Esb

[Noë]

Heya!

How is the exhibit going? Did you get nice responses from people?
I'm really admiring how you make a project (painting) for yourself and stick with it until you spent quite a lot of time on it.. Should do that more myself.

I think you're doing great! figures have improved tremendously, the surfer girl looks hot, and I LOVE the elephant painting ^^

On the last painting my only crit is I think that the water on the top of the image looks too textured, and inconsistent. It's nicely painted around the castle though.. It would be nice if you spent a little more time on the water on the top of the image as well I think. But really nice painting anyways!

Keep it up, and sorry for not stopping by here for so damn long.
Love
Marleen

[voraz]

Hi Marleen, thanks for passing by and for the usual great critiques :teeth:
Thanks, I think part of the improvement has to due with me trying to use more reference latelly.
About the sea not being as well worked in the top it was intentional, and I do like it that way, but maybe it could be better if it were more worked... I don't know, but the idea was that the center of attention should be the stronghold!

Anyway here's another WIP:

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2043/mov03wipupje3.jpg

[Noë]

Heya :)
If it was intentional then It's all good ofcourse! ^^
On this last one; looking nice!! I really like how the folds in the jeans are with lines only, and the upper body is more painted.. Maybe it is your intention to paint the pants also, but I kinda like it like this ^^
On the torso: Maybe try to do a little more colour blocking in before starting? It looks like your highlights are a little all over the place on the torso. Nice shape and form though!
I think the left hand might be a tiny bit too small, not sure though, it might just be further away than the rest. Face is looking nice, and arms as well!

Love
Marleen

[voraz]

Hi Marleen, I have considered some of the points you have addressed, especially, the size of his left hand, I also think it may be too small, not very sure, because it is suposed to be further away from the point of view and also slightly tilted... but I will surelly try to fix it until it looks better.
About the jeans I am not sure how I will leave it, I also like the way it is now, but I might experiment a little more on it.
About the painting on the torso, I am also experimenting, I have to say that this pic looks more saturated and contrasted than the original, I am seing that now, so I think that may be affecting the predominance of the highlights.
Thanks again for al the usefull crits :teeth:

[voraz]

another painting WIP:

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/4530/pknwipupqw0.jpg

[voraz]

some quick sketches:

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5879/skt41207001updf5.jpg

[voraz]

Hi, I have been busy preparing a new art exhibit!
Here's the flyer I did for this one:

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6562/postalconvitefy3.jpg

and some sketches:

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/2639/skt291107001mv9.jpg

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/5272/skt291107002upex8.jpg

[Noë]

#506: Wow this is looking great so far! Really nice skintones on the legs.. Her right calf might be a little too thin though, but I'm not sure, but I guess you might want to recheck that area. ^^ About the top she's wearing: maybe you could draw out the folds and make the darker areas a little darker so it doesn't become too flat in the image?.. Well it's looking completely lovely already :teeth:

#507; Great muscles ^^ Nice drawings, look well proportioned. My only crit: on the face of the lowest guy: the mouth and chin are maybe drawn a little too much towards the left.

#508: Wow! Another exhibition huh? That's a good sign I think? Sketches are looking good too. Good of you to practice faces, I think that is a thing you're having problems with often I think? They turned out quite well, especially the two sideviews I think. Be careful to not make the eyes too big, it is something I see come back often in your sketches, also you sometimes tend to put the mouth slightly too low, but the place of the mouth varies a lot from person to person as well, so it's much less prominent.
On the second sketch (of the woman standing) I think you made the stomach area slightly too short, otherwise a really nice sketch!

Great improvement man :) and congrats again on the exhibitions.
Love
Marleen.

[Dan_Grr]

Looking good man, looking good.

[voraz]

Hi Marleen, thanks a lot, your posts are always very helpfull!
The exhibits are great, I am hapy just to be doing them, hopefully I will get to sell something... :D

thanks for the encouragement Dan.

some photos from the first exhibit, it was in a record store:

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/7296/expochiadofotosbu5.jpg

[voraz]

more sketches, from life:

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8873/skt141207002updg5.jpg

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8944/skt141207001upkx2.jpg

[voraz]

Hi, here are some photos from my art exhibit that is going on until 31th December:

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/892/fotosexposgmf01tm6.jpg

[Noë]

Holy wow! That is an awesome space to exhibit in man! Beautiful!!
The exhibit in the record store looks nice as well, but this is just awesome ^^

The record store is a weird sight for me because it looks so homey and comfy and cosy :) I'm used to record stores being very commercial and busy and full with records everywhere you go. Kinda nice to see such a difference :)

About the latest update: Very nice drawings from life! Well done proportion wise. It looks like you made the forehead a bit short (or area of chin to eyebrows a bit too big), but it seems like you did this consistently so it's probably that her eyes are this high up in the face? :)
On the left (standing) figure I think you made her legs slightly too short compared to the upper body, but also this can be her proportions, so you are the only one who knows how her proportions should be.
I really like how you handled the folds on her jacket and the highlights in the hair.. Nice pencil work!!

