~~Quicksilver's trying and draw well. Help appreciated!~~ (UPDATED - 26th July '08)

[Quicksilver]

Jon: Thank you~ I've drawn half a page of fast cubes, but haven't scanned it in yet. Will do when I've drawn some more!

Josh: Thankye, deary~ In my next unit I can direct my work moreso towards concept design, wheee!

Franilington: Haha I used to do that in college if I could, but with the project briefs I had for the last unit I couldn't really do that. Anyhoooo, here be the goodies...

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NARRATIVE
"Once Bitten, Twice Shy" by Aesop

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/obts1.jpg
A house was overrun with mice. A cat which discovered this went there and caught and ate them one by one.


http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/obts2.jpg
These continual losses scared the survivors into their holes, where the cat could no longer get at them. So he decided that he must entice them out somehow.

He climbed up the wall, hung himself on a peg, and shammed dead...


http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/obts3.jpg
But one of the mice, peeping out and seeing him, said:
'It's no use, my friend; I'll keep out of your way, even if you do turn yourself into a sack.'


FASHION:
Only showing some sketches...wasn't fussed on the final pieces.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/f1.jpg

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/f3.jpg

REPORTAGE:
Went to Covent Garden to do some sketches/research/stock up on art supplies

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/r_sb.jpg
Here’s the sketchbook I made using paper ripped out of a Fabriano sketchbook that was given to me, amongst other materials, for this course.

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/phonebox.jpg

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/happyfeet.jpg

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/starbuckspoo.jpg

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/girl-in-market.jpg

Think that’s it from the stuff I actually scanned before handing it all in. Would’ve gotten it back today but they wanted to make copies or something.


Anyhoo, cheers for stopping by and if you have any suggestions/critique/free food, hit meh! :D

~~Naomi xxx

PS: I've made a thread in the Lounge - please take a look and post your opinion if you have a spare moment.
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=110827

[Eric Cartman]

really like your sketches,actually inks are simple,expressive and full of life.

[lefran]

the mouse in the bottom illo is soooo cute! also love the sketchbook youve made! i love the metal bead thing- very cool
some very naomi brush pen sketches which look nice, the second one on the close up looks a lot like you? i like it a lot :)
look forward to see the rest of what youve been getting up to when you get it back :D
Frannnnnington

[Bones Weep Tedium]

your custom made sketchbook looks ace!

[Juhani Jokinen]

That selfmade sketchbook is just pure pwnage! Great work on the drawings and illustrations too. Love the style

Keep up the nice work :)

-Juhani

[Diphallia]

I love your brush style!
this one (http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/f3.jpg) is one of my favorites :D
Moar updates :)

[Kronos]

Great to see you posting again, like i just said on msn the cat and mouse illustrations are really nice. I like the victory girls tribute piece and the fashion sketches too.

looking forward to more :)

[Quicksilver]

Here's a quick update 'cause I gotta go soon. Will write up replies next time.

1.) Spheres - general exercise
2.) WIP - crits appreciated!

Thank you!!

~~Naomi

[Juhani Jokinen]

Those spheres look nice! I also like the pose of the girl but I think she has some anatomy errors, especially in the shoulder/neck area. Try to search for a reference with a similar pose and go from there :) And I wouldn't use pure black in the shadow areas, but this is just a wip and you probably knew that :)

-Juhani

[dannE-B]

Hey your recent stuff is really impressive...some fascinating ways of working too. Oh and am i right in thinking you study at AIB?? i study Animation there?

[Bendragon]

Hey Quicksilver! Always good to see a fellow AIB member around. Brush pen FTW indeed! I really like your use of it where the strokes goes from a dry look to a wet stroke. The cat and mouse pieces has some nice complimentary colours. I think on the first image you could define the cat's form better. Its mostly the edges thats the problem it seems to be on the same plane as the other parts of the cat. If you could paint some of the edges so that it has the illusion of going further away (maybe soften the edges and have the values change towards the edges like the spheres) I think itll look a lot better.
Looking forward in seeing more! What course are u on btw? I might drop by sometime. See ya!

[Quicksilver]

Eric Cartman: Thank you :)

Fran: Hehe, cheers!
"some very naomi brush pen sketches which look nice" - yay~ :3 Thankoo. Erm, yeah, I had to pose for the second one which is probably why it looks like me, though I did try to void that ^_^;

Bones Weep Tedium: Cheers~

Anthriel/Juhani: Thank you~ Will have a play around with the shoulder area, though I think I might just need to lift her left (our right) shoulder up a bit.
Just calibrated my screen and nooooow I can see what you mean about the shading - will fix that. Yay for better colours!

Diphalia: Thanks!

Tom: Chaaars, was nice catching up a bit earlier :)

Prophet: Thanks :) Aye, I'm in AIB too - I'm in my first year of Illustration, but have been offered to go up a year....dunno if I will or not yet though. Haven't you lurked around the UK thread from time to time? Why haven't you come to a meet??! :P

Bendragon: Heya, cheers for the crit. Makes sense....will think about those things more in future work (I prefer to leave old pieces be instead of re-working them. I'm studying Illustration in the room opposite the Arts Bar?

Cheers for posting!

