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[Carnifex]

look at latest page for newer works

well,hello again. finally got around scanning my stuff from prague and thus the updating madness is free to begin again. let's start with a big dump:
before the workshop,still at home,c.o.w.:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/badge2c.jpg
my workshop badge (lost):
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/05_praha_workshop_badge1.jpg
right before the workshop,already in prague:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n01.jpg

THE WORKSHOP!
start:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n1.jpg
spontaneous thunderdome (forgot with whom):
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n2.jpg
1-minute pose:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n3.jpg
5-minute(?) pose:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n4.jpg
long pose:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n5.jpg
not getting very far with the poses,until receiving crits from mike hussar(not documented):
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n6.jpg

[Carnifex]

mike hussar helped me on the face abit,rest by me:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n7.jpg
long pose:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n8.jpg
borrowed markers from nike (have to get me some myself):
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n9.jpg
at the room 2a sketchgroup(everything by me though):
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n10.jpg
i love them birdies:):
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n11.jpg
small gesture in upper left corner by android,as a crit:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n12.jpg
random composition theory after android:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n13.jpg
taking one of those and finishing it:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n14.jpg

[Carnifex]

1-minute poses:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n15.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n16.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n17.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n18.jpg
degenesis assignment,first draft:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n19.jpg
second and final draft:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n20.jpg

re-done sketch after android's suggestions:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n21.jpg
14 hours of sleep in 3 days make carnifex emotional(after this sketch i actually went to the toilet and wept,didn't wanna go home):
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n22.jpg
final sketchsession with hurricane,maxetormer,profil and jens(passing around the sketchbook):
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n23.jpg
after 14 hours of sleep in 3 days and 12 jaegermeisters on the last evening the train ride back home was ugly:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n24.jpg
total end of the workshop:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n25.jpg
back home again,newest c.o.w.:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/msgofdeathC.jpg

cheers!
pimp daddy
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/bahme3.jpg

[Denart]

hey man :)
How do you get all the chicks!?!
heh

yeah, that birdie is cool


so what do you do? Attending college? Living at home assembling a portfolio? Abducting girls?

:P

[Carnifex]

i dunno how i get em girls.i never get em till the end though.
anyways,i'm currently in art school.

[BlackGuy]

you stopped pimpin to make some art? Congrats. I like your imagination stuff and your quick poses, but I think you need to work on your values more to enhance your longer poses. good shizzle man.

[Dirty C]

hey dude. yeah, reckon gauge might have a point there. tonal studies might be a good point for you to start looking into - monochromatic renderings of, preferably, still life stuff. that'll teach you a lot about observation (seeing where things lie in relation to each other via vertical lines, for instance). Great to see the progression since Prague.

Keep em coming

DC

[Carnifex]

thanx for the suggestions.:)

[Diego]

sweet new stuff...
I really like these composition studies.
Keep this up.
Cheers

[madplanet]

What a stud. Out of all the new stuff that you posted i really like the workshop badge the best. It's just too cool.

[draw]

Good stuff Carnifex. You seem to have proportion issues with hands and feet. You would do well to study a bit on these they help everything else. Hands are great for expressing thoughts. You have like all, improved in Prague. I like n20.jpg even though it has issues. Keep Drawing!

[Carnifex]

thanx everyone.
draw-spot on! i really need to do that.
madplanet-stud,lol.i don't get them further than the dancefloor.:D

updates coming tomorrow.

[dCepT]

Good lookin' pimp-daddy!

Like dirty_C said, some value-studies might do ya good! The latest COW looks good, but if the contrast was pushed even more, and you lost the underlying lines it would rock!

Keep 'em coming!

peace

d-C

[Carnifex]

ohh loosing lines...that's one of my weakest points. can't work without underdrawing (yet).

[BlackGuy]

i think most artists use understructured lines, just try to clean them up as much as possible when you're done. I usually lose like 80% of mine in the shading, the rest I try to erase as much as I can with a kneaded eraser.

[Carnifex]

after a dsg topic:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/N26.jpg
random doodling:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n27.jpg
hand studies:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n28.jpg
sorry for not having more to show today.

[Carnifex]

totally forgot those,they're from prague aswell:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/contraststudy.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/contraststudy2.jpg
made during marko's random composition lecture,and how to pull attention via contrast.

[Carnifex]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/dragonhuntress2Ed.jpg
done for ch.o.w.

edit: ohh btw i got my first paid art job. someone wants me to do 5 quick portraits after photos for him for about 100-120 euros alltogether. plus he wants to introduce me to some rather important gallery owners. seems rather fond of my work. :^^:

[Carnifex]

just being angry at the world...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/angry.jpg

[Carnifex]

first off,lines for the dragon huntress:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n30.jpg
just a simple zombie with alien slime on him:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n29.jpg
a minotaur!
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n31.jpg
and ye old family portrait:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/n32.jpg

[Carnifex]

*shameless bump*
for those of you who are watching,please mention it at some point. i can't smell you you know,but i'm a horrible attention sometimes who likes to know that kinda stuff.
*end shameless bump*

[Zord]

Nice 2nd sketchbook Carnifex. The zombie sketch you've got is simple but very defined with it's pose. Liking the family portrait too, the family unit's represented by creatures... yes!

[Carnifex]

thanx man.

small full digi today,no underlying sketch.
still unsure if i should submit to this week's c.o.w. but i guess it doesn't get much better than that (except if you have any suggestions).
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/tentacles.jpg

[Carnifex]

decided to take it into c.o.w.
and a joke entry for same activity.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/cleechay.jpg

[character]

hey dude, you've got some good stuff here. you're definitely improving.
here's the paintover i promised in irc. sorry it came so late, lunch crept up on me and i was very hungry, hehe. here ya go. you already heard what i had to say in irc =)

http://www.polylover.com/temp/carni001.jpg

[Carnifex]

thanx for the paintover man.
only thing that troubles me is that she looks less massive,which is what i was aiming for.
well,next time then.
thanx.

[Azeira]

hey carnifex,

idig your crfeatures. formless, unwholesome, nasty things by the looks of them. very nice. and the back bottom girls, as they make the rockin world go round. keep drawing.

Woodruff

[Calle_]

Hey man, looks good, your lineart is good but i have some issues with the renderings ^^ i think u should spend some more time on it, its very scribbly.
good thing u started painting too =)

[Carnifex]

thanx both of you. calle-you're right,i'm too impatient for rendering most of the time. really slow,controlled rendering that is.
anyways,updates:
doodling.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/beeman.jpg
need to study bird skulls again.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/fight.jpg
ohhh got myself an awesome brushpen(which should actually be used for calligraphy).
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/man.jpg
doodling during lessons.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/fight2.jpg
yeah,it really gets boring during art history on a thursday afternoon.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/fight3.jpg
and finally,an abandoned pic for ch.o.w. (didn't participate at all because of lotsa other stuff going on).
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/deviladvocate.jpg

hopy y'all dig.
peace.

edit: arghhhhhhhhh bandwidth limit i hate you!

[dCepT]

Damn... bandwidths suck! I'll check back soon.. can't see nothin' now..

d-C

[Slash]

Man, thats too bad. I pop by to check what our resident pimp has been up to, only to see those bandwith warning. We'll, ill have to pop by later too.

