Adam's sketchbook // 17th October

[Andy P]

Wow, that landscape is pure bling, nice palette/amosphere/everything. Great work. For some reason it reminds me of your more angular figures. Don't know why. It's got a good amount of energy for being suck a static image. There's some fun stuff happenin in these new figure drawings, but I think the ridges in the paper might be workin against ya. Toned paper is super fun tho.
Also, this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=37857&stc=1&d=1161276509) is killer!

[Mag-Neo]

-nice studies & interesting sketches...... keep em up........ GOOD LUCK!.....:yayca:

[aph]

Yeah Mag-Neo might be right, but that red pencil one is awesome, I'm guessing you repeated that pose adn done it second, after the pencil? Cause it looks like you had a new confidence there, and it has so much energy. Keep at it =)

[[void]]

mentler - cheers, thanks for dropping by.

Andy p - Yeah the paper quality isn't the best but for the moment it'll do me fine! I'm just happy to have a toned paper sketchbook ^_^
I can't believe you chose a doodle that i did on the table as a fav image :bashful:

mag neo - cheers man. Glad you like.

Aph - yeah that pose went on for a while and i didn't really feel like tarting around with that sketch any longer so i decieded to try my new red pencil and have a go at getting some more form into the image.

Today we went to the hunterian museum for drawing class (for any londoners reading i recommend you look into it, its free and has loads of amazing stuff its at holborn). Its a medical museum with loads of interesting specimens of things that are really amazing. The last page is a doodle that was done at the natural history museum that i forgot to scan before.

[Badger]

I need to get out and raid the museums more... i think i will on thursday after uni. Nice work captain rugged, You are keeping me motivated by your being motivated.
On the landscape one watch your saturation, if the background is that saturated as it is there the foreground should be equally so, in you version the foreground is quite a bit more desaturated. Just my view. Love the blue on the mountains though.
-B-

[[void]]

Thanks badger, still a loooong way to go. I think your right about the mountains, i need to get my colour work down more.

A little celebration, my sketchbook has reached five star for the first time! :bashful:

I'm sure that it will go down to 3 soon because someones gonna see it and go this is not 5 start and give i a 1. But till then thanks to anyone who voted.

^______^

Just a doodle in honour of my tutor, who said my work was 'all fur coat and no knickers'. Which apparantly means all style and no content. Which is true, but i gotta say im just loving the idea of fur coat and no knickers, i wouldnt be suprised if theres a character painting coming soon.

[Jackwhat]

Haha, that is an awesome way of putting it. Although im not sure if thats the case and i wouldnt really know how to interpret that.

Id like to be considered to have style but i aint sure of where im going, which is a bitch.

Your shit is definately coming on though, and tis nice to see some lifedrawings and a gander at whats in your sketchbook, it looks like a nice lively sketchbook... would be nicer to have in hand fo sho ;o!

:heart:

[[void]]

15 min quickie before i go out.

[Kian]

Ah! Type on a concept :D good man. In future really think of your type as true elements along with everything else. Forget that they're words, they are shapes to be abused, emphasied and/or destroyed.

The life studies are great brother. Well done :yayca:

[[void]]

Jackwhat - thanks dude, ive been thinking about style a lot lately. I need to stop displaying the the artists i admire and start developing myself more. Glad you like the life drawings, heres some more.

Kian - yeah dude, i think that was laziness on my part. I was supposed to be doing work at the time and that stupid doodle took far too long.

Tonights life drawings, they were all pretty quick poses. The first two should be last i buggered up the order, thats why the 3rd is so shit (it was my first one). Was nice to get a female model for the first time in a while.

[[void]]

Doodles from a crit at uni, we'll be lucky to get 2.1's wooo.

[-ThePenciler-]

this stuff looks really good. You have a good imagination!

[Sublimus]

Nice work in that last update.

[[void]]

One paper for today, I might render it a bit more. It would be nice to get some darks in there.

Replies to come later, i havn't got any food atm so i need to go shopping.

[Ryan DeMita]

great updates. the last creature is very cool. its still recognizable as a human form but interesting enough to make it creepy. also some nice colors studies and great figurative work. i like the toned paper. you also have a nice graphic quality to some of your sketches. my only suggestion is maybe find your niche with line work. some of your lines feel overworked and others feel very quick and fluid. i struggle with this myself. just keep practicing and you're lines will build themselves i suppose.

cool sb
take care
-ryan

[[void]]

Penciller - thanks very much dude glad you like

Sublimus - Thanks

Ryan - Thanks, yeah i think that my linework is still finding its way. Practice makes....better.

A speedie from tonight that i did whilst avoiding doing uni work. It was fun i just dotted some tone about and saw a face appear so i ran with it, i might have to try it again.

[[void]]

Right one more before i go to bed. I really suck at artificial environments so any crits or advice would be greatly appreciated.
This is about 30mins in.

[[void]]

Almost forgot something i knocked up quickly to give to my tutor at uni who said my work is all fur coat and no knickers. I might save it for christmas :)

[[void]]

Some godawful brush test thingy i did when i woke up today. I'm gonna have to sit down and really push myself to get past this crap when my uni project is done.
About 30mins.

[[void]]

Some pencils n such, the scan quality is killing my work im going to have to change the settings next time.

[Dirty C]

Your environments are getting really good, dude. The transparent overlays are really nice, and the textures on that second one are great too. The sense of space is really improving in there also.

Stop thinking you suck already.

[yAdam]

45804 ;)

Seriously though, great sketchbook..I really like the way you have a fairly subtle graphical quality to a lot of these where it doesn't over power the image or character...

One thing that you could do with your environments, or keep in mind anyway, is to try and push the values more, maybe creating more of a contrast, and also adding more depth.

[Mr Man]

Hey man good meeting you on sunday! This sketchbook is a goldmine of concepts and ideas. Really fucking love your figures, Now im gonna go crawl into the corner cry a little and then draw :P

[Pesmerga]

I love the pape you're using :)

Cool sketches. This one in particular: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=43439&stc=1&d=1162402584

[lefran]

great sketches! i'm liking the parp on the lobster/crap/crustaceon

[Lot]

hey¡¡like your drawings and caracters

[[void]]

Thanks guys! Replies come later.

I've gotta hit the hay in a sec because ive got uni tommorow and i havnt been sleeping properly lately, just some papers and life drawings.

Theres the compusary shit one then some random ones when poses were being set up and one that i spent about an hour on that im quite happy but still screw up the face. The robots were done on the train there and back

[donkeyslayer]

very cool stuff in here. i like your ink stuff a bit. for your pencils, i think you will go further with them if you treat them delicately. get your gesture in and build up from light to dark. you can use that in junction with cross hatching as well. keep truckin' mate :}

[[void]]

Just a robot doodle that started as a couple of blobs, then mucked about using the liquify tool to play with the design. Sorry no time for replies atm. I will get round to it. :zzz:

[fooxoo]

http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=44710&stc=1&d=1162603143 - sweet!