~~Naomi xxx

[Quicksilver]

Jens: Thanks! ^_^

1.) MOAR CUBES!!! :lens:
2.) AIB Library.....bored.
3&4.) Experimental stuff done in uni
5.) Skull study (brush pen, la~)

They're pretty much doodles, bar the last one, but feel free to crit away! :mittenbop:

[lefran]

Hey Gnomey! Love the cube! looks like a Pablo i'm thinking!
Also liking the looseness of your lines with the brushpen sketch on the toned paper, cool skull also - quite a lot of emotion an movement in it i think :)
Franbo

[Juhani Jokinen]

Thanks for the post in my sb! I like the latest updates, especially the skull which looks extremely nice.

Keep up the nice work

[Bendragon]

Hey! Very nice observational work. As usual, your penwork is very strong. It would be great to get your imaginary stuff towards the level of confidence and solidity u show in your referanced work. A method I find helpful in this area is to do some master study (of who ever u want to gravitate towards) and then try and reproduce some work in that style (so that it looks like the artist your studying actually drew the pictures you just produced!) in observational work... then from your imagination! Personally I find this technique very helpful, though its quite a tough challenge.
Annnnnnnnnddddd... That skull is fantastic! The values helps the drawing read. The lines follows the contors. Very solid study! Would absolutely love to see more drawings at that level!!!!

[Quicksilver]

Fran & Anthriel: Thanks! ^_^

Bendragon: Thanks~ Yeah, studies are easy to do 'cause I just draw what I see, but I need to up my understanding on everything to get my imaginative work on par :S Well, that's what my time in uni is for anyway! Haha.
Ah, good advice - I'll try it out :) Was actually thinking about doing Master study earlier, but painted this instead [scroll down].
Would be cool to meet up sometime man, get a lil CA Bournemouth crew goin' :P


Here's a WIP. C&C much appreacited!!

[lefran]

hi Gnomey, i think her left eye ( our right) is still placed a little high,so i think the cheek at that part is a little wide because of that, i also think that maybe her eyes could do with a little more suggestion of form. The septum looks better like that i think, but i think it could possibly need to join a bit smoother to the top lip? im not sure. Hope that Helps Gnomey, looks like it will be a nice piecem :)

[Serpian]

Nice sketchbook you've got here! I like your pen stuff the most. They've got so much energy compared to many of your digital works. SO... more pen stuff for my viewing pleasure, and more photoshop for your improvement!

[Quicksilver]

Franbo: Chaaars :)

Serpian: Hehe, righto ;P Thanks for looking, and cheers!

Bits'un bobs from today's workshop in uni. Rowland Dry came in to teach us some stuff (most of it I knew from being here, haha :yayca:). Sorry about the picture quality.

1.) Drawing with pattern(s)
2.) Limited palette
3.) A sketch....kinda liked it at first but not so much now after looking back at it. Probably 'cause the face is wonky.

Thanks for dropping by! :mittenbop:

[Diphallia]

Niiiice, I like your style. :D
It's a bit asian isn't it?
imo it is. :P

[Bendragon]

Nice work again! I think in the middle piece the character grows more narrow as you get to the bottom. Not sure if this is intentional or not. You could probably add some curve to the legs like you did with the arms.
I'll get back to ya with times for the meet too! Cya!

[Quicksilver]

Diphalia: Cheers! :) And I am Asian :P Half Chinese, half Vietnamese if you must know.

Ben: Thanks! Erm, I think it might've been a bit intentional - so it had a slim, point silhouette. It now comes in three different varieties~


I took the middle painting from my last post and 'Huntsmaned' it ;P

Cheers for looking, feel free to leave comments and the like :mittenbop: xxx

[Badger]

Looking nice Naomington! I'd like to see some of these integrated into backgrounds, and throw us some crazy dynamic poses!
Hope uni is going well! Miss you guys.
-B-

[Quicksilver]

Josherino: Hee, will try ^.^; Working on ChoW 100 atm, which kiinda involves both? Let me know what you think....
Miss you too man, it's been way too long since we all met up. :sadcheerleader:


A WIP and a close-up of my ChoW entry thus far. The topic is Medusa, and in my version she's sitting on a throne sculpted from people and animals she'd turned into stone...

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/wip/wip3.jpg


http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/wip/wip3_close.jpg

Thanks for looking! C&C welcome~

[Quicksilver]

Worked on the face and animals:

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/gallery/wip/wip4_close.jpg

Time for bed!! ZZzzzzZzzzz......

[Kronos]

Hey, once again im talking to you on msn while i write in your sb :P but. these two are really great!

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=248260&stc=1&d=1196203969

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=250005&stc=1&d=1196374778

talking to you about CHOW now :D

[Quicksilver]

Tom: Thankoos~~

K, biiiiiig update with random crap which isn't really worth critiquing but I'm gonna upload it all anyway.

Cheers for lookin'!

1 & 2.) Medusa WIPs
3.) Some faces
4.) Study
5.) Random doodle of some sort of fly thing
6.) Magical Trio sketch - meant to be a Christmas to lefran and Badger last Christmas but didn't get round to finishing it :/ I will some day!!
7.) Bournemouth Pier - went to a lil Bournemouth meet last Saturday
8.) Kitchen - drawn whilst waiting for my casserole to cook!! Man they take ages...
9.) Evil Genie - Quickly sketched this last night after being asked whether I was gonna enter the current ChoW.
10.) Speedpaint of a mug. Fascinating stuff...
11+.) LIFE DRAWING!! AT LONG LAST!!!!! ;o; Ran out of paper after the first few sketches so I had to use my A5 SB. Life Drawing + small paper don't go too well together, methinks.

