haldor's sketchbook (please go to my new sketchbook)

[D.Labruyere]

THIS ONE IS DEAD GO TO NEW SKETCHBOOK!!!



thought it was time for a sketchbook to post my crap in :)

edit: found out that I never told who I am, so here it goes; I'm Daniel, 17 years old and want to get as good as possible. Live in holland, doing exams this year, and hope to get on some sort of art-school next year. << main goal geuss that's it. ^.^

c&c is always welcome :)

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/michelangelo.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-051740.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-051739.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-051739a.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-051738.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-051737.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-051736.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-051735.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-051733.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-051732.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/inkt4.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/arwen1d.jpg

o yeah, in real these are all a4 size :) they somehow got shrinked :\
:bashful:

[madplanet]

You have a good start, but you definitly need to work on your anatomy (you'll hear that a lot, because it's true). For example, on your first image, she is turning he body, but her spine and waist aren't turning. Her spine is straight all the way down. Try to attend some life drawing courses or draw friends and family for practice. Keep up the good work.

[D.Labruyere]

@ madplanet; thanks for the reply, I know I've got to work a lot on my anatomy, already tried to convince my little sister that she should stand model for me, but geuss she doesn't really want to :p

here are 2 more pictures;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-121644.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-121648.jpg

[sve]

I like the portrait of a girl in a first post a lot. Like the lines, the shading,an expression of the face, the mood. Is it yours or a copy?
Regards, Sveta

[D.Labruyere]

thanks for the comment :) I used a photo reference for the portrait :)

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-132154.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-132152.jpg

more stuff :teeth:

[D.Labruyere]

hello that fat kid :) you are absolutely right about the fact that I should study my anatomy really hard, something I really am planning (and going to do) to do properly.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-132153.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-141949.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-141959.jpg

it's not much... :/ but well... it's something...

[D.Labruyere]

hi again :)

thanks for taking the time to look a second time at my stuff. I've also checked out your stuff, I like them a lot :)

I've started working in the loomis-books and I'll post some things I've done later :)

(glad you like the study, because I wasn't to happy about it :p)

[D.Labruyere]

and here is some studies I've done;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-161651.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-161652.jpg

this should be the bones of the shoulder...

[sve]

Very good studies, Hardor. very clear, especially the elbow
Sveta

[madplanet]

Nice updates. Watch the eyes. On the one from a few posts ago they look like they were cut out and pasted on and not looking like they sit in the skull. I see skull studies, so that's good. The figure done in blue looks really good.

[D.Labruyere]

sve- once again thank you for taking time to look at my stuff, though I must say that I think it is hardly noticable that I took these out of the loomis book, because I've used a really different way of shadowing them.

madplanet- I see what you mean with the eyes, is there any way to prevent such mistakes in the future, maybe giving a bit more shadow between the eyebrow and the eye itself next time, that he get's drawn more backwards :^^;:


argh, didn't had really much time past days, I've been working on this little piece for the school-paper


http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/school1.jpg

the stamp is the sign of our school.. and well it is refering to a anti-gothic policy they have started on our school

erhm well, I'm not really a good cartoony painter (basically because I never do it) but ah well, they absolutely wanted it this way..

edit: woohoo! got level 2 gladiator :yayca:

[sve]

Hey. Haldor. You are so funny. Well I like your poster. It's funny too. I don't know if you wanted that effect or not. I just don't get on which side this poster. Could represent both sides I think :).
Sveta Dudetta

[D.Labruyere]

hi sve, thanks for your reply once again :)

here are 2 other things;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-2516071.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/skull1c.jpg

the skull is crappy I know :/ tried to do him without reference, didn't worked out really :P

oh yeah, the arms in the first one look wierd, but I can't figure out how it come.. help plx?? :bashful:

[madplanet]

Hey Haldor, I think maybe it's because her forearms are a little too long and they look stiff. I tried to hold my arms like that and it seemed that you had it right, but maybe a little too long. The skull I like. I don't know if you were going for that look, but it looks cool, very stylish.

[D.Labruyere]

hi madplanet,

I think you are correct about the forearms, now I looked closer to it, I also noticed now, that the arms have a different length.. :/

about the skull; thanks you like the skull :) but I have the idea that the back of his head should be longer.. ^.-

[D.Labruyere]

ah well, here is some more :)

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-252208.jpg

this is a wip ^^

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-252205.jpg

don't ask :p it was just pure color practice -)

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-252201.jpg

[sve]

Hey, Haldor. I like the pencil drawing very much. It has air, freshness and many little details which grab my attention. Is it some old Japanese restaurant? Wonderful idea to draw it. It's very involving. Thank you
Sveta Dudetta

[D.Labruyere]

hiho evs,

I don't know what kind of building it has to become :^^: right now I'm just aiming to get a ruin-like something.

here's some more stuff;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-261745.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-261953.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-261950.jpg

comments and critics are always welcome :rendered:

[D.Labruyere]

woohoo, more pics...

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-292046.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-292041.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-292042.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-292044.jpg

[D.Labruyere]

and more..

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/untitled-2ab.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/untitled3ab.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Untitled-3.jpg

[sve]

Hey, Haldor! That's very good update! You are working hard. I need somebody to give me a push in this direction. The thumbnails are wonderful, very expressive and fun to watch. How did you draw them if I may ask? Looks like from an imagination but very realistic in the same time. I like the skulls and hands studies. So thank you, it was a pleasure.
Sveta Dudetta

[D.Labruyere]

hi both :)

@ sve; always nice to hear from you again, those thumbnails I did were all from imagination yes.. it's something I do when I don't know what to draw or if I do know what to draw but don't know how to draw. glad you like the studies :)

@ that fat kid; thanks for the huge compliment you gave me :) thanks for checking by my sb again.

didn't had much time today, but here is another anatomy study;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/123456a.jpg

[sve]

Hey, Haldor:).
I'll repeat the thumbnails are great. I'm very impressed.
About not knowing what to draw. I'll share with you what I do, even if you don't want to know it :).
Just draw what in front of you. Draw a beautiful woman or an ugly man :), draw a corner of a table, draw an unusual light.
About how to draw it. Try your best to draw as close to your image and emotion in your mind as possible. Techniques and colors are just tools to express yourself. Your personality is a key. Hope I wasn't too presumptuous, I didn't mean too.
Sveta Dudetta

[sone_one]

hey haldor,

i noticed on this one...

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-051733.jpg

a lot of obvious differences ... if you really want to benefit of that kind of exercise you need to try to replicate it as close as possible. its a way to train your eye/brain.

i tricked some in ps to show you how much some areas differ in your drawing and the original.

http://members.chello.at/sone-one/Scannen05-09-051733-1.jpg

keep it up though... practise is the only way :).

[D.Labruyere]

hi sve, what you just said is probably one of the most important things an artist should do. Because it's simply the most standard things we have to draw most, a table, a chair a house, clouds, and ofcourse humans.. and the list can go on forever. and no, you wasn't to presumptuous. I think everybody should have the allowance to express his opinion and is allowed aslong as you're not hurting others with it, to say what is on your mind.

@ sone_one thanks to have a look to my sb and even take the time for a paint-over to show my flaws in the particular drawing I had made. Thank you very much I didn't even noticed that I did the pose in total to straight. This most probably happend because I started at the neck and did it to right-up causing the rest of the body to go with that. Though I must say that it was a very good eye-training for me, even though I didn't drawn it totally correct. I did learned a lot of it, and I will most probably do the same drawing once again trying to correct the flaws in the previous which you have pointed out for me. thanks for checking by :)

here are 2 more drawings, one anatomy and one of a very wise man (It had to be the Dalai Lama.. don't know if you can see that), which can be improved a lot I think, but I'm not going to work more on it, because I do think I've captured the 'mood' I wanted to capture, and well that's something I think is so much more important then having everything correct. Though you should strive to get everything as good as possible :)

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-081748.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-081747.jpg

[sve]

Hey, Haldor. I agree you captured his thoughtful and mild nature, I mean Dalai Lama, I like this portrait. You know i wanted to tell you in my last post, I'm gonna tell you now. I think you have a talent. I think you need to go and make a drawing a bigger, maybe a biggest part of your life. That's my totally honest opinion, I'm serious. Can you believe it I now need to add this to my words :).
Yes, and I'm going to tune down a little bit in my replies, don't want to hurt anyone. Keep posting.
Sveta Dudetta

