DiegoS' Sketchbook ▀ DEC 13 silly sketch, and PS

[Diego]

Hi, finally got some of my sketchbook pages scanned.
Nothing fancy :^^;: , crapy scanner but i think it will be great to get some feedback.

Head study
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/01.jpg
Ref heads from photography book
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/02.jpg
Ref head and dog from life
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/dawg.jpg
some life shit and harold speed study
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/life_speed.jpg
Head studies
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/linco_face.jpg
My dad- from life
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/Sin-ttulo-1.jpg
Some doddles
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/valk.jpg
Civardi back study - ball pen
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/civardi.jpg

cHEER

[Diego]

Another one.

Civardi studies.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/civardi2.jpg

[Fellah.]

Hi man
Edit.: i see it now. Really great stuff man!

[Hyaloclastics]

Nice work Diego!

[brokk]

Diego!!! Finally man! you had me waiting forever! :D

Some of the images didn't show the first time, I had to hit refresh several times, maybe it's my browser or conection but check your hosting just in case.

I think you are getting a good grasp on form! The expressions are also looking nice. What I think you could do is push the values some more, the darks, darker, and the lights, lighter. What I definatly want to see you try is some tonal compositions too. For example in the first head of the head studies, the bearded guy (5th pic), the construction and anatomy look good. But look at the background, its white, and a large part of the head is also white. I think this makes it look a little flat. Maybe if you made the background a bit darker, there would be more contrast between figure & background, and it would pop the head out more, or you could make the head darker, instead of using the white of the paper for the light, you could use a light grey. That way you would also be using tonal composition. The same for a few other images, try using whites only for extreme highlights or speculars, and the light planes rendered with light gray or any other tone. The idea is to use different tones for the figure than for the background, like if the background is dark grey, use white, light gray and black for the figure. I think using the least amout of tones sometimes can be good. Anyways take all this with a grain of salt please!

I like how you included studies from several things, but also concepts. Good pen studies.

Cheers man I wanna see more stuff!

[Diego]

Hi, just created an account at photobucket so the images are now shown correctly. :rendered:

Fellah. / thanks man, glad to have you stop by. :)
Polonoid / thanks dude.
bRØk3n_sPiRiT / Cheers Martin, thanks for waiting... I aprecciate the crits, you're right about the contrast in my pics, it's poor, the values are not reading well, i will pay attention to that kind of things. Thanks for taking the time. ;)

cheers

[loomer]

Hey Diego - this sketchbook is looking really nice so far. I see you are experimenting with different ways to render forms, and that's great. Some work better than others, but you only know by trying.
I'll be back soon!

[Diego]

loomer / hi , yeah i'm trying different ways to render, in the end it's a matter of feeling confortable and practice makes that. Thanks for dropping by. :)

Studies from life
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/trees_life.jpg

doddle
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/dood.jpg

Hands
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/hands1.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/hands2.jpg

[Diego]

Here's more pages, this time from my lil' book.

David studies
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/david_pen.jpg

Some ref doodles
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/rub.jpg

more studies
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/ger.jpg

Bike from life
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/life_moto.jpg

Cheers

[Diego]

Digital. 20 minutes with mouse. It sucks
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/ps_doo.jpg

[Diego]

here's is another update with anatomy studies, i've been doing these without thinking too much, just following the shapes.
All from ref, ballpen, and it seems that my scanner can't take the subtle values, so i made some changes in ps, level adjust.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/pen4.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/pen3.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/pen1.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/pen2.jpg

Cheers...

[Ramon Contini]

Diego, ma man. Nice going. Keep this up :)

[Fellah.]

Beautiful studies dude.

[Medium Pace]

You're obviously very good at drawing what you see, but your doodles have great anatomy as well. If your not looking at anything for reference when drawing them, that's really impressive. I can't believe you are doing those studies with just a ball point pen. What size of paper are you doing them on? Is that some special pen, or just an old Bic? Great cross-stitching. Keep Posting.

[hurricane]

awesome studies man !!

more more !

[mentler]

I can tell by your focus and the way that you approach your studies that you will go far <> keep them coming <> think as you drink it in <> why does that contour change shape etc.
<> one thing you will find working from the masters is that they made some anatomical mistakes but their drawings skills are so strong you never really notice unless you are looking for them. Lots of strange proportion things going on as well <> point betng that accuracy is not what makes a great drawing <> to much attention to accuracy can distroy one however so try to keep a balance.

[Diego]

Ramon / how's things going? thanks for checkin'.
Fellah. / Thanks dude. Love your stuf
Medium Pace / Thanks for the comments dude, that's really flattering, about the anatomy i have a really long way to go, my doodles always lacks of dinamics, very static gestures.
Concerning the pen, nothing special or fancy, just a fine point ball-pen i use for taking notes in class. I've tried lots of pens.
Paper-cheap a4 pad and a4 cut in the middle and bounded for my little book.
Mentler / Hey doc, i find very interesting what you're saying, sometimes i find myself listenin some music while drawing and not thinking about what i'm doing, seeing those little details that defines a really good drawing, like how variating the weight of the line you can model the shape.
It's good to have you drop by. Thanks for the comments.

Here's some sketches i did for a sculpture project.
Ball pen.
page1
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/abst3.jpg
page2
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/abst1.jpg
page 3
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/abst2.jpg

Cheers

[Hyaloclastics]

These are great studies man!How about applying some colors on them?Some quick watercolors maybe?It's only a thought..

[Diego]

Thanks polonoid, i was doing that a minute ago in PS but it ain't easy with a mouse and no patience. Thanks for dropping by. :)

[~Lover~]

Some nice work here Diego! You're anatomy is coming on good.... damn you lol... i'm having trouble with mine at the moment, it's all just practise though. I agree with polonoid, post some coloured ones!
~Lover~

[Diego]

~Lover~ / hey lover, thanks for the comments dude. :^^:

Two Civardi Studies, love this guy. I feel I'm learning a lot just by copying and studying him.

Ball pen
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/civardi3.jpg
Ball pen
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/civardi4.jpg

Cheers

[Diego]

Another update, this time i've scanned some pages of anatomy.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/anatomy3.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/anatomy4.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/anatomy2.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/anatomy5.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/anatomy.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/anatomy6.jpg

And a J. L. David study
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/portrait_jld.jpg

Cheers

[hurricane]

sweet studies man !!! killer !!

some facial pieces are skewed/tilted...

might wanna look out for that..

cheers man and keep on rocking !"!

[NightVision]

Very nice sketchbook ! You've got a great handle on form, it really shows on the drawings without rendering, loving it !

[Gloominati]

sweeeeeeeeeeeet ! Great studies, man. I'm really diggin em! moremoremore! >:D

[Diego]

Hurricane / Thanks for the comments dude, you're right about the faces, i'll try to correct those flaws in my work. :)
NightVision / Yo, thanks for dropping by. :teeth:
Gloominati / Thanks man, i'll post more, some concepts maybe. Too much studies. :)

Cheers

[Diego]

Hey, here i am again posting some boring studies.

Some animals from ref
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/ani.jpg
Parents from life
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/ma_pa.jpg
Some heads from ref
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/head_ref.jpg
J.L David Study
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/david_l.jpg
J.L David Study
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/david_l2.jpg
Civardi Studies
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/civardi5.jpg
From Life
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/cou.jpg

Cheers

[Gloominati]

Nice new stuff again, diego! These portraits look really nice, reminds me that I should draw more of them :D . Keep em comin dude!

[Diego]

Gloominati / thanks man. :D

Here's is wip painting in PS with mouse, about 40 minutes.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/wip.jpg

Cheers

[loomer]

Cool character..I like his ..uh..eye-balls!
Must be hard with that mouse man...We gotta get you a tablet!
- Studies are great too...your work is so clear and articulate...mine's a damn mess.
looking forward to seeing that completed!

[Diego]

loomer/ thanks man, painting with a mouse sucks way too much :nohope: . So i won't finish it, maybe i'll do some retouches or put some lights but not coloring.

2 pages a did today.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/doodles.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/doodles2.jpg

Cheers

[Diego]

Hi, I'm beeing too lazy, to draw, to scan.
Silly page with skulls. Crappy paper, crappy scan.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/skulls.jpg

Cheers.