[Bendragon]

Hey! Observational studies are looking good. Some confident linework especially in the pen and brushpens! Some of the straight lines in your hatching can flatten parts of your drawing - like on the right side of the observational drawing of your sketchbook. My tutor pointed this out on my work recently so Im quite conscious about it recently haha! Varying the line weight and drawing round the contours will solve this methinks.
The evil genie sketch has a more solid construction than your other imaginary work. What ever you trying worked there :) Also liking the still life! Good form and nice hard edges. Will there be more? Looks like a good exercise.
Yay for life drawings! Your quick ones seem to have better constructions than the longer ones. Though its probably cause you switched to a smaller paper size. For the longer poses I think you should approach it the same way as you do for the shorter poses and then refine that short pose drawing with the rest of the time. Gud gud gud!

[Quicksilver]

Thanks, Ben!! :D Yeah, I keep forgetting about shading in the direction of the form until I block it all in with flat lines. Guess I should start thinking before drawing, eh?
No idea what I was going for with the Genie sketch - did it in about 4-3 minutes - but I'm glad it turned out okay :) Now to find out how to do that sorta thing consciously lol
Yah, studies are defo useful, and I admit I don't do anywhere near enough of them. Eep...
Life drawing was great!! Defo need to bring my own paper next time - A5 is painfully constrictive.

Thanks so much for always giving helpful crits and advice, mate. I really appreciate it :)

Here are some photos I took on a uni trip to Lulworth Cove. Beautiful place, crazy weather. Hope you like them~

1.) Chain
2.) Fence (close)
3.) Fence (sepia)
4.) Gate
5.) Rocks (my favourite :))
6.) Shadows

PS: Sorry about the picture quality on some of them - I ran out of battery on my cammy so some of them were taken with my phone.

[Trashy]

Hey Quicksilver,

Thanks for dropping by my sb. I think your traditional work is looking great. pretty good loose strokes and I really like those brush pen pieces. In terms of digital stuff just work on your lighting more. I think working in greyscale will really help you. Take a look at that Glen Angus piece you did. You got the values down real good there.

Hey, I really dig those photos and the second photo on the top right.

Keep it coming! You got awesome stuff happening in this sketchbook.

[Quicksilver]

Trashy: Thank you! Yeah, you're right - should defo work in greyscale more, or maybe purely work in grayscale (digitally) until I get my head round values and the like. Dunno why they're so hard for me to sink in :/
Many thanks for the compliments :)

MOAR LIFE DRAWING!! :lens:
Drew quite a lot in today's class, though most of them were really rubbish - like my marks were restricted or something. Got some slightly better results on the longer poses though. Only took pics of the okayish ones this time:

[Ovad]

hello, great things you got here, nice speedpaints, i love to see some more of your stuff, ill be near :)

[m0uS3r]

your art looks very good can't c the bad things only a loot of improvment ... o and BTW i havent got any reference on those character designs :D

[Bendragon]

Hey hey! Someones good with the camera :)!
Just to add to the greyscale talk - something I find useful (for digital anyway) is to make a desaturation layer that sits on top of everything else and you can use that to check your value. I think you make it by going into
layers> New Adjestment Layer> Hue/Saturation. Then drag the saturation slider down.
Yup yup, these life drawings are looking better! Liking the line quality. What I really like in your quick poses is that theres some drawing inside the figure as well. I think you can bring that into the longer ones too.
And Happy New Year (for tomorrow)!:mittenbop:

[Jorge Gecov]

Great stuff! Like the last one.

Cheers,

[Quicksilver]

Ovad: Cheers, hope to see you about :)
m0uS3r: Thanks! And hey heeey you're getting pretty damn good yourself!
Ben: Thanks for the suggestions~ I tried that Desaturation layer thing and got confused. Do I have to fill that layer with anything first??
Jorge Gecov: Thank you.

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1.) Quick and random visual ramblings with le brushpen.
2, 3 & 4.) Sketches from Gunther von Hagen's BODY WORLDS 4 exhibition. Was hot as anything in there and people kept standing in front, grr. Goofed up some of the proportions, but they were good do draw anyway.
5.) Really quick biro sketches on the way back to Manchester.


Cheers for looking! These are mostly quick bursts of ink, but any advice/suggestions/critique would still be welcome :)

~~Naomi

[Eclair]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=152176&stc=1&d=1181645767
is so soft and light.. i like it!

and another works are great!

[Quicksilver]

Thanks, ekler :)

Some life drawing...

[lefran]

Heya Naomi- really like your evil genie sketch- a brush pen seems to be what you feel most comfortable with :)
Also like the photos, in particular the first one- its a lot more interesting composition i think.
I also like the body worlds sketches- the lines are a lot looser which looks cool ( im a bit of a fan of pen hehe)
Life drawing is looking cool, but i would say maybe watch the faces in some of them
Anywho, cool stuff, had fun this weekend!

[Dirty C]

Hey!

As I was saying earlier on MSN, try spending the whole long pose doing the line drawing and getting that as good as possible. I think it's more important to spend the time getting good at that one aspect - which underpins everything else - than trying to achieve a finished drawing which you'll never do in half an hour. Or if you do, it'll be seriously compromised.

Oh yeah, and work on the abstract shape of things before considering the actual anatomy. Because the abstract shape of the entire form contains all the proportions. Don't bother with all that 'eight heads' shit, it doesn't really work.

Anyway, nice one and keep at it. Sucks to hear they don't have any life drawing in your course though - universities suck huh?