[D.Labruyere]

thank you for your kind words :) It is my intention to become something with art, but that is still pretty far ahead of me, because I'm just 17 and still have 4,5 years of study to go before I can start working :) but talent means little to nothing, most people with talent reach in the end nothing, because they think they are better then others anyway, and don't need to study for stuff. If I ever get to such a level of arrogance, make sur you hit me really hard.. with something with spikes on it ;) but sve, you have no reason to tune down your replies, I've seen nothing but kind words coming out of you, keep that nice attitude up, it makes people feel good to know that someone is interested :)

ah well, because I've set the rule to myself that I can't reply without posting a drawing I've done, here it is;
(to keep the thread alive :P)

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-082138.jpg

more hand studies.. just because I'm unable to draw hands yet :dur:

[sve]

Hey, Haldor. I can't believe, only seventeen. You are pretty mature in your mind for your age. I respect that in you.
No, talent is very important. Like, it's impossible to see green and red for the color-blind person, he has no talent for that. Talent is, in my opinion, an ability to see and understand. People with talent are not always successful because the ability to create art and ability to sell it (a marketing skill) are two totally different skills. The second one demands to be a businessman. Your reasoning is true too.
Hands. Is it farmer's hands :)?
Sveta Dudetta

[GunTrouver]

Thank u so very much for comment:) Yes I'm German.
Very nice studies as they would say in your country;)
U use any anatomy books for anatomy ref.?
You should draw a basic figure for you characters, than it's more easy I think.
Good to see that you study all this anatomy and Masterdrawing stuff. You'll become better and better and it's nice to see your process :teeth:
Keep postiong! :yayca:

[Bojee]

With a title like that I had to take a look, your doing all the right things, keep tearing it up. :)

[Lietje]

Jow.. Great work!! :) Keep posting :P I love especially the bodies :) I hope we see more of your work these days.. its great!

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http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=53645 my sketchbook

Li

[Sedig]

Hey Haldor- Thanks a lot for commenting in my sketchbook. You have a great start here. Your landscapes are very good. YOur anatomy studies also completely blow me away. They are are almost "mentler-esque". As far as your hands go--don't give up. On mine, I will spend five to ten minutes with ridiculously light lines, just gettting everything just right. On then do I start to make anything darker, or shade. I suggest you try it--don;t darken anything until you are sure that it belongs. Feel free to erarse, but dont do it too much--you will lose that lines that may have at first seemed unimportant, but later come in handy for figuring things out. Also- in your general figures, great job. The only thing I have to say is that sometimes your arms or legs are a little short, but you are getting better. As I moved down the page, they got more and more lifelike. KEEP IT UP!

[D.Labruyere]

thanks for the reply's all :)

@ that fat kid; yes, you're right, studying is the only way. Though I think that the real difference is between a person with talent, and one without, is that the one with will pick things faster up, making them able to study faster.

@ sve; what you are saying is also true, but as I have apointed above, I think that talent is helping you with learning faster in the thing you are talented in then others. And yes, some of the best artists aren't known not because they don't make great art, but because they can't talk there art great. Well I geuss I have to see, that you think that I am pretty mature for my age as a compliment :^^;: don't I :wink:

@ GunTrouver; yes, for my anatomy I use 2 books right now, one is loomis (from the internet :^^: ) and the other one is a medical book which explain's what everything in your body does. Haha, but english is not my first-langauge, actually I am dutch :) (that tiny country besides your country ;) )

@ bojeel; Thanks for posting and... well thanks for the compliment :) nice to hear from people that they think you are doing the right things

@ lietje; goedendag! zoals je een paar stukjes tekst naar boven kon lezen, ben ik dus ook nederlands :) for the rest I'm not going to speak dutch to you, because I want to keep my sketchbook readable for everybody :) thanks for checking by.

@ sedig; many thanks for actually giving crits on my work. I will try to do my hands like that once, though not my shading is a big problem with my hands, it's just that those fingers of me are like spaghetti-thingo's, or farmerhands as sve said :dur: I will also watch my arms and legs. I have always done the legs a bit short, so that is something I'm now trying to do (for my feeling) ridiculous long :p geuss, I have to exaderate (for my feeling again) that a bit more then. thanks for commenting :)

and here are some more pictures;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-112012.jpg

more hands.. just to bore you people :^^:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-112004.jpg

this one looks so much better in real :^^;: I don't know why.. it's just missing something now I have scanned it.. ah well..

[gibsini]

great thread you are definitley improving with each post, nice anatomy sketches, keep it up an keep postin

[madplanet]

Haldor, great to see you plugging away at your art. Keep drawing, I feel that you are improving and from what I've read, you seem to have a healthy perspective on things and that's half the battle. Keep at it!

[D.Labruyere]

hi :)

@ gibsini; thanks for checking by, glad you like the anatomy sketches, those are my main focus at the moment.

@ madplanet; nice to see you replying to my thread once more :) ghehe, I sure hope I am improving right now :P

and anothere something :)

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-112135.jpg

[D.Labruyere]

erhm yes.. just because I like to spam :P

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/arS.jpg

another part of the arm... to do something different for a change :teeth:

[Farvus]

Great progress. I see that you have similar problems to mine. Maybe use less shading (or shade very carefully) and define form with it more.
I like this one:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-132154.jpg
Try to make lot of studies like this one. It will surely help.

[D.Labruyere]

hi farvus, nice to see you here :) I'm not sur what you mean with less shading, but if you mean by that, that I should leave more white when shading, then I think you are correct. I often make my things quite blurry, by overshading them.

I geuss I have to do those kind of studies once again, it has been a while since the last.

here are some more thingo's

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-122124.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-122122.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-122128.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-122130.jpg

[Sedig]

Again with the freaking awesome landscapes and anatomy studies. Keep trying on those hands. I can see that you were at least starting to use the light lines. Keep it up!

[sve]

Hey, Haldor, it's me again :). Just wanted to tell you that the first scanned paper is awesome, I like those thumbnails a lot. I wish you would draw more of them in different costumes from different centuries and show me. The first figure looks good in both variations, if it's standing on both feet or if it running with one leg in the air. That's how I see it. Very dynamic, alive poses, Haldor, great job on it
Sveta Dudetta

[GunTrouver]

Thank u for new comment:) I'll upload more abstract stuff next time...
I got the loomis books too, also from the internet. They r great, very good to learn.
And an anatomy book? That's great, I have to buy one too...
I often was in dutch in my holidays:)

[D.Labruyere]

hi all :)

@ sedig; glad you like my landscapes :)

@ sve; thank you very much for liking them. Though I must say I've been way to long busy on creating those 3.. I think almost 45-60 minutes on one of them :\

@guntrouver; thank you for new comment to! :confident where have you been in holland?

@thatfatkid; they are all almost falling over aren't they? then I must say, that by the first one, that was purposely done, but on the rest.. I'll make such a line once, I've read about something like that to, if your heel and your chin were on one line, then he looked as if in balance, I thought so atleast..

ok, here is some more;

some anatomy studies, I happen to don't like, I've drawn them from a real medical book, they use in hospitals, though I figured out, that those drawings are way to much schematic.. and well just look really boring, here they are;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-1321029.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-132102.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-132101.jpg

and one drawing I happen to do like, I don't know why, just like the drawing :)

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-081749.jpg

edit: :yayca: I'm now a lvl 3 gladiator! *having a party because of that at home*

[D.Labruyere]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-140957.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-140959.jpg

[D.Labruyere]

and another one, because I feel like my faces have to improve =)

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/.jpg

[GunTrouver]

Be careful with the "eyeline", it looks very strange. Maybe you should work a bit cleaner.

My grandparents have got an holidayhouse in the near of Dokum.

[sve]

Hello, Haldor :).
There is something in these faces I like. You trying to catch what's going on inside of this person. I can feel it. You do show it somehow.

But they are still a bit of flat and distorted. Are those Holland face features? I can see certain phenotype in them. Keep trying, those portraits are interesting.

I would advice you to look more at works of other artists in this forum, what tricks they use to create volume and right proportions. I especially recommend shyamshriram thread. His thread is the one where I'm sitting and looking a lot before going to figure drawings classes. There are a lot of gems there. He's such a generous guy.
Sveta Dudetta

[D.Labruyere]

hi guntrouver and sve,

thanks for checking by once again :)

guntrouver, I'll watch my eyeline, but geuss there is more wrong with them then just my eye-line :p

sve, I'll check out shyamshriram. thank you for your kind words, but the truth is, that they just aren't good yet :[ so no, those aren't holland face features :p (though I can always say they are ^.^)

ah well, I'm not to happy with the result of my faces, that's going to be a lot of more practice -)

here is another something, I didn't had to much time to draw, so this is all I've done;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-152038.jpg

[sve]

I like it very much, Haldor. I would say you are visiting art museum, in this case old masters art ( or at least looking at art books) regularly and enjoying it.
It created a strong association in me with a careless French art of 18th century. I took this one, thank you
Sveta Dudetta

[shyamshriram]

Hi there...nice progress here....
my suggestion is...try to understand the form through inside...not just outside..draw every line...try to feel that each and every form is made of a glass.
hope this help

Thanx for ur kind words on my SB

Keep working ! :)

Shyam

[D.Labruyere]

hi both :)

thank you both, for your kind words, yes sve, I like to watch to the paintings of the old masters a lot, but the one I had drawn wasn't inspired by them, but funny you think so.. haven't seen it like that yet :)

shyamshriram, you're welcome :) and you are correct, as they say; knowledge is power, if you know what you are drawing, you will make far less mistakes.

ok, enough rattling of me, here are 2 papers I have filled with lines and stuff today;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-161810.jpg

as you can most probably see, these are studies ^.^

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-161811.jpg

and here sve, we have got something that is inspired on an old master (well.. I just copied half of his painting that is ^.^) I have let myself be inspired by William Bouguereau

[Farvus]

That last one is nice.