Good variety! I like :teeth:

[DanielC]

Hey man!
Good stuff. The lines are coming along nicely.
Nohting much to crit for the moment though, keep posting !!

[Kian]

Dude, I seriously feel your bots and mechs bro. I wanna see one fully designed out and rendered. I mean all the way to a final polished illustration. That will mos definitley impress me ;)

[[void]]

Thanks all. I will get round to replies at some point.

For now a 30min colour study.

[Badger]

SQUEAK!! said the T-rex.
Nice work cap'n. I like the latest apple, very real, but also very you.
Really nice shapes on that mech too. The floor messes with my head though, it's completely off plane wise aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Rapid improvement, and thats what we like to see in the UK group :teeth:
-B-

[[void]]

I'm in a photoshop tutorial atm which seems to be dealing with how to open photoshop so i thought i'd the time to do my replies.

DC - Thanks dude, I guess its progress at least. And thanks for your help and advice with me work the other day.

yadam - Haha that was on tv the other night too! Yeah the atmosphere sucks on that last enviro.

Mr man - likewise dude, thanks.

Pesmerge - Toned paper is great, now if i can only find some better quality stuff.

Thanks fran!

Lot - Ta, glad you like.

Donkeyslayer - I think your right about the pencils, im still trying to have a bit more patience.

Foxoo - Cheers, glad you like.

Daniel - thanks.

Kian - yeah I thought that the mech stuff might go down well :] I might see if i can get round to that at some point.

badger - Thanks. Yeah i was gonna take it out but i forgot to put it on a different layer so i couldn't be arsed to take it out. Cheers for dropping by.

[[void]]

Just a 30minute speedpaint.

[[void]]

Another.

[Jackwhat]

Those 2 last enviroments are purties, same goes for the last chunk of mech drawings, both pen and digital.

Im really surprised you managed to get nice clean inks on a train, i normally fuck up when drawing in transit, so, kudos to you!

Nice designs too!

[[void]]

Jackwhat - Thanks man, yeah it was on the tube so it was a bit easier than a bus.

Coloured the last one.

[Tomato]

I'm loving the life drawing sketches!!! Inspiring stuff :)

[liquidjack]

Well, ain't this a jewel of a sketchpad. Very inspiring sketches here. I looked at most of your sketches and paintings. I like your ability to take referenced practice and put it to use in your "freestyle" type work. Ya, this is pure uncut.....gotta take it in slowly.....it's the good stuff. Keep it up.

[[void]]

Right a pencil wip, i dont know how much more i can do to it the paper is pretty thin and its starting to tear. Now im off to the pub.

[lefran]

really nice colour studies, i like the apple one a lot, and those enviros are looking quite strong too. as for the paper maybe you could make your own out of brown sugar paper or something?

[[void]]

Thanks guys. First a sketch i did as a part of a collab with cartoonfox, I did the lines he's rendering it later on. And an update on the last sketch.

[aph]

Holy.. dude.
This made me happy, my face grins a big happy grin. Now I'm inspired also.
Great work. The design on both are solid. Did you ink/pen the first design over pencils or is that just some Ps editing? Looks awesome, I would be very happy if someone handed me that!

Just some quick crit, how else do we improve?:

Maybe on the rendered one you could've done with something better at his stomach, looks a bit like a upturned pan.. oh and the head thing, the cheese grater-like-thing, the design I don't mind, its just the way it fits onto the armour/helmet. With no clues as to how it does so, it looks like it floats a little.

Keep up the pace, your doing really great duder. =]

[[void]]

Speedy, and now its pancake time.

[DannySketch]

oh i like it (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=47683&stc=1&d=1163192771) i like IT (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=47636&stc=1&d=1163182603) alot, shizzle mate ur coming on leaps and bounds in all sorts of areas,

not much of a crit buts its the best i can do, alot of your characters are missing feet...think of all the wasted socks. prob summet ur doing unconciously(EDIT:i dont think thats the phrase i wanted to go for there....dam) rather than purposely avoiding it but might be summet to think about

keep drawing stuff:)

[[void]]

John the one - cheers

Liquidjack - thanks, glad you like.

lefran - haha i suffer from laziness so thats not too likely ill just have to keep looking.

aph - Nah for some reason it just scanned with a high contrast. I was pretty heavy with the pencil too, yeah i got lazy I should have intergrated it more. Thanks very much.

Danny - thanks mate, yeah i need to fit characters on the page better. Im not a bit fan of feet either. ^_^


Just a paint up of the scanned version of the collab that that i gave to cartoonfox.

[j a k e]

Ooo that last one is really nice. Really enjoy your pencils and people. Cool stuff.

[[void]]

Thanks jake.

Lame quick character sketch.

[[void]]

A regenerator inspired sketch whilst watching twin peaks.

[j a k e]

Nice rendering on that dude.

[[void]]

Thanks jake.

Some doodles to try and loosen up my lines a bit to help them be a bit more flowing and not so stiff.

[lefran]

yeah i like that regenerator inspired sketch, as already said- nice rendering!

[cartoonfox]

Ooh new stuff! I like it. The regenerator one is awesome, your rendering is getting a lot better.
I'd have liked to see him with like no head or a missing arm or something though ; ]

[Desperata]

The one on the bottom of your current sketch is my favorite right now. He seems...I'm not sure why...friendly to me. Like he's calling for friends with a radio wave.

[[void]]

A 20min speedy whilst waiting for the shower to be free. Now i really have to do some uni work.

[TheGnoll]

very interesting SB...the digital quick enviros look good, excellent presentation even in the simple sketches, varied subjects.Character designs look nice, not too original tho.Nice work with al the robo thumbs, neat style.

keep 'em comin ;)

ciao

[[void]]

a sort of texture enviro experiment and now the shower is free so..

[Rich Pellegrino]

Nice speedies! I like the landscape a lot, nice texture and movement. I'm jealous of your speed! Keep up the good work.

edit: I liked the brown paper sketchbook. Do you know what the name of the brand is? Thanks!

[[void]]

For anyone that might be interested heres a bit of uni work, i'm illustrating the dead flag blues by godspeed you black emporer. I managed to take the ps doodle that i did this morning and link it to one of the song lyrics and then tart it up a bit in ps.

[Brendan N]

Wow man, I'm in awe. Those sb pages are stunning, you sure know how to handle those highlights. Speedies are great too, love your sense of composition in these. Last one - designed well, but I think it might have been more interesting if you broke the symmetry but maintained the balance. Just a personal view though.

Awesome stuff, will keep some tabs on this book!
ciao!

- d.

[Andy P]

Damn dude, you're on fire, all your toned book jams are killin lately! And all your landscapes have been really stiking. Nothin butt asspattery here!

