Baq's Sketchbook

[baquitania]

Trying to teach myself to be faster, these are from yesterday...

1 (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/baquitania/1.jpg)

2 (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/baquitania/2.jpg)

... some doodles from an anatomy book, and me trying to fill up the page.

3 (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/baquitania/ssg%20oct/3.jpg)

[KuNiva]

Faster at what exactly, colouring? sketching? If I were you I would practice slowly first to build up your skills. Patience that is the most important factor when trying to improve. You can't expect to knock a piece of finished artwork up in little or no time and have quality. Read tutorials on Photoshop, they will help alot when learning how to colour in that program. The anatomy on your charcters is a little shaky too. But stick with it and you'll improve, but remember patience.

[baquitania]

Faster in colouring only, I know the anatomy is shaky. I am soaking up whatever I can find on PS tutorials, if you know of any you like, could you send me a pm? As for patience I don't have any, I'm 40... here's a slow piece I did awhile back...

kyudo archer (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/baquitania/KyudoArcher2004.jpg)

[baquitania]

4 (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/baquitania/ssg%20oct/4.jpg)

5 (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/baquitania/ssg%20oct/5.jpg)

[Azeira]

hey, youve got a good start on anatomy. keep it up, and keep practicing.

Woodruff

[baquitania]

Thanks Azeira... a longer study tonight... 6 (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/baquitania/ssg%20oct/6.jpg)

[baquitania]

foot study from yesterday...

7 (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/baquitania/ssg%20oct/7.jpg) and 8 (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/baquitania/ssg%20oct/8.jpg)

Phatandy gave me alot of links to digest... so I'm off to do my homework!

[baquitania]

9 (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/baquitania/ssg%20oct/9.jpg)

Excited about this one, gonna color it tomorrow.

[GriNGo]

hey baquitania! checked out your folio! & it got me impressed... pretty nice stuff you got there, love your coloring. Can I suggest to use darker backgrounds? You're kyudo archer piece is pretty good! congrats on it. you're "9" monster piece also got me excited, cant wait to see it finished. On studies, my suggestions are this... draw as fast & accurate as you can... fill the pages with drawings, size doesn't matter, quantity is better. And try tu use as much stuff as you can. I love to draw with pens for example (as you can't erase!) good practice that way, you become more careful as where you lay you're strokes.

greetings baquitania! & thanks for posting... lets hope SSG 6 will come back to life again!

later,
GrinGOloCO

[baquitania]

Thank you gringo, been trying to learn new techniques from any and all tutorials I can find, here's one after 10 minutes of a new photoshop tute I just found:

10 (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/baquitania/ssg%20oct/10.jpg)

Going to work on #9 tomorrow and all week.

B.

edit: more studies...

11 (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/baquitania/ssg%20oct/11.jpg) and 12 (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/baquitania/ssg%20oct/12.jpg)

[baquitania]

Playing with Illustrator CS: 15 (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/baquitania/15.jpg)

and 2 others in PS7: 13 (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/baquitania/14.jpg) and 14 (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b353/baquitania/13.jpg)