I'm not sur what you mean with less shading, but if you mean by that, that I should leave more white when shading, then I think you are correct. I often make my things quite blurry, by overshading them.

I used to have the same problem. My method to solve this was to start drawing only contours and with every new drawing add only a bit of shading. It helped me getting more controlled and clean rendering. Maybe it will help you.

My other advice is the same that shyamshriram posted. Try to draw not only edges but also light lines that show the form (construction lines).

The most important however thing is ... keep drawing :D

[D.Labruyere]

hi farvus, thanks for posting again :)

I will try what you said once, though I think that I got everything grey was/is because I am somehow still a bit scared of giant shadows, so what I am trying to do at the moment, is to exaggerate my lights and darks tremendecy (though that will most of the time be hardly noticable yet) but I will try the thing you said also.

ok, you've also pointed out another big problem of me, I used to draw every, and each line and thing making my stuff really really messy. I will show you this by a drawing I have saved from 1-2 years ago;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10aaaaa-162125.jpg

as you can see I have drawn every single line (which took long :p I can assure you, I would suggest to everybody this; NEVER draw your grass like that) anyway, the thing is that I have started using bigger forms, and trying to let the eye finish the piece for you. So yes, right now I've got to learn, that there is more then just an outline, and I hope I get there :)

ok, then to finish this post, here are 3 doodles of mine, 5-10 minutes each;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-162117.jpg

[seth1]

Good stuff man! Keep on practiving your on your way! Keep on drawing those hands...

[Sedig]

IT's me again. Your overall body form is improving. THose figures look really good. IF there is anything that you really need to work on it would be faces. Spend some time in a public pace and do head studies. Try to get the basic shape, and then try to put in the basic features. The important thing is placing everything properly. ONe you have that down, the shading of things will be a piece of cake. Don't worry so much about how it looks, just think about where those features actually are on that particular head. I have the same problem.

[D.Labruyere]

hi both :)

thanks for the compliment seth1, it is very much apreciated :)

sedig, you are correct, I should work ver hard on my heads, so here is another one;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-180105.jpg

I am going to finish thise one btw.. (for if anyone is interested)

edit; page 2, I'm to cool 8)

[D.Labruyere]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-181728.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-181731.jpg

hell yeah, more anatomy, I'm starting to love drawing it :P

and yeah, the head on the first one is to small I geuss :\

[Renokki]

Heej Haldor.Mooie schetsen hoor vooral die kleurschetsen.Nog wat opmerkingen?Jep,de vingers op de hand zijn te kort.De compositie van het hoofd van het meisje klopt ook niet helemaal.Bijv:De linker kant van het gezicht is te vol.Moet smaller want dan lijkt het of dr gezicht misvormt is.En dr pony moet lager.Het oor zou je moeten zien anders zou je de sluier op het gezicht nog wat naar voren moeten brengen.Oja en dr lippen staan iets te scheef.En moeten wat meer naar rechts afgemaakt worden,oja ben ook beetje begonnen met schetsen.Dr zit al wat vooruitgang in.Dat laat ik je nog wel op school zien.Mzzls

[Renokki]

Maar naar mn gevoel shuilt er wel iets kunstachtigs achter je tekeningen

[D.Labruyere]

hee rene, dank je voor de commentaar he, maar moest je ze weer de grond instampen door te laten zien wat er allemaal fout aan was :dead: over de vingers, vingers zijn ongeveer even groot als je handpalm.. dus dacht dat ze wel aardig klopte.. maja =) alstjeblieft voortaan wel in het engels praten :p

k.. in english again ^.^ that was a real life friend of mine saying which things were crap about my drawings, such things are always apreciated :)

here are two other ones;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-201611.jpg
woohoo! a stil life

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-201616.jpg
woohoo! don't know what this is supposed to be!! ^.^ a I do want to draw but don't know what so just draw crap/wierd stuff drawing =)

[D.Labruyere]

yeah.. more!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/t1.jpg

:^^;:

[D.Labruyere]

:blah: geuss what, more!!!! :D

some games-workshop inspired art..

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-202114.jpg

:)

[madplanet]

Haldor, your all over the place. Portraits, muscles, bones, still life (ugh), the weird thing, landscape and metal robot guy. The 'ugh' isn't about your still life, just still life's in general. I like looking at some, but doing them is quite boring, so don't let Sve fool ya! Just a quick crit if I may. The portrait from the 17th, the mouth is out of line with the nose.

[sve]

Hey Haldor:)!
I'm very happy how you're expressing yourself in last posts. Once again those figures in costumes are awesome. They have wonderful body language, just wonderful. And it's a pleasure to look at them. Very flexible, no stiffness at all.

Great job, buddy! Hands studies are very nice. I enjoy your landscape drawings, all of them, they leak very pleasant, calm, tranquil state of mind.

And I like this drawing with the sky building very much. It's strange. It makes me insanely curious. What is climbing out of the hole. Is it bad? I like the pose of the boy, fiddling with guitar (Wow, a calambur!) and the other boy, looking at first one in disbelief.

Still life :), nice, I feel all warm and fuzzy :). Is it a sponge? Madplanet, what are you doing here with silly talks :blahblah: . Don't you have some business to do, draw some "intricate valves and other musical contraptions".

Sveta Dudetta

P.S. Almost forgot, love the robot, he is one and only in the forum. Sweet and funny.

[D.Labruyere]

hi all :)

glad you like the blue sketch that fat kid :) but to be honest, I think I did screwed up the background :\

hehe, yes madplanet, I want to draw everything, and more :P and still lifes are cool to draw :P and a tremendous good eye training.

hello sve, nice to come and check out this (now 2 page long!) sketchbook once again. If you want it to be a sponge, then it is a sponge ;) glad you liked my stuff :)

and now, some colors into my sketchbook!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-211134.jpg

:}

[sve]

Great and very enjoyable thumbnails again, Haldor.

Especially the first and the last one in first row; 1,2,4,5 in the second; 2,3,4,5 in the third; 1,2,5 in the last one. :).

So it was not a sponge. What was it in this case? Tell me, ple-e-ease. I have no patience at all with information.
Sveta Dudetta

[D.Labruyere]

hi, it was supposed to be a piece of toilet paper :^^;: though.. didn't worked out that good :dead:

more;
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-211942.jpg

[D.Labruyere]

and another update;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-212041.jpg

I've tried to do them the way mentler did them.. hope I was allowed to do that :p geuss it is alright as long as I am not going to try to sell them..

[D.Labruyere]

and yeah yeah.. much to improve on those feet,t he first one is just absolutely horrible.. >.<

[D.Labruyere]

:\ my fingers don't want to today :\


ah well, here it is;
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-222004.jpg

[sve]

I like it, Haldor. You're incorporating your expressive dynamic thumbnails into your submissive smoothing surrounding :).
Very interesting. I think it's a great idea! The drawing turned outto be very energetic! IMHO, of course.
Sveta Dudetta
Toilet paper? :O . OK. :)

[D.Labruyere]

hi sve,

sry, but what means IMHO? :dur: never heard of it.. ah well, I think that I could have made last drawing better.. maybe next time :)

here is some more;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-231417.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-231421.jpg

[sve]

Well, Haldor, normally I would play with you until you stop breathing, but you are nice, I like you, so ...
IMHO means In My Honest Opinion or In My Humble Opinion.
If you want more knowledge, go in this direction http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm >:D >:D >:D .

