Linus Sketchbook, step by step.

[swedish_viking]

Hi!

Here i will post my 2d art, i´ve never painted before. All drawings are done on a wacom, if i dont say else.

Have a nice day!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/linus-liljegren/qwe.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/linus-liljegren/Eye1.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/linus-liljegren/foot.jpg

[hurricane]

Hi and welcome to the sketchbook section !
Here you'll have a blast and hopefully learn a thing or two :P

now go and draw your ass off :P


cheers !

[swedish_viking]

practise some of my anatomy :teeth:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/linus-liljegren/anatomy2.jpg

[swedish_viking]

hand

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/linus-liljegren/handhenki1.jpg

[swedish_viking]

I made i new hand, much better than the last. But i can´t get the fingers nice there kinda flat and not good. The palm is good atleast. Can anyone help me?

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/linus-liljegren/hand.jpg

[hurricane]

1. get loomis or any great artists book about anatomy, there is alot of links and stuff on the forum

2. get some paper and a pen... go somewhere you can concentrate, draw your own hand, alot !

3. try to mimic the shadows that exists on your hand... try to see all the different levels of shadows and highlights... like the darkest part, like in a fold, should be the darkest spot in your picture..

4. draw draw draw

5. build the hand using 3d-shapes in your head.... like a finger is a tube, how do you draw a tube? well, google one or open up a 3d program :P and try to draw it... connecting all the parts and then start to give the piece some 'human' thingsm like nails, folds, skin :P

6. there is something called foreshortening (överlappande linjer) like when you point your finger towards your eye it will have alot of foreshortening, search for tips on that too

7. there is alot of usefull tips and tutorial on this forum... search or surf around.

8. i'm just too lazy to make tutorials or find the urls im talking about and for that i am sorry. :P

have fun :D

cheers

[madster]

Every piece you draw, Linus is showing some improvement! And, that is the secret to getting good, to keep drawing...
There is a thing called the "100 drawing Project," and is based upon the old saying that if you draw something 100 times, it will be yours forevermore. Simply by drawing the same thing over, and over, and over again, you will become VERY familiar with what you see, and how you draw it.

I think "100 Hands by Linus" is a good Project to help your drawing. If you post 1 new hand drawing every day, yes, it will be 3 months (at least) before you are done, but OH, how much better you will be by the 100th hand!

2 down, 98 more to go!
Slow down at the very beginning, and try to make that basic outline show all the little bends as your fingers get wider at the knuckles, or as your thumb curves at the tip. Don't hurry to draw the lines for the knuckles. Carefully observe your hand, and those lines and folds, and try to record what you see.

You are off to a good start, and your drawing is already improving from your efforts. Keep it up!

EDIT Here (http://www.michaelmhensley.com/page0142.htm) are a couple excellent hand studies by an artist. Look at them, and observe the details. Then try to keep them in mind, as you look at your own hand and draw it.
HERE (http://www.anticz.com/handtut.htm) is a good Hand Drawing Tutorial. You might try that also as part of your "100 hands"...[/Edit]

~M

[Flaskpost]

Lookin´ good!

Bättre och bättre för varje post. :)

But i´d like to see some traditional drawings as well. Useful it is. =)

[swedish_viking]

Yes master... As soon as i get some money that is...

Draw many times you will... Great jed... ehhmm Artist you will be.

[swedish_viking]

hi guys!

I´ve started 100 legs, done 1-5.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/linus-liljegren/1-5legs.jpg

[swedish_viking]

I´ve started a hand today, i think i´m starting to get the hang of hands. It´s just so hard, and it takes time, but i´ve got the best reference ( My own hand )

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/linus-liljegren/handthatfeeds.jpg

[swedish_viking]

Got the hand ready today, i mimiced the shadows and folds in my skin. The tumbs feel allright, but the fingers seems a bit fat-- Anyways here it goes

I couldent make the finger to the left of the little finger, it had to be an aputation. :dur:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/linus-liljegren/handthatfeeds1.jpg

[swedish_viking]

comon guys, i need comments! Good or bad!

[Skurai]

your last one is good, i say kkep on drawing and you'll get better and better in no time, also you can try and study others works.
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-skurai-

[NightVision]

Lots of your 'pencil' strokes are very 'hairy'. Since you do these digital ... make a new layer and draw the image again, with a nice fluid line, have some lineweight variation (thinner & thicker lines or lines going from thick to thin & vice versa ... thicker lines for shadow sides, nearer objects, ...).
This is also an excellent stage to do some minor corrections (like making that finger a bit thinner ... have bone structure come out a bit better ... ) ... you could even flip the image horizontally (mirror) to make sure nothing is skewed !

On the hands ... do some study of the skeleton ... for instance the fingers get slightly thicker at their joints (you can clearly feel that as well).

Good work with the notes ... first step in improving is noticing your flaws and searching for knowledge you don't have yet ! :)

Keep 'em coming, you're well on your way !

[swedish_viking]

Hi guys!

Sat down a bit, came up with a shake hands picture.. it went pretty good actually.
hehe i´m kinda tired, going to my buddies place were gonna play some warcraft 3, cya.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/linus-liljegren/shakehands.jpg

[hurricane]

nice pictures !

as for critique, what i said at july 20th is enough :)

keep on drawing, if you want to be better, draw :)

cheers and thanks for the kind words in my sketchbook!

[swedish_viking]

I havent forgotten ( yet :teeth: ) about my 100 legs, on 7 now...

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/linus-liljegren/6-7legs.jpg

C&C on evertything i do please

Cheers Linus

[Flaskpost]

Ah, det här går ju finemang! Händerna blir bara bättre och bättre!

[swedish_viking]

More of the those tasty legs.... NO REF ! ( OMG!!! )

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/linus-liljegren/7-8.jpg