[Carnifex]

hmm,if you are up to the trouble of right-click-copying every url you might pop in earlier.
anyways,thanx for the support.:bashful:

[Carnifex]

(alternative host for this one)
got inspired by the awesome cover for the warhammer skavens book.
got abit impatient at the end.
http://www.renderosity.com/photos/ArtistArticle13179.jpg

[Jens]

mmh i only see the last one

mayby there's a bit too much black in that one

it has some instresting shapes, like on the hands, but the shape on the robe is pretty boring. Remember negative shape is really important. If you would just draw a black silhouette and it looks cool, you'll probably have a cool picture.

If you add design elements like that skull, you gotta make them count. No point in adding a skull if noone will notice it at first glance.

Keep it up man!

[dCepT]

Very good advice from Jens there! The last one is a bit flat.. Gonna put some more work in on it, or..? Could be awesome, just needs a little lovin' :D

d-C

[Carnifex]

probably.
my laptop monitor is fucked up in values,so i can't check how dark it really is.
continued on weekend hopefully.

i'm not sure about the skull. i find it kinda cool that you don't notice it at first glance. but as said,i'm gonna have to re-check the values on another monitor.

[Carnifex]

dryad attacking orcs...worked out rather well.
http://www.renderosity.com/photos/ArtistArticle13191.jpg
abandoned sketch for ch.o.w.
http://www.renderosity.com/photos/ArtistArticle13192.jpg
and the currently finished version for ch.o.w. (might work over it if you have suggestions)
http://www.renderosity.com/photos/ArtistArticle13193.jpg
ohhh and tomorrow's my birthday!

[sone_one]

hey man ;)

finally posting in your sb hehe. you improved a lot and i especially like the last one (chow). the structure there is more believable.

thats probably a matter of taste... i dont know... i hope you dont get offended by me saying this. imo the biggest drawback of your art is the flimsy , unsecure and impatient strokes. and i think you could improve much faster by really studiing things. but well i allready told you that hehe so ignore me ;)

happy birthday man (i know it aint 24h yet but im not good at remembering dates so now is better than too late ;))

cheers und prost

[dCepT]

Hey man! I like the dryad! Also the brushpen stuff is sweet! I'd definately like to see more of that!

I have to agree a bit with sone_one on your shading... If you cleaned it up a bit, let the marks follor the form and such, it'd really bring your stuff up... however..they ARE sketches, and as such they're YOUR interpretation of stuff, so if it's your preferred method, ignore my rambling here..

peace

d-C

[Carnifex]

oh no,your ramblings are most welcome. i will seek to improve that in further pics.
woo birthday!

[Carnifex]

here we go again,new stuff:
c.o.w. idea searching:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/a-cow1.jpg
finished pic(worked directly digital,thus some posing problems,as seen with the shadow)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/bug3.jpg
*gasp!* the workshop book is full!
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/a-end2.jpg

and thus begin's the birthday book! (i got it for birthday,therefore)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/a-begin3.jpg

cu later alligator.

[artkitty]

nice thumbs for the COW!
The loose pencil stuff you're doing lately is a big improvement, I especially dig this guy-
http://www.renderosity.com/photos/ArtistArticle13193.jpg

keep it up!

[Carnifex]

hey thanx for replying kitty. glad you dig.
perhaps we'll meet at the next workshop again?

[Carnifex]

ahhh,weekend-time for updates.
sketch for ch.o.w. saleswoman (after the contest was over though):
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/saleswoman.jpg
random doodle:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/p-fight.jpg
random doodle:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/p-ilgrim.jpg
random doodle(gawd,how many more?):
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/p-dragon.jpg
ref'd from a sculpture in a museum:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/p-refd.jpg
nuther one (gave up):
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/p-refd2.jpg
random griffins:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/p-griffins.jpg

that's all for now,might be i post some more tomorrow (how about a c.o.w. again?).
enjoy.:)

[Carnifex]

tried to convince my sister that any idiot who wants to do good manga needs to study anatomy first,but as any other stubborn anime fuckhead(sorry) she refuses to listen. it drives me totally nuts when i tell her she needs to study humans and she says "i don't wanna do humans,i wanna do anime".arghhh! (and she's fuckin 17!)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/p-mermaid.jpg
(this one done by me of course)

[Zord]

Mr. Fex, nice work on the ChoW with the saleswoman, it's good seeing finished works. I'm liking the digi. you did of the spider-like creature, the thumbnails too. And as far as younger siblings that don't know any better, you just gotta let'em do what they think's right. They'll realize someday... or another. My brother's the same way with other things, and he's 20! So you just gotta wait, and then when they DO realize, you can laugh at'em all you want. Hahah.

[Carnifex]

i just hope she realizes it someday,because it's really pathetic.
atm i can just shake my head.
oh well.

edit: oh an btw,lemme see some star ratings huh peepz? thanx.:)

[Carnifex]

aight,one more, wip for c.o.w.:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/worm.jpg

[dCepT]

I see your rendering is developing! Keep at it, 'cuz it's working :)

I like the griffon on the left hand side... looks more powerful than the two others.

peace

d-C

[Carnifex]

good to know.
yar,he was the first one to be drawn and thus the power still felt fresh.:)

[Carnifex]

whew,i've actually worked quite much this week...even sold one of my pics (not scanned) for 85 euro (well,t'was a comission)...had quite some creative phases...enjoyable time drawing...it might show...
ok,idea collecting for ch.o.w.:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/x-collection.jpg
more:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/x-collection2.jpg
more:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/x-collection3.jpg
found old pics of mine and decided to try and redraw one of em:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/x-kuroneko.jpg
illustrated a short story from a friend:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/x-alien1.jpg
more:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/x-alien2.jpg
redid that mermaid in a rather realistic style (first one slightly inspired by n8 van dyke):
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/x-mermaid.jpg
not as happy with this one:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/x-mermaid2.jpg
and finally,a wip for the final ch.o.w picture.:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/x-battleangel.jpg
hopefully i'll finish the wip tomorrow and get some more pics done before i fly to sweden with my family on 21st.
enjoy!:)

[ogar555]

Oooh! You're coming to sweden? Cool! :)

[Profil]

Hey, let me know where you are going, might be able to meet you.
Btw, nice stuff. Oh, also we need the Prague photos:P

[Carnifex]

i know,i wanna post them too,but i dunno if the server is accessible again.
does pm work already?

i'm going to hällefors,about 1 hour away from stockholm.
hmm would be really cool if we could all meet.

edit: woops,aight about 4 hours. we better think of some other meeting place.or you come to me.;)

[Carnifex]

final battle angel image,quite content with it,although the scan doesn't really do it justice.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/x-battleangelfinal.jpg
enjoy.
and rate this thread if you have time;)

[styler]

damn, looks like your shading skills increased with the last image...or you just put more work in lol. That thing is scary as hell.

[Carnifex]

i guess it's alittle bit of both.:)

[Nutter]

You've pumped out some pretty imaginative stuff since i last visited your sketchbook. Your battle angel certainly looks convincingly lethal, I would define the hilights and shadows a little more, so everything doesn't look like its made from the same material. for example the sword could use some work to make it look sharp and hard.

cheers.

[Carnifex]

ahhh yes,i still have to find out how to shade the difference in material properly. i won't do it on this pic because i don't wanna mess it up. another time. but thanx for pointing out,had totally forgotten that.

[blacky]

Good works. Like the creativity of yours that shines through the greater half of your works.
So far I like the birdy at top the most...
You might want to draw some more from life to make your creatures more believable, so the'd work. I might recomet to give more thought to what image is going to be about, before starting it out.
Those lines might be a bit harsh, cuz you work a lot and are steadily improving.
So long....