[loomer]

You've been working hard on anatomy, and it's showing.
rock on with this sketchbook...

[Diego]

Thanks loomer, glad you liked it. I think i have a long way to go to get confortable with anatomy. Thanks for dropping by.

[Magic Man]

These studies absolutely own, great stuff and keep going!

[Diego]

MagicMan / hey man, thanks for the comments, i love your stuff.
Not a worthy update but it's something, i have to scan more.
Here's some pages
Ball pen - from life except the baby hand, i copied from a poster
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/life.jpg
Pencil
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/fheads1.jpg
Pencil
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/fheads2.jpg

Cheers

[loomer]

good going Diego - baby hand's are tough as hell..you can't make out any of the boney structures, and if you put them in it looks wrong. looks good though...thumb might be a lil big...?

diggin' all the expression studies...be checking back soon!

[Fellah.]

Very very nice stuff dude!

[Diego]

Loomer / thanks man, yeah the baby thumb its a lil' big. It was done a bit fast. Thanks for dropping by.
Fellah / thanks dude, your stuff is getting greater and greater.

Here is a page i've started a week ago, but i dedided not to finish it.
So here it is.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/faces.jpg

cheers

[Pesmerga]

Great studies. I'm loving it :) You have some cool facial expressions.

[brokk]

Diego, nice concepts above, I like the mechanical legs on the charachter. Lets see some more concepts!

[Gloominati]

simply hoooot! :D

great new stuff again, man! Each time I look through your thread I have to stop and look at the beautiful studys at the beginning, simply amazing work goin on here! thanks for the inspiration!

[spiffster_x]

dang all your stuff is so good. lots of studies, and the time and work you've put into it shows. an inspiration to me.

[Zebz]

Diego this stuff is really nice, man! You have pretty good line quality ususally, better than me anyhow. The faces and studies are all really great! I like how you draw your faces too, btw. The only crit I really have is that you might want to work on how you render the form. Sometimes it's really rough and it just seems flat. Remember you're sculpting on paper. Try and look at how some of the great artists on this board render, like Wes... try and discover their secrets. >:D Then suck 'em dry! Keep it up, tho! You've got a great start!!

[Diego]

Pesmerga / Thanks man. :)
bRØk3n_sPiRiT / Gracias, yeah, i'm working in some concepts. I'll post them later.
Gloominati / hey man, thanks for the support and the nice words. The first drawing i posted didn't even like me, but when i saw it a couple of days later and it was another thing and didn't even realize that i did pretty fast and turned out one of my favourite drawings. So i posted first. :)
spiffster_x / Thanks for dropping by and the nice words. Cheers.
ZebzFree / cheers man, you're right about the rendering issue, i tend to do fast sometime, I preffer to get the lines right, and always have fear to ruin it. I'm working on that. Thanks for the kind words. :^^:

Well, here's some pages i forgot to scan.
Some structure drawings
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/struc1.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/struc2.jpg

Civardi studies
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/civardi_s.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/civardi_s2.jpg

Pandas from a animal book
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/pandys.jpg

Heads from ref
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/head.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/head1.jpg

Here's me trying to render patiently. I got bore.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/rend_fac.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/mene.jpg

Sorry for the bad scans.
See ya!

[brokk]

Diego those structures are looking very nice, you're getting better with each new batch of pages. The skulls some pages back looked good too. The faces are looking more expressive.

Since you're getting the form down pretty good, how about some more dynamic/action poses (no es por romper las bolas, es q ya la estructura y la forma se ve q la estas incorporando bien, proba de jugar un poco con eso, con mas movimiento).

Un saludo : )

[Diego]

jajaja, si yo tambien me canso de tanto estudios.
Lo que pasa es que hay veces que me siento con la intencion de hacer algunos bocetos pero me salen para la mierda, y me tiran abajo. Asi por ahora estoy haciendo pocos bocetos imaginativos.
Gracias por los comentarios martin, metele garra con tu thread.

[brokk]

Ni te calentes... no vale la pena : P
La idea es q la pases bien, mas alla de la practica y el estudio. No se si te pasa q a veces porai hablando por telefono estas dibujando algo, o en algun momento medio de distraccion, y porai te sale algo q te gusta mas de lo q haces cuando estas mas enfocado, bah a mi me pasa eso. Porai si no te lo tomas tan seriamente te podes relajar mas y dejar q salgan mas cosas. Y si estan mal... ya fue. Creo q siempre podes rescatar cosas que te gustan y ver cosas q no te gustan. Ademas... por algun lado hay q empezar. Y una base ya tenes, asi q, a no consternarse (al menos no demasiado!) : P
Gracias por contestar en mi thread!

nos vemos

[the_allejo05]

just stopped in this thread..muy buenos estudios de civardi y de David..nice structural drawings..los animales tan buenos tambien..keep it up

[rollb82]

awesome. i just took a look in your book and hell, you have some great studies. i ranked you because you deserve some stars.

[Diego]

bRØk3n_sPiRiT / Si, totalmente, me pasa bastante seguido, pero bue, creo que con la practica se logra fluir y que todo salga con el mismo estilo.
Gracias por los comentarios.
the_allejo05 / Thanks man, you're doing great yourself with your master studies, thanks for stopping by.
rollb82 / That's really flattering my man, thanks for taking the time to check my book and drop some stars. :)

[armando]

Good head studies and everything else. For rendering and shading try a blending stump and a kneaded eraser, it really speeds up the process. Graphite looks good with ball point pens too. How did you do/plan out the pen sketches for your sculpture project, is that based on industrial design or something? I have no idea how to do that sort of thing.

[Fellah.]

The line work on those reffed heads are very nice dude! Hehe rendering is not boring - its the best thing in the world!

[hurricane]

great lines!

great studies!

great images!

great diego!

cheers ;)

[sve]

Hello, Diego. Was enjoying your book and thinking about your skills. I think you are very observant because some of the portraits have this uninterrupted daily life feeling. That's great because to catch very subtle casual expression of person's face is very hard. So I like it in your work very much. I find your anatomy studies very interesting and useful to me, so I'll be back to you thread again. About this colored drawing which you yourself scolded so harshly - I like very much. It's made in the impressionistic manner (like Edouard Manet. The Fifer).
http://www.abcgallery.com/M/manet/manet12.html
I like it very much. So don't be so hard on yourself. You are very talented.
Regards, Sveta

[buzzz3d]

Hi Diego, you have a lot of great studies in here.
I enjoyed browsing through your SB a lot. Keep them coming!

[maxetormer]

One more cool place to hang out :^^:
keep it UP!

[Diego]

Hi, i'm having problem with my Windows so i won't be able to scan 'til i fix it
So in between i'll draw my ass off.

armando / Thanks man, i'll try some blending stump, sounds good.
About that sketches, were done for a sculpture, an abstract sculpture, so i decided to do some thumbs. Then i carved it on a prismatic cast.
Fellah. / Hey man, rendering is definitly not boring, but i'm used to do it fast. So doing it at slow pace was another thing. :)
hurricane / Thanks for the comment Bjorn. :)
sve / Thanks for the kind reply sveta, sometimes i have a hard time deciding what i need to draw in order to improve. Always looking around trying to memorize some stuff, but never able to translate it to paper. Glad you see something useful in my thread, really flatters me.
Cheers.
buzzz3d / thanks man. :)
maxetormer / Thanks for stopping by man, your thread is very inspiring to me.

Cheers.



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[Denart]

terrific anatomy studies! you're inspiring me to do some more! :D

your line work is dead on accurate

[arghmisfit]

awesome studies dood. i wanna see more imaginative stuff tho.. 8)

[antquin]

diego, very good material here. my suggestions: mix it up some more. i see a lot of contour drawings with rendering on top. try different approaches: gesture drawing, creating volume with blunt tools like charcoal, or conte, or pastels. i think the pencil is great, but exploring other media may have you thinking in terms other than cross hatching and line. you may want to try relaxing your line. to me it seems very technical and literal, and limited in expression. look to more than just the academic/figurative art school. too often, your line seems like a means to an end(model, block in values, define form). too much of your reference material is other artwork. try using more photographs and working from life. when you work from drawings, in particular, your job is kind of done for you. you see what it takes to do a similar drawing. with a photo or life model, you have to define that form. good luck.