I like the first thumbnail.
Sveta Dudetta

[timpaatkins]

Hey Haldor, wow you are showing great progress through this thread! I especially like your lifedrawings of landscapes and the shed, you show a good sensetive eye! Do you have access to live nude models, or are you reffing from photos? I think that you will see a great leap forwards if you have a chance of sketching live models, with your keen eyes! Also, another tips is to really, before you lay down a line is to ask yourself: "now how the hell does this muscle attach to that one, and what the hell does it actually do?!" and AFTER youve thought about it, then patiently put down pen to paper. This helped me very much, I can tell you!
Keep posting! Tim

[madplanet]

Hey Haldor, you're coming along nicely. I agree with what Tim said and it's not a bad idea to follow what Mentler is talking about. Just say when you are doing this, so everyone knows. The portrait that you did shows some improvement and the figures are improving, too.

[D.Labruyere]

hello :)

sve, thanks for giving this information, I also don't have any patience when it comes down to information :p

hi timpaatkins, thanks for replying to my thread :) No, I don't have any acces to life nude models, so I am doing everything from reference or out my imagination. I will try to think about what the hell those muscles do, when I draw them.. *need to study more anatomy so that I actually now how things connect to eachother*

hi madplanet, thanks for your kind words :)

and todays entry;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-2519582.jpg

[verao]

thanks for your post on my SB. Your landscapes and your anatomy studies are really good, aswell as your mid-evil people. Maybe you should try drawing some stuff from life, It is good practice for me, they are not as good as drawings from refference but you'll get better in time, I'm still working on it alot myself, and yo'u're not reference drawings will get better in time.

BTW check my reaction to your post........please?.....

[draw]

Draw yourself if you can't get to life drawing or observe people out and about

Life Drawing = The Best Medicine

Go you good thing and Keep Drawing!!

[GunTrouver]

You become better! Draw, draw, draw :bashful: !

[D.Labruyere]

hi all :)

Verao, I will check out your sketchbook :)

Draw, I am going to do that after december, then I'll be moving and have to travel with the train and bus for like 4 hours a day :x geuss I have got plenty of time to draw real people then :)


Guntrouver, thanks for the compliment :)

more;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-262237.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-252006.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-262239.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-262241.jpg

:)

[madplanet]

Hey Haldor, the bones and the hands look nice, but watch those arms and legs on the second one, they look like rubber, like they have no bones. Fill that skin with bone!

[reBirth]

This one is my fav, I love the values great job
R

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-051733.jpg

[D.Labruyere]

hi both :)

madplanet, thanks for the advice :) it is much apreciated.

welcome to my sketchbook reBirth, glad you like that particular sketch, though there is still much wrong with it, which sone one pointed out for me :)

[ammoburger]

[QUOTE=Haldor]thought it was time for a sketchbook to post my crap in :)
QUOTE]

Are you kidding me? I'm blown away by the ingenuity of your work. Beautiful stuff. Keep it up.

[D.Labruyere]

ammoburger, thanks for your kind words

sry, I'll update tomorrow, didn't had time last 2 days to draw really except on the painting which is standing here right now;
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=51851

I'll update tomorrow :)

[sve]

Hey, Haldor :)! I looked at your two environments. They are very nice. Both. Although they are made in different manners. Are they from an imagination? Do they have anything to do with Holland? There is a very nice feel of a current moment with certain light, colors, coolness of air in them. See, I told you so, about talent.
Now it's a good time, so I reach and grab you for your neck. Where are the promised photos, damn it!!!!!! Aren't you afraid going to hell for your sins and burn for eternity?
Sveta Dudetta

[armando]

You've got some interesting gesture type drawings. Keep up the studies. Sorry for the genericness of my comment.

[D.Labruyere]

hi both,

yes sve I should be ashamed, I still haven't shooted those photo's for you :bashful: and well, if I go to hell because I haven't made a few pictures, then I geuss it will be so crowded there that there is always something to do :wink:

armando, be as genericness as you want :) I've learned a new word (in dutch and english) thanks to your comment. thank you :)

more drawings;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-301749.jpg
woohoo, charcoal o.o

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-301751.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-10-301752.jpg

:)

[seth1]

Great drawings. My fav would be post #71 the drawings show alot of confidence in the lines and they look like they where fun to do...Looking at your other post some of your drawings lack the confidence i seen in the post 71! Try and make every line count, ask your self do i really need this line, what is the purpose of it? When drawing the human try and think about the underlay, and how it affects the skin, and pose if you are standing on one leg and slotched how will it affect the weight of the pose, the shoulders, the angle of the head, if there are cloths watch for the tension spots, the shape underneath and gravity... Well hopefull that will help in some way... Keep on drawing man..

[D.Labruyere]

hi seth1, thanks for checking by my sketchbook again :) lack of confidence :bashful: ghehe, I geuss you just pointed out a big issue in my drawings. Maybe I should draw on bigger paper then a4 once or something, so that I have to put down really big lines at once, or maybe I should go speed-drawing so that I don't have time to think about a line (I think my last option isn't a really smart one.. ) ah well.

here's more;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-011904.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-011908.jpg

[sve]

Hey, Haldor. I like the still life ( yeah, big surprise :)). Nice composition and feel of shape, especially on fruit, and especially the bananas.. Source of light is kind of not clear though, especially :) on the plant and its pot. it's not marijuana plant, right? :) Looks similar though :).
In the portrait I like that you started to showing plates ( the forehead, cheeks), it's improved the volume instantly.
So. you are looking forward to be burn for eternity with others who didn't keep promises. OK, I'll think some other stimuli for you.
Sveta Dudetta

[D.Labruyere]

hi sve,

if you want those pictures you should start praying to the rain-gods saying that it doesn't rain every ***** time I want to make them :S

the still life light source is undetectable because there were like 4 lambs shining in my room besides day-light :dur:

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh everybody cheer, more stuff;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-041515.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-041519.jpg

[D.Labruyere]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-042024.jpg

[D.Labruyere]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-051614.jpg

and colored the left in ps;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-0516141.jpg

somehow the coloring went way to fast and to easy, not used to that :^^;:

[D.Labruyere]

k, had the idea I could do the colored version better, so here is the 'improved' version;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-0516141a.jpg

still learning how to use ps :bashful:

[sve]

Wow, Haldor :)! Great and fast improvement in the portrait. Volume is there, nice face expression, shades are too deep in area of cheeks though. Would you believe it, I took this portrait to Photoshop and tried to do the same thing with it. You did it yourself. Isn't life full of nice surprises :).
How about Holland in rainy days? I love rain.
Sveta Dudetta

[D.Labruyere]

I hate rain, but I am having examinations this week, so I will have plenty of spare time (that's strange eh? ) so I'll try to make some photo's this week. sve, could you post up the version you did in ps? :) or did you already threw it away? (don't hope so ^.^)

here's some more stuff;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-061725.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-061716.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-061723.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-061722.jpg

[seth1]

Nice work man! Keep working on that structure of yours! THings seem to be comming togeather getting more of an understanding for the human structure...

[D.Labruyere]

hi seth, I'll keep working on it.

ok, today it is time to try and learn from painters who have already died, I started on this one, from velasquez, called; Paus Innocentius X. Since I don't have oils I'm doing it in pencil :P

here is the start of it, as you can see still a wip.. ;
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-071403.jpg

[D.Labruyere]

update;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-2920465.jpg

[Jens]

hey haldor,

a good thing to do when you start out a mastercopy like that is to group the values a bit.. i mean just look at the entire picture.. make a little thumb and see where the places are that have the same value.. So if you do that first you have a better idea what areas of the drawing have to be in the same value. Don't get lost in all the detail, look for the big value shapes first.

[B-Man]

Hey man! Nice studies! you will gain alot from them.
I like your environment drawings they show potential. Keep it up man! :)
Cheers!

[D.Labruyere]

hello both :)

jens, that is a really smart thing to do you just said, I will do it in my other master-studies from now on :) (do I must say, ýou could say I'm a little cheater then, because I also have this painting in grey-scales)

b-man, thanks for dropping by :)

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/tt.jpg

wouldn't try to read my unreadable writing.. it are just a few short notes to memorise why I've made these ones when I look back at them. (planning on doing that on all from now on)

[B-Man]

Memos are a great Idé! I often look back at stuff and wonder what the heck I was thinking. Now I got many sketchbooks one for me to just goof around, one for studies and life art, one for aquarells ans so on that helps me keep track on what the hell I was think of! Exspensive? why yes and kind of stupid. :}
me likey!
Cheers!

[D.Labruyere]

ghehe, I just use loose a4 printpaper :dead: (follow the track of loose papers around the house and you will find me)

aight, update;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/tt0001.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-080930.jpg

and something a bit experimental;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-080931.jpg

[D.Labruyere]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-082102.jpg

[Number_6]

It's good, but the shading seems ill defined. It could do with some sharper edges and more contrast, I think.

[bdfoster]

Haldor--

I'll have to take some time to go through your whole book later today (man, I got a SSG that's already done some prolific sketching on here!!!). But I like what I've seen so far.