[Carnifex]

believe me,i've heard far harsher words already,right when i started out at ca.org f.ex. (i'm looking at you jens;) )
i should probably really go to a zoo for a change...

[blacky]

This would be a fabulos idea. You could also take some different materials along. (not always pencil)
I know I love experimenting with materials, although one should experiment more with what one draws than how or with what materials.
I'd actually like to see some of you earliest posts, if it's still possible. Should be interesting, as I suppose that you've come a long way.
So long...

[Carnifex]

mm i have to convince myself to start with other materials some day. i'd love to try paint but i have no room for it. i'd need a dirty studio to experiment. oh well,here's the first sketchbook,but it's not from when i started out here.
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35375
for a comparison between when i started and what's now,check into the lounge,the "two years on concepart (show your progress)" thread.

[Profil]

4 hours? too bad. Hmm, I don't have the time to come to you:/

[Carnifex]

jep,too bad. oh well,montreal then ;)

[Profil]

Haha, I sure as hell don't have the money for that.

[Carnifex]

d'oh!
someone pick a meeting place fast!

[blacky]

Thanks for pointing oit the thread at the Lounge (never 'v been there) will check it out
Aquarellbased colourpencils work too. Just go out with em, draw as like you'd do with pencils, and rinse and smear em with water at home. Works in the bathroom. Don't even need brushes for it, just your fingers. :)

[Steph Laberis]

Ah, a fresh new start! Did you kill your old thread though? It's always good to archive your oldest stuffs to see the full range of improvement :)

I like that you're exploring digital color with your pencil sketches, especially the bird on your badge and the neato CHOW chick. As far as overall crits go, particularly with some of your life drawings; there are some cases where you are very sensitive to forms and masses, and your outlines show that nicely. There are many other cases where your forms appear stiff and a little too simple (ovals for calves rather than more curvy forms, etc). It looks to me like when you draw, you tend to focus on outlines rather than drawing through the entire form - even when you shade, your cross hatching is sometimes very flat-looking rather than following the forms of your figure.

I guess stepping up sensitivity in those areas would help. :)

[Carnifex]

ah yes,ye good ol' studies. i guess you're correct. i need to go back to anatomy books again for a change,have forgotten quite some things i guess.
the old thread is still available,pics should still be up.
blacky-thanx for the suggestion.

[blog]

very nice pencil rendering carni-face, the next step is contrast. Ya hear me? CONTRAST!

[Capprotti]

Wow Carni, I'm seeing massive improvement and tons of imagination goin on here. Keep it up. You are definitely on the right track.

[Carnifex]

thanx you two:)

[Carnifex]

no art today,and none until after the holidays.(for you atleast)
just tellin you that i'll be in sweden,in a small,small town named hällefors,at vigelievägen 29. so if someone wants to come visit,feel free to drop by.;)
happy holidays and merry christmas everyone!

edit: i won't have internet there,so yeah.

[Carnifex]

finally some new art! didn't do that much during the holidays,but afterwards. left the holiday ones in sweden. but here's the other stuff. enjoy!
male siren?
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/y-crowman.jpg
random weirdness
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/y-strange.jpg
coro inspired
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/y-hit.jpg
my first draft for this week's c.o.w.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/y-crows.jpg
second and final draft for it
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/bloodcarnage.jpg
this week's ch.o.w.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/y-lady.jpg http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/y-lady1.jpg http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/y-lady2.jpg

thanx for lookin and happy new year!
:yayca:

[Carnifex]

bumparoo

[Calle_]

haha you lamer :P
well, just dropping by to say it looks good, still tho i feel you could controll the rendering a bit more. =)
and do some studies never forget the studies, and if u do, post them =)
peace

[katsgod]

You have some really cool creatures here...well done.

[Carnifex]

aight,i'll try.
studies...hmm only studies so far are life drawings,but i'll see if i can take some good pics of em (a3 size)...

[Carnifex]

alright, life drawing update!
first one done with left hand,rest normal.
all except first one from last year.
all of em those which i think are best.
probably got around 100 a3 pages since october last year.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/lfdr1.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/lfdr2.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/lfdr3.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/lfdr4.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/lfdr5.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/lfdr6.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/lfdr7.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/lfdr8.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/lfdr9.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/lfdr10.jpg

[Hiipi]

Bugger....

You have slipped aside my watchful eyes and created a new topic!!! Good onion, mate!

I have to tell you that there is many things I don´t like but there is also things that I do like. The female warrior whatever girly (on the earlier page (the one whoses tits you have as your avatar (good choice, young Padawan))) is totally nice! And the guy with the beak! And WHAT a beak!!! Ha ha ha!!! SUPERBEAAAAAKKK!!!

And about your life drawings... So you have made about hundred and these are the best ones? That is great. That you´ve made hundred. Now do another hundred. And so on... What I get from your imaginery work is that you don´t quite have such a solid base of anatomy and 3D-thinking that they pics would stand out. You know what I mean, there is that firmness or certainty missing... Often you also rely too much on the outlines and then the pics seem to stay a bit flat. They have the texture yes but not forms so much... I´d say do life, think what you did there (and I mean REALLY think!) and what you learned and then, same night do the same pose again as a fantasyfigure from memory or looking a bit of your earlier work... I dunno, SOUNDS good. Never done that myself but just started to feast on the idea that maybe... Ha ha, I am tired...

Hey I will come back since my babbling is only getting worse... Tschüss!!!

[ChromaticCodex]

did you know that you have the second highest # of posts on CA?
You've come a long way since san francisco. Deffinatly try some new matierals doesn't have to be anything messy, try doing some pen& ink or something.. glad to see your playing around w/ color. I'm starting to follow in your example in reguards to keeping up with CA, been a bit neglegent lately. keeping my sketchbook updated & stuff. Your figure drawing is 100x improved... so keep drawing. Who knows what your stuff will look like in another year!

[Carnifex]

hey thanx you two. didn't expect replies THIS late.
updates will follow in about two weeks because i have no scanner...haven't been drawing that much though. had a little crisis...but because i know that the next workshop is coming (first one to sign up wooo!) i have overcome it i guess...gotta get into the habit of drawing daily again.
chromatic,i'm fully aware of my postcount. though i dunno how it got so high. mindless drooling over other pics i guess. you're right about new materials aswell...i've come to the conclusion that pencil doesn't quite fit my needs anymore. gotta start with real colour soon!
hiipi, take a close look at what's under the beak. if you can tell what it is you win a cookie.

[Dirty C]

Crap, dude! From what I remember of your stuff at workshops, I'd have to say your life drawing is really paying off! Good to see some serious progress.

[glikster]

great update! I'm a sucker for life drawings....

[Hiipi]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAHAHHHAHHAAAAAAA!!!

I am too shy for a cookie!!! :D

[Carnifex]

thanx you two.
hiipi ;)

[Carnifex]

because i'm angry that i don't have a scanner until the weekend,and because i finally found a copy of OPEN CANVAS 1.1 online! now guess what: i did a google search for it,and after tiresome searching i find some random forum where someone has posted links to free art programs (2d and 3d). now guess who that person is? dfacto. that's right,ca has struck again! ahhhh i luuuuurve you.<3
so here's a little doodle to bump this thing back up and to show my love for the program (god,really,it's so awesome!). hope it's not too hard on the eyes on your monitor (because my laptop lightens everything),and perhaps even the wpe works?
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/alienOc.jpg
http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd6/128451/test.wpe
later
:lens:

[maxetormer]

Male siren looks asum man, this last digital pice is nice but I feel it lacks
solidity, it need perhaps more deliverate strokes and contrast so that
we can fell the bulk, even if its meant to be a very baloon kinda of material.
I duunno how to explain this on words, try blocking out the main values
in solid color with cero opacy.