[Diego]

Denart / Thanks man, really dig your stuff.
arghmisfit / Thanks man, i'm trying to pull off some more imaginative stuff.
antquin / Hey man, I really appreciate you took the time for that reply. :)
You're right about so many points, like the fact I've bee neglecting working with another media other than pencil and avoid trying another subjects like imaginative stuff.
Really thanks for the insight crit, i hope i'd be able to write a more detailed reply, my english is not that good. Thank you so much. :D

some pages i've scanned.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/conc2.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/conc3.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/conc.jpg

From life
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/life_hc.jpg
From life
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/life_hc1.jpg

Cheers

[sve]

Hello, Diego, like your new update very much. Especially from life. It was funny to find the same people faces from the first life scan on a second one. Kind of like in Sunday's newspaper: find 10 differences on two pictures :). Found three the same faces. Am I right or am I wrong?:)
Regards, Sveta

[Diego]

yeah man, very keen eye...
They were done in my Art history class as I was taking some notes.
Cheers

[Gloominati]

hehe nice new stuff ine here man! Always great so see your work. These portraits are awsome. More more more! :D

[Fellah.]

Cool stuff man - i dig those designs and your line work is always sweet.

[brokk]

Good studies! The lines look very clean and defined, the gestures are looking cool and the proportions are good. And you did those while taking notes? You bastard! haha : P Seriously, good lines, mine look really chaotic when I sketch : S

The imaginative stuff is looking good, I especially like the first figure on the second page, with the horn helmet. The proportions look good and the design looks interesting, the only crit is that his hand may be a little too small. Personally I'd like to see that guy in some more poses, some more dynamic.
Also I'd like to see more renders of your imaginative works. You are doing great.

Diego you are comming along really good, keep up the good work, and have fun : )

Cheers!

[winjer]

good studies going on here. I can tell youre learning a lot. I think the only thing you should work on is the poses of your imaginative figures. You put a lot of jazzy armor and sci fi widgets on em but they are basically in stiff boring poses. Just work on making some good dynamic figures, once you can do that jazzing them up is easy.

[Diego]

Gloominati / Thanks for the kind words man. :)
Fellah. / Thanks for dropping by, your latest stuff is killer. Cheers :)
bRØk3n_sPiRiT / Thanks martin, glad you liked.
winjer / Thank you very much for the comments. About the poses, you're right, I shall try new ones, and as you see in my work i lack of imaginative stuff so i'm doing not so little thumbs to come up with something and learn. Cheers.

two more pages

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/re.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/re2.jpg

Cheers

[Fellah.]

Hi man - the designs looks really cool - even though they are a bit hard too see you make the line work pop in the right places which is not easy. I would love to see a fully rendered foour hour pencil drawing of one of those bots. Hehe i know you think rendering is boring :wink: Always good stuff man and getting sweeter with every post.

[loomer]

Cool updates Diego...Good to see you putting all those anatomical and figure studies to work. That stuff is great to do, but it really pays off when you apply it to some of the more creative stuff..which I see you are doing now!

Suggestion...try doing just ONE character from imagination...but really put some time into it, and render it as you would one of your portrait studies. I'd love to see some of these sketches you've been doing fully rendered with your pencil technique....could be killer!

[Diego]

Just adjusted the levels a bit more so the drawings are more clear.

Fellah. / Hehe. Thanks for the comments dude, i will, i'll do a four hours 8) drawing-rendering. And rendering is not boring,
who said that? ;)
Loomer / I will man, I promise. I have to try for myself too. Thanks for dropping by.

[Diego]

Well, here i am, with more of the same. I'm planning to do a big-fat drawing and render it to death so i'll be postin' in a few days.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/bot.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/bot2.jpg

Cheers

[Diego]

Cloth studyfor now, i got a couple of pages that i'll be postin' when i have a bunch.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/cloth.jpg

Cheers

[sve]

I wish I could catch propotions like you :(
Sveta Dudetta

[Diego]

Sveta, if you could see my drawing a year go..not good. Keep working hard.:teeth:

[the_GHOST]

I especially like the hands and the cross hatchy torso studies.

really classy and well observed stuff!

[Diego]

the_GHOST / Thanks man for the kind words. :)

[noiion]

Diego, I love your drawings man. Keep it up! I understand how hard it is coloring with a mouse. I did 3 or 4 pices with them. Took me 5 to ten hours on them. And still they didn't come linke I wanted them to. At least it was an optical mouse. There no way I could've done it with a tracking ball. Anyways your drawing still rocks.

[brokk]

Hey Diego, your imaginative sketches are looking good and more dynamic, and those last studies of the chair-thing (banquito, I dont know how to say it in english) the lamp and clothing look great, but I want to see the full-rendered piece! ; P hehe.
Also I'd like to see some full-finished pieces.

Keep up the good work, and I mean that!

[Diego]

noiion / Thank you very much man. Yes, maybe if I put more time on coloring my pieces i could get a more acceptable quality. Cheers
That Fat Kid / Thanks for dropping by and the kind words. I'm having a hard time creating something that it's in my head, i mean, draw what i'm want to. I know it takes time to get it right but sometimes it takes me down. Cheers man.
bRØk3n_sPiRiT / Hey martin, thanks. Si, a full con el banquito, le puse la lampara encima y me cope dibujandolo y hasta le puse una remera encima. :)
About the full finished pieces, I'm a very impatient guy so i'm working that. Plus my head is in another stuff right now so i'm not very focus. It will change soon and I hope to spend my time doing the right thing. Too much smoking and drinking. :nohope:
Here's two sketches i'm very dissapointed with so i'll hit the drawing board even harder from now on.

Have them.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/bs1.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/bs2.jpg

Cheers, and thanks for dropping by.-

[loomer]

Hey Diego - if you don't mind me asking..why do you hate these so much?
I feel they are good studies, -moreso the top one. I'm guessing it's just an armor study...and i think it's successful at that. It might help just to have an outline of the shape of the figure that would wear the armor, but otherwise it's a clear sketch.

keep going...you have mad skills... and it's okay to drink and smoke a little..you're a young dude!
cheers bro

[heri]

I like your bots! keep up the good work!
-heri

[Zebz]

Diego, somethin's really cookin' in here man! You've gotta get that laziness monkey off your back so we can really see you delve into some drawing madness, man! I must say that the stuff that stuck out to me were your studies a couple posts back, like the faces and stuff. They're really, really nice. :wink: The last one is nice too but I can't quite make out the designs what they are completely, probably because their not completed... but their interesting. The last one reminds me of a Chinese dragon design or something. I'm an idiot. Keep the work up. And get focused, dang it! :^^: Cut that drinkin' and smokin' out! :tihi:

[sve]

Hey, Diego. Beautiful rendering and feel of form. Very finely developed sense of aesthetic.
Post more
Sveta Dudetta

[Gloominati]

uh, man! You're updating to fast for me. or I am just to slow with replying. great new stuff in here , man!
Try to not make your rendering and shading so blurry, so that the shapes and values, especially of the cloth study are easier to read (hehe yeah cloth studies :) ) Some harder strokes here and there would surely help.
Rock on, man!

[Diego]

Loomer / Thanks for the kind reply my man, hehe, it's not that i hate them, the thing is that the outcome was not what i wanted, but it was temporary anger with myself, then i realize i must practice much more to get what i want.
Cheers dude.
heri / Thanks for dropping by man.
ZebzFree / Thank you really much for the comments man and the kind words, and yes, i'm trying to get rid of the lazyness. :)
sve / thanks man, i will post more, i decided to post on a regular basis to keep me motivated.
Gloominati / thanks man, i try to make my drawings a bit more clearer so the scanner can take it. Cheers

Here's two pages i did, nothing fancy, just to get me started, and put some lines on paper. It's been a while.
Some 10' faces
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/fazes.jpg
Some stuff from life. An Abs machine and a washer.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/lefe_ad.jpg
I will post more later.
Cheers.