[[void]]

Thanks fran

Cartoonfox - Cheers dude maybe next time.

desperata - cheers

TheGnoll - thanks, yeah im trying to vary my influences at the moment to try and address the originality situation.

voodoochile - ta, yeah its from cass arts in the uk i dont think that they are international. Took me ages to find a toned paper book.

Brendan N - Thanks, yeah it was a bit of a rush job i didnt really give it that much thought.

Andy P - I'm honoured i fucking love your stuff dude. Thanks for dropping by.

The last pages of the toned paper sketchbook, then some shitty life drawings. I really wasn't feeling it this monday, and the first page of my new sketchbook woo. I'm gonna see if i can get some more colour into this one.

[[void]]

Just a lame samurai for now, i just couldn't render this at all for some reason, it just kept looking shite.

[Mr Man]

Hey adam, I can see your pencil skills certainly getting stronger and your figures are as brill as ever.
Btw theres one thing I have noticed with your monsters, They all seem to have two fingers, would be good to see some different hands.

Rich

[[void]]

Hey rich yeah my creature design language is pretty limited ive probably only really touched on double figures in terms of design, hopefully something a bit different coming this way in the future. Thanks for dropping by.

A doodle that I did after going to paddington, i really like the architecture and the aesthetic of the overlapping steel arches.

[Brendan N]

stunning stuff mate,
particularly love those creeps on the toned paper.
great sense of form,
very inspiring stuff, keep cracking em out.

ciao!

- d.

[tokidokizenzen]

Nice Paddington doodles. The first one in the top left corner is my fav. It would be extra cool if you added some color too.

[[void]]

Thanks brendan

tokidokizenzen yeah i agree i might paint them up later

just some colour and technique experiments for a comic project at uni.

edit: almost forgot I had a name change asgardian is now [void]

[Ian Mack]

Wow! Awesomew ork in here...glad I stopped by. You've improved so much since the beginning that it's sick.

I love how you shake things up so much doing robots/landscapes/planes all the time. That is something that I need to start doing.

[[void]]

Ian Mack - thanks very much, sometimes i think its the fact that i don't focus on topics more that im not as good as i want to be.

Right just a doodle for the front page of my sketchbook that i hadn't done yet. I wanted something fun and colourful, its so not how i hoped it would turn out. Oh well....

[[void]]

Doodles and lifedrawings, im trying to scale up to bigger paper but i fail miserably every damn time so i screw it up and retreat to my sketchbook.

[aph]

What size are you trying to scale up to? Is that just for life drawing or for everything?

Anyways.. love the last few, looking really nice on the ink side of things, especially the train one, I like that a lot.

Heres some crits, take 'em or leave 'em..

The life drawings need a more obvious and decided difference between tones. Think of Shadow - Midtone - Light and try and make sure that the image reads well from a distance. Maybe to aid that you could do some drawings using only the shadows to suggest the form, or the light. This way you can hopefully get more depth in tone.

Also I notice that a lot of your lines are quite scratchy when trying to find the form and outline of the body. Its hard to combat that, particularly when you've only got a short time but make a conscious effort to find the right line before you put the pencil to the paper. Think of it like swinging your golf club before you strike.. accuracy and smooth quality.

Lastly don't neglect the hands! They are so important. The first one especially is let down by this. You can draw hands, I've seen some nice ones before.

Keep up the hard graft my friend =)

[[void]]

Aph - just trying to scale up to larger paper for life drawing about um a3 or a2 last time i tried. I agree with the neglection of hands i really need to start combating that, I do try to tackle what i think is my biggest weakness till it gets under control and then move onto the next one. I know what you mean about 'finding the line' I just don't think im at the stage where i can hit it the first time. As for the tone thing im not too sure your probably right though, at the moment i rely on the way i do things to cover up inconsistency in my rendering. Hopefully im gonna do a long still life at some point soon so i can try to tackle the tonal issue then.

I've been feeling really shitty artwise lately, i just can't seem to get anything right. So heres a couple of shit scans, the only reason these are still in existances is because i stupidly used media that can't be erased, everthing else was wiped. On top of that is a mock up for my website, any suggestions or crits are welcome.

[hurricane]

great update, i like it alot!
nice raw feeling to em!
cheers!

[Cold]

I love the redner of the simple land scape, its nice! I like.

[[void]]

Hurricane - Thanks very much.

Cold - cheers

Heres two twenty minute paintblobs. Thanks to dirty c who was kind enough to pass on a lot of his art materials, I hope this stuff shows its gone to a reasonable home.. These were a nice little warmup to try and get back into trad painting a bit more, I'm hoping to do a more sustained still life soonish to try and actually develop some skills.

edit: 1st on no ref, the second is from a pencil sketch i did at paddington previously.

[[void]]

Heres a couple of papers from today with some lifedrawing, the rest weren't worth scanning.

[[void]]

junk..

[[void]]

Forgot to post this, colour correction of the earlier image hopefully it reads better now.

[[void]]

20min doodle from after breakfast.

[Badger]

Wow captain rugged, really improving here. I like your mister colour correction, he's rather lovely, yes sirreeee. Though he could possibly do with a big more right leg me thinks.
The junk one has lovely legs, but i think the upper torso read strangely, i think it's the placement of the arms, i think the shoulder should be further forward on the near arm. But i love the feeling in it, really works.
Pencils are kicking ass. Generally hot shiiitt my good friend!!
-B-

[[void]]

Thanks for the kind words josh, I was getting worried that no-one popped their heads in for a look here anymore. I can only hope that im improving the old ego's been suffering lately, hopefully this updates better.

Just some papers for now, spent a bit longer rendering a previous life drawing in a lecture and some new shit too.

[Ead]

Hi Void,

Got some nice stuff here!!, theres some really strong shapes happening in your digi characters and some nice positive marks going down.. All that life drawing is reaping benefits so keep grafting.

I fully recomend drawing big in life class: A1 if possible. Its tough, but thats good because you'll learn more as you are forced to observe more closely whats going on in front of you. + doing sweeping gestural marks from the shoulder is great fun

keep up the good work

cheers:)

[[void]]

Thanks ead, I think that ill try to work big when it starts up again. Thanks for dropping by, your stuffs really nice btw.

[[void]]

Some junk from the past couple of days, playing with ink mostly. I did more but they were awful. :zzz:

[[void]]

Just a 20min doodle testing the features in artrage, it had some nice little functions but i cant paint with it for shit.

[lefran]

hey , havent posted in yeeeers.
oh yeh
and
YAAAHTA
anyway, the inky updates are nice esp the enviro, that would be nice painted methinks, nice composition to it aaand art rage is pretty cool i think, its quite realistic looking with chalk and stuff, the hands nice but perhaps the palm is a little chubby compared to the thickness of the fingers? im prolly wrong but anyway

fran

[[void]]

Colour test for a uni project on narrative. Like i said its just a test not final so its a bit shit.