I'll agree with what #6 said about your last piece. The edges all have an even softness to them, which doesn't give you anywhere to pull the eye to. Elwell has a great sticky thread on edges in the forum somewhere. (where did I put that?...) I would say sharpen up around the face and shoulders a bit more, and push your contrast a little more.

As Donato Giancola once put it to me: "Faces and Hands make the figure-- you need to make sure those are dead-on. The rest you can get away with murder."

[D.Labruyere]

hello both, I will start working on that immediately :) (and I'm also gonna search for that thread of elwell you mentioned bdfoster)

ok, this one is because I like to work on a thousand things the same time (my ultimate cure against boreness :P);

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/cityscape11.jpg

thought it was time to do another environment, and also thought it was time to do it in photoshop (long live mouse power... *ahum*)

[bdfoster]

Elwell's Tutorial (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=51913)

Short, sweet and to the point.

Photoshop with a mouse?!?!!? Ugh. You're off to a good start. I'd keep layering and tightening it up as you go. Push your values a little moer and define your forms.

[Number_6]

Yeah, it's nice, but a bit more definition would be good.

[Gloominati]

hehe well digital painting without a tablet is really damn hard but it's not impossible :D
Am I right when I say that you seem to use one standart brush only? Photoshop has so much to offer and try to create some custom brushes. maybe you could try to push the values more and always remember: If the image doesn't read well at such an early stage, no rendering will help to make it look good. Block in clearly the values and you will have half of the work done ( by the way, blocking in values with a mouse is much easier then rendering, so spend much time with it buddy) :)

[D.Labruyere]

hi all 3 :)

foster, thank you for the tutorial, it is really helpfull.

Hehe, yes painting with mouse is really tough (noticed the square things which have to become buildings? :P ) I'll check out all the tools and stuff in ps, but right now I'm trying to use as less as possible, else it will most probably look in the end like a well, ps tool painting instead of just a painting.

ok, I've worked on the master-studie and this digital a bit further, but it isn't worthwile for anybody to update them yet.

Here is my daily anatomy study I; (as daily as possible that is)

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-102225.jpg

btw, gloom; I read you were 17 :x Then I know I've got to do a lot before April (turning 18 then :teeth: ) to keep up with your skill level right now. (like twice as much you're doing right now :P )

[Gloominati]

hehe dude, do you really think that I will let you get me that easily :P, hehe!!

Great studies mate, but actually I must admit that your lines really need to get clearer since it's really hard for me read the shape of the muscles right now.

One good method of learning how to get clean lines is to work for some time with ink only. Another good task ( well at least it is good for me) is to decide for yourself that each line you wanna draw, you will draw only ONE ore two times. As soon as you notice that you begin to scribble and draw quick uncontrolled strokes, you rip the page out of your sketchbook and start from the very beginning, till you get it right. This can be very frustrating but it trains your eyes and your hand :D

Keep at it mate, I am really excited to see some more stuff :D

[Number_6]

Nice work on the studies.

Heh, what are the odds that three of us (me too!) would be 17?

[D.Labruyere]

long live coincidence :)

I'll work on cleaner lines, so hope here is a small start (going to use ink to gloom);

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-111742.jpg

still working on the other 2... =)

[Isobel]

Super man

I like the drawings they remind me of old paintings.
But a question, you're an Islander? Cos I was just hoping of finding dutch, but that is even better! well see ya around and keep on posting.

ennuh je had twee keer hetzelfde bericht gepost op mijn schetsboek, handig...haha.

naja groetjes en kisses Iso :confident

[D.Labruyere]

thanks for the compliment isobel :)

jaja, ik kom uit oude tonge, en naja m'n internet deed nogal vaag, vandaar de double post.

[Number_6]

It looks good overall, but I think the soldier's left arm is too short. And his helmet's askew. That would never pass inspection! :D

[bdfoster]

I like what you're playing with here. #6 is correct-- the arms on the soldier are a little to short. Remember-- with no foreshortening and the arm hanging down the elbow should fall about waist height, the wrist about the bottom of the crotch, and the fingertips about mid thigh. So his left arm should follow those rules, and if you look at his right arm, you can play off those rules. If you wanted his arm to fall roughly straight and then bend 90 degrees to hold the spear, then his elbow would be roughly behind his hand.

Also, theres something a little funky in the anatomy of the nude's back foot. I'd try and get some reference for it.

Looking good, though!

[Mike Frank]

Hey Haldor, good work going on in here. I especially like the Velasquez copy! I picked up a tip a while ago from Mentler to help with value range.. try to get in some of your darks early on in the drawing that way you have something on the page to compare to. Some of the renderings seem a little light, but that might've been your intention. Keep it coming!

[Gloominati]

hey man, nice work on the last drawing but you really tend to draw much too short arms.
Yeah the lines are better but you can push it even more, just keep at it mate!!
I'll be back :D

[D.Labruyere]

thank you very much all, learning really a lot :)

ghehe, I always thought that my arms where quite long enough, so thank you very very very much for pointing that out. On the left arm of the soldier I tried to make the arm a almost 90 degrees turn, so that's why he is so extremely short (but didn't worked out really) I now also see that the back of the left naked guy isn't totally correct.

argh, all excited right now, but my scanner is over-worked or something and I've got to fix him first. I'll maybe post pics tomorrow then.

[D.Labruyere]

I've drawn like a zillion things, but can't show it to you :P (muahahahahhaha) so here are some things I can show;

stupid animal which looks more like a plant :P ;
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/evil-monster.jpg

cracked up anatomy studies;
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-142101.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-142100.jpg

[bdfoster]

Some of those gestuers seem to be better proportioned, but that arm thing is definitely creeping in on the seated figure at the top left.

Get that scanner working!!!

[madplanet]

Ha, ha, what the heck is that animal thing? It does kind of look like a plant, though. Nice eyeballs. It looks like your improving on the anatomy studies, so keep up the good work.

[armando]

To start I will say that environment #115 looks great. The no ref people, I assume, on post #122 have a good degree of believability too.
My advice is to go over the scapula again, there are serious errors in form. The way the bones are placed in #86 would be impossible. Look at the corocoid process, supraspinous fossa, and spine and acromion. The organization of this bone is very important for understanding nearly all the muscles of the upper body. Study this bone first, then the humerus, then the ulna, then the radius. As we all know anatomy is frikken hard, and that's actually a hell of a lot of stuff to study so just start with the scapula and then go from there.
Another thing to watch is #109, and that has to do with the balance of the body. In the picture you've shown, the hips would be driven up from pressing into the floor, while the shoulders would tilt towards the hip to counterbalance the upward force. "Force: The Key to Capturing life Through Drawing" explains this. The usefulness of the theory is it does away with the need to memorize specific relationships of the body, so you can analyze interactions of masses and whatnot.

[Gloominati]

yeah man , the last study is really great, lines are gettin better and better!! I also like the gestures but try to draw only what is most important when you draw gestures, try to not spend more then one or two minutes on one gesture drawing :)

[D.Labruyere]

all thanks for the comments, learning a lot of it :)

armando, thanks for your comment, I will immediately start to study these things :)

hehe, yes foster, those arms are going to be hard to draw longer (used to do shorter :P )

ok, I found in the library of our school a great book about körperwelten. In there were all kinds of life bodies preserved and cut open to study anatomy. So I had to draw one of them! :D

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-2920445.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-11-162024.jpg

[bdfoster]

Neat studies, and I'm sure the reference is a great springboard.

Your arms are still too short!!

Do you "rough in" your drawing before you get into detail? Working out your proportions in a loose gesture before you get to the nitty gritty may be a good way to break your stumpy arm habits.

[Number_6]

I think it looks pretty good overall, though the first figure looks too wide towards the bottom of his chest.

[sve]

Hello, Haldor, I like those two figures from Nov11, but it's true, arms should be longer in the second figure Mine end in the middle of upper leg, check out yours. on the drawing though they are in area of waist,
I really like this animal-plant, nice rough texture and hoe you place (or cut) the drawing on the list, mice composition too. It looks dynamic, moving, eally nice. You are using pen, but it gives your sketches rough, scratchy appearance, I would like to see how you drawing will be with some very smooth medium. Would you like to try markers, thin ones and thick ones too, using them in one painting for more interest to observe.
Regards, Sveta Dudetta

[armando]

Yes, the new scapula looks like a scapula. The big anatomy study looks okay, but go a little slower for the small ones like on the second picture.