[sve]

Hey, Diego! Well, are you crazy? Being unhappy with your work is very important part of a creative process. Yeah, it makes an artist, even me, miserable, but that's the moving power of progress. So feel lucky :).
The update is great. You don't know how wonderful to look at your simple, clean and beautiful lines. It's a pure pleasure!
Sveta Dudetta
P.S. These tracks from other drawing created very beautiful marble effect on the drawing of a baggage :)..

[Diego]

Hey svetta, I'm really glad and flattered that you like my drawing. Thanks dude.

Another one.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/fig.jpg

[dadamafia]

nice lil studies u have in here. those figures make me jealous cuz of my pot belly.

[Diego]

Thanks dadamafia.
Another drawing, it's 4:00 am so i better go to sleep. See ya
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/botty.jpg

[BOON]

yo! nice figures man, thanks for keep comin back to comment on my poo art :D

[shyamshriram]

Cool works !
I like those sculpters project sketches :)

[dadamafia]

really enjoying the work in here. loving those studies and also how u work with line. cool beans.

[hurricane]

great concept and whats even better is your mind, love the feeling of them !

killer stuff as usuall !

cheers

[Diego]

BOON / Hey, thanks dude.
shyamshriram / thanks for dropping by man, glad you liked.
dadamafia / :) thanks man. It's very flattering that you like my work and line.
hurricane / hey Bjorn, glad to have you stop by. The conceptual stuff is something a left behind, so i will practice much more. Cheers

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/doo1.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/doo2.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/doo3.jpg

Cheers

[Groover McNab]

Some cool stuff here. Digging the line drawings, it's a good habit to be able to construct something by just using line. Keep it up.

[Rebeccak]

Diego,

You have some really impressive work here! Thank you for posting on my thread ~ each time someone new posts, I get to see great artwork which I might not otherwise have seen. Thanks! :) Keep up the great work! :rendered:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

[Diego]

Groover McNab / Thanks man, I'm trying to draw with contruction lines follow some basic lines, but i always draw a very light structure first. Thanks for dropping by.

Rebeccak / hey thanks for the kind word, it's such a pleasure having you in my humble SB. It means a lot to me. I was following your CGTALK's threads in the shadows :) Your such a great teacher. :tihi:
Cheers.

Here's is a photoshoped version of one of my sketches, it took me about 40 minutes with my mouse. I'll learn someday.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/psed.jpg

Cheers

[masterpug]

I think my only CC for you is that you might want to re-think some of the choices for joints in the armor that you are creating. There doesn't seem to be any realy way to get it to flex or change at all. Just something to think about. You have some excelent studies in here. Impressive digital work too. I am excited to see what gets up here next!

[Gloominati]

wow, I haven't been here for much too long, man!
Really great new stuff you got here I really admire these clean lines! Keep rocking dude, your stuff is great !! :)

[sve]

Hey, Diego, Very elegant work, as always. I just would like you to add quantity. Quality is superb :)! If it's not too much trouble could you please describe me your process of drawing , how do you start, do you put some marks on paper first to help your orientation. I'm just extremely fond of your manner to draw. And you did the coloring in Photoshop just in line with your style, unpretentious, restrained, delicate and beautiful. I just want you draw like 20 drawings more. Sveta Dudetta

[brokk]

Hey Diego,
Trying to come up with a crit for these last pages is a challenge. These last pages are awesome, and I seriously mean that. The studies show a very good line, and the studies of the figures with clothes look great. Very natural and relaxed poses. Keep up the rendering on the concept, or show us more rendering : )
The only crit that I was gonna make is that the concept figure with the dark background looks a bit tilted to the left. But since the proportions are correct, it doesn't really look like an issue. If it was intentional, maybe you could tilt the shoulders and the hip more, so that it doesn't look too stiff.

Good face studies and of everyday objects.

Cheers and keep it up.

[Madfishmonger]

You do very nice studies, and your lines are really crisp. You show a lot of confidance in your art. Especially with clothing, you seem to have a good eye for making it simple and clean. I look forward to seeing more.

[camilografix]

Nice group of drawings you got going here. I love those lines, but think maybe you should also try getting really loose with it sometimes. because you might stay in this boring safe zone. so just go wild with it from time to time.

[Diego]

masterpug / Yeah you're right about the joints, i did those without too much thinking. I will do more of these and try to make it work. Thanks for the input
Gloominati / thanks man for the kind words and for the support. Cheers.
sve / hey svetta, thanks for the words. About my way of drawing, nothing complex, sometimes i start from the head, and oval shape, then put the clavicles and add some lines for the torso, then put more lines to give it perspective. Always with soft lines, then when i have a solid block in I choose the lines i like the most. Then add more volume tru the lines. That's all.
I try to work very light because i always tend to smear the page so to avoid that i make some clean lines. Hope it helps. Cheers.
bRØk3n_sPiRiT / Gracias martin, you know, I'm trying, step by step. Glad you like my sketches.
Madfishmonge / Thanks man. :)
camilografix / Yeah, maybe you're right. I'll try to loose a bit more
That Fat Kid / Thanks man.

Here's a drawing i did, been busy finishing a head sculpture. So i haven't too much time to draw.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/shusti.jpg

Cheers

[Fellah.]

Hi dude - i love the rendering on the last drawing from oct 5th - could you please finish him :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O :O
:wink: Hope you get a wacom soon man. Cheers!

[Diego]

hey man, i'll finish it and i'll post it.
I been drooling for a wacom, hopefully i've found where to buy it in my country, just need a couple of bucks more.
Cheers

[Diego]

Another drawings.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/face1.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/face2.jpg

Cheers

[vigostar]

Hey, Diego.. good stuff.. man I like the faces and the robo suits... your figs are coming along very nicely... keep up the good work...

[loomer]

coolio! I'm liking that you are mixing in imaginative work along with the more "academic studies" - it's the best way to go. Keep doing both, because things are looking great!
i especially like the last head you posted...looks like a character I would do , but would screw up...awesome!

[sve]

Hey, Diego, this new update is different from what you did before. The faces look more passionate. That's not a delicate modesty, that's a strong emotion is getting out. Very interesting. Something's changing.
Sveta Dudetta

[Diego]

vigostar / hey man, thanks for stopping by.
loomer / thanks man, i think if i improve the basics the rest will be more easy to resolve.
sve / glad you see that, i was very motivated when i did these heads, I spent a very good afternoon rendering these.

character wip, i'm trying a new paper, the rendering is kinda hard but...
started like this
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/chara1.jpg
some more work later
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/chara3.jpg

Cheers

[Zebz]

Nice updates on the character designs. Likin' the fashion studies as well. Keep your head movin', flowin' with all this good stuff. You're gonna rock the art world my man! Just keep doin' what you do! One thing to think about is something people have been criting me on... do more figures interacting in environments. Think about the basic shapes in perspective. There ya go. Eat that. Chew on it for a while. Come back and see me.

[Diego]

Zebzfree / Thansk man for the comments, i'll try some stuff in perspective.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/roll.jpg

Cheers

[Zebz]

Nice, nice, nice. Keep that figure work up, bro. Things are going to keep lookin' up in here, I can tell!

[shyamshriram]

Like all the new updates...specially that figure in perspective in the last post!
Keep up the good work !

[Diego]

ZebzFree / thanks man, i'm trying to. :)
shyamshriram / Cheers bro. thanks for dropping by.
That fat kid / thanks for the support man. Cheers.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/hel.jpg

[brokk]

I know its a little late to say it, but I looked at the cloth.jpg again and the lamp looks a bit asymmetrical at the base, the curves that form it are not the same the left and right.
The rest of the images are looking cool, the anatomies especially, and the faces too. I like the lighting on them.
I don't know if you've tried this, if not, give it a try. Draw something on paper, lines and tones, until you finish it and have a grayscale image. After you scan that, in photoshop set the brush mode to "color", and paint the color on the same layer as the tonal drawing (remember to set the mode to RGB). You can duplicate the layer and hide it, so you have an unaltered version just in case. Apparently, what it does is add color to the drawing without altering the tones, its a quick way to paint something in photoshop using a mouse, if you have the tones established. Anyway, see if it works out or not.

Looking forward for more stuff.