[designboot]

very nice works :)

[Dreamworker]

Great works, very expressive! Some stars from me
ciao ;)

[[void]]

Fran, yeah your on the mark there the palm does look too fat. thanks for dropping by.

designboot - thanks

dreamworker - thanks dude I don't think i deserve them yet but thanks.

Woo five stars again, I doubt it will last past this update oh well.

Um just a new technique ive been playing with for my enviros, heres a wip that ill develop a bit later, im not sure what to put in detail wise at the moment.

[4rt-r41d]

Amazing work!

[lefran]

very nice colours on the last one

[[void]]

wakazou, fran - thanks guys

A 30 min no ref head study, should do more of these. I tried to pay attention to the forms/planes of the features, which has made everthing else suffer. The annoying thing is the features arnt all that anyway.

[[void]]

And a 10 min opacity experiment i forgot about.

[[void]]

Right that first face was lame and it was bothering me so i had to do something to try and sort it out before i went to bed. I dont have anyone else handy so i did a self portrait the likeness is sucky but im not fussed, i was more bothered about the planes and light. I think that less light sources might be a good idea next time. Still i learnt a lot and the next one will be better.

This was about 2 hours.

[Dreamworker]

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dreamworker - thanks dude I don't think i deserve them yet but thanks.

Why? I think that in this place there is so much people less good than you, that has a great score. However I appreciate your humility ;)
From the last update I love this unfinished portrait http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=59107&stc=1&d=1165376546
it has a great sense of three-dimensional .
Ciao

[DanielC]

Hey adam!
Long time i haven't checked out your stuff, and i see you got 5 stars =)
hehe, good, keep doing the nice work if you want to keep them.
So, the inks are looking good, the composition and the enviros too.
But i think you can work more on faces. Try to work more on the transitions and the values.
Also, the structure sometimes seems a bit too basic.
For exemple the lips on the last one could use more attentions:
Use more different values, make us read the planes that make lips in a clearer way. The brush strokes are a bit confusing sometimes.
Keep it up !! =)

[[void]]

Dreamworker - maybe but theres also a lot of great people with a lower score than me, I don't think that im there yet but thanks dude its all motivation.

Daniel C - Yeah your right, hopefully some similar studies like that and I'll be able to tackle some of those issues. As for the stars, we'll see how long they last :) Still I'll keep working till I think im worth them. Thanks for dropping by, i've still got a lot to learn from you in terms of the figure and pencil work.

Right since its been posted i can stop holding back now. This is my piece i did for the scandinavia/uk tdome. I was pretty happy with it till i saw it in the middle of a load of really good work. :bashful: Oh well.

[[void]]

Been so busy lately I havnt had much time for painting its mostly just been sketching on the tube but i dont really have time to scan right now, heres a 20 min wip trying to get back into it, I'll work on it more later maybe.

[lefran]

really liked your TD entry- congrats on the win =]

[tensai]

you got some nice stuff rocking in this book adam. especially like the loose stuff like this...
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=48162&stc=1&d=1163313284

keep it coming man

[[void]]

Thanks fran gave me a boost ^_^

Cheers tensai, love your life drawings btw. Haha its weird that you picked those i think the lines are the closest thing to your stuff that i do in that one.

Right havnt been that busy over xmas artwise, heres a comic cover for a uni project, and a doodle. Its all very ashley wood atm, im just having a play round see what i like and can steal ^_^

[j a k e]

Really like your stuff recently mate. Great colours. Hope you had a great xmas!

[Maestro Andres]

I just came across your sketchbook and still feel fascinated by it. It seems you have been tackling a lot of areas from human anatomy to environments. Really dig your style and your dedication in it. Keep it up!

[NicoRaven]

why the name change dude? what does the new one mean to you?

Well I like the drawing from life personal not the lifeclasses but the selfies and the inks of people. I like how you skate between mediums. I did take a through look into all five or six pages but it seems your improving steadyly. well seeing as my eyes aren't trained to crit i tell you how i felt.

In post #348 SelfPort felt and feels really heavy like its not quite 3d but has definite heft to it. Continue........

[SantaClaus]

very cool sb. some of your inks really kick ass. your improvement is very great. I will be stoppin in... the only crit I have is characters might sometimes seem stiff.

[[void]]

Something thats pretty shit for how long it took, it was gonna be just a warm up sketch before work but well anyway...

replies later im a bit busy

[Sublimus]

Great stuff, man. I really like the tin man piece a lot!

[[void]]

Thanks everyone replies later, been busy sleeping lately heres a quickie I'll have a proper update with replies soon.

Edit: just for my own record back to 4 stars again to see any improvement later and time taken

[DannySketch]

looking good Adam,

I know you enjoy crits so I shall try my hardest. alot of your faces and body types (torso's in particular) seem to be very similar to one another, for example on a few of your characters the pectoral muscles are always high up, and thinly stretched across the chest, I am not sure if this is intentional as a style thing or if your doing it subconsciously, **EDIT** it does work as a style, just didnt know if you wanted to differ the characters a bit, bah leave me be, i am hopeless at giving crits!

having said all that the above sketch is a nice exception

keep drawing bro

[[void]]

I felt bad after going to the national gallery today so i did a value study when i got back and made myself feel worse.

This is a bit bigger than the actual painting size that i worked on.

[[void]]

One day I will be able to paint properly. eugh

Sorry its 7am again and I'm too tired to reply atm. This was about and hour maybe 2.

[Aslev]

"I felt bad after going to the national gallery today so i did a value study when i got back and made myself feel worse."

haha man, you're hard on yourself :) comparing your own work with the old masters is not a good idea!

i think you could benefit from doing more stuff like this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=44710&stc=1&d=1162603143), it will surely loosen your paintings up.

and hey, don't think of your art like shit, it's a progress to get where you want, it's supposed to be fun, not filled with frustration!

[[void]]

Jake - Thanks very much, I think colours a bit of a weak point. I need to do some more studies.

Armaldon - Ta, thanks for dropping by.

NicoRaven - How did you know? Um I was sick of the last one it was hard to remember and people spelt it wrong all the time blah blah. This is easy to remember and its a bit more international. Just came from seeing a train ticket with it printed on it over and over. Thanks for taking the time to look through it all.

SantaClaus - Yeah thats something im working on at the mo', hopefully it will show.

Sublimus - Glad you like.

Danny- Yeah you're right, I get a bit set in my ways as I learn how to do things to be honest. Doing things without ref always makes me fall back on a certain shape that I know works. Thanks for dropping by, see if theres a change in these.

Notic - I find its filled with both to be honest. I like to compare with people way better than me it shows me how far behind i really am.

Onto the art. I havnt scanned in a while so i couldnt be bothered to do all of it. Some of this is quite old as well.

Some non ref stuff, two life drawings a master study and some playing with using the side of the pencil to lay down values quickly. Hope you like.