[D.Labruyere]

hi all, thanks for the comments :)

bdfoster, yes I do rough in my drawings, but geuss they are just a bit to rough when I start the detailling :P

number6, thanks for the the comment :)

sve, I will use markers once then, glad you liked the animal :)

armando, I will give the smallers studies a better look next time.

ok, here is my colored cow entry (so the animal-plant.. ), the subject was tentacles;

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/evil-monster1a.jpg

to keep things up to date :)

[sve]

Hey, Haldor, I like how you colored it, but i think you need to add more interest for viewer, little roughness, textures, dots, scratches, streaks. It might be good to use some other materials on this drawing to add new effects (pen, markers, charcoal). In my opinion, shades could be deeper and darker, but i like contrast, so don't pay many attention to it.
Regards, Sveta Dudetta

[madplanet]

Interesting to see the plant/animal creature progressing into color, but if the theme was tentacles, you should have really played that up; that could have been fun to play with. Here, it doesn't look like it has tentacle, but two stalks for legs and two eye stalks. It needs some thorny tentacles. Nice anatomy studies, too.

[bdfoster]

I don't know how far into the color stuff you want to get, but here goes:

The overall color in you piece is a little light and a little oversaturated. You also don't seem to have any colors relating to each other. The bright blue of your background (I assume sky) would reflect off the ground and other objects, and show up in your shadow areas. The forms of you creature seem really undefined given the strong overhead light that you've established on the branch in the background. Also, the background itself could use a little more variety.

Color is tough. I was drawing non-stop from the time I was 13 to... well, now.. but it wasn't until my freshman year of college that I started painting, and it took a good 2 years to get comfortable with it. There's a lot more to pick up on.

I love your little creature and the overall movement of the piece. It's a great composition. I'm not sure if you want to keep working on it, but I'd love to see it taken to the next level.

[D.Labruyere]

ok, working on td, so not going to post anything today.

thanks for all the comments :) Though this one was for the cow I will most probably work more on it to get a better image.

bdfoster, about the coloring. I did this one in photoshop, and well I'm used to color with paint, but this is really hard for me, simply because when I paint in real I use like 2-3 colors, and I can mix them in an endless variaty, though in photoshop you can't really mix stuff, so I just had picked a blue which I thought looked good etc. So when progressing with this I will try to adjust the colors so that they fit better.

and ghehe, the background.. ran out of time :P

[SirGreenSock]

Nice work so far!
The anatomy studies look good, you're improving a lot.
I like this anatomy study (http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a131/haldor/Scannen05-09-2920445.jpg)
Is this the fencing guy? I think I saw this one "in person" here in Toronto at the Bodyworlds 2 exhibition. Very interesting stuff.

[Mike Frank]

Heheh tentacles dude is pretty cool, fun design. I'd be careful about sending that eye off the page though.. it might take your viewer with it.

[HEROIC]

woooH< nice sketchbook,


That tentacles guy was O_O Niceee and YUMMY . ;p did u do it with watercolours??


do moree life then anatomy. thats my lil piece of advice
ur anatomy stuff were good, ur line quality still needs practise. But draw draw drawwww more ..

really like ur colour works, ;) do more of ur colours
keep it up,

*CHOP CHOP*

[Gloominati]

glad to see that you are going deeper into these anatomy stuff!
There are some problems with your torsos, always remember that not only muscles determine how the body looks like, the bones do also play a big part in the outward appereance of the human body. IF you keep drawing the muscles around the torso the way you draw them right now, you're loosing a lotlotlot of important planes and planechanges. Try to find some studies of michelangelo, especially his 'study for the creation of Adam' You will notice that the thorax plays a huge role for the thorso, although it is mostly covered with muscles.

[D.Labruyere]

hi all :)

SirGreenSock; yes it was the fencing guy, glad you noticed :)

some_guy; I had the idea I give more movement in the creature by letting him look to different directions, but if it is leading you out of the painting I'm going to change that.

heroic; thanks for checking out my sketchbook :) Í did the tentacle thing in photoshop :) *more colors will be coming* but learning to draw is a priority at the moment :P

gloom; Thanks for comment, I'll start studying torsos soon, going to search for that michelangelo study :)

ok, to keep it a bit up to date (working on td.. ) here's my cow;

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/trifant.jpg

[Number_6]

It looks like the body needs to be longer, it just seems kind of out of proportion to me. It also seems inclomplete, although I imagine that's on purpose. I think the thing on its back needs to be a bit bigger too. Otherwise, it's good!

[sve]

Wonderful image, Haldor, It's strange how different we all see things, I actually like the sensation of height, being up in the sky when sitting on the back of this creature. Really wonderful, a bit dizzy feeling. The colors probably add a lot to this effect. Normally I would start my favorite song about contrasts and textures, but in this case I really like this feeling of being weightless. Idea with the smoke or water vaporation is great, new and very engaging for me. Wonderful, Haldor! Really rare catch (well, for me, maybe it was easy for you) of several interesting effects, blue free sky, clouds, high creature's legs, its pose, chair up in the sky, where my eyes end up after making semicircle. Well, maybe a little more shade in creatures tummy would add something, but it's up to you :). I like it a lot.
Sveta Dudetta

[B-Man]

This last one is realy great! Its so inspiering and the colors are good. I like it a lot! :)
I'll be back!

[madplanet]

Your cow idea is kind of interesting to me. If it had thinner, spindly legs and they were much longer then it could be one of Dali's elephants walking in the clouds. I didn't read if you had a description for this or not, but the clouds really make it, because with that thing sitting on its back is reminiscent of a castle in the clouds. I agree with B-Man; the colors look good.

[bdfoster]

I think, in terms of color and mood, this COW is light years ahead of your other one. Keep it up!

[DeNyed]

Rock on, I am 17 too.

You are improving on your anatomy very much. Studies are always good. I like bringing my sketchbook to school and drawing random people who are unaware, and sometimes showing them afterward (fun reactions). Just keep on drawing all the time and you will get it down solid.

Right now I am a photoshop mouse user too, though I am getting a super nice tablet for xmas (excited). It is hard and takes infinatly more time, but I see your photshop skills getting better too.

Keep up the good work!

[D.Labruyere]

thanks for all the reply's :)

number 6, thanks for the crits :)

sve, thansk for the to kind words.. I'll try to add texture and stuff to one of my drawings once.... but you know.. I'm afraid of shadows :dad:

b-man, thanks, check in as often as you want :^^:

madplanet, now I've got to draw my ass of to get as good as dali :dur: :^^;:

bdfoster, thanks for the compliment :)

denyed, welcome in my sketchbook! :) the mouse photoshop thing is really tough, though right now I just draw things on paper, scan it and color it in photoshop, works for me, and it is I think the most convenient way to do. When I've got time I'll check out your sketchbook to :)

k, here's a little update;

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-0218446.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-021846.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-021845.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-021844.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-021843.jpg

not to great stuff... my 'better' drawings are atm related to the TD, so I can't show them yet.

[sve]

Hello, Haldor. I really like your landscapes, all of them. I think you balance them very nicely and I like how deep they look. And on top of it they are charming and homey (the first two) and they are very fun to observe and full of every day's life in the last three. I think it's thumbnails for bigger drawings, right? I'm looking forward to see them.
Don't be afraid of shadows. They are already here in these thumbnails and they are very expressive.
The last enviro drawing intrigues me in a big way. I love what's going on. Although I don't understand what is it :).
And I like caterpillar a lot. It's juicy, an artistic world meaning you did good job in expressing volume and form :).
Thanks, Sveta Dudetta

[Mike Frank]

That rib cage and lumbar/sacrum study is sweet man! Nice job. The enviro's are looking great too.

[D.Labruyere]

hi both :)

sve, thanks for the liking. They were just for fun, so I'll will probably not make a bigger version of them.

some_guy, thanks man

ok, another drawing;

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-032306.jpg

[That fat kid]

hey haldor, i like the bold values, it really gives it a nice atmosphere...you handled the trees great...I tend to try to articulate each leaf individually, but you found a mark to get the idea across...the only thing bugging me is the perspective, it seems inconsistent in some places....

the fat kid

[madplanet]

Hey Haldor, I see that you are being as productive as ever and you are making improvements. The skeletal studies are especially good and show a little more of what you can do. The ribcage is nice.

[Number_6]

It looks flat overall. Some more contrast and sharper lines would help on that front, but I think you need to work with some perspective as well.