Love
Marleen.

[Davio]

What a great space to exhibit in I hope that your show goes well

[voraz]

Marleen- Hi, thanks it is really a great room. i am very happy, and it is also in a great place at Lisbon, rigth downtown in the city center.
The record store was close to there too 85 minute walk), and yes it is a very calm and relaxed record store, like I said it only sells classical music and fado.
As always good eye, with the critiques, there is some forehead missing of course, also the legs are a little short (not too much though...), I was reaching the end of the paper... :teeth:

Davio- Thanks, I am allready happy that I get to make a exhibit there! To be really great I just need to sell something! :teeth:

a sketch:

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1903/skt181207001tu4.jpg

[Call0ps]

hey td bem ctg ? wow durante a minha ausencia neste teu sketchbook houve mtas voltas a nivel de desenho e a nivel pessoal :) muitos parabens pela exposiçao! ja agora se n te importares onde fica a exposiçao ? talvez dê um salto para ver ^^ continua o bom trabalho:D

[voraz]

Olá Callops, tudo bem?
Muito obrigado. O teu sketchbook também tem estado a anadar muito bem.
A exposição fica na Praça do Comércio, no átrio de acesso ao Ministério das Finanças, se estiveres de costas para o rio ficado lado direito, tem umas faixas grandes a dizer "Exposição".
Abraço

another sketch:

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/8748/skt181207002mc5.jpg

[Ignominious]

nice stuff!
you're style of drawing and painting kicks butt!

[voraz]

Hi Ignominious, Thanks a lot! :teeth:

here's some studies for a project:

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/328/ponponskt1610001upmk2.jpg

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5940/ponponskt1810001emvd2.jpg

[Silveraxe]

Lovely sketchbook, lot of work too! Which is great!
There's still a bit of stiffness in your figures, I think you should work some fast gesture drawings, like 1-2 minute long ones. That would really help the "stiff figure" issue.
by the way, your ink drawings are very beautiful, those are mostly my favorites.
Keep it up! :D

[voraz]

Hi Silveraxe, thanks for dropping by and for commenting! Yeah I am still trying to resolve that issue! I have to keep trying. Not much time for art latelly though.

Some more for the same project:

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/668/ponponskt1510001upfj1.jpg

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/6201/ponponskt1510002ce0.jpg

[Call0ps]

boas :) os ultimos estudos tao a ficar bastante bons, demonstra progressos, principalmente nas proporcoes, continua o bom trabalho ;)

[voraz]

Olá Call0ps, obrigado. Também tens apresentado uns estudos de anatomia muito fixes.

My LMS3 entry:
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/5483/match39vorazround1wn3.jpg

[voraz]

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1016/stoantub4.jpg

[voraz]

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/9611/esb1208001upze1.jpg

[voraz]

some sketches (studies for LMS):

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/640/esb2208003mv9.jpg

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/8959/esb2208004qx5.jpg

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4518/esb2208005gk8.jpg

[Call0ps]

muito bom trabalho xom o lms3! alguns pequenos erros de prespectiva mas em geral uma boa illustraçao :) espero ver mais trabalhos do genero e qualidade, continua !!

[Exquisite Beast]

Nice stuff. I like the 19th century dudes.

[voraz]

Call0ps- Thanks for stopping by once again, you're posting good stuff!

Exquisite Beast- Thanks, just some costume studies for a comic project!

a painting WIP (acrylic on canvas):

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9320/urblx001po3.jpg

[voraz]

oil on canvas:

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/7853/carayh5.jpg

[voraz]

cheetah, WIP (an update from the one in the previous age):

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8228/chitawip002uu5.jpg

[voraz]

an update...

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/9935/urblx001wip03qn7.jpg

[voraz]

more mosquitoes:

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/874/wipmosq03yn1.jpg

[voraz]

painting (acrylic on canvas):

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9995/urblx002finky9.jpg

[voraz]

More than 20 days from the last post!