[WARHEAD]

Hey babe,

You've got some cool stuff here - you're really progressing with your sketches. I think it's time you upped your game and start tightening your pencil stroke and line weight - make things pop out etc and finishing stuff to a higher level. Great Stuff ! :mittenbop:

[Quicksilver]

Frannigan: Cheers! Yeah, inks all the way~ :)
Christian: Thanks! Will defo try doing that next time and focus a bit more. Yeah, sucks that the Illo course in Bournemouth don't have life drawing - I swear practically everyone else does though :(
S***l: Thanks, honey! Okies, will have a go.....my update isn't really a good exmple, but at least there's some shading in there, haha.


Really really quick update 'cause I gotta go catch a bus. 20-minute sketcheroo!


Cheers :)

[Bendragon]

Ach! Im no good with words, hope you dont mind me posting an image about it here. Once you followed those steps, you should get a new layer that you could turn on and off to check the values. Something I use a lot, maybe helpful.
The meet really must have inspired you, these recent stuff are looking great! Loving the train sketches. I think your hatching and shading works best when they are following one direction like on the drawing on the left page it really works well. The page opposite has a lot of lines going against each other. Just need to be a lil bit more controlling and selective with them :)
Really Really liking the life drawings! I remeber being impressed during class! Keep it up.
The latest update shows better control of the hatching/ shading. Maybe push some of the values so wee can really tell where the light is coming from. Remember the spheres :)

[markey2d]

hey there, u go to AIB, that where i wanna go wen i finsh my course next year.

you life drawings are good but i think you should work on the gestures of you lines, vary line weight. and on your tonal stuff remember to contrast, get the absolute black from your pencil and use the absolute white of your paper.

really nice SB. :)

[alice_]

loving the skinless people! :D

nice lifedrawing gestures too, actually I don't think I had a chance to look in your sketchbook, maybe next time?

[bakatron]

go crazy with your strokes - large big large strokes. press hard, press light - opposing curves is when your work looks best :)

[Quicksilver]

Ben: Ahaaaa, I getz it. Cheers, will try it out :) Ah yeah, the page on the right was scribbled first, then the one on the left, which might explain the difference between the two in terms of control (and the train stopped for ages; stupid delays...)
Spheres, spheres, spheres.....I don't understand how something so simple still manages to escape my mind!!
markey2d: Cool, what are you aiming to study? Cheers for posting
Alice_: 'allo 'allo! Was nice meeting you in the Manchester meeteroo~ Er nope, don't think I passed my SB around, haha, but yours is cool!
bakatron: Thank you~ Can you give me an example where it worked?? I'm a bit blind to these things ^_^;;

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1.) Started painting an old character design (courtesy of Kian and SummerPudding, haha). Click here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1371896&postcount=233) to see the original sketch.
2 onwards.) Stuff from life drawing today. Took Dirty_C's and WARHEAD's advice and focused more on the shapes and tightening up things in general. I quite like how the last one turned out. Sorry about the crappy photo quality - the lighting in my room is rubbish and the ol' cammy doesn't like it if there isn't much of it around.

Cheers for dropping by! All C&C welcome~ :D

[lefran]

that wips looking cool :)
also life drawing looks wicked- the ones on toned paper i like in particular- last one is awesome!
Franington!

[nyssa]

Hey nice work! Like all the girls you draw and the paintings.
I'm looking forward to see more of your drawings!

[Bendragon]

The wip is looking very promising. Could be on to something there.
Your quick poses in life drawing still has better constructions than your longer ones. Looking at the quicker ones, I can see them looking great if they were rendered out more in the longer poses. Take the liveliness from the quick poses into the long ones and then render them out :) The quick studies has wonderful overlapping lines that I really would like to see everywhere else.
Maybe block out the whole figure quickly and draw the whole figure at once before going into refining it. So if youre working on one shoulder, jump to the other one and keep working up all over the figure at once. It'll help you keep an eye on the whole figure.
Cheers for the help the other day! Im actually looking forward to building the site!

[James Wolf]

nice stuff :), I love the evil genie sketch! amazing line work.

[Rudeone]

Hiya, some very nice stuff in here! Your sketches and studies in pen and pencil are excellent!
I think your digi paintings are lacking some subtle touches of different colors in skintone, which makes 'em look very monochrome. Try some red-ish touches in the nose, cheeks and ears area. Some blue, green, grey-ish shadows. Maybe exagerate it a bit. Also some stronger highlights might work as well.
Just my 2 cents :)

[markey2d]

hi there,

well im torn between animation and illustration, so im kinda lookin to gather over the next year and a half as to which one to choose.

l8r

[joaKimArt]

The girl in the last looks nice.

Nice SK btw. Keep it up! :)

[zephyri]

Really enjoyed myself looking through this SB, naomi! I think even in the last few pages you've come on loads, and the life studies are definitely showing more signs of confidence, the pencil work on that last toned one is looking great! I think it was bridgman who tried to capture the form of the muscles in as few lines as possible... perhaps doing a few studies from one of his books would give you some insight into the shading thing.

Love your affinity with jesters too, the thumbs on the last page of the purpley black lady were looking great, would love to see a fuller version of the character from one of them. Any crits I might have had, you seem to be on the way to solving yourself, so nothing much more to add other than keep up the great work!

[Serpian]

Hah, I love how your first life drawings are all scribbly and hasty, and your last ones are REALLY good! Life drawing is so much fun, isn't it?