[D.Labruyere]

hi all :)

that fat kid, thank you :) I myself am still not that happy with the trees, I also used to draw each and every leaf, but right now I'm trying to figure a way out to not do that and still give the idea that it are trees, I don't think I have succeeded.. :)

madplanet, thanks for checking out my sketchbook once again, always apreciated :)

number6, I'm gonna work on those things :P but I thought I had quite big contrasts already with the total black on the front and a few cm further totally whites in it, thanks for commenting nontheless :)

ok, some more stuff;

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-042054.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Untitled-9.jpg

the second one looks ten times better in real.. geuss the scan screwed it up :^^;:

[sve]

Wonderful warriors, Haldor! I don't know if you wanted them to look a little bit of humorous, but for me they do. I think it's because of their exaggerated shoulders pads, huge feet, spacious clothes and kind of awkward poses. I like that they have those personal features. Please, take it as a complement in any case, because, I really like how you drew them.
Sveta

[D.Labruyere]

hi sve :) if you want them to be funny, then they are funny, isn't that great about a drawing? you can interpretate them in any way you like :)

ok, here is ma masterwork;

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-042320.jpg

muahahahahahahahahahahaha :dur: k.. think it's time to go to bed :^^;:

[D.Labruyere]

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-051805.jpg

:)

[D.Labruyere]

td sketches :)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/aScannen05-12-052201aaa.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/aScannen05-12-052156aa.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/aaScannen05-12-052205aaa.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/aaScannen05-12-052158aaa.jpg

[D.Labruyere]

more;

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-052211.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-052154.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-052209.jpg

and the td thingo I'm busy with;

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/thunderdome.jpg

we're allowed to post them now so.. :)

[Farvus]

Nice imagination stuff. I think you should try drawing with ink more (especially with dip pen). It would help you get more confident line. Just like here: http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-021846.jpg
Keep it up...

[D.Labruyere]

thanks farvus, I will :)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-061529.jpg

this is something I'm working on

edit: I forgot to mention that this one was inspired by one of william bouguereau. I only used the pose, and the rest is from imagination. Sorry for the confusion :bashful: n0fish, thanks for mentioning that I forgot this! :)

edit2: and the pilar (which is coming) is also from his painting ofcourse...

[mentler]

Hanging poses are difficult because we seldom have models just hanging around the Christ by Grunewald has always fascinated me <> back in the day artist drew so many crucifixions that they all seemed to be pretty good at the stretched out anatomy this pose entails.

[sve]

Hello, Haldor :), I like some of the figures a lot. Like in yesterday's post guy with horns drawn in motion, the monkey-like creature on the tree, the battle, thumbnails with war scenes, a skull with an arrow, a tree with a hanger, the scene with the army going away. They are very interesting, some of them have very good composition. If you don't mind me saying this I would advice you to draw patterns, like a long lace of entangled lines, like combination of circles, ovals, spirals, it's very good exercise. I did it subconsciously a lot, it makes brains busy when it's too boring, calms nerves too :). In results you will get hopefully light loose lines and confidence to draw anything without thinking twice. No pressure to do it though.
Sveta Dudetta

[D.Labruyere]

hi sve and mentler :)

mentler, checked that painting of Grunewald out, it is really nice :) and you're correct, my not big enough knowledge of anatomy is bringing it down atm, thanks for checking out my sb :)

sve, I'll start drawing circles at once :) might as well practise perspective with it at the same time.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-061646.jpg

some subtle changes, I have the feeling his head is to small :S

[Fellah.]

Yo dude - nice stuff you got going here! Keep it up, man! I dig the inviros and the cow has a cool design! Keep studing and work your butt off:^^:
Cheers man!

[Number_6]

It's alright, but once again the lines are so indistinct it turns me right off the image.

[D.Labruyere]

fellah, thanks for the nice words :)

numer6, thanks for comment, though could you explain yourself better please, from what I understand you mean that the indinstinct lines are causing it that they lead your eye to the side of the paper?? :s

[D.Labruyere]

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-072217.jpg

update, he got bold -_- trying to get him as correct as I can.

[Number_6]

Actually, I meant it instantly makes me dislike the image. :D

That last one is a bit better, but it still looks kind of messy.

[D.Labruyere]

oh, I like rough sketchy lines (ghehe :) ) but you're correct, I make my things to sketchy, got to figure out how to solve that.. maybe render shadows and stuff with a softer (or less sharp) pencil, maybe that will do a bit of the trick. (though this is most probably wrong, can't blame material for my mistakes ^^ ) going to try to make this one not sketchy then :) (which is like a impossible task for me with a pencil :p)

[Gloominati]

whow really a lot of new stuff, great to see that. Anatomy is gettin better and better, shit I have to work harder :D Thanks for the encouragement, dude!!
Keep on rocking!!

[That fat kid]

hey haldor, i really like this figure's pose, very dramatic...it outweighs the anatomic flaws enough to make for an excellent composition....i like the values too, the marks are really interesting...keep working!!

the fat kid

[D.Labruyere]

gloom and that fat kid, thank you :)

ok, again this one :P (must get boring by now)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-102310.jpg

and a wip of my cow;

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-102314.jpg

[That fat kid]

hey haldor, aside from the anatomy which isn't really olding it back, the top pic only needs a couple of darks to make it pop more and it should be pretty finished except for maybe the background, and that cow looks very sweet so far, keep working!

the fat kid

[D.Labruyere]

thanks fat kid, will add some darks (and a background :P )

a apple a day keeps the doctor away! ;

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-111810.jpg

one in acryl and the other one in ecoline, to do something different once again :)

[madplanet]

I like the approach that you took on the canyonmaker; it's subtle and it takes some time I would think. My idea was crash and bash, eat everything in site! Nice take on the apples, too. I like the one on the left the best. There's a lot of color in there, a lot to see.

[D.Labruyere]

hi madplanet, thank you for your kind words :)

hehe, another update on ma cow; :P

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-112254.jpg

[taxman]

Hi Haldor, you´ve got quite an interesting book here. Environments are strong, figures are getting better and your cow pieces are awesome. Good sense for color, your figures could use some longer lines though. I´m shure this advice has been given to you before, just a little reminder and I obviously don´t know what else to say, you know your weaknesses and you´re working on them.
Keep going, I´ll come back here because I want to know what happens to this hanging guy.
Oh yeah, and you reminded me that I should eat an apple now.

:)
Phil

[bdfoster]

Haldor--

Good stuff. I particularly like the apple studies. The color is strong and there's a real sense of form there.

I like where you're going with the hanging figure. I would try and pay attention to the overall sharpness of the piece. Right now it's pretty soft all over, and I'd like to see it sharpened up in some key spots to really pop off the page. No crits on the the COW yet!

[Number_6]

I like the apples. Your COW however needs more well defined outlines, I think

[sve]

I like this ant and the dry leaf above it very much, It would be wonderful illustration to children book. Charming and delicate. Like how you rendered its body, and the busy expression of its snout :). I took it. I like apples too. Unusually rough texture foe them, but nevertheless I like them a lot. They ARE apples, which Haldor grew. BTW, Haldor, you have no shame. Where are the promised pictures. And I would like some great recipe of Holland dish too, as a compensation.
Sveta

[mentler]

Looks exactly like my pet ant Harley <> keep up the good work

[Gloominati]

looks cool, dude!! Is the cow finished or do you want to work it out more? I'd like to see some more details, hehe!
Cool stuff, mate keep it up!

[D.Labruyere]

hi all, thanks for the replies :)

taxman, thanks for all the kind words :) I know my weaknesses because of people saying them what they are on this site, so don't refrain from saying and repeating such things :) thanks for the kind reply.

bdfoster, I'll add some sharper lines to it! thanks for pointing that out :)

number6, I'll see what I can do :)

sve, ghehe, yes I should be ashamed by now :^^;: but the thing is we're going to move with 2-3 weeks, and I'm certain I can take more interesting pictures overthere :) but to make things up, I'll give you a recipy :) (I'll give it to you as soon as possible, promise :) )

mentler, thanks for the kind words :) though I must say, you've got a very strange pet ant then with his legs on the back :)

gloom, still working it out more (hope I'll get it finished before tomorrow :x )

ok, I've decided to do as daily as possible to do these little still lifes in paint; so here they are :) ;

the one from yesterday;

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-131701.jpg

the one from today; (which I'm less happy about, I don't like the greens in it.. )

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-131705.jpg

edit: ghehe I just noticed how much emotes I use :P :^^;:

[Gloominati]

whow man, these paintings are really cool. Well surely the objects could be worked out a bit better so that the image is easier to read but I really like the colors, especially in the toothbrush image.
Keep up the good work and its cool to see some Paintings in your sketchbook here :D

[Number_6]

Wow, I've never seen basic toiletries look so artistic!

They look pretty good.