Final:

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/9814/chitafinalupes3.jpg

[voraz]

just some drawings...
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/6465/skt3408001upez1.jpg

[voraz]

another painting (final):

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4204/urblx001finupfs2.jpg

[voraz]

long time since I last posted something...
just some quick sketch:

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/1626/skt23508007uper5.jpg

[voraz]

another:

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/4684/skt23508008upmu3.jpg

[voraz]

another:


http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/161/skt23508006upvh5.jpg

[voraz]

from life:

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/9634/variosyj5.jpg

[voraz]

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/6971/samupng7.jpg

[Call0ps]

hey voraz how u doing? its been a while i didnt come here... ;) so uma pergunta es de lisboa? epa um dia temos k fazer uns collabs etc... um dia quem sabe, seja como for continua postar sr. ^^

[voraz]

Hi Call0ps, thanks for stopping by, I really haven't been around a lot lattely, because I have been really busy lattely.

Sou do Porto, mas já vivo na zona de Lisboa há uns anos, desde que vim trabalhar para cá.
Gostas de banda desenhada, ou estás mesmo virado só para conceptart?
Se gostares de BD, podia-se arranjar algumas colabs... que é que gostas mais pintar ou desenhar? ou as duas?

abraço
(tenho de ir ver o teu sketchbook, já não passo por lá há algum tempo..)

[voraz]

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/8182/skt18608002upwa5.jpg

[voraz]

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1738/skt18608001upnx9.jpg

[voraz]

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/4431/skt23608001upuu2.jpg

[voraz]

From life:

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/2091/skt27608007upwg6.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5767/skt23508005upat0.jpg

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/8421/skt27608008upzw0.jpg

[voraz]

more from life:

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/1130/skt27608005upal6.jpg

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1872/skt27608006updm0.jpg

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/4909/skt23508001upja0.jpg

[voraz]

from life:

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3107/skt27608009uphb6.jpg

[RokasButkys]

Nice SB, can be seen some progress.
Your avatar ROCKS ;]
By the way your nickname "voraz" in Lithuanian means spider ! (actualy its "voras - spider " but "z" and "s" got the same pronouncing.)
So cool SB spidey. Wish you best.
Cheers !

[voraz]

Thanks a lot Doctor! :D
Glad you like my avatar, it is a quite old drawing, from the time I was at highschool and used to draw monsters all the time! :D
Also its cool that voraz(s) means spider, I like them a lot, i used to have severall drawn in my bedroom. In Portuguese it means something like ravenous/voracious.
As soon as I can I will stop by your sketchbook to comment, already been there but haven't seen everything yet.

Hey, I just realized that I finally have stars in my sketchbook! Great, thanks to whoever voted!

here'a follow up of a sketch posted previously (post 547):

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/8316/sh01002uple5.jpg

[voraz]

more from life:

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/5827/skt27608010uppm7.jpg

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/4985/skt23508004uppy9.jpg

[Erik]

Keep doing those life drawings - you're improving quickly with them! Nice stuff, and nice to see you kept your sketchbook alive for so long. Kudos!

[amarryth]

try to focus more on the mass when figure drawing.. stay away from doing such heavy outlining.. look at shapes of shadows and light; proportions are looking good, though..
keep it up

[pantless_wanderer]

Location: PT... hmmm, are you Portuguese? I hope you are 'cause I'm feeling kinda lonely in the middle of all this foreign guys :P

Seriously now. You have some great stuff here and your anatomy is improving fast but some of your figures still have balance\gesture problems.

keep it up!

[voraz]

Wow, 3 replies in a row!

Erik- thanks! :D

amarrytn- Thanks for the advice, I have been working little on the shadows since I have been doing most of these drawings in mechanical pencil o,5. Next session I will try to take a different approach.

pantless wanderer- I thanks for stopping by! Yes, I am in Portugal, but I am not the only one, you can search several names who are also from there.
That I remember rigth now look up:

Eliseu Gouveia (mostly comic stuff in WIP section)

Call0ps (see is sketchbook- you can follow the link from his post above)

Nistarn (also has a sketchbook)

Andreas Rocha (mostly in the finally finished section)

Comixnut (PJ)- he he's portuguese but lives in australia

Dan_Grr

Razael242

Pantless wanderer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=121411)

Coralinia (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=121478)

Fernando Teixeira (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=122927)

I think there are a couple more around that I know of but can't remeber now.
Obrigado pelos comentários, se tiveres dificuldades em encontrar os outros, posso-te dar os links para os trabalhos deles.

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2451/skt7708008upkm1.jpg

[c@s]

Você é de Portugal :rendered:

sou Brasileiro e as vezes escrever em inglês me cansa,

legal o seu sketchbook, o que mais gostei foram os desenhos de modelo vivo, faz um tempo que não tenho como fazer isso, sinto bastante falta...

e parabéns pelas exposições, pelas fotos os lugares parecem muito legais!

[comixnut]

Hey Fil, always amazed at how good you are at posting stuff and your dedication. Starting to really get a style of your own and getting more confident with those lines and of course the life drawings are only gonna help with that!