I hope this helps a bit, keep on experiment man, and never give up
ill be seeing ya later my friend! :^^:

[Danomight]

Excellent pencil sketches Carnifex :) Good luck with Open Canvas, looks like you're getting the hang of it. Can't wait to see more.

[Carnifex]

well 'ello again,thanx for all the nice comments. i finally have access to the scanner again,although i didn't do as much as i could have. currently in a slight crisis,because all my drawings seem so jagged and uncomfortable. i think i need to try real colours soon,b&w alone isn't doing it for me anymore.
ok,DUMP!

here is where i had a major emotional crisis about art,myself and life in general.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/01.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/02.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/03.jpg
here i had resolved it again somewhat:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/04.jpg
boredom during lessons:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/05.jpg
(with brushpen)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/06.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/07.jpg
then,a light at the end of the tunnel,a sudden itch for kitsch,and just letting thoughts wander:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/08.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/09.jpg
abit of studies:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/10.jpg
sudden rush of adrenaline:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/11.jpg
studies again:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/12.jpg
insect battle :D:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/13.jpg
the itch returns! guess who's grown up...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/14.jpg
finally holidays,random doodling:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/15.jpg
reworking some of my old concepts (which i did for a client i never heard of again back then):
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/16.jpg
not too happy with this one:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/17.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/18.jpg
yar,and this is where i am currently. i feel like i have lost some of my line quality,and as you can see my rendering currently doesn't feel too well aswell.
hmm....
cya next update!(and hopefully in montreal. i'm going for sure)

[Aremah]

Haven't seen your stuff for a while, and now I bumped into this sketchbook. Great progress from where you started in the Illustration Activity. I love the dryad fighting orcs. Keep working!

[Carnifex]

thanx.i'll do my best to.;)

[Morbid]

Nice stuff, I like your creatures and anatomy. I think your shading can be improved. Remember the darkest part of the shadow on the object is where the light tangents the surface so to speak. On the other side of the object usually you have some reflected light. And also this area looks brighter because of less contrast, compared to the very high contrast just where the shadow begins. Thinking about this will make the forms read better.

[Craig D]

good book Carnifex, like your creatures the best,
when your mind wanders as you said I'm not real sure of the result :)

[Carnifex]

when it's late you get strange ideas...
my mind doesn't always wander to those kinda pics though.

[Carnifex]

\w/ /m\
so,i'm taking a few,uncertain steps into the world of insect battle comics.:x
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/insectbattle1.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/insectbattle2.jpg
kinda making up the story as i go,which makes for a very uncertain continue rythm.:$

[glikster]

Nice! I want to see more! I've been missing the insect battle...

[Carnifex]

thanx glikster.

this week's ch.o.w.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/venusredesign2.jpg
not sure if i should apply colour.what d'you think?

[Carnifex]

don't ask me,just stuff...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/anim1.jpg
and half a page of insect battle
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/insbtl3.jpg
cu.

[Tigermilk]

lookin good mister. :)
I wanna see more charater designs, push it!
Although, main thing is to keep the drawing up!
btw, loved the life drawings!

All the best,
tiger

[Carnifex]

thanx,i'll try.

[Zebz]

Carni! Makin' some major progress up in here man! Lovin' the comic stuff and your creatures the most. Especially the big armmed boys. As for your drawing/art crisis, don't sweat it. I still have 'em all the time. Just go do something else for a while. Let yourself see that you ARE improving and that you'll get where you want. I mean, jeez, I should post stuff I was doing 3 years ago. It's like night and day! Anyhow, keep at it and I'll see ya in MTL!

[Carnifex]

thanx man. really good to hear.
yeah,i'm doing far less art than normally,and i question myself all the time currently. but i'll go over i hope.
looking forward to mtl.
cu.

[Jens]

good to see some different stuff from you

that chow is worked out very well, i'd definatly try to color it!

[Carnifex]

i might,although the deadline's over.
thanx for the headups.

[Carnifex]

wow,i actually touched pencil again....it felt kinda good...but then again quite messy...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/26-1.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/26-2.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/26-3.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/26-4.jpg
(warming up with random scribbles^)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/26-5.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/26-6.jpg
(imagine warhammer fonts saying "chess",and some really fancy colour and a better artist;))
cu another time!

[GriNGo]

you're last batch of sketches is astounding. the wizard piece is great, nice composition. i love the lines of "the random scribbles" image you posted.. very nice warm ups.

[newman]

that last one and the one of the treewoman really stand out- be nice to see those rendered up purty...

[Carnifex]

thanx you two.
currently in abit of a crisis again so you'll probably have to wait abit for the better rendered versions.

[maxetormer]

Well you better get well soon cause I wanna see some more goodies
this one put a smile in my face, caracter interaction in the shizzle in this one
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-2-05/09.jpg
I also like the chess designs keep developing em, they are looking good,
I should tell ya to do anatomy and perspetive studies but you are probably
doing em so I sould just shut the fck up :P looking good man DO keep UPDATING! :D

-Daddy Smurf-

[Carnifex]

heyy glad you like my man. i'm gonna try. have been slackin like hell lately.

[dCepT]

Looking better! Seems like your biulding some patience with your rendering now... Good stuff.

Keep 'em coming!

d-C

[Carnifex]

haha tbh i'm losing it even faster these days. thanx man.:D

[Pesmerga]

wassup Carni.

Great progress going on here :) Keep it up dude.

[Carnifex]

thanx pesmerga.


weeeell,i'm at a really fuckin lowpoint in my life.
i feel just alittle bit better now because i'm with my family,but otherwise i'm close to suicide(art-wise atleast).friday night i was out with a friend,who's a total ladykiller(without wanting it),and me,drunk and tired,i just felt like universe had taken all the shit that's left and crapped me out along with it.and my art currently feels likewise.it SUCKS.

idea searching for c.o.w.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-3-1.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-3-2.jpg

i only like the one dude's face aLITTLE bit.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-3-4.jpg

absolute fuckin lowpoint.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-3-3.jpg

trying acrylics.bleh.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-3-5.jpg

my first pic in WEEKS that i kinda like.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-3-7.jpg

and then again total fuckup.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-3-6.jpg

this is the FULL quarterlifecrisis.i've almost forgotten what happiness feels like.(although i had some high moments when watching cartoons yesterday)
taking a break from drawing won't help either,because i'm already doing far too little.
oh well...

emo-carnifex

[Carnifex]

edit:double post

[Gridur]

Hey there!
Great sb you got here, and its soo nice to se such progress from post 1 till the end. But i must admit that my favorite must be the battle angel! really fucking great composition! =)
I'll continue watching for sure so keep up the great work!

[Mort]

hey man. really like the aliens and the bird man.
you seem to get better with every post.
and the chess concepts seem cool. hope to see some colors on them.

[Kresh]

Great ideas you got going in this thread, I really like your creatures. Those workshops seem to be doing you guys good. Nice going on the chess pieces, I would totally buy some fully decked out chess set <---big into chess.

[Carnifex]

thanx for the nice comments guys. makes me feel better.
no colour atm because i forgot my tablet.