[Juhani Jokinen]

Hey Naomi!

Really loving your new stuff- you are improving in heaps and pounds.

I just dropped by to say hi!

Btw, I recognized that bournemouth pier before I read where it was from. I have stood in the exact same spot.

-Juhani

[Quicksilver]

Fran: Thanks :)
nyssa: Thank you
Ben: Cheers! Will try and remember that for the next class...good luck with the site~
James Wolf: Thankye
Rudeone: Cheers for the advice; yeah, I keep forgetting about things like that.....I seem to do well with studies but forget to apply the things I did and learnt to my own work :/ Something which obviously needs working on!! Haha
markey2d: Good luck!
joaKimArt: Thanks
zephyri: Thanks, Sam!! Means a lot coming from you :) I'll take a look at Bridgeman's stuff - I've flicked through his books before but haven't done any studies yet. His drawings are reeeaally exaggerated, right? 'Cause I remember being put off by that...
Serpian: Hahaha!! Yeah, life drawing's ace ;) Cheers for stopping by.
Anthriel: Heeeeey, Juhani! Oo, you've been to Bournemouth? I study there, it's such a lovely place. Thanks for dropping by~

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Wow, not used to having so many replies! Thanks for taking the time to comment guys 'un girls :)

Two WIPs:
Been working on that character a lil bit, and re-working the Glen Angus tribute.....C&C welcome~ xxx

[Bendragon]

Hey, wips looking good! Just a few things about values to point out but I thought it would make more sense if I did a paint-over. Hope you dont mind. Youve done a lot of good work on these. But its all looking a bit too gray atm. I adjusted the levels, bringing the the dark areas darker and a the light areas a bit more lighter (uping the contrast really). I think your shadows can go more darker. These dark bits also helps to make the highlights even lighter in comparison. And because the plane is metalic, there should be more contrasts on it. The whole world works in contrasts :) It makes everything beautiful! So for example, if you know youre going to have a foreground element painted in a light value you could paint the background at a dark value to make the foreground element jump out. Youve done it a bit on the plane, where the dark value of its right wing makes the main body jump out.
Theres some nice rim lighting there which helps to define the form. Ive also added a bit of rimlight on the blades just to define it more.
The figure is fine so not much to crit on that.
To summerize - try to push the values and contrast more. Then you can go in and add different reflective lightings to help define all the shapes more and make it even prettier :D
Hope that helps somewhat. Have fun!

[stoph]

the cast shadow beneath her chin feels a little too dark/defined. makes it look like her jaw's got a 90 degree corner instead of a subtle curve into her neckline. i can see you sort of shying away from doing her hands right, so maybe is best to get proper reference. the pose you've chosen really requires accurate foreshortening, or else her arms just look stubby. not sure that her weight is being held right in her hip.. like shes leaning too off balance. draw some bones in a multiply layer and see if it works out? great concepts nonetheless. the character youre working on is a very nice start, makes me think Eldar from Warhammer 40K (geek reference) looking forward to the polished piece! :D

[Eclair]

I know - a will look like nerd but i'll say this again :)

more.. more more.. !!!

[Bones Weep Tedium]

I really like the second one: I've just finished playing BIOSHOCK, and really gained a taste for this style of design. Looks really good!

[mysteryofalbesila]

very cool works

[Duq]

Its the mitten-bob-girl-thing-thread! Now I finally know where :mittenbop: comes from :D. I think

I really like the lifedrawins on the other page, looks great! Although something still feels of in the construction at times.

The character design in your last post is very cool, I love it, maybe the values are a bit to close to each other.

In the gangus piece, I think the girl has a balance issue. It feels like all the weight of her pose is going to the right side. Still you did succeed in getting the feeling of the time period. Go Mittenbobgirlthing!:mittenbop:

[RandAlThor]

Hey Quick, good to see you progressing at a steady rate with the human anatomy stuff. I like those photos yo did a page or two back also, they have a lot of depth and you could make some cool custom brushes out of them. Keep sharing ;-)

[Aly Fell]

Hi Naomi, I've been meaning to pop in and say hello for ages. The sketchbook is looking great. Of your recent stuff, some of those Manchester sketches are excellent, with real subtlety in the mark making. With the Gangus tribute, I agree with the comments from Bendragon and Stoph, but don't up the contrast too much. Something I'm seeing is a lot of high contrast imagery around these days, and it's 'shiny', not literally but it's impact for the eyes, whereas lower contrast work can be much more subtle. You can lose the emotion in shadow and light if you over contrast things, but maybe that's just me! Having said that, I look forward to seeing how you add colour to this if you intend to. The character above has a great face and pose. If I was to be hyper critical I'd twist her more toward the viewer for more dynamism. :)

[Quicksilver]

Ben: Good point, will push the values a bit more, but not too much. Cheers for always taking time to crit my work :) much appreciated~
stoph: Thanks for the great crit! Was wondering what was up with her pose - didn't think about checking her balance...methinks I'll have to do a bit of posing to gain some ref. for this piece, haha.
Haven't played Warhammer tbh. That character was drawn after copious amount of hours spent on FFXII so I think that's where the fantasy influence came from.
ekler: Hehe, got a little update. Just some linework for now though until the uni load lightens a bit. Cheers for dropping by again!
Bones Weep Tedium, mysteryofalbesila: Thanks ^_^
Duq: Aaahahaha, yes, tis I! :mittenbop: Yeah, I'm still trying to get my head around values. Think I'm shying away from them a bit so most of my stuff ends up looking grey :/ Thanks for posting!
RandAlThor: Good idea, didn't think of making brushes out of those photos, hah. Duh. Thanks, good to hear I'm getting somewhere :)
Poshspice: Aly!! Nice to see you here, man. Yeah, I agree with the 'shininess' thing - I'm not much of a fan either. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Planning on keeping it in b&w so it stays within the Noir theme.
Good idea about moving the other character forward a bit, will see what I can do.