EDIT: here is what I was talking about with the color brush thing, I tried making a quick painting of one of the faces. Nevermind the crappy painting... its just to show that you can paint something quickly without altering the tones underneath. Well, in this case, I did alter some stuff, darkening and such. But I used mainly multiply, soft light, color, and normal modes, and thats it. You just have to experiment.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/bk7600/face1colortest.jpg

Hope it helps at least for showing what I was talking about.

Cheers.

[Diego]

Thanks martin for the tips, I'm been doing a lot of pure line drawings and trying to colour them in PS, but in gonna try that with the layer in color-mode. Cheers
Sketch
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/lady_boner.jpg

Semi-color
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/lady_boner_color.jpg

Cheers

[shyamshriram]

nice updates...like the last concept !

[hurricane]

nice stuff man !! always inpiring to drop by!

keep on fighting diego !

cheers!

[Gloominati]

nice new stuff man, I really like the last concept!
very clean lines, great dude, mor of that :)

[Diego]

shyamshriram / thanks man for dropping by
Hurricane / Hey buddy, thanks for the kind words. I'll keep fighting against myself everyday. :)
Gloominati / hey man, one more, for U. And for the sketch-trade :)

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/grave_s.jpg

Cheers

[brokk]

Wow Diego, these last charachters are awesome!!!!
But its not the layer mode set to color, its the brush mode, and the values in grey have to be more or less established, and you paint the colors on the same layer as the grey values (though it probably gives similar results using a color layer instead of brush). You have to use the other modes too depending on what you want, normal, multiply, soft light, etc.

Keep it up man this last batch is awesome!!

[Diego]

thanks martin, i was really fun to do. I hope to do more, keeping the style of clean lines then when i progress a little bit more with the shapes and stuff.
Thnks for dropping by.

[bumskee]

Hey Diego, nice sketchbook, I have looked at it before just never replied I guess, welcome to the sketchgroup. :) we are going to have fun aren't we? heh. you have a very good line drawings and imagination.! :) love the casual clothed people. there are some anatomy issues but you will be right, keep at it dude. Love your intepretation of loomer's character. You've drawn him very strong and love characters with cigarettes.. :P hehe I think vigo already mentioned how u should be doign them in order though :P cheers bro!

[JaneM]

Hey, neat work! :teeth: I like the way you keep your lines clean, the style in general is very cool. Your concepts are awesome man, kepp it up! ;)

[joiton]

Reeeeeally nice stuff you have in here Diego!!

Great line drawings, great knowledge of form, cool designs.

Solo me gustaria ver mas diseños volados, como los de las armaduras futuristas, la mina del vaculo y el ultimo.

Keep the hard work man!

Till la vista

[Gloominati]

wohooo freaky design, dude!! Did I already mention that I love these lines? No? oh well, Then: I love your linework man, wish that mine was so clean :)
Keep on rocking dude, hope to see some more of this stuff soon

[Diego]

that fat kid / yeah, the pelvis are is a bit odd, but i wanted him to looks like kinda zombie or something. Thanks for the comments dude.

bumskee / thanks man for stopping by. Cheers

JaneM / Thanks for the kind words. :)

joiton / gracias loco por los comments.

Gloominati / glad you liked dude. Here's another one.

Ok, here's another sketch i did for the sketch trade.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/infinit_gir.jpg

[Diego]

here's a color wip. 10' in PS
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/infinit_gir_wip.jpg

[darkwolfb87]

Here's some crits for the last one: the two hands are not grasping the objects convincingly. The bottom of the pole in her right hand looks like it should be swung to the right, because that's the way her fingers are positioned right now. For the left arm just think what it would be like to carry that huge object over your shoulder, you would want the elbow pointing forward and the hand in more of a fist, so there would be a gap between her hand and the shoulder ( should roughly make a triangle).

[Diego]

Yeah man, you're abosolutly right, i'm not confident doing hands at the moment so i did what i could to try to solve that.
About the left arm, it was no my intention that the left hand carries the big gun, i wanted that the gun was like a backpack or something like that.and she was only grabbing the leaves or whatever it is called... I don't know if that makes sense or not.
Cheers, and thanks for the crit. :)

[darkwolfb87]

I think one of the best things that helps me do poses is to physically get up and emulate what I want to draw. It really helps you figure out the extremes of body movement. For instance, can you actually touch your wrist on your shoulder? :)

[~Faust~]

Woah, your stuff is pretty solid! You want to do this for a living don't you? ;)

Like your character designs!

[Diego]

darkwolfb87 / thanks for tips man, thanks for stopping by.

~Faust~ / hey man, thanks for the comments. And yeah, i would like to do this for a living. I know it's far away but i'll work it up. :)

Well, in between smokes i did this monster in roughly and hour.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/butter_Ass.jpg

And this monster faces.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/monster_inc.jpg

And 2 head from ref, not finished, not good but it was practice at least.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/heads_nav.jpg

Cheers and thanks for checking.

[aesir]

hey diego, love the monsters you've got in here. Really fun designs. The last 2 referenced heads are pretty good. Keep up the work from references and you'll really start to see it transferring into your monsters and other imaginitive work.


P.S. you've got 3 pages of some nice shit. gave you some stars ;)

[Diego]

thanks for the props man, And thank you for the stars man IT's really flattering man.... :^^: and whoever ranked me, made my day, today i spent all my day drawing and really enjoying waht i'm doing. And eager to share it with you guys.
Cheers. :tihi:

[seth1]

Great source of inspiration here! Look forward to more work from you...

[loomer]

holy shit Diego..you've gone mad! But your drawings are improving tremendously so keep doing what you're doing ...and kick sum mo ass!

[Diego]

hey guys thanks for the kind words... Means a lot to me. :)

Here's more. It's 6:00 am so i better go to sleep. Tomorrow will be great, lots of time to draw.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/orc1.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/bot_head.jpg

This is shit but i'll post it anyways...maybe i'll finish it.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/beast_ca.jpg

[shyamshriram]

LOVELY CREATURES my Friend !! I really like that how u tried to show the skin texture in the linework ! thanx for sharing :)

[Gloominati]

cool creature dude, I really love em, especially this monster faces are great!!! You update too fast dude! Well at least faster than I can comment :D
Keep rocking!

[sve]

Oh My God, Diego, You are on a roll. So productive and such a beautiful drawings, one after another. And a very new manner to draw too. Those different bumps, circles, dots add so much interest :). It's great for to see you delivering so much and so tasty art. I'm very happy for you! :) My favorites are a grave digger (or robber) and the monster. I like his heavy paws and the strange snout of his :). Actually I like your design for sketch trade too. Royal lines, once again :).Now I would like to see some strange woman coming from your pen :). May I? :bashful:
Sveta Dudetta

[Bojee]

I agree with Sveta, your definitely on a roll, big progress being made here. I like what your doing with your creatures. :)

Thanks for stopping into my book, I really appreciate it. :)

[Diego]

shyamshriram / thanks man for dropping by. :)

Gloominati / hehe, dude, yeah, i'm drawing a lot lately and postin' too. cheers

sve / hey sveta, glad you liked the new updates, i'm trying to get confortable with drawing monsters and such, trying them to be interesting or somethin' i'd like.
And you'll see a strange woman... :)
Cheers dude, thanks for the constant good and positive support.

Bojee / it's great to have you stop by. Thanks for the nice comments on my thread.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/monster_1.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/monster_2.jpg

[Sedig]

Hey, those monsters are great. One thing- the skin is almost always the same bumpy texture. Maybe try something new? Oh, also, on the girl with the golf bag, her elbow looks a little goofy. I do think that all of your from life studies are awesome. Do more!

[arghmisfit]

hey man its good to see some more imaginative stuff from you

dope monsters!

keep doing them studies... itsgood to have a healthy balance of study and imagination

[Diego]

Sedig / hey man, thanks for the comments, yeah you're totally right about the skin texture, i'm trying some other kind of textures. These monster were done the same day with that texture in my mind so, i put it in all the mosnter i did.

arghmisfit / dude, thanks for stopping by and for the kind comments.