[Carnifex]

to celebrate 4000 fuckin posts i got the idea to draw a thank you pic,and BABAM! suddenly i pull one of my best pictures to date outta my ass! ok,i dunno if it really is,but since some two fuckin months of agony this is like heaven! wait,no,it's like conceptart.org/ilovethisfuckinplace.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/yay.jpg

haaa,i haven't felt this good since months!
fuckin ROCK ON CONCEPTART!
cheers.
:yayca:

[Flaskpost]

oh man, awesome!
huge progress since your last sketchbook!
kickass, dude!

[yAdam]

Yeah man, hell of an improvement. I think the one thing I would say that I can see after taking a quick look at your book, is that your digital stuff looks very digital..Taking a more painterly approach might help you improve the appearance of the paints and also you understanding in general, like lighting colour, etc... Would be great to see the kind of improvement in your pencil stuff in your digital work!

[Jens]

In those two last acrylics you're doing the highlights but fogetting your lights. You're putting the highlights above the shadow color. For example on the zombie tentacle guy, the difference between the brown and the black ink shadow in not enough, you need a color inbetween the highlights and the brown. Don't apply it in thin strokes like the highlights, but find the shape the light makes on top of the form.

That last one is one of your best!

[Carnifex]

thanx for the tips on the paints. i ain't used to it so it looks like a 5 year old's work.
yadam-currently i'm trying to learn traditional paints before i start with digital again,but thanx.

[Dirty C]

hehe, 4000 posts? that's insane, you spend too much time here :)

nice pic, dude, you're really coming on :)

[Carnifex]

verily i do.

wow,even another pic!not as good as the last one but better than alot of stuff i've attempted in the last weeks.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/stuff.jpg
(yeah,impatient with rendering)

[Bloodsbane]

Dude! The 4000 fuckin posts pic is the shizznitz! You're here baby, this is the light at the end of the tunnel.

[glikster]

Post more!!

I know you've been in a slump, but just pump out a bunch of little drawings, no matter how bad... fill pages..


I wanna see more!

[Carnifex]

hehe ok...blame yourself glikster...
digital noodling(with contrast in ps afterwards)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/l1.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/l2.jpg

bloodsbane,thanx. although the light at the end of the tunnel might not be necessarily good...;)

[glikster]

Is that all you got?!

Seriously, now we have something to work with...
I think the original had a nice atmospheric perspective to it, if you just upped the saturation in the foreground.

Keep em coming...

[dextermcspice]

wow the picture you did for you 4000th post is big time progress, lets see some more of that.

[Carnifex]

ok...tried your suggestion.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/l3.jpg
(atm this is really all i got because i have no scanner)
geez i suck at landscapes....still much to learn i have.

[glikster]

geez i suck at landscapes....still much to learn i have.
you and me both...

[Carnifex]

yay,finally got to my scanner again!

not happy with it,except somewhat with the legs.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/24-1.jpg
decided to leave the battle angel theme after this one for a while.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/24-2.jpg
graphite,if i'm not mistaken.really freeing as it's very soft and easy to shade with.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/24-3.jpg
end of that sketchbook.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/24-4.jpg

new sketchbook!
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/24-5.jpg
first insecure steps into the world of metal rendering.(aka i.d.w. tests)didn't enter though.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/24-6.jpg
ch.o.w. test(head of the corporation),not successful,not taken further.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/24-7.jpg
a c.o.w. after what seems ages.(giant suicide digger) just kinda hit me,and i sketched it down.pretty happy.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/digger.jpg
random doodling(upper left corner) which resulted in a possible black queen for the chess pieces.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/24-8.jpg
possibly one of my best pieces to date. CTHULHU ARISE!
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/24-9.jpg
and a small doodle during literature at school.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/24-10.jpg

soooo,that's what i've been up till.few pieces it may be,but yeah. i had some big money problems this week which kept me under their foot.
hope you still like it.
cheers!:yayca:

[Carnifex]

just a weird costume design i got through doodling(upper left)
a possible white queen for the chess pieces?
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/25-1.jpg
making those small random line heaps really gets some good shit sometimes.

[Carnifex]

i love em random doodles<3
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/25-2.jpg

anybody there?

[Recursive_End]

Really nice pencils :)
I'd like to see some finished stuff also.
These look good though. You got some good ideas, keep posting!

[Carnifex]

hmm well the cthulhu pic is finished...but thanx.:)

[maxetormer]

Ha, ha yeah now go to sleep now!!! :D thanks for droping around,
looking good man, looking good, the anatomy still has a log way to go,
but the desing are imo freaking lovely I like the armor of this last guy tons,
desinging cool interesting stuff is the key man, everyting else will
arrive in due time, and youv got the rigth skills set to make it happen!
Oh one piece of advise try slowing down your shading, like Marko
said "remeber this is not a race"

[Carnifex]

hey thanx man. yeah i get too impatient pretty fast.

[Carnifex]

no clue what i created here,but it sure was alot of fun.(photoshop)
thanx mattias snygg.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/ncrap.jpg
(now the only question is,how do i get sharp edges in there?)

[Carnifex]

ugh...digital is still a pain in the ass...or rather in the wrist.
gave up on this one.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/ncrap2.jpg
i'll hopefully have access to my scanner again by thursday,so you'll see better stuff then.hopefully.

[Tobin]

ugh...digital is still a pain in the ass...or rather in the wrist.
gave up on this one.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/ncrap2.jpg
i'll hopefully have access to my scanner again by thursday,so you'll see better stuff then.hopefully.

Try putting in block colours and painting some more values over them with a hard edged brush and then blending with the softer brushes..

really like some of your costume designs

[Carnifex]

hmm i'm not too good with english these days...care for a little demonstration? :bashful:

[Tobin]

I dont have a wacom on this computer and as always the batteries in my dads bluetooth mouse are going dead.

there is some stuff that might help you here: http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18980

[Carnifex]

ahh yes i've seen that before. now i understand. thank you.:)

[Carnifex]

paper update!

aight.

short comic for school.
layout and panel planning.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/7-1.jpg
page1:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/7-2.jpg
page2(not finished yet):
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/7-3.jpg
still-life at a cafe:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/7-4.jpg
life-drawing at school:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/7-5.jpg

meeting with sone_one,jaster and some other guys.
collaboration(5 min. each),theme "nymph":
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/7-6.jpg
mini thunderdome,topic "fetish". we let some dames at the next table decide the winner(jaster).
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/7-7.jpg
"high gnome"
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/7-8.jpg

(home again)
inspired by jason's newest revealment on the workshop instructors:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/7-9.jpg
some nymph again.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/7-10.jpg

sketchsession with sone_one,jaster,corky_13 and others.
clockwork collossus? (nah,too small prolly)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/7-11.jpg
collaboration(5 min. each),theme "scurrile 30's singer"
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/7-12.jpg
portrait of sone_one:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/7-13.jpg
"modern society punk":
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/7-14.jpg
possible layout sketch for cgchallenge?
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/7-15.jpg
from head.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/7-16.jpg

well,that's it for this time folks. i'll be away with my family for the next 3 days,but perhaps i'll have something again after that.
take care.
carnifex

[glikster]

sweet updates!


I'm loving the delicate linework on some of these!!

Keep em coming!

Just want to warn you, the woman(?) who's dead in the comic doesn't look very womanly...

[Uziel]

Love the nymphs, battle angle and cuthulu...
Some of those last sketches could use some more contrast/values.

still-life at a cafe //I heard rumours of you starting smoking
->quit smoking sigs dude: it costs a lot of money, it scares away some girls + it's not so healty...but then again, it's your life.