Later man! :) And yes indeed i am both an aussie and portuguese (more time here than there now!)

[voraz]

Olá pessoal, hoje as respostas são todas em português!

C@s- Muito obrigado! Tens uns trabalhos muito fixes também (já tinha dito isso no teu sketchboo)! :D

Olá PJ, é bom ver que estás activo de novo! Obrigado pelos comentários.

These last ones were drawn during scientific presentations:

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/6650/skt7708003upll6.jpg

[voraz]

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/1417/skt7708004upnh5.jpg

[voraz]

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/7412/skt7708001upen8.jpg

[voraz]

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2497/skt7708002upoj8.jpg

[voraz]

2 stars? is it really that bad my sketchbook?

heres a background image for a comic panel:

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/4598/eldorado14608001uphx7.jpg

[voraz]

a COW, this one turned out really bad, had little time to work on it. :(

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6353/xplodbugfinyq3.jpg

[voraz]

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/3117/eldorado14608002upbh9.jpg

[voraz]

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/909/skt7708007upzq5.jpg

[voraz]

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5270/skt24708002pj9.jpg

[voraz]

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/3772/skt24708001kv5.jpg

[A tua mãe]

Ei meu tens aqui um sketchbook muito bom mesmo. parabens. o k mais gostei tambem foram os nus de referencia. Deve ser fixe ter sempre modelos na faculdade. As tuas coisas não referenciadas sao contudo bem menos consistentes. Talvez necessites de fazer novos estudos de varias horas. (a dar dicas assim como se tivesse autoridade para isso) XD

(é dificil encontrar portugueses por aqui)



http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=122927 é o meu sketchbook

[Farvus]

Hey. Nice sketchbook.You've got good color sense. I especially like this cheetah painting.
In your imagination figure drawings you sometimes make legs too short or the head too big... but if you continue doing those life drawings, you'll quickly master proportion.
Keep it up!

[voraz]

Fernando- Olá. Muito obrigado pelos comentários. As sessões de modelo são sempre fixes para praticar. Não foram feitas na faculdade (visto que eu fiz Biologia e não artes).
Quanto a outros Portugueses vê a pequena lista que fiz no post 557!

Farvus- Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment! Yes I know about those issues in life drawings, sometimes I tend to make limbs smaller so i can fit them in the page. Also some days I am too tired and I don't seem to do anything rigth...

I haven't been able to paint a lot latelly, but here is another one I recently finished. Another mosquito...
Acrilic on canvas.

[Farvus]

The last one has really balanced composition. I also like the gritty texture. Good job!

Hope to see more of this kind of art :).

Cheers.

[voraz]

farvus- Thank you! I will probably do more like this in future but at the time my painting time is very, very limited.

Here are some recent ones from live drawing sessions:

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/8168/mv001uphw5.jpg

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/1251/mv002upef4.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7259/mv003upbv5.jpg

[comixnut]

Hey Fil try to keep your eye out for any stylistic leanings you may have when doing your life art (one of the hardest things to do i've found). For me i think i can see 'you' in those faces, which my teachers would probably say that you are being 'lazy'. That is because, i think, you (or me or whomever does this) think you know what is there and draw something that you feel comfortable with already. SO you have to try to really draw what is there.

did that make sense? Good work! ;)

[voraz]

Sure PJ, I know what you mean. I think it is called something like symbol drawing. I am aware of it, doesn't mean I can resolve it though... but I try.
Thanks for the tip.
cheers

[voraz]

Some more from life:

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/9462/dscf2079upyx8.jpg

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/2593/dscf2080upna7.jpg

[voraz]

and more:

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4930/dscf2082upvu3.jpg

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/7903/dscf2088upso0.jpg

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/4978/dscf2081upmp3.jpg

[voraz]

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/284/dscf2083upus2.jpg

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6088/dscf2087upja4.jpg

[Coralinia]

EDIT: MAJOR UPS!! This was still with my sisters name logged in. Sorry :s I'm pantless_wanderer (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=121411&page=2).

[pantless_wanderer]

Wow, 3 replies in a row!
pantless wanderer- I thanks for stopping by! Yes, I am in Portugal, but I am not the only one, you can search several names who are also from there.
That I remember rigth now look up:

Eliseu Gouveia (mostly comic stuff in WIP section)

Call0ps (see is sketchbook- you can follow the link from his post above)

Nistarn (also has a sketchbook)

Andreas Rocha (mostly in the finally finished section)

Comixnut (PJ)- he he's portuguese but lives in australia

Dan_Grr

Razael242

Fernando Teixeira- http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=122927

I think there are a couple more around that I know of but can't remeber now.
Obrigado pelos comentários, se tiveres dificuldades em encontrar os outros, posso-te dar os links para os trabalhos deles.
Boas voraz!