[taxman]

Your watercolors look great. Something for your hangman: I think you you got a little confused with too many values. Try to think in 5 basic values and work with bigger planes. But then again, I can´t do that myself, so don´t pay too much attention to me. :)

[D.Labruyere]

hi all :)

gloom, thanks dude :) on my next one I'll try to make my shapes a bit clearer :)

number6, thanks :)

taxman, thanks for the crits, I'll try to do that :) (oh, it were acrylics, but I usually use a lot of water when I'm painting, so that's probably why they look a bit like watercolors :) )

ok, tiny update, because I've been painting and stuff in my new house (we're moving in the x-mas holidays) so didn't had much time to draw :dur:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-162230.jpg

edit:; ghehe, the more I look at this drawing the more I think this kid is having some disease or something :^^;: ah well..

[sve]

Hey,Haldor. I like the child portrait, expression of the face is true to his age, naive. I hope you don't mind I just manipulated his eyes a bit in PS, they are at a different height. So here the link.
http://home.comcast.net/~elazutkin/Images/ForHaldor.jpg
Sveta

[Number_6]

The kids eyes are out of line with one another, the mouth is in the wrong spot and I think his head is kind of messed up, shape-wise. Otherwise, it's not bad.

[Isobel]

What the hell was that all about man in my SB?

Je moet niet zoveel blowen man,
ff vraagje ken jij flakfest? vast wel.

Well you're making progress with every drawing you post, and I have little time on my little hands because of my school so I don't post drawings that much.

kisses Iso

[D.Labruyere]

hello all :)

sve, thank you a lot for the manipulation in PS :) I seem to have a problem with placing those darn eyes at the same height (even when I'm putting a simple straight line before I start drawing them, geuss I'm cursed because I haven't taken those pictures yet :^^;: )

number6, thanks for pointing out those obvious things, they show me that I've still got a lot to learn (and I'm really happy about that :teeth: )

isobel, thanks for checking in :) sorry that I wasn't clear in your sketchbook, but I translated the words the guy before me posted into dutch, sorry for the inconvenience :^^;: en ja, ik ken flakfest, ben er alleen niet heen geweest..

ok, I haven't updated much this week, but this doesn't says I'm not drawing my ass of, but sorry, for now just again a tiny update because I have not got the time to scan everything.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/environment1.jpg

:)

oh yeah, merry christmas everybody!

[sve]

Hey, Haldor! Merry Christmas to you and best of the world. We have 9 more hours to go. You are probable 6-7 hours ahead.
I like this environment with some intriguing story behind. Very energetic drawing, these strong straight lines are making this effect, I think, and this mountain curve adds to this. I'm again wondering what's going on. as I do very often in your drawings with some ambiguous story. And I enjoy this boyish spirit from the sketch.
OK, see you
Sveta

[D.Labruyere]

sve, as always, thank you for your kind words.

ok, this thursday I'm moving to another city (roosendaal for the dutch who are reading this, they'll most probably know where it is) and then I won't have internet for a while... so there will not be any updates for some time.. thanks for all the support, and as soon as I've got internet again I'll make sur I'll have a big update :)

cya all for a while guys, and already a happy new year!!! :)

edit; I totally forgot my tiny little update :S

I started coloring this one;

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/environment1a.jpg

[taxman]

Hello Haldor, I just drop in to wish good luck with your removal (and to check what you´ve drawn). Your last environment looks great, I also like the colored version so far. Maybe something that looks like watercolors would push it even further, I don´t know if there´s a tool like that in PS.

A very happy new year to you, keep the lead burning until you come back! And come back fast! :)

:yayca:
Phil

[sve]

Very nice coloring, Haldor :). I would like to see more, more my beloved textures, it's like adding Frankfurters to Dutch pea soup, very important. :).
See you posting, hopefully more, TD is coming, remember :x ?
Sveta

[bdfoster]

Haldor--

I love the environment on the new sketch. I'm looking forward to seeing how the colors turn out. The watercolor comment is a good one-- right now there's a lot of Alan Lee style to this one....

Good luck on the move, and Happy New Year!

[D.Labruyere]

yo, hi peeps, got some more time today, so even another update 8)

taxman, looking like watercolors.. hmmz, don't know how I have to achieve that, but I'll give it a shot :)

sve, textures are coming :^^: td, you're right, gotta figure out how I'm gonna do that :x

bdfoster, hehe, Alan Lee style, not supriced about that, because I've drawn this one shortly after watching lotr. got to watch out for that sort of things :^^;: (not that I don't like the style of Alan Lee, I think he is a great artist and I can only consider it as a compliment when this drawing reminded you of him :) )

ok, anatomy and stuff!!!!!! \w/

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-272140.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-272138125.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-272138.jpg

[Sedig]

Hello Haldor. It's good to see this thread again. Apologies for being non-existant for the last month, anyhow--
You apparently know how to blow us all away with your landscapes. I thinks it is the sense of scale. You have a great way of rooting things down, nothing looks like it's floating (my problem).
All of the anatomy is paying off. Your figures are getting better and better. Your faces are improving also. With the faces lies my only crit- you need to nail down the locations of features. While your faces are improving by leaps and bounds, on some of them you seem to just guess where things go. I suggest that you spend some time just doing contour drawings of faces. That's right. Contour. No shading. Just lines. I think that this will result in even greater improvement.

[tullie]

Hi Haldor, after looking through your SB I feel the need to draw more. I looked through some of your first posts, you have made so much improvement, its inspiring :^^:. Keep doing those anatomy studies and drawing/painting from life.

Your latest environment is great, looks like something from a fantasy book or something. I like the colours and the concept.

Keep going - and good luck with the art school :).

[Number_6]

Nice work on the anatomy.

[Gloominati]

wow dude, last studies are really great!!! Are they from momory or reference??
Nice things goin on here, good work,man!

[D.Labruyere]

wooiii, moving tomorrow, but found the time to update one last time :P

sedig, ghehe, that is a great idea to do! :D I'm starting right now with just the contours of faces. I only always have the idea that my drawings are just half finished when only drawing contours :S and that's something that usually bugs me :P but gonna do that :) oh, thanks for all the kind words :)

tullie, hi, thanks for all the to kind words, glad you think I have improved, that is something great to hear :)

number_6, thanks dude

gloom, thanks gloom, the top page the ones on the left side of the paper are from reference, the rest is from memory.

ok, here's my final update before moving;

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-281805.jpg

see you all next year!!! :)

[mentler]

Here is back at U <> do not be afraid of construction lines <> try to lay the best foundation you can before you start shading (rendering) the shading is just paint and house underneath is the most important <> use light and dark to describe form.

Thanks a zillion for your support and happy everything for next year

[Number_6]

I think the chin is too big, the nose and eyes are too small, the jaw should jut out more, and the hair should be more defined. The eyes are at different angles from one another too, and the mouth is too small.

[AndreasM]

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/Scannen05-12-102310.jpg

http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/b/Bouguereau_William/large/The_Flagellation_of_Christ.jpg

Hmm is this one intended to be a master copy (Bouguereau), or did you just like the pose? I think you could have stated the origin, as some pepole seem to mistake it as a non ref drawing.

Ok, I'm going to sound pretty cocky now, but, how big is it? The painting is full of small, but essential and subtle details; shapes and shades, and an a4 sheet isn't big enough to cover them all.

I agree that it's messy. It's messy as hell. Did you do any preliminary lines before you laid inthe shapes? Did you make any attempts at understanding the shapes before laying them in? There is tons of years hard earned knowledge in that painting. If you consider that drawing as finnished, you are neglecting them all.

Happy new year!

[madplanet]

Hey Haldor, I really like that environment from a bit back there, when you added the blue sky it really gave it an isolated feel, somewhere cold and windy. Some of those last figure studies have volume to their bodies that you haven't shown before. It shows some different character, some personality. Keep up the good work and have a happy New Year.

[D.Labruyere]

ok, found a computer with internet :)

mentler, thanks a lot for commenting, going to practice my construction lines more :)

number_6, thanks for comments, I'll try to watch those things more.

n0fish, I'm so sorry :^^;: :^^;: I thought I had posted that, thanks for pointing that out, I will immediately edit that. I only wanted to use the pose, because I knew that I did not yet have the knowledge to copy this piece, and even if I would succeed in even copying 1/100000 of the painting I still wouldn't understand what I was drawing. Yes it is on a4, and I used construction lines and stuff before creating the shape (though the legs are way to big... ) and yes, it is far from finished :) thanks for commenting! (going to make my pencils sharper for the details :^^: :^^;: )

madplanet, thanks for the kind words :)

sorry, don't have acces to a scanner, so no updates.

happy new year all!

[D.Labruyere]

ok, w000iii got acces to a scanner, so here's a little pencil drawing I did;

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/haldor1/naamloos.jpg

I'll post more tonight :)

[Kronos]

hi Haldor, i'm really impressed by all your stuff, your last post is mighty good:tihi:, i really like your pencil work in it

i admit i haven't completely looked through you whole sketchbook, its a bitch to look at it on dial-up, but i'll