[Friso]

bumpbumpbump

hey Carnifex I like the march 24th update
and damn you for going to Montreal, have some gummibärli for me when youre there, I wont make it :(

[Carnifex]

thanx psylo,i'll try. dunno if they have that there though.
uziel -same could be said for alcohol. oh well.
glikster-hmm...the arms?

[Carnifex]

nothing fancy...
a test for characters i might make into a comic.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/10-1.jpg
just something...probably inspired by wendy pini.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/10-2.jpg

thanx for lookin.

[hurricane]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/10-2.jpg

her arm is strangely bent, no skeleton in it. in alot of places actually!
i would suggest you to take your time and think things through, they all look rushed.

maybe for environments or the speedies, use a graphite stick and put it on its side and use it that way, it's too many lines atm..

keep at it and good progress!
cheers!

[Carnifex]

thanx for the tips man,i'll make sure to test em out!:)

[Carnifex]

have strained my shoulder muscles.

didn't do much.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/17-1.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/17-2.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/17-3.jpg
like her face,but the rest...meh.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/17-4.jpg
rework of an old pic.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/17-5.jpg

well,that's it for the moment. if anyone cares to look more often anyway.

[Carnifex]

just as i thought.

it's all about rendering,eh? or star rating.
bah.

[TheGnoll]

actually, i think its about star rating, reply count and nickname :D

you sure improved a lot in time, and you sure put a lot of effort in what you do.And that actually WORKS ;)

actually, some of these works look really cool, while other ones aren't actually worth posting (i'm talking about the enviro layout in post 149)...my suggestion is post less, draw more.Sit in front of your skeches, check them out, burn the ugly ones, burn half of the decent ones and keep working on the rest...i'm sure the ones that survive the process will be the best ones you've ever done.So just keep on posting, it's not about posting here, it's about drawing (i don't get all the bloody replies i'd like to recieve in MY sketchbook! :D)

keep on posting!

[Jens]

look, life drawing!!!! :D :D :D

[Carnifex]

hm well that's gonna be even fewer updates then...:bashful:

[Carnifex]

well whatever,i'll just continue...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/20-1.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/20-2.jpg

[Profil]

Just bumping you. You know I liked this and would I thought from IRC, because I forgot what crits I gave you. Draw man:D
Oh and try to make your poses more rhytmic

[evildisco]

Carni I will slap you silly if you don't stop being such a downer.
Keep at it, you aren't in the bad shape you think you are.
You can stop drawing when you're in your grave, right now you don't have that luxury.

KEEP DRAWING DAMNIT.

[Carnifex]

ha ok you're slapping me already now...i'll do my best. :bashful:

[Sickbrush]

hey..
the first disadvantage in ur drawings is the line. your line suffers because it takes you more shots to find the right one. also, keep it fluid and cursive, use a smooth line, practice curves instead of small segments joined together..
also, try to develop some sort of personal rendering style and then start using some more bold lighting and shadows in ur works. see u around .. cheers.

[Carnifex]

just a small photoshop doodle to test how "good" i'm doing.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/colourtest.jpg
don't feel too bad about it though,but the bluriness...

pencil pics soon.
probably.

[Lake]

I like the nymph from a ways back. Try putting some more angles into your drawings. The eye recognizes patterns in straight lines more easily than it does in curves. (one reason why you can still recognize objects in cubist paintings)

[Carnifex]

hm,i'm not sure i understand that...kindof..."edgier" figures?

[glikster]

nice colors in the photoshop...
The blurriness is easily fixed by using hard-edged brushes for the edges...

I like the (life?) drawings from the 20th...the first one's shoulders a bit too narrow... but it reads really well.....

oh yeah.. and in the comic.. I think it was the thick forearms and hands that did it...

[Carnifex]

did what? :bashful:
those drawings from the 20th aren't from life,but thank you :)

[Lake]

hm,i'm not sure i understand that...kindof..."edgier" figures?


kinda, yeah. take a look at these life drawings from prostate sunrise and these few from fellah. - you'll see that a lot of their edges are made using relatively straight and concise lines, and your mind fills in the rest of the curves.



http://www.siq.dk/Simon/B-movie.jpg


EDIT: prostate sunrise's hosting appears to be down. content yourself with fellah's image.

[Carnifex]

hm i think i understand...don't draw everything out,so to say.

[glikster]

did what? :bashful:
those drawings from the 20th aren't from life,but thank you :)

Yeah, sorry about the vague response.... I meant in answer to your question when I said that the dead girl in the comic looked man-like....

[Gloominati]

hey, dude! nice sketchbook you've got in here! Nice progress on your figure drawings. Concerning your digital paintings: As you have recognized yourself: All that stuff is waaaay to blurry! try to use more hard edged brushes and perhaps you could try some full-opacity brushes as well so that you can block in those values way more clearly. Maybe take a look at Tuchtens Sketchbook, he uses hard edged and full-opacity brushes a lot.
A few years ago when I used to play tennis, my trainer gave me an advice that you can use in nearly everything you do. Each time when I tended to play that ball into the net way too often he told me that I should try po bash it waaaaaaay behind the base-line. I tred that and tadaaaa, the ball landed exactly right into that damn field. Its the same with painting: If oyu edges are much to blurry, try to make the too hard, so that you can get a feeling to it.

Good luck mate :D

[Lake]

hm i think i understand...don't draw everything out,so to say.


yeah - count on your audience being smart.

[Carnifex]

thanx for the tips and clarifications everyone.:)

[Aether]

Your definetly showing progress. one thing id crit tho is that you seem to use alot of lines which often creates a messy effect. Id suggest that youd try to first sketch the basic forms lightly and then picking the forms/shapes you find fit with heavier/darker(dont forget light 'n shadow tho) lines.

Hopefully that made any sense :)

Good work + keep it up

[Halos Chain]

Crazy cool drawing style! :D this is my kinda stuff, alien like monsters with tentacles and mwaha. I like your shading style, it almost reminds me of amano..neat how all the hatches conform to the shape of the character, it gives it more depth. Looking forward to seeing more of your uber cool pencil shtuff m8!

[Carnifex]

aether,thanks.
halos chain,wow,thanks for the compliments!

ok,time for a fuckin update,don't you think? have been sick almost all week though,so it's not as much as i'd hoped i'd achieve. i feel almost ashamed lookin at some other peeps sketchbooks...

stuff
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/30-01.jpg
stuff of which i only like the pose
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/30-02.jpg
stuff of which i like the far left dude
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/30-03.jpg

a premiere: enviros! keep in mind all of the following stuff was made under weed influence :bashful: (had a sketchsession with friends again)
orc seaport
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/30-04.jpg
shabby bar (although it seems rather cozy to me)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/30-05.jpg
stuff
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/30-06.jpg
stuff
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/30-07.jpg

hopefully i'll get better soon so i can produce more.
see you!

[Miau]

hi dude!
didnt drop a line for ages!
you have some nice new stuff here. some of your pencil renderings are quite cool e.g http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/24-1.jpg
i like that

i can only recommend sketching with a pen, most of your drawings still seem to be unsure, you keep repeating the lines instead of drawing the right line instantly... very difficult of course and i dont say im able to do so :)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/17-3.jpg
thats what im talking about
but when i started to sketch with a pen it really changed my way of sketching. i did a lot of pen sketches.
i think it helped me a lot.

keep rocking

[GriNGo]

carnifex... some good shit around here. congrats! you're latest characters are pretty insane!