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Sketcherooey~ Would work on it more but I really need to do some prep work for my presentation tomorrow, lol.
Gah, reeeaally need to stop using my face as reference....and draw more guys. :nohope:

Cheers for lookin'! C&C welcome as always :)


Have fun~

[koshime]

hmm. long time no update.
There seems to be a lack of a finalised dress design (but I'm sure that'll be decided at a later juncture). Nice rendition of lips and crown device. Guess this character will be eyeless due to overgrowth of fringer... :)

[Bendragon]

Hey no problem. Always happy to help a friend :)
Im really liking this new sketch. Shes got some some good designs the fringe covering the eyes gives her a mystical look, maybe shes an oracle? Not much to crit really. Just have an asspat :asspat:

[Mon Chat]

wow, great stuff here!, I really like the girl in the last one, i love the way its all messy crazy construction lines, and then neat over the top. nice aesthetic is this personal work, or work done for your illustration course?

horray!

[Quicksilver]

Ben: Cheers~ Yeah, something along those lines. Woot, asspat!
Jim: Thankye! Most of the stuff here is personal work.

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Some life drawing. Looking back I realised I somehow managed to get progressively crap during the class :/ Think I switch off during the longer poses, or restrict my movements a bit so I don't end up having masses of time left over at the end. Funny how you don't notice these things until afterwards, eh? ¬_¬'
Oo oo, and there were stages/platform things! So we can stand/sit a bit higher up and draw~ :D Also had a different model today, which was nice, and will have someone else next week. Yay for variety~

1.) Started with quite a few 30-second poses (not posted here), then moved on to 5mins
2.) 10mins
3.) 45mins

Cheers for lookin'! C&C welcomed with milk and cookies :) Mmmmm.....

[DAVEZILLA]

What an awkward pose that man is in in the third one! :) Really nice drawings through.

And your previous update, with the girl - that one is sexy. Very sophisticated comic book-ish looking.

Awesome stuff!

[Matthew Forte]

Wow, very nice stuff quicksilver. My only suggestions would have to be to 1: watch your proportions and 2: While sketching real things in black and white, try to come off of the black more gradually, or it looks kind of messy. Other than those, your stuff is great. I want to see more! :)

[markey2d]

i see wat you mean the last one doesnt flow as nicely as the first two. the first two are quite good. keep it up.

[Juhani Jokinen]

Hey Naomi! Those life drawings look amazing! Although the faces could use some more work but otherwise great work!

On another note, where in Bournemouth do you study? I would love to live in a place like that.

See you around!

-Juhani

[Quicksilver]

DAVEZILLA, markey2d: Thanks!
Matthew Forte: Good points raised. Think I still have that "all or nothing" mentality atm, haha. Must think things through bit more and do things gradually...cheers for dropping by~
Juhani: Heeeeey man, how goes? Cheers :) I study Illustration in the Arts Institute at Bournemouth (http://www.aib.ac.uk/) (a.k.a. AIB). Though despite that, it's actually based in Poole, but it doesn't take long to get to Bournemouth town centre (which isn't that far from the beach) by bus. The main uni - which covers science/maths/English/Law etc. - is right next to the Arts Institute so students from both places can wander around and mingle.
Hope that helped! It's bloody gorgeous here!!

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Here be some life drawlings from earlier. Think these turned out waaaaay better than last weeks, though I forgot to bring white chalk/pastels to do the highlights :(

Posted in order, though I can't remember how much time was spent on each one, soz.


Cheers for lookin'! :bounce: Feel free to drop some C&C on meh!

[DannySketch]

major improvement on the life drawing front naomi, also a fan of post 319, you can pout girl!go you.

A bravo to you and your mitten shaped bunny ears also.

[Maestro Andres]

Surely your sort of "spam" in the other picture thread can help you getting visitors hehehe :}
Good stuff in here. I did enjoy going over the pages of your SB and you did have come a long way since that. The more recent life drawings show a great improvement over your previous work. It's kinda interesting how your life drawings' body types differ from your imaginative drawings. Maybe that would help you in being able to draw very different types of characters.
Anyways, love how you draw the ladies and it's good seeing you working again on that Gangus tribute piece, would be great to see some colored version of it.

[Juhani Jokinen]

Hey naomi! Good life drawings again, keep on going!

I thought that you might study there- I've been looking at the school for some time now since I would like to study abroad. I've also been looking at the Stockholm atelier but I'm still very unsure about what I should do. Would you recommend the school to someone like me coming from a different country? My english is much better than the average in Finland and I can manage with it.

Keep on going Naomi!

