:

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook021.jpg

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[Paralax]

update with today's sketch ;)

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis25.jpg

obi-one

It may be me, dunno, but the head looks a bit small though.

One thing you have now is a lot more understanding of eprspective. Your first sketches sometimes looked too 2d qhen they needed volume and shape. Now they look far better and the lines are much more confident(this is one element I am working on :))

[Obi-one]

Paralax > thank you for your comment. Yes the head is a little bit small. I was at the top of my paper :[ .


I'm trying to do figures in different poses. No ref used.

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook022.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook023.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook024.jpg

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[Obi-one]

here's a concept for today. Colours were looking better on my other sceen.

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/illustration14.jpg

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[Obi-one]

Here's something I've done for the daily sketch group.

DSG 831: Fantasy Scene: FIGURE(S) STANDING BEFORE THE DRAGONHEAD-SHAPED ENTRY-WAY

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis26.jpg

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[Obi-one]

two speed paints done with Open Canvas.

first one in 45 min

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/speed12.jpg


second one in 1h

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/speed13.jpg

obi-one

[Obi-one]

long time without update.

Don't have lot of time for drawing recently, but now I'm going to find more.


the next two have been drawn directly with a ink pen. realy good practise, because I wasn't able to erase.

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis28.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis27.jpg


two colored ones:

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/illustration15.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/speed22.jpg

and a last one :

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook025.jpg


more to come soon :confident

[Obi-one]

a new bunch of sketchs

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis29.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis30.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis31.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis32.jpg

[Obi-one]

some more.

an old one (four month old)
http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook026.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook027.jpg

inspired by the book Harry Potter
http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook028.jpg

a mix of different animals :[
http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook029.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook030.jpg

polar bear studies
http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook031.jpg

and a speedy
http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/speed24.jpg

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[Lazy Gun]

This is some awesome stuff dude but there is one thing that keeps nagging at me. The legs, on alot of the pieces you've got here the legs seem a bit short, I mean obviously it's intentional on some of them but sometimes it just seems out of proportion. Other than that fantastic stuff, look forward to seeing more.

[Obi-one]

Lazy Gun > Thanks for your comment. I know legs are realy often the weakest parts of my drawings.

been a long time without posting anything, but there's a few new ones.

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis36.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis35.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis34.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis33.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/sketchbook/sketchBook032.jpg


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[Gameoflines]

Your work is great and displays a lot of imagination ( and that's not a euphemism!)
The skeletal robot-esque head is a fabulous design ( Gen. Grevious as he should have been?)
The ogre with bark paldrons...are you sure that's non ref :) ?
The artillery mech from October post...looks functional and well constructed.
Rocking skull dungeon concept.
Burgeoning professionalism evident in all of these, and most importantly they do what good concept art should...not to be glossy designs or figures with edgy poses but working designs that inspire creativity in others.
Your strongest human figures are the ones where you've economized the lines and constructed the forms geometrically, like the cloaked figure from yesterday's post. I find emphasizing the geometry of even curved forms helps heighten the illusion of volume. The best way to tackle human eyes is economy and suggestion, especially when working with small scale sketches and drawings. I like to emphasize the folds of skin of the eyelids and exagerate the recession of the eye in the orbital of the skull, and create as much contrast between the light and dark values as possible while keeping everything in proportion. With eyes, full figures and small working surfaces, less is more.

[Janus]

hey, some very nice images.
i like the dark munch with the sword most, but good work. keep going

[Obi-one]

Finally an update :wink:

don't really have time for drawing in the past months, but I'll have more soon.

here's a bunch of sketchs
http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis37.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis38.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis39.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis40.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis41.jpg

http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/croquis42.jpg

my first acrylic painting (:xpld: ). And I'm quite happy with it. It could be better, but I've learn a lot in doing this one.
http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/peinture01.jpg

and a speed paint
http://ob1.one.free.fr/images/2d/speed28.jpg

obi-one

[Obi-one]

little update for today :

a sketch and a illustration.

[jdeegz]

the polar bear is cute:) some other cool works in here

[Obi-one]

I've got a little bit of time to draw during the last month, so here what I've done :

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[Obi-one]

new stuff.

I'm really gone try to add sketches more often. I've got a bit more time to draw recently.

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[Obi-one]

here's some new stuff :wink:

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[Obi-one]

Some more sketches :xpld:

As I draw faster, I can start doing little backgrounds to my drawings, defore I got borded. ;)

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hope you like

[Obi-one]

2 updates in 2 days ... waow

for today, an old speed paint I've forgot on my hard drive :rolleyes: , and a sketch I've done today.

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Hope you like :}

[Obi-one]

today a sketch I did yesterday.

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[TheGnoll]

hey man, impressive improvement since beginning of thread, latest stuff looks really good...hope you'll get back into regular posting, i'll be back for more!

ciao!

[Obi-one]

TheGnoll > Thanks for your comment, and yes, I'm going to try to keep posting. :)

For today, one doodle in PS to practice drawing and coloring. I have a hard time drawing in PS. I prefer drawing on paper.

And few quick concept.

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hope you like.

[RandAlThor]

Wow, what an improvement since the start. Excellent imagination stuff. i agree with the legs being iffy in the earlier posts, but your definately been listening to the crits and you are really nailing the anatomy lately. Really like some of these, good inspiration.. keep up the good work ;-)

[Chris Noeth]

You have some heavy stuff here my friend :)

Keep it up.

Best,

Chris

[Piranha Clan]

I like this SB. You have improved loads since it started. I dig the dragon head and the leather-clad figure in #52. It's terrific how much you've learned on your own; now I think you should start practicing from reference, such as photos and anatomy books. Some anatomy studies would help you improve greatly and take your work to a new level. Great character designs!

[Obi-one]

RandAlThor > Thanks. Yes I think the legs were really the first part of my work I needed to fix.

Chris Noeth > Thanks

Piranha Clan > Thanks. I know I should practice from references, but I usually start drawing quickly when I have something in mind, and not trying to find reference and then draw.


For today, an sketch done for the COW 81: Yellow BloodSucker

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[Obi-one]

new update,

my entry for this week COW : Yellow Bloodsucker
and a hunter concept.

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hope you like :)

[Obi-one]

don't have update in a while, because I was doing some 3d stuff.

So here are some character concepts, and 3d render of low-poly stuff.

hope you like. :)

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[Obi-one]

here's a big update for today.

as i was reading the last book of the Harry Potter series, I was inspired to draw a few concept of deatheaters and of the dark lord himself. maybe I'll give It a try in 3d if I found the time.

there's also some other sketches, and at the end a 3d low-poly model that I exported in the Oblivion game.


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