[dCepT]

Hey, Carnifex! You've gotten a lot better! Like Hurricane said, though... there are too many lines in some of your pieces... Or... the lines you put down don't read as shading, I think if you took some more time and let the lines follow the shape it'll help... some of your shading is a bit... chaotic... The chthulhu-piece (and a few others at the same level of finish) is looking good, though! It's very apparent that you've spent more time on 'em!

Good lookin' out!

d-C

[Carnifex]

thanx for all the nice comments.
tried some more ink pen doodling today. it is indeed very different and forces you to think carefully before each stroke(which i didn't necessarily do:bashful: ). only thing it doesn't solve is bad anatomy. scribbles in upper left corner are the random shapes from which these things evolved.

random weirdness
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/1-5-1.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/1-5-2.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/1-5-3.jpg

cu:)

EDIT: oh,and if anyone should care,i stopped smoking again.:^^:

[glikster]

t

EDIT: oh,and if anyone should care,i stopped smoking again.:^^:
Good times...
seriously, I like the hatching on the girl's lower body...
and I like the feel on the third one...

keep em up!

[Carnifex]

thanx.

ch.o.w.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/2-5-1.jpg

i'll consider it finished.
again just ink pen without underdrawing.
what do you say?
colour or not?

cu.

[glikster]

pretty cool.. I've gotta say I feel cheated though. I would have liked to see where the organic and mechanical meet and you skipped it. They kind of blend into each other right now...


as for color.. hell, try it...it can't hurt.

[TheGnoll]

argh i'd like to quit smoking too...well, nice updates.Damn, that chow reminds me of mine, i tried a similar approach.You should try coloring!

ciao

[Dreln]

Colour is always worth a shot and hey if ya don't like it, nobody has to know about it:) I can imagine drawing in ink must be challenginf, good to see you trying something different to improve your skills like that.

I really like the action from your 4000 post pic, it hit me right aways as a great dynamic pose with good action.

Good stuff!

[kristian_32]

hey there are lots sketches here NICE! only I think I need to comment on your CHOW the wheels are off and there are many parts on it that's a bit hard to read! uhmm but as you said its not finish yet..... well nice sketches btw I like your 4000 pic

and coloring it I think will make it better..

[hurricane]

nice stuff !
just keep on fighting and try new stuff! the fun part is to incoperate practise (repetition + studies) with imagination.. try to vent your mind as well as your hands :)

cheers dude !

[4rt-r41d]

fantastic stuff! i love the creatures, just keeep em comming!!

[Carnifex]

thanx for the responses.

aight,tried some colour,but i'll have to rework that effin smoke. i tried to go for a more or less cell-shading style on the whole pic,but i'm not sure about it...

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/2-5-1-c.jpg

cu

[Lake]

Three words. DITCH THE LINEART.

clearly, you have a decent sense of color. You can tell where your light source is, and where the forms cast shadow. This being the case, stop using the lineart as a rule and more as a guideline. Paint OVER it, not under. This allows you a lot more freedom when defining the different shapes.

[Carnifex]

but in this case it's SUPPOSED to be there.:(

[Diego]

i like the hatching in your latest drawings, but not forget the the lines holds the shading so as long as your lines are more precise with the form, your shading/hatching will look better.
Cheers

[Carnifex]

thanx.
i'm trying.


aight,on to new pics.

experimented with watercolours. needs more training. and forethought.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-5-1.jpg

trying to go strictly with directional shading. too impatient perhaps.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-5-2.jpg

doodlin
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-5-3.jpg

and a bigger view of the vampire critter,because i had so much damn fun making him. felt like i haven't used mechanical pencil in ages.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-5-3big.jpg

cu next time.

[glikster]

I know how you feel about the watercolor... it seems like you need to plan the whole damn thing out first...

I LOVE that vampire-critter! Show more of that....ool stuff all around in this last batch....

[Carnifex]

thanks.
not as successful/fun to produce as the last one,but i've had this sucker in some scary dreams the last days,so i had to get him out -although i don't think i quite captured the essence of him.
a soul-sucker.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/6-5-1.jpg

[Carnifex]

only mini update,going through alot of schoolcrap right now.
well,actually i did this image just for school cos we're having an exhibition tomorrow(or is that today?damn i should go sleep) for which we were asked to re-interpret old master works our own way. pretty humbling experience for me personally(stupid me always picks complicated stuff),attempting a bouguereau.in graphite.
well,enough rambling,here it is. simplified it on purpose,sorry for the crappy cam quality though.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/study.jpg

might upload more stuff soon.
girlfriend is eatin alot of time aswell.
(omgz what carnifex's got a girlfriend ??!!one11)
getting excited for the last man standing dome...

[maxetormer]

Im really likeing this one
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-5-3big.jpg
and this last one is real nice too, shading looks slighty rushed
on some areas, but overall its got a nice sence of movement,
wich I think is good.
Have fun with your GF bro, having fun is a essential part of doing art :P

See ya later, and hell yeah Im real exited about the TD as well!

[Carnifex]

yah,i got bored by the end(mostly the bg shadin),and then i'm not used to workin so friggin big.it's about 36x48 cm.(and that's quite alot by my standards)

[Carnifex]

some more or less gesture pages, a little comic for school probably?trying to get the important lines down with ink,and the different body shapes of man and woman above all.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/love/l1.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/love/l2.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/love/l3.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/love/l4.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/love/l5.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/love/l6.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/love/l7.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/love/l8.jpg

gah,i need to train legs.

[~Faust~]

Those gestures look tasty :) Looked through your SB, very good progress! Actually, I like the Bougerau interpretation, perhaps the highlights could have been somewhat shinier but nice work nonetheless.

Your pencil craft has emerged a lot since post 1 and with the ink-studies you do, I guess you'll deal with those pretty well. Nice that you try out things like environments as well from time to time.

Always great to see someone that dedicated, keep it up! :D

[Lake]

Interesting. All your people have very spindly, spirally limbs... reminds me a bit of insects. Dunno whether that's good or bad, just what I see. I'd suggest trying to work either simpler or more complex than you've been working, especially for that comic. You can take it several ways, but it looks like you're mostly undecided right now. I know that that's not real insight, but it's what I got. Go fig.

[Undertow]

Hey Carni, focus on more life drawing and foundation skills brother, it'll help a ton with your work!

[Carnifex]

thanx for the comments guys,been abit down lately.
anyways,this is most probably the last update before the workshop,and i'm pondering if i should start a new sb thread after that again. you tell me.

just random stuffs all around:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-6-1.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-6-2.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-6-3.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-6-4.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-6-5.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-6-6.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-6-7.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-6-8.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/5-6-9.jpg

dawned upon me that i've become to reliant on my rendering,so i'm trying to work abit back into lines again.
cu

[hurricane]

what undertow said !

cheers dude and keep on working!

[Lake]

sup.

If anything really needs work in your sketchbook, it's that you tend to really throw off your balance. Use plumb lines and action lines to generate equilibrium.

I find that the hardest thing in the world is to draw action poses, because oftentimes they're UNbalanced and it's difficult to get them to look balanced anyway.

[Carnifex]

thanks björn.

sloppily coloured an old sketch of mine with a mouse.
afraid of the workshop journey.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/alien1.jpg

edit: holy crap look at that! 4800 posts! and that on 06/06/06!

[Tom Garden]

hey man - good sketchbook - my main trouble which i think you could improve on and would radically change your work, is your thickness of line, and how you are ursing line.