[Wake101]

your pencils/ charcoal sketches are really awsome. I particularily like the figure drawing with the horns and no arms. You might want to check the eyes on that last drawing. They seem abit dilouted, and slanted.

[[void]]

Wake- thanks yeah i darkened some of the other values and forgot to amp up the eyes.

bedtime doodle

[Brendan N]

latest work is great, awesome progress mate. work a bit on your value structures, think your forms can look even better and watch your hatching a bit. The victorian dress digi is really great, reminds me of Min's work a bit.

Great book all in all!

- d.

[Flaskpost]

damn man! just went through your sketchbook! crazy good stuff!
love the styles you´ve got going!
can´t wait to see page 7 filled with goodness. Go go go! :)

[[void]]

Been torturing myself for hours, I have scrapped and restarted 3 paintings each with about an 30-60 mins work on them. This is the only decent thing I have been able to do. Thought I would post before i fucked it up.

Replies later.

[[void]]

Umm...yeah

[[void]]

Why am I up till 6am again, because I allow myself to take part in very stupid things. You send a wip then it gets bad plastic surgery for a weird money making scheme by cartoonfox.

cartoonfox says: (05:34:16)
ooh lookitheboobies
Adam says: (05:34:41)
thats how i will make my millions
cartoonfox says: (05:35:04)
if you wonna make millions they gota be bigger than that
Adam says: (05:35:10)
hahah
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you never told me you did business
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i have a feeling i know where tthis is going
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cartoonfox says: (05:42:16)
take a lesson in business from me
Adam says: (05:42:40)
hahaha
Adam says: (05:43:02)
you fool you didnt flip back
cartoonfox says: (05:43:07)
i hope you enjoy looking at them as much as i enjoyed making them
Adam says: (05:43:12)
thos are some big jugs
Adam says: (05:43:24)
they look sooo shiney
cartoonfox says: (05:43:29)
yeah
cartoonfox says: (05:43:46)
THAT'S how you make millions my friend
cartoonfox says: (05:43:51)
big shiny boobs
Adam says: (05:44:31)
im so uploading that
cartoonfox says: (05:44:34)
haha

[cartoonfox]

... I'm saying nothing

[[void]]

Oh and heres some life drawings and doodles.

[[void]]

Wasn't going to post this but what the hell.

[lefran]

i really like the top life drawing, youve gotten so good mr adam, the values are really nice
and i raise your convo about million dollar boobs with Cai, to mine and Josh's conversation that he's having boob impants himself for our magic act, but the implants are japanese cube mellons haha :B
and also, i do quite like the last post, i know you probably wouldnt want to touch it anymore, but i think if you just cleaned it up a lil bit, it would look so much better (i mean like his jaw, not really th background)
yaahta :)

[DanielC]

Hey Adam !.. ?
Those life drawings are very good !!
The inks are nice too, very expressive.
Sorry i have no crit.. for the moment =)
Just keep posting !

[[void]]

Brendan - thanks, I adore min's work.

Flaskpost - I'm on it.

Fox - I think its for the best, you've said enough.

Fran - hehe yeah I think you're right, I barely ever go back to old pieces. I wonder if i should. Cheers I feel like im making headway with lifedrawing.

Daniel - Cheers dude, good to see you delving into a bit of colour work btw.

When to the national again today for some gallery drawing to do some studies. I'm feeling a bit happier with my progress on them now. Theres also a quick sketch of someone I know in a bar looking a bit camp, then a non ref face and a little doodle to finish this sketchbook.

[[void]]

Some late night uni work, pieces inspired by music. Influenced a lot by meester blonde, only this is awful.

[Mr.Blonde]

hi! your piece inspired by me inspired me. I love the simplicity. I did a bit of a paintover (http://alduar.iseenothing.com/07jan/music1-2po.jpg). It doesn't really look like the same image any more, but that is kinda the idea.. it morphs as you work, and changes completely. So, I took your image into greyscale so I could see value more easily, and pumped up the contrast with curves and painted in some new shapes... then I used your painting to give the basic color by setting your painting to overlay at 15 opacity on top of the greyscale... then, I overlaid an old oil painting I did, and erased out what i didn't like... and kept on painting. The most important aspect of color is value, without a good value range you will never get the most out of your colors. once you have a good range, you can use the color picker without getting colors too muddy. my biggest regret is losing the green tones you had... i tend to make my pictures almost monochromatic and in the yellow-red hue range... anyway, thanks for the inspiration! :)

[[void]]

Mr Blonde - Wow thanks very much for the paintover and process. I didn't expect you to see it to be honest.

I took a cue from your process and made some alternate ones.

[lefran]

like these paints, quite powerful backgrounds, i like the colours too, esp the hotter coloured ones. im intruiged as to what you were listening to hehe

[[void]]

10 min doodle before bed

[aph]

Love this one. Such great warmth and interest. The bottom left overlapped bit bugs me a bit though.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=82977&stc=1&d=1169753151

Keep pushing, these are moving in a great direction. The other thing I wanted to mention was to really push yourself to do STRANGE portraits. Really awkward angles and obscure perspectives. Your quick sketches are really nice, and they never have the very sedate and still looking faces that you draw a lot. If you could practice them and work out how you can achieve them it would take your really great and dynamic stuff a long way. Theres a lot of emotion that you can tap into there and make this stuff a cut above.

Hope you understand what I mean. Keep going!

[cartoonfox]

Happy birthday hon. Now when we going bowling?

[[void]]

Aph - cheers, hopefully you'll like a couple of these.

cai - we'll go bowling later in the week if you want.

It was my b'day on the 27th and my girlfriend got me amongst other things a very cool sketchbook which is shown below. I just started it today and got a bit carried away, I drew a lot and couldnt be bothered to scan them all so I only scanned my favourites. There are some doodles and two drawings of people that were kind enough to sit still in my class and 1 that fell asleep, then some life drawings from this afternoon.

Oh sorry about the bad camera phone photos, i've got to get a digital camera.

[Badger]

Sweet work captain rugged. The shear amount of work you pump out is impressive enough. You must not sleep.
New sketchbook looks nice, i really like the gasmask ink and the double red page spread. You are really going somewhere stylistically, w00t indeed!
-B-

[[void]]

20 min speedy from ref http://www.spraguephoto.com/stock/images/Environment/037%20Architecture%20United%20Kingdom%20Industrial %20landscape%20Cardiff.jpg

This is the actually paint size, I want to get a bit more spontaniety in my stuff.

[[void]]

Another quickie about 30 mins on this one, I've lost the ref.

[[void]]

.....aaaaaand a 20 min ashley wood rip. I'm sorry... again.

[[void]]

Just worked on this a bit more, I'll leave it here.

[Flaskpost]

Whoa man, love the Blonde inspired ones. Awesome. Very powerful paintings!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=85042&stc=1&d=1170116862
These are badass as well dude, really good strokes!