Sorry for not answering earlier, but... summer holidays, beach... stuff...

Anyway, thanks for that list. Some of those are not strange to me, but I didn't knew they were Portuguese. Thanks.

And keep up the good work :)

[eparts]

nice sketching going on. your figures seems in place and emotive. i feel they have a mix of line art and cell shading to them. why not go over to complete mass drawing for a change - see what that could add to your drawing?

[thek]

I really like those last two! Your drawings are really improving with each life drawing session - keep it up! The last drawing especially seems a lot more alive - I think because the way you've applied your tones is a lot more sparse and considered - the drawing just before it doesn't seem to have the same thought to it. The actual contours aren't as tight as your other drawings but the tones bring it to life. For me anyway!

[voraz]

Hi, thanks for all the comments!


Pantless wanderer- Thanks! the list is updated!

Eparts- Thanks a lot! Could yu be more specific about the ones you feel have been coloured by cell sahding? I don't normally use that technique...

Thek- Thank you very much for the nice comment! Actually I have been trying to keep stuff a little thighter than I would usually do, most of them were drawn with a 0,5 mm mechanical pencil. These last ones though I tried to keep it loose, especially the last one that was done with charcoal. Actually with that medium it would be impossible to keep things very tight.

here are some more drawings from those sessions:

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2445/dscf2085upbl6.jpg

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4082/dscf2086upla9.jpg

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/7974/dscf2089upmh4.jpg

[voraz]

From the last session:

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/2898/skt9908001updi1.jpg

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/8215/skt9908003upkw1.jpg

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/1443/skt9908002upww3.jpg

[voraz]

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/1208/skt9908005upnb1.jpg

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2166/skt9908004upfz2.jpg

[pantless_wanderer]

Esses dois últimos posts estão muito bons. Gosto desse estilo :)

[teena_mom]

YR style is so simple but amazing and it reaches the heart so easily ,like last update:) GOOD LUCK
Esraa,

[A tua mãe]

olha e so pa agradecer o comentario no meu sb e dizer que essas aguarelas sao do caralho.

força nisso

[voraz]

Hi, haven't been able to be around here for a while, sorry for only replying now.

Pantless- Muito obrigado!

A tua mãe- Obrigado eu! Neste caso isso é mesmo literal! :P

Esraa- Thank you! those are really very kind words!

Some quick sketches from classes:

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9596/skt121008003xx6.jpg

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9190/skt121008002cq0.jpg

Fil

[voraz]

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/4976/skt121008001oh0.jpg

[voraz]

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/5877/skt21108002kf1.jpg

[voraz]

First page of a 4 page comic I did recently.
Sorry, I still haven't done a english version...

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/2636/dupg1upvj3.jpg

[voraz]

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/5083/skt21108004upzv0.jpg

[voraz]

page 2:

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/3755/dupg2uprb1.jpg

[voraz]

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/120/dupg3uptc0.jpg

[voraz]

and the last page:
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/8519/dupg4upip3.jpg

[voraz]

Some more from life:

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3893/skt161108001uppd8.jpg

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6339/skt161108002upxi2.jpg

[voraz]

from life:

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1654/skt161108003upcs3.jpg

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/7274/skt161108004upve5.jpg

[voraz]

Almost a month since the last update!

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4500/skt111208002upto3.jpg

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/9886/skt111208004upsx5.jpg

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/6753/skt111208005upxe8.jpg

[voraz]

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/5559/skt111208003upwu2.jpg

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/6016/skt111208001upqr7.jpg

[voraz]

some more from classes (some from life):

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/9123/skt231208001upnv3.jpg

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7199/skt231208003upng6.jpg

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/4082/skt231208010upcl1.jpg

[voraz]

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2331/skt231208002uppu9.jpg

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3435/skt231208009uprq9.jpg

[eminkey2003]

A lot of the heads are too big! Adults are usually about 6-7.5 heads tall, and the shoulders are normally 3 heads wide. Nice drapery in the last picture though. Also, try loosening up and drawing people in hundreds of different poses. You don't want them to be too static!

[voraz]

Hi, eminkey, thanks for the critiques, the static poses are recurrent, also that thing about the heads being to big I have been doing that a lot latelly, have to be more carefull! this last page is full of big heads!
cheers

[Clochette]

Studies studies studies! Use posemaniacs or anything else to train yourself to draw dynamic poses, fill pages with little 2 mn figures, before thinking to make complex clothes etc. You think too much about rendering and details before the basics shapes to be solid!
Of course you can continue to sketch some characters of yours, but you wil improve so very much faster if you make some studies and train your hand to draw natural poses and correct anatomy!
Don't give up! :)

[voraz]

Hi Clochette, thanks for stopping by and for the tips!