I noticed most of your work has a consitent line thickness and weight to it. And this can make the forms look very flat. Your figure work and actual content is great!!! Your really improving on that.

At the moment in places of highlight there are very thick shading lines - you really want to be going for much thiner and lighter lines here. and i think you will see a great improvement :) Also - really try and work back into the drawings with an eraser for the highlights :)

hope it helps :) keep up the good work(with thinner lines :P)

[Quinster]

Some real trippy stuff here Carnifex! I like it, although I must inquire: why does there seem to be a reoccuring theme of people being devoured?

[Pixeldragoon]

Post that page in your Sb from the workshop man.. that one day at lunch...


CTHULULULULU PENIS!

[Carnifex]

sorry pixel,that'll have to wait.:bashful:
quinster,didn't notice that.:)
tom,thanx,i'm always tryin to work on that.

aight,i'm going on holiday with my family and after that i'll most probably start a new sketchbook; so here is a last closing sketch.
you're gonna see the finished pic in a few days probably....so have fun.:)

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/LMS2-Carnifex.jpg

edit: and needless to say,the workshop was a blast.

[guggemmaneuver]

good lookin stuff cabbuddie...keep the awesomeness rolling

gug

[MattGamer]

i like the alien and tons of sketches you have in here. keep working on form even if you feel it's making you go mad! i have to do the same everyday.

real sweet you got your face painted @ the workshop. kudos to you! did you get to keep it?

[Mag-Neo]

-Hi, i like your sketchbook. :) it is all very nice stuff... GOODLUCK... :spam:

[blanquish]

love the gestures, so much mood in those lines

also with your fine renders, drop the lineart, looks way more realistic

[JERI]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/study.jpg

Never mind the camera quality, this is the coolest one on this page.

[KixX]

oh god, I love it to see a artist improve :D Very nice creatures you got going here, dont you ever stop posting!

[Carnifex]

matt-i'm gettin the one ds made,and probably mike hussars aswell.
everyone else,thanks for the kind words.

just alittle something until i've come around scanning.
mayhaps i'll keep this sb open instead of starting anew one again. what do you say?

[hurricane]

the last one is really cool

[Carnifex]

thanx hurri,although i'm ashamed to admit it's just a cheap-ass filter slapped on one of my latest paintings. i like the effect though:)

alright,i've decided not to start a new sketchbook but to keep this one going,so consider this a GRAND RE-OPENING!

from the workshop and abit after.

[Carnifex]

from my holiday in sweden. was really fun and relaxing.

[Carnifex]

and lastly,home again. plus...

my finished lms 2 entry
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b363/siansaar/Carnifex_RoundOne_TD.jpg

this week's ch.o.w.
http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd6/128451/carnifex_35_ladylake.jpg

[Sirkenneth]

You have an awesome style! I love it! neat drawings--keep at it!

[Carnifex]

thanks:) i fail to see myself what my style is though :)

anyways,a small pic to celebrate my 5000th (!) post.
this is approximately what i feel like when i'm on ca.

[draw]

Great imagination keep going!

[Carnifex]

i'm in abit of a down phase right now. everything looks shit to me.
meh.:\

[TheGnoll]

something good must have happened to you recently, there's definately some improvement going on.Stuff in post 223 and 224 is looking very good.I woudn't have coloured those lizard characters but (i would have just rendered them in pencil) but they look good.Nice to see some good studies and a better design sense.Keep on this way, its getting better and better ;)

ciao

[Farvus]

I've watched all pages of your sketchbook. You have really good imagination. I especially like the dwarf with warhammer drawing.Try experimenting more with media. Maybe also do some drapery studies for shading practice.

[Carnifex]

thanx for the suggestions.
i'm still battling my down phase,so it's hard to get something the way i want it.:\

[sone_one]

nice improvement man,,, keep going

[evildisco]

Looking better Carni, but somehow I feel you rush things.
You should take a little more time on your work so that it looks a little less deconstructive and more solid.

Cheers pimpmeister.

[Carnifex]

thanx guys.
evil-you're absolutely right. as said,i'm currently not feeling so good,which leads to me disliking every pic i make halfway through and rushing through the other half.

yesterday i managed to draw a better one though. atleast i had fun enough to take time for it and ended up liking it. :)
(second one)

[dire-musaera]

i like how meaty your work is.

[Carnifex]

meaty? first time i hear that. heh,thanx:)

just alittle test for a possible webpage menu.(each of the symbols,including baby and head of the creature stands for a menu point)
i'ma scan some other stuff later.
i'm slowly feeling better again.

[Carnifex]

i've decided to go for a simplet webpage,but i'm still in search of a host.any suggestions?

now for some scanned stuff.
i think i may just have overcome my depression again. for the moment i'm feeling pretty good again while drawing.:)

might take the first one further.
second one is for this week's chow.

[darkwolfb87]

Hey carnifex,

I like that first pic in your last post, but I see two things that could push it further: because of what's happening in the image, it would help to make the point of view from over the shoulders of the monsters, and if the woman is supposed to look totally defensive, her legs could be much closer together, trying to take up as little space as possible. Hmm, it would also be interesting for each monster to have very different expressions :)

~ Stephen

[Carnifex]

i'm shamelessly bumping this to announce i've finally got a portfolio/website.

www.fitzinger.net

by yours truly. thanx.
(ohh thumbnails work,cool)

[dCepT]

Thanks for dropping by my SB! The very last on this page shows some definate improvement! The shading works very well compared to earlier stuff!

Good stuff! Now keep drawing :P

d-C

[Carnifex]

thanx man (also for commencing page 5 here)
unfortunately I've been extremely unproductive the last few days. but on the other hand i met some old school mates of mine and we had a blast spending far too much money on drinks.
and while fighting a little hangover today i actually did something again. though,as i'm sure you can tell,i got bored (and rather unsatisfied) towards the end.:nohope:

[Listing]

Some interesting work. Keep tightening your understanding of figure modelling with more life study. Did you create your avatar (it's great)?

[Carnifex]

unfortunately not,a very good friend of mine did at the last workshop. but i think i'll try some painting myself soon.:)

[j a k e]

Haven't seen much of Mike Hussar around the interweb these days, wish i did though.

Carnifex i love how youve put so much constant effort. Great progress, and i hope it never stops.

[hurricane]

cool stuff carnifex!
remember, take your time ! don't rush it

cheers buddy good stuff!

[ricksmith]

hey there carnifex. i've been snooping around your SB for some time, but this is my first comment...

you're really showing some improvement. the sketch you posted yesterday has some great emotion and energy in the guy's face. you've got some great rendering in the face there; the nose is great and he really looks pissed about something.

you should consider doing some life studies of the way cloth folds and drapes. that will help you bring the clothing of your figure up to the same level as the head.

keep on truckin'!

[OleOlsen]

cool stuff and nice ideas...but what really catched my eye was post 221...it has a great atmosphere..reminds me a lot of the sin city novels...greetings to the fullest

[Carnifex]

hey thanx for all the response guys.
hurri -i'm tryin workin on it :bashful:
smithrc -same as above.

ok,on to new stuff. the girl is a ref study from some catalogue,obviously rushed though. the hairdoes are from ref aswell (rushed aswell,just for testing purpose). second selfportrait is obviously in marker. did some more stuff of course,but i'm not gonna scan it because it looks awful (including some crappy anatomy studies).
thanx for lookin,thanx for c&c,and hope you like.:)

[Lot]

Excelent pencil work carnifex, congratulations, have a recomendation,
make more long trazos ( spanish ).

Lot