[Texahol]

great stuff, I enjoyed going through your sketchbook...that last environment is nice. you seem to have good values in your greyscale, remember value control when working in colors too :)

[[void]]

Thanks guys.

Just a quickie, 20mins.

[cartoonfox]

Ok I've got a crit / suggestion or whatever.
I just went through your last 4 pages and constantly saw the words "quick", "speed", "sketch", "doodle", "unfinished" etc.
In both your drawings and paintings, I don't think you spend enough time on your work. Some of my favourite pieces of yours are the quickest marker drawings, but I still think you should spend more time on stuff sometimes. Even in life drawing when we have an hour pose, you tend to do quick studies of it. In the National Gallery I don't remember you spending the whole 2 and a half hours on one study.
This painting (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=55204&stc=1&d=1164691943) is one of your most finished in a while, and it's awesome. I really want you to stop losing interest in your drawings/paintings, even if it's just once a week or something.

All this and more applies to my own stuff, but that's not the point of a crit.

Let's get our easels and do this study soon, it'll probably help with patience.


Peace out Vanizle.

[[void]]

Cheers cai I know your right. bitch.

Heres something i did with the dsg topic in mind.

[Flaskpost]

Looking good, man! And i think we all need to listen to Cartoonfox!
Spending more time and working on some more finished peices!
Keep it up, man!

[[void]]

Flaskpost - thanks

A crappy sargent study that I think I will abandon, next time I chose to do a study i'm gonna have to pick something simpler.

[SantaClaus]

very fun new stuff! and the latest study is very nice. although it might help to put in some dark accents in the figure.

[[void]]

santa - Yeah it was a pretty stupid piece for me too pick, value changes were really subtle

Thumbs might paint one up.

[Brendan N]

Sup void.

With cartoonfox - but I really dig the energy in your pieces. Be sure once you start to take more time on some of your piece that you don't lose that awesome energy in your other works, it's making your stuff.

lovely stuff overall man, have 5 stars mate.
ciao!

- d.

[lefran]

ooh 5 stars :D
love that enviro , great atmosphere, but i think the top right doesnt look as tight as the rest
nice stoof
fran

[[void]]

Brendan - dude thanks for the stars that made my day sadly enough, I have been in a bit of a strop since last night I couldn't do anything but that picked me right up and gave me a boost.

fran - thanks yeah I was trying to keep it loose, I really don't live over rendered stuff I think it kills it, but i'm not good enough to make economical strokes yet that tell what I need them too.

Right just rendered up on of the characters from that sheet a bit, but got to this stage an realised I have no idea what I am doing.

PLEASE any crits or advice on how to create a more solid form would be greatly appreciated. Or tips on painting in general.

till then I think I should probably pick up the anatomy books again and maybe read through proms tut.

[Call0ps]

oh sh$t! your last enviro man i love IT! i really like your portrait also , what i'm saying i love all your work :P haha keep it up ;)

[[void]]

Call0ps- glad you like it

heres another shitty self portrait, likeness isnt great but I feel like im making headway with painting.

[MrBobMarley]

Portait looks good dude. Believable for sure. Only thing that bugs me a little is the thick brush you painted your stache with. Maybe thinner strokes. Really like your pencils too, great control.

[[void]]

Bob - Thanks, actually I conciously tried to stay away from small brushes on that one to try and stop myself tightening up in an attempt to keep that one a bit looser. Maybe next time I can use both.

woke up and didnt feel shit so I looked at some cos koniotis and realised I've been drawing knees wrong so I did this and now I'm running late.

[Wasker]

very very nice man, I got a weak spot for thumbnails and the ones you've done are superb! Good use of color in this thread :^^:

[aph]

Dude have some confidence . . what your doing is great, but as cartoonfox already mentioned, you need to push through the doodle and finish things I think.

Be happy with that Sp too. Its really good. If you found it helped just attack those sp's to death.

This is awesome so far.

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=87843&stc=1&d=1170627511

Some ideas to take it further:

-Rework and make sure the gesture is right, where his head is works but the lean back of the torso isn't there. the torso and back are very flat and seem to be made of a single contour, make a study and push the silhouette of the body a bit more.

-His left arm is straight, bend it a little! Make some action! Study some of your arms muscles and variations and add some tension in there, and make sure you work out whats going on with the other hand.

-Tighten it overall! I love it so far, but my eyes are searching for the design elements that are hinted, just not explained in enough depth to be able to identify them.

I hope you work on it some more, because I know you can take it up a level for sure. Good luck!

[Haxxxor]

hey mate i like you figure drawings they are cool and the girls are really sexy .
i don't want more hehe :D

i keep an eye on it

[[void]]

Thanks guys im really tired so i'll reply later.

some drawings lifedrawing etc from today

Couple of bits to big for my scanner so they have shitty phone cam pics, I'll double scan the decent ones in a bit, watch out for brambleybot

[[void]]

Heres the better scans of the decent life drawings, and a dragon because I had a tough time drawing a decent character. I think its something I'm gonna have to try and address soon.

[Call0ps]

really nice pencil work :)i liked specially the dragon one, you rendered really good.

[Justin.]

That dragon is awesome man!

Keep up with the life drawings!

[[void]]

Once again I'm knackered so I'll reply later.

went to the zoo today, and then gallery drawing after.

[Call0ps]

knights my fav, i really liked the simplicity on it and the rendering is really nice. about the last one my only critic is, maybe just me but it seems to geomtrical, ass, shadows ...

[liquidjack]

I admire your line work in your sketches (it seems to continue into your paintings). You seem to be able to get the major info in the reference in only a few lines. Nice stuff.

[[void]]

I downloaded the trial of painter 10 and I'm finding it really hard, so in the end I gave in and coloured the brambleybot.

[[void]]

20min paint on the dragon,

[Maestro Andres]

Nice batch of last sketches man. There is some improvement going on as always. I really like the dragon a lot, you did a nice work with the anatomy and muscles, especially for 20 min. The face is awesome as well, but I think they might be some problems with the leg farther to the right since it seems wider than the other one that is closer to the viewer. Anyways, keep it up man, nice work.

[[void]]

I will get round to the replies eventually,

still trying to get to grips with painter, limited success but ill keep pluging away.

[mentler]

Next time I cross the pond we will get together and burn some lead....thanks for feeding the monkey

[[void]]

Experiment with the quickmask feature.

[lefran]

'lo, these quick paints are turning out quite nice, painter looks quite nice to work in, even though you say you are getting to grips with it.
oh and nice dragon =] perhaps colour it?

Fran

[[void]]

Bedtime speedie 1 hour -

Got loads of drawings to scan but i'll do that tommorow, I couldnt be bothered today.

Edit: this is the actual canvas size I worked zoomed out throughout.

[Maestro Andres]

Very nice painting. I see a lot of details in this background. Is this done in Painter? I want to try that one too. Keep posting!