[Diego]

I went really fast with this drawing.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/char_boost.jpg

[Bojee]

Yeah buddy, great drawings all the way around. :)

[Diego]

Bojee / thanks dude... :)

Some figure studies.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/figs_1.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/figs_2.jpg

[Art_Addict]

Some nice sketches in here I see. Nice detail in the hands and feet.
Would like to see more stuff from life tough

[Bojee]

From life would be good but these are tight. Nice sense of construction. :)

[bumskee]

diego deigo, love the figures dude, absolutely love it, simple yet spot on!! very nice dude you should definitely chase a bit more into that area. I guess that's why we were talking about nude photos yesterday hehe. your stuff is coming along nicely, rock on mate

[Diego]

Art_Addict / hey dude, thanks for the comments.

Bojee / yo man, glad you liked those, i learned a lot of kevin chen's demos, so i need to do more and more. Cheers

bumskee / min, mate, yeah, i got a zillion of pics of soft nude, so i'll posting whatever progress i do with that. cheers

here's some monster heads...
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/mon_inc2.jpg

My computer and scanner from life, from my bed. about 5 min
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/lefe_pc.jpg

My handbag, from life, from my bed. about 5 min.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/lefe_bag.jpg

Cheers, and thank u for checkin' out my stuff.

[shyamshriram]

lovely...LOL those creatures and the dialouges ! :dur:
keep up the good work mate !

:yayca:

[arghmisfit]

really cool life drawings keep them up, your lines will improve so much

good figure studies too... whats the mark on the bottom of one of the pages? looks dope

id liek to see u render out some creatures like u did that withat speedy guy u drew

[Bojee]

Awesome, Did you study with him? Or does he have videos? or do you mean the ones in the tutorial section? most of them are broken links now. :( Good new stuff. :)

[loomer]

oh good lord you are on fire...
glad to see you haven't given up on the life drawings too. I think that's the key to your bigtime improvement lately. keep mixing that up with these character designs...it's coming together nicely.
i especially like the monster head page!

[Diego]

shyamshriram / hey man, thanks for the comments.

arghmisfit / thanks buddy, the mark is another drawing in the reverse of the sheet, u know, farty paper. :[
And about the rendering, i will.

bojee / thank you so much man, LOL. :)

Loomer / dude, glad you liked. :)

That fat kid / thanks man. :)

here's a fast drawing i did while chattin' for the sketch-trade.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/vigos.jpg

[joiton]

Jooooli crap!!!!!!!!
Those monsters are GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!:jawdrop:
Keeeep 'em coming dude!

[Diego]

joiton / hey, como va? gracias por los comentarios. Saludos. :)

Been slacking today but i managed to pull off some pages. :^^:

sketching
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/page_sk.jpg
Some monsters inspired by Bomba.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/page1_sk.jpg

[shyamshriram]

Hehe Cool creatures Bro :) post MORE !

[camilografix]

cool creatures. whats with the dude with the tities and skirt though=)

[Gloominati]

yeah man, that's what I want to see, some really badass creatures!! I am loveing them, the studies are great as well. Take care on proportions dude, in some dawings they look a little bit off.
Rock on, mate!

[sve]

Hello, Diego :)!

Very nice update, I especially like those Siamese twins.

They are drawn in very loose manner and have a very good illusion of movement. You know, like they need to swing a little and start from the right foot both together :). Funny idea and very nice performance.

The whole page with them looks great. Where are their women and children and strange pets, and strange houses? Do you want to give them fur or hair? They look so naked :)

I look with a pleasure at your computer and backpack. It's just an outline, but they have a volume and weight, because the perspective in there. Lovely nude studies. Are they from a reference or an imagination?
Sveta Dudetta

[vigostar]

GEEZE dude... your making us look bad here Diego.. freaking awesome body of work here... i really like that fast sketch of the afro dude.. i think you should go back to that... your really pumping out tons of work.. keep the momentum high man!

[Bojee]

Diego- Do you clean up your drawings to post them?? Cause man you draw clean. :) Great stuff.

[Diego]

shyamshriram / thanks man for the daily support. :)

camilografix / thanks dude.

Gloominati / hey dude, thanks for the input. :)

Sve / hey buddy, thanks for the always kind response. :) BTW, the figures are referenced. cheers

vigostar / yo mate, people like you keeps me motivated to draw everyday, as much as i can. I think i have improved at least a bit. Thanks for the nice reply.

Bojee / bro, this is what i do... rough drawing with HB, choose carefully the lines, then idraw it over with a 0.07 mm mechanical pencil as accurate possible.
Then i just scan, autolevels in PSbecause my scanner is way tooo old. :)

been really busy today but here's some pages i did. Pretty rush stuff.
Some references figures.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/figs_3.jpg

A portrait, took me about 30' to get this stage, maybe i'll finish it.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/heidi_wip.jpg

[armando]

How are you planning out your designs, are there preliminaries or are you immediately going in with pencil then darkening the lines that work? Why are you limiting yourself only to line?

[Ni*]

I keep missing great sketchbooks these days...

those last few posts have shown a huge leap in quality, and i love the figure studies! very solid looking.

keep it up

N

[liam.c]

looking good man!! figure studies comeing in real nice and you rmobs real creepy textures and poses man o man yeipes !

[Diego]

armando / hey man, i start doodling what is in my head and then refine. Yeah, i'm doing too much linework, because i'm terrible with shading. :)

Ni* / thanks man for droppin' by.

liam.c / hey dude, thanks for checkin' my SB. :)

Ok, here's my entry for the ChOW, not finished yet.

Line drawing
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/jump_line.jpg

PS fun, base colors, maybe i'll change it.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/jump_color.jpg

And some brainstorming, not much.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/jump_thumb.jpg

Cheers

[DeNyed]

The only thing big that I would say about your anatomy, it that your feet are consistanty small. On average most feet are the size of the inside of your elbow to your wrist.

i really like your figure studies.

[Gloominati]

nice concept mate. I am really looking forward to see the finieshed version!!
Hmmm, maybe I should think about participating on this round too :D
Rock on mate, these studies are great!

[Diego]

DeNyed / thanks man, i'll check my proportions more carefully.

Gloominati / hey dude, glad you liked, it was really tedious to paint it, i don't know to much about colors and PS painting, plus mouse painting suks.
Thanks for the comments.

That fat kid / yo man, thanks for the continous support, you're such a nice guy. I'm looking foward to see where my skills will be in a year or two of hard work. :)

ok, here's some pages i worked today.
Some stuff from reference
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/lizz_as.jpg
Hands, shade one, big improvement.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/handz.jpg
Weird dude, fast shading.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/dude_shade.jpg

[bumskee]

very nice rendering dude, well nice sketches, especially the hands, solid stuff. ChOW entry is looking sweet. :) you are improving heaps dude!

[brokk]

Diego, good stuff, good hands and animals. The hands with the shading look really good, keep doing more of that.

Some crits, or not really crits, just things you can try out. I'm starting to do them as well:
You do a lot of studies of daily objects. Instead of doing the drawings of each object separatly, try to organize them all into a composition, and draw the whole compostion.
Same thing with your figure studies, try to organize a few figures into a compostion.
Your lines are clean and very good, you have a good grasp of form. Try to vary your line weight more now, make it thicker at certain areas, and thinner at others. See what happens.
If you're not practicing traditional paint right now, you could do some of that too.
Good to see you joining the community activities, they are really fun and you can learn alot.

Cheers man, en serio estas produciendo muy buenas cosas y vas muy bien, segui dibujando y haciendo!

[Diego]

hello, been a couple of days since my last post, i'm having problems with my computer, and my video card. It crashs every minute, and hang ups. I using my computer in safe mode, so i can't scan anything.

bumskee / thanks min, i'm drawing a lot but. thanks for the kind words. :)

bRØk3n_sPiRiT / hey martin, thanks for dropping by. About the objects, thats a cool idea, i need a lamp so i can get direct lightning. and thanks for the other suggestions.

That fat kid / hey man, i'll keep pushing, thanks for the kind words.

here's a page i forgot to post.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/1_post.jpg

[That fat kid]

hey Diego, really nice value and linework on these, terrific emotion and expression too...dang......how big are these anyhow? 9x12 or something? keep drawing!

the fa kid

[Gloominati]

great new updates man!! I really love the hands!!
hope that you get your videocard working right soon, so that we can see some more stuff, hehe!
Keep rocking!