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/5411/skt231208011upok2.jpg

[voraz]

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7689/skt231208004upyx1.jpg

[SeB C BiEn]

Hey! Thank you for the reply in my SB, I thought I'd return the favor :)
I like the life drawings, watercolors and paintings too (those mosquitoes are cool!).
I find those last lines interesting, I really like the looseness of them, especially the guy on the left.
Keep it up!

[voraz]

Hi, SeB, thanks a lot.

Some more sketches, these like the previous were mostly done during classes.
For me it is actually a way of concentrating, well at least it keeps me from sleeping... :D

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/9479/skt231208005upuv7.jpg

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/617/skt231208006upfn8.jpg

[voraz]

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/7639/skt231208007upeu1.jpg

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7027/skt231208008upgv0.jpg

[Call0ps]

Boas! Bom ver-te a postar regularmente, so uma critica, as figuras humanas estao super-tensas numa posiçao supostamente relaxada dando um ar rigido. Seja como for, continua o bom trabalho, persistencia é a chave para o sucesso ;)

[voraz]

Olá Call0ps, obrigado pelo comentário.
Pois é tenho tido aulas, o que faz com que tenha uma série de desenhos feito durante esse tempo para me tentar manter concentrado! Claro que acabam por ser esboços muito rápidos sem muita atenção, mas é melhor que nada.
O ar rigído é típico, bem que tenho tentado fazer coisa um bocado mais naturais, ou pelo menos não tão estáticas!
Abraço

[voraz]

more doodles:

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/383/skt231208012upuj2.jpg

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/2796/skt231208014uphz5.jpg

[voraz]

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/2441/skt231208013upbl1.jpg

[voraz]

from life:

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/193/skt8109002upbt1.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6218/skt8109003upwp1.jpg

[JustinBeckett]

That last one is nice, keep on studying!

`JB

[voraz]

Thanks Justin!

One more from that last session:

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/9581/skt8109001upbf0.jpg

[voraz]

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/887/skt8109004updg8.jpg

[voraz]

well, over two months since posting the last image, here's a new one, a doodle done in classes:

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/323/scan02141.jpg

[Jaytea]

Really like the life-works. The way you use the pencil is appealing. Keep working on those faces! Already there is improvement; very good to see it from many different angles. :]

[comixnut]

i really think the last 2 or 3 posts show a real growth on your part filipe! it's always great to see a talent develop. keep it going!

[prelude2tragedy]

There's improvement indeed! Bom trabalho! :)

[voraz]

Hi, thank you all for the comments, I am glad you feel that there is some improvement!
Actually I have been drawing very little, I have hardly have had time for it latelly, working and having classes until late nigth, plus family life and other projects...

Anyway, I have done some doodles in classes (it has always been one of my most productive settings for drawing...):

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/1033/skt18309001.jpg

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/2057/skt18309002.jpg

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6227/skt18309006.jpg

[Lionese]

You are improving my good fellow.

I really like the drawing from life i higly recommend you go along with those has much has you can they are never enough, focus more on gesture drawings more than actually rendering you details like clothes face etc.

Start at the basics and only when you have them tamed and understood you can move onto something more complex.

Nice stuff, keep on going.

[voraz]

and here are some more sketches:

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2188/skt18309005.jpg

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5271/skt18309004.jpg

[voraz]

Thanks Lionese, haven't had much time for life drawings latelly, only doodles and little more...

I am also preparing a publication with comics and illustration, with works from me and other authors.

It will be called Zona! The first number will be called Zona Zero and will be presented soon.

You can check it out in here:

ZONABD (http://zonabd.blogspot.com/)

[voraz]

more sketches:

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5787/skt18309003.jpg

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/9444/skt30309001up.jpg

[voraz]

A drawing done for the online RPG game witty RPG (http://www.wittyrpg.com).

The evil inmate:

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5016/skt18309007up.jpg

[voraz]

another one doen for the wittyrpg (http://www.wittyrpg.com/)

The psycho inmate:

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/8315/scan0216up.jpg

[comixnut]

Have you tried to do some tonal and rendering studies Fil? you know like shadows and reflected light and how adding really dark shadows in certain places help bring out the rest of the pic in a lot of times? I think that would give your characters a whole other level! Keep it up man!

[voraz]

Hi PJ, the only rendering in those is what has been done with pen or pencil. As I said before most of these were done as doodles during classes, except for the ones done from life that were done in 15-20 minute sessions.
This is another one done in classes for the wittyrpg.com.