-Juhani

[Bendragon]

Hey steady improvements there! Very good to see :D
You did better than me that day. I felt out of practice, its been too long.
Anyway... crits! The ink pieces are very good! Lovely confident lines. Theres nice variations of thickness around the hair. I noticed some of the lines however seem to be unfinished. Theres a few gaps inbetween them sometimes. Someone crit this about me a year ago. Its on intercepting lines (i think thats what its called). Its when the lines dont really meet properly and is a bit broken. You avoided my mistake though where I had a lot of the lines meet up and end at a point. Erm... Maybe I could explain that better... Lemme know if you want me to elaborate.
Its also good to see your drawing venture more inside the figure. A while back a few of your life drawings inside the outline much. Imo these are looking better in terms of showing form. I remember drawing a foreshortend limb in life drawing before and finding that drawing the outline alone didnt indicate the angle of the limb. The way I tried to solve this problem was to draw another line inside the outline to try indicate this angle.
Tonal work is looking solid so far. Your handling the hair very well. Thats the worst part for me to draw!

[Saturns Gate]

Love those life drawings Naomi :) Keep up the good work!

Sean

[Serpian]

Good life drawings... I'm trying to think of something to crit, but all I can say is keep going!

[mellongcreate]

hey nice anatomy studies lately! I admire you brush pen drawings alot! Would be nice to see some loose full colour digitals with strong light sources. Your line quality is excellent though, I was wondering how you overcome that or translate your strokes to digital when sketching on a tablet? It's a big stroke killer if you get me (i'm on A4 tablet at the moment).
Your at the AIB right? Any idea when the life drawing classes stop if they haven't already? Keep it up! I expect you're busy right now with last few deadlines this year?

[GRMC]

nice working, keep working & have lots of fun.......

[Moftah]

lines are strengthing ,u need to catch more volume in ur models to capture thier real character
keep it up:)

Moftah's Sketchbook

[Giorge]

Oh very good sb here, really love the sketches , /fav the one at #319 :), i saw lots of chow paintings in your sb , and i was wondering , are you going to participate in this moth's chow?... anyways keep penciling :)

[dchan]

great sketches! keep em coming! cheers

[kelly x]

#311 is the bomb!!!!!!!!!

[[LITTLE-FEET]]

dig your stuff! loving it!

[aefx]

Hey Naomi, just thought I'd pop in here and take a look. Your sb is great and I really like that Gangus tribute piece, I also dig the looseness of your live figure sketches and how you capture the gesture with so few marks in id23 and id24.

[AsaB]

I've been going through your SB, comparing your first pages to the latest and whoa, what an improvement! I'm very impressed, especially with your life drawings, they've jumped light years ahead. Your pencil work in general, actually, is looking very confident and is a pleasure to look at. It's hard to crit your work, it's all on the right track. Keep on improving! :)

[Mon Chat]

Phwoaaaar, is that brian the model!? :D

[Quicksilver]

Blimey, lots of comments!!

Danny: Thanks :)
Maestro Andres: Very good suggestion! I really should give my characters more varied body types. Maybe I'm too influenced by fashion/my own body type? Thanks for pointing it out though; much appreciated ^_^
Juhani: Sent a PM~
Ben: Blah? Intercepting lines....I think I get you, but got confused on the last bit. Thanks for the crit! My later stuff's more tonal (and hopefully somewhat 'correct').
Saturns Gate: Thanks, Sean! :)
Serpian: Thanks for stopping by ^_^
mellongcreate: Heeeey, a fellow AIBer :D tbh I've no idea how to translate that brushpen-like quality digitally. george&guo (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=53941) seems to do it effortlessly and I really admire his work, but just can't draw like he does, or figure how the hell he does it, lol. Check out the link I put in his name - his work is amazing. Oh, and if you figure out his secret, tell me ;D Though keeping loose is probably all there is to it....
GRMC: Thanks~
Moftah: Noted. Cheers!!
flamable: Was that the DEEP one? I was going to (uploaded a couple of sketches below) but just didn't get round to finishing them. I'm in one of those moods where I just wanna do a load of studies! Odd, eh?
dchan, kelly x, [LITTLE-FEET], aefx: Thankye :)
AsaB: Thank you! I sure hope so too XD
Jim: Haaahahaha, in the first few pages yeah! The last three models are different people.

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K, so I've been looking at my past work in general and my depressing grades which I really can't complain about 'cause quite frankly, I've been pathetically lazy in the past 2-3 years BSing my way through. Soooooo in an attempt to kick myself up the but I'm actually making an effort to draw. As in, no more sloppy pencil marks just to fill up the pages, but actual studies and attempts to draw well.


....Wish me luck!! xD Here's some stuff I've been working on:

1&2.) T-shirt design for fun, to celebrate the end of the first year in uni with my classmates. The back is based on an older sketch you can find here (http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=291203&stc=1&d=1201655760).
3.) The photos, samples and initial design of my present to lefran for her 19th birthday :)
4.) A self portrait for an oooold thread I made which was suddenly resurrected. Check it out if you like, it's a good exercise to do: http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=59601
5.) Think I was ill and couldn't sleep well when I drew this (about 5AM?). Not a 'proper' Bargue study - just a small morning exercise to give me something to do. No measurements made - all eyeballin' :)
6.) Still shots from the classic and amazing film The Dark Crystal. Tried to focus on composition and values, how they change and work etc. but then I got carried away and watched the rest of the film uninterrupted, haha.
7.) Studies of Kira and Jin from TDK, copied from a book based on its concept art by Brian Froud. Bloody amazing guy....
----Ref: "The World of the Dark Crystal", ISBN: 0-8109-4579-7----
8.) It's a Pod person! :heart: Or an 'Apopiapoipidiappididiapipob' (p.47)
9.) A character I liked the sound of from Terry Prattchet's "The Colour of Magic", but my drawing doesn't convey anything similar to what I had imagined...Also, when drawing this I was sitting on some grass outside in the sunshine, only to be interrupted by a really strange old man who fell out of a nearby tree and kept telling me he was a genius author and that I wouldn't amount to anything. Nice. o_O
10.) Studies of fish from when I was thinking about jumping in the DEEP end...
11.) Some character sketches, one of which I had a go of rendering without reference.
12.) Painted the cover of my SB for fun. Looks like something from a really girly novel lol.
13.) Photo of the above to put it into context.
14.) Some studies for an illustration I'm working on....
15.) A close-up of the tiger 'cause I'm quite happy with it :)