[sve]

Oh, Diego this update is different from what you did before, again you art is changing, it's adding new more complex touch. Those beautiful lines and rendering create illusion of flowing of one shape into another. Maybe it helps that poses are not static too. So general feeling those three are alive and up to something.
Now, where are the promised freaky women?
Always a pleasure to see your art.
Sveta Dudetta

[hurricane]

very cool stuff ! ! ! ! i likes alot !!

cheers man

[loomer]

Diego! those animal and hand studies are looking swell -
but i love the sketchy of the wierd dude....it almost looks like you did a life drawing of him! Very cool

[bumskee]

Yo Deigo!! :) was that for something else??? just curious looks like it was for COW entry or something. keep it going man!! more anatomy more animals more character.. :P

[Mr.Blonde]

wow! Nice figure studies. You should try loosening up your digital painting style, think of your coloring in a traditional fashion. Use a series of washes and glazes(multiply layers), then build upon the values with some higher-lower opacity layers (Normal layers). keep it up! You can always refine the edges later, try to block in the planes of a figure.

[Fellah.]

Nice stuff man! The rendering on the weird dude is very cool! Keep rocking :teeth:

[Qxzi]

Nice stuff here Diego, i really like those hands, much more confident than your first ones.

Keep us updated

[Johann de Venecia]

Hey Diego,

I enjoyed your figure studies, and your lines are so crisp and controlled. Truly jealous of those hand studies! Really marks a definite improvement from your earlier works.

[Diego]

That fat kid / hey dude, glad you liked, it's all A4 paper.cheers
Gloominati / yeah, the fucker is burned, but i have a temporary solution so i will be postin' regularly. Cheers dude.
sve / svetta, every post of yours is pure poetry, you describe so clear to me waht I draw, pretty funny. Always a pleasure to read your comments my friend.
About the girl, it's comin'. cheers
hurricane / bjorn, glad you stopped by, thanks. :)
loomer / glad you liked man. :)
bumskee / yo min, more drawings are coming soon... :) thanks for dropping by.
Mr.Blonde / thanks for the tips dude, it's really hard to loosen it up with a mouse. hehe. I'll try that when i get my wacom. :)
Fellah. / yo man, thanks for dropping a line. :)
Qxzi / thanks man, cheers. :)
lukavi / jealous of me? you're kidding me right, you're insane dude, so much respect and thanks for dropping by. cheers.

First time i reply so many post. :)
Well as i said to gloom, i've solved my problems for now, so i'll be postin' on a daily basis.
For now just a couple of lifedrawings. 30 minutes each.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/from_life1.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/from_life2.jpg
EDIT: and this one with fast gestures, 2 minutes... ball pen
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/FROM_life_gestures.jpg

Cheers

[hurricane]

great lines !

more more more!

:D cheers

[bumskee]

very solid drawings Diego, proportion is looking very tight, love the construction lines, just realised I need to do more of those lines.. :P very nice dude, throw some rendering in and you should proudly hang them on the wall! cheers yo

[Bojee]

Diego- Solid work. :)

[Diego]

Thanks guys, i'm really glad you liked. That life drawings were done pretty fast in a session that was setup by my sculptor teacher. At least i'm able to do some drawings. :)
I did this today... A4 paper and pencil. Not quality stuff :^^;:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/life_3_2.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/life_3_.jpg
And ramdom people sketches. 2 minutes or so each.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/liife_3_3.jpg

Cheers

[vigostar]

diego! good stuff here man... i really like these life drawings... your line work is exceptional.... i would love to see you put in some mass though... bring some of that into a 3d figure... looks great.. keep it up

[sve]

Hey, Diego, you kept your promise. I got myself a woman :). I was imagining her better dressed though. :)
I like your figure studies. I wish I had your ability to control the drawing. You so punctual and precise.that's great1 I wonder about your helping lines. My quess you are using a ruler. I'm just putting very approximate lines to show the direction of a movement. Hmmm, that's something to think about for me. How do you use proportion measurements on forthshortening pose? I thought they useless in this case? Am I wrong?
Thank you very much for sharing
Sveta Dudetta

[Diego]

vigo / thnx man, yes, i really need to do that...
SVEtta / "Hey, Diego, you kept your promise. I got myself a woman . I was imagining her better dressed though." LOL.
dude, i'm really lazy when comes to drawing, i don't use erasers, no rulers. I really like to sit and draw, no too much movement, because i think i lose the impulse while erasing or doing anything else. So i block my figure in, throw some lines and axis and then start roughin' with basic shapes, the head, the clavicles, torso, arms and legs, then some details.
I never use the ruler while drawing, the last time i used a rules was about 3 years ago...and about the measurements and foreshortenin', i use some basic shapes in perspective and measure according the scale of the drawing...just using my eyes... i don't use sight size method, because i don't know how to do it.
Hope it helps.
Cheers and thanks for comments.

[animeidiot]

Looks like the studies are really paying off, keep doin what you're doin!

[bumskee]

very solid, very solid deigo.. your figures are coming along real nice, those construction lines are really helping you out. again try to throw some shading in, proportion is looking sweeet. keep it going!

[That fat kid]

hey diego, keep doing what your doing while you draw it seems to be working well.....this round's attempt at shading isn't as fluid and relaxed looking as your last one's were....good lines as always....keep it up!

the fat kid

[Diego]

animeidiot / thanks man. :)

Bumskee / thanks dude, i'll try that. :)

That fat Kid / yeah, i had my teacher looking over my shoulders, and i get very nervous and rushed a bit. thanks for the comments.

2 more drawings.
This head, inspired by fellah..
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/HEAD_ba.jpg

Some hogarth studies
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/hoga_Stu.jpg

Cheers

[Fellah.]

Inspired by Fellah and much better than Fellah! Very beautiful dude!

[Diego]

nahh, no way, you know, it feels great to have someone like you browsing my silly sketches. :) thank you very much

[Alday.J]

Lot of nice sketch/studies here ! Glad to see your work Diego, now I've got three more pages to see. And the last Fellah-like is very good ! What a tribute ! See ya ! :bashful:

[Diego]

hey man, glad you like my pages... :) thanks for the nice comments.
k, here's the page with the fellah-dude worked a bit more and a silly boy.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/page_blow.jpg
Cheers

[tensai]

wow, really enjoyed stopping by here. good range of qualities - the loose sketches, the solid construction ones and the shading stuff all looks really nice (reminds me i got to do some more studies).

keep it up man.

[Alday.J]

Hey Man ! I've just finished to check page 1... and guess what ? <3 (what a clue ! Yea, I love it !) KEEP POSTING THE GOOD STUFF, YOU ROCK, DIEGO !
Cheers, amigo ! :wink:

[That fat kid]

hey diego, you updated twice while I was taking a nap...the fellah head is really cool, you're shading improved 10 fold....start making something for the cow's you'll be a good contender if you have inspiration...keep it up!

the fat kid

[Diego]

Alday.J / thanks buddy, your comments made my day, seriously, i'm glad you liked my stuff, i'm learning, and i will keep postin', that's for sure.

That fat kid / :) thanks dude, i'll post more tomorrow, and i'll try to come up with something for the cow. Cheers and thanks for the support. :)

[Diego]

this one before bed, took me 15 minutes...lots of fun
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/bling.jpg

Cheers

[loomer]

great stuff..i especially like the head inspired by Fellah, and the life studies. Glad to see you are keeping up with those life studies by the way! Great progress my friend

[That fat kid]

hey diego, you're posting up a storm, you're speeding up and keeping the quality, great stuff! keep it up!

the fat kid

[Diego]

Thank you guys...
here's what i did in the page...
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/page_blow1.jpg
Cheers

[That fat kid]

hey diego, your stuff is rising in character, personality and expression....you're getting a lot more refined, keep it up!

the fat kid

[Bojee]

Nice, I like the guy in the bottom right. It'd be cool to see you play around with some compositional studies, so we get to see some of these characters interacting with each other in some enviroment. Just my two cents. ;) :)

[Diego]

thanks guys for the comments, and i'll try some characters interacting or doing somethin'
Here's a quick pacino's portrait i just did.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/PACINO.jpg
Cheers

[madplanet]

Diego, your figures are fantastic. I've been browsing in here for awhile, but haven't posted anything. I'm glad that I finally did, though. The hand studies and creatures are great, too.