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3006/wittyhockeyplayer001.jpg

[voraz]

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/4720/skt16909002.jpg

[comixnut]

Man those line variations just really popped that character. More more!!

[voraz]

Thanks PJ glad you liked it.

another sketch:

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/8208/skt16909003.jpg

[voraz]

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/5074/skt16909001.jpg

[bharat]

fine....art

[voraz]

Thanks Bharat.

Another concept for the witty rpg:

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3046/fairystatue.jpg

[voraz]

aketches for another concept, the crosswalk guard:

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/4416/wittystop001.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/1803/wittystop002.jpg

[voraz]

... and the final result:

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7061/wittycrosswalkguard.jpg

[voraz]

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/3377/sage.jpg

[voraz]

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2553/witty3609012.jpg

[voraz]

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4592/skt45001up.jpg

[voraz]

some random sketches:

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/2323/skt7609002.jpg

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6113/skt7609001.jpg

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1678/witty3609011.jpg

[voraz]

more stuff for the witty RPG (http://www.wittyrpg.com):

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2297/wittyfighterlevel1.jpg

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4459/wittymagelvl0.jpg

[voraz]

Haven't had much time to be around CA latelly, excpet for posting, actaully haven't had much time to draw and paint at all, except for the sketches done during classes that I have been posting.

This has to do with haveing my spare time occupied in the preparation of a comic, together with other local artists.
So basically I have started this project and have been organizing it. I have called it Zona, and the first issue Zona Zero (means Zero Zone) is out.
It was launched here at Portugal for now, but maybe I'll do an international number in the future using a POD system.

You can check some information about it at:
ZONA (http://zonabd.blogspot.com/)

Though it is in Portuguese...

Anyway here is the cover wich was done by me:

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/8986/zonazerocapa.jpg

[voraz]

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5629/skt3609002up.jpg

[Hai]

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude, there has been some serious improvement since last time I was here! (I'm still subscribed, but I haven't been in here for way too long.)

Your faces and human figures look so much more natural and confident now. I like that "hard" pen style you've got going some places. And the pencilwork in #645 is nice. Zona cover looking brilliant. The background in particular is gorgeous. Lot of praise for you here, not so many crits. But you deserve it, you've obviously been working hard!

What's the comic about?

[comixnut]

yeah that cover is pretty cool! I was impressed by the comic book scene in portugal last time i went there and it looks like you are adding to it Fil! Keep it up man. Experiment with the type of line you use for your finished and sketches work as well.

[voraz]

Hi Hai, thank you very much for the nice words. Actually to tell you the truth I have been working very little and as I said in the posts, except for the cover, those are mostly sketches done in classes...
The difference is that with the stuff done for the witty rpg online game, in which I have worked more carefully, using a rubber, correcting some lines, try to build it better from start, sometimes doing more than one sketch, but yeh they're still sketches done more carefully.
My free time as been more taken up on producing the Zona Zero (http://zonabd.blogspot.com/) book, it does not have a specific theme and includes work from several authors, illustration and comics. maybe in the future I'll do a English version and put it a POD site...

I am preparing a new one though, in which the theme is TERROR. At the moment I'm looking for illustrations and comics to include there.

Comixnut- Thanks a lot, I do hope this will add something to the scene in Portugal. Good luck with your 365 challenge, I check you thread once in a while but haven't had much time lattely to post here in CA, I mostly try to keep my sketchbook running...

cheers

Fil

[Parsakoira]

Everything is looking great! It seems like youve got one heck of an imagination there! keep on drawing!

-Noodley

[ImaGEEnation]

A big improvement since the first page, man! Really awesome work! Keep it up, buddy! :D Don't stop drawing!

[voraz]

Hi NoodleDoodle and ImaGEEnation!
thank you for your words, really nice! :D
yeah I wished I could draw and paint more, but last year its been chaos, preparing and presenting a thesis, working, taking classes, preparing a comic book...
I'll visit your SB's too as soon as I have some more time!

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/5181/skt23609001up.jpg

[voraz]

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/6748/skt3609007up.jpg

[wi2rd]

very strong improvements here man..

love the last 2..

with some more attention to rhythm you'll make awesome over and over!

[voraz]

Thanks a lot, wi2rd, that would be awsome... :)
I wished..

some more doodles:

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/3001/skt23609002up.jpg

[voraz]

Another one for the witty rpg (http://www.wittyrpg.com)

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2981/wittyswapshop.jpg

[voraz]

from life:

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/2335/skt30709001up.jpg

[voraz]

I've been preparing a Terror comic book, together with other authors.
I guess that is affecting the few sketches I have time to do...