[[void]]

Its photoshop with a default brush. Charcoal I think or chalk something like that with opacity and size set to pressure.

Very nice painting. I see a lot of details in this background. Is this done in Painter? I want to try that one too. Keep posting!

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Void really good stuff with that dragon and street scene mate. WOuldnt mind seeing it refined a bit more, good stuff going on there. :) Cheers.

[Mr Man]

Sup man, Ive yet to try out the new painter, bit annoying because I downloaded an earlier one the other week..*gruff*

The dragon looks as though its coming on really well, great composition. My only crit in terms of design is that the head looks very similar to a fell beast from lord of the rings (the flying things)

Your environs are getting really bloody strong too! I think you should mix more of your environs with your characters say into an illustration or just giving the character a simple background even if its subtle.

[[void]]

Thought I would scan some sketchbooks stuff before I go out.

Two tonal master studies and some doodles.

[Vorace]

Wow
very inspiring sketchbook!
5 stars

[aph]

I want that first one to be finished, so someone can make a model of it to sit next to my resident evil figures.

Come on =D You know you can do it! Its an awesome creature. Love to see it in a fight / pose and fully rendered as a 'concept'.

[Ryan DeMita]

nice sb! you have a huge variety of subject matter which is awesome. lots of good studies and figurative work. keep doing what your doing man! would love to see some more refined/ finished stuff. keep at it!

take care
-ryan

[4rt-r41d]

Dood, cool pencils, and fantastic work all over!

[Orozc0]

Looking better each page.

[[void]]

Bob - thanks

aph - yeah I'm gonna try and start finishing more things

haxxxor - ta

call0ps - thanks

justin - glad you like

call0ps - yeah im a bit blocky, i need to put some more curves in

liquidjack - draughtsmanship has always been stronger for me than paints, cheers

aramldon - thanks

mentler - would be an honour

fran - thanye missus yahtaa, colour!? what?!

sirio - cheers

mr man - yeah i'm not all that with creatures so i tend to steal a lot of design features on the rare occasion that i do them, thanks for dropping by

vorace - thanks very much!

aph - sorry dude maybe if i have time but i hardly ever go back to old pieces

wakazou - thanks

0rozc0 - man thats an awkward name to type ta

lifedrawings from monday that I couldnt be bothered to scan, some quick ones were left out because its a lot of work putting together a3 pages in ps.

.....and a cringeworthy 1st acrylic attempt, far too ambitious but I hope to do one a week from now on, I wasn't gonna post it but I want this to be a real record of progress.

thats it for now

[Brendan N]

Damn dude, you're pencils are really getting hotter - fast. And I dig what you're doing with painter so far.

This last acrylic is actually quite cool, like the looseness. As a start this one's pretty badass, especially considering my feeble pokings at the medium.

glad to see it seems like you're stuck on 5 stars. You deserve em mate, keep posting!

- d.

[[void]]

Thanks brendan hopefully i'll live up to them eventually

Couple of bits that I did for uni.. oh and if you read this blondie thanks for the paintover and explanation gave me some insight, was really helpfull.

[[void]]

Doodles and lifedrawings and gestures...

[cartoonfox]

Gestures look great as usual.

The baby in a jar turned out nice, but the faces don't look like baby faces, they look too old.

Peace out vanilla.

[[void]]

Master study and some gestures from my head.

The study was a bit annoying because hardly anyone came to the class so the tutor kept talking to me so I couldnt concentrate on the thing.

[Call0ps]

love so much your studies, and your monster as well :P the way u render its magnificent. keep it up

[cartoonfox]

Replies for Adam!

The study came out nice, but I don't think your scanner does it justice, looked way better in person.
And that woman was a bit annoying. Interesting, but annoying.

Gestures are cool.

See you tomorrow.

[Konstruktion]

Wow really inspiring sb! Your lifedrawings are beautiful.

[[void]]

Just trying to loosen up using pen making more confident lines.

[nilaffle]

I'm impressed by your ability to lay down such strong figures with a minimal amount of lines. Excellent movement in this last series in pen. Keep it up!

[[void]]

Thanks nilaffle

Lifedrawing today but i've got a shitty cold so they're suckier than usual

mostly 2 mins and some 15's

[Gspot]

kickin figures...those pen and marker ones are my favorite...you do a very nice job in captuing energy with these....very nice stuff as your entire sketchbook is....keep up the good work :)

[[void]]

G-spot - thanks

Painted a monkey for an illustration project just as a preliminary

[JoeEffect]

really like your whole sketchbook(anatomy studies,and gesture drawings,and paintings) keep it up!!!!

[lefran]

ooh monkey =D i likes it. plus theres some great gestures and life stuff
fran

[Sirio_Brozzi]

Dug the figure work(especially the ink stuff, always shows confidence), and the monkey turned out great mate.

This was really damn cool due to how different it is...That blot test look and textural feel, really engaged my senses..It makes me feel as if theres something terrifying and predatory in it trying to emerge.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=95886&stc=1&d=1171856328
Cheers, looking forward to seeing more stuff.

[bhanu]

ao cool man soooooo damn coool you leadwork is just awemazing.

[destinyapocalypse]

yeeeeaahhh nıce connceptt




me work :::::::::::::::::::::::::::>>>>http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=87447

[[void]]

Thanks guys.


Speedy olifant just trying to tackle my colour problem bit by bit whilst trying to make it fit a uni brief. :zzz:

[mentler]

You have a great feel for form <> diggin' the monkey to dude.

Move my show to: http://conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=103

Visit when you get the chance.

[[void]]

mentler thanks will do

just some doodles

[[void]]

An experiment with screen tone

[amer-nazri]

Hi there! I'm really liking your style, your linework is cool and has a sort of 'ruggedness' to it that makes it unique. Also love the gestures as well as the sewing machine. Your shading can probably be given the extra umph by adding dark contrasts, especially against the brighter parts of the object.


amer-nazri

[bunny]

Oh man this is awsome. I love your style and your variance of subject matter.

this guy makes my vagina tingle:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=94297&stc=1&d=1171554325

Keep it up man, I'ma subscribe to this here thing.

[[void]]

Amer - thanks, yeah thats about as dark as i can get the mech to go unless I boost the contrast which dosnt feel right to me

bunny - ... thanks!? Yeah I thought it as phalic half way through but thought i might as well finish

doodled an elephant from national geographic

[Call0ps]

just great, its amazing how u draw everything, any subject and u do it so well :P keep sharing plz! 5*

[Quicksilver]

Heya, long time no see! Great to see you're improving loads - your lines are becoming increasingly confident, and I like it how you're experimenting loads. The marks in this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=105196&stc=1&d=1173398929) piece are very interesting. They all seem to be in just the right place so it doesn't look like a line drawing with random blocks over it. Cool stuff!