[Gloominati]

yeah man, these studies are awesome, I LOVE these lines!!!!!
More more more of this hot stuff, mate :D

[Alday.J]

Pacino, he ? Nice done Diego ! You're a drawing machine these days ! Congrats and keep posting, Dude ! :wink:

[brokk]

Good stuff, I love the figure studies. The only crit is watch the proportions on the faces, sometimes a few features look a bit asymetrical, like the bling.jpg, the nose is a bit tilted from the center (running a line through the middle of the face, from the hair tip to the base of the chin), and the right eyebrow is bigger than the left one. Other than than, your images are looking great! I love the crest-hair head in the page with three heads, and the one inspired by Fellah.

Great stuff Diego, keep it up.

[Waruwari]

me likes, simple and clean. great stuff m8

[Diego]

madplanet / thanks man for droppin' by.

Gloominati / more lines? :) Now i'm trying to render more of my stuff so i'll post more soon.

Alday.J / hey man, thank you for visitin' my thread. Cheers amigo.

bRØk3n_sPiRiT / gracias martin for the comments, i see what you mean about the features. I'll try to do more in order to correct my flaws. Thanks man.

Waruwari / thank you. :)

From ref. 30 minutes
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/sh.jpg

Did this while watchin' tv, bore stuff...
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/sh_1.jpg

Now i need to draw more...

[Alday.J]

Now i need to draw more...
Is that possible ? :x If I can suggest you something: I'm very curious to see you pushing the last alien sketch (wich I like a lot !) a bit further. :^^:
Cheers, amigo !

[Diego]

hey dude, now that i see that sketch i really don't like that much the design so, maybe i leave it as it is. I'll do more of it, maybe i should do some thumbs to try to find out some interesting designs and try to avoid what i always do.
Cheers buddy.

[sve]

Diego, you are producing a lot of beautiful drawings and very fast. Hope you will squeeze a version of my character for sketchling in between. Yeah, I know, killed all the fun :). I like that guy in sunglasses a lot. He is so-o-o cool.
Sveta Dudetta

[mentler]

Your pencil works are well done °°° and your line work on the figures is strong

[Diego]

sve / thanks for the kind words man, and will do some more character for the sketchtrade soon, i promise. :)

Mentler / thanks sir, always a pleasure to have you drop by. cheers

Ok, here's a fast drawing i just did of my mom while painting her landscapes.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/mom.jpg

Cheers

[sve]

Oh, this sketch is the most beautiful, her foot is strangely small, and beneath her waist her pose is not clear, but overall it's pleasure to look. Very homey and nice mood too.
Sveta Dudetta.

[Mr.Blonde]

Wow, using a mouse! get a wacom!!! You are too skilled to be restricting yourself with a mouse. However, using a mouse can force you to learn techniques and to learn the painting programs. I painted with a mouse for about a year before I got a wacom.. It was a lot easier transition to digital painting because I was forced to learn techniques to make up for my lack of control with the mouse. In other words, if you struggle through painting with a mouse, and really devote yourself to it until you do get a wacom, it won't be wasted effort.. Anyway, your figure studies continue to impress me... keep it up!

[Flaskpost]

i´m really liking your life drawings and faces! top notch on those man!

[Bojee]

Cool, your mom's an artist too?? Ahh talent must run in the family. :) You might be cutting her off at the waist a little bit but overall I like it. :)

[That fat kid]

hey diego, a lot of great linework while I was away....there's a lot of personality in the recent portraits....keep it up!

the fat kid

[Alday.J]

Nice stuff, Diego ! I finished to check all your pages ! Keep posting, dude ! ;)

[shyamshriram]

Nice man...those hand studies are really cool ! well done :)

[mentler]

Think of the chair and the figure as one <> John Raynes in one of his books gives the example of a space traveler how has never seen a human before and drew the chair legs as though they were attached to the person <> the point is to treat them as one <> the foot does not seem in scale to me <> perhaps it is foreshortened <> if so I am not really it <> a quick proportional reference is foot to head <> they should be about the same size and if they are wearing shoes slightly larger.

[Diego]

sve / thanks dude, my mother didn't want me to draw her, so she put her back in front of me and didn't stop moving. It was done fast, so i think i didn't get it right. :)

Mr.Blonde / thanks dude for the comments, i'm thinking about getting a wacom soon, maybe a small one, like 6 x 8 or something.

Flaskpost / thanks man, i'll do a lot, a lot more. Definitely. :)

Bojee / LOL, funny comment, my mother likes to paint landscapes and still lifes, she's not into getting colors right, or perspective, she takes it like a therapy or something, but she does it very well. :)

That fat kid / thanks buddy. Cheers

Alday.J / thanks fot checkin' my Sb dude, really aprecciate. :)

shyamshriram / yours are better, way better. :)

Mentler / great comment man, i'll think about it. Thanks man for droppin' by.

Ok, i'm been doing a lot of stuff besides drawing, sculpting, reading, listenin' music,, watchin' some movies, doing some stuff for school, very time consumin' stuff, so i'll start drawing more seriously when i get this things in order. I need to get better, i want it so bad, i need to get rid of senseless stuff in my life and get my ass to draw.
Anyways, here's a page i did a couple days ago. Not much but....

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/girllys.jpg

cheers buddies.

[Alday.J]

Hi Diego, this two studies are great ! Proportions, anatomy, values... It's very good, I like it ! Cheers, man ! :bashful:

[vigostar]

Diego.... My man.. good updates man.. you update so quickly that I never see the updates happen.. these all look great... I like the dude with the mask like face looking up... anyways,, good stuff all around.... so, your moms an artist too huh... Thats why you draw so good you've been cheating all along!~!! I wish my mom was an artist.. Actually i got into art because my older sister used to draw alot when she was younger so i picked it up because of her... not she doesnt draw... you know.. im gonna give her a BIG huig next time i see her..!!! Hey, hope you didnt forget about our sketch trade!!!! I think everyone has forgotten.. im going to work on Emooe's today being that Sve's is going to be the hardest..

[Diego]

Alday.J / thanks man, glad you like my studies.

Vigo / hey dude, thanks for the commets, so I'm cheating? :)
And I don't forget about the sketch trade. I'll do some redisigns in a couple days maybe. Cheers man.

Ok, here's some drawing from life.
Quick warm up studies.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/warm_up.jpg
1 hr or so
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a232/diegol/long_1.jpg

Cheers.

[Alday.J]

Hey Diego, great studies here ! You made a lot of improvement since you start this thread, you know. :wink:
Cheers, man, take care ! [and post more, you're on fire !]

[Diego]

you think?
Thanks for support and the nice words. Your such a nice guy.
CheerS and i'll post more. :)

[sve]

Diego, The nude studies are very beautiful, and rendering too. Maybe it would be even better if lines of silhouette were not that straight, there is always some curves here and there, small muscles, they want to be in picture too, you know :). BTW, What about the challenge from other sketch group, aren't you afraid we will lose without you???!!!!!. Check your PM and do the right thing!!!!!
Sveta Dudetta

[Alday.J]

No, I don't think, I'm sure ! It's obvious to me. Maybe you don't realise, but I'm sure... sorry, my english sucks ! I mean, I'm positively SURE that you made some progress/improvement, man ! [And I'm not SO nice, but thanks for the nice word !]

[Fellah.]

Very very cool studies dude :^^:

[bumskee]

Diego... these are some very solid solid life drawings. Would be awsome to go life drawing with you, learn so much!! :) keep it going diego.

[loomer]

Yeah, me you and bumskee..hell ..everyone. We should all go life drawing!
The last studies were looking really sharp...getting better homie.

I agree with mentler & sve about the foot on the sketch of your mom...but even with that flaw, it is still quite beautiful. Cheers!

[Bojee]

Huge jump on the last post, drawing from life is really working for you. ;) :)

[shyamshriram]

Man..those life studies are really good..thanx for showing those lines...man...im missing those life studies...:( have to do them.