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/2561/skt5809005up.jpg

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7562/skt5809001up.jpg

[voraz]

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5642/skt5809004up.jpg

[voraz]

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/669/skt5809007up.jpg

[voraz]

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/9666/skt5809002up.jpg

[voraz]

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6033/skt5809006up.jpg

[voraz]

No updates since August....
must be a inactivity record for my sketchbook!

more doodles from classes.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G-D85QP-TrY/Swz_jMH5pzI/AAAAAAAAAuY/ffG4yOmTkWQ/s1600/skt-0007.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G-D85QP-TrY/Swz_isFaRCI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/CsDjXxK2sXg/s1600/skt-0006.jpg

[voraz]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G-D85QP-TrY/SxzfZ1hWOBI/AAAAAAAAAug/VPG_9vcWR1g/s1600/Fil-Underground.jpg

[comixnut]

Good to see you back Fil. :)

[voraz]

HI PJ,
not really back, I am really not spending as much time here as I did in the past, though I don't want to let the old sketchbook abandoned... :)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G-D85QP-TrY/S1TjUzfk5TI/AAAAAAAAAwc/wWCqFd8yVyU/s1600/skt-7-1-10-004.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G-D85QP-TrY/S1TjUoZ48hI/AAAAAAAAAwU/X8TmedcVPz0/s1600/skt-7-1-10-003.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G-D85QP-TrY/S02ToZsfJgI/AAAAAAAAAwM/2mgZampkHdY/s1600/skt-7-1-10-002.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G-D85QP-TrY/S02Tn5mJdAI/AAAAAAAAAwE/wHMPxKzjWtM/s1600/skt-7-1-10-001.jpg

[voraz]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_G-D85QP-TrY/S3FLI62cmpI/AAAAAAAAAwk/_Fnhp2V8amw/s1600/FIL-lgp-final-up.jpg

[Dan_Grr]

Hey man, how's it going? Como é que isso vai? Se em vez de cinzento fosse castanho, tinhas acabado de desenhar o meu cão, hehe.

[voraz]

Olá Dan! Era suposto ser um lobo, HE HE!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G-D85QP-TrY/S_E5vCCQwFI/AAAAAAAAA0I/8rJqTcA7EQI/s1600/skt-005-up.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_G-D85QP-TrY/S_E5u6UVsRI/AAAAAAAAA0A/ZGRfynhYnzE/s1600/skt-006-up.jpg

[voraz]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_G-D85QP-TrY/TAT2YnLoJlI/AAAAAAAAA04/hHB2V3iLTZc/s1600/SCAN0190.JPG

[voraz]

A comic page...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G-D85QP-TrY/TEVdfiBs-DI/AAAAAAAAA4U/kdKMjy0QOPQ/s1600/IDW-pg1+copy.jpg

[Dan_Grr]

Continua man =)

[voraz]

Its been a while... last post from July 2010!!

Hi Dan.

Here is a small sketch done recently:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UGhwczIx6ec/TYyJYW9gAPI/AAAAAAAABAk/Gdcg_aACY-w/s1600/sketch-digi-001.jpg

[Call0ps]

ja faz muito tempo desde a ultima vez que vi novos trabalhso teus! bem vindo de volta =)

[voraz]

Hei Callops, é verdade cada vez menos tenho passado por aqui! Mas continua a ser um dos meus sítios favoritos... :)

Some new sketches:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9RISCq9iPtI/Tdu9JzfKzgI/AAAAAAAABBs/XDlo3nVmgOE/s1600/skt-05-2011-001-up.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rGstllhLYpc/TjrQt_Hl7SI/AAAAAAAABE8/RzJgc4DI6DY/s1600/skt-8-2011-001-up.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B8cMHhRATg4/TkJk42XKCzI/AAAAAAAABFA/TsLbl9P_2Ys/s1600/skt-8-2011-004-up.jpg

[Tom Fenton]

i think u get a little confused with your hands and legs sometimes, like myself. just means doing more drawings in that department. keep it up!

[voraz]

Hi Tom,

Thanks a lot for the feed-back :), though could you be a more specific in what you mean with a "little confused"?

Cheers

Fil

[voraz]

Some more stuff:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-suG6772ZD1U/Tk1dkWB3-PI/AAAAAAAABFI/TQ_PMBhQ66M/s1600/skt-002-16-8-2011.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qbhPFu0R4UE/Tk9rDD2lFlI/AAAAAAAABFQ/zmvXV765C_g/s1600/skt-001-17-8-2011.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XSBFvg6gbGo/Tk9ravAAv5I/AAAAAAAABFY/jXCdfpusaMA/s1600/skt-003-17-8-2011.jpg