Thanks for looking, everyone, and cheers again to those who leave comments! All C&C welcome and I'll try and update this thing a little more frequently since I'm jobless this Summer :(

All the best,

~~Naomi xxx

[Zeitwolf]

wow, your art is very varied and all original and quite unique. I really like it. And if those zodiac studies are what you call sketches, I envy their cleanness.

[Quicksilver]

That was quick! Thanks for the compliments :)


Btw the latest stuff is from late May/June onwards. Didn't really draw much before then, but I'm hoping there's some sort of improvement going on between gaps here and there. ^_^;

EDIT:

Forgot to upload this one. It's the line work for a piece I did for the latest girls' TD which I messed up in the end but might re-do.

[Kian]

:D im impressed

[Dirty C]

hit me up online some time.

[lefran]

hey gnomey-like the animal sketches - tight lines :)
Also thanks for the franbo plushey! :D

[D@niel]

Very nice! Good gestural feel and line qualty with those life drawings!:)

[Silvenon]

This is really inspiring, I liked the back of the girls head on first page, I didn't see all of the drawings, but the ones I have seen are really good, keep it up ;)

[Jaxsbudgie]

Your sketch of the woman influenced by Terry Pratchett really reminds me of this beauty: http://www.viconia.de/Viconia.jpg

Really like the fish studies, how they're arranged on the page etc etc

[Mon Chat]

awesome, im really liking the swirls! also, ENVY on your line work. ENVYYYY

[TheGnoll]

great update!
cool to read you've been examining your own progress and decidet to take a step forward (it shows :))
Always envy people like you that seem to actually enjoy painfully precise rendering and lines, very nice effect (talking of wich, my personal choice n the animals would have been the bull, looks really really good...the tiger has some issues...i think its eye is in the wrong place)

nice t shirt idea too, would look cool on a colored shirt, mabe even with colored lines, but cool swirly lines and style...dig the sketchbook cover a lot too

...almost forgot, awesome idea for a present, doing a plush doll hehe

keep sharing, see ya in oxford :)

ciao

[jedininjaman]

Awesome pencils nice texture in them keep it up I think you could take some bigger risks with some dramatic lighting though
-jedininja

[Badger]

Heyloooo naomington, looks good!
I really like your SB cover design, something a bit disney about it, but in a good way.
The franbo is tooo good.
Catch you in my home spiralling city.
-B-

[Bones Weep Tedium]

It's all looking very nice - I like the T-shirt design. Did you draw that on with Fabric markers, or is that a screen printed design?

[markey2d]

good to see you back,

keep it coming.

[Serpian]

Nice updates. I like that sketchbook cover very much! Is it gouache? A tiny crit is to maybe work on her ear a bit more? Those ballpoint pen sketches are yummy!

[Maestro Andres]

The last update is very cool. Some very good pencil renderings in there, and the sketchbook cover is nice to look at. If there is anything to critique, a tiny thing will be getting rid of the outline of the teeth in the lion sketch. It doesn't go well with that tight realistic rendering style and sometimes those outlines can be a bit distracting, especially on teeth. Hope to see more updates from you, keep at it :D

[mellongcreate]

hey! Nice meaty updates! I have Brian Frouds Goblins of the Labyrinth book, he is a legend! ISBN 10: 0-8109-7055-4. Wendy Froud's tongue-in-cheek fairies are sweet too! I've been feeling lazy recently too. It seems the more you draw the lazier you feel when you're not drawing! I'm admiring this guy's (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=114449) work ethic alot! Digging the plush haha! I want one (first dibs on next one?). I can't really help with any crits regarding your work other than maybe push for 2 updates a week? Then when you're comfortable with that you can move to 3 or 4 times a week until you're posting daily!! Keep drawing lots I love your work!

Edit: Where do you buy your col-erase pencils? Can't seem to find any unless shipped from USA George's SB is epic! Beautiful line treatment in digital. Do you think you'll be attending Wellington in november?

[Bendragon]

Nice studies there. The animal drawings are particularly good :) Watchout for those hard outlines. Its good in some places but careful not to overdo them especially when the form curves round and travels away from the viewer, like the back of the mouse. The rabbit has good uses of the softer edges. This might be a useful read on the subject:
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=51913
Are you going to paint that last line drawing? It reminds me of some of the beginnings of Jessibean's work (which is no bad thing!).

[Vickie B]

Wow! What a fantastic sketchbook, Quicksilver! The figure studies are very good, and I really like the character design from March 20th and the face you posted on April 1st. They're both beautiful.

And the Dark Crystal art is to die for. You draw a lovely gelfling, and I love those blue lines. That and the beta fish. So pretty.

Post more!

[plantman]

great sketches!

[Euphemism]

Love the detail in both your studies and lineart... :D