Have fun painting - acrylics are awesome. ^_^

Hopefully see ya at the next meet, whenever that may be. Easter?
Ciao,
~~Naomi

[Tigermilk]

Damn, looks good mate, great sketches, screen tone experiment looks awesome. You seem to be switching pencils in many of the drawings, for instance in the latest elephant doodle. Am I wrong? If not, what pencils do you use?

Cheers and keep posting! :)
tigermilk

[[void]]

Call0ps - thanks

Thanks naomi yeah i depends on the financial situation.

tigermilk - Yeah you're right, ive been using a 4b to block in and a mechanical hb for rendering, i've found it suits me a lot more.

WIP painting of a bird from the zoo

[bhanu]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1243693&postcount=459
damn tpost is so free and loose , loved the last two pieces.Adn the next colored one too. great man.

[Call0ps]

love it!! u did a great job on that bird [void]:) brush work and textures are real nice. keep sharing plz

[[void]]

Thanks guys

doodles from today

[Raja]

I like your sketches of the body. I could really work on sketching the body and work on anatomy. The one that caught my eye more would be the color study of the apple and orange. Those are some really nice drawings you have there. :)

[tensai]

some lovely stuff in here mate. nice touches with the pencils and brushes. i like the figure gestures a lot, and this still life (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=95453&stc=1&d=1171772902) came out real sweet.

[Odyism]

From your first page I would have said to learn to have better line economy (sometimes less is more), but you've definitely solved those problems. This most recent page is awesome. I'm also fond of the faces on page 7
Keep up the good work :)

[[void]]

Raja - thank you

tensai - cheers, im not sure what you see in the still life though

odyism - yeah my line economy isnt great, i dont know enough yet to put the right line down first or second time so i hash about


Heres some life drawings from tonight im quite happy with one of them, and some crappy animal illustrations for uni.

[Call0ps]

ncie drawings from life, i love specially your "crappy animal illustrations" :P keep improving your painting skillz

[DanielC]

The life drawings and paintings are solid.
Your sb is growing nicely man, keep working hard =)

[[void]]

call0ps, daniel thanks

Heres two reffed doodles from national geographic and some master studies from gallery drawing tonight, got there a bit late so its probably 30 mins and an hour respectively.

[[void]]

Teaching myself 3d with maya and zbrush, heres my first play with zbrush and maya respectively. Going to have ago with some tutorials later.

[Gspot]

looks like I've missed quite alot since I last stopped by...the life poses and animals are lovely....as said before, really nice progression throughout this thread...keep posting theses goodies :).

[Beelow]

Cool stuff void, It looks like you messing with 3d now hehe! good stuff!XD

[oishiiniku]

You're definitely going about things the right way. Great mix of studies and imaginitive works. Your life drawings in particular are looking very assured and full of life. Don't forget to test yourself on your ref work by trying to recall it from memory and sticking it in the stuff you do from imagination.

Keep it up!

Ta, Nick.

[[void]]

Gspot, beelow & oishiiniku Thanks

heres some doodles from the past coupld of days including some bridgeman studies some non ref stuff and and self portrait.

[Call0ps]

nice shading work, u work real nice with the pencils, volume etc.. keep that brain and hand working :P

[[void]]

Had a go with at a bit of photo compositing inspired by idiot apathy's stuff.

[Brendan N]

Man that roughbutt kick ass, think you could give Tom a good run for his money. It might do well with some more texture and keeping the background as flat as possible, but that's just a personal view. It's really a stunning piece.

The pencils are really good too, like the style you are developing, you are starting to make it your own. Forms read well, line work is awesome, nothing to crit. Keep at it dude, always a pleasure viewing your work. And thanks for stopping by book too :).

ciao!

[Idiot Apathy]

*runs for his money* Hey, I don't have any!

Super cool man, the the perspective you've used - adds so much to it. Love the parts you've chosen too! I recognize some hehe. You might experiment with colorizing the image layers, sometimes I don't like the colors they add in but here I think it mostly works. Great idea putting the town on the bottom, I might have to steal that :D The vignette up top is a bit oogly, probably work better with some color, the general sepia of the painting would proably work.

Not sure how you are blending or cutting up your photo's, I've found that using this alone or in combination with other methods is great. Double click the layer preview to get the Layer Style window, play with the blend this layer if and blend underlying layer if. Make sure you hit alt on the arrows to split them up - not sure what exactly it does but you will get a better blend with that.
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/9521/untitled1bz6.jpg

Chairs!

[MattGamer]

WOW, mate. Love the sketches and the Tom's (Idiot Apathy) style robot. Real nice. Good images make me giddy and lame comments like mine suck. So uh... Chairs! :]

[Quicksilver]

Heya, Ad'! Really liking the paintings - digital and traditional - they're coming along very nicely, and you have a good eye for colour. Nice to see some 3D work goin' on too. Is it hard to do?

Five stars, eh? You must be chuffed ;P

See ya soon,

~~Naomew

[Molly]

- the Velazquez venus study is beautiful....

Nice work in here btw Void, keep at it:)

Mx

[Wasker]

hey, man I love the doodles, they far surpass anything I can make eventhough they are doodles. This fella looks pretty bad ass http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=113244&stc=1&d=1174845394

[Cold]

Your pencil studies are great, void, have fun with them. Your inspiration of Apathy is well pundled together:P

Keep it up.

[Silveraxe]

amazing stuff man, your work is very inspirational!

[[void]]

Thanks guys I'm knackered at the moment so i will reply later.

I went home for easter weekend and these are some doodles I did while i didnt have a scanner.

[[void]]

speedie 20 mins

[Brendan N]

cool stuff as always man.
this one is especially engaging and well done:http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=121165&d=1176330022

dig it all. The speed might use more cooler colours in the shadows, but I like the quick+precise quality it has.

keep it up man,
cheers.

[[void]]

Brendan - thanks dood, Ive got a tidied up version of it i dont know why i didnt post it, maybe later. Thanks though, still being a bit too kind :wink:

Apathy - Haha yeah, always makes me laugh when we have projects in uni and you can see everyones got theyre research from the first page of google images. As for the money I know how you feel. Thanks for the suggestions though man, ill give them a try I love your stuff.

Mattgamer - haha thanks

naomi - i dont know whats going i think i have a shit i for colour, oh well. THe programs are confusing, too be completely honest i think that the five star rating went down in quality when i got one. Nice of people to think so though.

Tekura - Thanks I think i may have made the arse a bit bigger on her...

Wasker - Cheers glad you like

cold & silver axe - ta

Brendan - yeah my colour sucks I'm hoping to deal with it soon, thanks for dropping by.

Just some pencils, trying to use loose lines to find a subject lately i find it a lot better than my usual anal retentive crap, gives more variety too.

[Jamie Romoser]

cool stuff really like that loose land scape you did

[Wasker]

Very cute, my fav so far

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=121165&stc=1&d=1176330022

[bhanu]

what the....nice sketches dude, free flowing stuff.

[Kian]

Coming along great mate :) Top progress